Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1928, Page 20

THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 16, 1928. 2 g PLANS EPWORTH STUNTS. | n {League Will Present Program at| Mount Vernon Place Church. | | The Washington City Epworth League | will meet tomorrow night at the Mount | Vernon Place Church, when prize-win- EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. | will be the qum Rev. John W Rusting will have charge of devotions hnd William_E. Mattingly will preside ommended for setting aside a day to be known as “Insurance day.” These occaslons elsewhere in the country are becoming very profitable, the report | states, the object being to bring to-| gether the pubilc who purchase insur- ance and the representatives of the companies which assume the risks. the District during 1927, exclusive of casualty, was $2,616,315,630.16. Li- get-rich-quick promoters. This practice | censes were issued to 479 companies of transacting business by mall has be- | and assoclations as against 457 in 1926 come 3o general in the United tSates | Expenses of the insurance department | [ that the national convention of insur- | totaled $19,414.40. ance commissioners has selected a com- Profits High. mittee to wait upon the Postmaster A total of $24,333,109.09 was collected THE General for some suggested relief. £ S e “A resident agent’s law should curb |in insurance premiums, of which $7.- aia out tn ossn. iock | DIRIGIBLE BIDS RECEIVED. | miog stonis posenitt ab e =i to n large extent the activities of some | 108,371.55 was | of ‘these companies and associations.” | life and mutual companies and associa- Tl e assen tions accounted for $15,390,889.74 and | Two additional bids on design nnzl‘“"k};usé‘.’,"{’,“o-‘m,;h‘flub"‘:‘,’.‘ © Dresident | Baidwin Report AISO Wams‘l With regard to excessive fire insur- c o n " E ance premiums, the report points out | losses pald were $3,786,730.28. Casualty | construction of two dirigibles have been [of the Baltimore conference of the | Against Unlicensed [ et preiums fin a0t iauid (6 ;,2:“,,‘,’,’1;;,‘5“.,.”3”:35”‘0‘.5”;?“1“:38651g“os in | o elved by the Navy Department. The | league: Lacy H. Smith, vice president $2,59 if , wher 2 S - > i [ bids are from Herman Kublar of Lacka- | %, ¢ty union, and Barle Weathert. dlfl\IR\ which, tentative plans of both 29.3 per cent o it 5 - 4 of this sum, or $7 icense fees and taxes collected from | Seting president’ of the local league, | Companies. waxen, Pa., and the Slate Aircraft Cor- = | organizations specify, will be the most 533,44, was paid | | out in losses. Yet the general explana- | insurance companies amounted tw | tion given for high $329,127.69. This amount was collected Ksil ofl Glendais) ¢ | etaborate exhibit of s kind ever shown | - - Ll “’l‘m endale, Calif. . e [ psaatat e alite 363 principal agents, 2901 ordnary so- | The bids are o be considered witn | | Q1MANIZE! oliars Wilt Slowly 106 Indiana Ave. fire_insurance pre- from 479 companies and association: ssupaiened fire insurance premiums should be 1 ftors, 1,146 industrial solicitors and |nine otbers by a board of lighter-than- | THE TOLMAN LAUNDRY | miums. the report points out, is the claim that companies throughout the ' | . United States have been losing money v g & & brokers. |air-craft experts, headed by Rear Ad-| Janded on a down-| MARRIAGE THWARTED o ‘Approvai of the Commissioners is rec- ' miral W. A. Moffett Y DETECTIVES HERE ing June 30, submitted to the District | B Commissioners yesterday by Thomas M Fredericksburg Police Wire to Stop n late vears. iI The amount of insurance written in Baldwin, jr. superintendent of insur- | ance. A warning is contained also in the | FASHION INSTITUTION Washington NewYork some of these Insurers who are operating in many cases for the benefit only of the 20 EXHIBIT TO BE DISCUSSED. HUPES I[] BREAK Electrical League Will Hear of ! Ideal Home Show Plans. | waverly Taylor, chairman of the Real Estate Board's expasition committee in rge of the ideal home show to be | s agvd in the Washington Auditorfum | 1ate in October, will address the Electric League of W m;zmn at 8 o'clock to- night on plans for the arrangement or the electrical phase of the exhibitlon. ‘The Electrical League is co-operating with the Real Estate Board in the show by assuming full charge of the electrical Bright. clean and spot- less reflect credit upon the careful home man- ce pro- 5 th1s result for 704 Acme Rug Renovators Sanitary Carpet