Evening Star
- DAUGHERTY JURORS REPORT DEADLOCK; SENT BACK AGAIN
- CARDS BEAT YANKS BY 10-2 SCORE AND FORCE A 7TH GAME
- PUBLIC SENTIMENT SOUGHT ON CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS
The Sunday Star's front page of October 10, 1926, mixed a federal corruption trial, the World Series and street safety for Washington children. From New York, the Associated Press and a Star correspondent reported that the jury in the conspiracy trial of former Attorney General Harry Daugherty and former Alien Property Custodian Thomas Miller declared itself deadlocked after more than 25 hours. Judge Julian Mack sent the jurors back, explained to them what "conspiracy" means in law, and agreed to take a verdict even on a Sunday. Sports editor Denman Thompson described the Cardinals' 10-2 rout of the Yankees, which tied the Series at three games each, and set out each club's pitching choices for the deciding game. A third story explained a proposal to move the opening of elementary schools from 9 to 9:30 to avoid rush-hour traffic, introduced a Star ballot for parents, set out Superintendent Ballou's doubts about half-day classes, and announced a trial schoolboy safety patrol.
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DAUGHERTY JURORS REPORT DEADLOCK; SENT BACK AGAIN
No. 1,125—No. 30,112.
DAUGHERTY JURORS REPORT DEADLOCK; SENT BACK AGAIN
Judge Will Be at Their Call From 10 O'Clock Today. Wants Decision.
RELEASE WAS SOUGHT BY MEN AFTER 25 HOURS
Court Replies He Feels It His Duty to Ask for Verdict in Long Trial.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 9.—The jury in the Daugherty-Miller conspiracy case late tonight reported inability to agree, but was ordered to return to the jury room for further deliberations. At the time of their report the case had been in their hands for more than 25 hours.
In telling the jury that he could not accept their disagreement as final, Judge Mack said that the jurors might retire for the night as soon as they liked. He said he would be at their disposal to hear a verdict any time after 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Judge, counsel and defendants then returned to their homes and hotels, from which they were called when the jury gave up hope of coming to any agreement.
A few minutes after returning to the jury room the jurors were marched to a bus and driven to their hotel.
Jury Telephones Question.
At 10:10 the jury had asked that the clerk of the court telephone a question to the judge at his home. This was done and the answer carried back to the jury room. The nature of the question was not revealed.
When it was suggested that the jury return a verdict Sunday if they succeeded in arriving at one, the question of its legality was raised. Judge Mack said that he was not positive, but that he assumed it would be legal. Federal Attorney Emory R. Buckner, who prosecuted the case likewise said he did not know, but his opinion was that a Sunday verdict would be regular in the eyes of the law.
Judge Mack, in response to a request by one of the jurors, explained the meaning of the word "conspiracy" as applied legally. "If two men," said Judge Mack, "have an understanding with each other as to what to do or not to do, that is the essence of conspiracy—nothing more or less than an agreement or understanding. It need not be written nor in words, but it must be an understanding.
Asked About Conspiracy.
Asked by a juror if a conspiracy must relate to the specific acts or only a "general understanding," Judge Mack said that a general understanding as to illegal acts might constitute a conspiracy.
On the request of another juror, the court ordered read the testimony relating to the late Jesse Smith's alleged close association with Daugherty.
The Government contends that Smith was an influence in obtaining release of the $7,000,000 for which the late John T. King, once a power in Republican politics, was paid $441,000. The Government alleges that Daugherty and Miller shared in this fund.
Their trial, on charges of conspiring to defraud the Government of their fair and unprejudiced services in the transfer to allegedly German owners of $7,000,000 of assets of the American Metal Co., lasted five weeks.
Judge Wants Verdict.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 9.—Judge Julian W. Mack, asked to discharge the Daugherty-Miller jury here tonight, told them: "You must deliberate much longer."
"I feel it my duty to beg you to deliberate further," Judge Mack told the jury in a considerate tone. "This has been a long proceeding, beginning on September 7, until now. I have no doubt that during the 24 hours which have elapsed since my charge you have given patient and earnest consideration to everything you have heard in this courtroom.
"I have taken full notice of your statement that you are unable to agree. I have had that statement
CARDS BEAT YANKS BY 10-2 SCORE AND FORCE A 7TH GAME
CARDS BEAT YANKS BY 10-2 SCORE AND FORCE A 7TH GAME
Fighting Phalanx, Backs to Wall, Smothers New York in Sixth Contest.
