Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1926, Page 10

10 * EARLY CHRISTMAS " DISPLAYS PRAISED Gen. Stephan Lauds Stores for Moving Shopping Season Ahead. The action of W in placing their . = hington merchants | holiday merchan- earlier than usual s shopping was commended yester- v by Gen. Anton Stephan, president f the City Club. in a letter to the | Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- | ciation. He predicted that the fore- sight of the Wachington merchants ~vould be rewarded by the most order- ) Yuletide shopping ever experienced. The old _custom rsally postponing Christmas shopping until week or 10 days before the holiday rew a serious overlond on the en- and commercial tremendous volume of holiday sales | veaching a sudden peak, the produc- | 1ion facilities of the country were | saced with a difficult problem. It was ' in the retail subjected to a but the entire subrie of production and distribution 1s affected. The new attitude of 1he buying public will prove bene- f.eial to almost every branch of pro- cneti | fortunately, have forced | on industry, buvers, seel that pos mas shopping ible moment is a process. They starting their have the this change vho are the denly to have re ment of their until the last pos voolish and expensive ave found that by hopping in November the dvant 1rom They hav Arranging Annual Women’s Bar Banquet HARRIS EwiNG ~vith regular store employes, who are 1ot too rushed to give them the in- formation and service which they re- «uire. “They' have found that in vecent ears, since our distribution methods ave changed in this country, it has 1wen impossible for our merchants to Yeep their holiday stocks complete :nd up to the minute during the final ush of Christmas buying. Under | yodern merchandising methods these | Christmas stocks are purchase snonths in advance of the time they re placed on gale, and it has become sncreasingly difficult for merchants to place the necessary fillin orders at the last moment.” FORM SAVINGS GROUP. Fifty Colored Newsboys Become Subscribers to Place Plan. The colored newsboys of Washington Jave completed their first group of F0 members in the Newsboys® Savings ¥lan, it was announced terday by James M. Place, originator of the plan. Under the plan, a friend of the rewshoys agrees to deposit $100 each year until § mulated. #'0 this the dollar a month for five vears, subscribing in proups of 50, when the bank auto- matically closes the account and dis- tributes all of the money among the Yovs remaining members. Those who ccase selling papers may continue suembership by paying their regula ghare. The interest for the five yeal Gmounts to about 19 per cent. John R. Hawkins, president of the y'rudential Bank, made the initial de- it of $100 for the first colored news- avs Hammond t 50 white carriers. eponsored the fir = s The volume flow of the Gulf Stream, recording to a calculation made near “lorl 00,000 tons an hour 50c or $1 a Week Starting In January La Treb Wrist containing a Watch, 15 - jewel 25 - year guaranteed $1.00 Weekly and 4 syntheti in ca 15 Celebrated Elgin Select watch as your gift to him. the greatest Watches America. 20 - year guaranteed case. | ing. Richly designed, solid 14- k. white gold Wri with 2 genuine jewel movement. PUBLIC LIBRARY ISSUES NEW MONTHLY BULLETIN First Number Contains Lists of Books for All Types, With In- teresting Suggestions. The Public Library has just issued the initial copy of a bulletin that will be published monthly, containing lists of books to whet the literary appetites of all degrees of book love: F. Bowerman, the librarian, sai’ that no effort will be made in so little space to attempt a full listing of the new books 1eceived each month. “We do hope, however,” he said, “to use the bulletin to tell something of the service the library is prepared to give, and to feature from time to time some of the more important new books that are or ought to be read by li- brary users.” An instance of what the bulletin contemplates is found in the current issue. First it suggests some excel- lent books for persons who would like to obtain accurate and interesting knowledge about the progress of this Nation from 1876 to 1926. Then, as an inspirational suggestion, the “Life of sir William Osler” is recommended. On the opposite page the books ap- propriate to three separate schools of literary thought are listed, while the other column on that page contains izgestions for those who disagree ith those lines of thought and writ- There is an especially interesting list of books for newcomers to Wash- ington who would like to get some accurate “local color” about their new home. Only citizens of Hawaii will be per- mitted to work on the new pier be- ing constructed at Honolulu WARRIS €WING Miss Beatrice A. Clephane, chair- nan, and Mrs. R. S. Greathouse, as- systant United States District Attor- ney (upper left to right), and Judge Mary 0'Toole of Municipal Court, who ‘re harge SO of the annual meeting of the tion December 4 at Rausch Miss Burnita Shelton Matthews 5 ident of the body and M Mive B. Lacy vice president, Miss Mive E. Geiger secretary and Miss {ate P. Johnson, treasurer. “MPLOYER BAILED AFTER DEATH PROBE Yeld for Grand Jury in Killing of Child by Unlicensed Driver. Charles D. Fowler, contractor, of 1222 Kenyon street, who