Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1923, Page 3

PARAMOUNT SSUE Politicians Watching Busi- ness Trend in Preparation for 1924 Campaign. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. l No single development in the United States during the mnext six months will be observed so anxiously by poli- ticians as the trend of business. On its course—stationety, upward or downward—depends the fate of both evact parties in 1924. If times remain &aod or become better, the republi- cans' cl selves a be stronk. overtakes coneaded on all hands to If a period of depression the courtry, democratic will undoubtedly be en- Leaders on both sides are »ir calculations primarily No other issue now in prohibition, likels judgment so mus the absence of pros- thing as the world court proposition will have little chance of arousing the country’s in- st _if the dinner pail is full, or, if it happens to be empty. ‘pocket nerve” is affected a vear from now, so will the people Vote. That is the definits opinion of all shrewd party leade: Optimism on One Side. B an ticians already ge s the business horizon for sign: sehool of thought is incorrigibly op- timistic. It belie prosperity is here to stay. It sees the Fordney- McCumber ‘tariff law working out satisfactorily and busin steadily adjusting itself to its provisions. It points to the disappearance of unem- ployment. the universal shortage of labor, and an §8-a-day rate for un- skilled work as incontrovertible evi- of sound conditions. It finds factories and foundries. as well ale and retail businesses of in full blast, with the rail- roads unable to get rolling-stock fast enough to keep pace with the de- mand for freight facilities. All these Tactors are adduced as prima-facie proof that the depression of 1920 and 1921 has been definitely superseded by national prosperi Ther that does not view or the future through su; rospects hanced. g tl on that bas sight. even affect voters prosperity or perity. Such a poli- nning One her the present rose-tint- aces of perpetuating them- | another school of thought | OPENS PROGRAM AND WIFE ASKS IF HE KNOWS RETRIEVES HER PROGRAM FROM UNDER SEAT WHAT HER STARTS TO READ CAST [SAVS WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE SEATS - THEY'RZ ALLRISHT WITH HIM 1S ASKED TO TURN TO PAGE 6 ™ SEE WHETHER THAT MOLE WRAP WOULD N'T LOOK WELL ON HER PORTRAIT GLUYAS WILLIAMS (C) Wheeler Syn. Inc. wide cessation of building activities, particularly in New York city, due 1o the excessive expense of materials and labor, is unquestionably arother symptom of popular determination to Ering prices to lower leve This writer is assured from petert official quarter that “price- fixing” is systematicaWy rompant in a host of basic industries, in flagrant violation of the provisions of the Sher-| com- PICKS UP HER. PROGRAM ACAIN SAYS HE CAN T T WOULDN'T WITHOUT LOOKING - THE - EVENING . STAR, - -WASHINGTON, D.- C, - SATURDAY, - MAY -19,. 1923, SHE DID WITH PROGRAM FINDS CRST DECLARES HE GOODNIGHT HE A CHANCE PROGRAM “BIG SHRINE” DAY RACTERS CNCE MORE 10 LOOK AT —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. - NE E:EG;NS READING CAST AGAIN ASSURES HIS WIFE 1T (SN'T MRS. PILBERT IN FOURTH ROW BACK NEXT THE AISLE OF CHA- 15 STILL TRVING TO PIND RIGHT PAGE WHEN CURTAIN GOES UP AND LIGHTS GO ouT ISN'T 6ROUCHY- JUST WANTS OF A MAN TRYING TO READ HIS ~ PROGRAM handling the situation, and a ‘ud proposed, was sent last | Cuno H. Rudolph, president board of District Comm chairman of the citizen for Shrine week. Mr. Rudolph's Suggestion. The matter ha P j turn, letter, describing these views and the meth- night_to of the oners, and committee | beea brought to the NATIVES PRESENT 0. COMEDY PLAY Miss Townsend Portrays‘ Spirit of Capital Hampered by Many Drawbacks. Conditlons in the District of Co- | lumbia, depicted in “The Caye Dwells ers” a one-act