Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 1

WEATHE! Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours " ended at 2 p.m. today: noon today; lowest, 37, today. Full report on p R. Highest, 46, at at 5:45 a.m. age 12. Closing N. Y. Stocks and No. 28,793. Bonds, Page 2 Entered as second-class matter post office Washin gton, D. C. MONDELL PUT ON WAR FINANCE BODY; TOWNER GETS POST lowa Representative to Suc- ceed E. Mont Reily in Porto Rico. DWIGHT DAVIS TO BE ASSISTANT TO WEEKS Tepublican Floor Leader Declared Well Fitted for Important Position. Ttepresentative Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, republican leader of Jlouse, was today nominated by Pre: dent Harding to be a dlrector of the ! ‘War Finance Corporation. President Harding at the same time sent to the Senate the nomination of Tepresentative Horace M. Towner of Jowa, to be governor of Porto Rico, to succeed E. Mont Rellly, resigned. The President also nominated Dwight Davis of Missouri, a member of the War Finance Corporation, to be as- sistant secretary of War, to succeed J. Mayhew Wainwright, who resigns on March 4, to be sworn in as a mem- | ber of Congress from New York. Mondell Well Qualified. Representative Mondell, whose term ° twenty-six years in the comes to an end on March 4, Is known to be especially well qualified for the high post to which he has just been vamed. For marn years he has been one of the active republican leaders in the House and for the past four Years has been the official head of the majority party in that chamber. Mr. Mondell was born in St. Louls, Mo., in 1860; was left an orphan lLefore reaching his sixth year; lived on a farm in Iowa until his eight- eenth year; attended the local dis- trict schools and engaged In mer- cantile pursuits, stock raising, mining and railway construction in various states and territories, finally settling in Wyoming in 1887. He took an active part in civic and jolitical affairs in the community, 8&nd was one of the leaders In the establishment and building of the town of New Castle and the develop- nient of the Cambria mines. He was elected mavor of New Castle in 1888, scrving three years. He was elected a_member of the first state senate in 1590, served as president of that body ai the session of 1892 and was elected 1o the Fifty-fourth Congress, and has served thirteen terme, although not consecutively. Close to President. Representative Mondell was ap- pointed assistant commiseloner of the general land office in 1897, serving two vears. He was then elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress and subse- quent Congress Representative Mondell, during President Harding's administration, has been in very close touch with the executive as leader of the party in the House, and.is known 10 have won the personal admiration and esteem of the executive. Representative Towner, who is named to be governor of Porto Rico, lias been a member of Congress for twelve years and during the past four years been chairman of the House committee on insular affairs. In that capacity he has made a close study of the isiand possessions of the Tnited States and of the local con- ditions “and governments of these possessions and is looked upon by the dministration as one of the leading authorities on insular affairs in_the country. Before bheing elected to Congress, Mr. Towner served as a judge in the third district of lowa and for several | years was a lecturer on constitutional law in the state university of lowa. He was born in Illinols, and since be- coming of age has been active in republican politics. Mr. Davis, who becomes assistant secretary of war, has been a director of the War Finance Corporation since 1921. He is a banker, served during the war as a_lleutenant colonel in the Missouri National Guard, and in 1019 was elccted commander of St. louis Post No. 4, of the American Teegion. He is a former member of the board of overseers of Harvard University, has been identified with many athletic and regreational or- ganizations and Is widely known as the donor of the Davis tennis cup. TEACHERS' BLL MAY REAGH VOTE House leaders in charge of the, leg- | {slation—which means House Leader Mondell and Chairman Campbell of the rules committee—have given as- surance that a vote on the Washing- ton school teachers' salary bill may be allowed before Congress adjourns. | Representative Rodenberg of Illi- nois, republican, who led the fight in rules committee'for a special rule un- der which the teachers' pay bill would be given privileged consideration, to- day told Mrs. Goldberger, one of the Jeaders In the women's demonstration that has been conducted at the Capi- tol for more than a week: “If those In charge of legislation are playing fair, and I hope in my heart they are, the teachers' pay biil will be voted upon before Congress | adjourns, after the more important matters of general legislation have been considered.” Mrs. Goldberger sald today that she gained the im- pression that the plans are to bring up the teachers’ pay bill at a night session. FINDS COFFIN AT DOOR. CLARKSBURG, W. Va, February 28.