Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1923, Page 5

,anniversary gift, for yesterday was . American Federation of Labor, made Y, WARD BACK HOME AFTER ACQUITAL Verdict Is Greeted With En- thusiasm by Friends—Came on His Birthday. Ty the Associated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., September 29.~Walter S. Ward, acquitted yes- terday of the charge of murdering Clarence Peters, former sailor, was at home with his wife and children today, a free man. A jury had found him not guilty of the charge that has hung over his head for sixteen months. The verdict resembled an ‘Ward's thirty-second birthday. A scene almost without paralel was enacted In the courtroom when the verdict was announced. The throng of spectators rose to its fect, shed and_ shoved its way over Phatrs. benches amd the railing to Ward's side. Most of the jubilant ones were women and many of them \ere members of the fashionable col- ony of Westchester county. They grasped d's hands; they threw their arms about his neck and some of them tried to kiss him. Wite Collapses. In a little ante-room, where teleg- raphers sent the news to hundreds of newspapers, there stood Beryl Curtis Ward, wife of the defendant, waiting. Her brother-in-law, Ralph Ward, was the first to bring the tid- “Thank God,” she murmured, and sank into Ralph's arms. The trial was the climax of a long series of events in connection with the killing. Peters’ body was found, and there was cely a paragraph’s was identified. He and that incident al caped notice. Then a few days lzter‘ Ward's attorneys came forward with a statement that their client had kill- ed Peters in self-defense as the result of & blackmail plot against the wealthy baker's son. Defense Calls No Witness. % _The case leaped into prominence. Ward was indicted. The first indict- ment was dismissed, then Gov. Smith called a special grand jury which again returned an indictment. Tn all these proceedings the black- mail secret never was It was not even bared at the trial, for the defense did not call a witness and Ward was not placed on the stand. GOMPERS DEPLORES LABOR DISPUTES TUrges Elimination of Jurisdictional Rows and Seeks Peace With Carpenters’ Union. By the Assoct Press. PORTLA. Oreg., September 29.— Samuel Gompers, president of the & plea yesterday at the convention of the building trades department, for elimination of jurisdictional disputes. He urged reconciliation in the dispute which led two vears ago to the with- drawal of the carpenters’ union from the building trades department. The metal trades department com- ess re-electing | by James O'Connell, | president. The metal workers re- | solved to extend the campaign of ization_in the iron and steel| Pittsburgh and Philadel- icts, and also to work for a metal trades section in the Navy. A resolution recognizing the service of the veterans in the war, but urg- ing that preference in employment in civil service be not given them to the extent of weakening efficiency of industry, was adopted. The label trades and the metal trades department have completed their sessions. The building trades| will adjourn today, it was announced, leaving the field Clear for the main convention to open Monday. All The Year Around Comfort You can easily picture to yourself the supreme com- fort you'll enjoy with residence in one of the attractive Apartments in Ketw Gardens 2700 Que Street They are all of the most ment—full of the niceties that add so much to liveable- ness. Your choice of Apartments of from three to seven rooms—with one and two baths—and renting from $67.50 to $200.00 per month. ‘The Resident Manage you at your convenience—day or evening. Harry A. Kite €Incorp: 1514 K Street N Studebaker Joseph M Commercial Auto j the bill. Sob Story Melts Heart of Thief; Keeps Only $2 By the Associated Press. i NORFOLK, Va., September 29.— A sob story so pitiful that it melted the heart of a bold high- wayman was spun by William Holland, manager of a chaln gro- cery here, when he was held up at the point of a revolver and forced to turn over to the gun- man $20. Holland. in reporting the inci- dent to the police, said he pleaded with the hold-up man to return his money, declaring that his_wite and baby ‘were sick at home and that he needed it to buy medicine. First the gunman restored $15. Then, on second thought he hand- ed Holland $3 more. He de- manded the victim's address, promising to send back the re- maining $2 as soon as he could spare it. \ CUBAN TARAFA BILL DELAY URGED HERE U. S. Suggests Legal Envoys of Sugar Interests Be Heard Before Measure Signed. | Pending arrival in Cuba of counsel for American sugar interests, the Washington government has suggest- ed to President Zayas that his signa- ture to the Tarafa railroad consolida- tion blll which has passed both ;| houses of the Cuban congress be withheld. At conferences at the State Depart- ment yesterday officials here were ad- vised that the American interests were not satistied that all confisca- tory provisions affecting American holdings had been eliminated from Protests against the meas- ure in its final form are to be lodged with the Cuban government by the legal representatives of the Amer sugar concerns on their arrival in Havana. U. S. Withholds Opinion. The Washington government has expressed no attitude on the bill, since it has no authentic copies of the measure as it was finally enacted by the Cuban congress. Secretary Hughes conferred yester- day with Wilbur L. Cummings, rep- resenting American sugar interests in Cuba, regarding the status of the Tarafa bill. When the Tarafa bill was first in- troduced the American interests in- volved protested to the State Depart- | ment that it was confiscatory, and after diplomatic exchanges = withi Cuba, the original measure was amended. The amendments were un- derstood at the time to have been in accord with agreements reached in conferences in this country between the author of the bill and the Ameri- can interests involved. The text of the law as it passed the Cuban house did not reach the State Department until yesterday. —_— Principal fish-catching devices that are practically automatic and used as long as the great lakes are free trom fce are the pound, fyke and gill- Ice Cream modern design and arrange- r will exhibit them to orated) Phone Main 4846 Full line of sixes, 3 l924i models and 12 body types, a car of correct size, style and price. cReynolds Selling satisfactory transportation in Washington for 35. years and Supply Co. / 14th Street at R ASSOCIATE DEALERS H. A. WEAVER, 6527 Piney Bramch Road JOHN R. PENDLETON. 