Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1922, Page 3

-~ 1 THE EVENING STAR,- WASH]:NGTO.N.' “DIC ) “"SATURDAY, MAY -20, 1922 r-— HUGE CELEBRATION. LY 4PROPOSED Central Association Invites - Co-Operation of All Civic Bodies on Capitol Plaza. Members of the Central Citizens' Association last night launched a movement to secure the co-operation of all civic and patriotic organiza- tions in the city in planning a great Fourth of July celebration on the Capital plaza, east front, for this} yea | In accordance with resolutions in- | troduced v resident Thomas J. | Donovan. necessary ccmimittees and | assistants will be appointed by the ! association “to carry out in a trul dignified and patriotic spirit thi evidence of fealty and support to the | properly constituted officers of the ®overnment, and to do the necessary | things that will redound to the credit ©f the citizens of the city.” Substance of Resolutions. The resolution pointed out that “it is fitting and proper that the Na- tional Capital should at all times and on all proper occasions, manifest to the country at large, and particular- ]v to the Congress of the United States, that there is a patriotic s among the second to Plans contemplate asking Presi- dent Harding to make an address in connection with an historical pa- Reant participated in bv representa- | tives of the various local and nation- | al_patriotic societies. The association also reiterated “demands for the right of franchise its in the selection of all officers that are 1dcal in their administration, under proper qualifying laws to be made by the Congress.” Deplore “Daylight-Saving” Chaos. Resolutions deploring the *condi- tion of chaos rampant throughout the city,” due to confusion over day- light saving as now in practice, and urging that clocks be advanced one Trour in order to eliminate this con- dition, were adopted. The associa- tion went on record against daylight * saving in any form, however, if it ‘became necessary to pass legislation to accomplish it. : EDISON ASKED TO GIVE MUSCLE SHOALS VIEW yInvited to Appear Before Senate | Committee After Urging Ford | Offer Be Accepted. Thomas A. Edison has been invited {to appear before the Senate agricul- | ture committee at an early date by! Senator Norris, Nebraska. chairman.| The invitation to Mr. Edison followed | his recommendations. made informaily o several members of that body. that the government accept Henry Ford's offer_for development of the govern- ment’'s nitrate and power projects at, Muscle_Shoals, Ala | Mr. Edison's interest and personal | knowledge of the project as well as his desire for its development at- tracted the committee’s attention when he recently visited the Shoals district_in company with Mr. Ford. Mr. Edison, meeting members of the farm “bloc” recently. outlined his ideas as to what should be done to aid in obtaining additional credits for farmers. He has taken a keen inter- est in this matter. Under his plan the government would build ware- houses in various parts of the coun- try to which the farmers could bring their produce and obtain loans on it up to 50 per cent of its value. —_— ORDERED TO CAMP MEADE. Capt. John B. Wise, jr., cavalry. at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.. has been ordered to Camp Meade, Md., for tem- porary duty in connection with sum- mer training camps. SPECIAL NOTICES. ! i I [ trom 1f th’ three-fer-a-quarter cigar is any barometer, we hain’t even started back t’ normalcy. We don’t believe it gets a con- gressman anything t' send a package o’ watermelon seeds t’a teller that lives in a flat, (Copyright National Newspaber Service.) GEISFVEVEARS | ON DRUG CHARGE $2,000 Fine Also in Sentence Appealed by Samuel DeSante. Five years in the penitentiary and a fine of $2,000 was the penalty im- posed today by Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 on Samuel De- Sarte, twenty-three vears old, recent- I¥ convicted of violating the Har- rison anti-narcotic act. Counsal for the accused noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals. DeSante was arrested at Union sta- tion November 17 last as he alighted a train. The police said they found two pounds of cocaine in bulk #nd 308 packages of one gram each in a grip carried by the accused. The dope is said to be worth $10,000. Benjamin Powell, colored, was given a term of four yvears in the peniten- tiary. He recently was convicted of a sale of dope to an internal revenue inspector. A sentence of two years was imposed on Joseph K., Closson, colored. following his conviction of violation of the anti-narcotic law. | Elliott W. Shreve, found in posses- | sion of narcotics, was sentenced