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The Washington times., 1936-03-04
Senate Due to Restore
Pared I'D. e.. BUDGET

The first organized protest
came last night at the meeting
of the Cleveland Park and Co
lumbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton.
Citizens Protest
Cleveland Park citizens au-
thorized their taxation commit
tee to go before the Senate Dis
trict subcommittee to protest
against the bill and the Colum-
bia citizens adopted a resolution
protesting against the reduction
in the Federal contribution and
called all civic bodies in the city
to unite in campaign to urge
restoration of the budget slashes.
It was virtually conceded that
the House will carry out the Ap-
preparation Committees recon-
mendations almost without change,
when the bill is read for amend
ment in the House today.
Beside slashing the budget
estimates by nearly $1,000, 900,
the House Committee, undoubt-
edly under the sponsorship Of
Blanton and Otter, pared the
budgets recommendation of S.
700, 900 and the Federal contri-
button to the paltry sum of $2.-
TOO, 1000.
Under the figures proposed by
the budget bureau, the District
would have had a surplus at the
end of the next fiscal year OF
but $3,000,000, less several hun
dred thousand dollars which neces
sarily must be used before the
conclusion Of the present fiscal
year to meet supplemental items
yet to be appropriated.
Want Tax Boost
With the House Committee
recommendations, however, this
entire surplus will have been
utilized by the end of the next
fiscal year and a deficit will &C
crue to the amount Of about ST.
900, 900.
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the elimination of the character
education item. We started on
q three-year program and l
think we ought to have the third
year provided for. 1 will try to
get the item reinserted."
NATIONAL SHOW PLACE
Other members of the Senate
are known to have the same at
titude about the lump sum con-
tribution. 1t was stated that
they look on Washington as the
show place of the nation and that
Congress should be liberal in con-
tributing money to keep up a dig
nified standard.
Attention was also called to the
fact that the Senate realizes that
Washington is called on to spend
large sums to take care Of people
from the States which it would
not have to spend if it were not
the seat Of the Federal Govern
ment. On this basis the consensus
is that the Federal Governments
contribution should certainly be
much larger than has been pro
vided in the bills in the past and
we'll over the $2,700,000 allowed
by the House in the present bill.
Deficit FOreSeen
Shocked by the drastic action
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee in recommending a bill
which, if enacted, would leave the
District treasury with a $4,000, 900
deficit at the end of the next
fiscal year. District government
heads and local Give bodies pre-,
pared to battle for rectifcation OF
the situation.
The action was viewed as q di
rect attempt on the part of Rep
resentatives Tom Blanton Cd, OF
Texas, chairman of the subcom.
mittee in charge of the bill, and
William Otter (RD. of Pennsyl.
vania. to force a substantial tax
increase in Washington.
The Washington times., 1936-03-04
Hopkins Chemist
Wins Medal
For Work

BALTIMORE, March 4.-Dr.
William Mansfield Clark of Johns
Hopkins University faculty will go
to New York Friday to receive the
william H. Nichols medal of the
American Chemical Society.
DR.. Clark, professor of physio-
logical chemistry. was awarded
the medal for research work on
which he has been engaged for
the past "a years.
In announcing the award, DR..
Arthur w. Hixon, of Columbia
University. chairman of the jury
Of award, declared the work of DR.
Clark is "of incalculable value TO
the human welfare"
The Washington times., 1936-03-04
ENROLL 7
GA|NIGN0RED
BY YBLANT0N
Mrs. Doyle, Education
Head, Sees Hard
Time Ahead

