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^ COLOMBIA HEIGHTS 'CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO COST $100,00( Expect to Complete Worl On New Edifice Late In Fall. . Construction of the new $10#.0t Columbia Heights Christian Churc ?0 Park road west of Fourteent treet. started yesterday followin ground breaking exercises Thursda veiiaf. The structure, which Is to he bull of red tapestry brick with stuccc lit expected to be completed by lat fhJl. The new church will have seating capacity of approximatel SSO Frank Warner, contractor. 1 directing the work. Impressive cereraqpies marked th ground breaking exercises. Th services. conducted bythe pastor, th Rev. Edward B. xBagby. were at tended by the congregation an guests. The principal address ws delivered by the Rev. Preston J Cave, pastor qt the H Street Chrli tian Church. Addresses were als made by Mrs. Harry W Melville, o the "History of the Church" and b Andrew Wilson on "Plans of th Church." Music was given by th church orchestra under leadershl of W. B. Bock. Miss Myda Tuckei pianist. Tho^e participating in the break ing of ground were Mrs. Mildred C Shinn. James L Wilmeth, Arthur C Rldgeway, William Foley. Arthu Horn Mrs. Wisdom D. Brown, J. H Bangs. C. W. Smith. Mrs. J. Vi France and Mrs Doris Wlllard. The building committee consist of Daniel S. Shook, chairman; J. H Bangs, secretary; Andrew Wilsor Harry W. Melville, Henry F. Har mon and William B. Payne. CANADA BUILDING IN FULL OPERATOR Materia] Prices Have Decline* 20% Under Those of a Year Ago. WINNIPEG. Manitoba. July 15.Building operations are in ful swing in Canada. Material price have dropped steadily since the flrs of the year. With each new prici slump has come a flood of buildinj and engineering contracts. Toda: material prices are 20 per cent un der those of a year ago. Three thousand residences havi been constructed in the last flv< months at a cost of $11,000,000. I large number of these are in th< rich agricultural districts of West ern Canada. The figures do not in elude expenditures for constructloi of hundreds of granaries, live stock sheds, silos and other farn buildings that have sprung up 01 the prairies. Last year's bumpe crops choked housing facilities an< with the first <trop of materia prices farmers began building op erations. Construction activities are equall] pronounced In the cities. 400 busl ness buildings, nineteen lndustria plants and 143 big engineerini projects having been started In th? last five months. In May building and engineering contracts amounted to I25.859.&0Q. an increase of 23 pel cent over the orec^dinr month. Virginia G. O. P. Laud Nomination Of Col. Anderson RICHMOND, Va., July 15. Re. publicans here express great satis< (action over the nomination of Col Henry W Anderson, of this cltv. foi the governorship, at the Republican State convention in Norfolk yesterday. The rest of the ticket is regarded *s strong?state Senator John H Hassinger, Abingdon, for lieutenant governor; Harry K. Wolcott. Norfolk. for attorney general; J. W Flannagan. Radford, for State treasurer; T. X. Parsons. Grayson county, for secretary of the Commonwealth; Gilbert Twigg. Farquier county, fot State corporation commissioner; Jacob S. Haldeman. Shenandoah county, for commissioner of agriculture and Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Otey Lynchburg, for superintendent ol public instruction. The threat of negro delegates, whe were refused seats In the convention. t? hold a 'regular" Republican convention in Richmond on Laboi day. September 5. is not regarded erioasly. The demand of the convention for reduction of State taxes and economy and efficiency in government, meets with approval of party adherents. Strikebreakers Banned By Mayor; Militia Asked / ONCORD. N. H.. July 14?The Berlin Mills of the International Paper Company