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‘warmer tonight. No. 28,519. DXECUTVE ORDER ON ECLASSIYING DETED LY President Considers Making It Effective for 60,000 U. S. Employes. ALL DETAILS COMPLETED; APPROPRIATION AWAITED Many Becoming Impatient Over Further Delay as Bonus Issue Comes Up Again. BY WILL P, KENNEDY. President Harding is considering putting reclassification of the nearly 60,000 federal employes In the Dis- trict of Columbia iInto effect July 1, by executive order. The reclassifica- tion schedules, necessary to fix up the pay rolls promptly on that date, have been actually prepared by the "nited States bureau of efficlency, in co-operation with the administrative officers in each of the government establishments, in compliance with an executive order of President Hard- ing om October 24, 1921. All that is necessary to establish the new salaries on July 1 is for Congress to appropriate the money uecessary to pay them. The amounts that will be required to do this for each woffice of the government have been ascertained down to the last dollar. This for the first year will vost about 2 per ceut more than the present basic salaries plus the $240 bonus, which it Is proposed to ab- sorb, since the. government workers have been recelving it for the last five years.. Impatient Over Delay. Because the tariff bill has been oc- cupying the eenter of the stage and probably will continue to do so for several months, many senators who are opposed to passing another bonus bill and still more who are opposed to the Sterling-Lehlbach bill are im- patient over further delay, since it would junk all the work that has been done by the bureau of efficiency and would require the study to be made all over again. by the—Ctvil Service Commission. This would en- tail an additional appropriation for thg employment of ‘experts” and tafie a year's time for another “in- vestigation.” ; The Sterling-Lehlbach bill, carry- ing schedules for reclassification of the go¥ernment the, Houre six months banging fire in the, ‘while a bate drags on over the tariff. In the meantime there has been no leg- islation to assure the government workers that they will“Teceive the £210 bonus for the next flacal year, which they must have to keep their homes together. While Cfihairman Madden of the House appropriations committee, House Leader Mondell and other prominent men in both the iouse and Senate have stated posi- tively that the bonus wiil be taken care of in a separate measure if the reclassification bill does not become a law_ before July 1, it has been leatned that certain members of the House and Senate have been in con- jerence with a view to having the bonus cut to $120. Pressure Brought on President. The real friends of the government employes in both the House and the Senate are impatient. over the pro- posed delay, even more than over the new appropriation that would be re- quired. Because they belleve that the short-cut is to put through the reclassification schedules worked out Ly the bureau of efficiency and the administrative officers, pressure |is being brought to bear on President Harding to issue an executive order \ under which the army of government workers would start the new fiscal year with a new statutory salary schedule carrying substantial in- creases. p These leaders in Congress feel that this is ap especially appropriate time to make' this adjustment in the pay of civil employes, because they have just passed the adjusted pay bill of the Army, and if they can have the pay of the civil employes adjusted to take effeot July 1 next they will be able to go before the voters this fall with a much better record than if they simply pass a bill which will leave the question so vitally affecting the hames of 60,000 workers from every state in the Union up in the air for another year at least, while yore money Is being spent “inveSti- gating” a subject that has been “in- Yestigated” for vears by costly com- mittees and commissfons. No Further Investigation Needed. The reclassification schedule pro- mulgated by the bureau of efliciency under President Harding’s executive WEATHER. night and tomorrow; slightly by 8 et Temperature. for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. to- :_Hjghest, 75, at 2 p.m. today; low- . est, 50, at 5:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 17 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Bottomley Given 7 Years in Prison HORATIO BOTTOMLEY. By the Assoctated Press, LONDON, May 29.