Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1925, Page 5

$166401S LOPPED OFF LIBRARY FUND. Two School Branches Are Ruled Out and Seven Positions Cut Off. ‘The Washington Public Library and its branches suffered sadly under the pruning knife of the subcommittee draftipg the annual supply bill. Al- though the library salary item of 4162,300 is $35,742 more than for the current year, this is due largely to the Increase in personnel for opening the Mount Pleasant branch and is, in fact, $8,640 less than the budget rec- ommendations The following new positions were asked for: Four at the maln library, 17 at the Mount Pleasant branch and 2 at proposed branches in the Eastern and Bell-Deanwood Schools. The ap- propriations committee lopped off four positions at $1,140 each and one at $900. It also decided against the two school branches, thus cutting off one position at $1,680 and one at $1,500. In thus deciding against the estab- lishment of the two proposed school branches the committee also made a cut of $8,000 under the budget recom- mendations, being the entire ftem for purchasing new books for these school branche: TAGS STILL NEEDED FOR-HORSE VEHICLES Rudolph Admits There Are a Few Left on Streets of ‘Washington. A misunderstanding as to an item in the District appropriation estimates concerning automobile tags led to a philosophical discussion by Commis- sioner Rudolph during the recent hear- ngs of the gradual extinction of the huise as & means of transportation, it was disclosed today in the printed re- port of the proceedings. Referring to an estimate of $17,500 Tor “metal identification tags for horse- drawn vehicles used for business pur- poses and motor vehicles,” Chairman Davis of the appropriation subcommit- tee asked Mr. Rudolph: “Do you still continue to use horsedrawn vehicles?" “Yes, sir,” Commissioner Rudolph re- plied, “there are still a few around the street “How many have you got?" asked the chairman. “For eight or ten years we have been hearing that you were 50ing to dispose of them.” Sensing that the committee chairman 1ad zone off on the wrong track, Audi- tor Donovan interposed the explanation that the funds asked were for pri- vately-owned horsedrawn vehicles, | and not those belonging to the Dis- trict. “You have a lot of horse: have you not?” Chairman sued. Maj. Donovan replied affirmatively. “I hope the amount will be re- duced,” Representative Davis re- marked. yourself, Davis pur- VETERANS’ BUREAU CASE WILL GO TO JURY LATE TODAY (Continued from First Page.) Hurley, Tacoma, Wash. contractor, sought to bring the Hurley-Mason Construction Co. of Tacoma, into the alleged corrupt ring. The plan then developed, according to the Govern- ment's presentation, that at a serles of meetings in various citles during the Summer of 1922 a detalled agree- ment was reached for the division of the entire nation-wide program of veterans’ hospital construction, in- volving, with appropriations for sites, some $17,000,000. Under ‘the plan set forth by the prosecution, each man had a definite part to play in the execution of the consplracy Forbes was to favor the plot with officlal influence, Mortimer as confidential llaison agent and in- formal master of ceremonies in sub- terfuge negotiations between the bureau and the favored contractors. Between them Mortimer and Forbes were to divide equally 35 per cent of the contractors’ profits, which were to run in the neighborhood of 10 per cent of cost. “Wrecked on Rocks of Greed.” Specifically, the Government charg- ed that as a detail in_the execution of the conspiracy Thompson Blaok’'s Pontia onstrucation . Detroit was awarded, on July 2 1922, the §$160,000 contract for Northampton (Mass.) neuro-psychl- atric hospital on a bid higher in money but lower in time than the lowest bid. Before other awards could be made, the Government con- tended, the conspiracy was “wrecked upon the rocks of an insatiable greed among the conspirators.’” After calling more than 40 wit- nes defense counsel claimed in their closin argument that every detailed charge of the prosecution had been refuted. They argued that the entire ca: of the Government was based pon the uncorroborated testimony of Mortimer, a paid Gov- ernment informer, and that every allegation was by that fact alone