Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1928, Page 7

WASTIINGTON. D, €. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1998 THE_EVENING STAR. WA RETIREMENT BILL House May Get Report of Committee in Two Weeks, Lehibach Says. Hearings on the wvarious measures before “the House civil service com- to liberalize the exist- law and to correct in- eguality in it were closed ach estimated uld roport to ut two weeks. After has worked out the bers regarding vari- h departmont heads t es to consult for exscutive hearings. 1 m of Con- ipport of Lehlbach bil. which it supported | or the Federal employes. the main fea- that the House in al the committee wishes of the mel us provisions, st as the comm will be calied Sixteen addi es of which are a maximum an- ' three floors cquipped with rest rooms retirement | and cabins, of service. and a retro- | about 156 tons. being about as long as ' gines of the Rolls-Royce make at first. sion s3> as 1o egualize the | the transatlantic steamship Mauretania. but will later be changed to Diesel type. of $1.200. voluntar w":”fiRIToril OUTLINES AIRSHIP | | 1 ! Mauretania to Fly Across Atlantic LINE PLAN TO PRESIDENT; {Proposes to Build Several C;aft as Big as in 36 Hours. President Coolidge was represented | don and New York is scheduled, with today as evidencing keen interest in | the trip from New York to London the propesal ot C. D. Burney. an Enk-;mklnn 38 hours. while that from Lon- lish member of Parliament. Who called | don to New York will take 48 hours. at the White Hous> to explain plans | due to the prevailing westerly winds. | for a fleet of giant airships to span the | Mr Burney pointed out. He added that | Atlantic ' between London and New the R-100 will 100 passeng~rs and | York. will land at Montreal or New York. ac- Mi. Burney, who was accompanied cording to wind conditions. by Sir Esme Howard. the British Am- | H rassador. said that the first of this SVl iGesLuSY E50 908 | 5 - The ship. whose he placed at fleet. the R-100. is now under construc- . » tion in England. and he anticipates that | $2.230.000. will carry 10 tons of frelght i Mr. Burney declared. An America it will make its first trio to the United States in 8 < i company is being arranged. he reveale tates in September. It is planned to| FOTRRARY = BEOE STERECE b TeRt have five or six of those giant airships & ; ervice aithit s der the American flag. while the other In service within a comparatively short (e "wiii fly under the British ensisn ey = Mr Burney called attention to the point Will Have Three Floors. that it will likely cost 50 per cent more Mr. Burney. who is an aircraft de- to build the ships in America due to signer, said that th> R-100 will have labor costs. The R-100 will be 709 feet long and the entire ship weighing | 133 fect in diameter. carrying six_en- ASKS DORMITORIES FOR U. 5, WORKERS Bill Provides $5,600.000 for Erection of Quarters for Women. = e | A $5.000.000 bond issue to be used by the Secretary of Labor to erect perma- | nent dormitories for women employed | in Government departments was pro- | posed in a bill introduced in the Senate | today by Senator Blaine, Republican, of | Wisconsin. It was referred to the public | buildings and grounds committee. The ‘measure wonld leave it to thr | discretion of tne Secretary of Labor to erect the new dormitories either on the site of the temporary war dormitories on Union Station Plaza or on a new site to be acauired In the event a new | site is selected. it would have to be within one mile of the Treasury, unds | terms of the bill. The bill was introduced within a few | hours after the Senate public buildings and grounds committee had favorably | reported on a bill creating a commission | to present plans to Congress for the | | bibliography, requesting first the form- { the appointment of a technical commis- Council Fist Fight, Secret, Over Water | Pipes Leaks Out Special Dispatch to The Star, WINCHESTER. Va., February 2.