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Evening star., 1922-05-22
v. R. & f. CO. BUS
ROUTE EXTENDED
Ordered to Run From 18th
Street and Park Road to
Soldiers Home.

The Public Utilities Commission
today ordered a further extension Of
the motor bus line to be operated by
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company across the northern
section of the city.
AS now routed. the bus line will
to Rock Creek Park. The company
expects the busses to arrive from
York, Pa, within q few days and
service will be started before June /.
Instead of stopping at Georgia
avenue and Park road, as originally
proposed, the busses will turn from
Park road into New Hampshire ave-
nue. at the junction of these two
thoroughfares and thence by way of
Rock Creek Church road to Illinois
avenue.
Going west, the busses will use the
same route. Reaching 18th street
and Park road, the busses will con-
tinue west on Park road to Mount
Pleasant street, north to Newton
street, west to 10Th street, south to
Lamont sreet and east again to 17th
street and Park road.
The bus line. the first to be oper-
ated by a street railway company in
the District, will furnish cross
town transfer connection between the
north and south street car lines on
Georgia avenue, 11th street and
Mount Pleasant street. Street car
tokens will be good on the busses.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
WANTS INDUSTRIAL
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Hoover Tells Lumbermen He
Is Opposed to Plan of
U. S. Inspection.

Self-government in American indus
try in preference to bureaucratic gov
ernment control was urged today by
Secretary Hoover, speaking to repre-
sentatives of lumber manufacturers
associations from various parts of the
country. meeting at the Commerce De-
partment to discuss means of stand
ardizing grading of lumber and other
economy problems.
Mr.. Hoover declared he was OPP
posed to the plan advanced from time
to time in the lumber industry, for
the establishment Of a system of gov
ernment INSPECTION, adding:
Il do resent this extension Of the
arm of government in every direc-
ton"
Such a system. he argued, should
be, developed within the trade not
only because 1t would extend the
sense OF self-government within the
industry. but would maintain the
sense of self-government in the
American people. America, he de-
clared. has developed to the point
where elf-government without gov
ernment control is possible to great
Government control in industry, he
contended, meant the establishment
of more bureaucracy. with its known
tendency to grab more and more
functions until its control extends
far beyond anticipation. The ineffi-
cheney Of bureaucracy was apparent
in the character of its work, Mr.
Hoover declared. adding, however,
that he was constantly amazed at
the efficiency of government activity
when the salaries paid are taken into
consideration.
THE only hope of good govern
ment," the Secretary asserted. lis to
keep government functions down to
a minimum"
Evening star., 1922-05-22
DAYLIGHT PLAN HAMPERS.
Ship Board Finds Scheme Brings
Inefhciency Due to Mail Time.

The present system OF daylight
saving in the District Is working
hardship on many of the employees Of
the United States Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation and
rather than increasing the efficiency
and morale among them is detract-
ing therefrom, according TO several of
the officials of the board One or
more of the departments already have
applied to the secretary of the board
to have the hours changed to the
$50 to 1870 schedule. on the grounds
that little or no work can be accom-
plished before $3.50 in certain bureaus
because of the time of arrival of the
mails, and 1t has been found impos-
sible for many of the employees to
leave any earlier than formerly
In the mailroom, mimeographing
department, clipping room and the
offic1 of the director of information
the beginning of the days work Is
contingent on the arrival Of the mails
and newspapers, 1t Is understood.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
FIELD DAY TOMORROW,
Georgetown University's Annual
Military Exercises Set.

Georgetown University's annual mil
itary field day. postponed from last
week On account of bad weather, will
he held tomorrow afternoon, begin
ming at 1 o'clock, on the Hilltop.
-Four cadets. one from each class
with the highest efficiency rating in
all military subjects, will be awarded
prizes by the Washington Chamber
of Commerce. Chief interest centers
in the competitive drill, "B" Com
pany. commanded by Capt. Joseph F.
Little, being the victor in last sea-
sons drill. Machine gun, automatic
rifle and pistol shooting contests also
will be staged. with prizes for the
various winners.
The competitive drill closes all r.
o. T. c. activities at the Hilltop for
the season, although plans are now
being made for participation in the
summer encampment for units of the
Sd Corps area next month.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
DEFENDS CHURCH SEATING
Jabez Backus Replies to Criticisms
of Buffalo Visitor.

