Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1923, Page 19

OFFICERS TO QUIT VETERANS' BUREAU Secretary Weeks Issues Order Withdrawing Four at Once, Three February 1. FORBES LAUDS SERVlCE Director Regrets Army Needs Call | for Discontinuance of Duty. retary of War Weeks yesterds orders withdrawing Bureau all Regu- ve heen de- administra- ernoon signed from the Veters lar Army officers who h: tailed there in important : tive positions. Four of these officers will he re-| leved at while three others will be transferred on February 1 Sceretary Weel it be known | that the only reason for withdrawing | these officers is because their service is needed in the War Department. Those officers who will be relieved immediately are: Lieut. Col. Roger | Brooke, chief of consultants; Lieut Col. Paul S. Halloran, In charge of | the inspection section, medical di- vision; Maj. Raymond W. Bliss, as- sistant chief, hospital subdivision, all three of whom are medical officers, | and Maj. George P. Ahern of the employment service. rehabilitation division. has let Three Remain to February L | At the request of Director Forbes of the Veterans’ Bureau, three officers will remain until February 1. They are Lieut. Col. R. I. Rees, infantry. assistant director, in charge of re- hablilitation; Lieut. Col. R. U. Pat- terson, Medical Corps, assistant di- rector, in charge of the medical divi- sfon, and Maj. J MacDonnell, adjutant gene: been liaison officer between the War | Department and Veterans' Bureau. Director Forbes indicated it was with great regret that he was obliged to lose the Regular Army officers. | He said he would like to have had | them stay. The Regular Army opinion of Col. Forbe: highly trained personn. ices had been Invaluable to the Vet- erans’ At the War Department it was said | Secretary Weeks was anxious to bring | hack to the War Department officers | detailed clsewhere, because recent | egislation Congress had reduced the commissioned personnel of the Army by 1.003 officers and had de- nioted in rank. Highest Service Rendered. Director Forbes in a formal state- ment made public last night declared that each of the regular Army officers | “who has served the disabled men while ! in the employ of the bureau has rendered | type of service.” made the request to ! officers detailed to the bu- rean,” said Col. Forbes, “as I was in need of their professional services, and | I unhesitatingly say that it will be a difficult task to replace these experienced | officials without somewhat slowing up ! the administration of the huge affairs | of the bureau. 1 officers, in the constituted a | whose serv- Bureau. ! that these men, who ! Ifishly devoted their lives to | ment, have rendered disabled men and the Veterans' Bureau the areatest possible service, and it is with deep regret that I am forced to agree to the return of many of these men to their units.” The Veterans' Bureau, Director Forbes said, now has 10,885 veterans suffering from tuberculosis in hospitals; G disabled men suffering from gen have eral and surgical disabilities, and 3,961 | men affiicted with nervous and mental disabllitles, making a total of nearly 00 veterans, for whom the bureau i xeaponsrl | i 1923 SHRINE COMMITTEE WILL EXPAND QUARTERS | Increasing Activity Due to Con- vention Here in June Given as Reason. The 1923 Shrine Committee of Almas Temple expects soon to oc- cupy the entire southern half of the third floor of the Homer building, in addition to the five rooms it now occuples on the second floor. . The expansion is dus to the increasing | activities of the committee. The preliminary pledges made by the members of Almas Temple are belng paid at a rate which Potentate Leonard P. Steuart urges the mem- bership to keep up. The potentate announces _that James C. Hoyle has been addéd to the executive committee. Thomas I, Jarrel chalrman of the finance com- mittee, has his plans perfected to push the work of his organization to its completion in the next few weeks, while Ellwood P. Morey, chairman of the hotel and housing | committee, will begin shortly the allotment of the 120 temples now registered among the hotels