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ST. JOHN'S DRIVE LAGS NEAR END K. of C. Pledges $42,000 From Members During Next Two Years. With the fnud tn hand practically doubled by the pledge of $42,000 by the Knights of Columbus, workers for the St. John's College extension campaign will enter tomorrow upon the final week of the drive for $150,000, making a special effort to reach business men. A committee of fifty knlgtits haa ?been appointed to explain to every member the plan which calls f6r a contribution of 50 cents a month for two years by each resident member of the order. This committee has been directed to i report at a dinner to be held at the Harrington Hotel. Tuesday evening, when the St. John's committee will be host to the Catholic pastors ot "Washington. In the course of a public appeal made yesterday, the Rev. Brother Ed ward. president of the college said: "We believe St. John's to a civic aa ?et, and we caimot understand why the people of the city have been so slow to rally to our first public ap peal for funds. "I earnestly beseech all the citl-! aens of Washington, who stand for the advancement of education, for higher civic ideals and for generous j help to those who strive, to come to j our assistance." The benefit dance for the fund at1 the Dewey Hotel last evening was laigely attended COME TO CLARENDON BASEBALL AT CLARENDON THIS AFTERNOON CLARENDON vs. GARFIELD Open Air Dancing Every Thursday. CLARENDON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OH!H3! ' that reminds me Phone RoamI^b 242 F-3 G. H. McCrillis Spruce St CANITARY PLUMBING v and GAS FITTING Heating and Pump Repairing Garendon, Va. COME IN MONDAY We Have Some Spe cials for You BOYER'S Pharmacy Clarendon, Va. A Most Interesting Travel Over the # Washington-Virginia Railway The Historic Route Why Not Try Our Expert Auto Repairing Oaly 15 minute* from Waahinglon. Cars called for ?ad delivered. Clarendon Garage Clarendon, Va. We Have the Lum ber and Are Right . on the Spot ? Murphy and Ames Inc. Lumber Dealers Rosslyn, Va. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished Phone Rosslyn 60. WHY PAY MORE ? VELVET KIND ICE CREAM CIGARS AND CIGARETTES Buy It Here | Brick Ice Crrmm. IV pt.i SOc ?t. Slae. 20 In package 18c C""e" J? .War Tax | Small Sine, 10 In package ftc "-".7.7. tse One Cent Fat,m*' 30 '? ???*??* 23c Plate. 3an4ae Pl?? 2Sc ftoart BOc ! All fe clears. 8 far 20c All 8e Clean, 2 for 15c We Specialize in Fresh Meats. YEATMAN'S STORE Call or Phone Rosslyn 57. WE WILL DELIVER YOUR ORDER. Across-the-Potomac News CLARENDON AND OTHER NEARBY COM MUNITIES PLAN MANY CIVIC ACTIVITIES CLARENDON Too much lawn fete last week, which accounts" for the absence of this line of chatter on the Clarendon page. If you were at the party you know how successful it was; and if not. It would be well to state that we cleared enough money to outfit the team, erect a new ball stand, and then have enough to buy peanuts and popcorn. The boys are sincerely thankful to Clarendon for the patronage extend ed and will reciprocate when the Cit izens' Association and Fire Depart ment stage a similar event early in August Big doings are on the tapis for Labor Day. Brother Latterner and a real, live, active committee are going to arrange a carnival, with trimmings, that will bring out the oldest inhabitants, and the Civic Fed eration is arranging to top over the whole business by a fair at the Horse Show Grounds on Alexander Island, in the nature of a home-coming cel ebration for the boys. The. Afhletlc Association haa ar ranged for a series of Thursday night dances on its new pavilion and will have the jaszlest of jass bands to induce residents and visitors to trip the light fantastic. Base6all Sunday as usual. Garfield being the opponent. The Clarendon team was never stronger; and, believe muh. that boy Catlln is some pitcher, on the occasion of his premier per formance Sunday two weeks ago hanging up a record of thirteen strike-outs and no visitors to first Last Sunday he performed, and won his game?2 to 1?the opponents on the first occasion being the aviator* from Boiling Field, ~"who "went up In the air" to the tune of 11 to 0; and; \ on the second occasion Brentwood, which took the count at 2 to L The latter team is a live-wire aggrega tion and not at all modest