will reopen within the next ten days in spite of the strike which closed them up. Officials of the company have requested Gov. Brown to send State troops to Berlin immediately, following notice from Mayor EH King, f Bertin. that he would refuse to grant police protection either to the company's property or to strikebreakers, if the latter were Imported. Mayor King stated that he would take every legal means to keep strikebreakers out of the city, claiming his step must b? taken "to remove cause for trouble and riot in our city." The next move is Qov. Brown's, who must decide wlwther he has any legal right to order troops to any city before a riot has actually taken place. Fifty School Girls Will Be Given Outing on Farm ROCKVTLLE, Md., July IS.?As a r?** 'or Proficiency In club work, meluding canning, sewing, etc., n.fk!?* p*"t ?chool year, fifty eirl" ot Montgomery Tv Georges counties, twen* ,rom ?ach county, will be ?phBHn on ,he Pike / ?" tha Rockvi lie ? yf/J, e beginning July Misses Catherine pnwa.ii . Ellen T r>?J.- I. Cowsell and agents tnr ?>. . home economics agents Tor the two counties win Unu'a'S ?,*/ BrM,"y w'" pTUllE ?,m "ng^, "d ? their dispose' ^ p,*ced ? . -1 ^ j * I !;: WASt ) Rolandi Ricci , Back Today Italian Ambassador Returning After ProtractI ed Absence. By EVELYN C. HUNT. ' The Ambassador of Italy, Rolapdl Ricci acompanied by Ml? ata#. Will t return to Washington this ?omlng } after an absence oC several, weeks. * Gen. John Pershing/ Chief of a staff. U. S. A., was host at luncheon y yesterday in honor of OSn. Badogllo, t former Chief of 8taff of ths Italian army. Luneheon was served at * ths Metropolitan Club, and the . quests included Cot. Biclllani. aide . to Gen. Badogtio; the military at. tache of the Italian Embassy. Msrd quis dl Bernesso; the assistant mli Itary attache. Capt: Huntington;, . Maj Gen. James G. Harbord. Col. Fox Cortnor. Col. Jbbn McA. Palmer. 0 Col. Merwyn C. BuckSy and Maj. _ John G. Quekenmeyer. " Gen. Badopflio. acocmpanled by Ms m aide. Col. SIcillanI; Col. Burkey and ? Capt. Huntington, went yesterday * afternoon to Annapolis to Ylslt the " Naval Academy. Thlj morning a " special drill will be held for the general at Fort Myer. and tomorrow f afternoon he will go to Baltimore. accompanied by Col. Sicilian!, and J. will give a lecture there at 4 o'clock. !' The Minister of Nicaragua and Mme. do Chamorro. accompanied by their niece. Senorita Enrique*, and * the secretary of the legation, Senor L Zavala, left for New York yester'* dsy to spend the week-end. Dr. Carlos Adolfo Urueta. Minister of Colombia. Is entertaining Dr. Ellzalde. Minister of Ecuador, at his cottage at Spring Lake. I Capt. land Mrs. R. R. Glen, who are In 'Washington, plan to make their stay here of about six weeks* duration, sailing for England on the Aqultania about August 17. Robert P. Skinner, consul general at London, and Mrs. Skinner, who hae been at their home In Ohio for about a month, will go to Maine this week for a stay there. - i The Bishop of Bogota is visiting 1 in Washington. a , * George N. Poulleff will spend the e week-end st Narragansett Pier with ' Mme. Poulleff. who Is sepnding the f summer with her parents. Mr. and * Mrs. Snowden Samuels. Mme. Poulleff Is plarning a trip abroad later ? in the summer. ^ Brig. Gen. and Mrs. C. P Townsley 9 have closed their house at 2005 O , - street and have gone for the sum mer to Vineyard Haven. Mass. I - Charles Nigel, of St. Louis, st one , t time a member of President Roosei velt's Cabinet, is in Washington for r a few days, stopping at the Shore) ham. Mr and Mrs. Charles J. Bell entertained Informally at dinner last r pvenlng at their home. Twin Oaks - There were fourteen guests. f Senator and Mrs. Arthur Capper y left yesterday for Rarltan. N. J.. I where they will be the guests of I Senator snd Mrs. Joseph S Frelingr I huysen over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. 