of the city. The listing of private home. about the city then will begin. MRS. J. P. SPEER DEAD. Funeral Services Will Be Held This Afternoon. Mrs. James Patrick Speer, wife of Dr. J. P. Speer of Washington and Virginia, died at her home, Hickory Hill, Langley, Va., Friday evening. Funeral services will be held this afternoon, with burial in Glenwood this city, the Re: Smmandel Baptist Charch umcmln . Speer was born at Glade Snrlngs Va,, forty years ago. She is survived by her husband, a sister, Mrs, India O'Donnell of Nebraska, and these children: Ira L. Speer and Mrs. Carlton Sisson of Washington and Lucille Hadley, Seward Henry, Vir- ginla Morgan and James J. Speer, jr. | bein, | mittee & I iz | Golf, phy horxeshces hax Virginia ¥ al culture and bridge DETAILED REPORT OF INSPECTION DUE |Three Hundred Representa- tives of Travelers Aid So- cieties to Meet in May. hundred of National Association a Societies meet in Washington May 16 to 18, inclusive, at which the report of Mark M. Jones ie a special order of busi- . Jones recently completed cction of the 172 local asso- ciations in the country, port will deal with the conditions of these societies and methods for mak- ing each organization more effective. Reorganizution Proposed. nization of the s Aid Society will tion of interest, p! considered by a spec consisting _of Akron. Ohio: representatives are to be an- other qu M of Travel- | and his re- | work of the | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO WASHINGTON DEBUTANTES TAKE UP “BARNYARD GOLF." ve been forced to take a back seat with buds of the one of the favorite sports of many of them. The photographer yesterday snapped Misses | Mary Stitt and E! beth Beale during Aust. Smith, Corbin ter, kard, Jaques, Boston; M Pittsburgh; Mrs. Suzanne C. San Francisco. make its report at the meeting. ashville, incinnati, Tenn Ohio Plans for the reception of the Na- tional Association members are now | being made by the local organization, | Moses <! | man and John B. Larner is treasurer. Local Soclety Needs $10,0ums Aid Soclety contri- butfons of the citizens in the city in of which Arthur C. Each Travelers' maintained by the voluntary which the society is organized. Washington society is now in of $10,000 with which to carry on the Contributions work for this ye: are asked from any person wishes to ald the work of the society but no public campaign for funds is undertaken. Travelers in the Unidn station reached at an night, firm, look after and in hundreds of ways give vice to the traveling public. v performed more than minor services and restored several | boys and girls to parents. —_— Tokio, Japan, has become n the world. ,000. Ald workers are located can time of the day They assist the aged and in- the unprotected girl who comes alone into the city, valuable Greater Toklo and is now the third largest city It has a population of ' ¥Frid apital. Pitehl; heated context. |AUTOIST IS CHARGED N, =D, 0. WITH KILLING MAN Bertha Mecall Gomez, | James W. Chamberlain Held for This committee will | Washington | Grand Jury in Case of Death of Joseph Sullivan. coroner’s jury oon held James W the action of the grand jury in co nection with the death of Jose fifty years old. of who was knocked down D streets northwest, Frid; night by a machine. which . Chamberlain was driv The testimony at the inquest te to show that Sullivan was cro 4th street, going east on D str when the automobile tufned into 4th str e fender of t riking him. iberlain tog mergency chine and then sterday afte hair- The need who | be or reported and Last 00 to t . According hamberlain lives at * stréet northeast The jury returned ttal death Richard . who Benni morning. employed in the their of Ral in the Richardson yard. | r- ph | Phila- | at . the police north he ixth precinct station. he | 1221 verdict of ac- ph Washington Kiwanis Club, which will JANUARY 14, 1923— KIWANIS 10 INSTALL OFFICERS JUST CHOSEN Presidents of Other Clubs to Debate With Newly Elected PART 1. enter into debate with a five-minute speech to tell “why his club is the greatest on earth”: Willlam Knowles Cooper, Rotary; Clarence L. Hardfg, Civitan; James