Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1923, Page 4

Committees Report on’ Cor- _ ner Stone Laying for Wash- ington Memerial. Epecial Dispateh to ALEXANDRIA, Va., September ~Plans for the ving of the corner stone of the $4,000,000 temple being ected at George Washington Park by the George Washington Masonic National Memorial fociation at moon November 1 mapped out at a conference held vesterday after- noon in the rooms of the chamber of commerce between James H. Price, grand master of Masons in ginia: Andrew L. Randell, Texas, past grand master; J. Claude Keiper, District of Columbia, and memb of the local committee of arrangements. Many of the details for the affair were me pleted and reports of chi rnen of the various local committees indicated that the plans for the big event'are being rapidly completed Many Distinguished Guests. Among the disting hed guests who Jiave accepted invitations to be pres- ent are President Calvin Coolidge and members of the binet, Chief Justice Taft and grand r ters from all over the country, including Alfred M. Spear, Augusta, Me.; George Bellows Fall: Va.; J Atlanta, Ga. ank G. Trenton, N. J. Campbell “harleston, >; H. M. Pot . rrest, N oseph Gill Clayton, New Mexico; M. Mc ‘t\x\(lt‘}l. Paul, Lockhart, Water- town arles A. Chappell, 3. Gabrie Springt star, we Jame Stockwell n. Loui: Finley, District 1. Thomas, Dalla Orleans, la.; s.. and Conn ands of Visitors. imated that there 20,000 ns in line of march 0,000 visitors in addition to th for that even nd reports up to the pre indicate th even will exceed the fore ter Price embers and Gr Joakins 1,500 Knight full T Arthu will be and city ived fig ing e 10,000 Blu Commander Jou "fempla including Alexandr Washington Lodge. h 2, this ecity; edericksburg Lodge nd Potomac Lodge of the District of Columbia have been invited and ac. cepted. The corner stone will be laid by Peputy Gi M r of Masons of Virginia 1 allahan of Alexandria of J. E. W el W, clift, liam A. A. Gwinn €. Batcheller mittees ar Dr. J. T. Ahstc Hammond. fin ver, housing; ¥ Kenneth W. O grand marshal; B , auto: grounds; T transportation; . Lambert, and J. Randall Caton, citizens. t for 1,000 floor of the Alexan- tion has been banquet, at noon. Admis- ¥. and covers The banquet served by a under the di- Cochran is composed n. chairman: chairman: P. Fleteh Wil- comr Timb. Pitts ude and ( . music 150 ns, ption: Dr. . Cran- Ticer, halls oek wift be laid 1,000, will be prepared and committee of ladies rection of Miss Cor The third victim of the grade cross- ing accident, which occurred Thur day afternoon at Clifford av Blmo, Arlington county, when tomobile driven by - n Johns: seventeen vears old Washington and Old tric car, is dead. F ford, thirteen ye Mrs. James P.. ( lington count the Alexandria Hospital shor 6 o'clock last night. Death was du to concussion of the brain. Thi brings the death toll of the accident to_three. The o James F. dece: who He is in the Alex Domini John L. of M Hume The vouth explired su Craws vor of the a ident is rd, Lrother of the seventeen y § old. ndria Hospital suf- fering from a fractured leg and brok- en collarbone. He will recover and his condition is reported to be some- what improved. » The funeral of young Crawford will take place at 'k Tuesday morning from 3 Catholie Church and buri; Mount Olivet cemetery ton. Young Crawford whén pinned be- ath the debris of the machine and vhen rescuers started to remove. the dving and injured pleaded with the regeuers not mind him, but to take out first those most seriously In- jured. in of Vietims eral of the this his Del comp obsequies, Bur Austin Johnson, fated automobile, ternoon from the mother, Mrs. Dora Arlington 15 of the boy hich were con- Rev. J ‘mond Wood, Del Ray Methodist was in ‘the Presby- driver took place residence of Southworth county. Many attend the ducted by pastor of the “hurch. Burial terian cemetery. The funeral ¢ second boy will take p afternoon yurents, ockton Kelly in_the 3 4t 2 o'clock Monda. the residence of 1d Mrs, Austin Kelly, 96 N street southwesf, Washington rial will be in Glenwood cemetery Washington A coroners jury summoned b; I M. Jones, coroner of this iis morning and Body adjourned until Monday night to take testimony. The jury is composed of John H. Fisher, julian Poss, William J. Schuler, Hunt Russell, 'Alfred® Thomson and James G. Graham. ; 0dd Fellows Meet. Potomac Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., at u meeting held last night made prelimi- nary arrangements for attending _the annual meeting of the Northern Vir- fa Odd Fellows’ Ascociation, which will be held in Leesburg, Va., Octok 