Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1921, Page 9

‘s Hemstitching and Picot _Edging | " Cotton, 13c Silk, 14c ‘ 14 Buttons Covered ‘ B Quick Service * 7 MRS.M.E.HOLLEY Col. 378 1 15th N.W. Crvs=at ¢ ;’ 1110 F STREET N.W. C“?fiere't[(e)? knowr howr (o fit corsets. HORSEBACK RIDING | Excellent horses; competent instiucto new location—di- rect entrance to bridle paths. DEALERS IN HORSES Carlton Riding' School NORTHWEST North 1894 « sell fine Furniture. Geo. Pltt Co., Tnc. p'® We Clean, Wash, Repair_ & Store sati o JAMGOTCH CO. 6)3 12th STREET N.W. e ouRE ~ Pure Cream ’ Fudge “It’s Delicious” il =—=14th at G=—— 'HOT-WATER PLANTS Take advantage of the sum- n to prepare for the winter. THE COLBERT HEAT- < ING FORCE has installed many of the most important - coming and satisfactory Heating Plants in town. Send for them for REPAIRS as well as new work. * | MAURICE J. COLBERT, Main 3016-3017, =2, 621 F St Commencement ~* . Flowérs = «_ Beautiful and Griginal Dee- orations. Desigag. Emblems, ““Arm Bouquets anl Corsages. . Blackistone 14th and H M. KAMMEROW Spectal ELKGROVE43cIb. 8th and M Sts. N.W. INVALID ROLLING CHAIRS Rented by the Week or Month REASONABLE RATES KLOMAN Instrument Co. 1114 14th St. N.W. I WHAT IS ‘THE USCLE bR | /i The ciliary muscles change the eve lenses to accommodate the dis- tance. When they be- come “lazy” man-made lenses must supply the deficiency. We will grind for you the lenses that vour eves require and charge you moderately for them. < - fagai i |theless traversed the waters at high | IGERMAN PRE-WAR CANAL PLOT FOILED |Sought by U-Boat Raid to: Block Waterway Before : U. S. Became Foe. ‘ By HERBERT COREY. If there should be another war—if | the incredible were to take place. for example, and we were to go to! war with Japan—the Panama canal would be the enemy’'s first point of attack. With the west coast cut off | from the east coast, extez# by the long and dangerous vovage around ! the casa the United States would be 7 handicapped at the beginning. | t is what almost happened in ! ] 1917, according to a story which has | | been’ kept quiet until now. H With the Panama canal closed, not | only would the two halves of thei American battleship fleet, as at pres- | | ant separated. be Kept permanently | divided, but, in effect, the battleship{ fleet would be destroyed. One of the ! naval lessons of the war is that the lesser fleet has little_or no chance <t the greater. The half of the | on the side of the continent ex- | ved almost at will Indian's Startling Story. | seems ta be either that | not divided or that the | be perfectly guarded. That up to the story. t before the U'nited States en- the war.” said the government who told the story. "a San | Indian approached a certain | American official in Panama. | “‘Senor.’ said he, “what kind of | steamboat have no sail, no stack, but ! falla time go like hell i “The American official tald him that there was no such boat of that sort in ! Central American waters. He tried | to hammer the folly out of the poor.: ignorant Indian’s head. but it would | not hammer. The Indian insisted that he had seen a boat that carried nol sails and no smokestack. but never- speed. So convincing was the tale that the official finally organized a [100k-see expedition of a few men in | jan old tugboat. a3 H l Searchers Make Discovery. | “They rambled about the almost| 'unknown and uninhabited islands that (ringe the coast about the junc- ture of the Panama and Colombia aid the man who told the| ¥. “without success until one day | one of the small boats. idly examin- ing the coast of one of the totally un- | inhabited isiands. * noticed the en-| trance to a small and hidden cove. The boat was taken up the narrow ! passage, which was almost hidden by {the jungle growth, and at the end {thex "suddenly came across evidences of human activity.” There were huge packing cases jfilled with machinery there and al| trail had been hacked into the jun- |Ble. While they were cautiously ex- jamining there came a cry. One of jthe Indian boatmen had been attacked ; {ty a German, but the cry came from | {the German. The Indian had almost | {bashed in the top of his head with a1 small ax he carried. The white man in command determined to retreat from a vicinity that might prove dan- {gerous and come back with reinforce- {ments. They carried the wounded {German with them. i { Pamamanian Flag in Requisition. “A little later,” said my informant, | van expedition was organized under | | the Panaman flag_to makt a fur- { ther examination. The United States had not declared war at the time, so that our acts were probably as in- defensible and illegal. as were all of the German acts toward us through- out the first three years of the war. { At any rate. we se: the island | {and the jungle that filled it." { _The parts of seventeen” submarines { were found hidden in the jungle. In other words, if the discovery had been | delayed a very short time; seventeen submarings would have been let loose | to attack’the Panama oanal. But for | the inquisitive San Blas Indian.