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POLICEMEN'STEST NOTTOALTER RANK Present Examination Held 10 Clear Status Only, Maj. Previous installments in° this amazing - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. ACES UP! The Fact Story of American Aviators in the World War By JOHN KNOX THURSDAY, URGES REVISION OF PENSION COSTS Employes’ Head Says U. S. Pays 10. Per Cent—House JANUARY 12, 1928, an}a l;uv'ery Medal BOY SCOUT T0 GET MEDAL FOR RESCUE Honored for Saving Woman Lowell Bradford, 13, to Be| heen recelved at the District Bcout headquarters, will be p tad to Lowell at the eighteenth annsal eele- bration of the founding #f the Boy Scout movement to be held February |11 in the Central High chool aud! | torium. George E. Hamijton, presi- dent of the District of Columbia Council of Boy Scouts, will make ihe presentation. Besides the life-saving | medal, it is understood that Lowell L will receive several other scouting awards in recognition of his outstand- ing ability. In addition to his excel- lent socuteraft, young Bradford is an accomplished pianist and a student of i holastic standing Luke's boyhood, narrative deseribed Lieut pilot. his first his tramning as a_pursul air battle an enemy planc and the first story of his victories in destroying three German balloons—two 1n_a single day. The From Drowning. Hesse Says. Group Votes 50-50 Basis. ‘The examination given 27 members ©f the Metropolitan police force by the Civil Service Commission yester- @ay will not affect their present rank and status, it was announced today By Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin tendent. peculation has been rife in the de- Partment over the reason for the ex- @mination, and rumors had been 3 for the purpose of having the officers defend the titles jon they now hold. Maj. er. said the examination ‘Was non-competitive, and was ordered by the commission merely as a per- functory procedure to rectify an ir- regularity whereby the men were pro- ed pending the establishment of ations ‘to govern future promo- Eligibility List Sought. These regulations were adopted last October by agreement between the commission and the District Commis- sioners, Mai. Hesse pointed out. As & result, promotions henceforth will be made from an eligible list created by the ssion, which will be based on ratings made by candidates for advanceraent in examinations. The majority of men who were examined are ser- geants. There were, however. four captains and several lieutenants in the group. The captains are: Maurice Collins of the seventh precinct; J. E. Wiison of the ninth precinct, Capt. Charles H. Bremerman of the fourth precinet, and Fred M. Cornwell of the tenth precinct Some of these men were promoted during the resime of former Comm: sioner Frederick A. Fenning, it was ®aid. and others were advanced long before he became Commissioner. Wants Status Cleared. Commissioner Proctor L. Dough- erty, who has supervision over the Police department, explained that the examination was not prompted by him. “This matter was first brought to my attention by the Civil Service Commission.” he said. “which inform- @4 me that its records showed certain promotions had been made of men who Qid not engage in competitive examinationee. I was glad to co- ©Operate with hte commission in ef- fecting some plan by which the clvil ®ervice’ status of every officer could be cldrified. “Some of the men who took the examination were promoted several Fears ago. Former Commissioner Fenning could have had no connec- tion with their promotion. I do not know of my own knowledge who took the examinations. 