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SHE STARTS AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton calling on President Coolidge yesterday. She recently resigned as vice 1-huirm'an of the Republican national committee in order to start her campaign work for election to the House of Representatives. She is a candidate in the nineteenth Ohio district. National Photo. Radio engineers install- ing amplifying and broadcasting apparatus in Madison Square Garden, New York, where the Democratic national convention will be held next week. The proceedings of the conclave will be broadcast all over the United States. M. C., who is now the individual rifle- shooting champion of the world. In the Olympic games he won his title with a score of 363, shooting from a kneeling position. Copyright by P. & A. Phot OPTIMISTS ACCEPT CLUB’S HOSPITALITY Annual Outing Will Be Held at Congressional Country Course on July 9. CARAVAN IS BEING PLANNED Party of 150 Members and Guests to Go Out in Autos. Plans for the annual outing were Initiated on an elaborate scale at the meeting of the Optimist Club yester- day when it was decided to accept the hospitality of the Congressional Club for the afternoon and evening of July 9. Joseph A. Burkart, chalrman of the outing committee, announced that ar- rangements already had reached more than a preliminary stage. It is ex- pected that upward of 1350 members of the luncheon club will be in at- tendance and that most of these will be accompanied by friends. Among the tentative arrangements is a proposal for an Optimist Cara- van, to meet in the center of the city and proceed as an automobile fleet to the country club. Harry Angelico has arranged a program of songs by the “glee gang” which will be sung s the caravan winds it way through the city and into the country. A large orchestra will be divided into segments en route and will plan for the members as they proceed on the caravansary Satirical Skit Planned. A number of novelties will serve to entertain guests during the after- noon. One is a skit which is being prepared by the dramatic committee of the organization headed by Frank Peirce, He promises to have a satire ready which will make cer- tain_ highlights in the District laugh at_themselve: Dinner will be served in the main dining hall at the country club, and dancing will follow. Chairman Burkart of the arrange- ments committee, in making his re- port yesterday, pointed out that the ting would give members who have not yet had the privilege an opportunity of viewing the elaborate country club facilities which have recently been thrown open by the Congressional Country Club. Members will bring wives, or sweethearts or sisters or daughters on the outing, as is customary. Girls Held as Runaways. Virginia Shaw Grubbs, eighteen, and married, and Mamie Gertrude Lynch, sixteen, and single, reported missing from their homes in Charlotte, N. C., since last week, were arrested by Detectives Mullen and Murphy yester- day_and booked at headquarters as fugitives from parents. The girls reached here Saturday and visited at the home of friends of their families in Northeast Wash- ington. When a message asking their arrest was received, the police were told that the pair had started home- ward Sunday night and the Char- lotte authorities were so informed. Learning the girls had returned to the home of friends yesterday, the de- tectives arrested them. Thelr rela- tives are expected here soon to take them home. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert. CHILDREN OF JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL GIVE A PLAY. Pupils of the second grade, as a last-day- of-school feature, produced “In a Fairy Garden,” the audience being made up of pupils from other grades and parents of the youngsters taking part. YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother Yon 11 Be Answered in This Column. Addresa: Room 722, News De- partment, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Q. My mother was my sole depen- dent during the war. I have since married, but am separated from my wife, for good. I am in a quandry Jjust whom to name as my beneficiary. Can I lawfully name my mother as my beneficiary even though I have a wife?