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Evening star., 1922-12-06
WILL URGE ACTION
ON REC[ASS|F Y|NG
Enactment Of Ster|ing-Le ehI.
bach Bill by Present Con-
gress Pushed by League.

A vigorous campaign to secure
early action on tho Sterling -Lehlbach
reclassification bill at the present ses-
sion of Congress will be started with
the convening Of the forty-second
annual convention OF the National
Civil Service Ref"-m League at the
Hotel washingto" tomorrow after
noon. The bill ia at present before
the Senate appropriations committee.
Members OF the ;sague are said to
fear that the biz will not receive
consideration by ehe Senate at the
present session unless vigorous meas
ures are taken. Failure to secure
final action at tic present session
would necessitate> repassase of the
bill through the !'ouse in the sixty
eighth Congress.
Mr.. Lehlbach to address Meeting.
Chairman Frederick r. Lehlbach OF
the House civil service committee
will be the PRINCIPAL speaker before
mass meeting - be held by the
league tomorrow tight In the hall OF
nations. Hotel Washington. Other
speakers will b...' William Dudley
Fouike. a critic Of she present method
agents. and Richa;fa H Dana. Boston,
president OF the League.
During, the cons ssntion. which will
extend over two days. the league will
consider the effect upon administrative
efficiency Of appo! ailments under the
various veteran pe"ference laws. dis
ordinations again@t women in the
federal service. tostmastership ap-
pointments under the one-in-three
rule. the creation of machinery for
removal OF the i'refficient. efficiency
rating systems and the use Of psyche
logical tests in appointments to the
federal service. ;.
Other speakers before the convention
the Federation Of Federal Employees
George r. Wales. 'Jnited States civil
service commissioner; Charles Mes
sick. president of tx. National Associa-
ton Of Civil Services Commissions. and
DR.. L. L. Thurstoh. head of the de-
partment of applied psychology. Car
negie Institute Of Technology.
Personnel OF Lscal Committee.
Mrs. Charles Warren is chairman of
the Washington conlmittee on arrange
ments for the CONVENTION. whose mem
bership includes Mrs. Henry w. Keyes.
Miss Mabel T. Boariman, Mrs. Cuno H
in Washington social life.
During the sessions Of the conven-
tion a program will be worked out for
extending the use oe the merit system
Of appointment in the states. Up till
this time only ten states have adequate
civil service statutes. In the remain
ing thirty-eight states campaigns will
be carried on by the league during the
year 1928 for the enactment of civil
service statutes and the adoption Of
civil service amendments to state con-
stitutions.
Evening star., 1922-12-06
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED.
Trainmen Victims of Derailment
on C. & o. Railroad.

MONTGOMERY, W, Va. Decmebr G.
One trainman was killed and another
injured seriously today near Gauiev
bridge. West Virginia. when Chesa-
peake and Ohio passenger train No. 4.
eastbound from Cincinnati to wash,
ington. struck rock. No passe ngers
were hurt. railroad reports said.
Flrman Robert Lushbaugh Of Hin
Engineer Harvey Temple. Of Hunt
ington was scaloed The engine.
baggage car and two coaches left the
rails and went over an embankment.
the locomotive and a section of the
baggage car landing in New river.
The Pullman cars were not derailed
Trains will be held up until the
wreckage is cleared from the track
by q crew sent out from Handley.
Train No. carried Pullmans from the
Louisville division for New York,
Evening star., 1922-12-06
VO[STEAD H0N0RED
BY BIBLE CLASSES
Clergy and Congress Mem.
bers Pay Tribute and Score
Law Violation.

