Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1922, Page 4

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Comsult Ticket Agents Baltimore & Ohio SCHOOL DRAMATICS HANG IN BALANGE| * Commissioners to Act To- morrow on Reopening of Central Assembly Hall. The question of whether the spring dramatic presentations of the several high schools should be staged.in the Central High auditorfum will be tak- en up by the Commissioners tomorrow morning, Col. Keller stated today. The Engineer Commissioner, accom- panied by Fire Chief Watson, inspected the Central auditorium yesterday and cald today that while it is a splendld gathering place, it does not meet all the requirements of the fire regula- tions, The question of whother a steel fire curtain or an ashestos curtaln will have to be installed at Central will depend upon whether it Is finally classed as an assembly hall or a the- ater. An assembly hall needs only an asbestos curtain. At the same time it was announced t the question of whether the public school auditorjums should be reopened for the use of the pupils in view of the fact that thev have been closed to the general public will be! !decided by the board of education at | a speclal meeting at the Franklin! School tomorrow afternoon at i! The special _session was! ¢ to discuss the auditorium | question by Mrs. Howard L. Flodgkins, | acting president of the board. 1t Is understood that tbe board a'so | will draft a communication to be sent to the Commissioners asking them for specific reasons for ordering the school halis closed to the public. The letter, it was said, will further re- quest a ruling as to under what condi- tions the auditoriums may be reopen- ed to public gatherings. The hails will remain closed, school authorities aid, until the school | board orders them opened, and the Commissioners rule on their safety to the public as well as the pupils. OVER MISSING slso,ooo! Controversy Delays Iseuing War- . rant for University of Penn- sylvania Official. i By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—A con- troversy over responsibility for the loss of $190,000 alleged to have been | embezzled from the Evans Dental In- stitute of the University of Pennsyl- vania by Walter A. Unger, assistant treasurer, is delaving the issuance of a warrant for his arrest, it became known last night. Circulars describ- ing Unger and carrying an offer of $230 reward plus 5 per cent of the stolen funds recovered have been prepared by the private detective 2gency which has been engaged to lapprehend him. but the head of the agency said they could not be sent out until it fs determined who Is| offering the reward. { “I_am waiting advice from our| attorneys as to what extent we be- ! come responsible for the loss by put- | ting our names on the warrant,” former Mayor John Weaver, presi- dent of the board of trustees of the dental fund. was quoted as having said. “I expect to have a warrant issued, but can't say how soon.” H e VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL | Bourd te Decide lssue. { i resentation, the proposed agenda, and | THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THOUSANDS "HEAR THIS GIRL CHOIR'S SINGING BY WIRELESS. have a rodio receiving htly. This photograph w: Y TACTFUL PRESSURE ! SEEN IN GENOA NOTE | t Page.) 1 i chiefly responsible for Russia's pres-| ent economic disorder.” ! Text of Note. . The text of the note to the Italian ambassador follows: ‘Department of State, “Washington, March §, 1822 “Excellenc: “T have the honor to, acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note transmitting the invitation addressed | by the Italian government to thej government of the United States, to take part In an ‘economic and finan- | cial' conference to be convened at Genoa, pursuant to the resolution adopted on January 6, 1922, by the allied governments in conference at Cannes. { “I have also received your later| notes with respect to American rep- | the postponement of the date of the! conference. U. 8. Has Deep Intereat. “Since the receipt of Your excel-! lency's first note the question of American participation in the pro- posed conference has had the most| earnest attention. Iam sure that you, will realize that the government of ! the Unfted States must take a deep interest in any conference which holds | pronilse of effective measures to pro: mote the economic rehabilitation o Europe, since not oniy do we keenly | desire the return of prosperity to the | peoples_who have suffered most sc-, verely from the wastes and disloca- | tions of war, but it is also manifest| that there can be no improvement in world conditions in the absence of European recuperation. It is with! this sympathetic spirit and with the utmost reluctance to withhold its support from any appropriate- effort! to attain this object that the govern ment of the United States has exam- ined the resolution adopted at Cannes | and the suggested agenda for th conference. i “1 regret to inform your excellency that. as a result of this examination. it _has been found impossible to es- cape the conclusion that the proposed conference is not primarily an eco- nomic conference, as questions ap- pear to have beenxcluded from con- sideration without the satisfactory CONVENTION FOR VIRGINIA Measure Providing Referendum Is Passed by Legislature and Now Goes to Governor. