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Evening star., 1922-04-21
White MARK ON CURB
SHOWS PARKING LIMIT
Warning to Motorists Is Given by
Traffic Bureau on Eve of
New Rules Enforcement.

Watch the white marks on the
curb"
This is the last-minute warning Of
the traftic bureau to mortorists, who.
beginning tomorrow, will be required
to observe the new traffic regulation
providing for twenty-foot open spa ces
at the ends of all streets where park
ing Is permitted.
Employees of the police department
have been busy for several days
painting white lines on the curb
stones. indicating where these twenty
root spaces end. In blocks more than
zoo feet long the new regulation also
calls for an additional opening of
thirty feet midway between intersec-
tions.
If a white mark is not in evidence
on street in the congested section,
as defined in the traffic regulations.
Inspector Headley's advice to motor.
lists is to estimate the twenty-foot
distance from the corner as nearly as
possible. Where no white line exists
traffic policemen. Headley said. will
rot expect a motorist to be able to
measure the distance exactly.
AS to time limits on parking, In
spector Headley says: Where no
police sign is to be found in the con-
gested section the absence means
thirty-minute parking. Where two
hour parking is permitted a sign will
be placed"
Evening star., 1922-04-21
D. A. R. MAGAZINE GAINS
STEADILY, REPORT SAYS
Articles on Revolu-
ton and Forty-Four on World
War Published Since 1917.

