Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1923, Page 11

MAY-LAUNCH PROBE | OF CLASSIFICATION Lehlbach Aroused by Report- ed Law Evasion in New Federal Ratings. Representative Prederick R. Lehl- bach of New Jersey, chairman of the | House committee on reform In the ofvil service, is going to call for a | regorf on the work of the Personnel | Classification Board, having had pro- | tests brought to his office that the reclassification of federal employe has not been according to law. If he finds, on study of the report, that the reclassification act, framing of which he took a leading part, is not being properly ca out he will call upon Congres have the Personnel 1 oo TR GUESTS OF HOVEDPATH Copeland, Ferris, Fes's and | Shortridge Honored at Big ' Official Dinner, Qther Officers Elected for Coming Year—Vacancy Brings Promotions. The sanual election held last night by Joppa Lodge, No. 35, F. A. A. M. resuited in the following being lected to fill the chairs for the com| year: Alvin B. Lank, maste; Nichols, senlor warden: David L Pltcher, junlor warden; George C.|8tor8 Who are patrone and followers Dietz, secretary; Harry A. Beck,|of homeopathy, and to properly ex- treasurer; Willlam H. Boyd, senfor . DPress. their appreciation for the ad- deanon: Willlen! 2. Buskm: ,unh,,‘\ neement of this school of medictne, deacon: Charles J. Armbrustar, senlor | ® dinner party was given at the Wil teward; Arthur Trivett, junior auw”hrd Hotel last night, which was at- ard. tended by more than sixty prominent Officers appointed weye: Rev. Ed. | officials and citlzens and hemeopathic chaplain: - Cald- | physiclans from various sectlons of ;{the country. The four senators thus were Copeland of New York, Clyde J. In henor of four United States Sen~ honored of the lodge for Ferris hree and twO years, respectively, nf )Rlcl\l n, Fege of Ohlo and Short. Californta. The first tvu n;mafl are graduste homeo physiclans .nfl the last t devout bellevers in this lchool of medicive. Other guests at the gathering were Attorney General Daugherty, Brig. Gen. Charles E. SBawyer, White House physician: Lieut. Commander Joel T, Boone, medical officer- of the May- flower; Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former ohlef_of the bureau of -chemistry of tho Department of Agriculture, and W. Stearna of Boston, Intimate Iriend of President Coolldge. Senator Copeland presided as toast- maater, lnd those who responded to thelr subjeqts, were: Dr. T 1’4' Slemon of Cleveland, presi- of the American Instifute of Homeopathy, whose subject was “The Present Needs of Homeapathy”: Ch mnq. ¥ in_ Chicaj Dr. De- o( Boston, “Homeopathy Jeremiah T. Simongon of New York. omeopathy in New Dr, H. L. Northrop of Phila- delphia, “Homeopathy in Philadel- phia,” and Dr. Wi m_F. Monan of New York, “The New York Homeo- pathic Madleal College.” Among those not on the program for responses who expressed their appreciation of homeopathy were At. torney General Daugherty, who, after commending this medica ‘se said that gentleness and mildness are to get the earth back on !ts feet; Sen- DEC ator Ferrls, ‘who. deplored the (.ndllu'y on tl\l part of the medern m. ical speclalize and who rged greater nn th education; Dr. \V ley, who declared that as % peo- le we cat too much, and Brig. Ge wyer, who said there should more general practitioners and fower specialints. HARBAUGH FUNERAL RITES Late Edmonston Resident Will Be Buried Tomorrow. Special Dispateh to The Star, EDMONSTON, Md., Decem Funeral services for Mrs. Kat Harbaugh, weventy-one years died Sunday tal, Washington,” followlg" a - four-day Ulingss, will be held tomorrow: afternoon at 2 owclock at Wright's undertaking eatablishm Interment ) e Mrs. ternoon at Sibley Hospi- | Harbaugh was the ‘widow of ! EMBER 11, 1923 Daniel 1. Harbaugh, a eivii war veter-! an. Bhe had resided with her daugh- ter, Migs K. Loulse Harbaugh, and son, W._Carroll Harbaugh, in Charles street, Tdmonston, since her removal - here from Washington, where she had lived forty-seven years. Her late husband was at one. time Suhllfihtr of a newspaper in Leondon, o, and for a humber of years was employed- n- the government printing office, Washington. Mrs, lrbl.g‘h was born in Belfon. tall e was the yo\m:u( of fou The sisters who, with her dlu‘hur and son, survive are: Mrs. An- na Skeen of Urbana, Chlo; Mrs. Mary Derflinger of Columbus, Ohlo, and Mra. Emma Rowland of. Cripple Creek, Colo. SR VLA Waman members of the congrega- tlan of a church near New York undertook to repair the building. A oung bride of twenty was given the onor of painting the steeple, which in seventy ve feet from the ground. CARL M. MAULMBERG DIES Superintendent of- Capitol Docu- ment Room Passes Away. 