Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1921, Page 20

times. space. $2.85. SRR T ‘TITTF) H Special, 28c. Dewn Stairs Stere. so light and so season’s popular shades Dows Btsirs Btere. Women’s Fine Ribbed Union Suits Special, $1.50 Of medium weight with high neck and elbow gleeves; ankle and knee lengths; open drawers with reinforced seat; broad stitching across back. Low neck, no slecves and knee-length style with reinforced seat and arm pits. Women'’s Fine Ribbed Cotton Shirts Special, 90c In well shaped styles; medium fleeced; high neck and long sleeves. Down Stairs Store. i 3,000 Yards Outing Flannel 16¢ Yard This fine weight material comes in 36- inch width. Many de- signs, thus giving a chance for satisfac- tory selection. Bews Giaies Stre. These Corset Specials for Tomorrow R & G FRONT OR BACK LACING CORSETS of pink cou- til or mercerized broche; boned lightly or firmly, as desired. Waistline, low top or high bust models. Special, $3.00. PINK SATIN CORSETS of unusual quality with medium long hip; light boning and free hip Sizes 21 to 26. Special, tic band $1.85. the back; | THE EVENING :BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1601 'BUT: FEW LINES OF ENDEAVOR THAT DO NOT SHOW ADVANCES wfiflhmafih &1,],[]'{[11*]],]] g Bioyiics ot South DOWN STAIRS STORE - & Lesser Priced Merchandise Combining Corset Service With Economy R & G Corsets, *1 to %5 C-B Corsets, °1 to *3 And Many Special Values That is what we are doing in the corset section of our Down Stairs Store. Corset satisfaction does not necessarily mean an expensive garment; good corsets should not cost as much as formerly. You can get a durable, well fitting gar- ment at a very reasonable price. shape, give fashionable lines and comfortable wear is within the reach of every woman. A corset that will hold its Dependable - makes; up-to-date styles; high-class ma- terials—models all carefully and thoughtfully selected—and we give cheerful and courteous attention to your needs at all WAISTLINE MODELS OF SILK BROCHE with wide elas- at waist and very straight hip; well boned at the back. Sizes 22 to 26. Special, A MODEL IN PINK COUTIL for the average figure, with elas- tic waistline; slightly raised at long, straight lines. Special, $1.35. These Brassiere Specials for Tomorrow BANDEAUX, of pink or white rep, or basket weave, wide tapes aver the shoulder; fastening in the back. Sizes 32 to 42. FRONT FASTENING BANDEAUX, of heavy pink broche with elastic at the back; same quality in back - closing models. Sizes 34 to 46. Special, 58c. New Felt Hats Very Specially Underpriced 1.75 ite the rage are these new felt sport hats, which are o i:eomi . A most c.g:plcte ra'nge of the nlg‘r included. New Fall Underwear For Women, Misses and Children Very Attractively Underpriced Women’s Fine Ribbed Cotton Drawers Special, 65¢ Of good weight with flat stitch seams; open seat with broad flap; ankle length. Children’s Heavy- ‘Weight Union Suits 75¢, $1 and $1.25 With flat stitched seams; drop seat; ankle length; button across back with strong muslin band. For children 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16 years of age. Extra Special 4,000 Yards Chambray 10c yard In the face of the rise in price of cotton we are again offering at the same price this splendid quality cham- bray, for which there has been such a great demand. l TRIMMED BRAS- SIERES, of splendid qual- ity firm muslin with trim- mings of fine embroidery or heavy rich lace both front and back. Sizes 36 to 46. Special, 68c. Down Stairs Store Specials ’I -3 Sheets, made of good quality muslin; neatly finished; wide hems. Size 81x90. —Three-quarter- "1 -25 bed Size Sheets, of eftra good quality. Size '—Spreads attrac- ’1-95 tively made in neat designs; durable and serviceable. 15 —Hemmed Huck (4 Towels, of extra heavy quality; one assort- ment in plain white; the other with colored borders. 25 —Extra Heavy Huck . C Towels in large size '—Double Cotton $2¢95 Blankets, of ex- ceptionally goad weight, in solid colors of brown, white and gray; some trimmed con- trastingly. 30 —Pillowcases of fine C grade muslin; neatly finished with wide hems. Size 5x36. 35 —Bath Towels in J C many colors and de- signs, made with heavy body; absorbent. 