—Horatio Bot- tomley, former publisher of John Bull, was found guilty today by & jury on the charge of misappro- priation of funds belonging to the Victory Bond Club. He was sen- tenced to seven years' penal servi- tude. Bottomley served notice that he intended to appeal the case. It took the jury barely half an hour to make up its mind and re- turn the verdict of guilty." Years ago Bottomley figured in several notorious fraud cases. Bottomley's conviction was immediately made known in a message by the Jjudge to the speaker of the house of com- mons, who formally announced it in the house. This automatically vacates Mr. Bottomley's seat in the house for South Hackney, which constituency he served in parliament 1908 to 1912 and again beginning in 1918, when he was re-elected. The Bottomley case has been ex- citing intense interest in England for several months since the defendant. a member of Parlia- ment, first was charged with fraudulently_converting funds of the Victory Bond Club, & war-time organization of which he was the founder and president. When Bot- tomley was placed on_trial he was specifically accused of mis- appropriating £5,000, but the pros- ecution alleged that of £493,000 RQe_was declared to have handled, only £23,000 could be accounted for. Bottomley swore, however, during the trial that he had never made a penny out of his various clubs, or {mproperly taken any um:lunt whatever from the clubs’ nds. The investors in the Battoml clubs were largely of the pooree‘: classes, who invested either out of patriotic motives or in the hope of gaining by winning the prizes offered, drawings for which were advertised at given periods. Bottomley’s* publication, John Bull, was noted for its frequént attacks on America and things American. 1S, BOOKKEEPING REVISION ORDERED Cdmplete reorganization of the methods of keeping accounts of the executive departments of the govern- ment and establishments throughout the country has been ordered to take effect July 1, it was announced to- day, the comptroller general of the United States, J. R. McCarl, iseuing bulletin No. 1 to the heads of all departments and establishments for the “classification of objects of ex- penditure.” The reorganization is considered as a big step in the program of economy and efficiency launched by the ad- ministration and was commended by Director of the Budget Dawes to- day as ome of the most important moves yet made in putting business methods into the administration of government affairs. The bulletin was issued by au- thority of section 309 of the budget and accounting. act, after extensive and exhaustive analysis of the entire business of the government and fol- lowing close consultation between officials of the general accounting office and the bureau of the budget. In effect the order will revise gov- ernment acounts along the program which divides all things purchased and paid for by the government into twenty-five groupings. Four major divisions in which the classification is placed are current ex- penses, acquisition of property, pay- ment of debt and capital outlays for rights and obligations. The classification, says the bulletin order of October 24, 1921, which 1s the same as the schedule in the bill introduced in the House and Senate, respectively, by Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana and Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, can be put into effect July 1 without any further investi- Zation or any further expense. It carries the support of all the ad- ministrative officers of the gove ment. The importance politically of having salaries adjusted on July 1 is felt by the leaders because, in connection with reclassifying the salari thi ‘bureau of efficiency and the admini trative officers of the government have worked out a most complete and effective system for rating the effi- | ciency of the employes with the idea of eliminating from lhs’vlco the drones and incompetents.. CATS WORTH FORTUNES. Bo Scarce in Moscow Felines Bring 20,000,000 Bubles. Cable to The Star and Ne By . %fllfl Daily News. MOSCOW, Russia, May 29.—Dick ‘Whittington, who is popularly sup- yosed to have made his fortune in Loh- don through his cat, could repeat his romantic career in Moscow t for cats are selling readily here for from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 paper rubles each. The supply entirely unequal to the demand. M of the cats died during the last few lean years, when rhere was not enough food for hu- .«u“' and mice and rats flourished ndisturbed in the closed warehouses. Now with business reviving these warehouses are being Ilnillfod and ghe result is a plague of rodents in 2usny homes. : oo Tt g horse alipped and fell when fence, throwing the purpose of obtaining uni. formity i administrative appropri- ation and fund accounting and in the analysis of governmental expendi- tures, for the ‘information of the President, the Congress and such agencies of the government as are required to deal with governmental expenditures.” The -purpose of the reorgani is further set forth in .fim.