'Harold Parmalee ; have closed their home In Chevy : f'hase anH gone to Waco. Texas, to live, as Mr. Parmalee hss entered business there. WOTFD PAIWTFR VIMTI1VG I FT CAPITAL CITY. 1 Seymour Stone, the noted portrait painter, who passed the spring In Chicago. Is at the Powhatan Hotel [ for a few days. He Is now residing in New York, where he has a r studio. 1 Mrs. William F. Davis hss returned to her home. 2915 Fourteenth street, after a pleasant visit to Culpeper. Va. Rufus W. Pearson and his daugh. ter. Miss Wanda, have gone for a ' vacation at Piney Point, Md. Edwin S. Booth, of Montana, was 1 WILL ATTEND 1 i ^ MISS OLGi Daughter of Capt. Eugene Silva, c; team which played recently in W one of five children will attend thi season. _ * ; I MRS. CHARLeI I Wife of Representative ChH sworn in the first of the week as I solicitor of the Department of the ^ Interior, succeeding Charles P. Ma baffle. solicitor under the former ^Administration. I Mrs. James McDonald and her I son. Arthur Bradley Campbell. left ^ vesterday to spend the week-end at I Atlantic City Hmiu AM) ill. nn;n WALLiCi I utun v. I\ \\ 4HHIKGTON. I Former United States Ambassa- I Idor and Mrs. Hugh Wallace arrived I In Washington yesterday from New York. where they arrived on Wed- H ^wiesdav from France on board the Olympic. They will spend fi few I days in Washington and then so I ^Br>n to Tacoma for several months' I est I Miss Marguerite L.uckett. of I ^ Washington. and Henry Charles ^Bcirebe. of Chicago. were married on I ^ Monday afternoon. July 11. at 5 I ^Bo'clork at the Church of the Incar nation. the ceremony being per- I ^wormed by the Rev. William Taylor ^ Snyder. The bride was attended by I little Charlotte MeCaig fJalbraith. ^Aousin of the bride, as the flower I ^ girl. Miss Luckett was prettily at- 1 tired in Canton crepe, with hat to ^ match. and carried a large bouquet I of bride roses. The couple left im^Brr.ediately after the ceremony for a I ^ cruise on the Great I^akes on their yacht. "The Sunbeam." After Sep leutber 1 they w ill make their home in Chicago. H I Mrs. Mildrvtt Van Arnum. who H ^Bwent to New York in April, can- I ^Broiled " her passage abroad and ^Bjoined a party at l^ake Placid, in I the Adirondacks. returning to New vork July 1 asid to Washington I July 12. In September she will re turn to New York. * William H. Johnston, president Hof the International Association of I Machinists, will be the guest of the penguins at dinner on Thursday I evening, July 21. Mr. Johnston will I ^Kiscuss the situation in Europe as ^Ke found It on his recent trip. I Little Ilsley. the young daughter B===== I BSCHOQL HERE 11 . i JB1 I 1' * t SILVA Hptain of the Cuban crack polo ^kshington. Miss Silva who is Visitation Convent here next W soc ^ ffig^?|3> , jjjm mm S C. KEARNS. arles C. Kearns, of Ohio. of Mm. William A. Randall, of the Burlington Hotel, who is attracting much attention this week at the Oarrlck Theater, is among the group of Washlngtonlans who are taking part in the performance of , "Way Down East ' Miss Margaret | Crosson, Sears Taylor and Addison Smith are among others well known ' In Washington, who are in the cast | Little Usley played the leading , part in the movie. "Our Pour-footed Friends,' produced by the Humane ' Society, and will be remembered as the leader of the Humane Society 1 parade in which she was accom- ! panled By Laddie Boy. President Harding's famous Alrdale. < Howard M. Rice is at the Ambas- I sador Hotel, New York. 1 ? ' The Attorney General, Harry M. Daugherty. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun. I president of the Drama League and, i president of the Woman's National, ( Foundation, are among those who , will have boxes at the special performance of "The Penalty." the dramatic sketch by Oliver Hoyem. of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, which will be presented Sunday evening. July 17, at Shubert-Garrick Theater by the 1 Oarrlck Players. The rest of the ' ^udince will consist of members of ' Congress and especially invited < cuests of the National Committee. ' Hefore the curtain goes up for the I Play. Douglass Dumbrllle. one of the ( Garrlck Players, will sing "Danny Deever." Miss Beulah Chambers I will accompany him at the piano, i Miss Anna Williams, a leader In the younger smart set of Round i Hill. Va.. is the guest of Mr. and | Mrs. R. H. Bagby. at their residence, I 1614 Riggs place. I Farmers' Concern Saves Thousands for Members ROCKyiLLE. Md.. July 15.?'The Montgomery County Farm Bureau Supply Company, subsidiary to'the Montgomery County Farm Bureau, has contracted, through its pur* chasing agent. Clarence H. Hoi- ' kinson. to buy 2.500 tons of fertiliser for use of Farm Bureau members, 1 who will save from $4 to $7 a ton. according to the grade, or a total of aboijt $12,500. ] The Farm Bureau, which has occupied a room In the courthouse. 1 las rented rooms on the first flaor ?f the old Corcoran Hotel, near the 1 center of Rockvllle. and will transfer headquarters there the first af August. Dog Taxes Are Due. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 15.?The I yunty commissioners have given 1 lotice that dog taxes are now due ] ind have designated the following 1 o collect the same: Laytonsville i llstrict, S. Merle Haines; Clarks?>! * It *" H w?tkljis, Poolea- 1 Mile. Thomas R. Hall; Rockvllle. , -larence E. Anders; Colesvllte, ,harles E. Lechllder; Darnestown, I Fohn A. Hall; Bethesda. W. LeRoy dodgers: Olney. Charles E. Benson; . Saithershurg, William M. Mobley I iarnesville. Thomas R. Hall- Da- I nascus. James Haller Watkins- I Wheaton. Hugh F. ODonnell ami 1 - A. Cutshaw. 1 COOLEST SPOT IT* SWEPT BY NATl Arlingto Ro < SAMUEL J. ST Proprietor an V * IETY ::| Wedding Set For Today MluEAouUe Moore WW Marry Theodore X*. Converse. NSW YORK, July 11.?The Greenwich smart act will turn out ?n masse tomorrow afternoon ' for the marriage In Chrlat Church of Miss B. Louise Moore, daughter of Robert K. Moore, of thla city, and Theodore Q. Converee. Mr. and Mra. Joseph Earl Steven# have gone to Ooldenrod from Southampton, where they were the guests of Mra. Henry Aaher Robbine at Aaher Houae. They will vlelt T. L. Hoi brook Betta at Ooldenrod. Alexander D. B. Pratt will arrive at Southampton tomorrow to be the BUMt of Mr. and Mra. Dallae Bache Pratt. Sailing for Europe tomorrow on the Olympic will be Mra. Rlcharf Btevena and -Mlea Dorothy Stevena. Mlea Annie R. Jenkins, f*rof. and Mra. H. Fairfield Osborn and Mra. Douglaa Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wataon Webb, i who have been passing several I months abroad, will sail for New | York Sunday, and on their arrival will go to Syosset. Long Island, for \ the aummer. ' Mrs. Forsyth Wickes. who re- | turned this week from an extended sojourn ' abroad, has joined Mr. Wickes and the Misses Wickes at N'ewport. Mra. William K. .Vanderbllt and I her daughter*, the Misses Consuelo i and Muriel Vanderbllt. have ar- i rived at Southampton, and are occupying "Windymere Cottage" for the season. Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes will arrive from London tomorrow, and will go to her camp near Paul Smith's in the Adirondacks. Minimum Meat Price Urged in Argentina BUENOS AIRES. July 15?C^pnstd- 1 erable agitation is devolopln* with- , in the Argentine congress In favor Df fixing a minimum price on meat to be exported from this country aa ( i means of protecting the cattle in- , 1ustry Deputy Palma accuses the Ameri- j jan packing houses of controlling the Argentine meat industry, which s *2 per cent of the world's supply. declaring that the Swift Argen- , tine Company paid a dividend of 0 per cent last year, and that other concerns cleared as high as 90 per sent. Heads of American packing establishments here deny Palma's accusations. and say that their divl- | Sends are not and have not been ibove normal. j Bricklayer Stricken Dead. ROOKVILL.E. Md.. July !? ? While at work yesterday afternoon an the addition now being built to the Georgetown College Preparatory School, near Garrett Park, this county. Joshua Whaley. 