Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 23

* ELEPHONE PROBE ENCOUNTERS DELAY Johnson’s Proposed Inquiry May Depend on Fate of any place and also would be given the usual power of subpoenaing witnesses. ‘The California Senator put into the Congressional Record today & report { from Dion R. Holm, special counsel of rate litigation in California, declaring that if the request of the telephone companies for an increase in rates is allowed. the bay district of Californa will be paying $7.000.000 additional on its annual telephone bill. ARGENTINA RECORDS Walsh Utilities Hearing. Far-reaching inquiry into the tele- | phone compantes the proposal was believed to depend | GOOD TRADE BALANCE Listed for 1927—Total Gain Is 15 1-2 Per Cent. tee upon | By the Associated Press. pon what the committce may [vors' " balance of $147,000.000 in Ar- nounced by the Argentine mi o finance. This figure compares fawe- ably with 1926 and 1925, whem im- ports surpassed exports and $8 000.000, respective $30.000.000 below the record yeat, 1824 The total value of Argentina's 1927 cign trade is placed at $1.809 nting an increase of a, over the preceding vear. EXports sco |are given as $978.000.000, an increase fon |of §210.000.000 over 1926. and imports 000.000, indicating an advance ong the imports virtually the en- ws moderate gains. with the of agricuitural items. The more prominent . paper, chemicals supplies, manufac- nd metal articles, oils that some mem- | pajchstag Speech Taken to Mean | vored putting | of the Federal | Germany Will Agree to Guaran- Senator Johnson | tees Before Evacuation. d was unani- By the Associsted Press. Tegal e increase. | Foreign Minister ‘Stresemann of Ger- many before the Reichstag yesterday has made a favorable impression in French official circles where it is inler-l preted as admitting that Germany mu guarantees for the anticipated evac- | | Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue f uation of the Rhineland. t is probable that interpellations will be made in the Senate on the speech, The Last Opportunity to Save in This Unusual 196 Coats Selected From Our Regular Stocks For Example: FUR-LINED SPORT CLOTH COATS—formerly $135—NOW 867..’»0 87 DARK —NOW HALF PRICE... BROWN PONY COAT meriy $225—NOW HALF PRICE. AN BROADTAIL and AT COATS—formerly $235 —NOW HALF PRICE CIVET CAT, BLACK PONY MUEKKRAT COATS—formerly $295 and DARK H 50 —NOW HA PRICE..........o ]47‘ EXTRA 81 HUDSON BEAL —formerly $1 OW HALF 3247.50 Favorable Total of $147,000,000] {limiting each Senator to 5 minutes of BUENOS' AIRES, January 31.—A fa- | gentina’s forelen trade for 1927 is an | + | extend Government aid to private ship- | ping Board. | this would make it virtually impossible | PARIS, January 31.—The speech of | HI DSON SEAL, AMLRICAN BROADTAIL, and MOLE COATS—formerly $395 § 50 —~NOW HALK PRICE..... sosve ‘97 GREY BOUIRRE WEAREL COATE—f —NOW HAL¥F PRIC BLACK CARACUL and JAP MINK COATS—formerly NOW HALF PRICE... ALARKA i formerly ERICE. ... and FINE JAPANESE A Depos This il H/irkin® | n g1 Incorporated Wasli - tun’s Leading Furriers 821 14th St. N.W. - Resercen ANY for THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY. TANUARY 31 1 VOTEONSHPBIL EECTEDTODAY Senate Backers of Federal Operation Measure Predict Substantial Majority. With an_agreement now in effect debate, the Senate probably will reach a vote this afternoon on the Jones bill for Government development and operation of an American merchant marine. Those In charge of the measure said ) v knew of no reason for ging the prediction made several ago that the bill would pass the te by a substantial majority. nator Copeland, Democrat, of New , who joins administration lead- s in the belief it would be wiser to ping interests than to go in for in- definite Government operation, _will >ffer an amendment to provide for more liberal loans to American citizens who are prepared to build merchant ships. He would have the Shipping Board | loan 75 instead of 66 per cent of the | construction cost for 20 years instead | of 15 years, and at the same rate of | interest the Government pays for money | Senator Edge, Republican, of New Jersey also has served notice that be- fore a final vote he will ask for another vote on the clause relating to the con- | ditions under which the Shipping Board | could sell vessels. Las week the Senate voted 51 to 25 to prohibit sale of Gov-! ernment ships except_on_unanimous | | vote of the seven members of the Ship- Senator Edge contends for the Government to get out of the | shipping business. He favors a majority vote. Advocates of the Jones bill take the position that the only way to obtain an American merchant marine is by 666 is a Prescription for Bilious Fever and Malaria 1t kills the germs Government operation, and that a future Congress can provide a new method for disposing of the ships for private operation when, in its