Failure Of House District Ap-
preparations subcommittee to pro-
vide additional teachers for the
local school system in the 1887
budget was denounced today by
school officials.
The budget, reported to the
House yesterday by Representa-
tive Tom Blanton'S subcommittee,
provides for no new teaching per
Sonnel except in the case OF new
buildings where new classes will
be established during the next
fiscal year.
Under Heavy Strain
In commenting on the school
budget, Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle, president Of the Board Of
Education, said:
"The lack Of new school
teachers to take care Of our
proved congestion in the schools
IL our chief concern. We are
working on an immense strain
as it is, but with no teachers to
take up the increase in enroll
ment, we will have q terribly
difficult time of it."
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer, first as
Sistant superintendent of schools,
criticized the bill on the a m e
grounds, declaring:
1--WE are so tight now in re-
gard to the lack Of teaching per-
SOnneI that We can't do any.
thing. We're just marking time.
There can be no progress in our
school work because we don't
have enough teachers.
"YOu can teach school. you
know, without a classroom, but
you can't teach without .
teacher"
CUT $141,4OO
The senior and junior high
schools are particularly pressed for
lack of sufficient teachers. Dr.
Kramer said, pointing out that in
some of the schools there are more
than 40 pupils to teacher, where
as the ideal ratio is 80 pupils to
each instructor.
The teacher and librarian item
in the $12,179,772 school budget
amounts to $6,962,240. which is
$141, 400 less than the estimates of
the Budget Bureau.
A total of $4,000 requested for
teachers to relieve congestion was
denied by the committee.
The committee recommended
$1,402,5O for new construction,
for additions and repairs. A new
vocational school is also provided.
The Washington times., 1936-03-04
BATTLE PER|LS
u. 5. CITIZENS
BY JOHN GOETTE


PEIPING, March 4 0.N.S).
Fierce hand-to-hand fighting al
most under the walls Of Fenchow,
with a score of American mis-.
sionaries in peril, was going on to-
day in Shansi province between
provincial troops and communists.
With the Reds running over an
estimated 1000 square miles and
totaling at least 10000 men. a
spokesman for the Nanking Gen.
tral Chinese government said that
II the movement is not checked
within three weeks, it will spread
throughout north China.
japanese military intervention
may be the result of further COM
muniSt inroads. authorities said.
Some Americans have evacuated
Fenchow for the second time.
Others, who fled during an earlier
red occupation of the city. intend
to remain in Fenchow in the hope
that its Notifications can repel
the Reds this time.
American telegraphed from Fen
chow this afternoon:
eve have been compelled to
close the mission school due to
the dangerous situation. Fight
ing is going on not far from
the city. Chinese families are
leaving. Communications are
still OPEN"
A few minutes later, however,
they wired:
'Fenchow is considered safe"
The Washington times., 1936-03-04
TOKYO TO TRY
1,4OO TROOPS /
IN REVOLT
Prince Konaye SPurns
Cabinet Post Despite
Emperor's Plea

TOKYO, March 4 GN.S0.-An
emergency decree establishing q
special military tribunal to try
participants in last weeks mutiny
was promulgated today as new
uncertainty entered the political
situation with the almost un-
precedented action Of Prince
Fumimaro Konoye in refusing
the Emperor's command to form
a new government.
A government communique an"
nouncing the new tribunal said q
total of 1,400 officers and men Of
the third infantry regiment OF the
imperial guards division, the first
and third regiments of the third
division, and the seventh heavy
artillery regiment participated in
the mutiny.
Severe punishment Is expected,
however, only for the 19 officer
leaders.
Prince Konoye, president Of the
House of Peers, pleaded i'll health
as his reason for refusing the pre-
miership.
On the advice of Prince Saionji.
last of the elder statesmen, EN-.
peror Hirohito filled other high
posts, the holders of which were
assassinated.
Gen. Giichi Nishii was named
inspector general of military edu-
cation, succeeding the slain Gen.
Jotaro Watanabe.
AS successor to the late Wis.
count Admiral Makato Saito,
Kurahei Yuasa was advanced
from minister Of the imperial
household to that of lord keeper
of the privy seal.
Tsuneo MatSudaira, former am
bassador to Washington and later
London, took Yuasa's place. Mat.
sudaira's daughter, now married
to Prince Chichibu, brother Of
the Emperor, was educated in
washington.
The dramatic decision to name
a special military court under the
war minister to try the mutineerS
increases prospects that a non"
military cabinet will be chosen.
Resignation of seven generals
from the supreme war council
1 also showed the tendency away
from military control, and re-
duced chances that Gen. Jiro
Minami, hero of the Manchurian
campaign and hitherto regarded
as the chief contender for the
premiership, would be named in
place of Prince Konoye.
The Washington times., 1936-03-04
RELIEF CASH
POWDERED BY
PRESIDENT
Nav Not Ask More
Than ST., ,5OO,OOO,OOO
For Fiscal Year
By GEORGE DURNO
International News Service