—':a"'.? tion to the pamphlet. containing the order, the comptroller general declar- ing. “an analysis of expenditures is important-in order to test the efi- clency with which' the work has been done and ‘the expenditures e;. to eliminate the misapplication of human effort and the waste of material; to provide data needed .for measuring costs, and to form the basis of esti- mates of Tuture requirements for flm"}llr purposes.” a “To serve as an adequate anal: and_check on expenditures’ suys Mo McCarl, “information of this kind should be available for all of the mervices of the government on che be ferent organization units. Th exam] the most effective w:; ‘:; Judging the relative economy and effi- clency of fleld stations of like char- acter ' (such as lighth - e."(mll ig] oumwlr:.ofll i ‘_ WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 29, 1922—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. SENATORSPUTO.K. ONNCUMBER PLAN | FORSOLDIERBONUS Measure Similar -to House} Bill to Be Approved by : Finance Committee. DEMOCRATS NOW AGREE | TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT | Several Important’ Amendments Will Be Offered—Hope for Action After Tariff. The so-called MeCumber plan for soldler bonus, providing for the issue | of certificates and similar to the House bill, will be adopted by the! Senate finance commitee and reported to the Senate, it was indicated today ' at a full meeting of the fiommlu!e.‘ Senator McCumber, chairman of the committee, explalned the provisions' of his plan. Senator Smoot of Utah, who has advocated a plan of pald-up insurance as a substitute, also dis-! cussed his plan. | The democratic members of the finance committee, who attended the meeting today on the bonus bill—the first time the democrats have been called in—indicated that they would support the McCumber plan in pref- erence to the Smoot plan. Plan Further Study. When the committee adjourned a | motion made by Senator Walsh, Mas- sachusetts, democrat, that the Me-| Cumber plan should be adopted, was! pending. The committee adjourned until Wednesday to give further op- portunity for the senators to com- sider l,ht varfous bonus plans. | Dembdcratio members of the com- | mittee made 1t clear that neither the McCumber plan nor the Smoot plan ‘was satisfactory to tkem, but that they preferred the McCumber plan on | the ground that it gave more imme: diate assistance to the former service men. Senator Simmons, ranking demo- cratic member of the committee, gave notice that he would probably offer some amendments to the bill {n com- mittee. He will certainly offer them when-the-bill gets in the Senate, | | | . \ WOMEN'S HOSPITAL POORER BY S5000 Congress to Put Columbia on No-Surplus Basis July 1. Columbia Hospital for Women, with- in whose walls many thousands of ‘Washingtonians have first looked upon the light of day, will be poorer by $25,000 July 1, under a provision in the District appropriation bill agreed to by both Senate and House. Officials of the hos- pital are now bemoaning the fact that the THBTTEUlIoH has this BEen put back | Ald for Relatives Urged. Senator Walsh of Massachueetts and Senator Jones of New Mexico, also a democrat, have planned to offer | amendments. One of the dments ‘which ~Senater - Waxlah' %l nbmmu would provide that the benefits un- der the bonus bill should be paid to | the heirs of those former service men who died since the close of the war and the time of the passage of the bill, and who had no government in- surance. While the republican members of the finance committee have beul equally divided for several days on'! the McCumber-S8moot plans, it w; sald today that one of the npubl’f‘ cans had swung over to the McCum- ber plan, glving the republicans the | majority among themselves in favor of that plan. ' The probabilities are that any dras- tic amendments that may be offered by the democrats In committee will be voted down and that then the committee will report out the M Cumber plan with some modifica- ons. Bonus Next After Tariff. Astute, the republican leaders will urge the bonus bill be reported to the Senate and placed on the cal- endar. The republicans will then announce that the bonus bill will be taken up in turn as soon as. the tariff bill has been passed. In other words, they will hold the bonus bill over the heads of the democrats who are delaying the passage of the tariff bill. The hope is that the soldiers’ organi- zations which are pressing for action on the bonus bill will help to dis- courage delay on the tariff bill. ‘When the committee took up the bonus bill today no word, it was said, had been received from the President in regard to It. ~ —— MONARCHISTS CRUSHED - IN HUNGARIAN ELECTION Early Returns Indicate Big Victory for Government—Social Democrats Gain. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, May 29.