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% o au e waif Bbot L 4 JOHN F. DONOHOE & SONS 314 Pennsylvania-Ave. S.E. i Price, $6,500° Each ) d 14 4th st. 8.E.—Four aubtan- taining teet, wi o housex are of re by far the best i the price qote ted. has a_froutage of cver depth of 103 feet e an est i the city of W ‘ange very in perfoe Ucen by ow 0 will give possessic whew tranefer it = Accommodati 35 Brice, $3,500 Y’ X louse 100 fest from ave. s.e. Fhis pro ith fTeced ate and is a bar- per month wiil buy ke best val = this house. The nbove represent 1 the city OUR RENTAL SERVICE When vou have to rent a type- writer for temporary work, rent it of the manufacturers. who. guar- antee prompt and. efficient service. L. C. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER CO. (Mills Building) | 17th and Penn. Ave. NW. Phone Main 411 i | For Rent or Lease 1018 Vermont Ave. N.W. For Business or Dwelling Purposes. 16 rdoms and 3 ,baths. Hot-water heat and gas. 701 1420 N. Bldg.) CORNER STORE FOR RENT New Buildin Down Town Tenth and H Streets N.W. Also Second Floor, to be Arranged to Suit Tenant FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO Thos. J. Fisher & Co., Inc. |l 738 Fifteenth Street N.W. Look at THIS Then think of the real money you are wasting in rent. $1,650 Cash $97 Monthly (Imcluding All Interest and Principal) ‘Bringing This Dis- tinctive Detached Bungalow Within reach of the aver- age family paying a rent equal to that of any dingy northwest 4-room FLAT. those terms it would be justification for your immediate inspection - But vou will find a Home * as_you would plan and build with 6 beautiful Rooms, Bath, Hot-Water Heat, Finished Cellar * such as you have nave meen. Big Lot, 160 deep or 5600 sq. feet. Big : Porches. The sun flood- ing every corner of the interior. In our last offering of Bungalows 16 were sold within two weeka aftér the opening of the Sample. Home. Take Time Now See the wonderful dévelo; ments going on in this SUB- URB, which Wwe know to b¢ - Just Far Enough Out For The Family And 3 Near Enough In For The Business Man. NEW HOME LOCATION Hamilton St. at 13th St. N.W. GO NOW Take 14th St. car to Gallatin of| Ingraham St., walk one squarée east; or Georgia Ave. car stop at Hamilton St. walk west, — SHANNON ' AND LUCHS Owners and Builders 713 14th St. N.W;. {minecering: John P. Erey of Ci | \ STRAUS WILL HEAD ARMS COMMITTEE of Governing Board Named Is Announced. | Directive personnel ot the general committee on the limitation of arma- ment hrs been completed and the organization will be ready to func+ tion with perfected machinery within the next few da announced {1ast night by President Samuel Gom- pers of the American Federation of | Lavor, who was temporary chairman jof the committee. ; Oscar Straus, former ambassador i to Turkey and a member of President Roosevelt's cabinef, has accepted the wosition of permanent chairman, and Willlam ~ Short, secretary _of the ! League to Enforce Peace, has been !named executive secretary of the com- imittee. Both Mr. Straus and Mr. Short, P’wi!h members of the governing board of the general commilttee, arrived In | this city today to take up preliminary work qf the organization. Floed of Telegramns. A flood of talegrams, petitions, sug- genstions and messages awaita the executives. Krom all sections of the | country matter relative to the ex- pression of opinion on the conference iof limitation of armament has been Isent to the recording secretary, Mrs. [ Florence V. Watkins, at 1201 16th street. “n the governing board of the or- imex ization are representatives of busi- ness farmers, the Catholic Churefl the Protestant Church. the Jewls! Church, civic organizations. educatio labor, women's organizations and oth er principal groups of American ¢ivic lite. | 1 1 Board's Persennel. Personnel of the governing boar as follows: G. W. Norris of Phil phia, representing business mgn of thé country:. Raymond Stephens of New. Hsmpshire, ~agricuitural Rev. John A. Rvan of Catholic Univer- sity, the Catholics; Rev. E. O. Watson of this city, representing Protestania; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New Y the Jewlsh faith; Mrs. Gifford Pinchot of Milford, Pa. civic