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p HOME SEEKERS REALTY COMPANY | CADET INJURED ON TRACK. MINlSIERS TU HEI—P Appointee From Regular Army | Probably Tried to Board Train. | Authorities at the West Point Mill- tary Academy are investigating the case of Cadet Dorsey Paul, a member | of the first year class, who was found | injured and unconscious beside -the West Shore Railroad tracks today at the Iona Island station, south of here. At the academy hospital it was said Paul had a disiocated shoulder and other injuries, received, it is belleved, when he tried to board a moving train, Authorities said Paul had told them he desired to leave the academy and go to his home in Pennsylvania, but did not know that he could quit Will Tell Congregations of Canvas to Be Made Start- ing Tomorrow. L Clergymen of all will announce from their pulpi today the beginning tomorrow of | Washington's first annual sehool cen. | the service by resigning. It was said = e " | that when he recovered he would be (,N,..,Ih: iSpiuirms ed to cO-|ormitted to resign formally. He was v L. Bentley, | n o Y ¥:| eppointed to the academy from the rector of the department of school Regular Army denominations attendance and work permits of the | public schools. In her campalgn to| . ‘amiliarize the public with the new | method of taking the school census. Sixteen enumerators will start out from the Franklin School tomorrows BYRD’S OPPONENTS morning to make a house-to-house canvass of the District to obtain the | e information called for in the com-| pulsory education law. The District | Senator Resents Criticism of His ¢ has been divided into 16 divisions and each enumerator has been assigned to | Preference as a Mark of one_section All children between the ages of 3 | Ignorance. and 18 years will be listed by the | enumerators. The census records will | T contain the exact place of birth of | Special Dispatch to The Star such children, the date of birth, the| LYNCHBURG, July 18.—Sena- school last attended, the grade com- |tor Carter Glass, speaking to an audi- pleted and the names of the parents | ence of his fellow townsmen Thursday and their occupations. This informa- | night, challenged opponents of State tion will reveal accurately for the first | Senator Harry F. Byrd, candidate for time the number of children of school | governor, to meet him in joint debate age In the District and will serve as| “A member of Congress has a right a basis for enforcing the school at-|to his own opinion as to who he shall tendance law as well as a basis for | vote for,” said the Senator. “Some providing future school accommoda- [of my friends seem to think it in- tions cumbent upon me to give a line for All of the inspectors will wear a|my advocacy on this behalf. badge and carry other credentials | ome papers for want of better signed by Miss Bentley and the |argument have undertaken to mark major and superintendent of police.|me a machine Democrat because I The compulsory education law pro-iam advocating Mr. Byrd. If there is vides a penalty for persons refusing |a man in Virginia who honestly thinks to give information to the enumera. |l am with a machine, he hasn't sense tors or who falsify to questions asked | enough to exercise the right of suf- by them. Miss Bentley, however, ex- |frage. All my life I have been against pects wholehearted co-operation from [ machine politics. I have never asked parents. She feels that the civic|a man or a set of men to vote for me pride of the people of the District [and I have never compromised any will aid her in putting over the gigan- |opinion to get a vote. I stand now tic task of taking the initial school |on the same ideals I have always census. stood for. It is foolish to undertake & More than 86,000 children are ex-|to impair my advocacy by telling the pected to be listed as a result of the | people that I have been absorbed by census. Miss Bentley hopes that the|a State machine. If I have the ma- work will be completed by Septem. |chine doesn't know anything about it.” ber 21 . BELIEVE MISSING MAN i MAY HAVE LEFT CITY BUSSES WILL MAKE LOOP. TSI - ! Extension Will Avoid Dangerous . Turn in Sixteenth Street. The Public Utilities Commission an- | nounced yesterday that doubledeck | busses of the Washington Rapid Tran- | sit Co. on Sixteenth street will be per- mitted to operate through Colorado avenue and back to Sixteenth street by way of Kennedy street in order to avold turning around on Sixtéenth street at Longfellow street railroad bridge early Monday morning, In making this loop, however, the |hag led authorities to the theory that busses will not be permitted to Stop | possibly he had not committed suicide for passengers on Colorado avenue or | be was at first feared, but had disap. Kennedy street. The order was is-|pesreq from this city.. e sued because it was regarded as dan- | 'The river was dragged for several gerous to have the busses turning on | gays after the discovery of the auto: Sixteenth street, where it was neces- | mobile was mhde and after police had fiflr.