- the | first act of the Germans would un- | doubtedly have been to blow. up the i canal locks. No matter what brave | ! words may be spoken now, the fact | remains that u submarine foree could have unquestionably put the canal out of commission for the remainder of the war. Only a few Ger: Whether the others aken [ the alarm and fled, or whether the main force had not come. no one in Washington seems to know. ! Further Disclosures. “Further inquiry disclosed the fact | that these submarine parts had al { been made in Swedish factories,” said | | the ‘man who toid the story. “and | ! had been brought to the Panama- Colombia coast in Swedish vessels, ! labeled “washing machines or corn | planters. or what-not. A little later | | we learned—for we began to make { inquiries then—that a so-called Swed- { ish officer had been preparing to buy { and operate a huge ranch on the other | { side of the isthmus. We have no| | proof that it wouid have been a sub- | | marine base. but we' know that its | | broken coast would have been an | | ideal base for submarine operations, | { This officer was caught and interned | { for the balance of the war on one of | the British islands.” | The story ix a sketchy one, for offi- | icial quarters have suppressed all| imention of it. The fact that the! {Panama canal was endangered has| inot been regarded as a rose in any of- i i ficial wreath. With the canal out of | {commission the Chilean nitrates would i ‘have stopped coming. and nitrates ! i mean and gunpowder. 1 al Practically Unguarded. ikewise the fact that at this! {time the canal was practically unde- | |fended against an alert and daring | ‘foe. Seventeen submarines, operat- | |ing from a nearby base, could have | Iblown the canal gates higher than | | Popocatapetl. | The same condition exists today. The canal gates are not properly de- | |fended now. There are defenses, of | i course, but not sufficient defenses. H {one considers it possible that we | {might be forced inte a war with| Japan. but if such a wildly impossible | |thing were to happen, one daring raid | could drive a wall between our At-| iantic and Pacific defenses. H GRAFT INQUIRY LIKELY. Grand Jury Will Be Asked to In-| vestigate Chicago Building. CHICAGO, May 30.—A grand jury to gate alleged building graft_and ering and violations of the Sher- | man anti-trust Jaw will be asked for June 6. Charles F. Clyne, United States nnounced here, upon | his return from the east, where he con- | ferred with the New York state legis. | J committee which investigated building conditions. Agents from the Department of Jus- tice here have been gathering evi- dence involving lumber, brick, = glass, sand and gravel and other building ma- terial dealers. it was announced. The federal grand jury investigation would extend over several weeks, Mr. Clyne said BRITISH WARSHIP WARNED Turks May Fire on Vessel Demand- ing Prisoners’ Release. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 28—The British warship which was ordered to Adalia to force the Turks to release eleven prisoners who were removed from the British steamer Palatina. may be fired upon. according to the notice issued by the Angora govern- t | 1t is ment today. declaring a blockade against B h vessels The Brit igh commissioner. in a note sent to the nationalists, charges them with dishonorable conduct - in not releasing British prisoners. —_— The loss of population in France due to the war has been estimated at 4,000,000, d to enemy attack might be de- | B “ Rompers & creepers cool—coinfy serviceable - and these are sale priced at Three styles sketched. “Dress ‘em right, and let them romp.” They can romp all day in these, for they’re sturdily made of —beach cloth —madras —poplins —linenes Dutch style with' patch pockets or peg-top effects as pictured. straight-leg wash suits. ored bloomers. Sizes 2.to 6. Two styles sketched - Girls’ dresses: SALE 5] -89 ginghams chambrays Peggy cloth PRACTICAL tub dresses with pic- turesque touches of hand em- <. proidery, or charmingly contrived ’ with contrasting fabries and-eolors. Tailored and sémi-dress styles.’ Also a f,ew_::cgulation“dre'sses in white Lorsdale Jean or blue Peggy Cloth. Sizes 6 to 14. (Girls’ shop, third floor.) 