Mems organized Bible classes of the
District last night staged a "vol-
stead testimonial meeting" at which
members of the clergy and Of Con-
gress paid tribute to Representative
Andrew ]. volstead and hayed nom
observance Of the dry law and efforts
to lift the ban from light wines and
beers. The meeting was held in the
Memorial Lutheran Church, 14th and
N streets.
Speaking for the pastors Of the city,
DR.. H. F. Randolph. pastor Of Foundry
suits Of the recent elections and :n-
dicated the large gains made by dry
sentiment throughout the entire
country. The desire Of the pas
tors OF Washington, he said, is for
More Volsteads in and out of Con-
gress."
"volstead Outstanding Leader"
Representative Louis c. Champion
spoke OF Mr.. volstead as the "out-
standing leader in the second grea.
American experiment" The first
great experiment. according to Mr..
Champion, was the establishment of
a government Of the people for their
own interests.
IT the state Of New Jersey could
go back to an entirely wet state for
two years the men who so voted it
would be crying for the strictest en-
forcement of stringent dry laws" he
said.
Citing the fact that the majority of
law-breakers in connection with the
eighteenth amendment were unnat-
uralized aliens, he declared: 1.-The SOON
er we send the alien who has come to
our shores to seek material pros
perity and is doing SO by openly
flouting our laws back to the country
from which he comes the better 1t
will be for all of u.s."
Called Man Of Courage.
Senator Frank B. Willis called at
tention to the fact that Mr.. volstead
had the one quality which was nee
essary II American Institutions and
American principles were to live,
namely. Courage"
[, Responding to other speakers Of the
evening, Representative volstead de.
clared that prohibition was not the
result of the work of any une man,
but represented today the sentiment
Of the overwhelming majority Of the
voters Of the United States. The
work IL not finished" he declared. 1T
will take many years before it is COM
that goes by adds to the strength Of
the movement. Beer and light wines
to be consumed In the homes would
be infinitely worse than the old-style
open saloon"
Telegramh were read from Wayne
b. Wheeler, general counsel fo- the
Anti-Saloon League. and from the
chairman Of the Louisiana law en-
forcement conference.
Evening star., 1922-12-06

the original proposition. there would
be assurance OF government aid for
ten years.
MeNary supports Change.
Senator McNary of Oregon. it Is
said. was the first to raise objections
to the elimination of the Madden
amendment. This precipitated the
row in the committee. 1t is under
stood that Senator Willis OF Ohio and
Senator Lenroot OF Wisconsin backed
up Senator McNary In this matter.
The committee adjourned at noon to
meet again at $50 pm.
Senator Jones Of Washington said
that the committee was considering
the bill section by section and that
it had not passed the first section.
He would not predict when the COM
mittee would be ready to report on
the measure. 1t is considered likely.
however, that the committee will not
be ready to report the bill at least
until after the meeting tomorrow.
Efforts made today at the first
meeting to hurry the bill through
have been blocked, according to op-
ponents Of the measure. It is ex-
tremely doubtful that the Madden
amendment will be stricken from the
measure. 1t was said.
Evening star., 1922-12-06
WOULD KEEP EXTRA
BLDG. INSPECTORS
Budget Bureau Adds $20, 600
to Item for Pay of Tempo
|
rary Aides.
TEN JOBS Affected
TEN JOBS AFFECTED
Chief Healy Still Likely to Be
swsmped With Work in Keeping
Up With Construction Here.

Recognizing the need 70. more in
spectors and engineers In the build
ing inspection ONCE. the bureau Of
the budget has renewed in the esti-
mate for the next fiscal year tn.
special appropriation Of $4,000 grant
ed by Congress as a deficiency, fol-
lowing the collapse of the Knicker-
booker Theater.
Therefore. II Congress does not cut
out the estimate for the building di-
vision. Chief Inspector Healy will re-
tain during the next fiscal year the
ten extra inspectors and engineers he
took on as temporary men a few
months ago.
the current appropriation act car
ried only s37.sso for salaries in the
building Office. The budget now be-
lore Congress recommends s5S..9o.
special appropriation and 5000 ad-
dltional.
Commissioners Gratifed.
This increase allowed by the budget
director is one of the features OF the
estimates which has been a source o:
eradication to the Commissioners, for
the reason that there probably is no
branch OF the District service where
the volume Of work and responsibility
has increased in recent years as it has
in the building Office.
Some idea of this increase in ac-
ttvIty may be gained from the state
ment that during the last fiscal year
ouiloing permits were issued for con-
stIuction work to the value OF $3S.-
!sl.ooS. which was s17.000.oo0 more
than the preceding twelve months.
ih's record included dozens of large
mod m apartments and office build
ing. in which the work Of checking
Plans and observing progress Of cree
tion was necessarily great.
Once Still Overworked.
The fall of the Knickerbock.r rh.a
ter last January served to bring force
fully to public attention the made
quacy OF the appropriation for main
tenance OF the building office, but
even with the additional personnel
employed after that disaster, the
ouiioinS ONCE was not able to keep
up with its weekly volume OF work
Nhlle the Commissioners are glad
recommendation has been made for
retention of the temporary inspectors.
they also feel that salaries should be
raised in the building office
They made known this belief to
Congress in their annual report, call
ing attention to the fact that last
year the fees taken in by the build
ing office for permits far exceeded th.,
pay roll Of the office.
A majority of the outside inspectors
receive only 1890 per annum, which
Is considerably less than many of the
mechanics get for doing the work the
inspectors are supposed to pass upon.
Evening star., 1922-12-06
FIGHTS WAY TO FREEDOM,