put beyond the pale of crediblility, Voluminous documentary evidence was offere support of the conten tion that Forbes at all times was| motivated solely by the best interests of the disabled veterans. Defense Offered Minutes. Official _minutes of the deral Board of Hospitalization were offered “to show that every hospital site was, in fact, selected by Col. Forbes upon or after the majority recom- mendation of the board, and that no site was approved by Forbes until it had been previously approved by the board and by the President of the United States.” Neith defendant was called to the witness stand. Two of the most important defenss witnesses, counsel for Forbes told the jury, were Dr. and Mrs. orge B. Tullidge of Philadelphia, parents of Mrs. Mortime ) Wife's Parents Testify. Asked prior to fore the Senate committee why he was 50 bitter toward Forbes, Morti- auer, according to the Tulildge testi- mony, replied ‘Because he could have made me a yich man by giving me hospital con- tracts and he wouldn't do it.” The parents also testified Mortimer Jiad threatened to “get” Forbes if he had to “swear his soul to hell,” and that unless Mrs. Mortimer appeared before the Senate committe to cor- roborate his story he would “drag her down In the mire.” Mortimer testified in the present case that Forbes had won Mrs. Morti- mer's affection, and that they had lived together in numerous Eastern cities. s appearance be- " Al Assigned to Militia. Capt. Arthur W. Shutter, 10th Field Artillery, at Camp Lewlis, Washing- ton, has been detailed to duty with the Dlinols National Guard, at Mon- | Engineer Commissioner of the District _(Continued from Fourth Page.) attributable to specfal development or improvement features. Of these, the committee is proposing $10,000 for {the construction of a shelter and comfort station in Rock Creek Park and $20.000 for widening the bridge spanning the inlet to the Tidal Basin to lessen the traffic danger now ex- Isting at that point. The committee also is proposing an appropriation of $5,000 for continuing the tourists’ camp on its present site in East Po- | tomac Park, for which the budget agaln failed to make any provision. In the aggregate the committee's pro- nosals fall short of the budket esti- mates under this general head by $74,730. It should not be understood that the appropriation annually provided for the improvement and care of the public grounds constitute all the mon- ey that goes into these park areas. In a number of them have been of which some rather extensive areas are maintained at the expense of the concesstonal Expenditures thus financed ran upward of $80,000 during the fiscal vear 1924. More detailed Information with respect to such concesslons will be found in the hear- Ings commencing on page 328, The committee suggests that these activi- ties are assuming such proportions | as to warrant further legislation on the subject. Attention is called to the con- densed form in which the appropriag tions under this head are proposed The first paragraph on page 74 of the bill is in lleu of 28 appropriation par- agraphs carried in the current’ap- priation act. The consolfdation, in the committes’s jJudgment, conforms with g0od business methods and would per- mit of better administration. The com- mittee has kept separate the appropri- ations of a special or unusual charac- ter. The merger merely extends to those items which substantially are fixed, definite annual charges, as prior year appropriations will evidence. NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK COMMISSION. “By the act entitled ‘An act pro- viding for a comprehensive develop- ment of the park and playground system of the National Capital, ap- proved June 6,-1924, an annual ap- propriation, covering an indetermi- nate perlod of years, was authorized | of a sum not exceeding 1 cent for each Inhabitant of the continental United States as determined by the last preceding decennial census for the acquisition of lands within the District and adjacent areas in Mary- land and Virginla for the park, park- way and playground system of the National Capital, and for the ex- | penses of the commission® created by the act, to be known as the Natlonal Capltal Park Commission, in the per- formance of its duties. The act pro- vided