Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1922, Page 3

FRENCH MINISTRY DENIES ‘ALLIANGE' followed her into an . empty house— —and then a face ap- peared in the window. ports Here. JAPANESE MAY ACT ALSO | -PARIS. tures in January Good Housekeeping. sued a forma) denial of the alleged Franco-Japanese _undertanding garding the occupation of Siberia. Documents purporting to show that France and Japan had entered into such an agreement were made public in Washington last Sgturday by a | gelezation from the far eastern re- public. Formal denial of the truth of the charges brought by the delegation of the far eastern republic that France and Japan had an agreement with Irerard to a proposed Japnese protec- Rent a Ford or Dodge Drive it yourself North 122 FORD CAR RENTAL CO. S.E. Cor. 14th and W N. . STRAYER’S 4 BUSINESS COLLEGE & 719-21 13th St. (Bet. G & H) New Location. Enlarged hool Building. Augmented Equipment. Superior Courses. - by M. Sarraut, head of ! gation attending the Washington con- | ference. M. Sarraut's denial was con- tained in a letter addressed to Sec- |retary Hughes. |, Boris E. Svirsky, a member of the }far eastern republic deleagtion, at lnm same time declared that docu- ments in the possession of his home {zovernment would be open tq, Inspec- {tion of duly accredited representatives of the American government, and Iwould bear out the charges that iFrance and Japan had an understand- !ing with regard to Siberia. {, A formal denial of the charge may {be issued by the Japanese. For the present, however, the Japanese have contented themselves with the state- Tt Positions Procu For ]:\;ent: of Mr. dfl[-p"mrl. member of he Japanese deiegation to the con- All Graduates. | ference. who ‘pronounced the, docu- s Jamuary @@ ments published by the Chita dele- PR R YR 1932, Make Rewervations Phone Main . J. Harman, ¥ gation “forgeries.”” and insisted that | no such agreement existed. ! M. Sarraut’s Letter to Mr. Hughes. { M. Sarraut's letter to Secretary | Hughes follows: “This morning's newspapers repro- {duce the text of pretended official : documents communicated by a so- | called delegation of a so-called gov- ;ernment of Chita, which purport to iemanate from French official authori- {ties and according to which official | conversations and accords have been i exchanged between France and other R Read All the LATEST FICTION For 25‘: Per Book PEARLMAN'S BOOK SHOP G D ARLMAN. Proprietor 933 G Street Only | Rovernments for the realization of a fixed policy in Siberia. T have, the duty to make known to ‘ you that the published documents are { moment when the allied powers in ac- ‘cord with the United States agreed upon a policy of military intervention in Siberia. directed solely Germany and not with the purpose of i|; intervening im the interior policy of | the Russian' people, no agreement has been coneluded nor negotiated by . France with any other power touch- ing the status or the fate of Siberia. “At the same time that it appea to me necessary to deny formally ' these false reports. T have the duty of bringing to vour attention that the illegal and malicious effect exercised by representatives without mandate and without moral authority of the pretended republic of Chita. with the purpose of creating suspicions among the powers represented at the confer- ence of Washington. appears, there- RENTIN Apariments and Office Buildings a Specialty Careful Service Prompt Remittances Geo. W. Linkins 1719 K Street “In Tusimess Sinee 18867 i = DECEMRER 31192 the | AS PROVIDED BY THE BY-LAWS, TH Wl snch_other buainess | anaual meeting of the shareholders of the Con beture the meatiny | tinental Trust Company will be held at the Y | offices of the company. 14th and H sts. n.w.. Washington, D. C.. on Tuesday. January 10, 1922, at 1 o'clock p.m., for fhe transaction of | suel business as may come hefore the meeting. Polls will be apen from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. By order of the board. M. J. WiN i e Washingion Toai ME G_OF THE STOCK- Georgetown Masonic Hall Asso- n Masonlc Hall, on Tuesday. nsin_ ave.. o'clock p.m.. and receiving (e reports and such other busi- ness as may come hefore the meeting. AAC BIRCH, President. Januai at 7 ion k moon and M. ESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS ther than by muself, Treasurer. _ 3 D _RILEY, 740 Col. rd. GRAND AND UP pianos taken in HUGO WORCH. and Emerson NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE AN- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Capital Traction Company for the election of a hoarc | of directors for the ensuig year and the trans- action of such other business s may be brought before the meeting wMl be held at the ASSOCIATION ) 1553) Wil put < to work and they will { Ofice of the company. 