Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1923, Page 13

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 It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity.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 ll_(ll and E Sts. N.W. Sresident + CARR, Secretary I¥'s Cheaper to P-A-I-N-T Than to Buy New Woodwork You can add to the life of vour woodwork if it is kept well covered with a zood quality of paint. In addition, the appearance is eased a hundred per cent or more. Our practical paint ex- perts are always on hand to consult and advise you as 1o the amount and kind of paint to buy. If your floors need var- nishing, we will be glad to show sou how to =ave money by buying your var- nish carefully, We carry & complete line of PRATT & LAMBERT ACME QUALITY Varoisbes and « | systems.” Mr. WESTERN ROALS| PAVIG STREETS: ;Hale Holden Presents Vast | Consolidation Plan to | Commerce Commission. | A plan for consolidation of all the | railroads west of Chicago into four | Breat systems, each operating over | 30.000 miles of line, was laid before | | the Interstate Commerce Commission vesterday by Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. The object of the vast consolidation | following work: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1923. URGES MERGING -'BII]S OPENED FOR Cranford Company Appears Lowest in Hastily Com- puted Totals. Bids for the construction of more than a score of new concrete streets in all sections of the city were opened at the District building yesterday after- noon by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the engineer department. The specifications called for the Thirty-three thou- | e proposed, which would go far_be- | 5and cubic yards of grading, 11,000 vond present government consolida- | tion plan, would be the creation of | such systems as would each reach | from Chicago to the Pacific coast and l;rom the gulf to the Canadian bor- er, Grouping of Lines. The Burlington, Great Northern, orthern Pacific, Kansas City South- (ern. Chicago Great Western, Louisi lana Railway and Navigation Com- | | | cubic yards of ‘stone-separating on old macadam roads, 70,000 linear fect of curbing, 51,460 square yards of six- inch concrete roadway, 88,700 square yards of seven-inch concrete roadway and 807 cubic yards of additional con- | crete. The contractors submitted only unit prices on each of these classes of of work, without totals. From rough calculations made at the District building this afternoon, however, the Cranford Company appeared to be the * and Brazos Valley and | low bidder. iary corporations would be in D A second group would be e up of tie Atchison, Topeka and | santa Fe I Duluth, luth and Iron Range. Missouri und i\or:h Arkansas, Minneapolis, St. | Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, Chi, i " Ste. Marie, Chicago an astern Illinois, Louss | Southwestern, Duluth, Winnipeg and *acific, Western Pacific and a serle of smailer lines e | In the third group would be placed | e Southern I'u, Chicago, Ro | island and Pacitic, Missour! Pacific Yicksburg, shrev Issourl, Kansas and Texas, Tol Peoria and Western, and other sho ?t'v’ line: while the ownership of the and Rio Grande Western and nd Salt Lake would be lg L'a.(;‘h. in common cond and third groups. In the fourth &roup Mr. Hold ed to place the nion Paci Milwaukee and Si. Puul ¢ n “rancisco, Chicago a Alton, Texas and Pacific und Intern: tional and Great Northern. Sees Big Ben ' | “The history of American railroads jhas been one of steady development linto larger operations ana s 0 00 SUIT FILED ACAIST CARAWAY § Senator Thomas H. Caraway of Arkansas, is named defendant in a suit to recover $20,000 damages, filed yester- day afternoon, in the District Supreme Court, by Harry A. Wallerstein, whom the senator is said to have beaten over the head with his umbrelia follos an altercation on a street car last Tuesday. Mr. Wallerstein, a world WAr_veteran, sa SUNDAY Holden said in do not believe that the full Len- | efits which the public expects 1o se- | ure through consolidution will a; rive unless a courageous and co. prehenstve view is adopted. T pre dict thut the courage and ability of American railroad management. if | permitted to do so, will demonstrate | the value of great western sys- | tems similar in type to_ thos ve suggested, and I offer these| ggestions in the belief that they | arc sound in principle and wi hope that they may be of a to the commission in th the diflicult problem th e The commission itself, in preparing | ative plans for seven operating | & units in the territory where plan would leave but four. would be bette, erved by grouping on the large ale, because the corporations re- ulting would be equal in resourc He contended also that better servl. could be rendered and a more scrnrell car supply afforded to ehippers. EXCURSION NEW YORK Sunday, March 4 Special Through Train Direct to Penna, Sta., Tth ave. & 32nd st. ston Saturday Midnight el 3 5:30 P\ axllé\u'llflnl Sundays. April Tickets on sale beginning Friday Preceding date of excursion - Pannsylvania B.R. System The Route of the !rqdvly Limited it Rl 5 JOS. STRASBURGER, Inc. FAM!LY SHOE STOR ] 310-12 Seventh St. CELEBRATES ITS Golden Jubilee To continue for ten days. Legitimate reductions on every purchase. Shoes for Misses, Children and Growing Girls at Special 10% Reduction —We want the little ones to share in the benefits of our Jubilee Sele. —Strap Slippers, Pumps, Oxford ancl an Shoes. Ties and Smart High Shoes—all are in this sale, at 109, Reductions. —A complete showing of New Spring Models, Men's and Boys’ High ; Wizard Foot Appliances —are shown in our Or_tfwéedr'c Department. Consule our spe- cialists if you