Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1922, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,, ******************* *****************: LOSES $2,800 RINGS. yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Roberts, ‘You'll Enjoy Christmas Giving . most—if you’ll hop Early! Mail Early! Now when everything is spick and span—and the clerks before returning home. stolen. Burglars gained entrance and cash stolen. at more than $700. George R. 1b, 6th and K st northeast, Sunday night, throug side window. He stole four do; pints of whisky valued at Loss of a diamond scarfpin at $500 way reported by Lew room 508, Colorado building. was lost or stolen Saturday nish in the stores are fresh and alert—you can supply every raltre soiee ‘Woman, ‘on Shopping Tour, Re- ports They May Have Been Stolen Loss of two diamond rings valued at $2,800 was reported to the x!'l‘olh"; 1783 Massachusetts avenue. The police were told that the owner of the rings placed them in her hand- bag yesterday before leaving home on a shopping tour, and missed them She said she thought they were dropped when she took her handkerchief from her hand- bag, although it is possible they were to the home of George De Neale, 1715 De- catur street, yesterday between noon and 3 o'clock through a side window. The house was searched and jewelry The loot Is valued Tightening of the prohihition 1id be- fore the Christmas holldays will mean little to an unidentified individual who visited the drug store of Dr. item on your gift list with much more satisfaction—than a little later when assortments are picked over—and the mad rush of the last days has fatiguecl everybody. Now you can be deliberate—then you'll be pushed along by the throng —and only half do what you've planned. Consider the clerks' ccmfort as well as your oo 2 22 202X 226 2 3226 22422 20 20 own convenience—by Shopping Early and Mailing Early. 2% 3 302 20 4 3 2 2 5 3 54 3 4 2 24 26 3 24 3 2 34 2 54 2 24 20 54 2 24 2 3 4 2 224 3 2 4 2 2% D e ade tatad ****************** L.8.8.8 2680880228438 i A Gift of Enduring Pleasure You cannot send into any home anything that will carry greater happiness to every member of the family than a Columbia Grafonola But be sure it is a Grafanola—with its many features of superiority—both mechanical and musical. The simple mechanism—which doesn't get out of order; the wonderiul tone and time that are really perfect—together with the improvements of convenience. $3(-00 to 3225.00 We carry a splendid line of the various models—irom the Table machine to the elabor- ate Console type —reproductions of early periods—all are complete genuine Columbia Grafonolas. 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Six additional suits secking recovery of large sums alleged to have bren mis- spent in coustruction of the war-time Army cantonm, wer vesterday in as many cities by entatives of | the Department of Ju The six ac- | tions sought to recover $29,000,000, and | brought the total claimed by the gov ernment from war contractors to more that $50.000.000, = The projects, contractors and sums in- njvolved in the six suits are: n_ Antonio. Tex.. 00,000 Camp Tee, 1 & Dennis, bill. wnp Pike, Stewart & Co. Dodge, Des M Camp Lee Chargen. The six bills of complaint, almost | 1 in form, cre filed in the al district urts at San Antonio, ! Richmond, Detroit, Little 12 Moines a Trentor They c nd improper | urther | artment and | mplet ion of on, mment projects. | as spent on . $13.846.- | ix. Camp Knox, | 5 the high record 184 having been paid, s ar Department records, | for its construction As in the of the four initial v v_violate the confi- dence imposed in them. i Accused of Nezligence. i Che bills of complaint recite that| e dates the contra i the defendants did not in good carry out their nt did knowingly. I¥ and fraudulently 1 confl: contr; , ed, advised, per- onnived in the did_itself by and nts, servants and em- ployes. cairy on and conduct, in a gro: negligent, ineflicient and “vasteful manner, the work defendant had undertaken to perform, and by reason of said conduct and acts de- fendant not only caused great dam- age and 10ss to the plaintift » = but in addition thereto greatly de- layed and embarrassed the plaintift i]in making preparation for the war into which it had entered.” SUIT FOR $7.000,000. Government Makes Charges of Fraud Against Contractors. RICHMOND, Va. 5.— Charges of fraud. gross waste of mate- rlals and abuse of confidence reposed the government during a time of national emergency, form the basis of the governmen: it against Rinehart & Den a total of $7.00! in the United here late yesterday The bill alleges that the defendants, contractors who did the major portion of the work on C Lee, Petersburg. Va., f to comply with the spirit and tenor of the con- tract. and, taking advantage of the government's inability “to exercise the usual care and caution” in looking after Its contracts for cantonment December = “Standard of the World” Reputation based on best Cycles ever made and advertising costing millions. Builtlike ¢ Bicycls to sh “Columbia” aek oD o b o Gl Sled with Coaster Control and Baby Carrlage. CATALOG on request. STEINFELD, lsc., 116 W.32d 5t.,N.¥e ppe tite, ~relieves ' Sick Headache and Bil- fousness,corrects Constipation. AR JUNIORS-Little NRs One-third the regular dose. Made of same ingredi- [@3 eots, then candy coated. For children and adults, Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. work, built the cantonment at an ex- cessive cost to the government. Among other things, complaint, prepared under the direc- tion of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and flled here by United States Attorney Paul Kear, recites that the defendants made various mis- | representations In order to secure the contract for Camp Lee. trat the company did not make the|Alexandria, contract in good faith, that they had no exparience {n such work, that they caused the letting of additional con- tracts to other parties at heavy ex- pense to the government; caused much usel work to be done a they permitted sabot unskilled labor in the construction of the cantonment at skilled labor was to be pald under the contract. The bill seeks the recovery of $7.- The Rinehart & Dennis Compan . is a Charlottesville, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922. the blll of de to It charges pars rain. that they the cam ge and employed the scale that | klansmen. . A photographic copy of the | automobiles. contract is flled as an exhibit to the|be the host. and it is expected that era] thousand men will be in the including_the repre- |sentation from nearby Virginia and Maryland and the District of Colum- ne of march, KLAN PARADE DELAYED. Rain Forces Postponement of Alex- andria Event. Ku Klux Klan ceremonials and |Sirects. two abreast. K in | exhibited in the rank and file giving warning to the lawless. —_— CAPT. CASE DIES. Capt. W. W. Case, former president of this city, is dead In Los Angelen according to information re- He died Sun have Va. nd unnecessary | Ing Thursday night, December 14,| that | weather permitting. The parade will be the first of the foot parades to be held in the vicin- ity of the nation’s capi | to present plans of the Alexandri Heretofore, rades have been held in nearhy Vil Al last abandoned on account of the heavy | 1t was decided by officials of | | the order in Alexandria, who were' aciing as hosts. to hold the meet- | ! occasion. | will march been held night were calit., 1. according will ! brought s i Arlington_national ¢ ! Capt. Case was several pa. dria klan- will | through ceived here by friends. lay in the California city. The bod: ashen treatment tery be cremated and civil war, in which he served distinction in the Union Army. forty vears he had been with the pension office in He retired some time ago gnd ringe then had been on the Pacific coast Pennsylvania Avenue Saks & Tompamy A Gift Suggestion —with an advantage in it. 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