1 merely concurred with -the commission in the plans to see that they were given to all cases where appointments were :\a’ge before. such examinations were e Maj. Hesse pointed out that there was no effort to keep the examina- tion a secret and that an announce- ment of it was published in The Star this week. EXAMINERS NAMED. Army Board to Pass on Candidates at Bolling Field. A special board of Army offieers has been ordered to mect at Bolling Field, February 27 for the purpose of ex- amining candidates for appointment as second lieutenants in the Army Air Corps. ‘The members of the board are Maj. Raymond F. Longacre, Medical Corps; Capt. Donald P. Muse, Air Corps: Capt. Eugene G. Reinartz, Medical Corps: First Lieut. Bob E. Nowland, Alr Corps, and Second Lieut. Harry J. Flatequal, Air Corps, all of whom are stationed at Bolling Field. Simi- lar hoards will meet at other air sta- tions in the United States at the same time. SPECIAL NOTICES. next " da ptember 15, 1018, credible ~valor. Luke destroved *tw balloons and_won the proud distin: being_an_ac loons and on the 18th he achieved asto ine victories by destroying two balloons three enemy nlanes in a single dav. ond unparalleled 1 any army The {ment ends with Luke stll far in sahled engine . h | ot L | koing “and. enc the | planes. “"As he passed over the |8 "Gorman® plane pursued by Blanas. Diving sharplv, he sent it crashing {down.’ On the morming 'of September 18 1918 the news flashed along the front that |2 new American ‘ace of aces had ascended | the ‘throne. With 13 officially credited vie: | tories. Tieut. Luke had passed Capt. Fdward Rickenbacker. Congratulations = poured in. Licut. Luke was recommended for the Iis: tinghished Service Cross, with bar and iven an undeaired three days’ leave. but wa | calied September 26. Late in the after; | 0f September =7 an aviator swooped low |over “an" American " post at “Souilly and | dropped s note signed “Luke.” asking them balloons” at { enemy ne he saw two French aped |, Officers and ‘men scrambled to the shat- tered roofs. A wild yell burst from them as a German halloon blazed into flames then a second vell of amazement followed | the first as ‘a second balloon burst into a | huge ball ‘of flame. Great as their surprise had been it was mild compared to their feeling, when in a hort few minutes an- | other "balloon_ two miles away followed ite fellows nto flames. What happened to the | darine_aviator no American knew. Our ace | of aces was missing. Montha passed be- | fore” the detaile of what hapnened wore lea Meantime an_official War Depart- | ment notice that Lieut. Luke was missing was mailed to his anxious parents in far away Phoenix. Ariz ! CHAPTER IX. RITTEN on the statione of the Air Corps; the brief letter offered li the harassed minds of the | Luke fam for the previ- | ous letter to which it referred had Inever been delivered. | HEADQUARTERS 27th AERO SQUADRON First Pursuit Group, American E. F. October 16th, 1918. Mr. Frank Luke, sr., | My Dear Friend:— Am returning to you the montkly pay voucher of your By proper indorsement you will be able to cash same. last !tion than T have already written is available, but we are just as strong {in our beliefs. Respectfully, ALFRED A. GRANT., Captain, Air Service, U. S. A (1 enc.) Commanding. | Anxious to clear the mystery, on | the following day Mr. Luke wrote to Capt. Grant. It was a letter with a | note of pathos that was all too com- mon in those fateful days of 1918. ARIZONA CLUB Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 12, 1918. Capt. Grant, 27th Aerial Squadron, | France. | My Dear Sir: I have your letter of October 16th, also check inclosed for $184 for my son, Frank Luke, jr., service for Sep- tember. You state in your letter that you are still of the same belief concerning my son reported missing as written in a previous letter. We did not get any other letter from you. 1 assure you it would be a great comfort to get a letter from you tell- ing ws something of our boy. Sincerely yours, FRANK LUKE. 2200 West Moproe St. Phoenix, Arizona. This letter dig not reach Capt. Grant until December 5. when he answered it with a complete account of Frank's last day as he then knew it. In the meantime the Army mails carried other letters concermng the missing aviator, although none of them bore any news of his actual fate. While Luke was in the midst of his career Capt. Grant had for- warded the following recommenda- | tion “through military channels’ i 27th AERO SQUADRON SPECIAL NOTICES. £ VEN THAT THE HERERY GIVES, HE 5. 79, 98, 102, 120. 