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Here Are a Few of tfie Remarkable Values Being Offered at Phillip Levy’s EXPANSION SALE It Will Be to Your Advantage to Invgstigate Before Purchasing Elsewhere stin, You choice of Genuine Mahogany or Walnut. Con: of Dresser. Chifforette, Fuli-size Bed, Vanity Dressing Table,. Chair, Rocker and Bench. * A value impossible to duplicate. $19.50 Cash—$2.50 Weekly " .3-Piece Living Room Consisting of Large Settee, Chair and Rocker, with Luxuri- ous Removable Spring Cushions in seats. Upholstered in a very fine quality verdure tapestry. $19.50 Cash—$2.50 Weekly 10-Piece Dining Room Suite Made of Genpine Americad Walnut, consisting of Buffet with mirror back, China Closet, Inclosed Serving Table, Exten- sion Table, 48 inches wide; 5 Side Chairs, 1 Armchair, Seats upholstered in genuine leather. 5.00 Cash—$3.00 Weekly .~ - Porcelain-Top "o - . B Kitchen Cabinet Solid oaks X white enamel interior, roll- front curtain, poreelain slid- ing top. Exact- 1y like illust- ration. 2492 Double ljuty Duofold Beds — Oak ‘or-mahogany finish. Upholstered in black or brown leatherette. start at Prices $34.75 " $4.00 Cash—$1 a Week € Better Kind” EVA “Farnitare of the weel - === $3.50 Cash—$1 a Week DIVISION OF AMERICAN HOME FURNISHERS CORP: 735 Tth ST.0LW-BETWEE SUSPECTED LO0T TED UP N BANKS Woithington Restrained From Withdrawing Any Part of $6,000,000. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, August 6.—An order re- straining John W. Worthington, who is being held in $100,000 bonds in con- nection with mail robberies totaling more than $6,000,000; from withdraw- ing or otherwise tampering with six accounts. in foreign 'banks totaling $461,000, was issiied today by Sidney C. Eastman, referee in bankruptey. The order was requested by James Rosenthal, receiver for the Worth- ington enterprises. The order was served on Worthington at the Wood- stock, Illinois, jail where he is being held. Banks ‘in Germany, Poland, Rome and -P'aris were named as hold- ing deposits from Worthington. John V. Clinnin, assistant district attorney, today continued his inquiry into the $3,000,000 Sinclair oil rob- bery in New York. Numerous Sin- THE WEATHER. District_of Columbla, Maryland and Virglnia—Showers and probably thun. today; tomorrow, partly cloudy and cooler. HRr Yesterday's ‘Temperature. Midnight, 69; 2 a.m., 69; 4 a.m.. 63; § om, 65 8 am. 70 10°am., 7i; 13 ; 2 p.m., 8&; 4 p.m., 79; 8 p.m., 'Ig. 2 Highest, 82; lowest, 67.5. Relative humidity—8 a.m., 86; 2 p.m., “iu'l .. 71. nf 1l (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.)—0. Hours of sunshine—3.3, Per cent of posible sunshine—24. Departures. Accumulated excess of temperature llg:.ng':n\mry‘ 1, 1921, +884. ncy of temperature si; t BDetcisnes] perature since Augus Accumulated deficiency of precipitation -lnéen.:;nun.rv %. 1921, —2.84. eficiency of preci| - ust 1, 1921, —.Sl‘? i oA Temperature same date last year— Highest, 85; lowest, 69. - a . . Up-River Waters. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Aug. 6.— The Potomac and the' Shenandoah rivers very muddy this afternoon. Weather in Various Cities._ Precipl- tation. Sat. 8 p.m. to 8pm. 8 clair officlals were questioned and | complete list of the securities stolen is being checked with the documents ce. “The mysterious Marie,” whose pi: ure was found among Worthington's effects, was identified as Miss Marie [ | Ready, a_designer, who formerly re- sided in Chicago, but departed recent- 1y; telling friends she was going to CLUE LEADS TO MURDER. Gang Syspected in Killing of Bank Messenger. NEW YORK, August 6.