Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1921, Page 7

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» ! | The Hecht Co. 7that F Where prices are guaranteed 7thatF s Crompton Corduroy TWO-PANTS suits 7.95 ) A sale for one day only these at $7.95. facing; alapaca and all-around belt. Sizes 6 to 16 years. The active schoolgirl now gets into her Middy and bloomers ONSDALE jean middies withstand the hardest “gym” play, and in ordinary use wear almost forever. All white or with navy, red and copen trimmings. Regulation style with emblems on sleeves. Some blouses have navy flannel collars. Sizes 8 to 14 and 16 to 22. The price is $1.59. Wool Middies at $5 The schoolgirl who wants a warmer, heavier blouse than Lonsdale chooses one of wool serge or flannel. Tailored to regu- lation smartness. Sizes. 14 to 22. Gymnasium bloomers .. . The active “gym” girls will find that these bloomers have the necessary freedom, but fit where they should. Fitted waist or adjustable waistbands. Elastic at knee or ad- justable fasteners. - Black sateen, $1.95. Three-fourths wool serge, $3.50. All-wool storm serge, $3.95. Sizes 12 to 22 years. (Third floor.) When girls’ winter coats can be had at $8.95 Prudent ‘mothers take a look. The materials are those luxurious polo fabrics—tai- lored to reveal box plaited, swmgmihnes and a choice of raglan or set-in sleeves. Patch or slashed pockets, regula- tion, convertible or muffle collars, and every other detail of fall newness. Full or half lined- Sorrento blue, reindeer, navy. Sizes 8 to 14. Youthful frocks of fine wool serge, $7.95 Gracefully girlish styles for girls seven-tofourteen. Fetchingly em.broxr«;::e: ‘yfld: wool or silk, and some smartly stitched in con- trasting shades. ANAN has been m good shoes for 73 years without swerving from his con- sistently high standgrds of excellence in mate- rials and quality workmanship. Hanan shoes are in for fall; none higher than $15 Oxfords with military heels. gun metal or tan calfskin. $15. Fox QEVERAL stores in town have corduroy suits of this grade; some may have suits made as well, but no store has suits like Tailored like men’s clothes, with extra deep (not cotton) lining; both pairs of pants also full lined. Full cut models, full box plaits, finished with yoke Also the plain flap pocket styles. Mouse and drab shades. Corduroy caps to match, 95¢ Same shades and same grade of CORDUROY—-mde and finished by one of our finest cap makers for this sale. (Third floor.) W hat kind of HAT for a school girl? The kind that best fits her purpose, whether it be for play or dress parade. Velvet knock-about tams, $1.28. Plush dress tams, $1.75. Ready-to-wear hats, $3.95. Dress beavers, $7.95. (Third Soor.) Billiken shoes Mean | o i faoe .l COm’OTt for children. Billiken shoes are made of soft, pliable leathers that bend with the foot; made without a nail or thread; as smooth inside as one’s own skin—nothing to bind, cramp or irritate the foot. Gdod shoes throughout, with train- ed salespeaple, who know just what shoe to fit each individual foot. Variously in black or brown button and lace styles, in all sizes and styles, and priced accordingly, from $4 to o $17.50. Rubbers to fit Billiken shoes. (Third floor.) Sketched . Black, kid, (Shoe shop.) You will thrill o’er thé' richness of these regal chokers 5] 8-75 “Regal” seems a superlative term to apply to furs at $18.75; but regal is what we mean. How else describe these deep, full furred peliry, each a full animal fox skin, with bril- liant luster and magnificent shading. All the chokers bave large brush tail and animal head. Various shades of brown. “Miss Washington” dresses sweep the town 95 Develoted in wool Jersey (Two sketched) Simple styles that sweep along with the verve and vivacity of girlhood. One or two piece models as sketched—some with self collars; some with white linen collars and cuffs; others trimmed with white kid. Snappy fall colors—navy, brown, mouse, tan, copen, red, henna and of course black. Misses’ sizes 14 to 20; women’s 36 to 40. Matrons’ hats, 55 Distinctive styles that hold to the mode. (One like sketch) The feminine world is stylish; but all the world is not young. So we have developed hats that hold to the mode, yet possess an individ- uality