Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1924, Page 13

FALLON SCORES WITH WITNESSES New York Lawyer, Accused of Jury Briking, Brings Out Favorable Admission. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 31—William J.. Fallon, criminal lawyer. charged with bribing Charies W..Rendigs, a juror in the Durrell-Gregory mail fraud | case, nearly two years ago. continued | in federal court today his efforts to break down the tastimony of govern- ment witnesses. Conducting- the cross-examination himself, Fallon succeeded in making Joseph L. Pani, proprietor of the Bronx Inn, in which Fallon is alleged to have given Rendigs a bribe of $1.000, change one of the answers Fanl gave on the stand yesterday. The witncss had denied knowing Bd- ward Reynolds Reynolds w ing to him, “Do you kmow this man?" “Yes,” said Pani. He spoke faintly, He then admitted that he had known Reynolds four vears Tells About Check. Fallon then que. cerning a ch ness said he re the vesterday ived a $1,000 bill from Pan keeper, but that he Pani's eheck instead. was given to hin Fallon asked l'i.\nl whether it w not true that he had told Assistant Federal Attorney Milla of times' Paember about the check, because he wrote so many. “Something of that sort” lied. PINIY Minara mrerruvud with, “He never said tha e Blnquel Described. Pani said he remembered talking to Fallon about a banquet to be held in the ]\nick(rhotk"r £rill last Win- ter i regard to obtaining protection from interfercnce by _prohibition agents. Pani admitted he had ex- pressed fear to Fallon that some of the guests would bring liquor with them, and Fallon had told him, he said, that as long as he did not serve liquor he could not be bothered. | 't tell him that as.a mat- and that this Pani re- t isn't in my district.” remarked Juaze McClintic, who comes from West Virginia. “I wouldn't like to live in your dis- trict,”” commented Fallon. Although Pani would not admit that he asked Fallon to send two men to the restaurant to protect him from interfererce, he admitted he “heard there were two men there.” WILL CONSIDER AP#EALS i FROM CLASSIFICATION District Board Decides to Inquire Into Cases of 100 Com- plainants. Appeals for higher r under the reclassification law, v more than 100 emploves and officials of the; municipal government, will be co sidered by the committee on recla: sification for the Distriot Building. This ., of which Maj Daniel J. Donovan is.chairman, met today and decided to trquiretinto all appeals and make reports on them to | the Commissioners, who will decide | which cases are worthy of submiss sion to the personnel classification board for revision. Other officials on the committee with Maj. Donovan are Daniel E. Garges, C. B. Hunt, George S. Wilson, Edwin B. Hesse, Edward Pierce and Raymond O. Wilmarth. Each mem- ber of the committee was given a certain number of appeals to investi- Eate. It will be the aim of the Tommit- tee to be as equitable as possible in || handling the appeals in order that any inequalities that may have re- sulted from prior ratings may be ironed out. 56,500 Germans Visit Swiss. BASEL, Switzerland, July 31.—Sta- tistics collected by the Swiss tourist office show_that during the last Winter season 56,500 German tourists visited DISTRICT POLICE COURTS SHOW FINANCIAL RECORD Recaipts for Monday in Excess of $7,000, With 508 Cases on Day’s Docket. The financial report of the opera- tions of the three branches of the Police Court for Monday last, just filed with Cblef Clerk Frank Sebring, by Financial Clerk\Andrew J. Sanford, shows that a new record has been established by the court, the day hav- ing 1 the Jargest. in volume of money handled and cases docketed. There was brought into the office, from the various station houses, rep- resenting collateral put up by, de- fendants arrested for all classes of charges, together with fines, the sum '11 $7.160. There were 508 cases on docket for the day, the major 1 being for intoxication—more 