Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1923, Page 6

& NTON INDICTED N GRIMINAL LIBEL Warrant for Arrest of Texas Representative Issued by County Court. THOMAS L. BLANTON. FORT WORTH, Tex., May 5.—Rep- resentative Thomas L. Blanton of Abilene was charged by indictment | with criminal libel in the report of the grand jury returned to the county clerk of Comanchee county today. A warrant has been issued for his ar- rest sation is in connection with published in the Clsco | v July 16, 192 1 dleged to ntative Oscar | urged his | ¥ bonds dur-! to conserve | truct the se- 500 | hackelford seeking a fine | mprisonment | LATE. CALLS ACTION last night | Cisco | - other | ourned | panche was the only one | in the two primarie - month of the 00 damages. To protect this innocent editor 1 recently sued Mr. Callaway. Prior to nublishing the card July 2, ad made ffty-four s'in my district without men- an opponent. This card nswered back’ attacks made | tioning merely upon me. “When 1 finish important work 1 am doing here I will go to Texas and answer the charge.” NEW MEMBERS JOIN Addresses Feature Initiation Cere-| monies Held at Pythian : Temple. i New members were ushered into William B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, and | Cushing Auxiliary, No. 4, at a_meet- ing held at Pyvthian Temple, Friday embers of Warren G. Harding and Lincoln Camp, No. 2, slon of Maryland Sons of Veterans and Maj. H. L. Deam, past depart- ment commander of the Department | of the Potomac, G. A. R, gave short addre: s. Commander F. A. DeGroot, who presided, welcomed the visitor The new members mustered in were | Robert Hermann, James R. Clark N. Bradn, Thomas C. Malone, ! Ldward T. Lashells and Wallace B, Allen. Senior Vice Commander John J.. Bateman, chairman of the mem- Vership committce. announced that another class will be mustered in at the June meeting. The degree team consisted of Past Department Com- i mander Adelbert A Taglor, as com- ! = v er; Wendell E. Cable as | ructor; Commander De | Color Bearer | t Commander 8. T.| Commander | er Gilbert sachusetts; . At P T Brown of F Mrs. Rosalie McK. Shelton, president Cushing Auxiliary: Mrs. E. H. avis, past national president of Na- | Auxiliary of spoke Commander J. Clinton Hiatt, patriot- | i instructor, announced the pro- al day. to be held at w announced that Mr. a 1 act on this occasion. It was also | Hiatt had been appointed an aide-de-camp to De- partment Commander John W. Reid| Department of the Potomac, R., and also that Mr. DeGroot | would act as a special aide to the de- partment commander on Memorlal | day. Just prior to the mustering in of | new candidates memorial services in raspeet to the late Silas Edgar Robb, | who was a past commander of the | camp, were held, conducted by the Rev, Edward S. Dunlap, chaplain of the camp : "Rucker & Rucker Paperh; i d Painti 1210 H SLNW. _ M.1 TAXIS &RAUTOS I Lower Rates Main 431 TCOMMON BRICKS LAID $15 M. ' First-Class Work Address Box 344-P, Star Office 6° ST Offices for Rent | ¢ PHILLIPS BUILDING 3 921 Fifteenth Street N.W. Overlooking Beautiful McPherson Square Apply Rent Department WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS * Realtor Fifteenth and K Streets N.W. Main 4600 R | surance as special representat dance. Senior vice com- | = Y. W. C. A. CALENDAR. Centers at 1333 F street northwest, 1164 M street north-. west, 614 E street northwest, 20th and B streets northwest; Vacation Lodge, Cherrydale, Va. Today — Vespers, Miss Lydia Burklin -of Friendship House, speaker, 5:45, I street. Tomorrow—True Blue Girl Re- serves, 3:30, F street; Book- lovers’ “hour, Miss' Alice Hutchins Drake, 8, F street; E street’ branch administrative committee, 4:45, E street. Tuesday—Business Girls' Club, 6:30, E and F streete. Wednesday — Inspirational luncheon, 12 -to 1, F street; industrial and _mercantile committee meeting, 12:30, F street; Loyal Blue Girl Re- serves, 3:30, F street; busi- ness women's committee, 6:30, F street: Sigma Epsi- lon Sorority, 8, F street. ‘Thursday—Employed Girl serves, §:30, F street; Busi ness_Girls' Clubs, 6:30, and F streets. Friday—Bon Secour Girl Re- serves, 3, F street: exposi- tion of International