comedy, showing the dependence of the National Capital on Congress Tor appropriations; the pa ing of several resolutions and the en- rollment of seventy members were ‘features of the closing meeting this scason of tne Soclety of Natives, in the assemply hall of the Cosmos Club last night. In the comedy were Miss Ada Louise Townsend, as Miss Dee-See, repre- senting the epirit of the Distri while Clarence E. Rucbsam took the part of Mr. Hatmann Manhattan, as a playwright, representing Greenwich | Village. | The sccne was laid in the home of Miss Dee-See, whose house Mr. Man- hattan entered as a guest, and dur- Ing a conve tion the furniture and condition of the house and surrounds Ings were brought out. Mr. Manhattan first observed a chair which needed n nding. Miss Dee-See told him how she was trying to got it fixed and that a committee had been appointed to investigate the condition of it. which committee, {n had appolnted a subcummittee to o what was the matter with the | chair. After many arguments and investi- gations Miss Dee- received sev- enteen vards of red tape with which to tie up the leg of the chair, Fol- lowing a lengthy investigation of the chair, it was discovered that the wrong leg was tied up. F me of Capital. Mr. Manhattan finally remarked: 0d gracious; [ must acknowledge, Miss Dee-See. that life for the resi- denty of the Capital City 18 not ex- actly the favored existence that out-| siders picture it to be.” To which she | replied: “No; not exactly. People say how wonderful it is to live within the shadow of the ‘great white dome.’ ‘The trouble is, though, that we are ! destined to live so «uch in the shad- ow of the great whitc dome that, as far as Congress generally views us, ally in total eclipse.” accompanied at the piano by Mrs, Ed- ward Mulr. New members were enrolled as fol- lows: Arthur Rollinson Colburn, Al- fred Holmead Mrs. Virginin Peters Parkhurst, Willlam King, Miss Clara Eleanor Gawler: Le Roy O. King, Miss Agnes S. McKenny, Thomas L. M Eneay, Miss Mary A, McKenny, Clarence ' J. Ruppert. Mrs. Willlam Edgar Rogers. Castleman P, Boss, Miss Hilda Fowler Rogers. P. J. Dougherty. Mrs. Margaret C. Lohr, Mrs. Nellle Topley, Mrs. Elizabeth Lerch Callan. Mrs. Marie L. Dowell, George W. Whitwell, Mrs. tena Jor- dan Rhees, Mrs. Alice H. Lanston, Miss Katharine Beresfor C. Eckhardt, Mrs. Marthi B. Gibson, Mrs, Minnie R. Hackett, Miss Marga- Miss Kate Marshall ret F. Queen, Jacquette, Adolph Mattern, Allen C. Moran, E. Russell Kelly, Mrs. Harriet E._Handy, John A. Sobothu, Mrs. Mary D. Moore. John W. Hulse, Danjel Wesley Middieton, Miss Bessie V. Yost, Mrs. Alma Ebert Steerlin, Leroy D. Walter, M. D.; Miss Rosa Eberly, Mrs. Catherine Rothrock, Mrs. Champe Brockenbaugh Thornton, Mrs. Violet Gosnell Cecil, Marie A. Brodie, Lucy M. Brodie, Ethel G. Brodie, Mrs. Fdith Franzoni Maione, J. H. Ent- wisle, Mary T. Jones. Robert S. Park- hurst, Cecil Calvert Hines, Sallie Jane Chalk, E. argaret Tripp, Ruth Bar- nard Parker, William T. Buell. Mrs. Emma M. Buell. Fannie H, Colman, J. Leo Carr. Horace Winter, George 8. Daniel, Miss Ruth A. Donn. Plerce Levis. Mrs. Pierce Chamberlain Levis, Lee D. Latimer. Henry A. Latimer, | Mrs. Augustus C. Taylor, Mre. Alice Weaver Newhard, Mies' Minnle L. Reeves, Mrs. Rose ‘L. Hidde, Miss Helen C. Sheckels, Mrs. Vinnetta M. Wells, Mre. 1da B. Moore and John F. Stowell, | Agreeable Environment —plus Maximum Convenience That’s what a location in our n—-v Office Building, 1417 K Street, offers. It plendidly situated for convenience—and admirably appointed for com- fort. - It should appeal especially to professional men and brokers. Rooms may be had—singly or en suite—and we promise as nearly perfect efficiency in ele- vator and janitor service as is possible to maintain. For reservation -and particulars inquire at our Rental Dept., First Floor. Boss and Phelps The Home of