—Antonio Musci, wno on December 6 last reported to the police that he had been flogged by a band of masked men five miles from the city, awoke today to find a coffin on the front porch at his home, Pinned to the cofin was a bit of paper, on which had been written “You are next.” Musc! - sought = protection by the sheriff and was promised such aid .18 the authorities thought necessary. Musél further sald he had recelved threatening letter several w. the | House | Fill Important Posts | Under New Appointments RIS LWING | | i i | | Upper: REPRESENTATIVE FRANK 1 W. MONDELL. { Lower: REPRESENTATIVE HORACE i M. TOWNER. GERMAN PRINCE HELD BY FRENCH | Aecused of Fomenting Na- tionalist Violence in Ruhr Regions. | | | | | ! By the Associated Press. | 'ESSEN, February 28.—Prince Fried- irich Wihelm von Lippe, German | nationalist agitator, was arrested | here today by the French authorities. | It is charged he has been stirring up agitation against the Franco-Belgian troops in the Ruhr. | The prince was an active factor in | the German campalgn for the reten- {tion of Upper Silesia. Papers found | in his room, the French declare, show ! that he was a member of the secret | order of the Swastika and the notori- | ous consul reactionary organization. Came on Special Misafon, The prince came to the Ruhr sev- eral days ago on a special mission, urging the nationalists to a program of violence, the French declare. The | nationalists have been unusually ac- tive in the last few days, holding pro- test meetingsj spreading prapaganda among the strikers and urging { calling of other strikes. The occupa- i tional authorities assert the natlonal- ists have been doing their utmost in | ! these ways and many others to hin-| | der the carrying out of the Franco- | Belgian plan for reorsgnizing the | Ruhr. The' communists, who oppose the i presence of any troops In the Rubr jand who, before the invasion, ob- cted even to the presence of Ger- man troops, are holding meetings to | combat the efforts of the nationalists | to cause trouble. ¥ | Communist meetings have been held ilately in Dortmund, Bochum and {other towns. The communists claim the security police have been assist- {ing the nationalists, particularly in | tracing and giving informaton against { Germans who have accepted the cc- | cupatonal regime. All the security | police in Bochum have been dis- jarmed. Karl Radek Barred. It is reported in German sources that Karl Radek, chief of publicity for the Russian soviet government, has been prohibited by the interallied high commission at Coblenz from en- tering the occupied area. The Ruhr Echo, the communist organ, has been suspended by order of the French, The Belgians have seized 160,000,- 000 marks at Dulsburg, which amount they claim was intended for use us & strike fund. The French made a like (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | | i Three thousand years hence when the spirit of baby Mary Mitchelm awakes from its long sleep and as- | cends to that undiscovered country in the heavens, it will be possessed of all the riches and comforts its suffer- ing body was denied on this planet. The little casket of the ten-monthi old gypsy girl, who died of pneu- Monia, after being reécued from & home of filth, is stacked high with trinkets of gold,. silver and silk— gifts from grieving parents and griends, for the tiny soul to carry on its journey Into the great unknown. The baby was found dying In a roory at 1919 Pennasylvania avenue, ‘whi was occupied by nine other ns. Indescribable filth surround- ed dt, while its brothers and sisters lolled around the un- carpeted floor, fondling necklaces of gold worth hundreds of dollars. Its bed was a pallet of au; ik com- the | \Gypsy Baby Gets Gold and Fine| Linen for Flight to W orld Beyond ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” _The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, .1923—FORTY-TWO PAGES. 