Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1925, Page 14

RFFAN DRVEN FROM STRONEHDLD French Take All Vital Posi- tions on Northern Front in Attack. By the Associated Press. FEZ, French Moroceo, 18:—The French are now sa most of the important pobitions on the northern battl Ttiwas said in military that, thanks to Marsh September a onk of the st st positions Riffians, the French are declare have had only about 30 men put action. The RBibane operation. with thdt which resulted in the capture of Mézghaoua, was part of a movement to:clear the region between the two flapks of the double offensive launched { lagt weelk. his ohjective now is said to have been accomplished between Tafrant | angd El Bibane, and it remains for the French to cccupy the ar Bibane, between the Rivers an@ Amzez, tributaries of the Ouergha. It iis asserted that, commanded on eitber flank by Bibane and Mezghaoua, litle resistanice can be offered to a Frénch advance Riff Intention Revealed. Prisoners, of whom a goodl m- ber were taken on El Bibane, asserted that the general plan of Abd-el-K wag to advance far bevond the Oukrgha River and capture the whole of {Moroceo, w he intended to| divide with his brother. The 1affian war lord -now is re- poited to be at Targuist. At the | eastern end of the line in the Taounat | seqtor airplanes are ¢ 3 bombing the area northward as Taourirt. The capture of El Bibane Heights, the news of which spri thiough the country, is reported t have made a deep impression on the | dissident tribes, who already had been shdken by the capture of their famous shrine, Amjot. It is asserted that the French political officers, among them Copnt de Chambrun, acting under the | general direction of Marshal Lyaute haye taken full advantage of the pre: west of | | win | posted as to the policie Aoulai |}, | will be a | urgent need ernment Here for i | Has Served Federal Gov-{ 25 Years. i ! Admits New Duties Are Strange—Selection Is Surprise. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Miss Jessie Dell, who for a quarter | of a centur an employe of the| Federal Government, and who has been appointed by President Coolidge | to the Uniied States Civil Commission to fill the vacar by the death of Mrs. Helen ake the oath of office this after- | noon and will at once enter upon her new dutie Taking Miss Dell at her word, these | new duties are new to her, too. She admitted today that she has the same general idea of the work of the Civil Service Commission as the average Government employe, but as for being an authority or being es v well nd plans of the commission, d she could not oing to lose no time in an effort to master every- thing pertaining to the civil service act and the commission of which she membe said dent believer in the pr 1 service and while she vet weil ed enough to say whether there ts any | for reforms, it i3 her theory, that nothing, no matter how popular or successful it may be, is beyond perfection. Appointment a Surprise. Although Miss Dell's name had been mentioned prominently in con- nection with the President’s consid- eration of a successor to Mrs. Garde- ner, her appointment was a surprise in most quarters. Miss Dell herselt bout as surprised as any one. id so herself today. ‘It aimost knocked me off my feet when 1 read of my appointment in a ate edition of last night’s Star,” she a She had not heard anything official regarding her selection until after 10 o'clock this morning, and although THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1925. MISS JESSIE DELL APPOINTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER letter from Chairman Deming of the Civil Service Commission. In making this appointment Presi- dent Coolidge disposes of what was becoming a troublesome matter be- cause of controversies that arose dur- ing the consideration of the several woman _candidates. now not only re- more prominent The President hz leved himself of w these controversies m: him, but he has the - tion of again demonstrating his de- sire to promote from the ranks in making the more important appoint- Miss Dell on in the division ar Department. chief of a_divi of finance of the W Miss Dell a Democrat. Miss Dell is a Democrat, and was born in Sylvania, Scriven County, G: “That's near Savannah, Ga., Dell explained in an effort to make it understood where Sylvania is located. Miss Dell's family can be readily d with the aristocracy of that Her father, John C. Dell, was proud of his service In the Confed- cla section. who ardently advocated high educa- tion for women and for their ad- vancement in the public affairs. At his suggestion she entered his law office after graduating from the Syl vania Academy and studied law These studies came to an abrupt end with her father’s death. Following la desire to broaden her vision regard- “ng natlonal affairs, Miss