Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 15

: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922. . e 2 in Athens are growing excited and|turned over to Edwin B. Hesse, po- " ONLY 97O INSPERT ALLD.C BULDING Inspectors Have 200 to 300 Jobs at a Time to Be Overseen. MORE MEN ESSENTIAL Shortage in Healy’s Office Requires Peacemeal Checking of Plans. Pay Scale Criticized. The entire District of Columbia is ¢ dwvided into only nine areas for fleld in- spection work by the building office, giv- ing cach inspector more work than offi- cials of the office believe one man should handle. One official of the building office de- clared today that most of the inspectors have between 200 and 300 Jobs to follow up at a time, whereas 100 is regarded as a reasonable number to be under one man's scrutiny. One man is assigned to the whole area west of Rock Creek, while another is charged with everything across the Anacostia river, largely a frame house district. o & Districts Large. Tn the congested downtown section the inspection districts are small, but all of the new outlying developments, | of the building activity is divided into a few very large inspection zones { If a row of ten or twenty new | houses is being erected on one per- mit they are carried on the inspector's book as oné job. but he must inspect ea h house in the row with the same care as though he were assigned to | ten or twenty separate and distinet permits. Although one plan is followed for| all of the houses in a large opera- tion, the inspector cannot go through the end house and say that the entire row i3 being constructed accordyng to | the regulations. it was pointed dut. p Still Needed. These facts would indicate that even INDICTED IN SALE !One Charged With Perjury and ! director of the | plaints of irregul AUTOMOBILISTS GIVEN LEEWAY ON TAGS No Arrests Will Be Made of Those Lacking 1923 Plates Until Wednesday. The police will not arrest motorists for operating their machines without 1923 tags ,until after midnight next Tuesday. This was decided upon by the Com- missioners in board session today and means that automobilists who have not yet obtained 1923 tags will hmée until the closing of the District bulld- ing on Tuesday to obtain them. & Up to closing time yesterday Supt. Coombs had issued only 38,000 lngfl and he estimates that he should sel at least 50,000. This means that there are close to 14,000 automobilists ‘who have not yet obtained the new license plates. The license office will be open all day tomorrow and a large crowd of applicants is expected. OF BOSCH ASSETS “pummy” Purchaser and Ex- Official Named in Alien Property Transaction. INVOLVED $406,000 IS Another With Embezzlement in New York. NEW YORK, eged “*dumm: A Magneto Company's assets fen property custodian sale in h F. Guffey, former sales at an al 918, und Josep! e : property custodian’s New York office, have been indicted by a federal grand jury which has for several weeks been investigating com- ities in connection ale. with the Bosch Kern was in Guffey for embezzlement, with the ten per diem this year out of the tion of § following I by Conzr of the Knick ngi Building In t on Decem the office had plans for twenty. five big buildings on file to be check since September 6, the report showed. In order to reduce delay in per mitting contractors to begin work o big projects of this kind, the office is handling important plans In piece- meal fashion. Check Plans Plecemeal. Instead of keeping computers on one set of blueprints until they are checked completely, the building of- { fice approves the foundation and passes on to another big job. The computers then aim to check the rest of the plans as the work progresses. An _increase in salaries is regarded by officials of the building office as of equal importance to the employment of more men. Especially iS this true of the veteran in: tors on the per- manent statutory roll, who are re- i ceiving approximately $1 a day less than the temporary men employed this year on a per diem basis. Receive But $1,360 Yearly. Practically all of the old inspectors are getting $1,360 per year, while the | new inspectors are being pald $6 a day. The higher officials, from the in- spector of buildings down, also have been listed for salary increases by the | Commissioners in the past. The committees of Congress have taken the position for several years, however, that increases for statutory employes of the District must await | §hs enactment of the reclassification aw. . + ed. One set of plans had heen on '”‘”:;&brged eainst. Guficy, but it was} | ment's receip | to do it . officials admitted the in supplementary to the Bo 1 did not concern the alleged irre ties. False Onth Charged. nst Kern was that} se oath to et an Ameri- i when he was technically { t January. A series of ts totaling $406,000 were | ezzleme nade clear that these sums were re- elved by the alien property custo- dian's -office l“[ sales other than the ch transaction. B ollowing return of the indictments the grand jury was