Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1924, Page 10

10 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1924. TEVAS LAND QUL SENATE CONTINES ihiei of Postal —lnspectors Ordered to Be on Hand to A Finish Testimony. FiThe search for evidence of politi- influence in the Post Office De- 1 rtment's investigation of alleged d frauds in the lower Rio Grande §uo,\- of Texas was continued today the Senate committee investigat- fAg the matter. - mmons, chief of postal d not completed his tes- mmittee ended its e ith, 0. B.| worked | spectlo ony when th mession yesterd: Williamso NAVY PAYMASTER FOUND; PLAN OF RADIO TAX SEEMS AMNESIA VICTIM * OPPOSED BY HOOVER Identified as Lieut. E. R. Brown, —_— Missing With $112,000—Ques- | No New Industry Should Be So tioned, Grows Violent. Burdened, Says Commerce ) Secretary. OF By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 8.— A map identified as Lieut. Ervin R. Brown, United States Navy paymas-| ter, who disappeared with $112,000 in | government funds from Mobile, Ala., March 10, was found last night in| Golden Gate Park here, apparently a | vietim of amnesia. I The man, who had $1,200, talked incoherently, and under uestioning E et : , Secretary Hoover is “sorry to see” & femtifcation. wan ‘made by Lieut |31Y tax on the radio industry, as Commander J. K. Nielson of the 12th | Proposed in Congress, he declared to- AT DI BIcE jday. The Commerce Secretary said | he was opposed to a tax on any new ; industry. | doubtedly be borne by the ultimate however, and the only effect on manufacturers would pos- LIMITING LICENSES Power of U. S. Over Wave Lengths Concerned in Legislation. i i R S W D. C. DRY AGENT GETS consumer, He sald the tax would un- | tributers of radlo equipment are ex- pected to file with the Federal Trade Commission tomorrow a reply to & complaint by the commissjon alleging a_combination and conspiracy to create a monopoly in the manufac- ture, purchase and sale of radio de- vices and apparatus. + Answer Due by April 10, The manufacturers and distributers are required to answer the complaint on or before April 10. The reply is expected to be received at the Federal Trade Commission tomorrow. Respondent companies named in the proceeding are; General Electric STONELEIGH COURT CAFE Conn. Ave., Corner L St. Special Table d’Hote Service 6-Course Dinner (6 to 8) i “We Shot Your Friend Berkowitz."i Says Letter to Paul, Balti- | more Police Told. i b g ! Ke had been relieved of - Letter Put in Record. %A letter from Willl Fombrunt Ka operating in Ba another Washington | reported to the po- | ad been threatened er which lie receiv £ which was not sign- | follows u pup, we shot | but we are | not Eoing to stop shooting until we | kill you and your friend Hatfield be- ! fore the month is out, and it is likely |to happen in court at’ tri i later consulted with United ! mos W. W. Wood- ¢ letter over to the d , who is interested in the | The Land and Sugar Company, | 5 mmons to have o Will Ji. Hays, while the 1 Postmaster General to comj 0 3 prejudiced al the valley w Your Rent Money Vi1 Buy This! g L oo mI-= e OrM=m»rmo mrCeT mrgEen ma»rv To Inspect— Take 14th street car to Delafield Place and walk 2 blocks East—or Georgia Avenue car to Delafield and walk ! block or phone Main 617 for free auto service. Overlooking Saul's Addition—All Modern Improvements Owners and Builders Realtors 1416 K Street THREAT OF DEATH « isibly be in reduced purchasing of $1.25 PONY DINNER, $1.00 MUSIC DURING DINNER Luncheon, 65¢ Club Bernkfast, 25c to $1.00 Alxo regular a la carte service Your Patronage Is In.vlted radio equipment. Mr. Hoover said he was not fa- millar with the provisions of the radio monopoly bill passed by the .:z-nn\e\ yesterday, but added that the Commerce Department could limit cific wave lengths, it large manufacturers and dis- Electric ' and Manufacturing Com- pany, the International Radio Tele- graph Company, United Fruit Com- Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Western Elec- tric Company, Inc.; Westinghouse = SEE THE WHIRLWIND .Electric Vacuum Cleaner Some of the Many Special Refinements This latest model cleaner has no brush to clean, nor belt to break, Its, cleaning is accomplished through unusually powerful air suction, and a specially de- signed nozzle. Throughout it is simple for women to use. of the thumb nut, and nozzle may be taken off and the hose with any acoermory placed tightly in position for use. ‘This nozale is easily lowered or raised for cleaning bare floors, carpets or rugs, and so shaped as to get under the edges of davenports, desks, etc. There are many other features which we shall be glad to demonstrate without obligation, A turn Convenient