Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1923, Page 5

SCHOOL ESTIVATES 70 COME UP S0oN Items Totaling $11,000,000 Will Be Discussed by Com- missioners and Board. Members of the board of education and the District Commissioners will Confer within a few weeks on various items in the estimates for operation ©of the public school system for next Year. The date of the conference has ot been fixed. Latest information is to the effect that the school estimates aggregate More than $11,000,000. Early reports Dlaced the total much lower, but, it is understood, the board has asked be- tween $4,000.000 and $5.000,000 for new buildings and groumds, which helped raise the total. 1t is regarded as likely that the original figures of the school board Will Be trimmed to sume extent be- fore they reach Congress. Figures Are Reduced. The Thrill That Comes Once T THE EVE n a Lifetime. —By WEBSTER. NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, MANY STORES CLOSE ALL DAY SATURDAYS Other Merchants to Give Clerks Half Holiday During July and August. The following stores have advised the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assoclation that they will be closed all day on Saturdays from July 7 to September 1, inclusive: Department stores — Goldenberg's, the Hecht Company, S. Kann Sons Company, Lansburgh & Brother, Palals Royal and Woodward & Lo- throp. Ladies’ specialty stores—M. Brooks & Co., J. E. Cunningham & Co., G. {irlebacher, Bertram Cohn, Jullus iarfinkle & Co., Louls Gold Company, Harris Shop, Frank R. Jelleff, Inc.; Kafka's, Leverton's, the Louvre, Leon Company, Milton R. Ney, M. Philips- born & Co. and Rizik Brothers, China and glassware—Dulin & Mar- tin Company. Furniture and carpets—Peter Gro- gan & Sons Company, House & Herr- mann, the Hub,' Lansburgh Furniture Company, Philllp Levy & Co., National Furniture Company, Mayer & Co., W. B. Mosey & Sons, P. J. Nee and W. &! J. Sloane. Pianos and musical instruments—O. J. De Moll & Co., E. F. Droop & Sons Company, Arthur Jordan Plano Com- pany and Homer L. Kitt Piano Com- D. C., SAY CHILDREN NEED MORE PLAY SPACES: Opening ;:f All D. C. School Grounds Urged by Local Associations. The Commissioners will be re- quested by the District of Columbia Public School Association and the District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations to open all of the public school playgrounds immediately and keep them running throughout the summer to meet the | demand of Washington children for play space. The_appropriations committee of the Public School Association, of which Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell is chairman, appointed a committee of five at a meeting last night to make a survey of the school play- grounds and determino of them not now in_operation can be opened to the children. Capt Julius I. Peyser, president of the assoclation, pointed out there are between seventy and eighty playgrounds and only twenty-nine are_open The executive committee of the Congress of Mothers has appointed a committee to go before the Com- missioners and urge the opening of all the school playgrounds. Mrs. Giles Soott Rafter, president of the organization, sald she feels sure that how many ! today that | FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923. Join the thousands of Washington people who are saving money by trading at Piggly Wiggly. SUGAR 10-Ib. Bag Fine Granulated . . . 93¢ pany. both the C Jewelry—Galt & Brother and Gold- [ hothg he, Sommissioners and _the board of education are just as anx- smith & Co. ious as the parents of the child t e D Shoes—Arthur Burt, Regal Shoelthat the school P the educational system, they have Company (F street), B. Rich's Sone. | throughout the yesr "o D¢ °Pen found it reduce the Queen Quality Shoe Company, Snyder gann e S eatiinibeas ittle and Stetson Shoe Shop. e L e S The following merchants have notl- | Indians of the plains made spoons, budget bLurcau fairly among all mu- fled the assoclation that they will|C€aps, combs, bows and head-dresses nicipal activities. ; close at 1 o'clock: National Electric|{rom buffalo horn nal e Al - Supply Company, R. P. Andrews Pa-|=— == e S e \ per Company. E. Morrison Paper Com- | = and g unds, the city heads also must remember the needs of the engineer department for sewers, streets and water mains. They must listen to the pleas of the police and fire chiefs for more men and equipment The school budget, it is reported. econtains a reque: for money to begin ®ork on the proposed new McKinley | and Business High schools. as well as Although the Commissioners are fully cognizant of the many needs of 5-lb. Bag Fine Granulated . . . . 