50 —Bath Mats of firm 'C foundation, with various raised designs. Colors ‘are white, blue and pink; some in combination of these colors. =4 8 —Wash Cloths, size 9xI1- C inches, A very service- able cloth, with a dgm)d body; - neatly made and hemmed; trimmed with pink or blue border. Down Statrs Store. g 2 =4 g 8 . | ] BY A. D. WELTON. Spectal Dispateh to The Btar, CHICAGO, October 12.—An up-to= the-minute survey of the industrial situation in this territory has disclos- .ed but few lines of endeavor in which there has not been an advapce from the low point of the year. a In the |cases where activity in production has not Increased there have been large stocks on haud and even in 'uucll lines sales have become larger. :Bven in this section the buoyant feeling that followed the rise in cot- ton in the south has been reflected in payment of old debts and placing of new orders. This improvement In the south is : ltaken to forecast Improvement in the 18 looking to the Wa: tion to take over & credit burden of the The farmers will feel which country banks. free to buy, but they have learned the lesson of price relations and are inclined to hold aloof from purchase of commodities which have not come down in price to the same extent as agricultural products. The local bullding situation is im- proving slowly. Mnnf men have gone back to work and it is predicted that the carpenters will abanden their de- al di mand for .36 an_hour before the end of this week. It ls felt that the settlement of the tax question by 3 | Congress would go far to remove the = | uncertainty which is checking busi- ness revival. Nearly All Wholesalers Report Trading Increased BY L V. SHANNON. = | Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW ORLEANS, October 12—The tree movement of agricultural p ucts and the advantageous prices ob- tained for them provided encourage- ment for the business situation this week. Large payments were made by country banks to local financial In- stitutions on loans carried over from last year. The banks in the cotton and rice districts are liquidating thelr = | Indebtedness so rapidly that they are expected to be clear long before Jan- uary 1. Bank deposifs have increased 2 110 per cent and clearances 20 per oent in the last fortnight. Nearly every line of wholesale trade reports’ its business for Beptember larger In dollars thun for the same month- last year and the volume of business has been far greater than in 1820. The pace In being maintained this month and there is a general expectation among jobbers that they will do enough business this fall to more than offset losses of the spring and summer. In the retail trade sales for the first ten days of October ran only eight or nine per cent behind those of last year in dollars, and October, 1920, was one of tho best months merchants here ever had. Nearly = {every parish in Loulsiana and_the greater part of Misslesippl is refoic- ing over the revival of the lumber in- dustry. [Night Shifts Are Needed : to Meet Trade Demands BY FRANK D. McLAIN, Special Dispatch to The Star, PHILADELPHIA, October 12, — Sweater and knit goods manufactur- !ers In this saction. have been forced £ii to put on night ehifts in some in- | stances to meet the demand for their products. This condition, 1t is de- lclaud by manufacturers, 13 a result of the fallure of jobbers to place ! thelr orders earlier in the season. "rm; activity has extended to the un- derwear trade and hoslery makers = also are being rushed for deliveries. ‘The outlook for woolens also has brightened and man: urers of clothing and overcoats are busy and a tone nearer normal prevails in mar- keta for the staple. There has been steady expansion in demand for leather with firm prices. Iron and steel inquiries e also taken a turn for the better and the employment situation is Improving with the in- crease in bullding operations. The renewed activity in the repair and maintenance activities of the Pennsylvania road also has tended to relieve unemployment. The demand for automobiles and accessories has showed some improvement, but the movement in used cars is still slack. Commodity Reports From Various Sections Steel NEW YORK, October 13 (Special)— Considerable & tonnage has been absorbed by the railroads in the last few days in the shape of spikes, bolts and angle bars, and car repair shops are negotiating for sbout 3,600 tons pl and shapes. MARTINS FERRY, Ohto, October 12 (Special).