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Says Plan Rejected.

Mr.. Steward insists that the plan
devised by the bureau of efficiency
was before Congress and was over
whelmingly rejected by the House.
1t had almost no support in the
Senate"
81 regret that the action of the
personnel classification board in re-
spect to positions in the District of
Columbia makes it imperative for me
to protest on behalf of the National
Federation of Federal Employees and
all others who seek to have the
classification carried out in accord
ance with the classification act of
1928" said Mr.. Steward, in his letter
to Gen. Lord.
''rhe reason for this protest is pri-
marily that the plan proposed by
the board for the District of Column
bia is not in accordance with the
law and it will not achieve the re-
suits sought by the legislation.
Basis of Law
The fundamental aims of this leg
islation are: That pay shall be based
on duties performed; that the rates
of pay for given kind of duties
shall be fair both to the employe and
the taxpayer; that the rates deter
mined upon as fair shall be paid uni
formly throughout the departments
wherever positions of that character
ere found, and that standard titles
with adequate descriptive specifica-
tions shall be adopted so that all
concerned, employe, administrator,
legislator and the public can deter
mine from the record the facts. The
law provides classification and pay
on the basis of duties and RESPONSE
tIlities and provides for legislative
as well as administrative control by
systematic collection and presepta-
tion of the facts.
Congress itself in the classifica-
ton act has established the general
salary levels that are to be paid for
the different grades in the several
services with the District of Colum-
Tia. To the personnel classification
board it has delegated the respon-
sibility for determining that the
are uniformly and fairly applied and
the duty of preparing and publishing
the detailed class specifications that
are to insure uniform Interpretation
Of the act and furnish the basis for
critical review of it's application.
Requirements of Act.
'The law provides that the esti-
mates for the next fiscal year shall
be made in accordance with the act,
and the act contains a mandatory
provision that the board shall pre-
pare and publish an adequate state
ment giving (1) the duties and re-
sponsibilities involved in the classes
to be established within the several
grades, illustrated when necessary by
examples of typical tasks. CD the
minimum qualifications required for
the satisfactory performance Of such
duties and tasks, and (3) the titles
given to said classes
Compliance with this provision re-
onfring preparation and publication
of class specifications is regarded by
those who have studied the subject
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Evening star., 1923-05-27
CRASH ENDS FLIGHT
OF RUM CARS HURT
Smoke Screen Foils Pursuit
Till Mishap Reveals Heavy
Whisky Load.

Chased by revenue men over a ten
mile course. starting on the Leonard
town pike near Reds Corner, Md, an
night when it crashed into a machine
at I'd and X streets northeast, prac-
tically demolishing the latter Harry
Miller, 4203 18th street northeast, his
wife and three children, occupants
CT the wrecked automobile, were in
jured.
The liquor-running machine was
abandoned near the scene of the
collision by its driver, an unidenti-
fed white man, who escaped. In it
the police say they found 1872 gall
Ions of corn liquor intact. Approx
imately fifty gallons ran into the
street from containers, which were
broken in the crash.
Car Sighted Speeding.
Revenue officer Fowler with four
Baltimore agents sighted the rum car
near Reds Corner, speeding toward
Baltimore, and Immediately gave
chase. The bootleg machine let down
smoke screen which hid it from
view of the pursuing prohibition
agents.
With the revenue men close be-
hind, the liquor runner sped through
Maryland to Good Hope road and
turned into 11th street. In the city
the car followed a zigzag course
which took it around Lincoln Park
and to 2nd and X streets, where the
accident occurred.
Under the dashboard of the rum car
was found a tank operated by a
hand pump, which contained a mix
ture of oil and ammonia. The de-
vice, the revenue men believe, was
used to throw out the smoke screen
which prvented them from captur-
ing the machine early in the chase.
The liquor laden machine was bad
ly damaged in the collision. Il was
owned, according to the police, by
Madeline Johnson, 965 Girard street
northwest.
passing automobilist took the
Miller family to the Casualty Hos
pital, where all five were treated for
lacerations on their faces and necks
caused by broken glass from the
windshield. Only one of them, AL
bert, eleven years old. was kept at
the hospital for further treatment.
He will be released today. Besides
Mr.. Miller and his wife, Laura, the
years old, and Henry. nine years old.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
10000 to 10000 Visitors
Already in Capital for
Great Festival.
800, 900 ARE EXPECTED ''
BEFORE END OF WEEK
Radiantly Decorated City Ready
for Vast Crowds; Ave
nue. Jammed.
The caravans are coming.