HAINES IS ST. LOUIS' CHAMPIONSHIP HOPE
Huggins to Choose Hoyt, Ruether or Pennock to Hurl in the Final.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor of The Star.
NEW YORK, October [?] 9.—Courage typical of the fighting phalanx that gave St. Louis its first pennant in nearly two-score years, today enabled the Cardinals to overwhelm the Yankees, 10 to 2, and defer till tomorrow decision as to whether Missouri or New York will boast of the world championship in base ball for 1926.
Faced with the necessity of prevailing on the field of battle this afternoon or forfeiting more than $50,000 in prize money as well as the highest honor in the game, Rogers Hornsby's gallant galaxy of tossers tore into the Hugmen with a will to win that brooked no rebuffing and triumphed by a greater margin and in a more decisive manner than was recorded in any of the five preceding contests. As a result they pulled up to even terms with their rivals at three games apiece and will enter the deciding combat tomorrow favored to triumph over the American Leaguers by reason of a preponderance of strength in available pitching.
Hopes Pinned on Haines.
It is a foregone conclusion that the Cardinals will place their reliance for the all-important Sabbath setto in Jess Haines, who already has a shut-out victory over the Yanks to his credit in this series, while the Yanks will be forced to choose between Hoyt and Ruether, two twirlers who have looked far from impressive in earlier tours of duty, or depend on Herb Pennock, the none too sturdy southpaw who saw service as recently as last Thursday.
Ruether was the pitching victim of the opener in St. Louis last Tuesday, when he was batted out of the box midway of the contest in which Haines limited the Hugmen to five scattered singles and allowed none to advance beyond second base, while supplementing his box work with a home run drive that netted two of the Cards' 5 tallies.
Hoyt, while finishing on the long end of a 10-to-5 count the following day, the one in which Ruth exploded his record-breaking trio of homers, nevertheless was mulcted for 14 hits and but for the fact that he was opposed by a flock of ineffective mound rivals, who issued a total of 10 passes and 11 safeties in addition to Babe's circuit clouts, would have had a tough time getting the verdict.
Pennock Believed Frail.
In the case of Pennock, the fact that he will have had but two days in which to recuperate his rather meager store of energy makes it seem unreasonable to hope that he can perform with anything like the effectiveness that crowned his efforts with success in the first and fifth contests. The slender left hander, for years has had the appelation "frail" appended to his name and for many reasons past invariably has been allotted four full days of rest between efforts as was done in this series. The fact that in this instance he would have to attempt toil with only two days for restoration of his nervous and muscular forces, would make it seem unwise to put on his slender shoulders such a crushing burden as that involved in the proceedings tomorrow, especially in view of the fact that his last assignment was the toughest kind of a 10-inning affair.
Today, as last Sunday, Grover Cleveland Alexander demonstrated that age, in a base ball sense, with its attendant experience, can prove an
PUBLIC SENTIMENT SOUGHT ON CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS
FIVE CENTS.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT SOUGHT ON CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS
Star Ballot to Give Views of Parents on Plan Now Under Study.
HALF-DAY CLASSES PRESENT ONE PROBLEM
But Officials Realize Menace Which Lies in Concerted Rush of Traffic at 9 O'Clock.
With public school authorities announcing yesterday that they are awaiting the public reaction to the proposal to set back the opening hour for elementary schools in order to avoid the perils of traffic-congested streets for the army of school children walking to school, The Star today presents a ballot to gauge and record the sentiment, favorable and adverse, to this suggestion.
By filling out the ballot, which appears on this page, it is believed that parents of school children may assist the school authorities in reaching the solution of an important problem—how best to safeguard the lives of their children.
The proposal is to set back the time for opening elementary schools from 9 o'clock, as at present, to 9:30, when the heavy traffic so menacing to child pedestrians has appreciably decreased in volume. Before 9 o'clock Washington is moving to work in a long line of vehicles from all parts of the city. Before 9 o'clock school children are crossing streets filled with heavy traffic. After 9 o'clock this traffic drops off more than 50 per cent, at a conservative estimate.
Ballou to Make Study.
The attitude of the authorities of the school system is that the plan has its merits and deserves consideration. But Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, declared he was not prepared to urge or to oppose it until there had been a thorough investigation of its reaction, not only upon the executives of the school system, but upon parents and the public of Washington.