-- City Councilmen Herman H. Hable and J. Henkle Henry cngaged in a fist Aght on the council floor yester- day, after Hable had shaken his finger at Henry and called him a “bluffer” during consideration of a resolution for installation of a pito- meter to locate water system leaks. Members were pledged to secrecy regarding the encounter, but it “leaked” out. Many blows were passed before fellow councilmen separated the men. L TACNA-ARICA ISSUE [ LOOMS AS SUBJECT | OF HAVANA DEBATE (Continued from First Page.) Venezuela's report on continental ing of an organization for the inter- change of printed matter, and. secondly, sion for the continuation of such work. DR, ABRAM SIMON S ANNNERSARY Served in Hebrew Ministry 24 Years—Special Serv- ices Tomorrow. Dr. Abram Simon today s observing his twenty-fourth anniversary as rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congrega- tion. Special services in connection with the event will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Eighth Street Temple. Dr. Simon will give a review of religlous progress in the past quarter century. taking as his topic “Have the Preachers Lost the Message?" Considered one of the foremost | Americans of his race, Dr. Simon has | zoning. |been identified closely with philan- the March 6 lecture will be announced | thropic and civic work during his vears | later in Washington, taking a special interest in educational matters. In 1920 he was — lelected president of the Board of Edu- cation, serving until 1923, when he re- signed. the Columbla Hospital for Women and |as chairman of the Jewish committee co-operating with the Federal Counci! of Churches in an effort to establish He has served as president of | | MARYLAND CITY MERGER | WOMEN VOTERS’ TOPIC Chairman Duckett of Suburban Commission to Address Gathering From Two Counties. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE. Md. February 2— | | A series of lectures has been arranged | under auspices of the Leagues of Wom- |en voters of Prince Georges and | Montgomery Counties to be held at the | Woman's Universjty Club, 1634 I street. | Washington, beginning February 7. | when T. Howard Duckett, chairman | of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. will speak. “The Mar:- | 1and ©f All be the topic o Arthur P. ., February 21. Mr Owens is chairman of the committee of | the Chamber of Commerce of Hyatts- ville, named to sound sentiment on | the proposed merger. E. Brooke Leg, | Speaker of the Maryland House of Dele- | gates, also will speak at the sessior | February 21. on Montgomery County The subject and speaker for The session March 20 will be devoted to a general discussion of what | the women have learned from previous | lectures. | | Democratic Club to Elect. | Special Dispateh to The Star | FREDERICK, Md.. February 2—The | FLAG GIFT TO AGADEMY. | Legion Replaces Emblem Destrayed in Randolph-Macon Fire. Special Dispaten to Fhe $tar FRONT ROYAL. Va. February 2 — Warren Post. No. 53, American Legion, Tuesday night presented officers and students of Randolph-Mason Academy with a flag The former flag of the academy was destroyed a year ago when the academy was burned down A color | guard of four enlisted men. who are | members of the local post. bore the colors of the American [egion and the | United States flag into the hall. fol- |lowed by a company from the Legion post. Rev. N B. Harman. ir. com- mander of the post. made the presenta- tion. George Gary of Marvland. cadet major of the academy received the gift and responded. Maj W E Sewell, commander of the academy made a | short address. Dr. Giles B Cook on behalf of the American Legion an- nounced the zift of a medal to be made at the end of the year to the most sol dierly cadet Brcwn Ferns --are not pretty. In eack age of Plamtabbs you'll structions telling what 0 make them healthy and green once more ack- to do o those already on the Mr. Burney estimated that the cost | D°autification of the Union Station | good will among all races and denomi- | biennial election of the Junior Demo- FULTON'S The question of carrying the American were retired before | and Canadian mails between En, of one-way “the world's of pay was established Employe Talks. Mast of the time of the hearings to- day was taken up by Charles Heming- way wno styled hims sentative ot low-paid _em- the Addison- iroduced by re- od would reducc three- t ost to the n4 would almost quest. whi the cost to If & s. He urged that the ment fund shall be | order that you may get a saddle on his Lehlback | wards, New | tatives Miller. Wash- New York: Dick- <. Johnson. Tilinois® De Rouen and O'Con- Cooper. Brown anc r ispeth. Texas! | Graham. I s Louisiana: vouunteer ), C. CITIZENS URGE N gland passage on and this continent are now being dis- greatest airship™ will bs $400, assort- cussad Mr. Burney said | ing that prices will have to be thus cut An alternate day service between Lon- ' to mact competition 'DE VALERA RETURNé FROM WESTERN TOUR| Irvish Republican Leader Plans to Sail for Home Soon—Made United States Study. VOICE IN CONGRESS AT HOUSE HEARING (Continued from First Page.) ck and the bit between his teeth. “If 1 were in Congress T should teel | m v ashamed if 1 had left any| S i stone unturned to give half a million ™ ' Asociated Prese H of my fellow countrymen equal, if not NEW YORK. February - 2.