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Evening star., 1925-02-09
Rector Proposes Alternate Trips te
Burleith and Wesley Heights.

new suggestion for routing the
proposed motor bus line from Bur
leith to the downtown section of the
city was made to the Utilities Com
mission today in a letter from Rev.
Charles T. Warner, rector of st. Al
bans Parish. -,
II do not feel" read one portion of
the letter, that there is sufficient
business on Wisconsin avenue for the
railroad and the bus line, but I have
this suggestion to make, which sug-
gestion was made at the meeting Of
the Cathedral Heights Citizens Asso-
citation this last week, and that is
that a permit for crosstown line
be granted by your commission to
the Washington Rapid Transit Co,
and have alternating busses, one di
verging at Massachusetts avenue and
Q street and going to Burleith; the
other dlverging at Massachusetts, ave-
nue. and Q street, coming out Massa-
chusetts avenue, crossing at the in
tersection of Wisconsin avenue and
going down Cathedral avenue to
Wesley Heights"
The rector of st. Adams Parish
also took occasion in the letter to
point out the undesirability of hav-
ing trolley poles In the center of
Wisconsin avenue if the avenue is to
be beautified.
The Utilities Commission expects to
reach decision tomorrow as to
whether the crosstown bus line is to
be operated by. the Washington Rapid
Transit Co. or by the Washington
Railway & Electric Co.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
MANNING RETURNS
MONEY TO PASTOR
Refuses to Accept Aid for
Cathedral From Minister
Considered a Rebel.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February a.-The Rev.
William Norman Guthrie, rector of St
Mark Sin the Bouwerie, made public
yesterday correspondence between him
self and Bishop William T. Manning
showing that the bishop had rejected
an offer OF DR.. Guthrie to help in the de
cision TO complete the Cathedral of St
John the Divine and had returned notes
of $500 which had been sent to him by
the rector
When Bishop Manning was asked to
comment on Dr. Guthrie's statement re
gardins the incident made by DR.
Guthrie TO his congregation this morn
ing, the bishop said II had no objec-
ton to DIR. Guthrie sending a contribu-
ton to the treasurer. The point Of my
letter was that under the existing con
ditions at St. Marks ! could not re
ceive his contribution"
Bishop Manning, in his letter to DR..
guthrie, gave as his reason for the re
turn OF the notes that IT would not he
right for him to deal with DR. Guthrie
while the present canonical situation
at st. Marks Church continues"
Last March. after a long controversy
between the bishop and Dr. Guthrie over
pagan" services and barefoot dancing
at ST. Marks, Bishop Manning cut st
Marks from Episcopal visitation and
ministration."
Evening star., 1925-02-09
21 INDICTED, CASES
AGAINST 10 DROPPED
Seven Held on Charges of Assault
With Dangerous Weapons,
Five for Robbery.

The grand jury today returned q
indictments and ignored charge,
against 10 persons.
Those against whom cases were
dropped are Joseph O'NeiII, Henry
Sharp and Jesse Jackson. larceny
Rachael Lowery, robbery: James
Newsome, bribery; Charles II. Plum.
1ner, joy riding; Gab-ied Furr, Mar.
tha Johnson, Benedict !. Brooks ant
Harvey Lyons, assault with danger.
Gus weapon.
Those indicted and the charge:
against them are: Louis de Levesque
robbery; Thomas Mosby, housebreak
ing; Samuel c. Height and Margaret
A. Cahill, larceny after trust; David
Yates, larceny; Charlie Johnson, WAL
ter Jones, Mabel Williams, Walter
ONeal, Louis Herbert and Russell
Chambers, assault with dangerous
weapon; Myer RosenbIoth, receiving
stolen property; Simeon Floyd Rake
straw, Percy Hall. Thomas Stone
Frank Jackson. Wilbur j. Simmons
and James Ambrose Moreland, non
support: Charles B. Mcdonald, Theo-
dore w. Merritt, Frank Hernek, Vic
tor T. Purchia talias Victor P Peary)
Scott w. Smith, robbery; Hosea Hart
and Joseph NJ. Robinson, joy riding.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
ASKS ADDED FUNDS
FOR DISTRICT WORK
Budget Bureau Submits Four
Proposals Approved by
President.

