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W. & J. SLOANE WASHINGTON, D. C. 1508 H STREET, N. W. WE wish to advise the public that in conformity with an important stock reduction sale of great magnitude now taking place in our New York ° establishment, the prices on all our goods have been revised so that pur-, chases may be made here just as advantageously. IT is always our policy to offer here in this store-the same service, facili- ties and prices as in our New York . establishment. - ThE opportunities which we are now offering merit the attention of all interested in the purchase of floor coverings. =3 %o > Store Hours: &7 15O 8.00 4.M. 10 5.30 P.M? u@@i Daily Free Delivery to all Shipping Points in the United States [SH%> PPLAYER-PIANOS The Hecht Co. announces A phenomenal sale of PRSP S ‘RLLUIAL ) ll.lm $2.50 weekly pays for it ) \ . RE, in brief, are the high lights of the most phe- % nomenal sale of player-pianos—good player- pianos—that has ever come before Washington music lovers. They are full 88-note players, with automatic sustaining pedal, ivory keys, metal tubing and every other device found in the standard high-grade players. Though $395 is the lowest price they have ever been marked, each player goes out with the fullest guarantee of satisfac- * tion. P \ Any one can play a player-piano—a few miniutes’ instructién here gives you the technique — after which you have the world's best music at your command. And these players are built to reproduce this music just as it comes from the mas- ter's touch. Unusual conditions ar= hehind this sale, and the sale is limited to the player-picsas om i, Ko motw to be hadat $395 when these are gone 618 F St. store open Monday evenings 7 to 9 The Hecht Co. 7th at F Where prices are guaranteed 7th at F ‘ PRIESF IS INJURED FIGHTING BURGLAR Rev. Louis Srfiet. Alexa’ndria, Awakened at Rectory, Beaten on Head. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 2.— Rev. Louls Smet, pastor of St. Mary's | Catholle Chureh, 310 Duke street, was | severcly Injured when beaten on the head by a burglar with whom the priest grappled shortly after 4 o'clock | this morning as he discovered the in- truder ransacking the rectory. Finger print ecxperts from Wash- ington were diero today taking im- pressions left@®y the robber. At noon {today it was stated that the condi- tion of Father Smet was favorable, although he suffered considerably | |from luss of blood and shock. - Throws Mtruder Across Bed. Awakenod from sleep, Mather Smet discovered a stranger ransacking the bureau drawers. Springing from bed, he grappled with the intruder, and succeeded In thiowing him across the bed. The man sprang up, hitting-the priest three times on the head with agine blunt instrument, The mard then fled. ¥ Rev. L. F. Keliy and Rev. Malley, assistant pastors, werc awakened by but not in time to pre- pe of the robber. Medi- vere notified. rbom was discovercd a brown fedora hat, bear- ing the name of & Portland, Me., firm, and a small but powerful searchlight The burglar had riled the pockets of the pricst, obtaining three or four dollars, and previously hud gone through drawers downstairs, but had found nothing there. Enters by Rear Window. Entrance to the rectory was made through a, rear window, which whs unlocked, it is believed. Chief of Po- lice Goods was today working on the case. ""he burglar was described by Father Smet as being short and stocky. The police later took into custody a man in search of work. who, it was stated, does not bear a resemblance to the man wanted. He said he is a native of Austria. Search 13 being made today of the surrounding country for the man, who the police belisve had a con- federate. Several strangers in the city recently have attracted the sus- picfon of tie police, who are ke:p- ing them under survcillance, News of the burglars soon spread throughout during the day there w2 ers at the rectory to the condition of the pricst. —_— TWO MEN IN BOAT SAVED FROM DEATH AT NIAGARA Rescued From Brink of [Rapids Above Falls After Struggle of Three Hours, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., November 3.—Two men in a small boat were res- cued at the brink of the rapids above the falls after a struggle of three hours. The pair, Willlam E. Galley and Phillip A. Williams, lost an our while on the river and drifted toward the rapids. Fortunately they bumped agains: & crib to which they clung. Darkness had fallen but their cries were heard and the alarm given. The fire departments on both sides of the river put searchlights into play and hundreds of automobiles faced i |the river bank in a vain effort to locate the men. whose cries could be l heard. The {llumination lights of the cataract were turned on and men were stationed on the Goat Island bridge to rescue the victims should they be swept toward the falls. After three hours when the men had not been located a mo% crew of firemen volunteerd to ol the rap- |ids. They found the palr clinging'to the crib and brought them safely to land. USE SLOAN'S TO WARD OFF PAIN ITTLE aches grow into big pains unless warded off by an applica- tion of Sloan’s. Donw’t , @S @ . A counter-irritant, Sloan’s scatters congestion, and soon relieves the ache and pain. Rheumatism, neuralgia, luml_agoandlame , back, .figgh m‘::‘, sprains strains won't it inst Sloan’s Liniment. Ask your . AR drogamte--a5c, 70c, $1.40, 9 Sloa Liniment [ T One of Dr.Hobeon's FamilyRemedies. Fora clesr, bealthy complexion use roely y | delay. Gat C.B. Q. quickly. Foctify against the consequences of a senous Cold. Depend en Hill'»—Standard remedy for twe geerations. Tablet form. Quickest oot Demand red bex bearing Mr. HIl's por- it and signature. At All Druggists—30 Cenrs -GIRLS’ MORALS TO BE CENSORED; utors to the delinquency of young ' STIMATHRTRT , JUDGE URGES LITTLE MORE ROD By the Associated Press. girli (n Pittsburgh, Maglstrate | '"d&;esmn Gases Acidity N/ i - DeWolf said. | > . . o Heremben T | Deworteaia e ana « uea. | Sourness Flatulence Palpitation fhore rod on the part of the par- . ents and there would be betier girls,” he declared. —_— AGAIN BANISH SAVINKOFF. | Poles Act on Bussia Demand When General Returns by Plane. RIGA, November 1.—A wireless dis- patch reccived here announces that Gen. Boris Savinkoff, the Russian anti- bolshevik lcader, returned to War- suw by alrplane October 26, but again L‘.'u.lzuxpe‘\lfld from the country Octo- er 23, court here, announced today that he would appear befors Mayor E. V. Babcock and city council and ask that 100 women be appointed special police officers to viaksres- taurants, hotels, cabarets and like places and “warn young girls of the Pitfalls” ‘of tho elly's night life. Magistrate DeWolf declared that the woman officers should be se- lected from the personnel of char- itable and soclal organizations, and that while they would not hawe the power to arrest, tneygwould be or- dered to visit the ®parets and similar places at night, warn the girls who gather at such_ places, Some time ago it was announce and. if necessary, -take the par- | that the Polish it ha Let ‘‘Pape’s Diapepsig’ correct your digestion by neutralizing the harmful acids in the stomach and intestines, then you can eat favorite foods without fear. Prompt stomach relief awaits ycu. | surely but gent. c B WTL couPANY. DETROT W. 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