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, March 8.—Gov. Trinkle today was expected to sign a measure providing fora referendum next November to determine whether & constitutional convention will be held in Virginia. ‘The bill adopted by the house, 73 to 4, was passed by the senats late yesterday by a vote of 30 to 6. ‘The convention, if approved by the people, would not be held before the spring of 1925. BURGLAR ALARM USED ! "FOR STORE PROTECTION Fatal Shooting of Two Thieves at Disputanta, Va., Followed by Slayer’s Exoneration. | By the Acsociated Press. | PETERSBURG. Va, March 9.—F. | B. Gwaltney, of Disputanta, Va., who fl| early yesterday shot and killed two negroes who attempted to break into his father's store and who was ex- jonerated of criminal blame by a coro- the attempted burglary was detected by a burglar alarm which he installed followIng several recemt attempts to break into the store. {POINTS “RUBBER PISTOL.” jMan Threatens to “Shoot"” tary Officer Phillips. A middle-aged man visited the courthouse yesterday and inquired for Justice McCoy, saying he wanted to give him money to be applied to the soldiers’ bonus. He landed in the office of the district attorney and' later was taken to police headquar- ters by Sanitary Officer Phillips, “I will shoot you.” the excited man cried several tlines, drawing a rubber toy pistol from his pocket and point- ing it at the sanitary officer. It was with considerable difficulty jthat the toy pistol was taken from him. The man gave his name as| Nathum L. Rothkrug, his age as fifty six years, and his address as 576 5th avenue, New York city. He satd his son, Henry RothKrug. is in the jew- elry business in New York. Rothkrug, who had only a few dol- lars in his pockets, was taken to Washingfon Asylum Hospital, and the (police will communicate with his rela- itives. The local police have asked Sauni- | the son. —— $250,000 TO GUARD MAIL. Gen. Lejeune Tells House Commit- | tse of Cost of Marines. i | The cost to the government of guard- $250,000, Maj. Gen. Lejeune. command- ing the Marine Corps, today told the House naval committee, The money was taken from the Marine Corps fund, the general explained, and wa3 used jfor transporting men from Quantico, Va., and the west coast to the stations assigned by the Post Office Depart- ment and for the upkeep of the force. Under existing conditions, Gen. Le- jeune said, there was practically no possibility of the withdrawal of the ma- rine force from Santo Domingo during the next year. —_— DETAILED TO STAFF. Lieut. Col. Chardes C. Chambers, Infantry Of Reserve Corps, at Cleveland, has been detailed as ditlonal member of the %.n&m tant orps and assigned to duty in nd traloing division, War al isia, to which reference was made in ner's jury yesterday, today declared} | Full With Arms Parley Treaties. iy the Assactated Press. jthe New York authorities to locate | ling the mails with marines has been|P’ Bas ‘declingd termination of which the chlef causes of economic disturbance, must_con- tinue to operate, but is ré&her & con- ference of a political charaeter in which the government of the United States could not helpfully participate. This government cannot be unmind- ful of the clear conviction of the American people. while desirous. as has been abundantly demonstrated. suitably to assist in the recovery of the economic life of Europe, that they should not unnecessarily become in- voived in European political ques- tions. Anxlous to Ald Russia. “It may be added, with respect to Russia, that this government, &uxious to do all in its power to promote the welfare of the Russian people, views with the most eager and friendly in- terest every step taker toward mel restoration of economic conditions. which will permit Russia to regain her productive power, - but these conditions, in the view of this gov- ernment, cannot be secured until ade- quate action is taken on the part of those chiefly responsible for Russia's present economic disorder. “It is also the view of this govern- ment—and it trusts that view Is shared by the governments who have culled the conference—that, while awaiting the establishment of the es-: sential bases of productivity in Rus- the public declaration of this gov- ernment on March 25, 1921, and with- out which this government believes {all_consideration of economic revival to be futile, nothing should be done looking to the obtaining of economic advantages in Russia which would impair the just opportunities of others, but that the resources of the Russian people should be free from ’such exploitation and that fair and equal economic_oppertunity in their interest, as well as in the interest of | !all the powers, would be preserved. |k i *While_ thic government does not| {helieve that it should participate in the proposed conference. it sincerely hopes that progress may be made in preparing the way for the eventual dlscussion and settlement of the; fundamental economic and financial {questions relating to European re- { cuperation, ress for solution. “Accept, excellehcy, the rencwed assurance of my highest considera-! tion. 1§lzned) “CHARLES E. HUGHES. “His_Excellency, Senator Vit- torio Rolandi Riccl, ambassador of ltaly.” British Belleve U. S. Has Hands LONDON, March 9.—The decision of the United States not to participate t the date of nor the plans for the| nf::cn(ercnce as far as Great Britain is concerned, it was stated officially to- d,l'yhl American refusal was no sur- prise to official circles, where the realization exists, it was said, that efforts to consummete the resuits of ! the Washington armament conference by the ratification of the various con- ference treatles are engaging the American government’s attention pri- marily at present. It is the -British | belief that the_ other nations invited to attend the Genoa meeting will be resent. | ‘While it is known that Russia desir- ) ed American representation, it is not thought likely she will risk losing her | g long-sought opportunity to re-enter the conferemce of the powers by de- clining to take part In the Genoa made in the New eur radio set in Amerien. The choir girls sang NGE SUPERSTITIONS RE TARD | great th 1y - REFUSAL WAS EXPECTED. |} in the Genoa conference will not ar-; K STR. ation and hnve been “tuning-In” on the various broadeasting stations (l:lt-xe musie, you have probably wemdered who powsensed the sweet voices you have listemed to it ork eity home of Waiter J. Garvey, who has the largest ter a minister had preached in the Gnrvey home. NATIVES® PROGRESS IN PALESTINE JAPFA. Palestine, February 13. --The British administration in Palestine is trving to stan¥p out some of the pecullur superstitions of the fellaheen (pezsants) and has appointed a committea of dis- trict governors to advise it as to the best method of attaining that purpose. : After four years of occupation the authorities are beginning to realize that superstition plays an important role in Kkeeping the peasants In ignorance. Some of the native beliefs are very interesting. One government official discovered that he had transgressed a tradition the other day when he stepped over a baby's coat as he crossed a village street. His action was noticcd by a group of womer. who halted him and told him he would have to retrace his steps or the baby would surely die. As their attitude was menac- ing, he did s0 to save himself from attack. The same of cial on another oc- trength to the French objections and fortify the French demand that ques- tions * corcerning reparations ~and treaties shall be rigidly excluded rom the purview of the conference. America’s A refusal can hardly oe without effect on the British prime minister's plans. Tt is Known that Mr. Lloyd George has built great hopes on the conference and its pected results as a political asse the coming inevitable appeal to the untry. With America taking part. for, promising a revival of European trade and extended markets for Brit- ous employmer.t situation in this country. It is recognized that with- ut the participation of America the conference will be deprived of some- thing of its importance. RUSSIA DEMANDS EQUALITY. Intends to Have Part at Genoa, But Not as Inferior. B By the Associated Press MOSCOW, March S$.—“Conditions might arise under which Russia would refuse to go to Genoa. but at present our plans for attending the conference are unchanged.” Foreign Minister Chitcherin told the Asso- ciated Press today. No intimation had been officially received regarding the reported Lioyd George-Poincare agreement to put Russia on probation, M. Chitcherin sald. In an_interview in which he ex- plained Russia’s position in the light of the Boulogne agreement, M. Chit- cherin sai “We won't consent to take a posi- tion of inferiority to others or to any conditions which will put us in that place. We want to go to Genoa as equals, conferring as equals to reach a compromise and séttle our differ- ences.” Referring to a recent French news- paper report that the soviet dele- gation was considered as only partly representing Russia and tnat other Russian elements should be invited to Genoa, the foreign minister sai “This is absolutelv in grtidn ‘We cannot tolerate the opinion that Keeping have goods. to the benefit of the seri- | casion was invited to take luach | with the moukhtar (head} of a i village. As he entered the guest | chamber he stumbled and fell | headlong on the floor. The host) | told him that his falling was sure | to bring bad luck to the village | unless he saw fit to forego the lunch. It is a common practice for girls to vieit willies (prophets’ tornbs) and lay there pieces of their gar- | ments, belleving that by so doing { they are sure to get married soon. THURSDAY, MARCH. 