1 TAKEN IN RAID WHEN D. . POLICE VISIT ‘BOAR'S NEST Cards, Dice and Other Gam- ing Devices Reported Found in H Street House. AUTO'S‘EXCH'E SUSPICION OF PATROLMAN SAGER Authorities Claim High Stakes Were Played by Fashionable Patrons of Den. A raid on “The Boar's Nest,” alleged to be one of Washington's leading ame houses, located at 1707 H street. early today. repaid police with a yield | of seventy-one prisoners, cards, dice and regular Monte Carlo gaming tables with gutters for money and chips. and a croupier's rake. The entry of the police of the third precinct waa sensational. John P. O'Toole was the ohly one agalnst whom a formal charge was made. He was charged with sctting up gam- ing tables and forfeited $100 col- lateral in police court today. All¢ others were l'sted as government wit- nesses and released. A line of sporty automobiles parked outside the bulld- ing first drew the attention of Police- man W. F. Sager. patrolman of that | beat. to the three-story brick house known to the initiated as “The Boar's Nest.” | | | | | | according to-the police, but the outside {immense profits. It was about this nest { changed hands there only last night. decided that there must be “something | Farly In the morning, after 2 o'clock, | times Sager rang the front door bell. i was iven. “If you step inside the door we'll shooting. Instead, one of the residents Horn Glves Wataing. Just as thev stepped across the automoblle, buzzed loudly. Eleetric In the dining room, Sager said, forty of the guests were in evening clothes, looked glum. Tt was hard to tell wont to a rear window and velled: | no “four men.” The ruse was suc- | Heavy Gambling Reported. It had been running for only a week, | Appearances gave every indication that the short spell of operation had vielded i that the story of a $32,000 jackpot was {told. It is understood that $25.000 | | Casting his eves over a particularly | racy-looking high-powered car. Sager doing” within. Accordingly he devuledl | plans for the raid. Privates Sager, W. C. Sayer and W. C. | Griffith walked up to the door. Three ! There ‘was no answer. He struck the | jdoor with his baton, but no response | [ “We're coming in.”" he shouted, *“un {leas you open the door.” shoot you,” came a reply. He stepped in, but there was no arked suavely and politely ‘All right, boys! You've got u: Through the first floor went the three men from the third precinct. threshhold, however, a small horn, wuch as is used on a popular little wires connected a floor board with the switch to the horn. guests were found. Two cartons of playing cards were confiscated. Many Some laughed and joked: others bit their fingernalls, while still others ! winners from losers. { The police worked a ruse. Sager! “You four men guard the rear now. | Let nobody get away.” Thera ware cesaful 8o far as the first floor wa { concerned. Sayer stood guard in the dining room downstalrs and Griffith took a {post at the front door. Sager went upstairs. " In the middle room above were twenty-five men. There wers three round tables. equipped with money and chip gutters and a crou- pler's rake. Six sets of dice wers taken. Tho nofse of the buzzer ap- parently was unheard in the enthusi- asm in this room. For there was a scramble for cash when the police en- tered. So expertly did bills fly to Pockets and pocketbooks that polico | not a dollar wa o jecns s seized as evi- | Station House Filled. ! Sager went on guard. He yelled ! downstairs for Sayer to phone. for “the wagon.” The wagon came. With | it. Lieut. Hess, Precinct Detective D. | V. Murphy and Policeman Jacobsor | pat in"an appearance. Hess took | charge. . Then Sager w i the thira floor, = s Arriving there he found only sl Many had escaped, he declared, L’; using a Yeranda roof ere followed five patrol load the 'station. Others motored ta "tha realm of Cipt. Flather in thelr own machines. Police motored with them. The patrol deposited scores inside the third precinct station house. Only fwo men were guarding them. Pas. | sersby might have seen two well. | dressed gentlemen lightly vaulting | from the captain's »-indow sill to the | [ turf in front of the third precinct sta- tion. Seventy-one was the count made during the loading into patrols. Only twenty-six names of government wit. nesses were taken. Not one agreed with the city directory addresses when looked up this morning. All probably observed the motto: “Don’t give your right name. Dice Most Popular Game. | Rumors started today that one of | the prisoners-pro tem was a senator. | A similar rumor regarding a repre- sentative in Congress could not be verified. Persons might have been attempting to assume these identi- tles for sake of immunity, it was said. | i forts dumped in the middle of the oor. Not a stick of furnit its barren home. s Eraned In Poverty Amid Wealth. The, physiclan and a nurse from the Instructive Visiting Nurse As- soclation got it a bed In the Chlil- dren’s Hospital, and its father