Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1924, Page 24

RUM RUNNING END SEENBY MELLON Asks Stronger Coast Guard, Opposing Transfer From Treasury Department. Secretary Mellon declared today that ho thought the smuggling of liquor into the United States could be com- Dpletely stopped 1f the coast guard had enough force to patrol the whole coast. | He made this statement to the joint congressional committee on reorganiza~ tion before which he appeared to op- pose the taking of the bureau of the budget or the coast guard from the | Treasury. 4 The coast guard is the main reliance | in preventing the smuggling of illicit | liquor into the country, Secretary Mel- | lon said, adding that the main break- ing of the dry law today lles in smug- | sling. The life saving service also plays a large part, the Secretary of the Treas- ury revealed, in thwarting rum run- ner: stmply a qu. H coast guard, i don, away from its berth in the Treas- ry Department, he thought it could be ved well enough, the life savin service probably to the Department of Commerce and the revenue cutter serv- ice to the Navy Department. “But as it is, the prohibition depart- ment is n a way the most active de- partment we have, and it has been nec- ©ssary to connect up with the coast suard and the revenue service,” Becre- tary Mellon said. “If the guard had enough force to patrol the whole coast think the smugeling could be completely stopped,” continued. Secretary Mellon's appearance be- the committee interrupted testi- being given by Navy Depart- ment officials on the advisability of retaining the hydrographic office and the Naval Observatory in that de- partment. » Mellon Hour on Stand. Secretary Mellon was heard imme- diately, and was about an hour on the stand. He strongly opposed the plan to make the bureau of the bud- zet an independent establishment of the government, declaring that the bureau is related in every way to Treasury activities, being so “Inter- woven with the Treasury that it real- y should be a part of the Treasury,” he_said N Mr. Mellon shid that while he could no particular reason why the ntroller's office, being in reality entirely independent, should be under the Treasury, he did not feel that in- dependent cstablishments “ought to be_encouraged.” The public health service, he said, 1d about as well be under another rtment as under his own. As to ofice of the supervieing archi- . he said it _was in as appropriate place in the Treasury as any other. Scores Coast M Charts of the coast and geodetic survey were branded as “perfectly ridiculous, as far as the mariner are concerned,” by Capt. F. B. Bassett, head of the hydrographic office of the Navy, in the resumption of his tes- timony today before the committee. apt. Bassett urged that all charts should be changed and non-essential work wiped out. He opposed removal of the hydrographic bureau. The Se ary of the Interfor, the Postmaster General and the Secretary of Agriculture are scheduled to ap- pear before the committee tomorrow. After that Col. E. Lester Jones, chief ot coast and geodetic survey, prob will be heard to answer Charges made against his maps to- day by the Navy hydrographer. INVENTED GATLING GUN. the bly Son of Rich Southern Planter Made First. Ones in 1861. From the Kansas City Star. Gatling guns, the revolving battery | machines, were invented by Richard Jordan Gatling, an American, who was born in Hertford county, N. C., September, 1818. He was the son of a rich planter and devoted himself to | mechanical invention. After producing a machine for planting rice and other grain in drills, which came into wide use; a steam plow and other useful devices, he turned his attention to perfecting an instrument of destruct! In 1861 ho conceived the idea of the Gatling gun and constructed six in Cincin- nati, but they were destroyed —_— “The unimportant things make us happy,” €ays a feminine writer. Not unless they bring their pay envelopes home. by fire. Merchants| Bank &Trust COMPANY ¢ Build Up A Reserve By saving part of your earnings and depositing them regularly and sys- tematically in our savings depart- ment. Remember that money in your pocket is losing in- terest; in our sav- ings _d.epa‘rtment it is gaining'if; We pay interest At the rate of 3% vings Accounts, compounded semi- mnnually on June ;ll\ and December Threo Convenlent om Main Office Fifteenth and H Sts. N.W. Dupont Branch—Dupont Circle Brookland Branch—12th and New. ton Strects Northeast ! | s 1 VENIZELOS ORDERS | PLEBISCITE ON KING ‘Wants People to Decide Between Return of Monarchy and Republic. Dy the Associated Press. ATHENS, January 16.—Premier Venizelos today told forelgn newspa- per correspondents that he did mot intend to recall King George before the plebiscite which is to determine the future government of Greece. “I strongly disapprove the sending away of the king, which I regard as a slap in the face of the Greek peo- ple,” he asserted. “I am not a dic- tator or a revolutionist; I am a con- ciliator. “I have decided on a plebiscite as the best method of giving the peo- ple an opportunity to decide between a monarchy and a republic. The plebiscite will be under my personal direction, for nobody else could carry out a referendum today in the pres- ent state of affairs.” One of the conditlons under which he agreed to return to Greece, Pre- mier Venizelos sald, was that the officers’ league, which caused the banishment of the king be dissolved. “I am delaying the plebiscite two or three months,” he continued, “for the purpose of making certain that the league is disbanded and that its members return to their military dutles.” It is his wish that after the ref- erendum the national assembly shall dissolve and the country hold new elections, in which the rovalist op- position, unrepresented In the present government, may participate. Venizelos' has telegraphed Ismet Pasha, Turkish premier, assuring him that he will always be happy to co- operate in the faithful execution of the Lausanne treaty re-establishing neighborly relations between the two countries and strengthening peace. Ismet's reply reciprocated M. Veni- zelos' sentiments. PENN TREATY SCENE DOUBTS ARE RAISED Historian Also Upsets Accepted Sites of Betsy Ross House in Philadelph: ) By the Associated Pre PHILADELPHIA, January 16.