9, 1922. JAPANESE WOMEN SEEK PLACES ' ASDETECTIVES TO GAIN LIVELIHOOD TOKIO, January 12 (by mail).— Many progressive young Japanese women aspire to become detce- tives, says the Yamato In a recent Pesume of activities of self-sup- porting women. On-the average two dozen women apply at a cer- tain lecal detective bureau each month seeki employment as “sleuths.” The bureau points with pride to two shining exponents of the profession, Miss Yakiko Nakahara and Mjss Tsuruko Sato, th whose efforts many diffi- cult cases have been solved. The majority of empioyed are in factories, about 66,501 these womrking in Toklo. Out of 317 factories investigated by the city social bureau, in Cwenty-sight the girls were found working more than twelve hours a day. The average wage is Y. 2518 a month. About 2,000 women make a 1iv- ing teaching “nagauta,” singing to ‘Japanese music of the shamisen. These make an income of about ¥.100 a month. Bus conductors are those most noticeable to foreigners in Toklo. MYSTERY OF CAR TOKEN .RECALLS KEY INCIDENT Writer Also Describes ‘“Miracle” Which Took Place in Metropoli- tan M. E. Church. To the Pditor of The Star: Speaking of the perverseness of in- |arimate objects, I was witness to 2 | neculiar thing which seems to prove ’me statement. Recently, after . 4:45 o'clock, when the snow and sjeet had ceased falling, 1 was Intemding to take the Braokland car at 17th and I streets, and just as I came up I saw a man looking on the trodden snow and sleet- for a lost car token. He said he had it in his fingers, which wers gloved, and had felt it slip out of his grasp, and it must be on the ground@somewhere. 1 am a firm be- liever in nature and I knew it must have fallen on terra firma, and hence that it must be néar where it fell, but etimes they go without food or drink for seven days for the same | purpose. Married women children, trying to avoid divorce, g0 _to cemeteries and walk over ‘hildren's tombs in order to have Often, to be . they’ go to en times around then smash an egg in the gateway These are only & few of the odd customs ~ which are commonly practiced by the fellaheen and which the government is anxfous to destroy. who have no | we are considerea only & part | Russia. The French and British ex- | perts are reported to be preparing plans for the construction of Russia without Ruxsia's participating in the | planning. Not in the least respect can such plans influence or interfere | with us.” | —_— in \HELD ELIGIBLE TO BOARD. | ngs might have been looked | Mr. Daugherty Rules in Smoot and | Burton Cases. Attorney General Daugherty yes- |terday upheld the right of Senator |Smoot of Utah and Representative | Burton of Ohio, both republicans, to i{places cn the allied debt commission, for which they had been nominated by Preeident Harding, in a formal opin- fon to the President, forwarded to the | Senate. The Attorney General in his opinion said that the question of eligibility for the commission was “serious and of} look as we would there was no trace of the token apd we took the car and went home without finding it. Thureday eveming I purposely went to the same waiting place In order to sce If the thaw had exposed the token, and you may imagine my surprise when I met the same rgun there again and he told me that when he got home and was hanging his soft felt hat on the fack the token ‘dropped off the rim and fell on the floor. It happened that the wind was blowing while he was atanding at the car stop, and when his hat was about to bloff off he suddamly put up his hand to adjust it, and ghe token, which he was holding betwieen his fingers, had fallen on the brim of his hat and the ame having a rolled edge, the token retained its place until he reached home. Then he tcld me that last fall he and his wife came home in their touring car and, having run it into the garage, he tock the key to the back door of the house out of his { poeket and, holdimg it in his hand, they, together, proaseded up the walk to the entrance, but when they got to the door he found that he had dropped the key on the way. As there was a concrets walk, it was ap- parently only a matter of going back over the walk and picking it up, but { after both had searched and found it not they had to give it up and force an entrance into the house, and sup- posed that the key had mysteriously taken its flight forever. summer, when he had occasfon to don debatable.” but contended that the stitutional prohibition againet ap- intment of members of Congress civil offices created while they T te were in Congress should not be given “unreasonable construction. “In my judgment,” the opinion, said, “the appointment of Senator Smoot and Reyresentative Burton does not offend article I, section 6, of the Con- stitution.