gladly opened the ‘'strings of his well filled purse to buy the medicines that might have saved its life had they been administered sooner. Late yes- terday afternoon the infant was selzed with a severe coughing' spell and died in_the arms of its agonized | parent, John Mitchelm. How different is its little bed today. One would scarcely recognize the clean little form .that rests in an im- maculate white casket In.the parlors of 8. H. Hines & Co., 2901 1¢th street northwest, as the body of'the un- washed infant the doctors found ‘A _dispatch from Warsaw on Feb- WORLDCOURT DEA GOES ON SHELF Lodge, After Conference With President, Sees No Hope for Action Now. ) | 1 { | | HARDING NOT INSISTENT| St i Senate Leader Believes Data Sought Cannot Be Gotten Before March 4. | I Formal consideration of President Harding's proposal for American | membership In the international court | set up by the league of nations ap- parently eame to an end today for this session of Congress. After & conference with President Harding, Chairman Lodge of the for- eign relations committee said it was Senate Passes Colored Mammy Monument Bill Authority for erection in Wash- ington of a monument to the mem- ory of “the faithful colored mam- mies of the south” was given in a bill passed today by the Senate. It was Introduced by Senator Wil- ltams, democrat, Mississippi. MAL BOX EDIC RULE TOMORROW Carriers Not to Return to Homes Found Unprovided on Morning Trip. Householders who have falled by tomorrow morning to provide a mall box or door slot at their front door, SENATE APPROVES PLAZAHOTEL LEASE Similar Resolution by Chair- man Langley Is Pending in House. ’RENTALS MUST COVER | Move to Buy Land for Permanent Dormitories Next Term Is Set Afoot. ‘The hotels for woman workers of the government, located at the Unlon station plaza, would be saved, under }the teems of a joint resolution adopt- ed by the Senate today. The reso- lution authorisés the President to make arrangements for leasing that hardly likely the President would re- | Will find it incumbent upon them-part of the land owned by the Balti- spond before March 4 to the commit- | SeIVes to notify the Washington city | mory and Ohlo railroad upon which tee request for further data. | Senator Lodge said the questions! asked by the committee were impor- tant ones and that before replying the President would, of course, con- sult with Secretary Hughes. He added that the President had told; him it was not vital that the proposal be acted on at this session. POLE TROOPS ROUT LITHUANIAN FORCE By the Associated Press. WARSAW, February 25.— Reports from the neutral zone state that the ! Lithuanians yesterday broke the truce agreed upon between the Polish local authorities and representatives of the Lithuantan forces. Lithuanian bands are reported to have resumed their attacks against the Polish police, entering the terri- tory assigned to Poland. 1 ruary 26 said that representatives of the Polish and Lithuanian govern- ments had agreed upon a suspension of hostilities pending discussions for the delimination of the neutral zonme. REPORT IS CONFIRMED. Warsaw Dispatch Says Attackers Repulsed at Two Points. PARIS, February 28.— A Warsaw dispatch to the Havas Agency con- firms reports that the Lithuanians have again attacked Polish advance guards. The collisions occurred at two points and in each case the at- tackers were driven back. Their losses are not known. STIFF SENTENCES TEND TOLESSEN VIOLATIONS ‘With higher collaterals being de- manded at the station houses and stiff sentences being imposed in the Police Court, the number of traffic violators is rapidly decreasing, Com- missioner Oyster announced today. Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of police, gave the commissioner a re- port today showing that only six- teen arrests were made for speeding | yesterday and twenty-five for other traffic infractions. Only a few days ago the speed cases were running as high as forty or fitty, with minor violations occur- ing in equal numbers. in the number of viola- oS G out Commissioner Oyster's contention thaj rigid penalties for oftenders is a more effective method of curbing reckless driving than new regulations. The Commissioners’ trafic commi- tee will meet tomorrow afternoon, at which time it may decide on the recommendations to be made to the clty heads. post office when they do comply with the new regulatione, before they will receive any more mail at home. Mail will be delivered tomorrow morning as usual, and carriers will note such houses as do not comply with the “no box—no mall” regula- tions. Beginning with the noon de- livery, carrids will carry no mail for such