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The Washington times., 1922-12-28
commissioners
AGAINST BUS
PROJECT
Public Utilities Body Denies
Application for a New
Line.

The Public Utilities Commission
does not look with favor upon the
extension of bus service in wash
ington except by the existing rail-
way companies, it was indicated TO-
day in an order made public.
The order denied the application
Of the United Transportation Com
pany for permission 10 operate
bus line from Fifteenth and Mary
land avenue to Twenty-first and b
streets northwest.
In turning down the request. the
commission indicated that 1t be-
lieved that il such bus line was
Eeeded for the sections along the
proposed route the busses should he
operated in conjunction with and
supplemental to the street railway
service.
It appeared certain today that
this latest expression of opinion by
the commission would soon result
I'm court action. The commission
makes il clear in its decision that
the field for bus service does not
lie In the multiplication of lines or
of vehicles reaching the heart OF
the city, but rather in providins
service in the extension of street
car lines into territory so thinly
settled as not to justify the large
investment necessary for street
railway service"
The order was taken as an
indication that the commission
plans to allow no additional busses
to operate in Washington unless by
or in conjunction with the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany and Capital Traction Com
pany.
The stated reason for denying the
application was that the sections
Of the District to be served by this
proposed motor bus line lie entire
ly within the built-up portion ot
the city, and are now adequately
served bv the existing street rail
wr-' lines.
The commission points out thai
the route proposed runs parallel
to the street car lines and "wouIC
be in direct competition with them"
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
REFORM BUREAU
GETS GRAF IS
MONEY
Will of Reformer Provides That
TWo-thirds of Estate Be
Used for Love"

Two.thirds of his estate Is to be
devoted ito the larger circle of love.
the brotherhood of man." accord.
ing to the will of the Rev. Wilbur
r. Crafts, head of the international
Reform Bureau. dated September
20. 1916, and filed for probate to-
day.
Concluding his testament, DR..
Craft asked benediction on the work
of the executors and trustees OF
his estate in their effort to make
my will His will Whose l am and
whom | serve both here and
there"
Mrs. Sara J. Crafts, the wife Of
the reformer, Is to have one-third
Of the estate in addition to life In.
surance of which she is named ben.
eficiary. Mrs. Crafts is also to have
his sermons, manuscripts, files OF
illustrations and Bible helps; col
lection Of pictures of Christ and the
many curios gathered by DIR. Crafts
in many countries.
The trustees of the International
Reform Bureau are directed to use
the two-thirds of the estate for the
promotion of the reforms to which
DIR. Crafts was devoted. He directs
that none of the estate be spent
in salaries or current expenses, but
all is to be devoted to the circula-
ton of books and documents relat-
ing to civic and moral reforms.
b. b. Bassette of New Britain.
Conn. and Frank S. Ray of this
city are named as executors.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
Presents For Louise
And Mary Go
Astray

"No mistakes this year, thank
Heaven" sighed Santa Claus, as
he kicked -off his boots before
the big fireplace.
That's all he knew about it.
But the old boy and his little
helpers had a big list this year
and can't be Judged too harshly
for sending two wrong packages
to the home of H. w. Herter,
710 F street southwest.
Mr.. Herter today asked The
Times to take the place of
Santa Claus in correcting the
error.
"On Christmas morning." he
wrote, a little boy delivered to
my door two presents. When I
read the cards, | discovered that
they were not intended for my
children.
"If you will put a notice in
your paper, the owner may get
the same on description of the
same. The cards read Mary
from Aunt Annie and Louise
from Aunt Annie.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
INSURANCE
Of $4,000
ASKED
Drastic Measure introduced
ION Request" by Senator
Ball.