Summoned from every mosque by
the annual call of the muezzin.
Shrine hosts throughout the nation
have turned their eyes toward
Washington. where for a week they
will sit in imperial conclave. BY
seaplane, railroad train, automobile
and boat they are hurrying here
and by next Sunday they will even be
arriving by horse and carriage and
on foot.
One week from today the churches
of Washington will inaugurate
Shrine week by throwing open their
doors to the visiting hosts, and from
that hour until midnight Thursday.
when a mile-long choir will sing
America" on Pennsylvania avenue,
the Nations Capital will virtually be
owned by the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine 1t will be a week the like
of which Washington has never
known.
City Gayly Attired.
Not even for the pampered princes
of mighty foreign nations or newly
elected Presidents of the United
States has the National Capital
donned such gala attire as for the
caravan hosts who will swarm in at
least 100000 strong. Gayly dressed
in the yellow. green and red of the
Shrine, the city waits in proud
readiness to be captured by its
guests.
Pennsylvania avenue-the same old
historic street down which the blue
uniformed armies of "a and the
khaki-clad divisions of 1917 marched
in victorious arrays a maze of
fiuttering flags and bunting by day
and a sea of vari-colored lights and
throbbing humanity by night. And
next week il will gaze upon the
strangest pageants that ever trod
its sacred way, when the Shrine hosts
pass in review before the President
of the United States-a noble him
self
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Capitol View Beautiful.


pear beneath it's necklaces of SHIN
mering lights, the scene from Capitol
Hill is even more gorgeous. From the
Capitol-itself brilliantly illuminated
the spectator gazes across the
golden canopy of the historic thor
oughfare to the Washington Monu-
ment. its pinnacle bathed in the rays
of powerful searchlights. And in the
distant background the stately Lin
coin Memorial stands out in ghostly
silhouette, a shrine itself shimmering
in a flood of soft reflector lights
These are only a few of the wonder
vistas that will greet the Shriners
upon their arrival. If they were to
drop in tomorrow, however. they
would find Washington virtually
ready. Between 10000 and 10000 of
the visitors are already in the city.
according to official estimates, and
by next Saturday it is expected fully
100000 will have disembarked and
set up quarters for the week
Increase Noticeable.
The increase in Washingtons popu-
lation was easily noticeable last night
when thousands of persons turned out
and claimed Pennsylvania avenue for
their own. With all vehicular traffic
except street cars diverted. the multi
tudes took possession of the grand
stands. swarmed over the sidewalks
and marched in an incessant stream
from the Treasury to the Capitol and
back again, listening the entire time
to the music of a Victrola, served
from the submits of the poles from
which the lights were strung.
Bizarre as the spectacle may have
appeared last night, however, it was
but a miniature of what Washington
is to experience all next week. The
crowds will continue to increase until
next Saturday night. when the first
Of the special trains are to arrive.
From that moment the CT US popula-
ton will grow by leaps and bounds
until it has almost doubled itself
Committees End Tasks.
Tension at Shrine headquarters has
been almost at the breaking point for
the last ten days. but virtually all of
the thirty-two committees in charge
of the pageant have nearly completed
their respective arrangements, and
the rush will begin to ease up so that
the various officials can give more
time to the reception of incoming
guests 1.-The Garden of Allah" one
of the few unfinished large projects
of the conclave, will be completed
by the middle of this week. according
to Frederick d. Owen, in charge of
the work.
The ticket committee worked until
midnight last night and will continue
to work today and tonight mailing
out the grandstand seats reserved by
the visiting temples. 1t is expected
that announcement will be made to-
morrow of the number of seats avail
able for the public and where they
may be purchased. The committee
authorized the announcement, how
ever, that there will be ample room
to meet the needs of every person in
the city.
Watch Food Prices.
The question of preventing food
prices from soaring was the most
important problem remaining to be
settled. The food committee announc-
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Evening star., 1923-05-27
WEATHER

Mostly cloudy and somewhat cooler
today and tomorrow; possibly local
rains.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at 10 pm. last night:
Highest, 81; lowest, sos.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

IHU UIpIOIIIdCIC COTpS, however,
CONTINUED on Page =. Column ID
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CONTINUED on Page 2, Column
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Watch Food Prices.