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Saturday Evening Star of May
20, under the caption Critic of Pew
Practice" visitor from Buffalo
criticizes the method Of seating
strangers in St Margaret's Church.
any other well attended
church in Washington would have
incurred the same censure, only st.
Margaret's happene& to be the one
that she elected to visit. Her COM
plant is that the ushers held her
up. until the pewholders were seat
ed. ="
My own experience at st. Marga-
yret's has convinced me that this
church is most hospitable to strang-
ers. The ushers are extremely corr
dial and do all in their power to
make the visitor welcome and give
TO each in turn the best seat availa-
hIe. There are many services in st.
Marsaret's when all the sittings are
Tree. but, at the crowded II o'clock
service the method of seating-so
criticized by the visitor from Buffalo
seems the more feasible and salts
factory to those hose in interested ere snurh5 IN the
JABEZ BACKUS.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
Y. w. C.. A.
CALENDAR

>Today-True Blue Corps, Girl
Reserves, 2:30 p.m., F streeb 7.
w. C. A. Glee Club, 6 pm, F
street. |
Tomorrow - Ever dependable
Girl Reserves, 2:30 pm, E street;
demonstration of switchboard by
C. and P. Telephone Company for
Business Girls Clubs, 6 Pm, F
, street: entertainment and dance
by INT Club, S:15 pm, F street.
wednesday-Inspirational lunch
con, .11-12 o'clock, F street; Grade
School Girl Reserves, 2:30 pm, E
street; supper and open meeting
of board Of directors Of Y. W. c.
A., 5:45 pm, Vacation Lodge,
Cherrydale. Va
Thursday-Supper and closing
meeting of industrial and mer-
camille section Of Business Girls
Clubs, $50 p.m., F street; Young
Employed Girl Reserves, 4:s0
pm. F street
Friday--Bon Secour Girl Re-
serves, 2:s0 p,m.. F street; Anil
keco Girl Reserves, $3.50 pm, F
street; Campfire Clubs dance,
$50 pm. r street; z. W. C. A.
school commencement and ex-
fibft of handicraft and damcetic
arts,,7 ps1s F street.
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Evening star., 1922-05-22
VETERANS ASSOCIATION
LEADER is ARRESTED
M. G. Sperry of Private Soldiers
and Sailors Legion Charged
With Embezzlement.

Marvin Gates Sperry. chief of the
Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion,
was arrested here today as a "fugi-
tive from Justice with Marshal
George Henry of Baltimore as COM
plainant, to be held for the Balti-
more police. on charges of embez-
element of approximately 5000 from
the "Buddies' Club" an organization
which he went to that city to found.
Detectives Stringfellow and Keck
made the arrest Sperry was taken to
the first precinct station to await the
arrival Of necessary papers from
Baltimore. 1t is understood that a
warrant for his arrest was sworn out
by Edward Smyth. a former Canadian
soldier. who was left in charge of the
Buddies' Club when the Baltimore
War Mothers and other persons in
terested in it removed their support
as members of the board OF direc-
tors.
sperry described himself as being
fifty years of age, a clerk and single
His Washington address Is given as
$40 F street, where the headquarters
Of the Soldiers and Sailors Legion is
located.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
$2,5O0, 900 BID FOR PART
OF MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT
Alabama Company Would Pur-
chase the Gorgas Power Equip
ment and Other Interests.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An offer Of s2.5OO,000 for the Gorgas
power plant, the governments inter-
ests in the railroad and the trans
mission line from Gorgas to Muscle
Shoals. Ala. has been made to Secre-
tary Weeks by the Alabama Power
Company.
The War Secretary advised the
Senate agricultural committee by let
ter today of receipt of the offer, but
did not disclose the identity Of its
makers. The letter was made public
by Chairman Norris Of the committee
II think 1 should inform you." the
letter read. that I have an offer of
$2.500.0 900 for the Gorgas power plant.
the interest which the government
has in the railroad near there and
the transmission line from Gorgas
power plant to Muscle Shoals. You
will doubles wish to bring this to
the attention of your committee"
Senator Norris invited attention to
the communication at the conclusion
Of the examination Of Hugh l. Cooper.
consulting engineer to the War De-
partment on Muscle Shoals projects.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
TEN DAYS TO PAY TAX
on DISTRICT PROPERTY
TILL PENALTIES BEGIN

