Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1924, Page 14

14 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, J. THE SUNDAY SINGER FROM WEST |WOMEN AID CHO|cE HOSPITAL JOBS OPEN. |TRIAL OF 3 ON MONDAY AT CONCERT TONIGHT Miss Webber and Mrs. Hubner to Be Heard at Central High Community Center. HAWAIIAN TRIO ON PROGRAM Edna Gilbreath to Give Group of Piano Selections. PUBLIC CONCERT. Central High _ Community Clnter. tonight, §:15 o'clock. Admission free. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Program: e Selected Washingte 5 unity Or- chestra, Cha . Banner, 1 T, alute to the Flag.” D. Alleglance.” (d) Doxology. Everybody. (a) “Come, Thou Almighty King." (b) “Love's Old Sweet Song." (c “Massc's in the Cold Ground." Everybody. (@) “Welcoming Visitrs to Wash R (b) “Ho () “Au Convent (b) “Moto Perpetu. MacDowell Gilbreath, pianist. Welcome Song." “In the Evening by the Moonlight.” B Borodin (a) Nocturne (b) “Thy Beaming Eyes. MacDowell Theresa K. Hubner, contralto. Helen Burkart at the piano. (a_ “The Ferry. (b) “Little Liza Jane.” Everybody. (a) “One Fine Day.” from “Madam Butterfly,” Puccini (b) “Rain” . Curran Wandeen Webber, soprano. Miss Burkart at the plano. Noneense E Announcements. (a “Kawaihan Wal (b) “Hilo March” Hawaiian Music “Star Spangled Banner.” Vocal and Instrumental artists will feature the free community concert to be glven tonight at 8:15 in the au- ditorium of Central High School un- der the auspices of the Community Music Assoclation. Wandeen Web- ber, soprano and Theresa K. Hub- ner. contralto, will be the vocal- ists of the eve- nin Miss Webber has recently Jjoined the musical colony of Wash- ington, coming from ' California, where she is well known as a con- cert an artist. MISS WEBBER. heard in “One Fine Day" from “Madam o by Puccini and Curr. Mrs s conzert will be 3 Helen e the accompanist for th, pianist of the ngton College of Music, \\'l“’ present a group of plano selectlons, including “Au Convent,” by Borodin and MacDowell's “Moto Perpetuo.” The novelty feature will be the Hawaiian music trio, consisting of Alice 1. 1l and Mrs. Edith P, guitars, and Arthur Wa. 1l be heard awaihan Waltz" and the * by Pal | chestra ner, will ommunity singing | ion of Robert Law. concert. be 1,680 free seats and | reserved for members of ation and for those desir- ing to purchase reserved seat privi- leges for 25 cents. The doors will open at 7 o'clock. No children under four vears of age wil be admitted, OF CONVENTION CITY Democratio Party Confers Right to Vote on Subject, Setting ! New Precedent. COMMITTEE T0 MEET HERE Forty Committeewomen Will At- tend Gathering Tuesday. For the first time In history of either major party, women will have & vote on the selection of a conven- tlon city when the democratic national | committee takes up that subject at its| meeting here Tuesday at the Lafayette | Hotel. Forty of the fifty-two national com- mitteewomen have informed the demo- cratic national committee that the: will be in Washington for the gather. ing. Among these are: Mrs. John McNeel, Alabama; Mrs. B. J. McKinney, Ari- zona; Mrs, Charles F. Donohoe, Cali- fornia; Mrs. Gertrude A. Lee, Colorado. Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Connecti cut; Miss Lena Evans, Delaware Lois K. Mayes, Florida; Mr: ¥ Mclntire, Georgia; Mrs. Teresa Graham, Idaho; Mrs. A. L. s: Mrs. M Pattangall, Maine; Mrs, M Massachusetts: M Minnesota: Mrs. Mtssouri: I ka 4 Mr Mra. Dorothy B, cw Ha shire; Mrs. James J. Billington, Jersey; Miss Elizabeth York: Miss Mary O. Mrs, Bernice Mrs. D. MeDougal, O Archer, n, uth Carolina; McMillin, Tennessee; M ren Mahoney Vernon, Utah ford, Virgini: de Berriz, West V. trude Bowler, Wi . 1 Hawley, Wyoming; Mrs. Join W. Troy, Jun Alaska; Mrs. Thoma: rict of Columbia; N Mexico proxy to Mrs. A. 7 Porto Rico proxy to | Lawler of New York. ! The majority of the women will} stop at the Lafavette Hotel. They | will_be luncheon guests Monday of | the National Women's Press Club at ! the Hamilton Hotel, and Monday night they will be guests of Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, vice chairman of the democratic national committee at a dinner at the Wardman Park Hotel. On Tuesday evening they will b honor guests at the opening of th Woman’'s National Democratic Club, 820 Connecticut avenue, of which Mrs, | J. Borden Harriman is president. | ‘WILL CHOOSE DELEGATES. \ Jackson