Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1922, Page 10

' T of a million dollays, “sald Postmaster Chance, commenting on- the figures, “will come back into the pockets of the people in May, 1927, representing an increase of 25 per cent on the invest- ent in five years. This is infinitely I’:DN indicative of financial sanity than ' 10 . SAVINGS TOTAL -112,225. Local Post Office Leads All Others for This District. City Postmaster Chance of this city led a’l’l post offices of the fifth federal Eyos Exanined Classes Fitted DR.CLAUDE §.SEMONES Eyesight Specialist © @radm MeCormick: Modieal College 409410 MoLao schemes T aat G Bre district “in. the government's savings |Putting a similar smount f Scicr Phase Msia TL. campaign for May by reporting Sales |, eq there is no certainty of elther prin- of Treasury savings certificates to the amount of $112,225, maturity value. ‘ashington post office snowed The W an increase of nmnearly 150 per cent over April, when the sales were 56,625, In the fifth federal reserve district there was marked improvement in the success of the savings program, as receipts for the sale of savings se- curities in May, 1921, were but $101,293, while in May, 1922, sales tothled $718,- 683, an increase of more than $600,000. “This sum of nearly three-quarters RY XAUEMAN “INCORPORATED B, i 1n S 1316 ©1324. 7% ST.NW- ~ This Great Purchase and Sale Has Attracted Real Attention = ’ Men’s and Young Men’s Wool Suits cipal or interest. H —_— THREE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. YUMA, Ariz, June 16.—Three earth- quake shocks were felt here yester- day. Many residents were aroused from sleep from the first tremble. The others followed at thirty-minute in- tervals. None of the shocks was se- vere nof of long duration_and no dam- age was done. We will your home on monthly payments THE . u. 1. scriarr Electric Co. Kresge's Bldg., 11th and G. M. 1286 $1.50 Silk HANDBAGS, 98¢ Several styles, neatly or : neat- moire silk. of leather bt HE ..EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1922. WAL STRKE VOTE AVATSBECSON Union Chiefs Hold Up Formal Actior, Pending Labor Board Announcement. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, June 16.—Rail union chiefs were considering today sere- ing fqymal notice on the Rallroad Labor Board that an overwhelming majority of the 1,225,000 shop craft and maintenance of way employes were voting in favor of a strike on July 1, and that the officers of the union would abide by the decision of the workers. The notice, In effect, would formally | communicate to the board the public statement issued here last night by the union heads, which asserted that the board, In ordering wage reduc- tions, “had so reduced llving stand- ards that the strike becomes an act of self-preservation.” The statement also blamed the attitude of railroad managers as provocative of a strike. Decision as (o the dispatch of a formal notice to the board was held up by.the union leaders. pending receipt ‘of the board’s action on fur- ther reductions affecting 350,000 sta- tion femployes, clerks, express, signal- men, stationary firemen and oflers and train dispatchers, g The union heads have been in con- ference most.of this week consider- ing questions related to the canvass of the strike vote, . With the more than 500,000 coal minets already on strike, a’ walkout by rail workers would affect a se und of the country's basic industries. No claims have yet been mude as fo the probable extent of 4 {ransport ‘out an entire factory that is going out of business md‘:,ree:;:::;“ :heoe suits on sale at a savings of from 33 to 50 per cent. You will find hundreds of suits to select from, as we have added our stock to this purchase and re-marked them accord- ingly. No charge for alterations. For Conservative Dressers For Young Men tion tie-up, but as sodn as the Amer: can Federation of Labor convention closes the rail union executives will leave for Chicago to begin on June 25 a canvass of the strike vote, which is expected to be completed by that time. The strike would not include mem- bers of the “Big Four"” transportation brotherhoods, whose members are en- gaged directly in moving trains. Before the close of the convention, the rail executives may ask the fed- eration’s indorsement of a strike by the shop craft and maintenance of way: workers, similar to the indors ment given by the federation yes terday to the miners’ strike. The attitude of the rail union lead- ers on the threatened walkout was summarized in a statement issued last night at the end of a long con- ference at which various problems confronting the railmen were dis- cussed. e — MRS. KUBITZ FREED. Jury Finds Woman Had No Part in “Jimmy Thief’s” Activities. A great assortment of tweeds, herringbones, flannels, cassi- meres and other fabrics in sport model; single and double models and body-fitting coats. Every suit is well made and up to the minute in style, fit and workmanship. Sizes 33 to 4. Included ‘are all-wool serges, pure worsteds, fine cassimeres and cheviots in the wanted colors that are tailored to give service. The assortment