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., December 11 Carl M. Maulmberg, aged fty, super- intendent of the document room at the Capitol, passed away at his home. on Riverside drive in this place yes- terday. Mr. Maulmberg, wha had been in failiag-health the past year. returned from the wost a month «g0 whera be had gone for special treat- ment. A rapid decline followad. ‘The 'widow and two sons survive. Funeral services will be held at his late restdence on Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock Gilbert J. Jackson was named rep< ELPO-DERSD . o Classification | resentativa of the lodga on the Maw | Sentc Fome Board: John G. Hennlget, Masonie Board of Relief; A. B. Cald- well St Johus' Mite Assoolation: William H. Boyd, Willtam &. Buehm and Charl rinbruster Were ape pointéd proxtes. he avnouncement that Howard G. Rambo, past junior warden, had ace cepted "the position of district pas. cnger agent of the Atlantle Coast | Lina rallroad at Jacksonvilie, Fla., re- sulted In the moving up of two posi- | tlons tn ine™ot ail “officars below | enlor warden. Board investigated Change in Schedules. The use the grades exactiy set down in the ac ral unified t up to repre protesting ! M. BARRET DECORATED.. rench Ambassador Presents Coun- sul With Insiguia. French - consul New York. ha m—en made able to proper! ut with the gro Ices Of the tenta- tive allocati ¢ the hoard. ML Wants Investigation. general Chairman * Wittner belleves that, an offie ' The mb: 4 > Franch g0 classification veau of eficlency's influence over the | French “embas. nel classification board. Con-|&t the conciy<io Erecd mould know how the Civil|in Romor of Gen, Service Co on has been hn\\»cd‘w ch arre oft tha map by the influence of He " . | eral at New Orleans during the world i Syouw, Gt ot s Buresu‘ot war and afterward was transferred to "“The ectablishment of the clivil;the New York ofice. service the first great 2dVANCS | c———— for the merit system. For vears iti~ was the only age through wh with a view of correoting any mistake the clerks could expect to get any | in the allocations to grades and serv- degreo of Justice for meritorious | | servica. The classification another progressive sten toward the cv‘n"nulnca of the system and now the bureau of e ol of the pe a dinner given ler of Poland, at a guest. pers . Barret was French consul gen. ‘Contrary to the statement from the bureau of ef- is 20 insistent that tentative allocations are ust and correct and in accordance | with the law that even now they are piroulating a questionnaire obtusely fogters the ually playin ‘ltlcal gallery, wheth the po-! not it be| jency. A _strong, concerted pro- | test from ail employes affected will enable Congress to ascertain whether or mot correction of mistakes in the allocations has been made when the recommendations of the personnel classification board reach Congress™ WEBSTER ELECTRIC CO. 719 9"’ S'l NW. government servic e work attain to a career. P prop. ogition now stands unless pull ts used very little chance for that attainment ob(axg n the present sy the m ¢ not in d. incentiva to »ud\.\ux\ werlk ' is removed whon as t thirds of the wmplayes ara allocated te grades not contemplated by the taw. Alleges Favoritism. H “Top-heavy organpizations in the | are well taken sification officas many an inflat- vil service | P Chptoves Pointees shall not veceiv civil gervice appointee should have equal ce: equal work. In a grou amployes such manifsc: favoritism is bound to work detrimcntally and stir up dissatisfaction and destroy morale. “The tentative salaries with a full description of the positions in the language of the board should be pube Hsh=d for the purp comparison ~ of allocations in the ‘the government. and C then see the manner in which the sonnel classification board has " nd how the law hag been w0 political more than Employes ensation for ? intelligent :§ Complete, re- 54_9 , duced to... Up §A. B. C Electric ¢ s, $69-50 § {Copper) Wireless Sets Somane, x> $14:98 § avaded “Is the personal classification board to be allowed to make class specifi- cations with slisht changes in word- fng which will permit the allocating of employes performing Mke work in different grades? 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