100 such prisoners being in the —und all classes of minor viola- tions of the traffic regulations Of the total forfeitures handled. $1.517 in cash were returned o de- fendants; cases -in which the col- laterals aggregated $1.260 were not disposcd of and the sum of $4,383 was the amount of money deposited for the day by the court to the credit of the District of Columbia government There were two cases in which $1.000 eolkatersd in whisky cases were handlet y the office and which are not included -in_the day's 4otals of cash handted DUBLIN STRIKERS FIRM. City Workers .Vote to Continue £ Fight Against Wage Cut. protest ¥, by an overwhelming maj decided to<reject an arbitration. pro- posal and to continue the strike. Letters were read at a meeting of the workers from other trade unions. intimating that if soldiers or non- union laborers were introduced to re- place the strikers, the engineers and other skitled -workers would with- drawy from, k., The government, determined to fight the issue, has taken steps to insure the maintenance of the public service. . Wood for walking sticks and um- | brellas is grown like corn or oats. Forests of small sapling trees are planted and grow to the required size in about four years. i “Lost and Found” If you have lost—or found—something the qulckest way to recover it or to find the loser— is through a Star ad in the Lost and Found With so nearly every- body reading The Star you are almost certain to get in touch with the finder of what you've lost—or the loser of what you have found through a Classified Ad. TIt's easily explained why The Star prints MORE (lassified ads . every day than all the other papers here combined. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office Switzerland, as compared Wwith 9,600 during the previous season. S gllflIlI1IIlIIlllIlIIIIIIIIlIlIlIlIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllIlIIIIIIlIIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllIlIlIIUlIIIlIIlIIIIIIlIlHlIlIIlIIlI|I)IlIIIIIlIIIII A Sale of High-Grade HESS LOW SHOES That Sold Up to.$12 > o Low -Price ...... ® lines of continued _lines—all guaranteed. OF ALL INCOMPLE REGULAR SELLING canvas and linen shoes NOTICE' 1_"’!@83 FShou rcpment certain Sale Starts Friday Morning some of the finest shoess—ALL FROM OUR wisely to secure one or more pairs. 111 & *All Sizes and Widths in the entire Collection— but not in Each Style broken sizes and dis- regular stock—fully TE LINES—including - STOCK. . You will. act White ™ included. iy i Soles of Homor Since 1873~ 931 Pennsyl vania Ave. ibankruptey in the United States Dis- - ———— — —————————————————————1 SRR 04000 AL OB CONFER ON RAIL MERGER. Van Sweringen Interests and Bankers Discuss Plans. NEW YORK, July 31.—Conferences betweén the Van Sweringen interests of Cleveland and bankers identified with the Erie and Pere Marquette railroads _regarding the proposed merger of these roads with the Nickel Plate system_ were still under way today. Bankers for the Pere Marquette, following a preliminary conference with the Van Sweringer brothers, said there had been only an informai exchange of views and that nego- tiations had not yet reached the stage where definite proposals had been -considered. While definite terms regarding an exchange of securities may be sub- mitted at later conferences, the Pere [Accotink. The affair. rection of D. W. Dumphries soclation. be” accepted henceforth, at police headquarters and merchants. work, and within an gaged on the street Wo; Marquette interests are expected to defer action on the plan_until the re- turn of Chairman E. N. Brown of that road from the Pacific Coast late next month. ALEXANDRIA. contingent to 1l training camp h athletics. terday to appear in Police Court for the failure to pay city. licensss, set- tled before they reached court. Police have started an extensive drive to round up all delinquents who have now rup more than 60 days since payments were due. No excuses will | W! licenses due are for city automobiles Harry Reed and’ Gearge. Covar, | wanderers, were arrested yesterday. They told 'Judge Duvall they wanted Bieur S yers ‘én- Ninetoen members of Alexandria‘s citizens’ o returned to their homes here. nearly all decorated with some medal and all having made ex- cellent records, both at drills and in They will be tendered a reception in the high school building || tomorrow night by the High School |} was under di- rawford of the Lodge. The North Virginia 0dd Fellows' Association will hold its annual meet- ing in October at Quaatico. are more than 20 lodges in the The exact -date of the meeting has not been decided. aul Eighteen persons, summoned yes- | bu ley's chapel. ducted by Rev. Cliffori K. Ray, Mount Pleasant Methodist Church.” Burial will be in Ivy Hill Camétery Gov. PR s e ‘The! as- it was said [Sm today. The military ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 31 (Spe- cial).—Pomeroy P. Clark, —general manager of the five Plggly Wiggly Stores of northern Virginia, which yesterday filed petitions of voluntary °© 82 us. that you will ular patroa will _be named according to referee in bank- trict Court, today temporary receiver, William §. Snow, ruptey. More than 400 Odd Fellows of northern Virginia last night were present at Occoquan when the de- teams of Alexandria Odd Fel- conferred the work of the order 6 candidates for the lodges of i an, Dumphries, Quantico and Grand Master Lawson of NI Andreson also of the Dis- trict, were present. Speeches were made by both by E. H. Allen of Cleaning and \ Cold Storage | | Furniture ‘ Carpets for Rugs i MAIN 3770 \ i —— of Coverings We invite you to enjoy & - meat with as e ave vur ter your Grat “Franklin Sq. Hotel Coffee Shoppe 14th Street at K BEECHAM'S The Daily Vlu'-lon Blhlfl Sehool, which has Flnaflwtin Church for the past we civilian, committee da; be tried in Fairfax County ¢! red with violating the stat prfi\llbll on law. Officers alleged he had six.gal- lons of whisky when Pohick Chure n, ‘under flmdon of Miss orris Cumm! been in operation at the it four will close - tonight &t ' 7:30 oclock with commencement exercises. James A Worcester,- Washington tomobile” wreck victim, will be ried this afternoon from Wheat- Services wil be. con- Lee Trinkle has, lbpohted illlam P. Woolls, Charles }!enry nith and J. Randall "Caton as a for .the- defensr September 13, Custér, 28, “Lerton, Va., will We Serve You—Not a, cafeteria [ 9y “How Refreshingly Cool —is the remark of almost-every | one- entering this régtaurant! You'll delight in our Summer Menus. Breakfast, 26c Up Plate Luncheon, 50c Dinner, 75¢ and $1 Also a Ia Cmev Bellevue Farms Restaurant 5 1332 to 1336 G St. “Center of Convenience” breakfast menu! Wheat and b-rluy, (malted) Milk —an Egg — Chocolate. He gets them all in Malted Grape-Nuts - A famous food in @ new formi At a soda fountain in five minutes. Postum Cereal Com; Battle Creek, Mic| , Inc. “Products Fresh From the Farms” - INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN. loses & Sons Established 1861 Final Clearance Sale ALL SUMMER FURNISHINGS 33/ Ot Regular ~ Sale includes all Couch Hammocks, Lawn Umbrellas, Porch Fruniture, Gar- den Furniture and Rustic Furniture, Summer Floor At Clearance Prices T 6x9 Crex De Luxe; regular’ 10 6x9 Kimlark; regular price; Top Icer:-. 3 Door- price, $13.50; sale price. ..$8.25 .14 6x9 Rattania; regular price, $10.75; sale price........$7.00 $13.50; sale price........ .$8.00>- 39 3x6 Rattania; regular price," $3.45; sale prict..........$1.85 11 4.6x7.6 Rattania; regular: - .| price, $7.45; sale price....$450. |- 10 4.6x7.6 Kimlark; regular price,. $9.5;-sale price. .. .$6.55 CULID STORAGE REFRIGERATORS- 000 926,75 10 $21.50 Apartment sizc..$37 00 to $34.75 Ned .$48 00 to $42.00, "~ WHTE FR(DST REFRIGERATORS® | " Small siz. ......§73.00 to $69.00 | Large size.......