houses. When such homes have met the requirements the householder {must notify City Postmaster Chance. Net until such notification is given, the postmaster said today, will the carrler resume bringing malil to such a house. It Is belleved that there will not be more than 5,000 houses to which notices will be given tomor- row. Carriers Will Leave Carriers making the morning de- ltvery. will hand in the mail at such non-complylng homes as usual and also will leave the following “im- portant notice” from Postmaster Chance. “It 1s noted that you have not pro- vided a mail receptacle or door slot to Insure receipt of mail at your residence, In accordance with the regulations of the Post Office Depart- ment. 1 deem it proper, therefore, to inform you that the present dellvery is the last one that will be made to your residence until the regulations are complied with and proper equip- ment provided. It is assumed from your faflure to furnish a receptacle that it is your desire to call at the post office hereafter for your mail, and it can be obtained between § a.m. and 5 p.m. at the office indicated on this letter. “Should you decide to install a receptable, and’ will advise me of the tact. I shall be pleased to have de- livery to your residence immediately restored” the notice will end. Plan to Handle- Mail. Plans are under way at the main city post office and at branch stations throughout the city to handle and care for the mail which will not be delivered after tomorrow morning. Persons in various sections of the city who get their mail delivery at home cut off may secure thelr mail (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Notices. O of fiction. Beginning in Tomorrow’s Star \ “The House of Mohun” By George Gibbs Begins in Tomorrow's Star NE of the big stories of the year— the rise and fall of an American fam- ily—and its comeback. Generous install- ments each day of this remarkable work the dormitories are bulilt. The resolution was reported favor- ably by Senator Fernald, chairman of the public buildings and grounds committee, today, and was given im- mediate consideration. Senator Fer- nald called attention to the fact that unless some action were taken by owned by the Baltimore and Ohio raflroad would have to be torn down by April 1. This would necessitate glving up the entire plant, he said. Amendment Is Adopted. An amendment to the resolution was adopted with the consent of Senator the Baltimore and Ohlo must be cov- ered. in the rental charged the occu- pants of the dormitories for rooms. The resolution now goes to the House for action. A similar resolution was introduced today In that body by Representative Langley of Kentucky, chairman of the public buildings and grounds committee of the House. President May Negotiate. Under the terms of the resolution adopted by the Senate, the President {is authorized | agency he may desire in arranging for the lease of the Baltimore and Ohlo property. The resolution authcrizes the payment of rent for this property { from November last, when the old gov- ernment lease expired, until January 31, 1924. It is expected that when Congress reassembles in December it will take up the matter for further extension of the lease or for perma- nent acquisition of the property by the government. _— SIGNS D. C. FISCAL BILL. President Gives Final Touch to $22,500,000 Appropriations. President Harding today signed the District of Columbia appropriation bill for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1923, which carries with it an appropriation of approximately $33,- 500,000. | Congress the dormitories on the land | Fernald, stating that the rent paid to! to act through any! President Signs British Debt Bill; Soon in Effect President Harding today signed the British debt-funding bill. Immediately afterward Treas- ury officials began to wind up de- talls of the negotiations with Great Britaln, and to put them into form for carrying into effect the refunding terms agreed upon. A. Rowe-Dutton, the British treasury representative, was ad- vised of the White House action and made an appointment to seo Undersecretary = Gilbert of the Treasury, who is drafting the formal ‘Indenture embodying the terms of the refunding agreement. Later in the week the American debt - tunding _commission will finally ratify the agreement and Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, probably will sign it for his government. TRANSPORT ISSUES HERE T0 BE PROBED Senate Calls for Inquiry Into Car Fares and Operation. Two congressional investigations of public transportation facilities in the District seemed probable today when the Senate adopted a joint resolution directing