The question of preventing food
prices from soaring was the most
settled. The food committee announc-
Continued on Page 4. Column g.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

The Stars carrier system covers every
sity block and the regular edition 10
delivered to Washington homes az fast
as the papers are printed.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
M'KEEVER SEES
MORE HOMES
NEEDED
Business Buildings, Too, He
Holds, Are Far Behind
Demand in City.

s"Some people not familiar with
the situation have the idea that
this country is in danger of being
cverbuiIt. This is not true unless
the statistics and available informa-
ton fail to represent the situation
as it is" declares r. l.. McKeever,
of the firm of Mckee & Goss.
cat the expense of considerable
time and trouble, I have endeavored
to check up from the available sta
tistics and information to ascertain
just what the future might hold in
store, and am convinced beyond
a doubt that it will take a maxi.
mum amount of building for the
next five years to furnish adequate
housing and store facilities for the
people of the United States.
This situation is demonstrated
very clearly by the. fact that wher-
ever the building. program of the
country fell below normal for a
year or more. this telling off was
compensated for in the immediate
ensuing year or years by rise in
the amount of construction above
normal.
Building Fell Behind.
Beginning with the year 1914
the construction program of the
country fell below normal and re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
IS
LEE HEIGHTS
FEATURE
.,..t...... t.ss..
Development Of Suburb in
Virginia Being Handled
BY Specialists.

! Suburban dsyelOpfneilt. planning
by landscape engineers has, become
as much ~ practical necessity as
city planning has. in the !. urban
communities. J Mrs. RUBY Lee Minar
Washington real estate woman who
has specialized. in subdivision pro
motion, calls attention to this grow
ing vocation. ;.;1:9+ "a, - T.
1.-THE old practice in. laying out
suburban. subdivision" said Mrs
Minar. was merely I'd draw a So.
ries of cross lines .furs ,atreets with.
out regard ITO tepoknaphy, and let
it go at that - I. .,:--' :. I
In Lee Heie91ts. the 4Oo3acre TRACT
near the, country club ia Arlington
county Va which Mrs. Minar ID
developing, landscape architects were
put to work last winter. They
worked steadily on plans until the
opening Of the sales campaign in
April.
w. F. Sunderman, of the firm
Of John H. Small and Sons, has
had charge of planning Lee
Heights Sunderman, a University
| of Michigan graduate, for five
years was engaged in laying out
subdivisions in Chicago, Detroit.
! Madison, Cedar Rapids, Wheeling
and other places.
Sunderman was employed on the
public parks of Washington for
three and one-haIf years. Last
fall he vent with the John, H.
Small Company to engage in gen.
eral landscape work.
John HI. Small, Sd, now at the
head of this house, is a graduate OF
the landscape department. Of Cor
nell University. In addition to Lee
cral large estates In Washington,
Greenwich. Contestant. Hot SPRINGS
and elsewhere: -,
During the war, Small was en-
gagged in war cafnoitflage as an
instructor at & Camp jackson, Co.
lumbia. s. c.. He began an in
dependent career subsequently as
landscape architect here, with
some important commissions.
Small composed the general
landscape plan for Arbemont, the
estate OF Maj. and Mrs. Henry Par.
sons Erwin, which occupies "a
acres bordering Rock Creek Park
near the old Pierce mill.
Mrs. Minar engaged as consultant
| landscape architect in the develop
n1ent of Lee Heights. A. w. Dor.
gan, of Detroit, Mich, q specialist
in subdivision and town planning.
porgan lately returned from n three
months tour of England. France
italy and Germany, whore he made
a study Mof new ideas.
Dorgan' Is q graduate of the land.
scape architecture department of
Michigan Agricultural College. He
has been engaged in many phases
| Of real estate work, having devel-
oped and sold subdivision property
and also designed, built and sold
homes.
After thoroughly acquainting
himself wit hthe typographical fea,
lures Of Lee Heights, he actually
prepared his suggestions and the
layout Of Lee Heights while in
France 800. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