Committee to Meet With National Party Leaders. The Jackson of which J. S. & man, IS to meet with the national committee Tuesday in connection with | the local election of six delegates and !lIX alternates to the natlonal conven- | tion. 1 The National Democratic Club of | the District of Columbia will give a reception In honor of the visiting democrats at the Raleigh Hotel Tues: day night at § o'clock, Several promi- nent speakers will be on hand and a large crowd is expected. Fred P, Myers is chaiman of the speakers' commitee in charge of arranging the affail i Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, one of the| founders of the Women's National | Democratic Club, has given the orna- ments for ihe mantieplece in the lubhouse parior, and also ave a steel | vngraving of her husband, which he autographed Steel engravings of other former democratic presidents also will adorn the walls, that of Thomas Jefterson having been given by Mrs. Bonsal, who is one of his descendants, and__that of Andrew Jackson by Mrs. Harriman. Nineteen cartoons depicting the re- putlican attitude toward the league of nations will adorn the -library walls, A buffet supper will be served at the Tuesday evening reception from § to 11. Members of the club are in- ited to be present to meet the na- tional committee men and women The opening reception will be fol lowed by a series of receptions and | by, dally luncheons and. teas. e The members of the board of gov- rnors are Mrs. Wilson, Mrs, Hugh Wallace, Mrs. Peter Gerry, AMrs. Townsend, Mrs. Danlel C. Roper, Mr: Willlam Jennings Bryan, Mr Miss Lindsey Wood, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. John B. Kendrick A Al Jones, Mrs. Carter Glass, Miss Mary ‘Archer of Philadelphia, Mrs. Emily Newell ~Blair, Mrs, Cordeli and all other children must come with adults and sit with them throughout the concert. GROUP TO PLAN HERE FOR GRIFFIS RELEASE > Will Discuss Means for Presenting to Germany Two-Million- Name Petition. Dr. James Whitney Hall, chairman of the committee for the release of Lieut. Corliss Hooven Griffis, who ‘was tried recently and committed to a German prison for complicity in the attempt to kidnap Grover Cleve- land Bergdoll, millionaire draft dodg- er of Philadelphia, has called a meet- ing of the national commitee in thy New Willard Hotel, tomorrow morn- ing, at 10 o'clock. Capt. Arthur P. Fenton, secretary %o Representative Theodore H. Bur- pn of Ohlo, as the Washington rep- esentative of the committee, an- gflun(‘r‘d yesterday that at this meeting rrangements will be made for | resenting the petition of 2,000,000 lames for release of IJdeut. Griffis in Quch manner as the State Department Will countenance. % Arrangements have been made for the committee to appear at the White ouse. ® GRIFFIS STILL IN PRISON. L] Germans Aware of Efforts for His = Release. BERLIN, January 12.—Lieut. Cor . Griffis 6f Hamilton, Ohio, who wi gentenced to elghteen menths in pris- ©n for his part in the piot to kid- | p Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the | American draft evader, is still in jall | t Mosbach. The foreign office has no nformation of any impending steps Woking to his early release, although | it is known here that strong efforts @ro belng made privately In the Enited States to gbtain his freedom. v ———— FEW PNE\MONIA DEATHS. 10 Die First 11 Days This Year, Against 46 in 1023. ‘Washington has been unusually free from pneumonia deaths so far this year. During the first eleven days of Janu- ary, 1923, the health department re- corded forty-six deaths from that dis- ecase, This was an abnormal number and was largely responsible for the in- crease in Washington's death rate last year. For the first eleven davs of :umuyl ghere have been only nineteen pneu- nonia deaths. Hull, Mrs. Blair_Banister, Mrs. Ollie James and Mrs. Bonsal. The Ladies’ Journal, published in Chinese in Shanghal, has a circula- tion of 7,000, and is the medium for a steady flow of literature dealing th the woman's movement. Civil Service Commission to Fill Freedmen's Vacancles. The Clvil Service Commission has announced open competitive examina- tions to filll the following positions at Freedmen's Hospital hers: Head cook, at $1.080 & year and meals; | cook. at $600 to $862 a year and meals; head laundryman, at $600 year and meals; mald (unskilled laborer), at $300 ‘a yoar and menls; orderly (unskilled