Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 18

“ 18 INVITATIONS ISSUED FOR JULY 5 EVENT D. C. Observance of Sesqui at Capitol to Have Many Features. rs and other promi officials, the District and members of the Board of Education, together with a pumber of executive officers of out- standing clvie and patriotic tions in the ci who are plans for the local celebra ceive tions sent v tend strict of Columb 150th anniver tha establishment of American inde: This will be held at the front of pitol on Monday evening, July t 7:45 o'clock. The committee on rangements, the invitatigns are < that responses be sent » Mrs, | h H. Hunter, vice chairman of the committee o nvitations, at the Franklin Admin: istrative Ruilding, Thirteen and Ki streets, as only @ limited number of | ats is being reserved for the cele | tion | Seats for Essay Winners the essay n -of Inde s those 10 re- and reserv- smonies Cabinet_meml nent national ommi in whose name is sued. requ by June 19 b six winners of cor the Declar: » will be amos 1 invitation the Capitol ¢ | diately after the judges have red their dec some time this month. F 5 written by \nd parochial schools in the | Q by a special com- | st six selected be over to the city the final sele The tes pende ats for Gideon Mrs. ident of | 1 of the | morial State deputy of the mbus Arthur | omine representing hools {day. school parochial judges on of the < now being principals of the 13} Ciorus of 1,000 to Sing. chorus of 1,000 will rd on the Capi‘vl a part the celebrat . the event. of liberty are and July 1. at the » Capitol, and many roups > been added «Nv'u\u; The past week to those already en- volled as participants in the big spec Which is being arranged undes s of the Conmnunity Center nt, Distriet of Columbia public schools, and under the di Vection of Marie Moore Torrest, one of the leading pageant directors voices 1acle. the auspic Depart wtions recent ssigned to ¥ in_the zeant include the Minute Men of Washington, Daughters of the American Revolu tion, Children of the American Rev- olution, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, Department of Agriculture and the Society of Natives, while those ex- pected to enroll within the week are of the Army Nursing stive Visiting Nurse -ts Club of Washington, hingtonians, Mohawk Ath- 1 High School Dra Association and the Tmproved Red Men. inancing of Event. ‘hairman_of the ngements for the lled a joint meeting on finance, for Tuesday atternoon of this week at 4:30 o'clack In the board room of the District Ruilding. to take up the question of the fire rks display and other im. portant details of the event. To date Jtal amount subscribed is $1.960, g 0. within the past two| days are Grace Dodge Hotel, National | Publishing Co., H. Zirkin' & Son schmid, Berry & Whit i w & Brother, Association, and | Federation for Patric committee on arrange for official celebration of George Washington's birthday FRENCH TAXES CUT INVESTMENT DIVIDENDS Yaamses of as High as 100 Per Cent Reported Result of | Enormous Levies ! Corps, Soclety, committes on arr celebration, has ¢ \f his committee and. th he: ‘olumbia as he Assoclated Press PARIS, June 12—The Frenchman grinds his teeth when he is told that lindertaxation s responsible for his country’s financial difficulties. He points out in refutation of the charge that: A 20 dividend Railroad stock, after payment of taxes, left 9.02 francs to the holder: that a 10- franc coupon on the Union Parisienne Bank shrank to 3.95; that a 25-franc coupon on the Chargeurs Reunis Ship- ping Co. left its owner only 5.66 francs, and that a 61.69-franc founders ehare ooupon in an Indo-China real estate company, lost over 80 per cent before the investor received what was left for him, 11.36 francs. Finally, he points out that a rail- toad supply company has just issued & notice that its dividend for 1925 was 2050 trancs per share, “but taxes on it exceed the gross amount, the coupon need not be detached and presented at the banks where dividends are usually paid.’ on Northern DRAMA;I’IC CLUB SCORES. Three Popular Plays Given for Ben- efit of Union Church. ‘Suppressed Desires,” “Neighbors” and “Good Medicine,” a series of one- act pla were offered by the Mount Vernon Dramatic Club Friday night for the benefit of the Union Metho- dist Church. Association: | | Garng the || i'l‘raffic Arrests in Arrests for traffic violations in the District in May exceeded by 61 the to tal of 3,264 of the preceding month, according to a report sent to Commis- sioner Frederick A. Fenning vester- day by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superi tendent of police. Of the total of 6.765, more than half were for viola- tions of the ffic regulations. As classified by the Polic Depart it, the number of arrests for the various offenses and comparisons for April follow: Felonies, 458, in April misdemeanors, 15810, in Ay ; violations of the Volstead in April violations heppard law, in April, traflic