organizations Mg Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr, educational interests: Morris 11 -Cook of Philadelphid, en- inéinnati, Ars, Thomas G. Winter women's or- Otto T. Mallery of thir i1l have charge of relations with other organizations; Waltet Fur- well of New York city charge of extiibits; Bishop W. F. McDowell of this city. spedkPrs’ bureau: John Bar- s ey, In charge of data to forelzn countries; He i of New York cit tiiam B. Walline resolutions, and kins of this city. is e! eity, who of Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. Florence V. Watl recording secretary. The governing board will organize for action today. The purpuse for which the organization will work is to create actlvities and stimulate public interest in theh reduction of arma- ment. —_—_— ANTI-BOLSHEVIK LEADER MEETS DEATH CALML Baron Sternberg, Admitting Charges, Denies Having Co-Op- erated With Japan, PiETROGRAD, Getober 10.—Baron Michel Ungern-Sternberg, former ant}- olshevik lender in Siberia, who was sentenced and shot at Novo X lajevski in September for co-operating with Col. Semonoff in an attéempt to overthrow the Far Hastern Republic met_his death calmly, When he sppeared hafote the mili- tary court-martial which condemned him he wore a vellow Mongol rohe upon 1he shoulders, of Which wete the epaulettes of a general. He admitted ail the charges against him, except the one that he was co-operating with Japan. In & low. calm velece he replied té all questions asked by the court- martial. He modestly related the romantic career he has had since he began working with Semonoff to mbat bolshevist control of central Siberia, and told of their agreement with the Hutuktu of Mongolia, at Urga, whereby an autonomous ate was to be maintained much as it was under the old Russian emplre. But the Mongols tired of the agres- ment with Semonoft and his Cossack bands; who were finally forced o move across into Siberla-to get food. ‘There the troops Baron Ungern Sternberg was commanding met ove helming forcés from the Kar Hast: ern Republic army, and he was cdp- tured. —_——— BEG DESPITE BAN. Russian Returning From America Surprised at Child Supplicants. PETROGRAD, October 11.—A Rus an, who was returning to his native land aftér ten years of absence in Ameérica and who is very sympathet ith the bolshevist government, was amazed at seéing children begging about the station immediately after the frain had crosséd the Esthonian border. As the train proceeded into Russia_the number of bégging chil- dren increased. At every station they appealed for bread. I was told there werd no begging chtildren in Russia,” the Russian re-. marked, with surprise. “I heard the children were all looked after by the state and.it has been décreed that mavn were not permitted to bes.” wever, #i8 streets of all Russian cities and’ villages abound in chil- dren who are asking for bread. They aré numérous among the adults who freduent railwav stations ifi the hope of_getting help from travélérs. Theoretically, the childrén do fot ask #ilms. There are decféés against But _government dectéés aré hot ays lived iip to. RADIUM BEING DISCARDED Englfsh Surgeon Bays Use Is In- effective atid Dangerous. ONDON, Detober 18.—That radium is a failufé ahd that many leading sgr{enhl have discarded it in favor of Xirdys is the opinion essed by &t Thomas Parkinson, & @Qistingulsh- ed surgeon, who w#.. consulting physician to the Americar hospital for English soldiérs &nd who Is also physician to. the prime minister, Lioyd George. He states that fadium is not only ective as a remedy, it was positively dangétoils, as its burning effect aggravatéd instead of curing thaladies. ’ !I it. aliv icé has sunk the popula- Unem to aBou tiop: Joha F. Dosshoe & Sons Realtors 314 Penna. Ave. S.E. Price, $12,000 1601-1603 Tth S¢. NW. (N.E. Corser 7th & Q) The éheéapést busihess prop- érty ih the city. Undsual oppor- tupity. for & spedtilator. This H nf’-n fémodeled and revenu. symént In M 0.1 per cent a very large rms arranged. ndustrissy Bpecist I JAPANESE REALIZE PARLEY SIGNIFICANCE Shibusaws Makes Statement Set- ting - Forth Views on Cenference. The Japafese people fully realize the imgportance of the approaching conference