—First returns from the Hungarian parliamentary elec- tions_indicate an overwhelming victory for the government. The Carlist right wing, or monarchist party, is regarded as_crushed on the basis of these re- sults, and It seems probable that the social democrats will make a great ain. % the election of seventy-four govern- ment and six opposition candidates is assured so far. By Cable_to The Star and: Chicago Daily T e ews. 1022 CAIRO, -tombs of the fat and ferocious queens ruling over the declining Ethiopian empire 300 centuries be- fore the Christian era have re- cently. been excavated at Meroe, by Prof. George A. Risner’s Har- vard University expedition. Within a fus of two. miles of the an- Sroupa of pyrami ups of p; l‘.{n 'xp-dmnn excavated fifty- last winter. Prof. Risner s and is preparing & report on his - discoveries. offices of ' in revenue collectors) will be by com- Ki'i’ their.. expenditures. on - this GEN. MITCHELL HURT. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May: 29.—Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitcheil of the Army aviation service, fell from a horse late yesteNlay and was painfully in- Jjured, it became known ti The! rowing the. Fider wih o con- siderable force. Gen. ell’ 3 sicisn said no bonea L The most Important discovery account. see no relief. Primari for our surplus have a working capital on hand to meet the many small that arise, ag Columb! on a no-surplus basis despite the many needed improvements that were to have been made with the savings of mapy years. The, $25,000 was accumulated through several years of good management and practical economy, according to Col ‘Myron M. Parker, president of the board of governors of the hospital, and it was done with foresight by the officials, looking. to the time when there would be a surplus on hand with which emergencies could be met and with which necessary repairs and replace- ments could be made from time to time. The money was invested In lib- erty bonds until needed. By a paragraph Inserted in the Dis- trict appropriation bill by the House appropriations committee and concurred in by the Senate and the House this $25,000 saving must be turned into the United States Treasury, and officials of the hospital feel a keen sense of lozs because all efforts to obtain & working capital have been in vain. They feel that the money, instead of being saved, might have been spent justifiably every year for the betterment of the hospital. Usual Appropriation Made. This year, as in previous years, Congress appropriated $17,000 to the hospital through the board of chari- ties of the District. The surplus is not to be turned back to the local board of charities, however, but to the federal government. “There are many improvements vital to the welfare of Columbia Hos- pital that we had planned tc be pro- viding for out of the surplus fund,’ Col. Parker said today. “But now there not enough to more than meet the regular run of expenses. “The home for the nurses is in such a disreputable and run-down condition | that it is difficult to obtain first-class nurses and many have left us on that They live in a series of frame shacks, very old, very insani- tary and extremely dangerous as fire- traps. The woodwork and furnishings are so old@ that it Is impossible to keep them free from vermin. They are really_quarters not fit to be in- habited. It would be impossible to erect new structures from our erst- while fund, that would have to come from an appropriation, but we had planned renovating it and refurnish- lnfiqlh o ek “Now our money is géTie and we can We also had planned putting in & clothes chute from the upper floors of the hospital proper to the laundry. This would have saved us hundreds of dollars annually but now that”Is impossible. , though, we had worked in llnsn{ " nd so that we would emergencies in an Institution as large 388 ATTENDANTS BURIED ALIVE WITH CHILD PRINCESS, TOMB SHOWS some gold and jewelfy and many bronzes and fragments of glass were found with Inscriptions di closing the hitherto unwritten life story of the Ethlopian empire be- fore and at the beginning of the Christian era. The Ethiopians, a dark-skinned non-negro race, com- ing from the ‘Selima oasls, con- quered the land of the Pharaohs in_ the eighth . century before CHrist. King Tirhaka is mentioned in the old testament in connection with Hezekiah and a threatened Assyrian invasion. Prof. Risner previously established the existence of this dynasty when ex. ‘cavating the pyramids of the an- clent. upl;:lé lapata. dg;;; the Assyrians conquere, t t] TR R of queens o era of Alexander the Great. Tt has just been established that the ~dynasty- of fi A and twenty kings Ethiopian empire, which disinte- S into the present Soudanese tril Half of all the fragments found by - foreign expeditions -go to the Egyptian government. Many believe that the paucity of re- sults from most of the recent Eoiden age of systematic arche: 1 _age of sy, : thovgh pe »m',‘hm: ch di Tl 8- coveries maf§} be made by aocl- dsnt in the 4 SAY DAYLIGHT SAVING CHANGE IS UP TO GOVERNMENT CLERKS Trade Organizations Reluctant to Make Further Suggestion to President—Agi- tation for Former Rule Continues. TODAY’S VOTE ON DAYLIGHT-SAVING =T Present Moving Clocks System. Ahead. For | Against For | Against Governmentemployes 34| 207 45| 197 Others. . v v cceien s 12 46 1637 30| 145 370 | 75| 342 Today's totals. .. Previously Recorded S Moving Clocks For | Against For | Against Govenmentemployes| 323 | 2047 | 763 | 2144 Others. . ve.eowmes | 306 | 3026 | 1054 | 2,101 Grand totals.