—8hortage of steel i3 a fac- tor in reducing mill operations in this district. 'he Laughlin plant of the American Sheet Steel and Tin Plate Comj Y. been operating sixteen of its twenty-three milis. Or- dinarily it obtains its steel supply from Carnegie Steel Company plants at Mingo Junction and Bellaire. These plants have not been in operation, and stoel has been coming from New Castle Pa., and YoungWwaood, Ohlo. Due | to steel shortage, the plant is operat- ing only twelve mills this week.. The Benwood plant of the Wheeling Steel Corporation, idle last week due to steel shortage resumed in full today, nd the. tube -works of the same com- any Increased its operations from 20 to 60 per cent. To supply the' plants, the company will start its| Top Mill. furnace, in Wheeling, Thurs- day after a shut-down of six months. ||| PITTEBURGH, October 12 (special). —The A. M. Byers Company, which recently fired its blast furnace at Girard, is operating its finishing de- partment this week to produce skelp ¥ D b, = g a b Reflected in Chicago Area—Situ- ation Elsewhere. December deliveries, these prices have been withdrawn almost immediately The New England cotton textile ce: ters are recelving increased sh! ments of the raw staple this month, Tlfiln reflects increased actlvily at the milla. —The latest movement of importance in the hide market is reported to be the sale of 2,000 Swift Montevideos at $48.26 Argentine per kilo, which is equivalent to about 17% cents a pound in American money. ~—The demand for heavy sweaters for men and boys has increased strongly within the last week and wholesalers aro being pressed for immediate de- livery. cial).—Bankers, growers of to find some means of ruising addi- tional money for loans to live stock growers who stlll are in financial private company which will ment the loans Finance Corperation. clal).—The equipment s expanding. formerly the Pennsylvania, will be placed out of commission next Satur- day. as squadron, with Huse in command. on Cotton Rise Is s the output is sold up. BOSTON, October 12 (Special). OPPOSES U. S. VALUATION | MISS BOOTH TO PRESIDE. UNDER FORDNEY TARIFF "ot Salvat American Chamber of Commerce in London Bays Claures Will Be Handicap. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Suggestions that a flat Hiden. MONTEVIDEO, October 12 (Special). Kait Goods. n NEW_YORK, October 12 (8pecial). [ FORT “WORTII, October 12 (Spe- farmers and stock New Mexico, Oklahoma nd Texas gathered here today to try istress. -1t {8 proposcd to form a suppla- Ly the War to made Furs, YORK, October 12 (Special).— NEW The retall demand for furs at present is' strongest for the smaller pieces, accord! neckpleces excecd those of last year, but so Tar the demand for fur coats ing to furriers. Sales of these as not equaled the movement of last year. - Riectrical PITTSBURGH, @emand uipment. October 12 (Spe- for electrical The We: nghouse Electric Company no 8 operating its plants here on a basis of 40 per cent of capacity, while other plants In this section are Increasing their outputs. Jeweiry, NEW YORK, October 12 (Special).— The disappearance of the Russian diamonds from the Huropean markets has inspired new confidence In dealers ln”llhll oountry that business soon wi Jewels. show Improvement In thoge Flour. MINNEAPOLIS, October 12 (Spe- cial).—Flour in this section has de- clined to are quotl to ew low levels. Local mills famlily patents at $7.45 the lowest prices named since August, 1916, Notes. CHICAGO, October 12 (Special).— ‘The work of tearing down the old Grand Pacific Hotel property for the erection of a bank bullding to cost $20,000,000 has begun. in progress toward the completion of the new home of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. These two operations are the largest bullding enterprises now under way here. Work also is PHILADELPHIA, October 12 (Spe- clal).