Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1921, Page 4

CAR FELLS TREEIN nquers | DASH OFF TRACKS Constipation Eighteen Passengers Escape Don’tlet constipation poison your blood : - cartailyour energy. | Injury at F and Eighth fyour! dout work prop- T Streets Northeast. ‘fliy take CARTER’S A large shade tree at the northwest Tattle Liver corner of 8th and F streets northeast Pills today probably saved several persons from and ‘your injury about 8:30 this morning when &rouble will it stopped a Capital Traction car which had jumped the track and was headed for the cornmer building a% 738 F street, used as a residence and store. The tree was uprooted, but the car stopped six feet short of the build- ing after crossing the sidewalk and making a spectacular entry into the side yard. None of its eighteen pas- sengers was hurt. E. F. Garner, motorman, and A. T. Marlow, econductor, were in charge of the car, which approached the $th and F street intersection from the south. There is a Bharp incline at this point, and, according to the crew, something Relief went wrong with the air brakes when !.h;‘);l !!hlrtadbdovkvn the hill. 2 : oly {5 profucing mch e hand brake was used and the n:‘:fi:ll:la' I‘p:::lltx n:l:t ’mm‘dr:ds of lettérs | Motor thrown into reverse, but the car expressing deep gratitude for the welcome re-| had gained considerable momentum lief from sufferiog and pain_(which this won-|'by the time it reached F street. The derful home remedy bas brought) are flowing in. | switch was thrown into F street and McHale’s Remedy was discovered after longl ¢ X roc-ang Tesearch and fests by & practical chemist who, | (NS CAT Was going too fast to mak ut relief from intense suffering. T eimedy 5 garasteea to bring quick and| It accordingly, took a diagonal lasting relief. Don't suffer any looger. Me-| COUrSe across the street; strucx the Hale’s Home Remedy brings sweet relief. shade tree, which stood on Sth street, RECOMMENDED AND USED BY |& few feet north of F, and pulled up WASHINGTON DENTISTS abruptly alongside the corner build- Rev. J. M. O'Brien, pastor of 8t. Peter’s Llin€., which is owned by Samuel Ceas. was so delighted with the{ The motorman gamely stuck to his Remedy he allowed us to| post. . Many of thé passengers were his letter, as follows: children on the way to school, and suffered for a long time with they made a hurried exodus from the aving lost quite & few of my teeth, e A . friend gave me a bottle of McHale's windows when the car stopped. This was more than a year ago, and I stili| Wrecking crew pulled the car back onto the tracks. The vehicle was bady damaged. —_— New York and Return. $5.00 Next Sunday, February 20. Pennsylvania System. See the great metropolis, with its varied places of interest. Leave Washington Saturday midnight, 12:45 a.m.—Advertisement. PATENT OFFICE INCREASE AGREED TO BY HOUSE Opposition- Expressed to Provision for Federal Trade Commission to Take Out Patents. The House agreed yesterday to the conference report on the Nolan bill to increase the force and salaries in the patent office. spesker emphasized the needs for in- cressing the. personnel and salaries, but some opposition was expressed to the provision which grants authority to the Federal Trade Commission to take out and work patents for gov- ernment employes, thereby making it possible to control the price i 231 ee!r‘}lin manufactured products ‘are Representative. Merritt, republican, £ -Connecticut, . protested -that ' this voyld-allow the governmpnt to enter nto’.competition ‘with te manu- *acturers and ‘that-At would result in :he:building ‘up of:a new patent sys- teni under the Fec Trade Commis- an sam Pt -ta.- T imit. the,. bill with xmmg,lon‘fn‘fig uo,p-.'eon- ferecs -not to amree -Un that sectlon. but his amendment was défeated, 142 to 73. & “Tne bill a5 agrecgto provides for | eighty-four new empioyes.at & net inv crease: in salary bf more than. §! “TOWN MEEPING” HELD. " “special town-meeting’ ‘of the i Siate Gluh waa held Pyorrhea or Rigg’s Disease McHale Remedy Brings Prompt 17 District National Bank Bldg., Washington, D. C. PRAISE OUR ? / «| EYE SERVICE? 