—Penn Treaty Park, now surrounded by ship yards in the Kensington district of Philadelphia, where William Penn 18 said to have signed his famous treaty with the Indlans, is not the real site of that historical pow wow, accord- ing to Dr. Albert Cook Myers, Moylan, Pa., historian, who is compiling the complete works of Willlam Penn, In a published report today he said that the treaty with the Indians waa sign- ed in Bucks county, Pa, seventeen miles from Philadeiphia. The Betsy Ross house, which stands in Arch street in a wholesale com- mercial district, and where the first American flag is supposed to have been made, is not authentic, according to Dr. Myers. The Betsy Ross house, he sald he belleves, was “selected” by a &roup of persons from New York who may have seen a commercial asset in establishing a birthplace for the flag. Betsy Itoss lived somewhere in Arch street, he £aid, and the New Yorkers picked the present site as the one where she Is supnosed to have lived The authenticity of the William Penn_house, in Fairmount Park, also doubted by Dr. Myers. The two- story brick building in which Penn is believed to have lived, stood in the colonial section of Phlladeiphia and was removed to Fairmount Park and preserved. Dr. Myers said there were no brick bulidings in Philadel- phia when Penn lived here. is l | WONEN'S PROTEST SENTT0 COOLIDGE Declares Classification Board Is Discriminating Against Members of Sex. President Coolldge today was pre- Sented with a written proteat against “certain obvious discriminatio against important government bu- reaus engaged in soclal and educa- tional work, against interests of women as represented by those bu- reaus, and against departmental services where large ‘numbers of women are employed, with reference to the personnel classification board's administration of the classification act,” by the women’s committee for reclassi- fication of the civil service. This committee, composed of rep- resentatives of eight national organi- zations, advocates the merit system in the civil service. The written statement left for the President is signed by Mrs. Raymond B. Morgan of the American Asso- ciatlon of University Women, Miss Lida Hafford of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Glen L. Swiggett of the National Council of Women, Mrs. Maud Wood Park of the National- League of Women Voters, Miss Ethel M. Smith of the Natlonal Women's Trade Union League, Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union and Miss Lita Bane of the American Home Economics Assiciation. The protest was carried to the President, they state. because they had been unable to secure from the board {tself any adjustment of the discriminatory classification com- plained of. “On November 6,” says their state- ment to the Presid "we offered our co-operation to the board through a committee of three technically qualified women whose expert serv- ices we had secured as congultants. Particularly IR view of the fact that We Make Hosiery a Specialty Every pair of Hose that comes into our stock—is selected for its integrity of quality. It must meas- ure up to the Burt Stand- ard—a_standard we have set high and 2zealously guard. A standard that has won us much fame. With insured quality— we offer. assurance that you can match your costume shades accurately. A service you'll appreciate Thus you'll find our 2.25 Grade —of Silk, Silk and Wool and Wool very attractive—and satisfying. Arthur Burt Co. 1343 F Street there {8 no woman member of the board and no technieally qualified woman on the staff of the board; in view of the further fact that have an especial Interest in classification of the aivil service be- cause of its bearing, not only upon the efficlency of the government work, but upon standards and fair play to women fessions, businesse: board should ‘study the clasef as It effects women and should brin to bear upon it the viewpolnt women who by experience have be- 5?:1"0 familiar with the problems in- “As the board has done nothing in response to our request, but the contrary, since that date, issued its circular order No. 13, extending to the fleld service the 'classification plan against which we protested as applied to the Disteict of Columbia, attention to what Declares Law Evaded. The brief submitted to the Presi- quallfications would defeat the pur- pose of the merit system.” After filing their protest with Pres!- dent Coolidge the committes called upon Chairman Madden of the House lpprngrllllon committee to discuss with him the discriminatory classi- fication submitted to Congress by the personnel classification bo: Not Decorated. ¥rom Life. “Liza, what's di. man gettin' decorat in @' war?” Law, Mandy, ne didn’t get - :llad nohow. He jes’ got mlu%.g:r raver: FHHA KK AR KK % Special New » X Year Offering * on Upholstery We will now quote spe- cial prices on upholstery work in order to keep our men busy during the dull season. Tapestries, Velours and Mohairs at 25% off regu- lar price. h heah about yo' OO OO XN Special This Week 3-Piece Overstuffed Suite (Apt. Sise) In Tapestry or Velour $79.50 Place Your Order For Slip Covers Now. » [Emnest Holober Co. * 610 F Strest NW. 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MESSAGE HOM Plans to Be “Deputy American Ambassador” to Work for Bet- ter Understanding. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, January 16.—After his return home, Sir Auckland Geddes, retiring British ambassador, will emphasize his opinfon that America s playing important role in the world In trying to solve her own vast problems, he told the Pilgrims Soclety In ewell address last night Burope, and no more so than England, he added, is more ignorant of the United States than the average American realized. To dq, his part in increasing knowl- edge of the United States in Eng- and, he =aid, he was returning as sort of “deputy assistant American ambassador.” 8ir Auckland said nothing was so important as complete understanding and frank co-operation between the English-speaking _peoples to provide a nucleus “for the world that is to arrive from the ashes of the world war.” But such co-operation, he ex- plained, would come chiefly about, not through governmental agencies, but through the people themselves. The ambassador cited the motion ploture as the most potent instru- ment in bringing about a better un- derstanding between England a ‘Ghe Economy Corner Zth.and H.Sts. NV, UNEARTHED IN RUINS OF ANCIENT CARTHAGE From the Adventure Magasine. Historical evidence goes to show that the sacrifice of children to the Mother Goddess was not infrequent. Two French archeologists, Mme. 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