Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1923, Page 13

N surance company’s agent at Osaka, is 4 regarded here as premature by the few financial writers who refer to such a step in the morning papers The Morning Post’s financial writer thinks it unlikely that any such ar- rangement would extend to Japan's ex- ternal loan, as the Japanese govern- ment balances abroad are very large. On the other hand there Is a possibility that fresh Japanese borrowings would naturally be affected by existing loar although, suys the writer, even today Ed MORATORIUM TAL HELD PREMATURE London Papers Discuss Huge Loan to Rebuild Devas- tated Area. By the Associnted Press By the Assoclated Iress NAGASAKI, September 6.—The Jnpanese finance minixter probably will declare n ten days' mora- torium, according to, advices from Toki LONDON, September 6—The anticipating that Japan will declare a moratorium, which for the moment rests 8olely on the authority of a British in- report few foreign governments would obtain loans on better terms than Japan The financial expert of the Times suys the general view is that a large reconstruction loan will have to be raised, which the market would receive eympathetics w uld Cost ¥ fon Pounds. The Financier s editorially the work of reconstruction is hazarded, will cost a billlon pounds sterling, will involve vere strain on T an’s resources and that possi- bly currency fatibn, now non-exist- ent. cannot be avoided. This Journal adds that uncertainty s exists regards the gold reserve of the of Japan It is estimuted to exc £105.000,000 sterling, and if it is r covered intact it wil form a solid basis for an emergency note issue Wwhich is bound 'to be made to cover the government's immediate uire- ments. the foremast of which will be the feeding and clothing of millions of refugees and the cost of maintain- ing order in the devastated are. The fact that @t the cloge market yesterday buying Japanese sccurities were received b for home and American account is cited by the financial writers as evi- dence of public confiden in Japan's uperative power, The conviction is expressed there is a desire to give the support to Japanese securitics REFUGEES REVEAL HORRORS OF QUAKE that which, it the orders for th that fullest AMERICAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL AND FAMILY REPORTED VICTIMS OF JAPANESE QUAKE THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER: 6, -1923. - from an extended trip abroad, »\h»re] he went to attend a boys' work con- ¥ = = 2 ference In Austria. Immediately fol-| ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 6 AR e e “‘""‘.is"‘ flz:[)—T)\uulm'lu‘ Rodgers, z\\vo:l : ; e : i orty-five years old, a farmer who Give Harrowing Accounts of | Fcted to send $1.000 to the suffering ;U 3¢ NG slexandria, | Fairfas g |>\;!;h~ of Japan. lcounty, south of this city, who was| : 'he newspaper man, who was in-|{struck by an automobile driven by | Escapes iinl Yokohamas licaucea o motaries Predome Wit Osborne F k. colored, giving his £ . llam Wile, described in detail the iy 3 shortly atter & | g Washington, died ortly after 1 . Whole City Destroyed. |dcvastatca arca. and spoke of the|ociock this morning At the sex: b b | frequent earthquakes that: vistt the|andris Hoepltal as a result of his e sk ciriod ¢ es. Rodgers sustained a broken P e feountry. = “Of course sald Mr.ij.gand also received internal injurfes | W Ul | Hedges, “these are of minor import,{as a result of being struck. At the| e e T ePrsiehe S Dally News. | but ardly s week passes that win-{lime_of the accitent Rodgers was| KOBE, Jupan, September 6.—The P. [doWS in large bulldings are I““;]' B ok T iy Riore | and O. steamer Dongola has arrtved | turbed.” 