COLUMBUS, N. c., December g.
Richard Garrett. charged with killing
his wife and small daughter, escaped
from the Polk county Jail last night
after an encounter with the jailer,
it was learned today. The jafler was
his injuries.
Garrett had recently been discharged
form an insane asylum, officers said
A sheri6's posse started out early
today seeking Garrett In the nearby
mountains
Evening star., 1922-12-06
SEEKS TO CUT ALIMoNY.
Capt. Greco, Medical Corps, U.s.A.
Asks Court for Reduction,

Claiming that the anmony of 500
q month ordered by the court to be
paid to his wife. Pauline M. T. Greco,
engulfs his Army pay. Capt Anthony
J. Greco. Medical Corps. United States
Army, has applied to the District Su.
preme Court for q reduction Of ali
states, ana his expenses, incIudine ne
the aiimony to his wife, who sued
him for maintenance, totals $235,
leaving him deficit Of SIS a month.
In addition he tells the court he Is
obliged to purchase additional Army
equipment which will cost $40, and
he 10 at Q loss to know how he can
make ends meet. He ID represented
by Attorney r. n. Baker.
Evening star., 1922-12-06
SUICIDE RUM0R EMPTY.
Tidal Basin Dragged for Body o,
Woman in Chau6eur's Story.

terday afternoon for the body Of 4
possible suicide. following the report
Of Thomas Piner. a chauffeur. that he
had taken Q woman to the foot Of 18th
street, where she dismissed him and
disappeared in shrubbery. police today
discontinued investigation in the case
in the belief that there was no reason
for alarm.
This action was taken after inves-
tigation 1t the 18th street home from
which the chauffeur stated he had
taken his fare. Everybody was pres
ent at supper time last night and no
possibilities Of a mystery were uncov-
cred, 1t was stated.
Evening star., 1922-12-06

It is perhaps not generally known that
the three-cornered nuts called Brazil
nuts grow in packed clusters inclosed
in shells which are roughly spherical
in form, ard have somewhat the ap-
Evening star., 1922-12-06
An Unimportant Detail.

From the New Haven Register.
''The teacher says I will soon speak
French as we'll as ! speak English"
"But you mispronounce many words" :"
'"Oh, that's nothing. I mispronounce
lot OF English words, too"
Evening star., 1922-12-06
As It Seems.

From Cincinnati Enquirer.
you can lead q horse to water. hut
you can't make him drink" quoted
Blinks.
Yes" replied Jinks, 'and you can
nut prohibition over on q man, but you
can't stop him from drinking"
Evening star., 1922-12-06

In q workshop in London are fifty
three men, every one Of whom has
lost . leg Or Fecsiyed. some similar
injury In the war.
Evening star., 1922-12-06

dent. DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley. made
at the Board Of
Trade meeting
last ev e n ! n g
which had under
nsideration the
n e e d 8 of the
public schools.
DR.. Wiley spoke
Of these needs
from a health
Evening star., 1922-12-06
November Circulation
9O,045

District OF Columbia. ss:
FLEMING NEWBOID. Business Manager
Of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does
solemnly swear that the actual number Of
copies Of the paper named sold and distributed
during the month Of November. AID. 1922. was
as follows:
Evening star., 1922-12-06
BACK W|LEYSPLEA
FOR CHILD HEALTH
tuberculosis Fighters Say
Christmas Seal Sale to
Benefit Schools.