5. Announcement was 1 that ted by Gov two mem- idge’s cabinet; Virginia, the the District of Co- grand master of o'clock bers of Presi the grand wrand master. of lumbia and the Maryland to ajtend A big parade at afternoon will be ‘air. Ten bands will cluding the Citizens' Band of this city. The Northern Virginia Association is composed;of fifteen lodges.in this sec- tion of Virginia. ' Thousands of fight fans thronged the stree of the city last night and beard the retyrns from the big fight. Dempsey was the favorite with the Alexandria fans, and there was a mighty shout of approval when the announcement was made that Demp- sey had knocked out Firpo in_ the second round. Among the clubs to receive the re ‘turns _was the Old - Dominion. Sev eral thousand persons heard the re- turns by megaphone from the office of the exandria Gazette. Hundreds of Alexandrians also went to Washs» ington and joined the fans in that city in hearing the returns. o'clock in the be in line, in- ‘The Turks never weave the figures of birds, animals or other living creatures into their rugs; they strict- 1y follow the koran, which forbids thg making.of any likeness of a liy- ing form idolatry, Chester | eature of the af- | or fear it might lead tofa: [STILL FOUND IN CAVE DUG UNDERNEATH HOME Special Dispatch to The Star. WESTERNPORT, Md., September 15. —In a raid at the home of Amelia Barlou, Maryland avenue, Western- port, Federal Enforcement Officers George W. Hawkins and Willlam R. Harvey confiscated a twenty-five gal- lon still, twenty gallons of liquor and seventy gallons of mash. Officer Harvey _vnd under a rubber rug. mear the kitchen sink, a door leading to a dugout under the room where the still, hot from a recent run, was found. The still was stored in the Westernport jail. The woman was held in $1,000 for a hearing Defore United States Commissioner Thomas J. Anderson with Joseph Welisengoff as security. BASE BALL PENNANT DISPUTE STILL ON ’Meeting Called to Decide Whether Richmond or Pet- ‘ ershurg Is Winner. ’ SR Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 15.— Local base ball men are hot on the 1 of President W. S. Moye of the rginia League. The matter of the pennant coming to this city is in- volved, and all because of the claim set up by Petersburg that the Rich- moud team had a postponed game with the Petersburg team. The game was played, Richmond lost, having won the first me of a double-header. It develops that Richmond did not have a postponed game, and that ane game than the schedule [callea was played with Peters- bur; mor refused called week has the and riolk ne matter. pass on meeting for on the ken the itter up d t with Secretary Far- rell, who declines to act until Pre: dent Moye passes on the matter. Ac cording to local claims, the Richmond team Is winner of the pennant by a margin of three points. CHINESE REPUDIATE LS PEKING FOES 486 Members of Parliament Sign Manifesto'Attacking Election Efforts. By the Associated Press. NGHAI, September 13 — A {manifesto signed by 456 members of { parliament repudiates the effort be- ing made in Peking to assemble a quorum of parliament to elect a president to succeed Li Hung. The manifests are loyal to Li Yuan- Hung. Li, twice president of | only’ recently self-depos foffice i »"face of a i the mili ts, looms or ominating figure in Chine Hoe is Shanghal, 1 by twenty-two former and secretaric ting that he still is the lent of the republic, Li plans to effect unification of by peaceful means and Yua: China. d from tha up d'etat by mor e pol mir n- the to ed the E: {tlon of Wednesda ing to reports from suited only in revealing the lack of a quorum. The session, called to choose a president to succeed Li Yuan-Hung broke up in disorder. The ousted chief executive led the Peking session “illegal and far- cical In a statement to Press, Li Yuan-Hung, said his pur- pose in coming to Shanghai from | nis home in Tientsin was to organize a government composed of all fac- tions. He has conferred with Tang- shao-yi and other adherents of Sun | Yat-Sen, the southern leader. SOFIA POLICE CHIEF DEAD IN COMMUNIST RIOT By the Associated Press, SOFIA, September 15.—The chief of police of Sofla was shot dead yester- day doring communist rioting. Ore hundred and thirty-two com- munists have been arrested here and hundreds of others taken into cus- tody in the provinces. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 15 (Special). —Emmett Franklin McLane and Miss Elizabeth Lucille Knott, jboth of Brandy, Va., were refused a jmarriage license by the clerk of the : circuit court here yesterday afternoon, |for the reason that the young man but eighteen years old and did not bring with him the written con- sent of his parents, as the law re- quires of minors. y elec- accord- capital, re- the Associated - | The following were more fortunate {and obtainea | eulty: licenses without diffi- Miss Grace Keys of Ballston, 1 and Charles HIll of Ft. Myer, | Va.; Miss Estelle King, and Waiter { Grimes, both of Monrovia, Md.; Miss | Clarice Virginla Haines and Isaac {Thomas Craig, both of Fairfax, Va., and Miss Annie M. Elgin of Clifton, {Va., and Henry F. Adalr of Wash- ington; Janice A. Dawson and Wil- liam_ W Moss, both of Washington, {and Margaret Washington and Jamgs ;Musse!mnn. also of Washington. { Republicans to Meet. The new republican state central committee for Montgomery county; consisting of Pau] Sleman, Thomas L. Dawson, Wilson L. Townsend, Fred- erick W. Page ang ‘Stmon O. Smith, will, It is understood, meet wlithin the next few gays and fill vacancies on the county, ticket occasioned by there being no candidates at the recent pri- jmary election for nominations for some of the offices to be filled at the November election. 2 It is understood to he fhe purpose jof the committee to select the strong- est persons avallable for places on the ticket. J. Wellington Boyer of Damascus, who represented the coun- ty in the last house of delegates, and Alfred Warthen of Kensington, who was the republican candidate for county commissioner from the fifth collectlon district two years ago, and who made a fine showing, are said to be favored by the committee for nominations for the house of dele- gat and Hattan A. Waters, well known merchant at Travilah and di- rector of the Montgomery County Na- tional Bank of Rockville, and Thomas I. Fulks, prominent business man of Gaithersbur(g and also a bank di- rect or, may be selected as the other nominees for the house of delegates. Motorists Fined. For violations of the motor vehicle regulations, fines and collaterals have been collected in the police court here as follows: W. E. McGervey, $26.5 G. H. Rucker, $15: John Hudgins, $7.50; Robert N. Harrison, and Willem { each. lhe re {be able to extract the poison, but the ridicul- | jmission of d TARSONERS SAW WAY TO LBERTY Escape From Martinsburg, W. Va,, Jail After Forcing Heavy Bars. \ Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, Septem- ber 15.—Seven prisoners, including two felony prisoners, sawed their way to Itberty last night from the local county jail and this morning were still at large, hunted by a posse of local officers. The men sawed out two iron bars over a win- dow. each an inch thick, and also sawed through a holding bar. A big iron bar six feet long had been passed through from the outside some time before the delivery and this was used as a lever in forcing the guards, the bar being found in the corridor when officers, informed by a woman who saw the prisoners fleeing in a ceme- tery a half mile from the jall, dis- covered the delivery. The men had a drop of twelve feet from the window to the ground. The hole through which -they squeezed was nine inches wide, but one man weighing 200 pounds managed to get through. Six prisoners in the jail remained, declaring they wero asleep when the delivery was made. Among the fugitives is Mack Hayes, colored, held to answer a charge of murdering another negro at Blairton July 4 last. Walter Poole, convicted a Vear ago of grand -larceny and whose case s pending before the su- preme court, also escaped. Poole is from Cascade, Md. LAUDS U. 5. ARMY WORK AT ST. MIHIEL Poincare Presides at Cele- bration in Village Restored by American Woman. By tie Assoclated Press, HATTONCHATEL, the Muese, Premier Poinc today of H tion with Department of September 15.— at the celebration tonchatel's reconstruc- American money, sketched the memorable work of the American Army in clearing the St. Mihiel sali- ent, in Which this town Jay when the Ame; attack w ched in September, 191 The forty houses comprising the village have built, and the church and sto with funds Belle of bronze medallion placed in the tc Speaking at can as lau been re- bbey r supplied by Mis Holyoke, of whom I n hall entrance. the luncheon, which was one of the features of the cele- bration, Premier Poincare described how the Germans had occupied the heights of the Meuse during the last phase of the battle of the Marne, when those heights had been almost denud- ed of French forces. For four years, led, no news had come to t. rest of France from the village of Hatton well within the Meuse alicnt. aptive town of St. Mi- 1 could still be seen from the nch line, but nothing behind it Remains ixoned Thorn.” “Until September, 1918, the St. Mi- hiel