145, 194 redckmeq ot 105 &t 1928, Toows Feroary 1 1928 from THAT THE ween A. J. tnrton . C.. on Which time mierest om waid i EREBY GIVEX FOTICE 18 H. v A C. RIL o St Wing. Center Market, oTICE WY Gl § <OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEX THAT CHI> P Formerty gwner of the Mandario Cafe Bis Ot & ow. has Foid sad buwness i 3% ‘oo sormsr manager of the Namkin Cate. wno recueste the o)d_patrons Lo cal oo L at Ahe Mandarin Cate. All person Baving claims araiosl sad Chio Park lb.lll - e for eettlement N THE ANNUAL MEFTING OF THE STOCK B DERS -t the National Savinge and Trust Com- L e the vhertion of dirertors. and_ for ed Turiowes 48 may come before 1t T omce of ihe rompany. Oth st and New York the 16th day of 25 N o ik o.m TaM D HOOVER, President PERCIVAL WILSON Serretary. OF w ¥ THUE. 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IXFORMATION "REGARDING ~ 43 phethgr there ls & sarorily by game of Sikma Beta il be gporec PooneLi 2408 x’f-" Federal Power Commission. In compliance with the Fed- eral Water Power Act (41 Stat., 1063) notice is hereby given that the South Branch Power Com- pany, of West Virginia, having lits office in Philadelphia, Pa., has filed an amendment to its |application for a preliminary permit for a water power de- velopment on the Cacapon River {and South Branch of Potomac River so as to enlarge the proj- ect to include the construction of dams and storage reservoirs at Brocks Gap, Va.; Edes Fort, Petershurg and Springfield, W. Va., and dams and power houses at Chain Bridge and Great Falls, near 'Washington, D. C. Any objection to such application, or request for a hearing thereon, togethfer with any briefs, reports or other data for which con- sideration is desired, should be submitted to the Executive Sec- retary, Federal Power Commis- sion, Washington, D. C, READY POR.YOUR 1928 PRINTING NEEDS At the Million Dol o ALy ur Printing The National Capital Press 12101232 D $1 N W _Phone M 650 NOW IS THE TIME —n Arim Grave vinew Sruit trees rome bushies. shrublwry | o0 bk ol hedses Ut e ciuse orer, | ek e Boan,. WERBEIL l | | —b lo B NW WORK A izl kOONg l‘m:.y‘:., o j.u.m“' I NEVER DISAVROINT BYRON S, ADAMS 1K A HURRY Wigh arwie, bt not high pric M LR TR A A YOUR ROOF Lot un el wiake' 1 sy ROOF 5 is amazing record was maintained i the 16th with two more bal- had dramed his tank. | | relief 1o ! son. | Am sorry that no further informa- | (Courtesy United mp Air Service— N E. F. 0. 774 eptember 18th, 1918, h Aero Squadron, Air r Service, First Army. . (Through Military d Lt. Frank Luke, jr., ir Service. I hereby recommend 2nd Lieut. ANK L J Air Service, A., to be a First Lieutenant, complying with G.%0. 144, GHQ, E. F. LUKE, Jr., 2nd Lieut., ir Servic t, Air Ser exists in the now being organized. sical report inclosed. . officer has never been rec- |emmended for promotion, either in or while a member of the Expeditionary Force. Lieut. as, during ais assignment t this Squadron, proved himself to be a pilot of rare ability, skill and judg ment. He has distinguished himself {on the Chateau Thierry and St. Mi- hiel sectors. In the number of victories Lieut. Luke now ranks first among all a ors now in the American Air Service. By cool judgment and dis- regard of personal danger, coupled with a high sense of duty, this officer has proved that he is a man bearing out the best traditions of our service. ALFRED A. GRANT. 1st Lieut., Air Service, U. A This faded letter now in the Wa Department files bears the following indorsement: 1 HEADQUART! FIRST PURSUI Air Service, American E. F Scptember 15th, 1918, new American American E. F. 1. Forwarded, recommending approval. HARTNEY, U. S. A mmanding. Maj. Hartney evidently wasted no time as his indorsement bears the same date as does Grant's recommen- | dation. For once, “military channels” failed to keep up with the march of events. Luke's promotion was granted, but, alas, too late. His appointment to the grade of First Lieutenant was made on November 6, 1918. The un- claimed commission was revoked more than a year later on November 11, 1919, On November 3, with the German armies in flight and the end of the war only a few days away, Capt. Grant wrote another letter. Stlll without news of Luke's fate, he turned over the es of thp missing fiyer's record