to | serve three years in the penitentiary. but placed on probation for that period. Louis B. Kelly, convicted of sending obscene matter through the mails, wus given a term of three years in the penitentiary. On his promise to stop writing such objectiomable mat- ter the chief justice placed him on probation. Others sentenced . were Willlam | James, housebreaking, three vears,: and Raymond Rollins, larceny, one vear. TRANSFER CAPT. McCASKEY. Capt. Edward W. McCaskey, Jr., Infantry, at Fort Benning, Ga., has been assigned to the 64th Infantry, at | Fort Washington, Md SPECIAL NOTICES. I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any other than myself. T. %. GORDON, 318 3rd st. s.w. LONG-DISTANCE MOVING VAN—BRINGI) Joad_household furniture from New York City gton desires return load household preferred to New York City or vi cinity; terms reasonable. Address Box Star office. THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF NINB, TRUS tees of The Americxn Fire Insurance Company of D. C. will be held at the office of the com- . 511 7th st. n.w., on Thursdas Polls open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Signed) H. H. BERGMAN, Secretary. MT. VERNON COUNCIL. NO. 10, Jr. 0. U. A. M., has organized a base ball feam, whic will join the Junior Order League. An jation for equipment has been mads. Sicmwrs who are DAl players_communicate with F. L. BARKLEY, 506 B st. s.e. Phone Lineoln 8122.J. i ROTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPE- clal meeting of the shareholders of the Riggs Natlonal Bank of Washington, D. C.. will be | ' held on Jure 8, 1922, 3:30 o'clock p.m.. for | the purpose of ‘voting on a resolution ratifying | | | June and confirming the action of the board of di- rectors of the Rig; onal Bank in_enter- ing into an agreement with the board of direc- tors of the Hamilton National Bank of Wash- ington, providing for a consolidation of those two associations under the charter and title of ““The Riggs_National Bank of Washington, D.C ROBERT V. FLEMING. Cashler. NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPE- cial meeting of the shareholders of The Ham- flten National Bank of Washington will be | held oo June 8, 1922, at 2:30 y.m., for the | purpose of voting o resolution ratifying | and confirming the action of the board of direc- fors of the Hamilton National Bank in enter- ing 1nto_an agreement with the board of direc- tors of The Riggs National Bank of Washing. ten, D. C., providing for a consolidation of those two associations under the charter and title of “The Riggs National Bank af Wash- ington. D. C." 5 HILLEARY G. HOSKINSON, Cashier. XNO. 12194, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OF- fies of Comptroller of the Cm We ton, D. C., May 5, 1922.—Whereas, by sa ctory evidence presented to the undersi ed, it bas_been made to appear that Hamilton National Bank of Washington,” the City of Washington, in the District of Co- Tumbla, has complied with all the' provisions of the ‘Statutes of the United States, required 1o be complled with hefore an association shall be suthorized to commence the business of banking. Now, therefore, I, D. R. Crissinger, Comptroller of ‘the Currency, do_hereby certify that *The Hamilton National Bank of Wash- in_the City of Washington, In the triet of Columbia, is authorized to commence the business of ban! s provided In_section fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 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NEW YORK, May 20.—A gigantic post office hold-up, surpassing in spec- tacularity and daring any of the re- cent registered mail thefts of the ‘million-dbllar-and-up class, would have been perpetrated at the city hall post office today but for the keen work of a post office inspector who grew a bad man's beard, consorted with the plotters and uncovered their scheme. This was the statement of Post Office Inspector Doran, in making public the details of the arrest of seven men, six of them present or past post office employes. He asserted that their capture would clear up the registered mail theft of July 18, when $1.477,000 in liberty bonds bound for Washington were~ stolen from the mails; would aid in solving a here- tofore undisclosed theft of $40.000 in securities addressed to Watertown, N. Y., and mizht go far toward clear- ing up the $2,000,000 mail truck hold- up in lower Broadway last October. Plans had becn laid—and were to have been carried out in broad day light—for the hold-up and robbery of the entire registered mail section of the city hall station, through which millions in securities flow daily from the Wall street financial zone, In- spector Doran