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CHANGE IS URGED INRATING SYSTEM Wood Asks Senators to Refer Employes’ Matters to Civil Service Body. ‘The turning over to the Civil Service Commission of- all questions relating "‘J Government employes now handled by | & number of separate agencies, includ- | ing the Burcau of Efficiency, the Per- sonnel Classification Board and the Employes Compensation Committee, was urged upon the Senate civil service com- mittpe today by Harland Wqod, chair- man of a special committee appointed.| by the local department of the Ameri- can Legion to study problems relating to employment of war veterans by the Gavernment Mr. Wood told the committee, which | I8 inquiring into appointments and dis- | missals in the Government service, that he does not believe ex-service men are being given all the breference rights | which Congress intended them to have | under the several laws relating to the | subject Holds System Faulty. He characterized as fauity the sys- tem of rating Government employes as worked out by the Bureau of EfMcienc: nd criticized that bureau for devoti self to investigations of the municipal affairs of the District and of business methods in the Federal department, contending that Congress intended the bureau should devote itself to systema- tizing the rating of Government workers. Mr. Wood told the committee it would find that the law creating the Budget Bureau gave that bureau the power and responsibility of making these ~arious investigations to which the Bureau of Efficiency has devoted i Mr. Wood #aid the fault with the rating system worked out by the Bureau of Efficiency is that it gives improper rates to ab- stract elements. der the system a man may be efficient in the quantity and quality of work, but may get a c S co-operativeness, in- adership or similar factors. Urges Basis On Facts. “The law said the based as nearly as possible on fact, Mr. Wood testified He said his information was that the Bureau of Efficiency was investigatin; the size of money, whether one adding machine is better than another, and also inquiring into the Disirict of Columbia government, when opinion of the witness, Congress wanted 1t to handle an efficiency rating system. Mr. Wood said the general question of preference for veterans may be di- vided into two problems, namely, Ppreference in appointments and prefer- ence in retention. His testimony re- garding the Bureau of Efficiency was given while he was discussing the problem of preference in the retention of veterans when reductions in force are necessary. Mr. Wood said he knew of one case of a section in a Govern- ment department in which there were 42 persons, only two of them men and one of the men a preferenced teran who had been overseas. He testified that the veteran was let out. Charges Executive Interference. headings itiative, Under the heading of preference in | #ppointments, Mr. Wood contended that u;e veterans were entitled, under act ce committee that that interpre. tation had been interfered with by ex ecutive 0{33 ksggcd tlg.llll’cor‘; 1823. He under that the Civil ‘Commission port entitied to absolute preference over mfihe:x on ;‘be eligible list. Tbert Morgan. a representative of the Civil Service Commission, said there 1o the effect misunderstanding that the veteran has to make a he gets a preference. | Mr. Morgan, the chief specified su % He said that a question of this kind arose in the Civil Service examination for prohibition bureau employes, but that the question involved in that in- stance has been whether existing law solute preference. Disagree on Preference lssue. Civil tions could be raised by the in bureau. the Civil Service c%%mufinfi has the right to decide. whether they are valid objections and that the ap- r!nun&buruu cannot automatically ave other names submitted to it unless the Civil Service Commission agrees that the objections were valid Morgan Headgquarters —for the greatest variety of Nationally Known Building Materialsin thiscity. laced in the record statistics to 3 BRANCHES 675C 515 SW S5 F i WE 5021 G e NW Do You Take for Colonesia ? The general source of sickness is Colonesia. It causes weariness, dull- ness and fatigue which are the forerunners of more serious ailments. duces activity in the stag colon. Everfresh is 1009, hygienic in preparation and refrechingly plessant to take. 25c At All Druggists’ He declared that un- | mark under certain other | rating should be in the| gave veterans ab- | did not agree to the | Service Commission | {JOHN COOLIDGE IS HUNTING JOB AS COLLEGE DAYS COME TO END Amherst Degree Is Same as President Received 33 Years Ago. Will Spend the Summer Touring in Europe. Special Dispatch 10 The Star, AMHERST, Mass, June Coolidge, Amcrica’s most famous college boy because he's the President’s son, | will go out today to face the wide, wide world. Here in old College Hall, Amherst Col- lege is making him a bachelor of arts. Thirty-thres vears ago she did the