salient remained {g the flesh of our unfortunate count® like a pols- oned thorn,” continued the premier. “The high command of ten hoped to d S s, @ s been ary forces lacking. nly during the last two weeks of the war that the operation at St. Mihiel, often studied but always post- poned, could be resumed and bril- liantly executed by the American Army After explaining what a great im- | rediment to the operatlons of the allies the German occupation of St. had been, the premier said Foch, during 191. sociate the young Pershing with t liminary operations of the gr es which were a little I | the country, assigned to thirteen | American divisions, four French divi- sions and the 2d Colonial Corps the & the enemy from St Mihiel__and reoccupying the heights | of_the’ Meuse.” | Premier Poincare described how the | mission had been carried out and the enemy driven off, leaving 4,000 pris- oners, 466 guns and 752 machine guns VIRGINIA MANUFACTURERS | TO MEET IN RICHMOND' Several Hundred Firms Through- out State Expected to Be Represented. were Tt Special Dispateh to Tl RICHMOND, Va., September The Virginia Manufacturers' Associa- tion will have a meeting here October the same having been called by ident J. Stuart Reynolds of this 15— ssociation is composed of 0 different concerns, engaged in all sorts of enterprises—foundries, cotton, shoes, farm machinery, pipe- casting, peanut works, woodenwars, clothing, paper, tobacco factories, ve- hicle makers and many others, all of which have related interests in the matter of rates and prices of output, The association will be in session two days and, as the state fair will be on at that time, it is expected that the vast majority of the concerns will be represented. —_— In the Tyrol it is the custom to ‘fs. DENTIST’S WIFE ASKS $25,000 HEART BALM Husband Arrested Leaving Defend- | ant’s Home on Charge of Un- lawful Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., September Mrs. Lizzie B. Fink of Wheeling was made defendant in a $25,000 damage suit for alienation of affec- tions filed by Mrs. Ida Kelly, who charges the. defendant with having won the love of Dr. W. H. Kelly, a well known dentist of Wheeling, hus- band of the plaintiff. ’ Court action followed the arrest 2 week ago of Dr. Kelly as he was leaving Mrs. Fink's home, the arrest being made on a warrant charging unlawful assoclation with Mrs, Fink. MISS KIDWELL CROWNED AS “MISS CLARENDON” Wins Carnival Beauty Contest. J. H. Nutticomb Selected as “Mr, Clarendon.” Special Dispateh to The Sta: CLARENDON, Va., September 15.— Miss Helen Kidwell was last night se- lected as “Miss Clarendon” of 1923 in the beauty contest held in connection with the third annual carnival of the Clarendon Citizens' Association and fire department, Miss Bertha Galla- way and Miss Rena Heishman, also of Clarendon, were*given second and third places, respectively. The judges were Miss Lorraine Bunch (Miss Washington), Dr. Frank T. Stone, president of the Clarendon Trust Company, and George M. Yeatman, president of the South Washington Citizens' Associatio; The men’s beauty contest, which preceded that of the ladies and which was staged more as a funmaker than to reach a definite conclusion as to the town’'s most dapper young man, had the desired results. However. the judges decided on attractiveness alone. J. H. Nutticomb was selected as “Mr. Clarendon,” A. Sheppard was the runner-up and Hilton Bonney was chosen for third place, defeating John T. Lipscomb by a mnarrow margin. The judges were Mrs. J. C. Ristine, Mrs. W. W. Snyder and Mrs, Orrison. The carnival will be concluded this evening. A prize waltz is announced as the outstanding feature of inter- est PARDON IS REFUSED. Aged Farmer Must Serve Jail Term on Dry Charge. Special Dispateh to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 15, —James Bucher, an aged resident of Mountain Falls and a large land- owner there, must serve thirty days in Jall, having been nvicted by a cir- uit court jury of olating the state prohibition” law. Bucher made an appeal to Gov. Trinkle for a pardon, but the execu- tive has declined to grant one, and the man's bail has been automatically forfeited. He is expected to begin sorving his sentence tomorrow. Certain barrels of mash were found on Buchers farm, and it was upon this testimony that he was convicted. Ho always clalmed the mash was hog slop. TOBACCO SUIT VERDICT. Growers’ Association $152.10 in Marketing Complaint. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 15.