Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1921, Page 5

New York—WASHINGTON—Paris Open 9:15 A.M. Frocks for Commencement Week THEIR charming simplicity, their youthfulness, their originality vand artfulness of de- sign, combined with the unusual and exquisite color harmonies, truly call forth a word painting. S So We Tell You of Just a Few-—for Misses Crisp white organdies, finely tucked, with inserts of filet lace and narrow ribbon sashes; frocks trimmed with delicate organdy roses, narrow pleatings and velvet ribbons; sheer voiles with dainty val lace ruffles; georgette crepes, simply charming with many petals falling in cascades from either side; crepe de chines with finely pleated skirts and loops of grosgrain ribbon, and enchantingly lovely chiffons, seemingly nothing but ruffles. Priced, $15 to $58 Beautiful colored organdy frocks, looking like so many summer flowers gathered in a charming bouquet. Palest pink over delicate blue, with rows of scalloped embroidery and lace; shadow dotted organdy in light orchid, tied with narrow velvet ribbon of a_deeper shade; blue or jade over white foundations erimmed in eyelet embroidery in pastel tints, and bright rose color, with picoted ruffles and hemstitching in old blue. Priced From $15 to $45 Misses’ Section, Fourth floor. i TS For the Younger Girl Graduate —exquisitely dainty frocks, to complete the happiness of the occasion. One quaint little frock is of sheer white organdy, the scalloped skirt edged and insert with real Irish crochet, outlined in wool of a delicate green shade, and nestling in each scallop a dainty bouquet of old-fashioned silk flowers. The green wool also trims the neck. Then, too, there are frocks trimmed with rows of taffeta ribbon; chiffons with many little ruffles; delicate pink taffetas, lace trimmed, and gay organdies with bright wool embroideries and sashes ending in wide flying bows. 5 Priced From $10.50 to $39.50 4 Girls® Section, Fourth floor. HAPPY MESSAGES Only Properly Told in Engraving Whether it is 2 Wedding Announcement or Invitation or Invitations to Class Commencements and Graduation Exercises, social laws require that they be engraved. We do engraving of all types, the correctness and beauty of which is unquestioned, observing as it does all the customs of social etiquette and good form, yet distinctive in its origin and execution. School Commencement and Graduation Announcements and Invitations Wedding Invitations and Announcements At Home Cards Calling Cards Invitations for All Social Affairs Every style and size of stationery and engraving done in the type best adapted to the particular style of work. Plated Marked Papers are very much in vogue at the present time. Address Dies, Monograms and Coats of Arms Engraving Section, First floor. PNemser Are Usually Priced ceptable to the American woman. Modish Spring Dresses For Maternity Wear Beautiful materials, including voile, crepe de chine, tafieta and georgette crepe, in brown, navy, copen and black ; and styles of exceptional becomingness are in these newest dresses. Among the various attractive models is one of brown crepe de chine, in tunic effect, handsomely b&:ded in silk, with a soft girdle encircling the waist. in the front rank of style creators. - M price of $185— out in an exquis with turquoise and peach taffeta ribbon. Navy Taffeta fashions another charming dress, with long pleated tunic embroidered in henna and dainty collar and cuffs of lace-trimmed net. $47.5¢, Pipings of green georgette and green raffia buttons add a smart touch to a straightline dress of navy blue taffeta, with a vest of embroidered batiste. $35. The surplice style is shown to advantage in brown taffeta, with dainty vest, collar and cuffs of net and lace. $39.50. . Maternity Dresses, newly located in the Special Size Section—Third fleer. blue and beige. New Silks of Springtime Exquisite in weave and coloring, charming silks, most in demand for the developing of the new summer fashions. Their presentation here is a surety of their superiority in quality. BLACK AND GRAY SPORTS SILKS are very smart. One fascinating pattern is in an alternating stripe of black catin and checked silk; the other in large block design in black and gray crepe: 40 inches wide. $4.50 yard. SNAKESKIN SATIN, a luxuriously soft subtle silk 1gs and charms; 39 inches wide. $3.50 yard. KHAKI-KOOL, a heavy, crinkly silk for sports cos- tumes, in white, gray and tan; 36 