is tre- mendous, and there are regu- lars, shorts, stouts and slims in the lot, from 34 to 48 Severnllmndred fine suits have been put into the three groups enumerated below. - Every conceivable fabric is here, and the most exacting dresser can be pleased. Young men’s, regu- lars, stcuts, slims and shorts, in sizes 33 to 48. Group 2 ] Group 3 | Group 4 | $18 @ $21 | $24 SATURDAY WHITE SHOE SALE Special Purchase for Children, Growing Girls and Women i 622 Pairs of White Shoes—just the thing for graduation and street wear, also sport models. All made of fine quality canvas—pure white—new—spick and span. . Tennis $ 1 .58 $ 1 g Fi:“szhix;;.llfi:;d L Oxfoeds == : Vacation Women's and growing girls’ beautiful snow-white canvas i models for street, sport and vacation wear. Among the lot are cross-strap ' styles, two- Children’s and misses’ white canvas oxfords and pumps —made ‘in one- strap, two-strap and low styles. Some with plain vamps, others with tips; For All Mrs. Olive M. Kubitz, who left her reau, said Miss’Lasier, have just com- pleted a four-year course and in the great majority of cases are skilled workers in the lines for which they are applying. and alert young people, “and are ready to tackle anything in their chosen fields that may offer | chances of advancement.” government printing office, at 80 cents an hour.* In_ addition to the basic salaries named above the bonus of $20 a month will be allowed for most po- sitions the salary of which does not exceed $2,600 a year. Full informa- tion and application blanks may be obtained the office of the Civil Service Commission, 1724 F stree: northwest. — A permanent industrial conference board for the settlement of labor disputes s proposed in Paterson, N. J. In point of capital invested the power laundry business now ranks as the sixth indus: in the United State FEDERAL JOBS OPEN. Civil Service Commission to Hold Examinations. The Civil Sgrvice Commission today announced that examinations will be held to fill vacancies In the following: Junfor engineer and deck officer, United States coast and geodetic sur- vey, at $2,000 a year; gauge checker, Picatinny arsenal, Dover, N. J., at $1,800 a year; Spanish interpreter, im- migration service, at Laredo and Brownsvllle, Tex., and Calexico, Calif., for duty 4long the sexican border, at 200 a yea; ni STUDENTS SEEK JOBS. Central’ High Graduates Anxious for Mercantile Positions. Central Migh School's employment bureau, through Miss H. C. Lasier, di- rector, anonunced’ today that it has listed 'a number of the June grad- uates who are anxjous to fill positions in the business and mercantile estab- lishments of Washington. Miss Lasier said that the students who have reg- istered at the bureau can competently fill vacancies in varied lines, Students who have applied sitions through the employm CONTRACT AWARDED. Commissioners have awarded to asey of this city the contract truction of the power house at the new Gaflinger Hospital. The project involves, $104,796 and the con- tract reauires that the work be com- pleted in four months. Philipsborn.c._ s ; 11th ST. NW. ' Exceptional Values ’ bu- &“M Tomorrow—Saturday The House of Courtesy- R . Available tomorrow---Choice 3 J ) g Of several hundred ‘Wash Dresse —of effective design and re- flective of the better type of making—which will be spe- cially marked at,.......... Hand-drawn Voiles Sheer Batistes Fine Linens Imported Ginghams Plain Ratines Normandy Voiles Beautiful Organdies Checks and plaids, dotted and flounced effects—and plain col- husband to follow “Dapper Joe" Lau- zon, the “jimmy" thief recently sen- tenced to twenty years in_the peni- tentiary, has been acquitted by a jury in Criminal Division 2 of a charge of receiving jewelry stolen by Lauzon in one of a number of burglaries com- mitted by him in Washington. Lau- zon testified that the woman did not participate in any of his crimes, that she did not know for a long time that he was a crook and when she dis- covered his occupation left him. Mrs. Kubitz lived in Baltimore, and when first taRen into custody was re- leased, after an examination, but in- stead of returning to Baltimore she visited Lauzon at the jail. This led to the filing of the charge of receiv- ing stoler property. She was defend- ed by Attorneys S. McComas Hawken and J. Frank Hudson. LEAPS OFF TRAIN; HURT. Youth Temporarily Eludes Officers. John Herbert, eighteen vears old. Anacostia 1708 Good Hope road, Anacostia, re- | cently placed on parole and turned over to the board of children’s guard- ians, jumped from a train near Camp Meade Wednesday afternoon. while en route to Baltimore to be placed in St. Mary’s Industrial School. . Herbert, suffering from severe in- Jjuries to his shoulder and collarbone. was found near the camp by the mili- tary authorities yesterday afternoon and turned over to Detectives Fowler and Flaherty. He was returned to this city and taken to Washington Asylum Hospital. The young man's parole was re- voked. When he recovers from his in- Jjuries he will be taken into court and probably required to serve a year's sentence imposed upon him some time ago. e button, one-strap style, two-strap” models. Plain vamp and also tip effects. Made .with and _without some with rubber heels. English and footform shaped models. All sizes, Boys' Scout Shoes, made of good, du- Brown and White Tennis Oxfords made from 6 to 2. Just the|rubber heels. Collegiate |able stock: $1£ :('"lhpfig""d thing for graduation ex-|and military heel styles.