Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1921, Page 28

" AWonderful |JETERANS ATTACK ‘Special Value WAR R|SK BUR[AU C For8by10 Enh'y ‘em“ ey Neglect Charged Before Spe- ;::‘l’l‘:y :::rkm::t ship here all the cial Investigating Commit- time. tee.in Senate. The alleged treatment of veterans of the world war by agencies of the government was the subject of vigo- rous protest yesterday afternoon by representatives of the American Le- glon and the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, appearing before the special devoted exclusively to surxical |{committee of the Senate investigation imstruments and allied lines. ||solaler aid. John T. Taylor, vice chairman of the 9 Instrument |legislative committee of the American Co. Leglon, complained particularly of “the = o failure of the government to provide 1114 14th S adequate hospital facllities,” asserting Phone M. that there are now 15.000 former |service men who - cannot be given needed medical treatment. War Risk Flayed ‘The bureau of war risk insurance Mr. Taylor charged. had failed to as- sist those entitled to government aid, and he appealed for more sympathetic treatment of veterans. many of whom, ke said. now suffer “because they do not know their rights, or how to ob- tain them." “We ask you to humanize the vari- ous bureaus dealing with former service men.” Edwin S. Bettelhem, jr., chalrman of the legislative commit- ‘ tee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, LASTIC STOCKINGS and ABDOMINAL BELTS ‘Expert Fitters ONLY STORE in Washington —Bags or Tar Paper is needed to proteet winter clothing from moths. E. Mornson Paper Co., 1000 Pu. Ave TRUE nature were my snap- colored at GROVE'S, told the committee, urging especlally that Congress compel the bureau of war risk insurance to help the vet- erans. He cited cases in support of the charge that the bureau had been negligent in the settlement of disa- bility claims. Senator Calder of New York. a member of the committee, said that a veteran appealed to him for as- sistance in a disability claim case which had been pending for many months, but that the man died before settlement reached him. Personnel Apttacked. “There are people In that bureau who Should not have been permitted to enter Washington." exclaimed Senator Pomerene, democrat, Ohio. 1so .a member of the committee. “People are employed there” he con- tinued, “who could not get a job any- where else. Special criticism of the board of appeals of the war risk insurance bureau was volced by Mr. Bettelhem, ho demanded that it be reorganized and that former service men be placed upon it. MERMAIDS WILL DIVE DURING “PIRATE CRUISE” City Club Will See Life-Saving Exhibition From Ship. Education and recreation will be min- gled for the benefit of the guests at the City Club's “pirate crui: to Quantico Friday, when Miss Elizabeth B. Smith and her troupe of diving beauties put on their half-hour exhibiticn of fancy div- ing and life-saving from the decks of the cruisers’ ship. Miss_Smith and her companions will start diving from the lower deck after the boat pulls out from the Quantico dock for the return trip, and wil! stage progressively more thrilling stunts by plunging from higher decks until they are at the uppermost part of the boat. Miss Smith won all the amateur div- ing and swimming prizes in the capital last year with her feats in various ex- hibitions. She is now visiting Maj. and Mre. Julian C. Smith at lemleo Only a few tickets for the outing are left at the clubhouse, according to H. W. Cutler, chairman of the cruise com- mittee. to shots, 1210 G (Signed) i Amateur Photographer. | e Health Candies 40 60 & 80c Ib. Give the kitchen walls a good coat of paint if vou want them to look fresh and new-like. W.H. Butler Co. MAURICE F. FLYNN 607-609 C St. N.W. Established 1845 Seraight dows’ the oireot frem (ke . B. Monument at 7th and Pu. Ave. —_— Makes New Strength. Father John’s Medicine—all pure food. —Advertisement. 