inches wide. $3.50 yard. “PENIKEES,” a new sports silk, in large satin block effect on crepe ground; 40 inches wide. $5.50 yard. VAMPIRE, the newest crepe weave, a soft, supple, in ecru. Women's Dress Section, Third foor. g0 that New Summer Bedspreads Colored Ripplette or Dimity Bedspreads in colors of pink, blue, green and yellow are very much in demand at the present time and should be selected to harmonize with the prevailing color scheme of your room. j Size 81x90 inches, offered at $3.00 which is a very attractive price crinkly silk in black or white, 38 inches wide. $5 COLORED SHANTUNG, in new sports shades of gray, Copenhagen, reseda, beige, tangerine, rose and white; 33 inches wide. $2.25 yard. Silk Section, Second floor. 13 We suggest that you make your selections now, as the demand all over the country is far in excess of the supply. S We Place on Sale Monday A Special Purchase of 100 Pure Irish Linen Damask Table Cloths In the Popular Size, 2x2 Yards, at $7.50 each With 22x22-inch Napkins to Match, $10 It is our firm belief that this is a much better price than will prevail gencrally at any time in the near future. Tdnen Section, Recond floor. English Steamer Rugs The beauty of a Fine English Woven Wool Steamer Rug is—first, its softness and—second, its wonderful wear- ing quality. In addition, they are in a large variety of ex- clusive plaid patterns and rich two-toned colerings. They are pure wool throughout. Nothing can take their place-as a Steamer: Rug and much used by autoists, $22.50 and $25 each Beadwear Section, Second flooz, Woodward & Lnthrop Close 6 PM. Dlj’ -Air Cold Storage Renews the Life of Your Furs The life of Furs is preserved and much of their natural luster and brilliancy is restored by storage in our scientifically built _dry-air vaults. In these vaults furs are thoroughly protected and —insured against damage by moth, fire, dust or heat, or loss by theft. We call and deliver all furs, in- suring them against loss, from the moment our representative calls for and receipts for them until vou call for them in the fall or winter. A special storage receipt is mailed you from our vaults showing exactly the valuation placed upon the furs and the amount of the storage charges. We have our own Storage Vault here on the premises and it is as modern, safe and high-grade as any Storage “Vault can be con- structed. It is best to get your Furs to us as early as possible so as to protect them from the first moths. Fur Storage Vaults, Seventh floor. The Storing of Draperies and * Hangings Is carefully done in sanitary. fire- proof and dustproof rooms ex- pressly constructed for the pur- pose. These will be found con- venient to many of our patrons who have been anxious for us to take care of such articles for them. We will send a representative to take the draperies, hangings or tap- estries down, store them during the summer and rehang them again in the fall. Phone or write Upholstery Shop Office, Fifth floor. Special Showing of Exclusive and Distinctive Model Gowns by ‘At the Very Special Price of $185 Much Lower Than Nemser-made Garments NEMSER is one of the foremost fashion creators of this country, interpreting the season’s modes in a manner distinctly different, with all the fashion newness and smartness of Parisian styles transformed into styles ac- You will see his mastership in conceiving and achiev- ing in the most artistic treatments of beads, hand-em- broidery or combining the two to a degree that places him These are a few of the Gowns now offered at this low A frock of delicate black lace and chiffon, worked ite theme, ending in narrow fringe, through which we see a lovely underfrock of pale peach georgette crepe, with inserts of ecru lace and eyelets run Over a circular skirt of navy Canton crepe is a long- waisted blouse ending in sectional panels lined with reseda georgette. The opening collar discloses a vest of ecru Irish crochet, while a beaded design in iridescent and bugle beads is repeated at intervals on the skirt. Crepe Elizabeth, in a lovely cocoa shade, affords an effective background for an exquisite beaded motif in To add to the richness of black chiffon taffeta, this charming gown makes use of steel beads worked out in marvelous design and a vest of real Irish and Filet lace =15 T S — i E 73 —T 5 ¢ C & o 'n R34 “No-Moth” is garment insur- ance. It offers real moth pro- tection. It surrounds your clothes closets with a