dismissed and it was stated by Assistant Prosesutor Joyce that Kern and Gufey would be aigned Tuesday. M ederal officlals refused to discuss the status of the Bosch case, but inti- mated that should Kern be adiudged an alien, the Bosch sale would be Vi- tiated. Counsel Explains. Counsel for Mr. Guffey last night as- serted: “By this indictment he is charged with misapplying $406.000 of the government's money in face of the fact that the money was paid Into the Treasury of the United States in March, 1931, and he holds the govern- t. ““The $406,000,” said the attorne “was a fund of interest which Mr. Guffey collected from banks where he deposited moneys realized on sales of | enemy property collected by him in a desire to do his full duty, although he was not authorized or required by law BRITISH START WARSHIP. Keel Laid for Battleship Sanction- “Men in the building office are be- ing paid less than many of the me- chanics whose work they must pass | upon,” said one official today, dis- cussing the salary question. ARBUCKLE AGAIN AT WORK. | NEW YORK, December 29.—Roscoe | Arbuckle, who recently was ‘“par- doned’ by Will Hays after his films had been banned from moviedom, wiil appear in person at a New York | music_hall when two_ of his new | comedies are shown on New Year eve. | The music hall was the first place in_ this city to show the rotund comedian’s films since the ban was lifted. | cently ordered by the British govern- ed Under Arms Pact Terms. BIRKENHEAD, England, December 29 _Without ceremony of avy kind, | the keel of the new battleship re-l ment, in accordance with the terms of the Washington naval treaty, was laid in a shipyarc here today. Many men already are engaged on the ad- vance work, and it is anticipated a large number of fthe unemployed This is one of the two new warships the construction of which Prime Minister Bonar Law recently an- nounced the government had decided to begin, as permitted by the Wash- ington pact. 3 .. MAKES BET C. A. Gambrill Mfg. Co., Inc., Mi FLOUR . gradually will be absorbed. l i | I TER BREAD | The strength and richness of Patapsco Flour are derived from the best and most virile of select- ed wheat, superbly milled by the Gam- brill process. Gambrill milling—the finest in the world—not stre! trition - of this & - T o ST ORMITY that assures more delight- ful baking EVERY TIME. Buy a 2, 6, 12 or 24-pound sack of Patapsco Flour on our mnnxy-bu:k guarantee. At your grocer’s. illers Since 1774, Baltimore, Md. belng considered inevitable. The dispatch adds that former Pre- lice property elerk, today by Detec- London' Agog at New Fleet Move; Greek Army Hastens to Thrace By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 29.—The hasty return of the British fleet to Con- stantinople from Malta attracts wide attention here. Nothing s forthcom- ing from officials sources to explain the move, but the obvious assump- tion that it is connected with the un- compromising attitude of the Turks at There are still,many forelgners In | Constaitinople and the dispatch of the warships is regarded as a neces- sary precaution in view of the pos- sible attitude of the Turks in that city In the eventfthat there is a breakdown In the Lausanne negotia- tions. A dispatch to the Daily Express from Athens says the entire Greek mier Venizelos telegraphed the Tevo- lutionary government advising it to send reinforcements to the Thracean front and asking to be informed of the number of troope there. A meeting of the cabinet followed and the army moved. The reservists of the 1920 and 1922 classes, the dispatch adds, have been, called to the colors. War Minister Pangalos has been appointed com- mander-in-chief in Thrace, and has left with his secretary for Saloniki PARIS HEARS GREEKS MARCH PARIS, December 29.—A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Rome says a report is current in a usually well that ther is an inclination to be- lleve the Greek troops, who have now been reorganized,-are about to re- ince the Mudania-Ma- held only by weak allied detachments. The dispatch adds that it is felt in Rome that if the Greek staff carries out this plan the whole situation in the near east will be profoundly af- fected. E y $250 CUFF LINKS FOUND. Lost Property BRecovered in Second- Hand Jewelry Store. tives Thompson and Embrey to be re- turned to George E. Bedell, jr., 309 C street, from whose house they were taken several months ago. It is sald the links belonged to the late Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confeder- ate forces during the civil war. They were recovered in a second- Lhand Jewelry store, where they had been sold. REPRESENTATIVE'S SON DIES. LAKELAND, Fla, December 29.