A new code regulating the oper-
alton of automobiles in the Dis
trict is provided in bill intro
duced in the Senate today by Sen
ator Ball, chairman of the Senate
District Committee. 49,,
Senator Ball introduced the bill
by request and has not yet indl-
Gated whether he will support it.
1t requires all automobile drivers
to be bonded and insured, so as to
provide for the compensation, OF
all persons who may be injured by
reckless drivers.
RevOkes Licenses.
The measure directs the District
Commissioners to revoke the auto
mobile licenses of all persons who
have been convicted of a felony
within two years previous to the
passage of the law. 1t makes driV'
ing an automobile while in an IN
toxicated condition a misdemeanor.
Strict penalties are provided FOR
drivers who injure another motor
vehicle and refuse to stop or to
give automobile license number or
address.
Other sections revise the present
traffic code.
$4,000 Bonds.
Owners of motor vehicles are re.
quired to be bonded with a re-
sponsible surety company, author.
ized to do business in the District
of Columbia, to the extent of $4,000
for a motor vehicle operated by the
owner; 81, 900 for the protection of
naroano nj ittrad and for tho nrn.
lection of dependents of persons
killed through the reckless. danger
Gus, or negligent operation of mo-
tor vehicles; likewise, in the sum of
81 900. covering damage to prop.
erty of others for the same cause.
The bill says that lin each and
every instance the United States of
America shall be named as the
obligee to such bond"
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
WANTS GUIDE LINES
At STREET CORNERS

John Boobar, heading n special
committee of the Washington
Safety Council, has submitted to
Major Daniel ]. Donovan, District
auditor. a recommendation that he
seek from Congress an additional
appropriation of $1,000 to be used
to keep freshly painted white lines
at cross walks.
The committee, which comprises
Mr.. Boobar. Odell s. Smith and
Earl Goodwin, basis its estimate on
figures complied with the aid OF
the police department. 1t is pointed
out by this committee that these
lines are great aids in reducing
traffic accidents.
The recommendation call for the
employment of two painters at 81
a day each, with the remainder of
the money being spent for paint.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
DAD, FEELIN PERT At 70,
SINGS SELF INTO COURT

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Mrs.
Anna Grace went to see City Judge
Charles w, Boote in Yonkers yes.
terday. She had a reason. Her
seventy.three.ye .year-old father-in.law
William Grace. insisted upon sing
ing and dancing too much in her
house, and she just couldn't stand
It any longer, she said. !
Judge Boote issued summons
for Grace to appear in court. Until
the time for his appearance police.
men will see to IL, according TO the
Judge, that the Grace home, at 90
South Broadway, Yonkers, remains
dwelling, and not q vaudeville
theater.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
CITY CLUB ENTERTAINS
ITS WIVES AND CHILDREN

Wives and children of the mem.
bers of the City Club were the
honored guests at a reception and
tea, followed by a children's con.
cert and dancing party held last
night.
Mrs. Henry f. stringer. wife of
the president, received in the clubs
lounge which was decorated with a
huge Christmas tree. surrounded
with toys and other Christmas
green's and colors. II is announced
that close to 500 reservations have
been made for the New Years eve
Bohemian night.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
POSTAL MONEY ORDERS
HERE PASS 10 STATES

The District OF Columbia during
the past year did bigger postal
money order business than ten
States, according to figures com
piled today by the department.
The figures show that domestic
money orders amounting to s7,466,
SIS were issued by the Washington
post office. The postal money or,
ders cashed was more than twioq
this amount, totaling S16,462, ,695.
A sum of sS2,lS6 was sent by
residents of the District to foreign
countries by means of international
orders.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
WOMEN TO LECTURE ON
CONSERVING HEALTH

Anxious to interest workers in
conservation OF health, the Wom.
ems Welfare Association will hold
a series OF bimonthly lectures to
he held Sunday afternoons, begin.
ming January IA. In the auditorium
of the National Museum. Admis.
sion will be free.
Officers Of the association are
Mrs. Wesley NJ. Stoner, president;
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty and
Mrs. Mark Potter. vice presidents:
Mrs. William II. King, secretary,
and Mrs. Maynard c. Burrell,
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
CONTRIBS' GOOD WISHES.

The good wishes of contribs
and fans have been so numer-
ois we have not been able to
print them, but we do wish to
thank them all and to share
with them the good will and hap.
piness they all so sincerely evince.
We print this one CHEEKY sample:
NY Dear Bill:
I wish you Joy In twenty three,
Aid please Just guess. ] wish success
To Heard and Seen and the 90. o. c."
And may next year be filled with
cheer;
with hustle. hustle. pull. and push,
For our Heard and Seen so grand
serene,
BUSH"
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
.ARBUCKLE FORGIVEN.