in regis- j tering kicks every now and then? | some justifiable, but mostly other wise. Tom Degnan told them something about the rules when a batter was substituted unannounced, which set them to thinking, and caused, the manager to remark, "I told you they are old ball players." Yeah, bo, we are old ball players and are learning every day. The rest of the team looks good, and Manager Brownie Limeric shows he has something on his shoulders 'besides a foundation for hair. We lost nothing In changing managers. A Saturday afternoon I game with Rex to play off the rub ber is being arranged, the winner to meet War Department or Quantico Marines, a portion of the proceeds to go to the Yanks at Walter Reed. Save your pennies, and watch for the date. Hurrah for Cherrydale and its fire department! When those boys start out to do anything, from fighting fires to entertaining visitors, they are there?we'll say they are. Their lawn fete Thursday, Friday and Saturday was a hum dinger, also a lalapaloosa. and they took enough money into th^ir coffers to buy gasoline and other fire fighting requisites for some time. Clarendon visited them Friday night afoot, in Jitneys ana In three gaily decorated trucks?and left broke but happy. Vice President Colley, of the Clar endon Citizens' Association, is the luckiest man on two legs in the county. Why? Listen, and we'll tell you. During The Herald circulation contest. Secretary Briggs won a 160 [order for clothes on Grosner, but i being amply supplied with sport togs, generously turned the order over to i the association. This\was disposed i of by a lottery ranging from 1 cent i to >1. When over $30 worth was dis posed of, thieves entered In the night I and misappropriated the fund. Local sleuths, headed by Constable , Caton, Special Officer Langley, Pro ! batlon OfTicer Georgius, the commit j tee on public safety, the mayor and ! common council, the fire department, 1 the Citizens' Association, the Patrons' League, the Commonwealth's attor ! ney. the sheriff, the sheriff-elect, the real and 2.75 per cent politicians, the Boy Scouts and others recovered the i cigar box and the list of chances, | then started the thing over again. Now for the lucky strike. Vice President Colley, at the eleventh hour, searched his jeans and found 42 cents which he had overlooked, nonchalantly approached the mystic box, grabbed number 42, and when the horizon cleared after the draw ing, became the proud possessor of the order. Somewhere the sun is shining, somewhere some soul is glad, but oh. how many needed that bunch of glad rags more than the Immaculate Col ley! Water and sewer is progressing rapidly, over 95 per cent of the com munity having ftigncd the pftit!on for incorporation, the first ffi to ward its completion. Better climb on ( the bandwagon while the climbing is j good. Petitions at. Boyefs and Re'n [ burg's, in case the gentlemanly at tendants who will pass In your midst should overlook you. The attention of the railway com mittee has been directed to the prac tice of opening the draw on the highway bridge mornines between 7^0 and R:20. Every dinky little dory with a two-foot boiler and a twelve foot stack that has been laying over above the bridge during the ni?ht. makes it a point to hlow its calliope (about five miles before approachincr j the hridcre. and the Jerries on the Job , cast their anchors to windward, open up the main hatch and let the pa rade go by, to the inconvenience of upward of five trainloads of office hound patrons. The closed season for these ocean-galnsr craft now com mences at *:3>. Why not make it . Why nr>t hav* these little naval Jitney* hfntre their stacks and pass under the bridge any old time? | Fletcher Kemp, member of the ?school board, in maktnr a short ad 1 dress, said that two carloads of new desks had been ordered for schools of the county end that the Claren don school would be provided with enourrh to refurnish two or thre* rooms. He also announced that all of the teachers had heon appointed for the coming term and called upon the association to assftt in provid ing adequate and comfortable home* for the teachers. This matter will be referred to the school commit tee of the association. As a means of advertising Claren don. the association, has authprized the purchase of pennants