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e, PERSHING ARRIVES 7 MRANEFRONT Is Escorted Into Coblenz by -0"¢avalry, Soldiers Lining Jnac By the Associated Press. COBLENZ, September 28.—Gen. John J. Pershing arrived here vesterday after- noon, accompanied by Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, commander of the American forces in the occupled territory, who went to Treves to meet him. A detach- ment of cavalry acted as escort into the city. Soldiers lined the streets from the entrance to Coblenz to Gen. Allen's ‘home. All the allied generals in the occupied zones will attend a dinner to Gen. Pershing at Gen. Allen’s residence to- night. Inspects Air Service Detachment. Gen. Pershing later in the afternoon snspected the air service detachment and its airdrome. Cn returning to the city last evening he .eceived a delegation of & local post of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars. He left at 8 o'clock this morn- ing for the spectacle maneuvers which are to be given in his honor, ac- companied by Gen. Morland, command- ing the British Rhine army. The composite battalion from the American forces in Germany, which will accompany Gen. Pershing to Paris and London for the ceremonies of decorating Wwith the congressional medal of honor the graves of the French and British ‘unknown soldiers is a full strength unit organized from the best trained troops in the American command. Three of its officers, Capt. Edwin T. Wheatley, Capt. William E. Chick- ering and Lieut. Easom J. Bond were in “Pershing’s Own.” Maj. Barton to Command. The battalion will be commanded by Maj. Raymond O. Barton, with a staff composed of Lieyt. Col. E. P. Easter- brook, Capt. Walter F. Tolson, Medi- cal Corps; Capt. Ross B. Smith, 5th Infantry, and Lieut. Charles C. Lif- sey, 50th Infantry. The battalion will be composed of Companies A, B and C. Company A comprises men chosen by the commander of the 5th Infantry, the officers being Capt. Ev- erett M. Yon, Capt. S. L. Dunlop, Lieuts. A. D. Sanders, W. A. Smith and R. E. Vermette. Company B, 8th Infantry, was des- ¢znated in its entirety by Gen. Allen because it was the winner of the re- cent company competition. The offi- cers are Capt. N. C. Johnson, Capt. W. E. Chickering and Lieuts. H. M. Wil- son and Easom J. Bond. Company C has been selected from the 50th Infantry, the officers being Capt. Joel R. Burney, Capt. Edwin. T. ‘Wheatley and Lieuts. H. B. Sherman, C. M. Smith and F. H. Privett. PETITION ASKS CLEMENCY FOR 61 NEGRO SOLDIERS Plea Signed by 50,000 Presented to President by Col- ored Leader. A petition signed by 50,000 persons asking for executive clemency for the sixty-one negro members of the 24th Infantry who are in the Leavenworth rison as a result of the rioting in ouston, Tex., in 1917, was presented to President Harding today by a delegation of negroes headed by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association Yor the Ad- vancement of Colored People. Johnson in presenting the petition made a plea for pardon for the prison- ers on the grounds of their previous military record, the ‘“provocation. of Jocal animosity.” which led up to the rioting, and the heavy punishment already given enlisted men of the regiment, nineteen of whom were ‘hanged. ‘The delegation also informed the President the Association for Ad- vancement of Colored People was grateful that the government was making a study of Ku-Klux Klan activities. —_— Extra Fare Withdrawn from Broad- way Limited. No extra fare is now charged from ‘Washington on the Broadway Limited, leaving at 3:03 p.m., arriving Chicago 9:55 a.m. Pennsylvania System —Ad- vertisement. —_— CHURCH_RAISES $9,150. Trightwood Park Methodists Show wasnr Progress. Subscriptions amounting to $9,150 have been raised to date in the drive for $20.000 for tRe elimination of the debt of the Brightwood Park M. E. Church, it 'was reported at the daily dinner this week yesterday at the Brightwood Park ~Community House. Many subscriptions were re- ceived from busjness men, and the Methodist Union of the District of Columbia strongly ifdorsed the campaign and contributed $100. L. C. Clark, secretary of —the federation of churhes, will address the dinner this -evening at 5:45 o'clock. The campaign to raise the church debt will continue until October 3. ~ SPECIAL NOTICES. | the Streets. i THE EVENING -STAR, WAS NOW IN SECOND CENTURY. G. W. U. Reports Heaviest D-F.