The D. A. X. Magazine has gained
steadily during the past year IN the
confidence and support OF hundreds Oh
its readers, Miss Natalia Sumner Lin
coin. editor, said in her report to the
Continental Congress-.
Since 1917, when the magazine was
placed again upon a paid subscription
basis, Miss Lincoln reported, at which
time fund also was established for
the payment of articles and photo
graphs, ninety-eigh articles dealing
with the revolutionary period and
and current historical events have
been published.
Through the writing of John c.
Fitzpatrick. assistant chief of the LII
brary Of Congress manuscript, divi-
sion. the report stated, notable
series OF articles dealing with the
revolutionary era were published.
Among articles attracting wide atten-
ton Were: THE Story of the Purple
Heart" THE Medal Of Honor of the
Revolution" and The Personal Seal
in America"
The excellence of the historical
articles. according to the report, has
caused the placement of the magazine
in many schools throughout the coun-
braries.
Genealogical work. under the edi-
torial direction of Mrs. Edith Rob-
OF the magazine. it was reported, is
growing constantly in space and fn-
terest- Other writer's who are at
tracing attention in the magazine.
according to the report, are Mrs.
zoe Lee Anderson. in charge of the
Gnseraldix Gsi, rage, and DR.. George NJ.
Page.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
POLICE FORCE PROVIDED
ALONG DISTRICT BORDER
Montgomery County Will Appoint
Chief and Five Constables
After July / This Year.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. April 21.-Under
the provisions of a law enacted by
the recent legislature. the lower sec
ton of this county, or that part bor-
dering on the District of Columbia,
will, after July 1, have a saIaried
police force consisting Of a chief and
five others.
The law directs that the county
commissioners on the first Tuesday in
July, 1929, and every two years there
after, appoint six "constables at
large" one of whom shall be desig-
mated as chief of police" and the
others to be under his supervision
and control. The chief will receive
an annual salary Of $1,000 and each
Of the others $1,000. and all must
motor cycles, the uniforms and motor
cycles to be provided by the county
Commissioners. Each officer will be
allowed $500 a year for upkeep of
motor cycle and other expenses.
The law provides for the creation
of q "police fund" and directs that
ali fines, penalties and forfeitures of
every kind for all offenses imposed
in the circuit court, the police court
and by justices of the peace be paid
into this fund for the maintenance
and upkeep of the police system
created by the law. This means that
the state will no longer receive the
motor vehicle fines collected in this
county, which amount to handsome
sum each year.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
Worldwide UNION
Of WOMEN URGED
Dr.. stepanek Would Widen
Scope of Pan-American
Conference.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 21.-The
formation of a worlds women's or
ganization," with the pan-American
conference as a nucleus, was urged
al the pan-American conference OF
women today by DR.. Bedrich
Stepanek, minister to the United
States from Czechoslovakia.
DIR. Stepanek was not on the official
program, the announced subject OF
which was a round-table discussion
of women in industry" but he was
given opportunity to present his plea,
and his remarks were received by the
delegates with enthusiasm.
Dr. Stepanek said he was the
spokesman for the women or MS
country, who felt that the pan-Amerlcan
conference was broad in its purposes
and implications, but that 1t was terri
"They WISH" he. said. that a
worlds women's association may be
formed with the pan-American confer
ence as n nucleus.
I'VE have already formed among
men worlds engineering associa-
ton" DR.. Stepanek said, and you
know that women are the engineers
OF human life and should therefore
be banded together in a similar way
all rover the world.
8,OOO,OOO Woman Workers In L. 5.
Miss Mary Mcdowell, chairman OF
the committee on women industry.
in discussing that subject said tina,
nine million women in the United
States are engaged in gainful occu
pations and that every fourth work
er is A woman. 1t was the business
of all women, therefore. to see tha'
standards of employment should De
adopted which would guarantee that
health, welfare and happiness of the
individual woman and those depend
ent upon her.
"Such laws, however" she added
"are important not only to women
themselves. but they concern the fu.
ture of the race. The greatest need
of the, nation is contented workers
Discuss Proposed Laws.
Miss Mary Anderson. chief Of the
women's bureau. United States De-
partment of Labor. presided. The
question of women in industry was
considered in four sections as follows:
I. Appointment of qualified women
in all public agencies, commissions or
tribunals. national. state and local
dealing with the interests of women.
2. The Limitation of the hours of
work for wage-earning women in In
dustrial undertakings to not more
than eight hours in any one day or
forty-four hours in any one week, and
one days rest in seven.
3. The prohibition Of night work
fer women in industrial occupations.
4. The prohibition of the employ
ment of women six weeks before and
after childbirth.
At the conference on prevention OF
traffic in women accomplishments
and results of conferences at Geneva
in .June. 1921, and at Rome In Novem-
ber of the same year were presented
briefly.
There also was a discussion Of in
ternational treaties. existing and
recommended. to meet present-day
conditions.
DIR. Valeria H. Parker, executive
secretary, United States interdepart-
mental social hygiene board, presided.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
SEE 1NFRAcT1oN OF PACT.
French Think German Withdrawal
Does Not End Matter.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 21.-The exclusion OF
the Germans from discussion of Rus
sian affairs at the Genoa conference
Is not considered by the French gov
ernment as closing the incident in
volved In the signing of the treaty of
Rapallo between Germany and soviet
Russia.
It was pointed out in government
circles today that the bearing of the
Russo-German treaty on the treaty
at Genoa, because of the conditions
governing the conference laid down
at Cannes, which barred discussion OF
the peace treaties signed by France.
Consequently.it is argued. it remains
for the allies to deal with the infrac-
ton of the Versailles pact alleged to
be involved in the Rapallo agreement.
The cabinet met again today to con-
slider the situation, but assurance was
given in official circles that this did
not mean the state Of affairs was re.
garded as grave.
1t is understood Premier Poincare's
instructions to Vice Premier Barthou
at Genoa were to demand cancellation
of the Rapallo treaty, and one of the
questions discussed by the cabinet
today was whether the French dele
CATION should accept the simple ex-
clusion of the Germans from the dis
cussion Of Russian affairs as an end
to the matter.
Premier Poincare is said to have
been dissatisfied with NJ. Barthou's
departure from his instructions, but.
being anxious to avoid responsibility
for the breaking up of the conference.
decided to accept the solution of the
problem adopted at Genoa.
The premier will leave Sunday
morning for the department of the
Somme, where he will preside at a
meeting of the department council
and also deliver an important speech
at Bar-le-Duc. In which 1t Is expected
he will outline the governments atti-
tude on current events.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
CRUSADE OF WAR CHILDREN ON WAY
HERE TO ASK RELEASE, OF DADDIES

