Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1924, Page 42

4"’ AMENDMENT BALKS PROMOTIONS,CHARGE Wittner Complains to Lehlbach on Madden Proviso for Appro- priation Bills. PR 5 | ADVANCES HALVED SEES Average Salary Limit Imposed' Subject of Attack. i Chance for promotion in the civil service here is killed by the Madden «mendment to the various apropria- tion bills, according to a letter Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee from Loren Il. Wittner, chairman of the depart- mental classification protest commit- The vidual forced below tion in any amendment disregards indi- | ney “if the employe i the average comp ¥ ,grade under the c flcation act.” Mr. Wittner told Lehlbach. ile explained the pro! smendment as follows: It provides that propriations for t in the the fiscal rdance with the expending ap ayment fo Columbi, iation | ot any time exceed | mpensation rates | Seex Promotions Halved. amendment, Mr. Wittner imits the dlowed Prevented from ag one-half of r ving more than the a ge ation, he said An promotion com- i under the ttner de- | efticiency which sh ney wh o be established the degree of eflic stitute the sround shall con- - | ation, a | | posed to ored by d when | basis sifica- | the | the present sala for allocs tion efficicn works for ™ throug! brack: amendment the ugiit Tow ere individual if the employe pay, to fall by the hap- in_the Madden | U. S. POSITIONS OFFERED. | An-| Civil Service Commission nounces Competitive Tests. The Civil announced Sations following p chine oper tield services, Ser till tions: C; i tor, nd at 0 a year:; | stant hospital librarian, Veterans' | Bureau hospitals _throughout the | United States, at $1.500 to 0 vear: junior entomologist, cntomology, Department of 40 to $1,8 0 to §1 burean of Agricul- Statistios tries, bu of Comm 3 ant curator, divis National Museum. at 4 E | director of fores 2 | st service, ture, a ciate agric nhurll of agrie u]lur.l ment of £4,000 a ye g lh xmrlmenl ass \l-‘ . bureau onomics, 'Depart- are, at $3,000 to ate parasitologist, sta Agriculture, for dut tico _experiment 53.000 to $3.300 & year manufacturing specialist, bureau animal indusiry, Department of Agri- culture, at 3§3.000 to $3,600 a year: | postal clerk, railw i €, at $1,600 a year. In addition laries named the increase of allowed for most sitions the basic salary of which not exceed §: ear. ~ Full information and application blanks may be obtained at the office of the Civil - Serv Commission, 1724 F| ent of servic {another joil or booze?” | breaking all Citizens’ Association Passes Resolu- | hearings on | otutio ard N | piration of her term’in Jun, | sens {bership in the Th be truly par]ous times ;\nd forever worse they ‘grow; still we read of sins and crimes in the places high and low; bandits shoot us for a cent; in the halls of government every day soue weeping gent springs tale of woe. Drearily we rend our hair as we read the da news, and we cry in our despai “Does the race its conscience lose? Is there any guy on deck having name without a speck, having fame that’s not a wreck, scented not with Let’s remember as we read that our fears are. often vain; let_ no ballyhoo stampede people claiming to be-sane; there is just as much of worth on this good old priceless earth as there was be- fore the birth of this present oily reign. There are statesmen just as white as the world has ever known, public conscience shines as bright as the blamed thing ever shone; right- eousness is still alive, though some seven skates or five in their moral blindness strive to acquire the easy {bone.. If a robber plies a gun for ia guilder or a_ yen, well, the rob- ber's only one in a street of honest men; a graiter plays with oil the rules of Hoyle, cores adhere to horest toil and re- | store our faith again. (Copy rrght) WALT MASON. "THOMAS CIRCLE FOLK if | the Washington policeman had been | drinking. | Duvan DISCUSS CITY HEADS | | lowing tion for Public Hearings on Nominations. The ciation howas Cirele Citizens' Asso- | mously adopt- | 1ling upon the -\'tn.l committec to hold public ! the nominations of Dis- | trict sioners Rudolph and Oyster. A great Comn many citizens appointment especially Mr. Ru- dolph,’ ared Dr. Starr Parsons, | president of the association. The com- {mittee, he contended, should afford opportunity pres; Commis not_exe The 2 op these publi sion also_adopted a r arker questin - 1 Coolidge not to appoint Judge Kathe Sellers « of the Juvenile Court, but to name a man, upon the ex- | hearings re- A resolution was adopted approv- | ing the principle, that charities boards here should be consolidated. | and that the controlling board shouid be elec mbers_of the associations of the District. as elected to mem- {ation. There were { Frank nine members SUED FOR $50,000. Worker Claims Damages for In- juries in Accident. William Poch. 1714 A street south- east, has filed suit to recover $50.000 damages for alleged personal injuries .u.-.nm the George A. Fuller Com- the Otis Elevator Company, the | Kraftt-Murph G. Cornell Company : in the erection of a building at 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue June 9, 1 a a his leg was crushed when he was caught between an elevator and hte floor of the buliding. He is represented by Attorney Wil- liam J Crane. uit to recover $10,000 damages has Elcanor Sexton against “oal Company for alleged pe injuries. She was riding in an automobile which v n collision | With @ truck of the company at 7th and streets southwest, December 29 last, and sustained serious injury Attorneys Burns, Leeman plaint | busiest sc THE EVENING Many Auto Tourists, -+ Bound Home From South Stop Off at D. C. Camp Pending the selegtion of a new site for a camping place for tour- ing automobile parties passing through the District, the old camp on Hast Potomac Park will be continued in use. At present the tide of such travel is mainly from Florida and other points south, and will continue heavy for some weeks. Thirty-five touring par- ties which spent the winter in the south camped at Bast Potomac Park Sunday on their way home. PSS POLICEMAN IS FREED OF INTOXICATION CHARGE Declared to ‘Have Driven Auto While Drunk—Fined $25 for | Speeding. | | Dispatel to The Star. KANDRIA, Va., March 26.—A nt charging J. W. Musselman, Washington policeman, with operat- ing an automobile while drunk, was dismissed yesterday when the case was heard before Judge Frederick G. Duvall. Musselman was fined 323 and costs for speeding. Testimony introduced by Alexan- aria_officers was to the effect that, Defense testimony, how- raiced a doubt which Judge censidered sufliclent for die missul in view of the seriousness of the charge. Musselman declared , that he had not had a drirk all day. | The arrest was made Sunday fol- chase which lasted more eight ~squares through the | on of the cit ARBITERS ARE CHOSEN. | William Enowles Cooper to Bepre-! sent Public. William Knowles ever, than Cooper. an official | of the Y. M. C. has been decided upon as the public’s representative on | tile board of arbitration fo Settle the | wage question between the Capital Trac tion Company and its trainmen. Representative Tague of Massachusetts is the union's spokesman, and the com- pany's choice is Stanton C. Peelle, a lawyer. SEE MT. VERNON. ALEXANDRIA and ARLINGTON Via Historic Reute Round Trip Alexandria and Mt. 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