Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1923, Page 12

COIEERUISLK ONPAY INCREASE Budget Bureau Notified He Approves Bill for D. C. Po- lice and Firemen. The budget bureau today notified the District Commissioners that the President has approved a proposed Dill to provide for incrcased pay for | * police and firemen in Washington. Director Lord of the bureau of the budget told the Commissioners he presented the bill to the President and was instructed to advise the Com- sioners that it is not in conflict with Lis financial program. The bill, which will now go to Con- il of privates in both departments. Pay of Chiefs Rained. uperintendent of police and f the fire department would | 200 under the bill. The po- | now receives $4,500 and the lef $4.000. r officers of the police depart- sment got the following ratings: As- superintenden §2.250 eac &cants § 3 In the fire department the officers subordinate to the chief will be paid as follows: deputy chiefs, $3.250; ba- tallion chi 3 .S00 each; fire mar- shal. $3.00 y fire marshal, lleutenants, $2,100; Inspectors, superintendent of machinery, H assistant superintendent, 0 he reason the Commissioners are ing a separate s for the police and fire depart- ly men will lnse the 4, without getting he reclassification | In view of the present diffic keeping men in these servic Commissioners felt it would be a ary bill to Con- | ¥ serious mistake to allow the salaries 1o go down next summer P, e, ety et et e, ey, P, oy, MUIR THANKS C. OF C. FOR HANDLING GAME 3d Cords Commandant Praises Way Army-Marine Event Was Directed. Maj. Gen. Charles M. Mulr, com- manding the 3d Corps Area, United States Army. has written a latter of appreciation to Isaac Gans, president of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce, for the hospitality and enter- tainment furnished In connection with the Army ball game on December follows: * to ecxpress to vou and through you ‘to the members of the Chamber of Commerce of Washing- ton, D. C., and those who co-operated with your chamber, the sincere ap- preciation the personnel of the 3d Corps Area. Unijted States Army. of the generous hospitality and e tertainment _extended to them last turda our kindness after the game ed in_a great part to | ameliorate our feelings &t having suffered defeat. “I _hope that the mémbers of the Chamber of Commerce and the citi- ! zens of Washington enjoyed the game, and that our association with each other before and after the same will grow into a warm friendship between your chamber, the citizens of rps area | regards and ss and future people, 1 am, ncerely you “CHA 'S H. MUIR."” FUSION SLATE FILED. Ford Heads List of ‘“Proposal” Candidates at Pierre, 8. D. HOLDS 2 FOR TRAL N ALLEGED FRAUD Justice Bailey Overrules De- murrer in Income Tax Employes’ Cases. Earl G. Rickmeter, former auditor in the internal revenue bureau, und Garnett Underwood, said to be a student of accountancy, must stand trial on an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Jus- tice Bailey in Criminal Division 1 today overruled their demurrer to the ndictment and will set the case for rial in Janual The court also sustained the valid- ity of separate Indictmen's charging the men with larceny of income tax ! returns and other official papers und one against Rickmeler f divulging confidential information income tax return: An indictment charging bribery was quashed by According to the conspiracy indict- ment the accused attempted to sell evi- dence of tax "liabilities againet three residents of Minnesota for $160.000. The attorney of the taxpayers, when {approached. reported the matter to the bureau, it is said. The Indictment sets forth that Rickmeler in January, 1921, was an auditor of the bureau and was in charge of xluin‘ on tax labllities, and the records showed that the three residents of Minnerota owed the govern- ment a total of $1,000,000 in taxes. The leged conspiracy consisted. it is med, in the concealing by Rickmeier the evidence of the liabllity and (.he render of the official papers to Un- rwood, who is alleged to have taken ¢! them to the local attornes for the tax- and the groups of pro- d with the secre- s were made in the slate, Ford. for F : | for United s Elefson, for governor. Eléven farm- er-labor prop: men signed the ticket. and to have offered them for United States Attorney ]O'beary represented the government in | the argument on the demurrer and will ¢ | conduct the prosimutlen a* the trial. —_— Distance lends enchantment. The | man who longs for his mother's cook- ing seems-to forget how his father used to long for grandmother's. Pt ety .~ e e ivew Frocks from Paris have arrived this week! by el? 1216 F St. N.W. ‘The Smart Beige Shade Caracul Jacquettes. Spe- cial at $69.50. INCREASE OF $74,400 FOR TEACHERS URGED . Raise of $1,000 for School Super- intendent Also Provided in New Measure. The probosed teachers' salary bill, in its revised form. will require an oxpenditure of $5,250.000 In the first year of Its application, or an increasc of 374.400 over the estimated cost of the tentative measure drafted by the toard of education, accotding to fig- ures compliled today by school statis- telans. i Increases provided were madoe by the school board at the suggestion of the various teacher groups The me jority of them have becn made by 1 of the teachers. The revised bill increases the basic salary of forty-one teachers In the Junior high schools with elementary h 2 0:,°F clghteen teaching i ¢ 1 fl ine teaching principals | with' elght to fifteen rooms. $20 thirty-elght administrativs principaly of sixteen or more rooms, and voca- tional and _Americanization school principals, $200; of six community $200; of two assistant nts. | New Liberty ] : : ; : : JEWELRY The Lasting Christmas Gift CONSECRATED BISHOP. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, December 7.—The Rev. S. Motoda was consecrated as Bishop of the Episcopal Church here today, marking the creation for the first time of a self-supporting dlocese by a mission of a church of the Anglican communion, which becomes an inte- gral branch of the Anglican com- munfon, ranking equally with churches In America and England. Winter Garden 402 New Jersey Ave. N.W. Entertainment and Dancing Every Night Broadway Revue Featuring Nannetta Burns, Ruth Riggins. Johnnie Fore- | man and Arthur Ring. Sea Food, Club Sandwiches and Salads a Specialty Phone Lincoln 3427 | Diamond Rings —in beautiful white gold mountings. Al perfect stones— $50 $75 $100 and uwp Rectangular Wrist Watches Il'-kl'll White szo $30 SCARF PINS, DIAMOND, $7.50 UP. SCARF PINS, STONE SETS, 3 UP. CUFF LINKS, GOLD, 88 UP. pISEET RINGS, GOLD, & P, CIGARETTE CASES, STERL- ING, 88 UP. WATCH CHAINS, GOLD, 3650 UP. MILITARY SETS, 813250 UP. FLEXIBLE BRACELETS, GOLD, $16.50. Sterling Sliver Rosarfes and Case, 35 to $13 Bead and Gold Rosaries up to $45 BAR PINS, GOLD, $2 UP. BRACELET WATCHES, GOLD FILLED, $12,50. LITTLE FINGER RINGS, GOLD, 34 TP. AN CASES, STERLING, TOILET SETS, DU BARRY, $10 TP. l.l',"C“E“EU PEARLS, 31350 LADIES’ DIAMOND RINGS, $14.50 UP. THE EVENmG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923. 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