f ACTOR BENEFIT
NETS $1,361.70
Special Performance Given at
Keith's Attracts Huge
Audience.
Vaudeville-lovers of the city gave
I1.3C1.70 In the observance of
National Vaudeville Artists' Day ax
B. F. Keith's Theater yesterday, exclusive
of the war-tax of tea cents
a ticket. If the other at* theaters
did as veil as Keith's there will be
. about ??*.? ? for the cause of the
indigent vaudeville artists and their
families, and their S1.S00 lite insurance
policies aad other benefits accruing
in case of death or distress.
Of the totab taken In. every penny
coins to the N. V. A., the mammoth
bill of eighteen stellar acts drew
$1,332 net through the doors and
$135.70 represented donations entrusted
to Manager Robbing personally.
The special decorations
were by the Louise Flower Shop.
The Washington Railway and Electric
Company, the Fashion Shop adJoining
Keith's and other public
spirited business men contributed
with publicity and cash.
NEARLY THIRD
OF FUND RAISED
Workers in Methodist Home
For Aged Drive Report
Rapid Progress.
Nearly one-third of the 975,000
for the site for the new Methodist
Home for the Aged has been raised,
according to reports made by the
team captains last night. The sum
of $9.C00 was reported Monday, followed
by $8,400 Tuesday. The drive
will continue until next Monday, inclusive.
The following amounts were reported
by the team captaiqs last
night: Luther L*. Derrick and Edwin
Williamson. $1,000 each; Rev. G. Ellis
Williams. $780; F. B. Ely. $700;
Rev. J. Phelps Hand. Rev. E. N.
Bergerstock. F. H. Briant. Charles
W. Bohannon and William Hottel.
$500 each.
Derrick is in the lead with $4,100
to date, while Hottel follows with
$3.(00.
DENIES EDUCATORS
CHARY WITH SCHOOLS
Charges that the Board of Edu
cation looks with disfavor upon the !
con. mplation of using the District
school houses as polling places were
denied in a speech by Robert I. Mil*
ler.
He said that such an attitude had
been manifested by the lower officials
of the board, but that in reality
a majority of the members of
the body were in favor of such a
policy.
The speech was made at a meeting
in the interests of delegates to
the Republican convention in Chicago.
held last night in the Samaritan
Temple. '
John T. Rhines. Robert I. Miller.
Armond W. Scott, Frank Prioleau
and Capt. J. Walter Mitchell addressed
the meeting, which was
packed to the doors.
SOCIOLOGISTSMEET "
IN CAPITAL MAY 9-15 j
Sociologists from the four quar- |
tera of the globe will gather here
for the ninth annual convention of
the Southern Sociological Congress,
May 9 to IS, according to announcement
made by Dr. J. E. McCullough,
educational secretary.
Among the 3.000 delegates will
be Dr. J. Fort Newton, pastor of the
City Temple. I.ondon, England; Dr.
J. Sydney Gulick. of Tokyo, Japan,
authority on international relations:
Dr. T. Albert Moore, of Toronto,
Canada, eminent churchman.
Mexico. Cuba, several South and
Central American countries, Australia.
Hawaii. Panama. Spain, I
France. Porto Rico and New Zealand
will be represented.
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? let HI WCNT TO SOUTH
MASS.. TO LCARN TMC TRADE nr-sss=gg5Ega
FINK SOOTMAKIMO
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I wearer. All middlemen's ,
I shoe? are absolute!? the I
Douglas name and the rets
m style, comfort and mtym
Hp rSFSS***,
profits u only one tftiths of
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1 and style possible to proiacTgt
bMUerSobl
V^W.L Douglas Stsrs
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Strange Hairpins In Her Home ]
Lead Beauty to Ask Alimony
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Bird S. McGuirc And Mrs. McGuire.
Kansas City, Mo., May 5.?Mrs. Ruby McGuire, wife of
former Representative Bird S. McGuire, of Oklahoma, left her
husband to keep their house in Tulsa last summer, while she
came here to visit her father, J. T. Ridgway, a teacher in Northeast
High School. When she got back, she says in a suit for
alimony filed in Tulsa, she found things in a perfectly awful state.
