Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 4

THE EVENING SMITH IS EXPECTED 10 0UST OLVANY s:May Take Walker’s Job to . Save Reputation of “New Tammany.” Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 31.—When 2"Alfred E. Smith leaves the governorship ©in Albany today and returns to New York politiclans of both parties ex- *" pect him to devote himself principally 4o keeping the label of “New Tammany” ~from being torn off the new Tammany su Hall, which is to open for business day at Union Square and East enth street. already is definite expectation political activity will the should T n = Mr. Smith w.ment to g o gr both point ““out, that he may be expected to take | the' mayoralty himself if the occasion | out that Mr.| political carecr has been | s. They _Smith’s whole ~ddentified with Tammany and that m- iately after his nomination for the ho made a_Fourth of July Hall declaring it ng machine of tion of high point civic purpose. Although 1 mith said emphatical- y after his defeat for the presidency | “that he would not run again for office, it is recalled that he was just as em- '?halln before he ran for governor in ‘1924 and again before he ran for gov- ernor in 1926, ... GOV. Smith has said at times that he “hankered for the job of running the . bity where he was born.” He wanted 1t in 1917, but the late Charles F. Muzphw, fon leader of Tammany Hall, had to r*veste William R. Hearst by ¥ giving the 9 to John F. Hylan. S Dissz ‘Wfaction Known. © Mr. Smith is now said to feel the me @issatisfaction with the city ad- inistration as he did in 1925, when, Wimost single handes he stopped fAammany from renominating Mayor Hylan. ; i+ In the valedictory speech which he ¥nade in Albany two nights ago at a Ginner given by his friends, Mr. Smith | Fid: “Were I to get out of politics, | should always be haunted by a sens2 of jngratitude, for I can never repay Shat has been given to me.” w It is recalled likewise that when he ae,clded Mayor Hylan must go, and aked his leadership on being able to ring it about, he said: “I would be jngrateful to the city which gave me my start, if I turned my back on this Btuation.” Walker Said to Realize Plight. Mr. Smith is understood to think wvery little more of the Walker adminis- tration than of the Hylan administra- tion, for which he caused it to be sub- stituted; and politicians, including Mayor Walker himself, already discern the beginning of operations by Mr. Smith leading to the retirement of the mayor—with his consent, if possible. The first move by Mr. Smith is con- sidered to be the procurement of the appointment of Edward J.Fiynn to be gecretary of state under Franklin D. Roosevelt -without relinquishing his authority of leader of the Bronx De- mocracy—one of the strongest and best disciplined units in Tammany Hall. In consequence, although Mr. Smith has at present no further political favors to bestow, he is assured of a voice through the Bronx leader when the five county leaders meet in Tammany Hall. Moreover John -J. McCooey, leader of Brooklyn, usually sides with Mr. of the Bronx. Seeks "Aid in_Queens. ' An immediate counter move by Mayor | & Walker. to_enlist support esmong the Jeaderless -Democrats of Queens was seen when he went to the dinner in honor of Bernard M. Patten, defeated Democratic candidate for re-election as borough president. In the presence of 2,000 diners, indicating Patten's in- fluence, although he was going out of office, ‘Mayor Walker made public amends for the handicap which he set for Mr. Patten by refusing to minister the oath of office to him six months ago, after the Queens Aldermen of the old Cq lly machine had named him, unttf he next election, to fill' the office the. Queens sewer scandal had just,caused Maurice E. Connolly to vacate. *“I have no sympathy with any man who failed to support you after you had been chosen in a primary,” said ayor Walker, addressing Mr. Patten. 1 Democrats responsible for the future ©f Tammany Hall are troubled by the | forecasts of a review of the Walker ad- | Aministration which the Citizens’ Union lexpects to make public in about a month. “"'When Mr. Olvany was asked about ‘*his replacement by Mr. Smith when he returned from Europe a few weeks ago, he only shrugged his shoulders. ., If the present outcry over scandals continues, many politicians and many ©f Mr. Smith’s friends believe he will | have to take the mayoralty because he “will remain the only Tammany man in vhom the public might have confidence o put “New Tammany” in order. 'HOLD-UP ARREST CAUSED BY SHOOTING NEARBY Fleeing Man Is Captured After Officers Hear Firing—Cafe Owner Is Shot. v the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—Shots d a few doors away from where he two other men were holding up proprietor of a meat market yes- led to the arrest of a man police rsaid was released only last week from \Sing Sing after serving a five-year sen- stence, Four patrolmen were walking down ySecond avenue when they heard shots. sSeeing three men fleeing from a meat i , they pursued them and cap- stured John Fodeno, 30. In his pockets they found $380.25. They returned to the market, where they found the proprietor locked in the fcebox. He identified Fodeno as one of the three men who had just held him up, but knew of no shots being fired. Investigating further, the police found Rudolph Gleb, proprietor of a cafe at 838 Second avenue, with a gunshot und in the face, He sald he was shot as he slid back the panel in the door of his place in answer to a knock. MAN HELD FOR MURDER. JBrooklyn Suspect Is Charged With " Slaying Gangster. 