was held with his employe, W. W. Everhart, colored, 17 years old, for action of the grand jury, by a coroner’s jury at an inquest yesterday into the death of S-vear-old Joan Terry, col- ored, struck by a truck at Eieventh and Kenyon streets, Fridoy, was re- leased on $1,000 bond late yesterday afternoon. verhart was remanded to jail to it action of the grand jury. The coroner’s jury. held the em- ployer after testimony had been pre- sented tending to show that the 17- vear.old colored boy had been driving L truck owned by Fowler for a month, \though the bov had no permit to operate an automobile. Detective Paul Jones testified that detectives encountered difficulty when they besought Fowler for co-opera- tion in testing brakes of the automo- bile truck and that as a result the brakes had not been tested Lefore the inquest. The girl was killed crossing the in- tersection, while looking for her brother, who had just left their home at 3217 Eleventh street. Everhart disputed the testimony of witnesses that he was driving the truck that killed the child ELECTRICITY IS SOUGHT. Jews and Arabs in Palestine Use Power Freely. JERUSALEM, November 27 (A).— Arabs and Jews have taken so en- thusiastically to electricity for cook- ing and heating that the Jaffa Elec- tric Co. has been able to declare a 6 per cent dividend. 3 Preliminary work _in connection with a great electrification scheme on the Jordan, designed to revolu- aw FRANC JEWELRY CO., 627 tionize Palestine’s economic condi- tions, is going ahead with a rush. 7TH ST. STANDARD MAKE Xmas Gifts | On the most Liberal Credit T all times you will find our store stocked with Standard make merchandise at standard cash prices—yet you have the convenience of paying the bill in sr'nall sums. Do your Christmas shopping at this friendly store. We Cash Xmas Savings Checks Sparkling Diamond Richly 18-kt. mountings taining » Diamonds. unsurpassed. movement. gold filled case. designed, hand-pierced con- sparkling Values Give one of these wonder rings for Xmas. 50c Weekly Special $50.00 Dazzling Diamond Watch, monds c sapphires set this lovely It’s one of Every offered in made in Iy selected for value. ings of 18-kt truly lovely. 50c Weekly Diamond this group was personal- its extreme beauty and The mount- are members of the committee lnI ELECTRIC RATE CUT MOVETOBE TAKEN Utilities Commission Awaits Pepco Return—Will Consid- er Traction Merger Bill. The first step toward reducing the electric current rates in the District, expected to become effective January 1, will be taken this week by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission. The commis. sion also has planned to give initial consideration to the tentative bill drafted by its attaches and its special | legal adviser, Willlam McK. Clayton, | to force the two Washington traction companies to enter into a voluntary merger. Figures Are Awaited. The amount of the reduction to be ordered in the electric rates will not be determined until after the commis- sion learns the return of the Potomac Electric Power Co., for the current calendar year in excess of 7! per cent n its valuation. This information is expected to be in hand this week. Under an agreement between the com- mission and the power company, elec- tric rates would be reduced automat- ically. The agreement stipulates that if the r: of return yields more than 73 per t on the valuation, one-half of the excess shall be used in a reduc- | tion of rates. Reduction Looked For. The present rate of 7 cents a kilo- watt hour for residential use was put into effect last January. At least one- half a cent reductlon is expected for the next year, The proposed merger bill will be con- sidered by the commission at a meet- ing Tuesday. In its present form, it provides penalties for the car com- panies if they fail to merge and re- wards if they do so voluntarily. G Street at Eleventh cash price —not one penny more. ;l.-qin Trays and Cs (Choose from this CANTONESE DRIVE SUN OUT OF ANKING Marshal’s Troops Retreat as Enemy Pushes Advance Along the Yangtze. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, November .27.—The Cantonese government troops regis- tered another victory today over Mar- shal Sun Chuan-Fang, dictator of Eastern China, when Sun's troops were driven out of Anking, capital of Anhwei province. Reports- to the Cantonese headquarters here stated that the Cantonese were in possession of the ci Sun already had lost the prov- of effort to halt the Cantonese be- tween Kiukiang and Anking in their advance down the Yangtze toward Sun’s headquarters at Nanking and toward Shanghai. Sun already had laost the prov- inces of Fukien and Kiangsi to the Cantonese, and today’s dispatches in- dicate considerable penetration of his province of Anhwei. Only the prov- inces of Kiangsu, in which Shanghai is a chief cit; i free of Cantonese soldiers, but these there are rumors of pol intrigue against Sun Chuan-Fang, a few months ago called the overlord o(l eastern China. 'he Cantonese u DETROIT, November 27 (#).