Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1923, Page 32

— A.F.L CELEBRATES 420 ANNIVERSARY Gompers Draws Comparison Between Conditions in 1881 and Today. The American Federation of Labor celebrated the forty-second anniver- sary of its birth yesterday. The cele- hration was marked by a flood of con- gratulatory missives showered upon Samuel Gompers. president. Tn a statement Mr. Gompers sum- ies of organized labor during the period and drew a com- ison between conditions in 1881 and today. “At that early date.” he said, “wage earners almost had to begin at the ning in the effort to remove in- »s, many of which were the heritage of the European feudal sys- tem, and many more of which were the result of ignorance and of care- lessness of human life. nditiens today, after forty-two of effort and orzanization. are il nt than they were when Amerie Federation of Labor of slators gave no the nee of the tolling The whole field was a field lahor's contentions had to n m ses have been elimi- hour day has gone. at n worker is a 't or @ piece of mer- gone. The contention r is entitled to no voice itions under e to society gers only in corners of our industrial esult of the strug- arners for a better . for better nditions, for a ve and for a fairer nited States stands over every other world in point of aver- argely as gle by the wag: for more of f ation in th human RITES FOR MRS. HOEHLING Services for Mother of D. C. Court Justice. Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Hoehling, widow of Rear Admiral A. Hoehling, U. 8. N., Justice Hoehli D Private R. Ogilby Chevy Chase, Nd., tely this afternoon, ut Gl . a the Chevy Chase home of Mrs. Ogilby The interment ington National cemetery body of Rear Admiral ides e is suryived by Joseph R. Wil- The funeral scrvices were conduct- [§ rector of All Saints opal Church. Mrs. eighty vears old. two daughters, A Protestant Hoehling w CORCORAN TO CLOSE. Art Gallery to Install Ninth 0il Painting Exhibition. The Corcoran Gallery of Art will be closed from November 22 to December 16 for the installation of the ninth ex- hibition of c: v American ol paintings, announcement today by Powell Minnegerode, di- rector. SPECIAL TRAIN TO RACES. The Chesapeake Beach Railway Compan announced special train service to and from the Marl- horo ce tr: . Each day of the race meet train p.m., returning directly after the last race. This is a through train, mak- ing no si Askyour dealer b let you hear the New OCALION RED RECORDS—Out Today Two JUBA (Dance from the Suite “In the Bottoms”) MARCHE MIGNONNE David Pesetzki’s wonderful playing will entrance you. These New Fox-Trots Will MAKE You Dance!- UPRIGHT AND GRAND—Frank Banta & The Ambassadors CORN ON THE COB—Banta & Hess Don’t Fail to Hear These Two Jazzy Numbers By The Broadway Syncopaters Sittin’ in a Corner—Fox-Trot Bit by Bit You're B; VOCAL (Irisk) ° A Handful of Earth From My Dear Mother’s Grave Pm Sitting By the Stile, Mary Charles Harrison, Tenor — Orchestra No. 14677 10° ti 4 % THE AEOLIAN COMPANY Sees 17,000,000 Autos and Trucks In Use January 1 By January 1. the world will have .in operation 17,000,000 auto- mobiles, passenger cars and trucks, according to an estimate today by M. H. Hoepli, chief of the automotive division of the Com- merce Department. Of that total, he says, 14,000,000 will be run- ning in the United States, or about one to every eight persons, where- as in the rest of thesworld the proportion will be about one to 112 persons. The number of cars in operation is expected to- show on January 1 an increase of 17 per cent over the same date a year ago. % ¥ 115 SWES 7000 ON BLS OF ARNY Prompt Payments Avail De- partment of 98.52 Per Cent of Discounts. Prompt payment of War Depart- ment bills during the last fiscal year netted to the government a saving of $210,000, agcording to the annual report of Briz. Gen. Kenzie W. Walk- cr, chief of finance. In that period the department took advantage of 98.52 per cent of the number of com- mercial discounts avallable. Gen. Walker placed the total cost of the “sixty-dollar” bonus act to the government up to Junme 30, 1923, at $100,127,460. The act was passed in February, 1919, and directed payment of $60, In addition to all other cmounts due, to every person who | served in the military forces during the war. Most of the payments were made cn final pay vouchers at the time of discharge, but other claims are still pending. The total number of individuals who had _received payment up to June 30, 1923, 1,668,791 Auditing of war-time contracts made considerable progress during the year, Gen. Walker sai amount found due to States threugh audit