Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
ORDERED T0 SEA DUTY. * Lieut. Commander Charies A. Pow- ‘nall, in the office of naval cmllou Navy Department, has been to the command of the U. 8. B. !'ard. SENT TO CAMP MEADE. 3 to 56th Infantry, as &m’pm“u MAJ. POOL ORDERED HERE. has been ordered to 7 E are not wild about being the biggest shops " in Washington. We'd rather be known as the shops that put quality above all else. Fashion Shop Clothes — Taflmd in Rochester—our " The -Tasnion Ghop DOWNTOWN: moth and E Streets m(h ln‘ G m Crandall's "lhln‘tonl llnl and Next to Keith's Opp U. 8. Treasury Rochester Tailored Clothes Manhattan Shirts Interwoven Hose 110 0 40 06010 1 U L N A : ?‘ Col. Reynolds J. Burt, infantry, in this city, has been the —————— e Maj. Herbert M. Pool, infantry, at the Infantry School, Camp Benning, rary | Ga., this city for duty in_the office of the chief of in- Wi fantty, War Department. - \ THE EVENING CHINA, PIVOT OF WORLD, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. $200,000 FOR CONDUIT ROTARY CLUB IS TOLD| TO D. C. SEEMS ASSURED Speaker Declares Much Depends on U. 8. Sympathy and Com- mercial Relations. In the presence of the Secretary of save one. The item of $200,000 for preliminary work on a larger water supply for the District, provided for in the Army ap- propriation bill, seems =assured. The conferees for both houses of Congress have agreed on all items in controversy The District water uun.:':}v the Navy, Edwin Denby, himselt a|lem is agrecd to, The report was made | Rotarian, T. M. Elliott, Y. M. C. A. secretary stirring appeal that the sympathy of the United States be extended the Chinese in helping that people solve the problems that confront them at present, at the luncheon of the Rotary Cl\lb ll the New Willard Hotel yes- Quolln‘ Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, former minister to China, Mr. Elliott declared that the welfare of the world de- pended upon the outcome of af- fairs in China. He stressed the un- told possibilities lying dormant in the vast area, and said all that was needed to develop these wonderful resources was the sympathy and closer commercial relations between this country and China. Mr. Elliott gave statistics to show the immensity of the undeveloped resources of the country. Mr. Denby also spoke favorably of the opportunities for American busi- ness men in China at present, and said that a bill permitting the in- corporation in America of companies to do business in China has passed the Houn and is pending in the ln !l.le absence of Charles W. Semmes, William Knowles Cooper presided, and, after reading a letter from the National Rotary executive committee of Chicago relative to sub- scriptions to be raised for the Pueblo sufferers, the local organization voted to send $900 at once to the interna- tional headquarters, to be forwarded to the Rotary Club of the Colorado city. Mr. Cooper further annuum:ed that the Steubenville Rotary Club was sending about fifty boys to Washing- ! ton next Tuesday, and invited a like nymber of Washington Rotarians to inVite the travelers to luncheon. The invitation was quickly accepted. President Clark Griffith of the ‘Washington ball club- was presented with a framed scroll bearing the names of the full membership of the Boys’ Club of Washington, by Master David Walsh, president of the club, as a token of thanks for the imterest Hr Grifith displayed in the recent ed for the benefit base ball game Dl oung Walsh also of the institution. thanked Frank R. Jelleff and all other Rotarians for their part in the move- ment. Mr. Jelleif said that $12,500 had been realized from the game. Charles 1. Corby invited the Wash- ington Rotary Club, with their ladies, to be guests at his country home June 29. The invitation was accepled by vote. ORDERED TO HONOLULU. Col. Robert E. Wyllie, Coast Artil- lery Corps, has been relieved from detail as a member of the General Staff Corps and from duty in this city and ordered to Honolulu, Hawaii, for duty in the Coast Defenses of that military department. Extra! yes, even more so o the House today. | 'The deadiock between the two houses | of Amoy, Chine, made alis on the size of next year's Army, the ! conferees asking their respective houses | for