—W. L. E. A. You can name any person as the benficiary of your adjusted compen- sation certificate. Q. My brother was a second lieu- tenant and died while in the service just after the armistice was signed. His mother during her life received the war risk insurance he carried, her children "are receiving it 5 \Vl;}l they receive any bonus?—Mrs. L. A. Adjusted compensation is pay- able first to the widow if unmarried, then to the children share and share alike, if no widow, or children then to the mother; if no widow, no chil- dren, no mother, then to the father. A mother or father must submit u der oath a statement of dependency. It your ‘brother -left no widow, no children, and his mother is dead, and his father is dead, no adjusted com- pensation is payable. In other words brothers and sisters of soldiers now deceased, ~are not_ entitled to the benefits of the act. Had your brother lived to sign an application blank he could have named any person as his beneficiary. Q. 1 served 150 days on this side, and 502 days in France, which in- cludes dates of sailing and return, what is my factor number; I am now fifty years old, and what will be the amount of my adjusted service cer- tificate?—E. P. A. You are entitled to the maxi- mum benefits of the adjusted compen- sation act for both service on this and the other side, which is $625, pro- Vided that all this service was rven- dered before July 1, 1919. Your fac- tor number is 2.324. Multiply your credit of $625 by year factor number and you find that your policy will be worth about $1,452. Q. I served on this side sixty-three davs. 1 served overseas 275 days. What am I entitled to receive?—J. D.W. A. Your total credit is $346. You should multiply this credit of 3346 by your factor number to ascertain the amount of your certificate. Q. T enlisted June 19, 1918, dis- charged June 4, 1919. What is my policy worth at the age of 287 1 had no overseas service—A. H. A. The face value of your policy will be about $733. C. E. F. Your total credit for both service on this and the other side is $309, thus making the face value of your policy about $771. Q. 1 enlisted January 1, 1918, and went at once to an officers’ training camp. On June 1, 1918, I was com- missioned, and sailed for France Oc- tober 20, 1918. I returned to the states July 19, 1919. How much cash bonus will 1 receive. How much would the insurance amount to?—G. E. M., La Plata. A. The bonus is not payable in cash. Your adjusted service credit will be about $465. To compute the A SWINDLING SCHEMES DETECTED IN CAPITAL H. M. Cool Tells Rotarians of “Clean-Up” Work by Better Business Bureau. Explaining efforts “to eliminate un- truthful statements in advertising” in Washington, H. M. Cool, director of the Better Business Bureau, told the Rotary Club yesterday at the New Willard Hotel that the bureau had been ahle to “uncover a great many interesting and spectacular frauds.” . Mr. Cool told of an agent in Wash- ington recently selling stock in a Zold mine undeér a guarantee to for- feit stock in a certain railroad if the £0ld mine did not make 331-3 per cent in the first year. The agent wanted $1,000 for his gold mine stock, it was explained, while he could purchase the railroad stock, which was to be the guarantee, for something over $500. Another salesman recently offered for sale, and was selling to the in- credulous in Washington, Mr. Cool said, stock in a certain concern at $12 a share, when in reality it was worth only a few cents, Two Ends In View. Elimination of “vultures which are preying on the incredulous,” was de- scribed as one of the two branches of activity of the Better Business Bu- reau. Efforts to get retail advertisers to use only truthful statements cap- able of only one true interpretation, Mr. Cool said, was the other prin- e ‘ll ideal of the bureau. “Business men and newspapers have gotten behind this movement for truth in advertising,” Mr. Cool said. “to build up public confidence and understanding. By such co-operation. We are accomplishing a great deal which business cannot accomplish for itself.” Better business bureaus, he said were established in forty-four cities. The club accepted an invitation from Gus Forsberg to hold its week- ly luncheon, Wednesday, July 16, on the stemmer St. Johns. William Clabaugh, president of the Rotary Club, presided. 