—The in- vestigation into the activities of # nation-wide band of bond robbers and 13| dealers in stolen securities today be- came concerned with clues leading to the brutal murder of-Bennle Bink- Pi| owitz, a bank messenger, at Stam- ford, Conn.. two years ago, Binkowith, with $175,000 in liberty bonds in his possession, disappearcd here while on his way from one brokerage firm to another. About a a road near Stamford. It was declared tonight that John W. Worthington, alleged head of a ring, and a new accomplice whose name was not made public, came into possession of some of the stolen bonds. Federal agents refused to discuss the new developments. | , Federal authorities said today that jArthur M. Goldsmith, commercial school proprietor, who is out on $10.000 bail, under a Chicago indict- ment charging complicity in the ring, is so deeply involved in transactions jwith Worthington that there is no chance of his prosecution being | abandoned. Goldsmith has aided fed- ieral authorities in gaining much in- { formation. —_— FATHER OF BOY STARTS PROCEEDINGS TO GET HIM Habeas Corpus Writ Asked by John Petrie Haske—Case to Come Up Tomorrow. Special Dispateh to The Star, ROCKVILLE, Md. August 6.—Ha- beas corpus proceedings for the re- covery of his five-year-old son Jack, lauid to be in the custody of Alonzo, {Edith and Leo Tweedale and Minnie iReed, all of Washington Grove, Md. | were instituted today in the ecireui jcourt here by the boy's father. John Petrie Haske, through Attorney John 1A Garrett. i { "%The alleged custodians of the child (have been directed in the writ to pro- duce Jack in court Monday morning at 10 o'clock and show cause, If any, why they should retain the boy. The month later his body was found nlong‘ les, Cali Loutsville, Ky, M tt ra! Memp Miami, Mobile, N ZAINERRBIRD I8, Lake ‘City. Tish, Rt. Louts, Mo. 8 o8 a8 70 80 52 a8 7 ASKS MILK NRDINANCE. Staunton Health Officer Proposes City Council Action. Kpecial Disy ch to The Star. I STAUNTON, Va.. August city council has been asked by Di !J E. Womack _city health officer. to " de an ordinance regulating and pervising the sale of milk in the city by local dairies. This step wus taken in view of the fact that there were ten cases of typhoid fever in Staunton. seven having developed within four days. Dr. Roy K. Flannagan, state health commissioner, is here at the sum- mons of Dr. Womack, and urges the employment by the v of a milk in- s#pactor, whore duty it shall be to en- force regulations applving to dairies and the delivery of milk. The council moved that a tentative ordinance be drafted. BAN MISSION MFNTION. ! . |Two Churches Excluded From Pub- i lication in Japan. | KARUIZZAWA. Japard. August 5.— {The Federated Christian Mission of Japan has voted to exclude from its annual publization. “The Christian Moveniént. In Japan.” ull_mention of the American Unitarian Mission and also the Latter Day Saints. The "T'HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 7, 1921—PART" 1. | | “{phoned to his brother, w i i i {father states in his petition to the i mission urges greater concentration | 48| court that his son was taken from [in evangelistic work and has adopted | n kim forcibly and retained against his wishel . ! The proceedings are the outgrowth of fan unsuccessful attempt of Mr. Haske riday evening, to obtain possession of is =on, then staying in the home of f§! Mr. Tweedale, under the care, it is sald 1Of his aunt, Mrs. Reed. Haske succeedcd §]! in taking Jack away from the house, but | he was Intercented by the authorities at | Betbesda, on complaint of Mrs. Reed, who preferred charges of assault against the father. e boy’s mother appeared in the courtroom later and testified without (kard to support herself and son, leavin, | the boy In’ the care of relatives and i friends while she ‘worked in Washing- jton. The couple have been separated ;ror some time. 1DOOMED MAN CONFESSES. h ;Sentenced to Electric Chair, He i Admits Assault. L i PETERSBURG, Va. . August 6.