— Suing for a five-cent penalty for each pound of tobacco marketed through agencles other than the association, the Dark Tobacco Growers' Associa. tion has recovered a verdict of $152.10 against John Foldesl, a farmer living in Campbell county. Recovers | D.C.AUTOTS LIGE ESTERN UNION ASKS INCREASE IN RATES Three'Permlts Revoked and Nine Others Suspended for Infractions. Special Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, Md., September 15.— Three Washington motorists had their licenses revoked and nineé oth- ers suffered suspensions of ten to fif- teen days for violations of the state motor vehicle laws, according to the weekly report of the automobile com- missioner, made public today. Hugh W. Roberts, 14756 Columbia road; David W. Rogers, 501 Kentucky avenue, and Olln Watts, 1010 8th street northwest, lost their right to operate a car in Maryland on charges of operating while intoxicated; R. P. Wheeler, 2415 14th street northwest, had his license suspended ten days for exceeding the speed lmit of thirty-five miles an hour; Jesse Bucker, 1915 Good Hope road, ten days for allowing a person to oper- ate without a license; R. D. Brown, 3014 Dent road; Thomas B. Goucher, 515 Gth strest northeast; Herbert Hock, 733 10th stree northeast, and Miss M. MacDonald, 1316 Flor{da ave- nue, ten days each for operating without a license; Robert R. Hope, 319 13th street southeast, and Henry Lynch, 1034 33d street northwest, fif- teen days each for using markers of another car and having no registra- tion card, and William Bassett, 624 K street ‘southeast, fifteen days for using markers of another car, hav- ing no registration card and no rear lights. GARRETT IS MENTIONED | FOR STATE’S ATTORNEY Expected to Be Candidate of Demo- crats in Montgomery County. { Special Dispateh to The Star. | ROCKVILLE, Md., September 15.— John "A. Garrett, prominent member of the Rockville bar, will, it is un- derstood, be the democratic candidate for state’s attorney to succeed Thomas L. Dawson, whose term will soon ex- pire. Robert Peter, jr., entitled to the nomination by reason of the fact that he was the only member of his party to flle with the supervisors of elec- tions a certificate of candldacy, will, it is announced, withdraw because | his father, Judge Robert B. Peter, will be on’ the ticket at the Novem- | ber election as a candidate to succeed | himself, and the vacancy will be filled by the democratic state central committee for the county, which is| composed of B. Brooke Lee, Liloyd | J. Jones, Lewis P. Alinutt, Berry Clark, J. Forrest Walker and W. Ashby Leavell. The committee will, it is stated, meet next Tuesd: and name Mr. Garrett His republican opponent at the No- vember election will be Walter P. Plumley of Takoma Park. DETOUR ANNOUNCED. Break in Pike in Montgomery County. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 15— The following datour in Montgomery |county is listed in the state road com- { mission’s detour bulletin for week | ending September 22: | Lee's Corner to Beallsville—At |Lee's Corner follow new road, turn sharp left (1.05), turn left (2.5), turn | sharp right (3.0), turn sharp left| | (2.2), regain state road at Pooles- ville, turn right (3.5) to Beallsville ! (6.0); length of detour, 6.0 miles. Condition good. WRECKING OPERATIONS AND SURPLUS SALES SAVE YOU MONEY ON Furnaces and Willlsmson makes; “purchased from Uncle Sam at Camp They were surpius property aud never used; they are brand-new, Holland e. BUILDING MATERIALS Lumber 2x4 2x6 mo burnt-out grates, mo heat-warped parts. one. “These furnac pipeless, heaters. All heat that there is no way to heat a house than by th type furnace, and big_money on_one. , a8 described al gaiva Reclaimed, each Note These Prices Wallboard and Plaster Board, r 6q. 1t.— ecluimed, random lengths. Brand-new ... New “fire-pruf’ Rockboard Cantonment Sash, 34x34%, 8 lights Steam Radiation, ‘per ft. “Capitol’” “Capitol" Shovel, 5 Government' Lante sold to you at a wonderful saving: money cannot buy a bett one pipe or many pipe a4 casings, L good condition, §30,00 2x8 2x10 2x12 Sheathing Flooring Heavy Timbers Bathroom Outfit, $62.50 es can be used ing experts agree ‘more economical we wiil save you bove, with $50.00 o The fixtures wiich go to make wp* this set are of excellent make. The set consists of a_white, low down, vitreous toilet outfit, & lavatory with fittings and white enameled roll-rim bath tub with all fittings complete. The bath tub and toilet outfit and lavatory are brand-new in the original crates. Special attention {s called ta the fact that our Roofing, Wallboard, Fireproof, Plaster and Rockboard, Bathroom Outfits and Furnaces, are ali NEW MATERIAL, sold to you at a wonderful saving. SIDNEY L. HECHINGER HOUSEWRECKING CO. TWO OFFICES—OPEN UNTIL 5:30 P.M. 6th and C Sts. S.W. 5th and Fla Ave. N.E. DOES THIS MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? We have been established twelve years in Was) A square deal, full measure and mone: Your bill of material completel by competent salesmen. plant an elder bush on a newly-made grave. hington and are here to stay, back i you want it, have made our com; dlisd at sither of the 3 aibiy above easily accessible Corporation ‘Commission Seek- ing 20 Per Cent. Special Dispatch to The Star. . RICHMOND, Va., September 15.