1 NEW YORK, December 31 (#)— wWilliam Bailey, 29, of Brooklyn was sarrested by police last night and harged with the murder of Frankie rale, Brooklyn gangster and former wassoclate of “Scareface Al” Capone of hicago, who was shot down on a rooklyn street July 1. He is the first _Mnan 10 be arrested in the case, 1 STAR, WASHINGTO! ¥ DAY, DECEMBER 31, 1928. = S : PLAN NEW YORK-TO-PANAMA NON-STOP FLIGHT FOR NEW YEAR EVE New York Night Clubs Ar- ranging Royal Entertainment for Father Knickerbocker. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—Mine host, whether in a Harlem night club or a smart midtown hotel, was making elaborate preparations today for the en- tertainment of Father Knickerbocker and his guests New Year eve. Cover charges in hotels, night clubs, restaurants and cabarets were high. The increase in the fee charged for a seat, a noise-maker and a bag of con- fetti was greatest in the Harlem clubs. It is the fad for white society fol™s to patronize clubs in this colored sec:ion. Popular Harlem clubs were geiting cover charges as high as $25. Some of the so-called exclusive night clubs in the Broadway district also asked $25 for a seat, but the hotels were content with a modest $10. ‘The celebration at the Waldorf-As- toria, which will tax the famous house to capacity, will be something in the nature of a farewell party, for another New Year day will see the hotel razed. There was some uneasiness among proprietors of certain clubs regarding what, if anything, the police, under t. -ir new, militant commissioner, might or might not do. Commissioner Whalen, however, announced no special policy for New Year eve. HIP POCKET FLASKS EXEMPT IN CHICAGO Dry Law to Be Enforced New Year Eve Only Against Hotels and Restaurants. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 31.—The Chi- cagoan’s hip pocket tonight is reason- ably safe from Government investiga- tion, but hotel and restaurant pro- prietors will be held accountable for any infraction of the dry laws that New Year eve celebrants may commit while their guests. E. G. Fellowley, Federal prohibition administrator for this territory, said the Government agents would not go around searching individuals. “We expect to concentrate on the institutions—hotels, cafes and cabarets— rather than their guests,” Yellowley aid. Flagrant violations, as they come to the attention of the 150 agents, who will be present at the principal places of merriment, will be punished, the ad. ministrator said, but he did not an- ticipate any close scrutiny of the con- duct of individuals. INVITATIONS ARE SENT BAL BOHEME SPONSORS Committees Prepare for Ballroom Space and Seating at Arts Club Event. Preparation for ballroom space and seating capacity is.bemng made by the committee of artist and architect mem- bers of the Arts Club for the Bal Boheme, January 28, at the Willard Hotel. The committee, headed by Chairman Lynch Luquer, has worked out a plan by which an increase of 50 per cent in the number of private boxes has been made. Invitations to patronesses were is- sued yesterday by the president and board of governors of the club and ac- ceptances are being received by the sec- retary of the club at 2017 L street. TIMES MAN IS HONORED. Czechoslovakian Cross Given New Yorker for War Work. Ferdinand Veverka, Czechoslovakian Minister, has received notice that Presi- dent Marsaryk of the Czechoslovakian Republic has confer.2d upon Louis Wiley, business manager of the New York Times, the chevalier's cross of the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion. The award is made in appreciation of Mr. Wiley's services as a member of the ellied relief committee during the war period. CRAMTON TO SPEAK. Park Bill Sponsor to Tell Women of Measure. ‘The proposed bill for acquisition and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and land in Mary- land, Virginia and the District comprehensive park and playground system, will be discussed before the public grounds committee of the Wom- en’s City Club by Representative Cram- (Ol; of Michigan, who is sponsoring the bill. The address will be made at luncheon Wednesday $100,000 WET FUND. Finding Research. study liquor conditions in England, France, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Fin- land and a number of States of the United smu;. as a Will Be Used to Continue Fact- The Association Against the Prohibl- tion Amendment yesterday annuonced it had appropriated $100,000 for con- tinuance of ‘its fact-finding research into prohibition next year. Supplement- ing surveys already made in Sweden and Canada, the association plans to , | some were dynamite. IPyrol(',c]mic Show Atop Pikes Peak To Welcome 1929 Members of Adaman Club Making Perilous Climb to Summit. By the Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., De- cember 31.