Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1923, Page 13

DNNERFOR 300 | ONCHRSTIS DAY Salvation Army Investigates Before Issuing Tickets. Tree for Children. s are being Division of the in char nounces A feature will be the Christmas dinper for the poor of Washington, when it is planned to provide a meal for 8,000 urfortunates. The baskets icontaining the complete dinners will be distributed from the Salvation Army headquarters at®607 E street northwest at 2 lock Monday after- noon, December 24. All needs have heen carefully investigated and each reciplent of a C tmas baske! will hold a coupc Special enter eat for the chil- @ren will be provided with the annual hristmas entertalnment, the featu: of which will be a blg Chris ee with toys and candy. The ¢ en have been invited to headqua ers at 6 p.m. Christmas day. f will be’ provided f-the Industrial and the me. CONSULAR BILL UP. Hughes Cilled Before Committee Session Wednesday. Reorgan 0 fve of the reign s Zoreign affa it_organizes 1 Chairman Porter is hope! committe will be ready Wednesday and has invited Seere- Hughes' to ap ness . Rogers an Ige ha hes giv ASKS FOOD PROTECTION. Representative Irench Introduces i Measure Affecting District. the protection of food district o? Columbia will ction before the Representative One day an automobile mechanic threw a lighted match Into a bucket contalning what he thought was water.: The resulting explosion klew him and the garage into & certain knowledge the bucket contained gas- oline. Ever since, garage men have been careful where they throw matches. Today the bureau of mines took a hand in the matter, suggesting that motor gasoline be colored red as a safety measure to guard against its being mistaken for water, kerosene or other colorless’ liquids: - Polnting _|out that the use of red is considered almost univérsally as an indication of_danger, W. A. Jacobs, chemical engineer of the buresu, declared that red gasoline would be a sure pre- ventive against motor fuel being mis< taken for water A precedent has already been set, according to the mine bureau, for in war time the Army and Navy re- quire that all gasoline of the so- called “fighting grade” be colored red, to distinguish it from the or- diniry motor gasoline. Gas of the —s BILL TRANSFERS TO D. C. NURSERY LAND TRACT Property Near Bolling Field Has Been Used by Courtesy of ‘War Secretary. Tho Commissioners have approved a bill, to be submitted to Congress, providing for the transfer to the Dis- trict government of a tract of land near Bolling Field now used as a tree nursery. The Commissioners are now using the property merely by permis- sion of the Secretary of War and the chief of engineers. The effect of the re would be to make it a per- t nursery. Commissioners also have ap- proved the draft of a bill giving the authority to prevent fraudulent meth- ods in the sale of securities in Washington, At a boird meeting Friday the Commissioners approved the purchase from the Commercial National Bank . | of six acres of land on West Virginia avenue near Mount Ollvet road, for $9,000. This property adjaine the {21 trash plant and will be used in con- nection with the disposal of miscel- laneous refuse. pen that loads withaclean,quick cartridge of liquid is t it from dus 14th Street ;1 on pa. Ave. Also 1229 Pa. Ave. Open evenings until 9 o'clock | Give a Grand Piano This Christmas We are sole agents for the fol- lowing leaders in Grand Pianos: Kranich & Bach, est. 1864 A. B. Chase, est. 1875 Henry F. Miller, est. 1863 Emerson, est. 1842 Christman, est. 1855 Lindeman &Sons, est. 1836 Ludwig & Son, est. 1890 est. 1850 est, 1864 Bradbury, Lyon & Healy, sa el Favorable and Easy Terms We are showing the very latest in “GRANDS” which occupy -no more room than ordinar{ give this Christmas a Grand Piano, whi Uprights—wh ch will bring not appi- ness and Joy into the home for years to eome. Old Pianos Taken in Exchang Liberal Allowances Made . HugoWorch Est. 1879 oG -Pianos ForRent £82i5" PIANOS £n23es THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! RED GASOLINE AS SAFETY DEVICE |PLEA FOR HONORING . PROPOSED BY BUREAU OF MINES| yNKNOWN DEAD HERO “fighting grade” is used in airplanes ana if ordinary gasoline was used, its volatility might cause an air- engine to stop and result in accident. Completion of Memorial st Asling- ton Urged in Report Which President Approves. Completion of the memorial to the unknown dead at Arlington Memoria} Amphitheater and an appropriation of $60,000 for this work is urged in a report transmitted by President Coolidge to Congress yesterday from the commit- serio . 