violations, . in April, LESLE . GARNETT HURT N GAR CRASH Former Assistant Attorney General, Wife and Another Woman Injured. Lesiie €. (€ Assistant ! General during tion, his wife and Mr: of Ruark. Middlesex were injured vester when the automobile o was overturned in a colli and Olne were taken 1o Emergency in an ambulance summoned y. The extent of Garnett’s injuries, about the head and shoulders, was not definitely de. termined. Mrs. Garnett and Mrs. Gwathmey were severely cut and shocked, but their injuries are deened | M Gwathmey also | red a fracture of the collarbone. | collision resulted when an wutomobile, operated by a woman whose name was not ascertained, drove out of a side road into the t machine, striking its rear wheel and causing it to turn over. Mr. Garnett, who was formerly | commonwealth's _attorney for Mat- thews County. Va., and also former Assistant torney neral ginia under here in law i of the lo th local bar United State cme Court so holds membership in the | Club and in the Washington € Country Clab. rnett, ited 50 years old administ Gwathni County, V afternoon r. Garnett ed tion, of of the He r up William Collins Knocked Another Man Unconscious With Brick. William Collins. colored, was sen- tenced Fi afternoon by Jus- tice Bailey in Criminal Division 1 to in the penitentiary White Apri knocking him th street and New 'k avenue. 1d took from him an envelope containing $14 Ernest Smith, colored, who mitted an tempt to commit al assault on young colored g was sent to Occoquan for three months. Probation under a suspended sen- tence of three years was extended to William Johnson and ¥Frank Gor- don, both colored. he men ole spool of 500 pounds of copper wire from the Potomac Electr Power Co. February 27 last Probation was also granted to Collins 17 last ad- | steamboats vlied { this | wi GETs 3-YEAR TERM. THE SUNDAY S'FAR, WASHINGTON, D C. ay 61 Over April; Murders, Suicides and Assaults Gain miscellaneous, 616, in April. 593 The report shows also that the po lice seized 3906 gallons of prohibited liquors in addition to 9,225 gallons of mash and 16 s included 1.332 quarts of b . 11,938 quarts of whisky and t cider. Deaths from traffic accidents during May to decrease of under the previous month. ‘The num ber of serious injuries dropped from & to 8, while the iinor injuries increased from 8. There w murde s compared with 1 in assaults with a d. more tha s in May, April, and 43 us weapon, e total numb i from 6 to 7 FAMOUS BELLONCE RANG KNELL OF 10 Was on Ship That Went Down on Missouri—Now on Savannah Church. By the Associated Press SAVANNAH, Mo —The sweet-toned pealing of the bell in the of the Christian Church Sabbath morning reve ny secrets that it holds: nd the tragedy of dis en rung out by three-quarters of a usefulness spa nation. Its rin June tower here on a quiet not the n Is > history Iy~ 50s° when the Missouri b bell was in its i ip's bell on a noble packet that great river com On one of the April, 18 un 1 wate nd’ an exceed- current were encountered erowded with Mornion i had tried to stem the river’'s current n Mo., but finally was forced to drop back to the leve palatial Rive old chur It was the steamboat S part of that s trips e day. in merce Sunk by Boiler Blast. The mornir Francis T. D to make the ben o that the oflers had on all the steam they could hold with sa ng the bell for f y A single revolution was 1 the engines nd then a racking roar rent the air The boilers t e ringin th knell for mor dred pe for that fes we ered and posed tha many T were blown ir ce of them ever the ofticers of the boat Belt, were killed 8 Capt ell had proved than a hun. sons. number of und by as to how ah, s differ to Savan by an church is that boys play d on the river Suvannah ister came nd bought the bell f s sent here and placed in_the chur In 1895 replaced, the b new tower and stant us hurch was took its place in the it has been in con Thompson of Ribble . England, recently stepped on its ¢ brought four others George Brown, who was to serve two vea) ONAD We repeat Mav 23 to give another opportur advantage of this big bargain. carly in the week. the advertisement of our offer five bit him so fiercely that get rid of them only by a stream One Week Only Another Special on ENAMEL in the St of nity to those who failed to take i Bring, mail or phone your order Offer positively ends after June 19. WATERPROOF DECORATIVE ENAMEL DEFINITELY GUARANTEED For Furniture and Woodwork ‘) 1 FRENCH GRAY | WHITE | IVORY PINK AZURE BLUE GREEN VERMILION PALE BLUE DARK BLUE CARMINE GOLDEN BROWN PEA GREEN 1 Full Pint, 750 1%-inch Brush, zusr Of these plays “Good Medicine,” in which Frank Reyman plaved the lead- ing part, was judged the most suc- cesstul. ~The play deals with the growing appetite and decreasing prac- tice of a young physiclan who, in or- der to eat, tries to take a job in a grocery store. Luck brings him an eccentric patient in time and she se- cures him a position in a hospital. These plays have neen presented three times and Friday night's per- sormance was by request—a tribute to the casts and to their director, Miss Maltland Thompson. Work on New Hotel Starts. DANVILLE, Va., June 12.