hearing the word Clarendon, which will be placed on automobiles of all citizens of Clar endon desiring them. Objection was raised to automobiles parking on the road at the station north of the car lines. It was suggested that this be eliminated and the matter was referred to the public safety com mittee. Five new names were added to the rolls of the association last night. They are: Carl J. Schuch. John r! i Pendleton. J. Walter Hennlng, C. B. j Yeatman and E. C. Hall. I Applications for membership were ' made by the following: H. W. Soper. SH. C. Adamson. John C. Lindsey! ;W. K. Marshall, R. H. Sampsell, j C. P. Rallo, H. L. Dudley, f>. w. Hamman. P. E. Auglemyer and E. i Zimmerman. Mr. Bonfield. proprietor of theClar | enden garage, has sold Dr Bover. ! Lyman Kelly and J. Thomas Man I ning new automobiles, thus adding i to prospective members of the Clar endon Automobile Association Dr. Boyer announces that be has ; secured the services of Dr. Kerfoot, as assistant. Dr. Kerfoot is a regis tered pharmacist of experience and well known in Washington. I A. L. Reinburg. proprietor of the | Station Ice Cream Parlor, has con ; structed a new summer garden on ! the side. Ask him the Joke when it ' made its appearance 100 D. C. BOY SCOUTS AT SUMMER CAMPS : One hundred boys of the District are attending the annual summer ! encampment of the Boy Scouts at I Chesapeake Beach, according to a re i port made ye?terday by Edward D. ! Shaw, scout executive for the Dis i trict of Columbia. The sixty acres of camp grounds extend along the bay, about Ave miles below Chesapeake Beach. The management is under the per sonal direction of Linn C. Drake, as sistant executive of the District I council, and a corps of adult In i structors. Drake has had several years' experience In scout work. Live 'mi Ride in Hearse. Boston. July A crowd of girls, forced to walk during the trolley strike, gladly accepted an invitation to ride to town Ja a hears*. Lieut. Fisk Denies Wall Street Financed New Yank Organization, * Charges that the American Legion I is supported by Wall street, made by i Marvin Gates 8perry at a meeting of the Liberty Lerfon Friday even I ing, were emphatically denied last night by Lieut Howard B. Flak. I State adjutant for the District of i Columbia. "The American Legion stands on ; its own feet." Lieut. Flak declared, j "We are supported by dues and as sessments paid by members only. ; "At the fit. Louis convention, last ! May, I heard that several wealthy , men back East had offered to pay the expenses of some of the dele gates. but in every case the offer was ; refused. Wall Btreet has nothing to do with the financing of our organi I zation and never will." Enlisted Mem Is Majority. Referring to 8perry's statement that the American Legion "is top-heavy j with officers," Lieut. Fisk declared that at the Bt. Louis convention 60 per cent of the delegates had been enlisted men. "In the American Leg1on;" be stated, "the men and their former officers meet on the same level. We are all comrades, and many of our organization officers are former pri vates, corporals or sergeants. The v'ce-commander of the State organi zation is L. Clarkson Hines, a former i enlisted man." At the Friday meeting of the Lib erty Legion, Sperry declared that i the American I^egion had enrolled I only 150,000 members, and that their ! boast of 4.000,000, was "pure camou flage." Has Million Members. I Lieut. Fisk stated that the na tional legion has at present over j 1,000.000 members, and expects to have ' at least 3,000,000 by November. ] "Every man in the United States (who has worn Uncle Sam's uniform | is welcomed to join our organiza i tion," he stated. Italian Warship to Vint America Before August 1 New York, July 19.?The Italian T>readnought Oonte di Cavour will vis it several American Atlantic ports soon, according to word received here ' today. 