8even cents will buy enough dye of a red,color to color 1,000 gallons of sasoline. The dye has no deleterious effect on the gasoline of the engine in which it Is burned. The bureau does not claim that use of this dye would eliminate all gasoline acci- dents, but says that color shouid serve as a distinct warning to all people handiing the fuel to treat it with proper respect. WASHINGTON'S GREATEST WOMEN'S STORE D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1923. tee on the erection of a memorial and entombment of bodies in Arlings. on Amphitheater. Presfdent Coolidge in his letter of sald that he “heartily in these recommenda~ The board, which consists of Beo- retary Weeks, Secretary Dendy and Col Henry C. Bonnycastle of the reported to Congress that has been much adverse criti- of the unfinished con- 4 of the memorial to kn soldier. At the tim was placed in this tomb part was completed, and lanned to complete the upper por- tlon ae soon as Congress appropriated funds. The &ppi tlon of $50,000 in now asked for work. ARMY’S HEALTH RECORD IN 1923 BEST EVER SET Maj. Gen. Ireland’s Report Points to Low Hospital Admis- sion Rate. Maj, Gen. M. W. Ireland, surgeon general, in his annual report made public dt the War Department, stated the lowest hospital admis- sion * rate for diseass ever re- corded for the ular Army was at- tained durin mfllnl Hacllyyelr, The death rate also was unusually low at 2.28 per thousand, but the rate for injurfes went up, “due principally to the Increasingly large number of M -BRADKS & deaths caused by airplane, sutomo- blle and motor cycle. accidents.” “Out of a total of fifty- from injuries among offl Ireland ®ald, “thirty-four we by airplane accidents.” Hospital admissions for alcoliol- tsm” in the Army increased during the year to 9.58 as compared to 7.15 efore and there were compared with two the previous year. Gen. Ireland ‘said the work of main- ining physical fitness in the Army y prevention of organic or degen- erative diseases had now “reached a stage where definRe results are coming apparent.” Examinations of officers in 1 added, had demonstrated the of preventlve jueasures made D ble through such close study of physloal condition of each cfficer. O - | projeet TO CONSIDER NEW ARMORY. Maj. D. J. Donovan, chairman of (e ;7 leglslative committee to further , pas called a ' g of the committee to be held In Stephan’s office_at the present 72 L street, this evening at 8 ! He asks the members of the committee to have with them, in memo- randum_form, the outline of any plam ' which should ‘be (dllowed inggetting this matter before Congress, or form in which this propused legislation should be submitted. ever, that she should be from five - | feet three inches to five feet seven 3|inches and that she should weigh from 125 to 140 pounds. G STREET BETWEEN IITHE 2™ STREETS To Our Charge Customers—Coats purchased during this sale will e charged on January bill—and payable in February. A Tremendous Speci al Purchase ~—from a prominent New York Manufacturer who retires from business January lst. The Newest of the New Styles Al Lavishly Fur Trimmed Every Coat in the Collection i s Marked Less Than Actual Wholesale Cost— Many are Less Than Half-Price (g Handmade Blouses —of Dimity $0).95 and Batistey 2 i Very smartest models, ‘with ‘Peter Pan or Tuxedo collars. Open front or back. All sizes. Indestructible Pearls Y Beautiful iridescent - color- ings. - Twenty-four-inch strand $2.00 with gold ‘clasp. = $35 to $45 Coats $50to$60‘ Coats $65 to $75 Coats $79.50 to $89.50 Coats $95 to $125 Coats 20 530 40 550 *60 Imported Beaded Bags Because of our important for- eign connections, we are en- abled to offer these European Novelties at this most moderate price. . These Bags are made on fancy satin-finished silver frames and cov- ered with beautiful beads in contrast- ing colors. Scores of styles from which to select, and each nicely - boxed, suitable for Christmas gifts. French Kid Gauntlets —of Exceptional $ Quality 2.95 Made from soft, flexible skins. Fancy embroidered backs. Black, brown and white. All sizes. ‘ Glove-Silk Undervests Extra heavy quality. Ribbon" straps. - Shown in flesh color only. 'All sizes. $2.oo