Terms NaTioNAL ELECTRICAL SuPPLY 1328-30 New York Avenue L < Versa pany, Wireless Specialty Apvlnlullot America. The complaint of the Company and the Radlo Corporation | commission was lssued January 24, SERVICE IS NORMAL Recent " high-water conditions along the Potomac River have in no way inter- fered with the Normal Service of the BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. Passengers planning to travel West may be assured of a safe and dependable journey. WALTER V. SHIPLEY, Assistant General Passenger Agent ‘Woodward Building 15th and H Streets N.W. Telephone: Main 5771 BALTIMORE & OHIO Coming from far and wide to buy for Easter! The Entire City Seems to Have Knowledge of Our Great Anniversary Event! A fortunate coincidence is that our 26th birthday comes just at the time when everyone’s thoughts-are turned toward spring apparel. Far more than a coincidence that we have been able to gather together the loveliest of spring fashions in such prodigal array at these exceptional Anniversary prices. Hundreds of women and misses have chosen their Easter wardrobes in the past two days from the wealth of Spring Fashions and Anniversary values gathered herc. i o Misses! Anniversary & Misses! Every miss may look her best—and that at little cost—if she chooses her Easter wardrobe in this Anniversary Event! Mi ’ $55.00 % — e et 0300 Frode— $34.75 Aglow with lovely spring colors—powder blue, the newest tans and browns, navy and plenty of black. Frocks that are sleeveless and frocks that are not—tiered and pleated, ruffled and draped—with embroideries and laces, fine tuckings and beaded designs. In georgette crepe tremaine and flat and canton crepes. Misses’ $60.00 to $70.00 $48 75 One-of-a-Kind Frocks Dl Styles for afternoon and for evening, in crepe romaine, cashmere crepe, georgette, satin canton and flat crepes. Beadings, pleatings, tuck. ings, lace, ribbons and embroidery. too, if you like—cap sieeves or sleeve- less—cocoa, rose, lichen, green,” powder and navy blues and BLACK. Wonderful Anniversary value! Misses’ $55 and $65 Suits—Strictly $42 75 Tailored—Delightfully Boyish . Charmeen—checked twills—hairline stripes and plain color twills—one and two button closing styles—ribbon, satin and braid binding—silk scarfs, novelty vests and fobs—black and white, navy and white and plain navy blues. Misses’ $29.50 and '$35.00 Tailored Sport Suits —plaids, stripes and checks in stunning variety—combinations of black and white, brown and tan and gray with blue—single and double breasted models—youthful in style~splendidiy made. $58.75 Misses’ $72.50 to $89.50 Twill Cape sleeves and cape backs—mink dyed and beige squirrel collarse— and Charmeen Coats the new full length Tuxedo revers—stunning cartridge flutings—many styles and all very beautiful—navy blue, black, green, tan. dishes in your home every year VXSUALIZE for a mon?mt the dishes you use in a day. Now multiply it by one year. An acre of dishes! Somebody has to wash them ——and it’s the meanest house- hold work. JHOT WATER! i Will Lighten the Task Hot Water—gushing, sizzling hot. An inexhaustible supply. All you want. Ever-ready, morning, noon or night. Open the faucet—there it is. Close the faucet—it stops and your cost stops with it. Spend five minutes today. Wit- A > ness a demonstration of how small down t RUUD rors domestse dvadgery installs the RUUD. RUUD MANUFACTURING CO. 733 13th St. N. W. Phone Main 6985 Misses’ $59.50 to $69.50 Sport & Dress Coats, $48.75 Charmeens and twills, in navy, black, tan and green—the beautiful self-striped shaggy “Highlo” and ““Mah.-Jong” materials in high shades— camel's hair cloth in natural color—wonderful new imported plaid and striped materials and light-weight tarquina—alluringly youthful styles— beauty of tailoring—some edged with summer furs—some ribbon bound— ' $38.75 Misses’ $45.00 to $55.00 Coats— Daring plaids and quality twills—tans, browns, nd black! Twills and Sport Coatings New lines that cast slim shadows, graceful cape backs, side-ties—pleatings of braid, soft edgings of summer fur—coats to grace the wardrobe of the most particular Miss and make it worth her while to travel anniversary. For Little Women Coats—Frocks at Anniversary Savings Little Women’s $27.50 and $30.00 Dresses, $21.75 Stunning styles—crepe satin and canton crepe. Pin tucks, apron panels and pockets—low waist row sash belts, line-tucked panels—lace and embroidered batis ts and collars for contrast— cocoa, artichoke, pine bark, powder , badger, navy blue and black to choose from. . , Little Women’s $45.00 to $55.00 Coats, $39.75 Fine twills and lustrous charmeens. Navy blue, black, tan, gray and cocoa. Straightline and cape-back styles—braid and ribbon trimmed —some with collars of summer fur. Blouses for All! At Big Anniversary Savings! $5.95 to $7.50 Silk Costume Blouses— $4 85 y crepe de chine, satins and roshanara crepes—stunning beautiful spring shades—sheik, powder, pablo, tan, navy bl $5.00 to $7.95 Handmade Voile Blouses—$3.85 Exceptionally fine French voile—beautiful handwork—iavish use of real Irish and filet laces, hand-embroldery and hand-drawn work make this 2 Anniversary group most worth your whi Youth—Smartness—Sweaters! —and Anniversary Prices in Addition! $3.95 to $5.95 Sweaters, $2.85 New siipover jJacquette and ceat styles—fine, soft wool and mohair yarns—the loveliest colors of spring—buff, lichen, nickel, powder blue and Indian. $6.95 to $8.95 Sweaters, $4.85 5 Exquisite light-weight Iceland Wools and Mohair—the new vest front, “V" and round neck slipovers—coat sweaters, jacquettes—vivid spring shades. SECOND FLOOR Anniversary Pumps!$7.65 Six Smart Styles Sent by Sorosis Pair Black satin or patent kid opera pumps, with orewithout cut-outs—stunning strapiess pumps with cut-out collar, black satin or patent kid— cross strap pumps of beaver suede—iow heel, single strap pumps, in gray or brown suede or “patent kid—and smart black = satin or patent kid two- pumps with block heels! What a stunning array from which to choose! What Do You Think 9 Of Our Advertising ® Three Cash Prizes—$25—$15—$10 e —will be given for the best constructive comments upon our advertising mailed by April 12th. Communications must be not over one hundred words, written on one side of paper only, and we are to be sole judges in making the awards. Write today. Address Advertising Manager. Hats for Easter—scores of styles and colors — with the added lure of exceptional Anniversary prices. Charge ac- counts freely with all making themselves known to_ us as responsible. Women’s Anniversary Suits Everyorie Seems to Want One! Women’s 365.00510 $79.50 Tailored $56‘50 Notable because in this group are included, besiues the strictly tai- lored mannish styles, the longer, slightly dressier jacket suits so becoming to many women and se ly hard to find this year. Plain color twills, pencil stripes, mannish gs—navy blue, gray, tan, black. Women’s $55.00 and $59.50 Tailored Suits, $44.50 All the smart tailored styles you read about—round or square cornered —hip length, box or longer tailored jackets—suits with vests and suits without. Single or double breasted—O’'Rossen styled—braid or ribbon bound! And all the finest, newest suitings, men’s wear worsted, hair line striped, oxford suitings, plain twill cord and charmeen. 9. . . Women’s $45.00 to $55.00 Tailored Suits, $34.50 Plain or pencil striped navy blue and black twills and smart mannish mixtures—exceptional In quality. tailoring and finish—crepe silk lined. More than a dozen correctly mannish styles. A wonderful Anniversary group! Women's 3(1:‘1’5.00 ‘to $145.00 One-of-a-Kind stume Suits, $93.50 Stunning new features In this much liked style! The very fong. jackets—the new pleated coats—tiny shoulder yokes—standing collars— black with wifite fur—to say nothing of the fineness of the twill and charmeen and the glorious colorings of the hip length or long tunic over. blouses. You'll surely want to see these! Women’s Silk Dresses Never such great preparations made before—Come you will be delighted. ) ‘'omen’s $37.50 to $45.00 Silk Dresses, $28.75 Draped or tailored, straight and clinging or becomingly tiered—scores of the newest dresses—dozens of the newest styles and colors—many of the desirable beaded frocks included. Satins, georgette and roshanara crepes, crepe de chine—a wonderful Anniversary offering! 5 . Women’s $45 to $55 One-of-a-Kind Dresses, $33.75 An Anniversary offering indeed worth while! Tailored satins and roshanara crepes, georgette frocks with crystal beadings, French frocks, handmade; canton crepes in dolens of stunning styles—spring shades— all sizes. Women'’s Stunning $69.50 to $82.50 Dresses, $48.75 Such beautiful fabrics—figured chiffons, e and georgette. Mallinson's crepe Maurice! Such wonderful styles—copies of exquisite Paris gowns and a few of the original gowns themoelves—priced at an Anniversary very woman who appreciates the ind—all the best silk crepes, the newest ideas in beadings, tuckini ries and embroideries. High and pastel colors, street shades, black. Hundreds more will come tomorrow. Will you be one of them? Women’s Spring Coats Never Lovelier Than for Anniversary $95.00 to $125.00 Model Wraps, $76.75 Coats for women who appreciate out-of-the.ordinary style and guality! The newest silks—Cote de Cheval, Spiral Crepe and Crepe Satin, the smartest velvety and twilled coating, including Juina, Vetoria, Lustrah and