Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1923, Page 9

flgE_EEEEEE:EEEEEEEE T T BOARD T0 RETURN - QUESTIONNAIRES Personnql Classification Body Has"Finished Review of Many. Chairman Bailey of the personnel clageification board reporied to Gen. Lovd, dircctor of %he bureay o the budget, today that all guestionnairés reviewed and allocated by his board| Would be ned to the government | departments and establishments by tonight. ~Gen. Lord, who appointed the chair- man of the personnel classification board personally to reprgsent him as ity head, returned terday from his Vacation and received among the first of his n ous callers Mr. Bailey with reports on the progress af re- classific A total of 54,000 questionnaires, Mr. | Bailey said, have been handled by the board far the District of Columbia. A total of already been re. turned department and the| be sent back today ion. 8 numerous the allocation rd_have been regl man Balley szid today cations were tentative and that the board necessarily had to rush its work in order io return the ques- tionnaire in time for the departments to include their salury schedules in the 1925 extimates due 2t the buveau of the budget on next Saturday. The board was understood ta be willing 1o entertain statenients from employes concerned, but whether the board will have oral hearings on_ the | salary ations has not yet been determined 1t was emphasized. however, that the present allocations as returned to the departments and establishments in the District of Columbia were no - final. DEFENSE OF FORD OFFER ON MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT| complaints made by the ered, Chair- that the allo- A signed state retary W er Compan Henry Shoals by th ent at ks and th and s Ford's offer prope: a American Farn ation, through Gray ingion repgesentative of the labama Po defending the Muscle ssued Sund: Bureau Fede Silver, its Wash- The statement War Department, issued after | Mr. Ford conferred last week with Pre: 1t Coolidge and Mr. Weeks, in for fes finmnmed, provides R, veeney was glven (nformation that Jimmy's" place was.open and ryn- .ing every afternoon. He sald he at. empted a raid. The raid failed, ac- sording to his wtory, because the place -was close The fallowing afternoon, however, the houss was again in operation and bas been ever since. Sheriff Sweeney is not a candidate for re-election. The primaries yester- dauy were naming & man to enforce the law in Prince Georges county. There ig more ¥han whispered hints about the county that quite same backing will be given in certain sectlon €o & can- |didate favering “sports.” When State’'s Attorney Ryon was asked whose duty it is to bring al- leged vielators of the ldw to the bar oFf Jjustice, he sald: “IU'8 up’ to the sherifr." Too Big a Job “I don't blame the gheriff so much,” he added. “Prince Georges county is a big county and there is too much vork In it for one man. The present herlff is without an assistant and it is impossible for him to properly per- form’ all ‘duties required of him throughout the county.” -“What about the constables?" state's attorney was asked they “authority to houses?" An_affirmative answer came from Mr. Ryen's lips, but he added that a constable's fee for making a raid is $1.40. “Who can be expected to make a raid for that sum of monev?" he asked. There are the “Have raid gambling six constables in the county, located in various sections. Mr. Ryon explained that it is for the sheriff to take the initlative In the matter of arresting violators of the W and it is the state’s attorney’s uty to presecute all cases presented. In all cases in which proof is sub- mitted the witnesses are taken before the grand jurv, he declared, and when indictments are returned the persons aecused are put on trial. Pools Held Illegal. Asked ‘if muking pools on horse races is @ violation of the Prince Georges county law, Mr, Ryen answer- d in the afirmative. The law, he a penalty of a ne of $100 or three months imprison- ent, The law specifically states that any game of chance Is to be considered a gaming table Despite the talk of the establish- ment of a police force, “Jimmy's Place" continues to open every quent the house are chuckling to themselves, unafraid of arrest and de- flantly violating the law. Every after- noon ‘it entertains hundreds of trons with horse r: betting f or both fine and imprisonment. | you collect, if you are lucky. after- | noon. and the men and boys who fre- | tifies - [aeatand in the room—i t in operation, with rulette, “sweat” and stud poker. etween © this Mopta Catle and Washington & rvegular bus sep operated on lc’gaduh. which will bring prospective winners right up to the door and take away the dejected logers on the return trip. T> intimate that the existance of “Jimmy's" ls well kiwown would be like hinting that snalls travel