laborer), at $300 a yoar and meals and quarters; un- skilled laborer, at $300 a year and meals and cuarters; unskilled lnborer (walter), at §300 u vear end meale and laundry worker, at $480 a year and meals. In addition to the salarles nimed jabove, appointees will be allowed the increase of $20 a month granted by Congress. Full Information and ap- {9lication blanks may be obtained at | the office of the secretary, local Civil Service Vice Board, Freedmen's Hospital. One large firm of electrical engin- ecrs In London is run entirely by v 3 IN GLASS CASKET CASE $165,627 Stock Sales in Washing- ton Charged in Indict- i ments. I W. De Camp, R. A. Howe and Edwin C. Reed, indicted on & charge of using the malls to defraud in con- nection with the sale of stock of the Crystal Glass Casket Company, will be called for trial Monday beforé Jus- tice Hitsz in Criminal Division 1. A. B. Lacoy and 8. M. Acker, jointly in- dicted with them, secured a severance and will not be tried at this time. e men are accused of selling a total of $189,400 worth of the stock. of which $166,627 worth was sold in Washington. Of this sum, it is al leged, Do Camp, said to be the pro-; moter, receive: ,423 in eash and stock ‘of the value of $32,660. The re- mainder of the money collected is al- leged to have been expended in sala- | ries, commissions and expenses i Absistant United States Attornevs | Bilbrey and McCall will conduct the | prosccution. Attorney T. Morris| = business. Box 199-X, Wanted—Manager Large Real Estate Office Must have executive and administrative ability and thorough knowledge of real estate State full particulars. Address Wampler represents the accuse | { | Star Office The Big Hardware and Housefurnishing Store 11th and G Sts. Specials—Second Floor White Enameled Kitchen Sets, 4 sizes, for tea, coffee, sugar and ssc flour . . 20-gaflon Ash Can, corrugated galvanized iron wit h om0 SLTS Specials—Third Floor Window Refrigera- tors, galvanized iron; to fit any window— $2.50 20th Century White Flame Light and Heat Burner, both in one at the cost of one— Humphrey diantfire Heater. Satisfac- tion guaranteed. $18.00 $1 Wear-Ever Aluminum Double Boiler, best made 2-qt. size. For Monday 31.65 only ... Cyclone Utility Basket and ‘Trash Burner, 30 in. l;xrg:;nfin-\shed'm da.r” 52.75 Perfection Ol Heater, with steel oll tank and bail handle. 25 Third Floor Chambers Fireless Gas Range Cooks With the Gas Turned Off—We Will Demonstrate SPECIAL NOTICE The District National Bank of Washington throughout its history has vored to meet the requirements of its customers in a manner con- sisent with sound banking policy. To meet the growing demands of our customers, and in view of the traffic conditions in the downtown section, we have found it necessary to open an uptown office at the northeast corner of Connecticut Avenue and K Streets Northwest. The branch office will be open at 8:30 A. M. on January 15, 1924, fully equipped for the handling of commercial and savings accounts, to sell travelers’ checks, letters of credit, domestic and foreign exchange, and the purchase and sale of securities for its customers. We invite our customers and the public to make use of these facilities. “Note Private Parking Space fgr Automobiles” ROBERT N. HARPER, President Main Office, 1406 G Street WM. C. LOOKER, Manager of Branch ANUARY 13, 1924 _PART 1. Continuing the Stock-taking Cle arance These are times when you can buy to really extraordinary good advantage—because we are anxious to move the small lots, as well as others that we will not reorder. We have most attractively reduced the prices of such Suites and Separate Pieces. There are many more than listed—awaiting your selection. Of course, the credit privilege is open to you here always. Bec]room Suites In addition are some separate pieces for the Bedroom— that are fed“ced for c]ea!‘ance. 4-piece Suite, in attractive Ivory finish, consisting of full size bowfoot Bed; large Dresser with tilting mirror; exquisite large Vanity Dresser, with long center mirror and swinging side mirrors; and roomy Chifforobe. Handsomely decorated.......§275 00 4-piece Suite, in attractive Quarter-sawed Golden Oak veneer, consisting of Double Bed with bowfoot end, Roomy Dresser with handsome tilting mirror, semi- Vanity Case with center mirror and two swinging side mirrors, and commodious Chifforobe. An ideal suite for a small apartmcnt..‘....................