scious of her mission. was Helen.
baby of four, born a few months
after her father. a conscientious
objector. of Guthrie, Okla, was i'm
prisoned for a too free expression
of his opinions.
Accompanied by her mother. Mrs.
Alice Hicks; by Carl. ten years old.
the youngest of the pilgrims. wall
ed loud and long in protest Of the
travel discomforts to which she il
being subjected.
The crusaders came to Chicago
by train from St Louis They were
recruited there by Mrs. O'Hare.
who housed in her own home dur
ing the period of mobilization
twenty-five Of the young pilgrims
On the journey east other mothers
and children are joining the ranks.
until it is hoped that by the time
Washington is reached there will
be relatives of all the 113 political
prisoners represented.
In Chicago six small children
from the city and surrounding
towns Joined the ranks. Among
them was Ralph Chaplin. jr.. son
member of the /. w. W.. who also
got twenty-year sentence In
1917. 1t was charged that he con-
spired to obstruct the draft. With
little Ralph went his mother. Mrs.
Edith NJ. Chaplin. still under thir-
ty, attractive and refined, who,
during her husbands imprison-
ment has supported herself and
boy by work in an art store.
"All the countries of the world
have released their political pris-
oners except America" said Mira
Chaplin. 1T is time America fol-
lowed suit"
Most of the expenses of the cru
sade" are being paid from contri-
buttons by the Industrial Workers
of the World.
The crusaders expect to reach
Washington April 30.
(Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1922-04-21
SEESWOMEN0F ALL
AMERICAS UNITED

Prediction that the time would come
when the women of the American rev.
olutions OF North and South and Cen
trail America would cooperate effec-
lively in the furthering of the spirit
of service wAs made by DIR. L. 8
Rowe, director general of the Pan
American Union, at last nights ses-
sion of the thirty-first Continental
Congress of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, In Memorial
Continental Hall. DR.. Rowe termed
service" as the watchword OF all
Americas.
HAS II occurred to you to inquire
into the services of the daughters of
other American revolutions, quite as
significant and quite as productive OF
far-reaching results as the revolution
of 1776?" DR.. Rowe asked the Daugh-
ters. Are you fully aware of the
important part played by the women
in the revolutions that marked the
early history of our sister republics?
HerOines nm Inspiration.
THE great heroines of the revolu-
tionary period in Central and South
America stand forth as examples
which have been an inspiration to
other nations of this continent
throughout the century of their in
II look forward to a time when
you-the proud possessors of an i'm
perishable heritage-will cooperate
effectively and constructively with
the descendants of those who bore
the burden of the development OF
that spirit of service for which your
organization has always stood and
which is the watchword of all the
Americas. can conceive of no
greater international service that
you can. perform than to develop a
spirit of solidarity and community
interest with similar organizations
throughout the American continent
Col. Graves Scores Treaty.
Col. John Temple Graves in his
address discussed issues affecting the
United States and other nations of
the world today, condemning the al
lance between Russia and Germany
as being designed to further their
own selfish interests. He added that
the treaty was menace to the en-
tire world.
Music was feature of last nights
program, Miss Ruth Kemper render
ing several violin selections, accom-
panied by Claude Warford.
Confirmation of the state regents
and state vice regents closed the
program.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
STATE SOCIETY OBSERVES
PENN COLLEGE EVENING

Last night was Pennsylvania State
College night for the Pennsylvania
State Society Of Washington, which
held its last social meeting Of the
spring season in the large ballroom of
the Willard Hotel. Sixteen hundred
people were present at the meeting.
including members of the congress
sional delegation and 200 Pennsyl-
vania delegates to the D. A. r. con-
vention.
DR.. John NJ. Thomas, president of
Penn State, and Hugo Bezdek, athletic
director and former manager of the
Pittsburgh Pirates were the speakers,
DR.. Thomas gave a comprehensive
talk on the history Of the college, and
vanians of the high schools and his
institution.
Mr.. Bezdek discussed the spirit of
sport fans in the east and the west,
and declared it his belief that the
devotees of athletics in the east are
more impartial to games between
eastern and western teams played in
the east than the sport followers are
in the west He also announced that
the Penn State foot ball eleven would
play the Navy team here November 1,
II arrangements could be made The
State College Quartet gave musical
program.
Among those occupying boxes At
the affair were Secretary of Labor
James ]. Davis. Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook. state regent of the b. A. r.; !;
Representatives H. J. Bixler. Samuel
Kendall, Fred B. Gernerd. NJ Clyde
Kelly and Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Liy-
ingstone Hunter.
For the first time in the history of
the local society, the receiving line
was made up entirely Of members Of
Congress. Those members were Rep
resentatives Wyant, Kendall. Bixler,
Coughlin, Crago and walters.
The floor committee, composed Of
local alumni of the college. was as
follows: j. B. Wyckoff, H. R. Brown,
E. w. Smith, F. b. Story. C. W. Adair,
c. N. Keyser, ]. w. Adams, j. o. Reed,
ii. B. Robb. HI. J.. Watterson, J. C.
MetZger and II, C, Reese
Evening star., 1922-04-21
GREAT FOREST ACREAGE.

