Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1921, Page 15

: ; THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JULY 17, 1921—PART 1. ~ 15 ec es for Good, OI' [ i . " Preserving |SHAFTS UNDER CITY el i Lty Scranton, Pa., Digs for Liv- en of the nodthwentern part of Brooks ecounty have declarcd war on ‘moonshiners, and have recently burned two fllicit stills | there, ~according to reports reaching here today. / Following the burning of the | wtilin the women, it reported, ixxued n statement to the ef- Are Death on Stills By the Assoclated Press. WESCASSET, Me. July 16| magnetism for the Carnegis n- < - . N o P 5 stitute. e also will act as op- and favorite appetizing dishes. Donald B, MacMillan ard six ad- They are “terribly convenieat.” ALBANY, Ga., July 16 —Wom- erator of the radio apparatus venturous; .followers sailed down | cquipped to _recefve - messages the Shecpacot riyer today. bound | from the outgide world and to o Y n: ” send at short distances, for: Bafin /o luud, ooShey were Dr. McMillan sais today that he gheered by 2.000 friends and ad- expects to enter Hudson bay about Baxter, the August 26. He will establish ing in Deposits Which Are | | mirers. including Goy ; fect thnt, uv a measure of pro- | . ; winter quarters as close to Fury Its V Foundati tection for thefr familles, they iiggmale’ At Bowdoin and Mecla strait a8 the engines S Very Foundation. would destroy all stilis set np ag-the little schooner | of the Bowdoin can force her through the ice. at section. mecond i reported, wow tion where th 1éIt the wharf. MacMillan” himself and nis six istants, who make up the en- ted Press. Il burned, ft is ) By the Associ SCRANTON, P: LEGIOR'S NEW ACTIVITY. July 16.—This city, 722 13TH ST. N.W. {a gooa in - } . {2 good illustration of the mining in | ; e been deut 4 of his auxiliary schoon- g | dustry, will go anywhere in order to | Mem of Ahe ection sk, Bt Lire crew of his auxillary schoord | INDIANAPOLIS, July 16.—Particl- ee $ obtain results. been “defnking newleeting Garly in the day making things |pation of Individual local American Seveat oittes in andl <o their families work, the snug in preparation for the trip. 18 of comwuunity | ral cities in ancient days were thelr families and morx. e | | Biwacls olige atmny, who' ate {LeEion posts in prolects o a AND built beside volcanoe first a s members of the MacMillan Arctic |and clvic welfare will be fostered and modern American cit ! ASsociation, which financed the |aided by a new department of the over a coal mine, or'rather u | Snterprise. 'were among those on |American Legion to be known as the e lo ive the parth u ftting |department of national post activities i coal mines. | The present fame and future Dre { perity -of Scranton, a hustling | cal American city, literally rest srn FOR BASKET MAKINE the coal industry. count; hamlet fifty years ago, Scranton has NEW STOCK. | become the third largest city in Penn- TYPEWRITER AND OFFICE created at national headquarters here today. John J. Noll, formerly of Par- sons, Kan., assistant director of na- tional organization, will head the new | department, with headquarters here. send-off. Besides MacMillan, the expedi- tion includes G. Dawson Howell of Boston, who has becn especial- 1y trained for the work of mak- stroyed. en I new one. and thil ELLIS ISLAND GRAFT CHARGES ARE DENIED The Evening & Sunday Star 60c a Month w Delivered by Regular Carrier —— e Commissioner Wallis Says Great Sums Could Not Have Been Appropriated. Commissioner Wallis at the Island, N. Y. immigration station wus asked yesterdsy by Commis- sioner General Husband whether he had been quoted correctly in news- paper accounts of a statement he is- cars as the|sued on alleged graft at Ellis Island. Reports to the bureau of Immigra- tion sald Commissioner Wallis had said $500,000 in_graft was received each year by Island officials. Commissioner Husband denied that such conditions existed, declaring that officials of the service were loyal and devoted, with few exceptions. No such wholesale graft as charged could have existed, he said. Elis 3 FOUR _HELD FOR KILLING OF THREE IN KENTUCKY s SI AN sylvania, and ranks first among_the conl-n;]mlng cibllas of the world. Th‘; growth has been due to coal, an s“? H t of th 1 mined the Scran- PLY CO., 722 13th St. Ton diatrlct comes Hrom underneath e — - the city itself. i Elc}l S h‘flenefiul& ldne “busineu 1‘:’03“ t::d 1geHol i A a8y 3 537 8th St. NE. - p}v‘;(l :n‘rll ;n“:ec.‘.‘lfi'...