Comedian given another chance,
Though enemies assail;
The very mention Of your name
Against them will prevail.
Your personality and charm
Have captured countless friends,
Determined you to shield from
harm,
Whenever IL impends.
No gloom is there i'm Hollywood,
With you on duty found,
For comedy supremely good
Has made you wOrld.renOwned.
SeIf.rig is not your sin,
And with your common sense
You will the worlds approval win,
When laughter you dispense.
Intolerance It's worst may do,
Some hobby to advance,
But Hays has Justly pardoned
you,
And given you a chance.
WADE WELLER.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
POSTOFFICE TRUCKS
LIMITED IN SPEED

An all-year safety campaign
among all postal employees con-
nected in any way with the op-
Grafton of postoffice trucks was
ordered today by Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General II. II. Billany.
"The department Is desirous of
reducing accidents to the very
minimum" the order reads, land
20 this end it has equipped all Of
Its trucks with governors. so ad.
Justed as to limit the speed Of the
truck to that fixed by local
ordnance"
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
PROVING SQUADRON" TO
KEEP EYE ON SPEEDERS

Speeders and other violators of
traffic regulations will be the prey
OF a special "roving squadron" of
motorcycle policemen. These men,
with headquarters in the District
building. will patrol the city day
and night devoting their time ex.
clusively to watching for violators
OF traffic regulations. The squadron
went on duty last night.
Members of the squadron are D.
r. Baltimore, No. | precinct: r. II.
Mansfield, No. 2: II. d. Vaughn. No.
4: q. B. Waite, No. 5: w. c. Lewis,
No. 6: A. Van Shockey, No. Z: A.
J. Tolson, No. Q, and T. T. Heffer-
man, No. 10.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
M. AND M. DEPARTMENT
STORE HEAD RETAINED

Reelection of George S. De Neale
as chairman of the department
store section of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association was an.
nounced today.
In his capacity as chairman of
this section. Mr.. De Neale will
automatically continue in office as
a member of the board Of managers.
The department store section is ex-
pected to lay out it's program tor
the coming year at meeting to
be held during the next week or
ten days.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
USES CHRISTMAS TREE
AS WEAPON IN QUARREL

Christmas is the time for settling
quarrels, and the settling usually
takes place around a pine tree.
But the method of settling argu.
ments did not extend to the case
Of Louis Greenberg "A grocer, 2145
Twenty-first street northwest.
Greenberg and Donald Green.
street had a long standing feud
Last Tuesday the grocer took hold
Of Christmas tree. II Is alleged
and squared his end OF the feud
by striking Greenstrect on the head
When Greenstreet came to he found
himself at the hospital five stitches
to the good.
Judge Hardison fined Greenbere
S25 for the mususe OF the tree.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
BAR AND BENCH TO HONOR
JUSTICE JOB BARNARD

Job Barnard, retired associate
Justice OF the District Supreme
Court, will be honored with a com.
plimentary dinner by members of
the District Bar Association in the
City Club January at 1880 o'clock.
The Judges of the Court of Appeals
the District Court bench, and other
distinguished friends of the retired
justice will attend.
The directors OF the Bar Asso.
ciation constitute the, committee In
charge. with Joseph A. Burkart,
chairman; George G. Gertman, Sec
retary. and w. W.. MILAN, treas.
urcr.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
M|lDRED|S
PREPARED
To STAY
LONG
Sends Word to Parents She
Will Remain Until Her We'd
ding Is Cancelled.