—Skyrockets shooting through midnight blackness from the top of Pikes Peak tonight will blaze New Ycari greetings to the world and announce that members of the Adaman Club have made the perilous Winter ascent to the summit of the age-old peak. Headed summitward, 14 members of the club were believed to have camped last night at a cabin near Timberline. They expected to reach the top this afternoon. Star Shells Imported. ‘The climbers have provided more fire- works than ever before for the night's display and the whole valley below will witness the pyrotechnic welcoming of the new year. Included in the spec- tacular display will be two floating star shells imported from Italy, which will float out from the snow-covered peak like silver moons, then burst info a multitude of brilliant stars. A great white light will shine from the peak at 9 pm., to be followed by two rockets and a 12,000-candlepower flare on Crater Point. At midnight will come the grand display. Street lights here will be dim at the hours of the celebration, so that the many thou- sands who will brave the night air will be able to sce the spectacle more clearly. ‘ Pack Own Supplies. ‘The climbers left here early yesterday and were last seen hiking past Ruxton Park on the cog road. Deep snows this year forced abandonment of plans to carry provisions on two pack mules, and each climber packed his own sup- plies and his quota of the pyrotechnics, C. W. Penland, associate professor of biology at Colorado College here, was the novice scaler, he having been se- lected as the new member for 1929. Only one new member a year is ad- mitted and must make the climb to qualify for membership. The white light will be a memorial to a former honorary member, the late Roal Amundsen, Polar explorer lost in the Arctic this year, for whom me- morial services will be held on the mountain top. el OLDEST INHABITANTS WILL HAVE MEETING Absence of White House Recep- tion Gives Body More Time for Business Session. The Association of Oldest Inhabitants will hold its annual New Year meeting at 10:30 o'clock at_its quarters in the old Union Engine House. Since there is no reception at the White House, which the members always attend by custom, there will be more time to devote to the business and social gather- ing tomorrow. Among the interesting features of the program will be the annual pres- entation of momentos and , souvenirs to members, and John Clagett Proctor will read the chronicies of 1928. Two vice presidents of the association who were not named at the last election of officers are to be chosen at the busi- ness meeting. Informal preparations have been made for the entertainment of the members following the business session. 1928 CHICAGO BOMB WARFARE DAMAGE PUT AT $200,000 (Continued From First Page.) He moved the next day. City and county officials posted rewards amount- ing to $65,000 for arrest and conviction of the men responsible for attacks on’ public officials. The reward never was paid. A tip to police thwarted an attempt to bomb the home of City Sealer Dan- iel A. Serritella, February 22. Score Escape Death. A score of persons escaped death when a West Side hotel was bombed in what police termed a war between rival gangs for control of the city's $75,000,000 vice and gambling business. An “alky” war caused the $25,000 bombing of Ed O'Brien's home, police said, and the many bombs hurled and planted in dry cleaning establishments were attributed to racketeers attempting to “muscle in” on the cleaning and dyeing business. Labor trouble was behind scores of smaller bombings, and the dwellings of Dr. Max Thorek, chief surgeon of the American Hospital, was bombed “by mistake.” Damage was estimated at $4,000. Explosion of a bomb and the resulting fire caused $50,000 damage to a South Side laundry. Another Jaundry and a phato shop were the victims of the “42” gang, police claimed, and the four bombings September 28 were at- tributed to beer rivalry between Joe Saltis and Al “Scarface” Capone. Newspaper Plant Victimized. A rent war, police said, accounted for the bombing of a 34-apartment building on the North Side. A newspaper plant was victimized for its war on vice, and a theater was the target of a bomb. Several garages were damaged and cabs wrecked during a war between the Checker Taxi Co. and the Yellow Taxi Co. Of the total number of bombings, the these six cases: Gambling, Black Hand extortion, racketeers, political moves, interracial conflict or labor trouble. Most of the implements of destruc- tion were black powder bombs, although ‘The professional bomb thrower, offi- majority were attributed to any one of} CAPTALPREPAES TOWELCOME 199 Hesse to Make Celebration Here as Dry as Possible, He Warns. (Continued From First Page.) o'clock tonight at the Church of the Epiphany. Holy eucharist will be observed tomor- rew from 8 to 11 o'clock at St. Thomas® Episcopal Church, with an address at 11 o'clock, by Rev. Milward W. Riker. At St. Stephen's Episcopal Church holy communion will be observed by Dr. George Fisk Dudley tomorrow at 