that the personnel of the com- mission should be compésed of the chief of engineers of the Army, the of Columbia, the director of the Na- tional Park Service, the chief of the Forest Service, the officer in charge HOOVER PAYS $100,000 OF OWN TO INCREASE DEPARTMENT’S VALUE| (Continued from First Page.) is the problem of keeping high-grada and high-priced speclalists in Uncle Sam's service at the low salarien Uncle Sam pays. Detalls Not Avaflable. Details of Hoover's method of solv- ing the problem are not available. The writer's understanding is that his $100,000 was spent on hiring half a dozen or more experts in as many different lines of business activity. Some of the money probably was de- voted to inquiries and surveys for which no Federal appropriations were available. Practically ever since Hoover has been in the cabinet he has given up his $12,000 salary to a couple of chlef assistants whom the Department of Commerce's budget does not provide for. The disclosure of the engineer- statesman’s readiness to use his pri- vate means to effect governmental efficiency throws informative light on his recent refusal to become Secre- tary of Agriculture. In declining President Coolidge’s invitation to change portfolios Hoover intimated that he was so immersed in inter- esting and important plans at the De- partment of Commerce that no other executive work, at the moment, at- tracts him. Explains Vital Work. When the American business world learns of Hoover's munificence to his own department it will understand how that department has become a real factor in trade and industry at home and abroad. It has grown like a beanstalk since Hoover took charge of it in March, 1921. Nobody of im- portance outside of Washington ever took the Department of Commerce very seriously before. It used to be utilized as a sort of super-informa- tion bureau, but today it is recognized fn Wall street and Maln street alike as the spearhead of the whole Amer- jcan drive for expanded trade throughout the world. President Coolidge, as well as Gen. Lord, director of the budget, is con- scious that the Government cannot compete with private enterprises in hiring the highest type of executive or administrative talent. If such talent continues to remain at the country's disposal, the country fis lucky, that's all. It s amazingly fortunate in that respect, as a matter of fact, though hardly a month passes that somebody, worth thrice and more the salary Uncle Sam pays him, does not succumb to the inducements of private life. Thers was a classic case in point in Hoover’s own department fn 1923, when Dr. S. W. Stratton, for 22 years director of the Bureau of Standards, left that $7,500 post to be- come president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at $20,000 and perquisites. Hoover asked the American Society of Engineers to recommend a successor. But Hoover found the man it selected already was earning. $100,000 a year. Then concessions | granted under the terms | |on | the limit of cost, THE EVENING STAR, W Budget Is $1,844,803 Larger Than That of Current Year of public bulldings and grounds, and the chairmen of the committees on the District of Columbla of the Sen- ate and House of Representatives. The act further provided that ‘the designation of all lands to be acquired by condemnation, all contracts for purchase of lands, and all agree- ments between said commission and the officials of the States of Mary- land and Virginia shall be subject to the approval of the President of the United States,’ and that the ‘com- mission shall report to Congress an- ! nually on the first Monday of De- cember the lands acquired during the preceding fiscal year, the method of acqulsition and the cost of each tract.’ “The budget cstimates include an item of $600,000 ‘for cach and every purpose requisite for and Incident to the work of the commission, to be available immediately and to remain avatlable until expended. The com- mittee is propusing the budget esti- mate. > “What particular parcels or tracts of land will be acquired the com- mittee is not in a position to state The commission has made no more than tentative plans up to this time but these are of sufficient definite- ness, the committee understands, to require for their fulfillment consid- erably more than the appropriation proposed in this bill. It was indicated to the committee that the first ob- jective would be to complete the so- called Fort drive, encircling the city and touching in its course each of the forts thrown up during the Civil War for the defense of the Capital. Much of this drive will be along the streets already in existence, but the complete project contemplates the ac- quirement of certain areas both for roadway and park purposes. A por- tlon of the money also may be applied, should building encroachment war- rant it, to the acquisition of one or more parcels which the commission’s tentative plans include as a part of the park-development program. For continuing the project to pro- vide an additional supply of water for the District of Columbia a further appropriation of $2,500,000 is recom- mended in this bill, which agrees with the budget estimate. The authorized 1imit of cost of the work, establish- ed in the current District of Colum- bia appropriation act, is $9,169,000. There has been appropriated to date account of the work $4,725,100, and authority has been granted to incur obligations to the extent of $4,174,900 in excess of appropriations already made. The bill proposes that contracts may be entered into up to toward the satis- faction of which $4,725,100 has been available and $2,500,000 is proposed to be made available in this bill. This is looking to the completion of the project by July 1, 1927. The engineer department estimates that to finish the work by January 1, 1927, as it had planned and is prepared to do, would require the appropriation of an ad- ditional $800,000 in this bill or in a deficiency bill that would make such further sum available prior to July 1926." made director of the bureau, and has given an admirable account of him- self. That was one instance where Uncle Sam was lucky. Dorset Case an Example. The Department of Agriculture lucky in that respect, too. 18 1t is filled | with brilliant sclentists grown gray in Government service because of loyalty to and affection for it. There's Marion Dorset, celebrated bio-chem- ist, who receives $5,600 a year after 30 years In the department. Twenty years ago cholera was killing 144 out of every 1,000 hogs in America. Dor- set discovered a serum which reduced hog mortality to 41 In a thousand, which meant & saving of more than $40,000,000 a year. The bio-chemist could leave Washington tomorrow and earn double or triple his pay at the Department of Agriculture, but Uncle Sam is lucky enough to hold him. Congress is the salary-raising power in the United States. The Bureau of the Budget, when It agi- tates for higher pay for certain grades of Government officials, finds that Senators and Representatives do not fancy anybody getting more sal- ary than they get. That's why, with few exceptions, departmental wages in Washington are limited to $7,500— the congressional stipend. There are men, like cabinet officers, who receive $12,000, and Supreme Court justices, who are pald $14,500 (the Chief Jus- tice gets $15,000), and Interstate Com- merce, Federal Trade and Shipping Board Commissioners, who get $10,000 and $12,000, but it is rare to run cross a Government salary in excess of $7,500 under the new classification. The director of the United States Rallroad Administration has been paid $25,000, but that was a wartime salary. United States Merely Tralns Men. It never will be possible to offer men like Charles vans Hughes enough money to tempt them to re- nounce the emoluments of private life. The Government is resigned to becoming the training ground for private business. It keeps good men as long as they are content to work for Government pay. That is what President Coolidge meant when he sald at the recent “business meeting” of the Government: “If it were not for the intangible spirit of service, love of performance for the Govern- ment, devotion to its interests, and complete commitment to projects and interests into which many of these officials have built their worthy lives, the Government would be in a bad way. Herbert Hoover realized all of that when he decided to dig deep into his own pocket that the Department of Commerce might achieve and main- tain the ideals he set himself for it. (Copyright, 1025.) Glass House