$217.50 7-piece Suite in a beautiful Ivory Duo-tone finish, consisting of full-size bowfoot Bed, spacious Dresser and dainty Toilet Table; roomy Chifforette; cane seat Bench, Chair and Rocker. This Suite is beautifully decorated and a very fine set........... 5425.00 Dresser-robe in dark Mahogany-finish, has reg‘ul:n: style dresser-mirror, and also a full length mirror pane! in the door of the wardrobe section. A roomy and well constructed piece ... o R eI 572.50 Chifforobe in Red Mahogany-finish, six feet four inches high, heavily constructed throughout. A very roomy and handy piece of furniture....... 560_00 Dining Room Suites Splendid Suites—these—effective in character—ex- cellent quality—and strongly appealing in price. 4-piece Suite, in combination Walnut; Queen Anne design—consisting of Buffet, China Closet, Server and Extension Table. This Suite is nicely designed and well constructed, and is of materially better grade than the price indicates .....c..coeiiinnene....$135,00 4-piece Suite in Combination Walnut, consisting of 60-inch Buffet, very spacious China (;_Ioset: fier\'er and Extension Table. Two-tone panel effect finish, and is of very strong construction throughout. . 5235.00 Above Suite with 66-inch Buffet..... 5245.00 10-piece Combination Mahogany Suite—Buffet, spa- cious China Closet, with wood paneled doors; oblong Extension Table; Server; five Side Chairs, and one Arm-- chair, with Tapestry-covered seats. Beautifully inlaid on all pieces and the design and construction of high grade $375.00 10-piece Suite, in Combination Walnut — Buffet; large and roomy China Closet, with glass panel doors: Server and Extension Table; five Side Chairs and one Armchair, with leather-covered seats. A very high grade Suite 5400.00 9-piece Mahogany Suite—a Duncan Phyfe design— Buffet, combination Server-China Closet and eight-foot Table, with drop-leaf ends. Five Side Chairs and one Armchair, with genuine haircloth seats. This Suite is in a class of its own in beauty and construc- Miscellaneous Pieces Look through the list care- fully—there are many items that will appeal to you. _ Combination Walnut Buffet. inches long. Queen Annc design. theaughout .- 949,50 in shxs neh tengin. 908,50 Combination Walnut China Close?, Queen Anne design with glass door to match the above Buses 0 2 $43.00 Combination Walnut Side Ta ;I}Lc’cxéatrh the above 526.50 Combination Walnut 6-foot Ex- tension Table with oblong top to match the above $45 00 i . pieces Combination Walnut Buffet, 6 inches long, fancy turned legs: well braced under structure and strongly $ built throughout. ... 61050 Side Table in Combination Wal- nut, to match the $ above Buftet ... $26.50 Combination Walnut China Closet, Queen Anne design, heavy construc- tion; fancy carved decorations, wood panel very roomy Side Table in Combination Wal- nut—Queen Combination Walnut Side Table; left from an attractive Suite of splendid make Combination Mahogany T Wagon; removable glass tray, c Sraon e $20.00 Reed _Tlca Wagon; frosted Wal- Shaped design o $33.50 3-piece Overstuffed Suite—Arm- chair, Davenport and Wing Arm- chair—covered in a good grade of Tapestry, locse comion seatse . $147.50 3-piece Overstuffed Suite, in ex- cellent _grads of Tapestry—Arm- chair, Davenport and Wing Arm- chair —spring cdge seats. Roomy and_ comfortable cushions; claw and ball foot design... $350.00 Royal Easy Chair, in bright pol- ish ~Mahogany-finish, back and seat upholstered in imitation Brown Leather. Equipped with the famous Royal push button to recline the back Nest _of Tables—consistnig of* three Tables, in finely polished combination Mahogany—long t er- ing legs making a gg::icnguishcd looking. & 3() O Priscilla Sewing Cabinet—Mahog- any; decorated in bia acens o $11.75 Mahogany Sewing Cabinet—very pleasing design and fancy turned fegs. Front drawer— and two side trays... sl 1.85 Golden Oak Bookcase. Five large shelves, two glass doors, lock and key. Very substan- tially constructed.... $2 1050 Combination Brown Mahogany Book Case—Colonial round post de- sign, extra heavy build, five roomy chelves capable of ac- commodating a govd Windsor Armchair_in dark Ma- hogany-finish, extra high back and curved head piece; shaped seat and arms and fancy turned legs, well braced on sides and $27.50 Rocker to Folding Drop-leaf Table; com- bination Brown Mahogany; oblong top, with rounded corners; fancy e 0 $14.50