| 675 Any actfon looking to & suggestion for a chauge In the present daylight- saving plan by the trade organiza- tions of the city will have to come 6,343 1,892 (4,677 ment departments who are more af- fected by the present plan than any other group. The cabinet, he also said, should suggest any further changes MISS M’CORMICK TO SAIL, BUT DECLINES TO TALK Will Leave for Europe Tomorrow. Refuses to Confirm or Deny OsergMay Come Here. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 29.—Miss Mathilde McCormick of Chicago, whose engage- ment to Max Oser, Swiss riding master, has been announced, will sail for Europe tomorrow on the Berengaria, she said today. , have nothing further to say and I don’t want to be bothered with ques- tions,” she added. Miss McCormick, daughter of the ‘wealthy harvester manufacturer, will be accompanied by Miss Julix Mangold, at one time bookkeeper to Oser, who came from Chicago with her. Previous reports had quoted Oser as saying he expected to come to America In June. Miss McCormick declined to confirm or deny these reports. GERMANS DELIVE WAR DEBT REPLY; AGCEPTANCE SEEN Belived to Have Acceded to Demands of Repara- tions Commission. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 29.—Germany’s reply to the reparations commission on the demands made by the commission In connection with reperations pay- ments was delivered at the office of the commission at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon. Unofficial forecasts were that Ger- many would accede to all the de- mands made by the commission upon condition she be granted an interna- tional loan on reasonable terme. Hermes Negotiations. The commission’s demands wete agreed upon In the recent negotia- tions here between the commission and the German finance minister, Andreas Hermes. They include pro- visions for the virtual dictation by the entente of measures for the re- form of Germany's financial affairs. Advices from Berlin say that the Wirth cabinet's decision to abide by the results of Herr Hermes' efforts here was decisively influenced by the prospects of securing the urgently needed loan, and that the govern- ment's reparation policy will be sus- tained by the reichstag. ‘Whether France will be represented at the coming conference at The Hague on Russian affairs will be decided by the chamber of deputies in the course of the debats on foreign affairs, which will be resumed tombor- row. Premier Poincare will take the floor efther tomorrow or Wednesday to explain the situation and say that it 1= for the chamber to indicate what action the government ought to take. Basis of Deeclaion. The decision of the chamber, it appears, will depend upon the inter- pretation given the resolution adopt- ed at Genoa fixing the conditions for the conference. It is expected. how- ever, that in any case the parliament will approve of France belng repre- sented only on condition that the deliberations at The Hague be con- i that they find might be wanted by the employes in their respective depart- ments. ‘W. C. Johnson, chairman of the in- dustrial relations committee of the ‘Washington Board of Trade, and & member of the committee which visited the President in the interest of daylight-saving, said that he would take the matter up with his organiza- tion and do as they ordered. His or- ganization, he sald, had voted for day- light-saving and he could not take any other stand until the organization had acted. However, he sald, he would d :::éhlllz the President wished to ha from the full membership, the mem- bers of the committees representing these bodies having stated today that they were without authority to sug- gest a change to the President. The general viéw expressed’ by several of the members of the committee which called on the President was that if there was any desire for = change, it should come at this time from the government clerks and members of the cabinet. President Harding, it is understood, will consider changing the time of government departments’ working hours, if the committes which saw him and suggested the change would come to the White House and inform him that it has not worked, When this information was imparted to those who were members of that committee, they said that their or- ganizations had acted on the propo- sition and that they were not au- thorized to change that action by go- ing to the President and {nforming him that the plan was not satisfac- tory. Speaks for M. & M. Association. Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, sald that the committee went to the White House at the invi- tation of the President. Any further suggestions, Gen. Stephan sald, should come from the people in the govern- Commerce Chamber’s Position. The Washington Chamber of Com- merce, through its board of direc- tors, voted for daylight-saving, ac- cording to A. E. Seymour, secretary of the chamber and a member of the committee which went to the White House. Mr. Seymour said that not until the directors had ordered oth- erwise would he assume responsibil- ity for asking that a change be made back to the old hours. The board is scheduled to meet & week from to- ™ Charibs 3. Col secr arles J. Columbus, etar, f the Merchants and Mxnuflc!uierol‘ ‘Association and a member of the committee which called on the Prest dent, also said that any suggestions for a change back to the old hours ::onla come tromdt.he employes of 6 government departments. H said the Merchants and B(l.n\l{m:tllrE ( ued on e 2, Column 1.) ARMY RETIREMENT |PRESIDENT 10 SEE DISPUTE SETTLED| ARMIY-NAVY GANE Supreme Court Holds Presi- Annapofis Commencement dent’s Approval Un- Throng Surprised as May- * necessary. flower Docks. “ Declding a matter which has been | By the Assoclated Press. disputed in Army. clrcles since the| ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 29.—Hun- world war, the United States Supreme | dreds attending the graduation ex- Court held today that it is not neces- | grcises at the United States Naval sary for the President to review.and | Academy today received a complete approve personally - each individyal|surprise when the yacht Mayflower, case to make effective the work of {on which President Harding left the retirement bosrd In removing | Washington Saturday, with Mrs. officetm of the Afmy from the active | Harding and & party of friends, for list, under the national defense act.!s cruise down Chesapeake bay, drop- The decision was handed down in|5eq anchor here to permit the Presi- cases - brought by John W. French{gent to participats in the *Commenc: end Wyllm' ¥. Creary, who soughtment Monday” program. There had to have revoked their forcible, 1nvol-|peen no announcement prior to the untary removal, the former by retire- | geparture of the Mayflower of the ment and the latter by discharge. on |intention to stop st Annapolis, and the groufid thet the Secretary of War | the plan was revealed only last night and not the President had approvea|*gZ,the White House -~ @ wi. Annapolis | wesnington. te | Boston. . .: fined to economic questions. Ambassador Jusserand at Washing- ton has exchanged views regarding The Hague conference with Secretary of State Hughes, but it is said in official circles that any interpretation of these conversations as negotiations tending to induce the United States to send representatives to The Hague ' erroneous, the French government | having no reasor to try to convince | the United States, since the attitude | of the two governments i | ke s quite the HAGUE INVITATIONS ISSUED. By the Associated Press, THE HAGUE, May 29.—Invitations have been issued by the presidents of the Genoa conference in agreement with the Dutch government for com- ing parleys at The Hague. It is in- tended that two commissions shall meet here June 26, one to comprise experts from the states represented at Genoa, excluding Russia and Ger- many, and the other commission to nsist only of Russian economists. A preliminary meeting will be held | on June 15 and will be attended by not more than two delegates from all states represented at Genoa except Germany and Russia. They, with a limited number of specialists, are ex- pected to determine who will par- ticipate in a non-Russian commission. By June 26 at the latest it is expect- ed that the names of the nations and their representatives will com- FIGHTING IS SHARP ON ULSTER BORDER: DEAD, MANY HURT Churchill Announces British Troops Will Remain in ! Dublin for Present. CONFERENCE IN LONDON ON TREATY IS DELAYED Immediate Anglo-Irish Break Averted—Confidence in Collins Expressed. By the Associated Press BELFAST, May 28.—Sharp fghiag between members of the Irish repub lican army and the Ulster special constabulary occurred last nigh: along the boundary between counties Dougel and Fermanagh in the Bel- leek district. Five republicans are reported to have been killed and & number wounded. One conetable was Killed. The fighting followed the action of the Ulster police in taking posseseion of Belleek and Magserenens castle nearby. * Special police from the Belleek For: were ambushed and compelled to abandon their motor car, the drive: of which was killed during the heav: firing. Both wings of the Irish re publican army, the insurgents and those under the Free State govern ment, are believed to have been rep resented in the force which the Ul sterites encounted. Attack