security that is absolutely guaranteed. Insure your clothes today by equipping your clothes closet with one of thesé handy and efficient fittle devices. . .The metal hanger holds in an inverted position a four-ounce bottle filled with a concentrated essence of the richest and purest cedar oil and sealed with a patented absorbent cap. The oil seeps out into the porous cap and produces a constant evapo- ration, making of your ordinary clothes closet a moth-proof cedar chest. “No-Moth™ is new bein in eur Housewares Section, g_demonstrated Fifth floor. ~ IHE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1921 PART 1. l Nicaragua Leaves the League Because of Expense Involved MANAGUA. Nicaragua, April 23— Nicaragua has given up its membership in the league of nations, this step being due to the expense attached to holding a place in that\organization. Announce- ment that the government was consider- ing withdrawing was made some time ago. Missing,”May Be in Sanitarfuom. 3 HAVANA.—Belief is expressed by the family of Mario MacBeth, the Havana business man for whom a search is being made in Chicago, that his disappearance was due to a Sud- den determination to enter a sani- tarium for treatment. Copper Found in Sweden. STOCKHOLM. normous quanti- [ties of copper have been found in the Candabag district. The annual esti- mate of output is 330,000 tons. T. S. Architects in Paris Exhibit. PARIS,—Exhibits showing the work of .-American architects will be a spe- cial feature of the “old =alon” of the Societe des Artistes Francaise, which {s to open on May 1 { Cattle Quarantine Tightened. BU OS AIRES.—AIl government departments of Argentina, including the army and navy, have been called in carrying out meas- ct against importation se from Brazil. The been tightened. quarantine ha Philippines May Import Liquor. MANILA, P. L—Importation of al- coholic beverages into the Philippines cannot be prohibited under the exi ing laws, according to a ruling in force by the insular collector of cus- BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 23— Seven local unions, United Mine Workers of America, today forwarded appeals to Gov. Kilby asking for im- mediate assistance to relieve what was described as “the needy circum- stances” of 3,232 men, women and children. The appeal was signed by officials representing locals at Adger, John, Aubrey, Yolande, RocktCastle, Oakman and Republic. While union officials reported small sums of money coming in from citi- zens' relief committees, they declared that the situation in the mining dis- tricts was constantly growing more acute, with thousands of men. wom- «n and children either hungry or half fed. The union miners complain that employment in the mines is denied them. Mexicans Step Cable Service. GALVESTON. Tex.—Cable service between Galveston and Tampico, Mex- ico, resumed recently after an inter- val of twenty-one vears, has been sus- pended by the Mexican government. Officials of the All-American Cables, Inc., would not comment upon the | matter. Bullding Trades Wages Cut. SCRANTO! Pa—A general reduc- tion of 20 per cent in wages in all the | building trades, effective May 1. is an- nounced here today by the Builders’ Excbange. About 10,000 men will be affected. In Charge of Rankine Estate. NEW YORK.—The Guaranty Trust the estate of Mrs. Annette Rankine, wealthy New York widow, who dis- appeared several weeks ago. The po- lice are running down a report that Mrs. Rankine had been seen in New London, Conn. Tells of Beating. SYLACAUGA, Ala.—In a statement P. H de Bardeleben, prominent drug- gist, declared that the persons who Company of this city has been ap-!ness section pointed temporary administrator of | night, according to police. Operators toms. This opinion was rendered fol- lowing reports that a number of American consuls in Europe had re- fused permits for authorization of importation of*wines and liquors into the Philippines. Importation of liquors will be permitted until the law is changed, thewcollector here declared. Sweden Mints Runssian Gol STOCKHOLM.—Considerable quan- tities of Russian gold have been smelted into rubles and other gold ar- ticles by the Swedish mint lately. the director of the mint told the Asso- ciated Press. In 1920, he said, nine- teen tons of bolsheviki gold were smelted. of which three and a half tons were turned into rubles. This vear the mint has smelted seventy tons, and most of this gold. according to the director, has been sent to the United States in payment for goods. Ship Board Craft im Trouwble. TOKIO.