™ It was emphasized by the Attorney General that the com- missloners served without salary and thelr tenure of ofiice as such would be transient. SUPPLY OFFICERS SHIFTED. Officers of the Naval Supply Corps stationed in this city have been as- signed to other stations as follows: Lieut. James C. Bequette to Hampton Roads, Va.; Lieut. Chauncey R. Mur- ray to Charleston, S, val G. Patten to U. 8. Lieut. James H. Stevens to Fort lMi\'flin. Pa.; Ensign John L. H. Clar- and impracticable” holm to the U. S. 8. Parrott; Ensign Charles F. House to St. Julians creek. Va., and Ensign Russell H. Sullivan to Hampton Roads, Va. in Touch With the Capital If you want the folks formed on the vital events which are on the program in Washington this winter—history-making events— @he Foening Stad back home to be fully in- The Sunday Star ions, to those who want to happenings in the Nation’s Bat Tl Mall Gazette and Globe S Sinerica gives very disappointing support to those endeavoring to make real, constructive progress in the restoration of Europe’s economic life —a task of deeper importance than the mere activities of a souy kitchen.” In Germany the duugbo ntment is likely to be quite as keem, the im- portance attached to Amerfcan par- ticipation being shown by Dr. Rathe- nau's recent speech on the subject. Italy is believed to feel a8 does Great Britain, byt tbe French government is thoumht to be quite lukewarm about America the project, and the fact that ek Mailed to them regularly The special staff of correspondents, together with a corps of writers of international reputation, will make the current issues of The Star intensely interesting and reliably informative with their reports and e;-pert opin- keep in close touch with the Capital—and the world. . That there may be no interruption in the re- ceipt of the papers the date of expiration of subscription is stamped in the upper left-hand corner ; and the date of original subscription in the right-hand corner, of the label on the wrapper in which the paper is mailed—as shown in the picture. All the recipient of the paper has to do is W ATCH THIS DATE, cutting dut that portion of the wrapper, write on it the renewal instructions and send it'to us with remRtance. In Maryland and Virginia .... In All Other 70¢ a ihonth 85c a month I They number about 150. Others better educated gain the better positions in the company as office clerks or_inspectors. There !s alwvays a shortage of telephone girls, 5000 being re- quired by the fifteen exchanges in the city, and where girl employes have proved of great usefulness is in_the rallway offices us ficket wellers. They got up to Y. 60 sal- ary. Those employed as shop girls in big department storcs receive Y. 30, the largest department store employing as many as 590. The largest income is cornmand- ed by the hafrdressers. Those in high-class geisha quarters receive as much as Y. 1,000 monthly. and those of the poorer districts, T. 20 About 1,500 girls are employed as ushers In theaters and moving plcture shows. There are teachers, doctors, meamsiresses, nurses, professionsl musiclans graduated from the foreign music academy, journal- ists, magazine writers and paint- ers. To these may be added, in the country, the woman horse conduc- tor_and the girl who dives for shellfish. IM- Palm Beach suft. which he had winter, what was his surprise when one day, s he put his ankle over his knee and felt something hard in the cuff of his trouser, to find the lost key cecurely resting there. ‘And thet reminds me that some years ago my wife ting in the | gallery of the Metropolitan Church, in the third row of seats back. There |lady and her mon were critting di- rectly in front of my wife in the first . My wife had a dime in d. putting her hand up to her head suddenly to brush away = fly, the 10-cent piece flew out of her tand and lit in the lady's lap. The dime being light, the lady did not notice the incident, but imagine her rprise gome time later when she rved the dime lying in her lap and knew not whence it came. 8he looked to her right and lef¢ and up to the ceiling. and finally .gon- cluded that the Lord had performed another miracle, and when the collec- tion was taken she deposited the money in the box. After the meeting was over my wife heard h tell a friend about the miracle, and she no doubt believes to this