{:,ifian;(nis are d into tl ck power $1.00 Assorted Chocolate | ori§ucer which has brought so much Nuts, 89c, Sunday and Monday. weklanto, the community, o em Delicious Homemade Ice Cream, | aiaoming to reallzs that unde the streets of the city Ihel‘eflsm 1al o] orm- 3 . 3 v S| < An enterprising Washingt has solved the high it of bulldl by wush two db: irded street # 1ot s\“:'wa);x.»lu‘ghmmkm:\y bt iy ° # | Very life of.the inhabitants is depend- - ) Electrlc e Y et EXTREME BLUE LAW RESOLUTION On the other hand. going to wor . ~ d of e 7. 2 O R eking, Shergs -consumin ‘PUT OVER,” METHODISTS ASSERT CALL MAIN 5000 subway trip or-g jostling. jerky trolley and the service will ; S 6 * 5 Were $8.00 Machines Cutting Deeper. alarming to realize that underneath $1.00 gt., 15¢c plate. ‘el\l upon‘the strength of the supports 607 14th St. t can n : ride. the worker o ScTAMon i [Two in' Hospital for SUEDt| e it o The star | said_“There was no discussion of | Investigation of the activities of start AT ONCE refreshing breakfast and then drob| Wounds—Two Others Jailed BALTIMORE, Md., July 16—Rev. | It and 1 am confident that we Agunt e . riv Ditun Ui could not secure the conference's approval of such a program. While 1 think, if it could be accomplished, it would probably exert a whole- some_influence, I do not think it possible at this time, and I think we would do more harm than good by trying to accomplish it While Dr. Woolf expressed the same views, he as Nt so sure that no action was taken, and Bug- gested that they go over the pro- ceedings of the conference. This was done, and, in Dr. Har- ris' own words we were dum- founded to find that the conference did approve that program. There was no discussion of it, however. It was slipped through during the closing hours. and I do not belleve it represents the sentiments of the conference.” The indorsement is in report No. state- | 2 of the proceedings of the body and reads: s0 that we indorsc the proposed national law to stop all Sunday mails. newspapers, in- i Commerce and to secure a down a few hundred feet to join hi colleagues in reducing still further the remaining foundation of the city. Center of Anthracite Regl Scranton is the center of the anthra- cite coal region. This anthracite coal editor of the the instigation of the bureau last March, the commissioner said, on an accumulation of evidence gathered at hearings here. Commissioner Wallis was ordered to prefer formal charges against Schell. WOMEN’S CLUBS TO JOIN. Republicans in Virginia Take Steps Toward Forming Federation. NORFOLK, Va., July 16.—Steps to- ward the formation of a federation of republican womea's club in Virginia were taken when Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio, vice chairman of the re- publican national committee and leader of republican women of this country, and Miss Edna Annette Beveridge, spe- cial representative of the republican na- tional committee, met the republican women of Norfolk. Mrs. Upton spoke on ‘“Women in Politics,” and told her audience what success could be obtained by working together with the men. She in Mine Shooting. Carlton D. Harris, OXVILLE, Tenn., July 16.—A spe- cial to the Journal and Tribune from Harlan, Ky., sa; John Burchill, Ted Marcu, Pete Stivs deposit in central Pennsylvania is one |ers and Jim Stivers, brothers, are al- of the richest of America’s natural re- | jeged to have yesterday killed, at Har- Sources. The coal accurs in an elliptl- | lan, Ky., Chief of Police W. R. Hol- cal basin running down through the|c.omb, Deputy Sherift J. C. Coldron and| April. Lackawanra valley. The deepest part | Assistant ne Superintendent Carl It all came out through the ef- l Southern Methodist, and Rev. E. L. of the coal basin lies under the cen- | Fulton. The tragedy occurred ab ‘I O over 225,000,000 tons of coal,|11:30 EFriday morning. o 0UL | forts of the extremist group. led Within the city limits there are over re ier i the day, had had an| by Neah W. Cooper, which Is in thirty-three mines in operation With |altercation with a mine foreman and shington in the interest of leg- Woolf, presiding elder of the Balti- more district, made the discovery yesterday that they had one “put | over’ on them &t the Baltimore Conference held in Roanoke last Don’t Leave On Your | Vacation With | Unsightly Teeth Come to us at once for a free con- | sultation—we will examine your teeth thoroughly and tell you what should be done and how little it will cost to have them put in perfect condition. DR. WHITE PAINLESS DENTIST islution which would halt all rail- road trains. stop all the activities of