7} D Through your own I//\ ersonal experience anc sy talking with other vhom we have served the general public has become convinced that we thoroughly under- stand the defects of the eye, and how to ex- amine into them and provide the proper remedial lenses. plé sugar party of the ° Qfficers .elequd’hlt month’ four stores During debate every|I h | was *go! THE EVENING ST, STREET CAR JUMPS THE TRACK AND UPROOTS TREE A’ 8TH AND F' STREETS NORTHEAST. REPRESENTATIVE GRAHAM BITTERLY SCORES DAWES Also Charges “More Rascality in Government Now Than Dur- ing the War.” An indirect attack on Charles G. Dawes, Gen. Pershing's former supply procurement chief in France, ‘c’::(m‘d. terday by rman Grabiam of the ‘gencral war investigat- ing committee, in the course of a five- '.hguuud-wonl speech on war-time waste. & the guns of « hostile flect are ml‘flf':;‘ out for their targets,” said Mr. Graham, ‘it is good strategy to throw overboard some smoke boxes and behind the smoke screen thus created, flee to safety. Thus it has been lately. The carefully staged performance recently brought to our attention, where one high in the councils of this administration struts and swears and swears and struts and throws about the miserable grafter and incompetent official the sheltering mantle of the glorious deeds of our boys across the seas, is to this end. ““The captious heckling of our demo- cratic brethren about the payment of certain bills, is for the same purpose. charge that behind that screen there grafters, going un- and_ pillaging the invest] ng col -?:;“aemu with water already over dam m declared the water e In):':’oe:.‘-h:mw and that there was more dut-and-out rascality in the government since the war than occurred e ook much that happened durl e and rush’of war,” he -aa:m' W oalh‘t to owgrlook mueh;i but I have 1d af ofwm of or grafter who ! el ‘war- is ‘over, .p:r ‘h,n\;z X‘%:ypr‘:n‘m o mwlmlf n'ntl #im - to_do it mn& to stay hig hand.” * ——— Atlantic Coast Liie E. K., 1418 H st. £.9.— ) ragios e are thieves and whij of justiee imnwmfi' T WINDOW. ‘While sested at a ##dnt window of & room on the’ d floor Of his home at T301oA D4 afreet, about 5 o'clock yester- ‘day afternoon, PIQ'::IK'F; S)l:‘e'e:l’y.v ::xh);— n . e et s &‘o‘,'u Delleved to a ‘was only. the affair to -and - turned Fmal Cigarénce of "Shor"c Lines’ Boys’ $3.50 Tan Elk Munson Last For final stock adjustment in the Boys’ and Girls’ Depts. we tomor- row mark down many remaining “short lines” of $3.50 to $5.50 and some $6 to $8.50 Shoes— to $2.85 pair. ; Included’in part—at all four stores: “Junior Women’s” $5 Gun Metal High-cut Laced Boots; medium or full toes; low heels. Sizes 234 to 6. Misses’ and Chijldren’s $4 Gun Metal High-cut Laced Boots; -full toe last. Sizes 8% to 2. Army Bluche 4t06. ent: ther mouse to; 7th St. Store Only Final clean-up of Child’s Stitch-Down Play Shoes, sizes 5 to 9%. Tan and Smoked Horse Lace and Button Un- lined Elk Shoes, with sturdy leather soles. rs. Strictly solid. Sizes Children’s $5 Tan High-cut Laced Boots; turn soles. Sizes g to 11. Little Boys’ $3.50 GIA Metal Laced Shoes. Sizes 11 to 13%. And at Our 7th Street Store only: 50 pairs “Junior Women’s” $8.50 Pat- Button Boots with field- X > narrow toes ; medium heels. Sizes 2J4 t0.6-<A to C widths. 50 pairs Misses’ High-cut’ Laced $5.50-ar1d $6 Tan' Calf Boots .in‘broken sizes. ‘ Lot —Deeret § 85 WASHINGTON, . D. 0, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 192L COMMUNITY CENTER | CHARGES BRING DENIAL Charles thet the ocommunity ocen- ters of the public schools are hot- beds of anarchy and radicalism, made on the floor of the House by Repre- Sentative Wood of Indians, were do- nied emphatically in a statement is- sued yesterday by Miss Cecil Norto: Beneral community secretary of t community center de; ent. “1 know of no single instance where meetings have been held in the com- munity centers to foster radicalism or breed . said Mies Norton. “The principles of our work are not tounded on radicalism or anarchy.” Miss Norton stated that she and em- Dloyes of the community centers con- stantly supervise the meetings held in the schoolhouses to ascertain pre- cisely what activities are carried on. “I know of several instances where radical lsaders tried to obtain the use of the schools to promote their propaganda,” she sald, “but their op- Jects were discovered in time to pre- vent them from holding the meetings. “Contrary to Representative Wood's statement, we have done definite work to counteract any socialist tendencies on the part of the peopls by or- ganizing community clubs, where Americanism is taught” —— USING DISCARDED GARB. Bed Cross Membcrs to Be Shown ' How to Remodel Clothing. Representatives of the twenty-four || Red Cross chapters in the vicinity [|of the National Capital will attend the meeting arranged by the con- Representative Taylor, = republican, | lina, a.democratic ‘member of m:v ::.'t Tennessee, declared in a statement he | Probriations committee, as.to was confident that President-elect Hard- | 18 total appropriations for the fiscal year 1921 would be. . ing would give a southerner a place in| Mr. Mondell declared that by shav- his cabinet because of the “magnificent | ing $1,310,416,298 off