Have you paid those real es-
tate and personal taxes yet? =.
Only about ten more days re-,
main in which to put your share
OF expense into the pot which
makes the wheels of the municipal
government go round.
If you wait until the last day
of May yon will find Collector of
Taxes Towers just as glad to see
as he will be tomorrow. The diff
ference in the reception, how
ever. will be, the presence of hum
dreds of others who will have
waited until the last minute. 'The
result will be that you will stand
in line.
If you let the bills go past THE
month Of May you will find
penalty of l per cent a month
added to the original bill for each
month they remain unpaid. And
II you neglect to pay until next
March your property may be sold
at auction for taxes.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
STRONG ITALIAN FORCE
OPENS FIGHT ON ARABS
Planes 1nf1ict Heavy Loss on
Tripolitanian Rebels-Gen.
Badoglio Leading.
BY the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MALTA, May 22.-Rumors were re-
detyed here today from Tripoli to the
erect that Italian troops were carry
ing out great offensive against the
rebel Arabs in Tripolitania, where
revolutionary activities broke out last
March.
The Italian forces are understood
to be composed largely of local levies,
supported by some Italian regiments
under command Of Gen, Badoglio. The
Italians, according to reports reach-
ing here, are using a considerable
number of bombing airplanes and
have inflicted heavy losses upon the
enemy.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
ITALY. NAMES DELEGATES.
Two, Legal Experts to Attend Con-
ference on War Rules.

The italian government has noti-
fed the State Department that its
REPRESENTATIVES at the International
conference on the rules of warfare.
an outgrowth of the recent Washing
ton conference, will be Senator Wit
The former holds the rank of minis
fer nj plenfpotentiary in the italian for
eirn ONCE and is professor Of Ro-
man law in the University OF Rome.
He formerly was connected with the
national party ot,a,,ess ana represented Italy
after the withdrawal Of Foreign Min
Prof. Busatti has long been con-
nected with the foreign offlce and is
regarded as an authority on interna-
tional law.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
COAL OPERATORS CALLED.
Conference Of Present Producers to
Consider Bituminous Prices.

A general call for, a conference OF
the operators whose mines are still
producing coal was issued yesterday
by Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
The conference, which the admins
tration believes will be a big step In
holding down soft coal prices. Will
meet here May 31.- -
AS was agreed-by-th the fifty oper-
ators controlling most of the present
non-union and open shop production
at their, meeting here last week. all
the operators will be asked to aid in
the scheme of creating district com
mittees to receive and allocate all or
ders during the strike and prevent
coal going into the hands of specula-
tors or middlemen. Using the Gar
field prices during war as a basis.
this would establish mine prices OF
bituminous in a range of from So to
$3 per ton.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
DEDICATE CHURCH BELL
TO DEAD SOLDIER POET
Landricourt Inhabitants All Toll
Bell in Memory of Alan Seeger.
Many Americans Present.

By the Associated Press
LAN D RICOURT- SOUS-COUCY.
France, May 22.-Impressive cere-
monies marked the dedication here yes
terday of the new church bell given
to this war-torn village in honor of
the American soldier-poet. Alan Seeger
by the Poetry Society of America
through the American committee for
devastated France.
The ceremonies concluded with the
towns 200 inhabitants passing by the
bell, each tapping it with the clapper.
The bell is one Of thirty similar
tokens given to as many villages by
the American committee to replace
those taken by the Germans, all in
memory of prominent soldiers who fell
near the villages so honored.
Yesterdays ceremonies were attended
by a large group of Americans, includ-
ing Mr.. and Mrs Charles Seeger, father
and mother of the dead poet, and Mrs
Arthur E. Hamm Of the American COM
mittee, widow of Capt. Hamm, in whose
honor the first bell given through the
committee was dedicated a year ago.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
BURCH JURY TO RESUME.
Judge Reeve Sees Chance Of Agree
- ment in Case.

Los ANGELES. Calf, May 22.-The
jury in the case Of Arthur C. Burch,
on trial for the second time for the
murder Of J; Belton Kennedy, broker.
gust, was scheduled to resume its
deliberations at 8 o'clock today.
It went out at 1850 O'clock Friday
afternoon, and. although reported
hopelessly deadlocked ever since,
Judge Reeves latest comment was
chance Of agreement" He stated in
formally, however. that II no agree
ment had been reached by 10 or IL
o'clock he would discharge the iury.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
STATE PARK MOVEMENT
Is GIVEN ENDORSEMENT
BY PRESIDENT HARDING

Endorsement of the state park
movement 10 given by President
Harding in q letter to John Barton
Payne. as chairman OF the confer
ence committee of the second, ma
tional conference on state parks.
Of Of tn the Coz eoSnfereaes as ns op today at % Bear
Mountain Inn, Palisades Interstate
Park. N. " ..t
The desirability, from many
points of~vieG, of establishing
state parks Is so obvious that
there hardly need be argument on
the subject" the President wrote.
Every year of delay in creating
such resorts Is certain to increase
the expense and the difficulty of
securing the most desirable kind
Of property; therefore. 1T is par
ticularly In the public interest to
have the movement urged as
widely and persistently as pos
sible."
Evening star., 1922-05-22
CONFER WITH. c. c.
ON RATE REDUCTION
Railroad Executives Discuss
President Harding's Sugges-
ton of Voluntary Action.