the Public Utilities Commis- sion to probe into the rates charged by taxicabs and automobiles for hire, and the Senate committee on contin- gent expenses reported favorably Sen- ator McKellar's resolution providing for an inquiry into all matters relating to street car fares and operation. i Harrison Starts Tax! Probe. The joint resolution calling for an investigation of taxicab rates, intro- duced by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, was favorably reported from the Senate District committee. | Senator Harrison asked unanimovs consent for its consideration today and it was adopted. The resolu- tion directs the Public Utilities Com- mission to investigate the rates charged by taxicabs in other citiesas well ‘as Washington and to recom- mend to the District Commissioncrs j “for actlon and enforcement of such rates as may be reasonable and which { may campare with rates permitted to {be charged In other cities of the | United States.” A report by the Com- { missioners is to be made to Congress on or before the convening of the next regular session. Approve Car Fare Resolution. investigation resolution and asked for immediate consideration. Senator Brandeges of Connecticut, however, announced that Senator McKinley of Tllinois desired to be present when this resolution was considered and at his suggestion it was allowed to €0 over without prejudice. Senator Mc- Kellar said that he would seek ac- tion on it later in the day. 240 BONUS BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Chairman Madden of Appro- priations Committee In- dorses Measure. | | 1 {CARRIES $35,790,753 Representatives Blanton and Sisson Both Speak in Opposition, Vote Is 298 to 20. The $240 bonus bill for adjusted | compensation to employes of the { United States government was passed { by the House today by a vote of 208 {to 20. The bill carries a total of $35.790,753, of which $33,667.438 Is from the federal Treasury, $337,248 trom thé postal revenues and $1,795,- {067 from the District revenues on the | forty-sixty proportion. ‘ Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee and Repre- sentative Joseph Byrnes of Tennes- | see, the ranking democrat, spoke in favor of this measure. It was opposed by Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, democrat, & member of the House District committee, and Repre- sentative Thomas U. Sisson, democrat, a member of the House appropriations committee. | i Says It Delays Reclassification. Representative Blanton warned the House that unless this bill was de- feated the reclassification bill would be held up by the Senate indefinitely. He sald that the mere fact that the House and Senate continued year after year passing this bonus legisla- tion was having a direct effect in de- laying the enactment of reclassifica. itlon. permanently establishing gov- | ernment employes in standard grades jand on statuatory salarles. The measure as passed by the House {is $2,622,240 less than the estimates recommended and $2,935,420 less than the amount appropriated for the current al year. As passed, this legislation provides for a joint committee of the Senate and House to investigate and report to Congress on the first day of the next regular session upon such ad- Justment of salaries as they believed necessary for employes of the legis- lative branch of the government who -|are not taken care of in the pending reclassification bills. ‘The $240 bonus bill as passed today is the seventh year in which thi | Senator Calder of New York re= ported Senator McKellars car fare |t Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 96,964 * TWO CENTS. DR. WORK PROPOSES POSTMASTER J0BS BE NON-POLITICAL Urges President to Place Ap- pointive Power in Hands of Department Head. WOULD ABOLISH CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION Declares Strictly Business Methods Should Be Used andOnly Best Men Named. Postmaster General Work recom- mended to President Harding today that selection of postmasters should no longer be considered a political perquisite of senators and represent- atives, but should be vested in. the Post Office Department alone. At the same time the Postmaster General, who retires from his present position on March 4 to become Secre- tary of the Interior, recommended that present regulations requiring examination of candidates for post- master by the Civil Service Commis- slon also be abandoned. Should Not Be Handicapped. “The Post Office Department is a strictly business organization,” safd Dr. Work, “and it ought to be alded in putting the right man in the right place, as any private business con- cern would endeavor to do for fts own advancement, and