3th and M sts. n.w. b, A2 S0 X ington, D. C.. on RSDAY. 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Tuflher bt b oxm By the \nlm‘il(edc?‘:::e'. stories and 58 big fea- PARIS, January 3.—The' French! re-| e French dele- |but can only say that @ | a crude fabrication. and that since the ! against | 1208 ! . 1922, } for the election of directors 1WOMAN IS FOUND SHOT I Four Bullet Wounds—Believed | GRATEFUL TO AMERICA. Head of Netherlands 'Delegation Appreciates Hospltality. - Before leaving for New York to sail for The Hague tomo Jonkheer lvnnd K-ldrllmbee‘k. h:ul‘ml o ll:l‘l::;-: ands delegation to the &Washin cunferenu:..:alld on. nt Havrd- ing and Secretary Hugfhes: He expressed to them his high ap American hospitality and of the friendly =mpirit to Holland Formal Statement on Ke-' [e'had tound i cbia‘countsy. l—_—=§——- fore, directly contrary to the aims of peace pursued by the comference. Asks Documents Be Inspected. Mr. Skvirsky suggested that the American consul general to - Kobe, Jackson K. Caldwell, who {is tem- porarily stationed at Chits, be au- thorized to inspect the documents and report on them. “The first American mission. which visited Chita,” he continued, “was composed of Dr. James A. Abbott. commercial attache to the American ! embassy at Tokio and Col. Davis, the assistant military attache. 1 under- 1 st hat Dr. Abbott, who i8 now In ministry of foreign affairs today i | Btand that Dr. L the United States as an adviser to the American conference delegation, has submitted a lengthy report em- bodying the results of his visit to Chita. At the present tlme the United States has, at Chita. Jgckson K. Caldwel), the consul general at Kobe, Japan, who was for many years thc American consul at Vladivostok and who is thoroughly familiar with the political situation in Siberia. We want the truth to be known about Siberia, why not publish Mr. Cald- well's reports? “We belleve that every word in these documents s true. The best way for the Japunese to disprove Ithe documents is for them to evacuate !Siberia. We cannot disciose our au- !torate over S'beria was made last night i thority for the documents in question we obtainec ithem in the same manuer that othc. gevernments succeed in getting copies of imporiant communications whics lare of vital concern to their own inational interests. Kverybody knows that in 1918 France supported thc Cossack tcader Semenoff, with arms and money and that he was Jater taken up by Japan. { - Quotes Radie Communication. “Take the last exhibit in our state- ment of yesterday, namely. a radio sent by Gen. Tachibana, commander- in-chief of the Japanese expedition- ary forces in Siberia on October 2, 1921, to the war Ministry at Tokio. This radio quoted the French consul at Viadivostok as saying that the transport Archdure ¥rans Ferdinand arrived in Viadivostok with 835 men, who had been previously interned in Mesopotamia and who were chlefly officers. The radio dispatch added that ‘within a short time five more ships will bring parts of Wrangel's army from Crimea. “Now, everybody knows that thesc Russian troops actually arrived and that they are taking part in fight- ing against the far eastern republic. They are armed by the Japanese.” “No blanket resolution of the Wash- ington conference concerning Siberia 1will satisfy the people of the far eastern republic,” Mr. Skvirsky de- clared. “The Japanese ‘troops have been there now over three years. They are doing everything possible so that order wiil not reign, and to dismem- ber the republic.” In its denial. the French ministry of foreign affairs quoted the letter to Secretary of State Hughes from M. Sarraut, head of the French dele- gation in Washington, and declared: “The dccuments produced have been forged out of whole cloth.™ —_—— ENGINEERING LEADERS TO HOLD SESSIONS HERE 'l'hp'ty Organizations to Take Part in Proceedings Which Will Oc- cupy Three Days. EBngineers, manufacturers, educators and economists frogy every part of the United States, rev&nun‘ the Amerl- can Engineering Council and the Feder- uted American Engineering Sooleties, will enter upon a ‘three-day session tomorrow afternoon at the Cosmos Club, walch will mark, it was said today, a new stage in the history of organized engineering in this country. The meet- ing will be the first annual gathering to be held since the organization of the engineers in November, 1920, under the preridency of He:bert Hoover, who was recently succeeded by Dean Mortimer 2. Cooley of the University of Michigan. Thursday, evening the delegates will attend a Ginner at tae University Club, at which Secretary Hoover will be the principal speaker. Thirty national and local engineering sccleties, including the American ciety c¢f Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining ad let- allurgical Engineers and ‘the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, will Le represented. Current tocial, political and economic problems: will be taken up by the coun- cil. including unemployment, on which a special committee will make a report; elimination of waste in industry, the complete findings of the Hoover com- mittee to be presented to the committee; reforn of the patent office, Bnditions in whica, according to the engineers, menace American industry and inven- tion; establishment of a national de- partment of public works, a project sponsored by the engineers; and licens- ing of engineers, engineering education and industrial research. Proposed constitutional changes will be acted upon and new officers will be elected at the meeting. TO DEATH ON STREET Body Discovered by Police With There an Hour. ! Twb bullet wounds in the right side of her face, one in the right chest and one in the right side of her body end- ed the life of Genevieve Young, col- ored, who lived at 1520 T street north- west, in front of 1440 T street, be- tween 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. Her body was found by Sergt. J. A. Sullivan and Policeman H. W. Smith of the elghth precinct about 4:16 o’clock. a3 A physician from Emergency Hos- pital reached the scene a few minutes after the body was found. He pro- Tounced life extinct and said death had occurred an hour or more before he was calld to the scene. It is be- lieved that one of the bullets pene- trated the brain. Her identity was not established until several hours of investigating had elapsed. Detectives O'Brien, Jackson, Liv- ingston and Jones were assigned by Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, to work with police of the eighth precinct in.an effort to solve the murder mystery. £ | WILL FORM ASSEMBLY. Deputies Called for Organization in Central America. #he provisional council of the- Re- public-of Central America has issued a decree summoning the deputies of Guatemala, Honduras and vador to meet at-Teguoigalpa, Honduras, dur- ing the first fifteen days of a-nuwy] to form, & permanent assembly for the new republic, the State Department was advised today by the Amarican "‘!{.‘;‘“' :Il‘lol!d‘urls. 2 e ng wiil be preliminary to one wfleh will be held about the 1st of \February, when it ia proposed to constitute. permanently the proposed republic. S Po‘ue-mn:hi:uu Stn:elon of 3: eighth$ inct- Who was re- pmm-l board Saturday mo growing out of his roomers at the Vendoms on visits to o - Was ex- erated by the board' and was restored ty e e sl out Jurisdiction, STAR,; CONFERENCE FAGES EAST CORNERS Sharp Turns Must Be En- gineered as Parley Enters Eighth Week. CHINA’S FATE UNSETTLED Delegates Must. Decide Whether Generalities Will Rule or.° Details Be Taken Up. BY LEROY T. VERNON. ’ The conference on the limitation of armament enters upon ‘Its eighth week of existence facing the neces-; sity of turning many sharp corners before it completes its work. The far| | eastern problems loom large on the program of the conference during the next two 'weeks, and already the im- patience of the Chinese and Siberians to be heard on them is becoming manifest. The Chinese, particularly, realize: that the fate of China, so far is international agreements can do it, ~ill be settled in some form or other so0n; and the unofficldl” Russtun gete tions In Washington, representing very known brand of Rus-ian pu ics except the soviet government, qually alert. Prospect Still in Doubt. Whether the far ecastern questions which might be touched upon under the agenda of the conference are to be dealt with in broad generalities, a8 the Chinese and Siberians seem to r. or whether they are Lo be taken up in some detail, as has been done in the matter of Chinese customs, post offices and other subjects closely related’ with China's territorfal and administrative integrity, has not been officially announced, altho the of- fichlmnd of the conference for some ti;ne been in the general direction of the twenty-one demands and the _reaty of 1915 growing out of them # 2 be abrogated by Japan has been met |largest west of New York, through by Japanese. insistence that, while willing to discuss and explain both. neither document shall be considered as before the conference officially. The only recourse left to China under the circumstances has been the con- sideration of specific matters Involved in the demands, with a view to “whittling* down the terms which appeared specially obnoxious. Not Wholly Satisfactory. | This process has not been wholly sat- ¢ afe e et atont ot tie the ' Chinese . delegation. | mais g chenning. Houns | Likewise, in the Shantung negotiations betwenn China and Japan a deadlock 1ang Commercial institution agreeing