Smashed. From the Harvard Lampoon. The judgé was giving his regula- tion lecture on the evils of gambling. “So_you see” he concluded, “what a wicked thing it is to shoot craps, especially on the Sabbath. Have you nothing better than that to do on Sundays? “Oh, yassuh, judge” replied the prisoner. “Most gen'ally ah caddles George K. Burgess. whom Dr. Strat- ton had practically “raised,” was Having seen nothing of John C. Atherton, 76, 1022 Potomac avenue southeast, the past few days neigh- bors summoned police of the fifth precinet early last night and had them effect an entrance to the premises. The elderly man, deliri- ous from an attack of pneumonia, was found alone jn the house. Although his condition was crit- fcal, he was able to enter a feeble protest against being taken from his home. He also was able to re- quest that Dr. Milton H. Prosperi, 216 Eighth street southeast, who had been his family physiclan a number of years, be summoned. When the physiclan reached the bedside of the sick man and saw his condition was serious he had him removed to George Washing- mouth. ton University Hospital, Police Summoned by Man Alone Delirious With Pneumonia fo' you when you plays golf with Mistuh Edwards fo' a dolluh a hole.” Neighbors Find A gas stove in the house fur- nished the only heat, and condi- tions made it appear that the sick man probably had been with- out food the past few days. He was so ill, Dr. Prosper! stated, that he probably wanted no food. Policemen, who responded to the call of neighbors and found the occupant of the houge ill, proceed- ed to render first ald while await- ing the arrival of the physician. Later they wrapped him in blankets and had a mneighbor drive him to the hospital. Atherton, many years a resident of this city, was twice married, it is stated, his second wife dying soveral years ago. He was a real estate salesman in the em- ploy of H. R. Howenstein, but had not been at his employer's office many times the past two months, | House District committes in widen- CITY HEADS UPHELD INT3TH ST. ISSUE House Subcommittee Ap- proves Reducing of 80-Foot Width Ordered. The C held b, pmmissioners were the sube fully mmittee of up- the ing Thirteenth only 70 feet, Instead authorized by law, it was disclosed today in the printed report of the hearings before the subcommittee of the House committee on appropria- tions for the District. The Commissioners took themselves the responsibility of re- ducing the authorized width by 10 feet when a delegation of business men called upon them and put up sufficient money to cover the extra expense of further widening the street should Congress disapprove of the 70-foot expanse. The broade ing took place between F and I streets. “We required that the owners of the properties affected deposit enough money so that in case we were di- rected to pave the street to a width of 80 feet we could go ahead and make it 80 feet wide, in absolute ac- cordance with law, and protect the iovernment absolutely from any ad- ditional cost. That seemed good business judgment,” the committee was told by Col. Bell, District Engi- neer Commissioner. street to a width of of the 80 feet upon Business Men Protest. In response to a question by Chair- man Davis as to “why the law was violated in this regard,” Col. Bell stated: “That was done at the request of the Thirteenth Street Business Men's Association. They thought at the time the appropriation was made that they wanted the street 80 feet wide, and it was provided that the street should be 80 feet wide. We started to cut back into the sidewalks so as to make an 80-foot street. The work had not progressed far before we re- celved very strong protests from practically all of the business inter- ests along the street, saying that they did not want it that wide. “They realized when the work was started that we were digging back into their vaults and cutting down the sidewalks to a narrower width than they wanted. Therefore we had a conference in my office, at which they were largely represented. and it seemed to be good business and en- gineering judgment to make the street 70 feet wide.” “It has been completed?’ Chairman Davis. asked Cost Under Estimates. “Yes sir. 1 think if you look at it you will say that it #00d busi- ness to do it that way. However, if you decem it advisable to widen the street to 80 feet, we can do it, and the Government will not lose any money whatever. * * We have the protection. Those people brought down Liberty bonds and deposited them to protect us against any dam- age whatever. 1 consulted with Mr.| Andrews and other business men In- terested. There may be a very small element that would still prefer to have the street 80 feet wide, but that element fs less than § per cent of the whole I think if we had gone ahead and made it 80 feet wide against that protest we would have been derelict in our dut Engineer of Highways Hunt point- ed out that in addition to the money referred to, the Commissioners had been given $2,000 to cover the cost of undoing the work started under the 80-foot plan. Representative Funk, a member of the subcommittee, remarked that while he had no objection to the change on-Thirteenth street, he would object “very seriously” if the Engi- reer Department took the position that there must be a 20-foot side- walk, as on Thirteenth street, on every street. The interests of the people who use the street, rather than those of local property owners, should bg the paramount considera- tion, he said. Mr. Hunt said that the work would cost about $65,000 or $70,000 when to- taled up, which was well under the appropriation made for the purpose— $80,000. COMMITTEE FAVORS COMBINING OFFICES Supports Bill to Consolidate Build- ings Supervision Under One Head. Favorable report to the House on the Cramton bill to consolidate the office of superintendent of public buildings and grounds under the En- gineer Bureau of the War Depart- ment and the office of superintendent of State, War and Navy Department Buildings was ordered today by the House committee on public bulldings and grounds. Motion will be made on the floor of the House to substitute this measure for a somewhat similar bill which passed the Senate March 27, 1924, but to which some objection was raised in the House. The Secretary of War sent a letter to the House committee indorsing the Cramton bill. Lieut Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, told the committee that this is purely admin- istrative economy and should result in a saving of $25,000 to $50,000 a year. Hotel Inn Phone Main 8108-8109. 604-610 9th St. N.W, $7 rooms, $6 weekly; $10.50 rooms. $8; $14 with tollet, shower and lavators, $10; 2 in room. 5C per cent more. Rooms Like Mother's. TEN-TEN FOURTEENTH Excellence & ~IN FOOD * —IN SERVICE —IN MUSIC Supper Dance at 10 N 0 Cover Charge Heads Citizens’ Body HESTER R. SMITH, New preident of Rhode Inland Ave- nue Citizens’ Awsocintion. (. R SMITH CHOSEN ASSOCIATION HEAD Rhode Island Avenue Citi- .zens Elect Officers—Com- mittee Leaders Named. Chester R. Smith, for several years treasurer of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Assoclation, was elected presi- dent of the organization last night, succeeding Ira B. Nutter, at the annual meeting held at the Sher- wood Presbyterian Church Other officers elected were: First vice president, M. C. Wilson; second vice president, Mrs. William Collins; secretary, Jultan F. Belfleld; financial secretary, Thomas S. Mallon, sr.; as- sistant secretary, H. C. Baumert, and treasurer, John L. Knopp. The following committee chairmen were named: $ nd sldewalks, T. J. Llewellyn; ation, Willlam S. Torbert; schools, B. Nutter; sewers and water, Harry A. Truscott; membership, Clayton C. Marsh; health and tion, Mrs. R Kalmbach; press, Louls N fire and police, B. F. Edwards; lights and malls, Oscar F. lis; public utilities, K. P. Armstrong; meetings, Albert H. Engelbrecht; lawns, gar- dens and parks, Dr. Royal J. H. zell. Wiiliam Torbert and Mr. Smith were elected delegates to the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations. 