Sun- day School lesson, 4:45, F street; High School Girl R serves’ Club supper, “Co lege night,” 5:30, F stree business women's depart- ment’'s invitation dance, 8:30, 20th and B streets. Saturday—Children’s gymna- slum and dancing classes, 10 am. to 13 m, F _street; Sunshine and ' Wakeka Clubs' dance, 8:30, F street; Wohelo Club’'s house party at Vacation Lodge. WAR VETERAN HEADS Y. M. C. A. BRANCH Capt. C. C. Johnson to Conduct Work at 12th Street Headquarters. Capt. Campbell C. Johnson was yes- terday named executive secretary of the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. A, and will assume his new s on May 15. He was the unani- mous choice’ of the new board of managers, and his selection met with the approval of the board of control of the Central assoclation. B The new secretary was born in shington, and is son of the late Willlam H He is a duate of the old M Street High chool—now Dunbar High—the col- s and s sity and is a mem- °r of the bar of the District of Co- lumbia and of North Carolina. Capt. Johnson served in the world as first lieutenant. 350th Field illery, and was detailed as senior structor in the v Training Corps at Howard Uni sity. At the cloge of the war he s detailed as professor of military ience and tacties at Howard TUni- versity, and was commissioned cap- inin in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. He entered the bureau of war risk in- e in harge of the interests of colored vet- erans, and is at present chief of the special service section in the person- is secretary of the supreme council of e Omega Psi Phi National Frater- nity, and member of the John F. Cook Lodge, No. 10. F. A = = ARRIVED—COME IN and positions. center wheel. always be relied on.. hool of law | Students’ ; 21 genuine Rub.y and Sapphire Jewels ad- justed to temperature Gold : fail to keep ‘shsolutely IN SCHOOL PAGEANT pected at Rock Creek Park Demonstration Monday. ALEXANDER T. STUART. Alexander termediate tuart, director of in- instruction in the public {schools and former superintendent, will be the guest of honor at the special performance of the all-high school Shakespearcan pageant tomor- row afternoon in Rock Creek Park at 3:30 o'clock. Among the patrons at this perform- ance, which will be given for the Roosevelt, Associate Justice and Mrs. Wendell P. Stafford, Dr. Howard L. Hodekins, president of George Wash- ington University; Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, member of board of edu- cation: Dr. Lucius Clark, chancellor jof American University: Dr. Walton ¢ John, division of higher educ _ United ‘States bureau of educ 5 and Mrs alton C. John. head of mp Fire Girls of District of Co- lumbia; Prof. and Mrs. Grant Hodg- Mr. and est L. Thurs- ton, Mrs. ¢ fter, president of the District of Columbia Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso- ciations: Mrs. Willlam E. Chamber- lin, new president of Women's City Club; Mr. and Mre. Otto L. Veerhoff. the latter, presient of the College Women's Club, and Miss Jessie Me- Bride. - 2 graded school children, are Secre- tary of the Treasury Andrew W., elion, Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry €. Wallace, Commissioner | and Mrs. Cuno H tudolph, Assist- jant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. | | | | i | | | | Famous 21-Jewel@ ILLINOIS STERLING , WATCH “The Nation’s Timepiece” HERE THEY % ARE, MEN! A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THESE FAMOUS WATCHES iN 20- YEAR GUARANTEED CASE, ORDERED A YEAR AGO, HAVE JUST EARLY—MAKE YOUR SELECTION. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF KAY’S PERFECTED CREDIT SERVICE AND OWN ONE OF THE FINEST WATCHES IN THE WORLD. CENTS A WEEK. perfect time. All designs |adjourned to the 'HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., PRESIDENT HAS BOX | BAY STATE PARTY Tour of City and Moving Pic- ture Closing Feature of Activities Here. Lieut Gov. Alvan T. Fuller and the mayors of thirty-nine Massachusetts cities and their familles, who arrived here Friday morning and established the “Massachusetts Avenue of Me- morial Trees” in honor of Abraham Lincoln, will leave Washington to- night at 7.16 o'clock for thelr homes, their activities