departmental es- timates the House had been .able to showing™ which the repuBlicans of the | ¢ *'Zp T JI0IS, BAC, beRa abio 28 southern states made in the last elec-|$100,000,000 below the total for the tion. current twelve months. “I have taken the position ever since | ReDresentative Byrnes replied that while the bills as passed by the House the election that we bave earned at|showed a reduction of $97,000,000, the least one cabinetship and I believe the | bills pagsed by the Se: Showed an President-elect will take the same |increase of $239,000,000. view,” Mr. Taylor asserted. Declaring that he had given his ap- Reylews Bask Derrewlngs. proval to James A. Fowler of Knoxville| The borrowings of the five largest banks in New York city from the Fed- for, Attorney General, and though he elt there were special reasons why Tennesses ghould be recognized, Mr. (83, Reserve Bank on lagt November Taylor gatd “should the President.elect [ 12 728 only 10 per cont of a basis ling declde .to go to some other southern [ g clie 1€ N U1ePARYRL nY deputy State to find a cabinet oficer, I think the | governor ana former. goneral Gounsel of SV A ;n? Fe&eru‘{l Renrvekl , d‘ec efore the House banking committee. Watson Memorial Set Aside. Pho bosrowings Of the five ik Naew The House resolution designating Sun- | York banks, Mr. Harrison said, con- day, February 20, for memorial services | trasted with 271 per cent of the basis for ‘the late Representative Walter A.|line borrowed by banks in the Richmond Watson of Virginia, has been set aside | district, 370 per cent in the Atlanta, 152 at the request of Mr. Watson's family | per cent in St. Louls, 268 per cent in and in accordance with his wishes ex- | the Minneapolis, 196 per cent in the pressed prior to his death. g;nlu City and 176 per cent in the lias district. 3 . Representative Welty, democrat,| Lesislative Jam Being Cleared. g::lo, o br;‘lfim llrmnelchmn;! The key log has been knocked out of arges against e udge Landis | the legislative jam in Congress through (& the House Mon has asked| passage by the Senate of the Fordney airman Volstead to call an early | Srienes (W (iS5 Squnte of, the Tordney mf&unx of the House judiclary com- |y, " bear opened in the Senate, where Tictoe 50 shat he might present addi- | e congestion s centered, for consideras i{:;‘} "‘fleg““; Savport his charges | tjon of the big appropriation measure, wing out of Judge Landis’ accept- At 3 ot &née of the pobition of final arbitrator | (g Gea ey oo™ haYe renewed b € may be able to 9f organized base ball. with the desire o{i P‘ru!dent-elect H' b e D o 4 g, as expressed in messag e .Wringle Oyer.Approprisfions, all of the ‘Welty Pushing Landis Case. in - & . | Benate -Ing House leaders, ‘:hn Led I There was a wrangle e, y| appropriation measures enac at Festonday - Betwoon® Fepfosohiariog] thin ssasion. Others, however. are mot Mondell, . the Yepublican leader, asd|®C hopeful and said they expect lengthy Representative Byrties,of South Care- | discussions in the Senat e when the 5 . | Army and Navy supply measures come up. Boston Injured Admiral, Doing the ‘Witnesses befors the committes, sald cases b Mr. Palmer jn most of the Navy Danlels, in &/ lef Matthew. Cummihgs,’president. of the|tation, had Greater Boston ! Councll, Friénds of Irish Freedmen, which Mr. Cummings made public today, ex| views on Admiral Sims’ recent refer- ences to Sinn Fein activities in the world war. “ “I think the attempt of the ad- miral to reflect upon the Irish pedple Teacted upon him, doing them no harm, but doing him injury. It is al- ways unjust to charge a race of peo- ple with the mistakes of a. few;?| Wrote the Becretary. s % The letter, which was dated Febru- ary 12. and received yesterday, ‘was Wwritten in reply to an invitation from Mr. Cumming# to Secretary Daniels to address the Greater Boston Councll at its St. Patrick's day banquet op| D, ALl Irish participation in the war, with special ' reference to Admiral Sims' remarks. 3 The Secretary said he would be un+ able to come here, but that he would love to speak of the great contribu-|1 tion of men of the Irish race to the winning of the war, and that he hadj| no patience with the attempt to mini- mize their patriotism. g g GARY WOULD SELL STEEL || prom T0 FOREIGNERS ON CREDIT || Also ' Thinks Americans Should Pay Cash Abroad to Bring About Rebabilitation. NEW YORK, February 17.