Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1921, Page 23

THE EVENING |COAL % WOOD .Conynlt Us About Your Requirements \| Z. 63 Years of Faithful, Efficient Service among government employes in Wash- ington are now readr to furhish finan- cial assistance to members in case of sickness or death, the bureau of labor statistics announced today. These associations are divided inte three general classes, according to the nature of the benefit paid. Fifty of tHem pay sick benefits only, fourteen pay death benefits only and sixteen MARLOW COAL CO. Phone Main 311 811 E St. N.W. 729-31 7th St. NW. | | Big Savings on Shoes for Every Member : of the Family During Our . |. After-Inventory Sale | - Misses’ and Children’s Shoes | Each pair guaranteed. = I i Built to give growing feet a chance—and absolute service. Children and Misses Growing Girls’ Shoes both Dlack sad tapn o in all sizes and widihs; | v Black and Tan. Sizes 21 t0 8. ... _ 5% Also Limited Number 52.90 at o S s = BT SHOES OF YOUR CHOICE Best quality, in 33-90 black and tans; Sz .90 I Exceptionally fine quality. All sizes and widths. MEN 2 i | I It | i j | sizes 6% to 11. Solid leather; easily worth double I | w b Sh Finest assortment of women’s 'higfh—;luali(y 53 90 it R “‘e "e footwear at mere fraction of former o speflllll o n s s prices. All sizes and widths. Special, ‘Shoes for the Boy Finest grade, built of real leather and each pair guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction; all sizes fotiioas A and widths. Special, 3 {3 $2.90 $1.98 and $249 | Keep Your Feet Dry With Pair of Our Rubbers. ........... 98c Children’s Rubbers. .59¢ to 79¢ Women’s Rubbers..69c to 98c Boys’ Rubbers. .. ..79¢c to 98c Little Men’s Shoes - Both black and tan; sizes 10% to 13%; built Remember the. for , today, in SYt:uAntonio. K Z every liberty-loving American delights to wvisit. Not far from the Alamo is the greatest ‘army t in the whole United States, whence flyer and doughboy went toFrance in conquering hosts. You can see all these marvels as a part of your trip toCaliforniavia the Sunset Route HEN Davy Crockett. and his two 9 hundred companions fell defending the Alamo in the bravest battle against odds that Americans ever fought, the win- ning of an empire began. f Fired to a patriotic frenzy by that cruel slaughter, in fifteen days Sam Houston had utterly routed Santa Anna and forever re- moved theMexican menacefromTexassoil. _ hiseoric shrines, nificent hotels, bril- % Today the battle-starred Alamo standsin liant social life—a delightful lunglmfi of ‘ San Antonio a¢'‘a historic shrine which fascinatinglegend and modern hospitality. Toke the unset Poule b California Every mile a scene worth while= SUNSET LIMITED § New Orleans Los A.ng.elel San Antonio San Francisco | A mild, sunny route all the way with Observation Car, Through Dining Car and other comforts of modern travel. Tri-weekly Sleeping Car Service toGlobe, Arizona, for the Side Trip to ROOSEVELT DAM on the APACHE TR.A“" Daily Through Tourist Car Service between Wash., D. C. and San Francisco. For Information and Literature address l SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES A. J. Poston, General Agent, Passenger Dept. 165 Broadway, New York City. FEDERAL CLERKS ASSURED " SICK' AND DEATH BENEFITS| ‘Ovcr ‘Eighty Organizations Are Now, Ready to Help Government Em- of $77,681 1days is required in every instance be- \ :‘l:‘muter plumbers and other build- D. C, "FRIDAY, FEBRUANY' 25, 1921. STAR, WASHINGTON, fiscal agont.” Mr. Ruan and his assistant, also an Ildvller for our national bank. and American, recently resigned. would at the same time engage him for.a year as adviser of the Panaman I P-K Service brings to you the markets’ choicest, at prices ex- Hi ceptionally moderate. Smoked Hams Succeeding Solely by MERITING Confidenc¢e Morris_-Supreme', nationally known sugar : ] QUALITY A SERVICE ployes in Time of Need. S Prime Steer Beef VALUE We're gaining the confidence of more and “ e more people each week solely by EXPERT Prime Rib Roast ...Ib., 35¢c More ‘than eighty organizations organized on the basis of sick benefit SERVICE. Make us prove it to you.. Chuck Roast .. societies pay a death benefit as well Baking or Stewing as a sick benefit. Of these organiza- tiohs twenty-elgh@ operate in the Washington navy yard, twenty-three in the “government, printing office, eleven in the bureau'of engraving. six in the city post office and one each-in Bouillon Roast . | Shoulder Clod . Corn Fed Pork b., Fresh Eg from nearby farms Invisible Toric Bifocal Lenses. $10 twelve other departments, offices or = 5 I Fre Hams ........1Ib. bureaus. A very special price — the same H : ei: Sh. lsd :::;7)2 The latest available data show that whether from a prescription of your jj sire e nd 9509 SRS e . Pork Loin Roast....lb., 32c Grapefruit ll Large, juicy, sweet : 10c ea., 3 for 25¢ Evaporated Milk “White House,” tall can, 12¢ 0. 