—Famon ' greater rights and privileges than | de Valera. Irish Republican leader. ar- those enjoved by the citizens of Buenos | Tived in New York today after a tour jand sell the material Plaza Senator Blaine would have the new dormitories dssigned to accommodate | not Jess than 1500 nor more than 2,500 | women. The bill would authorize the | Secretary of Labor to sell the temporary dormitories as they are, for removal | from the plaza, or to take them down | The bill would establish a separate fund in the Treasury into which would 20 the receipts from the sale of the present dormitories. The bond issue | would be made by the Treasurv Depart- | ment upon th> request of the Secretary | of Labor and would run for 50 vears | at not to cxceed 5 per cent Rentals | would be used to retire the bonds and | to meet current maintenance charges. After the bonds had been retired. rent- als In excess of maintenance require- meonts would be covered into the Treasury. . | been for some time the standard for a was unanimously adopted. Eventual adoption by all American | governments of a common monetary standard is visualized in a proposal in- troduced in yesterday's session of the committee on economic problems by Dr. Alvarez. Alvarez, visibly impatient with the caution displayed by delegates in de- ferring discussion of his plan. resorted to plain language when he declared that the proposal of Salvador cannot b considered as especially startling. ina: much as the American dollar is and h majority of countries. Asks Labor Division. Discussion of the advisability of leav- ing to a subcommittee determination of the extent to which the full commit- tee on Pan-American Union affairs should go in taking under advisement the political aspects of the Pan-Ameri- can Union, was precipitated yesterday whea a Cuban delegate moved that the nations. | cratic Club of Frederick County will Dr. Simon was born at Nashville, Tenn., July 14. 1872. His parents took him at an early age to Cincinnati and there he received his education and px;;‘- t e | attended the Cincinnati High School. | pared for the Jewish ministry the University of Cincinnati and the Hebrew Union College, receiving the degress of LL. D. and Ph. D. In the pulpit he served at Sacramento, Calif.: Omaha and Washington. While in Sacramento he married Carrie Aben- dorfer of Uniontown, Ala. During the war Dr. Simon served with the 79th Division of the A. E. F.. having offered his services to the American Red Cross early in the con- iflict. The American Government ac- |knnwlcdxrd his service with meritori- ous commendation. Since the war. he has been a leading advocate for re- lief for the stricken peoples of the lold world. be held tomorrow night at the Y. M. | C. A. Guy K. Motter, president, is not | a candidate for re-election. Plantabbs ONORTFSS BT ANT FONN TADTETS When You Wént —GLASS for any purpose. bear in mind that we carry what is probahly Washington's Largest Stock of (lass of all kinds, and can give vou the of SPECIAL LY LOW PRICES 1 We furnish and install “VITA" GLASS —thc\Gfass of Life. Quality Pai nts, Stains, Varnishes, FUNERAL FOR G. C. BROWN on. Miscissinpi. | Aires. Brazil and other South American |of Western States. He plans to sail {inion estatlish among {ts divisions’ane | $10,000 Barn Destroyed. Lacquers and all other finishes. , Pennsylvania. 