4 Ants Justice Frank Troth of Fairfax coun- | ere e I | e f |ty. Which hearing took place in this | here with a large number of foreign- 1“rT{l;‘AM\ulk~r» pictured the location |y it was testified that Fanwick | ers. refugecs from Tokio, Yokohama | ¢n. M piie e combasey, and sald {¢ajica to stop his machine after strik- and neighboring cifles. All give har- | extent of the catastroshe than thas!ing R hins . .z i oHghed dntho e e Rodgers and place Douglas Adam, edftor of the Japan | Vidoan Sfeater part of Tokio and |inejr machine and started in pursuit | Gasptte, sald NP “Couper repeatod” his thlk on|3f the machine that struck Rodgers All business houses in.Yokohama | conditions abroad delivered several|A Short distance after thes started e i M1l bGin ki thi ainta o¢ the | times)ibeforemibea olvicubonies ana| Condtable Weass (Juined) theim i and h ake. Fhe 4 E & {caured much amusement among his £ 4 e g a8 earthquake. The shocks were suc- & |{ehine driven by Fenwick betore Fen- cessively vertical "and horizontal, | fioN Rotarians by describing his| ek stopped his car. et amvan acK colEpuen e ONpaiences with foreign Rotary | “Tnere were four other colored men oupes of cards, people, D e w Tenw e reopia Ihe Deovle, manicls Arthuri Marks preaided. mnd:prionjil the machine withiienwlcic iat ihe i e hetictns B oeaiiacch: | toiithe clublsdbclsioniito) donwte ithe |Lune. Benwick itold Justice Lrotuthut In'a few hours the whole settlement | W'Y faqorire “hangsy Folel fund. (ol or nis failure to wop.. " ] and the revidential quarter on the | Chiarfen W. Scmimes. Rainh jllahan | genwick is now being held in the bservers stand- i member of Rotary making personaj|action o Al e j:;"“h“‘. the settlement saw the towers [ QUbSeriptions aside Trom e Gonal | held without bail when it was found Cthe rches on the bIUff tobbie | tion of the club as & whope, | Rodgers’ condition was serfous. Dr. over and disappear. Several ships in | | W, L. Robey. coroner of Fairfax. will the harbor landed boats with water | 1a 2 inquest a Vheatle i e] and took off the wounded. The city VOTE $250 TO FUND. nolngan dnuyest e ey L suddenly found itself without food or {=Bn i water and but for the gallant assist- | ar rendered 4wy British, French, | American and Japanese steamers the loss of life would surely have been mugh greater.” g ' 100 Forelgners Killed. stimated that 100 foreigners | were illed. The following are known to have 1 their _lives United States Consul and Mrs. Max D. Kirjossoff, Vice Consul Paul E. Jenks, Dr.” Worden, Dr. ilmore¢, Smith L. Zembsch, Paul Cannon, An- | * golia and — Gimson. All of the foregoing nine victims were Amer jcan. The British dead inciude the | following: Huge Horne, commercial | attache; Dr. Edwin Wheeler, W. | Tt J. Sibbs Tait of the Chartered Tom Abbey and A. B. Mason, The following French were killed: Consul and Mme. de Jardin and chila | and Mr. and Mre. Cotte. Other vie- tims were Dr. Reidhaar, a Swiss; | Mr. Rubattelli, Mre. Fowbottom,, Mrs. AL Gr Mrs. Kirkland Wilson, Mra Somerton, Mr. and Mrs. Ribeiro and | son, Louls Watson and a British con- | sular shipping clerk, Mr. Lee: Refugees from. the fashlonable | summer regort Miyanoshita, forty-five miles southwest. of Toklo, arcived here vesterday Most of them were | attired in Japanese clothing. Only one foreigner is known to have been | killed at this place. His name . is given as Hurst. * New irex Develop. There were further fires in Tokio ] on Tuesday and. troops were blowing | up buildings to prevent the spread of | the' flames. There has been consid- | erable lawlessness, and looting ha been attempted in both Tokio and YoKohama. Martial law is now he- i ing . enforced rigidly in® the whole | earthquake district. The Tokio ga rison has 1 reinforced by troops from Utsonomiya, ‘Takasaki and Sa- | kura. 2 The American steamers President Jefferson, Traveller and West | : Jena and the British Knight Templar and Lycaon are arriving with.more fugltives. Altogether 2000 foreizn ers have arrived here from thel striéken cities or are ‘expécted soon. | Cgnsuls and leading resfdents iere | havé formed a relief committee, and | already about 50,000 yen ($25,000) has been subscribed. Geherous response to | urgent calls for clothing are being made. " It. cannot be too strongly emphasized | thatt Yokohama as a bukiness center | and ;popular stopping-off place for tour- | istsno lonzer exists. The hotels, busi ness houses, zovernment offices, con- | sulates, churches.and theaters have all | been destroyed. Persons who were in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake and fire describe the Yokohama situation as far | worse in every way.. | VOTES S}!IPLOI."J’OF RICE. Honolulu Chamber of Commerce _ Acts to Reliéve Suffering. By the Assoclated Presn. HONOLULU, September °%.