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BYFEDERAL Y _ ¢ 10 > a > ?}D t. Col. cTr? v‘e’nor L. T na UITS ARMY eut. Col. Gros ownsend, HinarsEnation of Capt. Leon W.|united States infantry, at St John's Tan bach bcosted e nal Corpa. | Colleme, Annepolle M B e o | Sabo derca Clo.> Batbos’ Helgnts, lent to u with the art! en lere: 0 08 e take effect March 1, 4 ¢ fleld artillery | bon e Canal Zone, for duty. © LEAVES CAMP MEADE. Capt. Stephen H. Ackerman, Medl- at Camp Bragg, N. C. Thousands of Dollars! In becoming the possessor of Fhe AMPICO In the - hnabe its fortunate owner secures the means of hearing the actual playing of artists that cannot be heard otherwise except by the expenditure of thousapds of dollars. Take for Example the instance of a single exclusive Ampico artiss—RACHMANINOFF ‘To hear Rachmaninoff in recital lasts but a moment and leaves only memories when it is over. With the Ampico, a Rachmaninoff recital may be heard every evening—and not by one person only, t!. |Charged With Using Mails to| * Defraud Black Star Line Investors. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 17.—Charged with using the mails in a scheme to defraud investors in the stock of the Black Star Line, capitalized at $10,- 000,000, of which he Is president, Mar- cus Garvey, negro, was indicted late yesterday, by the federal grand jury. Three other officers and directors of the line were indicted with Garvey, who, as president of the Association for the Advancement of the Colored Race, has been prominently identified in movements aiming at the establish- ment of a negro republic in Africa. Complainante against the line citea n the indictment include residents of Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.; In- dianapolis, Stamford, Conn., and Brit- ish Guiana. Garvey and the other defendants, Elie Garcia, George Tobtas and Orlan- do M. Thompson, are alleged to have falsely represented to investors that the company Jntended to purchase one or more steainships and an excursion boat and to operate them at a profit. | One of the steamers which the com- | plainant declares the detendants in- formed investors they planned to take over after inspection was the Phyllis { Wheatley, to bs used in the pas- { sen®r and freight service between the United States and Africa. It is alleged no such steamship existed, The indictment also -charges that the defendants represented that the Black Star Line expected, by plans | of *a dollar drive”"to obtain an im- mense vessel to be used in carrying to Africa workmen and materials for the building up of the “great republic of Liberia” for the negro race. HAIL CONFIDENCE VOTE AS VICTORY FOR WIRTH Press Believes Position of Germany at Genoa Conference Will Be Strengthened, By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 17.—The pro- administration newspapers take the view_that the vote of confidence given the government by the reichstag is a personal _ victory for Chancellor Wirth and hope that the government { now will have more force at the Genoa conference. The situation at !home, however, is still considered subject to a crisis, particularly tl\e‘ working out of the taxation program. Bootlegger Ike Lark has t’ git shaved standin’ up. You won't skid if you stay in a rut. Our new smoke inspector re-| * ports th’ output o’ fine thick quality, but hardly so great in volume as in previous years, th’ cause o’ which he ascribes t’ th’ times. Ther are people dyin’ t'day who were never drunk before. Federal dry officers swooped down on th’ blacksmith shop t'g!ay, but it wuz only a horse gittin’ shod. (Copsright National Newspaper Service.) EPIDEMIC OF FLAPPERITIS Mothers Now Fear for Sons, Girls’ Protective League Told. NEW YORK, February 17.