‘hfor them to back in order to face | joarned that Towell had not returned i . home. Police assigned to the case . 55 pointed out that inability to locate Drivers of service automobiles of |even a small article of attire, such Habana are compelled by law to wear [as a hat or cap, led to the discount-’ uniforms consisting of trousers, mili- | ing of the probability that Towell had tary coat and cap, made of Dutch|jumped into the river after leaving | linen or unbleached drill or blue or ' his machine, as was first considered gray alpaca cloth possible. (TN Dragging of River Fails to Reveal i Body of Owner of Aban- doned Auto. Failure of police to discover tangible clue as to the whereahou of James L. Towell of 1437 Beltonit street, whose abandoned automobile was found in the Speedway near the i Il in Value | HollywoodHills Our Home Office just wired us of this tre- | mendous increase. This is but a forerunner | of future profits to be made. Better CALL | US TODAY AND I [ Take advantange of either of our £ | delightful opportunity tours to in- vestigate investment conditions in this magic State—RIGHT NOW IS THE = TIME TO BUY IN FLORIDA 12-DAY BOAT TOUR Round Trip Next Tours July 24th and 31st '9 Boat Tours Every Friday I I ashinzton by bus to Baltimore—making Crchants and Miners Steamshin At Jacksonville the tour ith onville, Florida. : compary's palatial White Motor husses the " ROCKLE; inave-tion DAYTONA, I AMI. CORAL G arriving in HOLLY by rail 8-DAY TRAIN & BUS TOURS Round Trip July 21st ¢ 21st our next rail and sightseeing offering you the same BUS trip in the water tour & along the Dixie Highway a: trip— PULLMAN SERVIC bstituting the water way. All expenses are included. Next tours Tuesday, August 4, and Mon- day, August 17. Agents for the Hollywood, Fla. Hyman N. Levy, Dist. Manager €a'l Main 347—67 Int 1426 N. Y. Ave. | CROESUS OF FRANCE author has’generally hired his own theater, his own actors, management and scene shifte nd—cynical hu- morist y—his own audiences, too. OPENS ROW BY PLAY THE S[‘NfiAY STAR, WASHINGTO But now it is the baron's ambition |to have a play produced by France's 1 tional*theater, which costs the state ention to Have Work Produced |#" extravagant annual subvention to b | 3 ; keep up. Democratic spokesmen pro- in National Theater | test they will not stand for any gov- ernment pressure placing the theater Arouses Wrath, |at the.disposal of a rich maw, though he be the Ithiest in Franci g T They suggest that the baron take the burden of subvention on himself, ML i Trade In Your 0ld Furniture~ Trade in any old pieces or pieces that you wish to get rid of. They act as a cash 4 payment on your purchase of new I furniture. " You simply call at our store and if our furniture and prices please you as much es they do thousands cf pecple, you then tell us what you want to turn in. We then send our appraisal man to your home to make ‘you the cash allowance, and the same truck that delivers your new furni- ture takes away the old. 5 Delivers this Suite ‘ 51290 has been cut in price, one sin ) picture, in l\] » American walnyt finish, including Buffet, Oblong —_—— tension Jle, China Cab 1 six Leuther- rs, is a rare value Liberal Terms 3 Delivers this Outfit A Walnut Veneer Bedroom Suite, exactly as pic tured, will be delivered tomorrow for only $5. In- cluded is a full sized bow-foot bed, a roomy chiffo s '50 nier, a dresser and semi-van dressing table. All el for only o — Bflmce ifi Small Pfiyments ‘s Delivers this Suite A Special Tudor Period Design, A 3-piece Velour Upholstered 3-piece Kroehler Bed Davenette Kroehler Davenport Bed Suite, Sunite, with mahogany-finished with ¥ull sized bed in davenport, frame and blue imitation leather, a Chesterfield chair and rocker is now offered on easy 589.50 to match—complete 514950 tetms for only for only Easy Terms Balance on RETAIL FOOD PRICES UP, manufacturing Industries generally de- clined iry June, out quality stecks are now offered at sale prices. . D. O, JULY 19, 1925_PART 1. . 13 and shoe, cotton goods, dron and steel industries. % The retail food index, with 100 rep- resenting the 1913 level of prices, ad- WHILE WAGES DECLINE vanced, meanwhile, from 151.6 in May to 155 in June; 18 articles showing Report for June Based on Reports | increases, 10 ‘decreases apd 15 no change. From June 15, 1924, to June From 9,204 Establishments and |15, 1925, the average increase in re tail food prices w placed at 9 per 52 Industries. cent. All the 51 representative cities from which reports were recefved Although employment and wages in|showed general increases in June, ranging up to 5 per cent at Denve the - Bureau of Labor By Cable to The Star and New York World b o H 5 X . — PARIS, July 18.—Paris Democrats |in which case everybody will be|Statistfes announced yesterday the |y 5 are bl o oerats | pleused to £o Lo see his play. Other. level of retail food prices was on the | Wife Sues for Absolute Divorce. E niens | \ise they threaten a general taxpay- | upgrade. Mrs, M L fled aulh for mysterious hints of official pressure | ser siriee On the bass of reports from ) sy - being brought to bear on the readnig (Copyrizht. 