— The chamber of commerce voted today ‘to send a shipload of rice and flour to Ja- . pan as the city's gift toward relief of « the suffering thousands there. ¥+ The relief committee ‘named by the governor arranged to open a depot where clothing and’ other necessarles’ Lions A con !panese relief fund, to be s i Evening Star, w: by a week After stressed had be o7 OTARY CLUB GIVES| 1,000 TO JAPANESE Members Vote Sum After In- spiring Talks by Hedges ATV NZAZANZONIL UANDERWOOD PHOTOS. and Cooper. Conditions in stricken Japan, as well as in Europe, were vividly por- trayed to members of the Washington Rotary Club by Frank H. Hedges of| the Japanese Advertiser, only Amer- ican newspaper in Nippon. now on a! vacation in America, and William | Knowles Cooper, former president of the organization. recently returned Club Acts to Aid Sufferers in Japan's Tragedy. tribution of $250 o the Ja- nt to The S unanimously voted arge attendance of Lions at the meeting in the New Willard iHotel vesterday. President the fallen George appalling disaster “our friends in Lewis that the |orient.” the club immediately went on record as extending sympathy to the Japanese people. and subscribing the above Rev. mentioned amount George F. Dudley, chaplain of the club, who has just returned from a visit itions in t During the chairman nor, ommitt musical il to England, spoke on condi- British Tsle, afternoon Caleb O'Con- of the entertainment ee. presented an elaborate program, the numbers of {which touched on the personalities of members of the organization. DEINFRE IN TOKIO HOSPITAL sit [ By the As !Patients in Imperial Univer-| | sued tomorrow y Institution Unable to Flee Flames. sociated Pross. SHANGHAL September 6.—An east- ern new machi safd $60 perial were Imperia University burned 8 agency report from Harano- patients in the Im- Hospital at Tokio to .death and that the 1 Palace had been opened to refugees The report ings had escaped damage, the department of justice, navy preme o ectural The b stroyed the Mitsui utives bulldings and said some large build- including su- ourt and house of represent- the Tokio pre- office and the imperial hotel. buildings reported totally de- include the bank of Japan, Bank, the Yasuda Bank and the Third Bank. Princesses Nagato Kuni and Hiroko Kanin and Princ safe. Kanin are reported PRINCE MATSUKATA NOW REPORTED UNHURT Former Premier Previously Had Been Declared Killed in Disaster. LONDON, ‘September 6.—A Reuter dispatch from Nagasaki dated Wednes- day, says that Prince Matsukata, former premler, who previously had been re- would be received for shipment to Japan. I ported as dead, is uninjured, A EESE: | | WASHINGTON GIRL P . i d G. Babbitt, assixtant che of United States at Toklo. | er—Mrx. Elwood G. Habbitt and their two daughters, Jocelyn (left) 1 Dorix (right). ALEXANDRI City Financial Report. | The financial report of the city’s | affairs for the past fiscal year will be submitted by City Manager Wilder | L. Rich at the meeting of city coun- cil_this afternoon. In addition to the foregoing, bids received for the purchase of an au- tomobile for Fire Chief Paul Morton will be acted upon. Other business |of a routine nature also will be con- | i sidered at this meeting. 