same for his now-illustrious dad. “Dear col- lege days" are done for John. Behind stretch the happiest four years of his life. Many a youth known only because he could play foot ball well attracted far more attention among the Greek letter societies, John finally joined his fath- jer's fraternity, Phi Gamma Deita. Where He Picked Friends. Amherst is ruled by its fraternities, | !but John has not taken a prominer ! part in their activities. Most fraternity | men make their closest friends among the ranks of their “brothers,” yet three | ince he was a | ' Brown of | 'hil” More- | | of John's closest chums | fresnman have been “Stev | Northamptor .. and * | house and “Ed" Young of Brooklyn, all members of Chi Psi. But that doesn't | imply that young Coolidge is a misfit { with the Phi Gams. In class affairs also young John didn't follow the path of the tradi- tional college hero. Although probably better known than any other member when the class of 1928 first gathered together, he failed of election as tem- porary chairman. Later, at class elec- tions, his fraternity backed him for president, but the winner was a boy of | came to Amherst. | way since. Politics doesn't seem to be :n hereditary Coolidge trait. i Has Been Social Success. | It the Coolidge name and fame had any influence on John's classmates it | was socially. He has been successively |on the committees for sophomore hop, g | junior prom and senior hop, the three | which would indicat | big formal dances run vearly by each class. In junior year, likewise, he was elected to the Sphinx Club. But while college society didn't ex- jactly revolve around this red-cheeked | youth, John was seldom left out, for he had plenty of friends, and he al- ways fitted into a party. Who wouldn't, with his good looks, good clothes, ready | smile, expert dancing and wide friend- {ship? And of course all the girls pres- cnt considered the affair a success if John was there. From the beginning John's fraternity pushed him into competitions for ail kinds of campus honors. They ran him for editor of the college annual. He wasn't elected, but got on the ed: torial board because the winner appoints the defeated candidates for managers of the track team. For months he slaved as a “com- | petitor,” at the beck and cal of the manager and the coach. He pushed a | heavy roller around the cinder track, { picked up dirty towels in steamy locker | rooms, raked the jumping pit, held the tape for runners, and ran errands of { every description. John had better Juck with’' his m For two years he sang first bass show that a mhunlhwrcenugf of the total number appointed in 1927 were ex-service preference applicants. 1t was pointed out during the hearing today that the President ly . ap- pointed a committee to go into guestions relating to veterans' preference of the Civil Service and Mr. Wood d his committee expected to take up its con- teotion with that commission. The hearing was conducted today by Sen- ators Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa and George, Democrat, of Georgl: | | | effe | 1 | { | | WITH OTHER PARTS OF WHEAT © 1928, 7. Co, Ine, 4 18.—John THE EVEN JVREPORTED DEAD AS STRIKERS RIOT i \ Police and Workers Clash as l Outgrowth of Greek Dis- | order, Vienna Hears. By the Associated Pross, VIENNA, June 18 —Special dispatches |today from Saloniki to the Vienna | Tageblatt say that 30 tobacco strikers | are dead and several hundred police lnnd others wounded as the result of clashes at Drama, a town of European Turkey. At Kavalla, Piracus and Sa- loniki firece street fighting occurred, | with many casualties. Bloody encounters in Piracus, the dis- patches assert, continued throughou the night and were suppressed only | when military forces went to the assist- |ance of police. The Saloniki correspondent of Tage- | blatt adds that it is expected a general strike will be proclaimed throughout Greece today and that this action will | be followed by the establishment cf a whom no one had ever heard before he | It's been the same ! | JONN COOLIDGE. | the Amherst Glee Club. During Spring | vacation his freshman year the musical | clubs were his guests at the White| Aouse. | As a boxer John crashed onto the front page when he was outpointed in | three rounds with Matty Silverman in a physical education mateh. In addi-| tion to all that John plays tennis, golf and squash and is a good horseman. The faculty as well as the students refused to treat John as a man apart No “sliding through” for him. Yout Coolidge had to work as hard for coveted degree as his father. | As for the mysterious bodyguard hi: | actual duty has been to shield young | Coolidge from the constant stream of | cranks. reporters, photographers. ond-hand dealers who want to buy his | old clothes, and all manner of persons | who are always trying to see John | or talk to him. | Reports of Romance. | | Whether Florence Trumbull and John | | are reaily and truly engaged is probw lematical. “Not " says Florence, e