—Citing as an example the readiness of the United States Steel Corporation at one time to extend credit up to $20,- 000,000, Elbert H. Gary, chairman of its board of directors, urges granting ‘who are propaganda against the Justice,” based upon “falsehood understanding.” lana rehabilitation of forelgn com- merce. At the same time, he stated, the credit situation could be relieved materially through cash payments by American - buyers - for purchases abroad. £ The ‘United Stat¢s Steel Corpora- tion, Mr. Gary said, has followed this principle_chiefly in’transactions with Canada,’ Mexico, ‘Japan, China, South ‘America South Africa. Competition. by French and German mer":...nan 18 little feared, Mr. Gary said, there, being .no possibility of it until rehabllitation in both of those countries is complete and their own “Only the low wages ordinari] paid to European labor made it pos- sible for foreign manufacturers to compete in our market,” he added. “It they should revert to the low. wage standards.a tariff will be neces- sary to protect American industry and insure fair competitio: given testimony, which, he. Aeclared, was “only another evidence of Department, of and mis- servation and thrift committes of the District chapter for tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock at National Red Cross headquarters for the demon- :'tz::lonl:‘fh 'tlu rlor:nmll orb?dulu' | n Inf se! I, B fet Shese For 4 ot n also been issued t Lambie, national d Cross director of volunteer serv- ice, will preside and Mrs. Louis Ba- ker, director of production in the Atlantic division, will deliver an ad- dress. An exhibition of garments made from discarded wearing ap- parel, and even flour sacks, will be a feature of the occasion an of thrift committee and Mrs. Crosby Eugene Stoddard of the District Congress of d | Mothers and Parent-Teachers Asso- ciation is adviser to the chapter: Classes are held at the chapter house, i‘sr ‘g:;k-un place, every Monday and U. S. ASKS LANGDON CASE BE EXPEDITED BY JAPAN ‘TOKIO, February 15.—The American government recently urged the Japa- government to expedite its reply ® American note concerning the killing by & Japanes Warren H. Langdon bany in Viadivostok recently, point- ing out that it is awaiting a full ex- planation of the incldent. The Yomu-ri Shimbun commented today that the army authorities and the foreign office entertaln dissemt- ing views on the subject. Discussing the government’s position, the news- paper thinks it would be difficult for the court-martial to punish the sen- try because his action calls for no punishment. Moreover, it says, his punishment would result in an outburst of na- tional feeling. On the other hand, if TTRACTIVE G —looking homes are ompers . kept so by the aid of kit Garage, Inc. Rear 1114 Vermont Ave. Phone Fr. 6934 place the government of ignoring the d States, the Yom-ri Carbon Removed, 40c per Cylinder Interior and Exterior Work. Consult 1114 =. 5. FERGUSON, Inc. 3i2%, Painting Department. Ph. N. 231-212. Invisible Torie Bifocal Lenses 712 11" St. | §zakfi & Qmmprany Pennsylvania Avenue—Seventh Street. Special Selling fqr Frida,y i{},the % ‘Boys’ Dept. . 'There are still some lines to be cut loose—and the cutting means opportunities interesting to the parents of boys—and -family purse. conserving of the In Clothes— : Right Posture Suits—fancy patterns and the exclusive models that give Right Posture its ne o - §1 375 $9.75 $6.75 Sizes 10 to 18 years, in- cluding values up to $30...... Broken sizes, 9 to 17 years, including values up to $2250.... Crompton’s All-Weather Cor- duroy Suits— Mouse color— strongly sewed and roomily cut. Sizes 8 to 16 years.....oc.evee “._ Novelty Suits—Ofiver Twist -model—Blue and Brown Heather Jersey pants, buattoning on to Wash > Peggy Cloth Waist toned to match s i $5.00 and trimmed with sailor collars and cuffs of the Jersey. Sizes 3 $1.89 e to 8 years sesnasnen Remainder ol'}ne Sample Wash Suits—Middys and Junior Norfolk models—sizes 214 to 7 years only, Boys’ Furnishings— Blouse Waists in many neat patterns—collars attached. Sizes from 6 to 16 YeArs ......ceeee... Boys' Shirts— Fancy . Striped patterns; soft cuffs and neckbands. Sizes 124 to 14.. 69 3 for $2.00 79¢c 3 for 8235 . Cor Te&K 1014-16 Fh. Ave 233PaAveSE MANY AT HEALING MISSION Attendance Increasing at 214 John Marshall Place. Attendance is steadily increasing at the healing services inaugurated re- cently by the Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place, while requests for rayers for those sick and unable to present are being receiyed by Supt. ‘Herhert W. Kline, who announces that special attention given each indi- b; ntercessors. "\ Black Cat Stockings, fast color and the popular rib. Sizes 5%; to 114 mececcvcon sossecertcicecstas 39¢ 3 for $1.10 Boys® Sport Wool Hose, ln lfie mtedy‘flentller mixtures; sizds 8 to 11. Originally sold at $1.95.... the sentry is not condemned It will in the position emands of the Polish ......$2.00 {