said. Orders had been issued tc shqot any employe who re- sisted. Scared Off by Inspectors. The plotters had visited the city hall station several times, made a careful survey of the “layout” and planned their rald in great detall. Indeed, In- spector Doran said, they had gone to the station several weeks ago, ready to “pull” the hold-up. but had been deterred by the accfdental presence of several inspectors, which led them to fear their plot had been discov- ered. It was the imminence of the new date set for the hold-up that sent police and post office inspectors on a round-up campaign last night. The name of the inspector who un- covered the pict with his bad man beard and his plausible manner was withheld. He was one of sixteen in- spectors, it was said. who have been working their way for weeks into the confidence of the accused men— posing as boastful fellow mail bandits. The bearded man, it was said, suc- ceeded In getting himself “counted in” on the proposed city hall sta- tion hold-up, and talked it over in{ detail with the others in his sup- posed “den,” which he had wired with telephonic 'devices. The seven cap- tives taken last night were con- fronted with transcripts of the tele- phonic record early today in the pres- ence of the bearded inspectog and some of them are alleged to' have confessed. Boasting Feats Recorded. Much data on their earlier opera- | tions already had been gathered— and recorded by the telephonic de- vice—at boasting fests set in. mo- tion by the thrilling stories of mail banditry reeled off by the “bearded gent,” as his robber friends called him. | So ‘completely were the mail robbers | taken in by their new-found “pal” that Inspector Doran said today he could recount almost every step taken in_the July 18 liberty bond theft The chief actor in this theft. he said,” was Morris Steinberg, a nine: teen-year-old clerk in the registry department. Steinberg. according to the inspector. had some means. as yet' undiscovered. of ascertaining when valuable packages were to come to the post office from the Federal Reserve Bank. H He knew 4n advance of the big shipment of liberty bonds, which was made on July 18, and laid the pouch | aside when it was delivered. A few minutes later, it is alleged, he took the pouch to a small closct on the third floor, where Edward Fogel. a confederate, had been hiding for several hours. Tossing the pouch into | the closet, he strolled nonchalantly, back to this post, leaving Fogel to rip it open, extract the package of bonds and slip quietly out of the building. Takes East Side Room. Steinberg was suspected at the time, but care was taken to make him think he was not, and a short time later oc- casion was found to drop him from the service for a minor infraction of the rules. The inspectors continued to wateh him and four months ago the “bearded gent” managed to scrape an acquaintance at the confectionery store he and Fogel had opened. Taking a room in the lower East Side as his “hang out,” the insugctor installed a speech-recording _instru- ment and invited them to visit him. It was not long until he had met the other five men alleged to be members of the gang, and was swapping stories with them about their mail-robbing exploits—while fellow inspectors re- corded the conversations in an ad- joining room. Finally the gangsters let the “bearded gent” in on the city hall station plot—and the swoop came. Arraigned before United States Com- missioner Hitchcock yvesterday after- noon, the seven prisoners were held in bail ranging from $5,000 to $25.000 each. Steinberg, Fogel. Abraham Goldsmith and Gustav Galles were held in $25,000: Irving Weinstein in $15,000 and Gustav Feldman and Harry Shapiro in $5,000 each. BARTLETT INVESTIGATES. i i i Leaves for New York, Followed by Glover, to Take Personal Charge. Acting Postmaster General Bartlett left Washington today for New York city, closely followed by Third Assistant Postmaster General Glover, to take personal charge of the situation un- covered at the New York post office by the arrests of postal employes t night. “It may mean a thorough reorgan- ization of the New York city post office, with the thought in mind of eliminating entirely from the service any employes who are found con- nected in any way with this band of crooks and yeggmen who have been operating principally through _the registered division of the New York office,” Mr. Glover stated. [ Decision of the officials to to New York at once was reached fol- lowing personal recital of the state of affairs there by William E. Coch- rane, postal inspector in charge at New York, and James J. Doran, in- spector, the two who engineered the sensational