Homes 1417 K St. Phone Main 4340 Over Y; Million Visitors ‘Will_be hiere Jo Aduring Shrine week Help make. your city beautiful ave yoyr work done sow Painting and Papering Harry W. Taylor 2333 18th St. N.W. Col. 1077 FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS Service Charge Never Over $1.00. The final saving, which the Hupmo- bile owner realizes because of his car’s high re-sale value, is a further evidence of the soundness of the Hupmobile as an investment. STERRETT & FLEMING, INC. e Columbia 5050. Branch Salesroom 1223 Connecticut Ave. Shannon and Luchs Suburb Intown Comm ioner Rudolph more than week ago, and when the former ap- proached the subject with his cabinet | he is reported to e found them | unanimous i king it possible for | the many nds of clerks and |other employes to indulge fully in the spirit of the Shrine celebration. All were in accord, too, that the occasion did not warrant the issuance of an |executive proclamation. convine- not imme- inevitable sooner was reached here said: “We must to which Miss od glas Its devote ed that a reaction. diately imminent, i or later. They apprehend nothing savoring of a panic, b use the fed- e reserve system is con be equal to almo: [ heaval. But th s in the tide of prosperity may begin to n pifest itself by the end of the 3 They vall the current wave of good times abnormal, unnatural and too good t last. They read into recent slumps in the stock market an | indication that the “professionals”| reversal « existing condi- | tions. nd. as usual, are discounting it far in advance. Proxpect of Depression. Those who believe depression is due in 1924 feel that it may have fts origin mainly in the hzh prices row prevs for many commodi- . yeott” cited vemi when Mr. eliminate Congre: Dy St replied: “Not until the Di ts the vote! Then yYou may eliminate Congress—according to your own judgment of who may best be eliminate ! Other features of the program of entertainment wer The calling up on the stage of s 1 of the old residents of the District who were All federal and District employes | . e will be excused from their duties on | COMMUTES SENTENCES orge W, jJune 5 the “biz day” of the coming | sident of Shrine convention | This was made known at the White | Prison Terms of Wolfs Reduced House yesterday afternoon, but at| ame time it was announced that | torHals another $12,000,000 dividend. it is that | this privilege will not be extended by | President Harding vesterday com- muted the prison sentences of Paul the authority’s opinion there will some|means of Presidential ati day be & clamor for nationalizing the | declaring MR e e aation ¥ by na & the | declaring a holiday on that date and Fred Wolf, Quincy, 111, convicted war funds, to one-half their { petroleum indusrty, just as | | s making converts to the of Decided at Cabinet Meeting, [of Y original length, dependent upon pay- and the second §1 meeting 'ment of fir ars rendered several solos, public ownership of mines. Lumber| The ma s d at y costs, ameccording to recent govern- | terday’s bi-weekly binet t ment figures, as much as it did iniand when the maiter had been thor. 5 1918 and 1919, It is revelations like |oughly d d the President said| The sentences of Fred Wolf was or- e these which may create an agital he ‘would consent to the various de- | dered to expire June 17 and that of his | for nationalized timber production. partm excusing their re- Paul to end October 17. Their man law. The informant weat so to say that the statutes de- restraint of trade reing transgressed every day and ir every way on a scals _owparalle cnly to infractions of the \ulstead) law. Arbitrary limitation of « utput, through pooling _arranzement suld, also, to be in wholesale He with resultant high pric consuming classes, mainly ‘mer and the salari-d citizen. Extent of Price-Fixing. Another authority thinks “price- fixing” is