—Don- ald Brian and M Virginia O'Brien principals in the “Castles in the A’ company playing here, were married today at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church. Ir. Brian i{s 50 years old and his bride is 3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 28, 1926—PART 1. Improving Food and Eliminating Waste Problems for Agricultural Chemists By the Associated Press. Ways and means of getting more iron into green vegetables, or making shoes last longer, and of finding a practical use for peanut shells are a few of the problems chemists of the Agriculture Department are scratch- ing their heads about. C. A. Browne, chief of the depart- ment’s chemistry bureau, in an an- nual report on the activities of the chemical unit enumerated along with the above problems awaiting solution the_following: Elimination of static electricity in machine belts, determination of the proper kind of paper for wrapping fruits, and a use for fruit and vege- table culls. A chemical study is being made to ascertaln exact composition of orange and lemon olls as it is belleved this may develop information that will cn- | able Calitornia manufacturers to util- ize these ofls for all purposes for which the European product can row be used. In one instance an im- proved machine for pressing oil from peels added a gross income of $750 a day at one plant. Mr. Browne said in the report that vigilance on the part of the consumers of food, as well as on the part of offi- cials is necessary for the full nrotec- tion of the public. He deplored what { he said was an apparent indifference of the public to proposed amendments to the Federal® food ard -rugs act, which would greatly weaken its ef- fectiveness and let lown the bars to adulteration and misbranding. ! { | | i i APPROVES TRACTION DEPRECIATION PLAN Util.ity Commission Gives Company Right to Use Method Pend- ing Change. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. was given permission by the Public tem- § Utilities Commission yesterday porarily to - continue charging off depreciation from income according to its present plan, although the prac- tice was adopted without first being submitted to the commission for ap- proval. The right of the company to change its method of accruing depreciation without the commission’s was questioned at the same time that the legality of the acquisition of con- trol of the company by the North American Co. was raised by William McK. Clayton. E. D. Merrill, president of the com- sanction | to settle the matter of depreciation. As a result he was advised that the new bookkeeping procedure was un- authorized, but that it was probable that still a third method of treating depreciation, differing from the old and the new, would be ordered soon, and for that reason the company would not be required to return to the old plan or make any change until it is ordered. THREE TO TRY SWIM. NEW YORK, November 27 (#P).— An attempt by three New York wom- en, two of whom braved the waters of the English Channel, will be made | to win the $25,000 swim from Catalina | Island to California on January 15. Plans for participation in the 23-mile race by Mrs. Mille Gade Corson, first mother to swim the Channel; Clara- belle Barrett, New Rochelle school teacher, who came within a mile and a half of crossing the same waterway, and Mrs. Lottie Schoemmell, who re- cently swam from Albany to New York, were revealed today. Gertrude FEderle also may join in the contest. Store Hours 9:15 A.M. to 6 P.M. For THIS WEEK unly—JOIN NOW! OPENS MONDAY What the Club Plan HMeans to You YOU SELECT 4/ the lovely CommuniTy Prate Silverware you want. YOU PAY as little as $5.00 now, depend- ing upon the amount of your purchase; then a small sum weekly. YOU RECEIVE the Silverwareatonce. and best of all you pay only our regular GROSVENOR DESIGN sets illustrated. HOWARD ALUMNI MEETDR. JOHNSON New President of Universi_t_y' Honored by Graduates on Visit to New York. Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson, the new president of Howard University and the first member of the colored race to occupy that position, was tendered a warm welcome by the Howard Uni versity Club of New York City anl ntative negroes of the metrop st week. Johnson was called upon to at tend two affairs in his honor.a recep tion at Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and a banquer at St. Luke's dining room. In an ad at the dinner, Dr. Johnson told the alumni that he would expect much of them in the way of co-operatior during his tenure. He called upon negro collega men to be examples of clean living and public service for less fortunate mem bers of their race to follow, and he urged every Howard alumnus to make friends with the humblest of his race to strive to raise his ideals of 1 Sixty years have passed since the ored race in America was emanc pated, he dec . yet out of 12,000 000 men and women, only 10,000 have had college training. Dr. Johnson predicted a_brilliant fu1 ture for his race. The fact that § per cent of the male students whe attend Howard University work 1 pay their board or tuition is a sign o the voung negro's thirst for educatior he said. The Shansi provincial governmen: of north China will grect a centrs wireless-plant in Talyuan-fun, the can ital, and possibly will place six other throughout the provine Kresge Dept. Stores, Inc. 'COMMUNITY PLATE CLUB N ow, Gomplete “ Community” Services TEA SETS—for instance, the lovely 3-piece PLATTERS—both the Meat Dishes and the magnificent Weil-and-Tree Platters are included in our.offer. 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