Aviator Who Dropped 15.000! Feet Over Washington to Try Again. house vesterday after | om a plane 15000 feet in | d today his next leap would om A plane 20,000 feet above In a subsequent jump he ing world rec- Liberal Terms if you choose your coat now! A deposit holds the coat you choose until November ...pay semi-monthly if you wish. Cold storage free until then, Ceremony—Girl's Father Had Objected. he only safe way to s parachute jumping D from the ground by de- 000 feet at a time. hod, Scott believes, accus- to the rarified atmosphere in and if practiced faith- final drop through Headquart detectives vesterday | claims payment is withheld for thi afternoon thwarted the marriage of .\‘m\\\( trivial reason,” the report states couple from _Fredericksburg “The public shouid be warned a Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, Bethany Baptist Church, was prrmr-‘ ing to perform the ceremony in his home, 3400 Tenth street northeast. hs couple, John Thomas Jett, old, and Miss Edith Stone years old, left Fredericksburg at noon yvesterday and hastened to Wash- gton in preparation for a wedding. in | spite of objections by the girl's father. | They obtained a license and went | straight to the home of T Stevenson. The Fredericksburg police wired the | local detective bureau to stop the mar- | | riage. The bureau located the couple | | with Dr. Stevenson, rushed there and le the arrest ! ccording to the couple, Miss Stone's 1 .mr has ‘long objected to the wed- ed the belief nmj 'hrnugh him that the Frederick: °T. | burg police were notified. The couple | - "\:«\m they were second cousins. mmmmmmmfi '# WEEK-END SALE Roses & ;{\‘I"I;I;ni(i()'h1';:‘;]1—01!1 ROSES Gladioli BOSTON FERNS Usual $1 Value 690 ‘7"' ]II':( HI B ; 5 Doz. 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The chute caught | on the roof and left him dangling in midair, not quite within reach of the | fire escape. | Sergt. Reese and two other officers ‘were already at the corner, and. climb- | ing the fire escape, they took Scott down and drove him to the Naval Air Station. ‘There he was examined and found to have come through with nothing worse than a small scratch on one ankle. HUNDREDS FIGHT FIRES IN WASHINGTON WOODS | Communities and Camps in Danger thing at this little price. coat with a whole anima a well dressed woman cor <ider tipped fox to adorn a nubeige Norma coat. Collar, cuffs and loose 1 borders are of this fur. For voung m cee a beaver Paquin collar and cuffs on rich Maduro brow sent was past 1f vou are over who ted kashmirtwill AR AR LR SRR R AR AR . 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Tailored Flannel Robes $10.95 $13.75 Striped French flannel Handsome in very attrac Botany flannel ors... for misses noted for service checks and stripes flesh or wl Interlined Satin Robes W17 $7.95 $10.95 Vet Satin - quilted scalloped with soft cotton nter lining feather light . warm, smart . . . red gowns to her mer Not only but so pensive! and Round, square styles ready in “HAHN SPECIALS” sup inex- Hand-embroidery work vokes! vee pl s the ply are they robes cool ind tive col and coloda ammer shoes—still on sale at women neckin 3.85 & $5.85 nu for silvery robes Tuxedo Comes in robes of quilted satin Crepe de Chine Slips, $3 Sizes 34 to 44 Worth Much More, Shops heel ¢ patent . lamb’s wool inter lining exquisite colors tan, coral, peach orchid and in our Man’s Shop .85 Sale! and f ha tan, rose, black. nded toe Too! loor $1.95 Pair rose, Gold Stripe e s dtnen B — The Millinery Shop Is Cleaning House and nearly evervthing is 25% off New summer hats, tepping forth to congue Grey Necond Double Duty Bag, $7.50 Of Reindeer Grain \ (“fi—tj NV O And more than that this is only one of the new $7.50 bags Handbag Shop Grey Shops—Second Floor 4t Our F St & Arcade’ Tth St Stores. Cleaning up sifart b fine $6 1o Oxfords many mid \ vement vour Not Lucky and everything almost goes only Fall management but early . outer tvles recently arrived! women vanities who buy them. $5 $10 $12.50 $15 two than t east f reindecr Dress for Mr business and sports ox fords. All leathers and Man'! 5 g mode combi vour two-tone sports 3212 14th Hurry, Men! “Women’s Shop”—1207 F “Man’s Shop”—14th at G nations ses! More A“ Felts, soleil velours, satins, stitched taffeta i's new and crepes in small and large head sizes that ‘ 25 /o for sports and dress wear! IIl\l a new hat for this week end or Off Vi lI'III\lII Millinery Shop—Strect Floor Siocs o — P