42 year old. a bricklayer, of 738 Third street northwest. Washington, was either , overcome by the heat or stricken with heart disease and died twenty minutes later. He was married, but lid not live with hla wife, it la un ierstood. He leaves no children. I1 The funeral will take place at 11 j'clock tomorrow morning at Pumphreys Chapel, here, burtar to be In Wilmington. Del, his former bome. Marriage Licenses (Unlft* otherwise specified. all Lie follow log applicants are from this cityj Clarence Jackson. 24. and Lillian Brooks. 19. The R-*. T. G. Smyth Raymond C. Kidd. 81. and Minnie M. Box. 27. The Rer. K. Wlllley. John P. Seott. 29. and Eathrya Elliott. ; JO. The Rev C. G Chappell Mlhran Beferian. 82. and J*rrponhle Erfcelatllan SO The ReT. H. A. Tupper. Aulit A. Reed. 21. and Clara N. Toms, 30. I The ReT. J. H. Jeffries. Roy M By an eke r. 21. and Margaret E. . Reed. The Re*. J. H. Jeffries. Pedro Paul. 28. and Mary E. Fits. 22. The Rev. T. A. Walsh. John D. Torrey. Jr., 28. and Mary B. McClelland. 22. of Wilmington. DeL The tier. F. W. Johnson. James T. Kdwards. 21. and Beatrice J. Elansen, 19. The Rer. 4. F. Eckentode. Carmine P. Nasta. 22. and Alra C. Clomei. E2. The Rot W. J Brooks Hngh H. Bennett. 40. and betty T. Brown. H. The Rev. J. H Nelms Joseph A. Hamilton. 28. of Leoaardtown. k!d., and Eleanor F. Brown. 23. of La Plata, Id. The Re*, i. H. Kckenrode. William T Welsh 21. of Capitol Heights. Md.. and Edna M. Chaney. 19. of Maryland Park. Md Ihe Ret. J. K Brlggs. Leon R. Wood, 21. and E. I^eolla Leo, It. ?cth of aBltimore. Md. The Iter. A. Sayle*. Charles N. Black, jr., 22. snd Delphi* M. tfartla. 28. The Rer 8 T. Nicholas. Hunter Sans bury, 24, of Ballaa. Md.. and iary More land, 22. The Rev. 4. U. Jeffries HILSSSHTSSbav vwmonct I I J WASHINGTON! JRAL BREEZES n Hotel o[ EJNBERGER. d Manager. i '.'I"" 1 t'HUi I IJMRtttaj**"If It H Stoat IL V. 0?i* SMia IM ? Drastic Reductions will prevail on our vast assemblage of GIDDING FASHIONS for *11 manner of day and evening wear beginning Monday. Stovo ciowd today J Broadway Delicatessen Store ^ Why Cook This Hot Weather? C ETnythk| CaokoJ?Beat Oily ft -? Potato Salad Vefetakle Salad V Cole Slav, w* Routed Baked Freak Han jjj Routed Baked Saoked Ham Roasted Rib of Beef OQ Boiled Smoked Skorider H Mae-Made Mayauaiae. 2* Jar ^1 Coekcd Cakhafe Lf?aiaa PoUUca g** Baked Apple*. Paddmc ^ HMt-Hait Cera Nifiu, 20c Daaea 3 50c?Cherry Piaa (with plenty of ckania*) ft 40c?Lena Piaa (made with freak icaaeaa) I 40c Apple Piaa (frtsk applet ^1 Hiw-Maie Bbcub, 20c Deaaa ^ Hama Ma da (tela, 23c Deaaa Q Home-Made Sweet Mixed Pickle*, 25c Peaad (eae piat) 714 K St N. W. Opea 7 A. M. te 7 P. M. Qaaad Seaday * 'jy^y^ ' Come Oat Saturday aad Saaday jjj Opportunity _ o YOUR HOME i Avenue Heights [igh Prices!" These homes and lots wilt be offered for sale i in this beautiful subdivision, one-half block west of Wisconsin Economically subdivided into 06 very desirable building sites; feet on macadamized streets; Fcssenden St. I jo feet wide. WATER, CITY GAS, ELECTRICITY AVAILABLE - TO EARLY BUYERS io% tci cash buyers of lots, and a further discount of 5% to jays. EASY TERMS | OWN YOUR HOME the D. C Land and Building Company to? TELY BUILD 5 HOMES ice $5950 and Up ?ry and Bungalow typ?