— jcounsel that she had been struggling | a_ resolution 2 text hool | the political situation in Japan, which | has been in use in the United States. "PAIN " TODAY And you won't have to ‘“‘replace” tomor- row. ~ Good paint well applied. PROTECTS Interior and Exterior Work. 1114 = K. FERGUSON, INC. 524, Paisting Department. Ph. N. 231232, 1 My advertisement may be copied, but \ not my iwork i DR. | PLATE SPECIALIST gainst a on B Ralelgh Haskins, one of the negroes | convicted of the murder of the post-- master at Tobacco, Va., and sen- tenced to die in the electric chair| September 30, this afternoon admitted to Sheriff Boisseau of Dinwiddie j2 | county that he assaulted a Greek cafe proprietor on Kiver street in this city In Junuary, and after beating the Greek into insenaibility, rifled the cash register. For a time it was feared that the Greek would die, but [§i he recovered. sion was made to Sheriff Boisseau as he was taking Haskins and Judge Griffith, also under death sentence. to the state prison, in Richmond, this afternoon. CONCRETE SHIP LAUNCHED 800-Ton Craft for War Department. Miss Eliza Davis Sponsor. WILMINGTON, N. August The Gen. Morgan Lewis, 600-ton river concrete steamer, constructed by the Newport Shipbullding Cor- The alleged - admis- - 1 | DR. LEHMAN 2 1 307 7th St. N.W., Opp. Saks’ Opes Evepings—OClosed en_Bundays. I | poration here for the War Depart-| fyjment was launched this morning at 11:30 Miss Eliza Davia. of erate States of America, christened p. A 3,500-ton concrete tanker will be launcted at the Newport yard, Au- st 29. Two other tankers will fol- low during the next few months, all £ the ships being bullt for the War Department. for Muscle Shoals Fight. CHATTANQOGA, Tenn., August 6 —Representatives of all civic_clubs, the: Manufacturers’ Association -and chamber of commerce of Chatta- noogs, in conference today, decided to enter into the fight for the ac: ceptance of the Henry Ford offer for Muscle Shoals. t was decided to raise a fund of $10,000 and Jjoin with Birmingham, Memphis and Nashville and other cities interested in the. project to secure acceptance' by the govern- ment of the Ford offe; . CHARGED WITH KILLIN ASHEVILLE, N. C, August® 6.— Grady Peterson is dead and A. C. Letterman is in jall at Burnsville, ch with the killing: = Letterman la wounded, but not seriously, and"he surrendered: to the ‘Yancey ' county {2b'to the Kitiing coutd not be learaed up’ could no as’it occurred-in-a-remots section:or the mountains. " DECKER BROS. Upright Piano i (Used) Good Old Name | $190 | i i I | | | R A JMES ALONE WHEN DEATH CAME| 1 Virginia Democratic Leader Telephoned to Brother, Telling of liness. DANVILLE, Va’, August 6.—Rorer A. James, representative from the fifth congressional district of Vir- ginia and chairman of the democratic state central committee, who died suddenly this morning here, was alone in his home at the time he was stricken. His wife and daughter had gone on a visit to Philadeiphia and Atlantic City. A short time before he died he tele- is a phy- sician, stating that he w: suffering from heart trouble. When Dr. James arrived in response to the telephon: call he found the representative life- less in the corridor outside of his bed- room. He sald his brother had suf- fered previous heart attacks. Health Impaired by Influensa. Close friends knew that his hears action had been impaired since an illness of influenza thirty months ago, but he had seemingly odercome this and had been unusually active in Washington and at home for the last eight days. Mr. James was sixty-two y: s old, a native of Pittsylvania county, Va., and a son of the late Dr. John James. He graduated from the Virginia Mili- tary Institute and later from