judg- ment, Government operation no longer is essential to the maintenance of ade- qua‘e shipping facilities. Hits Klan and Illiteracy. Declaring that the spread of the Ku Klux Klan and “other mob movements” was due to fllitracy and that the United States was lagging behind a number of European nations in educa- tion, Representative Berger of Wiscon- sin, the only Socialist member of Con- is sponsoring & bill providing for 1 fund to ald the ng the illiteracy prob- lems. The re provides an annual Federal appropriation of $2,000,000 for the next six yeal 0il Saving Plan Submitted. Secretary of the Interlor Work, who is chairman of the Federal Oil Conser- vation Board, has submitted to the board the report of a committee of nine appointed by him to draft legislation for conservation of the oil supply of the country. He announced at the White House this morning that the board would consider the report and Jater_decide what action to take. o WH. SAUNDERS CO. f: MAIN“‘ 1016 3 The W. & J. SLOANE RITES FOR MRS. JOHNSON. | Funeral services for Mrs. E. Jane Dunnock Johnson, 83 years old, who died at her residence, 1419 R street, Saturday after a short lliness, were conducted at the residence this after- noon. Interment was in Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson, who was the widow of Capt. Cornelius W. Johnson, had been a resident of this city for the past 60 ago, was for many years captain of & |he knew Capone was still in the Miami Chesapeake Bay steamship. AL CAPONE REMAINS. MIAMI, Fla,, January 31 (#).—If Al Ca- | pone, Chicago gang chieftain, moved at all after the “amicable conference’ with officials of Miami Beach in which he was reported to have promised to leave that city, “for the benefit of all he didn’t move far. Chief Leslie Quigg last night said Gen, Edward Braddock British Commander against the French in America in 1755, was repeatedly warned by his American officers of the Indian method of war- fare, fighting from ambush. IHowever, his self- confidence and confidence in regular troops led him to slight the warning voiced by his Ameri- can aides. The result of this error was a simul- tancous Indian ambush and French attack. Gen, Braddock i lated. S regardle heedless Tlow heedie of the milk s depriving t ti vitamines. \WHOLE MILK on's cream when needed, wa milk The WISE Mother Leaves the Cream in the Milk for the Children district. ‘The gang leader's family is with him, Chief Quigg said, and he has promised that his stay here, planned to last & month and & half more, will be purely | a vacation without a “business” connec- tion. JASTER 1219 ConnecTicCUWAVE Final Reductions Last Days of Pre-Inventory Sale A regrouping of remaining lots creates unheard-of price reductions. Many Dresses ¢ At Cost and Less Than Cost Street, Afternoon, Dinner and Evening. GOWNS 45 55 %65 A Special Group of Sports Dresses 15 HATS °*5 '35 FEBRUARY SALE of HOME FURNISHINGS @ We show here only s few representative items from ou r storeful of hundreds more. The only way to secure a fair idea of the values in the W.&]J. Sloane Home Furnishing sale is to inspect the offerings. DINING ROOM GROUPS ten_pieces Start a 345 BED ROOM SUITES of seven pieces with Start full size bed a *275 LIVING ROOM FURNITURE and Odd Pieces SOFAS EASY CHAIRS MIRRORS OPEN LIBRARY TABLES END TABLES CONSOLES NESTED TABLES The Sale ARM CHAIRS DESKS LAMPS includes them all Furniture and Carpets Show t[oe Reductions (I;-IE W. & J. Sloane February Sale, one of the outstanding Home Furnishing events of the Jyear, begins. Living Room Pieces, Dining Room and Bed Room groups, and furniture for the Entrance Hall; Oriental Rugs, from the scatter sizes to woten masterpieces of the largest size; Domestic Rugs, Hooked Rugs; Canpets,both imported and domes- tic; and Linoleum, made by the W. & J. Slane Linolenm Company: all of them are in this greatest of all Home Furnishing Sales. Each item. veflects the sharp February reductions. Exery price is evidence of an unusual value. “The House with the Greem Shutters” STORE OPEN FROM 9 AM. 10 3:30 P M. DAILY, INCLUDING SATURDAY Charge Acconnts Conveniently Arvanged Freight Paid To Al Shipping Points in the United States Sloane Endorsed Merchandise Carries an Asswrance of Satisfaction STARTS—s floors of Rugs, W. & J. SLOANE 709-711-713 TWELFTH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. Drapéries and Upholstery Fabrics The February discounts extend through the Drap- ery Department. Draperies, made to your individual o~ der during the Sale,will car- ry the February reductions. N ORIENTAL RUGS in the 9' x 12" size 125 Scatter Size ORIENTAL RUGS $20 %25 %30 %35 DOMESTIC RUGS For Convenient Selection They Have Been Arranged in a Number of Groupings 40 1o 145 CARPETS and LINOLEUM Chenille Wide Width ki Imported Broadloom Narrow Width Carpets: Plain and Figured Plain, Inlaid and Jaspe Linoleum are in the February sale