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?a-rfal ?? rat krr R e *.rt? Partir C??_yi c meter. ' D. J. Kaufman's Big Straw Hat Sale Started with a whirlwind of selling. This sale is the "fea ture" of Washington's Straw Hat Business. Both our stores are ready and serving thousands of men with their "Straws." How about yours? Buying Straw Hats by the Thousand Selling Straw Hats by the Thousand That's the Whole Story. It Means Saving to Us and Saving to You. Thousands of Fine Straw Hats. Three Big Bargain Prices. Thousands of $2.50 and $3.00 Fine Straw Hats, $1.79 1 Every Hat a Perfect Hat Thousands of $3.50 and $4.00 Fine Straw Hats, $0.89 2 Every Hat a Perfect Hat Thousands of $4.50 and $5.00 Fine Straw Hats, $2.89 ;3 Every Hat a Perfect Hat Six-fifty Genuine Panama Hats, %A.7S ;4 Ten Dollar Genuine Panama Hats, $?.75 6 Fifteen Dollar Genuine Panama Hats, $1 n.oo 10 1005-07 Pa. Ave. Two Stores?One Policy. Money 's Worth or Money Back D. J. Kaufman 616 17th St. N. W. INCORPORATED. WASHINGTON SAVINGS BANK WHERE YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS F JO1" and GRANT PLACE N't ffixt?e Battery Service A regular ln?*-?c tloa of your bat teli?? go?? a Ion?; way In pr? venti ne I thoae little trouble? I oa the road that do j so much to ?poll the pleasure of motor In?*. Our inspection ?ervice Is entirely free. Get in the habit of using It ALL MAKES?ALL CARS Driv e your car m Ende "Battery Depots, he. 1823-1833 L St N. W. mom riAxKui ?? m Ope? ? A. M. t* ? P. M. Dally ?_r*?t ?___ay. a_ide sT-ttrrl?. I.r Elrrlrir Vrklrlr. S3 skst n___g? 5, Cawttaoa Bid?. Sat T St. n. W. rwmt Mas? MM ___iltraa, D. a rtanrrt tad At Halter?' Tri??mirai? CREEL UNWORTHY OF CONFIDENCE-KITCHIN; Answers Information Bureau Chief? Comment on Congress. George Creel, chairman of the Com mittee on Public Information, vr denounced In th? House yesterday by Majority Leader Kitchin a? "un worthy the confidence of Congres? or any honest man." Tba statement followed th? reading of an excerpt Pom a ?speech by Creel In Now Tora. HOME rooKWG PERFECT SERVICE ALI, ?????? BAKED IH ?G R O W- OVKlt? Our Spa:-?ty STEAKS AND CHOPS Remala? Dlnarr. IX t? 3 P. _. MARYLAND LUNCH 812 F ST. N.W. 3$/c' on Savings Accounts UNION SAVINGS BANK 710 Fourier-nil Strut N.'A. "Oldest Savings Bank in Washington." Ha wai quoted aa having ?aid. In reply to a question a? to whether Congre? w?_ loy?l at heart, that he didn't "car? for slumming." and had "not explored Con_re?emen'? hear?." Representative Gillett, acting Re publican leader, called attention to the quotation and asked Kltchia what he thought of It. '?If Creel ?aid that." replied Kltch ?a. "or tf he hold? any such opinion, he doe? not deserve, and 1? un worthy of, the confidence ?f Congre?? or of ?ny hone?t man." Representative Moore, of Pennsyl vania, aald: "0?rrg? Creel keep? runnlng around the country show ing th? type of mah that th? na tion Is m> unfortunate sa to have at th? bead of tt? Committee on Public Information. That I? all that a re mark such as bis of yesterday doea ?how. and It Is not worthy of notice or comment." I Senator Hiram Johnson, of Cali fornia, wfll probably have something to aay on tbe Senate floor about Mr. Creel today. Senator Watson, of Indian? who lately ?aid he "would ??tiefy" Xr. Creel'? requeet for an Investigation of hie bureau, waa out of tbe city yesterday, but 1? expect ed to return today, and will prob ably take part In any debate that cornea up._ ??\ LOANS WW* HORNING { AStmm, ._ (Sox? at Hurt.??? BMtal ? la- ????