P. Shick, Lions; James A. Burkhart, Newcomers; M. A. Fisher, Optimist: Michael Helster, Cosm. politan; Benjamin A. Le Fevre, Thir- teen, A. Stringer, City Club, These newly elected officers of Kiwanis will be installed: Claude W. Owen, president; Frank L. Wagner, first vice president, and Brig. Gen Outside walls of the Post Office De- partment building never cleaned since the department moved into the build- ing in 1899, may shime forth as new | and Henry gt i® given the Washington cit 'I‘he first floor corridors ar Oftictals are considering a_suggestion | goink o Tepalniing. that the grimy granite be subjected to|master General Work's desire : @ thorough cleansing, similar to that'the entrance look in kecping with “the post office biggest busin 19 LONG-DEFERRED WASH-UP | vuaing tast year The department possesses no app | priation, it was stated, for the puri though they admitted | the building, which is made ,‘g !Rl‘:mlle. would look better if that, pe a dark shed up und in line with Pos to ma in the United States. Executive. Tnauguration of newly elected offi- cers and friendly debate between the esidents of Washington's clubs will feature the meeting Thursday of the colebrate the eighth anniversary of the organization of Kiwanis. Hesides the guests to be brought by each member of Kiwanis, to make the meeting one of the largest fn the history of the h 1l be the | following visiting club presidents to | Kiwanis at Anton Stephan, second vice president, | with the following board of dire tors: Past President Charles F. Rob- erts, Claude H. Woodward, Charles W. Plmper, George A. Baker, Roe Fulker- son and James H. Baden, With George H. Winslow_secretary-treasurer. The first Kiwanis Club was orga ized by @ group of prominent busine men of Detroit on January 21, 1915. The elub motto is, “We Build." The broad and progressive ideas of once came into popu- larity and it steadily increased. After eight vears there are enrolled over 900 clubs throughout the United States and Canada, with a total mem- bership of 75,000 m New LDLbitt F at Fourteenth Don’t be Mistaken / The announcement of the sale of this corner, made the other day—referred only to the Real Estate. and Cafe are sti The New Ebbitt Hotel I operating under the same management that has made them popular with the traveling public’ and Washing- tonians. Que & | == & | Diapers, $l'69 g Oue dozen in sealed pack- Tao. & g aRorbent’ and noa-irritant [SrezernerestaTieene ey x27 B Hemmed age at ot fnish; E $2 Tapeatry Couch Covers Fur and Cloth Collar ‘Women’s and Misses’ 2 group jof High-Grade Coats of sll wool, velours and polaire cloths; dressy or sport models. Sizes to 42. patterns; 50c Imported GINGHAM 32 Full pieces; perfect: in fast colors Double-Bed SHEETS T4c Made of good bleached cotton. hem- med ends; center seam. Worth $1. 25c_Bleached piLLowcases 2lc Good grade, round thread muslin, 59¢ Yard-Wide SATEEN 29¢ f|.: e_twill, highly mercerized finidy Satees, fu useful lengths. Six Kinds, in Burson: Splitfoot; back Moreerized; Heathermixed lzed. All sizes; mostly B]I(‘ll Clean-up Sale of PAINT NOW AND SAVE DOLLARS Let Our Expert Give You an Estimate Free of Charge R. K. Ferguson, 3 1ie o8t 2L, 2 Sus00u0n ‘WHEN YOU NEED A KEY You meed our instant duplicating service Duplicate Key, Bring your locks to the shop TURNER & CLARK styles, worsteds, etc. in_cassimeres, Sizes 33 72x90 Cotton Batts, Suow white, fuffy comfort size cotton. Each batt weighs 215 pounds. $5 Robe Blankets, $3.65 Genuine Esmond Double-thick Robe Blankets, fn 5 assorted perfect and warm and durable. Size G4x78 inches. To50c Women’s Hose, 25¢ Outsize Mercerized; Seam- "Hose; Dropstitched Mercer« Men s Fme Suits Worth to $25.00 A great sale of fine Suits at # great big saving. Values that must be seen to be appreciated. gle or double breasted coats, sport models and comservative ALTERATIONS 59¢ Fancy 65¢ 1316 10 1324 7T7TH ST.. N.W 6 to 14 Year, All-Wool Coats Worth to $1295 B.QS Conts of su perior quality in col- Girls’ Girls' ors of brown, tan and blue. The new faney buttons and stitched soappy models; trimmed. Sizes 14 through. New Arrivals in Snappy Spring Hats 