have Foot Troubles. Fine Hosiery —Every style that Fashion demands in Quality Hosiery and welghs only 125 pounds, claims he was wantonly attacked by the senator whom he describes as “a large, power- ful, muscular and physically vigorous mu“g{.ny inches taller, many pounds eavier. Mr. Wallerstein, through Attorney W. Bissell Thomas, claims compensa- tory damages of $10,000 and court to add an addition: punitive damages for the “cruel, wan. ton, malicious, intentional and crimi- nal action” of the senator. Mr, Caraway loudly cursed and ver- bally abused him the plaintiff says, ::‘nne he beat, choked and throttied m. > Mr. Wallerstein tells the court that tepping from the rear of the 5th and H streets northwest while his back was turned to the rear platform, Senator Caraway, without any provocation, cruelly and wantonly at- tacked him from the rear. He was selzpd by the throat and beaten, he says, with a heavy-handled umbrella and with the senator's fists. He was pushed and dragged, he declared, from the street car to the curb, across the side- walk and knocked against the building and flower stand. BLANTON TRIES FOR ACTION OND.G.BILLS In protest because those in charge program in the House refused to allow time for con- slderation of the teachers' pay bill even though a special rule had been granted and of the police and fire- men's, bill, Representative Thomus L. Blanton of Texas conducted & one- man filibuster in the House yesterday afternoon, Representztive Blanton is a mem- ber of the House District committec. which at its last meeting agreed to| conduct a filibuster when it became apparent that those who held the au- thority to recognize members for spe- cific )le‘lslatlo‘n were _deliberately blocking the District committee from putting through the school teachers’ salary bill. | Repeated points of order and of no quorum were rai by Representua- tive Blanton, with the calendar jum- med, when he had been rel'uselt: p‘:;; to speak for two minutes o order on’ the subject of District 1slation. ¢ e ebresentative Pou of North Caro- Iina, democrat, & member of the House rules committee, which ordered the spe- clal rule which would have given priv- ileged status to the teachers' pay bill if Chairman Campbell had reported it to the House, joined with House Leade Mondell in protesting wgainst the oue filibuster. R duinted, however, Representative Blanton insisted that he was acting within his constitutional rights and per- his duty as a member EfimT&.e mgea with jurisdiction over District legislation. He refused repeatedly to be invelgled off . the floor even for a couple of minutes. Wonel Buy New Homes 4506-4508 13th N.W. ( Price, $9,850 Beautiful 6 room and large bath home, hot- water heat, electric lights, hardwood floors, attic. spacious closets; front large double rear porch. porch of cement, with Laundry tubs and serv- ants’ toilet in cellar. Large yards to 15-foot alley Francis H. Blundon Co. Exclusive Agent Satu;lay Is the Last Day Phone M. 10 | Hurry! Final Reductions In Herzog's Half-Y early Clearance Tomorrow—the last day has FURTH clearance. coent been Prices fu many snstan the alarmn ¢lock and GET HERE cverything an this clearance reduced IMMEDIATE ces are below ZARLY. cost. Set 68 SUITS 29 O’COATS Values to $45 o All-wool garments, every one of them. Beautifully hand- taflored by “Styleplus” and other nationally fumous makers, Remember—clothing prices are going UP, By all means GET HERE EARLY, susts at this price. HATS Various shades and shapes, in felt and cloth, 95¢ Values to $5.00 Neckwear 2-Piece Wool Underwear “Glastenbury,” “Reis” and other popular makes. Values 20 $3.50 Silk and Knitted Values to $1.50 Better buy two SHIRTS A broken lot of Stiff Cuff « Shirts 85¢ Values to $3.00 45¢ Corliss-Coon COLLARS Stiff style in 13%, 13%, 15, 13%, 16, 6%, 16%, 16%, 17 Boft style, values to 50c; sizes 13, 13%, 16%, 17. 1 $1.00 a Doz. ; P 95c Gnn:::nt Paris, E. Z. & Brighton GARTERS. . Tan Wool Reefers. ..... Fancy Knit Reefers. .. 950 Valuaes to $3.60 By The Pound That’s exactly what you do every time vou buy a loaf of Master Bread. It’s not just a loaf of ordinary bread, each loaf is one pound of the best kind. FRESH FROM OUR OVENS C Exceptional Week End Values— 11¢ Boneless Smoked Shoulder, 15¢ lb. I'his is the greatest meat value in the city this week. Smoked in our plant. 1 1 C f,fn co.,:f,‘,icd Pork Shoulders 1b. Blue Ridge Bacon, 35c¢ Ib. Waier sliced. This is the best bacon you can buy. Every care is em ployed in curing and smoking to produce a flavor unsurpassed Boneless Pot Roast . . .22c lb. Chuck Roast 17c Ib. Newport Roll Roast, 35¢c Ib. Pork Loins, whole or half 2], Fine appetizing cuts of “Little Pig Pork™ priced surprisingly low for Saturday’s special sale Fresh Shoulders, 17c lb. Fresh Hams, 25c¢ 1b. Spare Ribs, 15c¢ 1b. Baked Ham 39%. Delicious old southern style with champagne cider sauce. Baked Chickens, each, $1.25 Boneless Fore- quarter Lamb Leg of Lamb 38¢ 32¢ Roasting Cfiickerqs 43%. \ nice lot of family size birds at a° popular price that all wide-awake buyers will be quick to take advantage of. Frying Chickens, 45¢ Ib. Stewing Chickens, 35¢c 1b. Long Island Ducks, 39c¢ Ib. 88c Hecker’s Pancake or Buckwheat 2:45. 25" And a Pancake Turner Free, This Sale cans Marcella Peas for The Finest Quality Extra Sifted Wiscon- sin Peas. There are no better packed. They are packed expressly for us and we guar antce every can. Cream of Wheat, pkg., ] 9c 15. Red Ripe Tomatoes c Fancy 3U doz. Oranges All our markets will supply the articles advertised so far as their stocks permit. The few items not in their stocks will be on sale at the Master Market. Phone s 622-24 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Piore Ma»