48c Not Over Ten Pounds to a Customer Peaches™ - s~ 1 7cC Butte » 44 3-0z. bottle Queen Olives . . . 15c 6-0z. bottle Pimento Stuffed Olives, 28¢ 4¢ necessary to pnay, Mathers-Lamm Paper Company Stockett-Fiske Company, Charles G.! Co., Vigginia Paper Company, Ward Company and Sidney Golden Scene FIRE IN FLORIST SHOP. To Our Patrons DRIVERS SWIFTLY TRIED. Blaze at 916 F Street Put Out Two Are Arrested and Convicted ‘With Small Loss. Within Fifteen Minutes. additional junior high school facili- Fire of undetermined origin at 916 | Swift justice overtook George M ties and new grade schools. - Ak 5 mises of F. H. Kramer, Henry and James Wilkerson in the With the opening of new buildings {¥_Street. prem| > : the. Sehent ot ance hgures mSs | forist, and the Barrett Hat Company, | Trafic Court yesterday. They were have gone up. Which is another rea- {last night caused $100 damage to the | §1ented tried and convicted by Judge son for the higher estimates for next|pyjlding and contents. | minutes. Henry was arrested by Po- piear There was a small audience in the | liceman Christensen in front of the Gem Theater, 1131 Tth street, last|cOurthouse, charged with operating MAN CAUGHT IN CHASE might about 10 'o'clock! whon one ot lfncargs. | C. © vemmit FHe was| necrganizmtion of ithe District the reels caught fire. Employes of | Wilkerson was charged with speed- [ membership was effected yesterday. . AFTER LIQUOR SEIZURE [the theater could have extinguished|In8 and being without an operator's |Richard S. Whaley, former member i Ray Prettyman Held for Illegal July and August, we close at 2 P.M. = i ! permit. He was arrested by Officer{af Congress, w elected chalrman. | the fire without the aid of firemen, but | Jiaje. 5 bioe pe court- e SloctDr Al © 6 i alarm was sounded as s precoat|Haislip one block from the court-|The ‘election was carried out In the | Possession, Following Raid. e e | house. He was fined $5 for being |aksence of Thomas E. ilegal possession of Peeney, one of | . vitho and ‘his ons e new ‘ho is - : T e at Ninth R Arine at % he engine yesterday | \Vithout @ permit and ‘his personai|the new members, who is still re-| he Avenu charged agains fied the aswociation that they will close at 2 o'clock: Goldheim's, Gros- ner's, R. Harris & Co., D. J. tman, Parker-Bridget Company and Raleigh Haberdasher. R. S. WHALEY AT HEAD. D. C. Rent Commission, Reorgan- ized, Begins Hearings. Reorganization of the District; Beginning with next Saturday, and on every Saturday in SUNSET GOLD PRIDE OF D. C. Best Creamery ] 3 ! erday | hond taken on the speed charge. Wil- | ported to be in Wilmington, Del. itermoon s mespotiainle (o o fire Iy delivers milk for babies at|Hearings were begun today by the' $32ac = oy P e i 1s, and sald he was in @ hurry | full commissios 1245 2d street southwest. The fire did_$10_damage attol No. 5 engine compan [ 4 afternoon responded tc 4 =ERT ¥EEE 70 2070 OWTENS . W. Be, 2 P sl et. | Sagsin the butldin| and_Record Book sent free upon recelpt o CONTESTS FOR OUTING. THE AUTOMAC COMPANY, Many Sports on Gas Light Em- P. 0. Box One. Washi ployes’ Beach Program. A nail-driving contest for women, a back-to-back race, fat men’s race, tug v Later he was arrested after a lively | of war and foot races for children will chase. Charles Plunkett, driver of the | feature the thirty-fifth annual excursion car, was arrested. charged with speed- {of the Washington Gas Light Com- ing. and released on $10 collateral. | pany’s Employes' Beneficial Association Prettyman gave bond of $1,000. next Wednesday at Chesapeake Beach. More than 2,000 persons are expected to attend. GOES TO SENECA FALLS. The committee on arrangements is liquor was Olives Potted Meat, Libby’s, WATERMELONS Large Georgia Melons, Each, 75¢ Sweet and Juicy and “Red to the Rind” The Kind Other Stores Sell for $1.25 ness at 8§32 arrested last night by Detectives Murphy and Arrington and Policeman Griffin of the third precinct and Revenue Agent Rose. Seizure of sev- 2 quarts, labeled “Scotch * in his home garage, was re- Co-Operating With Your Executor per can ported. The officers reported seeing two cases transferred from a car to the garage, and while they were seizing it, they stated, Prettyman disappeared utomobile. It is no criticism of the ability of the person you wish to handle your estate when you name this bank in your will as co-executor. 