NAMED below normal until about
the middle of the year 1922, and at
times went as much as W per
cent below normal. Two billions
of dollars was the valuation placed
by economists upon the stores ano
residences that should have been
constructed to provide for the
corntry's normal development be
tween the years 1914 and 1872.
Therefore, it is plain to be seen
that this country must continue It's
building program at tremendous
rate above normal for many years.
Costs Are High.
"Our records" said Mr.. Mckee
yer, indicate that in Washington
the need of new houses is as i'm
perative today as it was a year
ago, and the cost of construction
is today considerably higher than a
year ago. Some economists have
predicted a fall in the cost Of con-
struction, but / am frank to say
that can see nothing to indicate
it. In the first place, and I am
speaking now particularly of Wash
ington, the cost of skilled labor is
as high, if not higher, than at any
time in history, and only a person
unfamiliar with labor conditions
would suggest that wages be re-
duced in the immediate future.
Wages are the controlling factor
in the cost of building.
Building material is high and
scarce, and 1 can see no immediate
prospect for decline in that COM
modify. Land vaues, which during
the period of the war stagnation
remained at a stationary level De-
cause there was no demand for
land upon which to build, have be-
come increasingly higher in price
since, and land available for houses
in the District of Columbia has be.
come correspondingly scarce.
I'm my opinion, the people who
are continually predicting lower
prices for real estate are not in
formed on the subject, and are not
in a position to know the actual
facts"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

tracts on the above exhibition house
have so far been won by men who
are already doing their various
work on a number of our other
houses. The following is q list of
the subcontracts that have been
awarded SO far:
Excavation and concrete, Skinner
& Burrows.
Concrete foundation blocks fur
nished by Edmonds Contracting
Company.
All masonry, including chimney
and fireplace, by Fred Wynn.
All carpenter work by L. N. Orn
dorff. assisted so far by c. II
Fleming.
Plumbing by Isadore Barriere.
Heating by J. S. Killeen.
Electric wiring. Charles Knott.
Plastering by r. w. Allen
Tile work, Antonio D'Ambrosio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
new HOMES ARE READY
IN 8RooKLAND SUBURB

Brookland, that beautiful resi-.
Dental suburb adjoining the Sol.
diers Home and the grounds OF the
Catholic University. has shown
rapid development during the past
year. Many new homes are being
completed and are now open for
inspection.
Among the more recent opera.
tions are the detached houses at
Tenth and Otis streets northeast.
built by Nicholas Miles, jr., for per.
sons seeking moderate priced wei.
constructed homes.
Brookland is the nearest suburb
to. the city that offers suburban
homes with all city conveniences.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
TWELVE HOMES,
.LEW|S-B|ULT,
!. UNDER WAY
, g.. s.t. WMU
ENN IN Hill BID
III
~
Owners Are Supervising Con-
Observation-Disclosures on
Efficiency Basis.

AT the present time there are un-
der construction in Washington
twelve or more Lewis Homes, where
the owners are acting as their own
builders.
The subcontraets on these various
houses have thereby been obtained
on quantity basis, the result is
greater, efficiency and economy.
! In competitive bidding the same
man does not always win, but he is
bidding on a quantity basis, and his
bid is proportfonately lower.
1t SO happens that the subcOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
CAT IS MOTHER TO TWO
BABY CROUNDHOCS

FAIRMONT, w. Va, July IA
Persian cat belonging to Mrs. D.. Fl
Linger is mothering two baby
groundhogs. She has three regis
tered Thoroughbred kittens Of her
own, but is nursing all five of the
mixed young brood. The kittens
and the groundhogs play happily to-
gether.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14
Appeal in Walker Custer.