that perhaps they | will be, and John won't deny it. whici | helps toward the same conclusion. John certainly has been attentive. U | til John's senfor year she attended | Mount Holyoke College, only 10 miles | from Amherst, and since she graduated | a year ago, the governor's daughter has | | found time for many frequent visits to | Massachusetis. ~ When she was at Mount Holyoke John saw her at least once a week, ¢ | They first met on a train that was | taking the Connecticut delegation to | President Coolidge's inauguration at | | Washington in 1925. Since then John | has often been a guest at the Trum- | bull home, and Florence has visited at | the White House. Sent Her Costly Perfume. ! ‘ On Florence’s last birthday John sent | proletarian dictatorship. Fearing that the Communists may attempt to liberate former Premier Pangalos, the government has placed a strong military guard around the prison where the ex-dictator is confined. The situation, in the correspondent’s opinion, has the appearance of civil war and revolution. Dispatches to the newspaper further assert that the Greek battleship Averoft has been ordered to Piraeus from the Mediterranean to help quell the dis- | turbance. It is expected, Tageblatt learns, that martial law will be pro- claimed. Troops and police are being mobilized everywhere. Fifteen Commu- nists and leaders in the disorder have becn arrested. COMMUNIST STRIKE SPREADS. Workers and Troops Clash at Kavala With Casualties. ATHENS, June 18 (). —Additidnal | workers today joined the strike which | Communists are attempting to make general. Employes of the water company and bakers at Saloniki joined in the walk- out as well as tobacco workers at Dede- agach and Grevena. Public utilities in Macedonia were un- der guar' after several days of disorder growing out of a strike of tobacco workers. Strikers damaged the water- works at Saloniki. There have been clashes between troops and strikers at the Kavala head- quarters of the American Tobacco Co., with severa! casualties. Ready to Negotiate. The government believed today that the situation improving and an- nounced that moderate labor leaders refused to enter into any agreement | with the reds for a general strike. i The jovernment stated that it was willing to consider any reasonable de. mands by strikers. No negotiations, {her an imported perfume that costs | however, would be undertaken untii | 830 an ounce, and Mrs. Coolidge for- warded six dozen roses from the White | House greenhouses to her son’s “girl | friend.” Florence is a pretty girl. at- tractive and vi ous, with auburn hair and blue eyes. She's going to Eu- rope this Summer. Personally John is more than 6 feet tall, blue of eyes and very fair of skin | | with ruddy cheeks. His dark hair is| {always in perfect array. He dresses | {weu. as befits his position, but not | loudly or flashingly. John is unassum- ing and modest, a well bred youth, and |is generally admitted by hisfriends o be “a darn ‘good scout.” | they resumed work. Vienna Tageblatt said thata Communi- nist revolution was threatening in | Greece because the government had been unable to suppress disorders grow- ing out of the strike. A Saloniki dispatch to the newspaper Pravada of Belgrade, Jugoslavia, said the first squadron of the Greek fleet, stationed at Mytilene, joined the cause of the strikers. Clashes with the police at Saloniki, Piraeus, Drama and other places were reported, with several persons killed at According to latest reports John s | DYAM just now looking for a job. He might sell bonds. He might follow his dad into politics. . Eighty per cent of the population of | | India live in mud villa So ctive! So good | to eato o o That's Mr. | 2. Many railway employes and electri- cians were stated to have joined the strike. Trains from Athens to Saloniki were reported to have been sto] by |striking rallway workers at Trikal A strict watch was being wept on Gen. Theodorus Pangalos in the fes wb)/ it 1s the most popular bran food in the world Bulk for regularity and a deli- cious flavor to tempt you into healthful habits! That's why million s find Post’s Bran Flakes with other parts of wheat t he best ally against constipation. Try it now and sece how delicious it is. Eat it once a day for two weeks and sce how Then ¢ much better you feel. at it regularly for health. No preparation neces- sary. package with berries or fruits. Serve right from the with milk or cream, Great for muffins and bran bread. HNW Ordinary ca about by too yield to Pos you'll like bran!” ses of constipation, brought litde bulk in the diet, should t's Bran Flakes. If your case is abnormal, consult a competent physician at once and fol llow his advice. A dispatch from Saloniki to the| “Chicago Not Safe,” Woman Complains, Then Robs Another By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18 (#).