- tration in Its History. George Washington University started its .second century of academic activity this morning with the heaviest regigtra- tion in the history of he institution. Officials of the university predict an enrollment of more than four thousand students this month and an excess of five thousand during the year and in- cluding the summer school session. Tonight at the Law School a reception { will be held for new students and pro- fessors, members of the board of trustees and the faculty. - In the Medical School the full quota A1s been reached in the freshman class and for the first time in its history a waiting list has been established. Acting President Howard L. Hodgkins, dean of the arts and science department, announces the following_additions to the faculty: Teachers’ College. F. A. HOUSES . Furnished and Unfurnished FOR RENT From $135 Per Month Up JOHN W. THOMPSON & CO., C g Maln 1477 Miss Mame Moon mashed her pistol finger in a car door this mornin’. Mrs. Artie Small talks some o’ movin’ t’ Niagary Falls, where she wuz so happy when first married. (Copyright National Newspaper rervice.) FRENCH PHYSICIAN CITES ADVANCE IN USE.OF X-RAY 821 15th St. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE Text Books NEW AND USED PEARLMAN'’S 233% 933 G Street Rent a Ford or Dodge Drive it yourself Addresses Delegates to Annual North 122 Meeting of American Roentgen 8. !_"'&,efml:;uwo:_w Ray Society. Ask About Our Citing the advances made in the past | few years in the use of X-rays in the treatment of cancer, Dr. Rene Ledoux- Lebard of Paris, France, addressed the delegates to the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society at the Hotel Washington last night. While refusing to prophesy or to delve into the future and predict what may be done, Dr. Ledoux-Lebardl hinted at greater developments in the perfec- tion of the X-ray. The speaker was in- troduced by Dr. James T. Case of Bat- tle Creek, Mich. A demonstration of the Coolidge tube by its inventor, Dr. W. G. Coolidge, was given at the afternoon session, when the operation of X-ray tubes at 200,000 to 300,000 volts was shown. Drs. Henry Schmitz of Chicago and Douglas Quick of New York city, members of the staff of the Memorial-Cancer Hospital, lec- tured on various treatments of cancer by X-ray. Dr. T. H. Pancoast of Phila- delphia told of the treatment of brain tumors by radiation. An unusual case cured by X-ray was cited by Dr. D. Y. Keith of Louisville, Ky. Taking as his theme “Treatment of Various Skin Diseases by Radiation,” Dr. H. H. Hazen of this city addressed the early session of the meeting. Other delegates who appeared before this ses- sion included Dr. Gedrge H. McKee of New York city, Dr. Charles F. Bowen, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. G. W. Holmes, Boston, Mass.; Dr. A, F. Tyler, Omaha, Neb., and Dr. R. G Allison of Min: neapolis, This afternoon the 500 delegates at- tending the convention were received at the White House by President Harding _ WANTS CONGRESS TO ACT. Dr. Newbold Deplores Lack of Re- ports on Social Diseases. “This is the only large city in the| nation where the reporting of a social disease to the health department is not compulsory,” declared Dr. W. New- bold of the District health office at