Dell came to Washington in 1899. At first she in- tended to resume her study of the law here, but, instead, she acceplc an offer of a' clerkship in the War Department. Started as Clerk Here. Miss Dell received her first positio: for the government in the immediate office of the Sccretary of War. It was just a minor clerkship, but she took it very seriously, more &0 than anything she had ever done before, she said to- covered that thi: lady from Georgia sessed more than the av intelligence, and had had a little more than th average educ , and, be: e Therefore zned to the ac counts df She remained there until the World War, when the finance division of the quartermaster’s department was c ated into a_separate unit of the W Department Brig. Gen Lord, now_dir - of the bud; its chief officer » Miss Dell had made method of handling Army contracts and keeping bool 5 these while she was in the quartermaster’ department, s a result of this o be chief of on the me recog- of the Army contracts. She bec s an authority on this work . Lord, by the way, was among those who indorsed Miss Dell to the Pledge to On Used 1 All used cars offered to represented. If a car is suitable rebuild it. or for som: months' rough usage on Iy | 1 little | ar | time_thought she would be seriously 1 pl place to which she has been ap- pointed. Miss Dell accepted an offer of the department to join the force to take charge of the work in France of reg- istering the graves of the American soldiers who fell during the World War. This was in 1920. She remaiyg| ed engaged in this work for nearly a vear, and shortly afterward, fn 1921, resigned from the service. She had worked hard for a number of years, she explained it, she wanted ment on the ground that g been a militant member of the W picketed the White who publicly burned some of speeches. President Wilson's speeches. She Returned After Year. Whether or not she got this rest coner than she expected Miss Dell does not say, in a year's timey she was back in the Government work | again. When she responded to this | longinz to return to the service after her retirement she found upon apply- g ing for reinstatement to her former place that the best she could get s a temporary appointment. She was assigned to a special audit and | examination of war contracts, and | when this appropriation was all spent | during the past Summer Miss Dell’s | position expired, and she, along with | several hundred others, was dropped | from the Government rolls. When asked today how she happen- ed to become idate for the Civil | Service Commission, Miss Dell replied that she really never became a cand! | date herself and that she had at no considered by the President to flll the ce made vacant by Mrs. Gardener’s death. Miss Dell sald that she per- mitted her name to be presented to |the President when urged by a number of her friends, but no one was more | surprised than she when the Presl- | dent selected her. | “When this vacancy arose some of my friends came to me and urged me to permit my name to be submitted | to the President,” Miss Dell said by | way of explanation. “That’s how it all started.” Miss Dell sald today that she un- derstood that opposition had presented the Public Car Sales the public shall be honestly for a meck e who nic who nly a can x trip, it mu itself in connection with her appoint-|things of which she has been accused. an’s National Party and that she had been among those cf that party who House during President Wilson's administration and She said that while she had been a member of the party from the very first she had never picketed nor did she engage in burning any of plained that while she was an ardent believer in woman suffrage she had always been too busy in her govern-|tured in June. : hicl - mental work to induige in any of the Miss Dell Iives in an apartment at 1603 Nineteenth street, with her sister, Miss Mary Dell, an employe in the Bureau of Internal Revenue. She Is a member of the Woman's|wanted by City Club of this city £nd is vice alleged cale and possession president of the Georgia State Society | cotics, surrendered of the District. George Parker, c ! siding at 915 Second street his for his 4 | States One steeking-for every person in the | Turn United States is manufactured in one | month; 66,636,052 pairs were munumr-\ appearance before - « ommissione ex- two similar case: nd 24.354.768 cotton. 