^ containing 5, 6 and 8 rooms, with U be pleased to motor you out to inspect the property. lR-BRODT & CO. NEW YORK AVE. ok for Ow Red Arrow Sifn" Phone M. 51W. j D C. WATER FRONT If UNSIGHTLY, SAYS WHARF COMMITTEE Reports Space Reduced By Unsystematic Arrangement. No city la tha world has m unsightly and Impracticable ft wftter | front exlati along " Waahlagton channel of tbo Potomac River according to ft report of tho District wharf eommlttoo issued yaa-1 terday for tha Aacftl year ending] June It. lilt. Tha report further etatee that the existing arrangement of the wharvea and sllpa reducea. to a I great extant, apaca that would bel available If tha watar front had he en developed ayatematlcally. I Order* tiding RmmtN. ~ Aa tha raault of an Inapactlon made recently by Commlaaloner Jamea P. Oyatar. It waa found that thara are several ufcelghtly buildings which can bo ramovad. Com-1 mlaaloner Oyatar ordered tha re-1 moval of one of tha buildings and pointed out several others which he thought ahould be demolished as I oon aa tha laaaes upon them ex-1 plre. The Commlaalonar la planning another Inapactlon tour to| complete the survey. At present the following companies are operating ataamera from] wharves along the Washington! channel: Norfolk and Washington Rteamboat Company, paaaenger and freight service; Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Railroad Com-1 pany. paaaenger and freight: Amusement-Security Corporation. Waahlngton Colonial Beach Com-1 pany and the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company I Rewtal Yields (1P.118. Annual rental from the nineteen propertiea along the water front, inclualve of tha Georgetown channel and the Anacostla River, amounts to tlt.llg. IRISH FMEXDS HERE I SEE PEACE C0M1NG\ Enthusiastic confidence in tha results of the peace parley between I De Valera and Lloyd George characterised addreaaea at the meeting of the Abraham Lincoln Council. American Aaaoclatlon for the Rec-I ognition of the Irlah Republic! Thursday evening at 1401 K street northwest. Early In the evening the I pouncil aetit the following telegram lo de Valera in London: "May you secure a just aettlement. I the only pledge of world peace Representative Roy Pltxgerald. of Ohio. Henry Deamond. of Virginia: Capt. J. Walter Mitchell and Theo(okes Theoe, a local Greek leader . ? addressed the audience of SOD or _ more, including delegations from Alexandria and from Walter Reed ? Hospital, the latter delegation unler the direction of Sergt. J J Curren. Mrs. Virginia Coiner Dies. CHARI.OTTE8VILLE. Va., July 15. ?Mr*. Virginia Coiner, wife of Preston B. Coiner, died yesterday at a I local hospital, from which Instltu-1 tlon she graduated as a trained nurse several yeara ago. The bodv has been taken to Pishervllte. Va.. where the funeral will be held at Tinkling Spring Church, before her marriage Mrs. Coiner was Miss Virginia Mora", daughter of W. u. Moran. formerly of this city, but more recently of Augrusta County. Ia addition to parents, husband and Infant, she leaves the following brothers and sisters: Dr. W. G Moran. jr.. of Norton. Va.: Kenneth Moran. of Churchville: Mrs. Edward P. Price, of Baltimore, and Misses Ruth and Naomi Moran. of Augusta County. Mrs. Rothenposs Leaves Estate to Daughters Mrs Elizabeth B Rothengoss. widow of the late Vincent Rothengoss. leaves her entire estate. In eluding the home at 1414 H street northwest, to four of her children. Catherine Hogartv. Margaret Rothengoas. Gertrude McVeary and Anna Rothengoss. according to the will tiled for probate yesterday. A sot., ? Anthony Kothengosa. Is left but IS. | || Cone Out Sataniay and Sudiy Great OWN Wisconsii Our motto: "Down With H II with the smallest possible margin || Ave. ear line, at Fessenden St. 40 to 100 feet front; over 2.000 I CITY SEWER, CITY SPECIAI We will give a discount of those who will build within 60 1 BUY A LOT We have been authorized by IMMEDIA Pri These homes will be two-stc all modern conveniences. We wi MANDLI 927 1 Phone M. 5199. "Lo I