instructions. Secretary Weeks appeared at yester- | day's meeting of the conferees to urge an agreement on the Senate pro- | vision for a gradual reduction during the next fiscal year to a minimum Army of 150,000 enlisted men, but the | House managers refused to yleld! from their position in favor of a quick reduction to that figure. The Senate conferees were repre- sented as standing for a_reduction | from the 220,000 total in service July | to a minimum of 150,000, which, they i said, could be accomplished by next ! May. The House conferees, however, wero sald to be insisting that the | reduction be carried out by October 1. Secretary Weeks was understood to have told the conferees that should the position of the House managers prevail he would not accept responsi- bility for what might happen to the Army, as he said it was impossible | to reduce the garrisons in the Philip- pines, Panama and Hawail, and strik- ing 70,000 men from the rolls with- in three months would render the forces within the United States im- potent. —_— An official report just issued shows ; that 300 British women nurses dled while serving in the world war. Your Summer Trip— Plan It Now Get the Best Bermudn—St. Lawrence River— Hudson River — Lake George — Like Champlain — Coast-wide Tripsx — Grent Lakes Cruises— Caribbean Crufses—Nova Scotia— Newfoundland—Ainska—New Y 1o Quebec, via Halifax—Calfernia via Panama Canal. Europe—South America—Orient We will give you complete tm- formation. ‘We will secure your raflroad and steamship tickets. We will make hotel reservations for you imn advance. OBER’S STEAMSHIP AND TOURIST No. 1 “nodwlri Bullding Main Floor Telephone Main 1089 A Special Purchase from Hart Schaffner & Marx money-saving suit offerings at —$47% $39.50 buys your choice of 590 fine SUITS Silk Mohair and Palm Beach SUITS Reduced 322,50 toee-- F Satisfaction gwranteed or. money zefunded Ralelgh Haberdasher S pritevenl lO9—I 111 Pamsylvama Avenue $47.50 Buys your - cthoice of 860 fine SUITS they were made to sell fo§78075 and permits us fo announce two great ll Practically every kind of good fabric, iz every sented in fime suits st smrlpdtznudnlnde,uupn- " $47§5o C., THURSDA JUNE 18, 191" Simfily_ stupendous! Towering mountains of the famous = DUTCHESS .- pairs— ‘ that takes all one an entire STORE = TROUSERS PR e o | Biggest trousers sale we’ve ever held. Biggest sale we’ve - ever known! It’s too big for the department; it overflows " the store; we have to take an ENTIRE STORE next ‘door to hold it. DUTCHESS trousers are known the country over. They’ve been sold for years on the basis of this GUARANTEE 10¢ ldollar safe | butaton ! r‘izp ’ a:)s;’:t—w_l and they’ve rfiade good on that basis But Dutchess trousers have no representa- tion in Washington; they want to get known here quickly, so they’ve let us take on 5,000 pairs practically at cost. 5,000 pairs—that many wearers—and LO! Dutchess trousers are established here forever 5,000 pairs of trousers, of course, are more than most stores can sell in a year. BUT WE'LL SELL ’EM, because we’ve put the prices down to $2.95 *3.95 *4.95 ™ THE PATTERNS—Narrow stripes, stripes, diagonals, herringbones—and S ING PATTERNS OF MANY KINDS—which ;lmmlnlgh!ygoodehneetopmalone ] meodmdeinmthmnhgupm! i Dutchess trousers are built for service. Built for service, but alive witk style. They’re good looking; they can be had in all weights and patterns for work, for street, for busi- aess; yes, even for dress. *5.95 *6.95 *7.95 Plenty of blue serges; white serges (plain or striped) and white gabardines for outing. Plenty of mohairs and hot-weather trousers; but of course the most of” the fabrics are the staple worsteds, cassimeres, herringbones, tweeds and flannels. We’ve taken over a special store for the sale, with all trousers arranged in sizes—easy to get at. ’ All sizes 28 to 60 inch waist measure; any desired lenglh plain or cuff bottoms; and every pair FIRST QUALITY ‘All alterations FREE—a fit. guaranteed but do not ask us to make alterations or not atteipt to make “try-ons” the first day—we shall be too busy. - But satisfaction accompanies ever y purchase and your money back if you want it, “ The Hecht Co. atF Sale of Men’s Union suits Most. of 'em ‘worth double. See Page 12. 95¢C o,