1 She is expected to reach Boston the : last of this month, and will arrive 1 here early in August. A number of officials will make the trip on her. Safe Invites Robbers. j Los Molinos. Cal., July lf>.?"It's so | duraed inviting to robbers that they j can't keeep out of it." declared Post i master McDaniel, asking permission [ to move his much-robbed office to a I central location. I i The work of Installing motor presses in Section 4 is well under way, and now that the initial order of twenty five motors has arrived, the new presses will be placed in short order. Lewis Bohne. of Section 4, is enjo> - 1 ing a few weekf;' vacation. Edward Genoe. superintendent In the printing division, has been assigned to the 3.30 shift. Neil Ryan, of Section 9. night, has returned to duty after nursing a bad case of sunburn received on the Fourth of July. Estelle Sherwood, clerk in the office of the printing division, is back at her desk afrer a week's illness. Francis Huhn, of Section 5, the senior* vice comnmnder of the Richard Harding Davis Camp of the United Spanish War Veterans, won by a large majority in the election of dele gates to be sent to the national con vention held In San Francisco early in September. Mr Huhn was the only one of the three Bureau nominees to be elected. The many friend of Emil Helmich. in Section 4, will be glad to learn that he is somewhat improved. Mr. Helmich has been ill for about a month. Mathias Schilz, of Section 9, is spending a couple of weeks at his old home In Chicago, 111. Miss Florence Almond. Mrs. Butt, and Mi's. Glascock, of the wetting di vision, are on leave. Miss Georgette Parker has re turned to her old Job in the stamp perforating division. Miss Rosa Van Ness, Miss Theresa O'Keefe, Miss Mary Deale, Miss Martha Chun, and Miss Anna Kid well, of the stamp perforating di vision, are on leave. Benjamin Ooaklev. of the wetting division, is detained at home on account of illness. Ralph Warner and Frank West man have been transferred from the day force to night work, and as signed to section 9. Giles F. Eubank?. Jr., was ex cused from the stamp perforating division the other day in order to do a little shopping with his wife. Saw Walter Beller headed for home late last Thursday night with his family and a brand new broom. He was returning from the lawn fete at the Church of the Nativity in Brightwood. Some luck. Miss Irene Owens, of section 6, night, has been on leave for a week. Herbert Ivers. of section 5, night, has been on the sick liat for the past week. Double Chin If you have a double chin and flab biness of the face, or if ydu are over stout in other parts of the body,' get some oil of korein (in capsules) at the druggist's; follow directions; beautify ttffure, improve health, vi vacity, etc.. through a simple system for reducing weight ten to sixty pounds. Eat all you need; no tedious exercise pr starving. Oil of koreiq is perfectly harmleaa. Reduction guar anteed; or your money back. l_<ook and feel younger. Cut this adv*t out so you'll remajnber.? Adv. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING PRINTING NEWS Now for Jsdfe Soakem. Neenah, Wis., July 19.-^F>. Lloyd Ketcham hu applied for the po?I tlon of motorcycle policeman, State Shoots Whole Rod. New York. July 11.?Distinction of being the first State In the Union to let contracts for the entire amount of fund* available - for public works goe* to Nf? Jersey, OoL Arthur Wood*, aaatotant to 6oer?tary of War Baker. announced today. The amount to U.K1.4M. LmIm4 Like M; Wm? Umk. Chicago. July It ?u raarkod "bomb." Bat Tonoy K?re thought he'd fn&kc rare. Throe tnien ton We Sare Yon 25% Because We're Out of die High-Rent District Store Closed AO Day Saturday Daring July and August?Office Open AO Day Saturday to Receive Payment*. JULY CLEARANCE BARGAINS ?When you see the high character of this furniture and note the low prices, it won't require any urging to have yon buy?You are welcome to Easy Credit Terms. This 5-Piece Dining-Room Suite 75 and a 50-piece Go Id-Band Dinner Set 1 ?Consisting of a substantial Golden Oak Dining Table and four Pad-seat Dining Chairs, up holstered in black or brown imitation leather '36 This Top-Icer Refrigerator *ir It embodies ?0 the new unitary features. 50c Week All Refrigerators 1-3 Off This 4-Passenger Lawn Swing $7.90 SPECIAL Pedestal, $1-49 | ?In fumed or golden oak. This 5-Piece Golden Oak Bedroom Suite $5275 ?Consisting of a well-constructed Dresser and Chiffonier, with shapely 1 plate mirrors; two-inch continuous-post White Enamel Bed, and bedroom " Rocker and Side Chair to match. ?75 SKwS 3-Piece Bed Outfit ?Consisting of strong continuous-post, all-steel b?ked enamel Bed, heavy woven-wire Spring and sanitary soft-top Mattress. St. 633 H St.