Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1925, Page 14

14 ACTTYINTRADE SEENATHGH P Federal Reserve Board Notes Vast Advance Over 1924 Figures. The Federal Reserve Board, in a review of business conditions for March and April, reports that retall and wholesale business have been en joying unusual activity during the two months and are distributing mer- «<handise at a rate greater than at any time in 1924, While the distribution end of com merce was shown to be going forward a small reduction in the quantity of the production in the two months was disclosed. Above 1924 High Points. The figures showed, nevertheless, that production for the period, while | Telow that of January and February, | still was somewhat above the high points in 1924 and there were no in dications that the volume would fall below last year's records. Iron and steel production and cot- ton consumption showed less than the usual seasonal increase during March and activity in the woolen industry declined. There was a further de- crease in the output of bituminous coal. Increased vity in the auto. mobile industry was reflected in larger output. employment and pay rolls. In zeneral factory employment and pay rolls increased during the month. Value of building contracts awarded in March was the largest on record, notwithstanding the recent consider- able reduction in awards in New York City. Wholesale Trade Increase. Wholesale trade in all principal lines Increased in March and the total was larger than a vear ago, the reports showed. Sales at department stores and by mail order houses increased less than is usual at this time of the year. Stocks of shoes and groceries carried by wholesale dealers werea smaller at the end of March than a month earlier, and stocks of dry goods, shoes and hardware were smalier than Jast year. Stocks of merchandise at department sgores showed more than the usual seasonal increase and were somewhat larger than last vear. METROPOLIS ADOPTS | | j court had taken a recess the officer Abe Martin Says: ~ ~ Most o' th’ fruits of equality require more sugar than rhu- barb. Mrs. Lem Moots’ niece thinks some o’ killing her husband an’| she’s up t’ th’ city t'day pricin’| alienists. (Copyright, John F. Dille (‘0.\ =t Sehidni ATTORNEY FIRES SIX | SHOTS AT WITNESS| Lawyer in Warsaw Spy Trial Uses Pistol in Court After Insult. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, April 27.—h. ‘mokl Os- trowski, prominent lawyer and author, who was acting as counsel for the de- fense in the case of 11 alleged Soviet spies, fired six shots in the courtroom | at a Polish officer who had testified against the prisoners i Ostrowski was disarmed and arrest- | ed. He was refused permission to| continue the case under a guard 1 Ostrowski had insulted the officer while he was testifying, and after | slapped the lawy face. Ostrowski | went home, put affairs in order and took a revolver to court with him. He had just begun his plea to the jury when the officer entered the courtroom. Ostrowski immediately THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Fancy urish Towels In a Special A wonderful assortment of Turkish owels with very attractive colored woven borders, in large size and of good, heavy weight. Regularly $1.00 each. Very special Monday. Turkish Bath Towels In a Special Sale at--. 37¢ —White Turkish Bath Towels with wide stripe blue borders, size 22x44, and a good, heavy weight. Double thread, very absorbent quality. Regu- larly 50c. Kann's—Street Floor. The Handiest Way to Store Winter Clothes “E-ZeePack” Bags Only 65¢ —These Bags open D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 27, - 1925. Spring Dresses at- Salesmen’s Sample Bibles and Testaments 145 Price —We have just received another lot of Salesmen’s Sample Bibles and Testa- ments, and although sold as Samples are in splendid con- dition. As there is only a limited quantity, we advise early shopping. Publishers’ Prices 90c to $9.00 Kann's Sale Prices 45¢ to $4.50 Main Aisle— Kann's—Street Floor. A Smart New Sport Suiting Heather Printed Heah I $3.09 Handmade French V oiles Tailored Pure Linens Striped Broadcloths Dotted Voiles —All are very desirable models, some are samples and others odd dresses taken from stock. You will want to buy two or three of them at so low a price. For business wear there are the linens, broadcloths and crepes, and for afternoon home wear, the dainty voiles are ideal. Many of these Dresses are trimmed with hand - drawnwork and hand - em- broidery. The colors are orchid, rose, copen, rust, orange, green, and the dotted voiles are in light and dark colors with white dots. Misses’ and women’s sizes. Kann's—Second Floor. Unusually Attractive New Dresses at on the side, making it easy to put your clothes in. You just shot at him. RED AS STOP SIGNAL New York Abandons Three-Light | paimnie to 18000 feat, o oo 2" ; ; e e e e hang your garmen Traffic System After Four on 2 'hang:r, tuck Years of Experiment. them in the bag, S clamp the sides— By the Associated Press | and go away and <, April 27.