Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1922, Page 16

b v E b b e 16 R L THE EVENING STAR:_WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1922, CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION HEARS SCHOOL. PLANS West End Residents Delay Action on Capper-Focht Bills Now Before Congress. Communications from Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of the public schools, were read at a meeting of the West End Citizens’ Assoclation last night at the Concordia Lutheran Church, 20th and G streets, asking the association to indorse the Capper- Focht bills before Congress on the subject of compulsory school attend- ance, provision for free text books for the high schools and adjusted teachers’ salaries. f T A Slaw; MUTT AND JEFF—Jeff Must Slice His Ham With a Safety Razor. D —————SEEEE— Augustus Crawfish took & gun ©H, You AT and slew his neighbor, Jabez Spry; he doubtless aid it just for fun—I know no other reason why. When man has nothing sane to do the time hangs heavy on his hands, and 80 he kills a friend or two, and later in the dock’ he stands. And there Augustus took his place, and through long weary weeks was tried —it was a celgbrated case—and ex- perts rose and testified; and wit- nesses in drowsy herds blew into court to have their say, and learned attorneys, who were birds, talked hours and days and weeks away. At last the jury had a chance, and found him guilty of the crime; Augustus, then, it seemed might dance on air at some appointed time. But lo, his learned attorneys saw a misplaced comma in some writ, de- clared it was a fatal flaw, and pawed the floor and threw a fit. The jurist listened to their burst of eloquence, and took a pen, and wrote, “The Jjudgment is reversed—Augustus must be tried again.” The second trial, of snail-like speed, became a chestnutr and a bore, and then the Jury disagreed, and Crawfish must be tried once more. This Jabez Spry has long been dead, long since he closed life’s little page; his slayer yet will die in bed of ailments inci- dent to age. ¢ (Copyright.) PROGRAM FOR TRAINING OF NINE U. S. ARMY CORPS Gen. Lassiter Apportions 3,000 Of- ficers, 20,000 Men, to Each Area Coming Summer. Training of 3,000 officers and 20,000 men in each of the nine Army corps areas during the coming summer is planned by the War Department, Brig. Gen. William Lassiter informed the House military commlittee yester- ay. Outlining the plans of the War De- partment, Gen. Lassiter sald the troops would be assigned not only to the one main camp which the War Department desires to retain in each | in : corps area, but to a number of other | thought, as well as to the tradition camps. of liberty and equality for which Vir- As copies of the bills were not on hand, it was decided that the secre- tary obtain tke bills and action be taken on the matter at the next regu- lar meeting. Communications were also read from Postmaster M. O. Chanoce asking that residents of the city further co- operate in the “mail early campalgn,” and from the Public Utilities Commis- sion_announcing a hearing on street car fares on February 1, in the Dis- trict building. 3 A. G. Goodwin addressed the asso. ciation on “Thrift in the Househol stating that accuracy and the elimi- nation of waste were two of the most 146 important means. William D. Ham, a contractor, ask- ed that the association indorse the removal of the so-called “alley dwell- «rs,” saying that this could best be done by compelling one-third of the alleged 12,000 to move each year for three years. Upon a motion by Judge H. Randall Webb the matter was re- ferred to the executive committe John F. Craven, James McDonald and A. Van Sant were elected to mem- bership. Dr. William P. Herbst, pres- ddent, presided. Refreshments were served following adjournment. —_— LEADERS LAUD BRYCE. INO CUT IN FREIGHT RATES ON COAL BEFORE APRIL 1 Secretary Hoover Says Also There Is No Reason for Buyers to Hold Off for Drop. There is practically no possibility of any reduction in freight rates on coal before April 1, the opening of the new coal year, Secretary Hoover said yesterday. Therefore, Mr. Hoover added, there is no reason for the pub- lic and large users of coal to hold off buying coal in quantity, hoping for a reduction in freight rates which would bring lower prices on coal. The Commerce Secretary has had conferences within the last few days with members of the Interstate Com- merce Commission on the coal sit- uation. He was assured, he said, that there is little probability of any flat reduction in rates on coal before April, and that even if it was declded to cut the freight rates on coal sych reductions would hardly become ef- fective before the end of March. VIRGINIA LAWS CALLED UNJUST TOWARD WOMEN ) Woman’s Party Secretary Reports Statutes Are Medieval and { will be assured of at least | Discriminating. }L‘;-n;;:fl;:b:&: rger oo ; N I | o 3 The laws of Virginia, as applied to | o Toronant women, are declared “contrary in| tiled with the State | spirit to twentieth century thought, | Department against the custom of as well as to the tradition of e American officials of using and equality for which _V | transportation facilitles in stands,” in a report compiled by Mrs. | Preference to those operated by their Burnita Shelton Matthews, legal re- |own countrymen. search secretary of the National| The statement quoted as an Woman's Party and member of the|instanco of the extent to which District of Columbia and Mississippi | forelgn lines strive to secure official bars. The report is based upon a detail- | American patronage, the case of ed analysis of the 1919 edition of the [Charles L. Kagey, recently appoiuted Virginia code, the party_ announced, | American minister to Finland. and upon the acts of the Virginia as- sembly through the regular sessfon of 1920. “Virginia discriminates against her women in many respects,” sald Mrs. Matthews. “There are now on the Virginia statute books medieval laws, relics of a bygone age and contrary spirit to twentieth century ISEEK OFFICIAL PATRONAGE U. 8. Ship Lines to Grant Same Concessions as Foreign Boats. Officials of the American govern- ment who travel abroad hereafter ‘WALT MASON. Arms Conference Takes Special No- tice of His Death. The Washington conference yesterday took cognizance of the death of Vis- count Bryce, who was for a number of years the British ambassador to the United States. At a meeting of the far east com- mittee of the conference, the death of Viscount Bryce was called formal- 1y to its attention. Speeches of regret for the death of Lord Bryce and ex- toling his work as a statesman and diplomat were made by Secretary Hughes and Elihu Root of the Amer- ican delegation; by Mr. Balfour, head of the British delegation, and the French ambassador, M. Jusserand. —_— “Even before he was officially ad- vised of his appointment,” the asso- ciation declared, “agents of British and French lines called upon him and explained the advantages of their respective services. It is not ex- plained how representatives of foreign lines secured advance infor- wation of the appointmen A process invented by a Mississippi | Tise of various reservations ‘will re- | ginia stands Reports from Spain indi > said the Interstate Commerce lumberman is said to extract the sult in a transportation saving, he| Members of the woman's party are | dissatisfaction is -becomi: Commission has advised railroads and pitch, recover “the Ly-products of;said. Temporary buudings, erccted |now in Richmond campaigning for |among employes in the im public uti} urchase coal In Tosin, turpentine and “pine oil, and| dry the lumber, all in twelve houn!'] time. large enough quantitics so they will not be caught unprepared in the event of a general coal strike April 1. during the war will be utilized, and where it is necessary troops’will be | placed under canvas. dustries in that country, du to wage reductions and increase in the cost of livi the enactment of their “equal rights"” bill, which will place women on_the | same basis with men before the law. |7th&D5ts. N¥.F= The Hub Furniture Co.— The HUB'S January Clearance of Furniture The City’s Most Important Money-Saving Event LIBERAL Credit Privilege, of Course Open Every Day From 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Clearance of Buffets 4-Piece Mahogany-Finish Bedroom Suite Buffets Including 48-inch Dresser—January Price ey ued lines be- ing closed out. This elegant Suite of 4 pieces consists of a full size bed, $ 7 5 825;7’.5 BGun:rl:tm 248-inch top dresser unth plate mirror, _wmg mirror dressing 1 9' $ I 9 . 75 ta§l¢ and stylish chifforette. On Liberal Credit Terms. 2 ) $39.75 Fumed — Oak Buffet $25.75 $65.75 Quarter- ed Oak Buffet $42.75 Clearance of Dining Tables All odd tables and many floor samples in this lot. * OakTable 5-Piece Fumed Oak $ 050 $14.75 Suite, Including a 4875 dedach tered Oak ‘‘Kroehler’’ Duofold ; Use Table This ideal suite Your consistsofa $32.75 ; “ Kroehler” $54.75 Jacob Oak 48. Duofold, a Top Table ?coum table, an ar m chair, rocker and side chair. The Duo- fold and chairs are upholstered in imitation leather. Nickeloid Top White Enamel Ki:gl;en Table $4.75 . Large . Galvanized Metal Poidpond 98¢ Can, SHE WAS OALY A BIRD INA (Copyright, 1922, by . C. Fisher. Trade mark 8. . —By BUD FISHER. [WANT COPY OF CONTRACT. Senate Asks Information on Sale of Surplus Shells and Explosives. t The Secretary of War is directed iin a resolution offered by Senator Townsend and adopted yesterday to sub- mit to the Senate a copy of the con- tract recently made with the Culum-‘ bia Salvage Company of New York | for tae sale of surplus shells and ex-| plosives. | Mr. Townsend said, in offering the | resolution, that he thought Congress | ought to know the nature of the con- Cadillac prices have been reduced and there is no neces- sity for further de- lay in ordering your Cadillac. nothing better or pimples The sensitive skin of & young girl or boy! How every little disturbance — even that ertra icecream soda—has its immediate effect in the form of a erop. of pimples. But the tender skin should | respond just as quickly to a touch of tract, because of the “urgent neced” * o1 Poslam ied at bedtime i |in"road building and for other pur- | The Washington Cadillac Co. 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