a meeting of the Housekeepers’ Alliance, held yesterday at the Mason House. The physician asked the assistance of CIRCULATING LIBRARY Best in the City. PEARLMAN’S 933 G Street BOOK SHOP The men who first built the Hupmobile set out with the simple idea of trying to build the best car of its class in the ‘world: NSTERRETT & FLEMING, Inc. Champlain St. at KKalorama Rd. (Below 18th Street) = Phone North 5050 CONN. AVE. HOMES Exhibit No. 2727 Open Daily to 9 Between Woodley rd. and Cathedral ave. Designed to please, construct- ed to last, the largest and most complete homes in the city for the money. Two stories, attic, library, two fireplaces, two baths, breakfast and sleeping porches, chauffeur’s room with bath; sin- gle or double garage -at .cost. Delivery about December 15. 5,000 : ONLY THE RICH CAN AFFORD TO RENT Built, owned and for sale by MIDDAUGH & SHANNON the organization in getting a bill pro-, viding for such compulsory reports out olAlhe comm“lea \‘l'l Congress. mong e topics discussed were 'ward those affecting . the _ unemployment || “Xs Frss Live Hom problem. as concerns women, by Mrs. Ours. Flora McDonald Thompson. = Mrs. George Levy was appointed chairman of a committee to investigate the mat. | OGO OGO G006 60O ter. For Sale or Rent Furnished or Unfurnished High-class Residential Properties a Specialty Randall H. Hagner & Co. 1207 Conn. Ave. 4366 Phone Franklin { 4367 4368 ., 15th and H. No Home Like ADDRESSES STATE SOCIETY. Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, president of the Women's National Foundation, addressed the first fall meeting of the Oklahoma State Society, which met last night_at the Thomson School, 12th and L streets. Mrs. Calhoun outlined the aims and plans of the foundation, stating that instruction in civil duties was its principal pur- pose, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson pre- sided. ORDERED HERE FOR DUTY. Lieut. Commander Theodore G. El- lyson has been detached from duty at the Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va., and ordered to this city for duty in ‘the bureau of aeronautics, Navy | Department. Be Sure to See Our SUNSHINE SPECIAL NOTICES. i DR. WINSLOW M. GAULEY, ehiropractic physician, wishes to announce to all friends and former patlents that he is now Jocated at Suite 624, the Albee bldg. - Mafn 6265, 290 Y GIVEN THAT THE LA Dyeing establishment for- - 'H. Perry is now own Mrs. ABRAMOVITZ, 18th and Wyoming ave. n.w. . Let Me Call and Show You what Asbestos Roof Coating will do. The only coating_applied with a brush that will stop leaks and preserve any kind of roof. Esti- mates furnished free. We apply same and usrantee five years. Also sold in bulk. Mad- fion Clark. 1314 Pa. av. s.e. Phone Linc. 4219. CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. Tin Roofs—Slag Roofs REPAIRED AND PAINTED. Call Main 760, Grafton&Son,Inc., i i At e “Hoating and Roofing Experts 35 Years.” SHOE REPAIRING. Mothers! School Time Is Near! We ADWEAR Glrls and Boys shoes. Adwear woles at same price outlast thee real leather oles or money back. Shoes called for and Gelivered. Phones Franklin 591 and 4278. Tnique Shoe Shining Parlors. 'ADWEAR SOLES COMPANY, 9319 N. Y. ave. 1726 Pa. hve. 30° Heating Plants Repaired Furnace, range or_stove—we can put them &ll in good shape. Get our estitaate. R. K. FERGUSON, Inc., 1114 9th St. Phone North 231-232. Roofing. Experts. \YOUR OLD WOOD FLOORS made new, planed, scraped and repolished ; new floors laid. .Call pny hour. C. Adams, Franklin 6347 - The Shade Shop W. STOKES SAMMONS. 830 13th St. '@ Genuine bargains in fine Win- dow Shades to order. PRINTING —that brings you —prestige and business ;_'he National Capital Press ed | with greater security. SECURITY STORAGE "| THE SERVICE SHOP PHONB LINC. 4066—F. A HERRELL — Hedges furnished, planted and = lawns put in frst.clans order.” 