slower than expre! principal 1ly an attractive old place. A 'high fence surrounds the grounds of the old house and shuts off from view én the roadway a ple- e grove of trees, which flank t o lane leading to the house, and this fenee—which -reminds ane of the stockades araund ploneer forts —aigo shields from publly view pos- aibly one or twe hundred automobiles grouped about in the shelter of the trees during the afternoon while the motorists are within, laylng bets on the races or sweating to bedt the game of “hazard. Eansy to Enter. Run out some afternoon and see for yourself. Drive up to the gate in the Stockade as if you were #coustomed to it and look to the right. A small half-door or hole in the fenge will open; the guardian of the gate will look you over; you might say, “How's tricks, A and he'll grunt some- thing ' and another moment the main gate will open. Then you can dvive around the sharp right turn down into the Ifttle valley at the north of the house where a regular parking guide will show you where to put vour car. Then, act like you know where you are. Walk around the house to the southern side, into a back door and up a flight of stairs. Turn te the right and go through a few rooms with poal tables that have rubber-covered boards perpendicular to the harizon- tal green cloth—for shooting craps. Turn left. Go up another flight and walk right into the lay-out. Then voy'll see & sight that will bring back memories of old St. Asaph, down in Virginia between Alexandvia and the Long bridge. S Horse Ruclug Bets. One room is filled with parapher- nalia for playing, donating er col- lecting from the alleged sport of kings. There is a window where you place vour money—just like Bowle or Laurol There is anether whore ou must write out an application to bet first, however, and give the name of the race hors, with th amount you bet and how you bet it Then you present it at the window. A progressive number stamp iden- your-. application and vyou are handed a return slin with the num- ber on it. This is called the re- ceipt for a transaction. Then take summar {t'¢ w! in righty warm, too, for people which it was stated that Mr. Ford | was not aware of the legal entangle- | ments involved in the inclusion of the | Gorgas steam plant in the propertias, Mr. Silver said, was “incomprehensi ble,” since the Detroft manufacturer was “fully aware of these so-cal legal entanglements,” and had incor- >ffer an agreement to igations and liabilities ¢ imposed on the United States y said contract.” | At the time of the issuance of the | statement by Secratary Weeks, which asserted that Mr. Pord “did not know of the legal situation in which these | properties (the &urgas plant and transmission lines) are involved,” the war secretary explained, he had been advised during the conference with Mr. Ford and his engineer, W. B. Mayo, that they did not know of the situation confronting the department or that the Alabama Power Company | had requested it to vacate the Gorgas property DICE ROLL MERRILY AS PRINCE GEORGES HINTS AT CLEAN-UP (Continued from First Page). is_in operation, but for t of help 1s unable to take to close it Garrison claims not the power. to deputige per- s0ns to assigt them, and that it would be futile fo him to attempt the job singlehandéd 3 A week Shefift J. ago Arthur jal—0lal——ulalc——alolc——2lo c—=—— 0] ~ Pbilipshorn Cross Committee. il May Be Made at Any of the Following Offices: Riggs National Bunk, Main Office, 1503 Pennsylvania Avenue. treet and Park Road 1 ud P Streets N.W. Washington Heights Office, 2477 18th Street 1 Seventh Street Office, 7th aud Eye Streets N.W. The list of those contributing September 10th, to Park Road Office. 14th Dupont Circle Office, 20th whom the thanks of the v John 8. Larcombe Mary A, White . Maud Hamilton F. 8. Altemus H. 5. Woodward . Mrs. J. A. Orane John Flym ... William Ritter M A M ... Total ... Hational Amount previously scknowledged. Total te date. Riggs National Bank Will Continue to Receive Contributions for the Japanese Relief Fund to Be Turned Over to the Red cordially expressed, is as follow: Sundry anemymous centributions. Officers and empleyes of the Bank Subscriptions Riggs National Bank are $50.