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Evening star., 1922-05-29
HAGUE INVITATIONS ISSUED.
By the Associated Press,

6y tne ASSOCIATED Press.
THE HAGUE, May 29.-Inyitations
have been issued by the presidents
of the Genoa conference in agreement
with the Dutch government for COM
ing parleys at The Hague. 1t is in
tended tina, two commi ssions shall
meet here June 26, one to Comprise
experts from the states represented
at Genoa, excluding Russia and Ger
many, and the other commission to
consist only OF Russian economists
A preliminary meeting will be held
on June Is and will be attended by
not more than two delegates from all
states represented at Genoa except
Germany and Russia They, with a
limited number of specialists, are ex-
pected to determine who will par
ticipate in a nom Russian commission.
By June rs at the latest 1t is expect
ed that the names Of the nations and
their representatives will be COM
municated to the secretariat general,
which 10 under the general jurisdic-
ton of a Holland delegate. The COM
missions will study the differences
that exist between the nations, par
ticularly matters relating to debts,
private property and credits to Rus
sia, and endeayor to formulate recon-
mendations for submission to their
respective governments. The foreign
Office has intrusted to DR.. Vande
Sande BakhuyZen, a consular officer
and member of the Holland deleRa-
ton at Genoa. the task of preparing
and organizing data for The Hague
conference.
Evening star., 1922-05-29

Any action looking to q suggestion
for a change in tho present daylight
saving. plan by the trade organiza-
tions Of the city will have to come
from the full membership, the men,
bers of tho committees representing
these bodies having stated today that
they were without authority to sug-
gest a change to the President The
general view expressed by several
of the members of the committee
which called on the President was
that II there was any desire for a
change, 1t should come at this time
from the government clerks and
members OF the cabinet.
President Harding. 1t IL understood.
will consider changing the time OF
government Departmental working
hours. II the committee which saw
him and suggested the change would
come to the White House and inform
him that it has not worked. When
this information was impaired to
those who were members Of that
committee, they said that their or
ganizations had acted on the propo-
sition and that they were not au-
thorized to change that action by go
lhS ~ ShO IICSlOSht
him that the plan was not satisfac-
tory.
Speaks for M. 4 M. Association.
Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan. president
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. said that the committee
went to the White House at the invi-
tation of the President. Any further
Gen. Stephan said, should
come from the people in the govern
Evening star., 1922-05-29
PRESIDENT TO SEE
ARMY-NAW GAME:
Annapolis Commencement
Throng Surprised as May
flower Docks.
By the Associated Press.

ny tne AooOclote0 Rteo1.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, May 2s.-Hun-
dreds attending the graduation ex-
ercises at the United States Naval
Academy today received a complete
surprise when the yacht Mayfiower,
on which President Harding left
Washington Saturday. with Mrs.
Harding and = party Of friends. for
Q cruise down Chesapeake bay, drop
ped snchor here to permit the Presi-
dent to participate in the Commence
ment Monday program. There had
been NO announcement prior to the
departure Of the Maynower Of the
intention to stop at Annapolis, and
the plan was revealed only last night
from the White House.
After lunching with Admiral Will
son. superintendent Of the academy,
the President had planned to remain
to review the midshipmen and witness
the annual base ball game between
Annapolis and West Point
The Maydowef arrived on Annapolis
about 0 o'clock and was given q salute
by the, patt1eships Maryland, Della
ware am f!orth Dakota, lying on the
port ~
Evening star., 1922-05-29
388 ATTENDANTS BURIED ALIVE
WITH CHILD PRINCESS, TOMB SHOWS

