Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1926, Page 12

STAR, WASHINGTON, DG WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, ‘ 1926. THE EVE _ e = SUNDAY WORK PROTESTED 2y b e, e 1 HOUSE PASSES BILL FORNAVY OFFICERS Equalization of Promotion Provided as Recommended by Department. The House today passed the bill ree- ommended by ‘the Navy Department providing for equalization of promo- tion of officers of the staff corps of the | Navy with officers of the line | The purpose of this bill is to pro- vide, first, that staff fcorps officers <hall have the same promotion or the e opportunity for promotion as offi- of their own kind in the line; that qualified staff c may be advanced at the same t s their qualified cotemporaries in the line are promoted., and, third, that this parity of opportunity a shall be_ maintained from the date such staff corps officers enter the serv- ice to the date of separation there- from. To meet conditions as they at the present time the bill pro that staff corps officers of any cor wherein promotion has been rapid than promotion in the line sh mark time in their present position and rank until their running mates in the line or line cotemporaries have overtaken them, and that hereafter they shall become eligible for promo- tion when such running mates are promoted. It immediately grants to all staff officers in those corps wherein pro- | motion has lagged behind the line | the same opportunity for immediate promotion as has alreday been en-| joyed by their cotemporaries or run- & mates of the line. This bill places all offi same promotion status. It abolishes all numbers or percentages in grades or ranks in the Staff Corps, except in the grade of rear admiral. It does not change the present authorized to- 1al allowance of officers in any corps |, and it should remove the friction and discontent due to inequality of promo- tion as between the various corps and the line. The estimated cost of this legislation is given in the Navy Department let- ter of transmittal as $37, until 1935, when the c duced to $20,000 per ye: ROAD BIDS DUE SOON. Virginia Let $750.000 Con- tracts Next Week. pecial Dispateh to The Star, RICHMOND, Va. May 19 ginia is going ahead with her road: building program, and Thursday of next week bids are to be opened for eral pleces of work involving 000. At an early date the high- department will add other con- calling for an outlay of §250,000. < fast as the money is in sight for a piece of roml work the depart ment prepares the plans and specifica- tions and then awards the c to is r Navy, whether of line or staff, in the | | > {of her will filed by the Union Trust *1Co., | Moreland, the ex The contracts to be let located in_Prince Geo! leghany, Dinwiddie, F and for widening the roadway between Norfolk and Virginia Beach, this last contract calling for a stretch of work 18 miles long. SENATE APPROVES CAMPAIGN INQUIRY BY 59-T0-13 VOTE (Continued from First Page on the, question, which was made an issue in the primary. “I believe that this question ought | to be taken out of politics, Reed continued, referring to the wet and dry issue, “by allowing the people to vote on it in a referendum.” Borah's Views Differ. This brought Senator Borah, Repub- . daho, to his feet with the as- sertion that the fundamental basis on which this Government rests is repre- sentative government and not govern- ment by referendum. He said the peo- ple have a way of expressing their opinions by retiring men from public office. Senator Borah took the posi- tion that the establishment of a prece- dent of holding referendums to ascer- tain the popular will on a question would make members of the Senate mere clerks to record the result of a referendum instead of exercising their judgment. The discussion over the Pennsyl vania situation was precipitated b Senator Harrison, who arose to cail attention t . Vare appeared to have won, according to the latest in-| formation he had. “It seems he got about all of the votes in Philadelphia, and it looks like he is carrying the home of An- drew Mellon also.” said Senator Har- rison, after referring to speeches which had been made during the pri mary fight by Secretary Mellon. HOME FOR AGED LEFT $2,000 BY MRS. SELTZER| —_— | National Lutheran Institution m" Receive Gift as Memorial to | Marietta Gunsalus. | The National Lutheran Home for | 000 by the will zer, who died memorial to her | nsalus. A life an- nuity of $300 provided for Mrs. Julia Tucker and the remaining estate is left to U. David Seltzer, husband, of the deceased, who is also to act as executor: The estate includes realty at $5,238, realty notes of 00, bonds, $650: jewelry, $1,000, and cash, $2,100. Attorney Earl A. Jonscher represents the executor. M McLaughlin, who died premises 1226 N street ies valued at $58,894.22, petition for the probate Helen . Sheckels and Maud M. 1tors. She also had $1,000 in cash and household effects worth $1,000. Attorneys Hamilton & Hamilton appear for the executors. Willlam Covington Gunnell, who had real estate assessed nal property valued survived by two Leonard C. Gunnell of Bush 1., and Herbert Williams of New York City, and a grandnephew, Webb Scott, whose address is not given. Attorneys Syme & Syme repre- sent the estate. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., May 19.