9.95 i all- Featuring $5 Value at Beautiful straw braids, and straws, georgette and straw combina- in polks, off- the-face, mushrooms tions ; Ticking, Good weight, Ticking: 32 inches wide. fllll'! blue stripes, Double-Bed Cbmforts,Sz 9 8 These goods are worth $1 more if figured on today's cost of cotton. White cotton filled; good silotine covers. St Colored Border Towels 39 Heary, dou $1 Silk-Lined ' 1 Gloves featherproof In » lined; all sizes. Only 50 Women's & Misses’ All-Wool Serge and Jersey DRESSES § Worth to $10.00 $3.90 i One special rack of about 50 Dresses of wool jersey, serges and a few taffetas: lace; embroidered with silk floss' or Bulgarian braid trim. Sizes 16 to 40. light o Stitched 22¢c Yard-Wide PERCALES 12l5¢ Good shirting or dress patterns; Jight or dark grounds; closely-woven g %Inch Wde IANHEAD 25¢ Linen-finish, snow white e in lengths to 10 yards. | Worth Soe. lerd-Wld: 74 Navy or black Wool Serge: cotton warp; full pieces for dresses, skirts, ete, SRR RS (3 YR N Y YR Y R SURT ST A7 60 0 2 5 B ‘over satin and dainty bonnet ef- fects. green, brown, gray, sand, copen and black; trimmed fruits and flowers. pmers and Skirts, 49¢ fhen's Light Striped or Dark Gray Outing el Shirts, Blg They come in 39c Fancy Boudoir Caps Pink, blue, orchid and white: med with stickerie and rickrack. red, with or pink and blue striped outing, in batiste bloomers. Fast color blue check band Apron: Women's pink_or blue striped Outing ¥l Gowns; anirred yove." »*! $1 Bungalow Aprons, 79¢ Good grade, light colot percales, in several styles; tape and rickrack trimmed. AlLSilk Teddm, 51 98 llll. in Vlll' Hlu or .b Lace trimmed. By Request! Continuance of This So wonderful are the values in thes ‘Women's High Shoes many of Satur- day’'s purchasers requested we continue this sale tomorrow to give them an op- portunity to tell their friends. There are High, 'Cuban, Military and Walking Heels in the lot, in brown, black and patent colt. CSE SRS T i i S S i il No Exchanges No Refunds No C.0.D’s No Deliveries Men!! Overcoats Rub your eyes! lar double! cellent assortment—all Take your choice! GROUP 1 $25 Suit or Overcoat. GROUP 2 $30 Suit or Overcoat. . GROUP 3 $40 Suit or Overcoat. . Extra!! Suits, just the !hxng for wear. Values up to at. . . Boys’ Suits folk styles, work. $15. Spe- cial, while they las $3. history. uge of Bargains: Bargains! ing—grinding all former prices to a pulp! Paralyzing, stag- gering all competition! The opportunity of the ages!!!. 1,500 Suits and It’s strange, but true! You stretch your dol- Newest styles, e sizes! $14.95 $17.95 A limited quantity of new Nor- suitable for dress or 402-404 Seventh St. See our window display —it’s interesting. Next Door to R. Harris & Co. New Spring Models in Silk and Cloth Dresses Exclusive designs— Exceptional values— Superiorily made— Worth up to $29.75 $18.75 Crepe de Chine, Taffeta, Canton Crepe, Roshanara Silk and Poiret Twill— finished with ruffles and plaits; graceful draping; effective embroidery. Misses’ smart models. Matrons’ conservative models. Another Feast of Bargains WHILE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS!! Never Again Such an Opportunity!! We've let loose again! Tomorrow’s the day ! Tomorrow’s the Day of Days!! .. $9.95 Bargair We've taken eve Special!! One big bargain table LADIES' SWEATERS; wool, § too, and all the new B shades. $2, $3 and $4 § values. last, Fine Jot of Men's Wool Mixture spring Go on 74 Come! 74 Sound the Alarm!!! While they 49c¢ el & garment stored in our storerooms and grouped the entire assort- ment for the greatest disposal ever staged in Washington Tomorrow starts another del- Smashing, crash- All Goods Sold Strictly Cash!!! Women!! Smashing All Dress and Coat Prices High-powered, you H say when vou see these savings! Unusual variety of materials, styles, shades: stunning, fascinating! For quick selling— GROUP 1 GROUP 2 $15 Coat or ' $4.74 GROUP 3 535Cnutor $15.74 Dress. Ladies’ Suits Spring and Winter models—all beautiful and latest in styles. Serges, Trico- 53.74 tines, ctc. $1200 values. 3 m $8 Values. ........$3.94 Spread the News!!! 311 Seventh Street N-w’ .PenmyIE::rin Ave. ]