in it8 bearing on peace and pragress of the entire world, ac- cording {to représsntatives of the Japanesd-American relations commit- tee of composed of thirty lead- ing npmnciers, businéss men and scholark of Japan. A statement sétting forth the Japa- nese views on the conférénce was issued iast night over the signature of Viscount Bhibusawa, one of the |1eading financiers of that country and head of the unofficial business deld- gation. The viBtount 18 scheduled to arrive here today;, but will only stay in Washington one day, having plan- ned visits with others of the delega- tlon to many of the principal cities ot ‘the United .States, particularly those of the Pacific coast. “We can safely staté that our péo- ple fully realize the vast significance of the approschink eonference in its bearing upon peace and progress wot only in the Pacific; but in the world at large,” the statement said. “Con- vinced as they ate that the future of their natlonal advancement lies en- tirely along. commercial and indu trial lines, our péople yiéld to none in the .intgmaity of their desiré for peace whicji alone makes economic development possible. They feel no less keenly than any other nation the fcrushing jarmament imposes upon them. They are, therefore, heartily In sympathy with the high ideals of peace and in- 1térnational good will which tinguished lresident had in hen he Issued invitations { Washington conference. {RAIL AND POWER CONTROL CHANGED IN CUMBERLAND your dls- his mind to the Thomas B. Finan and Baltimore Bankers in Deal Which Involves ore Than $2,000,000. ol to Thé Star, CUMBERLAND, Md., November Thomas' B. Finah of this city, acting for hiniself &hd Townsend Scott, bankers of Baltimore, has purchased the stock of the Cumberland Hleotric R Company and the Edison | Etectric Hiuminating Company. sub- ject to the approval of the public ommission of Maryland. Betwren $2,000,000 a 00,000 is involved I thé sale of the two proper- ties, and the purchasers contemplate the Introdpction of @ considerable service volume of 4dditional capital to pro- | vide for extensions and to both propsities. 1t Is not anticipated that there wiil be any deéiay in action on the part of e public service corimission, and it is likely the transfg¢r will be made b fore January 1. The stock of the Ddison company wun owned by four men—former United States Senator George L. Wel- lington, James A. McHenry, Charles G: Holsshu. and, W. Milnor Roberte, These men alxg had the controlling stock in the eleutric rallway, although there were numerous =malier sto holdegs. including Gen. W. Bladen Lown#es of Haltimore, former Judge Robept It, Henderson, W. T. Coulehan and the Humbird and J. H. Hols Improvements Atutes. Mr. Finan has béen conducting nego- tiations for the purchase of these properties for several months. it was necessary to sécute reements with numerous stockholders before a pur- chaxe contract could be made. Such a contract has beeh completed. The purchasers propuse fo form a kv coinpany and consolidate the rallway and power and lighting planis under one ownership and one manage- ment. It Is planned especially to ex Leud thie lines of the elecirle railway company to meet the requlre the devalopment of Cumberiang - O Mr. Finan has béen at thé head of numerous important transactions ih the past few years. He aided in {he réorganization of the Fuotsr dye works. which were taken over by a syndicate, aiid;wag oné of thé pro- moters of the Fort Cutnbériand Hotsl. He’ was_ responsible for the bahk merger which resulied in the sstab- tshment “of the Liberty Trust Com- pany, of which he is secreta; —t it DIES OF BROKEN HEART. Womah Expirés When Told of Her Husband’s Death in Church. _BALTYMORE. Mil.. Novémbér When informéd that her husban George Jy Hustér, & fetired instiran. Uroker; had died suddenly while at- nillng servicés at Amen Méthodiat | 8! Episcopal Chapél last night Mrs. Lii- lian H. HRter dropped dead in her home on Waldroh avenue, Plkesville. Thé couplé had beén indeparable for forty years, and!friends believe that thy ‘woman's death was due. to a broken heart. The couple had pianned to celebrate thefr fortieth wedding annivifsary next month. I For years Mrs. Huater had attended | ¥ servides with het husband. Recently, because of high bleod pressure, she was forced to remain Indoors. ' LINE-UP, RESULT OF VOTE. Petrograd Elettion Count Shows Communists Overwhelm dpponents. alignm honpart 8, 267; menslievikf, ¢; 86¢] 8ts ial révolutiofary, 1. velght of burden which |wa, e el sraduate of 8 Wa minister now in sel to (he drma pariey. ! | | i | Highest honors of the American In- dian race will be paid to the un- known American soldier at Arlington cemetery next Friday, when four In- dian chlefs, each a tribal hero, will place upon the casket of the unknown hero a coup stick and war bonnet. Plenty Coos, chief of the Crows; Lone Wolf of the Kiowas and Amos Red Owl and Stranger Horse of the Sioux were chosen to confer the dec- oration by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Burke, because of their prom- inence in the history of *the west. With representatives of all the allied fations that joined in the war against the central Buropean nations, these native Bons of America will v thelr tribute to the representative of the United States who will rest in the na- argest cemetery of service ead. ach of the Indian chiefs is High in the councils of his tribe and inst American soldiers. WILL FIGHT FILM FAKES. American Bankers to Aid Picture Men Against Stock Swindlers. NEW YORK, November 7.—The American Bankers' Assoclation Is to ald the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry in seeking to prevent the selling of fake fllm company stock, through which in- vestors were said to have heen swin- dled out of $50,000,000 in the last year. This wae announced by G. B. Walker of the Bankers' Association after conferring with the vigilance o ymittee of the movie organiza- fon. gilance committeemen said they aid not wish to mive the impréssion of striving to freeze out of the in- duatry new legitimate companles with ! the intentlon and capacity for pro- ducing photoplays '‘But where the newcomer i* prac- tically u fraud, we want to prevent his_operationss” they said. Willlam A. Brady, head of the Na tional Association of the Moming Pi ture Industry, declared bankers gen-; eérally had been unacquainted with the { | jndustry and were unable to counsel their cilents on investments in film corporations. ———— SUGAR $1 PER POUND. !mllxgied Saccharine Now Common Swéetening in Russia. MOSCOW, Octobér 10.—Saccharine i5 the article most generally trafficked inn hére. As sugar sells on the market for thé equivalent of nearly $1 a ound, few persois can afford it accharie i8 the universal sweeten- ing. It is the pet article fof smug- lers. Customs examiners are not able to check the illicit trade because of the 8288 with which millions and billions of rubles' worth of thd sugar su stitute can be concealed in luggage and on the person of smugglérs. It comes across the Polish thurnhn Lettieh, ~ Hsthonian and Finnish boundarias in great quan.ities. Ru manlany aleo run it across the Bessar: ian border. On every street corner in Russian cities thére aré sacehafine dealerr soliciting buyers. 'ood shops and market stalls offer it everywhere Bootblacks sell it on street corners. Eveén eab, drivers deal in it. 1t is usually offered in capsules contained ifi small glass tubes which may be eafriéd convenlently In a vést pocket. It not uficofntion to encounter cultivated women and former army cets among the sdctharine deai- ers. The tattered fragments of z decent wardrobé and tultivated| speech Indicate their past, when their feet were not 8hod in birch-bark sandals. Mae. Sne-Ke Alfred Sse, wife of the Chinese m States; and Ner two-year-old daughter, Betty Sse, | ceived at ] more than the United éd at the ter tograph kington high school small Betty to Grent Britain. The Szes have two hool in England. Dr. Sze in a delegate INDIANS TO HONOR UNKNOWN'S BILR WITH “COUP” STICK AND WAR BONNET They will be dressed in full warrior regalia. The cotp_ stick. pronounced “koo. is several feet long and was carried | by warriors who considered it a brave deed to touch an enemy during a fight. When a warrior did 8o he cut a notch in the stick or attached to it an eagle feather. signifying, as did the eagle to the Indians, the utmest physical bravery. The war bonnet