the post office on Sunday and forbid the publication of Sunday newspapers, and which was sponsible for the statement that the program had been approved by the Baltimore Conference. When asked about this sment yesterday Dr. Harris denied that any such action was taken. “The Baltimore Conference. held pril, did not ap- an annual production of over six mil- | the officers were instructed to arrest lion tons of anthracite coal. These|kim. They went to the mines have produced since their dis-|where Marcu w known to be, and Covery over 225,000,000 tons of coal |Holcomb, in trying to arrest him, struck Which means the coal industry with-|Marcu over the head with his gun. All limits_ has contributed | four of the men accused of the killing to have opened fire on the officers, killing three. A fourth offi- cer, -Fred alone escaped death. More coal fs mined annually in Scran- [ Two or the men said to have killed the ton and the Scranton coal basin hasofficers were slightly wounded and are produced a greater total volume of |in the hospital at Harlan and the other These men bathhouse in the city something like a billlon dollars of lare then sa productive wealth to the people of Scranton and the owners of the mines. shed 2 ‘Washington for ¥¢ which is your assurance of perfect dentistry. coal than any other city in the world.)two are in the county fail. in Roanoke last al program,” he Sun for Long before New York city had |are citizens of Clay’ county, . and| prove that ra even dreamed of a subway 1ulya(em ,tlh: rI:nve been employed in the mines at SO R R O e e e f“;?:" :rln‘l::xim{u‘:—po:or};:?m?;tcfinm- Opposite Woolworth's e and y ton was well supplied [Lynch only a short time. Despi e n vomen, - 5 city of Scranto! as w pp! ynch only a short time. Despite th Ing's profram (o1 oI oo cter 10 store. Houre: Dally, 8:30 407 7“‘ st- N.w. days, but additional time would be required to complete the roof and the interior details. Definite action in regard to the pro- ject is expected in the near future, following a conference of officials of the various institutions interested. Mr. Ankeney and other officials of the chamber of commerce, it seems assured. will be instrumental in bringing about a solution of the housing problem there. third which has agreed to provide | half the cost of the project, in addi- tion to the engineering company of Boston which originally put the proposition to the chamber. Several house building sites are now | under consideration by the chamber of commerce. They include Cumber- land Heights, a tract of property be- longing to Matthew Mullaney, adja- to the Baitimore pike, beyond Lindnerville: properties of Peter J.| Seaver in the southern section of the | {BENEFITS P. 0. EMPLOYES. Congress Votes to Reclassify “Spe- cial” Force Granting Extra Pay. By adoption of a conference agree- of underground | bloody occurrence and the significant said with many miles tunneling. nity bill.” and said that the President only a few days ago assured her that he was more interested in that promml Sunday 10 to 1. than he was at first. RY KAI]F Double-Bed Bleached Sheets - Full size, 72x90, extra fine made INCORPORAT ED sheets with 3-inch hem: run-of-the- w mill of the regular $1.25 grades. " 1316:1324. 7% . ST.N. THE STORE FOR THRIFTY PEOPLE—TREMENDOUS SAVINGS JULY REDUCTIONS GREATER THAN EVER! in winter. They would sell at $4.000 | finally retained was that vidi: oF Tets. it 1a stated. It Is claimed | for sending American delegates (o the I_—___—___———_l name of the town. everything to be quiet at Lynch. WOMEN WILL CATECHISE H CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE |"IUNCREDS OF NEW HOMES Maryland League Threatens Defeat of All Aspirants Who Fail in s;nul-etory Answers. a Sgecial DI atch to The Star. - BALTIMORE, July 16.—Candidates ) i 4AOOK [for office will be catechised by the Maryland League of Women Voters, and if they don't give the right an- swers to the catechism the women in- tend to do everything in their power to defeat them at the polls. The league spent two days in An- rapolis this week deciding-on a set principles or a program which hopes to have received favorably by Plates Repaired 1.50 |0 coming legislature, thereby noti- Whil You Walt . K28 fying those who decide to run this s fall for a seat underneath the state DR. LEHMAN &t 307 7th St. N.W., Opp. Saks 4 Open Evenings—Closed on Sundays. FOR CUMBERLAND LIKELY Chamber of Commerce Expects to Realize Project Backed by : Outside Capital. Special Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 16.