Four proposals for legislation af-
fecting existing appropriations sub
mitted to Congress today by the Bud
get Bureau, with the approval of the
President, are as follows:
The Limitation of $125.e00 on the
employment of personal services
authorized in the act approved June
7. 1924. Is increased to $145.ooo Sec
ton 2 OF that appropriation act for
the fiscal year 1925 directs the Com
missioners to employ craftsmen, as
sistant engineers and other mechanics
and laborers temporarily required in
connection with sewer and bridge
construction, streets. street cleaning
and road work, and limits the amount
to be expended to $125,000. Due to the
operation of the classification act, ap-
proved March I. 1928, IL will be neces-
sary to increase this limitation to
$146, 900, to enable the Commissioners
to carry on this work to the end of
the fiscal year 1925.
The second proposal is with regard
to contingent expenses for the DIS
trict public schools.
The appropriation for contingent
expenses for the fiscal year 1925
would be made available to include
the payment Of an allowance not ex-
ceeding 1912 year for a motor vehi-
Gle each for the business manager
from July 8. 1924. and the two first
assistant superintendents, from De-
cember II, 1924. The act fixing the
salaries Of school teachers in the Dis
trict, approved June 4, 1924. provided
one first assistant superintendent for
white schools and one first assistant
superintendent for colored schools,
and q business manager. The pro-
cl would nYnUidA fnr
the three new individuals the same
facilities as are now provided for
other school officials having similar
duties.
The third legislative proposal af-
fects the relief fund for police and
fremen. 1t proposed that to pay the
relief and other allowances as au-
thorized by law during the fiscal
year 1925 such sums as shall be
credited to the police and firemen re-
lief fund, trust fund, under the act
Of Nav 27, 1924, there Is deducted
from the pay of policemen and fire.
men 2H per cent, which IL credited
to the policemen's and nremen's re-
lief fund in the United States Treas
ury. The proposed legislation is neo-
essary. Gen. Lord explained. to make
the funds available for the purposes
for which they are contributed.
Ino 1Ourtn Ie8iSiAtiFc TeConmen-
dation Is for the home and school
for feeble minded. 1t provides ap-
preparation for maintenance, salaries
and other necessary expenses for this
school for the fiscal year 1925 be
made available for the maintenance
of horses and wagons. The purpose
Of this proposal Is to provide for
horses and wagons necessary to haul
building material and supplies and
transportation for inmates Of this In
stitution.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
JUDGE SIMS ENDS
LIFE At RICHMOND
Head of Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals Uses Shot
gun After Breakdown.
BY the Associate Press.

by the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. q Va. aFebruary g.
Judge Frederick Wilmer Sims. So
years of age. president of the Virginia
supreme Court Of Appeals. ended his
life in his apartment at a local hotel,
shooting himself in the head with a
shotgun shortly after 10 o'clock yes
terday. Mrs. Sims had gone down to
the lobby to mail a letter
Judge Sims had been suffering from
a nervous breakdown, 1t was said.
and was contemplating trip to
Florida in the the near future. The
shotgun in the apartment failed to
arouse suspicious. because, he had .ex-
pected to go hunting on his Southern
trip. Dependency over the state of
his health was the cause suggested
ployes of the hotel knew of the sui
eide, the city coroner returning a
verdict to that effect. The body was
removed to an undertaking establish
ment.
Seen In Good Spirits.
Saturday night. when last seen in
the hotel lobby, Judge Sims was said
to have been in good spirits. The
shooting was accomplished the
Judge was seated in a chair in his
room. the gun having apparently been
placed with the butt on the moor so
that the discharge entered his right
temple.
The body will be taken to Louisa
County. where Judge Sims was born
July %, 1862, the son Of DIR. Frederick
H. and Maria Louisa Kimbrough
Sims. His elementary education was
obtained in public and private
schools in Virginia, and he later en-
-; - Ntrcr riria
where he took a classical course.
Upon the death of his father, which
occurred during his freshman year
ut the university. he withdrew from
the institution for a time. Later, 1t
Ia said, he discussed civil engineer
ing and literature rs possible pro-
fessions before he subsequently
turned to the study of law.
Admitted to bar In 1883.
He was admitted to the bar in 1885
and began his practice at Louisa
He was elected Judge OF the
Louisa County Court in January.
1891, and in 1905 went To the State
Senate of Virginia Not until March
s. 1917. was Judge Sims made member
Of the Supreme Court of Appeals, sue
ceeding Judge James Keith as junior
Judge He became president of the
body in February, 1924, succeeding
Judge Joseph l. Kelly.
In his early life Judge Sims worked
as farmer. clerk in a store. saw
mill laborer and later manager, car
penter and railroad foreman. He
married Miss Lucy Payne Winston of
Louisa September IA. 1888, and one of
two daughters born to them survives
Funeral services will be conducted
today at 2 o'clock at the family GEM
etery in Louisa County.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SIMS TAKES NAVY
SIDE IN AIR FIGHT
Admiral Says Aviation Serv-
ice Cannot Function Well
as Separate Corps.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, February O.
The Air Service cannot function as
separate branch of the national de-
fense, because of its dependency or
cooperation of land and sea forces
according to Rear Admiral William,
S. Sims, retired, who was in New
Haven yesterday to speak at a meet
ing of the Headmasters' Association
"A separate air bureau can never
be an effective unit" the admiral
said, unless it works in conjunction
with one of the two main organiza-
tions. Either the Army or the Navy
must retain control of the air serv-
ice. At sea, for instance, how could
an airship make any extended trip
without a carrier ship as a base upon
which to rely in case of emergency
1t is dependent on these facilities OF
the Navy. which it would be difficult
for the proposed air bureau to OBJ
tain without needless expense.
The airplane is comparable to the
destroyer, which is a vital part OF
the Navy. A separate destroyer fleet
acting alone would not be advanta-
geous to the Government and would
instead, be detrimental to a smooth
running plan of attack Similarly, an
air bureau would only tend to make
camapign more complicated"
Evening star., 1925-02-09
TIME CALLED ON TAGS,
Arlington County Autoists Must
Comply With Law by Midnight.