The Washington tuberculosis Asso-
clation strongly indorses the appeal
of it's vice preSi-
Evening star., 1922-12-06
PRESIDENT FIGHTS
PLAN TO DOLE OUT
U. S. SHIP AID YEARLY

tcontinued from First Pase.)
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
ALASKA CULLS DTERNSARE
 TO BE KILLED

SEATTLE, May 23. - A special Washington dispatch printed in to- days Times says that the Bureau of Fisheries has announced that the Sec retary of Agriculture, under author ity in the Migratory Bird Treaty, has authorized the employees in the fish cries service to kill the sea gulls and terms in Alaska, if they are found to be destructive of salmon or other val uable food fish. Assisted by the of ficials of the Coast and Geodetic Sur vey the coming summer will see a large collection of terms and sea gulls made for the purpose of killing and examining them to determine wheth- CT or not it is true that these birds do consume large quantity of food fish. If the result of the examination is a verdict of guilty, an active campaign against the birds will be undertakne and efforts made to destroy them in great numbers.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
OLCOTT NOW
 LEADS IN RACE
 F0RCOVERNOR

PORTLAND, May 23.-Overnight reports from the belated precincts have somewhat increased the lead of Governor Olcott over his near est opponent Charles B. Hall of Marshfield, for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Complete returns from thirty of the counties in the state, and almost complete counties, give the governor 42,75O to 42,448 for Hall.
 returins from the remaining six
 The Portland Telegram, which supported the present governor dur ing the pre-primary campaign, has come out with an extra edition def initely claiming that Olcott has been nominated. State Senator Hall how ever, told the Associated Press rep- resentative, that he did not concede his opponents election. He asserted that the remaining precincts would give him enough of a majority to put him in the lead. Hall declared "when the official count is canvassed, it will show that I have been nomi- mated" aa
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
BOLIVIA WANTS TAKE HAND IN
 CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The re- quest of Bolivia to be represented i'll the conference now under way in this city between the countries of Peru and Chile to settle their differences over tie province of Tacna-Arica. was curtly refused by the countries in volved. The proposition to give Bo- livia a seat in the council hall received but scant consideration from the Chil- can and Peruvian delegates. Without waiting for joint action, the Chilean members in brief memorandum noti- fled the Bolivian legation that it did not even feel disposed to forward the request to the Chilean government. It has been suggested that the Bolivian minister may appeal to the United States asking for assistance in it's request for intervention.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
STEEL MERGER IS HELD UP BY
 DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The De- partment of Justice in furtherance of the LaFollette resolution adopted by the Senate, Calling upon it and the Federal Trade Commission to investi- gate the reported merger of the Lack awanna Steel Company with the Beth lehem Company, invited representa- tives of the two organizations to conference yesterday. The meeting was held in the office of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, who is conducting the investigation in person After the meeting the attorney gen. eral announced that the officials of the two companies had given him assur- ances that the merger would not be consummated until the Department of Justice has completed it's probe into the circumstances surrounding it.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
BAPTISTS WANT FILM INDUSTRY
 CLEANED UP

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 2o. - The convention of the Southern Bap- list Church now being held in this city today adopted a resolution flatly de- nouncing lynching, and calling upon all constituted agencies of law and order to take every possible step to stamp it out in the United states. Lynching was stigmatized as the chlef evidence of failure of American civil izatien.
 The convention also turned it's at tention to the movies, and after con- sidering the numerous scandals which have come forth from Los Angeles or late, a resolution was adopted demand ing that the motion picture business be "cleaned up or destroyed
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
NO FUNDS ARE
 AVAILABLEF0R
 WORK KORDERED

WASHINGTON, May 23. The House yesterday passed the bill intro- duced by Representative Dempsey of New York authorizing the construc- tion, repair, and preservation of cer- tain public works on rivers and har- bors, and containing plans for inn provements for which the bill does not carry an appropriation. The bill called for little over $s1,0O0,0O0 for the work. No work in Alaska is covered by the bill. The Pacific coast ports affected and the amounts appropriat- ed are San Diego Harbor $135, 5,000,- Los Angeles Harbor $73O000, San Francisco Harbor Enerance $530,000. Oakland Harbor $1,371 ,450, Coos Bay Harbor and Isthmus Slough, Oregon, $3,31O000, Columbia and lower Will annette Rivers below Portland, $1,- 750,00O, Willamette Slough $23,350, Clatskanie River, Oregon, $4,260.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
EDITORSDEMAND PASSAGE BILL
 BY CONGRESS