some gold and jewelry and many
bronzes and fragments of glass
were found with inscriptions dis
closing the hitherto unwritten life
story of the Ethiopian empire be-
fore and at the beginning of the
Christian era. The Ethiopians, a
dark-skinned non-negro race, COM
ing from the Selma oasis, con-
ouered the land of the Pharaohs
In the eighth century before
Christ. King Tirhaka is mentioned
in the old testament in connection
with Hezekiah and threatened
Assyrian invasion. Prof. Risner
had previously established the
existence of this dynasty when ex-
:cayating the pyramids of the an.
cient capital. Napata. After the
Assyrians had conquered Egypt the
capital was moved to Meroe, the
dynasty OF queens starting In the
era of Alexander the Great.
It has Just been established that
the dynasty Of flfty-fve queens
and twenty kings ended the
ethiopian empire. which disinte-
tribes. Half of all the fragments
found by foreign expeditions 20
to the Egyptian government. Many
believe that the paucity Of re-
suits from most Of the recent
excavations indicates that the
golden age Of Systematic arche-
Ological research in Egypt has
pas5ed, thovSh possibly rich dis
coyeries may be made by acci-.
! dent IN the fatures ......... Z.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
GERMANS DELIVER
WAR DEBT REPLY:
ACCEPTANCE SEEN
BeIived to Have Acceded
to Demands of Repara-
tions Commission. -
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
PARIS. May 29.-Germany's reply
to the reparations commission on the
demands made by the commission in
connection with reperations pay
ments was delivered at the Office Of
the commission at $40 o'clock this
afternoon.
Unofficial forecasts were that Ger
many would accede to all the de-
mands made by the commission upon
condition she be granted an interna-
tional loan on reasonable terms.
Hermes Negotiations.
The commissions demands We're
agreed upon in the recent negotia-
tions here between the commission
and the German finance minister,
Andreas Hermes. They include pro-
visions for the virtual dictation by
the entente Of measures for the re-
form of Germany's financial affairs.
Advices from Berlin say that the
Wirth cabinets decision to abide by
the results of Herr Hermes' efforts
here was decisively Influenced by the
prospects Of securing the urgently
needed loan, and that the govern
ments reparation policy will be sus-
tanned by the reichstag.
Whether France will be represented
at the coming conference at The
Hague on Russian Affairs will be
decided by the chamber of deputies
in the course OF the debate on foreign
affairs. which will be resumed tomor-
row. Premier Poincare will take the
moor either tomorrow or Wednesday
to explain the situation and say that
1t Is for the chamber to indicate what
action the government ought to take
Basis OF Decision.
The decision OF the chamber, it
appears. will depend upon the inter-
probation given the resolution adopt
ed at Genoa fixing the conditions for
the conference. 1t is expected. how
ever. that in any case the parliament
will approve of France being repre-
sented only on condition that the
deliberations at The Hague be con-
fined to economic questions
Ambassador Jusserand At Washing
ton has exchanged views regarding
The Hague conference with Secretary
OF State Hughes, but It is said in
official circles that any Interpretation
of these conversations as negotiations
tending to induce the United States
to send representatives to The Hague
Is erroneous. the French government
having no reason to try to convince
the United States. since the attitude
OF the two governments is quite the
same.
Evening star., 1922-05-29

ment departments who are more af-
fected by the present plan than any
other group. The cabinet, he also said,
should suggest any further changes
that they find might be wanted by the
employees In their respective depart
ments.
w. c. johnson. chairman Of the in
dustrtal relations committee Of the
Washington Board of Trade, and a
member Of the committee which
visited the President in the interest
Of dayliEht-saving. said that he would
take the matter up with his organize
tfon and do as they ordered. His or
ganization. he said, had voted for day
ltght-saving and he could not take any
other stand until the organization had
acted. However. he said. he would do
anything the President wished to have
done.
Commerce Chambers Position.
The Washington Chamber of Com
merce, through its board of direc-
tors, voted for daylight-saving, ac-
cording to A. e. Seymour, secretary
OF the chamber and a member of the
committee which went to the White
House. Mr.. Seymour said that not
until the directors had ordered 9TH
erwise would he assume responsible
.Sy aot oohiu6 IuAt d C0auBe De MADE
back to the old hours. The board is
scheduled to meet q week from to-
morrow.
Charles ]. Columbus. secretary of
the Merchants and Manufacturers'
Association and q member of the
committee which called on the Presi-
Gent, also said that any suggestions
for q change back to the old hours
should come from the employees of
the government departments. He
said the Merchants and Manufactur-
lContinued Qn PAGE 2 Goiiifnr =
Evening star., 1922-05-29