287 ‘10t ot s.e.. Washington, D. C. 1 NEXT CONSOLIDATED CAR FOR CALL- fornia October 8; another October 23. House- hold goods, baggage, etc., at reduced rates 12th and Michigan- Ave. LOTS SEVENTY-FIVB FEET FRONT Homes ifi town with ground all around for less than houses in a row. Exhibit open to dark. FIFTY SOLD BEFORE COMPLETION. €O., 1140 15th st. OUR TRUCKS LEAVE WASHINGTON FOR Philadelphia and New York every Tuesday and Friday. SMITH'S TRANSFER AND STORAGE. Better Printing' That's what you receive when the order is ‘placed with us. HIGH GRADE. BUT NOT HIGH PRICED. 2,000.... 36. OUR TERMS ARE A PROVEN SUCCESS. Take 11th or F or N. Cap. st. car marked “Brookland” to end of route or call Main 6935. Built, owned and for sale by MIDDAUGH & SHANNON 10th Floor, Woodward Bldg., 15th and H, “No Place Like Home; No Home Like Ours’ BYRON S. ADAMS, FRINTERS. ROOF PAINT Guaranteed 10 years. Black, Red GG PAINT CO.. 908 oth mwr 7™ “New Styles Almost Daily " frames, flowers, feathers and trim- . Latest ‘shades, in velvets, duvetynes Shee Hematitching, i2yc per vard " H made to_order, $3. 2 FRAME’SHOD, 1016 F stl T ARRIS HA i Casey the Expert —Is_ready to put your ‘roof in_perfect condition.” Washington—the most “Livadle” | City in America I Moss, instructor in psychology; Law School, Prof. W. C. Van Vleck, returned from Harvard University; Prof. Henry W. Edgerton and Asst. Prof. Clarence M. Updegraft; Medical School, Prof. Earl C. Follett, physiology; Asst. Prof. Carl F. Maraldi, physiology; arts and sclences, Prof. Hugh Miller, civil en- gineering; Prof. Robert F. Griggs, botany; Andre Beneteau, assistant in French; Mrs. D. C. Chace, assistant in Jjournalism, and Margaret B. Evans, do- mestic science. —_— ON DUTY HERE AGAIN. Lieut. Clifford A. Tinker, naval re- serve, who was ordered to England to return with the ZR-2, is again on duty at the Navy Department. He returned on the Dauntless, the British -cruiser which brought the hodies of those killed ; in_the destruction of the airship. = DETACHED BRICK HOMES ON LOTS 50 FT. WIDE Will soon be started at 32d and Cathedral ave. (Woodley road), the northern entrance to Massa- chusetts Avenue Park. Call for special prices and plans. Built, owned and for sale hr MIDDAUGH & SHANNON 10th Floor, Woodward Bidg., 15th and I, **No Place Like Home; No Home Like Ours' Knowledge y 25¢ and 75¢ Packages Everywhere On “The Value of a . HON. SELDEN P. SPENCER Senator From Missouri At the Opening of Washington Law School Assembly Room, Y. M. C. A, 1736 G St. N.W. Friday, September 30—7:30 P.M. New 6-Voit BATTERIES $19.00 =g Guaranteed 1 Year BATTERIES .REBUILT $15.00 GUARA] Recharging rr $1.00. Free on. Repairing at Moderate Prices SUPERIOR BATTERY CO, 8th & H Sts. N.W. hone Main FREE LECTURE of Law” FOR LEASE avenue. FOR LEASE AVENUE serving the wooded hills, dales and Judge it does it— President Duryea Building ; Cor. Connecticut Ave. and L St. | STORES, OFFICES AND SHOPS Available for immediate rental in this newly com- pleted, well lighted building—electric elevator. This is one of the best business sections on Connecticut For Full Particulars Apply ' Randall H. Hagner & Company 1207 Conn. Ave. N.W. Phone Franklin 4366-67-68 New Fireproof Building . Cor. 16th and U Sts. N.W. As An Entirety or in Part— Building 73x75 Feet Ideal location auto showrooms, 16th st. One of the most traversed streets of the National Capital—day and evenings—or can be-rented as two stores, with separate entrance and elevator to second floor. FOR PARTICULARS APPLY Randall H. Hagner & Company 3 1207 Conn. Ave. N.W. P Phone Franklin 4366-67-68 THE IN-TOWN SUBDIVISION MASSACHUSETTS ' District National Bank 1406 G Street —by WHAT it does and HOW JUST COMPLETED Seventh Street PARK Facing Massachusetts Avenue beyond Sheridan Circle on the west, Cathedral Avenue (Woodley Road) at 32nd Street on the