—Work will begin next week on Danville's 12.story hotel which, when completed, will represent an investment of $750, 000. The Barringer Hotel Syndicate of North Carolina has leased the hotel and a ocontract has been closed for ho theater to be included in the struc. ure. e contract calls for comple- ‘of the building in 1 2-manths’ ¢ime. Coupon Worth 66¢ Mail Orders and Telephone Orders Filled “We Tell You How” ] Bring in Your Painting Questions | We Will Glady Answer Them | . ; : 59 Total cost regularly, $1.25 | LOUIS HARTIG 7th and K Streets N.W. Phone Main 1428 Being or Send This Coupon to Our Store With Coupon COUPON—Worth 66¢ Decorative Enamel and Brush Name .. Address ... this | bell was found by { - | dangers of such halfway measures as the company union. The worker has learned by bitter experience that when he is organized by crafts it is diffi- cult to secure and maintain a uniform front. All the crafts in the same shop may not respond to a strike. Would Organize Negroes. “We believe in one union in each fn- dustry or employment without distinc- tion as to race, nationality, religion or sex, the unskiiled as weli as the arls- tocracy of labor. We believe that the negro of the United States should be organized, in no circumstances in sep- arate unions, but in unins with other workers, as he would be if American unions were according to industry. Now he often either is used as a strikebreaker, as the neg immigrant formerly was, or forms i own union, both the fault of the exixing so call- ed white unions. “The Profsoyus does not and will not send organizers to the United States. We do not believe In send- ing organizers to foreign countries. The Profintern, an international or- ganization, may. Our literature n be read. Those who believe in our theorfes can talk. The workers of other countries can think for them- selves and they, or their organizi- |tions, can’ decide whether our theories are practical and for their interests. That is_enough.” (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) RUSSIA KEEPS EYE ON LABORINU.S. Company Unions Doomed to Failure, Predicts So- viet Leader. BY JUNIUS WOO! of The Star and the Chicago Danly” Nows. OW, U. 8. 8. R., May 1.-The recent rapid growt of company unions fn the United States 1s closely watched by the veteran leaders of the Russtan unions. Heing a co-operation between employes and employers they do not approve of the company union. However, their union structure fs based on’ the organization of workers by Industries, and as company unions multiply they weaken the unions or ganized by crafts or trades, it 13 con tended. Whether the company union, with Its spirit of co-operation, will weaken the class consciousness of the worker, which is the great asset In revelution- ary trade unionism, or whether it is paving the way for a closer associa | tion of the workers of the United States with either the red or the Amsterdam internatio L 18w que tion for the future. Moscow, which! lis the world headquarters of th vofintern, or Red Internationale of | Professional Unions, doubts it. The United States hopes that the doubts ve justified, and that co-operation nd contentment will be a palliative for revolution and conflict Correnpond MO 44 . S. TAX OFFICES CLOSE DOORS JUNE 30 Repeal of Many War-Time Levies Makes Shutdown Necessary in Eight States. By the Associated Press Forty-four branch oftices of the Internal Revenue Bureau in eight States will be abandoned on June 30 because repeal of many war-time taxes has lightened the work of collections. The order Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, North Virginia. Since April 15 other branch offices have been discontinued Where possible those emploved in the branch offices will be transferred, but there will be a considerable re duction in personnel The branch offices to be abolished June 30 include those at Portland and Baugor, Me: Lvansvilie, Fort Wayne, Gary. La Munets, Bend, Terre Haute and New Ind: Aurora; Joliet, Peoria, Rock Island, Bloomington, Danville, Decatur, Quincy, Canton and Ashland, Lexing. Brealk Certain to Come. that the interests of employers always are different, that a break is sure to come any country because class antagonisms cannot be destroyed or lulled sleep,” sald Gregoire 1 Melnfchansky, member of the execu tive commitee of the Profintern, but for the presidium of the he latter the central coun- ns of Russia smooth-shaven, care- seems a conservative man of affairs in his well ordered of fice. He worked in New York as a| watchmaker. then known as Melcher, nd knows American unionism from experience. hough the 2d by affects offices in_Indiana, Maline, Missourd, carolina and “We worker: believe and Profsoyus, cil of the Melnichansky ful of speech