of 22, n tracts during the fiscal year being placed at 37,450,131, —_— was Members and - Friends «of Almas Temple Throng Shrine Show. Records for attendance at the Shrine circus, now nearing its close at Con- vention Hall, were broken last night, when fully 6,000 members and friends of Almns Temple crowded the auditorium. | The grand parade of the various units of the temple, headed by Leonard P. Steuart, illustrious potentate of Almas, had to be dispensed with, and much of the dancing, which has féatured the en- tertainment in the past, was curtailed. Speclal preparations are being made for the final performance tomorrow night, when many announcements will be made and prize-winning contest- ants known, - | GOUCHER FUND BENEFIT. | Rachel Sewell Marionettes to Be| Shown in Play. The Rachel Sewell marionéttes are to be presented at 3:30 @'clock, No- vember 23, at_the Ambassador The- ater by the Goucher Alumnae Club of Washington for the benefit of the greater Goucher fund. Scores of seemingly fhextricable strings will set the little figures moving as if living beings, in small, artistio sets designed by Miss Flor- ence Murdoch of Cincinnati. The program will combine musical pantomimes, bailads, drama and comed. Great Piano Numbers fiDainty March) No. Accom.. $.75 @ Hutchinson NEW YORK - -'. MAKERS Large Stock of Voulion Records Always on Hand | reductions in the rates on agricul- | CIRCUS RECORDS BROKEN. | No. 21001 10" with Selvin’s Orchestra reaking My Heart—Fox-Trot VOCAL (Race) Graveyard Dream Blues ‘Low Down Papa (Treat Sweet Mama Hazel Meyers—Piano Complete Stock of * Vocalion Records on Sale Gibson Company McHugh & Lawson 917-919 G Street N.W. 1222 G St. N.W. The Vocalion Red Record You Want is Here THE EVENING ) CANT Go ~To THE. Stokt. Mom! My BiG Tot HURTS “To BEAF . “THE BAND' 1 KICRED (T AGAINST A STONE YESTERDAY AN 1 CAN HARDLY WA-& U. 5. FREIGHT BILL Rate Reductions Bring Huge Saving, Particularly on Farm Products. Because of reductions in railroad rates inaugurated since 1921 the| freight bill of the American public) was $431,000,000 less during the first eight months of the present year than it would have been if rate levels had remained unchanged, according to statistical compilations made today by the bureau of railway economics The ‘bureau also declared that had rates remained unchanged from the levels of 1922, which were lower than those of 1921 in a number of particu- lars, the freight bill of the country for the first eight onths of 1922 would have been $282,750,000 greater than it actually wa. Save on Farm Products, The. savings resulted chiefly ffom tural products, which became effect- ive January 1, 1922, and from the general reduction of 10 per cent made in all rates on July 1, 1922. They bulked so large. the buréau explained, because traffic on railronds during the first eight months of 1923 was great- er than any ever before encountered in_transportation service. Using the rallroad calculating method, it was found that to Septem- | ber 1 roads within the United States had transported 274,515,221,000 tons of revenue freight a distance of one mile, while last year during the same period they transported 205,089,000,- 000 tons the same distance. —_— e I SPEAKERS ARE LISTED. Names of local business and profes- sional men who have accepted invita- tions to address the Cosmopolitan Club were read by James Colliflower, presi- dent of the organization, at its meeting in the Hotel Arlington yesterday. Michael Schaeffer, chairman of the committee in charge of the program, was congratulated for his efforts in se- curing the speakers. Fred J. Rice and Robert McChesney were appointed a special committee to arrange a watch-night party for New Year eve. The question of increasing the clyb's membership will be discussed In full at next week's meeting. After reports had been read by Jack MerkllnR of the membership committee and gMr. Me- | Chesney of the entertainment commit-, tee, the usual prizes were awarded, one | golng to Paul Davis and one to Paul $1.00 14671 10" $.75 No. 14675 10"" $ .75 accompaniment by Leslie No. 14688 m""o .75 . Roserding Sendios NewYork and London S STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1923. ‘ (Oopyright, 1923, by the Bell Syndicate, Ine., B Trade WRLL THeA (L GIVE You ANCE GLASS OF MILKAND ~TATLL cure T! absolute divorce, adumitted visiting the apartment of the co-respondent, but declared she was listening to a sermon over the radio. Members of the vice squad told of a raid on the aparftment and the arrest of the woman and the co-respondent. Justice Stafford declared the hus- band entitled to a decree of absi lute