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. Waich services will begin tonight at 11:30 o'clock at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, under the direction of Rev. Hubert A. Woolfall. At Grace Church, Georgetown, Rev. M. M. Perkins will officiate at watch services, beginning tonight at 11:30 o'clock. A special program has been arranged at Hamline M. E. Church, beginning at 9 o'clock tonight, under the direction of Dr. Chesteen Smith, the pastor. ‘Watch services will be held at Metro- politan Baptist Church, under the direc- tion of Dr. John Compton Ball. They will begin at 8 o'clock. National Baptist Charch. At the National Baptist Memorial Church, Dr. Grove G. Johnson has ar- ranged a program beginning at 10 o'clock tonight, during which I. H. Lin- ton will deliver an address. .. New Year prayer service will be held tomorrow morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at the Church of the Covenant. Services will be held tonight, begin- ning at 9 o'clock, at Peck Memorial Chapel, under the direction of Rev. Irving W. Ketchum. Watch services will begin tonight at 9 o'clock at Eastern Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Alfred E. Barrows in charge. At the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Dr. James H. Miers, the pastor, will conduct services tonight. There will be a social at 9 o'clock, followed by de- votional exercises. i At Foundry M. E. Church Dr. Fred- erick Brown Harris, the pastor, will officiate at exercises beginning at 9 o'clock tonight. A social will be held at Trinity M. E. Church tonight at 9 o'clock followed by the watch services. Watch services will begin at 9 o'clock tonight at the Full Gospel Tabernacle. ‘There will be an entertainment with motion pictures, beginning at 8 o'clock tonight at the First Congregational Church, followed by watch services un- der the direction of Dr. Jason Noble Pierce. Prohibition agents will be on the job tonight throughout the Nation to en- force the eighteenth amendment on New Year eve, according to Prohibi- tion Commissioner James M. Doran. Authority has been given each of the various prohibition adminisirators in charge of their respective districts to work out their plan to stop illicit celebration of the birth of 1929. Three Services Pianned. Three separate watch-night services will be held at the Central Union Mis- sion, ' 613 C street, beginning at 8 o'clock tonight. The first service will be held from 8 to 9:30 o'clock at which time Representative Addison P. Smith of Idaho will be the speaker. Miss Ruth Hall of the mission's staff will be pianist. Mr. and Mrs. William Ramsey, for 41 years assoclated with the mission, will conduct the second service from 9:30 to 10:30 o'clock at which Miss Roma Terry will be the pianist. Refresh- ments will be served for half an Hour, beginning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. G. G. Kundahl, the mission’s evangelist, will conduct the last service from 11 to 12 o'clock. Special music will be presented at each of the three services. ‘The mission will hold “open house” from 2 pm. to 5 p.m. tomorrow, when a reception will be conducted by the directors, ministers’ council and staff. ‘The Young Women’s Christian Asso- clation wiil keep “open house” at the administration building from 4:30 to 6 o'clock tomorrow. A reception also will be held at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, 901 Rhode Island avenue, from T to 9 o'clock in the evening. Press Club Program. At the City Club members will enjoy a supper dance tonight, while at the National Press Club elaborate arrange- ments have been made for the enter- tainment of dinner guests, who will dance and frolic until 1929 makes its appearance. Officers of the Arts Club of Wash- ington will hold their New Year recep- tion Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the clubhouse, 2017 I street. Among other public and private en- tertainments, the American War Vet- erans’ Club will give its New Year dance tonight at the Raleigh Hotel, with three orchestras to provide continuous dancing. Dinner will be served from 8 to 10 o'clock. Output of a $3,000,000 tire factory at Oakland, Calif,, largest west of Detroit, will be 5,000 tires daily, GIVES DATA TOBAGK RETIREMENT BILL Conference Head Outlines Systems in Aid of Worn- out Workers Abroad. In order that members of the House may have the fullest data before them when they take up this week the Dale bill to liberalize the civil service retire- ment act, Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference on civil service retirement, representative of more than 300,000 to whom this legislation applies, has prepared summaries of the retire- ment systems in private industry, mu- nicipal retirement laws and those in| operation in foreign countries. i “In calling attention to what other nations are doing for their superan- nuated and worn-out workers,” Mr. Al- it should be borne in mind that some of the countries mentioned are being assessed as high as 40 per cent on the dollar as war taxation, and that along with it, they are carrying a dole to the unemployed; that, although they are bearing thase heavy exper they still have