448 were ik several charges against him Coat Sale! They are nothing less than a triumph at this price We’ve reached the pinnacle of value- giving in this September Sale of Coats. SURRENDER TO POLICE. ! ” ored cabman, re- outhwest, the police on charges of of night furnished bond in the sum of $10,000 United Needham ge Monday next at 10 o'clock Parker aiready was under bond in 4 cording to police, and it is planned to have an early grand jury investigation of the nar- and the NP PR AN P PRI AN AN N 2 AR PR PRI P LANSBURGH&BRO 7th to 8th to E—~FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860—Franklin 7400 We sold plenty of Coats to- day—but we had an immense ent opportunity and that negotiations | her telephone was ringing from an haye been opened for submission by | €Arly nour, she answered her many vittually all of the tribes in the fight. | Well wishing friends, who wanted to wold on that basis. Each car must b sold for erate army, but when the war was hat Tl over he applied himself to the law and became one of the most promi- ing zone. congratulate her, that she supposed it was true, but thought she had bet- ter wait to receive their congratula- tions until she had some official con- firmation of the good news. ter came in the form of a three-line Most of us like to see a great crowd | of People better than we care to be in | 1t { nent men in the legal profession of that part of the State. Miss Dell said today that she owes much to her father, because he was one of the few men of the South at the time SECURE YOUR NEW FALL CLOTHES NOW BOYS SCHOOL SUITS Two pairs Pant Suits—all-wool fal Buy Here on Payments Hundreds of people are buying their new Fall clothes here—no wonder —S$2 Down is all you need and you can ar- range terms to suit your pocketbook. $2 Down Buys This 2-PANTS SUIT Never again such a chance! Come in, men! Just bring $2 and secure this new 2-pants Suit. Choice of the House DRESSES $2 Down Hundreds of beautiful dresses to choose from— all go for $2 Down at saleprices. $l 4.95 Other values to $35 9% s—also 4-piece brics. "y SSSSSSSSSSS $ Other values $24.50 to $45 50 =~ 27 The Better Store for Better Clothes 703 Seventh St. N. W. 2 All Studebaker automobiles which are sold as CERTIFIED CARS have been properly recondi- tioned, and carry a 30-day guarantee for replace- ment of defective parts and free service on ad- justments. number when the selling started — and tomorrow we can assure you a satisfactory choice. This is possible because tremendous reserve mileage has been built into every Studevaker, which it is impossible 0 exhaust in years, Coats at $39.75 that rival far higher- priced models. The marvelous fit of the shoulders! The feeling of luxury as you slip into one! The lavish use of soft, be- coming fur! The wonderful choice of colors! The silk crepe linings, interlin- ings, fine tailoring, quality—are a few of the outstanding features in these wonder- ful garments. There are sizes for both misses and women. Every used car is conspicuously marked with its price in plain figures, and that price, just as the price of our new cars, is rigidly maintained. confidence and safety only the dealer whose policy is “one price only—the Drice to all.” For. to sell cars on this basis. oy ¢ of them must be honestly priced 10 begin with, The public can deal Every purchaser of a used car may drive it for five days, and then, if not satisfied for any reason, turn it back and apply the money paid as a credit on the purchase of any other car in stock—new or used. It is assumed, of course. that the car has not been emashed up by collision of other sccident in the ‘meantime. Buying your Winter Coat in this sale is the most economi- cal thing you can do—it is the greatest sale we’ve ever an- nounced in September! Not only to the public, but also to The Studebaker Corporation of America, whose cars we sell, we pledge adherence to the above policy in selling used cars. Joseph McReynolds, SECOND FLOOR—LANSBURGH & BRO. 14th Street at R. 3218 M St. N.W. |c———=lal——xjalc——=2Jlol——x|a|[c———|a]c—=|o|——[0]—=|o|——=|a| ——=[0[—=]0] LAN SBURGH & BRQ “Quality Predominant” Many people have been surprised by the quality of the mer- chandise in the Basement. From the beginning it has been our policy to offer the best and only the best that money could buy at the price, as the L&B standard of quality exists in the Basement as well as the upstairs store. = Patent Leather, Tan Calf, Black Kid, Black Satin We reduced a number of our higher priced shoes, bought several hundred new pairs, and offer the entire lot at this extremely low price—$2.95. . These shoes are made of excellent materials by a genuine stylist, along lines that are the vogue for Fall and the coming Winter season. The soles are of fine quality leather, made to give long, hard wear. Choice of high, low or Cuban heels, with attached rubber heels. All sizes 3 to 8. Children’s School and Play Well made shoes of fine quality pat- Shoes ent leather, tan calf and combination of patent and tan, with turn leather soles and rubber héels. Comfort and flexibility-—two very im- e | e i | e | B | e | | ——1| B | ————|n| ————=1|n| portant items—are featured in these shoes. Sizes 6 to 11. [6[e———=[B]———={0|——al——=al——=2al ——=!o|———n|—no— 0] ———[t] . fl | | l | | I el ¢ |