— {Casian W. Drane, thirty-four, only son of Representative H. J. Drane, died here today after several weeks' illpess. He was a member of the American Legion and several I A pair of gold link cuff buttons set clubs. The funeral will be held to- OFFER $10,000 REWARD. Washington Police Told to Look Out for Mint Bandits. { Copies of circulars containing =1 | offer of $10,000 reward for the arrex! {nf the robbers-who killed Charles Linton and robbed the subtreasury in , Denver, Colo., of $200.000 have bees jreceived by the local police. | Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief ot | detectives, warned members of it command to exercise the greatest car in arresting the bandits should the be fourid here. Local banks have been notified of the robbery and fur- Lausanne is everywhere adopted. Pennsylvania Avenue army is moving toward Thrace, war | informed quarter that military circles | with pearls, valued at $250, were - Saks & ([ompany This Very RemarkablefSale of Men’s Suits and Overcoats is a fitting climax to the wonderful opportunities of the year just closing. Response is the best meas- ure to take of the importance of a Special Sale—and that has been immense—from the opening on Tuesday. . ' Saks Suits —Many with two pairs of trousers— —and from the grades up to $45— %27 Worsteds, ’;fwecds and Cheviots—in Young Men’s, Sports and Conserv. exactly in harmony with what you are wanting. Saks Overcoats Both Double-Breasted and Box values up to $40.00 %23 ative models. Just Coats that we have had a tremendous season on. Plain back and two-toned backs. The Double- breasted with Raglan and Kimono sleeves; belt all around. Light Tans, Grays, Browns—as well as the darker shades. Special Sale of Silk Shirts Broken lots of $5 and $6 Silks $345 The most popular of the fine silks—Jer- seys, Broadcloth and Crepes—plain white and fancy striped effects. Heavy quality: and of high-class-make. . ! 4 for $13.00 Men’s Initial Handkerchiefs, fancy bor- 795 der. Instead of $1.25.......cevvinenninnn. 3 for $2.25 Men's White Hemstitched and Initialed 65c - ,Linen Handkerchiefs. Instead of $1.00.... Men’s Colored Initial Linen Handker- 35¢ chiefs. Instead of 75c..........ocovvnnnen. i 3 for $1 Men’s White Linen Initial Handkerchiefs. 25‘; Instead of 50c.......... SO Men’s Thread Silk Half Hose, Blue, Brown, Cordovan, Gray and Black—Broken sizes. 356 Instead of 65¢c . 5 ” 3 for $1.00 Men’s Black Cashmere Hose; hand- clocked in Silk. Broken sizes. Instead of 79c $1.35 A 3 for $2.25 Men’s Cotton and Outing Flannel Night Robes, White and Colored trimming. 69‘; Broken sizes....... - 3 for $2.00 Men’s Wool Coat Sweaters; shawl collar; Shaker weave; Navy, Heather, Maroon, $635 Brown and Green. Instead of $9 and $10.. Boys’ Wool Coat Sweaters; Shaker weave; Brown, Heather, Maroon and Navy." In- 53,35 stead of $6.00........... - " Silk Four-in-Hands—made with the Saks Serv- jce band. Many patterns and colorings, In- 4 5¢ / stead of 65c and 75¢. . 5 [ Some better grades of Men’s Shoes $4.95 High and Low Shoes—including the new Winter Oxfords. | Black Calf, Tan, Brown and Mahogany Calf, Eric Grain Leathers, Patent Leathers. Black and Brown Kid—some are leather lined—leather and rubber heels. Goodyear sewed; single and double stitched soles. Some are regular Brogues, others Col- lege Oxfords, French or Square toes; Eng- lish and Semi-English—as well as many con- conservative shapes. All sizes and widths in the combined lots. Boys’ New ‘Scotch Grain Brogues—Tan Elk Munson-last Shoes; Semi-Brogues, English and . Foot-form shapes—in Brown, Mahogany, Tan and Black; with rubber heels. Sizes 10 to 13%4 33.95 and to 5%. Values up to $6. Saturday only o "“Suits—including “Right Posture.” Mmorrow. | nished numbers of the bills stolen Seventh Street You’ve never seen anything like these Boys’ Overcoats “at $10.75 They are made out of exactly the same goods that go into men’s $30 to $40 Overcoats. . Piece goods ends—that’s the explanation —too short to make a Man’s Coat; but long enough to make a Youngster’s Coat. 275 to 9 vears. Shetlands and Tweeds; Herringbones and Cheviots—with plaid or two-toned backs; Double-breasted, Raglan shoulder with belt all around. Convertible collar. In the light Grays, Browns, Tans, etc. Boys’ Suits $12.50 to $15 Grades $1075 Small lots of some of the best selling ‘Two pairs of pants—both full lined. Sizes 8 to 18 years. All two-pants. Boys’ Novelty Suits—Corduroy Button- on style—Blue, Brown and Mouse color— 31_69 S1ZES A OB WATEL . L Liich viosninmmmiempanioss . Boys’ Shirts—plain White and Tan; Cheviot: others in plain Gray, Green and Blue : button- 95‘: down collars. Sizes 1274 to 14. SPECIAL.. _ Boys’ Blouse Waists—Madras, in attractive fancy patterns; collars attached. Sizes 6 to 89c 16 yearsicisioi oot S Boys’ Domet Pajamas—one-piece fas- 51 45 tening with silk frogsy Sizes 8 to 16 years, Men’s Soft Hats —grades up to $5.00— $.85 They are all in the desirable shapes—and wanted colors; and finished as our $5 Hats all are. There’s a limited quantity—and we want to get them all out as the year goes out. Sizes 634 to 7. Boys’ Golf Caps; Tweeds and Plain Col- ors, including Blue Serge. Instead of $1.25 75‘; and $1.50.. e (Fourth Fioor) Men’s Overcoats $14.75 Double-faced Cloths in Double-breasted models—with Raglan shoulder and belt all around. Great big generously cut Coats—ex- ceptionally well made and finished. .