1 The Kiwanis Club this afternoon agreed to give its support to the drive which will be launched next Tuesday by Alexandria Chapter, American Red Cross, to raise funds {for the relicf of the Japanese suf- ferers. R. S. Jomes is chairman and | J. T. Preston is secretary. The! wanians were addressed by Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson, pastor of the First | Baptist Church, who will leave short- 1y for Lexington to assume the pas- torate of the Lexington Baptist Church. Boost prizes were distributed. | Miss Cora L. Kennedy announces {that the picn f the First Baptist Church Sunday school, to have been given today at Hume, Arlington coun- ¥, has been postponed until some fu- re date. Miss Estelle Wentworth, a well known light opera singer of this city, has been appointed director of the cholr of Christ Episcopal Church and will hold a choir rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night. Work of issuing permits to white children to attend the public schools will be completed this afternoon and permits to colored children will be is- | at Lee School. The ! reopen for studies next schools will Tuesday. SAFE IN JAPAN | | | Horre Ewgvc MISS MARGARET R: PAINE, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer B, Paine of 2472 Ontaric road. POSTAL CLERKS ASK PAY BOOST Want Five Grades Ranging From $1,600 to $2,400. Would Cut Night Work. Reclassification of postal clerks so that | the annual salaries wili range Tom $1,600 to $2,400, with two special lerkships at $2,500 and $2.600, was asked of Congress today in_resolu- tions adopted b the United National Assoclation of Tost Office Clerks at the concluding scssions of the twen- ty-fourth annual convention at the New Willard Hotel. The resolution. as adopted. asks salarles higher than those which the committec on resolutions had con- idered, the convention Increasing the Jumps” in salary between grades from $100 to $200. ive grades are asked for—$1,600, $1.500, £2,000, $2,200 and $2,400. The resolutions adopted declared that the world war revolutionized conditions all over the orld, nd that the changed conditions ‘resulted in an increasing cost of living averaging from 100 to 500 per cent. 2 “The postal service of the United States ix the only institution in th United States, whether in n publlc control, that has not in- eased its pay to the extent of meet- ng the increased cost of living.” de- clared the resolutions Old age won a battle from youth when the delegates adopted a résolu- tion in favor of an optional thirty- year retirement on two-thirds pays or a maximum of $1,200 per year. The battle hinged around the word “optional, n, as first pre- sented by delegates, using the word " Older dele- gates resented the implication that a man is ready for the “serap heap” fter thirty vears of service. Resolutions were adopted asking for increased pay for night work, reduction of this class of worl termed “the most discouraging ele ment” of postal work; a weekly pay day, instead of payments twice month, was asked for by the dele- gates. Resolutions were adopted ad- vocating an increase in money order fees to the public, ranging from 5- cent charge on an order ranging from 1 cent to $2.50, to ent_charge on an order ranging from $i5.01 to $100. younger “compulsory Laud Star Editorial. Postmaster W. M. Mooney of the Washington clty post office was given an ovation when he concluded an ad- dress at the morning session, in the course of which he declargd that he was going to do everything he could to better the retirement rights of post office workers. At last night's session of the con- vention an editorial from The Star of September 5 “Lovalty of Government Clerks.” was read and complimented by the delegate It was ordered spread on the minutes of the conven- tion. C.'P. Franciscus of New York was re-clected president of the United Na- tional Assoclation of Post Office Clerks. CHINESE RUSHING RELIEF 70 JAPAN| Hongkong Chamber of Com- merce Takes Steps to Alleviate Suffering. By the Asociated Press. HONGKONG, September 6 An earthquake relief committee meeting | under the auspices of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and representatives of the American and Japanese communities here number of steps today for alleviation of the suffering caused in Japan by last Saturday's disaster. The committee decided to arrange for interception of several cargoes