attaining dimensions and producing consequences that are fomenting the demand for nation: ized industry to an extent the poli- ! ticians do not faintly realize. If the Standard Oil Company should declare | a 14th Street Terrace NOT ALONE THE MOST CONVENIENT SUBURB OF WASHINGTON BUT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHARACTER HOMES From $12,850 to $16,950 OVER 200 HOM Federal and D. C. Employes to Be Excused From Duties June 5. think prog s 1o the ainment. and Mrs. | rs were called up on ch. in turn, was given an ovation audience. Theo- dore W. N s praised for the part he has taken in the District's af- fairs. At a short business session | resolution w ed to offer prizes! for the best designs turned in for an| insignia_for the society. the first prize is eneral strik months or cost of mers 5> ALREADY SOLD Large detached homes built for families who can pay as high as WANTED—At Once: on SPECIAL NOTICE:! X R A0 ALL 0 5 THT you that 1 have sold ms | i4th to Cirillo ous having elaims will prese withouf FAINA t th ERIGH wame 308 RESPONSIRLE FOR DERT Lan myself. CLAR 15th st PURCH. n Dora Paul. with ee demonstrat ONTAND Texponsible ONSIRLE FOR ANY ted by me personally. 4 3th st_noe. 198 1E 3 PORTUNITY rugs washed, disinfected and restored to_thel criginal eolors. at sour residence, 'very cheap: rotects fro 0 yenrs” PROG RE: FOR SMALL LOTS TO N AND INTERMBDIATE IR COMPANY. the District of Columbia. The annual election of trustees Aweriean’ Fire Tnsurance Co. of . i at the office of the Compn wt. n.w., on Thursday, June 2] open from 11 a.mn. to 1 pm Sordary. " Organized June 10 1 i . 11, BERGMAN Here’s a Roofer Teady to make things soug and tight at modernte cost. Tell us your troubles and we'll be on the job. Right at your elbow. Call Main 14. Roofing, 1416 F' st. n.w. TRONCLAD &ntes, Mior sinm, “PROTECTIN” coat of this grand old roof paint your roof in good shape for Solid, durable, honest. emember the nam KOONS i NOTICE 30 roor'reaires and pane. —Now Let the roofing experts of 35 ve amine sour Toof and submit to you th mate. fteasonable prices. All work gna Grafton&Son,Inc., V3 Roofing Experts of 35 years. _Phone M. 760. ROOF EXPERTS Repairing and Painting. Estimates cheerfully furnished free, R. K. FERGUSON, Inc. Roofing Dep! . 1114 Oth st. Ph. M. 2490-2401. ‘The Million Dollar Printing Plant Satisfaction—plus, (The National Capital Press 1422 F St. N.W. Phone Main 933, 121212 D ot m.w. _ 3 b “Wiggs Puts HEAT in Heating You May Have to Wait Heating &|5eitine x}‘i".':m;fml"’x“n.ffi"‘.’. Plumbing | o qaihe by, Bl el Experts. |SERVICE on your job now, The Biggs Engineering Co. ‘WARREN_W. BIGGS, President, 1810 14th St N.W. Tel. Frank. 817, Printing Certainty +—instead of ‘‘chance’—consult us. grade but not high priced.” Y PRINTER, BYRON S. ADAMS, [ShieeR “High { Bratenahl, the executor. By and large, it's the state of the times in 1924 that mainly will decide the complex‘on of the next presidency and the Sixty-ninth Congress. Noth ing else, 'in the estimation of politic- ians. will compete with that as the paramount issue next year. There are hopes and fears of varying hues, | but nobody is ready to commit him- | self to definite prophecy. No cam- ! paign result in our contemporary history ever rested more surely on the knees of the god (Copyright. D. C. FIRM AWARDED PATENT OFFICE CONTRACT Drawings of Current Issues, Beis-E sues and Designs Will Be Produc- [ ed Next Year as During 1922-23. The Columbia Planograph Com- pany, 5 5 L street mnortheast, has been awarded the contract for reproducing. during the fiscal year | ending June 30, 1924, the drawings | of the current issues of patents, re- | issues and designs for the United | States patent office. This company is also furnishing this same class of work for the cur- rent fiscal year. Prompt and cfficient service in supnlying these repreductions is an