Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1929, Page 24

24 #% WITNESSES TESTIFY | WOMAN WAS DRUNK Prosecutor to Introduce Fur- ther Testimony to Prove Casei Against Mrs. Pantages. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 11.—The | prosecution planned to introduce fur- ther testimony today in an attempt to prove that Mrs. Lois Pantages, wife of the wealthy theatrical producer, was intoxicated when the car she was driv- ing collided with one driven by Juro Rokumoto, a Japanese. Mrs. Pantages is on trial on a charge of second-degree | murder, it being alleged that Roku- moto's death resulted from the accident. Witnesses yesterday said that Mrs. Pantages apparently was under the in- fluence of liquor at the time of the col- | Ty rink, a contractor, lold lhe july 0( driving up beside Mrs. Pantages’ car at an intersection. He ry drunk,” he t Anoth ness, Cyril T. Holmes, a | machinist, testified the defendant drove into his automobile and he followed her to the scene of her collision with the Rokummn car. “She was driving crazily,” he said, “and going 25 to 30 miles an hour. As we approached the mnext corner she swerved sharply to the left side of the street find hit a small sedan almost head-o1 I saw Japanese chlldren thrown through the top of the sedan.” Mrs. Pantages Identified. | ‘When asked to identify the woman in the courtroom Holmes pointed out Mrs, Pantages, who was sitting near her husband, Alexander T. Pantages. The latter is facing trial September 23 | on two statutory charges brought by Eunice Pringle, year-old dancer. Other witnesses fold of seeing Mrs. Pantages making turns “on two wheels” and otherwise indicating poor control of | her car. r. A. F. Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, testified Rokumoto died from shock and injuries received in the col- lision and not from the results of an anesthetic given him just prior to his death. MRS. BLENDA HICKS ASKS | JURY TRIA LIN RUM CASE | Denies She Possessed Liquor or Made Offer of Cash to Officer Carroll. | Mrs. Blenda Hicks, 35 years old, of the 1200 block of K street, who pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial when arraigned in Police Court on a charge of possessing whisky, yesterday | said there was not a “word of truth” | in a statement Policeman R. B. Car- | offered to pay him $100 permit her to continue selling whisky. | Mrs. Hicks declared she did not talk | with Carroll or any other policeman about the matter and denied further that she had sold whisky. She was re- ported to have admitted to officers that she had been selling whisky for about three months, Police went to the premises on com~ plaints and reported P e ey for eral men seated at a table drinking, but hnd no evidence to support a charge of “sale.” Mrs. Hicks was released un- der $500 bond. 60-Inch Strand Creamy Pearls* 49¢c Better than usual val- ues tomorrow; knotted strands of iridescent beads —in cream, white, flesh, pink and green. *Imitation. Jewelry—Sireet Floor. Women’s Imported Fabric Gloves $1.50 New shipment arrives with slip-on and strap- wrist gloves of double weave suede fabric; fawn, nut, drab and pantela. Sizes 5!/ to 8. Gloves—Street Floor ARA Full Fashioned Silk Hose $1.35 3 Pairs, $4 Service-weight hose, 4-in. lisle tops and soles; best celling shades: are sunbronze, duskee, sable, afternoon and light gun- metal. Sizes 8/ to 1015, Hosiery—Street Floor. Full Cut Silk Costume Slips $2.95 Many with hemstitched tops! Deep side pleats and hem; flesh, white, navy, black and tan; Sizes 36 to 44 Underwear—Third Floor Carlton Tableware Guaranteed Ten Years 19¢ each Open stock pattern! Lovely dull finish with fancy edge; tea spoons, table spoons, dinner forks, steak knives and other extras! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. LANSBURGH & BRO C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929. 7th, 8th and E Sts.—FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1360—Natxonal 9800 Beét.' Sellers in Fashions $4,5 1. Utility Coats With Pouch Collars Because they're fashionable as long as they last! Soft tweed and nubbed like fabrics with large jap fox, raccoon and opossum collars. Women's and misses’ sizes 14 to 44. Misses’ and Women's Coats—Second Floor 2. Junior Misses’ Silk Crepe Dresses The grown-tp sister styles juniors want! Silk crepes, tweeds, wool crepes and satins—flared or pleated with bows or quaint lace trim. Fall colors; sizes 17 to 19. Jr. Miss Shop—Second Floor 3. Inexpensive Dress Shop Frocks Smart Fall styles of dull crepes, georgettes and lustrous satins— dresses you will want for the first crisp days. Flared or pleated skirts; sizes 14 to 20, 38 to 52 and 14V to 26)/5. Inexpensive Dress Shop—Second Floor Women’s Linen and Swiss Hankies 25c¢ White, pink and other new shades ln linen with hand em- corners and rolled . Sllm with lace edges. Handkerchlefs—Street Floor 115-Ounce Bottle Coty’s Perfume $3.95 Favorite odors—LiOrigan hypre, Emeraude La Jacee in attractive 134-ounce bottles. Tollet Goods—Street Floor Arapac Sanitary Napkins 4 for 89¢c Girls—going away to school, llv in a goodly supply now. One dozen to a box—and four boxes at mu low price! Notions—Street Floor Women s Gloria Umbrellas $2.95 Beautiful umbrellas, of im- ported gloria cloth in blue, green, red, purple, brown and bllck ‘Tips, stubs and hlndlel to match. Umbrellas—Street Floor Swinging Style Photo Frames * | $1.29 sizes in attractive :tylu nnlxhed in antique gold or silver and some highly bur- nished. Frame your graduation picture now. Stationery—Street Floor that rank among 40-Inch Washable Blue ribbon items the winners for number J of patron requests. Repleted stocks now permit us to feature them for tomorrow’s selling. Tomorrow Will Be Ensemble Day Tarzan Books By Edgar Rice Burroughs 75c¢ ea. No youngster should mv m mmhood or m-n reading about T: lmn We hnve all u:e editions—complete your set! Books—Sireet Floor Single and Double Gardenias 50¢ Presh bloom in the new tan, orange, capucine, brown, egg- shell ‘nd red shades to wear on Fall frocks and ensembles. Flowers—Street Floor Hand-Painted Crepe Triangles $1.95 wear them gypsy fash- jon lmt their M for lpor!‘ lnd drMn‘ Striking patterns h tan, brown, orange, green, Searfs—Street Floor Rhinestone Dress Pins $1 that wfll tlu l bit ot life 3 a dark Fall y with colored nmn Trimmings—Sireet Floor Children’s Lisle Cuffed Socks 50¢c Kiddies like these for lchool —for they're all over strij P llu with novelty cuffs. eL te, navy and pongee. 6 to 9. mum- Hose—Street Floor Infants’ Hand- made Dresses $1 Dainty affairs of sheer nainsook, scalloped bot- tom and plain hem styles, elaborately embroidered —every stitch by hand— mothers couldn’t make them at this price! Infants’ Wear Shop—Fourth Floor Lucette Tub FROCKS $1.95 Sturdy broadcloths and prints, youdlfully styled in two pieces or belted. Some with bloomiers and all with deep hems for extra length. Pretty col- ors; sizes 7 to 14. Girls’ Wear Shop—Fourth Floor Short Sleeve Cotton Frocks $1.95 Trim, comfortable styles, with pleated or flared skirts. Prints and broadcloths; light and dark shades. Novel col- lars and cuffs, and frills trim them. 36 to 5274. Daytime Frocks—Third Floor In Our Educational Exposition of China With an Informal Talk at 2:30 P.M. The table that sparkles with good taste is the colorful table where the china, glass and table linen are chosen with a defi- nite relation to each other. We are setting three tables tomorrow with three color schemes in mind; the talk will suggest many others. Silverware—Street Floor Flat Crepe for Fall | $2 yard A “Best Seller” by right of its firm quality and beautiful Juster! The best liked silk for slips, negligees and linings, as well as daytime and evening frocks. In forty lovely shades— Square Back Unpainted Chairs $1 One day recently we sold 200 of these chairs! Smooth hardwood, with joints securely made; sanded to take a fine finish. Unpainted Furniture—Fourth Floor, pastels and rich Autumn tones. Silk Department—Third Floor New Leather Bags Envelope and Frameless Styles 1295 Goat: skin, the popu- lar lizard grain to match your shoes, and in smooth calf; black, brown, ‘tan ‘and navy. Leather. Goods—Street Floor Special! This Colorful Breakfast Service for Six $6.95 The gay nasturtium pat- tern that combines so well with yellow, damask and green glassware! Breakfast plates, bread and butter plates, cups and saucers, platter, fruit saucers, vege- table dish, sugar and creamer —35 pieces! Ohina—Sixth Fleor. Men’s Pure Thread Silk Half Socks 50c These really wear, that’s why men like them! Pure thread silk with lisle tops, toes and heels. Black, navy, grey, French tan, white and brown. Sizes 91/ to 1114, Men’s Wear—Street Floor