3 There is an advantage in having experi- enced men co-operate with your executor in_the disposal of your estate. We should like to tell you of the many ways our Trust Department benefits you in trust affairs——whether it be the carrying out of your wishes in your will or the management of trusts while you are still alive Second National Bank “The Bank of Utmost Service” ALEXANDER WOLF VICTOR B. DEYBER Trust Officer President 509 Seventh Street N.W. H 1333 G Street N.W. For Better Vision The Right Glasses and Eye Comfort Consuit composed of C. M. Deener, chairman: |J. J. Spellman, P. E. Cruit, John Miss Alice Paul to Complete Con-|O'Neil and Matthew Donohue. Officers of the assoclation are Lewis S. Hart, ference Plans. president; Mr. Deener, secretary, and Alice Paul, chairman of the Na- George M. Whitwell, treasurer. tlonal Woman's Party, left Washing- ton today to complete arrangements the conference and anniversary celebration to he held in Seneca Falls, N. Y. July 20 to 22. A com- mittee of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce will meet Miss Paul In that city tomorrow to arrange details of the pilgrimage to the grave of Susan B. Anthony. “Tt is our determination to secure for American women the rights which were demanded for them at the Sen- eca Falls convention of 1848 by the ploncers of women's freedom,” sald Miss Paul before her departure. “We belleve that these rights should be a "art of the Constitution of this coun- try. It is for this reason that at the conference we will propose an amend- ment glving equal rights to men and women. and upon its adoption will immediately begin a nation-wide po- litical campaign.” BAND CONCERT OFF. The officer in charge of public build- ings and grounds announces that the band concert scheduled for the Bright- wood reservoir, 16th and Kennedy streets northwest, this evening will not e given, as the band will not be avail- able. Kinsman Optical Co., 705 14th St. N.W. Established in 1900 ey EDMONSTON'S Home of the Original FOOT FORM Boots and Oxfords for Men, Women and Children. |OPEN TILL 2 P.M. SATURDAYS| DURING JULY AND AUGUST | SPECIAL PRICE QUOTATIONS ON BROKEN LINES OF FINE FOOTWEAR Broken Lines of White Strap Ties and Women’s Canvas Oxfords $4.00 Broken Lines of Children’s and Misses’ One-Strap Ties —in black, tan and white. $2.00 Broken Lines of Infants’ Button Boots Black, white and brown. $1.00 Remnants of the Children’s and Misses’ Tennis Shoes 75¢ | EDMONSTON & CO. (Incorporated) e 1334 F Street ANDREW BETZ, Manager Advisers and Authserities on All Foot Troubles Fresh Home-Grown Beets, - 5¢ Fresh Home-Grown Carrots, v 5¢ ew York Lettuce, "= 8c = ](0c Freestone Peaches, & 12:4c Low Fare Sunday Excursions $1.70 Keedysville $1.95 Hagerstown $1.50 Harpers Ferry $1.65 Millville $1.70 Charles Town $1.95 Summit Point $2.05 Wadesville $2.30 Winchester AND RETURN Sunday, July 8 SPECIAL TRAIN Lv. Washington........ 8:20 A.M. Consult Ticket Agents Baltimore & Ohio R. R. LARGE AND An Unusua”y Low Price for SWEET (Genuine) Kuppenl'lelnler : Suits 33 Not alone is the price unusual—but we offer THE BUCKINGHAM, a coat with an extremely English Low Waistline, blunt-end vest and excep- tionally wide-cut trousers—THE HAR- LAN, a loose-fitting Brooks type coat, with vest and trousers, as in the pre- viously described models—and THE KENWICK a full Norfolk model with trousers and vest fashioned the same— and combinations of the latest accepted men’s dress fashions. We await your approval, Canteloupes, FANCY Potatoes, %~ 4 These Prices Good at All Piggly Wiggly Stores Saturday and Monday PIGGLY WIGGLY T i Blue Book It vou have planned a motor trip, be mure that you don't over- Kk having a Blue Book in your There " is_siwazs a best k is the rupted trip, with no annoying inei- dents, you' will be one of those who would as a_Blue Book without G While you are in the Shop let us show you the State Road Maps— they're sure to prove handy. The National Remembrance Shop (Mr. Foster's Bhop) 14th Street 22e, Door From Pa. Ave. Also 1220 Pa. Ave. ne " 1325_F.STREET, House of Kuppenheimer Clothes