important factor in the proper func- tioning and the expeditious manner in_which the routine work at the patent office mugt be carried on. An average of approximately 275 draw- | ings are issued dailv from that of- fice, 100 coples of each being printed. These, together with their respec- | tive specifications, are bound and de- livered to the patent office, where they are held for public sale. BISHOP OF WASHINGTON LEAVES SMALL ESTATE Had No Real Estate and But $4,342.90 in Personal Property. Alfred Harding, late Bishop of | Washington, owned no real estate, but had personal property valued at $4,342.90, according to the petition for the probate of his will presented in court today by Very Rev. G. C. F. 1923.) The property comprises household and personal effects worth $3,000, 1ib- erty bonds of $700 and cash in bank of $642.90. Bishop Harding is survived by two sons and a daughter, Alfred Harding, §r., Paul C. Harding and Charlotte G. Harding. Attorney E. A, Harriman represents the executor. Time for a good picture of Baby $20.00 Dozen Suitable for development of small detached houses. . Tract of about 50 acres, convenient to car line and close to prineipal artery into city, Offered to close an estate at $2,500 per acre. Water and sewer available, Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. 813 15th St. NW. MAIN 2430 | spective emploves. ‘ It was said afterw deemed the. most pra method this wa fines of $10,000 and 1 of ! tively, have been paid RUG-CHAT Real Antique Orientals, the length of which do not exceed 7 feet. are washed by us with a new process at 25 soap, no gasoline. Cents a Square Foot. No OTHER RUGS Scouring, 9x12_. Dry Cleaning, 9x Other sizes proportionatel. Domestic $3.50 $1.50 washings Oriental ...85.00 ..$2.00 All 12.. guaranteed to be mothproof for a year. Ph. West 1212 S. Ichilian & Co. 1032 20th St. N.W. $5,000, rcspec-l 6,7 and 8 CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION REMEMBER THESE FACTS! ROOM HOUSES 5719 to 5721 8 Roofiu and Attic. 13th Street N.W. (Just North where 14th St. cars stop) $1,000 Cash. $80 Month 1801 to 1847 Monroe Street N.E. Woodridge, D. C. Country Homes with city improvements (Take R. 1. Ave. cars to 18th St. N.E.) 1222-4-6 Eye Street S.E. 3 Rooms Deep Homes—Not Usual Box Type Convenient to Avenue Cars and Navy Yard $500 Cash—Balance $75 Month. HOMES FOR SALE HR HOWENSTEIN 1314 F STRE SALESMAN To Call on Banks and Insurance | Companies The manufacturers of the NEST EGG HOME S, who are now con- ducting advertising cam- paigns throughout the coun- try, desire a high-class rep- resentative in this localit He must be a PROD! R, of forceful and pleasing per- sonality, with a record of success. The man we want is one capable of earning FROM $100000 TO $2,00000 A MONTH. Should be equipped with auto. Write at once, giving full details in your first letter, to our Sales Manager, J. A. Greer, who will be in Washington at New Willard Hotel about May 22nd. No advances until earned. | Steel Products Corporation of California First and Folsom Streets San Francisco $22,000—our price, $16,250. Brick, semi-detached homes, big lots. A $12.850 detached bungalow, the wonder of present-day building.” SEVERAL SAMPLE HOMES Why Pay More? TO INSPECT Take any l4th Street car to corner of Ingraham Street (finest car service in all Washington). Homes open every day until 9 o'clock. Owners and Builders Compare the Prices of Values With Others Offered and You Will Buy Today Branch Showroom LAST CALL If you have not already visited our 3-DAY USED CAR SALE and are going to purchase an automobile, today is your final chance to inspect our assortment for Our Sale Closes Tonight Every car remaining - un- sold at noon today will be cut In price. Open Tonight Sterrett & Fleming, I Champlain St. at Kalorama Road 1223 Connecticut Avenue We Need Space and are Sacrificing Prices to Get It