—The United States Ship- ping Board steamer Wenatchee, which sailed April 10 from Victoria, B. C.. for Yokohama. has developed engine trouble, says a wireless message re- ceived here. ABERDE! Scotland.—The Scot- tish Trades ion Congress, by a narrow margin,, voted to affiliate with the third internationale. r Americans. —The Royal Danish Academy of Science hag elected Profe. William Morris Davis and Roland Thaxter of Harvard University, Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan of Columbia University and Theobald Smith of Princeton University as members of the academy’s section of maghematics and physi Miners’ Condition Grows Acute, As Appeals Bring Little Help Indianapotis, Ind., concern. was found dead with a bullet hole through his ., in a room at a hotel here. JTeathers is believed by the coroner to have shot himself. Tornado Spreads Ruin. DURANT, Okla—Buildings were blown from their foundations, trees twisted out by the roots and many oil derricks wrecked by a tornado that swept the central part of Brvan county in southwestern Oklahoma Thursday night. Damage was esti- mated at a quarter million dollars, Killed in Aute Crash. CHARLESTON, S. C—The over- turning of a speeding automobile seven miles north of this city resuit- d in the instant death of Mrs. Ethel § . the serious injury of Mrs. R. Hamilton of Camp Jackson, S. (., and slight wounds to Harry Richard and E. J. Glovin of this city. BOUND BROOK., N. J.—Onme man was killed and four persons were overcome with phosgene gas, which early _yesterday began escaping through a leak in the tank of a large chemical company here and drove residents of the town to places of safety. Large Still in Heart of City. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A complete wildcat still, comtaining more than 3,000 gallons of sour mash and sev- eral barreis of singlings. used in the anufacture of “moonshine” whisky, found in the heart-of the busi- of the city early last w! of the outfit made their escape. Freed of “Spell” Charge. YORK, 83 C.—Violet Shaw. sixty, a negro woman, and her grandson, Otis Fewell, fourteen, charged with swin- dling Miss Margaret Thomasson, aged white woman op Kbenezer, York county, out of $3,500, by using hyp- notic or “spell” methods, were ordered released from custody by Judge John seized him Tuesday night took him into the country and seriously beat him, were all white men, but. that their identity was unknowa. Found Shot in Hotel Tenn.—Richard A. traveling salesman_for an ARNSTEIN CASE GOES OVER Court Unable to Resume Trial Be- cause of Other Business. There was no session of the Arn- stein trial in Criminal Division 1 to- day, Justice Gould being occupied with semtences and arraignments in| other cases. The jurors were Der- mitted to amuse themselves as best they Knew how in and about their room at the courthouse. Tomorrow it Tofxpected the marshals in_charge will conduct the jurors to the base ball game for a little recreation in the Atternoon, Trial will be resumed Mon- ay morning. A I vernment scored ‘vesterday {afternoon on the défense by placing ion the witness stand a number of persons who corroborated various de- Peheof the testimony given by Joseph e, who turned state’s evidence. {Bertha Jacobs. telephone operator at T Beividere Hotel in Baltimore, re- e that Gluck had been seen about it Sotel on one of the trips which he e e made with Cohn. Thomas i iins, porter on a Pullman car. {dentifica Arnstein and Gluck as two a art. of three that occupied a o i car about the came to_ Wash- ington to visit ¢ Co. here. L &Slmilzr corroboration of details of he testimony of the prosecution’s ;wr witness was made by other wit- nesses. PLEADS “NOT GUILTY.” Charles A. Grock Denies Attempt | the Wilson, when Miss Thomasson refused to testify against them in court of general sessions. She claimed the two blacks were not responsible since “spells” had been put on them by other parties. The Shaw woman and her grandson have lived on the white woma farm for many URGES GIFT TO PORTUGAL Denby Recommends Action on Guns Used at Azores Base. Gift to Portugal of the two seven- inch and two hree-inch guns used during the war at the United States naval base at the Azores is favored by Secretary Denby. In a letter to -the Speaker of the House. he recalls that after _the United States entered the