YAKIMA, May 23.-Eleven Republi- can editors in the Yakima valley yes terday sent a telegram to President Harding stating that unless the Smith McNary bill was passed by Congress and approved, "we will no longer con slider ourselves either by reason of past affiliations or because of the flu ture of the Republican party bound to continue to support the national Re publican Party"
 This bill was introduced simultan- eously in the House by Representative Smith of Idaho and in the Senate by Senator McNary of Oregon, and is designed to extend reclamation aid for the purpose of encouraging the de- velopment of agricultural resources through Federal and State co-opera- tion, giving preference in the matter of employment and the establishment of rural homes to those who have served with the military and naval forces of the United States. The re- clamation projects approved under the provisions of the measure are to be financed by the Federal Farm Loan Board This bill, while not disturb ing the old reclamation fund or it's use, creates an additional fund to be used in a broader field. While the old reclamation law provides for the development of arid or semi-arid lands this bill contemplates the reclamation of arid, swamp, and overfloWed laho by means of irrigation, drainage, and dikeage. The bill has been reported from the committees in both the Sen ate and the House.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
PREACHER IS FL0CCED BY
 MASKED MEN

PELHAM, Ga., May 23.-The flog- ging of a preacher by body of masked men which took place early last Sunday morning has been an nounced by the county authorities. The victim of the outrage was the Reverend D. c. Temples, Holiness preacher, who has been conducting camp meetings in tent eight miles west of here for several weeks. The law officials are Investigating the af- fair, and arrests may shortly be ex- pected. The preacher was roughly handled and severely injured as a re- suit of the castigation. Much indigna- tion is publicly explessed at the as- sault.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
SOCIALISTS
 TO NOMINATE
 C0NCRESSMEN

NEW YORK, May 23.-It was an nounced today from the headquarters of the Socialist Party of the United States, that the Executive Commit tee of the party had decided to enter candidates in every congressional dis trict in the country for the fall cleo tions. In making the announcement it was asserted that vigorous nation wide campaign would be conducted in the interest of the Socialist congressional candidates. The Executive Commit tee also adopted Socialist Congress- 'ional Platform. In making the an nouncement the representatives of the Socialists asserted that widespread Socialist sentiment existed in the country, and that the people were ra- pidly becoming dissatisfied with both the old parties, turning more and more to the Socialist Party, as the only organization offering construc- tive program for present day ills.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
CHURCH AGENCIES TO
 BE CONSOLIDATED

DIES MONIES, May 23-The one hundred and thirty-fourth General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church is holding it's sessions in this city. Most of yesterday was devoted to a consideration of the Stone report of consolidation of Church Agencies, made in the interest of economy of operation, and effectiveness. After a full and extended discussion the prin- cipal enacting clauses of the report were adopted. By this action thirteen of the present agencies by which the church conducts it's various activities are eliminated In their place has been created four new boards, with all the powers of the old thirteen co-or- aiinated in these four.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
ADMITS MURDER OF MAN WHO WAS BLACKMAILER

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, May 23. - Walter s. Ward, the son of George S.. Ward, a prominent resident of this city, yesterday confessed to having killed Clarence Peters of Haverhill, Mass. The body of Peters was found near the local reservoir last week.
 the death being caused by bullet wounds. The police have been mys- tified by the murder, and had been unable to secure any clues, until young Ward surrendered himself to Sheriff Wenere, and told his story
 According to the youths confession as reported by the sheriff, Ward shot and killed Peters because the dead man had been subjecting Ward to black
 mail for six weeks prior to the killing
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
PASSPORT REVISION
 IN CHINA IS ASKED

SHANGHAI, May 23. A request for the revision of the American pass port regulations has been made to the State Department through Consul Gen. eral E. s. Cunningham by the Ameri- can Chamber of Commerce.
 The present American regulations provide that if passport has expired and it is desired to renew 1t, applica- ton must be accompanied by $1O gold. Approximately ninety days is neces- sary to forward the application to Washington and obtain renewal of the passport In the meantime, if the ap- plicant desires to travel on business trips in the Far East, it becomes ne- cessary for him to obtain an emer- gency passport from the local consul ate. This also costs s10. -
 In it's letter the chamber points cut that local British residents may ob- tain passports from their consul gen. eral for S2-gold-such passports be- ing valid for two years and renewable for four further periods of two years each upon payment of fee equivalent to fifty cents-gold. The chamber asks that similar provisions be made by the United States.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-23
RAILROADS AGREE &
 ON REDUCTION RATES

WASHINGTON, May 23. - Action was commenced immediately by the nineteen railroad presidents who dined with the President Saturday evening, in line with the Presidents renuest to take steps for broader cooperation among the larger roads in an effort to lower rates. The origi- nal nineteen present selected seven Of their number as a committee to con- slider the proposal. Yesterday this committee held a two hour session with the Interstate Commerce Com mission. in an effort to agree with the commission on voluntary reduction of rates.