—Flap- peritis has reached the epldemic stage and is finding its way into the homes of the best educated and most aristocratic families, Miss Janet Rich- ards, Washington social worker, yes- terday told the Girls' Protective League, meeting in Mrs. Otto H. Kahn's 5th_avenue residence. -Well bred and educated girls, in- stead of being the personification of purity, refinement and innocence, ap- peared to be taking the initiative in cheek-to-cheek ~ dancing. midnight automobile frolics and other ‘‘carry- i e declared. Miss Richards continued, have come to such a pass First and Final Reductions of Teck” High Shoes for Men 250 pairs that up to today were $8 'N ow When spring shoes come in— winter shoes must exit. of these fine Teck Shoes will leave us tomorrow—at a loss to us, but a profit to the men who get them. The. group includes Tecks -only, calfskin only, cordovan Most $5.75 shade only—with the English toe and broad toe—all with rubber heels attached. So rarely are Teck Shoes re- duced, and so rare is their qual- ity, that we anticipate a large response and therefore suggest an early visit Saturday. Tecks—the more you stand in them, the more their quality stands out but by every member ‘of the family. Multiply this privilege by the number of Artists in the list of those who have recorded their playing for the Ampico, and consider too, the vast amount of music of allkinds that they have played—the result is amazing as to the money value of the music brought into the home through the Ampico and convincing as to the value of this instrument as an investment in enjoyment. Let us tell you more about this wonderful = invention. By all means come to hear it. Efinabe /WDarergoms, tne J.H/Williams.prea 1330 G Street N.W. ~ Wills Sainte Claire Distributors It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that we have 1.>een appointed as dis- tributor for the Wills Sainte Claire Automobile: We cofisider ourselves fortunate to have the privilege of presenting this car to the discrimi- nating public of Washington. In giving consideration to taking on another car we endeavored to make certain of securing a car which could be handled in conjunction with the Hupmobile. We will, of course, continue the sale of the Hupmobile and believe that with the combination, we will be able to furnish an auto- mobile that will meet the demands and require- ments of the average owner. We invite your inspection of the Wills Sainte Claire at our Salesroom, 2155 Champlain street. o Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. Champlain Street at Kalorama Road . (Below Eighteenth Street) for the safety of her sons.” She said The Tageblatt says: “Enough for 1 conditions “certainly are deplorable.” Genos, but the inner political situa- tion is still threatening.” The Vossische Zeitung hopes that the chancellor will be able to avoid another “dangerous situation.” Germania says: “There will be a cry about the emall majority, but the fact remains that for the first time the reichstag openly expressed its approval of the government's pol- icies.” Vorwerts says it is pleasing for Germany, in_ that a needless crisis has been avoided, encouraging to the coalition _and a rebuke to the oppo- sition. The paper thinks that the German people will be much better satisfled arid Germany more powerful at home and abroad if the reichstag quits crying “crisis,” and gets down to united hard work. 1] “thing, Y that every mother hae reason to fear ) ——— Florida—Atiantic Coast Line. Five through trains dafy. Best service. Office, 1418 H st nw._ Tel. Main 7800.—Advertisement. ia { Built Like a Cup Your l;eel sinks into a socket. It holds your foot firmly. There is no slid- IN DELORME SLAYING Police Call in Handwriting Expert to Examine Misleading Letters. Priest Is Held. ‘ By the Associated Press. DROP WOMAN THEORY ! i { | | MONTREAL, February 17.—The po- 5 5 lice theory that a woman was i1 4 mgmotlonthatproduces ived In the mysterious murder of | § Ruoul Delorme, for which his haif- | | corns, callouses and brother, the Rev. Adelard Delorme, is s : awaiting trial, was eliminated from wears holes in your hose. investigation last night. The woman in question told detectives she had {started it by publicly making a silly | § {joke about having been with Raoul | § the night he died. Police employed a handwriting ex- ipert to examine a number of letters | § which_tended to throw them off the | § scent in their search for the slayer. | § Many anonymous letters were writ- | | This.is one of the five i | unusual features of ten to newspapers and the police in | § Dr. Kahler Sh¢ connection with the case, Some, the ; § 0€s police said, were obviously the work | of “cranks.”