—Real- jzation of the program to build hun- dreds of houses here with outside capital is becoming more probable through daily developments taking place at the Cumberland Chamber of Commerce. Franklin H. Ankeney, secretary of the chamber of commerce, has re- ceived a communication from a finan- cial institution of Pittsburgh, stating that the institution would finance fifty per cent of the cost of an unlimited number of houses. The Pittsburgh concern makes the city; lots in La Vale and the Simmons farm, near The Dingle. The lots under consideration come within the stipulation of being 50 feet frontage and costing $400 each, as re- quired by the Boston company and are sdapted to all building conditions. An innovation would be introduced in the erection of the houses in that | ment legislative action was com- they would be cheaper than the |pleted in Congress yesterday on the present six-room frame house: would | bill to reclassify certain postal em- be colored by a new process, making | ploves, entailing additional payments them especially attractive and would | of about $5.000,000, principally to the have patent air chambers, designed to | “special post office clerks, laborers prevent dampness, and be compara- |and other employes. tively cool in summer and retain heat| Among the Senate amendments SATISFAOTTION GUARANTEED PLATES—$15 PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS. BY_CONDUCTIVE AN A house dome that the men—and wom- en—who want the league’s votes must stand by the league’'s measures, In the questionnaire that is being prepared for submission to would-be legislators the league will endeavor, first of all, to discover how each can- didate stands on the question of the organization of a department of state hygiene. This department or bureau is intended to carry out the provisions in Maryland of the Sheppard-Towner Organdy Dresses —in a Big Monday Sale at 3.75 that the outline of the new style con- | international postal conference at|f! 18c Standard 1 NowONGINGHAM . 12 foc crete house can be finished 'in four | Buenos Aires next month vVarfety of blue or brown and white standard fast- cut from full piece—made 27 inches wide. color check! = Dr. Schindle Peanut Butter * A Delicious Food Regular $1.50 Pure Silk Hose, 95¢ Fringed or Scalloped I CUT-CORNER BEDSPREADS > bill, provided that bill is passed by Absolutely Pure. Congress: If it fails to pass, then to Regular Women's Blagk administer state funds appropriated $3.00 V. ~ and Cordovan & . s 7 mazing collection o Fancy-lace and Plain Black Seam- back Hose, in all Monday . . . bis-bed size. in assorted Marseilles R ertect and free from dresstug— Large Glass Jars for child welfare. In either case a state appropriation will be needed. women's and misses’ beautiful polka dot, coin spot and plain 10¢ At your dealers or delivered anywhere | in this cify. Al 'VEGETARIAN Foop & NUT (p.i. 1339-41 8. CAPITOL ST. S.E. Thermometer Registers High- s the time to get 3 new heating-sye- tem installed for next winter. Hot Water or Vapor Is Best " Call, write or phone for free esti- mate of cost. Biggs Heating Co. Pearl Necklaces 75c to $1 724 9th St. NW. Atlantic Sunday, July_24 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN Via Delaware River Bridge Round Trip War Tax Auto Operator Runs Down Victim, No A | That sold $15— 1.50 Bi e o b pprovals e o 150 Bie DRESSES, 98¢ ted Ticket Office, 13th and I Streets, and at Union Station. The prospective candidate will also be questioned in regard to his, or her. stand on amending the mothers’ pe: sion law, 50 as to make the law opera- tive, and also to increase the amounts of the pensions from $12 a month for the support of each child to$25, and to raise the maximum amount which an indigent mother may receive.under the law to $60 a month. Other legislation which the league Jend its support are a heaith- certfi- cate bill to prevent marriages of the unfit; a bill making the guardianship rights of a mother in her child iden- tical with those of the fatlier. and a bill providing for the removal of all political disabilitles of women, mak- | ing It possible for a woman to hoid: any elective or appointive office and to_serve on juries. B The league has also decided to hold ax intenSive educational campaign in the weeks preceding the next election to Inform the voters on candidates and measures. WOMAN NOMINATED. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. July 16.