distinctively be- coming to matrons. Black hats—silks and velvets— with trimmings of jet, quills, fepthers and glycerined ostrich. Best blouses in Washington at *5 Ovetrblouses in 15 new styles Built of heavy georgette crepe and crepe de chine; embellished with novel braids, fancy ribbons, all- over silk laces, elaborate em- broidery and beads. New shades featured; mohawk and yellowstone -7 Striking color _combinations, such as brown and yellowstone, black and white, navy and mo- hawk. And, of course, the usual solid colors. Sies 36 to 46. (Blouse shop, third floor.), This magnificent ‘ 'Phon_ograph e i 369 (all temvinch double-disc records —making 30 selections) S full-size in- strument, just ‘as pictured, com- pares favorably with the other pho- nographs now sell- ing for a half more. It has every feature of the high-priced instru- ments, as well as exclusive features of its own, Here are the fea- tures; compare them one by one.: Wooden tone amplifier - Grooved shelf filing cabinet Tone modulator on side puts this = phoxmgnpll into Mahogany case Maunted on metal casters Silent motor Plays any record 13 55 mont’z’y fiays /or i CONFESSES KILLING HUSBAND WITH ACID Mrs. Derr Collapses Afler Admission—Held on Mur- der Charge. | By the Assoctated Press. AKRON, Ohio, September 23.—Mrs. Minnie L. Derr, forty-two, was in ‘the Peoples Hospital today suffering jfrom a nervous collapse following her {sensational confession last night to jthe throwing of acid into the face of |ner husband, Alvin R. Derr, Akron i business man, who died from inhaling | the poisonous fumes. ! A charge of murder was entered | against her on the police court docket lnm‘l Prosecutor A. W. Doyle today was preparing for her arraignment as {moon as doctors permitted her to be taken from the hospital. Arrested After Funeral. Mrs. Derr, arrested in her room at i home, following funeral services over /her husband's body yesterday after- {noon, broke down under questioning {last night and shricked: “Yes, I threw 'Oh, God—1 didn’t mean to kill him \'l didn't want to kill him.” | She moaned and then fell in a faint on the floor. In an adjoining room her four chil- dren heard her screams, which mark- ed the confession. Three of them bhad refused to believe their mother was guilty. The fourth, Harry. age ’lwrnl) years, smiled grimly. “Don’t blame my mother for cut- ting the telephone wires and locking the door of my room.” he told officers following the confession. *I did that. But I never would have told, no mat- ter how much I might have been tor- tured. Explains Recason for Act. A home made unhappy through her husband’s attentions to other women was the cause for her act, Mrs. Derr confessed. “We had quarreled after we return- :«d home last Saturday night,” she *dded. “I did not sleep the rest of night.” “"he acid was thrown upon Derr as ae .lept early Sunday morning. “3IR ERNEST CASSEL DEAD. iPlayed Great Part in Developing i Egypt, Argentina and Mexico. LON ‘ntember 22.—Announce- ment_of the death of Sir Ern sel, financier and philanthropi {made here tod: Cologne on March 3, 1§52, and was a ison of Jacob Cassel, a banker of that city. When he was sixteen years old . he came to England, where he complet- ed his education and entered business. His extraordinary financial abilities gained recognition and he became in- | ternationally known as a financier. He jfloated immense national loans and was a prominent figure in the development of Egypt, Argeptina and Mexico. Sir Ernest was financial adviser to the {late King Edward VII, and was called i fore Edward passed away. He was created a knight in 1905, and was dec- orated by the governments of France, | Sweden, Turkey and Japan. —_— POPE’S COUSIN DIES. Marquis Pallavicini Prominent Business Man in Genoa. ROME, September 22.—Announcement |was made today of the death of Mar- iquis Pallavicini, a cousin of Pope | Benedict and: head of one of the oldest | families of the ancient Genoese republic. i{He was also one of Genoa's prominent business men. Pope Benedict was much affected on jlumm; of the death of the marquis, with whose family he spent many of his boyhood days. THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; no change in temperature; gentle west and northwest winds. Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow cloudy; no change in temperature. Records for Twenty-F Thermometer—4 p.m., 8 12 midnight, 62; 4 am., & Barometer—4 p.m., 30. 8 30.02; 12 midnight, 30.02; 4 a.m., 30 8 am., 6. Highest temperature, 84, occurred at | 4 p.m. yesterda. 57, occurred at 5:30 a.m. today. Temperature same dnte last year— Highest, 77; lowest, 5! Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 7 ondition slightly muddy. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide, 6:30 am. and 6:29 p.m.; high tide, 11:57 a.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:27'a.m. lnd ;zlgonm., high tide, 12:23 am. an ‘The Sun and Moen. ‘Today—Sun rose, 5:56 a.m.; sun sets, 05 p.m. H Tomnrrow——sun rises, 5:57 a.m.; sun sets, 6:03 p. Moon rl!e.s. 10:17 p.m.; sets, 11:58 Autolnnhlle lamps to be ligh! - naif hour atter sunset, - | ied one Up-River Waters. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Septem- {ber 23.—The Potomac and’ Shenan {dosh rivers were both muday th morning. Weather in Various Cities. 2 Stateor ‘weather. .+ o rwpaay asod) Abliene, Tex. 30.06 29.98 Tuckngaviiie. 30. jKansas City. 29. Los £RBENERES B R R RS8R RIBRBREBRBERBURIRRRRS A2 N2RIRS2RIANRINRTIIBRR2L 28738 2zeR [ e————— MRS, CALVERT, ACTRESS, DIES LONDON, September 22.—The death is announced of Mrs. Charles Calvert, the actress. : Mrs. Calvert was was born in 1836 and went. on the stage at the age of seven, laylnc with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kewn . tn sadition to having won llml in England and the provinces, Mrs, Calvert was well known in the United States many years ago, where she puynd as a m-mw o'th m‘zl: mm and Mary Anm-on. Her more )nnoucud m were in Shakespearean rol ito the monarch’s deathbed shortly be- | RITES FOR MAJ. LYLES. Funeral of Argonne Hero to Be Weld Monday in Alexandria. . LYLES, Last rites for Sergt. Maj. Earl L. Lyles, who was killed in action Sep- tember 18, 1918, in the Argonne, will be held Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at Wheatley's undertaking establish ment, Alexandria, Va. Military serv- ices and interment will be held at 2:30 -k in Union cemetery. Mauj. Lrles was a native of l(‘)..ul(h,u aind was among the first answer the call to the colors. He was a_member of the 312th Machine Battalion from this city. Sur- s him are his parents, Mr. and | . James E. Lyles, also hatives of ( Alexandria. * MISS VIRGINIA BARR DIES. Member of Virginia Pioneer Fam- ily Stricken With Paralysis. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 23.— Miss R. Virginia Barr, sixty-five years old, member of a pioneer Frederick county family, died late yesterday afternoon at her ancestral home from the effects of a second stroke of paralysis. The stroke came while in conversation a few days ago with a brother, R. Frark Barr of Wash- ington.' She had spent much of her time the last few yea with an- other brother, Louis J. Barr, in Wash- the late Robert inherited by their in Washington in April, 1920. bul partly recovered. She was a mem- | ber of Grace Lutheran Church here. The funeral will be held tomorrow. One other brother, Robert Barr, Win- chester, survives. SILVER SPRING MAN HURT. John R. Cole Injured in Motor Ac- cident Yesterday. John R. Cole, fifty-five years old. of Silver Spring, Md.. was injured yes- terday as the result of an automobile accident_at Gth and § streets morth- west. He was taken to Garfield Hos- | pital, His condition was reported to- day to be improved and he is expected | to recover. I Cole was a passenger in an automo- bile which collided with a motor truck of the Union Storage Company, operated by Charles G. Smith, 181215 11th street. The machine, which was driven by Atticus Cole of Silver Spring, was badly damaged. B. D. Hodges of Clarendon, Va., had his right leg fractured when a motor cycle he was riding collided with an automobile operated by C. E. Libbey. 