__? __ m tat D ?ta ?w. THE TEA CUP INN -CAFE In the Heart of the Shopping District WW? you w_ fmi tssi tkkp to eat ami tbe best nssfls ?#*?_ BREAKFAST-DINNER-LUNCHEON r _ ? ? ? r. ?. ?11 124 Street N. W. 18 FACE GRAND JURY ON AUTO THEFT CHARGE M. E. Sacco Also Indicted for Alleged Taking $4,000. Tha toll of Joy-rider? caught in tha meshes of tha law during tha laat wssk aggregates eighteen, tha grand Jary havlnr Indicted three moia yesterday. In practically ?very Instance, tt waa a case where they ware accused of stealing: the ma chines outright, and venturing forth, bent on having a goad time without counting the coats. Thoaa Indicted yesterday for thla alleged offe ? ?e were: J. Raymond O arger, three ?eparate counts for alleged taking automobiles : Osale Clifton and Robert Clanton. Sidney Jordan Chanock, former sec rotary to the manager ot the Hotel Dewey, waa charged with grand larceny In runlng away with $1.500 cash ?and ?ome Ulberty bonds put In tha hotel vaults for safe-keeping by a guest. Detective Kelly followed him to New Tork, and recovered nearly all the stolen property, bringing Chanock back with him. He Is said to have confessed his guilt. Harry W. Flelchman. connected formerly with the local postoffice, waa Indicted for a violation of pos tal laws, his alleged offense con sisting In abstracting money from lettera. Crawford H. Currin was Indicted on two separate charges of grand larceny, house-breaking and lar? cany. Ignatius Chase, William A. Shipley and Bernard Sauer are ac cused of house-breaking and lar ceny, while Zellous Lacy has two charges of grand larceny standing against him. James Arthur Butler. John Henry Warren. Leonard Tokus and Robert li U. Kopp are charge with non support: Marshall Hawkins, Joli o Baden and Molile Bullock are ac cused of a statutory offense, and Albert B. Robb in? with grand lar ceny. NEW SCHEDULE OF ICE PRICES NOW IN FORCE Allows Discount to Consumers for Taking Ice at Wagon. The new schedule of ice prices went into effect yesterday, under whleh the consumer la allowed a tt oar cent discount on Ice purchased from the wagon, thereby not oblig ing the driver Of tha wagon to de liver It to tha icebox of the cus tomer. Permission for the dealer to do this was granted aa a part of tha agreement reached between Food Administrator Wilson and the dealera at a meeting Saturday night The acale of prices now In effect la as follows:?.. Twenty-live pounda. bought at at the dealer's platform, 10 canta. Twenty pounds bought from the wagon. 10 canta. Sixteen and two thirds pounds delivered at aad placed In the refrigerator, 10 cents. Ten pounda f-om the wagon, t cents, but that quanlty can not be delivered to the refrigerator. If you want a i-eent piece of lee you will have to go to the wagon for It. Commerce Body to Hear Representative Carlin Representative C. C. Carlln. of Virginia, and vice chairman ot the Houae Judiciary Committee, will de liver an address to the members of tbe Washington Chamber of Com merce at their May meeting to be held In their new Quarter?. (11 Twelfth street, tonight at ? o'clock. Reports will be read and an open forum for discussion ia acheduled. Jury Frees WiUiam? In Manslaughter Case A Jury In Judge Stafford's ? court yesterday acquitted Samuel Ashley Williams, a negro, of a charge of manslaughter In connection with the stabbing of Edward Oreen, another negro, with a knife June St*, last year. Tha wounded man died three days later. The jury did not. think the evi denoe sufficient to sustain the charge, and he was freed. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Dlatriet avf Ohimhaa: Partisi elos-la an<l moler Tuesday; Weilneaaiav fair, warmer: sentie to moderate nnrtbsreat winds taarnming variable. Maryland: Partly eksnii? Tueeday ?oler ? east laortion: Wednesday fair, warmer; artille to moderate northweat ?rinds bemmins" variable. Vlrt-inia: Pair Tuead?? pavvseded by ahowera ta aoaatheaat portion cooler in extreme e*** por tion ; Wednesday fslr, warm?. In interior; mod erat* ?hiftlns winda. UTCA1. ****5MP**1?AT?*t*B4. MidnuRit. 7?; 3 a. m.. 74; 4 a. m , 73; ? a m., Tt; I s. m.. 71; M a. m.. ??; U noon. Tt. : P. m.. ?; 4 p. m.. 71 ; ? p, m. 71 ; I p. m.. 71 ; M ?. m., ?. Hisbest. M; loswesl. ?. Belali?? hnmidit?. S a. m.. TS: 3 p. m. 54; s p. m., SI. RaJnnill ? p. m. to ! p. avi SB; hour? of ?u?. ?*?***!? "?i_?ar ***"t ot posatola ?anst-iliae. Ja*?.. I?eperturee--Ars?nnul?l?sl ?sees? ot tempers hire ?inc. January 1, ltl?. +42; ezeewa of tem perstnra ajrata? May 1. MS. +T?; sommili?!.-.! eaxea? of precipitation ?ine? January 1 191S + 1.?; de/Weney of rasecipltatlon ?Ine? Hay 1, 1*18. ?MO. Temperatur? aanae 4SI? laat rear-Hlftieat. M ?rawest, 47. tempbba.tr-- in other crnas. Hlfheat Hlarheat laat Rain? . v_~. - - *"*? ?''?*?? ? P- ?- '*" AalaaTrt?*?, 1?. O. ? M M .11 Atlante, G?. . TI ? ? L? AtlaaUc City. ?. ?. 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M M Ht, Paal, Minn. m * b i? m?f?S?. *%?-* ?. ? ???'? Bsa naadsea. Cal...... Hag? .... ?wai-m m i ? Tampa, rai. .?.... M Tt B Jl Toledo, Ohio . M 44 m ? " TicksIauT?. Mis?. ?? B 73 .M wiaiakuiss, ?? 0,.^,, m ? n Ji HoweHs, Af ed Avthor Sends Sympathetic Message to Italians William Dean Howell?, the author. haa ?-?nt tbe following mesa-ge of ?ympatby to the Italian people, accord ila, to a dtapatch from Rom? received bare y??t?rday. "I lived te Venice during tbe l??t four year? of Aiutrbn domination. aad tt la my old age's ?-reata? ?rlaf to S?S tf?? A?trian? again Mar tbe itsttorm ? lay moat tet-vant bop? 1? that I may liv? ions ?aough to see them driven from Italy for???'.'' Mr. Howell? w?? United States con sul at Venice durili, the four-year period of which be write? The Ital ian pre?? expreue? thankful apprecia tion and admiration ot the nation for the durtingu?hed writer, who?? word?. It ?ay?, "are ?o full of real American ?pirtt." EXCURSION JUNE 7 BY BUSINESS HMH Alumni Will Go to Marshall Hall on Three Boat?. Every Jilarh school In the city will be well represented In the thir teenth annual excursion of the Binine?? High .School Alumni, to he held Friday, June T. at Marahall Hall. Thla will be the only high ?chool excursion this year. All other school? haye abandoned the project on account of the war. Three boat? will leave the sev enth ?treet wharves for tb? trip. Tbey will be at 11:10. 2 and 6:3" o'clock. It 1? planned to hav? exer cises tn the Marahall Hall pavilion. The following; excursion commute? haa been appointed: J. C. Wilkea. chairman: Frederick A. Connor, treaaurer; Leo. Race?, chairman. ?pecial features committee; Benja min A. Harlan and Frederick H?? a_*_ One-half of the net proceed? of the excursion will he donated to the relief of the alumni, who are fight ing "over there." A number of ath letic event? have been arranged; candy, jewelry and other price? hav? been donated by local mer chant?. A? there were 100 person? who could not ?ecure tickets at laat year's excursion, the school urged all wanting ticket? to buy early. Clifford K. Berryman, local car toe?lat. h?? drawn a special car toon expressly for Mile ' excursion. ORMEROD