5 of the many styles sketched - 512 SAMPLE blouses: $]1.59 voiles batiste organdy Taslored blouses Fancy blouses Overblouses, long and All white; solid colors; and white waist with col- "“Doctor” queried an anxious mother, “what shall 1 do for my children this summer?” ‘em let “Dress right and them romp,” re= plied he. who follow Mothers would this wholesome advice and let children play alone and in their own way will be interested in this sale. Sale women’s and misses’ WASH FROCKS, 8% Rt & it —and various combinations Also Three styles pictured IRLISH summer frocks; joyous as June; wide sashes; flying panniers; exaggerated bows on the one hand; trimmed down to organdie collars and cuffs and a shoe lace belt on the other. If individuality, newness and diversity count, then surely every one will be pleased. High lights: Women’s white | Sailors 53.75 Linenes—Solid colors and combinations. Voiles—Flowered, figured and fancy. Ginghams—Checks, plaids, stripes. Coatee. tunic and basque models. Straightline and overskirt styles. Quaint grandmother fashions. 1o top off one’s sport Costume * X % White milans, banded with grosgrain ribbon. Rough straws, in Colors are copen, navy, green, leather, rose, pink, orchid, tan. Sizes 14 to 20; 36 to 4+ (Apparel shops, second fioor.) hjgh shades, trimmed with geor- gette puggaree. ALL KNOX sailors i-educedl 0% Sale of stockings For women and children Thousands of pairs—dealers’ small over-lots, supplemented by mill “irregulars” and “run- of-the-mill” grades. Grouped in six big lots. $7 .79 for women’s silk hose—Full 6 fashioned, with silk or mercer- Distinctive sailors, top- ‘notchers -in quality and style. Good values at their first prices; now they're 10% “better. = (Hat shop, .spcond fipor.) C for women’s silk hose—Made with seamed back and mercerized In black. white, brown and gray. ized lisle tops. Black, cordovan and rus- set. Some are slightly imperiect. §) .39 for women’s full-fashioned i tops. Irregulars of a well known make. C for women’s fine cotton hose —Mercerized grade with seamed hose—Durable grade .with mer- Well rein- cefized tops and double soles, heels and In black, brown and gray. arg hardlly noticeable. Q C for women'’s black silk hose— i back. forced. 19(: for children’s white socks— sizes 4% to 9: with fancy mer- cerized roll tops. Also children’s seam- less cotton hose in black and brown. Sizes 5 to 8. Slightly “irregular.” In black-and brown. Faults Sale of W. B.. corsets, $1.65 White ‘or pink coutil; medium and high bust ‘style with strong hose supporters at sides and front.® All sizes. With seamed backs and mercer- z&d tops; double soles, heels and toes. (First floor—South Amnex.) short sleeves the maker's best in fabric and finish. Numerous styles; all sizes 36 to 46. (third floor) This full-size phonograph performs as well as the Let-Go ,o,,.i Women’s’ WHITE SHOES White KID White CANVAS™ ,55-35 : White REIGNSKIN' - : HESE shoe styles have met with such favor that already size assortments are broken. ‘Hence ‘this cléarance, which in- cludes some 500 pairs, with all sizes in one - style or another. - Choose from: White kid —Newport ties —l-eyelet ties —Theo ties —Tongue pumps —f)-:“n“ pumps —Opera pumps —5-eyelet oxfords —High or full low heel styles Canvas and Reignskin —Military heel oxfords —Theo ties with military heels + “~Sport oxfords with patent-or tan calf trimmings —Twin-strap canvas slippers, high o&baby French heels. st s A T e e - s i : f 100 dance selections ‘ § ; y on 50 records : © with this : , ‘ Phonograph 1m : 1 F the outft 1 Z. i complete for ! il 3 3 " no interest charges No first payment | : 5 g a sale \ $5 a month A & 1 All white; also colored with On with the dance—clear the living room-—roll white collars and [0 o [och this phonograph where you will, because it is ; cuffs. T ) mounted on. METAL CASTERS. 5 Chiefly in sample blouses, which means some embroidered And then start playing. fooe. )., picture promises—sing and swing to the music it so faithfully reproduces. 50 double disc 7-inch records—100 titles of vour own selection—go with’ this instrument. Plenty of music for all summer. - Sale of women’s (6¢ Nightgowns, 76c—Pink or white crepe slip-over model; also white lingerie with lace and embroidery trim- Note the specifications —wooden tone amplifier —grooved shelf filing cabinet —tone modulator on side —all nickel trimmings Bloomers Aprons Nightgowns Chemise —mahogany case —mounted on metal casters —silent motor s —plays any record ming. Envelope chemise, 76c—Of pink batiste, hand embroidered in pastel shades; also tailored. 2 Bloomers, 76c—Pink crepe, requires no ironing. Bungalow aprons, 76c—Checked gingham or striped per- cales; fasten at side: have belt and pockets. Polly Prim aprons, 76c—Of Amoskeag gingham, with tie- sash in back. everything complete for just $69 Mamie Smith records, 59¢ e d Mamie Smith and her jazz hounds in True ‘Blue song and dance melodies. - Two selections to each record. §9¢. The Hecht Co. o > i e o Where prices are guaranteed ~ Jlh al '