With Congress Snarling over his
new tax proposals, President
Roosevelt observed his third ami
versary in the White House today
by tackNng an even more delicate
financial and economic problem
the question of how much money
will be required to carry Federal
Government unemployment relief
through the fiscal year 1936-37.
A detailed estimate of needs for
the jobleSS will be ready for sub
mission to Congress some time in
the next two weeks. Officials Of
the relief agencies have been work
ing on the emergency budget for
several months, but the President
has sent out word he wants it COM
pleted by March 19 at the latest.
On that date, he is heading South
for brief stay at Warm Springs,
Ga. and a short fishing cruise in
Florida waters.
May Ask Billion and Half
In his annual budget message
in January, Mr.. Roosevelt asked
for more time to estimate emer-
gency expenditures so he might
get a better picture of the un-
employment situation. He indi-
Gated, however, that $2.136, ,000,-
600 would be an absolute maxi
mum as compared to the $4,880,-
100000 appropriated last year.
Later, Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, appearing before a
congressional committee, estimated
$4,000, 100000 would approximate
the required figure.
In the past few days, word has
circulated around the grapevine
of the affected Government agen-
cies that the President might ask
for not more than $1,500,000, 900
to continue Works Progress prof.
ects, rural reSettlement and the
like.
One reason for the spread of
this report among officials has
been the Presidents action in
very quietly impounding sizeable
amounts of currently available re.
lief money which otherwise would
have been put into new work.
relief enterprises.
Employment Figures
Mr.. Roosevelt states positively
there will be no expended bal
ances from this years four-pil
lion-doller fund but he comedies
that actual expenditure of some
of it will have to carry over into
the next fiscal year.
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in the city to map the general
strike if this afternoons confer
ence with William D. Rawlins,
representing building owners,
broke up in failure again.
The Building Service Employees
International Union, in a tele-
gram from Chicago headquarters.
informed George Scalise, inter
national vice president. here to-
day that "at your discretion we
will call out every building service
employe in the United States"
Twenty five thousand building
service employees, including ele-
vator operators, are now out on
strike, according to police esti-
mate. and the number was grow
ing steadily.
Storm Park Avenue
The early hours of the fore
noon today were comparatively
quiet following a night of VIC.
lence during which 5000 strikers
Stormed fashionable Park Ave
nue., breaking windows and
wreaking havoc.
Bambrick, pending continuance
of peace negotiations, refrained
from carrying out his therat to
call a strike in the Grand Cen
tral zone which embraces some
of the tallest buildings in the
world and a number of important
hotels.
Since the beginning Of the
strike there have been 900 cases
Of violence and 83 arrests. The
mayors emergeicy decree has re-
suited in 683 complaints to the
health department with arrange
ments by the health commits,
sioner to run service in 1O3 build,
ingS, % with city employees.
StrikebreakerS appeared in In
! creasing numbers as both sides in
the industrial conflict frightened
their lines. It was estimated there
are at least 10000 strikebreakers
in the city, many having come
from Pittsburgh. Cleveland and
Buffalo.
Equipped With ShOtguns
Some tenants took the situation
in their own hands. Coudert Bel
linger, an attorney and a tenant
in Park Avenue apartment, be
gan the organization of a Ten
ants Defense League. He per
Sonally ran an elevator in his
building. He was equipped with 6
shotgun and a helmet and assert
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-02