She says she found Women's hair, hairpins, combings and powderboxes,
that were not hers. She does not ask for divorce, but for
the home, a division of the property and permanent ajimony.
In 1915, when her husband was in Congress, Mrs. McGuire was
called "one of the three most beautiful women in Washington.
Commons Applauds Lady Astor
After Hissing Editor-Member
Who Attacked Her in Paper
?: 4 *? .
London. May 5.?The bitter op- !gjje pointedly averted her trace from
position to Lady Aator which since j His direction.
her entry into Parliament has been ; Attaek U. S. G?vrniafBt.
gathering strength, finding expres- | Boitomley's particular brand of
sion in indelicate jests and offensive anti-Americanism has been illusinuendoes,
was dragged brutally to i trated to American readers recentthe
surface today by Horace Bot- jy by lengthy quotations from his
tomley. wha devoted four columns venomous tirades against fhe Amerto
a bitt?r? attack on her in his jean government and people,
widely-read weekly. John Bull. The first woman member of ParWhen
Horatio Bottomley entered jjanent recently forecast this atthe
h >uee of commons this after- tack by saying publicly, "I know
noon the majority of the members , that my advocacy of temperance
showed him that his attack on the j is stirring the bitterest antagonisms,
only woman "M. P.," far from mak- an(j that I have to fight for my
ing the hit which he had counted j future political existence."
on, was being deeply resented. IM?IVm In Personalities.
Greeted by Silence. She thus struck at the roots of
There was a hostile hush as he j the Intrigues or the beer snd whisstrode
through the aisle toward his ky barors. Bottomley ? attack was
seat. When he arose to speak . largely of a personal character. He
booes from all parts of the house opened with tht charge that Lady
cut him short. The speaker inter- j Astor deceived the Plymouth elecvened
to calm the members, but the ! tors by turning down prohibition
booing and hissing continued. j when seeking their votes, whlla
At the height of the row* Lady j now she is oi.enly advocating it
Astor entered the chamber. Loud Bottomley th-?n quoted from Lady
cheers greeted her, virtually the i Astor's speech In the house of cornwhole
house Joining in the ovation. | mor.j last month, urging that there
With flushed face, head erect and j be no weakening of the marital
her eyes shining with gratitude, she i ties by freer divorce facilities.
took her seat, which is but a few j ?! am not convinced,' she had
yards from that of her journalistic j 8&id in that spcecli, "that making
assailant. Throughout the session divorce easier really makes happy
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Bid in 107 of our own stores direct from factory to the
profits ere eliminated. W.L. Douglas S9.00 and $10.00
best shoe values for the money m this country. W.L.
J1 price stamped on the bottom guarantees the best shoes '
se that can be produced for the price. <
lir of ihoM as The quality of W. L. Douglas product la guaran- t
aad nareaeoaable a teed by more than 40 years experience In making
tie constant en- Sue (boss. The smart s tries an the loaders in the
itect kls eastern- fashion contort of imorfra They are made in a
leo ia his pledge wo 11-equipped factory at Brocktoe, Kaaa., by the
lis, workaaaahip higheet paid, skilled shoemakers, under the directho
price. 1st* tionaod enporriaioa of exporioacod ases, all working
ilxty-eeren years with an honest determination to make the boot
tiag back to the ahoae for the price that money can bap. The retail
s lad of ecTea, prices an the same everywhere. They coot as men
u tan yraaclaco than they do la Sow Tab
toes are for sale by over 9000 shoe dealers
teres. If your local dealer eauaot supply you,
eke. Order direct from the factory, (tend
r heir to order shoes by mall, postage free.
: 80S Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington M
TURDAY. EVENINGS
RATE HEARINGS)
PROMISED SOPH;
Public Will Be Given Op- |
portunity to Protest
Against Advances.
The Interstate Commerce Com minion
yesterday prepared to give
? early hearing to shippers anxious
to protest approval of the petition
ot the railroads for freight rate increases
totaling approximately SI..
D27.000.000 annually.
Fixing Of new rata*, which are
regarded as certain to be an increase
pver present schedules, is a
task that will take much of the
commission's time from now until
September l, officials explained today.
Public hearings soon to be held
are expected to brine to Washington
hundreds of shippers, railway
executives, lawyers and representatives
of the public.