—New York's | leave them until ts for motorists were next Winter, fully protected against dust and ay to the code in use A X % ywhere else in the coun- moths. The bags will hold from two to three garments. Rayon Crepe $1.25 yd. —Here's the smartest, newest, 1 rettiest Summer dress fabri 4 f 3 fou'\'c Seen et fmdae,};it:;bnc v Dresses, flowered crepes, Dresses trim- 3 $1.25 a yard! It mm; i for?f, "FI Y med with the new fagoting, Frocks with and pedestrains, red will at least mea - ), . 5 7 Z % 5 f 1 i i 1lt i New Vo, and green 2o Kann’s—Third Floor. | Sl Soliris andtaes do i flm\dméz ooy ar;)d flarm:hgodet& £ " after f = f N . 5 . sses B} =~ inist hame Hoes in SaE exclusively shown at this store. e & 5 2. :SP) o o S e e Get Scr Now! ; i s el e Docn sinedto denote s s | et dcreens . i 96 e o bt wear, and misses’ and women’s sizes. Get Them Here at Most Any Price! ground colors ifclude— “'g0 ahead” has been flashed in amber. | This Door, $1.98 Red, called the most dramatic of all | —The frame is 3-inch ~walnut signals, has been used merely in the interlude to warn that one of the two major signals was being changed to | stained wood, strongly constructed, with mortised corners and mitered mountings, and filled with fine the other. Now the amber light will be_dropped entirely. black wire cloth. Sizes 30x78 and 32x80 inches. $17.75 Many Are Worth Twice That! —A remarkable purchase is responsible for the very unusual values offered in this collection. There are Hand-painted Much to the relief of motorists —The materials are faille crepes. flow- ered georgettes, satin crepes, cream lace Ornnge‘. Tan, Gray, Green i Red, Copen and Navy —and each can be had with va- rious colors of printings. This fabric is guaranteed to wash— and the finish is permanent. —Among colors are Madonna blue, gray, lipstick red, jade, Lanvin green, navy, black, white, beige and the many colored prints. The police department urges that originally there was a reason for the old signal lights. There was distinct need of some third signal to protect foot traffic at crossings by giving it time to get in the clear before the new traffic tide was loosed. Now the crossing patrolman gives this pro. | tection better than a light can. About all the red light did, it is admitted, was to give waiting vehicles that | niuch more of a flying start. . | MIAMI AUTO FATALITY | TOTAL IS THREE IN DAY | Doctor’'s Wife and Daughter Es- cape When Tractor Crushes His Machine. Br the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 27.—Three men | are dead and a man has a frac- tured skull and serious internal in- puries as the rescult of two automo- | bile accidents here yesterday. With Heavier Frame At $2.45 —This door has a 4-inch frame, stained a silver gray color, and is filled with fine galvanized wire cloth. Sizes 30x78 and 32x80 inches. 1 3 —Siz 34x84 d 36x84 - from the Y St * $2.95 251b.BO oy m the NEW 21b CARTON Kann's—Street Floor. — Come to the Demonstration Silk Remnants, 50¢ to $2.50 Yard il Runs $1.00 to $5.00 Qualities —Canton Crepes —AUSilk Radium —This is the accumulation of thany :g:‘i‘::i?fi:: special sales, and offers a Very worn- 6 st Crase derful assortment of Silks for almost 2 St Chernia every imaginable use. The lengths range from 114 to 6 yards. All the popular Silks of the hour, including— —Printed Foulard —Broadcloth Tub A Splendid Collection of Sports Fabrics X 57 in Plain and Plaid Effects Preg Grapes Continental Window : 3 et Riyon Screens at 49¢ to $1.25 Each Conducted By O baipea Because of the Very Special Prices All Sales Will Be Final Kann's—Street Floor —PRrinted Georgette ~Novelty Pongee —Natural Pongee —Colored Skirtings —Messalines —White Fabrics for Sports Wear —Colored Fabrics for Sports Wear —White Silks —Black Silks Other Styles of Screen Doors At $2.25 1o $5.45 —Made of well seasoned lumber, with center Miss S. F. Stone brace which adds extra strength to the screen, Of “The Child Hedlth Association™ and filled with fine black wire cloth. Priced Second Floor. according to size: 3 18x33-in. at .. 24x33-in. at 24x41-in. at 28x41-in. at 30x37-in. 30x45-in. 98¢ 30x60-in. at. .$1.25 32x45-in. at. -$L15 36x45-in. . .