1471 Park road, at 15th and K streets, yesterday. Hodges was taken to the Emergency Hospital. HACKER IS FINED $80. Officer Says Pursuit of Fleeing Negro Was Hazardous. Eighty dollars or eighty days was the punishment meted out to Herman Daniel Foster, colored, hacker, of 33 Massachusetts avenue, when found guiity of speeding sixty-five miles an hour, passing iwo street cars, failing to heed an officer’s signal and not having the proper identification tag on his motor cycle. Motor Cycle Officer Mansfield of the second precinct, who brought the de- fendant before Judge Mattingly in Po- lice Court yesterday, stated that the chase was the most hazardous he had ever made. CARD OF THANKS. MOORE. We wish to express thanks to our friendc and_relatives for their Kind tributes i¥ on_the oceasion of the death of our brother, ALEXANDER MOORE HIS' SISTERS AND BROTHERS. * DIED. Thursday, September her tesidence, 1156 6th st. D 3 widow of the late Lounis Alheit. Funeral from her late residence Saturday, September 2. at 2 Interment Prospect Hill cemetery. | aLiEN. Departed this, life Wednesday, Bep- i fember 2 lock p. Cae resid, OR- SR MALVAY. A e o dmerh Allen, only daughter of Louis B. and Cot nelia Malvan and sister of Milton 1. mother of Louise Allen. ~Funeral Satur- day. trom Lincoln_Temple Church, 1 d sts. n.w., at 2 oclock. Kelatives Triends to attend. 23" pm. OWN. = Wedneadny, September 21 RTHA BR widow of Heown. und mother of Clariess B d WL Brown. Funeral services at the th st n. pon. “Tnterment Woodlawn cemetery, Barg, N et 30t year other, one siste: e’ will ‘be. held &t James undertaker's establishment Saturday, September 24, at 2 o'clock. tion at_ Lucy, DIGGES, Killed 15 action R e private, 15t Field Sig- o ns ba Division, the, only chiid of T Tate Margaret Forayth i late resi- turday, Sep- Iuterment Mouit 01- and the o el services at 2 Belmont st. n.w.. 24, at 2 pm. ivet cemeter: L ol action, October 26, near araeuse. Prance, JAMES =~ W. beldved won of James W. and 0 D Funeral ‘where requiem mi se of his soul at 9 Arlington national cemetery. . Departed_this lite Wednesday even- “‘u}‘x,‘seme‘\’uur 21, 1921, at 5 uoclocl n her residence, 128 K ndall EMMA C. GRAY (nee Ma o), e of Enoch G. Gray, 8r., and mother of Adeline E. Gray Stennett, Enoch G., Jr.; James H., Robert C. and Emma Louse Gray. Funerai from her late residence Sunday, ‘September ‘mzs foxr W ber 21 m-l ON. Wedne September 21, l! 4:30 p.m., at his residence, 1003 34 THOMAS W.. belflved lml of Maurice 5 8 ye . Funeral services 3 iy moraing, September . Mount Olivet cemetery. VEY. | Suldenly, September 22 1021 3¢ Ry MARY VIRGINIA (ee Harkae 3w of George W. Hurvey. Funeral fi her late residence, 1736 Colmbia roac day. September 26, at 11 o'clock. mm;m Interment in Interment Departed this uee ‘Wednesday, September 21, 1921, EDWARD JACKSO! b “Peloved yostand Eor dote Jacksca, tather of Edward Jackaon, jr.. and bro Carter. Funeraf Grees 1"12th and R sts. n.w., Saturday, Beo- gaee , at 2 oelnd CKSON. In London, England, sepmnb-r 14, nlm, CEORGE K, JACKSON. in his year, beloved husband of Mary Alice Jack: son (nee Clary). formerly of Wasbington, D. uuxm xuud i action in the A 3 November WILLIAM H. M- KIMMIE, .u- S at0th Tnfantry, 79tk Divislon, on ot George A. and Mary Me- mie’ (nee Fins). =~ Funeral weidence, 700 Jefferson st. n.w., Enw. September 26, at § a.m.; thence {0 Chureh of the Nativity, where mass will for the repose soul. Relatives Iriends are Tomtend 1o attend. Interment K cometery with military bon- DIED, ted this life Wednesday st 10:10 o'clock p.m, . the beloved husba: Heynolds and devoted fathe Mrs. Laura Washington, Mrs. Carrie zier, Hattie, Waiter and Auburn Eeynol He 'also leaves to mourn their loss brothers, three xisters. nine grandchilds a5d tires great-grandchiidren and & host relatives and friends. Funeral from Mre. C. Frasl Saturday. September 24, theuce to Providence Baptis che M atract between 4% and oth sty yRev. A. Sayles, pastor.” Interment & REYNOLDS. Septeber rexidence of his dsughte 419 8th > From this world of BAUNDERS. September dence, ARt AT DERS, beloved daughtes of George and Hes sie Siunders and granddaught d Brown. Funeral from Brown's Mem Chureh, 14th und B sts. n.e., Suturday at 3 pm. Friends invited. Daughter, we are and and lonely H ‘e miss your smilirug fuc You have left us to remember On earth no one can take your place. SHREVE. Suddenly, Thursday, September 1921, 3 STELLA rief and 1S CH Departed t t Funeral Saturtay at = Friends EDWARD F.. son of William nd Augusta Smith (nee Zeh), prisate Comp: AB15th Infuntry, kilied in action November 4,151 at Argonae vorest, France, aged & months. Relativ o friends s S . 