north, Rock Creek Park adjacent to the Connecticut Avenue bridge ‘on the south, and consisting of several hundred acres of wide in- dividual lots, group lots, villa sites, miles of improved streets, side- walks, public utilities, and by special act of Congress laid out to conform with the topography of the land, thus perpetually pre- running streams. The prices under the new management are most reasonable—from 40c per foot. Approximately 25% cash will secure either a lot or a home designed by your own architect. Call for plat and new prices. George H. Lamar, Atty., Trustee MIDDAUGH & SHANNON, INC. 10th Floor, Woodward Building, 15th and H. Main 6935. Realtors authorized to sell subject to contract approval a Bank We are modern here—in thought and system. We CASEY 3207 14th ST. N.W. Phones Col. 155 and 1331 LOST—BOND. Debenture bond 10,911 for $1.000 of the American Can Company was lost by owner, in and about the banking house of the National Savings and_Trust Company, 15th and New York ave.. Washington, D. C., on .or about February 1, 1919. This bond carried Anx\ml 1, 1919, and_subsequent coupons. Application has been made to the company for the issuance of & new boud. | Finder will | please communi- ghte with e undersigued.” Address Box SO0.K, LAFLIN OPTICAL CO., S s ROOF TIME! | Have you thought of it? Better have us get things ready for lnt‘na beating rains and + snows are coming. nst NOW. Call Main 14. S Our Low Cash Prices Save you_ dollars on LUMBER, FENCING, BLINDS, SASH and similar fall repair mate- rial. 4xd~Garage Doors in stock. Geo. M. Barker Co., Inc. ©49-651 N. Y. ave.; 1617 Tth, Tel. M. 1348, T MEANS MORE to IN- VEST in ‘Washinton Real Estate now than ever. We are at the time when the Capital city of the greatest Nation in the world Il comes to her rightful heritage. vestments, whether the / sum is small or large. ® Maximum Service” Guarantees Efficient ser- vice. 8 i Red 31405 Eye Strest NW.- dvin @53 | R. N. Harper Vice Presidents 'W. P. Lipscomb Lewis Holmes C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbury Cashier ~ H. L. Offutt, jr. act with promptness—and serve with discretion. Noth= ing of the old traditions is permitted to. handicap or "hinder ‘our endeavors on be- half of our patrons. If you are a customer of ours you're entitled to, and will receive, the best we've got to offer—limited only by the laws of banking and the - judgment of wise conserva=- tism. Join us—we’ll be glad to have you—and you’ll be - .. glad yon've got us to rely ~upon. : | Safety Deposit Boxes, $3 to $25 per Year HINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921. SureRelief E=(px !lz!gl:;y: [ More Than a: Name The name Lifetime Furniture is more than a con- venient trade name; it stands for something that is there, but can’t be seen in every piece of Lifetime Furniture, and that is service. : No matter whether it be 4 Candlestick or a Buffet, the Lifetime Furniture Store pledges itself to see that you get proper value and service from every piece you buy Eer_e. ' We make it safe for you to buy, and anytime you’ve the time we will be delighted to show you how reason- ably you can buy this fine furniture. Mayer & Co. The ozmy?’fepé‘ Yo 1319-1321 F Street STORE NEWS at Here’s your last chance at these “Sale” suits, that are the $40 to $60 values of our regular stock of the past season. TRey're all 3-piece suits of the right colors and weights for fall—such makes as “Strat- ford” and Fashion Park. / Sizes are not complete, so we name just what you'll find: In regulars there are 32 of No. 33, 20 No. 34, 4 No. 35, 3 No. 36, 3 No. 37, 4 No. 38, 14 No. 40, 12 No. 42; and in stouts 1 No. 37, 6 No. 38, 2 No. 39, 6 No. 44, 5 No. 46. Alterations, if Necessary, at Cost - High Officials Professional Men Business Men’ Wear The New Fall Styles Now. $ 7' 00 ! Last Autumn’s Price, $12 Between D & E