Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1922, Page 15

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Criticism of alleged discrimination against women in the government service was reiterated by the Govern- ment - Workers' Council of the Na- tional Woman's Party in & letter from Miss Laura M. Bérrien, acting chair- man of the council, to Mrs. Helen || Gardener, member of the Civil’ Serv- i | ice Commission, made public today. The letter, which Is in reply to pub- i | 1ished interviews with Mrs. Gavdener, B[ minimizing the {1y by the council harges made recent- points out that the criticisms of the Government Wark- ers’ Council are individual member of the Civil Serv- fce Commission.” and states that the uncil believes that Mrs. Gardener.; woman member of the comm 11 be In full sympathy with the fort of clvil service women to secure equal rights." Single Register Asked. “There is one decided discrimina- n against women in the Civil Serv- Commission,” Miss Berrien states. ice of keeping en and women eligible to the mame positions. Be- cause of thtse registers. mew exam- inations are often held regiater for men is exh | though the woman's reg |same sort of positions may still con- {tain many eligible names. We ask as ithe first plank in our platform that the commission kcep a single register of men and women from which ap- i pointments may be made in the order of rating, regardless of sex, and that no new register shall be opened until the previous Tegister i3 exhausted.” It Is declared that a great mass of information being constantly supple- mented by. government workers the: selves points to consistent discrii but also in promotion and in Full Equality Demande Reclassification measures, according to Miss Berrien, should be based upon “full equality of opportunity between men and women in all branches of the service.” She adds that “a very dis- couraging feature of the reclassifica- tion movement is the fact that on the departmental boards being established in preparation for the carrying out of almost no representation. This is m.l rectly cont to the theory of equal opportunit. —_— IN POLAND ELECTION Unofficial Results for 40 of 444 Sgats—Women Take Part in the Voting. WARSAW, results in the general elections held throughout Poland last Sunday were obtainable today for only 40 of the 444 seats to which deputies are elect. ed. These results give nineteen seat: to the right party, seven to the n tional minority and six to the so- | cialists. The labor. populist and populist- radical groups ecach obtained two seats, while the communists and Jew- ish populists returned one deputy each. The elections were the first ever for the present-day Poland, which came into existence as the re- sult of the world war and subsequent peace treaties. Women participated in the elections for the first time in eastern sections of the country, as universal spffrage had not previous- 1y existed ih those districts. PLEA TO SHIPPING BOARD. The Shipping Board was urged to- day by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to discontinue the l{use of sovernment-owned ships in service between Atlantic and Pacific ports. In a letter to Chairman Las- ker, Julius H. Barnes, president of the chamber, declared the coast-to- coast shipping w. provided with adequate private-owned tof remonstrated AVINGS DANK against nterprise under present con- ' { | i First mortgage “motes Maximom returns with mum - risk. N Citizens Savings Bank 1336 New York Ave. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! 0. EBTCOMMISSN INEW CLUE DENOTES 13 STUDMING EUROE - SHIE| ) WAS SLAIN Sexutipizing Economic Conditions to Determine Ability of Debtor- Nations to Pay. The American debt commission fs making a specigl study of economic conditions of Furope, it was ingdi- cated yesterday. at the- Treabury, with @ view to determining what the various debtor nations can pay the United States on their war debts. ‘The gold situation, it was said, has a close connecticn with that ability to pay and this is being especially scrutinized. Foreign trade and eco- nomic conditiuns in general also ave recelving the attentfon of the com- mission, it was indicated. As yet. Treasury officials. declared. no cansideration has been ‘given to the suggestion from abroad that the not directed at any | ynited States be represented in some ! form at the proposed Brussels con- | ference to consider economlic ques- tions and interallied indebtedness. Evidently numerous persons throughout the country recently took soriously the hint of President Hard- ing that a “prize” ought to be offered for a successful plan for collection of the FEuropean war debts Sug- gestions have been pouring into the Treasury, officialx gaid yesterday. One an he had a good plan., but wanted to know how much the prize was before he would be willing to reveal his secret. CONFER ON SOLDIER AID. Problems of Fouth District of Vet- erans’ Bureau Discussed. Problems of soldier rellef in the fourth district of the Veterans' Bu- reau, comprising the District of Ca lumbia, Maryland, Virginia and W Virginia, ar® being threshed out t day at a conference of .subdistrict managers, medical officers and reha- bilitation officers. The conference. which opened ye: terday, was presided over by Capt. Albert E. Haan, district manager, as- sisted by Dr. I 1. Hirachman, ct medical officer, and W. H. Magee, district vocational officer. INSTALL NEW MACHINES. Poetal Officials Act to Save Thou- sands of Dollars. ‘The Post Office Department h: installed computing. balancing a bookkeeping machines in fifty-three of its central accounting affices re- cently established throughout the country. 3 Tt is estimatcd that this step will save the department thousands of dol- lars. it being anticipated that one will be saved to each machine. step is part of the present a ration’s plan of- decentraliz: ereby the accounts of post-| masters were tranferred from the Post Office Department here to cen- 1 offices created in each of the A maid of honor to Engl must have the qualification of being & peer’'s granddaughter. You can express at your direction. order will service. 