CLARENDON, Va, February o.
Despite the fact that many auto
mobile owners of the County have not
yet received their new registration
cards and certificates of title which
are required before they-may procure
license tags. they are not to be allow
ed any further time by the State to
get the new tags. The time limit was
extended from February 4 until
February 10. and at midnight tonight
the old tags will be out of date.
This does not mean, however, that
autoists who have made application
for title and registration and conf1ne
their driving to the boundaries of the
county will have to lay up their cars
until they receive their tags. Sheriff
Fields stated today that he would not
bother any one using the 1924 tags II
they can. show that they have made
application.
An inquiry at the Traffic Bureau at
Washington as to what would happen
to Virginians driving in the District
using the 1924 tags brought forth
the information that no request had
been made by the Virginia authori-
ties for fruther extension of time.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SURCHARGE STAYS
ON PULLMAN FARE
|. c. C. Justifies so Per Cent
Extra Toll on Passengers
Using This Service.

Surcharges now imposed upon rail
road passengers using Pullman IA
cilities were held today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission to be
justif1able and railroads were author
lied to keep the practice in effect.
The approval of the surcharge,
under which every passenger engax,
ing Pullman accommodations, pays to
the railroad an amount equivalent to
90 per cent of the Pullman charge,
resulted from the first step In a gen
eral investigation which the commits
sion has instituted into the earnings
Of the Pullman Company and the
terms Of Its service contracts with
railroads.
The decision today declared that
the investigation had not proceeded
far enough for the commission to ex-
press its conclusions as to the gem
eral reasonableness of Pullman
charges. but that the surcharge had
justified itself.
Ffrst Cut on Day Coaches.
When the time comes for reouir-
ing the railroads to accent less mas
senger revenue than they now re-
ceiVe. those who experience the rela-
tive discomfort OF ordinary coach
travel many OF them because thew
must count the pennies, rather than
those who select the most EXPENSIVE
and luxurious form of TRANSPORTATION
which modern railroads afford. are
clearly entitled to prior considera-
ton the majority opinion said.
This showing justifes the con-
clusion that at least there is less
warrant for eliminating the sur
charge than for reducing the basic
passenger fare which applies even
TO travel in mixed trains of freight
and passenger cars"
Commision Is Divided.
The commission was divided in its
hnding: Chairman Aitchison and
Commissioner Eschal although con-
curing, proposed that the surcharse
should be cut in half while Com
missioner Lewis advocated that the
form of the extra charge be changed
and that Pullman passengers should
be required to pay 10 per cent more
than day coach travellers in railroad
fares
Commissioner McChord dissented
completely without stating reasons,
while Commissioner Campbell and
other dissenting members declared
that it was mot reasonable or fair
to the travelling public to permit a
general charge Of this character to
stand when so much of it accrues to
lines that do not need it," Commits
sioner McManamy in a third dissent
declared that the extra expense of
hauling Pullman cars should in part
be assessed against the Pullman
Company.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
TRANSIT COMPANy'S
BUS PLEA FOUGHT
Commerce Chamber Favors
Giving CrosstoWn Line to
Traction Companies.