Seven railroad executives, represent
ing the group Of nineteen which par
ticipated in the White House dinner
conference Saturday night, at which
President Harding asked voluntary
action by the railroads in certain rate
reductions, today held a two-hour
session with the members OF the m
terstate Commerce Commission.
Although the formal announcement
Of the conference as made by Daniel
Willard, president of the Baltimore
ly said the meeting was for the pur-
pose of discussing the rate situation"
the session generally was regarded
as the first step by the railroads to-
ward possible compliance with the
Presidents request and toward carry
ing out the agreement made at the
White House conference.
Mr.. WiIlard's Statement
The statement made by Mr.. willard
was the only one forthcoming from
any of those participating in today's
conference. 1t said that another
meeting would be held Thursday and
read as follows:
The committee of railroad presi-
dents. consisting of Daniel Willard.
president of the Baltimore and Ohio.
Fairfax Harrison, president of the
Southern; Hale Holden, president of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul.
Charles Donnelly, president of the
Northern Pacific; William II. Finley.
president of the Chicago and North
western, and Edward Chambers, vice
president of the Santa Fe. met with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in conference this morning by ap-
pointment for the purpose of dis
cusSing the rate situation. Discus
sion continued for about two hours.
Adjourns to Meet Thursday
The conference then adjourned To
meet again at J. o'clock THURSDAY.
May 25. for the purpose OF then Civ
ing the subject further consideration.
The appointment of the above-named
committee followed the dinner given
at the White House last Saturday
evening"
Evening star., 1922-05-22
PARK NAMED BATCHELDER
1,OOO-Acre Site to Honor Late Head
of American Auto Association.

Word has been received here that
Batchelder Park has been selected
as the name for that part of Bal
tusrol mountain, the first of the
Watching group. which lies between
the New Providence and Baltusrol
roads, New Jersey. and comprises
about 1000 acres. The park is named
in honor of the late A. G. Batchelder,
former chairman of the American
Automobile Association, who was
killed a year ago this month in an
aeroplane accident between this city
and Norfolk. Mr.. Batchelder resided
in Washington for some time.
Most of the property to be known
as Batchelder Park belongs to Will
liam G. Peckham, who recently deed
ed part of his land to roads.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
BARS SAND-FED CHICKENS
New York Official Draws Line on
All with Bullying Crops.

NEW YORK, May 22-The public
saved $4,000 over the week because
inspectors OF the health department
refused to allow the sale of chickens
whose crops were filled with sand and
gravel. Ole Saithe, director OF the
food and drugs bureau OF the depart
ment, declared today one Of the crops
weighed ons and oue-hAif poundA
Evening star., 1922-05-22
TWO SLAIN IN MEMPHIS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. May 22.-Two
homfcides were reported to the police
yesterday. the. first when Agernon s.
Doss, eighteen, Of Louisville. Miss, was
shot and killed by restaurant man
when, according to the police, Doss
attempted to hold up the man and his
wife near their home. u.
Albert r. Crogan, aged night watch
man at a rice milling factory In the
outskirts Of the city, was found dead
at the plant, With part OF his head
blown away BY i charge from shot
Evening star., 1922-05-22
ALUMNA OF BRENEAU.
Miss Boyer Visited Alma Mater in
Georgia 8 Weeks Ago.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. May 22.-Miss
Virginia Boyer. reported missing
after the liner Egypt went down off
the coast Of France last Saturday
night, was a Lutheran missionary re-
turning to India after a furlough
spent in Pittsburgh. Miss Boyer was
an orphan, who had been reared in
the Lutheran Orphans Home, at
Zellienople, near here, and later be-
came q nurse in Passavant Hospital.
Her station in India was Rahmundry.
Her latest visit to this country was
occasioned by i'll health.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
MEMBER OF ULSTER
PARLIAMENT SLAIN;
CRAIG CALLS AIDS
Continued from First Page.)