2| WOMAN’S PARTY TO MEET. 3| National Organization Enters Cam- paign for Equal Rights. The New National Woman's Party, re oreanized to fight for equal rignts légls lation, holds its first public meeting to- at the recently purchased national ical headquarters at the “Old Capi- here, in the form of a garden party, at 25 1st street northeast, with the newly elected national officers of the woman's party as speakers. The future Iplans of the party with reference to | congressional and state legislation, as well as to the development of the head ll1 quarters into a natlonal political club- l house for women, will be discussed. | Mrs, Izetta Jewell Brown, widow of the | 1ate Representative Brown of West Vir- ginia, will make her first speech as Bolitical chairman of the woman's party. Miss Maud Younger, legislative chair- man, will report on the national legisla- [ orier to- end. all 1egal discrimmination {in order to end all legal discrimination Pays 4 Per Cent against women. Eisle Hill national B I chairman, will open the meet] iss on shares withdrawn be- llisara Grogan of Georgia will preside, fore maturity Mrs. Toscan Bennett of Hartford and Miss Mary Winsor of Haverford, Assets More Than $7,000,000 | Pa., chairman of the permanent head- { quarters committee, also will speak. Surplus Nearing $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. For Commencements Shaffer's Flow- JAMES BERRY, President July 4th Excurnons A—Annapotis D):I.TA 'ronl! PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 43 or 83 months. It ers are most popular. 900 14th. M. 2416. —Advertisement. ——— TECH HOLDS EXERCISES. Class Night at Central, Owing to the small assembly hall at Tech High School, members of the graduating class were forced to hold their class night exercises last night in the auditorium of Central High School. The commencement exercises will be held tonight. Kenneth Super, president of the graduating class, gave the address of welcome and presented the class gift. Frank C. Daniel, principal of the school, addressed the gradu: behalf of the faculty. The cl tory was read by Viector Reich and Louise Sullivan, Jeannie Le Roy and 1 Adolph Baumgarten read class poems. ‘The class prophecy was given by Ken- neth Matthews and Frances Mitchell. Musical numbers were given by Vin- cent Carli K. Busck. Merritt Cosky and Plul Gable and the Tech Orchestra, under the direction of Dore i Walten. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. LEARN TO SWIM NOW —_— A Taste Tells Why Acid Phosphate it deinks—gives At druggist: Horsford's Them's vmacking food Bavor. them s smacking ‘good Bavor. Advertisement. . GIVE PLAY AT CLASS NIGHT Business High School Graduates Have an Interesting Program. Members of the four-year graduating class of Business High School held class night exercises last night in the auditorium of the school. A play, “In a Garden,” was presented by the grad- uates as one of the features of the program. John A. Reilly, president of the class, ve the opening address. The class history was read by Miss Eliza- beth Swenk. John A. Rellly read the class poem. Miss Rae Kershenbaum and Marvin Brown gave the class prophecy. Allan Davis, principal of the school, addressed the graduates. Among those who took part*in the play were Paul Foley, Jewell Cook, Marian Riley, Thelma Denaison, Ger- trude Skinner, . Helen Wallerstein,. Charles Marvin, John Rellly, Miiton Rosenburg, Charles Montgomery, Mer- ritt Smith and Stephén Wright. The school orchestra played dufinx the ex- ercises. ‘This will in- crease your coal 250 or more per ton. We recommend the dellvory of your order AT to_avoid this in- carease. We can deliver Stove, Egg. Pea and Nut sizes of fresh mined coal. John P. Agnew & Co., Inc. Pl July 1st, on every ton of hard coal mined. Glee Club, = Community Literary Club. Where | gurrville Community Center—A More Room Is Available. Jiterary and a social program will THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921. KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES—Luckily, There Was No Fire. ALOYSIUS P MEGINIS, WHAT | o~ earTh aRE YOU FUSSING ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT. Meeting of national women's party at 25 1st street northeast. lzetta Jewel Brown, Mary Winsor and Maud Younger, speaker: Delaware State Society will beet at 8 o'clock at Wilson Normal School Henry M. Rose will give an illustrates l‘z‘lkl on “Washington, the City Beau. tiful.” Gen. Nelson A. les Camp, No. 1. will meet at § o'clock in Perpetual building. _Candidates will receive military degree. Visiting comrades welcome. Auxiliary Robley D. Evans American Legion, will n’ fete at the home of Dr. A. W. Valentine, 6th street and North Carolina avenue southeast, beginning at 7 o'clock. Ladies' Post, give a A rose fete will be given at 7:15 o'clock on the Corby estate. The Kalorama Citizens' Association will meet at 8 o'clock at the High- lands. A carnival will be & glvo’n at St. Vin- cent's Orphanage, 4th _street and Rhode Island avenue, at 0 o'clock. TOHORROW The Helen Keller Guild will hold its annual picnic tomorrow at the home of Mrs. W. A. Smith. The Woodward & Lothrop” unit of the Business Women's Council will give a garden