the law department of the University of Vir- ginia. After beginning _practice, however, he developed an interest in politics and was elected to the House and afterwards to the Senate of Vir- ginia, serving ten years. For another | INCORPORATED 824 v 1316 1o HEMSTITCHED Mill-end sale. of finest sheets with inch hem and free __—____________——"———-——- decade he served as a member of the board of visitors of the Virginia Mili- tary Institute and for four years its! chairman. i For many years he had been chair- man of the fifth district \democratie | committe and for five years chairman of his party in the state. He was elected for both the unexpired term of Judge E. W. Saunders in the Sixty- fifth Congress and for the Sixty-sixth. In Good Spirits Friday. Mr. James seemed in excellent health and spirits late Friday night when he left his newspdper office for his home. He was the owner and publisher of the Danville Register and the Danville Bee, and was a man of varied and unusually sucessful business experience and was of lib- eral means. His wife, Mrs. Annie Wilson James; three sons, R. W. James of Camden, N. J.; Rorer A. James, jr. and John Bruce James, and Miss Annie James survive. CONGRESS COMMITTEES TO ATTEND FUNERA -— Speaker Gillett ygsterday appointed {a committee to attend the funeral of Mr. James at Danville, Va., tomorrow afternoon. Representative Steenerson, Minnesota, was named as chairman, other members being Griest, Pennsyl- vania; Palge, Massachusetts; Bell, Georgia; Rouse, Kentucky, and Mead, New York. All members of the Vir- ginia delegation were included. A Senate committee appointed to at- tend the funeral included Senators | Swanson and Glass, Virginia; Simmons and Overman of North Carolina; Sutherland, West Virginia, and Wel- lers, Maryland, Summer Tourist Rates via C:O “The Scenic Route” To the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain resorts, also Al- leghany and Blue Ridge Mountain resorts. including Virginia Hot Springs and White Sulphur Springs. Liberal stop-overs. Through service to important cities in tne Middle West. Full information, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway City Ticket Office, 714 14th St. N.W. SNix0 Extra Size $1.35 muslin ing—-“run of the mill” grades—Monday only— STN.W. —— Final Mill End Sale Prices on ail Women’s & Wash Dresses, $1.29 ! Tremendous Clearance ured Voile Frocks. for misses and w Out they A huge rack of plain color and tonnes, organ women and ves f Snrart Gingham and Fig- ! in scores of new styles ¢ trimmed; scores of new Misses’ Ready-to-Wear Apparel $3 Surf Satin Skirts, $1.89 Women's Extra-fine White Skirts. with detachable mode]s | belt, fancy pockets and pearl buttons. Regular sizes go—regardless of | —Monday. in populir new siyles; regular sizes only this clearanc: = “$15 to $25 Georgette Dresses, $9.98 dotted swiss ere-. in les; for| $25 Sample Dresses, $9.983 Iltra-fashionable Frocks. with ruflles, plain shades and tw women and misses. Dotted sashex. -toned Exquisite beaded and embroidered mndels. in all ! the wanted summer sh: des and siyles—of silk. too: s for women and misses in a galax n. All-Wool Jersev Suits. $5.98 Organdy quillines. ete:s Samples for Jumper Dresses, Women and misecs’ ponutar R: less models. in popular shades— pockets and trimming. ce of women's tweed or heather mixed sport . with belt. pockets. tuxedo or notch collars iy =old to " $8 White Sa*in Skivts. $4.49 99¢ | ie linen. sleeve- | ith leather belts. White Skirts, 49c { Women's gabardine sport model fan, pockeis and buttons—axsorted—regular sizes. | Women's gorgeous. highly lustrous satin sport creations—cool and finest quality. All regular sizes included - h: in s. with voke top.