was regarded by the Indlan warrior as the most important article of his war drees, and only proven braves were allowed to wear them. The long plume was made from eagle feathers. Consent of the tribe had to be ubtained to make a war bonnct. and the making was the occasion for much ceremony, includ- ing singing and harangues. time a feather was laid in place the chief recounted the particular deed it represented. A perfect “tail” consist- ed of twelve feathers, with white plumes and black tips. JAPAN TO PUBLISH NOTE. President Harding's Radio Mes- sage to Be Spread Over Empire. TOKIO, November 6—President Harding's message, sent from_the Radio Corporation's station in Long Island for world circulation, was re- the Iwak{ station at 7 o'clock fhis morning, Tokio time. The department of communications hus published the message for dis- tribution throughout Japan. —_— MEXICAN BANANAS HIT. Floods Damage Crop in Tabasco to Extent of $500,000. X1CO CITY, October 23.—The hanand crop in the state of Tabasco has been damaged to the extent $300,600 and other farm state. The: plight of the people has been =0 serious that local newspapers have condneted campalgns for gratifying results. Your Cash and Checks They are quickly, accu- ratelyclassifiedandentered when you use the National “Cash Received” and “Check Register” Loose Leaf Fortns. Ask your stationer for National Nos. 7072 C D and 7072 C E. The binder to use is National No. 9271, Look for This Trade Mark You Buy NATIONAL BLANK HOOR CO. 18 Rivernide, Holyoke, Mass. After the People’s L) Own Heart. . From the banking hours to thetserv- ice, the Security idea has always been to cater to the ideas of the people. “ There are a hundred little courtesies : that bear out this assertion. w " And the Saturday night banking . hoursare in keeping with the same spirit. SECURITY . WASKINGTON'S LARGEST SAVINGS BANK BAVINGS-AND COMMERCIAL, 3 Cornerrof 9th and G Streets 'uflmmummnmmmm Bach | OTARIANS TO HONOR UNKNOWN U. S. SOLDIER| COMN Will Have Part in Ceremonies In- cident to Burial in Arlington Armistice Day. Rotary is to have a prominent part i1t the ceremonies incident to the bur- 1hl of the “unknown American sol- dier” Armistice day. Past International President John Poole of the Washington club and Ed, L. Stock, also of the Washington club, who is governor of the fifth Rotary district, have been formally named to represent International Rotury on this occasion. By invita- tion of the War Department issued, according to Adjt. Gen. Harris, is a recognition of “Rotary’s distingulshed service during the world war.” the representatives of the organization will be given seats In the amphithea- te at Arlington cemetery during the ceremonies. They will also have & place in the funeral procession if they so desire. in alloting seats in the amphithe- ater und offering a plaee in the fu- neral procession to Rotary, the War Department stated that it did so not onfy as a way of expressing its ap- preciation of the splendid service ren- dered by all Rotary clubs during the world war, but of Rotary's present activitles in promoting international friendship, At the time of the international Rotary “convention in Edinburgn, Sootland last summer the Rotariam delegates from all over the world paid_tribute to the unknown soldiers {of Britain and France. ~Acting of- | ficially, these delegat hile in Paris, g | placed a permanent bronze wreath on the tomb of the poilu inconnu in the Place d'Etolle. The organization in at present arranginz to place on November 1, a similar wreath on the #rave of the unknown British soldier in Westminster. Official word has been received from the War Department granting Ro- itary request to place a similar | wreath on the Arlington grave of the American unknown soldier. This | ceremony will probably take place next March, when about 2,000 Ro- tarians will be in this city attendin the convention of clubs of the fift Rotary district. - FIRST HUNTING ACCIDENT. Specis Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., November 7.