. but they professed to' l that appea See in others a similarity that led . womar‘:p'w:l’u“:v:""‘t‘;y man or them to suspect the work of some, fi FUZRY W0 WENS & COM- person interested in checkmating ortable ; 0e vutllwuc sacri- cing style. their quest. Father Delorme will{ § DR. F. J. PIERCE have a preliminary hearing before a Foot Specialist in Attendance magistrate next Tuesday. | i ; CONSULTATION FREE i WO0OD SUGGESTS NEW PHILIPPINE METHODS | § DR. KAHLER SHOES | 8 | 13th St. N.W. Proposes to Carry Out Policies ‘Which Were Presented in + Wood-Forbes Report. MANILA, P. I, January 14 ( mail).—Gov. Gen. Wood has a nounced his intention to follow the near future the policy outlined in. the report of the Wood-Forbes mission, as the basis of administra- tion of the Philippine government. The chief executive, through cir- cular letters to all department secre- taries, states that while certain ex- cellent principles ‘and policies have been followed successfully in the past, there are at the same time evils that have grown up. Which need to be remedied. In this connection, Gov. Wood says he intends to prepare a government program that will make possible the realization, for the next four years at least, of the policy which the Wood-Forbes mission’s report ad- || yocated, and the secretaries of de- partments and all their subordinates | 2re urged to co-operate in making changes and adjustments. Each secretary of department is instructed to submit to the governor general a program of activities of hi department in line with the su; gestions and recommendations con- tained in the report of the missions, %o this end the chief executive | Bas iseued to the secretaries a memo- randum prepared by members of the mission which suggests some of the ! | subjects which should be considered and @ definite method .of dealing ‘with the problem. i —_— Do You, Want a Chauffeur? A Star Classified Ad will bring you many ap- plicants from which to make your choice. If you will write into the “ad” just what you will require in the way of service — experience; | type of car; wages paid _—you will get response from those capable of qualifying. Better one insertion of ‘the full de- tails than several inser- tions telling only par- tially what you are seek- ing. 3 “Around the corner” is | a Star Branch Office | Tarned Back by U. 8. BUDAPEST, January 28.—The fate of Hungarian immigrants who are| Peing turned back at Ellis, Island be- i cause they exceed the quota of a missions permitted by the American government is giving \great concern to the immigrants’ relatives and to} Hungarian newspaper pub- B lishea in the United States, describ- | ing the despaif and sufferings of i|j these unfortunates, are being repro- ||| duced locally. Newspaper editorials garian government to Complete fist of the 57 Branches ¢ and Classified Rates on page 33 of today’s *(Reg. Trade mark.) THE AVENUE AT NINTH ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE P-B STORE The Final Reduction in The Boys’ Shop s Off On our entire stock of fancy Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws Including a small group of blue serge suits, which have also been reduced V3. All styles and sizes are covered: From 2% to 10 years in juvenile suits and overcoats, and from 7 to 18 years in boys’ suits and overcoats. Several Examples of Clearance Savings $13.50 suits or overcoats now $9.00 $15.00 suits or overcoats-now $10.00 $18.00 suits or overcoats now $12.00 $25.00 suits or overcoats now $16.66 $7.50 juvenile suits. now..... $5.00 $10.00 juvenile suits now..... $6.66 $12.50 juvenile suits now..... $8.34 To Boy Scouts National Head- g:arters of the Boy outs of America has just appointed us ene of their offi- cial* agents to sup- ply Boy Scouts of ‘Washington and vi- cinity with complete Boy Scout uniforms and accessories. New and complete stocks have just arrived and await your se- lection. We shall be glad to co-ong(a"tegin every way with Bo; Scouts a}t'ld Scout! masters in the inter- est of their splendid organization. « Juvenile Suit reductions cover our entire stock and include blue serges and all fancy fabrics. Mothers waiting for the “last thing” in sales will do well to bring Sonny here tomorrow either to outfit him for next spring or for next fall and winter. " Prices have been cut to the bone. The final reductions are hete. Bs