and came to a declsion which few officers are ever called upon to make. It involved an addi- tional honor for Frank Luke. The armies of the world have many deco- rations which are given In recogni- tion of valor; medals are a part of war, and the soldiers and sailors of the United States won their share of such decorations in 1917 and 1918, There is one decoration which is never given except under the condi- Major Air Service, C [To: Chiet of Alr Service, First Army, | German Albatross Plane Taken xl“(lul‘ Moment It Was Attacking a British Macl hine. States Air Corps.) tions of the most extraordinary hero- ism. Only 9 of these me | won by Amer in the I tonly one was awarded to an avi | That award was made at the sug- ion of Capt. Grant as set forth the following letter: [i HEADQUARTERS | 27th AERO SQUADRON, A | First Pursuit Group, | F. | November 3rd, 1918. | From: Commanding Officer. | Chief Air Service, First Army, American E. F. (Through Military Channels) Subject: Recommendation for Medal of Honor. 1. 1 recommend that Second L tenant Frank Luke, jr. Air Service 'S, A., be awarded the Medal of fonor for gallantry in action and for ptionally meritorious service un- der the following circumstances, 2. Twelve of the most noteworthy Americ: F To: U I ex ! | | | i | | | . 1918, he attacked 1 formation of five enemy machines, | bringing down one. Vicinity of Faill (b) September 12, 1918, he attacked an enemy balloon at Sh9 in the vicin- ¥ of Marieulles, destroying it. (c) September 14, 1918, at 10h00, assisted in destroying a balloon near Boinville. ) succeeded in destre |the vicinity of Bu |ing protected by | chines. ving a balloon in v which was be- ght Fokker ma- 15, 1918, between . he succeeded in de: stroying two balloons in the vicinity | of Boinville and Bois d'Hingry. (f) September 15, 1918, at 19h30. he destroyed an enemy balloon north- east of Verdun and Chaumont. (%) September 16, 1918, between | 19003 and 19h15, he destroyed an en- emy balloon near Reville and assisted {in Qestroying one near Romagnesous- les-Cotes. (h) September - 18, 1918, between 16h40 and 17h05, he dmfllw\'ed' 'lw" enemy ballagns in the vicinjty of La- heauville and single-handed Satroved e, gnemy planes in less than 10 nutes. ptember. () September 26, 1918, he attacked, with two others, a formation of five enemy planes and succeeded in de- stroying one while being attacked by two others. This was at 17h5 (j) September 28, 1918, at 6h05, he destroved an enemy balloon near Bantheville. (k) September 29th, 1918, between 17005 and 17h12, in the vicinity of Avecourt he destroyed three balloons single-handed. 3. The next of kin of this officer i8 Frank Luke, sr, 2200 West Mon- roe street, Phoenix, Arizona. 4. Lieutenant Luke joined the squadron July 26, 1918, and was re- poreed missing in action September 29, 1918, ALFRED A. GRANT, Captain, Air Service, U. 8. A. (Copyright. 1028.) TOMORROW: Read the story of the finding of Frank Luke's grave and the details of his last fight—the most thrilling epic of the World War. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been jssued to the iowin L arics V. Grimes and Dorothes M. Roper Fri Baskerville and Mane ( n Fameat 2 Gaines and Frankie L. Peters. John W, Twyman and Alleen Puriand. Andress” acion i, Mazig © Con s Eyseniars ant ‘Lu‘:hr E. Brown and Irma P. Johnson. | Births Reported been reported 1o e a4 hours: & : Marvin A and Wiiliam A and £l 5 Stermon D" and iy oo, Getrgn P and Mary D Tidmarih “Bronks b oy irl. | rl. |- ;"lm! pinison. boy. e nyamin " wnd Delta Miles. Doy ¥ and Marie Langford. boy i) a’xlhlnl and_Catherine Dunnington. girl. Junper and Edna 3. Plammer. boy. Deaths Reported. v orted to0 The following deaths have been r’:.:l i 3 Department in the past 24 hours e O Matiey. #s. Wome' for Aed and Hospital. M e Stanford, 70, K01 Pout. 78, Natonal o R Lanham, 7 a5, 1315 Mary M therdord, 7%, 102 7. 