500 SHRINERS TO ATTEND. Cary Tells of Plans for Masonic Field Day. Anxious to eclipse all previous ef- forts, the committees in charge of the eleventh annual Masonic and Eastern Star Field day. which will be held at American League Park next Saturday, are working overtime as the opening hour approaches. “Almas Temple will have more than 300 nobles present,” Illustrious Poten- tate Harry F. Cary said, speaking for the temple. “Approximately 150 more of our members will participate in the musical program, including the Almas Temple Military Band, under the leadership of Wililam C. White; the Oriental Band, of which Henry B. Schmitt is leader, and the Drum and Glee Corps, directed by Charles K. Bartlett. “Our parade, too, will be on a larger scale than heretofore. and we are placing at the disposal of Capt. Oliver C. Phelps, the marshal, the tire patrol and the legion of honor. — amount of your policy inerease your credit by 25 per cent and add com- pound interest for twenty years. The quick way to compute it is to multi- gl_\' your credit by your factor num- er. Washington Star Photo. Very surely but slowly a time- honored institution is headed toward oblivion. The dying element is the far-famed “barber shop chatter” which has been made the subject of ballads, stories and cartoons. Bob- bed-hair females and the overflow of beauty shop barbers' clients into shave and hair-cut barber shops is causing it. Typlcal Instance Cited. As witness this scene in agparber shop_today: “Well, Al, dontchu think Jack Dempsey is getting stale from lack of work?" “Well, think 2" And here Joe elaborates on his pet pugilistic theme while the workers and worked-upon listen and enjoy it r “Say, didya see that picture on the Pleese Gazette? Ain't it a pip?” “Yeah, but up at the Sth street music hall last week they was some——" or. “How're the ponies Mike? “Why, you poor fish, I'm payin’ more attention to base ball, now- And then two damsels with shin- gles parade in. The chatter gives a few gasps and dies. Those, getting shaved are out TRyE BILLS RETURNED. Grand Jury Finds Indictment for Mayhem—Other Charges. The grand Jjury today indicted Grant A. Thomas, alias John Blue, colored, for mayhem. It is alleged | that he kicked Anthony Perry in the ;rlsht eye December 20 last during a | fight on G street between 3d and 4% | streets southwest. Perry's eye had to be removed at the hospital. ‘The grand jurors ignored nine cases in which were included charges of grand larceny against Maurice Redding, Bessie Show and Harry B. Barr; violating white slave _act against William F. Riley; robbery against Raymond Harris; carnal knowledge against George Snowden; Albert Madison, assault with danger- ous weapon; seduction against Frank White, and assault to rape against Leroy Dennis. Others indicted and the charges against them are: James A. Lemon, grand larceny; Louis H. Williams, housebreaking 'and larceny; Charles Smith and Charles Willlams, robbery; Charles E. Jones, housebreaking: William Wineberger, alias -Charles Hamilton, forger: Charles H. Bready, larceny affer trust; William T. King, arson; Moses Jackson and Ervin C. Bowen, non-support of mi- nor children. University Club Field Day. The third annual fleld day of the University Club will be held at the Columbia Country Club June 30. The program for the afternoon includes golf, tennis matches, indoor base ball “out of doors,” putting.contest, tug of war, horseshoes and duck on rock. Diner will be served at 6:30 o'clock, to be followed by bridge and other ames. : Joe, 1 dunno, whad-you treatin® you, Seaman J. F. Caviecel of Los An- geles, the only survivor of turret No. 2 of the U. S. S. Mississippi when forty-eight were killed by the gun explosion. He jumped into the ammunition hoist and was un- injured. Coprrigbt by Eadel & Herbert. Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, U. S. A, who will try for the dawn-to-dusk flight across the United States within a few days. He is waiting for good weather conditions, and will start from Mitchel Field, L. L Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Advent of the Bobbed-Hair Girl Death to Time-Seasoned Custom “Barber Shop Chatter,” Subject of Columns of De- i scriptive Language, in Scrap Heap Since Beauty | Shop Clients Adopted Masculine Hair Cut. of luck. Those getting hair cuts give the barbers lots of trouble. They use their eyes and rest their vocal chords. One ‘of the flappers gets a chair and sits down to watch Elaine have her shingles cropped. And sooner or later the new chatter starts while barbers and male patients “tune in.” “My dear, I want to give you that pudding recipe. It's too delicious for words. Tess and Jennie were over to the house last week and I made it for them and—although you know they really don’t know much about good cooking—still they have Sense enough to know how good some things can be—they were really sweet in telling me about it ™ “Uh-huh.” Latest From Paris. “By the bye, did you hear of the latest from Paris? = Lace negliges. Adorable! 1 was looking at a ocher one up in Millingsborgn's today and it was perfectly darling— And the patients and tonsorial sur- geons stay “tuned in." Thus for an hour. ‘“The big cheese” dies _and “darling frocks” supplants it. “That old ham, ha-ha!" turns up his toes and “adorable” steps into the breach. The Pink Gazette and Racing Form may soon find the Ladies’ Home Com- panion and the Fashion and Figure Magazine beside them. Already the pretty pictures have been taken from barber shop windows CHILDREN GIVE RECITAL. Large Group Appear at Petworth Methodist ‘Church. Daisy Fickenscher. presented 2 large group of Washigton children in a violin and piano recital at the Pet- worth Methodist Episcopal Chureh, Grant Circle and New Hampshire avenue nrtohwest, last night. Children _ participating included: Kathryne Barker, Byron Sedgwick, Kathryn Hale, Georgia Hopkins, Ber- nice Drissel, Lucca Collins, Harry Willey, Harry Shoub, Gertrude Bailey, Arthur _Palsgrove, Robert Henley, Grace Willey, Hermon Hill, Ellsworth Everett, Homer Drissel, Robert Bo- dell, Theodore Grissinger, Jack Kas- san, Joseph Barker, lantha Smith, Katharine - Murphy, cock, Garth Beaver, Gerald Whit- taker, Foster Lipphard, Eva Davis, Ruth Hays and Dorothy Seamans. The program was an_ interesting combination of simpler compositiogs andi more dificult work by sm masters as Schumann, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Couperin, Chopin and’ Secar Cui. RODEHEAVER TO SiNG. Associate of Billy Sunday to Be at First Congregational. Homer Rodeheaver, noted chorister and associate of Riv. “Billy” Sunday, is to give & concert Monday night at the First Congregational Church, 10th and G streets, at 8 o'clock. He will have with him his famous golden trombone. Mr. Rodeheaver has just been on a trip around the world, and in his concert lecture Monday night will tell stories of China, Japan, Austraila, Tasmanis, Egypt and Burops, . Virginia Hitch-| JAPANESE BRIDES BEAT THE IMMIGRATION BAN. A few of the 541 Japanese who beat the exclusion act by arriving at San Francisco Wednesday, June 11, aboard the S. S. Taiyo Maru. These women are brides of Japanese already living in California. SSISSIPPI AFTER EXPLOSION. This photograph was o Copyright by Kadel & Her taken not long after the disastrous explosion which killed forty-eight. The strength of the turret’s thirteen-inch plates confined the blast to the interior and prevented the whole bow of the ship from being torn off. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONFERS HONORARY DEGREES. Secretary of State Hughes and John W. Davis leading procession at 177th annual commencement exercises. Secretary Hughes and Mr. Davis received honorary degrees from the universit; DUTY OF TEACHERS EXPLAINED TO CLASS Howard University Professor Ad- dresses Graduates of Myrtilla Miner Normal School. It is the duty of teachers, through leadership, to encourage and inspire theit pupils to the better things of life. This was the message conveyed to the graduating class of the Myrtilla Miner Normal School, b Charles H. Wesley, professor of hi tory at Howard University, at exer- cises held in the auditorium of the Dunbar High School last night. Mrs. Betty G. francis, a former member of the board of education, presided at the exercises and a brief address was delivered by Garnet C. Wilkinson, assistant superintendent of schools. Diplomas were presented by Dr. J. Hayden Johnson of the