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16 FIREMEN'S PARADE 0 SETNEW LEVEL Labor Day Fete Will Rival Mardi Gras. in Beauty and Length. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘C.. AUGUST 14, 1927—PART 1.° Patriotic spond by Oown FASCISTS RENAME BLANG ‘MUSSOLINI Re- Frenchmen Planning to Raise Emblem There. By the Associated Press. “The peak cannot be Inaugurated while we are standing In the yalley. You boys will christen this peak by climbing it and planting your flags there, just as later you will do like- wise for all the peaks of Italy." The principal peak of Mont Blanc, the loftiest in Central Europe, is wholly in French territory, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The lower part of the mountain, however, is divided unequally -among France, Italy and Switzerland. reme tip has an altitude of 5, To the north is the Valley of Chamonix, France, and to the east the head of the Valley of Aosta, Italy. 1 ssful ascent of the main | peak was made in 1788 by two French- men, Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel *accard, who started from Chamonix. REALTY MEN AVOID Delegate Gets Award as Home- Town Spelibinder. | By th. Associated Pross. RECLAMATION VOTE From Baltimore e e ettt & s to I N. Gilbert, mayor of San Ber- nardino, Caltf. . Harry S. Gilbert, Baltimore, Md.. was second. The contest consisted of five-minute speeches on the superiori- ties of the home town. Joseph K. Brittain, Chicago, was elected secretary-treasurer and Paul 3. Stark, Madison, Wis., first vice| { president Other son ce presidents include J. Wil ‘ton, Bayside, Long Island Newcomb, Denver; F. K. Pur on, Boston, and Joseph R. Ash-| East Orange, N. J. | The Chicago Real Estate Board won'| appraisal contest. Minneapolis and Long Beach, Callf., recelved hon- orable mention. Many delegates left for Alaskan and Pacific Coast tours. Cholce of the next convention city was left for de- cision at the Midwinter meeting. A The Wise Man. From the Weekly Scotsman. Judge—"I notice that, in addtion t misappropriating 500 pounds, you took a considerable quantity of valuables in the form of rings, watches and other trinkets. Prisoner- that money ness " Yes. sir: 1 remembered alone don't bring happi Greatly bropdened in scope, the an- nual Labor day firemen's parade this year is designed to rival a mardi gras | 'he majestic beauty of the moun proc in length, elaborateness | and beauty, it was announced last| night by those in charge | i)-m enhanced by the great glaciers | | | The Price You Pay In quality, techniaue and exeell T and exeellence vou will find my Better De o degree whatdoever from other dentistes’ for hich »on mee. e we Ired per cent more than I charge, It the price at which It is procurable, COME TO DR. rfifilll'l'h-\ (%) . PLATES T FIT. OUR 3 GOLD CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK TER ToorH 's‘:!"&‘ $8. GUARANTEED Triple Patent Suction Guarant wenty-ix vears of good honest ' d 0 Wasl COURMAYEUR, Italy, August 18 —Standing at the foot of the group of mountalns culminating in_the peak of Mont Blane, heyond the frontier, Augusto Turati, general of the Fascist p tormally _christened “the | peak” with the name “Mount Benito | e Mussolinl.” Several thousand youth- H 8 ful Fascist student Alpini rounded the secretary genera performed the ceremony The occasion was the inauguration of the first of several camps scatiered | | which move down its slopes, make it 3 wo great Wester interest to tour- t¥o greys % o | projects, on the Columbi: the Colorado River, the vention of the fonal Association | of Real Estate Boards closed today, ander, Chicago, < - new president Parker, New Orleans, ident of the National Flood and River Regulation Com- attacked the levee plan the Mississippi flood v fifty 1 point of unusual does. or rather It should. differ ma. ists. 4 ann ERT. CAREFUL AND WILL PLANT FRENCH FLAG. Half a hundred floats already have| been prepared by firemen, business interests and civic bodies, and ir tions are that more than 200 units| 4n all will pass in review September | to the annual police- | an P Action Mont Bl PARIS, August 13 (P).—The French | flag is to be planted on the summit of Mont Blanc again to prove that the peak really is in France, despite the| fact that Fascist students today de- {clared they have ned it “Mount | Benito Mussolini a dispatch to Le Matin from ville, France. Another patch from Chamonix, s i s that guides have been now bea rance, guides name of the “Duce not clea I“”i )| S ted Chamonix cit- ench flag to the the enthusfastic students declare the | name “Mont Blanc” no longer exists [ toP of the mountain 3o far as Italy is concerned. The lnck —_— e of clarity arises from Turati’s remark Siberia mi in his speech to the students in Wint of Fascists | & I i i Thousands of satin s is Dasitive. proot o atural looking. tasting and Iy gurranteed. 