day that the divine Providence, as she and her son were the only occupants of the front { seat and no one on the next seat back of her. 8. F. FIESTER. EGAN HEADS SOCIETY. Elected President of Association of Art and Letters. | Maurice F. Pga United iStates “minister to Denmark, was ;elected president of the Interna- | tional Association of Art and Letters last night at a meeting held in the n, former cers elected were: Vice presidents, Stanwood Cobb, A. King-Smith, Mr: A. S. Hamilton, Robert Goldsmith, | Miss A. A. Bristoi and Miss Diek Root. | treasurer. J. W. Hoffman: assistan treasurer, Capt. H. S. Abell; auditor, ! Victor Russell; recording secretary, i Dr. Alexander Henneman; corréspond- i ing secretary, Miss Marle C. Redfern; {assistant secretary, Mrs. M. V. Smith; { librarian, Mrs. Annie Wilder; his- ! torian, Mra. Ida D. Peters: counel, ! Dr. C."Alphonso Smith, Prof. Leonard | Wilder, Col. Samuel B. Milton, Dr. E. V. Wilcox, Dr. M. de O. Lima and Mrs. Ellen’ S. Wallis. Florence Jackson Stoddard, the founder and first president, was nomi- nated und elected to the executive!general. at the War Departm, The next|office of founder by the unanimous;been ordered to the Panama Cana vote of the association. \ pressed and lald away during; were but few in the gallery, but a1} dime came into her lap through some | clubhouse, 1715 I street. Other offi-. SAYS ROADS LOST PUBLIC GOOD WL !Member of Minnesota : Rail Board Tells of Business Cut by High Fares. Increased passenger fares have lost to the railroads 23 per cent of the passenger business they had in 1920 jand also the good will of the public, Fred 'W. Putnam of the Minnesota § Railroad Commission declared today in the final arguments in the Inter- state Commerce Commission’s inquiry into general rate levels. “The railroads eighteen ago had the good will of the e and today they have lost ft” Mr. Putnam asserted. “It is the relation- ship of the railroad users through the ticket windows and on the pas- senger trains that forms public opinion, not through the freizht de- 2 partment” months Rate of Return. Asked by the commissionn what rate of return he considered railroads ought to earn, Mr. Putnam sald that t if the commission held 6 per reasonabje it should expect railroads to earn meore than that in good timss and less than that in periods of de- pression. John S. Burchmore, counsel for the National Industrial Trafbc League. urged the commission, whatever its action might be as to rates, to issue i decigion in the case, £0 shippers would know the future. h “Freight rates are a species of tax la!d on every commodity and practi- cally every form of activity” Mr. Burchmore said. “The whole body of public opinion holds today that rates are too high and must come down The only question is whether the rail- roads are able to bear reduction. On that point there is confusion and doubt and ignorance on the part of all disinterested observers. We asked the commission, on this record, to give us a decision 4s to just what the situation is, what it can do to reduce rates, and what s cannot do—some- thing that will remove the uncer- tainty surrounding business.” Defends Present Rates. Defense of existing, rate levels. uf treight and passenger rates was bi- gun by railroads yesterday before the Interstate Commerce Commission when attorneys began oral argu- ments, which will conclude the heer- !ings which have been in progress for iseveral months. Henry Wolf Bikie {of the Penneylvania, Fred H. Wood, {general counsel of the Southern l'a- |cific, and Frank Gwathmey for the southern railroads insisted that neither on legal nor economic grounds !had the mass of testimony taken dis- closed ground for the commission to make general reductions of rates. i The railroads gave way to their op- i ponents just before the day's sessions concluded, and Fred W. Putnam of i{the Minnesota railroad commission ispeaking for all state regulators bodles associated in the hearings, en {tered on the preliminaries of an ar | gument which was continued today. |” At the same time briefs attgckin: the present rate structure of trun line roads were filed with the cor {mission by shippers and other inte: ested Individuals. | ORDERED TO CANAL ZONE. Maj. Edgar B. Colladay, adj Zone for duty. Otill Spreading! —the Vogue of the Sports Shoes 37 Here are three smart new styles, just in, tosellatonly........... ' OPEN Shoe Shop” 1318 G St. Tan Ca bega otk trim Sizes incomplete in each style. but all sizes in the lot—Friday only, at ALL OUf StOTes. .. coevdssbiasmmns Next Week Our new "City Club Beiga-Elt, brown caif trim. / S50 _Other new Sports Shoes—$5.95 and up to $12 Sports Hosiery—$1.20, $1.35, $1.95, $2.25, $3 Friday Special! WENTY styles of high-grade oxfords—sports oxfords—one, two and three strap pumps. 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