Objection to the establishment Of a
crosstown bus line from Rurleith to
downtown sections Of the city by the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. was
made today by the public utilities
committee of the Washington Cham
ber of Commerce at special meet
ing called to discuss the matter.
1t was the unanimous opinion of
the committee that such crosstown
bus service as is necessary should be
instituted by and under the direction
of existing street railway companies,
either by one company or Jointly, as
the commission shall deem best
The committee met. under the chair
manship of Harry King and A. Z.
Seymour. secretary of the chamber,
who gave brief resume of the recent
hearing on the question held by the
Public Utilities Commission, which
was followed by an ample discussion
OF the merits of the situation.
The committee will report to the
board of directors tonight, and what
ever the board of directors decides to
do with the recommendation of its
public utilities committee will be
communicated to the District of
Columbia Public Utilities Commission.
URGES DUAL SERVICE.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
WOMAN TAKES OHIO JUDGESHIP,
CLIMAXINC POLITICAL Battle
Mrs. Lima X. Strayer Whose Dramatic Fight for
Husbands Name ParalIeled Mrs. FergusOns,
assumes Place on Bench

second term. She, therefore, had to
enter the general election as an inde-
pendent, opposed by both the duly
nominated Republican and Democratic
candidates.
Again like Ma" Ferguson of Texas,
Mrs, Strayer boldly announced that.
IL elected. she would appoint her hus-
band chief deputy.
In the campaign the wife had to
overcome the prejudice to woman
serving as judge, as well as pull
the Republican and Democratic vote
from the party candidates.
She won by "a plurality of 500 votes.
She is the mother Of two children,
Marion, a student at Ohio State Uni
versity, and Mary Jane, who attends
high school here.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
DAWES TO ATTEND
CHARITY BALL
Invitation Accepted by Vice
President Elect, Chairman
Announces.

The Vice President elect and Mrs.
Charles G. Dawes have accepted an in
vitation to attend the charity inaugural
ball which is to be given on the evening
of March at the new Mayfiower Hotel,
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chairman
OF the ball committee. announced today.
1t Is recalled that when a similar fete
was given under the direction Of Mrs
Dougherty after the inauguration of
President Harding Vice President and
Mrs. Coolidge were the honor guests of
the evening.
Plans for the charity inaugural ball
are rapidly assuming shape, and it is
becoming apparent that the affair will
be one of the most brilliant receptions
held in Washington for years.
Tickets are disappearing. fast To
accommodate the hundreds of persons
here who cannot reach the ticket Office
in the Mayfiower Hotel before supper.
Maj. Gen. John L. Chamberlain, chair
man of the ticket committee, is keep
mg his office open until $50 of eve
nings. The entrance to his ONCE is
on De Sales street just east of Con-
necticut avenue.
Meetings Being Held.
Most of the score or more of COM
mittees, each composed of men and
women of national prominence, han
ding details for the ball are meeting
two or three times a week. This
afternoon the committee on music,
Of which Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
is chairman and Mrs George w.
Ehle sice chairman, will meet In the
home of William p. Emo and arrange
for the distribution of the five or
chestras that will furnish music at
the ball
"
laborers, artists and decorators is
busy getting the hotel ready for its
hrst big event. 1t will be a scene of
beauty on the night Of the ball, and
the management is sparing no effort
to have the structure ready for the
test when $500 men and women, com
ing from every walk of American
life, trip the light fantastic within
its portals.
1t would be hard to imagine a more
beautiful setting for an event of such
tremendous size and Importance. All
of the $500 guests can be comfortably
accommodated on the ground floor
And when a couple becomes tired Of
the background in one handsome
chamber, 1t can step to the next, and
then on to the next. In fact, there
will be at least five different places
to visit.
Entering from Connecticut avenue,
the guests will find themselves first
in huge foyer. Walking back toward
Seventeenth street, they will pass in
order a handsome dining room, an
italian garden, wonderfully ap-
pointed ballroom and another foyer
of even more enhancing beauty.
Finally there Is a somewhat smaller
assembly room.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
BIG REDUCTION DUE
!. IN. SHIPPING BOARD.
More Than Million Dollars to
Be Cut From Pay Roll Dur
ing Calendar Year.