adequate retirement la ‘Then, con: r America, our own coun- try, with its wealth and boundless re- sources! When these foreign govern- ments, so overburdened with war debts, are able to take good care of their an- nuitants, should our legislators hesi- tate to act in order to stabilize our an- nuities or penson funds that they may at least“compare favorably if not serve as an example of what a prosperous country should be able to do for its re- tired employees? French Sysiem Cited. In France the voluntary retirement age in the sedentary branch is 60 years, with 30 years’ service; in the field serv- ice, the retirement age is 55 after 25 years’ service (15 years in the field). The annuity is one-half of average salary received during the last three years plus one-sixtieth of average sal- ary for each additional year of serv- ice. The maximum pension is three- quarters of average salary. The government contributes 9 per cent of employes’ salary. The employe contributes 6 per cent of his salary. In Belgium the voluntary retirement age is 65 years, with 30 years' service. The maximum pension is three-quarters of basic salary. Amounts for payments are included in budget of government’s public debt. There is no contribution by the em- loye. & C{reat Britain has voluntary retire- ment at age of 60, with minimum serv- ice of 10 years. The annuity is one-eightieth of an- nual salary plus lump sum equal to one-thirtieth of annual salary for each years of service, limited to ome and cne-half years' ralary. The maximum annuity is one-half final salary and emoluments, Employes remaining in service after 65 years of age forfeit one-twentieth of lump sum each year of such service. There is no contribution by the em- ploye. Optional After 10 Years. In Denmark there is optional re- tirement after 10 years' service with no particular age requirement. The nnuity is one-half of the annual salary and after 29 years' service two- thirds of annual salary. The government pays the entire cost. There is no contribution by the em- ploye. The Netherlands has voluntary re- tirement at age of 65 and certain stip- ulated occupations, age 55, with 10 years' minimum service required. ‘The annuity is two-thirds of annual salary, with maximum annuity of $1,200.. ‘The employe’s contribution is equal to one-half of first year’s salary; on promotion, one-half of salary for 1 year, Portugal has voluntary retirement at ag: of 60. After 10 years' service, the annuity is 50 per cent of salary and OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS | OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD By the Assoclated Press. This year of grace ends with greater promise for settlement of two big in- ternational problems—disarmament and war reparations—than developed from any happenings in the earlier portions of the 12 months. with distinet stens toward permanent peace among Western Hem! Nationalist government of China in the Far East and renewed hope among the Croats—largest of European political minorities—for a reorganization of the kingdom of the Jugoslavs. Revived agitation was noted in Hun- gary for the roturn of a Hapsburg to the” vacant tbrone of that country, coupled with suppression of a Fascist plot which aimed to grect in Budapest a system analogous to'the concentrated Mussolini regime of Italy. In Alsace there was revivification of agitation for loosening that province’s bonds with France. Germany and Russia agreed tentatively to a commercial treaty from which Berlin expects good results. Industrial Conditions Outlined. Troubles of an economic nature con- tinued to plague England and Wales because of distress in the mining region. Germany’s industrial situation was complicated by failure to Scttle the shi at Hamburg, and sh sourccs reported that Russian ants were begging permission to cross the frontier that they might buy goods. Reparations and its allied questions promise to play a big role in the foreign news of the new year. The action of President Coolidge in approving ap- pointment of unofficial American mem- bers to the commission of experts that It winds up also| n of good will in the iy for con O B o e | manufacture of munitions which Count is to study revision of the Dawes plan gave impetus to that project. The latest word on Rhineland evacuation from the French government was favorable. Disarmament advocates were en- | couraged by the fixation of definite | dates for the 1929 conferences under | the League of Nations. Experts who are to consider a pact for control of the | von Bernstorff is drawing up are to | meet on March 11. The preparatory | disarmament commission of the league | is to assemble at Geneva on April 15. A cabinet crisis in Jugoslavia indi- cated fresh strength in the movement r “home rule” in Croatia and other western provinces of the kingdom. President-Elect Hoover Ends Tour. Herbert Hoover is steaming home from South America, bringing rece lections of frenzied popular greetings | and frank talks with men_intrusted | with governmental affairs. Dispatches | | emphasized that he took mo part in discussions of questions that are in dis- pute between Latin American nations. H2 considered