Twillbloom—embroideries, braiding—rich summer furs to add the finishing touch, Women’s $65 to $95 Coats and Capes—$58.75 Beautifully expressive of all that is newest and smartest in fabric and line! Cape coats and cape sieeves, slim lines, full length tuxedo revers, cartridge flutings, metallic braidings, summer furs—all are here in these ::u:n!ng wraps of charmeen, Kasha and twill—at attractive Anniversary rices. Women’s $57.50 to $75.00 Coats—Dress— Sport and Topcoat Styles—$48.75 Raglan shoulders and tiny shoulder yokes—novel two-way or standing collars—cape backs and cape sleeves—very siim, straight lines—collars of soft summer furs and stunning touches of metal braid—just a few of the newnesses to be found in this splendid Anniversary group! Women’s $45.00 to $59.50 Coats—Twills—Paris la Mode Camel’s Hair—Sun-Glo-Flamingo—-$38.75 The newest coat features at big Anniversary savings! Tiered panels, gwagger styles and siim, straight lines—tan, gray, mocha, badger, navy blue, blaci Women’s $35 and $40 Dress and Top Coats—$28.75 Slim line twills of fine quality self tucked or braid banded—mannish topcoats with an English accent—sport styles with an inviting swagger— mess green, powder blue, gray, oatmeal, badger, black and navy biue. Gloves for Easter At Big Anniversary Savings! Centemeri $3.00 French Kid Gloves—$1.95 Pair Two-clasp, plain and bandalette styles with two-tone embroidered backs, suede or kid—the popular Biarritz slip-on gloves—and generous assortment of loveliest spring shades, black, white, beaver, ecru, gray, mode, brown, tan. $3.50 French Kid Gloves, Novelty Styles, $2.95 Pair Exceptionally fine in every respect—the new narrow cuff, smartly flared with contrast color kid facing showing through narrow perforations. White, biack, beaver, gray. Stunning Summer Furs Several Wonderful Anm'ver;ary Groups! $45.00 American Fox Scarves—$28.75 Beautifully fluffy and full furred—smartest of spring shades, black, natural red, sand and walnut browns—cxceptional Anniversary valuel $27.50 Canadian Wolf Scarves—$19.75 Very fine quality—carefully dyed in the popular platinum. pearl gray and blue shades. An Anniversary group well worth seeing! Squirrel and Stone Marten Scarves and Spring Jacquettes Also at Anniversary Prices Silk Underwear Unusually Enticing for Anniversary! $5.00 Silk Chemise, Vests, Step-ins, $3.75 Superb quality crepe de chines and radium si have been used for this lovely underwear—yokes in stunning hemstitched and self-embroidered patterns—contrast color insets. The popular pecan, orchid and flesh color, with chemise in maize and nile green in addition, Samples! The Loveliest Sort! $12.00 to $18.00 Gowns, $9.85, $12.85, $14.85 $8.50 to $10.00 Chemise, $4.85 and $6.85 Rich radium silks, lustrous crepe-back satins, heavy crepe de chines— lavish with Irish and filet laces or stunning in their tailored simplicity? Flesh color, orchid, peach and white—a perfectly wonderful assortment! Special Anniversary Groups of “Vanity Fair” Glove Silk Underwear and Philippine Handmade Underwear $20.00 Black Silk Negligees, $15.85 New, fresh, irresistibly lovely—fashioned of lustrous “Glo-Sheen” and so stunningly draped. All in the wanted BLACK, with exquisite shaded puffings of gold, American beauty, jade, orchid and turquoise. Slip or Petticoat—Which? Wonderful Anniversary Values in Both! $7.50 Silk Costume Slips, $4.85 Fine broadcloth and radium silks—all with 20.inch self hems and hematitched top and straps. Black, navy biue, fawn, silver, white, peach, orchid and flesh color. $8.50 Silk Costume Slips, $6.85 Beautiful quality crepe de chine, radium silk and “Glo-Sheen"—20-inch seif hems, hemstitched and tucked yokes—a remarkable Anniversary value! Black, silver, jade, peach, fawn and navy blue. $5.00 Silk Petticoats, $3.85 Notable for the quality of rich radium silks and crepe de chine and for the generous assortment of radiant spring colors—black, navy. blue, fawn, ‘siiver, rust, emerald and French blue. Fancy pleated flounces or straightiine embroidered styles. $10.00 Silk Petticoats, $6.85 Radium silks and Milanese silk jerseys of exceptional quality—mest attractive fancy pleated or loped and self-embroidered straightiine ll\.dl"l: in all the lovely spring colorings. Surely you will want one of these! . Full-fashioned Silk Hosiery at $1.35 pair, in new Spring colors. Plenty of Pique Vests at $1.00 and $1.50, to wear with the new suits. Stunning colors in Silk Scarfs. The prettiest Blouses in all Washington. Underarm Bags at $5.00, that people are telling us are most remarkable.. Attractive Cuff Novelties in French Kid loves at $2.95 pair. These are just a few of the many other Anniversary messages that we would like to send to you today.