Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 9

INSURANCE RATE PROMISE WELCOME Water Officials Plan Renewed Work on High-Pressure Estimates. Announcement yesterday by David M. Lea, president of the rating board of District fire underwriters, that in- surance rates in Washington would be reduced if high-pressure fire hydrants were Installed was received with gratification at the District building. Capt. John E. Wood, assistant en- sineer commissioner, in charge of the water department, said he was glad to learn that lower insurance rates would be granted Washington when the high-pressure system is installed. e declared previous information reaching him did not fhdicate that such would be the case. Changes Aspect. puts the high-pressure ques- an entlrely different aspect,” said Capt. Wood, referring to Mr. Lea's stutement. Although the tentative estimates ©of the water department for the next fiscal year do not include a recom- mendation for the high-pressuer sys- the department has on i rough e mate prepared abnut] o which is available for the of the Commisgsioners, ¥ call for it when they be- sideration of the budget next the the budget bureau, the water depart- ment probably would have to get nd work out the plan in more It is understood this rough estimate, )a‘reparnd under the administration of Col. Keller, called for an outlay of more than & million dollars. Commissioner Oyster has been a ong advocate of installing a spe 1 8ot of water mains for fire-fight- ing purposes. TYesterday Maj. Bell, the new Enginebr Commissioner, ex- pressed an intention of giving it very careful study. Commissioner Rudolph is out of the city, but will return this Week to begin work on the estimates, ORDER OF THE WEST TOHOLD SESSION HERE Joseph Kaplan Names Committees | to Manage Convention Set l For July 29 to 31. { The Progressive Order of the West Will Tiold its convention in Washington July 29 to 31. Headquarters will be established at the New Ebbitt Hotel. The organization has been exLab—I lished for the last forty-six years and is composed of about 40,000 men and women who are mostly residents of | the cities of the west and middle west. | Commissioner Oyster hase been in- | to address the convention. Others who have been Invited to eak mon, Dr. Julius Loeb, | nblatt, Rabbi Theo- dore Shabshelowitz and’ Rabbl Moses | i A. Horowitz. Joseph Kaplain, ninth deputy grand | master, chairman of the convention | commitiee has appointed the following | committees: 4 ngements, seph Kaplan, chair- | Soloman Clipker { Transportation, | Ring, chairman; Charles | Israel Bers, and Lee A.| Souvenirs, Hais, Soloman Lee A. Berlin- . Samuel Halis. stave A. ¥, 2 a . Miss_Dora KRobin, Miss Han: Bers, Mrs. Abram’ Rosenfeldt, ! oldberg and Mrs. Publicity, Lee A Ber- | chairman; Israel Bers and | Feldmann. * Credentfals, Joseph | 1 1 Berlins i Decoration, Mi: rah Kaplan, | Samuel Hals | 0 as delegates, and ! Soloman Clipkef and Charles Schneider, | alternates to represent the capitol at ! the convention. | = FALSE PRETENSE, CHARGE | George Anderson Held by De- tectives for Hearing. George Anderson, years old, 200 twenty-three st Capitol street, was arrested by Detectives Mullen and /g Murphy yesterd nd held to answer | & charge of false pretenses, it being ed that he gave a worthless :heck for $40 to an employe of an F street clothing firm. The check, drawn on the Munsey Trust Company, it is charged, was ziven to a driver for the firm when he delivered a suit of clothes, An- derson telling the driver he would call at the store and get the change. lie was arrcsted before he appeared at the store, however, and will be iven an opportunity to explain the transaction in Police Court. DUEL STORIES DENIED. Pilsudski Didn't Fight, . Poles| Claim. WARSAW, Jul Polish press agency issued a state- ment today declaring that the storles airculated of a duel between Marshal Pilsudski and Minister of War Szep- tycki were manufactured out of whole cloth. It asserts that the rela- tions between the two men remain excellent, as they always were. —The official ‘The Branches Are Growing Payne’s Pharmacy— 326 L. Capitol Street— will receive Classified Ads for The Star—giv- ing this populous section of Washington addition- al facilities. There are no fees charged—regu- lar rates only. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office pker, Miss Dora Robin | | A. B v | [ ‘CHOSEN HEAD OF RENT COMMISSION RICHARD S, WHALEY, Lawyer and former representative from South Carolina, who has been agues chair- Rent Commix- sion, recently reorganized. 16,000 Drunk Here Past Year, Police Estimate There were 16,000 intoxicated persons in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ended June 30 last, according to rough esti- mates of the police. Police records show 8,102 arrests during that period for intoxication, and police usually estimate that such arrests represent about 50 per cent of the violators of that par- ticular law. Arrests for intoxica- tion the previous fiscal year were 6,375, There were 251 arrests for drinking in public, an increase of 102 over the previous year. The arrests for driving an auto- mobile while intoxicated increased from 206 the fiscal vear ended June 30, 19: 521 the past fiscal vear. Arrests for sefling, possession, transportation and manufacturing ntoxicants numbered 3,886. There were 18 gallons of intoxicants seized. Arrests for all offe during the year numbered 66,663, P against 61,057 the previous year. THE GROUP LEGISLATION 'EFFORTS DEPLORED Civil Service' Body Objects to Changes Engineered by Classes. Resolutions deploring efforts of groups to have changes made in the clvil service retirement’ law that would give speclal consideration to’ certain classes were passed at a gen- eral conference meeting of the joint conference, on civil service retirement Friday night in the A. F.