1078 Wisconsin Ave. N. W. CHAS. MANGUM, €24 Pa. Ave, 8, E. CASHELL GARAGE Rockville, Md. BOYD MOTOR CO. Alexandria, Va. LEE HIGHWAY GARAGE ‘Warreaton, Va. S, X FARDS, .. PANCOAST & PAXSON, Va. EDELIN MOTOR CO. e et 3 THE EVENI THood (11 (G STAR, WASHINGTCN, D. €., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1923. aard & Wntheop The Paris Fashions are Unpacked And Ready With the Fashionable in American Fashions for You to See Monday Morning Galopade—by Martial ot Armand. Black poplaine frock with a cape, banded n white fur. $2 Frocks In frocks there is no one silhouette, but the slender silhouette, which remains slender, adds flounces, flares, circular sections—is approved. Crepes of varied and lovely texture for after- noon frocks—charmeen and the smart twills for street frocks—and rich chiffon velvets—bril- liant metal cloths and laces for evening. Em- broideries carefully designed and artistically worked out in somber or vivid hues are a salient feature of many frocks—beads, lace, pleats, panels and fur play a trimming part. Brown, navy, rosewood, tobgcco, black—for street, and afternoon colors. Frocks, $25 to $135 $250. Suits Tight or flowing sleeves are a matter of choice, for both are shown; as are also many handsome fabrics—smart twills and deep-pile fabrics for tailleurs—casha stripes, casha plaids, flamingo cloth, and becoming tweeds for sports; jacket lengths vary from the youthful box to the almost knee length; rich furs play an important part in the trimming— and for afternoon ‘there is a distinctive cos- tume from Martial et Armand—Croisade—in black satin and lacquer velvet—a frock with a short box coat, $395. Suits, $39.50 to $395 Wraps Again, the straightline silhouette is seen—add- ing flares and flounces as sponsored by Patou and Jenny—much attention being given to the development of the sleeves. Rich, lustrous, deep-pile fabrics are the rule—perfect fabrics for the supple lines of autumn wraps—and per- fect fabrics for their rich and lavish trimmings of fur. Black-is first—brown vies with black for favor—then kit fox and squirrel gray. Wraps, $115 to $350 ; Misses’ Fashion Section, Fourth floor. ‘Women's Fashion Section, Third floor, En Visite—by Paul Caret. Printed geous red, gold and bluc. et Torpedo—Dby Jenny. Green reps, two-picce suit, chicly trimmed in fur and leather. $225. n gor- Dominant Styles The tube-like silhouette, ncwly adding flounces. flares, bands of fur. The beltless silhouette, the draped, the Chinese, the coat model; but with it all it will be the graceful, supple, slender silhouctte we have so admired. Predominance of embroidery. There is to be a great abundance of fur. Richness of fabrics—moire crepes, satin crepes, brocade and flat crepes—but particularly velvet. Rich, pile fabrics for coats—bright color, smart novelty fabrics for sports. Color replaces much of the somber black of frocks, except for daytime street wear; darkest brown, dark blues and a aew dark green are scen. The Fall season is opened—and with its open- ing, of course, the fascinating subject of Fall Clothes is involved. Every woman is intensely interested; what is the judgment of Paris on the silhouette—is it true that there is to be a de- cided departure from the styles we have loved— what of fabrics, colors, trimmings? All that constitutes the Mode as approved by authorita- tive style sources of this country and those abroad is set forth in this showing of Fall Fashions, Monday morning. Hats The whole idea of what Autumn Hat Modes shall be is estab- lished—and shown in our collections from Paris, the famous American designers and our own workrooms. The smaller the hat the smarter, but for formal and some afternoon oc- casions nothing is lovelier than the large capeline—dis- tinguished for ‘its beauty. Despite the preference for the soft, colorful wood browns, the new myrtle greens, the vivid Chinese reds, black continues largely as the smartest of them all. Hats, $15 to $50 Millinery Salon, Third floor. Mme. Vaggelin Villetard, in this Paris hat tempers the fine' severity of the his- toric tricornc with the subtle grace of ostrich. $50. Sports Clothes There are sports clothes for the woman who plays— and sports clothes for the woman who looks on. This explains the serviceable dark-hued knitted frocks and two-piece suits—and the brightly colored, chicly em- broidered sports suits—one of which we sketch—of copper suedine tissue—its jacket taking on an almost military air with its high buttoned collar—galloon trimmings and fur, both shown at the latest Paris openings. Slip-over sports clothes were sponsored by leading Paris couturiers. Two-piece suits again in evidence; for colors, antique blue and gold, copper, beige, channel, rust, black and white. Sports Clothes, $39-50 to $95 Blouses Blouses bear the inimitable imprint of Paris in their charming beaded designs; for Paris, recognizing the possibilities of the blouse as a part of the three-piece costume, has designed the most fascinating bléuses imaginable—in soft crepes of ex- quisite coloring—banded, loose-hanging—round, square or V as to neck—and short sleeves the sleeves of almost every blouse. Blouses, $12.75 to $25 Sweaters Sweaters find a smart place in the mode—especially in the sports mode—and one sees the smartest new things in recent imports; for skating, there is an unusual sweater with very new (for sweaters) bell sleeves—a scarf and an unusual girdle add smartness, $22.50. Swagger coats of brushed wool prom- ise much vogue—their colorings blending soft grays and tan and browns with vivid stripes; for golf, there is a sweater- coat of brushed silk, $50; another style shows chic leather fastenings. Sweaters, $5 to $50