in Horse Shoe Form. The southerners attacked in horse shoe formation; the only side open to the police facing on Lough Erne across which they have been receiv ing their supplies by boat. The republicans’ intention 'to eu! this line of communication was foil- ed by the northerners, who repulsed their assaiiants after & pitched bat tle. The Culling Tree road police bar racks, near Falls road, was attacke today. Several of the police wers wounded, one seriously. Crown Forces Search Houses. Crown forces last evening carries out an exhaustive search of houses on streets in the neighborhood of the Falls road. About twenty-five me: were arrested and some ammunition ‘was seized. The prisoners included an Irish republican army picket. Unofficial reports were received here that a truce on the Louth-Armagh border was reached both st Newry and Dundalk Sunday. The Ulster special constables used carrier pigeons during the fighting st South Armagh to summon assist- ance. No further casualties were re- ported, but it was stated that bodies of civilians were lying in the vicinity where the fighting took place. A man named McCabe was taken to the hospital at Newry suffering from a bullet wound in Lis head. He re covered later. 3 Dundalk is crowded with people from the border districts. Gunboats are lying at Carlingford in Dundalk bay. Seven Bulldings Burned. Incendiarism again played an im- portant part in the week end pro ceedings in Belfast and there was considerable looting. Seven business houses were destroyed, principally roperties of Protestant firms in ‘(l;:uyoug aream These inclu®l « paper warehouse Kent street, in the heart of the city; a linen factory a cloth factory, a cabinet factory, an ol warehouse and & paper-making plant. The damage amounted to thou- sands of pounds, One block in Talbot strest was most destroyed. A bomb thrown into a house in Shaftesbury avenue wounded a man and his wife and Paliet. Leech of the royal Iris constabulary was shot dead in Bruns Fick street while walking with 2 woman friend. The murderer escaped TROOPS TO STAY IN DUBLIN. British Not to Withdraw at Pres- ent, Says Churchill. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 29.—Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the colonies. today told the house of commons that Great Britain did not intend at pres- ent to withdraw sll her troops from D ot & meeting of the cabinet Iris! Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) municated to the secretariat gencral, c) under the general jurisdic- tion of a Holland dslegate. The co missions will study the differences that exist between the nations, par- ticularly matters relating to debts, private property and credits to Rus- sia, and endeavor to formulate recom- mendations for submission to their respective governments. The foreign office has Intrusted to Dr. Vande Sande Bakhuyzen, a consular officer and member of the Holland delega- tion at Genoa, the task of preparing and organizing data for The Hague conference. 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED Raymond Torryson Falls From Moving Motor Trudk. Raymond Torryson, sixteen years old, of 2105 Pennsylvania avenue, was run over a2d instantly killed by a motor truck about noon today at Sherman avenue and Girard street. The boy was riding on the track, when he attempted to walk from the rear to the front of the machine. He fell over the side and one of the| wheels passed over his body. His skull was_ fractured and his body crushed. He was ounced dead when taken to Gtr;:l?l Hospltal. GRIFFMEN-TAKE FIRST. Erickson Allows Boston Only Two : Hits. BOSTON, May 29.—Wi a:‘m game of the &mbl*hu:n-: t today by & score of 2 to 0. 5 RHE 2.7 4 -0 21 Batteries—Erickson and Gharrity, Quinn, Karr and Ruehl, GRANE SENTENCE DECLARED UNTRUE Arabic Newspapers Retract Story That American Had Been Convicted. By JUNIUS B. WOOD. ‘The Star and Chbicago Daily News By Cable to T Tright, 1922, BEIRUT, Syria, May 29.—Sever: of the local Arabic newspapers pub- lish the following communique: “We have published a notice that the military court in Damascus sen tenced Charles R. Crane, an Ameri- can, to twenty yearg' imprisonment Today we have received a communi- cation from the official press bureau saying that the news is untrus.” The original item, which was print- ed in all the newspapers, wWas ap parently intended to impress Syrians with the fact that even Americans are held responsible under the French occupation. Despite the strict military censorship no effort to correct the false report was made until the American consul in this city. Paul Knabenshue, inquired of the French high commission ‘whether the state ment was true. The preas bureau then issued a dlnhl.m'n- has used & newspaper CONtroversy as ::“lh source of the original state- qment about Mr. Crane’s. alleged sen- tel t explained the origin of the re- ’:"" “or punished the ~offendine