sfactory to aas been reached, which, in all proba- bility, before it is conciuded, wili have to be dealt with by Secretary Hughes and Mr. Balfour, who have sponsored the negotlations as the friends of both aations. Throughout the whole confer- ence tiere has been great optimism that the Shantung affair would be settled and there is no reason yet apparent However, to change that opinion. fther the Shantung matter nor the been considered by the conference it- ‘elf. Whether the conference will Zo n dealing with concrete questions reia- tive to the twenty-one demands, or negotiations wiil have ‘to come before the conference on the initiative of China, 48 a last resort, are questions which will bave to be answered goon. China may wnnt to be heard in an open seesion on taem. Far Eastern Republic Clamering. representatives are clamoring to be heard on Japan's occupation of the Stberian littoral. Having no official standing, their government belng un- tives have no relations with the con- ference except in the most informal and unofficial manner. They have had hearings of this character by staffs say publicly what they would like to say to the conference. While their charge that France and Japan com- bined in advance of the conference to establish a protectorate under Japan in Siberia. which policy was to be supported by their delegations here, has been officially denied, neverthe- less the Siberians demand a hearing to present their case in full. In the meantime theéy purpose to shoot off more fireworks, and the real problem for the Siberians and the friends of Russia is how to bring the Siberian question before the conference so that it may have a somewhat detailed examination. That is another Gordian knot which must be cut soon. Japan in Strategle Place. ‘The argument has frequently been made that the United States, in press- naval disarmament problem, substan- | itself for pressing tially disarmed for a similar satisfactory: settlement of the far-eastern questions. Tacti- cally, Japan is held by many to be in a strategic position to avoid a close examination of ‘many fareastern matters which both China and the Far Eastern Republic would like to see | taken up in extenso. Up to this time, however, the conference has not shown its disposition on Manchuria, Siberia, the Chinese Eastern railw: or the Shantung questions. Neverth less, there have been constant in- formal exchanges between the dele- gates on these subjects. What the result has’' been will shortly be known. From every point of view thé decisions of the conference dur- | ing the next two weeks contain mat- ters of interest of the utmost impor- tance to the work of the conference and the acceptability of it to the na- tioms involved. (Gopyright, 1¥22.) WAR DEPARTMENT’S CONTENTION UPHELD Court of Appeals Reverses Decision of q‘ulflc. McCoy of D. C. Supreme Court. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinlon by Justice Van Orsdel, today. reversed the decision of Chief Justice McCoy of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and Tpheld the contention of the War Department that the President of the United States may delegate his right| of review of the action of “Plucking board” reorganization act. This duty placed on the executive by the act, the court finds, is purely executive and can .be. pe Secretary of War. the The lower court had idirected a| of mandamus to compel Secre- ta; of War Weeks Willlam F. y and .John W. French to the positions of colonel in the Army, from which they had been relleved by the action of formerj Secretary Baker approving. the find- ing of_the plucking board. Whether the President performed this function of review personally or | through the Secretary of War, i court points out, it:is the adminis- ; of trative order of the President and cannot be reached by mandamus, who eannot be compelled by the court to perform even & purely administrative act.. If the President should obey the mandamus he refuses te execute the act of Congress and lays himself open’ to impeachment and the .court is. without authority to: enjoin the United States Senate from trying him should he be so ed by g::)““ 10‘ 1; Rtehm‘:flfi rt is with: clearly tha cous e the ';pe!h(e court gnclu:al._(g :xo.l:‘ e: order -of tement of -the officers cannot be. nplished in this proceeding. - ort cuts. Chinese Insistence that nty-one demands as a whole have whether the demands aud the Shantung and some recently made loans and Unless there is a settlement on these two subjects Already the Far Eastern Republic recognized, the Siberfan representa- |8tockholders made a further guaranty and have now turned to the press to ing for a quick settlement of the |cers of the banking institutions repre- under' the Army; 'ormed lawfully by the o reinstate; W, B.