2 cans, oculist or as a result of careful tests d by our optometrist. bership in excess of 23,000, or nearly one-third of the total number of per- sons employed by the government in Washington. Total receipts from all Sources for a period extending well into the vear 1920 were $256,013, while there was paid out in sick and death benefits in seventy-seven socjgties $132,320. AIl except two of the"asso- clations paying ‘sick benefits dis- tribute their surplus funds at the end of each year to the members who have not drawn sick benefits, in the form of @ dividend prorated upon the number of months for which they have pald dues, and two of the death benefit as- sociations make a similar division of their surplus funds. Of the sixty-six assoolations paying such dividends, sixty-one which reported this item to the bureau had .avalilable for dis- bursement for this purpose the sum pies Steyman Winesdps Box stock. 1, P Walnuts No. 1 California 1320 Crop ib., 35¢; 3 lbs., $1.00 Figs best imported layer best No. 1 stock Peck, 23¢ these organizations have a total mcm»l 712 11" st * Coming Monday—-Sprifig Millinery Opening—and Dress Sale A ole. . am s Ttelemdti $450 5 KHN Women’s superb quality pure Women’s $2.50 Imported Kid with bakelite handles and tips, White and Black. Every Pair Perfect. Anticipate the buying of your Easter Gloves—and profit amazingly. Here’s a new shipment of brand-new imported kid gloves to sell at exactly half their value. Soft, pliant, serviceable quality, 2-clasp style, overseam sewed, with three rows of Paris pointing. White, black, and white with black pointing. "This is the greatest glove news we’ve published yet and deserves the greatest response. Get your Easter Gloves tomorrow. The amount of sick benefit, the bureau reported, ranges from $4 to $30 a week and is paid for maximum periods vary- ing from four to ten weeks during any assoclation year. A ting period of one week or from six 6 twelve working = E = LTI fore the benefit is paid. No sick benefit Satisfactron First stitution of the soclety. The' Ia amount of rellef possible from a sisele ) ] membership is $132 for the association : Purchase of 25c and 50c Soft Collars, in scores of sporty new The death benefit is either a stated stripes. In silk, silk-striped amount, varying in the diffe - pes. ) P i i i clations l’ro:n 3572 xo‘;aoeo. O;E;e::fi“:!:p madras and self--striped madras. 810-8 i :v‘:rtrhuls 5 ‘Q/‘etry? “:lilgi)t(l?;“?m;:-b asscammant of & coriain mmonit | Coot 1 18 7th S : 7 per member per death, b3 e s ber of members. . ‘““The promptness with which both the sick afd death benefits are paid fs strong feature of these arganizations, Gloves HETTRICK SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS MINIMUM New Yorker Convicted of Conspir- acy Is Found Guilty Follow- * ing Expose. NEW YORK, February 25-John T. Hettrick; lawyer and reputed au- thor of the “code of practice,” used ter;du contractors rhere for the allege apportionment of building contracts, was found guilty in the court of general sessions of con- spiracy and coercion and sentenced to the state peitentiary. This-sen- tence carries with it a term of im. prisonment ranging from six months to _three years. Hettrick’s indictment and convic- tion followed the expose last fall by the Lockwood legislative committee; appointed to investigate the lleged stifiing of competitive. bidding in the award of buflding contracts. ¥ Robert P. Brindell, ‘president of the Building - Trades’ Council, indicted shortly before Hettrick, was fouhd guilty of extortion a few weeks ago for having demanded bribes from contractors ‘by threats of strikes, to insure the completion of contracts. Exquisite! . DRESSES Of Irresistible Charm 325 In the Greatest Variety Youw’ll Find in This City or Section Supreme Values at | $4.95 , agent, respectively, of ,the. Unites Association of Plumbers and' Steam- fitters’ Local, No.. 463, and Herbert Smith, master plumber. co-defondants A matchless price for hats of The Ruffly, Frilly, Billowy % with Hettrick, were found gullty on tchless styleat anywhere near r Novelties in Inspiri similar chargés and. received similar matchless I—sI y Al )'d e A Easter Novelties in Inspiring Y 5 ces. attriok was charged with having the price. Hundreds an Array of ' captivatisg spring models, every one different and every one an admirable example of the milli- ner’s art. devised a “clearing house” for bids submitted on plumbing work. Newest of the new originations in taffeta, crepe de chine and geor- gette, including combinations of of these materials. Models that strike the high notes of spring Fashions—flaring corded overskirts, silk and lace tunics, rows of ruffles, jaunty basque effects—style-ideas far from the beaten track of medi- ocrity, yet irreproachably correct. Navy, black, taupe, brown and gray. Second Floor Grove’s Is the Only Genul Laxative RROMO QUININE tablets: l“l’b' first and original Cold and Grip' Tablet. (Be sure you get BROMO.) 30c.—Advertisement. Saturday’s . collection is the latgest we've shown this season— which naturally means by far the largest in the city. Values are even ‘greater -than heretofore, which is saying much.” Every “‘new style, material, color and trimming. _Hundreds of Trimmed Hats $7.50, $9.95, $12.50 and $14.50 PANAMA TO NAME OWN FINANCIAL AGENT SOON Fiscal Divorce Between U. . ¢nd Central American Republic Announced by Porras. PANAMA, February 25.—Financial’ divorce of the United States and Pan- ama_{is contemplated by officials of the Panama government, it was indl- cated here last night by President Porras. He stated that after Addison T. Ruan, the United States fiscal agent here, aves on March 18, a Panaman, of “exceptional abilities and absolute integrity,” would .be made fiscal agent. He ‘added it had been decided not to remew .the contract. with a United States bank to act.as depository for government funds, Be- cause “we have a national bank, effi- clently managed and in prosperous condition.” ‘“We intend,” he continued, “to make. the bank more efficient’ and sound, with the advice of an American ex- pert, regarding whose selection I have corresponded with director of ‘the Pan-. Fresh Purchase 50 Dozen . Onyx Silk Hose Worth $4.00, $3.50, $3.00, $2.50 and $2.00 Mostly Regular Heels Some Pointex Heels . Leo S. Rowe, meriéan Union, We are willing to accept the services of John_ 8. Hord, president of the Spanish-Filipino Bank of Manila, as Spanen T pino Pank of Mantla, as —_———————— ‘e were the first Black o wie $7Y 69 All : Men’s New Troy-Made Shirts of Superior Colors... 5 Quality in Fast-Color Patterns We went after strictly GOOD Shirts for this sale—and got them. Shirts of admirable . quality in every way—of plain and corded $ madras and the finer grades of percale. Soft The inimitable Onyx Full-fashioned Pure Silk Hose, some all-silk from toe to top, others with lisle garter tops. Every pair is absolutely perfect. Be- sides the great number of plain white, (7 L black and colors, there are.some.smart | and stiff cuffs. Five-button fronts with 480 2 s fA clockings. . ‘| center pleats. Every shirt perfect. Sizes Painted Floors Imported M ercerized Lisle Lace Hose 14to 17. New sgripes for every correct taste. Women'’s Superfine Quality ‘Sheer Mercerized - Lisle Imported Stockings, in elaborate lace patterns and lace clock- $ 1 69 . ings. Full fashioned. Black, white and cordovan.. Is’ New Dresses Save Housework Boys’ 2-Pants Spring Suits Tailored of Finest All-Wool Bare floors, especially " kitchen floors, require ° much b a c k - breaking work, scrubbing, to keep { MR IHHEIIN NN heodea A Fresh Shipment of Pretty Spring Fabrics Acme Quality. Models “in Serviceable Gingham ; Newest Styles, A Floor Varnish Belted Dresses $1-19 : g:::'" -l $9¢4‘5 RESSY Easter Suits$ in which the boy is certain to look his best. Tailored of splendid all-wool brown, Their washing and wearing qualities will fully bear :;ut the pr%mi:e of theit good looks. Made of excellent quality plaid and checked gingham, . Makes This Uhngcmnry‘ 3 i f gra - i if lid colors. All have .novelty cloths in new tones of gray, w‘ H" B“tl“ ‘co' “;cn:c':tesd;:m ave f::cy stitched ‘collars,” Sizes* e ;t;ghhei:tv'::cgux;fir:t& ;:l;; : nmcr's:rw 3 to 14. : : pairs of pants well lined. 3 ol g fobd New Gingham Dresses for 990 . Boys’ Fine All-Wool Spring Little Girls of 2t06................ Second Floor % T e T A T T T T DT { L] Btraight down the street from the @. A. R. Monument st 7th and Pa, Ave.