Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1922, Page 11

. - R R R R R RRRRRRRRRRRREEEEE==S ol 4 COLUMBIANBUREA Pen League Committee Will g Sl IS NN ._’Take,Up,Sale_ of Papers. . oy p i\ \,/“‘ 7\ 1\“%\%/@ Edwards’ Statement, iy A S T N, s g Two Monuments At Ninth and G The United States Patent Office—a monument to the inventive genius of. all America. Savings Bank in Washington A special meeting of the uvational | fekecutive committee-of the Leagueé of i [American Pen Women will be called Ahis week by Mrs. Willlam Atherton Du Puy, national president, to discuss the proposal that the organization investigate the business of the' Columbian Information Bureau, of which Daniel A. Edwards, former| president of the Board of Education, is secretary. An investigation of the bureau to fleterming whether - its business is' ethical was proposed at a speclal ‘mecting of “the - mational'{ executive committee last week, but action was deferrcd. Mr. Edwards' Statement. A\?-.\ 111 l\gl PN PN AR i | The Security Sayings and Commercial q]Bank—tbo largest savings bank in Wash- . ington—a monument to the thrift and Economy of the people of Washington. | | I WE SOLD MORE "MEN’S and WOMEN’S S-H-O-E- in the last Two Days than we thought was possible--- ] Mr Edwards issued a statement today for the purpose of correcting “8RYy erroneous impressions that may be in the mind of the public about the nature of one line of business” with which he is connected. The statement reads: ] | SECURITY Am.fi,h RANK Corner of 9th and G Streets UNDER UNITED STATES TREASURY SUPERVISION' I “A few facts regarding my resigna- tlon from the board of education should in justice to me be made known, and I therefore ask that you publish them in your paper. “ have been informed that the Judges of the Supreme Court had been told that the Columbian Information Bureau, with which I am connected, clrcularized the children of Washing- ton to sell them papers with which to cheat their teachers. 1f this were true. then' my resignation was the ! | !!flii i proper thing.” I did not know that the criticism of me offered at the hearing on the District appropriation e bill was under conxldcrallon"b}‘ the Judges until I received the request to r!.ll*n. “When I explained to one of them that of the 35,000 catalogues sent out last fall the only ones sent in this ity were to the superintendent and w|the principals of high schools, and i that during all the years we have been”in business, to the best of my knowledge, we have never sold & paper to a grade or high school pupil in the city, he said that if this had been known the case would have looked different. Library Facllities. “As a matter of fact, we have no trade for school papers in any city Woodward & 1 DOWN STAIRS STORE _{ where they. have good libraries. We = | xell more papers in the average town of 5.000 people than we do in the city f New York. If these papers were ought for cheating purposes, as harged, they would go mostly to P, the large centers of population, where they have plenty of money t6 pay for ‘them. They are .bought Where the library facilities are poor. It we have 3,500,000 volumes in the library of Congress and a small town has but 1,000 volumes in its library, then we have 3.500 times as much opportun as the re - | They Came! - They Saw! They Bought Because we always HAVE what we advertise. They are really-- ‘:7~ '8 9 10 en’s and Women’s Shoes to get help from books ¢ ents of that small town. That is why we are in business, and that is why thousands of people in || 1l walks of lifc are thankful that - [ we are. “Practically all of our school trade comes from superintendents, prin- cipals and teachers of the smaller class of cities and towns, and we do not feel called upon to be their guardians. We have written but Another Glove Offering 400 Pairs Imported Saxony “Pioto” Glace Gloves Radically- Underpriced Three-button-length.(2-clasp) Pique Sedm Saxony “Pioto” Glace Gloves; an even better value than our last lot, which sold.so.quickly. The skin is soft and pliable, yet has the body and weight to insure satisfactory wear. Chain stitching on the back in two-tone effects. 5 seven eighth grade papers und they were all written on the orders of teachers in different parts of the country. “More than three-fourths of all the papers we have written are on mis- cellaneous subjécts and for peérsons who are in no way connected with schools or colleges. The work has no. relation whatever to the schools of iWashington. 4 “I write this to correct-any er- roeous impressions tit may bs in the public mind about the nature of one line of business with which I am connected. “I ~will consider the matter & closed incident.” —_— U. S. TO FIGHT DISEASE BROUGHT BY 32 CHINESE Steps have been taken by the gove ernment to prevent the spread of a new disease clonorchiasis, which has An unusually attractive and excellent quality glove at a remarkably low price. B h b ot ohe totithiie antrs Ty Colors are black, gray, brown, beaver and white. All sizes. thirty-two Chinese merchants now in California. Immigration authorities and officials of the United States public health service have taken measures to eliminate the possibility of the diseasze being spread to others in the United States by contact and Down Stairs Store, bave caused the thirty-two Chinese already infected to be isolated in California. ‘The disease, according to corre- spondence between Secretary of Labor Davis and Surgeon General Cummings, will not be “unduly prej. udicial” to the public health so long as there is strict obedience to pre- cautionary measures adopted to 1s0- late the Chinese already infected. The Chinese have been permitted tu land under -bonds of $2,000 each on condition that they remain in build- ings plumbing of which connects with sea water. Provision is also made that they be treated continu- ously. and that an inspector be dele- gated to visit them every twentye. four hours. The disease, according to the lete ter from the Labor Secretary, comes from_ _overindulgence in a certain kind of fish. Its spread is accom- plished through the medium of fresh water snails and fish that eat the infected snails, So far as the Department of Labor has learned, no cases of clonorchiasis have been reported from any port but San Francisco, the letter says. Mr. Davis suggests that it would a wise thing if the public health iReduction Sale of Women’s and Misses’ WINTER COATS 16 %19 $23 50 Velour and Bolivia Coats in several attractive styles; some with fur col- lar; others plain. All silk lined and interlined. Colors, brown and blue. These coats reduced from higher.prices to clear our stock quickly. S'Zpégial_,‘ Sfi_le - Slip-over Sweaters Special, #1.95 All-wool Slip-over Sweaters in several different styles, in- cluding plain, fancy, block, link and link and double stitches. service could arrange for inspection of orientals intending to come to this country before they leave their homes, with special reference to clonorchiasis and the prevention of the departure of persons so affected. 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