that these were concerns of the nations invol ionalist China rejolced at the 't of a happier new year be- Manchuria joined the ~Nanking government and additional autonomous tariff treaties were signed with Great Britain, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Den- mark and Portugal. The hoisting of the Nationalist sun flag over Mukden and other Man- churian centers came in fulfillment of promises made several months ago by Chang Hsueh-Liang, the event having been postponed because Japan thought it would endanger that empire's “spe- cial position” in the northeastern provinces. RETIREMENT LAW REVISION URGED Representative Smith Wil Press for Early Action on Proposed Amendment. As soon as the House civil service committee meets, Representative Ad- discn T. Smith of Idaho, ranking ma- Jority member, will urge approval of his proposed amendment to the retirement law. This provides that the rate of re- tirement shall be based upon the aver- age salary for any period of five con- secutive years at the option of the em- ploye, instead of the last 10 years of service, as under the existing law. Mr. Smith, formerly a Government employe, emphasizes that this amend- ment would save millions of dollars an- nually to the Government. He argues that if a clerk’s salary is $1,600 and he renders no service on account of age, the Government loses $1,600 annually until he retires under the present law, for he will not be reduced, as it reduces his pension the rest of his life. But if the amendment were the law, he could be reduced, say, $1,200, and a younger and efficient clerk be promoted to the $1,600 place. If the reduced clerk, Mr. Smith points out, could not render full service, but only $500 yearly, say, the Government would lose but $700 an- nually. That is to say, the Govern- ment, losing $1,600 under the present law and $700 under the amendment, would gain $900 annually in this one case. In every case of reduction on ac- count of old age under the amendment the Government will save millions, in- crease efficlency greatly and do no in- Justice to any one, he contends. Reasons Are Summarized. Mr. Smith summarizes reasons for his amendment as follows: “First. The amendment of the law would increase the annuity of many a after 30 years' service, the annuity is equal to the ful salary. The employe conributes 4 or 5 per cent of salary. In Italy the optional retirement age is 60 y;ears, with a minimum of 25 years’ service. Argentine Contributory Plan. ‘The Argentine has a contributory plan for its railroad employes, the gov- ernment’s share being 3 per cent of sal- aries and the employes', 5 per cent. They may retire at age 50, after ten years’ service; if, between ages 42 and 50 with 30 years’ service, the annuity is 53 per cent of the salary received. At age 50, with a service record of 30 years, the annu™s is 70 per cent of the salary received. In Austria there is voluntary retire- ment at age 60 and the years of service are from 10 years up. If the service record is 40 years, the annuity is 76'ver cent of the salary recelved. The em- ploye contributes a little over 3 per cent. In Germany the voluntary retirement age for civil officials is 65, with no stip- ulated service requirement, and the an- nuity is 50-100 of salary. There is no conibtrution by employe (except for widow's penson). Canada has voluntary retirement at age 65 with compulsory retirement at age of 70. The maximum service re- quirement is 10 years. The annuity is 1-50 of the average salary for the last 10 years, not exceed- ing 35 years. The employe contributes 5 per cent of salary until after 35 years’ service. Cimm T RESEARCH WORK RECORD. Field Museum of Natural History Reports Successful Year. CHICAGO, December 31 (#).—The Field Museum of Natural History in 1928 enjoyed one of the most impres- sive years in its history, Stephen C. Simms, director, said yesterday. Seven Important expeditions and nu- merous smaller ones were in the flield for the museum during the year, and many of them will continue their re- searches during 1929. ‘The principal expeditions are the Kelley-Roosevelt party, now in Eastern Asia making zoological collections; the Crane Pacific expedition, also making zoological collections; the Harold White- John Coats Abyssinian expedition, the second Marshall Field archeological expedition to British Honduras, the second Rawson-MacMillan subarctic ex- pedition in Labrador and Baffin Land, the Field Museum-Oxford University joint Mesopotamian expedition and the Marshall Field anthropological expedi- tion to Europe. More than a million people visited the museum in 1928. INear East Relief Cares for 1,500,000 Refugees in 11 Years, Secretary Says By the Assoclated Press. During its 11 years of operation the Near East Relief has collected approxi- mately $105,000,000, and has cared for about 1,500,000 refugees, including 500, 000 orphan children. ‘These nmres were made public last night in the annual report of Charles V. Vickrey, general secretary of the Near East Relief, prepared for submis- sion to Congress after ratification by the board of trustees January 4. This will be the final meeting of the board, and