days London newspapers as the sur
render of Michael Collins to Eamonn
De Valera. They do not see how IT
will enable the Irish people to ex-
press their will respecting the Anglo
Irish treaty. Some also md a con,
nection between the peace pact and
the outbreak of violence in the north.
The Times declares that those re-
sponsible for the outrages in the
north acted identically with the ex-
tremists- in the south. the object in
each case being to overcome the
north's resistance to union Dy CO.
ercion and violence.
Election an "Empty Form"
The elections will be little more
than an empty FORM" the Times adds.
"At the elections Ireland was to have
decided whether she accepted or re-
jected a constitution based on the
treaty. 1t now is apparently proposed
to withdraw that question from the
people and establish an executive IN
which the republicans nave volce
virtually equal with the pro-treaty
party"
The Daily Chronicle. the govern
ment newspaper, says: 1T may be
wrong to connect in any way the
agreement with the renewed hos
tilitfeS against Ulster, put IL tuey
were unconnected before the event
they will inevitably be connected IN
the eyes of Irishmen after it.
"The agreement seems to mean
nothing If the provisional gov
ernment is prepared to buy off the
hostility Of its opponents, gaining
nothing in return except postpone
ment Of the evil day"
Republic Demand Hinted.
The Morning Post believes that the
Agreement means that De Valera and
Collins have come to terms on the
best means of establishing republic,
while the present attack on Ulster"
is part of the pact. The only thing
one sees with clearness. writes the
Daily Telegraph's Dublin correspond
emf. sis the possibility-indeed, the
nropa bility-that within short time
we shall have a firm demand Tor an
independent Irish republic"
An Exchange Telegraph d1spatch
saws former Head Constable Ballan-
fine of the royal Irish constabulary,
who had Just been retired from the
service, was shot dead at his home
in Raphoe, County Donegal, on sun
day.
pusrNEsS REVIVAL SEEN.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
ssLord Jeff to Ban
Questionable Jokes
at Amherst College
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AMHERST, Mnss., May 22.-
Lord JEFF, the Amherst col
leRe humorous publication. here
after will refuse to publish
questionable jokes and draw
'fngs, the new editorial board
has decided. The editors In nm
nouncfnE the new policy said
that they believed TINT the
magazine did not need REFORM
ing, but what they termed the
..cxperiment" was due to ''inck
Of sympathy with the trend to-
ward fndecency prevalent In
many college humorous pubii-
cations"
Evening star., 1922-05-22
MAY TALK FOUR HOURS.

Lsngthening the time Of argument to
four hours, the District Court Of Ap-
peals today heard counsel on behalf
81 the Federal Trade Commission and
for tho Claire Furnace Company in the
4 aDpeal by the Commission from the de-
cision Of Justice Bailey Of the District
Supreme Court denying the right Of the
commission to compel the petitioner
and twenty-one other large eastern
steel corporations to make monthly re-.
ports in answer 70 9nestto ea1f
Evening star., 1922-05-22
GERMANS BUILT 35 SHIPS.
Also Bought Six More During First
Three Months of Year.

NEW YORK, May 22.-According
to the American bureau of shipping
Germany during the first. three
months of 1922 built thirty five
steamships ranging from 900 to 5000
tons and totaling more than 1O9, 900
gross tons. In addition she repur-
chased from former enemies six
ships aggregating $4,000 tons.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
PARAcHUTEDR DROP FATAL.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 22.-wesley
May. performer in an aerial circus,
died last night OF injuries received in
making 9 parachute drop yesterday.
May believed his parachute was
loose whom about fifty feet up. He
struck q tQmbstoRAs "a sthG Dmstary;
Evening star., 1922-05-22
SO LOST AS CRASH
SINKS BRITISH SHIP
Continued from First Page

homo at Aspinwall, Pa, was going
out as teacher in a school for mis-
sionaries' children and others in
South India. Mrs. Sibley was a widow
somewhat beyond middle, years, re-
turning to her station in the city of
Way. Miss Boyer, with no parents
or relatives alive, was taking up
work in the mission field for the first
time,
Evening star., 1922-05-22
WILL OF AARON soMMERs,

The will Of Aaron Sommers, who
died May 13, gives to his wife, Eta
c. Sommers, premises 1861 and 438
H street northwest and one-half his
personal property. A number of
nieces and nephews are remembered
with legacies Of $1,000 each.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
REARED IN ORPHAN HOME.
Miss Boyer Was Missionary Under
Lutheran Church.

GAINESVILLE. Ca. May 22.-Miss
Virginia M. Boyer, one of the two
missing American women in the
steamship Egypt disaster at Brest,
France, was a student at Brenau
College here, according to President
II. J. Pierce of that institution Miss
Boyer's home was in Zellienople, Pa,
and she was about twenty-five years
OF age. it was stated. She left here
about three weeks ago for England
on her return to India.
Evening star., 1922-05-22
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Mrs. Harriet De K. Woods Congress
sional Library Superintendent.

The nomination Of Mrs. Harriet
|DeK. Woods to be superintendent of
the Congressional Library building
and grounds has been conhrmed by
|sas &: ssse ssaesss s. 1ss; r. T r. wsll now sa-