arrests which fofled an- other gigantic plot to rob the mails. The Post'Office Department is thor- oughly aroused to the seriousness of the situation, it was stated, and dras- tic steps will be taken to remedy con- ditions which might again permit of s0 bold an attempt at robbery. It was announced that the Treasury Department is highly pleased over the clearing up of the case which in- volved the loss of $1,300,000 worth of canceled liberty bonds, which were forwarded by the Federal Reserve Bank in New York to the Secretary of the Treasury here. After finding the bonds were canceled, the thieves burned them. Mr. Glover took part in questioning all the prisoners at New York, and heard their confessions, he announced today. When Acting Postmaster Gen- eral Bartlett heard the details this morning he decided that the revel. tions were of such importance th: he should go to New York immediate- 1y. leaving on the 11 o'clock train. Last October, after the robbery of million and a half dgllars on LeoA- ard street, New York cfty, the depart- ment instituted a very thorough in- ‘'vestigation of conditions in the New York oity post office, and many safe- guards were thrown around the hand. ling of valuable registered mail and changes made in various divisioas DISTRICT DAYLIGHT PLAN LOSES 2 TO 1 IN LETTERS SENT TO STAR Termed All Way From Cruel to Senseless tol Model for Nation—Only One Urges dhanging Clock. Washington's daylight saving ex- periment has evoked letters both of protest and commendation from. r idents writing The Star, with those who vigorously object to the plan outnumbering its defenders in the proportion of more than two to ‘one. Only one favors moving the clocks ahead an hour. Opinions vary, from C. E. Casassa, 3218 14th street, who brands the plan as “cruel and sense- less,” to William E. Knorr, 920 F street northeast, who says “there is a good deal of selfishness among the people who ordinarily start to work at 9 o'clock.” Mr. Knorr defends the present plan, proposing to “let other cities take note of how we do things in Washington, and maybe we will have correct time once more all over the country.” “One of Them" suggests that a coupon vote be printed for a week in order that the vote might be submit- ted “to President Harding as a vigor- ous and eapnest protest against the so-called daylight saving plan, which inconveniences everybody, occasions a needless loss of rest and sleep, un- fitting us for the duties of the day, disorganizes everything and is with- out benefit to any one.” An unsigned communication com- plains that in this new arrangement of getting up before day and pre- paring a meal before departing for our government office the efficiency of the government clerk is impaired about 50 per cent. “I, as one, vouch,” the writer says, “for the fact that all morhing the force 18 about half asleep, particularly those who have to cook a meal before coming to office. Would Rather Pay for Light. “Would is not be possible” the correspondent says, “after a month’s trial to find what is saved upon the lighting of the city, then tax every clerk under government a certain per cent in order that they may pay for the extra cost?’ C. E. Casassa objects, causes more work in my estabiish- ment, which was hard enough,” and protests against the 8 o'clock hour for schools, explaining that he feels that to compel children “to report at 8 am. is as cruel and senseless as this daylight saving.” “One of Many Sufferers,” declares that “should the new ruling continue there will surely be a let-down in energy and health of the government clerk.” The writer is one side of an argument between two correspond- ents, unknown to each other over the report in The Star that the first day “worked smoothly.” He declares the article was “misleading, as you made no allusion to the hardship of losing an hour's needed rest or the effort to get breakfast at 6:30 am.” Praise for Star's Report. William E. Knorr, defends The Star report “as vigorously reliable newspaper is a valuable asset to a community,” he says, ‘and the more i there are of the other kind the great- er 1s the value of the reliable paper. I refer to an instance in which The Star shows quality characteristic of news- papers of the foremost rank among decent journalism. * * * “The in- Stance referred to is the much dis- cussed daylight savings., which The Star feared would cause confusion without the clocks being shoved and yet in its issue of May 15 BIG STEAM STILL IN CAVE AND 3 ATTENDANTS SEIZED Raid Near Croome, Md., Said to Have Cut Source of Supply of District’s Hooch. A 500-gallon steam still. 