—"Condi- tions in Chicago are terrible,” said the middle-aged woman in a black coat who entered the candy shop of Mrs. Mary Stuebe early today. “Tt isn't safe for.a person anywhere in this town.” She began fumbling in her hand- bag and extracted a pistol. ~She pointed it at Mrs. Stuebe, took all the money out of the cash register, and departed, leaving the store- keeper m.pondcr on conditions in Chicago. ISCHOOL Vv | | | | ACATION 65,000 Washington Pupils to Be; Released From Studies Until | September 17. Although Friday is designated as the final day of the 1927-28 school year, the 60,000 pupils of Washington's pub- lic schools officially will begin their va- cation at the end of the school day ‘Wednesday. Friday, it was explained today at the office of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, marks the end of the year for teachers' salary rolls and other administrative details. While the closing day announcement is scheduled o bring joy to the thou- sands of pupils, the school officials in- cluded also the date on which school | will reopen for the year 1928-29. Teach- | lers, officers and other members of the administering personnel of the schools will be at their desks Friday. Septem- | ber 14, while the pupils will be sum- l;nned back to work Monday, Septem- | r 17, | The Summer school schedule has been | announced by Walter B. Patterson, di- | rector, to extend from July 5 until Au- | gust 15, [ STRIKE. | | Prospectors Rush to Field.in Yu- | kon Region. ; WHITE HORSE, Yukon, June 18 (#). | —Reports of a gold strike on Squaw | Creek in the new field just within Brit- | ish Columbia's boundary has started a | rush of prospectors into the district. | Big Jim and Paddy Duncan, Indians, [ | are reported by H. Chambers, a trader from Champaigne, as the discoverers. | The Indians, who made the discovery last Fall just before the freeze-up, came | into White Horse a week ago and hired | every available man. | All the gold taken out, according to | Chambers, has come from the claim of | the discoverers. | ‘White Horse itself is claiming a boom | this year. | | AROUSED BY GOLD | | {that strikers might attempt to release |the former dictator, who is awalting trial on a charge of treason. | REPORTS ARE DENIED. Greek Legation Says Strikers Have Not ‘Won Support of Navy. LONDON, June 18 (#).—The Greek legation in London today denied a Bel- grade report that a section of the, Greek navy was supporting the tobacco | strikers. The statement also said that | other sensational Teports published in| Belgrade concerning the disturbance were untrue. i A Dependable Railuay M appointments make the fortable way to the Pa ending Leaves Chicago's New Let us help und H, Whit $04 Finsnce Blds. about | there had Yo2Pacific CoastVacationlands ORE than 1200 clean, cinderless miles behind giant electric and oil-burning locomotives and club-like courses of ten great rivers, this route also presents an un- variety of scenic surprises . . . Low summer fares now in effect to Glacier National Park, Tacoma, Portland, Vancouver, faster time —no extra fare. vacation trip. Call, phone or write. =====m=MAIL COUPON TODAY-======ccnneacannns , G R PR P S e e 1am planaing & trip 10— Thore will be————n our party. Will leave Please quote low summer fares via Great Northern and send illustrated booke. G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MONDAY. JUNE 18 19%8 |BID FOR HISTORIC | ESTATE TURNED DOWN $02,000 Offered for Catoctin Manor Refused When Auction Is Held. Special Digpateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 18.—A bid of $92,000 fcr the purchase of the Ca- toctin Manor, historic 5,000-acre estate near Catoctin Furnace, was turned down Saturday when the manor was placed on auction. The estate was the | original home of Thomas Johnson, first | elected Governor of Maryland, and is| | valued much above the price offered. | Lancelot Jacques of Hagerstown owns | the estate. About 40 prominent persons | :’ljgm various sections of the East made ids. Mary Roberts Rinehart, famous novel- ist of Washington, was among those making bids. GIRL FOUND SLAIN WITH COLORED MAN Evidence Points to Struggle in Doctor’s Kitchen—She Was Seeking Job. By the Assoclated Press PHILADELPHIA. June 18.-—Mary McGinty, a young woman, was found choked to death today in a physician's office. In the kitchen of the house the doctor’s negro chauffeur, Clarence Tull, was found dead from gas. Dr. W. B. G. Terry and his family | were at their farm, near Pemberton. | MARCELLUS H N. J., over the week end, and the bodies were found when a son returned home. | The disarrangement of the furniture | in the doctor's office and the condition | of the young woman's clothing indicated , ‘been a struggle in the room. | Special Dispatch to The Star. Police announced that it was evident| LYNCHBURG, Va., June 18.—Mar-| that the negro had killed the girl and | cellus Hudson, 86 years of age, a farmer, then ended his life. A revolver and a | died Friday evening at his home, at, razor were found at his side in the | Agricola, Amherst County. 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