900 Members Linted. The annual report of the member- ship committee, read by Clayton C. Marsh, showed that the association now has nearly 900 members, with § members admitted last night. fous projects of interest to the sighborhood were discussed, but no resolutions were adopted. One hun- dred and ninety-two new members have been admitted during the year which closed last night Projects for the the Langdon School by the association. improvement of were discussed ABBIE MITCHELL GIVES FINE CONCERT Colored Soprano Displays Artistry in Classical Program at Lincoln. Abbie Mitchell, a colored soprano of remarkable vocal and dramatic talent and a notable styls in singing, pre- sented a program of classical music at the Lincoln Theater yesterday afternoon, under the auspices of the artist course series, Mrs. Milton A. Francis, chairman. Perhaps the feature of the recital was the singing of Schubert's “Erl- koenig” in German, with unusually good shading of tone. The first group included Handel's difficult “Lascia Ch'io Pianga,” Purcell’s “Nymphs and Shepherds” and Durante’s “Danza, nza.” Brahms' “Von Ewiger Liebe™ was another German number. The arla “Pleurez, Pleurez,” from Massa- net's opera “Le Cid,” was well done. A group of Russian songs included “Songs of Russia” (Rachmaninoff), My Native Land” (Gretchaninoff) and ‘Oxana’s Song' Rimsky-Korsakoff). Landon Ronald's “Southern Song"” was the encore. In the last group Mana Zucca's “Cry of Woman,<* “Irish Folk _Song" (Foote), and “oleridge-Taylor's Spring Had Come” were sung with good phrasing. Granville Bantock's “Swinging Through the Trees” was the encore. Abbie Mitchell does not have that mellow indescribable quality peculiar to many voices of her race, such as that of Roland Hayes, the tenor who has won such high praise for his ASHINGTON, TD. €, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 Woman Reported to Have Reaped By the Awsociated Press. CHICAGO, January 20.—In keep- ing with the trend of modern times, a woman, Mrs. Scott Durand, who refers to herself as a dirt farmer, is reported to have made a fortune running close to, or Into, six figures yesterday in one of the most hectic days in the wheat pit in 50 years. While the glants of the wheat trade, among them James A. Pat- ten, whe once was regarded as “wheat king” and Arthur Cutten, now one of the large and shrewd operators, were reported out of the wheat futures market, the general public got into the market. And while these experts were lying back on their oars as the flood of wheat prices rolled high- er and higher, the public rushed pell mell in. The excitement ap- Fortune in Chicago Wheat Boom parentl were no bounds as shorts rushing to cover and ama- teur buyers were urging brok to buy, forcing the to $2.05% at the high spot yes- terday for May dellvery. Mrs. Durand would only smile and admit that she had “dabbled in wheat.” but refused to confirm or deny the story of her winnings. She and her husband own a dairy farm at Lake Bluff, and are among the wealthy North Shore social circle. he will knew thinks the price 6f wheat 0 even higher. “Why should- n't I” she said. “I'm a dirt far- mer and it's a farmer's busi- ness to buy futures. The reason wheat is high and going higher is plain enough. It's likely to go to $2.25 and I shouldn't be sur- prised if it went up to $2.50.” RATES TO SOUTHWEST CANCELED BY 1. C. C. Commission Denies Permission for 10 to 30 Per Cent Increase From Atlantic Seaboard. covering ocean and shipments Atlantic board territory to points west of the Mississipp! River Ar- kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri, which proposed make effective 1924, ordered canceled today by the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The rates would have increased freights from 10 to 30 per cent on shipments of almost any commodity moving over the routes. The commis- sion held they were not justified. The increases were held up at the time of filing, to awa Freight rates rail from sea- in Louisiana carriers to in June. were investigation. « From_the AVENUE o NINTH- We clean-up. The 28 Boys' Beaver Hats $2.50 Formerly $4.50 and $5.00. Fairly good range of sizes. exceptional quality. 86 Boys' Blouses 85¢ Were $1.25 With and without Chambray and percale. of 29 Boys’ School Suits $9.75 $15.00 and $18.00 of fancy mixtures, * some with two palrs of trousers. All sizes but not in every style. Were Suits 32 Roys' Golf Caps 95¢ Were $1.50 and $2 Good range of sizes. Several attractive patterns to choose from 32 P. B. Prep Suits $13.50 Were up to $3 31 32 33 34 21312 2 Size Quantity = 17 Boys' Cloth Hats 95¢ t Were $1.50 and 32 Good hats for everyday wear. attractive shades. In 29 Men's English Lounge and Golf Suits $15 Formerly up to $i5 Size 34 35 36 37 38 40 Quantity 4 216 2 4 2 2-plece Suits, some with golf knickers and others with trousers. 