board of education. The remainder of the program in- cluded: A class oration by Miriam Gwendolyn and_an _invocation and benediction by Rev. F. I. A. Bennett. Among the honor students were Lil- lian Duckett, in the primary grade course; Katherine Belle Johnson, in the kindergarten course, and Edith Elizabeth Welch, in the home eco- nomics course. The list of graduates is as follows: Louise Acshah Alexander, Pearl Flo- retta Alexander, Lucille Marietta Al- len, Catherine Elizabeth Beaubian, Elizabeth _Leonora Bennett, Lettie Gertrude Louise Blackwell, Malcina A. Blackwell, Rosa Elizabeth Bostic, Vivian Mae Grent, Colleen Miner Brooks, Corrinne Inez Brooks, Mabel Elizabeth Brown, Portia Cadette Bul- lock, Vermelle Yvette Campbell, Ber- nice Lillia Carter, Ellen Frances Chavis, Lucy Belelmagne Chiles, Alice Forrester Christopher. Gladys Marie Clinton, Joseph William Cook, Helen Aida Combs, Ethel Alleen Cowan, Edith Yvonne Davis, Lillian Alois Duckett, Bernice Jessie Ellis. Blandina_ Smith Ellis, Florence Elizabeth Ford, Alma Louise Forrest, Murial Agatha Fortune, Euretta Minta Faction, Clara Belle Gambrell, Janie Elizabeth Gant, Ruth Louise Gant, Essie Brooks Gaskins, Mary Ellen Gil- lard, Ada Beatrice Gray, Minnie Juan- ita Hall, Helen Williams Hall, Anita Gloria Haskins, Marzelia Rooks Hill, Christopher Phillips Hilman, Amelia Amanda Holland, Ruth Graham Hud- nell, Miriam Gwendolyn Hughes, Alice Calls Hunter, Ellen Gertrude Jackson, Mayme Drewry Jackson, Una Mae Jackson, Margarite Jetter, Mattie Vir- ginia Jonathan, Albertine Strother Johnson, Aloncita Miranda Johnson, Annie Walter Wright Jones. Bernice Beatrice Jones, Dorothy Augustine Jones, Pauline Bernice Jones, Reba Cameron Jones, Vivian Allegra Jones, Vesta Clementine Ken- ney, Eudora Theresa Keyes, Cora Au- achieve stus King, Corrine Scott Landers, Marguerite Virginia Lemmon, Anita Harriet Lewis, Eunice Viola Mack, Pauline Ruth Madden, Nellie Mae Mc- Kinney, Phoebe Sutherland Miles, Alta Dorothea Miiton, Lillian Estelle Mont, Louise Filicia Sneed Moorhead, Maudie Lee Montgomery, Eleanor Mae Mor- ris, Errolise_Esther Evangeline My- rick, Alise Elizabeth Nash, Leonia Katherine Nash. Martha Beulah Ca- thello Overton, Gladys Clemenza Over, Evangeline Marie ~ Paimer, Charles Johnson Quander, George Kealen Quander, Edna Martyn Redmond, Har- Het Robinson, Antoinette Josephine Sampson, Gladys Alice Scott. Lenora Kyle Scott, Phyllis Wheatley Shippen, Ruth Elizabeth Shippen, Mis- souri Edith Silas, Dorothy Belle Sin- gleton, Edna May Smallwood, Ulrica Agnes Scott Smith, Eliza _Bernice Stewart, Maude Giadstine Stratton, Ruth Augusta Sutton, Leona Althea Tallaferro, Esther Shackelford Tay- CITIZENS IN SOUTHWEST WANT CONCERT MOVEDk Smithsonian Grounds—Now | lwm Ask Sherrill for Return to | | at Monument. Lieut. Col. C. C. Sherrill. officer in charg: of public buildings and | ETounds, will be requested to trans- | fer the band concerts from the Monu- |ment grounds to the Smithsonian | grounds by the Southwest Citizens | Association. it was decided at | meeting of the organization in Fair- brother School. 10th and E streets southwest, last night. It was pointed out that up until two years ago the band concerts were given in the Smithsonion grounds, a location more convenient to the residents of the section. George M. Yateman, George L. Dant and Frank A. Johnson were appointed to represent the association at the opening of the new branch of the American Security and Trust Com- pany, 7th and E streets southwest. Mrs. Mary Ballhaus was directed to make a survey of the membership of the organization and to devise plans for building up the membership. President Yeatman announced- that the usual summer recess will be taken, and the next meeting will be in September. REUNION AT GALLAUDET. 