>of L. build- ing. The conference went on record as maintaining that a united effort to get an adequate law which will deal fair- 1y with the civil service employes us a whole and that each individual *mup shall have & square deal is in- nitely more important than for any particular groups to make individual campaigns for spectul consideration. The conference {s composed of the following organizations: The National Assoclation of Letter Carrlers, the National Federation of Federal Em ployes, the Rallway Malil Association, National Federation of Post Office Clerks, District 44, Machinists, col prising all machinists in the govern ment employ; the International Mold ers of North America, the boller- | makers, patternmakers, draftsmen, plate printers, Typographical Union. No. 101, and many other organiza- tions. - The officers of the conference are: Chairman, Robert H. urer, N. P. Alifas; secretary, Edel Reed: assistant _secretary, Thomas F. Flaherty. ; ONE DRUNK, TWO ARRESTS Court Rules One Fine Is Enough for Same Offense. Albert Ford., a railroad engineer, ! rooming at 320 12th street, next door to the first police precinct station house, was arrested twice Friday for the same drunk. He first ar- rested by Policeman Shelton and taken to the station house where he put up $25 collateral. Six hours later, he .was arrested by Policeman Mogre and put up another $25 collateral. Judge Schuldt in the Police Court fined Ford $10 for the first offense and dismissed the second charge. on the grounds that the man could not be convicted twice for the same offense. ASK PAY RAISE. CHICAGO. Tl July 7.—President D. W. Helt of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America, has filed a submission with the Uhited States Raflroad Labor Board re- questing an_increase in pay for the signalmen_department employes on the Lake Erie and Western Railway The request is for the establish- ment of rates ranging from 60 cents an hour for helpers to $1 an hour for gang foremen. |e/ozy BArGAIN CARNIVAL| They're all of very timely interest; 5 and the savings are really worth while on §ood. dependable materials, backed by our guarantee of satis Read every item. small sizes. Imported Gingham and Fancy Voile WASH DRESSES, $2.77 Some imported and domestic ginghams in a variety of good styles. Fast colors and neatly trimmed. In lot, sizes to 44. action to all. Also some neat voiles, in One Big Rack of Summery SILK DRESSES, $6.66 A chic assortment of cool, summery silks, in the wanted styles of the season and im light or dark colors. Sizes are broken, but # the lot is good. sizes 46 to 52. 39.In. 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Extra “Cinderella” ROMPERS, $1.19 Beautitully styled. daintily trimmes hand embroidered. Sises 2 1o 6 years. Infants’ Fine DRESSES, 59¢ Fine mercerized batiste, dainty lace edge. yoke and sleeves, embroldered front. 25c Pink Mesh BANDEAUX, 19¢ ‘Women's quality, o nd Light-Weight - bixl corsets. lightly boned. Extra Size STEP-INS, 49¢ Pink, white, etc., lace edge trimmed: elastic top; extra’ full cut and make. Double Bed SHEETS, 79¢ 27-In. 10-Yds. of BIRDEYE, $1.35 Genuine Red Star oSS or'8 plased e indle of 10 yards. Worth $2.25 regularly. Yard-Wide PERCALE, 124¢ A big assortment of n’)ah‘edm ind patterns, on .. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.' C, JULY 8, 1923—PART 1. UTTING small lots of ornate and useful Furniture for outdoors and ingoors. You'll find your savings will be very considerable and your selection in every instance one that will contribute service and satisfaction. You can open a Charge Account here—whenever it suits your convenience. House and Herrmann Furnishings for Outdoors _ We are making very special prices in many styles of Rustic Pieces—that not only are a great convenience on the fawn, but will add much to its appearance. prices. Rustic Cedar 32.95 to 37,50 34.25 and 38.15 82.25 and 52.95 Rustic Cedar Gateway, with lattice top and fence 332,50 panels . Arm- chairs .. Settees . Tables Plant Stands > A0 Markifig Spec These prices are REDUCED Long Rustic Cedar Settee, with protecting $ roof ety Rus of good open side panelling ........ z 5 . . . Rustic Hickory Arm- .75 to $Q.50 . PO Arm Rocker . Settees . size~with roof and Tablew -o0ico ial Prices on Couch Hammocks We carry in our stock all grades—from the hon- estly good—to the luxurious Englander. 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Tapestry upholstery bolster . .o Arm Chairs and Rockers— Combination Mahog- any Hall Armchair i R &G . 1 BACK ceeeeeeeececeaees Combination Mahog- i any Hall Armcha 35250 with tapestry seat..... Coxwell Armchalir; Tapestry covering, with loose cushion spring-seat up- $49%5 - holstery ... Coxwell Armchair; 378 50 tapestry covering and spring upholstery ..... Overstuffed Armchair; $0= 50 wing design; tapestry covered .. . Beds and Mattresses at Special Prices These are handy types of Beds— and the mattresses required for them—and will supply a need in “every family when there’s an ‘ex- pansion of sleeping facilities de- sired. White Enamel Metal Beds Including spring of link fabric; continuous posts and four fllling rods at both head and $Q 75 foot - ends; singlo . size. SPECIAL Cot and Spring Complete ‘Wood - Frame Folding Cot, with head and foot ends; serv- iceable fabric spring. 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