Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1926, Page 7

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Seventh and D Jewelers and Diamond Mer- chants More Than Half a Century R. HARRIS & CO. & COo. MCARL PUTS END 10 PRISON CUSTOM Crders Leavenworth Warden to Stop Purchase of Sup- | plies Outside Usual Fare. Controller General McCarl today served notice on’ W. 1. Blddle, warden of the Federal Penitentiary at Leayv- enworth, Kans., that the Government no longer will pay for “spectal sup- plies.” which have been “purchased other than for prison purposes—for vour own personul use, the use of prison physician, the deputy warden and the guests of the practice of. making _such . which a Mc led has prevalied for the o s, must be discontinued on and after March 31, of this yes Warden Biddle personally called upon the officials of the controller general's office in order to clear his records in the case under consideration, but the decislon today discloses Vi unable to maintain his righ chase such ‘“special supplie: it was brought out were foodstuffs. Special Foods Ruled Out. While the appropriation for the penitentiary provides for subslstence supplies from the prison stores for i the warden, deputy warden and phy- | sietan, it does not provide for the IBS | purchase of such special supplies, Mr. rl ruled. he fact that nu- present practice hases has or llu past 80 vears as gested by you.” said the deci- would not. of ¢ o | continuance of an unautho it e prison stores authorized to he b xpense. ' the deci ‘are such as required zeneral prison use and sarily such as will supply all per- needs of the warden, deputy en and physician.’ The controller general allowed pay- the accounts in question up 3 . only because ] 2 purchases ap- pear Yo be made by the quarters, and )t thougkt to be in the interest United States to question pay- ed for or purchased during a par- slar quarter, especially near the end of the quarter, as in the instant { matter. Warden Defends . in a letter to the At- 1, defended his practice Practice. to the system of purchasing himself. that had_turned back into the of the United States a total i from available appro- priations for maintenance during the four years he has been in charge. The controller general, in crdering no more “special supplies” purchased, called attentlon to the purpose of the law requiring competition In bid Qing. and declared that the purpose of this was to “give the United States the advantage of the lowest avallable price.” Strict regulations were recalled to the Leavenworth warden surround- ing all purchases and he was advised generally how to proceed in the future. GIGLI, FEAR ABATED, ON WAY TO CAPITAL Tenor, Threatened by Black Hand, Will Keep Local Engagement, Last Reports Indicate. Jeniamino Gigli, tenor of the Met- ropolitan Opera C who abruptly gement to sing in t Tuesday when he found a .th note awaiting him 1 that city, is due to ar- rive in Washington thi: ternoon and keep an engagement to appear in a concert at Poli's Theater. At the Mayflower, where Signor | Gigli has reserved rooms. it was said that no orders for concellation having been received it was expected that the noted tenor would fulfill his Washing- !ton engagement. In leaving Detroit, Signor Gigli explained that the nerv | us reaction from the note would have prevented him from doing his best work. WILL RETURN TO DETROIT. NEW YORK, February 26 (@.— Reniamino Gigli, Metropolitan tenor, who left Detroit secretly several days 150 after threats against him had been received by police, plans to re- 1turn there early in May. (] Yester Mrs. Isobel Hurst, who was to hiave managed the Detroit coneert at which Gigll failed to ap- b received a telegram from John Atkinson, corporation counsel for the ity of Detroit and treazurer of Henry ciation. It read: serious in demanding Gigli come back here immedi- and disprove charges that Ital- re cowards. If he does not do they say, he is through in De- After a conference with his tour manager, Gigli said: “Everybody in Detroit iS my friend. T shall certainly return there at the earliest possible moment. 1 have recovered from my nervousness and i able to sing gagement at the Metropolitan House will keep him here until Tiie threats against him caused the noted_tenor to return to his home in New York under guard. He had been | threatened_several times before here and_abroad. 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The methods of Senator Vice President | President Dawes as presiding officer of the [z | Senate have been criticized again. and this time, with Mr. Dawes mak- ing no answer, a Democrat has come to_his defense. The critlclsm came from Reed, Democrat, Missouri ing his finger at the Vice President, vesterday notified him that the gavel would_“not be used in this Senate to cut off the rights of Senators.” The Missourian referred to n situation of the day before, when Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, had sought to appeal from a decision of the chair ruling out of order his mo. tion that the Senate reject the con- ference report on the tax bill. Senator Reed contended that M Dawes had ‘“gaveled” through an- other motion and had shut off Senator Blease. The Vice President listened closely to' the criticism but made no reply. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic floor leader, dec however, that there not slightest reason for Juncing the | s chair for the use of the gavel yester- | years ago. day.” Ile maintained that the Vice President had been correct in his ruling. The' Senator pank’ time."” has been verly | dippet. « situation was explained by W&MMWM%&?W Blease, evidently ready had made Lis appeal, matter of chalr did not give me time to appeal.” who threatened to the Vice President a year ago after his lecture concerning Sen- - |ate rules, spoke with feeling yester- day and when he finished he said that was all he would say about it “at this Reed, DRINKS FROM GOURD. | JACKSON, Miss. Sanitary drinking cups are furnished to visitors, but the Governor of Missis- ippi drinks from a gourd. The long gourd banging near the water cooler In the executive office source of visitors who have “dropped in for The neck of the gourd almost 3 feet long and the bowl is fashioned into a serviceable a social call.” . Whitfield has used this king. utive by who oflice It was presented to the Attorney General Rush | ox when he observed a paper drink- ip collapse in Although there 18 talk of adjourn | ment of Congrens some time in Mas, n.w fu charge of retirement legisia tion believe the necessary information will be avalable in ample time to per- mit action by the Senate and House. Herhert D. Brown, enief of the Bu. of Efficlency, said today llv |~Ul|u' the thousands of in Washington that the calcula- Hons for which the committees of ARE BEING RUSHED Figures Expected in Time to' Let Congress Act at | n "the 5 1t 5o Gesives mefore wa- ! journment on 1. H | "I wish to say also to the civil ser- Present Session. vinis et 1 have sxpresses mo opision i e 1o the committees of Congress in re- e ward to |h- plan for caleulations g pulously re- sought to do RETIREMENT DATA sald the Vice thought he - but “as " he added, “the § Welcome Delegates N.E. A. Government actuaries preparing fig ures necessary in drafting a more lib eral retirement law for civil service employes are making every effort to complete the data in time to permit both branches of Congress to act on | the legislation at this session. One member of the Senate subcom mittee in charge of the question said | | frsinod tom dolng wiil show. What T ha is to give Congress what it asks for. Personally T believe that the maxi mum benefit should be $1.200." February 26 (#).— Q@I%fi 0. K. DENTAL WEEK. interest to Tro | Commissioners Indorse D. C. Cam- paign From April 12 to 19. “Dental health week.” 1o be spon from April 12 to 19, t of Columbia Dent: today by the today that he had not expected the actuaries to complete their work in | much less than 30 days from the last | gourd | meeting of the committee about 10 thun two |days @tgo. 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