The increase now asked is based
solely on present operating costs,
road officials emphasised. It does
not take Into consideration the possibility
of the new Railroad Labor
Board granting wage demands of
tl.MMOO.OOO annually, now being
presented to the board by rail
unions. If these demands are granted,
another Increase must be asked
by the roads, officials said.
"Man's Priest" of Camp Meigs
To Address K. of C. Here
The Rev. Edward J. Sweeney. 8.
J., known to soldiers of Camp Meigs
as "the man's priest," has accepted
the invitation of the District
Knights of Columbus to conduct a
spiritual retreat for the organisation
and he will deliver the flrst
sermon of the exercises in St. Patrick's
Church Sunday night at S
o'clock.
Retreat services will be held each
week-day evening at 7:30 o'clock
until Thursday evening, when the
services will be marked by solemn
closing exercises. The preacher,
according to the announcement of
the knights, is one of the leading
masters of pulpit eloquence in the
archdlocaqp. He Is a professor of 1
the Oonxaga College faculty and
was recently made chaplain of the
Washington Chapter. K. of C. He
was chaplain at Camp Meigs during
the war.
SUPREME COURT
CALLED TOO OLD
Decisions of the Vnlted States
Supreme Court In the steel case and
other suits brought under the anti- !
trust laws were attacked by Representatlve
Welty, Democrat, of Ohio, '
in the Mouse yesterday.
Such decisions, he declared, nullify ]
the spirit of the laws enacted by !
Congress. Advanced ages of the '
judges and service too long out of !
touch with the people, he said, are
responsible for the condition. The ,
remedy. In his opinion, is a Constitutional
amendment providing for ,
the appointment of all Federal
judges, including the Supreme Court, \
tor a term of years Instead of for
life.
Mr. Welty has pending before the
Judiciary Committee a resolution I
providing for the submission of such
an amendment to the States. He
has been promised a hearing next
Tuesday.
marriage more possible. |n America.
where the States have such
easy divorce laws. I 40 not think
that women have gained.
'*1 hate to be rude to a woman,"
Bottomley said In his speech, "but
my public duty compels me fo denounce
Lady Astor as a hypocrite
of tits flrst water.
Thinks World Too Loose.
"I Deg the house, iq thinking this
measure over, to consider It from a
large viewpoint and not to dwell
merely upon miseries and Inequall- j
ties. I think the world Is too loose I
altogether and what it needs is!
tightening up."
Bottomley in his paper says Lady!
Astor spoke "with tongue In her!
cheek" and avers she is guilty of I
"rank hrpocrisy" because she obatined
a divorce from her first husband.
Robert Gould Shaw, at Char- ,
lottesvllle, Va., on February S, 1903.!
"by arrangement between her and!'
ber> husband."
Charges Coll as Ion.
The editor produces a New York)'
newspaper report which states that I
Shaw went to Europe to make thejl
llvorce easy. |
"This is the honorable, noble lady
American by birth, who in the !
Souse of commons dares to ser- '
monise upon the spiritual aspect of I
.he marriage tie and protest against <
ilackenlng our laws of divorce.
r? "f 'J11 not a mora',8t. nor a purist. 1
I* I-tody Astor's flrst marriage was
jnhappy, I congratulate her upon (
setting rid of her husband, but I
want to see similar facilities, with 1
iue limitations, for unhappily mar- 1
rled persons in g>is country. I do 1
letest cant. ,
"I am not an enemy of female rep- c
-esentation In Parliament, although
L mnJe!l! 1 *OUld ?reter ? Plain. I
3ritlsh-born Mrs. Smith to the most 1
loble viscountess of American birth.
uady Astor was the protagonist of a i
treat experiment, and she has dls- ,
nally failed." " J
Predicts Revelations a Shock. j
Bottomley predicts that these s
revelations" will come as the final >
ihock to the members of all turtles ,
n the house of commons who ob* ?
set to being "fooled." .
He winds up what he describes as <
i."painful delicate taak" with an>ther
charge, namely, dissimulation,
>otnting out that Burke's ''peerage"
md other reference books describe
tancy Astor as the widow of Robirt
Gould Shaw, whereas her first
lusband is still alive la New York,
vhere he la a member of the Brook
;iub. ?