The Shipping Board has embarked
upon program which win bring
about a. reduction in salaries of more
than 's1.00o.000 during the calendar
year 1925.
The program. according to officials
tof the board. contemplates a reduc
ton of more than 100000 in annual
salaries each month, with the peak
iof the reduction coming in the first
part of the year.
The number of employees to be re-
ileased by this method of forced re-
duction in personnel has not been
computed, nor can it be estimated
with any degree of accuracy, as the
aim is reduction in expenses
chargeable to salaries and not funda-
mentally a reduction in the working
force. Last year saw an average re-
duction in annual salaries of about
$4,000 a month. a schedule main
tanned without a break up to January
|. and augmented so that new
schedule of 100000 or more a month
reduction could be carried out during
1925.
Notices Due Soon.
Large reductions in the Shipping
made this month, with many en-
ployes being given notice about Feb
ruary Is, that their services will no
longer be required after March l.
Much of the contemplated reduction
is TO be made during the current year
in the force employed in Washington,
although decentralization and turning
over of much OF the work formerly
done by the board to its managing
operators. will bring about com
paratively large reduction in the field
force OF the board.
The schedule is being carried out.
IT was declared, at the instance Of
Rear Admiral Leigh c. Palmer, presi-
dent OF the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton, and is being put in operation by
the executives Immediately under
him
Just at present the reductions be-
ing made are in the lower salaried
classes, which will release a large
number of employees, but the re-
trenchment program will soon begin
10 affect the smaller number Of high
salaried persons to bring about the
desired end-that of reduction in the
payroll.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SPRING PAYS CALL.

Miss Spring paid a Sunday call to
Washington yesterday and most of
the residents turned out In beftting
finery to greet her, even though they
were not expecting visit so early
In the year.
Accompanied by all her little
zephyrs, she coaxed the mercury up
to nearly 81 degrees and induced men,
women and children to bask in her
presence on sidewalks, In parks or
along motor thoroughfares.
She prepared today, however, to
make a reluctant departure. hear
ing that rain clouds were approach
Ing, together with some rather chilly
winds from westward. The rain is
scheduled to reach here tonight and
the cold winds tomorrow.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
COL. ]. D. GLENNAN
PROMOTED IN RANK
Is Made Brigadier General
and Assistant to Army
Surgeon General.

Col. James d. Glennan. Medical
CORPS, today was promoted TO the
grade of briEadier general and assist
ant to the Surgeon General Of the
Army. to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement Of Brig. Gen. Robert E
Noble at his own request, after more
than 80 years service.
Gen. Giennan is from New York,
and was graduated from the medica |
department of Columbian University.
this city. in 1886. He entered the
Medical Corps of the Army in 1883
and took part in the Ghost Dancers
War with the Sioux, in 1890 at
Wounded Knee and White Clay Creek,
and was commended for fortitude and
cool performance of duty under fire"
Later he took part in the campaigns
TO suppress the Philippine insurrec-
tion and was division surgeon Of the
punitive expedition into Mexico in
1915. During the World War he
Division of the A. F. F.. in France,
with the rank of brigadier general,
and was awarded the Distinguish ed
Service Medal, the Legion of Honor
and the Medaille d'Honneur. Since
the war he has been in command of
Walter Reed General Hospital, this
city. and assisted in the establish
ment there Of the existing Army medi-
cal center.
Gen. Noble also has had a distin-
guished career. He is from Georgia
He entered the Army Medical Corps
in August. 1900, and served with
credit in the Philippines, the Panama
Canal, Porto Rico and the World War
In 1918 he accompanied the late Surg.
Gen. Gorgas on a visit to the mining
fields of South Africa, and afterward
visited Vera Cruz on a scientific ex-
pedition. He held the rank of major
general during the World War and re-
tired in that grade under the terms
of a special act of Congress