of flour and tinned provisions mow on their way here from the United States in order to afford speedy relief for the food situation, which has been reported as serious and, as an imme- dlate step for rellef, to divert a car- go of flour due to reach Kobe Satur- day to Yokohama. A relief fund was opened with a substantial donation from the government. Arrangements were made to send medical ald, hos- pital stores and equipment for caring for the injured and those suffaring from disease which, it was feared, might follow the catastrophe. Plans for sending the former Pacific mail steamer China to Japan for u: as a hispital ship were discussed, and, it suitable arrangements can be made, that will be done. Shipping companies, insurance houses at marine connections and Chinese commission® houses are donating their services to carry out the rellef pro- gtam. The committee passed resolutions ex- pressing the deepest sympathy felt here for Japan’s sufferers. The chair- man, in an address opening the meet- ing, made allusion to relief funds started In the United States and Great Eritain, but asserted that the first ma- terial _assigtance must be provided from Shanghai and Hongkong, in which view the committee concurred. ARCHITECTS OFFER AID IN REBUILDING Americans Place Proposals of As- sistance Before Japanese Ambassador. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September 6.—Offers of assistance in the quick rebuilding of Japan's ruined cities have been placed before the Japanese ambas- sador by several leading architectural and construction firms in this city, familiar with conditions in the east. Charles Ferguson, recently sent by the state department to study eco- nomic conditions in the far east, an nounced that Gen. George W. Go thals, builder of the Panama Canal, had declared his readiness to organ- ize an expedition of reconstruction jo Japan. Gen. Goethals, he said, would not volunteer, but would gladly give his services if they were requested by the Japanese government or the State Department. Dr. Charles Austin Beard, author of a plan for greater Tokio, which was drafted three yvears ago at the re- quest of the Japanese government, sent a cable to the Japanese am- bassador at Washington, renewing his offer of service. "While the plan as drafted had not been put Into effect, Dr. Beard said it was still adaptable to the present emergency. The new Tokio, outlined in Dr. Beard's plan, would be provided with boulevards and water and sewage systems, which would rival the best systems'in ‘America. Provision would be made for six milllon inhabitants, with residents and apartments con- structed In the style of the best American architecture. William A. Starrett Brothers, constructi builders, also_expre: ness to aid in recreating more per- manent and beautiful cit Starrett spent three years in Japan supervis- ing the construction of American bulldings in Toklio and Yokoham of Starrett gineers and willing- E= private or! took af | FRIENDS HERE FEAR HE IS QUAKE VICTIM FIND RADIUM DEPOSIT. [; 5 > g 3 3, 6 ‘ :entered n Sea All Available Space of Ship Filled| PETROGRAD, Septemb: 6.—The Radium Institute reported today that 62 Miles Distant Withifupplies. the expedition it sent to Werghana ties vistan OTTAWA, Ont., September 6.—The | has discovered what ‘probably is the By the Associated Press. Canadian government is rushing re-|worla’s largest deposit of radium OSAKA, September 6.—The Im- |lief to stricken Japan. All available i SO A perial University at Tokio an- (space on the Empress of Russia, nourices that the center of the |which salls from Vancouver for Japan | It is the custom in many of the sefsmlc disturbances Saturday and |today, will be filled up with emer-|towns in Brittany for all couples Sunday was sixty-two miles to the |gency food supplies for the survivors| who become engagéd during the southward of Toklo in the ocean. 