Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1923, Page 10

=10 POTHIER RELEASE - FOUGHT IN COURT Government Asks Supreme Bench Ruling in Cronkhite $50,000,000 REDUCTION SEEN I VET BUREAU COST A reduction of $40,000,000 to $50,- 000,008 in the expenses of the Veter- ans’ Bhreau during the fiseal year commencing next July was predicted today by Director Hines. The near Where Your Dollotrr Count Mort Slaying Case. T | nt asked the Supreme Court today to revérse a decision of | the - first circoit court --of -appeals, | which had directed the release of Ro- | land R. Pothier, who was belng held ! ax a federal prisoner on the charge | ot Maj. €ronkhite, at Camp Lewis Oftober 25, 1918, Yo its petition the gdvernment | Dginted out that Pothier and Robert | Tésenbluth had been indicted for the | niirder of Cronkhite by the fed diptrict court for western Wasiing The gov murdering had Dbeen arrested | that he had fired | Cronkhite, ! to obtain who Program Prenared by Special | Committee Will Be in | Effect Monday. i i A definite plan of organization for | the junior high schools has been com- | pieted b a special committee of| school oficers after mearly five months of intensive study and will be nto efiect at the inception of the new scholustic vear Monday ! Four new junior high schools will be opened this fall—another step to- | ward the complete transformation of the Washington public school from the 3-¢ pian to the and the orj ization plans are - signed to p iarly fit the new sys- tem. put Features of the Program. Studies, subjects and classes of ap- propriate 1 to bridge the pas: sage of the child from the elementar: to the high schools—one of the a of the junior high school—are features of the organization scheme. Among the subjec ected for these are English, mathematics, his- ! le drawing, physi- ing, geography and musi demic group includes such | subjects as foreign language, manual arts, domestic arts and domestic sci- commercial group are practice, bookkeeping, man- domestic art, domestic sci- riting. Subjects chosen 1 arts group are man- , domestic arts (girls) n Classroom From 9 to 3 0°Clock. in the junior high schools n at 9 oclock in the morn- nd close at 3 o'clock in the after- program will be periods of forty- minutes Six of the seven will be devoted to regular and the seventh to extra will he given the tead of the thirty | schools. | home for lunch i There will be little departmental scork in the seventh grade of the r high schools. In the eighth | there will be more department- le in the ninth and final | will be similar to| first year high school. | ru of the Commlttee. H hich worked out composed Henry Draper, in Frank TAFT AGAIN IS TO HEAD UNITARIAN CONFERENCE | Chief Justice Is Re-Elected by His | Assoclates—Declaration Against | Bigotry Adovted. nt W. Ballou Conn.. September 14. | William Howard elected préfsident of the | nference at its on today. between creeds and in this cduntry r the permanence o institutions and pres: bigotry itself in ts of v ution designed to intimi- | to deprive of their legal! f our fellow beings, of | e, color or creed.” It :d ¢hurch participation in | committees \which are | that better mutual under- | standing which is the only way out of the clash of diverse races and con- | flicting interests.” ! CHICAGO BEER TRAFFIC | CUT TO MERE TR!CKLEE nce Police and Federal Agents Putting | Brewerles Out of Business | In and Out of Town. | By the Associated Prees. CHICAGO, September 14.—Beer dis- | tributfon and consumption here is veduced to a mere trickle, according | 1o city authorities, whose activities ii putting local ' broweries under 720~22~24 Tth St. N.W. completion of the rehabilitatién pro- gram wi'l be the main factor in cut- ting down-the total. The cost of veteran activities’dur- ing the fiscal year which ended last July was $461,000,000, and‘ Djrector | Iready has turned back to thé y $16,000,000 as sayingy,in thig year's expenses. Yy Bids for the construction of & mess Made of good guali- ty Satine and Muslin in- Black, White and colors. trimmed styles. Pall, kitchen and nurses' quarters for the Veterdns' hospital at Rutland, Mass, wjll be opened during the com- ing_week, and when this construction hast beén completed 425 additional beds will be made available. A con- traot for completion of a kitchen and Aéss hall at the Excelsior Springs howpital _ in Missouri, has been awarded at a cost of §99,590. $1.25 Ladies COSTUME SLIPS 85¢ Tailored and " Every Da‘yABrings New Arrivals of This Fall’s Prettiest Styles of Dresses, Coats, Etc. Wonderful $19.75 to $24.75 fi;'esses, Saturday Priced We'll surprise you with the beauty, style and originality of this great lot of dresses. In lot are wool Poiret twills, satin faced Can- tons, silk crepes, safins, etc. Evesy new idea is shown, igcluding the pleated panels, the side bottoms, from. drapes, the accordion ruffled flounce ctc. All colors and sizes to select i $35.00 ; High-Class | Suits length coat snits, ilor made with bias old_seams, sk brald edgings or Mk Poiret trim- med. Made of fine " woul trico. tines sin navy and black and elegantly s i1k liged. 