—The Western Union Telegraph Company has fled a petition with the state corpora- tion commission for an increase of 20 per cent in rates. The present charge of the company for a distance or zone of 150 miles will remain, but for greater istances there will be an increasse of cents for 200 miles, and for extrems ends of the state the increase would be 12 cents, the maximum for points in the state being.48 cents instead of 30, as at this time. The Postal Telegraph Company man- ager eays that his company will not make any increase whatever, so far as he 18 aware, and at this time the Postal is receiving 20 per cent less than the charges fixed by the older company. The matter will be heard by the commission October 2, notices to all business bedies having been sent them by the commis- sion. o e L A King Albert of the Belgians de- votes a portion of each day to tudy of mechanical engineering. the | §1.300000 ROAD WORK FOR VIRGINIA State. Highway Commission to Open Bids for Improve- ments Monday. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 15.— Bids for road work aggregating $1,600,000,a%e to be opened Monday by the state highway commission, the projects betng located in various parts of the state and are largely connect- ing links between roads already built. Albermarle county and the oastern ‘shore are to have about fifteen miles under the bids to be opened at the time. Gov. Trinkle has been informed that the state already has collected nearly $250,000 more from auto licenses than he estimated would be the total for the year, with three and a half months yet to be reported. The to- tal from this source is expected to reach approximately $4,000,000, all of hich will go to the road fund: MANY'WOMEN LOSE PRIVILEGE TO VOTE 1,988 Fafl to Pay Poll Tax i: Lynchburg and Become Disqaalified. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 15 Hundreds of women who were &b to vote here in 1920 just after ti promulgation of the - nineteent amendment to the Constitution wi not be able to do so this vear, be cause they have permitted them selves to become dlsqualified b neglecting prepayment of their p taxes. The list for this year, bused upo the taxes for 1822, shows that 10« women who paid the 1921 taxes hu not settled the 1922 ticket when t} time limit expired.« It means tha probably 50 per cent of the wom: who were able to vote in 1920 wil not be able to do 8o at the November election. FINDS BANK WITH $50. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 1 While excavating a cellar under residence in West Lynchburg veste day Will Morgan, negro, dug up small bank, apparently filled b child, from which he took nearly $ n s (The second of a serics of comstructive ideas directed local merchants by the Better Business Burcaw of Washing!t Merchants who get results from adve{tis- ing are those who have the public’s confi- dence and respect. With that thought in mind the Better Business Bureau of the District of Columbia suggests that great care be exercised in the use of the term “values up to.” Always quote the lowest price in the group as well as the highest. A (Ezample) Sale of Men’s Suits 332 (Values from $40 to $50) It is not enough to say “valuesupto $50” And for a further prevention of disap- pointment it is urged that at least ten per cent of the group be of a price as high or higher than the highest price quoted. Remember that advertising to pay must profit the reader as well as the merchant. The successful merchant knows that truth in advertising is the only policy upon which to build. etter Business Bureau of Washington (Gopyright, 1923, By H. O. Fisher, Trade Mark Reg. U. 5. Pat. Off) NOPG. I AIN'T GOT CLOTHES IN I'M GoING BAGL IT's MONCY THEG BANKL MONEY s 13 NG Time, ForR LevITY, THIS T A ™ HonesT To Goobness T HoPG ™ DI (¥ T woN IT on | THe BIG FIGHT! MY HGART'S WGA BUT TELL me ! INT AMONEY . 20,000 1N ) THAT BAG, GHZ, - @ THERE MUST Be LS ONLY 20,000 Don'T BE SHLY. THERE'S SO MUCH.IT'LD TAKE THE RECEWNG TELLGR ALL DAY T™ CoUNT (T! = WON (T EROAA THE CoUNT of HoBOKEA: —By BUD FISHER. I BET Him A Dime AND HE PAID me MY WINNINGS n:l GERMAN MARKSK