1415 H Street gives tizing touch to homely fare —a déh!;:ep‘:ote to the fin:sto ask for Meadow Gold 'll always get the best butter it 1s ‘When you name [ possible to buy. Russian Woman Says She “Say it with - Fruit” cloquently as you will—for before you here vou'll find the choicest Fruits of every clime and the rarést delicacies of the hot-house. Assorted to your dictation—and delivered There is a satisfaction in knowing that your have Cornwell means the very best quality and the very best G. G. Cornwell & Son D. ¢, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1922. Saw Men Carrying Bag With Legs Protruding. | By the Associated Press, ~ 3 MOSCOW, November 7.—The police at Simbirek, who are investigating the disappearance three weeks ago of Philip J. Shield, American reliel worker, are holding & woman who told_them that late at night in Oc- tober she saw two men lugging & sack from which two human le(l; pretruded. This information. along with the ! announcement that the police mno longer are dragging the Volga in the hope of finding Shield's body, was received here by Col. Willlam N, Haskell, head of the American rellef forces, from Joseph Dalton, his rep- resentative at SBimbirsk. .t The woman, who was arrested, liv: near the place where Shield’s hat was | found. In her deposition she wrote that when she was out walking late that October night she came upon two men standing near a sack that lay on the ground. She overheard one of the men say, “Shall we take it there or to the river?’ other man answered, some one might hear you 4 Then, according to the deposition. one man attempted to shoulder the sack, but it broke, and the woman saw the two legs protruding. She said she recognized the shocs as tan oxfords of American make. The men started down toward the river, and the woman was unable to follow, she declared. The authorities arrested the wom- an in the bellef that she was an ac- cessory. They declare the chances are seven in ten that Shield was mur- dered. \ CATHOLIC LAYMAN HONORED. KAIFENG, Honan Provinoe, vember 7.—The Rev. Father William Joseph Cahill, a native of Hancock. Md., holds the distinction of being the first American Catholloc layman to be elevated to the secular priesthood in China. This ordination took place he; conducted by the Rt. Rev. op Josenh Tacconi. Prgm: D.J.KAUFMAN . STARCHED COLLARS 5¢ kA your sentiments as attention—which Main 875 | et Your ld Butter N. butter by i themdmfisl:i:gdfoodn. Churned fresh each Byset oy Meaow Cold :-umnee of smflc:o:. Use and you'll want to “spread it on thick. BEATRICE CREAMERY CO. 308-1 NW. Wm D.C. | said the parents had no funds to bury A report will be read at the meeting. Arrangements were made for an stallation hanquet to be held De.: cember 5. The election of officers will | takes pince November 27. * Following new members were iutro- ducec yvesterday: Miss Lulle Dickson, Miss Mattie Gibson, Marie 1 Mixs Jennle Glemnan a t0 | Mies Mabel Dill. next_ DEAD WAR VETERAN _ IDENTIFIED BY LEGION ‘Anm l’aog_mor” Proves to Be Harry Allsup, Jr., Who Actually Served in the World Conflict. CONSIDERS ITS BY-LAWS. Soroptimists’ Club Meets to Draft _ Organization Pregram, With virtually 100 per cent attend- ance. members of t ganized Soroptimists’ Cl City Club yesterday afternoon draft its constitution and by-laws. The tentative program was referred to a committee composed of Mra. Mina Van Winkle, Miss Thursto ss Barnhart, Dr. Wright Johnsol Pelkin and By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Nevember ——— That no women should be permit- ed attend her funeral. .—A man who died more than a week ago in & gov- ernment hospital here, where he was known as Angus Cameron Macgregor, was identified yesterday as Harry Allsup, jr., of Covington, Ky. Army and American Legion officers made the identification through photographs d a description sent here by Adjt.| William H, Wekry of the legion post at Covington. | 9 As “Macgregor,” the man had worn numerous military decorations, in- cluding French, British &nd Belgian service in the Regular Ar was said to be twenty-nine years old. Arrangements completed by the American Legion for a funeral with full military honors were stayed when the suspicion was ralsed that the man had been an impostor. According to the Kentucky advices, Allsup enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kv., in the aviation section, Signal Corps. November 10, 1917, and was discharged from the service October 10, 1915. " A letter ived here from his father. when the identity of Macgregor and Allsup was firat suggested last week, their son. The mother is totally blind, the letter satd, while the father is suffering from partial paralysis. It was said last night that the American Legion would attend to the funeral arrangements, as Allsup was actually a world war veteran. TOKIO LANDLORD POPULAR. | TOKIO, November 7.—"A nobleman and a_noble man” is the description | of a Japanese paper of Count Bakal | of Yaral, Ushigome, Toklo, one of the great landlords of the capital. The count. who owns 170 houSes in one quarter of the city, has, according to the newspaper, offered to sell these houses to his tenants on.the install- ment plan, the occupants to pay | double their present rent for five | years, at the end of which time they | are to own their own homes. e Ty Waiting to Be Adopted The simgle charm of this dining room suite silently begs you to adopt it and make it “at home” in your dwefling where, 1t Eromisg.s you it will return the kindness by making you appy in 1ts possession. This suite has a 66-inch buffet with mahogany interior and plush lined silver drawers. 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