Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1925, Page 16

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It seems to penctrate through every * 'air passage, loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough, lifts the phlegm, heals | i the membranes and gives almost im mediate relicf. Splendid for thros : tickle, hoarseness, croup, bronchitis | 3 + ‘and bronchial asthma. Pinex is a highly concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine i ‘extract and has been used for gen- erations ior throat and chest ail- i iments. i To avoid disappointment ask your ¢ vdruggist for “2': ounces of Pinex,” with directions, and den't accept anything clse. Guaranteed to give i labsolute satisfaction or money re- :undcd. The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, « ind. Insist on having O, onsren®\ | the original porous plasler A Standard External Remedy | of Over 70 Years' Standing 1 For Pains in the Back, Side, Chest or Limbs, Coughs and Colds—any local ache of pain resulting from takiag cold, over- exertion or strain. Sold by druggists in every art of the crusiized worid. The accomplishments of 18 months in e homes. f. built PPy cou- m ideal of what a home What remarkable efficient man- atural love of people for and the de- sire to get av from the noise and turmoil of the city. agement, Beautiful, lawns, wide 11 kept means s increasing property values for those who own their own homes in Bat- tery Park. To inspect—Drive 1west om Massachuselts Ave. to Wisconsin Ave., thence north on Wisconsin Ave. to Battery Park, adjoining Edgemoor. Maddux, Marshall ; & Co., Inc. { 1108 16th St.N.W. Main8970 Potomac 1000 | could hardly | INADEQUATE PAY ISSUE STRESSED Increased Annuities to Re- tired Federal Employes Urged on Congress. ts bearing on the “in- amounts paid Additional fa adequate and unjust” to retired employes of the Govern- ment under operation of the retire- ment act were brought to the at- tention of v of the Interior Work today cretary of Labor Davis. Mr. Work urged on & the need of increased an- for retired Government em- s in_a letter sent Monday to Senator Robert N. Stamfleld of Ore- gon, chalrman of the Senate commit- tee on civil service. He declared his recommendation had the unanimous support of all the members of the President's Cabinet Secretary Davis took up specifical- Iy the question of the present pur- chasing price of the dollar, urging increased pensions on the economic ground that the drop in the purchas- ing power of money since construc- tion of the retirement bill in 1916 should be compensated by enlarged annuities. False Impression Created. “While it is true that the cost of living in the District of Columblia has decrea ince 1 when the law : operation,” Mr. Davis tement taken by itself putations made upon the living _conditions as to o figures that were u 1 draft of the bill made a most careful study of 8 ing figures at that time. The actual operation of the retire- | ment act was begun in August, 1920, and the deduction trom the salaries | of civil service employes began at that time.” 100,000 Contribute to Fund. Mr. Davis' letter revealed that the exact number of contributors to the | announcement fund Is not ascertain- able, but that there are approximate- |1y 400,000 contributors to the fund. | h totaled $33,386,193.19 on June | 24. “That amount has steadily Increased untll now I understand thers well over 335,000,000 in the fund,” Mr. Davis adde: This amount has been deducted from the salaf‘ta of Civil Service employes, the Gov- ernment having contributed not one |cent to it except as it has used this fund for other Government purposes and paid interest as it would upon any other form of borrowed money, | which interest has been covered back into the fund “In other words is to last le the employes’ money There are approximately 400,000 con- tributors to th fund. 1 confess that I have discov d somewhat to my the exact number The total f vil service employes is hing over 415,000, but there ap- | pears to be no record anywhere as to the exact number pa)ying into the fund.” | this the | Citea Figures on Death Rate. | Quoting figures on the death rate | among _pensioners, Secretary Davis | said: “You will see that the death | rate’ among thess penstoners is very h, probably much higher than was ered in the actuarial figures i which the draft of the law was ppended a table on the pur- power of money, purporting w that only a litfie more than iird of those retired are receiv- the maximum under the law, “Lven these. |ing | whien are those receivi $360. There are 1,731 of these.” Raising of the retirement amounts “the Government will be able ed empioyes out of own money an amount purchasing power to ed In the bill was urged g between $180 and Secretary Answers Objectors. “If it is cloimed that to do so would under a falling cost of living tend to inerease the value of that money as time goes on, the answer s that at the pr 1t Tate of decrease ving it will take a 2 up with what they kage of the money began. Another answer is tha cost of living is falling so slowly that we are not ¥ to make many miliionaires out 2 employes through the advancement of the purchasing power of fon. | some other features tirement bill that 1 would you, but I will to the question of and justice of increasing t3 to cover the drop in the power of money since tion of the bill in 1916." read the want The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet Proven Safe for more than a Quarter of a Century. The box beare this signature Price 30c. THE EVENING CHINESE TRAINMEN QUIT, REFUSE TO HAUL TROOPS Strike, Stopping All Trains, Indi- cates New Antagonism Against Military Caste. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January to risk their lives gratuitously in transporting troops under fire, the Chinese engineers and firemen on the Shanghai-Nanking railroad struck 28 —Compelled STAR, WASHINGTON, last night and wers jolned by the other grades cf railway men, says a dispatch to The Daily Mail from Shanghal. This, according to the correspond- ent, is the first industrial strike in the history of modern China and indicates a new spirit of antagonism against militarism. The troops of Gen. Chi HsiehYuan which evacuated Soochow and are re- treating toward Shanghal are being compelled to walk in consequence of the strike of the railway men. London now has 4,300 omnibuses. D. C,, FEW DETAILS RECEIVED OF SUBMERGED ISLAND Some Lives Believed Lost in Sink- ing of Part of Port Alexander. By the Awsoclated Press. LISBON, January brief reports have been received in offictal quarters here concerning the sub- merging of Port A der, & small island in the Portug olony of An- 28.—Only WEDNESDAY, JAN & JARY 28, 1925. gola, West Africa. A dispatch from Loanda, Angola, Saturday, stated that #n important portion of Port Alex- ander, estimated at 4,000 square me- ters, had sunk in the sea. It was added that some lives had been lost. There were no houses In the sub- merged territory. Lieut. Schlegel Transferred. Lieut. Willlam V. Schiegel, U. S. N., has been relieved from duty as naval inapector of ordnance in charge of the naval torpedo station at Alexandria, Va., and ordered to duty on the bat- {tleship Idaho. — askorHorlick's The ORIGINAL Maited Milk Sole Agent for 30 Years CLARK JEWELL GAS RANGES Electric Fixtures and Wiring % MUDDIMAN ¢ 709 13th St. Above G Digmsities Digestible—No Cooking. A Light Lunch ookl u: Peoples Drug Stores Are Always Glad to Serve You and Save You Money! 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