1810 Columbia rd A B’ Hrow- W s 4 Homeupathic o, provide ) 1 e l‘l‘ . . Copenhaver. WanienE o 1. Wilson, 1 y W 1. of Willian and - Josephin Leiuh 3 duy. Sibley selia Willilum 71 i apital 17 Mussachuset 10472 Krwem wllinger Wowt it i » G * e et OB 010 Kew Torsey Vrederick Murdock, b4 e A atet Williame 00, ¥ishermen's Hall, IR and %, ste, ww 47 Fupene Garnett bo Clark 47, Freedmen's Hosoital, 1wt William Holoonih Fubwrculosis 1 | Gallywer, Hosa) ) "e ity W S Washingtn v lowar ' fleed Hosvita) b e i iitabetn's Hos ¥ N sl i utelle 1 167 Core 1 Callons, A Marie Kybineson, 42 Green a s, il ¥ ter 1. bl iet e w City Club to Hear Pinchot. Gifford Pinchot, former Governor of nsylviania, is Lo be the City Club's wpenker, ut tw weekly lunehieon forum Friday, Janusry 13, at 1280, Mr 1n 10 apeak on The Current of w subject which has o political slgntficance concerning the 1925 cam puten In view of the fact that sn ex truordinarily davke attendunce I8 ex A the elub ix vequiring all mem- to muke advance reservatlone ke W Offutt, chalrman of the ® furuin committes, will preside, Informer Who Took Detective’s Money Sentenced to Jail Intrusted by Detective Raymond Carroll of the second precinet with $5 several days ago for the pur- * to obtain ald, mith, a profes- ‘mer, absconded money and today wan rentenced by Judge Robert E, Mattingly In Police Court to six months in Jall on a charge of larceny after trust. Judge Mattingly, when told that Smith was an informer, glared ut him feclared that he wished he could give him a year. “You have informed agalnst other peo- ple and now somebody else 18 in- forming against you,” he told Smith, Smith was arvested yesterday when he applied for a “Job” at the tenth pre evidence for a dolph Chester K Alo; with the Change of Name Proposed. ‘The name of 8t. Vincent's Orphan Awsylum In the District of Columbin would be changed to 8t. Vincent's Home and School under a bill intro- Tuce Senator Ransdell, Dem- 16th & Columbia Road veral v e ry ettractive ranging in size 0 rooms, reception hall, kitchen, bath end bal- cony, to five rooms, kitchen, reception hull and bath, Service unexcelled and prices reasonshle. THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road | conclusions which he claims support September 14, 1918, at 17h25, he | From the cold figures of the report, of the hoard of actuaries of the civil cervice retirement fund, Luther Stew- rd, sident of the National Federa- tion of Kederal Employes, today drew his contention that the annvity and voluntary age retirement features of present retirement legislation should At the same time, he that the of paying a was establisthed by law more than seven years ago, the House appropria tions committee has acted to approori- ate money to match the contributions of the employe: In the Interior De- partment appropriation bill, reported | v. an _appropriation of £19,950,000 is ried as the contribu- tion of the Federal Government to. ward the retirement fund. Mr. Steward said: “It appears that employes of the departmental and field services other than mechanics, laborers and postal mployes, who shall have contributed rom their salaries to the retirement fund for a period of 30 years hefore being retired, will have paid 8912 per | cent of the cost of their respective annuities, leaving but 1013 per cent to be borne by the Government. Tt | further appears that the group of em ployes whose present retirement : . pay more and receive less benefit | n the other groups. “These facts in themselves furnish the strongest kind of argument to support a liberalization of the retire- ment system by increasing the annuity, lowering the compulsory age of retirement, and permitting retire. ment at the option of the employe at the age of 60 after 30 vears' service. These liberalizing features, when en- acted, would shift a fair proportion of the expense of the system upon the Government, as was contemplated when the original retirement act was adopted. Several measures are before the present Congress for liberalization of the retirement laws. Most of them would increase the maximum annuity from the present $1.000 to $1.200. Others would so amend the law as to iron out supposed inequalities. MOVIE D EPICTS CAPITAL. Steer,” With Local Is Here Tomorrow. Washingtonians will have an op- portunity to see Washington as others see it during presentation of “A Texas | Steer.” a comedy with Will Rogers | |and Louise Fazenda