the organization will cease its campalgns in this country June 30. The report said that official estimates cers said, reccived all the way from $50 to $700 and cab fare for his work, DOt AN | of the Grecian, Armenian, Persian, Syrian _and Palestinian governments place the total number, of refugess cared for by the Near East Relief at 1,500,000, and it estimated that 100,000 children “trained according to Ameri- little, of few some, and of a very few a great deal, without lessening the dn- nuity of any one. “Second. It would increase the effi- clency of the civil service in two ways: (a) By encouraging every employe, espe- cially those in the lower grades, to strive always to do his er her best in order to advance and thus reach the high five consecutive years of service be- fore becoming less efficient, on account of age, when reductions would occur, and (b) by allowing the chief of bu- reasus to reduce inefficient employes, with out reducing their annuities, when they come to retire; otherwise no chief will likely reduce an old and faithful employe, hcwever inefficient on account of age, if at the same time he reduces is annuity for the rest of his life. “Third. As a consequence of basing the annuity on the last 10 years of service (as in the present law) there are now in scattered bureaus many em- ployes drawing good salaries who ren- der inefficient service on account of age or other infirmities. “Fourth. There are employes whose salaries have been reduced during the last few years before retirement on acgount of inefficiency, due to old age, or sickness, or accident, or dislike of chief or other cause, who otherwise would have received the full amount under the present law. Should a person have his pension reduced the remainder of his life because of a reduction in salary, due to accident or other causes which made it necessary to reduce his salary? This often occurs under the present law. Sees Service Bettered. “Fifth. It is true of clerical and other simple work that after the age of 60 or 65 a clerk is usually less efficient, and where distinctly inefficient should be reduced, so that a younger person may be promoted to his place, but this is not lable to be done, as it at the same time reduces the annuity under the present law. “Sixth., Making the annuity depend on the average of any flve consecutive years of service does full justice and injures no one, helps many, and makes the service much more efficient.” Protests Dual Customs Control. PEKING, December 31 (#).—A. H. F. Edwards, a British subject who has been officiating as inspector general of Chinese customs, resigned today. His resignation was intended as a protest against the dual control by which the Shanghal commissionership of customs has been conducted more or less inde- pendently with the acquiescence of the Nationalist government. Protected Parking For 3 Hours During the Day or from 7 P.M. to 1 A.M.—for Isn’t it worth this bit of fee to place your car out of the reach of parking regulations; safe from damage or theft; and out of the weather? We are within a step of anywhere downtown. Park here and be on the safe side. can ideals are forming a bulwark for p;!ace throughout the Near East re- gion.” Concerning medical work, the report pointed out that in many sections such age-old scourges as trachoma and ma- laria have been stamped out, while in Greece and Armenia the local authori- ties have organized a public health service on a small scale patterned after the American service, and both govern- ments are employing as nurses older omn glrls trained in American hos- D : b Let us keeping. Capital 1320 New York Ave. give “Capital Wash” while it's in our Experts PASTORS PROTEST NEW YORK CRIME ROUND-UP NETS 300 Commissioner Whalen Con- tinues Week End Drives on Undesirables. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—After an- | other week end round-up in Commise sioner Whalen's anti-crime campaign, 300 suspects were in jail today. Six men wanted for homick'e, one accused as'a counterfeiter andy« mail robbery suspect were said by pdice to be the most important catches. {'thers faced larceny, felonious assault, p{sket= picking and lesser charges. Held Without Bail. Ralids on speakeasies and other ha 18- cbles and suspects Wre begun by de s before sundd vn Saturday and continued all night a:d through a large part of vesterday. |u all but a few cases magistrates order{ 1 those arrested held without bail. Commissioner Whalen was active al day yesterday in connection with thq round-up and made a personal inspec. tion of the Brooklyn sector after going) to the scene of two bomb explosions in that borough. Onez of the bombs was ékploded at the doorstep of a paper cealer and the other in front of a bakery. None was hurt in either case and only small prop- erty damage was done. The paper dealer and the baker both blamed per- sonal enemies. Further Raids Promised. Ralds to carry out his order, issued the day he took ce, that “crime- breeding epeakeasi t go, will be continued, the commissioner said. Police were criticized for brutal tac- tics in one case when a young building SCIENTIST'S “GoD" Prof. Barnes’ Plea for Revi- sion of Religion Draws Clergy’s Fire. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—New York pastors of vatious denominations, with one exception, raised a chorus of protest from their pulpits yesterday against the statement of Prof. Harry Emerson Barnes of Smith College that modern science demands a revision of religion and a new concept of God. ‘The one pastor who agreed with Prof. Barnes was John Haynes Holmes of the Community Church, who said: “We should have a religion to fit our times.” Scientists Hear Plea. Prof. Barnes made his plea for a new religious foundation in an address be- fore a sectional meeting of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, which is in session here. “We must cease talking of God,” he said. “We must supplant theology by mental hyglene. Science has shown it to be difficult to prove the very exist- ence of God.” Cardinal Hayes, from the pulpit of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, said: “It is the fashion of the day to see conflict and contradiction between religion and sci- ence,” but that “true religion reveres true science, rejoicing in its unfolding of the beauties of nature, because it makes manifest the omnipotent intelli- gence of God.” “Outrageous Shock.” Cardinal Hayes, in answering Dr. Barnes, declared: “It is an oturageous shock to read in the newspapers that a_ scientist in this city said that our God is a myth. “True religion enables us to advance from the visible to the invisible, from the finite to the infinite. Is not this also the aim of science? “Another error common today is that the Catholic Church is the enemy of science. One thing the Catholic Church fears least, as made clear by Pius XI to aneminent historian, is truth, whether historical, scientific or economic. The church throughout its history has al- ways patronized the search for truth. “The Popes always have selected as papal physicians the most prominent men in scientific medicine. The Jesuits have made the greatest contributions to astronomy, ethnology and seismology.” Cardinal Hayes named great scien- tists of the Catholic church including “Albertus Magnus, father of botany; Copernicus, father of modern astron- omy; Mendel, the greatest man in modern biology.” The Rev. Christian F. Resiner, Metho- dist, charged Prof. Barnes with being “unfair because he is not familiar with modern theology. As well might I un- dertake to criticize science as for him to criticize theology,” he continued, “with the evident ignorance in that field which he displays.” Fosdick Blames Littleness. The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist, said: “It is the little minds in both camps who cause the most trouble. The foremost religious minds are be- coming more scientific and the fore- most scientific minds are becoming more religious.” ‘The Rev. Dr. Henry Darlington, Episcopal, said: “Science and religion are not at war, as the ill-informed think, but are co-operators for the gen- eral good of mankind. Science bullds the machinery. Religion decides how it shall be used.” e Fertilizer Meeting Set Here. Charles J. Brand, secretary of the National Fertilizér Association, an- nounced yesterday that a trade prac- tice conference for the fertilizer indus- try has been called by the Federal Trade Commission for January 29 in ‘Washington. PR T L ‘This country is shipping an average of seven new airplanes a month to McCormich “Mediess G Fitt ormick Medic: Coll Eves Examine DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone Main 721 409-410 MeLachlen Bldg. 10th and G Sts. N.W. 35¢ contractor appeared in Morrisania court to answer to a charge of disorderly con- duct. When he told the magistrate that he had been beaten by police who arrested him, the court dismissed the charge and recommended that Commis- sioner Whalen investigate what was called “a wanton and most disgracefully flagrant excess of police power.” PHILIPPINE PATRIOT'S MEMORY IS HONORED Ideals of Dr. Jose Rizal, Executed 32 Years Ago, Being Car- ried on in Islands. The memory of Dr. Jose Rizal, Fil- ipino patriot, who was executed 32 years ago yesterday by the Spaniards, was extolled last night by Maj. Gen. Frank Mcintyre, chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs; Pedro Guevara, resi- dent Philippine commissioner, and others, at memorial services at the Young Women’s Christian Association. Gen. McIntyre praised Dr. Rizal's “appeal to the reason of the world,” while Commissioner Guevara urged all young Filipinos to pursue Rizal’s ideals of education “for the progress of our country and our people,” Other speakers included Max P. Ab- solo, chairman of the program commit- tee, and Demetrio M. Suguitan, presi- dent of the Filipino Club, under whose auspices the gathering was held. Maj. Vicente Lim, U. S. A., presided. Miss Flora Rios and Juan Paulino were the players in a short play taken from Rizal's works. Mrs. Vicente Lim recited Rizal's famous poem, “The Last Farewell” Musical numbers were given by Juan Montemayor, pianist; Julian Rodriguez, violinist, and the Scwarz Orchestra. Col. Whiteside Gets Medal. Col. Warren W. 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