2 pmy Wi Maried nterment Magnolia ceme. IN MEMORIAM. membrance of my beloved arted this life Septembes Ans Bssiw Are the ones who Nobody knows my lorging, But few huve seen e weep. 1 shed my tears from en aching heari Waile others are fust aslee WIFE, LAURA J. FORD. * In remembrance of our dear mother, C. K who died twenty-iwa years ago today, September 25, Dear mother, on sou we could ll-ran depend Aud know we had one true friend, rth you spent Tour heart and affections to us were bent Y ING DAUGHTERS, ANNIN INE AND MAMIE. oving remembrance EDWARD R. MAHONEY, five years ago today, Sep. f thee. * In sad bt loving memory of our dear ‘husband and father, CHARLES W. MASON, who departed this life two years ago today, September 23, 1919. Two sears have passed, our hearts still sore, As time goes on we mixs him more; His cheerful smile. hix loving face, No one can ever fill his pl DEVOTED WIFE AND SONS. © PRYOR. In loving memory of JOHN H. PRYOR, who left us five years ago, Septem. ber 23, 1916. THE FAMILY. * l!cll. In sad but loving remembrance of out dear wife and motber. EMMA L. RICH, 0 died one year ago, September 22, 1920, tired hands are now at rest, \oire forever stilled; nd wother ¥on were the best, R H)"ll HUSR, » AND ON. J. B. RICB SEDRICKS. A tribute of love 2nd memors of ‘our dear husband and fi JOHN SEDRICKS, wlio entered into" eteraal rest twenty-six years ago today. Years have passed since God called you from us, But o our ‘hearts your SHEARER. In sad but loving remembrance of my duughter, GRETELLE. who pasied 1ras one year ‘aco foday. September The month of September again is here. To me the saddext of the year, Recause one vear ago todsy My dear daughter passed away. A happy bome we once enjored, ow sweet the memors atil, Bot death has Jeft 3 acaney This world can never il I mourn for you, dear dsughter, But Dot with outward show. For the heart that mourns sincerely Mourns slleutly und low Some may think Sou are forgotten And the wound ix nearly healed. But little do they know the sorrow That lies within my heart concealed. 1 often sit and think of you When T am ail alone. For memory In the only friend That grief can call its own. But, at last, some gladwme morains Free from’ sorrow, free from pa In that land of light eternal God will give you back sgain. MOTHER AND STEPFATHIf:, E. C. AND NETTIE HOWARD. So_sad and sudden was the call Dear sister, your death surprised us all: But perhape somé day we will understand Wika we meetatar in that vette? land. 'ITTLE SISTER NETTIE. it Aovicq i tenice ey et ¥ SOOKS, who de- ago today, Bep XS, B ear brotber. BIDN parted this life’ one yei tember 23, 1820. one, but not forgotten. Gone. 218 TOvING BHOTHERS. ~— FUNERAL DIRECTOBS. _ WM. H. SARDO & CO. 2 H st. n.e. Phone Lincoln 524. Haiern Ghapel. Automobile Funerals. ‘R SrexreCo 1208 H_STREET NW (FORMZRIY S40F STIW) PHONE MAIN 108 ARSpeare jpeare V.L.SP OEE 2 rm: O E ORIGINAL W, "l il m "ngy:” ARE ESTABLISHMENT. Phone Franklin iy 930 ¥ st. n.w. oseph F. Birch’s Sons 3034 l\i St. N.W. Established 1841, Phone West 96 Automobile Service. LEE, Funeral Director R 2, dious chapel and nuderl crematorium. lnflenu prices. 882 Pa. ave. n.w. Tel. call M. 1883, Timothy e41 H ST. N.E. Phone L. 5543. Frank Geier’s Sons Co. 3 SEVENTH STREET N.W. Moden Chapel Telephone cail, North 629. JAMES T. RYAN 317 PA. AVE. S.E. Tl "',‘.".1‘“,, Ambulances. Cons - Livery in ction, Quick, Dignified and Eficient it Bervice. W. W. Deal & Co. §16 H ST. N.E. Lincoln 3464, Autamobile Service, Chapel MONUMENTS. We specialize in designing and erect. Ing memorials (monuments and mau- soleums) of quality and characte: Call and see hundreds of photographic suggestions and designs on exhibition in our office. THE J. F. MANNING CO., INC., 914 Fifteenth Street. F50 A NCEMETERIES S 1 Cedar Hill Cemetery Vault—Non-Sectarian Ch.‘l’:‘u-;::ul :ere of Graves Unsurpassed Natural 'ty. ve. 8. E. Extend p';'.‘.el:l.muab.nu Lincoln 142 tery, Non-ecta. rian. Perpetusl care of graves. Sehsen 4745, at mla st n.w. nmnn DESIGNS. ppropriate Floral Tokens Floral Co. ___ Mthand N. Y. Ave. Main 166 e |Gude Bros. Co., 1214 F St. Prompt

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