The biggest coup in the hide
and-seek game being played by
Mildred Wen, elusive bride-to-be
of George Nun Lee, son of
millionaire New York Chinese
merchant, was unearthed today,
when the real motive for her
return home was discovered and
admitted by members of the fam
lily.
Mildred returned, it is now ad-
mitted, to obtain several thou,
sand dollars worth of jewelry and
certain wedding gifts that had
been given to her.
Mildred will be disowned by hei
parents if she fails to return home
within the next few days. it was in
dicated today.
She cannot enter a Chinese home
until her parents reclaim her, 1t is
said. The door of every Chinaman
i'm Washington and elsewhere Is
closed TO her. The Chinese consider
that she has disgraced her family,
serious offense in the Oriental mind.
II is believed she is staying with
native Americans.
Mildred drew $500 from the Lin
coin National Bank prior to her sec.
ond disappearance, IL was learned to
day. The money hac been given he
by her father before she fled the i'm
pending marriage.
Prepared for Long Stay.
Fortified with these, the obduratr
Chinese maiden has issued an edic
TO the waiting groom and her par
ents that she is prepared to stay ii
hiding indefinitely and will not re
turn home until Mum Lee. her par
ent.picked husband-to-be. goes bach
TO New York and the whole thing
blows over"
Mildred is in hiding in Washing
ton, II was learned through an
American lawyer in the Woodward
building, who specialiZes in Chinese
practice and is generally regarded
as the legal adviser to Washington
Chinatown.
Baltimore, signed by Mildred and
identified by her teacher, II is de-
clared, was ruse to throw Wash
ington police and detectives, who
have been engaged to locate the
missing bride-to-be, off her track.
Engage Lawyer.
The local Chinese agency-the On
LeonG Tong presided over hy
Mayor Soo-of local Chinese mcr.
chants and society, has engaged
the American lawyer to handle the
case of Mildred in an effort -
persuade the maiden TO return 10
her paternal home and consummate
the wedding to which Mildreds
parents had pledged their daughter.
THE On Leong Tong feel quite
deeply the odium which 1t believes
has become attached to the fact
that one Of its members pledges
OF marriage has been broken" the
lawyer told newspaper men this
morning.
From time immemorial II has
been the custom for Chinese parents
to plight the troth Of their daugh.
ter's hand in marriage and the case
of Mildred has stirred them a great
deal" he declared.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
HIS OLD SWEETHEART.

Bess. the brown-eyed waitress.
Was all the world TO me
When ] was only twenty-one
And she was twenty-three.
My father sent me across the sea
To a foreign land,
But I resolved to marry her
When I became an older man.
But 10, the years brought changes.
And when my Bess | found,
She was the same. yet not the same.
She weighed three hundred pounds.
She wanted me to kiss her.
And she could not understand
That | loved her very slender
And my love would not expand.
o. HOWE WISE
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
GUT
IN P, D.
Committee Reports to House
Sum Less Than Budget
Estimates.

The Post Office Department
appropriation bill was reported
to the House today by the Ap-
preparations Committee, bearing
a total of $584,614,191.50 for the
fiscal year of 1924, which is
$2O,439,625 more than the
amount appropriated for the cur
rent year and $5,552.0O0 less
than the sum estimated by the
Bureau of the Budget.
Expect Gain In Revenue.
The report states that the
revenues for the year 1924 are es-
timated to show an increase of Q
per cent over the current year,
or deficit of less than 81 900. 900
and for this reason the amount
carried in the bill is deemed suffi.
cient.
A decrease OF SS4.99O. as com.
pared with this years appropria,
tions. for salaries in the office OF
the Postmaster General, is pro
vided in the bill. The amount
recommended by the committee,
however. is the same as that
estimated by the Bureau OF the
Budget.
An increase over last year of
s16,550. the amount estimated by
the bureau, is recommended by the
committee for salaries in the of.
flee OF the Third Assistant Post.
master General. Salaries in the
~ nf hA
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
these amounts having been recon.
mended by the bureau.
Cuts Bid For Guide.
In the items for contingent ex-
penses for the office of the
Postmaster General. a cut of s65..
900 is made in the bill for the
publication Of the Postal Guide.
which amount was not recon.
mended in the budgets estimate.
and s56,000 was added over this
years appropriation for printing
and binding. as carried in the
budgets estimates.
Following the estimates OF the
bureau. the committee recommends
an increase in the salaries of the
postoffice inspectors Of $53.400.
A cut Of $135, 900 from the budget
bureau estimates Is made in the bill
for compensation OF watchmen and
messengers. Compensation for tenn.
porary clerk hire Is slashed by the
committee 100000 below the budget
estimate, but the appropriation
recommended by the committee for
this purpose is 100000 more than
was appropriated for the current
year.
Less for Animal Service.
Other reductions from the budget
estimates In the office OF the First
Assistant Postmaster General are
81 ,224 900 for rent, light, fuel, and
so forth; $4,000 900 for miscel.
laneous items; 100000 for city let.
ter carriers. and sl50,0O0 for car
fare and bicycle allowance.
Under the office Of the Second
Assistant Postmaster General the
committee recommended the same
amount for the air.mail service as
was estimated by the budget bu
reau. s1,500.00O, which ia S40O, ,00O
less than the appropriation for
1928
The office of the Third Assistant
Postmaster General cuts from the
estimates of the budget bureau are
as follows: For miscellaneous equip
ment and supplies, 100000; and
wrapping, twine. and 80 forth
$600.00
The pay Of rural letter carriers
Is recommended in the bill by the
committee at 100000 more thar
estimated by the bureau of the
budget.
For the repair and manufacture
or mall bags, which work comes
under the office OF the Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General. the bill
carries an appropriation of $1,925.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
Auto BondBMbO Offered OnSenate Floor
8!!5lAEgaRnI.eSEEEM5' S ID IS
SLIPS AND SLAP!