in the leading {roles, tomorrow evening at 7:30 and 9:30 ‘o'clock at the National Press Club. ~ The preview will be attended | |by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, who are in the city to participate in the Demo- crat Jackson day dinner. A large part of the film was “shot” | in Washington, with a chauffeur doubling for Will Rogers as a gallop- ing horseman. Political activities of a Representative elected by the efforts | of a soclally ambitious wife and | daughter, in connivance with Texas politicians, form the plot for the story. Graham B. Nichol and Hardie Mea- kin are in charge of the committee on arrangements. Two thousand invita- tions have been issued. ENVOY HEADS DELEGATION | Dr. Morales and Dominican Group Leave for Havana. Dr. Angel Morales, Minister (ol Washington from the Dominican Re public, is chairman of a delegation of | representatives from his country who ! left here last night after a three-day | stay in this city to attend the Havana r?nvenuun of the Pan-American Union. Others in the delegation in- clude Dr Elias Branche, secretary of Justice in San Domingo: Senor Tuflo Caesteros, Minister from the republic | to Argentina, Brazil and Chile; Dr. ! Gustavo Diaz, president of the San | l)--mlnxu Senate, and Senor Teofilo | Calderon, secretary of the delegation. | ASKS LEE HOUSE FUND. President Sets Estimate for Res-| toration at $10,000. | Appropriation of $10.000 to hegin restoration of the lLee Mansion lnl Arlington National Cemetery is asked from "Congress by the President supplemental War Departme: mates submitted yesterday. Anotherappropriation of $25,000 is | asked for a monument at Kitty | Hawk, N. C. to commemorate the | firat successful flight in_an airplane | made in 1903 by Wilbur Wright. | iny U esti- DAILY DAIRYETTES Guessing many Whole! @vonte O WARS were won by generals who said “I guess we have enough powder, I guess the powder we have is dry, T guess we have guns in which to dis- charge it; anyhow, point what guns we have in that direction—1 guess the enemy's over there!” We know where the enemies to sanitation are, and know that we have the finest dairy equipment to protect milk against contami- nating clements ; hecanse there is no guessing here. Chestnut Farms Milk receives the Highest Rating by the District — of Columbia Health Department “The Knowing Mother Will Have Other.” are in the ahall have the {JOHN C. COPENHAVER, | A | . Mustard .: Lowell Bradford, 13-year-old Fagle Scont of District of Columbia Troop 42 Boy Scouts of America, has just been notified by Daniel C. Beard, national |Scout commissioner, that he 18 to re- ceive a gold medal for life in | connection with his res | drowning last August of Mrs 1Otto of Washington, wh | tioning at a Chesapeake Bay Notification of the award was con- tained in a letter addressed to young Bradford by the famous Beard | himself, who is, also chair of the | Boy Seout court of honor committee, nd local Scout officials tod: 1 the citation is equivalent to the Carnegie hero award. 3 Lowell Lradford, who, despite his th, is a sophomore.at Central High is the son of Mr. and Mrs Bradford, 1436 Girard street. cue W . BRADFORD, who has | Otto pwning in Chesapeake Bay 1927 Weather Set Warm, Wet Record,| Bureau Concludes from last | ¥O School. Louis not far from Camp Roosevelt, Boyv Scout reservation, last August, when he rescued Mrs. Otto from drownin; in the Tillmann Creek. ‘The gold medal, which already has Summarizing the much discussed weather for 1927, the Weather Bu- reau concluded rday that for the country “‘warm- er and wetter than normal. and that the growing season, repre- sented by the p “tween the t killing fros nz and the irst in Fall. was longer than in an verage vear.” liing attention to reports that last year was to be 1ght with menace to the peoples of the world” because of widespread destruction of crops by cold and dry weather and a short growing season, the bureau said that “none of these calamities occurred, as crop dam- age, in general, by adverse weath- er, was not greater than in many other recent yea Our factory prices on W. 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