& A. TRAIN WfiECKED! Financiers Rescuing . Big Institutions Eat * . At Quick Lunchroom- B the Associated Press, 7 CHICAGO, Jamusry ~3.—Sev- eral dozen Chieago bankers, who control miore than a billlon | délinrn, mpent their New Year holtdays working twenty hours a duy seiving the dificslties of two big banks, whose $53,000,000 fnsets had been impaired by bad tnvestments, etween meetings last might y samtehed a kalf hour for er. A growp of jumfer vice presidents and Rmewspapermen started out together, byt divid- *| ed when the bamkers decided the mearest eating place—n “onc-arm” tanchreom—would mot suft them, The mewspapermen went (o | the lunchroom and found four custoniers s'pping m! nd ent- chants’ Loan aud Trust Com- pany and Corm Exchange N tional Bask, ing ple. They were Jnwes B\ | Rl 5 for 1 ot left on the doorstep of Congress the stated, the men adinitted haviug vis-| Senor Terra, minister of interior in | | Forgun, eha rman of the bard | o0 O (07 $R0TR B SOREIEL EIS TS0 G Wumbcr of citfes and based |the Uruguayan cablnet. has resigned. Jt DAE INSCRReNES Rnilamal cBank) uoh concern, he sald: aorthlees checks. 8hortly before |accord'nk to a dispatch received to- i | Fraak 0. Wetmore, president of No one would argue that the farm- | reaching this city they were In Fred the State Department from tie ESERliE N ity ek B orE, representing 2 third of the popu- | ericksburg, Va. where, it is charged n minister at Montevidec H heli. preatdent a? the - | |ja¢jon of this country and with & pur- | they passed n raft for $100 | : stated that Carlos g | dod t, und D. Hal chesing power of 40 to 60 per cent, | at the piace of bu}lnefia of the Joncs|nas been appolated Senor Terra's beri, o1 tae | [are not interested with the rest of | Motor Company. successor. Trust a Savings Bank, Mcr- . | CHGARD GETS I \ BANK BY NERGER Second Largest in Country | Created When Clearing i House Aids Dearborn. By the Assoclated P'ress. CHICAGO, January 3—The Conti-] nental and Commercial National Bank and the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank today form- ed the second largest banking Instl- tution in the United States, and the 1 | i 1 i [T absorption of the Fort Dearborn Na- {tional Bank and its affiliated Institu- {tion. the Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings Bank, that action averting what was described as the most se-! rious difficulty which had threatened ! Chicago's financial district in sixteen ! years. The merger w announced late last ing House Association | 2nd leading financlers, the Ccmt(nenlull to assume liabilities of $60,000.000. Has $323,000,000 Resources. The absorption placed combined, de- posits of the four banking institu- tions at more than $400,000,000 and total resources at a figure greater than $525,000,000. Difficulties of the Fort Dearborn properties were attributed to over-| extension of gredits. “Owing_to the {overextended” condition of Edward iTilden & Co. (chlef stockholders of {the Fort Dearborn . organizations) T investments which proved to be bad and entafled heavy losses, it was found on examination of the two Fort Dearborn banks by the Chicago clearing housé examiners that the capital of both banks had been im- paired,” said a statement by James B. Forgan, chairman of the Chicago clearing house committee. The clearing house banks guaran- {teed the Continental and Commercial {against possible losses to the extent jof $2,500.000 and the Fort Dearborn | In addition, there is a capital, surplus and undivided profit of approximately $8,000,000. The Cq itinental also pays approximately § 500,000 for the good will of the two; absorbed institutions. Move Under Heavy Guard. The merger is as of the close of business December 31. Work of mov- Ing the Fort Dearborn banks to the Continental was started late last night. Crews and clerks and fleets of trucks and taxicabs worked in brl(ht-) 1y lighted streets under heavy police| guard. It was expected that thel transfer would be completed by the; opening_ hour today. | The clearing_house committee vestigated the Drovers' National Bank and the Drovers' Trust and Savings iBank., In which Edward Tilden & {Co. is’interested, and announced that { those banks were solvent. All the offi- of $1,500.000. isenting the Tilden interests resigned and their places were taken by Henry Mw Dawes, J. P. Oleson, Alexander lRohertlon, G. F..8wift, jr., and Henry {Veeder. . H { A special committee was appointed, ito-take care of the Englewood State Bank, also a Tilden institution. In Salle street Saturday the Dearborn National stock was quoted | at $230 a share, with none offered, ‘'and the State Bank's stock at $185 a share. Change of Quarters. Within a short time the First Na- tional and First Trust and Savings; banks will occupy the Fort Dearborn {quarters, the building having been| purchased two years ago from the Fort Dearborn banks, which at that time purchased the Corn Exchange | National Bank building for $3.000,000. It was the original intention that the Fort Dearborn banks would mave the Fort Dearborn banks would move | the latter institution was transferred | to the projected Illinois Trust-Mer- | chants’* Loan bullding "at Jackson boulevard and Clark and La Salle streets, and that the First Trust would then move Into the quarters vacated by the Fort Dearborn. HAD POOR INVESTMENTS. T Fort Dearborn Condition Subject of Controller’s Statement. The taking over of the Fort Dear- born banks in Chicago by the Conti-| inental and Commercial Bank was !n‘ part the result of poor Investments | which had depreciated, D. R. Crissinzer, \controller of the currency, sald. The development I the resuit of locai con- | ditions exclusively, he ad@ed. Mr. Crissinger was in telephone | i communication wjth Chicago. There | will be no loss to creditors. he declared, adding that it was simply a.case of the banks being “bought out” by others. {Quick Action by Motorman Saves Passengers. . ! | Quick action by the motorman of a| { Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis | gers when one of tha trucks f an Annapolis train jumped - the k east of Shipley - atation. trucks of the heavy. train the rails without warning, Mo- torman: Harry Williams jammed on| the brakes and was able to bring the motor Car to a stop at the top of a {steep embankment, Jt ran about 200} feet gfter the truck left the rails. | The Baltimore office of the raijway ! company was notifled and & wrecking | outft was dispatched u; the scene of e T T AGRICULTURE BLOC LAUDED BY SPEAKER James R. Howard Gives It Credit for Most of Recent Constructive By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn.. January 8.—De- fending Congress as “a national aseet and a landmark of national progress,” James R. Howard, presicent -of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation, “told the . third annual convention of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation here today that bloc is responsible for practically 3 every ftem of constructive legisiatian | COUNETY, pat by Congress In the last six months."” “The bloc, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, is in- Lerested in the economice of tho pres- ent situation and is not playing poli- tics,”” Mr. Howard told the convention. | Over this new-born legisiative baby u have be gress, for tion, tran: +Thro Legislation. the “agriculural bloc” in “the agrioultural | 3 b¥ italtimore, and Frede: £ iocal the local asking the nation in such subjects as taxa- rtation and finance. the agricultural bloc they ven & hearing ang Con- e first time in years, has taken constructive action.” WANTED IN OTHER CITIES. Henry E Washburn and Willlam N. McGrath, each alleged to have sev- eral aliases, recently arrested in this ity on charges of Pgssing worthless ~hecks ong merchants, weather bureau tod: it will morrowr. The mercury will freezing temperature, bolles | New Year reception will not be suffering from until after tomorrow. Those south wind occaslonaily to th vest, a bit of rain with them. it is| SHIVERING IN THE GRIP OF WINTER WIND HALTED Temporary Respite, Beginning To- night, Is Promised by the Of- ficial Weather Forecaster. A cheerful message came out of the v for Washing- tonians who have been shivering and {trembling in the grip of winter winds. have | The oflicial forccaster auounced that 1 er tonight an he been Indicted by the graund jury and |, g 5 e Tl nemiie v wive & bondior] I8 WIRLS Bike Wil Rk e Eely e $5.000, the amount fixed by a Police Court judge. Communications have been receiv- police from officials in different sections of the that the prisoners be surrendered to them on worthless check charges. Among the places in which they are wanted, according to the police, are Buffalo, Philadelphia Detroit, Bouth Bend. Ind.. ckburg, Va. At the time of their arrest by De- | toctives Alligond and Messer. keep above the now that the is over, sajd, and southerly breeses make ital- most certain that Washington at least the cold however, veering may QUITS URUGUAY POST. i “Pledged to Quality” Fourteenth St. at New York Ave. —at _Goldheim’s Correct Evening Apparel John B. Stetson Hats Semi-Annual Sale en’s Clothing, Hats and Haberdashery Shirts Madras, Percale, Silk and Linen, Crepe de Chine, Tub, Broadcloth and Jersey fl.SOGnde‘.'.'..Mf..'..... m de(:l‘rl‘-l.i $3.50 Grade 7.0l ... $7.00 and S? Grades. 3 for $16.50) $10 and $12 Grades. (3 for $22.30) Neckwear [ttt For Day and Evening Dress $1.50 Grade.. .. $2.00 Grade............ $3.00 Grade............ $3.50 to $4.00 Grades. .. 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