'of the disastrous earthquake and fires. | year to bo married the same d REV. CHZRLES S, SWEE' Missionary in Japan. ;larding N?atrne;ir For Nobel Prize For Peace Work By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, September 6 — The late President Harding is in- cluded in a list of about thirty persons who are heing proposed as recipients of the Nobel prize, says the Christiania posten. Others include Hughes, I A0 K Aften- st in Jane Lord the newspaper's Addams, ecretary Robert Cecil, P'rof. the English econo- mint: Nitti. the former Italtan premier; Carl Lindhagen, mayor of Stockholm, and Miss Elsa Brandstrom, the Swedish Red Cross worker. Post-mortem mitted by the PRINCE HIROTADA KILLED BY QUAKE Died in Train Trapoed in Tun- nel by Cave-In—Dowager Princess Dead. awards atutes. are per- By the Associated Press. PEKING, September 6 Hirotada of the Prin house of Kwacho was killed in a train tunnel near Yokosuka . during a cave-in caused by the earth- quake, according to dispatches ceived here. It Is also reported that Dowager Princess Kaya was burned to death at Kamakura and that Princess Hiroko Kanin was crushed to death in the family villa at Odawara. It was stated that Prince Kanin, who was also at Odawara, is | missing Reports also confirmed the death of Prince Tadashige Shimuzu, h of the Satsuma Clan, who was crushed ito a h in his villa at Oiso: also of |Prince Matsukata. one of the prin- cipal genro, empir The Mitsui report sald the earth- quake shocks which were the cause, ¢ or elder statesmen, of the rectly or indirectly, of most of the mage done, continued for twenty- four hours from noon last Saturday The shocks were felt throughout northern Japan, the report sald. $1,500,000 IN LUMBER IS DONATED TO JAPAN Douglas Fir Exporting Company Offers 45,000,000 Feet to Devastated Area. By the Associated Press TACOMA, Wash., September 6.—G of lumber worth $1.500.000 for t upbuilding of the devastated area of Japan was voted here by the price committee of the Douglas Fir Ex- ploitation and Exporting Company The committee voted to donate 45, 000,000 feet of lumber of all kinds to the Japanese government. The lum- ber will be furnished by the export- ing mills of the Pacific coast. which are members of the company ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md. September & (Special). —Under authority of an act of the last legislature making Alta Vista, this county, a special taxing area, the county issué bonds In the amount of $4.500 for street improvements in Alta Vis To pay the interest and gradu: redeem the bonds, a special tax wiil be levied against all real and per sonal property in the village. The proceeds from the bond issue will be turned over by the commissioners to the Alta Vista citizens’ committee for use for the purpose indicated. Marringe Licenses. Licenses have beéen issued by the clerk of the circuit court here for the marriage of the following: Miss Virginia E. Thomas of Lynchburg, Va., and James O. Willlams of Wash- ington; Miss Mary I. Tubman and Joseph M. Keefe, both of Washington; Miss Julia Frisbie of Washington and Conrad B. Gentry of Atlanta, Ga.. and Miss Marjorie L. Kanode and Wwilllam B. Honeycutt, both of Wash- ington. The public schools of the county opened vesterday morning with an aggregate attendance of approxi- mately 7.000 pupils, which s an in- crease of something like 500 over the enrollment of the previous vear. There were no vacancies in the teach- ing force, and, according to Prof. Edwin W. Broome, county superin- tendent of schools, the vear began under most promising circumstances. Tuesday the two hundred or more teachers of the county held a confer- ence in the high school building here. It was in charge of Prof. Broome, who addressed the teachers on mat- ters pertaining to their work. In the afternoon Prof. Samuel M. North, supervisor of the high schools of the state, spoke to the high school teachers. Aswessment Dropped. In compliance with a request of a delegation of citizens of Poolesville, this county, who appeared before the board here on Tuesday, the county commissioners have dfrected that the assessment against all property de- | stroyed by the recent