—Delegates here for the conven- tion of the American Assoclation of Advetrising Agencies declared taking their own business as a reliable thermometer, would approach that, the busines normal ear and perhaps before. NEW YORK, October 12 (Special). sithation early next —Automobile engineers now are recom- mending as & measure to reduce ex- ense of automobile and tire manu- facture that fewer tire and rim sizes o used on standard cars. They recom- mend that only five rim sizes and nine tire =izes be regarded as standard. This, they say, would release a large amount of capital now tied up in stock and machinery. READING, Pa., October 12 (Special). —The diversification of industries in this section has been instrumental in avolding much distress because of un- employment, according to & recent sur- vey of industrial conditions. There re about 7,000 men idle here, the ma- jority of whom are normally employed in the iron, steel and building trades. ‘The textile industries, however, are employing thousands of women, and the majority of familis the loss of came slack i of their female did not suffer all income when the steel mills e employed. FAMOUS CRUISER PASSES. The armored cruiser Pittsburgh, Her last active assignment was flagship of the Mediterranean Rear Admiral ADVERTISEMENT HOW MILLIONS NOW END CORNS | Instantly | Some years ago a famous expert found a new way to end corns. ! A laboratory of world-wide fame adopted and produced it. Thousands of people tonight will stop the pain throbbing and then bid farewell to corns. Corn troubles everywhere have largely | disappeared. The way is Blue-jay—the liquid | or the plaster. Apply it by a| touch. The pain stops instantly. The whole corn soon loosens and comes out. The way iS gentle, ca . quick and sure. It is scienti Quit old ways and try this one now. ‘Watch what it does to one corn. Join your frie: who never for wrought iron manufacured at its Pittsburgh plant. | BIRMINGHAM, Ala, October 12{ (Special).—Two charcosl furnaces| which have been idle since the first. of the year were blown in this week. The price of warm blast charcoal iron is firm at $35 a ton furnace. Coal. NEW YORK, October 12 (Special). let a corn pain twice. Begin to- night. Your druggist has Liquid or Plaster Blue-jay stops pain—ends corns —The bituminous coal market is strong in this section. Dealers are reporting better businezs and more inquirtes, and good volume of trading is expected for the remainder of the year. Domestic sizes of anthracite are moving steadil; ‘Dry Goods. FORT WORTH, October 12 (Spe- cial).—Both retail and wholesale dry goods houses report steadily ad- £ ! vaneing - business _throughout the £ | southwest and declare that collec- tions are good. % PITTSBURGH, October 12 (Special). —Retalil buying in dry goods is holding up well in response to strong mews- paper advertising campaigns, and wholesalers also report excellent de- | | A AT P Lumber. SAN FRANCISCO, October 12 (Spe- cial).—Lumber -deaiers predict higher prices, as few mills ran.at anything 1like capacity throughout the summer. The cut in transportation rates came at a time when the season was about = Jot the large mills has some months in advance, converters have advanced prices on a aymber of lines for November and a Bauer & Black product | 2 ahamber, United States should foster courage the flow of goods between itself and other countries as “an un- impaired flow of goods is the only means of creating funds for the pur- chase of those American commodi- ties, of which other nations stand in $8,685,000, for their relief me: which says —_—— GRAIN FOR SUFFERERS. Bulgarian Communists Make Pur- chase for Stricken Russians. SOFIA, October 10.—Bulgarian com- munists have bought a large guan- | tity of grain for the relief of famine suffers in Russia. The price of the grain w: high, but the communists w. collect 45,000,000 October 12.—Opposition to clauses of the Fordney tariff bill providing for American valuation of imports ~ was _announced American Chamber of Commerce here today after careful consideration of the measure. The chamber claims the must handicp_and prevent the free exchange of @oods. would be difficult for Americ: porters to ascertain the comple of their foreign purchases un ived in the United Sta by the It contends it il and also that it would be difficult for foreign shippers to make quotations. increase duty would be preferable to the val- uation clauses are put forward by the it feels the normally | ures. ' OVERLAND LI%!ITED PACIFIC LIMITED The observation cars enable you to see the scenery in the best possible way. Double track, heavily ballasted, and automatic safety signals. Let us belp you with the UNION PACI SOUTHERN PACIFIC Commander of Salvation' Army Will Dedicate New Building. SPARTANBURG, 8. C., October 12.