14 to 48 sizes, $1’ 4,95 $17.50 Sport Coats A great show. ing of this fall’s ver- clhcks, stripes and plain colors. A ‘won- derful varety of i new styles in every wanted color and from to select - S Children’s Tan and Gray Top Three types for school, All Black Caif. o e e : Lace High School Shoes All Sizes 6 to 2 Combination. All Tan Calf. sport and street wear. Unusual Value You'll hardly believe these hats are only $1.98. New Fall Togs for Bahy $5.00 Crepe Long and c¢ream crepe made with ered cape collars and nicely lined throughout. Coats $3.98 short coats of cloth. Daintily silk embroid- * $1.00 Baby Dresses Long and short dresses of fine batiste. Yorke or bishop styles. Daintily lace c and embroidery trimmed. New Bonnets for Baby Made of silk crepe, crepe cloth, satin and serge, in pink, blue and white. Al the new shapes, in prettily trim- med or tailored styles. $2 Babies’ Knit Sacques Fancy stitch wool sacques, in plaiu$ 59 white and pink or = blue trimmed; 3 sizes. Saturday Hosiery and Glove Speéials N\ Fashioned Silk Black only, good weight Pure Silk Hose. Made full fash: foned. 25¢c Boys’ and Girls’ Ribbed Hose A nice quality School Hose, with fast dye, black only, for boys and girls; regulars. $1.49 7 to 10 sizes. $2.00 Ladies’ Full- Hose 2-clasp, suede finish, 3-row self- stitch, in all new o > fall ¢hades. 49 Kayser and Van Raalte Gloves broidered back of contrasting shades; fall colors of oak, fawn, beaver, mode and brown and gray. All sizes. Beautiful Kid- like - finished 14¢ Ir- Beautiful $2.49' Patent Vamp with Dull Top. Patent and Gray Combination. Patent with Gray Combinatien. Saturday Sale of Girls’ School Wearables $5.00 Girls’ Scheol Dresses of Serge med with braid and em rears™™ Riguntion $10 to $15 Girls’ Coats dresses superiar Quality; blue serge: pleasingly trim of navy apd of lined or ule? $2 to $2.69 Dresses 31 49 Well_made, perféct fitting dresses of fast- color, good quality fias $1.50 Middy. 98¢ Famous “G Gody" and other good makes of regulation and Ral- kan blouses, rin plain white or biue frim med. 6 to 16 xjzes. Saturday’s Reduced Prices Boys’ De?mrtment SG{B Boys’ Corduory Suits The always popular velvet corduroy sults for boys 7 to 17 years. Nobbily made in styl- h Norfolk styles. Yhe most deairabls of all’ bovs' clothing. $1.39 Boys’ Pants Good quality cloth and 98 corduroy knickerbockers in 69¢ Blouses slzes to 16 years. Full cut and perfeet fitting. Spiendidly made, of ‘good quality, fast-color percale and chambray, in $10 suits, made of fine wool ‘materials in prettiest of nov. elty patterns. Su- perbly tailored in the wanted 5 folk styles. boys to 17 $4 Juvenile *Suits $2.9s A brand-pew lot of cutest povelty cloth suits, made in one and two piece styles, with contrasting '_color braid and embiem trimmings. 3 to 8 sizes. s manly. You'll See the F s, Best Dressed Men in * Town in These Smart New Sarnoff - Irving fall Hats S T ARTICULAR MEN who like the utmost in hat smartness, are paying special attention to the wonderful hats,on display in our stores. . Our styles are clever, smart and In colors we-are showing the very newest shadings in Gray, Steel, Nutria, Golden Brown and other seasonable tones. We can truly say that we have a hat for every man at a price within the reach of all. 72 STORES New Jork Albsny Beookiyn Jezsey Ciey evmy HAT made iri our own factory and sold direct to you through our own hat stores— to insure the utmost in quality at the lowest prices at which good hats ' can be bought. 23495, (Gt T seems impossible tes so wonderful a razor—and so beautiful a case—can be bought complete for only 69c. But it’s . a fact. The Liggett stores offer you(—while the supply lasts) this genuine Gem Duo-Plate Razor made with triple-nickled super: balanced Gem frame, guaran- ¢eed for ten years, supplied with two of the famous Gem Double- Life Blades in special nickeled blade sheath. The outfit is packed in a Duo-Plate brass case, dome topped and nickeled to a silvery mirror finish. 13thand F 14th and F 1006 F Regardless of the Razor you’ are now using you will find you have never spent 69c to better advantage, because you will get a most pleasureable shock when you realize how, smooth a shave you can get with this Gem. et You can’t realize their value until you see them! 418 7th 1237 Pa, Ave, 1715 Pa, Ave. 904 F St. Drug Stores 70x80 Part-Wool Blankets 4 ‘ $7.50 Quality Extra. large, heavy and fluffy Double Blankets of half wool construction—Every Blanket bound with mercerized soisette. An occasional small oil spot, which does not impair the wearing qualities makes this low price possible. 50 pairs to sell at this price. $4.50 s sgmented by federal prohibition of-! i on out-of-town brew- aid by them to be sources of ply for the Chicago besr magket. | selling real beer tbday | L userve Ao W”'SP_O"_t Sweater's | 8 Liggett Drug Stores in Washington All the newest things, includ- ¥ S 4 b : ing coats, golf coats, brushed 95 3 wool sacques, side ties and nov- ® 4 elty effects. ‘A magnificent - range of colors and patterns to, S THE STAR{#§ ices must soon be do\lhled: or trebled. ! ———— select from. 3 vith $7.50 garments. The spipping in the port of New York gives employment to nearly 40,- oS €00 Jongshoremenand. stevedores, are | Experienced Advertisers Prefer