N skford, | Cairo, Centralia, union is or- | St. Louls he continued. | jacksonville, 11l includes the emplover. and s | ton and Paducah, Ky.. Cape Girard 7 A'l’[\“" zing and 'lt‘h\*‘ 5t eau, Hannibal, Joplin, Springrield and which is inevitable Joseph, Mo.: and Butte and Bill 1y loss of membership in |y “Mont T hrayon or Lapor | Fourbrunch offices) iithoicity of a pea 00 to I “d“'”\ Chicago also will go out of business. Organiza e industries should appeal to { worker of the United States {though he may not auppreciate the company gani industries, “it | st I I | pointme by is be- and service Berlin Night sir passenger ing established between Koenigsherg. Ciermans Accuracy is My Motto There is nothing so important as f Your Eyesight | 3 And there is nothing so im- portant to its welfare as ac- curately fitted glasses i v Painstaking Work—Courteous i Service—Moderate Prices. i o Come in for Consultation |31 & Dr.D.L.Rose Eyesight Specialist 1209 G street NW., With A, Sures Co. BRIDE TIME.-- GRADUATION TIME- A4 Small Grand The Gift Ideal THE HOMER L. KITT Miniature Grand an instrument of happiness—bearing the mark of Homer L. Kitt Co. quality. The tone is rich and pure, characterized by a depth of color and extraordinary quality. This Baby Grand usually sells for six hundred and twenty-five dollars. Drop in and let us tell you about it. Vi arranged with one of the largest manufactur :‘11: lt?v?innd :'h.nos in the world for a number of beautiful Grands _ of delightful tome, which we are pricing sale HOMER L. KITT COMPANY 1330 G Street N.W. “Everything Musical”’ Most convenient plan of purchase can be arranged for you. A small cash payment delivers the instrument to your home. JUNE 13, 1926—PART 1. TEMPERANCE LEADER OF AFRICA VISITOR Rotarians and Others Here Wel- come William McEwan, Study- ing Prohibition in U. S. Rotarlans and other civic leaders of the city extended a welcome last week to Willam McEwan of Johan- nesburg, Union of South Africa, a leader in the tem- perance and Y. M. C. A. movements in that country, who is visiting the United States to attend the coming Rotarian conven- tion at Denver Wr. McEwan, who i3 president of the Y. M. C. A. of Johannesburg and chairman of the ‘Iransvaal Temperance Alli- ance, is on an ex- tensive tour of the United States to study prohibi- ? tion enforcement conditions and Y. M. C. A. activities. He said his observation of prohibi- tion conditions in this country already had convinced him that reports in the South Afifcan press had been in- spired by the wet element in the United States. He conferred with several prohibition officials during his stay in Washington, where he was the guest of Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of Bethany Baptist WILLIAM McEWAN. A new fashion note Summer Spo Made of STRIPED ING DUCK—to wear with the striped sports dresses and sweaters. gray and tan white, pink stripes. usual shoe. en's Shop.” ““Arcade Shop” blue and salmo: A most un At our “Wom Also at our OFFICERS WILL SAIL FOR FRANCE TUESDAY Admiral Gleaves and Gen. Rocken- bach to Attend Unveiling of ‘War Memorial. Rear Admiral Albert 5. Gieaves, representing the Navy Department, and Brig. Gen. 8. D. Rockenbach, rep resenting the War Department, will safl for France next Tuesday to par- ticipate in the ceremonies for the un- velling June 26 of the St. Nazaire Memorial to commemorate the land- ing of the first American troops in France during the World Wa The memorial, of which Mrs. Ger- trude V. Whitney is sculptor. will be presented to France on behalf of the American people by Ambassador Myron T. Herrick. The memorial stands in ths harbor of St. Nazafr on a 40-foot base and depicts an American soldier with a crusader’'s sword in hand, borne on the back of a great eagle. It was erected at a cost of approximately $100,000. DIVORCE EXPERT LOSES. CHICAG June 12 (A —It against public policy for any pes son to attempt to arrange for divorces, Circult Judge Brothers sald today, sustaining the demurrer of Mrs. Kath- erine C. Thorne to the suit of Cyrus R. Shipman, seeking $100,000. hipman claimed he had been prom fsed that sum for arranging for a divorce for Elita Proctor Otis Camp, a New York actress and first wife of Willi . Camp, who afterward married White step { vumo kid ) Would Reinstate Cadet. A blll passed by the House ¥r day and sent to the Senate would reinstate in the graduating class at West Point Cadet Joe Burton Coursey of Mississippl, who was dismissed from the Academy April 1 for posses sion of intoxicating liquor. The cours martial found Coursey mot guilty of being intoxicated. He contended that the liquor was in his possession in New York while he was on leave and in civillan clothes. P ANO o oo s AT ° EST, 1879 Beah Sandals /i In Chinese Manner! For the bathing beach or milady’'s boudoir -— Chinese Sandals, with elastic bands, trimmed in colored patent i leather. rts Shoes AWN plugs. 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