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 29.-Horatio Bot
tomley, former publisher of John
Bull. was found guilty today by a
jury on the charge of misappro-
priation of funds belonging to the
Victory Bond Club. He was SEN
fenced to seven years penal servi-
tude.
Bottomley served notice that he
intended to appeal the case.
1t took the jury barely half an
hour to make up its mind and re-
turn the verdict of guilty
Years ago Bottomley figured in
several notorious fraud cases.
Mr.. Bottomley's conviction was
message by the judge to the
speaker Of the house of COM
mons, who formally announced it
In the house. This automatically
vacates Mr.. Bottomleys seat in
the house for South Hackney.
which constituency he served in
parliament 1908 to 1912 and again
beginning In 1918, when he was
reelected.
The BottomIey case has been ex-
citing intense interest in England
for several months since the
defendant. a member of Parlia-
ment, first was charged with
fraudulently converting funds of
the Victory Bond Club, a wartime
organization of which he was the
founder and president. When Bot
tomley was placed on trial he
was specifically accused of mis-
appropriating $1,000, but the pros
ecution alleged that of f493,0OO
heewas declared to have handled,
only f23,000 could be accounted
for. Bottomley swore, however,
during the trial that he had never
made a penny out of his various
clubs. or improperly taken any
amount whatever from the clubs
funds.
The investors. in the Bottomley
clubs were largely Of the poorer
classes. who invested either out
Of patriotic motives or in the hope
of gaining by winning the prizes
offered. drawings for which were
advertised at given periods.
Bottomley'st publication, John
Bull, was noted for its FREQUENT
attacks on America and things
American.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
POORER BY $4,000
Congress to Put Columbia on
No-SurpIus Basis
July |.

Columbia Hospital for Women. with
in whose walls many thousands of
washingtonians have first looked upon
the light Of day. will be poorer by SIS. .00o
July /. under a provision In the District
appropriation bill agreed to by both
Senate and House. Officials Of the hos
pital are now bemoaning the fact that
the INSTITUTION has thus been put back
on a no. surplus basis despite the many
needed improvements that were to have
been made with the savings Of many
years.
The, $25, 900 was accumulated through
several years Of good management and
practical economy, according to Col.
Myron n. Parker, president Of the board
Of governors OF the hospital and it was
done with foresight by the officials.
be a surplus on hand with which
emergencies could be met and with
which necessary repairs and replace
ments could be made from time to
time. The money was invested In lib.
erty bonds until needed.
By a paragraph inserted IN the DIS
trict appropriation bill by the House
appropriations committee and concurred
In by, the Senate and the House this
$25, 900 saving must be turned Into the
United States Treasury, and off1cials OF
the hospital feel keen sense OF loss
because all efforts to obtain working
that the money, instead of being saved,
might have been spent justifiably every
year for the betterment Of the hospital
Usual Appropriation Made.
This year. as in previous years,
Congress appropriated $4,000 to the
hospital through the board of chari-
ties Of the District. The surplus is
not to be turned back to the local
board Of charities. however. but to
tho federal government.
There are many improvements
vital to the welfare Of Columbia Hos
pital that we had planned to be pro-
viding for out Of the surplus fund"
Col. Parker said today. But now
there is not enough to more than
"The home for the nurses is in such
a disreputable and un-down condition
that 1t is difficult to obtain hrst-class
nurses and many have left us on that
account: They live III in as. a series les Of
tary and extremely dangerous as fire.
traps. The woodwork and furnishings
are so old that 1t is impossible to
keep them free from vermin. They
are really quarters not fit to be in
habited. 1t would be impossible to
erect new structures from our erst-
while fund, that would have to come
from an appropriation. but we had
planned renovating it and refurnish-
Now our money is gone and we can
see no relief. We also had planned
putting in a clothes chute from the
upper floors of the hospital proper
to the laundry. This would have
saved US hundreds of dollars annually
in linen, but now that Is impossible
Primarily, though, we had worked
for our surplus fund SO that we would
have q working capital on hand to
meet the many small emergencies
that arise In an institution as large
az Columbia"
Evening star., 1922-05-29
ARMY RETIREMENT
DISPUTE SETTLED
Supreme Court Holds Presi-
dents Approval Un-
necessary.