party at Central Union Mission Home for Children, 1st street and New York avenue, tomprrow and Thursday, to 10 o'clock. Homemade cakes and candy for sale. Representatives Burke of Pennsyl- vania and Mead of New York will be the principal speakers at a meeting of the Benjamin Franklin Council of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, in the Girls' School Hall, d 0 streets, tonight at Terence MacSwiney Coun can_Association. for the Recognition of the Irish Republic. will meet at St. Dominic’s Hall at 8 o'clock. {AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS Wilson Normal Community Cen- ter—The last meeting of the Dela- ware State Society will be held to- night. Plans will be drawn up this even- ing by a special committee for the final community association meet- ing. to be held June 28. The board of directors is composed of D. G. Pfeiffer, Clarence Corby. Miss A. M. Goding. Dr. L. 8. Kebler and Miss F. M. Michaelson. : The Sewing Club, ' which meets Tuesday night, announces that new members can be registered any time. Other activities this evening: Mil- linery, social dancing instruction, 7:30, and Social Dancing Club, There will be a meeting of the Lone- some Club tomorrow night. East Washington Community Cen- ter will hold a practice meet of the Boy Scout Band tonight and a meet- ing of the Community Social Club. Johnson-Powell Community Center Tonight, 7 Rhythmic dancing for adults; plain sewing. Thomson Community Center—Sched- ule tonight, 7:30: Spanish, dressmak- ing, organdie’ flower-making. Petworth Community Center—There will be a meeting of the Petworth | Citizens' Association in the Petworth Methodist Church tonight at 8 o'clock. Takoma Park Temporary Com- munity Center—The Takoma Park Community Band will give an ‘open concert in the Takoma Park School this evening. ‘'ommunity Center— Meetings tonight: Spanish Club, home nursing class, Dramatic Club and Fancy Needlework Club. Miner Normal Garnet-Phelps Community Center— The Garnet-Phelps General Associa- d the National Memorial As sociation will each hold their month. ly meetings this evening. Activities at 7:30 tonight: Mattie R. Bowen Recreation Circlle, ~women's = ex- change, Pleasure Club, Laborers’ Co- operative League and Amphion Glea| Club. ‘West Washington Communuy Cen- ter—The following meetings are scheduled for this evening at 8§ o'clock: West End Relief Associa- tion, Recreation Club, Senior and Junior Athletic Club, Boys' Club, Rialto Social Club and be given by the Library Department Store Company this evening, and a business session will follow. Other club meetings tonight are: Young People's - Social _ Club, Community. Chorus, Boys' __Athletic_ Club, Scouts, Troop No. 511; Young Men's Athletic Club., Mothers' Thrift Club and Boy Scouts’ recruiting station. TEACHER TO BE TRIED. Case of Suspended Instructor Be- fore Education Board Friday. J. L. Chestnut, teacher at Dunbar High School. who was suspended by the board of education May 31 on charges of violation of its rules and regulations. will be tried by that body at the Franklin School Friday night at 8 o'cloek. Members of the board will sit as judges at the trial, the first one that body has conducted for several years. The trial, it is said, will be held upon the request of Mr. Chestngn Charges made by a girl student Dunbar High School resulted in lhe teacher’s suspension by the board. [ ——— g =] Proper Lubrication- Raabu thet proper "Lubrication i abeolutely essential to the performance of the car and to its scondmical use. Ebonite For Tranemissions and Differentials - Has No Equal uw-:'hm A-'rfl--r-l I WHAT. &M T GONNA SLEEP INP Well Buid - ] ad The day’s at hand when Carp and Jack will battle in their pride; and, oh, the large and gorgeous stack of money they'll divide, when each has slugged the other’s dome for six or seven rounds—and Milton sold his greatest pome for something like ten pounds. I'm glad that in these later days true genius gets its due, and Great Men do not go their ways in rags of dingy hue. Poor “Bobbie Burns was always broke, which made his soul repine, and Edgar Poe was forced to soak his hat when he would dine. The list is long of gifted men who always lacked the price, who did tall things with harp or en, and still were handed ice. E’en Homer begged from town to town, and > 0. | den stole the housedog’s bone, though later, in his high renown, each claimed him for his own Old Grubb street echoed to the wails of many a gifted gink, and Boswell's book is full of tales of genius on the blink. But now our great men get their due when they have made a hit, and when the coming scrap is through a fortune will be split. It was hard luck that Burns and Poe and Homer and that crew were born so many years ago, cre greatness got its due. WALT MASON. (Oopyright by George Matthew Adams.) Flowers for All Oceasions. Gude's flowers never fail to please. 