5, preliminary fll‘e’msn base ball game at Americ dizsinis i atnm, League Park In past 3 Jimited Washington viclnity vear the bars have been t and inv ed to trade seciations and for control of menace. Proposals ureing development the Columbia Basin and the Col River remain:d shelved by the re tion. ommitt A resolution | to provide for r “permsanent | and adequate solution of the Missis- | sippi Valley flood problem” was the | only resolution major sortance | = passed by the cc 1tion e prize cup for the best home- | town spellbinder was awarded today Terms of Payment May Be Arranged Maids n Attend. ance along the Alpine frontier, from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic, whe will spend scist aus- inary Al- the parade has been ar t companies but many thousands of youth their vacations under I pices while getting preli pine training Exactly what p this T TO KAY'S JEWELRY STORE D \ENTISTS ARE IN CONSTANT READINESS The entire secand floor of two entire buildings chanical dentistry. Evarything pes the comtort ‘of ‘sur” pavients sou i Ghanieal"den Evarsthing pertaining to the comfort of our patients sou will NLE ONE OF OUR & NG F ATTENTION m'f{'r!(n'\ S PE | Look for the Ni RE h [ B ne sure vou et inin {ie Rign: Offer - FREIOT and A NCE 1S ’ ENTRA GRADUATE AND REGISTE Forty-four Companies in Line. v VERY Thirty truck compan Tepartment wi line of march, e In is sold frozen on ted in the . n there Vi nia_and New Jersey phies will be award- ding Serst. A. J. Bargagni (left) and Sergt. D. S, Sullivan (right) holding cup | to be awarded by The Evening Star to the volunteer fire company making the best appearance in the annual parade on Labor Day. Marine, Ty W5 VIGTIM OF AMNESIA | rer Band, Independent | MAY BE U. . OFFICER Band, the Nat ining ol | Friends of Retired Naval Com- Pand and the Union Musicians' Band A number of outoftown organi mander Disagree in Iden- tification Test. e to the New Station Denied Frederick. Special Dispaten to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, August 13.—A | new railroad station here has been denied by the Pennsylvania R. R. offi- izens committee, composed N ac-| s and the Chamber of Com , recently conferred with Supt Smith, and plan s were made to build a new station. A general curtailment s was given as the reason withdrawal of the building tions will bring their own bands, di gt. A. J. Bargagni, e committes on ar: A DEFINITEL SAVING OF #8.00 TO $23.00 COATS THAT WILL BE %35 ALL MEN CAN BE FITTED— SIZE 34 TO 50 rangements out-of town fire_companies | represented are those from | Frederick de Grace, Md.: from Alexandria, Leesburg and Fred-| aricksbu Va., and m Bradley | Beach, N. J. By the Asco 3 Pre NEW YOREK ust 13.—Conflict- | ing opinfons it added to the Business Groups to Ald. More than 100 fire companies or de- | partments will take part in the pa- rade, S Rargaghi states. Busi-| ness floats will be decorated to harmo-: | nize with the general appearance of | the procession. President Graham of | the Washington Board of Trade hasjy urged members of his organization to join in making the parade the largest of its kind ever held here. The march will begin at 12:30 o'clock 4n the afternoon and the route will| be along Pennsylvania avenue from Peace Monument to Fifteenth street } thence to the Ellipse, where the pa- rade will disband. A feature will be the return of Barney, Gene and Tom, retired fire horses of the local department, now rounding out their davs on the green meadows at Blue Plains. Awards to Be Made. e outstanding awards will be n.fé‘e to the District of Columbia fire | company with the best fioat and to| the volunteer fire company Wwith the best float. The Evening Star will | give a silver cup to the latter com-| pany. Other trophies will be awarded | to the company with the best comic| entry, the company with the largest number of floats, the largest and best appearing company or depart- ment with band, the largest and best ring company or lepartment :{::ut band, the largest and best ap- pearing woman's auxiliary or depart- | ment, the best decorated automobile | in the parade, the company or de- partment coming the longest distance | from Maryland, the company or de-| partment coming the longest distance from Virginia, the best decorated Maryland fire apparatus, the best decorated Virginia fire apparatus, the Jargest company making the best ap- pearance in line of march, the me- dlum sized company making the best appearance, the small company mak- ing the best appearance, the Mary- land volunteer company exhibiting the most ancient plece of apparatus, the Virginia volunteer company with the most ancient exhibit and the best business float. A number of prizes for second and third place winners also will be given. The winners will be chosen by a special committee of citizens and officials. Other members of Sergt. Bargagni's committee include Sergt. D. F. Sul- livan and Pvt. H. S. Bell. mystery of an amnesia victim taken ta the Brooklyn Naval Hospital as ly Lieut. Comdr. Fidelio S. Car- retired, for whom a nationwide ch has been going on for months. | ‘omdr. Carter, who would be 74, disappeared February 7. An aged cht resemblance to few days ago wan- dering in Gr “entral Station. The conflict of opinion arose when ac- quaintances identified him as Carter, greatly changed by privations. A friend and a detective today questioned the identification. Detec- tive Gisselbright of the Bureau of Missing Persons declared he was cer- tain the old man was not Carter. Harry A. Montieth, a broker who has cashed checks for Carter for 20 years, said the thin old man at the hosptital was not the naval officer. Previously Edward J. Hynes, manager of the Union