not be handi- capped either by political considera- tlons or by the restrictions entailed in the present plan requiring exam- tnation by the Civil Service Commis- sion, which does not even glve civil service status.” Dr. Work pointed out that the pres- ent rule limits the President's choice in each case to three civil service candidates, none of whom may have had any real business ability, though belng rated as “good fellows” by their nelghbors. He suggested that men traincd and experlenced in really “big_business” could be secured for postmasters only by reversing the method of appointment. Instead of having the candidate seek the office, he said, the office should seek the man and keep on seeking until it finds the right man, to be retained in office as long as the service Is successfully conducted un- der his management. Would Bun Politics. There should be no more “term appointments,” and no politics, na- tional or local, in the appointments of postmasters, Dr. Work added. He wanted it understood, he explained. that he was not in favor of relaxa- tion of the civil service regulations as now applied to employes of the Post Office Department generally, but | felt that the proposed change in the | appointive method of postmasters would enable the department to give | genuine practical effect to the basic {civil service theory by making pos- sible the selection” of qualified busi- ness men. “After two years' experience.” the Postmaster General said, “in connec- tlon with the appointment of presi- dential postmasters, 1 am convinced that the proceedure and policy is not only impractical in form, but unbusi- nesslike in principle. I can say this now, without charge of belng in- fluenced by official or partisan con- siderations. The great bulk of the presidential appointments already has been made. Of the approximately 14,000 presidential postmasters about 10,000 have been appointed, and this includes the more important ones of the country. The 38,000 fourth-class postmasters were put under _civil service by President Taft. “The plan by which the Civil Service Commission selects three names for a postmaster appointment by the Presi- dent, entirely ignores the practical business principle of expert and in- telligent selection.” Value Already Proved. Appointment of experienced and | successtul business men as assistants to the Postmaster General, Dr. Work sald, “had proved to be of incalcula- ble good to.the service,” and had fur- nished an example to guide in post- master selections. “It would be essential in the prac- {cal business administration of the postal service.” Dr. Work said, “to re- leve the Civil Service Commission on the one hand, and political party referees on the other, from their ob- ligations and participation in connec- tion with the appointment of post- masters. “The turnover of the Post Office Department amounts to over three billion dollars annually. Fifty of the largest cities handle 54 per cent of it. Selecting postmasters to do this business by appointing the highest eligible, by the previous adminis- tration, was absurd beyond argument. My predecessor sought to, permit, through executive order, an option of cholce to the President from among three eligibies, conforming that far with the civil service law. This failed because the system is { wrong and the functions of the post- master are not considered, nor his qualifications intelligently welghed in_examination.” Dr. Work outlined some of his sug- gestlons, as follo “Appoint without term. subject to removal for inefficiency or moral de- linquency. “Consult local chambers of com- merce and similar business organi- zations in their selection. ‘Remove residence requirements, 8o that postmasters for central ac- counting offices, now branches of the Post Office Department in the fleld, conrl'\'g be filled by promotion on merit.” CRISSINGER NOMINATION GIVEN COMMITTEE 0. K. Senate Body Fails to Act on Mec- Nary as Sucessor to Controller. The nomination of D. R. Crissinger, wo. | controller of the currency, to be gov- called bonus has been given to gov- |ernor of the Federal Reserve Board, ernment employes in lieu of perma- nent salary increase: ANNIE MACSWINEY FREED. By the Assoclated Presd, DUBLIN, February 28.—Miss Annie MacSwiney was released from Kil- mainham J’ fifteenth day of h ¢ rison this afternoon on the | po! *hun‘ar strike. & was reported favorably today by the Senate banking committee, but action was deferred on the nomination of es G. McNary, southwestern bank= er, to succeed Mr. Crissinger as con- troller. ’ The committee's actlon ‘was regard- ed paving the way for a recess ap» ment for Mr. McNary after Col adjourns. A