GOES ON TOUR WITH BLDE DEVILS One of Pershing _ "Fifty" Asked to Help in National Red Cross Drive. -* a' Corp- 1?onard Ont?rod, of Wash ington, one of Pea-shine's "fifty val et-ens' ?ho was to hav? remain?? In Wa_tlngton to take part In this Capi tal'? drive for Ita ?00.000 quote of the ???,???.??? Red Croe? fund, has been releaaod ?o that be may aocoropauy tbe "Blue Devil?" of France in their national tour in. behalf of tbe same fund. ? Corp. Ormerod wa? released from duty bere, at hi? own request, and at that of th? Committee on Publio In formation, which haa charge of the ! assignment of the men. H. & F. ??c farland, camisaIgn chairman In the ! Diati let. relinquished him wltb regret. j hut the committee desired a newspaper Iman who alao waa a public ?peak.? ' to accompany the French gueeta oa their ?wing around the country, ?a the local commute? consented. I The three men who are to remaia ' here are Sergt. John J. Heffernan, of | thi? city. Corp. O. K. Smith of Maine, ?and John Federuck of Ma?aachi_?tu I Waahington la the only city w_lch h?s the ?ervice? of three men during It? Red Croa? campaign, and It ateo la the only city which haa had the opportunity of entertaining- all of them. While nere, the three men who will aid the Red Croa? drive will be gueat? of the National Hotel, which 1? entertaining them free, aa a part of It? contribution to the Red Croa? campaign. May Prohibit Hunting Of Birds in District A bill which will virtually cloae tbe hunting aeaaoa In th? District of Columbia permanently, as far aa game birds are concerned, baa been Introduced In the Houee by Repre sentetiv? Graham, of Illinois Th? growing scarcity of game bind?, of both the land and water variety, prompted the Introduction of the bill. It 1? ?aid. Unie?? a per Women in t It _?eg strength and courage to nurse the wounded. Every woman should make herself fit for war's call at home or abroad. Health and strength are with? the reach of every woman. They are brought to you by Dr. Pierce'? Favorite Prescription. Take this medicine and you have a safe and certain remedy for the chronic weak nesses, derangements and diseases | peculiar to the ?ex. It will build , up, strengthen and invigorate '?every "run-down" or delicate ! woman. It regulates and assists | the natural functions, hi tab lets, 6oc. At some period in her life a woman requires a special toni-; and nervine. Women, Prepare! Thousands of women in the United States have overcome their sufferings and have been cured of woman's ills by Dr. son dealrea to hunt ?peclmenta for scientific purpose? only, no hunting permita ar? to b. Iwued, the bill provide?. Trap?, anare? or other contriv ance? to catch the bird? era ?trictly prohibited. In no way will It he lawful to ?ell, ?xpose for a?le or have In one'? po??ea?lo? any gam? bird whoae habitat 1? In the Dis trict of Columbia. Not even arild pigeon? may be molested under tb? MIL he War-Zone Pierce'? Favorite Prescription. This teniperanee medicine, though started M-tiy half a century ago, sell* Bat-sit widely today. It can now be bad hi tablet form a* weB as liquid a?d every woman wlic suffers from backache, headache, nervo*??ness, should take th_ "Prescriptio?" of Dr. Pierce'?. Il i? pr?t??red from aatare'? loot? and hob? and does not ton.i? a particle of alcohol or any nar cotic It's not a secret prescrip tion, for its ingredients are printed on wrapper. Send toe for trial package to Dr. Pieree's rs-vulidi' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buf falo, ?. Y., or irrite ior free