| Gabardine Skirts, Women's Fine White Skirts, detachabl, pockets and pearl butta ~$10 Paronet Satin Skir's, $6.75 white. blue. ete.. beautifully mede, with finey poc ets and pearl buttons—regular xizes for women. 68c belt. fancy d to $1.50. | $2 White Wash Skirts, 99¢ | AVomen's finest mabardine sport and full width—big variety End price. Lot of Fne Lace-Trmmed UNDERWEAR, 98¢ Values $1.25 $1.50 of fine vhite and pin: muxlin gownw, combinations “and curset v and extra sizex—a clear- ance of remarfable calues during our N A S MillEndRound-upSale of Waists VOILE WAISTS, e e styles, in all sizes i up to 44. Good as- hofee ts, plain sortment. Sold up to $1.98. Voile Waists, $1.39 Wamen's pret ed and embroidered wa's %, witl A neck: plain ‘white cre ticns fn all ‘o 16—3fonéay onlr. $3 &$4 Colored Waists, $1.98 Pretty pink qr blue satin-striped voile waists for women and misses—extra fine aun Reduced_almost in half. Tricolette Waists, $1.29 Women's cool summer styles in all the new shades; stzes up to 46. Very popular and a_enod qualits. . Tie Back Silk Waists, $2.98 at tricolette models i color—cool, durable A w31 ond harner ~Si Yard-Wide Percales, Yard Great shipment of stripes and figures on lighi good. big mill-end sale i-argain. colors: Choice of black and mahogany, perfect seam back hose in all to choos Plaid Dress Skirts. $1.08 Choice of black and white, blue #nd tan sport cre:- ons. with detachuble belt) pockets, ete. Formerly old 0. Regu sizes. GOODS ECONOMIES—BUY! | White and Fancy 1 Porfect, | Pow +nd . < in | the ———— 1 m of white and| Cut Mon. well made | from—Mill | YARD Unbleached " Sheetirig, yard Fine, Heavy in good des ‘for_fine_hedw 40-Inch Organdy, yard. Regular variety popular shades of fine quality. from full piece and perfect. day at, 29c a yard. - Another shipment of white . durable fast color quality.| ecru scrim with fancy colar cut from full piece. For house £ white borders of opsn work dresses. shi-ts, blouses, etc. Alfrom full piece. Sold formert Special Sale Monday. | to = a. — o 32-Inch Dress 19c | India 108 Variety of fast colors, various! Standard make of white India} . size checks of standard make. Per-!linen—only about 1.006 vards in this’ fect and cut from full piece. Regu-|sale—limit. 10 yards to a customer— Jarly 35c yard. perfect guslity. - Remnants of Cretonne, Yard B Tremendous Monday feature of Persian and floral de- 8 signs in all wanted colors. ‘Buy the materia’' for your com- fort covers now. Qualities included thot «*7 = 20c vard. styles, -inch a Island ble lengths. ar._ete. he Perfect. Towel 7% c Heavy, durable red border crash cut from full piece and perfect—on e while it laxts. Heav "u.:"‘;;:‘;;.‘._ 12}c desirable lengths from 5 to yds.—quaiity worth sizes—$1 values, while they last, 3t | § | .85 = ] s $ Choice of black, brown and calf fine hose in all sizes — wondertul value that sells regular to $2 —broken siz season. Sikk Gloves, ‘Women's black. white and mastic gloves in all sizes. Self-atitched backs, firet qual- ity. $1.75 value. Serges, Our entire stock in 3 great lots—ail-wool blue serge cheviots, flannel Z cluding belted, n s > = Mixtures, Sold From $7.50 to $18 tweeds, in ‘Stripes and mixtures—latest styles, in- riollc and pleated effects for boys 7 to 16 yeais in each lot, one and two of a Kind left from a b To be sold regardless of cost—Monday while they last— take your pick of the stock—3 sacrifice prices. 389 Pairs of $350 to $6 WOMEN’S WHITE SLIPPERS oy PUMPS AND OXFORDS 16-Button Kayser . Silk Gloves, $1.69 pair A» and Beaver Gloves in ity of $2.25 grades. Women's Black, White, Pongee, Mastic all sises. First qual- Special. : $1.00 Silk Gloves, 59¢ Pair ‘Women's Telasp styles, in black, white, brows, navy, self and conrast backs—all sl ises. in all sises. »a‘y 79¢ Pair and brown

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