$85.00 to $79.00 REOL, The Scientific Refrigerator: Start at $110.00.t0 $250.00 F Street md Eleventh The Linen Shop Reguldr $1.25 colored bordered Martex bath towels, reduced to, each.. Regular 85c extra heavy, large gize, white bath.towels, re= duced tn,each.............. " Reg. $5.50 hand hemstitched pure linen pillow cases, re= duced to, pair.............$4.50 Regular $2.50 silver bleached, ail linen table damask, re- - duced . to, yard.............$1.95 Dimity bedspreads with scal- loped ‘edge and cut-out cor= . .Bers, with sham to match for single bed, reduced-to, set..$3.25 Spreads for double bed, re- duced to, set... ..$3.50 Regular $1.25 all linen H. S. damask tray covers, reduced to,each....cccceveeie......$1.00 Regular S0c high-grade pillow cases, size 42x36 inches, re- duced to, each...cccceve.... 39¢ Reg. $2.50 lace-trimmed scarfs, size 18x54 inches, reduced to, each Regular $! all linen face towels, size 20x35 inches, reduced to, CBER .iiccsvenssnsrssnanive THE 65¢ Drapery Dept. Thoughtful home planners are tak- - ing advantage of the Special Stock Clearance Sale Large Assortment Uphelstery and Drapery Materials with estimates for work at Summer Prices. Will be coritinued through this week. You can place the order now and have delivery at once or up ‘'to October Ist. Quality and. design .. . materials at worth-while savings. Regular ..$9.50 Special Regizlar ..$8.00 Special Regular ..$7.50 Special " Regular ..$6.50 . Special Regular ..$5.00 Special Regular ..$4.50 Special Damask Regular ..$8.50 - Special : °..$7.50 - “Special .$6.78 Special Special Regular ..$4.75 Special Regular ..$4.00 _ Special PLAIN AND STRIPE VELOURS Regular ..$6.50 Special ..$4.50 Regular ..$5.00 Special ..$3.50 Regular ..$3.00 Special ..$225- - SPECIAL LOT STRIPE POPLINS . _Regular .. $5.50 Special ..$2.50 | ..$7.00 -.35.50 INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT — Woodmard & Wotheop THE MEN’S STORE Arnold Glove Gri Sports Oxfords Less Than Usual Wholesale Price M-‘\DE for sports—adapted for all day, this style of shoe is becoming as popular for wear on the street as on the links, at the office as at the club house. TH'ERE are several reasons. First, the crepe rubber soles and heels are so thoroughly com- fortable for summer wear. Second, the uppers are in brown elkskin that is pliable and wears long, and the plain toe is soft, an added comfort feature. THESE Arnold Glove Grip Sports Oxfords have all the patented canifort features that have made Arnold shoes famous. Lacing them lifts the arch instead of pressing it down. TOMORROW these oxfords go on sale at a price lower than we usually pay for them—every pair new and just received from the maker. Men's Shee Section, Second ficor. Panama Hats, $3 Greatly reduced. Several shapes and styles; sizes 678 to 7%, though not all sizes in every style. Sailor Straws, $l 85 Men who look as well dressed in August as in June will welcome this opportunity to get a fine new straw at a fraction of former prices. Bathing Suits, $3.85 Plain _colors with horizontal stripe at bottom; sizes 38 to 4. Specxally priced. Rockinchair Union Suits, $1.15 To the original sale group we have added many suits from our high-priced regular stock. Wash Ties, 25¢ No]w the vogue among well dressed men—spe- cial Fine Shirts, $2.65 Last opportunity to obtain these shirts at a greatly reduced price. Imported Golf Hose, $1.50 Specially priced lisle thread hose for summer wear; blue, tan, brown and natural colors with turn-over tops. Pure Silk Socks, $2.85 Greatly reduced, high-grade, 2-tone ribbed socks in colors, also hand-embroidered clocks. Pure silk, full fashioned. All sizes. Men's Furnishings _Section, First floor A remarkably low price for a set of extra fine quality. This Set Includes W. & L. De Luxe Golf Clubs: Your choice of Fancy-faced Driver or Brassie, Midiron, Mashie, Niblie, Spoon and Putter. Golf Balls, well bal- anc:d and l:v y. Golf "Bag, tan or brown, with rawhide bottom. aad. Jeather trim, leather strap, ball - and- score card packela. Sporting Goods Sectiom, Fourth floor.