4 secretary of the City " Association. record~d | to become famous for its disenfranchise- Asks Early Report. j Edear Wallece. les tive repressnta- tive of the American Paderation of La- hor. asked that the bill and that the get further fizurcs. bacause this is a lezistative function on which it is question of policy r than of exact Hgoures. L. C. Nelson. representad the Sparish War veterans He is in the Government service ang urged particularly the fea- | ture of velu erzns, pointing out that their service in the tropics had made their health whom I spoak ‘have been weighed in! average Jower than the general average for those in the Federal service who In all wars this city has been pre-emi- | kad not suffered through such service. Dr. Georze F. Bowerman. librarian of ors and furnishing the wherewithal for ' Plied. “Use your own judgment.” the Washington Public Library. aske the committee st the afternoon session that it do2s not have th> ballot. Wash- rday to amend the Jaw under which ington is a model of clean citizenship, | mass meeting in Mecca Temble Sun- Governmert emnloyes will have to loval and steadfast and true to the Stars He emphasized and Strines. and for all thev stand for. west al Tetire at the age of that the idea th: ibrarians. art cura- tors and such specialized workers lose ' ians efficiency as they approach | r~finrment i such an age. is incorrect. and pointed | the doors of Congress seeking to par-| hat members of the Supreme Court | take of those precious political privi- th=r m-x their | others? 1 be reported out ; almost a stone’s throw of Mount Vernon should not be delav to vou heve de-Americanized a half-mil- a nower rv retirement after 30 the right to exercise the elective fran- . boy years of service. especially for the vet- chise upon loyalty and patriotism. but | Same time of President Cosgrave’s sail- countries. Shall the great American sor home shortly. eagle be less kind to fts voung than | Cy TOl TN L e i Decem. Is the greatest Nation in the Vostol o ber., spent Christmas with his mother, Western Hemisphere. if not in the world, Mrs Kathleen Wheelwright, in Roch- . o ester. N Y. and has been studying th."h‘;r‘.,"f"mgl: h,;;:u":‘::!c;gg‘eé‘emnumm and commercial problems. in ; o preparation for the time, he explained. be Father of His Country. but within Pieparation for the time. he explained. | in_Ireland He arrived here but a day later | Pass this resolution and erase 'Dan his political opponent. William | forever this stain upon the honor of the - T Cosgrave. head of ‘tthe Irish Free | United States State. While Mr. De Valera's secre- tary said he had not made definite Model of Citizenship. arrangements for sailing. he fixed the “Th 1t os not predicats probable date as but a couple of davs e A Ponth fran: | hence. which would make it about the lion of his countrymen. Exercise vour he th» & test the ple for ing. early Saturday morning. e an Mr. De Valera, his secretary said, planned no public appearances here Asked if Mr. De Valera w®ould see nent in snswering the call to the col- | President Cosgrave. the secretary re- if that the balance and found not wanting.’| It was later announced that Mr I ke ol e el | De Valera would remain to address a the sinews of war. | éay evening. which Mayor Walker of | New York and Representative John J Douglas of Boston. with others. plan' to attend. | “Sinee 1917 prominent Washington- men of mtelligence. culture and have been knocking upon | | record three times in favor of this pro- | ©of the Unitod States are past 89 vears | leces which for 140 vears have been de- | posal, Henry W. Strickland. s>cretary of the ' nied them Congress cannot longer af- Mr. Yaden sald the Pedsration of 2y Mail Association. assured the ford to keep those doors locked. I am Citizens' Associations was heartily in | ittee that they noed not labor un-/not an alarm:st. but already 1 seem | favor of the amendment. i ear that there would be a rush ! to hear the rumble of cocialism not so ras made optional | far away. Unable though I am to fore- 1~ retirem-n! alter 30 years of scrvice. Mr. Suter said that he had never known the organized citizens; of the Such & pro- | east the future, I see nothing to keep District to get together on snything ision would work no hafdship on the!the dancorous exneriments in govern- | except this. Government he said. predictin: that ment from ‘crashing the gates’ of |Eva F. Brown: | Remington, Va ‘The funeral of Grover C. Brown. 35 years old. of 60 New York avenue north- east. a fireman of No. 21 Engine Co. who died of pneumania at Homeopathic Hospital Tuesday. was held from his former residence this afternoon. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Brown was born at Remington, va.. but had lived in Washington for about 14 vears. He had b2en in the Fire Department over nine years. He is survived by his widow. Mrs | a daughter. Eveline: Mrs. Florence Brown of eight brothers and one his mother. sister. Building Activities Decrease. Special Dispatch 1o The Star | LYNCHBURG. Va. February 2.— Thirty-three bufiding permits were is- sued here during January, 16 for new buildings and 17 for additions. the total | cost being $67.775. a loss of $22.46% when compared with January. 1927 There were 15 permits for new build- | ings and 27 for alterations a year ago ' having to do with organized labor. This would be in addition to the conciliation | duties of the union in event of interna- | tional disputes, which Cuba previously had proposed. Charles Evans Hughes, head of the American delegation, immediately spoke {in favor of the institution of a new division. He thought its scope should be even wider in range. including all the interesis of labor. rather than mere | organized labor. ENDS LIFE IN STORE. Lynchburg Man Shot Through Mouth Found by Employes. 2 1al Dispatch to The Star LYNCHBURG, Va., February 2 — Employes of the J. R. Millner Depart- ment Store here yesterday found Ed- ward E. Martin. 42, department head. dead. shot in the mouth. Dr. J Bur- ton Nowlin, city coroner. gave a cer- tificate of suicide. In a pocket was a note to his wife. Mr. Martin had been Varied Social Functions The City Club has an average of 125 events on i There are frequent musicales, vaudevilles, bridges, forums, dar emploved at the store 25 years | | social calen- lectures, motion picture shows. etc. Weekly dances are conducted the year round and special dances on holidays. Through the medium of the e thous ds have heard the ty Club Trio Special Dispateh to The Star PURCELLVILLE, Va.. February Fire of unknown origin last evening destroyed the large frame bain belong- ing to Townsend Frasier and his sister. Miss Kate Frasier. near Bluemont. Employes and neighbors saved the residence. One heifer was burned. to death and hay. cottonseed. farming im- plements and machinery were de- stroved The barn and its ocontents were valued at $10.000, which is partly covered by insurance. Dk Johnson’s Wax Electric Floor Polishers, now only $24.50 HUGH P 1334 N. Y. Ave. REILLY CO. INTS & GLASS Phone Main 1703 A Truly Great Event SECOND ‘AN NIVERSARY and the City Club Syncopators, two outstanding ganizations. mot 2 per cent of the employes would | democracy except good citizenship. Are ashington or- s~k retivement s soen as they are we pot building our house upon sand ' cligible under such opiional provision. instead of rock. if in any part of our NORRIS OPPOSES NICARAGUAN POLICY Suggests Withholding Funds for Such Use—King Joins Him in Fight. By the Awworated Press Withholding of zppropriations for American forees s‘ationed in Nicara- ed in the Senate today ublican, Nebras- He said the only chack Congress had #zainst he us® of Marines would b> the withhwiding of appropriations. and he quickly won the support of Senator King. Democrat. Utah. for such a move. Benator King announced aino he would introduce a resolution tomorrow asking the Senate juciziary 1o report on whether President Conlidge had the Tight W make “war in Niaragua” with- out a deelaration | nator Enor a. defended 25 in the r “numa the protection of American “CRIME” Waves and Crime Remedies TOMORROW NIGHT LECTURY, AT Sixth Street Synzgogue effort A yerm at obatricts bresthing. 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Shall a whole city. large in population. intelligence. patriotic and contributing $18.000.000 or more ury. be made a single | ideal> If you are not willing that a the tax, relicve him of the burden of keeping up 2 Government which does not recsznize him. and in God's name take off the cross and let those pa for the Government who have a voice Representative was bomn in the Distric four years' service on the District com- mittee he felt sure that it would be a great advantage 1o Congress to have a representative of the District in Con- gTESS Miss Sherwin said the National Lesgue of Women Voters had gone on (22 22T 7 7. TP 7277, A Real Bank —is not just a depository for your funds. It is a “best friend” to business. 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