—Robert Cameron Thompson, 26 years old, was fatally burned when a gasoline en- gine exploded on the premises of the Thompson home near Mitchells. He died within a few hours. He is sur- vived by his parents and a young wife, who before her marriage was Miss Katherine Winston Slaughter of Culpeper. AGAIN CHOSEN HEAD OF D. C. WOMEN’S BAR Mrs. Matthews Unanimously Re- Elected at Meeting of Association. Mrs Shelton Matthewd unanimously was elected to another term as president of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Colum- bia last night at the annual meeting held at the American League of Pen Women's Clubs, 1709 H street. Other officers re-elected were Olive Lacy, v president; Olive Geiger, secret and Miss Kate P. Johnson, wrer. . Miss Elizabeth Bailey, daughter of Justice Bailey of District Supreme Court, was chosen a member of the executive committee, succeeding Miss Harriet Barbour. All elections, which were by ballot, were unanimous. Mrs. Matthews was not present, be- ing en route to Paris to attend a con- ference of the Women's International iffrage Alliance, and in her absence s Lacy presided. foman lawyers of Washington are eligible for membership in the District ciation, Judge Mary O'Toole Miss Miss the Women's was increased by night, bringing the total to an increase of 16 over last year, it was reported. ‘The assoclation authorized the act. ing president to appoint delegates to attend the meeting of the American Bar Assoclation in Denver, in July. The local association will not meet | again until Autumn. | WILLIAM B. T'URFIN FOUND| UNCONSCIOUS IN OFFICE | Prominent Real Estate Man Taken to Hospital, Suffering From Stroke of Apoplexy. William B. Turpin, widely known Washington real estate operator and a_member of the board of directors of the Emergency Hospital, was found unconscious in his office, in the Union Trust Bullding, shortly before noon today suffering from a st plexy. He was removed to Hospital, where his pronounced serious. Mr. Turpin, who is old, had been in ill h during the past tw thought to have rec and had returned to his busine tivities. He w of his « who has “mergen condition found lving by John adjoining on the W 0 an room of the Mr. Turpin, who lives at the Ca.| thedral Mansions, has been engaged in real estate work here for nearly | a half-century. In recent years has been active in appraisal work in condemnation cases for the District | government, | By . - A pony is defined as a horse under | i i painful callouses on the feet. Atall drug and shoe stores. Put one on—the pain is gone DrSeholls j Zino-pads | ported that a dark gr: s | at pally owned | new broadcasting station he ||} I 1 REVENUE AUDITOR DIES. W. H. Johnston, 27, Was Grad- uate of Business High School. Special Dispatch to The Star. Willlam H. Jonhston, an auditor of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, died yesterday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Johnston, Irving street, following a three months’ illness of lung trouble. He was 27 years old and unmarried. He was a graduate of Business Iigh School. Johnston formerly was a first lieu- tenant of Company F, Hyattsville National Guard. Members of the com- pany will attend the funeral service tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the resl- dence. REPRESENTATIVE, HOME, STORES AND AUTO ROBBED Merchants Lose Clothing; Watch Taken From Girl’s Room; Member of Congress Also Victim. A glass door panel was smashed by thieves early today to obtain entry into the men’s furnishing shop of J. E. Rosenthal, at 931 F street, where 10 suits, valued at $350, were stolen. Police believe the robbery took place at about 12:45 a.m., the noise being covered by a street car crossing the tracks at Ninth and I streets. Detec- tives Kane and De Busky of the first precinet are investigating. Entering through a rear transom, thieves last night stole a dozen silk shir ued at $120, and silk socks, valued at $9, from the store of Mark Blum, 709 Eighth street southeast. Headquarters Detective Patrick O'Lrien is invi gating. 19 11 street north- fishing reels and hooks and a line, valued at $ stolen from his automobile at Second and H streets northeast 4 wrist watch was stolen last night from her home, 633 Princeton pliace, Rose Rubinstein told police. Representative Irwin of Illinols re- traveling bag, containing three shirts, a razor and a collar, vatued in all at $65, had been stolen yesterday from his office in the House ‘Office Building CITY TO OWN ITS WATER. Newport News Votes 1,899 to 368 for $3,300,000 Purchase. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 19 (®).—The voters of Newport News | 1 clection yesterday ratified the | purchase of the water works by a vote | of 1.899 to 368. A bond issue of $3. 300,000 will make the plant munici . Warsaw, Poland, has just opened its ~ FURNITURE RENTING Householt; & Receptions Drives Conventions Office Weddings 5,000 Folding_Chairs Always in Stock H. Baum & Son 464 Pa. Ave. NW. Main 9136 Parties WOMEN IN POLITICS URGED TO GET BUSY Substituting Work for Pretty Phrases About Equal Suffrage Suggested by Dever. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 19.—Women were told yesterday by Mayor Willlam k. Dever, speaking to the Illinois Feder- atlon of Women's Clubs, that many of the reforms in politics promised by thelr obtainment of equal suffrage have not come to pass. “It s time to quit exchanging pretty compliments about women in politics and to get to work to purify political life,” he declared. His re- marks were greeted with cheers. Admitting that friends of good government were a bit discouraged because the political plane had not been lifted materially by the entrunce of women, the may to reported testimony by Warden ohn L. Whitman of the Illinois Peni- tentlary before a Cook County grand jury. If his statements about corrup- tion and misgovernment at the prison are as reported, the mayor said, “it travesty upon the government which you are helping to conduet.” Headache Indigestion Biliousness Can Be Quickly Relieved If Due To Constipation. That wretched sick headache, gas on stomach, sour and acid feeling— if due to constipation—can be rc- lieved by regular bowel movement. Stimulate the ac- tion and give a quick relief, free from pan. Try tonight CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. | Drugyists, 25and 75c red packages. Churches Score Virginia Highway Official for Action. 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