Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1926, Page 4

SLUSH FUND PROBE HEIRESS SUES HUSBAND, Mrs. Massee Says He Struck Her in Restaurant. CHICAGO, June 15 (#).—Mrs. Mar garet Johnson Massee, heiress to the large soap concern, has filed suit for High Cost of Nominating| t President by Direct Vote E Held Prohibitive. | ¥ BY ROBERT T. SMALL. of Whatever else may come the Senate’s inquiry into the cost of the Pennsylvania senatorial primary. the revelations made thus far have sound- | ed the death knell of the movement | to nominate Presidents of the United | States through the direct primary | Evstem, | Secretary of the ‘Treasary Mellon has declared the huge expenditures in the Keystone State to be justified en tirely by conditions. It is to be pre sumed, therefore, that Mr. Mellon hailed as the greatest financier ever in the Government service regards the expenditure of $2,000,000 in this one State as entirely legitimate. At such a rate of primary expense 1t will be seen at a glance that the cost of nominating a President of the United States would be staggering. ‘Would Cost $26,000,000. According to the census of 1920 Pennsylvania contained about one thirteenth the entire population of the Tnited States. At the ratio established in the recent primary it would cost at least $26,000,000 to conduct a Repub- lican presidential primary It would not cost that much to con @Quet_a Democratic primary, because the Democrats of the country haven't got that much money. These Democrats, by the way, have been casting watery eyes at the grow- 1ing total of the Pennsylvania expendi- tures. They have looked on with min gled emotions. One emotion is given Ppublic expression in gestures of horror and indignation. The other emotion has to do with “Where did they get it?” The Republicans spent as much or tmore in their nice little family squab- ble in Pennsylvania as the Democrats spent in their futile effort to elect John W. Davis President of the United States. If there existed any lingering @oubt as to which was the “money party” in this country it has been Ewept entirely away If it takes as much money as Mr. Mellon estimates for legitimate ex Yenses of a campaign. the Democrats might just as well close up shop and stop running for office. They can never conduct a “legitimate” cam- paign. for they will never have enough legitimate money. divorce In Superior Court here against Burt Aland Massee, wealthy assistant president of the company. The bill charges cruelty, it is said, citing one Instance three years ago when Mr. Massea is alleged to have struck his wife whils In & restaurant | SERVICES ARRANGED FOR W. B: KILPATRICK Treasury Official, Who Died at G. U. Hospital, Will Be Buried Tomorrow. B. Kilpatric| first assistant to the Assistant Secr y of the Trea . died in the Georgetown Uni sity Hospital yegterday following ar operation for appendicitis. He was §9 years old and had held the position in the Treasury Department 16 years in the section dealing with public build- ings. Born in Noxapater, Miss, Mr. Kil- patrick was educated in Lebanon Col- lege, Lebanen, Ohio. Hae came here from New York He was a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons of Bethesda. Md.. and be- longed to the Mystic Shrine. Masonic funeral services will be conducted at his late home in Friend- ship Heights, Md., tomorrow after- noon -at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Wick- erly will officiate Interment will be in_Rockville. Mr. Kilpatrick is survived by his daughter, Mrs. William T. Carrigan, of New York: four brothers, Dr. Thaddeus Kilpatrick. Wilson Kil patrick and Thomas Kilpatrick, Henry Kilpatrick and Thomas Kilpatrick, and a sister, Mrs. Lela Farrish, all of Noxapater, Miss. 3 MARRIED TEACHERS GO. Hagerstown Board of Education Deals Cupid a Blow. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, June 156.—Cupid was dealt a blow here today, when the Board of Education decreed that mar- ried teachers were no longer wanted, that their place was in thelr home and not teaching school. This action was taken by the board to make room for 40 normal school graduates from this county, who will be given places on the teaching staffs next Fall. “Girls who teach usually marry a man of at least equal intelligence whose income is sufficient for the needs of both, and therefore should not keep those who trained in normal schools for the Oh, for a Joseph Grundy. The Democrats are praying that somewhere, somehow, a Joseph Grun- dy may be given them. He appears to be the champion, free-handed, catch-as-catch-can _campaign contrib- utor of the ages. Every time heturn ed around he produced a roll of bills which would choke the proverbial and unsuspecting horse. The Democrats have never had a contributor who could choke a sparrow. “‘Bernie” Ba- ruch has been their one best bet, as a rule, but Bernie never saw the day he could compete with Mr. Grundy. The two are not in the same class, are not even members of the same club. Mr. Grundy is a campagin con- tribution wizard, a sort of Herrmann the Great, turning rabbits into $560 bills. or extracting $10,000 at a clip from willing sheep. Mr. Baruch is Just a plain, common or garden vari- ety of the old-time Demograt, who likes to see the party get along. Some Democrats have. been howl- ing down the wind for the direct nominations of Presidents. Now that they know what a legitimate primary expense is. according to the Mellon and Pennsylvania standards, they are going to execute a “volte face,” which in plain English means turning around the other way ‘“toute de #uite.” or as fast as you can. It the Democrats had to spend $26,- Boo.n_oo 10 nominate a presidential candidate, the United States might ®s well become a monarchy, limited or_otherwise. Some six vears ago there was quite & wall in certain directions as to the amount of money spent in the pri- mary campaigns of Gen. Leonard Wood and Gov. Frank O. Lowden for the presidential nomination. Some States have presidential primaries. They may not keep them very long, but they have them now. There was even a great wave of indignation ®bout the sum of $2,500 which couldn’t be exactly traced somewhere €own in Missouri How tame that all seems now! OR.GANIZATIOI; AéTmTl’ES TONIGHT. George Washington Post, No. 1, tmerlcan Legion, will meet, 8 o’clock, t the clubhouse, 1829 I street. Federal Chapter, No. 38, O. E. S., &vill have a lawn fete at 718 D street sontheast * W. C. T. U. Southeast, will meet, !