—Mrs. wife of Dexter Otey, a shoe manu- facturer, and the daughter of Mrs. John H. Lewis. Mrs. Otey is one of the ploneer woman's suffrage lead- form speaker, and if she decides to take the stump, could make & vigor- ous campaign. Mrs. Otey does not live In the city. but is a voter in Campbell county. be- in(dl resident of a suburb, near Peak- and. HURTS WOMAN AND FLEES Leaving Her Unconscious. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., July 16.—The driver of an automobile along the new Brotherton-Berlin concrete road ran down Mras. John 8. Meyers, aged about eighty years, and sped away, leaving his unconsclous victim lying on the roadway. Identity of the driver of not ascertained, but it i Meyers have pretty reliable clu may lead to his apprehension. Mrs. Meyers {8 in the Somerset Com- munity Hospital suffering from frac- tures of both arms lndg. dislocated 1,500 pairs women's port Shoes formerly We include: —Tan & White Nubuck Oxfords —White Canvas 1 & 2 Strap Pumps —White Canvas Oxfords Beginning Monday No Exchanges ‘ . 191416 Pa.Ave. 7th & K 233PaAveSE 35¢ Children’s Fancy-top Socks White Socks with blue or pink fan; and white hose in| all sizes—big va-|s riety. Fancy Voiles or Large CHECK gandies,_cut from full pie up to 83¢ includet in this lot. 58-inch Bleached TABLE DAMASK . ........ lace and embroidery trimmed. v — le while the: tevenson make—on sale wl 2 [eered TABLE OILCLOTH 25¢ 23c also plain. ki hopes to Introduce and: for which it en t e will demand a favorable attitude on the tovs. - plain. part of candidates to whom it will cordovan, bla choice of tile, white and figured de- % on light and dark grounds—cut from full piece—run-of-the-mill quality. ORCANDY ......39¢c X rful assortment of fancy voiles and fast-color or- ikl jece and perfect—grades that sold 45¢ in 6 beautiful designs—highly Plain White Damagk. mercerized, with satin finish—reghlarly 7. W. H. rfe‘:m." H l:.v g.u;"b:fly r_’————_——_ \ MERIR e Consers S190\0,, 49¢||gdmes . 88c Women's pink or white, medium and low bust mod- els, in sizes to 35. Large|lace Women's Pink Camisoles, trimmed—exceptional Elizabeth Lewis Otey, nominated by i . c in— v v v —! — Of alt Kinds the republican state convention at variety. Popular make. bargain—Monday only. ', :e:igns‘l:‘:?;. misses and women—full width: orfolk as a candidate for superin- $6 45 t 9 75 Re-Strung tendent of public instructlon, is the Y 0 PJ. $1 and $1.25 Muslin 3 UNDERWEAR ............79C Women's Extra Fine Combination Skirts and Drawers; Well made and full cut un- SEABRIDGE. ':’;i\'}: jihe Stato ana ihnl!mllzngrec\:‘e:n —Black & White Canvas Oxfords i B dbeed: apecintl nday A & visiam n. T . & garment; reduced ally Mgnday. E . JEWELRY CO. ||she is a strong and convincing plat- —Tan & White Canvas Oxfords ores - by Hondar- " i e - LAUGH AT HOT WEATHER! We're Staging a Sale Monday of MEN’S SUMMER ' SUITS 7.95 About 55 fine feather-weight models . in young men’s and ‘conservative styles—featured in light and medium plain shades and mixtures. One and shade summer organdy frocks | in scores of fashionable styles —with tucks, ruffies and quill- ings of organdy—sample mod- els from a prominent maker, and creations that are worth to $5.98. Don’t miss this tremen- dous sale—a wonderful chance 1o save—and save big! MONDAY ONLY $15 BEADED GEORGETTE DRESSES . 39.98 Navy, black, brown, flesh and white Al sizes for misses and women. IR 59¢ Women's White Gabardine Summer S with yoke top pockets and button trimming— .regular sizes—large assortment. with de- Fine white gabardine sports made| buttons— tachable belt, fancy pockets and pea s ... $1.29 ite gabardine sports ‘Women's high-| $6.98 White SitNskmrs. ... $4.98 Women's extra fine sports models, with de- tachable belt, fancy pockets and pearl buttons —sizes to 30 waist—special. Plaid gingham and plain color chambray; fast color frocks, in full-cut siges. 7 to 14 years. Latest styles, too. ALL WOMEN'S $3 TO $4 WHITE SHOES OXFORDS AND SLIPPERS shoulder. She also 5 . I Returning gash on the (onh‘.;'i;d‘e,.'!"b:fi; two of a kind left from lots of higher White duck Lvs. AtlantieCity (Stan. time) 6 P.M. ]| ruised about the body. i i cloth, pap! '} 27 Similar Excursions, Sunday: Mre. Meyers had started to walk to FAde new spmmer s‘flts_?lles spte Touis, " Miltery snd . Aawot’7 A Berlin to visit Mrs. Lydia Buechley. 40 only. The ideal vacation suijt at s mecis Sines to 8, Wonderful ennsylvania System who is in feeble health. It was while along the concrete road that she was struck: Tt will b long while before she re; of her arma. one-half. the usual prfce—and they won't last fong, so get in early! s for Monday. Take your pick!