CHICAGO, April 21.-Declaring that
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan. Minnesota.
Missouri. Ohio. Wisconsin and Illinois
have an average of at least 100000
acres fit only for forest lands, repre-
sentatives from these states met in
their second forestry conference to
arouse interest in the reforestatfon
Of this land.
A committee was appointed to con-
vert the temporary Central States
Forestry League into a permanent
organization. The aim will be to CO.
ordinate activities of agencies Of the
states with other organizations.
Resolutions adopted called for more
adequate fire protection. conservation
Of timber and reforestation OF de-
nuded areas. Each state will be
urged to organize an effective plan to
fight fires and insects and to acquire
land suitable for tree planting.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
SCRAPP|NG SHIPS
| BOOMING INDUSTRY
Work Along Delaware River
in Contrast to That of
Building in Wartime.
By the Associate Pre- S.,

Dy tne ASSOciAte0 ereSS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 21.--A new
MISUNDERSTANDING of old warships
has sprung up along the Delaware
river, where, not so long ago. more
than one hundred thousand men were
working feverishly to help build a
bridge of ships" across the Atlantic
to check the progress of Germany In
the world war.
Philadelphia. the birthplace of many
of the vessels, also Is to be the
graveyard" of number Of the
navy's once great fighting craft, dis
carded because they have become OBJ
solete. Later. when the scrapping
program of the arms conference be-
comes effective, many more ships will
be added to the list. Hundreds of
men are engaged in turning the steel
from the. discarded ships into billets
that can be worked into materials for
locomotives, automobiles and other
peacetime uses.
Many Wait Dfsmantling.
In one Delaware river shipyard
alone there are awaiting dismantling
the battleships Maine, Missouri and
Wisconsin. the once proud first -class
cruiser Columbia, the monitors Ozark
Monterey and Tonopah and countless
destroyers, eagle boats and smaller
craft.
Powerful oxy-acetylene torches,
welded by masked workmen. are be-
ing used to cut through the eleven
men steel turret armor of the Maine.
While a 125-ton crane was used to
take out its twelve-inch guns.
Further along the yard the little
obsolete submarine, with its paper
thickness shell. Is being ripped apart
with prosaic chiseIs to the accom-
paniment Of the gattling-gunlike
staccato of compressor air hammers
The monitor Monterey. an improved
edition of Ericsson's gallant monitor
of civil war fame, with its surface
Hush deck. rapidly is being converted
into billets. Its ten and twelve-inch
rifles, however. still appear menac-
ingly through the turrets Of its squatty
superstructure. as they did in the early
nineties. when the Monterey was one of
the most powerful battle craft afioat.
Submarine for Discard.
A little submarine. Al Plunger
grandfather of the modern submar rine
cruiser Sal, is awaiting scrapping.
Creature of the brain of j. P. Holland
the early trials of the AL were the
subject of almost as much ridicule
and scoffing as marked the first ef-
forts OF Robert Fulton and his steam
boat on the Hudson river.
The most precious Junk" obtained
from the ships is the copper gun
metal, navy brass, manganese bronze,
lead and zinc. Complete destruction
Is not necessary in the case of all
the craft. The hulls of some of the
torpedo boats will undergo a trans
formation to adapt them to peace
full pursuits. This already has been
done with the destroyers Truxton.
Worden and Whipple. which will ply
between the United States and Cen
trail America carrying cargoes of
fruit.
Equipped with kerosene oil burners,
they are large cargo carriers and of
such light draft that they can navi-
gate shallow rivers on high tide and
lay of plantations for loading.
thereby eliminating lighterage cost.
Their clean lines give them great
speed, which makes unnecessary the
expensive refrigerating system used
in slower fruit boats.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
TENSION REMAINS HIGH.

