Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1923, Page 5

100 Clerks and 20 Carriers | to Handle Shrine Mail During Big Week. One hundred extra clerks and twen- ty extra carriers will be placed on duty May 28 by Postmaster Mooney to help care for the Shriners’ mail espected by that time to start flowing into the National Capital from all parts of the country. Part of these men will go on duty great Shrine post office to be in the Post Office Department building at 11th street and Pennsyl- vania avenué, and the remainder will stay at the city post office and man ihe six new substations to be estab- lished. Plans Are Announced. All plans are completed by the city post office for handling the extra mail, and officials there expect everything to run off smoothly. Postmaster General New, in an an- nouncement today, said that the visit- fng Shriners will receive the best 13ail service that it is possible to give tHe Nine general delivery windows, la- 1y, will be installed office.” he de- for general delivery mail. hotel stations will deliver ed in care of the hotel in re located. The stations from § a.m. until mid- night, a will be supplied with stamps, envelopes, wrappers, etc., for sale to the Shriners. Plan Information Booths. ‘In addition to these facilities the elassified station in the Wardman Park Hotel will be open from § a.m. until 11 p.m.. while the same hours will be observed at the St. James sta- 1ion for the accommods Sh srs stopping at that hot:l, the Met- an and the Netional mail addre which th will be o - | fresh northwest and north winds will be equipped to assist n clerks in rarnishing regarding the points of interest Washing! USE OF NARGOTICS DECLINES SHARPLY Haynes Says Results Under Harrison Act Show Federal Control Effective. sumption of narcotic | K t ed States ha enormous decrease under a ation of the Harrison drug aci cording to a statement today by Federal Prohibition °Commissioner Haynes. giving the latest official fig- i These indicate the effective- ness of federal control. Commissioner Haynes declared. and also “refute the charge so often made that drug ad- lction and the use of narcotic drugs are on the increase in the United States.” Official figures on imports of nar- | 0| cotics and their distribution showed that sales by manufacturers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1921, were sufficlent for one and seven-eighths f grains of morphia capita, whi for the fiscal vear 1922 they were re duced to seven-eighths of a grain on a per capita basis. gled narcotics. The per capita con- sumption of cocaine for 1921 was given at one-third of a grain, while was reduced to one- ¢ a grain. Commissioner Haynes declared crroneous the fre- quent statement that the per capita opium consumption was around thir- ty-six grains, this being based, he said. on pre-prohibition statistics. Although the Harrison law was a|S! d not a revenue measure, ner Haynes said, it result- j B year in turning into the v ‘more than $500.000 in ex- cess of appropriations for enforce- ment of the act. The revenue receipts for 1921 e $1.170,000 and $1,269,- 000 for 1 “There o0 country in the world, in which there exists a more efficient ¢emethod of checking the importation, distribution and consumption of nar- cotic drugs than in the United States under the provisions of the Harri- son act,” said Commissioner Haynes. “Every ounce of opium or coca leaves imported into this country can be traced directly to the ultimate con- sumer.” Hard Luck. { From the New York Sun. l Jackson—Hear about Jones? His caddie laughed at one of his misplays, 1 he flew into a rage and swung driver at the boy. ohnson—The dickens! Was ho ar- rested? couldn’t hit Jackson—No. Jones various | 9e'g in aad around The figures, of |§ course, were not_inclusive of smug- {5 THE MONSTROSITY WITH UNCUT EARS AND TAIL THE WEATHER | District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight; mod- erate northwest and north winds. Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- row; cooler tonight, probably frost in ] the mountains: moderate northwest| and north winds. | Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- row; cooler tonight: moderate to West Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tomight, probably frost in the mountain Thermometer—4 p.m 12 midnight, 64; 4 a.m ¥ 0. occurred | at 2:30 p.m. vesterday. Lowest tem- perature, §0.9, occurred at 10:15 p.m. yesterday Temperature same date last year— Highest, 83; lowest, 58. Condition of the Water. Temperature and_condition of the water at 8 am.; Great Falls—Tem- perature, 66; condition, very muddy. Weather in Various Clties. | T dewperuiure. \ 2 » Stations. State of Weather. “* gupragak awaudy FEFE REIASL. Pr.cloudy Cloudy. . Cloudy Cloydy Clear Pt.cloudy Cléur BBARIABE Clear Pt cloudy Cloudy L. Pteloud 061 Cloudy 3 St. Pa Seattls . Spokane WASH., 2 y a1 today.) ‘ature. Weather. Part cloudy Cloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy Clear Cloudy uba... Colon, Canal Zon: DUEL VICTIM DIES. MIAMI, Fla, May 2l.—Gentle C. Forbus, victim of a revolver duel w Samuel Bowman, his brother-in-law, in Bowman’s home ‘here Friday night, died yesterday in a hospital. Bowman died Saturday. The duel, according to Mrs. Bowman, was_precipitated by Bowman's alleged attentions to another woman, which Forbus resented. Friday night as tney rode home from work together they ha words over Bowman's reported att tions to the other woman. You if your vision is becoming hazy or Hifficult, consult our Dr. George ‘Warren, Optometrist. He will pre- scribe for you and have made for you glasses that are exactly right and that permit seeing clearly, both far and near. ‘We have beautiful and artistic mountings of every description, and all lenses are made in our labora- tory according to the precise re- quirements of each patron. Charge Accounts Welcomed ' CASTELBERG’S 935 Pa. Ave. Are THE EVENING STAR, -WASHiNGTON, D. C. By Webster. Ar AMUSING LY TLE VULGARIAM 15NY HE 7 TAXll_S & AUTOS ower Rates Main 431 18th St. Near R, N.W. Excellent brick house. nine rooms. two baths, electric lights. screened throughout. This is & splesdid oppor- tunity o get u large house at an ex. ccedingly low price. A real bargain. W. C. & A. N. Miller Realtors 1119 17th St. N.W. Phone Main 1790 Dr. H-—--’s Boy Seven Years Old! %URALLY he wants him to have a good education and he will if the Doctor lives. now he will anyhow! accumulating $3,000 for “Doc Jr.'s” education thru the €0 From Personal cArthur L. Word Lee AVE you ever, in your travels. found a Hotel (probably of ‘moderate size)where the Own- eror Manager, by his personal inter- est in your comfort and welfare, made your stay conspicuously pleasant ? 11 80, you are looking forward to another visit—and that is just the atmosphere that now pervades the Hotel McAlpin. If you will write me personally the requirements of yourself or family, T will see that you are ex- My staff, both male and female, from the house manager to the bell boy, are trained to make the small- est detail of your stay, both in and out of the Hotel.a series of pleasant experiences by their courteous, un- obtrusive interest. The McAlpin equipment, furnish- ings and cuisine are reputed to be unsurpassed, if equalled, by any Hotel here or abroad. But aside from this, if there isany detail, great or small, in which I can help during your stay, let me know and | shall never be too busy to demonstrate my desire to establish with you the interest of a host with his guest rather than a manager with his patron. Thus dol believe I will succeed in Jeaving with you the cordial desire to make the Hotel McAlpin your New York home in the future. Artaor L. Lee, Manager, is Now But Br. H.is month and when Junior is seventeen the money will all be ready! CAN imagine the com- fort the doctor gets from the fact that if he should not live to complete the fund the'in- surance feature of the plan completes it for him, WE EsPECIALLY like to tell all about this splendid plan when the fund is for a boy's or girl's education. COMMERCIAL National Bank Resources over $15,000,000 FOURTEENTH STREET AT G 'MONDAY, MAY 21, 1923. 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