Club, and John Fahey, doorman, had been just as positive in identifying him. Replies to questions indicating a lingering fa- miliarity with Carter's past life had strengthened this belief. The absence of a finger on which Carter had worn a valuable ring con- tributes to the mystery. Carter was unmarried and his only known rela- tive, Mrs. Dora Hogan, a sister, lives in*Danville, 11l The weight of a projectile for a 15-‘ inch disappearing gun is 1,070 pounds, the Fort Monroe C. M. T. C. students have learned. income. Every ring ABSOLUTELY PERFECT EndsParing Corns or Calluses “Gets-It”’ stops all pain in 3seconds O matter where it is, how bad it hurts, how long you've had it, or what kind of corn it is, “Gets- It will stop the pain in 3 seconds. All pain goes at a touch. Then the corn shrinks up and goes away alto- gether. You walk, dance, wear tight shoes all you want. For your own sake try “Gets It.” At leading drug stores everywhere. Costs only a few cents for several months’ supply. "GETS “IT" The Perfect Four Absolutely perfect blue-white dia- monds, so arranged in price to meet your is exchangeable for full purchase price on larger stone. Terms only 50c to $1.50 a week ABSOLUTELY PERFECT Va OF NEW 1927-1928 OVERCOATS OF DEFINITE $35.00 TO $50.00 STANDARD ALL REAL SATIN-TRIMMED) AT ONE LOW PRICE! N Overcoat sale impor- tant enough, in the sav- ¢The (reatcAugust Overgo at dnl:lgllllal PRESENTING HUNDREDS ET us lay stress on the definite high character ARGENTINA DEBATES OIL FIELDS CONTROL Chamber of Deputies Considers! Government Supervision of Industry. of every Overcoat in the en- tire showing. They are au- thentic $35 to $50 Over- which, vithin 30 days, will com- mand $35 to $50 at any conservative store in the land. ings it brings, to change the buying habits of Washing- ton! The annual event in which the men and young coats — Overcoats arge spark! blue-white diam, abeolutely perfect, set in your choice of 18-kt. white gold ond white oid men of this city save, in mountine. A § will A diamond of unusual luster. 5 in 8 ring that give entire eat- absolutely perfect. set Dbeautiful 18-k By the Associated Press. 2 75 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August s 13.—The newspapers give unusual isfaction Bpace to two projects for a law to give Pay only 50c a week the government supervision over the | oil fields of the country. The Chamber of Deputies is scheduled to continue | its discussion of the projects at its next meeting Wednesday. The mater was revived in the cham- ber about a fortnight ago and gave | rise to heated debates in which the foreign companies, among them the Ftandard Oil, wer criticized by several deputies. The first project provides for mationalization of the exploitation of | minerals which, if adopted, would automatically terminte premints grant- ed to several companies for explora- tions in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy. The other calls for mixed exploitation by state and private en- terprises, with governmental super- vision. Those deputies supporting national- fzation contend that foreign companies have become owners of Argentine soil 2nd wealth. Its opponents declare | the project unconstitutional and a violation of provinecial autonomy. ) FOUR EUROPEAN ARTISTS NAMED FOR PRIZE JURY | With Four Americans, They Will| Judge Paintings in Carnegie Institute Exhibit. By the Associated Pross. | PITTSBURGH, August 13.—An- nouncement was e tonight of the | selection of four European artists to serve on the jury of award for the twenty-sixth annual Carnegle Insti- tute International. They include Felice Casorati of Italy, Maurice Denis of France, Maurice enhagen of England and Karl Hofer of Germany. These with four American artists— Fugene Speicher, Horatio Walke Eugene Savage and Abraham Pool will form the jury which is to meet in Pittsburgh September 20 to select prize winning paintings. The, international opens here Octo- ber 13 and continues through Decem- ber 4. Approximately 400 paintings from 16 nations will be exhibited o 0ld Type Wanted. From the Detroit News, “I suppose you want to marry a girl as near like your mother as pos- some cases, almost 50% of i *50 ey iociancees the price of their Over- coats! 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Third Floor,—Saks. ioning and superior Saks tailoring. But this planning has resulted in the greatest Dvercoat Sale of our career! Special Monday Only ¢ DIAMOND & SAPPHIRE Wrist Watch A 14-kt. solid white gold engraved case, set with 2 large sparkling diamonds and 4 lovely sapphire 15-jewel adjust- ed movement. k GUARANTEED. ALL THE FINEST FABRICS MOST impressive range of the new, Plaids, Herring- A bones, Tweed Mixtures, Shaggy Wool Fabrics, etc.— all handsome, through-and-through materials; sturdy all- wool materials; the prize weaves of great looms. Saks PENNSYLVANIA ALL NEW SHADES THE variety embracesevery shade that is new, smart or im- portant in 1928 style. Besides a host of Browns, Greys, Heathers, Oxfords, Mixtures, etc., there are great numbers of Blue Overcoats— and Blue will be more popular than ever this Winter! PAY IN OCTOBER URCHASES made in this sale, on a Saks Charge Account will appear on September -bills, payable in October. 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