The next meeting of the Board of Education will be a week from Wednesday. By that time there will be a sufficient period for the public to express its approval or disapproval of the plan. To aid in this expression the ballots appear in The Star today.
The expression of public interest may come, also, in the view of authorities of the school system, not only from individuals, but through the medium of citizens' associations, parent-teacher bodies and civic organizations in general.
While awaiting the expression of public interest the school authorities will be recording the reaction to the proposal felt in the school system itself. It is recognized that the public interest and the interest of the school system coincide in this matter.
Would Affect Half-Day Classes.
Dr. Ballou has already announced for the school authorities that at present they are open to conviction. While the plan has merits, deserving careful consideration, he said, obstacles may arise in the school system, which should receive careful investigation.
For instance, in some 200 classes, the half-day system is necessitated. Under the present school rules this means that at least three and one-half hours of instruction are given to such pupils. Switching the hour back to 9:30 would not have a bad effect on the morning half of this group, but on the afternoon half it would still constitute a problem, as these children—though in a minority—would enter classes at 1:30 o'clock only to be discharged into the streets at the hour of the 5 o'clock traffic peak, which in the Winter time is accompanied by the extra hazard of darkness.
Another consideration is that teachers' meetings would be disarranged in the afternoon by the necessarily later hour for closing schools, Dr. Ballou pointed out.
It might not be necessary to change the hour for all elementary schools in the city, however, and some arrangement might possibly be worked out for the half-day pupils.
Overshadowing all these objections, however, is the undisputed fact that if a later opening hour is decided upon the children on their way to school would cross streets carrying only half the volume of traffic that they have at 9 o'clock. Dr. Ballou points out this fact as being important.
Will Await Public Action.
The policy of the superintendent of schools, he stated informally, will be to await first of all evidence of public interest in the project; to gather the opinion of his fellow educators in the school system; to sum up the merits and demerits of the proposition, so far as possible in the limited time, and then, in case sufficient interest has been evidenced in the project, to present the matter to the Board of Education at its meeting a week from Wednesday for such consideration as the board may deem proper, together with a report and possibly a recommendation.
"Informally," he said, "I am going to look into the proposition from the standpoint of an executive of the school system. I hope that all members of the school system will keep open minds upon it until sufficient opportunity to consider the plan carefully has been afforded."
The changing of school hours is but one project of a number interlocked in an attempt to make the streets of Washington safer for heedless and reckless school children.
Patrol to Be Tried.
Tomorrow at the Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets, where experimental safety measures are being worked out, a schoolboy patrol will go into operation. Its duties will be to keep children off the streets except at crosswalks, to supervise their conduct in the streets, and the members will be armed with authority to carry out their duties in so far as the school children themselves are concerned.
It is emphasized that no attempt will be made by these boy patrols actually to control automobile traffic.
A welcome offer was received at school headquarters today from
Context
What Daugherty and Miller were accused of
The trial the Star covered grew out of wartime seizures of enemy-owned property. Time, reporting the trial in September 1926, explained that the $7,000,000 at stake was the German-owned 49% stake in the American Metal Co., held after seizure by Alien Property Custodian A. Mitchell Palmer. The charge was that the defendants had defrauded the government of their "unbiased and unprejudiced services" by sharing in a $441,000 payment linked to the return of that money. Miller himself held the custodian's office from 1921 to 1925, so the claim passed through his hands, while Daugherty was attorney general. Time listed the government's first issue as whether the two men conspired to receive part of the $441,000 as a bribe rather than as a fee. That explains why the deadlocked jurors in the Star's story kept asking Judge Mack what "conspiracy" meant, and whether a general understanding was enough to prove one.
Who Jesse Smith and John T. King were
Both men whose names run through the Star's account were dead by the time the jury deliberated. Time recorded that John T. King, the Republican figure who received the $441,000, died within a week of being indicted, and that Jesse Smith killed himself at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. In his opening statement, prosecutor Emory Buckner told the jury that Smith, though never appointed to the Justice Department, had an office there a few doors from Daugherty's. This is why a juror asked to rehear the testimony about Smith's "alleged close association" with Daugherty: the government's case against the former attorney general depended largely on showing that Smith acted for him, and neither Smith nor King could be questioned.