200 Alumni Expected at Session Starting Tomorrow. About 200 graduates from all parts of the country are expected to attend the sixtieth anniversary reunion of the Alumni _Association of Gallaudet College, on Kendall Green, beginning tomorrow and lasting five days. Among the features will be the launching of a campaign to raise funds for & memorial hall in honor of Edward Miner Gallaudet, founder of the college. Tuesday afternoon, the delegates, after an auto tour of the city, will be received at the White House. — e SUES U. S. FOR PAY. Company Says Navy Owes for Coal It Used in War. The New River Collieries Company of New Jersey, today flled suit for mandamus in " the District Supreme Court against Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, to compel him to sign and issue warrants for the payment of three judgments against the United States held by the company totaling $242,080.29, with in- terest from April 15, 1921. The Sec- retary has declined to include the in- terest, the court is told, although Congress, by an act approved April 1 last, authorized such payment, It s alleged. Through Attorney W. K. Quinter the company tells the court that the Secretary of the Navy commandeered coal of the company during the year 1917 under the Lever act and that it secured judgments for the total stated and is entitled to be pald the amount asked plus the accrued in- terest e —— Lillian Ethel Turner, Bertha che Wade, Helen Constance ‘Wade, Maude Virginia Walker, Flor- ence Boyd Williams, Louise Redd Williams, Evelyn Luvinia Young, Pearl_Beatrice Willlams, Edith Mer- cier Wilson, Victoria Ruth Conrad, Kathryne Belle Johnson, Edwina Al- ine Simpkins, Carrie Lucille Adams, Dorothy Madison Doram, Imer Madalene Harvey, Edna Louise Jones, Harrlet Elizabeth Lewls, Fleta Ethel Rambeau, Gertrude Della Ross, Ruth Buchanan Scott, Edith Elizabeth Welch, Copyright by Underwood & Lnderwood. DOWNPOUR CAUSES HAVOC IN DISTRICT | 5Trees Blown Down, Accidents ! Caused, Electric Car Struck 1 by Lightning. { Thunder showers,” as forecast | the weather bureau. visited the cit late yesterday afternoon, blew down nine trees and damaged fifty others caused traffic accidents, floode strects and sidewalks in the outlyinz sections, and sharp flashes o lightning struck a street car and house. The car was hit by lightning « Connecticut avenue near Klingl bridge, inflicting slight burns on th hand of Leon Norris, colored, a pa senger, who refused hospital treat ment. A house on Legation street was set afire by the lightning. but little damage was done A collision between a motor truck |and automobile occurred at Con- | necticut_avenue and M street during the storm. William Davis, colored. 4921 Meade street northeast, occupant of the automobile. was slightly in jured. He was given first aid at Emergency Hospital. Charles Thorn- ton, colored, 1526 12th street, also was slightly hurt last night when his motor cycle skidded on the mud that had been washed to the roadway on U street between 15th and 16th streets. i A fallen electric light wire set fire to a tree in front of 2718 Sheriff road northeast, but firemen extin- guished the blaze before much damage had been done. Trees rc- ported blown down by pol in front of 2639 1 street, street, 2729 Dumbarton avenue, servoir and 34th streets, K between 24th and 25th streets, 16th and R streets, 19th and H streets, and two in front of 2714 Wisconsin avenuc. Street car trafic on the Chevy Chase-Kensington lines and auto mobile trafic in that section we affected by high water in low pia of streets and avenues. ALL STAR NEWSBOYS TO BE THEATER GUESTS ‘Will See Opening Chapters of New Film by Courtesy of Leader House. Star carriers and newsboys have a treat in store for next Saturday. starting at 9 a.m., when they will be the guests of Sidney Lust, proprietor of the Leader Theater, at the opening chapters of the new chapter play. “The Fortieth Door.” Arrangements for the boys to attend the showing of this picture have been made by Galt Burns, circulation manager of The Star, and Mr. Lust. Each boy at- tending will receive a “Beerro Waf- fle,” something new in ice cream. “The. Fortieth Door,” featuring Al- lene Ray and Bruce Gordon, and with winsome Anna May Wong. Chinese star, in an important role, is a thriller from start to finish. The scene Is laid in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, where an American discovers a rich tomb and falls in love with what he belleves to be a Mohammedan_ girl. Efforts to dispossess the American of his treasure and to steal the girl. who turns out to be the daughter of a French explorer, keep the action at fever pitch. A Tom Mix picture also will be shown,

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