5.000 gal- lons of corn mash, three prisoners and a large amount of alleged ' corn whisky were the net results of a raid by genecral prohibition officers near Croome, Md.. six miles outside of Marlboro, Md.. last night. The still was hidden in a cave sur- rounded by a small woodland. The agents in capturing the still were forced to resort to pistols, and al- though firing ensued there were no injurics. Four men were at the site, but one escaped. The three arrested were John Quinn, white. forty-five years old; William Johnson, colored. and a third colored man, who refused to give his name. All were taken to Baltimore. Revenue Agent Fowler headed the raiding party and was assisted by Agents Ruby, Green, Stafford, Carr and Elliot. The capture of the still is believed by prohibition enforcement experts to have destroyed a source of supply of a large amount of Wash- ington's retail corn liquor trade. APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. Postal Clerk Asks Strict Observance of Eight-Hour Day. President Harding's assistance in obtaining, yesterday by Thomas A. Flaherty, sec- retary of the National Federation of P. O. Clerks, when he called at the White House. He declared that many clerks in the larger post offices, in- cluding New York and Chicago, are|, working ten hours daily. “We want to strengthen the President’s position in his commendable efforts to obtain a shorter work day for workers in the steel industry,” Mr. Flaherty ex- plained, “but it is obvious that the government must apply this principle in its largest civil establishment be- fore it cap consistently urge its adop- tion by the steel manufacturer: MARINE CORPS ORDERS. t. August B. Hale, at Yorktown, \'C.”han een ordered to_Quantico, Va, and Capt. Ernest L. Russell, at Quantico, has been ordered to York- ‘°%apt. Willlam Mills, Quantico, has been ordered_to Cavite, P. T. Capt._George I Siockes, at’San i ., to L DieE: Thevi. Samuel F. V. Birthright, this city to Quantico. ot Newton Best, from San Fran- i ity. O iord Tieat, William L. MeKittrick, from Pari- Island, S. C., to Quantico. "Qecond Lieut. Donald Kevhoe, from Guam, to San_ Francisco. The Recommended Feature —of the Recommended Service Column in the Classified Section of The Star should appeal to those who demand careful work- manship. - The ;advertisers in this,column have been recommended to The Star as reliable, and.they guar-- antee satisfactory service to Star readers. Patronize these adver- tisers and you can feel that your repairing will be properly done. the proper observance of | the postal eight-hour law was sought{ stated that the plan worked smooth- o Declaring there is selfishness among persons who ordinarily start to work t 9 o'clock, Mr. Knorr says. “An hour arlier makes little difference to them, but how about the man who has to be at work at 6 o'clock merely because the 9-o'clock man wants to 80 to work at 8, when the latter may accomplish his purpose without this unnecessary hardship to the 7-o'clock workers, to say nothing of the silly notion involved in ghoving the time- Dpieces out of gear?” Objecting to the early hour, M. H. G. says: “Of course it works smooth- ly, because those who are doing the real world's work do it that way. But have we any way of computing the physical and nervous energy re- quired "to accomplish it—‘is the game worth the candle’? Why have nine- tenths of the households of Washing- ton and vicinity been thrown into such confusion? It seems to be for no better reason than to please a few business men who have no time card for their office hours, but want their work done earlier; that they may get into their autos and be whisked away to base ball, golf or whatever pleas- ure they are pursuing.” Defense of the pres program from C. S. Hill says that “if the bu: ness people and a few of the gov- ernment employes want more time in the cvenings to play golf and other games, ‘let them do as they are doing now, start at 8 o'clock.” He sincerely hopes, however, “that President Harding will not consider moving up the clocks,” as those who already are rising early as 3 o'clock would be put batk to 2 o'clock. The present planghe says, without moving the clock, is “for the comfort, I am sure, of a great majority of your readers, If they had a chance to ex- press their preferenc Daylight saving “is favored by a large majority of the people.” in the opinion of H. A. Whiton, 218 Seaton place northeast. “Most of the cities of the east are observing daylight saving, and have been for several years, 8o that the idea is not a new one.” he says. “The main idea,” Mr. Whiton explains, “is to make use of more hours of daylight and afford moze opportunity for every one to be out in the open, whether