Deciding matter which has been
disputed in Army circles since the
world war. the United States Supreme
Court held today that 1t is not neces-
sary for the President to review. and
approve personally each individual
case to make effective the work Of
the retirement board in removing
officene Of the Army from the active
list. under the national defense act.
The decision was handed down In
cases brought by John W. French
and william 3. Creary. who sought
to have revoked their forcible, invoi-
untary removal, the former by retire.
ment and the latter by discharge. on
the ground that the Secretary Of War
and not the President had approved
the findings of the boards.
. The two officers were successful in
the Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia, but they lost In tho Court
Of Appeals.
The status Of large number Of
oficerD who had been removed from
active service wRB involved AZ well
as the status OF those officers who
were promoted to 6ll the vacancies,
Evening star., 1922-05-29
U. S. BOOKKEEPING
REVISION ORDERED

Complete reorganization of the
methods of keeping accounts of the
executive departments of the govern
ment and establishments throughout
the country has been ordered to take
effect July l, it was announced to-
day. the comptroller general Of the
United States, ]. r. McCarl issuing
bulletin No. 1 to the heads Of all
departments and establishments for
the classification Of objects of ex-
penditure."
The reorganization Is considered as
big step in the program of economy
and efficiency launched by the ad-
ministration and was commended by
Director of the Budget Dawes to-
day as one of the most important
moves yet made in putting business
methods into the administration of
government affairs.
The bulletin was issued by au-
thority of section 500 Of the budget
and accounting act, after extensive
and exhaustive analysis Of the entire
business of the government and fol-
lowing close consultation between
officials of the general accounting
office and the bureau of the budget.
In effect the order will revise gov
eInmeut ACCOUNTS along the program
which divides all things purchased
and paid for by the government into
twenty-five groupings.
Four major divisions in which the
classification is placed are current ex-
penses. acquisition of property, pay
rights and obligations.
The classification, says the bulletin,
is FOR the purpose of obtaining uni
formity " administrative appropri-
alton and fund accounting and in the
analysis of governmental expendi-
President, the Congress and such
agencies of the government as are
required to deal with governmental
expenditures"
The purpose Of the reorganization
Is further set forth in an introduc-
tion to the pamphlet. containing the
order, the comptroller general dscIar-
ing IAN analysis of expenditures is
important In order to test the effi-
cheney with which the work has been
eliminate the misapplication Of human
effort and the waste of material. to
provide data needed for measuring
costs. and to form the basis Of esti.
similar purposes =
ITO serve as an adequate analysts
and check on expenditures" saws Mr
McCarl. information Of this kind
should be available for all of the
services of the government on sl1e
basis Of standard classification. in
order that reliable Comparisons NAV
be made on the expenditures of dif.
ferent organization units Thus, Tor
example, the most effective way for
judging the relative economy and en-
cheney OF deld stations Of like char
acter (such as lighthouses post ON
ces and local Offices Of internal
revenue coilectors) will be by COM
pairing their expenditures on this
basis u
Evening star., 1922-05-29
By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
Newa CopyriRht 1922

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1922.
CAIRO. Egypt. May 2s.-The
tombs Of the fat and ferocious
queens ruling over the declining
Ethiopian empire 900 centuries be-
fore the Christian era have re-
Gently. been excavated at Meroe
by Prof. George A. Rfsner's Har-
ward University expedition. Within
q radius Of two. miles Of the an
cient capital are three great
groups of pyramid tombs, of which
the expedition excavated fifty
seven last winter. Prof. Rfsner
has now returned to his home at
the base of the Ghizeh pyramids
and is preparing a report on his
discoveries. :
The most important discovery
was that queens were more nu-
merous than kings In the regu-
lar dynastic succession In Ethiopia
The tombs were unusually large,
as the retainers OF the rulers were
buried alive with them outside the
pyramidB. Before these Ethiopian
female monarchs there were only
two queens that ruled Egypt, one
reiRning 1000 and the other 1900
years before Christ. They were
not regular dynasty queens. One
grave showed that q child prin-
nursemaid and 3sS retainers.
Though all the tombs had been
Dlundsred In earliss csnturteA
Evening star., 1922-05-29
CATS WORTH FORTUNES.
So Scarce in Moscow Felines Bring
40, ,ooO, GOO Rubles.
By Cable to The Star and Chicaso Daily News.
Copyright 1922