con? dentisi advice. You will escape many ill? and clear up the coated tongue, the sallow complexion, the dull head ache, the lazy liver, if yam will take a laxative made up of the May-apple, leaves of aloes, root of jalap, and called Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets?Adv. LOCAL MEKTKHt K*4c: evap. neache?. U_e: Wonder mixed tea. He; Perfeet BXmmt, ???: li lb?, whit? potato??. Ite; 4 Ih.. buckwheat. ?Se; pearl hominy, it: appi? butter. lie; peanut butter. :0r: fat mackerel, lie; Bh?e Label coffee. Zie; large can? peaehea, 20?; Har cocoa. lie: It oaa_?ardlnee, lie; navy bean?, lie; ???. beaaa, 17c; red kidney bean?. Tadr can Karo ?>rup. Ite. J?c and Tie 411 Fourth 8treet 8. E. and all the J. T. D. Pylee ?toree. "A great net ot mercy drawn through an ocean of unspeakable pain" Tm afraid that's all I can spare" You're a regular, red-blooded, true blue American. You lore your country. You love that flapping, snapping old flag. Your heart thumps hard when the troops tramp by. You're loyal? 100%! You intend to?you want to?help win the war in a hurry. "Sacrifice? Sure," you've been thinking. "Just you wait tifl they really need it." And you've honestly thought you meant that, too. But?look yourself in the eye, now, and search up aad down inside of your heart?did you mean it? Did you really mean "sacrifice"? Litten: You feel poor. This third Liberty Loan, the high pnces, the Income Tax?you've ione your bit. You feel that you've given all *-o_ can spare. What? Then what dix. you mean? What's that you said about lova? your country? What did you think the word "sacrifice" means? Surely you didn't mean, did you. to give only what you can spare? What about our boys who are giving their lives in the trenciiet? Ar? they giving only what they can "spare"? How about those mothers and little "kiddies" in the sheD-wrecked towns of that war-swept hell:?hungry?ragged?scabbing?alone? Giving up their homes, their husbands, their fathers. While we?over here with our fun and our comforts?we hold up our heads and feel patriotic because we have given?what? Some loose bills off the top of our roll. "We've given all we can spare!" Come, come! Let's quit fooling ourselves. Let us learn what "sacrifice" meant. Let us give more than we can spare?let us "give till the heart says stop." Every cot af every -aliar received for the The American Red Cro?? 1? th? larjreat and most efficient organisation for the relief of suffering that the World ha? ever seen. It Is made up almost entirelv of volun teer worker?, the bisher executives beine without exception men accustomed to large affair?, who are In almoet ali cases giving their service? without p?y. It I? supported entirely by its member ship feee and by voluntary contributions. It !? today bringing relief to ?uffering humanity, both military and civil. In every War torn allied country. It plan? tomorrow to help In tbe work of.reiteration throughout the world. Red Cross War Fand g?? IW War Relief. It feed? and cloth?? entire population? In time? of great calamity. It I? there to help your eoldier bey ia hi? time of need. Wltb it? thousand? of worker?. It? tre mendous stores and smooth running trans* port?tion facilities. It I? ?erx-tng aa Amer ica's advance guard?end thus helping to win the war. Congre?? authorise? it President Wilson he??? It. Tb? War Department audit? it? ac count?. Tour Army, your Navy and your Aille? enthuaiaatlcally Indora? It. Twenty-two million American? hav? Joined ft > .? m tha Rad Ci-_ R. P. Andrew? Paper Co. m. c. Tart. Pa.