having formally ended last night. This afternoon, however, the party will tour the’ city and suburbs in automobiles and view mo- tion pictures taken of itself since it left Hoston Thursday evening. Lieut. Gov. Fuller and the mayors were guests of honor at a dinner glven by the Massachusetts Soclety of Washington in the Willard Hotel last night, while the ladies’ enter- tainment committee of the socliety was host to the woman members at dinner in the Women's City Club. At the Willard dinner were made by the lieutenant gov brief addresses' “KING'S HIGHWAY BY PSYCHOLOGY CLUB{® Twelve Dramatic Sketches Make Up Colorful Oriental Pageant at Central High School. Twelve dramatic sketches, compol ing & colorful orfental pageant, “The King's Higaway,” were presented last night in the Central High Bchoo! audi- ! torium, under auspices of the Anna Maud Hallam Practical Psychology Club, and_at the instance of Mrs. Nannette B. Paul. The sketches and players follow: “The Water Carrier and His Tarph" —Frederick L. Pratt, Augusta Machen and Anna E. Thomas. “The Hand Mill"—Lucy E. Dawsos, Florence Bueckley and Frances E. Adams. “The Wedding"—Bernard Casey, Le- igare Hill Obear, Edward Duncan, ! Marion Bean, Charles J. P. Weber and Frances Block. “An Audience With the King"—W. Arthur Storm, Olive McNeal, Robert Bean, Louise Bowdler, _Georgla Gregory, Alberta Rowzee, Hilda C. Bruce, Louise McKinney, Aleen Han- sen and Marion C. Bogart. “The Unheeded Warning’—Helen Krahling. Ira McMillan and George B. Starkweather. “The Power of Musle"—-Paul Stark- weather, Robert Bean and lada Se- e nor; Representative Dallinger, presi- | Christ. ;I‘\-nt of lhe] z:ac(ely: MLay‘{r l(l‘urlt‘y lo( “Stili Downward"—Helen Krahling, oston and jeorge . Caln, chalr- - 3 - man_ of the eneral ~entertalnment | 14 "fl::_“”‘" B8 Goacye O committee which arranged the visit of the mayors here. Mayors Vote Thanks. A rising vote of thanks to the com- mittee for Its work in making the tree-planting ceremony and attend- ing events a success was tendered the committee by the mayors. Similar expressions of appreciation were given by the woman Ruests to the ladies’ entertainment committee at the Wom- en's City Club. After the dinners, the Bay Staters large ballroom of the Willard and viewed Signal Corps motion pictures of the 101st and 102d regiments of the 26th Division in ac- tion in France. These two regiments were composed almost wholly of Mas- sachusetts men. Local and profes- sional talent from several Washing- ton theaters, contributed to the en- tertalnment which followed the mo- tion pictures. AUTO FIRM SUED. Detective Asks $3,460 for Alleged Loss of Car. ho describes himself tive specializing in work Friday flled suit as : *auto-shadow in the District Supreme Court to recover $3,460 damages from the National Autcmobil Inc. Of this sum $1,000 represents’ the value of a car and $2.460 is asked as compensa- tion for the deprivation of use of the machine for 123 days. which - the plaintiff says is worth $20 per day in his business. Through Attorney Frank E. Elder the plaintiff tells the court he bought the car last October and in December last. while the machine was being de- tained from him by another person; the company aided that party in sell- ing the car to a third person and Watts has not yet been able to get possession of the vehicle. PAY A FEW Th This wonderful, high-grade Watch is.made:by the Illinois Watch Company, who employ many of the world’s most renowned experts to supervise their watchmaking. It is the outcome of years of scientific study and experience. The strictly high-grade materials and such requirements as are scen only in the highest-priced railroad grades are to be had in this watch. They include such railroad'iequirementsas Double” Roller Escapement, Steel Escape Gold Center Wheel, Adjustment to Temperature, Position and Isochronism, Brequet Hair Spring, Micrometic Regulator, Genuine Ruby and Sapphire Jewels, Etc., which assure excellent running qualities and make this Watch one that can The fa";!gry authorizes us to give a new movement at any time should yours bsol of 14-karat gold filled cases guaranteed for 20 years. Any $100 Watch could not possibly give