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 25.00 10.00 1.00 5.00 5.00 “5.00 100.00 1.00 $232.00 45.00 . Riggs 14575 ELEVENTH ST, Pure Thread HOSIERY Thousands of Pairs in the Greatest Sale of Its Kind Ever Held et ALL FULL FASHIONED ALL PERFECT QUALITY ALL SIZES 8«0 10, el ol == Slole———loi—— ol —— BEIGE . NEW BROWN A history-making event! Thousands of pairs of the celobrated, nationaily advertised “KAYSER” Silk Hose at a sensational price, Never has this or any other hosiery shop announced such a phenomenal sale of this well-known brand, Women who are familiar with the splendid wearing qualities and appearance of this celebrated Hosiery will buy several boxes tomorrow, College girls or gift seckers will likewise fiid this a ‘golden opportinity, We earngstly urge you to calculate your needs for a year or more, as we cannot hope to duplicate this marvelous sale for a long time, if ever. § ol ——=2a]——0a|ol—o |0l e—=—ala|——=a 0| =—=3]o] —=] o] —=0] I——lol—=]ol——=Jal——=lol=—ol——Jolc—=al—=ol——Jol—=lold——Jo]c——=lolc—— ol ——=Jc]————=[alc—x o[ ——=/| (First Floor) : == : windaws—and listen to vage being run via a telephone wire and & en-voiced announcer. You can visualize the horses at the turn—in the back stretch—enroute home—and past tha wire. Has Roulette, Whe Or, If you don't liKe horse racing, walk around to the backroem and take g chance at raulette. It's just a; easy. A beautifully arranged whee and & croupier do the work. You bet your meney on a number, or on a color, of on a combination of numbers and sometimes you win and some- times you don't. Or. play “sweat.” The apparatus is at the upper end of the horse-race room. It's a simple-looking game. An oblong table, with numbers from one to &lx on each side of it, and in the center @ thing that looks like a poll- parrot cage straightened out to straight ~ up-and.down lin with drum heads on each end. Inside the wires are three big dice. The keeper announces he's ready to turn, and he swings the cage an an, axis. The dice tumble from top to bot- tom. If a six shows up and you have bet on & six you collect even money. If two show up, It's two to one, an it three show up you get $3 bacl for every $1 bet. . Similarly with each other number. S Then, there’s stud poker—but what'a the use? You can be among the 100 or 200 or 300 excited men of lei- sure who patronize “Jimmy” any afternoon. Just walk right in. Every- thing's orderly, it might be said in all fairness, and you might enjoy yourself. Don't worry about being raided. | {5 s VAT ATAY AV AV AVAAVAY LY AVAVAY AVAVATAVE VAVAYA VAV AVAVAY 4 VAVAVAVAVAVAV AV AVAVAVAY AVAVAVAVAVAVAN . 7 i Suit -Blo New Fall M Crepe de chine is favored material—Db braided artistically. Collars. In Red, Havana, Brown, etc. Pirst Floor l lole——a]o]c——=]o]——=]a] or three-quarter sleeves. rolling collars, V neck or no ARLINGTON COUNTY. CLARENDON, Va., September 11 (Special).—The new St. Charles Pa- rachial School entered on its second term yesterday ¥ith an enrcllment of 108 puplls, a Fig gncrease over last year. The increased enroliment, “accord- ing to Rev. Father F. J. Lackey, pas- tor of St. Charles' Church, has ‘made it necessary te bring another teacher from the mother home at Bristol Va. to equip another schoolroom, making four ineall, and add an eighth grade to the school. Two new teach- ©rs were present at the opening of the school yesterday, Sister Francis hav- "‘fi gome to' meet the increased en- rollment and to teach the fifth and sixth grades, and Sister Regina to succeed Sister Berkman, who is ve- ported to be ill. Sister Regina will teach the third and fourth grades. Sisters Rose and. Paula, the former last year's principal and teacher of the seventh and ejghth grades, and the latter teacher 0f the first and second grades, have returned to re- sume their duties. A music class is to be inaugurated this session, it is'sand, with Siater Francis as instructor. Judge Lawrence D. Groner of the United States district court yestep- day* appointed former Police Judge Willlam C. Gloth of Arlington county, Carroll Plerce and Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria rs for the Rosslyn Packing ny ot Rossly . ALl branches of the concer: 7 tha exception of the ice plant were closed yesterfiay. Bond Comyp [ 608 1 of $50,000 was required of th celvers. William L. Bragg, chalrman of the Arlington county demogratic commit- tee, announced last night that the executive committee of the organi- zation had decided to extend an -in- vitation to all democratic candidates for county offices in the November elections to meet with the committee next Saturday night at £ o'clock at the courthouse for the purpose of conference. Membership drives of the Claren- don Citizens' Assoclation and the Women's Civic League of Clarendon were launched last night with ti8 opening of a joint enrollment booth on the carnival grounds, with Fred L. Sharp and Mrs. Rex Hunt in charge. While Jl of the entertainment features of the carnival, which will be continued until Saturday evening, were well patronized last night, the open-air dancing seemed to make the biggest hit. Announcemegt.way made by the committee In charge that a fiddling contest will be an added attraction for Thursday evening and that the ladies' and men's beauty wontests will be held Friday evening. Arlington county has gone over the top in the drive conducted by Arling- ton Chapter, American Red Cross, for Japanese relief funds. The county's quota was originally set at $500.00 and the chapter today reports contri- butions amounting® to $523.07. The drive, {t was said today, would be con- tinued with the hope that the quota assigned the county, which was placed at an absolutely minimum fig- ure, will ba doubled if possible. Contributions to- the ceunty fund are announced as follows: re to 614 Previously reported, $145.00. Add tional comtributions are as follows: Mrs. Avis Graeff, $1.0; Mrs. C. H. Fegerson, $1.00; Mrs. Vetter, 50 &nts; Mrs. Moretti, 50 cents; Mrs. C. A. Mc- Cormick, 60 cents: Mrs. H. J. Jensen, 50 cents; Mrs, J. W. Harper. 