Why the former attorney general was already under suspicion
Daugherty came to this trial already out of office and under a cloud from the Teapot Dome inquiries. Suspicion that he was involved grew from his reluctance to pursue that investigation. Miller, as Alien Property Custodian, implicated Daugherty and other Harding administration officials for pressuring him to deposit funds in the Midland Bank, of which Daugherty's brother Mally was president. Daugherty's resignation deepened the suspicion, and Mally was arrested for contempt after refusing to appear before a Senate committee. That dispute became McGrain v. Daugherty, decided in January 1927. So the two men who sat together as co-defendants in the Star's story had earlier been on opposite sides of the congressional investigations.
How the case ended for Miller
The Star could report only a jury struggling to agree on the night of October 9. Miller's conviction came later: he was convicted in 1927 on two counts of conspiring to defraud the United States, so the jury described in this story did not settle his case. He served 18 months in prison, was paroled in 1929, and was pardoned by President Herbert Hoover in 1933. Set beside the Star's account, the record shows that the charges outlasted the deadlock Judge Mack was trying to break, at least for the former custodian.
How Alexander's Game 6 set up the deciding game
Thompson's story ends just as it turns to Grover Cleveland Alexander, who was the key to both of the last two games. Rogers Hornsby chose Alexander to start Game 6 and then used him in relief to close out Game 7. With the Yankees one win from the title, the 39-year-old pitched a complete game, supported by Les Bell's four runs batted in, three hits and a two-run home run. The next afternoon Alexander threw 2.1 hitless innings of relief, including the famous strikeout of Tony Lazzeri with two out and the bases loaded. The Cardinals took the Series four games to three, and it remains the only World Series to end with a runner caught stealing. Thompson had named Jess Haines as the Cardinals' main hope for the final game, but the decisive work in relief fell to Alexander.
What the 1926 pennant meant to St. Louis
Thompson praised the team that "gave St. Louis its first pennant in nearly two-score years," counting back to an earlier St. Louis title. For the Cardinals themselves, 1926 brought both their first World Series appearance and their first National League pennant. The championship that followed on October 10 was the first professional sports championship ever won by a St. Louis team. That is why the Star framed the series as a contest over whether Missouri or New York would boast of the title, and why the stakes it named for the Cardinals went beyond the more than $50,000 in prize money.
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DAUGHERTY JURORS REPORT DEADLOCK; SENT BACK AGAIN
No. 1, 125-No. 30, 112. DAUGHERTY JURORS REPORT DEADLOCK; SENT BACK AGAIN Judge Will Be at Their Call From 10 O'Clock Today. Wants Decision. RELEASE WAS SOUGHT BY MEN AFTER 25 HOURS Court Replies He Feels It His Duty to Ask for Verdict in Long Trial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 9. - The jury in the Daugherty-Miller conspiracy case late tonight reported inability to agree, but was ordered to return to the jury room for further deliber-ations. At the time of their report the case had been in their hands for more than 25 hours. In telling the jury that he could not accept their disagreement as final, Judge Mack said that the jurors might retire for the night as soon as they liked. He said he would be at their disposal to hear a verdict any time after 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Judge, counsel and defend-ants then returned to their homes and hotels, from which they were called when the jury gave up hope of coming to any agreement. A few minutes after returning to the jury room the jurors were march-ed to a bus and driven to their hotel. Jury Telephones Question. At 10: 10 the jury had asked that the clerk of the court telephone a question to the judge at his home. This was done and the answer car-ried back to the jury room. The na-ture of the question was not revealed. When it was suggested that the jury return a verdict Sunday if they succeeded in arriving at one, the ques-tion of its legality was raised. Judge Mack said that he was not positive, but that he assumed it would be legal. Federal Attorney Emory R. Buckner, who prosecuted the case likewise said he did not know, but his opinion was that a Sunday verdict would be regu-lar in the eyes of the law. Judge Mack, in response to a re-quest by one of the jurors, explained the meaning of the word " conspiracy " as applied legally. " If two men, " said Judge Mack, " have an understanding with each other as to what to do or not to do, that is the essence of conspiracy-nothing more or less than an agree-ment or understanding. It need not be written nor in words, but it must be an understanding. Asked About Conspiracy. Asked by a juror if a conspiracy must relate to the specific acts or only a " general understanding, " Judge Mack said that a general un-derstanding as to illegal acts might constitute a conspiracy. On the request of another juror, the court ordered read the testimony re-lating to the late Jesse Smith's alleged close association with Daugh-erty. The Government contends that Smith was an influence in obtaining release of the $ 7, 000, 000 for which the late John T. King, once a power in Republican politics, was paid $ 441, 000. The Government alleges that Daugh-erty and Miller shared in this fund. Their trial, on charges of conspir-ing to defraud the Government of their fair and unprejudiced services in the transfer to allegedly German owners of $ 7, 000, 000 of assets of the American Metal Co., lasted five weks. Judge Wants Verdict. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 9. - Judge Julian W. Mack, asked to discharge the Daugherty-Miller jury here to-night, told them: " You must deliberate much longer. " " I feel it my duty to beg you to de-liberate further, " Judge Mack told the jury in a considerate tone. " This has been a long proceeding, begin-ning on September 7, until now. I have no doubt that during the 24 hours which have elapsed since my charge you have given patient and earnest consideration to everything you have heard in this courtroom. " I have taken full notice of your statement that you are unable to agree. I have had that statement
CARDS BEAT YANKS BY 10-2 SCORE AND FORCE A 7TH GAME
CARDS BEAT YANKS BY 10-2 SCORE AND FORCE A 7TH GAME Fighting Phalanx, Backs to Wall, Smothers New York in Sixth Contest. HAINES IS ST. LOUIS ' CHAMPIONSHIP HOPE Huggins to Choose Hoyt, Ruether or Pennock to Hurl in the Final. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor of The Star. NEW YORK, October [?] 9. - Courage typical of the fighting phalanx that gave St. Louis its first pennant in nearly two-score years, today enabled the Cardinals to overwhelm the Yankees, 10 to 2, and defer till tomor-row decision as to whether Missouri or New York will boast of the world championship in base ball for 1926. Faced with the necessity of prevail-ing on the field of battle this after-noon or forfeiting more than $ 50, 000 in prize money as well as the highest honor in the game, Rogers Hornsby's gallant galaxy of tossers tore into the Hugmen with a will to win that brooked no rebuffing and triumphed by a greater margin and in a more decisive manner than was recorded in any of the five preceding contests. As a result they pulled up to even terms with their rivals at three games apiece and will enter the deciding com-bat tomorrow favored to triumph over the American Leaguers by reason of a preponderance of strength in avail-able pitching. Hopes Pinned on Haines. It is a foregone conclusion that the Cardinals will place their reliance for the all-important Sabbath setto in Jess Haines, who already has a shut-out victory over the Yanks to his credit in this series, while the Yanks will be forced to choose between Hoyt and Ruether, two twirlers who have looked far from impressive in earlier tours of duty, or depend on Herb Pennock, the none too sturdy south-paw who saw service as recently as last Thursday. Ruether was the pitching victim of the opener in St. Louis last Tuesday, when he was batted out of the box midway of the contest in which Haines limited the Hugmen to five scattered singles and allowed none to advance beyond second base, while supplementing his box work with a home run drive that netted two of the Cards 5 tallies. Hoyt, while finishing on the long end of a 10-to-5 count the following day, the one in which Ruth exploded his record-breaking trio of homers, nevertheless was mulcted for 14 hits and but for the fact that he was op-posed by a flock of ineffective mound rivals, who issued a total of 10 passes and 11 safeties in addition to Babe's circuit clouts, would have had a tough time getting the verdict. Pennock Believed Frail. In the case of Pennock, the fact that he will have had but two days in which to recuperate his rather meager store of energy makes it seem unreasonable to hope that he can perform with anything like the ef-fectiveness that crowned his efforts with success in the first and fifth contests. The slender left hander, for years has had the appelation " frail " ap-pended to his name and for many reasons past invariably has been allotted four full days of rest be-tween efforts as was done in this series. The fact that in this instance he would have to attempt toil with only two days for restoration of his nervous and muscular forces, would make it seem unwise to put on his slender shoulders such a crushing burden as that involved in the pro-ceedings tomorrow, especially in view of the fact that his last assignment was the toughest kind of a 10-inning affair. Today, as last Sunday, Grover Cleveland Alexander demonstrated that age, in a base ball sense, with its attendant experience, can prove an
PUBLIC SENTIMENT SOUGHT ON CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS
FIVE CENTS. PUBLIC SENTIMENT SOUGHT ON CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS Star Ballot to Give Views of Parents on Plan Now Under Study. HALF-DAY CLASSES PRESENT ONE PROBLEM But Officials Realize Menace Which Lies in Concerted Rush of Traffic at 9 O'Clock. With public school authorities an-nouncing yesterday that they are awaiting the public reaction to the proposal to set back the opening hour for elementary schools in order to avoid the perils of traffic-congested streets for the army of school children walking to school, The Star today pre-sents a ballot to gauge and record the sentiment, favorable and adverse, to this suggestion. By filling out the ballot, which ap-pears on this page, it is believed that parents of school children may assist the school authorities in reaching the solution of an important problem-how best to safeguard the lives of their children. The proposal is to set back the time for opening elementary schools from 9 o'clock, as at present, to 9: 30, when the heavy traffic so menacing to child pedestrians has appreciably de-creased in volume. Before 9 o'clock Washington is moving to work in a long line of vehicles from all parts of the city. Before 9 o'clock school chil-dren are crossing streets filled with heavy traffic. After 9 o'clock this traffic drops off more than 50 per cent, at a conservative estimate. Ballou to Make Study. The attitude of the authorities of the school system is that the plan has its merits and deserves consideration. But Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, declared he was not pre-pared to urge or to oppose it until there had been a thorough investiga-tion of its reaction, not only upon the executives of the school system, but upon parents and the public of Wash-ington. The next meeting of the Board of Education will be a week from Wednesday. By that time there will be a sufficient period for the pub-lic to express its approval or disap-proval of the plan. To aid in this ex-pression the ballots appear in The Star today. The expression of public interest may come, also, in the view of author-ities of the school system, not only from individuals, but through the me-dium of citizens ' associations, parent-teacher bodies and civic organizations in general. While awaiting the expression of pub-lic interest the school authorities will be recording the reaction to the proposal felt in the school system it-self. It is recognized that the public interest and the interest of the school system coincide in this matter. Would Affect Half-Day Classes. Dr. Ballou has already announced for the school authorities that at pres-ent they are open to conviction. While the plan has merits, deserving care-ful consideration, he said, obstacles may arise in the school system, which should receive careful investigation. For instance, in some 200 classes, the half-day system is necessitated. Un-der the present school rules this means that at least three and one-half hours of instruction are given to such pupils. Switching the hour back to 9: 30 would not have a bad effect on the morning half of this group, but on the afternoon half it would still constitute a problem, as these children-though in a minority-would enter classes at 1: 30 o'clock only to be discharged into the streets at the hour of the 5 o'clock traffic peak, which in the Winter time is accompanied by the extra hazard of darkness. Another consideration is that teach-ers ' meetings would be disarranged in the afternoon by the necessarily later hour for closing schools, Dr. Ballou pointed out. It might not be necessary to change the hour for all elementary schools in the city, however, and some ar-rangement might possibly be worked out for the half-day pupils. Overshadowing all these objections, however, is the undisputed fact that if a later opening hour is decided upon the children on their way to school would cross streets carrying only half the volume of traffic that they have at 9 o'clock. Dr. Ballou points out this fact as being important. Will Await Public Action. The policy of the superintendent of schools, he stated informally, will be to await first of all evidence of public interest in the project; to gather the opinion of his fellow educators in the school system; to sum up the merits and demerits of the proposition, so far as possible in the limited time, and then, in case sufficient interest has been evidenced in the project, to pre-sent the matter to the Board of Edu-cation at its meeting a week from Wednesday for such consideration as the board may deem proper, together with a report and possibly a recom-mendation. " Informally, " he said, " I am going to look into the proposition from the standpoint of an executive of the school system. I hope that all mem-bers of the school system will keep open minds upon it until sufficient opportunity to consider the plan care-fully has been afforded. " The changing of school hours is but one project of a number interlocked in an attempt to make the streets of Washington safer for heedless and reckless school children. Patrol to Be Tried. Tomorrow at the Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets, where experi-mental safety measures are being worked out, a schoolboy patrol will go into operation. Its duties will be to keep children off the streets except at crosswalks, to supervise their con-duct in the streets, and the members will be armed with authority to carry out their duties in so far as the school children themselves are concerned. It is emphasized that no attempt will be made by these boy patrols actually to control automobile traffic. A welcome offer was received at school headquarters today from
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