—The first_accident of "the local hunting season_occurred Thursday afternoon, when Harry Grove was accidentally shot by James Bare. Grove was taken to the Kings ughters Hospital. Both hunters are about seventeen years of age. MAMMOTH WREATH GINSECTIONS Mrs. McCudden on Way With Tribute of British War Mothers to Hero Dead. { Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, November 7.—Accompa- nied by Capt. M. Stevens, florist to his royal highness the Prince of Wales, Mrs. Amelia Emma McCudden, the Britlsh war mother, and Mrs. Blanche A. Bellak of Philadelphia, Pa., are en route to Washington. To Place Wreath on Grave. On Armistice day Mrs, McCudden will place on the grave of the un- known United States soldier at Arling- ton cemefery a mammoth wreath, which Wil _represent the formal greetings and mark of honor and re- spect from British war mothers. Mrs. Bellak, in her capacity as president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American War Mothers, is accompany- ing Mrs. McCudden. The latter lost three sons and other relatives in the great wai Great trouble has been taken in bringing _this wreath across the At- lantic. Capt. Stevens, florist to the Prince of Wales, has brought it in sectlons, some in the ship's refriger- lator, and others still growing in pots in speciully heated cabins. The whole will not be assembled until the party reaches Washington. ‘anndian Heroes Coming. The three war veterans, specially to represent returned soldiers of Can- aoa, leave Toronto Tuesday, being| specially instructed to place a wreath of maple leaves on the tomb of the unknown warrior at Washington on Armistice day. They are Sergt. George Richardson, aged ninety-three, the oldest living wearer of the Vic toria_ cross, who will place the wreath, and W. L. Ray Fleld and Sergt. Young, his escort, and both holders of the Victorla cross. The wreath is now on public view at To- ronto. PARLIAMENT IS DISSOLVED. LISBON, November 6.—President Al- meida signed a decree today dissolv ing parliament. Elections have been fixed for December 11. | “Mayor of Hukhes Street” Mys: | teriously Dies in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md., Nevember: 7.— Jacob Goodle, Kixty-five years: old. familiarly known as “the mayor of ughes street,” vas found dying in bis bed in his home in the rear of 125 Hughes street, with a crushed sku'l. He died at 9:15 in_the South Baltimore General Hospital, to which he was rushed for treatment. Phy- siclans also examined the great wound in his head, clotted with blood, said that he had sustaineti the injury some time the night be- fore, and had lain mortally wounded all day in the room which he called home. Goodle is believed to have been wealthy. Mrs. Theodore Andrews, who oc- cuples the house which faces Hughes street, heard groans fssuing from tim old man's home early last night and insisted that her husband investi- gate. When the Ordinary Form " Won’t Do Many a business man . spends” expensive hours making ordinary forms and blank books fit his business —and usually makes a mess of the job. Most concerns require individual ledgers, stock and inventory sheets, office forms, cte. Per- haps yours does. Our estimate will con- vince that it pays, and the new equipment will enable you to keep neat- er and more accurate records, PRODUCING = = =3 Slight” Reductions —In Our Men’s _ Clothing Department IDNEY WEST, Inc. Fourteenth and G estnut Farms Milk fs now, and always has beem, milk from Licensed Producers Only. "~ Have Us Serve Your Home With Chestnut Farms Pasteurized Guernsey Milk (The Product of Guernsey Cows Exclusively) Chestnut Farms Guernsey Milk is being ordered by a con-. stantly increasing number of Washington homes.. This: delightful milk is the product of Guernsey cows exclusively—herds that have long held a posi- tion of the very first rank as producers of but- terfat. The color of this milk is of a higher natural yellow than the milk of any other breed., and its flavor and richness are unexcelled. = - Guernsey Milk is pasteurized under expert _supervision and comes bottled double-capped with thé extra sanitary HOOD caps. both pints and quarts. TRY it! Sim;)ly fihom“ your order—Franklin 4000—or ask for Guernsey Milk at any of our retail stores HENRY N. BRAWNER, Jr. 1116-1120 Connecticut Ave: GEO. M. OYSTER, Jr. Phone Franklin 4000 N

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