Every we'll. But Barley must
lead. I don't know the way"
This was not at all to my liking,
but happily Godfrey stepped in.
Barley shall lead" he said, "till
we've eaten and drunk. After that,
I'd like to go first. Please do as
I say
Helena hesitated. Then
GAIL right" she said.
After some Ia miles we stopped
at a wayside inn. The fare was
rough and all the appointments
most rude; but I think we were all
four thankful to break our fast.
Though they did not know it, was
a good deal more thankful than
anyone else; the others would find
plenty at Yorick, but God only
knew when and where / should eat
again.
No more was said of the order the
| cars should take, and when our
meal was over, the coupe was I'M
der way before had taken my
seat.
Quick as flash
you'll have to drive, Barley"
| I said. 'You haven't heard, but
Dewdrop stuck me last night.
think he found a muscle or some
thing. I'm stiff
every good, SIR" said Barley, and
took the wheel.
A mile or two later
| "Wheres your pistol?" / said. q
don't anticipate trouble, but nov
that you're driving, I'd better have
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-02
CHAPTER X
Pharaoh's Way.

FnaFaOH'S way.
MY SIX-MILE walk to Starlight
lVl did me a world Of good. 1t
seemed to timber my muscles and
steady my wits; the darkness Sc
cured me, the cool night air re-
freshed me, the silence rested my
mind.
A furlong before / reached the
place. l was careful to leave the
road and to make my way through
the woods for the next half-mile.
I believed it was that that saved
me, for as l shall presently show,
half an hour later Godfrey and Bar
lev and Sabre came down that sin
lister three-way spot.
heard the Alsatian coming a
minute before he arrived.
For a moment my heart stood
still. and then l saw that if Helena
was not with him l ought to be able
to charm him from his duty to Geof-
frey into a service he knew.
He found me seated little way
up the track.
In flash l had him by the col
lar and had flung an arm around
his neck.
SABRE" breathed, sabre, don't
let me down. Stay with me, Sabre.
I'll be glad to have you. I'm on a
good thing, Sabre. And you can
help me, old fellow, to pull it off.
| So we stayed for five minutes.
Then, with my hand on his col
lar, got to my feet.
am sure the dog knew that
the business on which l was bent
was perilous stuff. From that time
on, no man could have been more
sagacious, more swift to make
report, more scrupulous to obey.
And, we'll as / saw, his sight was
better than mine, for he saw the
Rolls before did, and checked me
by standing still.
| The car had been backed up the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-02

After Some IA Miles We Stopped at
Wayside Inn.
it in case. suppose you can guess
who's got mine.'
AS Barley surrendered the weap--
"Her ladyship did tell me some
thing. Fancy Dewdrop stabbin' you.'
1 was now we'll armed; but, rack
my brains as would, could think
Of no way in which / could give
Barley the slip.
The position was this. wished
to alight as close as | could to
Yorick, yet not at the castle gate.
Some spot in the entrance drive
would have suited my purpose we'll.
It had been arranged, however, that
the last three miles should be COW
cred as fast as ever they could. Un-
less, therefore, | left the car be-
fore we approached the mouth Of
the entrance drive, l should have
TO Walt uuLll VIC Adu AAOSoON eAS
drawbridge, and that would be the
end Of my effort, for ! should be
seen retreating, and Godfrey and
Barley would follow and spoil my
game. It looked as though should
have to enter the castle and leave
by some window or other as Pha-
raoh had done. But then there was
always the drawbridge, flooded with
light.
Happening to glance at the mir
ror-the car was closed noticed
the great Alsatian crouched on the
hinder seat. It occurred to me
that the dog was there to watch
me. My decision to cheat this sur
yeillance hardened into stony and
| vicious resolve.
One thing was in my favor-dusk
had come in. And since Helena was
not fastening, night would have
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-02