50 cent: Mrs. Anna Koch, $1.00; Mrs. H. H. Smieh, $1.00; Mrs.'tGirace Malian, $1.0 Mrs, V. Tassano, 50 cents; C. L. Shear, Mrs. Millicent' Willis, $1.00;' Mrs. R. L. Hoven, $1.00; W. K. 60; cash, $20.00; J. M. Ware, $1.00; Presbyterian Church (Bailston) . C. Clements, 31.00; A. L. Kelly, $1.00; R. Ranger, $1.00; Walter Upflo, $1.00; Mr. Cameran, $2.00; H. H. Porter, $1 ;i _A. J. Porter, $5.00; James Moore, 50 cents: Wallace Wil- son, 60 cents; Wilbur Wilson, 50 cents;sLacey Moore, 50 cents; George Bertnit, $1.00; Lester Foilin, $1.00; . Estrelman, $2.00; C. E. Swenson, $2.0 C. A. Abalt, $5.00; N. L. Bristow, $1.0 W. 'R. Boyer, $2.00; cash, ' $1.00; Southern Methodist (Ballston). $6.39; Christian _Ohurch, §17.36; Walker Chapel, $18.40; Mount Olivet Metho- dist_(Ballston), $100.00; Boy Scouts (Ballston), $11.00; St. George Episcopal, (Clarendon), $39.00; Trinity Chapel, (Columbia), '$33.00; Methodist, Arlingf ton, $2 ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 11 (ipe. cial).—The annual convention of ~the Christian Endeavor Soclety of Mpnt- gomery county will be held Tuesday afternoon and evening of next week in Warner Memorial Presbyterian Chairch, at Kensington. It will be conducted ELEVENTH ST. “Pbilipsborn Score& _ailored Suits ——Tricotine and Twill— R AV A A A A A AT A A VAV A A AT A AV AT AT AV ATAYAT A ATV AT AT VAT AT VAN R ATAVAVAV AV AVAVAV AV A VAVAVAVAY AV AV AV AV AV AV AV AV AV o VA AV AV uscs odels the hig}fly- el and Either long With Navy, $5 VAV A AV ATAYAYAYAYAYs TAVAVAY AVAVAV, Y AV.AVAVAVAVAYAVAVAT.PAY. They're modeled on SIS .ou're not expecting such an array of quality at such a price—because it's a]together unprecedented. lines—tailored with mflsterly skill—and sup- ’ ply a need that exists in every wardrobe—for a suitable fall Suit. The superior charac- ter of these Suits is ef- fectively emphasized in the care of making de- tails—and the type of S ey the ‘graceful long P YA A T, A AAY. a: AT ATAVLL Yo~ Ve awa . [ A Superb Showing of Smart |Hats Which We Art; Giving a Very Special Marking at They are exquisite ereations—with the highest types of imported 10 masterpieces as their monfs.. Street—Dress—Sports In all the charming Autumnal shades—with novelty trimmings. But fea- turing specially Fine Lyons and Panne Yelvet With Burnt Peacock Trimming Gy lol=——lal——=lal———2lal——=la]———>lo]—=lal——2]al Y For Miss and Matron { O S P P e lole—clal———aal ] by the president, Rev. 8. J. Goode, Dpastor of the Rockville Christian Church, and will be addressed by Carroll M. Wright, field secretary of the state Christian Endeavor Union, and other of the state officers. Officers will be elected and other business transacted. Rev. Millard F, Minnick, rector Christ Episcopal Church, officiated the marrlage here a few days ago of Miss Mary T. Tubman and Joseph M Keefe, both of Washington, the cere- money taking place at the rectory. The annual Rockville chautauqua closed last evening after a high cessful six-day session. Splendid pro- grams of lectures, concerts and other attractions were the rule. and all who atiended were so awell pieased that it has been virtually decided to have it ain next year. It was held under the #uspices of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Assoclation of Pennsylvania, assisted by a local organization of which Dy George E. Lewls was chairman A license has been issued by the clerk of the circuit court here for the marriage of Miss Rae E. Mitchell and Eugene T. Eichelberger, both of Balti- more. At the recent sitting of the officers of registration about 700 new voters were, it is stated, enrolled on the registration books of the county, and a large number of these are believed to have participated in yesterday's democratic and republican primary elections. It is thought that even more new voters will be added to the books at the sittings of the registrars early in October. A very large ma- jority of the new voters are in Bethesda and Wheaton districts, both of which are increasing in popuiation at a very rapig rate ap le——c——|ol——|o]c———=]ol——=lall—=]a] c——=]o] —=]a[ =—=]4]] PSR IE DT AIT BTSTINITTS OSroeroonss A A A 7 W T VA A e A VAT T A AV VAl TP V¥ 2V e ol ol ol lo | —— W —— o] —= [o|c—— |al === [0 == a]d e |0 | =m0 | = [0 e B = l—— lo = o] === o] ——= 0] 4