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1922
MOSCOW. Russia. May 2s.-Dick
Wilmington, who is popular1y sup
posed to have made his fortune in Lon
don through his cat. could repeat his
romantic career in Moscow today, for
cats are selling readily here for from
l5,o00,0 600 to 20.000.000 paper rubles
each. The supply is entirely unequal
60 the demand. Most of the cats died
during the last few lean years. when
inans, and mice and rats nourished
in the closed warehouses.
Now with business reviving these
warehouses are being unsea1ed and
the result is a plague of rodents in
many homes.
Send US cats and grimalkins ga
Evening star., 1922-05-29
CRANE SENTENCE
DECLAREDUNTRUE
Arabic Newspapers Retract
Story That American Had
Been Convicted.
~ yUNIUs b. WOOD.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1872.
BEIRUT. Syria. May 2s.-Seversl
Of the local Arabic newspapers pub
lish the following communique:
I'VE have published a notice that
the military court in Damascus sen
fenced Charles r. Crane. an Ameri-
can, to twenty years Imprisonment
Today we have received a communi-
cation from the official press bureau
saying that the news Is untrue"
The original item. which was print
ed in all the newspapers. was ap
parently intended to impress Syrians
with the fact that even Americans
are held responsible under the French
occupation. Despite the strict military
censorship no effort to correct the
false report was made until the
American consul in this city. Paul
Knabenshue, inquired of the French
nigh commission whether the state
ment was true. The press bureau
then issued a denial. TAN has
aroused a newspaper controversy rs
to the source of the original state
ment about Mr.. Cranes: alleged SEN
tence. Thus far the authorities have
not explained the origin of the re-
xsrt nor punished the offending
fSkperR. 81
Evening star., 1922-05-29
Churchill Announces British
Troops Will Remain in
Dublin for Present.
CONFERENCE IN LONDON
ON TREATY is DELAYED
Immediate Anglo-Irish Break
Averted-Confidence in Collins
Expressed.
B. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
BELFAST. May 2s.-Sharp fighting
between members of the Irish repub-
lican army and the Ulster special
constabulary occurred last nigh-
along the boundary between counties
Dougel and Fermanagh in the Bel
leek district. Five republicans are
reported to have been killed and a
number wounded. One constable was
killed.
The fighting followed the action Of
the Ulster police in taking possession
nearby.
Special police from the Belleek For
were ambushed and compelled To
abandon their motor car, the driver
Of which was killed during the heavy
firing Both wings of the Irish re
publican army, the insurgents and
those under the Free State govern
ment, are believed to have been rep
resented in the force which the Ul
sterites encounted.
Attack in Horse Shoe Form.
The southerners attacked in horse
shoe formation. the only side open to
the police facing on Lough Erne.
across which they have been receiv-
ing their supplies by boat.
The republicans intention to cut
this line of communication was foil
ed by the northerners, who repulseo
their assaiIants after a pitched bat
tie.
The Culling Tree road police bar
racks, near Falls road, was attacked
wounded, one seriously.
Crown Forces Search Houses.
Crown forces last evening carried
out an exhaustive search OF houses
on streets In the neighborhood OF the
Falls road. About twenty-five meI
were arrested and some ammunition
was seized. The prisoners included
an Irish republican army picket
Unoficial reports were received here
border was reached both at Newry
and Dundalk Sunday.
The Ulster special conetablee used
carrier pigeons during the fighting
at South Armagh to summon assist
ance. No further casualties were re-
ported. but it was stated that bodies
Of civilians were lying in the vicinity
where the fighting took place.
A man named McCabe was taken to
the hospital at Newry suffering from
a bullet wound in his head. He re
covered later.
Dundalk is crowded with people
from the border districts Gunboats
are lying at Carlingford in Dundalk
bay.
Seven Buildings Burned.
Incendiarism again played an i'm
! portant part in the week end pro
ceedings in Belfast and there was
considerable looting. Seven business
houses were destroyed. principally
the properties of Protestant firms in
Catholic areas These incluc~d d
paper warehouse in Kent street, In
the heart of the city: linen factory,
a cloth factory, a cabinet factory, an
oil warehouse and q paper-maklne
plant The damage amounted TO thou
sands of pounds.
one block in Talbot street was al
most destroyed. A bomb thrown into
house in Shaftesbury avenue
wounded a man and his wife and
baby. ,.,
Sergt. Leech of the royal Irish
Iconsta abulaTy was shot dead in Bruins
wick street while walking with
woman friend. The murderer escaped
npoops To STAY IN DUBLIN.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
GEN. MITCHELL HURT.

s MILWAUKEE. Wis, May 2s.-Brig.
Gen. William Mitchell Of the Army
aviation service. fell from q horse
late yesteeSay and was painfully in
jured, it became known today. The
horse slipped and fell when he at
tempted to jump over q barbed wire
fence, throwing the rider with con-
siderable force. Gen. Mitchelrs phy-
Siciaa said No honsa War4 beoeone