disastrous fire at Poolesville be Zbated. erty destroyed was assessed at some- thing like $50,000. With about fifteen of the Sunday schools of Wheaton district repre- sented by delegates and other Sun- day school workers, a Sunday school convention was held in Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church, Ken- sington. yesterday afternoon and evening. It was conducted by W. Wilson Briggs, president of the Montgomery County Sundey School Assoclation. and was addressed by Rev. Maurice Hamm, Dr. Wilbur Bmith and Miss Lillian McCormick, speclalists in Sunday school work. re- | commissioners will | The prop- | i i I | { | Woohward & Lathrop DOWN STAIRS STORE Friday is Remnant Day Remnant Day Merchandise Is Not Returnable or Exchangeable; Not In popular brown and navy. $7.50 Dresses, $4 1d Gingham frocks, with organ 14 Voile trimming and embroidery. Sent C. O. D. or On Approval; Mail or Phone Orders Not Accepted Poiret Twill and Jersey Fall Dresses - Just 25 dresses and every one a wonderful valuc, Very Special, $14% New fall models with braiding or embroidery $4 Dresses, $1.95 14 Plain and Printed Voile Dresses of gingham also some Navy and Black Trico-Knit Dresses, Special, $10 19 Fall Dresses, with panels and tiers, Polaire Coats, plain tans and browns, Fall models. 2 coat models, silk lined. skeleton 2 Poiret Twill Suits, Special, $10 ea. Slightly imperiect. 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These dresses in checks and solid colors. Sizes 6 to 14 years Blouses, Blouses, 50c each; were SI. Girls’ Sizes with Peter Pan collars or embroidery. 8 to 16 years. High-grade, Thread Silk Middies, 65c each. Slightly soiled. Odd sizes gray Rompers, 50c each; were 88c. Children’s : Rompers, all in bright colors. Also Creepers, Thread sizes 1 to G vears. perfect, but Boys’ Khaki Pants, 50c pair; were $1. Full cut; only small sizes, 7 to 10 years. Percale Blouses, 55c each; were much higher. 120 Blouses, in ncat patterns. All sizes. DOWN STAIRS STORE Mercer- from display. Very specially_priced Chemise, $1; were $1.95 Porto Rican soiled. 50 Corset Covers, 25c each; were much higher. Muslin, plain tailored and lace trimmed. 12 Muslin Gowns, $1 each; were $1.95. High grade Muslin Gowns, slightly soiled, trimmed with contrasting colors. Handmade Chemise, slightly Of elastic_a figured broche of excellent = ’ q)&ahe(];:“‘l*;l;‘\:i st’:'ouJé su'é‘fi,;rfm, Sizes 24 20 Crepe Gowns, 50c each; were 75c. Flesh to 30. color; slightly soiled Single-garter Brassieres, 78c each; 1 Pink stripe batiste, well cut, well fitting, with Sizes 34, 36, 38, two strong hose supporters. 40 and 42 100 Bandeaux, 15c each; were much higher. In larger sizes, 40 to 44. Different patterns in pink and white broche. DOW STAIRS STORE Union Suits, 75c each; were SI. muslin; flesh and white bodice styles. sizes. 12 Crepe Pajamas, $1 pair; were $1.75. Flesh Colored Crepe Pajamas, Billie Burke style. 16 Gowns, 50c each; were 75c. Muslin Gowns, V necks; slightly soiled Fine quality oselst Broken DOWN STAIRS STORE Aprons, 50c 40 Bungalow and Jiffy-on Aprons, Broken size assort- ment. Petticoats, 50c _each; were §1. 7 long white petticoats with tub silk flounces. Petticoats, $1 each; were much more, 5 tub silk petti- coats in small sizes. Petticoats, $1 each; were much higher. 16 white sateen, shadowproof petti- coats, greatly reduced for clearance. Voile Dresses, $1.95 ea.; were much more. vy and brown. DOWN STAIRS STORE Draperies and Curtaining, % to % Less Remnants of Cretonne, Scrim and Marquisettes, in attractive create a pleasant, homey atmosphere for the Fall. Women’s Kid Pumps $1.95 100 pairs women's brown kid, one-strap pumps and dark brown oxfords, sizes 3 to 8. Not every size in every style. : 25 pairs women'’s black kid, one-strap pumps, $1.65 pair. Sizes range from 4 to 675. This price is very low. 50 pairs women'’s black patent leather oxfords with Cuban heels, $1 pair. Also black kid oxfords at the same price. Sizes 3 to 5)4. Special price. DOW STAIRS STORE patterns that DOWN STAIRS STORE 6