Frank L. Peckham, Tank Corps
Post No. 10, American Legion an
nounced today that an appeal viii
be taken from action of the George
Washington Post ousting Com
mander Thacker v. Walker, at
meeting of the executive committee
Of the District Department of the
Legion to be held in a few DAYS.
Peckham, lawyer, has acted as
Commando walkers counsel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-14

The photographs demonstrate the hatE being
under construction Northamp
Branch road and Nevada
The upper taken Monday July The lower
taken Thursday, July H. .f*
accomplished
selected
the public the advantages be gained only in building by
the radyut method but to also demonstrate the advantages
gained builder and ubcontracing his
~
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-16
STRIKERS ASK
 PROTECTION; WOULD
 RETURN TO HOMES

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 16.-Str1king railroad employees have appealed to Governor McRae for protection on their return to their homes. These: workers were evicted from Missouri & North Arkansas railroad towns by, "citizens' committees" that demand loyalty to the railroad.
 The governor said he would write to the sheriffs" and other officials and "reouest' that the strikers be pro tected. The strikers declared that "citizens' committees" are still III con trol of several towns along the ra1i- road and that it is unsafe for strikers to be found in these localities.
 A feature of these outrages IS the moderation with which the governor of the state views defiance of law by the mobs.I There is no longer any serious attempt to connect the strik, CTS with the burning of bridges, and m the mob is definitely associated with the railroads attempt to smash the shop mems strike. .... l
 The best proof of this latest view, point is the Silence of Claw and order newspapers and public officials on the entire situation.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-16
Here's the Proof that Compulsory
 " Arbitration is Tragedy and Failure
Farm Wage Is Low.

Washington, Feb. I6.-Wages of day farm laborers for the country as a whole are averaging $1.o8 a day without board and $I.47 with board, reports the department of agriculture.
 These figures may interest swivel chair advisers of the workers who edi- torialize on the need for 'workers go- ing to the farms"-where they can grow their own vegetables after they have finished 10 and II hour day.
 The department says the average monthly wage without board is $40. 30 and $27.91 with board. By the day without board the lowest average IS SI.4o in the south Atlantic states.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-16
NUFFINS

The country IS going to pay tribute amounting to millions to whoever wins out in a great fight between control ot what is known as the oil cracking pro- cess for separating gasoline from petroleum
 Chemical and, Metalurgical Engineer
 ing. a technical magazine, says the tr1- bute proposed by one contestant IS lO cents barrel. Ask the eighth grade what that would mean on the whole pro- duct and what 1t would amount III when levied against the consumer III the retail trade. Nothing is too small to pass on to the consumer.
 Chemical and Metalurgical Engineer ing wants to know how long American industry will tolerate $2,OOO a year patent examiners ito grind out confusion tor the $15OOO judges, to the delectation of the .$50,000 lawyers and the despair of those who pay for 1t all"
 Maybe there's thought in that sug- gestion.
 An American oil magnate has grabbed Soviet concession on the Island of Saphalien, which shows that oil mag mates will gamble on wildcat govern ments just as SO many other Americans gamble on wildcat oil, as somebody has pointed out. ;
 But isn't it strange how oil can be found at the center of so many world problems. There's Baku, a flunky little capital that wouldn't be coveted by any one if 1t didn't cover one of the great oil deposits of this well-l1r1own world. There's Tampico, with all of the in ternational ruckus its oil deposits have caused. It is wasn't for oil about the only reason an American or Britisher would have for going to Iamplco would be to get away again But there's the oil Oil corporations flock over the world fighting for oil. because oil means power and profit This will be interest ing to Joe Brown, late tender, and to Bill Jones, farmer. They'd be so eager ! to fight for Standard Oil in Bessarabia Little Jack Horner sat in corner and | 1t seems, without moving or exerting | thumb and extracted the plum. Since then many persons have learned how to get the plurns without planting 1 trees. .
 | There IS Harry Sinclair. He just stuck around and got a whole darnec | bushel of plums No effort at all He: l added to that bushel whole lot, too l Just sat tight in his corner and passed
 few pieces of paper, adding million: Of plumS to h1S bank balance. ! Gee, it's great to have brains-ane friends; particularly the right kind O.
 friends, and more especially, friends whc
 own plum orchards. Down in Arkansas mob rule, seems t
 go its merry way. What is mob, rnor or less, to disturb the happy reflection of office holders.
 Though mob rule has had fou
 counties under absolute control 90 pc
 cent of the newspapers scarcely knov
 anything has happened and mighty fev flaw and order" crusaders have opene
 their heads about it. II A union man proven innocent wa hanged, many were driven from thei :, homes, elected officials were forced t i resign, and the high and mighty mob di as it goldarned pleased. But, as Cicer remarked, nature is wonder ful, and all well with the world.