18 Boys' Jersey Leggins 50¢ Were $1. Small sizes. Well made, of dur- able jersey cloth. 30 Winter Overcoats $23.75 Formerly 335 to 350 I3 34 85 36 87 38 30 40 42 44 48 Quagtity— 44 10 Boys' Corduroy Leggins artistry and talent, but she does have a really fine voice, which she uses r markably well. Commercial Opportunity An opportunity to buy 5,265 square feet of valuable commercial prop- e;ty on the corner o 18th and L Streets For the investor who wishes to hold for in- creased value or upon which to build his own business. The location is attractive, the price and finan- cial arrangements convenient. Phone or Call W. H. West Co. Real Estate £16 15th Street Main 9900 T Were $1.50 and 32. Mostly small sizes. Are very fine for school wear. 42 Men's Spring Overcoats $19.75 Formerly $30 to $j5 34 85 36 37 88 50 40 42 8212 910 2 2 2 Size Quantity 240 Men’s Shirts 95¢ 6 for $5.50 Formerly §2 to $7.50 Majority of these shirts sold at $5. Neckband styles only, and the sizes are 14 and 14% and a few 15. 50 Men’s Handkerchiefs 29¢ 6 for $1.50 Formerly 500 Broken lots of Men's Initialed Handkerchiefs, of excellent qual- ity llnen. No Refunds or Exchanges. have grouped remnants, odds and ends, bro- ken sizes, and some counter soiled merchandise for a final item many have want. 31 Men's and Young Men's Suits $19.75 Formerly £30 to 835 Reguinr . size 35 60 Men's Fancy Handkerchiefs 29¢ 6 for $1.50 Were 50c to $2 each Some are counter-soiled, excellent quality but ail ar linen and silk, 350 Pairs Men's Hose 6 Pairs for $1 Were 35¢ to $1.65_Each, Cotton Hose, Silk Cashmere Hose, in 9% and 10, and sizes 9, 12 Pairs of Bicycle Hose 95¢ Were $2.30 Hose, of black ribbed ceptional value. 95 Athletic Union Suits -~ $1.15 6 for $6.75 Were $1.75 to $2. Light-weight Union Suits. in sizes 34 and 36, featuring well known brands; some counter- soiled. Footless wool. Ex 29 Men's Sweaters $1.95 Were $5. Turtle-neck style, weight; blue, black, v and maroon. Sizes 34 to 42. 12 Pairs Diemel Linen Underwear $2.50 Formerly $6.00. Odds and ends, broken sizes of the famous Diemel mesh linen un- derwear. 140 Men's Silk Neckties 65¢ 6 for $3.75 Formerly 81 to $2 each Cut silks In attractive patterns, figured and dlagonal effects. 220 Men's Silk Neckties 95¢ 6 for $5.50 Formerly 22 to £3 Pure Silk Ties, in new stripes and other effects. cross 500 Semi-Soft Collars $1 a Dozen Discontinued style, formerly 25¢ to 50c each Sizes 13% to 1S, except sizes 15 and 15%. Some are slightly soiled, but all are of excellent quality and of & nationally known make. 34 Boys" Mackinaws $6.95 Were $12.50 and $13.50. All sizes in attractive patterns and colors. The Avenue at Ninth Friday and Saturday—the last two days before inventory been priced purposely low be- cause immediate disposal is necessary Be on hand early Friday morn- ing in order to get the size you before inventory. 46 Pairs of Men’s Shoes $4.65 Formerly 36 to §2. Oxfords and High Shoes the following sizes: Size 5% 8 Wiaith_& in 32 Women's Brush Wool Searfs $1.95 Were $6.50 Brown Camel's Hair 98 Bags and Suit Cases $5.95 Formerly $7.75 Bags of genuine cowhide— leather lined, in brown and black. 18-inch size. it Cases of genuine cowhlide; brown, black and cordovan. 24 and 26 inch sizes, 30 Men's Velour Hats $5.75 ly $10. Form. Good range of colors. but not in all colors. AllL sizes 140 Pairs of Women's Van Raalte Silk Hose Were $2 and $3 Sizes 812 and 10, in black tan, brown and gr 26 Women's Sweaters $2.95 Wers $9.50. Slip-on sleeveless styles of cam el's hair Also one Brushed Wool Sweater. at style. Formerly $10.50. Now S35, 3 Riding Habite $32.00 Were $65 Excellently tailored of imported checked fabric. 16 Women's Coats, Half Price $19.75 to $83.75 Were $39.50 to $167.50 Well tailored of plalds and other imported fabrics. Fur trimmed 8 Women's Suits, Half Price $16.25 to $23.75 Were §. 50 to $47.50 Tailored Suits of imported tweeds. In plain navy and navy with white stripe. 14 Suits of Men's Jaeger Underwear $2.50 a Garment iformerly $6.50 to $13.00 All-wool Underwear, fn- cluding union suits, shirts and drawers. Broken sizes. Were $1.50 and $1.75. One and two-plece sults; all sizes; trimmed with eilk frogs. No Telephone or Mail Orders.