— —Evangeline Booth, _commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, will, next Saturday afternoon, dedicate the mnew Salvation Army building in_this ecity, which has just m; its attack on Mrs. White until drivi off by a farm employe with a club, ‘WOMAN KILLED BY BULL. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Octoff 12.—A dispatch from Hickory s that Mrs. Lee White, fifty-nine w, of & prominent farmer of Alexa county, waa attacked by suffered injuries which resulted her death. & bul Farm dogs attacked addened animal, but it contim been completed, it -was _announced. More than fifty leading Salvation Army officials from throughout the south will be here for the occasion. Miss Booth will also occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist Church Sun- day morning, and will deliver an ad- dress in the Converse College audi- torium Sunday night. clauses SHIP LOST; PASSENGERS SAFE. NATCHEZ, Miss., October 12.—The Royal Route steamboat Percy Swain | [ff sank after striking a hidden obstruc- | |i tion at Gibson’s Landing, twenty-four miles above Natchez, all of the crew and passengers were saved and a por- | i tion of the freight was taken off. | nd en- Bouquet Coffee Surprisingly Good 256 Per pound “Burchell’s” 1325 F St. NW. very |1 e able Direct, comfortable, replete with scenes of natural beauty and historic interest. The Union Pacific—Southern Pacific is the deservedly pop- ular route to San Francisco.Over the Rockies and Great Salt Lake, and across the Sierra; along the crest of the American River Canyon. .—Union Pacific—Southern Pacific Lv. Chicago C. & N. W. Sation . C.&N. LvOmaha . . . . Ar. San Francisco Lv. Chicago Union Station Lv. Omaha o e e Ar. San Francisco . . car, reclining chair details of your trip. General Agent 508 Commercial Trust Bid., 15 & Market To Give You Good Telephone They are willing to make, and do make, sacrifices and suffer personal inconvenience that you might be Service ELEPHONE employees have only one aim in their work—to give you good and continuous tele- phone service. satisfactorily served. Every time a fire, storm or flood puts the service of a town in danger the telephone men are on the job, be it day or night, to keep the service going. And they don't object to long hours under disagreeable conditions. The operators, too, are ever watchful to serve you at all hours and to give you prompt-and accurate connec- tions. They, too, do not hesitate to work hard and long when public service demands it. Our engineering force is constantly studying ways and means to improve the service and equipment, while our office employees do everything in their power to make pleasant your transactions with the telephone com- pany. In short, all the telephone people—from the execu- tives down to the newest clerks—have before them al- - ways the ideal of service. We do not claim to be petfect, however, and prob- ably there are times when you have some criticism to make of the service or equipment. At such times we will consider it a favor if you will notify us immediately: It is our pleasure to serve you. The Chesapeake & Potomac ~Telephone @ Company C. T. CLAGETT, Division Manager fl on shares maturing in 45. All standard sleepers, buffet club car, dining car, observation sleepers. C. M. & St. P.—Union Pacific—Southern Pacific Standard and tourist sleepers, dining car, Observation club A. J. Poston, Geseral Bouthern_Pacific or 83 months. It o Pays 4 Per Cent on ‘shares withdrawn be-" fore maturity Assets More Than $7,000,000 Surplus Nearing $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, Presideat JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary 810 pm. « o« 94Sam. « < 230 pm. (3rd day) 10:45 a.m. 1.20 a.m. 8:30 a.m. (3rd day) cars—all comforts. Pass, Dept. 165 Broad, New York, ‘h"?"'-