you better U/ LS Pay as little as one dollar a week an er of one of these handsome Watches. Pay as you wear it—you will never miss the money. terms make it easy for you. week only. he Vision"—Lue E. Willlams and | Lewis J. Fretz. s “The Star of ‘Wise Men” following the star. { _ “Redemption”—Helen Krahling, Ira feMillan and Guy Eichelberger. o travelers” on the King's Mrs. the East"—"Three Siegfried Aal, Miss Mrs. were: Kate Trenholm Abrams, Florence Adams, Mr. and Edouard Albion, Mrs. J. M. Beach, Dr. Gertrude Richardson Brigham, Miss Irene Clinkscale, Prof. and Mrs. wood Cobb, Miss Elizabeth ssee, Mrs. A. C. Erskine, Miss ‘Gertrude M. Evans, Rev, Willlam Febl ler, Sewell T. Fort, Frank S. Foster, George K. George, Mr. and Mrs. Jefe ferson Groub, Mrs. Emma E. Hendley, Mrs. Pearl M. Kennedy, Mrs. Minnie Evans Keyes, Dr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Kress, Mrs. Alcina Lamond, Robert Lawrence, Mrs. Robert Stuart Mac- Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W, Mec- Kathryn Martin, Mrs. El Neal, Mis: Spencer Mussey, Miss Villa F. Miss Ella M. Powell, Maj. W Quigley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ran. kin, Mrs. Virginia Pollock Roach, Mrs. M. B. Raymond, Miss M. Clementine Smedley, Miss Mathilde Smedley, Dr. Margarita_A. Stewart, Mrs. Cora L. Thomas, Representative Willlam D). Upshaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. Alvin Wilson, . Mary Werner, Mrs. Evelyn Chat- terton Widney. The prelude and other musical fea- tures were furnished by the Anacostia Charles (. Rankin and . 'Smoot_directors. the players were dressed native costumes of the far east. in GEN. H. M. ROBERT ILL. NEW_ YORK. May G5.—Brig. Gen. Henry M. Robert, U. S. A. retired, well known as the author of “Rules of Order” and prominent as a civil englineer, is seriously i1l at a sana- torium in Hornell, N. Y., friends were advised today. He is eighty-six years old. d become the own- Our liberal credit special price for this Money Refunded If You Can Buy This Watch as Cheap Elsewhere l, Solid I absolutely guarantee that the 21 Jewel Illinois Sterling Watch has never been offered by any one for less than $57.50 —KAY MAY 6, 1923—PART 1 Monday—One Day of Grace Fom_the AVENU = S Bor the benefit of our patrons who could not get around Saturday, and for the sake of those who came . but couldn’t get waited on because of the rush—we are giving one more day of grace for T The Parker-Bridget 30th Anniversary Sale This means that the sale will positively end Mon- day, May 7th, at 6 p. m. A few of the bargains that will make it worth your while to come here tomor- row are listed below: 845 $50 We started with 500 suits in this group Friday. There are 157 left. A scale of sizes is listed—if your size is there, a genuine bargain awaits you. Selections include tweeds, blue serges, overplaids, plain shades, oxford grays and stripes in 2 and 3 button sack coats and Norfolk and sport backs. All are hand- tailored. Sizes and quantities as follows: Regulars [12/16]17/17]19]| 8| 6] 4] 1] 1 Stouts .......|..[.. Shorts .......[..|.. B i che il R R 1 Sizes ........|34!35136|37(38|39]40!42|44]46 1 | | Longs ....... Seme suits carry extra kmickers. Minor alterations free. New Palm Beach Suits : $12.75 Reduced From $15 Sack coats and sport backs in grays, sands, tans, blues and the natural Palm Beach shade. Sizes 34 to 48. Tomorrow these suits 4 will be $12.75; Tuesday they will be $15, which is their regular price. Cowhide Leather Luggage $9.75 Regular $12 and $15 values Extra heavy cowhide in black, brown and cordovan. Bags are leather-lined; suit cases are extra .deep; hardware, solid brass; the interior construction, wrought steel. A bargain that time will not dim. g _ Men’s Summer Union Suits Regularly Priced at $1 . Carefully tailored and generously cut garments of soft crossbar nainsook. Men are buying them in half dozen and dozen quantities, they are such excellent values. Fine Wash Suits For Boys . Regularly priced at $3 and $3.75 Their quality and styles will -appeal to discerning mothers as much as their low price.” All the newest colors and color combina- tions in excellent; sturdy fabrics are included in this noteworthy value.