vICKSBURG, Miss, April 21.-Ten-
sion among the people living behind
the levees along the swollen Missis-
sippi river is reported here as very
high, but they are showing a reluc-
tance in quitting their homes until
the backwaters actually force them
out Those whose homes are reached
by water are living in nearby towns
or high places, with a good number
camped on the levees waiting to be
moved.
No actual suffering has been re-
ported in this district as planters
and merchants are taking care of
those in distress.
Negroes from inundated sections in
the lower Yazoo basin are not in
clined to accept employment In other
localities for work on the levees to
relieve those now employed in that
work.
Relief committees will be estab-
lished in each county as separate
units, it was announced today. fol-
lowing a meeting of government and
city officials.
A continuance of good weather in
the entire district has strengthened
the confidence of success, engineers in
charge of the levee system said today.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
OUTLINE PLANS FOR DRIVE
George Washington Memorial As
sociation Will Seek $25O,OOO.

A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the George Washington Memo
rial Association was held al the head
quarters OF the association, 1900
street northwest. today. DR.. David
Jayne Hill. former ambassador to
Germany. who is chairman of the
committee, presided. The plans for
an appeal in the near future to the
people of Washington for the s250.000
quota of the District of Columbia
were outlined by DIR. Thomas E. Green
of the American Red Cross. who is
chairman of the campaign control
committee.
George w. White, president of the
National Metropolitan Bank. treas
urer of the association. was elected
ex-officio a member of the executive
committee and a resolution thanking
Senator Frank B. Brandegee of Con-
necticut for the loan of the headQuar-
ters was unanimously adopted.
Among those present were Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock. president of the
association; Rev. DR.. Henry Allen
Tupper. Rev. DIR. James E. Freeman.
Nine. Grouitch, wife of the Serbian
minister: Col. John Temple Graves.
Mrs. Alexander Wolf. Samuel Herrick.
Judge Martin A. Knapp. Rev. Charles
Wood and DR.. Marcus Benjamin.
Evening star., 1922-04-21
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, April 21.-The Chill
dren's crusade" has swept through
Chicago and is moving on to Wash
ington. 1t is due in Detroit Sat-
urday morning. From there it will
proceed to the National Capital via
Cleveland. Rochester. New York
and Philadelphia, gathering re-
cruits on the way.
Thirty wan-faced. grim and
shabby youngsters made up the
crusade as it left Chicago. They
are the sons and daughters Of the
political prisoners. Some of their
fathers are under sentence or
twenty years In Leavenworth Tor
uttering words that were consld-
cred treason in the days Of war,
The crusaders, commanded by
Mrs. Kate Richards OHare, who
was herself prisoner for fourteen
months, are going to Washington
to lay siege to the White House
and to ask President Harding to
release their parents. Certainly
the children present a very sad
spectacle. It is costing something
like $4,000 to transport them to
Washington on the roundabout
journey, and it is apparent that no
part of that sum is being spent to
improve the appearance OF the KID
dies.
With some Of the children are
their mothers, tired-eyed women.
who say they have had an unend-
ing struggle during the last four
years to keep body and soul to-
gether without their men
I'VE are going to get daddy
back" explained an ardent cru,
sader of eight undernourished
years, a lad to whom daddy an
w ". leader. sentenced in 1917
TO twenty years in Leavenworth,
is but a shadowy memory.
Clinging fast to the skirts or an
older sister, and wholly uncon-
Evening star., 1922-04-21

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ed therein and charged with certain
alleged offenses to which this defend
ant was not a party, as appears from
the face of the record; because sew
eral separate and distinct ofYenses are
Joined therein. to the prejudice of this
defendant; because several separate
and distinct alleged offenses are join
ed therein as having been committed
by other persons named as defendants
and Of which the indictment upon its
race shows this defendant was not
guilty. and for which the indictment
shows upon its face this defendant
was in no wise responsible.
Attorneys George P. Hoover and
Barnard & Johnson appeared for Ford,
Attorney W. c. Sullivan for Wallace,
Wade H. Ellis and Abner H. Ferguson
for Fletcher and c. B. Garnett for
bowman.
No date will be set for the hearing
on the motion to quash filed by Attor-
ney Dan Thew Wright for Geare un-
I'll after the expiration of the time
given counsel for the other defend
ants to take similar action.