at work or play, and thus make for a more healthful community. . “Your latest suggestion that start- ing work In the departments at § o'clock may lead to a permanent lengthening of the hours of govern- ment clerks is beside the question Congress has the power to increase the clerk's hours of labor and the time will probably come when such action will be taken, but what the government employe needs most is an intelligent classification and such an adjustment of pay as will cnable the man with a family to support them without the necessity of seek- ing additional outside employment, as he is now forced tv do. “But whether he works seven hours or cight. an extra hour of davlight in Ithe summer will Jhe a benefit’ to the health of the government clerk if wisely employed. “I believe we should all be more charitable in our attitude toward | daylight saving and support any | plan, whether it be by law or com- | mon’ consent, that is desired by the | greatest number.” | OFF FOR SHAD BAKE WITH WEATHER PERFECT 500 Members of Board of Trade Embark for Chesapeake Beach Rendezvous. { Perfect weather, 100 per cent at- tendance and prospects of a gala af- fair greeted the more than 500 mem- bers of the Washington Board of Trade. who embarked today for the twenty-eighth annual shadbake of the | organization. held at the old ‘ren-| dezvous.” Chesapeake Beach. Friendships were renewed and new | ones formed as the great gathering | of business men of the city and their | guests. among them members of Con- | &ress and men high in the official and | diplomatic life of the capital, boarded | the special trains for the beach re- | sort. i Among_the entertainment features | being offered this vear are airplane rides. radjo concerts during the din- ner. athletic events galore, vaudeville, base ball and music by the Boy Scouts Band, which scored a success last year with its snappy music. CHANGES IN COMMANDERS. Capt. David C. Hanrahan, super- visor of New York harbor. has been assigned to the command of _the cruiser Galveston, relieving Capt. Clarence S. Kempff, who is trans. ferred to the Naval War Copllege, at Newport, R. 1. Capt. Harry L. Brinser of the bu- reau of naval operations. Navy De- partment, has been assigned to the command of the U. S. S. Rigel and Capt. Stafford R. H. Doyle, command- ing the naval air station at Hamp- ton Roads, Va.. has been assigned to the command of the U. S. S. Langley. PLANT ROSES Fine, hardy specimens monthly Blooming Rose Bushes, attrac- tively priced. BLACKISTONE’S 1401 H Street X &4 THE SHINGLE THAT NEVER CURLA. BEAUTIFUL—DURABLS. ECONOMICAL. Send for Folder. ASBESTOS COVERING COMPANY, 916-918 D St. N. Phone M. 4470. Washizgton, D. 2. Hupmobile Hupmobile engineer- ing is. not only sound and ‘sane, but the con- struction of the car is so rugged and thorough that its uncommon qual- ities are bound to en-. dure. RIS TN SR * Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. Champlain St. at Kalorama Rd. (Below 18tk St.) | stationed in this city, has been or-! ORDERS WARRANT FOR LUNCHROOMS Dr. - Fowler in Inspection Finds Six Selling SKimmed Milk to Customers. Determined to protect the public against thin milk in lunchrooms, Health Officer Fowler has directed Chief Food Inspector R. R. Ashworth to prosecute six proprietors, who, the bealth department clalms, were sell- ing skimmed milk. Dr. Fowler believes the trouble fs due largely to a failure of employes to keep the milk in large containers well mixed. If the milk can is not stirred, Dr. Fowler said, the first glass will get the cream and the remainder of the can will be like skimmed milk. The health officer said one dealer, who was called to his office yesterday, frankly admitted that when the bot- tles of milk reach his place the cream is poured off into a pitcher. The dealer added, according to the health officer, that he instructed his employes to put some of the cream back into the glasses when they serve a glass of milk, The prosecutions will be based on samples of milk taken from the six *stablishments in question by in- pectors from the health office. Aside from his efforts to keep up| the standard of milk, Dr. Fowler, through Inspector Ashworth, in con- ducting a drive for cleaniiness in eating places. Inspectors are making a tour of all lunchrooms to see that the kitchens are in sanitary condition and securely screened against flies. CRITIC OF PEW PRACTICE. Buffalo Resident Surprised in D. C. When Asked to Wait. To the Editor of The Star: We do_these things better in Buf- falo. N. Y. On a recent Sunday in St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church of Washington I was told to remain standing until the pew