war Por- tugal permitted the Navy to mount guns at Ponta del Gada. The base is being abandoned. and, instead of dismantling the guns, the Secre- tary suggests they be turned over to the Portuguese navy “as a slight in- dication of appreciation.” Similar_action was recommended by former Secretary Daniels. ESTATE COLLECTOR NAMED. Justice Hitz George P. Lemm collector of the estate of Abdul Hosseirn Molavi pending the appointment of an administrator. Molavi was found dead in_his room April 14 last, and his wife, lLydia olavi, is in custody, while waiting action of the grand jury. The application ~was made Blanche G. Kanode and James T. Ryan as oreditors of the dead Per- sian, and was consented to by wife. The estate consists of an automobile, valued at $2,000: per- sonal effects worth $150 and cash in bank, $140. The debts are said to aggregate $1.000. Attorney Henry I Quinn appears for the creditors, DR. BRADLEY ACCUSED. Dr. Henry Clay Bradley, a dentist, with offices at 1225 New York avenue, to Kill Ex-Senator Henderson. Charles A. Grock pleaded not guilty today when arraigned before Justice Gould on a charge of assault to kill former Senator Charles B. Henderson of Nevada at the Senate office build- fng March 5 last. His counsel. Alfred D. Smith, was en ten days in which Prices, $20.00 MOTHERS’ DAY Have you your Mother’s picture? If Mother is here, be photographed with her. If away—send her yours. Nothing you can give will please her more. And Mother—if you read thjs—think of how often your children have asked you to come here for a good photograph. Portraits of Qaality 1230 Connecticut Avenue was arrested yvesterday by federal prohibition agents and charged with unlawful possession of spirits. He was released on $1.500 bond. Prohi- bition agents found a considerable quantity of éorn whisky in a desk on the premises at 1225 New York ave- nue, they said. The case will come May 5. Per Dozen Up. Ph Main 4400 5 LT SO Lo U 0 AL LIS 3 N T AR S To LRI the | presbyterian Church in Assyria. w", TAKESSTEPTOCUR BAD CHECK PASSING Merchants’ Association Pro- poses Legislation.\With Stiff Penalty for Violators. Tn ameffort:to curb the passing of bad checks in this city and to re- strict thesactivities-of itinerant mer- chants, thedaw and Jegislation come mittee of the Merchants and Manu- facturers® Association has drawn up two bills to be introduced in Con- gress. Drafts of these bills have been sent to the-entire membership of the association for approval. Con- gTess is urged 1o take early action by the association because of the ex- treme importance of the matters in- voived. “Itinerant Veador” Bill. _Provisions of the itinerant vendor Lill are as Tollows: “That every itinerant vendor, be- fore making any sale of goods, wares or merchandise in the District of Co- tumbia, shall make application for a license to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and therewith shall make a deposit of $500 with said Commissioners which may be drawn on by the Commissioners for fees and Such other charges as hereinafter set forth and shall file a true statement. under oath, of the average quantity and value of the-stock of goods. wares or merchandise to be kept for sale. The District Commissioners shall sub- mit the said statement 1o the assessor of the District of Columbia. who shall forthwith, after examination and ap- praisement of such goods, wares and merchandise, transmit a certified copy thereof to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or officer as they may designate, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may then, in their discre- tion, issue a license to the said itin- erant vendor to do business in the District of Columbia upon the pay- ment of 1'; per cent of the value of the stock brought into the District of Columbia, together with a fee of $200 for each and every day that the sale or sales are held in the District of Columbia. or such board cing an itinerant dor, fails to comply with the con- 1. or who makes a false or fraudulent representation in said statemen’, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300 for each day during which said goods, wars or merchandise are offered for sale.’ An itinerant vendor is characterized in_the bill in the following manner: ““The term nerant vendor’ for the purposes of this act shall mean and include any person, either principal or agent, who engages in a temporary or transient business in the District of Columbia selling goods, wares or merchandise. and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business. occu- ples any space whatever for the sale at retail of any goods, wares or mer- chandise. “That the provisions of this act shall not apply to sales made at whole- sale by commercial salesmen not to the sale of food by farmers, mor to hawkers on the streets or peddlers from vehicles. Provides Fine of $1,000. The bad-check bill proposes a fine of $1,000 and not more than one year in prison for any person convicted of giving a check with insufficient funds in the bank to meet it, or if he has no account at the bank. It is declared that it shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud on the part of the maker of the check if the bank re- {fuses to cash it.-unless the maker or idmwor shall pay upon demand the amount of the check. The personnel of the committee fol- lows: M. A. Leese, chairman; Philip King, M. D. Rosenberg, E. C. Graham, R. P. Andrews, John L. Newbold and William John Eynon. GIRL SCQUTS PLAN MEET. District Organization Will Conduct Events on Ellipse April 30. The Girl Scouts of the District of Co- lumbia are pl: ing a fleld meet to be held on the Ellipse April 30. The scouts will march on the fleld promptly at 2:30 p.m. and, led by a section of the Marine Band, will march around the Ellipse to be reviewed by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, deputy commis- sioner of the organization; Mrs. Charles R. Lindsay, and Mrs. Adolph Miller. Mrs. Benedict Crowell, scout commis- sioner for the District, had hoped to re- turn from Europe in time for the meet, but found at the last minute that it was impossible to arrive here for the date selected. A feature of the meet will be the send- ing of a message by teams of four chosen from each troop. All teams will send the same message, and the first correct message wins. The events will be for individuals, patrols and troops. The climax will be a “tug of war,” in which every scout will_participate. The individual scout is limited to six entries, and there is not a little anxiety in scouting circles as to which six shall be selected from among the interesting list of events. Mrs. W. M. Scudder is in charge of the meet. Gen. Pershing will present the prizes won at a rally to be held in Continental Hall May WILL TELL OF NEAR EAST. vesterday appointed |Dr. Isaac Yonan, Assyrian Profes- sor, to Speak. Dr. Isaac Yonan will speak tomor- row morning at 12 o'clock at the Church of the Covenant. He will also speak previously at 11115 oclock at Gurley Memorial Presbyterian b | Chureh. Dr. Yonan was professor in Ana- tolia’ College and moderator of the ia. He fought with: his people in conjunction with the Armenians in holding the oil fields of Baku against the Germans and Turks. Dr. Yonan and his brother led 80,000 of people to Bagdad, when Gen. Allenby sent a messenger by airplane to Urumia, suggesting a juncture with the British forces. Of this force 25,000 perished en route. U. S. TO DEPORT RUSSIANS. Soviet Letvia Ruling Will Not Help Seventy Deportees. Decision of the Russian soviet gov- ernment to admit from Letvia only {s demurf 1o the indiotment if desired. {up for preliminary hearing before |those possessing Russian vises will Bail was fixed by the court a§$5,000, United States Commissioner Hitt on [not prevent the departure of seventy and Grock was remanded. deportees now held at Ellis island for sailing April 28, officials said yesterday. ‘Agreement was reached with the Russian Soviet government, they ex- plained. through informal negotia- tions between immigration officials and Letvian representatives, to permit Russians deported from the United States to cross the Russian border if their passports were vised by the Letvian authorities before yesterday. COMPANY L WINS. Western High First in War Map Games. A team composed of officers of Com- pany L of Western High School won the annual war map games of the Washington High School Cadet Corps in the final contest of the series, play- ed last night at the Franklin School. Iieut. John Stewart was captain of the victorious team. A team com- posed of officers of Company B of Central High School. in charge of Capt. E. W. Yates, took second honors. Members of the winning team will be presented with two gold bars and a five-point gold star, to be worn on the left sleeve of their uniforms. —_— Policemen_of Uniontown, Pa.. are to mustache