1025.) establishments in industries, an absolute divorce from Edward H committee of the Theater Franeais to | - . bureay found a decress of 1.1 per| Cox, to whom she was married at induce it to accept a new play by An- | i cent in the number of employes in|Rockville, Md. Februa 8, 1918. dre Pascal, a pseudonym disguising Ordered to Fort Benning. June, ag compared with May of S.1fn " oo (B eserted the identity of one of France’s million-| Maj. William L. Culberson, Infan- |Per cent, in aggregate earnipgs and| ¢ 8YEIDeN s desertec aires—Baron Hueri . de Rothschild,’| o headaunrters Third Corps |Of 21 Per cent in per capita earnings, |her and their child for another banker, doctor and playwright o <aona > DS | the most marked decline since July,| Woman and is now residing in New It.is not the first play he has Baltimore, has been ordered to These drops were due chiefly to| York City. Attorney Philbrick M ten. Heretofore, however. the Benning, Ga., for duty. ailment in the automobile, boot! Coy appears for the Wife. T ',lllll“lml"_Illllllllll"llll" { AN TR l ek N 5 \ 3-piece Velour Upholstered Living Room Pieces Suite, with spring-filled loose cushions. similar to picture. A 3-picce reduced to $69.50 $97.50 . $189.50 $139.50 3-piece Velour Kroehler Bed Davenctte Suite, mahogany-finished frames, re ed t @ 35 Overstuffed Mohair S reduced to only 5 Delivers this Qutfit Another oneroom Apartment outfit. Conslsts of Double Day Bed with g¢retonne flounce pad, a W 2 $ 00 finished Dresser, a Gate-leg Table and 4 Windsor . : , with rug. = Chs in brown mahogany finis Delivers any Rug at these Sale Prices *1 For kitchen use; 6x9-ft. 8x10 Fiber Rugs, with over- Genuine Congoleum Rugs, locked ‘edges, designs _for without border; tle cand every room; very $]4.75 mosaic patterns. Our $4.95 serviceable, only. special price, only ... - - S 9x12 Tapestry Brussels Genuine Gold Seal Con- . Tapestry s sels goleam Rugs, in 9xI2_ size, hugs, just the patterns for without border; variety “_‘?1 l‘)‘“g ]‘;i°°"?~ 5 of patterns. Our 39.95 3 Srasgeh S s]_6 0 price, only ........... Velvet Stair Carpet. specially priced. $1.35 quality, per yard, only 6x9 Japanese Grass Rugs. with blue, brown or $7.49 green borders, only.. Phillip Levy & Co. 735 7th St. N.W. Very 95¢ | R. Stra Delivers tEfis uite $109.50 Son’s Confession Frees Orchard Special Dispatch to The Star WINCHESTER, Va., July 18.—Wal ter Swartz, of the Stewart Bell Orchard Farm, near here, where 24 gallons of liquor were confiscated |in a smokehouse yesterday, was re- | leasea to ter his son Orville came into cou: d confessed ownershi of the liquor. Young had bought the liquor at § lon for a’ Baitimore bootlegge TOURIST FAMILY HUNGRY. Adversities Trail Missourian and Six Motherless Children. Special Dirpatch to The Star C IBERLAND, Md., July 1% -G der and his six children, rang- | from 4 to 12 years, lately were found in ing in ag of Kansas City, Mo., stranded and deplorable condition the sentenced to six months on other side of Polish Mountain er road force and fined $100 day in a small automobile e fam.|and costs ily was on its way to Florida, where | . the father, a lather, expected to get | : employment. The mother died re-| Offers Premium on 0il cently | ENID, Okla., July 17 (#).—Follow Monday night when the family was the protest of other oil companies nearing this city a piston broke in the | to the prices of § for deep-sand of automobile. Being without funds, |and for oil from the Strader was unable to have the car|sanc i the Ga i T ired He w hungry and field, the Sinclair Ofl and heriff Ralph W. Yoang and Miss| terday announced a 10-cer Clara Ha ek of the A ciated | on all grades of crude o ritles g: e as tance. lin the field. IR AR At 735 7th St. NW. Again! Prices tumble! At The Phillip Levy Store—735 7th St. N.W. Any housewife intending to buy furniture— either one piece or many—large or small—should visit this Phillip Levy Cut Price Sale in her own self interest. Our regular year-in-year- No so-called “sale” furniture is here to be “palmed off,” and the fact that you can trade in your old furniture as part payment on new-means a double saving to you. Remember the place—735 7th St. N.W. Old Customers Pay Nothing Down Final Clearance Oil Cook Stoves All sizes now reduced in price. ( morrow order out the oil cook stove ye $1 Down yme in to- u want Trade in Your Old Stove Refrigerator Sale A Bang-up Close-out Sale of all models in the famous Gibson make. $1 Delivers Any Refrigerator and $5 Allowed For Your Old Refrigerator ‘S Delivers this Suite Any Genuine Kroehler Bed-davenport Suite wil be delivered to your home tomorrow for a $5 bill Many styles to choose from. One similar to- picture, in mahogany finish, period design—for only. Consists of a Sturdy Dresser, Chiffonier and $ .50 tress, together with two pillows. Complete for only ——— Chair or Bench, in genuine golden oak: a 2-inch post The Same Numter of Pieces in Walnut Finish for a Small Additional Cost S Delivers this Outfit Metal Bed, Sanitary Limk Spring and Full Si: Mat. Easy Weekly or Monthly Terms +