$1.25 Kann's—Third Floor. The May Sale of Lingerie Offers Five Big Sale Groups A Large Assortment at 79¢ —in this sale group you will find Step-in Chemise, Bloom- ers, Costume Slips, etc., in a “Community Plate” o e AR Tableware! terials. Here Is Our Offer— Herringbone and De Luxe Will Deliver Your New 9x12 “Crex” Grass Rugs Tomorrow $14.95 —Two of the highest Another Big Group at 95¢ —This group includes Gowns, Bloomers, Step-ins, 2-piece Pajamas, Costume Slips and 2-piece Sets of Voile, Muslin, Plisse Crepe, etc. You must see them to appreciate their unusualness. YOU SELECT all the lovely Community Plate Silver- ware you want—any design, any pieces, any sets. YOU PAY as little as $5.00 now, depending upon amount of purchase; then a small sum weekly. New Felt-Base Floor Covering, Sq. Pretty Dutch Tile Effect —A heavy quality Floor Covernng with a heavy ™ith his family and Miss Arline May Langley, was killed when a tractor ran into and crushed his motor car. His wife and daughter were only William McNabb, a hoisting engi- 2 tally injured when the motor car in which he was riding blew out a tire and turned over several times. E. A. ot McElroy, also of Benson, was thrown | as m ton | he sustained a_fractured skull. g Two sons of McElroy, J. D. and E I and L. M. Smith, who were in the | 1 hat wonderful remedy for McNabb automoblle, escaped with Snoener deain meressea e sl N LU RITIS death toll to three when a man be. lieved to be G. E. Sims, was fatally injured when his motor car rolled another automobile = ) SECURITY TO BE TOPIC. ™ = : | SAL.FATE is the most talked of and Political and Social Science Group | recommended remedy that has been put on the market in recent years. Program Issued. PHILADELPHIA, April 2 e e e can foreign policy and international! coatains no opiates or harmfy security will be the general topic for | up v capsuies ” o OF MArmul druss. Put the American Academy of Political , and Social Science to be held here| Y Ti¢ fbr Free Booklet Today el ]:n‘:%se (o May 15 and 16. In making this an- THE SAL-FAT ., Tne. p i nouncement the academy said that i e the best grass, in meeting by governors of the States : : larly selling for and by presidents of national, civic 9 $1995 and $21.50. As and trade ‘organizations in 'many TAKE NATURES TON[C Tuesday’s low price parts of the country. is unusual we advise atars, Tares o ay: EVERY MORNING | Thousands have stopped 5,000 Attend Memorial Services||| ness, lassitude, unpleasant breath, etc., with California Held at Tomb. lemon juice in hot water, taken NEW YORK, April Services at (|| every morning first thing on Grant's Tomb, on Riverside Drive, Dr. Leon C. Tolman, while riding slightly injured. high into the air and it is feared that | | slight injuries. Called over several times after hitting During the past five_years remarkable re. discussion at the annual meeting of | At Your Druggist's, $1.00 a Box delegates had been appointed to the | 433-423 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Md. room size, and regu- The meeting will include six ses- early shopping. A TR = NEW YORK HONORS GRANT 5 1295 headache in the morning, dull- YOU RECEIVE the Silverware at once, the best of all, Each e Yd .. c you pay only our regular cash price—not one 4 - penny more. Others at $1.49, $1.95 and $2.95 {ann's—Si getting out of bed. Kann’s—Second Floor Demonstration—Street Floor. vesterday, commemorating the 1034 Meat, fish and eggs and anniversary today of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, were attended by more than 5000 persons. The pro- £ram was under the auspices of the County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was coincident with similar exercises throughout the country. At the close of the program a giant wreath of red popples was laid on the tomb. In the vicinity of Canton Christian College on Honan Island, China, more than half of the land is given over 10 graves, and in many places they are so close that one can step from $88 0 another. starchy foods are acid in reac- tion in the blood. Lemon, though known as “acid fruit is alkaline in its reaction in the blood. So if you eat eggs every morning you should take Cali- fornia lemon juice, especially if You are troubled with “acidity" or “high blood pressure.” Try it for ten days and note resuits—the juice of one Cali- fornia lemon in hot water every morning without fail. dozen California lemons now She Sact Suicy practically acedicss fornia’ Fruit Growers' Ex- s, Angeles, Calif. waterproof base and a high-grade enameled surface. It is an unusually attractive kitchen floor covering and can be had in nine different Dutch tile patterns. Japanese Stenciled 3 8 8 Grass Rugs, Tuesday... . —Imported Japanese Stenciled Grass Rugs, in two sizes, 9x12 and 8x10. We call them “Kooltex” be- cause they are so cool looking., They are very dura- ble, clean and sanitary and come in the best designs and colorings. Kann’s—Third Floor. 26-Piece Sets for $28.00 —Contents: —1 Butter Knife ——6 Dinner Forks