IdlloQ ny Tic Cluc VIC Sd1AC " IA0
drive. SO my cousin had ordered,
for though I think we all knew that
the risk of encountering Pharaoh
was very slight, it was Helena's
presence that hoisted the flag peril
and made it essential that we
should omit no endeavor to keep
her person safe.
Again, it would have been worse
to have been in the leading car.
The net might have been drawn
rather tighter - but that was all.
NV chances seemed desperately
In this state of mind l spent the
next fifty minutes, smarting. And
then at last, mile from the en-
trance drive, the tail-light bore to
the right and the coupe slowed
down and stopped by the side OF
the way.
| At once we did the same-and,
somehow or other, felt that my
| chance had come.
I'll see what they want" l said,
and slipped out of the car.
AS I came to the door OF the
coupe
"Look here, my son." said Geof-
frey, Lady Helena wants you to
lead. / don't think it really mat
tiers, and so 1 have given way. From
now on put down your foot and
don't take it up again till you're
over the bridge"
"Whatever happens" said Helena
My blood was boiling.
Us that an order?" said.
'You gave it that name," said
Godfrey. "But we're going to dc
the same"
can right" 1 said. 81 don't care.
l made my way back to Bar
ley and opened my door.
1--WE got to leave you," said
"They want me to ride with them
You're to go first now and don
lift your foot till you get to thu
castle gate. You'll be keeping then
back as it is, for the coupe's thu
fastest car"
every good, SIR" said Barley.
1 slammed the door and stoo'
back and he let in the clutch.
AS the car leaped forward / fe]
on my face in the road.
I watched him pass the coupe
and, moment later, the coupe dre'
into his wake.
In a savage triumph l watche
it's tail-light diminish. Then tn
road bent round to the left and
: flicked out of sight.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-04-02

NO one at all was Will Aei. hoA
radiator was cold.
For a moment hesitated, won
dering whether or no to make some
disconnection and so disable the
car. And then / decided against
this. The outlook was too uncer-
tain; before now l had wanted
car, and wanted it quick. l took
my knife from its sheath and turned
to the delicate business of running
my quarry down.
And here for the first time l saw
that Sabre alone was going to save
my venture from becoming as alb
ject a failure as ever was seen.
AS though / had told him my
plight, l felt Sabre lower his head.
Then he moved past the Rolls, led
me up a sweet-smelling bank and
presently out of the coppice and
into the rolling park.
when the Eighth go out" said
Dewdrop. s'Thath what he thaid."
That's right" said Bugle. THAT'S
low we done that villa down in the
souf of France. That was a show,
| that was. You never see such pre-
cautions against poor thief; 'ouse
like a prison turned inside out-an'
alf a packet of candles between two
'undred rooms, Ally Sloper was In
that with Pharaoh. / can hear him
to- h0 r..
den-door. Dear brothers, he says,
TIM afraid there's some bandits in
side. SO don't you go for to cross
them by shown light. Just as
we makes the ballroom, a turnkey
comes bustlin' in with candle in
each of his hands. All lights out
saws Pharaoh, and shoots him dead.
Talk about panic. We we'll helped
ourselves"
"But the stuff was there" said
Rush. ''That's what gets me. Pan
les all right, but we don't know the
way to the gold"
"Pharaoh's fly" said Bugle. 1T
amt only the keys you can make
wot can open doors.''
There was little silence
The three were sitting in the
meadows, just clear of the woods
not between the castle and Star
light, but close to the entrance
: drive. The lights of Yorick were
showing a furlong away.
1 was crouching directly behind
] them, against the trunk Of tree.
2 Sabre, beside me, was standing still
t as a rock. / could, / believe, have
killed two-perhaps all three. But
it was Pharaoh I wanted, and Pha-
raoh was not there.
I could not follow their reasoning.
Why should the lights go out? In
! the ordinary way the lights were
I put out at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be-
fore. But now the case was altered
) the drawbridge had to be watched
! And then this talk of panic.
y Had Pharaoh suborned some sery
ant to do his will?
e Rush lifted his cuff from his
y wrist.
n "Twenty past eleven" he said
"Gawd, wot a-day."
y when the Eighth go out" sait
- Dewdrop. "Unlehth Of courthe, h
: thould happen to talke before"
/ felt more COMPOUNDED than ever
Dewdrops final sentence did no
make sense
! Rush led me back On to groun
- on which l could stand.
- ''I'd like to know where those tw
= was takin' that dog:'
"Dogs j, all right" said Bugle.
- "Tou bet" said Rush, warmly
= "But that amt the point. I'd lik
!, to know wot they're up to-; the
~ haven't come back"
= "We've left no TRAIL" said Buglt
- 1--WE never got out Of the car"
- "We're out of it now" said Rusf