hold- ers were in their seats. In Trinity Church, Buffalo, Rev. Cameron J. Davis, rector, all seats are free, and the passing stranger, no less than the résident Buffalonian, may go where he listeth. If timid about availing himself of this permission e will be seated promptly by an _attentive usher. In a city 5o otherwise hos. pitable as is Washington it is a great surprise to find oneself “held up,” as it were, in church. JANE MEAD WELCH. SENT TO NAVAL HOSPITAL. Capt. Hutch I. Cone of the Navy,| i i CITY'CLUB “STAG NIGHT” DRAWS CROWD OF 600 Nick Altrock’s Ferocious Bout Wjth Himself Notable Feature of Program. Nearly 600 members of the City Club crowded the club's auditorium last evening for the last “stag night” of the season. In the audlence was & large quota of members of the Home Defense League, who adjourn- ed their own meeting to be present suests. The program was “‘night off” af- air for business and professional men, running the gamut from an ex- hibition of jfu-jitsu and self-defense by Joe Grant and Billy Murray to an uproarious comedy act by Nick Alt- rock. Nick showed his versatility by not only boxing three_ferocious rounds with himself, but afso wres ling a lively match with the same o ponent and winding up with a gr: 3 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE PARK Finished and under construction. Central and side | halls. Four and bedrooms. Two and three baths. { Heated garages. Lots 50x115. Exhibit 32nd and Connecticut Avenue, 2800 For automobile to MIDDAUGH & SHANNON, Differently Designed Detached Brick Homes Cathedral avenue (Woodley road). WOODLEY PARK. Now is the time to inspect materials and workmanship. Four bedrooms, attic, chauffeur’s room, three baths, brick garages- lot 24x120. Large front and rear porches. Main 6935. Tenth Floor, Woodward Building, 15th and H. Members Real Estate Board Authorized to Sell ful Grecian dance and a few humor- ous stori. Two wrestling matches, one a catch- catch-can between Grant and Mur- Tay, and four fast sparring exhibi- tions by boxers from Fort Mye: completed the athletic section of the program. Fletcher and Pasquale, in & musical number; the San Diego Trio, in Argentine ¢ancing, contor- tionistics and tumbling, and Mme, Bazarova, a clever impersonator, raade up the vaudeville program. George Miller, chairman of the stag night section of the entertainment committee, was master of ceremonies, aided by’ J. A. Keliher, Harry S. Evans, Howard W. Cutler, A. Jullan Brylawski and Oscar A. Thorup, the other members of the committee. MAIL FLYER HURT. GRASS VALLEY, Calif, May 20.— Pilot Harry V. Huckings of the air malil service was hurt and his plane was wrecked last night, when, lost In a heavy fog. he drove in Blue Rock |@ cliff six miles north of here and more than sixty miles off his regular | course, between Reno and San Fran- cil Since 18%9. NO PLACE LIKE NO HOME LIKE HOME OURS in Open to 8 p.m. Block, under construction. see our homes, call INCORPORATED, OWNER, Houses dered to the Naval Hospital, foot of 24th street, for treatment. MAY RETIRE OFFICER. Warrant Officer Frank G. J. Mur- ray, at Walter Reed General Hospital, | this city, has been ordered to amination for possible retirement. ‘ observer. Take any ¥ 1207 Conn. WANTED to Sell $10,000.00 and Up Randall H. Hagner & Co. Ave. N.W. Franklin 4366-67-68 - In- the Last Analysis, Sales Tell the Whole Story of the Real Value of Homes With But a Minimum of Advertising 9 OF THE NEW HOMES IN THE - SHANNON & LUCHS INTOWN SUBURB Have Been Sold in Less Than Two Weeks It is here in the “intown suburb” that we have built and sold over one hundred and twenty homes. all of which were sold before completion, and the reasons for this success are very evident even to the casual An intown suburb affording all the pleasures of Suburban Life BUT WITH ALL THE CITY COM- FORTS. Just far enough out for the family and near enough in for the Business Man. Two of Washington’s finest schools right in the suburb, children don’t have to cross heavy traffic streets. It must be remembered also that our position is unique we are building on such a large scale as to practically eliminate competition, and our selling prices have been at all times lower than the market. All Completel'y Detach;d Homes At About the Price of Row Houses Prices, $12,950 and $14,250 The usual Shannon & Luchs terms of purchase are offered, and these terms'to a large exs:nt are adjusted to meet the require- ment of the purchaser, and HAVE NEVER FAILED TO PROVE SATISFACTORY. TO INSPECT AND DO IT NOW 4th Street car (the finest service in al Washington) to the corner of Jefferson Street N.W. [SHANNON & LUCHY OWNERS and -BUILDERS in that