_; clock, in Metropolitan Presbyterian urch.’ Public invited. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Tht: Emma Sanford Shelton W. C. #. U. will meet tomorrow evening &ith Mrs. Edward Stevens, 1606 Var- fnum street. Mrs. Virginia White Speel will speak. Hiawatha Council, No. 9, D. of P., &vill have a 500 card party tomorrow &t Bighth and F streets northeast, Lincoln Post will meet tomorrow, R.pm., in G. A. R. Hall. Warren G. Harding Camp, Sons of Wnion Veterans, will have an initia- tion ceremony tomorrow in Grand _Army Hall. Dr. Adelbert A. Tavlor \will_conduct the initiation. \ LIABILITIES Rallroads, steamship com- panies and commercial truck concerns do not keep stock that 1s not regularly in motion. They recognize this would increase their labilities. The same is true of furniture, musical instruménts, . office~ equipment and any household™ articles that are not in regular use. Dispose of them readily by an advertisement in The Star un-. der clagsjfication of “Sale Mis. _ cellaneous. 3 Many articles are satisfacto- rily sold dally by Star Sale. Mis- celldneous ads. In today's issue are 73 such advertisems , in which are in- cluded the following useful article: Books Electric Fans Gas Ranges Household Goods Musical Instruments teaching profession from places on the staffs,” the board declared. DRY FORCES REDUCED. San Francisco Internal Revenue Employes to Be Dismissed. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15 (#).— A shortage of Federal funds threatens to reduce the force of Col. Ned M. Green, prohibition enforcement chief of northern California. Because of lack of funds many employes in other branches of the Internal Revenue Bureau here are to be dismissed to- day with two weeks’ pay. Col. Green is author of the plan to deputize police officers for prohi- bition enforcement work. A “fireball” which was falling on Pontypol, Scotland, recently burst in THE EVENING ETAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY. ROBINON SCORES TIGTS 0FE. L. Sees Infidelity to Duty and Corruption, Speaking to Virginians. By the Associated Press. BRISTOL, Va., June 15.—Infidelity to duty and corruption are the two factors which are destroying public confidence in the agencies of govern- mental administration, Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader,, declared in an address before the ninth congressional district Demo- cratic convention here today. ““The Democratic party in this cam- palgn,” Senator Robinson sald, “has an issue of fundamental and far reaching importance. If properly pre- sented, it will result in restoring to Democrats .the control of = both branches of Congress. The foremost question 1o be answered by the elec- tors next November is: Shall the Na- tional Government be dominated by rapacious big business” ““The outstanding political policies of the Harding and Coolidge adminis- | trations have demonstrated a moral breakdown in the administration of public affairs. The correction and re- versal of the present conditions be. come no less important when the high personal character of the late ent. ed President Harding and his suc- cessor are admitted. . Sees Confidence Waning. “T'he infidelity to duty and the cor- ruption which have wormed their way into the various departments and bu- | T reaus are attributable justly to the political influences which, fostered and fattened by false principles of Government, are destroying public confidence In the agencies of adminis- tration. “If the glectors are fully and accu- rately infofmed they will not choose as their representatives in Congress the nominess of a party that has ig- nominously subordinated the public interest, Both in the enactment and enforcement of the laws. to the aims of rapacious ‘big business.’ “Never before, since the days of Jefferson and Hamiliton, has the {ssue been more sharply drawn. Monoply trust control of the necessities of life, speclal privileges under the law are i the ascendency. The fiscal affairs of the Government dominated by & Sec- retary of the Treasury whose chief claim to distinction when appointed was his relationship to the aluminum trust and other monopolies and whose crowning achievement is the cancella- tion of approximately $10,000,000,000 due the United States from foreign governments at the expense of Ameri- can taxpayers, and this without gain- ing even the respect or gratitude of our debtors!” Assalls Tariff Law. Senator Robinson pointed to the present tariff law as “a glaring in- stance of unjust and unnecessary tax- tion,” and declared that it ‘“‘works gross injustice to the American farmer.” ‘The logical and natural remedy” for the farmer's troubles “is to reduce the tariff,” he said. “Price-fixing by law is dangerous even as a temporary expedient,” the Senator declared. The Democratic Senate leader con- cluded by saying that “‘perhaps the most alarming, contemptible and dan- gerous phase of the plunder system in operation by the Republican party is disclosed in the shameless corrup- tion of electors.” An_international division of labor has been effected between nitrate mid-air, stunning a postman and dam- | manufacturers in a German France aging property. cooling service. don’t have to buy a as ALL KINDS AR STOCK. Tropicals. . .. Flannels. . ... Gabardines. Ten-Payment Refrigerators Sewing Machines Tyvewriters Vacuum Cleaner 4 Mohairs........ .. as low as 525-00 combination. SUITS—To Cool You “off’”’ on HOT DAYS Lots of them—ready to be drafted into nd—remember that you particular kind of suit INCLUDED IN OUR Linens.......... aslowas 516'50 .. as lowas 527.50 . as low as 52000 . as lowas 527.50 take advantage of our Buying | Plan the “Herzog” Budget System Budget Prices Are the Same As Cash Prices . L afOth ) EIGHT MOSLEMS KILLED. Riots Follow Proposal to Erect Movie Theater Near Mosque. SIMLA, British India, June 15 (#). WELFARE BOARD —Eight Moslems were killed and four- teen Moslems and nine Sikhs injured in intercommunal riots which broke out at Rawal Pindl last night owing to the suggested erection of a motion picture theater near a mosque. The grain market was destroyed and ex- tenaive looting occurred in side streets. Military pickets have been statio) out the town and the sit: tion today was well under control. BROWNLOW QUITS JOB AT KNOXVILLE TODAY City May Be Without Manager Un- less Council Breaks Deadlock to Elect Successor. P ERSVILEE Fonn., June. 16— Louis Brownlow, city manager of Knoxville since December, 1923, will sign his laat officlal document in that capacity some time today, and unless th ty Council elects his successor special session called for 4 o'clock the city will. be without a chief ad- ministrative office Mr. Brownlow's resignation fol- lowed a break in his health, during which time he has beep the target of much criticiam from a faction of Knoxville residents who opposed his poliel He will go to Washington, where he was a Commissioner of the District of Columbisa during the ad. PLANS REPORTED Effioiency Investigator Gives Commissioners His Pro- posals for Organization. Plans for the organization of the newly created Board of Putlic Wel- fare, which will begin to function July 1 with the abolition of the Board of Children's Guardlans, the Board of Charities and the hoard of trustees of the National Training School for Girls, were received by Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph today trom P. L. Rapp, investigator for the United States Bureau of Efficiency, who re cently completed an exhaustive sur- vey of these organizations with a view to suggesting changes that would make possible a reasonable reduction in the existing personnel. The sur- vey was made at the request of the Commissioner. In view of the reduced appropria- tions for the new board, Mr. Rapp recommended reducing the personnel by four employes—a labor mechanic, a clerk-stenographer and two wclll} workers with a total salary of $6.220. As an alternative, Mr. Rapp explained that the two social workers could be retained by withholding all salary increases during the next fiscal year, buf that this plan seems contrary to the intent of Congress and the best | interests of the new board. To deny increases, he said, would “tend to im- | pair the morale of the new organiza tion.” ministration of Woodrow Wilson. | "h with Mrs. Brownlow, he will visit for a short time with Capt. and Mrs. T. W. Sims before going to the Maryland coast to spend the Summer. The City Council has recorded 10 ballots in an effort to select a suc- cessor to Mr. Brownlow. Blue To Your Measure Would Move Offices. | Mr. Rapp also recommended the | consolidation of the Foster Home and | the finding and placement department of the Board of Charities and the | Board of Children's Guardians. The | Bureau of Application, he said, should Serge Suits RN AND UPWARD Three wise men had their 100% ALL-WOOL BLUE SERGE SUITS tailored and delivered by us last week. Needless to say. they have been cool < and comfortable this Try On In week. How about you?? T he Baste Tropical Worsted and Mohair Suits Made to Your Measure Even cooler than blue serge are these light- weight Summer suitings. You should see the wide variety of colors and stripes in our stock. Cut in the latest styles, too!! I. HAAS & CO. The All-Wool Tailors on the Avenue 1211 Pa. Ave. N.W. White Gold rein- forced 15 jewels. 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The act of Congress creating the new hoard provides that it shall be composed of nine members and a di six vacancies to be filled, in addition to the office of director. “ommissioner Rudolph s larly anxfous that the members of the board he named as soon as pos sible, so that organization. may be completed before July 1 articu rector, to be appointed by the Commis. It i5 planned to places‘one official from each of the existing three agencies on the new board, leaving trees. sloners. causing heavy l | losses Heavy winds blew down manv large , banana trees in Honduras this Spring, in fruit and OT weather Mas come with a rush and Fashion makes a rush for white shoes. These new white kid models, at $4.50. will prove one of the vear's most remarkable values. They look like double the price! T the same low figure, 40 other 4 styles in colored kids. patents and other popular materials, some reduced irom much higher priced lines 7th& K 414 9th 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. SEE. 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