1214 F.—Advertisement. HEADS BIBLE INSTITUTE. E. W. Collamore New President. Other Officers Named. Edward W. Collamore has been elected president of the American Home Bible Institute, it was an- nounced today. Other officers chosen are: Miss Bertha G. Lilton, vice presi- Miss Caroline S. Preyer, secre- tary, and Thomas P. Hickman, treas- urer. William W. Tuckey, Marcus A. I Davis and Floyd J. Fitch have been elected members of the cabinet and Dr. Carl Kettler to the board of trus. tees. The report of the cabinet showed for the year closing fifteen courses of study and lectures conducted in 295 sessions, with a total attendance of 2,771, an increase of 400 per cent over the preceding year. A heavy enroll- ment is in sight for the summer courses of reading in Amos, pians, Ecclesiastes and Ephesians, which the institute is putting on i co-operation with the Young Women! Christian Association and in which the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion joins. —_— Diplomas and certificates will be awarded to graduates of the Wash- ington College of Music at the fif- teenth annual commencement, to be held in the auditorjum of Central High School Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Diplomas will be presented by C. E. Christiana, president of the college. Philip- | SHE'S RiGHT! THERE'S NOTHIN' IN THIS CLOSET BUT A LOT OF HER JuUNK! EH? YouR LANEY RETRIAL BEGUN. Murder Charged in Connectior With Race Riots of 191€. The retrial of William Laney, col- ored, on a charge of murder in the first " degree in connection with the death of Kenneth Crall, a white youth, during the race riots of July. 1919, was commenced yesterday in Criminal Division 1 before Justice Siddons. The former trial was suddenly stopped last year. when counsel for the accused called attention of the court to a report of the trial, stating the contents of a letter which had not been permitted in evidence. The chief withdrew a juror and declared it a mistrial. S JOINS IN PETITION. rs. Wichfeld Adds to Complaint Against Local Fraternity. Mrs. Mabelle Swift Wichfeld of 1746 Massachusetts avenue northwest, yes- terday joined in the petition of Mrs. Alexandra M. Lee of 1752 Massachu- Betts avenue to stop the noises at the frat. house of the Gamma Eta Gamma Chapter of the Deita Tau D:l!l. Fra- ternity, which is located a Mas. sachusetts avenue. Mrl chhflld says she was out of the city when the grievances complained of by Mrs, Lee are said to have occurred, but if they are permitted to continue she will be unreasonably annoyed and the value of her property reduced materially. She is represented by At- torneys Minor, Gatley & Rowland. tormeys A, e Apartment—Hotel F 2 2123 California Street N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. is just west of Connecticut Avenue, in Washington Heights, a most exclusive resi- dential section of the Ca It is near the Mount Pleasant car line and only a fifteen- minute ride from the center of the city, and reaches Union Station without transfer. Phone North 3496 J. A. WILLSON, Resident Manager $3.56 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington And Hetura ‘War Tax 8% Additional Sunday, June 26 SIMILAR EXCURSION, July 10 and 24 SPECIAL TRAIN . Washington.... B Returning . Philadelphia . . . Chester .. . Wilmington (Standard ume) Consult Ticket Agents. 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SECOND GREAT WEEK Paramount Presents The Woman God Changed - FEATURIN G——— Drink A Quart of FREE ADMISESION AMUSEMENT PARK 40 Fon Features, € Blig 1 Rides Ochmann’s Great Musi FOR DANCING In Spacious Ball Room Under_Strict Censorshi) b | BRI ed. Mats _gn On the W a R Pay $10 a Ticket. Th Comedy of the Seasor T CHARLES DILLINGMAM Presents Every Day Phone W.183 3206 N St.Rw, A New American Comady b= Wm. LiTrees SHUBERT-GARRICK NOW Mats, Wednesday-Saturday The Garrick Players in ADAM and EVA Next Week: “The Man From Home” B. F. KEITH'S &% Daily 535 Sun. 305 Holys 3.3:* “A HIT."—Post. Francis X. Bushman and the beautiful screen star BEVERLY BAYNE BAR! Servlce Stations Bradburn Bu‘y & EL Servm 6 Pa. Ave. odern Supply L A“:fl H st e e Ettis Bat'y Service eyl S trvide e Row. The Jobn A. Wlneberger Co,, Inc. Ga. Ave. N.W. - ey. B & O'Donnel Dave Roth. 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