SLIPS AND SLAPS.
Bootleggers have a sip subsidy.
Dempsey keeps pining, for a
fight. Why not get married,
Jack?
Oh! Poetry, Uhat Typography
is committed in thy name.
This iUinter is so cold the girls
hare had to put on an ertra
coat-0f rouge.
Conventional music stirs the
mind. Jazz music stirs the
muscles.
Revised-Competition is the
life of Iove.
Movies are more to be pitied
than censored.
PAUL WHITE.
lima speeder was a girl who liked to
walk,
While IL.zie Walker loved to ride:
Al X. Hall never drank a drop of
And "skinny" Jay had lots Of hide.
JERRY.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
EVEN MORE REMARKABLE.

1T says here that people have
been resuscitated after being under
water as long as forty minutes,
said wife.
THAT isn't as surprising to me
as the fact that I'm still alive after
being on water for the last three
years." remarked hubby.
OIDONO.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
WASTEFUL OF MONEY.

Dear Bill: A Detroit Womdn is
charged NTH offering a supposed
gnnman $4,000 to kill her hus-
band. She may 90 to the peni-
tentiary. She could have killed
him herself, and oDing to the
tenderheartedness of American
juries, tOouid haze oeen acquitted,
besides getting her pictures in
the papers and having a sub
scription taken up for her bene-
fit. She certainly must be
spendthrJt.
KEY OWSKY.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
KEY OWSKY.
HUMANITY's INCONGRUITIEs.
THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

Our District IL sadly In need
OF schools that always should heed
The welfare Of youth.
Instead Of, forsooth.
Political aims that are greed.
Our children are worth all they cost;
without them the nation IL lost.
Let's stand on rae square,
And play with them fair,
And give them what Isn't q frost.
The schools Of the District should be
without any flaws, seems to me.
To put II real tame,
It's simply o shame
To stand for the makeshlfts we see.
Equipment and buildings and space.
With what's up to date should embrace
4 program righu quick;
It Just makes mo sick
To see how we're rich In disgrace.
The teachers should also be paid
A wage that won't make them dis
mayed.
Our children's existence
Depends on assistance
OF teachers whose bills are unpaid.
u. g. DE FOREST.
The furnace fire should alUays
haze a thermometer handy 80 10
wiH k,aoiD Just When the night
is cold enough to justify going
out. UNCLE ZEKE.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28

"Flees at Thedter Door," says
headline in our Herald. / thought
at first it referred to the cake
eaters aud other feas hanging
around theater doors.
PETE.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28

This item is awful mushy,"
said the Office Goat to Bill.
"Well, just use II for your
breakfast as a cereal, Bill
answered. PETE.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28
A WISH.

A WISH.
Past milestones Of laughter and tears
Winds the road on which all Of US
fare;
And no one may know what the years
Shall apportlOn to each as his share.
Though this road that we travel Is
long
end;
May your heart keep the Tilt Of q song.
And your hand hold the clasp of IA
friend.
LOOKOUT.
The Washington times., 1922-12-28

"Bootleggers barred from
Capitol" We read. And Why
not bar some of those Who
patronize them?
FRED VETTER.
The Republican journal., 1922-05-25
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II have suffered from kidney trouble
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IT suffered much annoyance when my
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On August %, 1920, Mrs. Durham said:
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