divorce and dismissed a cross- ili petition of the wife for a limited Stood on Railing and Peeked | BV G “Tne co-respondent will be Into Room. JUDGE FLATLY DENIES| WORD OF ‘OTHER MAN’ | required to pay the costs of the proceeding. | . The Wilsons were married July 17, {1917, and -have no children. Attor- When the co-respondent in a di-| ney Alvin L. Newmye! vorce case was testifying yester-| the husband. day afternoon that no one = could NAMED TO WEST POINT. see into his bedroom while standing on a railing outside his apartment, Baury B. Richardson, 4101 Connee- ticut avenue, tnis city, and Thomes T. Justice Stafford surprised the wit- ness and his counsel with a denial of the statement. Norton, son of Col. E. Norton, U. S. A., “That is not true” eaid the jus- | at Fort Snelling, Minn., have been up- tice, “for I went there this morning | pointed President Coolidge as and looked.” | aucts-at-large at the West Point Mrs. Sarah C. Wilson, whose hus- | Militury Academy, subject to the usual . Wilson, is asking an cxamination. RED To All CLOTHING for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAVE YOUR CASH and USE YOUR CREDIT H. ABRAMSON * 7th and L Sts. N.W. Open Saturday Evenings Until 10 0’Clock No Branch Stores Men’s Shoes Two “Big Values” From the New Men’s Department of the Family Shoe Store A good big brand-new “healthy” line of MEN'S SHOES, both high and low, that'l make any man who knows value “sit up™ and take notice. Oxfords at $5.00 style pictured— Nut brown Rus- sia calfskin— solid leather con- struction. Same in gun metal and other shades of tan calfskin. In a medium shade of Russia win- ter-weight full grain outer soles. Solid leather con- struction. 3 appearel for, Mark Reg. U. 6. Pat. Off.) The educational committee of the | v. C. A. Phyllis Wheatley colored Y. W. announced today that the Hippodrom indoor street fair held November 5 | to 8 had been attended by more than 1,000 persons and had given material | support to the organization. fair was conducted under au {he educational committee, of which iMrs. R. P. Hamlin is chairman. The |, next attraction to be presented will | 622 Loulsiana avenue. be “Mardi Gras,” in February. {ble of the Central —_— | in Italy rarfges from 7 to 35 cents. Church | As exclusive Washington distrib- utors, we maintain a complete collec- tion of famous patterns. The Ming Pattern —is illustrated. The Autumn, Colo- nial, Orchid and others may be had. 14th and N. Y. Ave. Your —Coats'for young men of good dress who like the dashier models, and for their elders who seek good dress in the more conserva- tive styles. . Plenty of plaid-back fab- rics in those big, burly garments so much in.vogue just now. Y. W. C. A. FAIR SUCCESS. | E. H. DE GROOT CHOSEN. | Elected President of Central Union | {55 Mission—Other Officers Named. | E. H. De Groot, jr., of the Immanuel | 2180 are being planned. ices of | Baptist Church, has been elected pres- | ident of the Central Union Mission, James Trim- |an undertook to compete with her Presbyterian | husband in the business of sellinz | Church, was elected vice president; A. Admision to motion plcture theaters M. Cooper of St. Mark's Lutheran | carrying on her business and t cretary and assistant to the 2 Stores in Washington Both Stores Open Saturday Nights overcoat ] | treasurer, and J. A. Winner of Ham line . Church, treasurer. visions are being made by th- anization to distribute provisfon _Door on Thanksgiving day. Dis- tribution of toys to the poor children and an entertainment at Christma —_— In Ann Arbor, Mich., a married wom- | musical instruments. The husband asked the court to restrain her fror. urt did, the Foremost American China Distinctively Amer- ican in its dignified de- signs and fine texture, LENOX CHINA also holds a place of recognized impor- tance among the world’s finest ceram- ics. DULINsMARTINCo. 1215-17 F Street and 1214 to 1218 G Street Hours—8:45 to 5:30 621 Pa. Ave. is here Thq $10 to $12.50 saving is possible because you " buy-direct from the makers—one profit. Hundreds of Men’s Suits at $21—values equally great. . - We bought a large lot of his finer overcoats and suits and offer them at less than they cost to produce. ‘See them in our windows. The fabrics are the very best— fine plaid-back ulsters and ulsterettes, raglan and kimono sleeve effects, and suits of the highest grade materials. They're really astounding values. ’ Fxtra .| AMNY.Retailr Goes Out o Business FAMILY SHOE STORE ; Joseph Strasburger Co., Inc. 1 310-312 Seventh St. N. W. Over 50 Years’ Satisfactory Service ‘ . EMMONS S. SMITH : 0.1 _DE MOLL' I DeMoll Piano Company |ff " 12th and G Sts. N.W. special!