|f¢ both men An ,‘. and boys ... ercises. Sizes from 2 to 8. sizes Values Worth Sale of Pretty Organdy Dresses $P59 YT $4.75 At $359—Special sale .of pretty Organdy Dressés. Colors—blue, maize, green, red, navy, white. Trimmed with ruffles of self color; vestee fronts or round collars. Sizes to 44. At $4.75—Another group of fresh Organdy and Voile Dresses, dotted or plain. Navy, red, purple and green. Round-lace collars or organdy vestee fronts. Sizes to 40. An Exceptional Sale of Womm and Misses’ Fine CREPE DRESSESS 8’75 Sensational bargains feature this sale of hli las: Crepe de Chine Dresses, in leading shades bf ros henna, green, gray, tan, black and navy. Sizes to 44. Prettily trimmed with rosebuds-of self mate- rials or silk embroidery; elastic walst or regula- tion model with. panel sides. Values to $15.00. Spe- clal at $8.75. g S e N ‘We Just Received This Lot of SAMPLE HATS A new lot of sample hats Long White GLOVES, 49¢ Fine mercerized finish. 12-button length; perfect and in all sizes to 8%. Full-Fashioned SILK HOSE, $1 Black, gray, nude, suede ete.; slight irregulars of there has been no oppor- $2 qualities. tunity offered this season that has more value or more charming hats th&n these at only $3.95. for dress and sport wear. [ They are. beautiful -.Leg-. horns, Canton Crepes and Satins, trimmed with flow- L4 ers, feathers and beads. No two alike; just fifty of these pretty summer hats, and Fancy Top SOCKS, 15¢ Perfect, full-fashioned Cotton Socks, pink or blue fancy tops. All L) . Big Girls’ Organdy Dresses; fresh, new models, with embroidered pock- ets or ruffle and lace.trimmed. Colors —orange, orchid, copen and rose. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Speci CORSETS, $4 pecial, number 444, in all sinon ot ‘medium and’ stout RIBBON, 25¢ A big variety of plain colors with self sttipes or fancy Dresden pat- . ] terns. Widths to No. 150. Brown and white Tennis SENATORS HEAR EXPERTS. Lewis .Meriam Completes Reclassi- fication Testimony. The special subcommittee on re- classification of government employes of the Senate appropriations com- mittee is to meet again this afternoon to consider further the Sterling- Lehlbach reclassification bill. Senator Sterling, chairman of the civil service committee, will attend the meeting and Lewis Meriam, an expert who has aided in drafting the reclassification bill, is expected to complete his testimon, £ compléte - y regarding the SAVES WOMAN'S POSITION. On the recommendation of the act- ing postmaster general, the Preei. dent has authorized tha appointment of Mrs. Gertrude W. Kidd to a cler- lcal position in the classifled service Of the government “without regard fo the requirements of the civil serv- ce rules.” Accordin, g tive order in the case, Mrs: Kiga e een serving temporarily as in the division of rural majls, bupcar of the fourth assistant postmaster general, Post Office Department, since August 12, 1918, and is the sole sup- port of a blind. crippled son and an aged father. The Post Office Depart- ment reported that her work was sat- isfactory and that it could continue to | use her-services if a civil service status was procured for her, i PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,000,000 : Surplus More Than $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. cAll.» Mrs. Kidd has | ors—elaborately trimmed or of plain tailor-finish— Dainty and Dressy Ladies’ and Misses’ sizes Very Special---Reduction of 11 the Finest Silk Sweaters On sale tomorrow—our entire collection of rich Silk Sweaters—of excellent design, and effective weave and colorings—every refined shade: every novelty color. Take your l choice at Now priced at $23.34 to $50 3 Off Making a Record Baronet Satin Skirts More of the Heeltex Hose Pure silk and every Underwear Sets g Step-in Sets, with Vests and Bloomers, in crepe de chines, radium silk, crys- tallized voile — trimmed with val, baby Irish and real filet laces, with some pair perfect—with their Heeltex features»—and made in the Pointex fac- This beautiful, lustrous Satin lends- itself most tory. 2 practically, to thel Summer featuring in the new ap- plique design. Each gar- ment— §1-95 to 55.95 Desired colors. $1-50 3 Pair Skirt—and the designers have fashioned cleverly— with slashed pockets, nar- row belts, etc. The beauty of Baronet is its durability TS WL and its laundering qualities. L%y Specfé;l ‘Values in g hite Hat A supreme effort gave us control of these dainty Hats of exclusive author- ship—at an advantage which we pass along to you. Georgette, Taffeta, Canton _ Crepe, Leghorn and Crepe de Chine brims, with ribbon crowns =~ —for sports and garden wear. - With them you'll find inc'luded‘ Hats-of distinctive types in Sand, Black and other colors. R ; ; r — LI T TN