IEEKS TO PREVENT
REPEAL OF DRY LAW
Plans to change the rules of the
louse to prevent further efforts to
epeal the Volstead prohibition law
ly amendments to appropriation
.ilia were agreed upon the the Re(Ubliean
leaders yesterday.
When the House convsnes today
he Rules Committee wilt bring la a
avorable report on the resolution
>' Lonffwerth, of Ohio, designed to
nake Impossible a repetition of reparliamentary
rulings which
lave held such amendments to be
n order.
Soma of the "wet" Democrats 1
i*ve Indicated they would offer anduring
comIderatloa
of the sundry civil appropriation
bill this aftsrnoon. This
, ? ' ' stalled by adoplom
ot the Longworth resolution.
"SCHOOL DAYS"
Virginia Democi
On Insti
4Special to tke Wirtiliftw Hfrtlll
Lynchburg. Va., May 5.?With the
majority of the delegates to the
blate Democratic convention to be
held at Roanoke, May 19, already
elected, uncertainty still exists as
to whether the convention will send
an instructed or uninstructed delegation
to the national convention at
San Francisco In June. Some of the
county conventions have instructed
their delegates for Senator Carter
Glass and others have merely endorsed
him as their choice# but the
majority, probably, have contented
themselves with endorsing both
Senators Glass and Swanson. without
reference to the Presidency.
Loudoun County has endorsed Governor
Davie as its choice, but is
expected to vote for instructing for
Glass if a resolution to that effect
is presented.
Those advocating no instructions
pi ofess an entire absence of hostility
to the junior Senator, but say
that the delegation would have more
influence if uncommitted to any
man. even a favorite son candidate.
Should Glass, by any chance, be put
in the running, they say, Virginia s
aupport would be assured, instrucLABORDELAYS
DAN RIVER MILL
Largest Plant of Kind in
America Started at
Danville.
(Special ( Tke Washington Herald)
Danville, Va., May 5.?Rapid progress
is being made on what engineers
say will be the largest concrete
cotton mill in the United |
States, which Is now being constructed
for the Dan River Mills. j
The structure measuring 840 feet
jy 140 feet will be three stories ;
ligh and will embrace seventeen
icres of floor space when it is completed.
Nearly 3,000 carloads of ma- |
erlal will be required to b\iild and I
I0,000yards of concrete will be J
>oured.
The labor situation has proven j
;he most serious obstacle thus far,
he small army of workmen, 760 In
ill, being a magnet for Northern
abor agents who. rt is charged, have
nade raids on the works and inluced
.many to leave.
To offset this, Italian laborers are
>eing brought in by t^e contracting
Irm.
The mill, which will represent an
nvestment of $1,500,000, is being
milt on a "cost plus" basis and will
>e finished by October. In order to
oin this mill, which virtually covers
in island in the river Dan, a bridge
las been built. Joining the new mill
vith another group on the north
>ank of the stream.
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meting Delegates
f tions or no instructions. Governor Davis
is known to be in favor of In- |
structing the delegation.
Equal uncertainty exists as to
other questions likely to come be-;
fore the convention. There are
those who want the prohibition |
question considered, some county
conventions declaring for the repeal
of the Volstead act and others for
Its strict enforcement, but in the
great majority of cases the question
has not been agitated. In'
Chesterfield resolutions were adopted
declaring against any action at
the State convention and it is this
position, it is believed, that will be '<
assumed by most of the leaders.
Women will address the convan- j.
tion for the first time. Four years,
ago when Mrs. B. B. - Valentine.]
president of the Equal Suffrage'
League of Virginia, asked permls-1
sion to talk objections were so,
strenuous that she wss not permitted
to take the platform. - Conditions
are different this year.
There is even talk of sending a'
woman as "honorary delegate'* to
the San Francisco convention. f
The convention opens Wednesday.
May 19 and may be adjourned the
[same day.
leedy upholds!
STATES'RIGHTS
~?~?
T. W. Harrison s Opponent'
Urges Wines and Beer
Return.
I
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Charlottesville. Vs.. May 5.?Col.
Robert K. Leedy. who is opposing
Thomas W. Harrisoj, of Winchester,
for election to Congress from
the Seventh district. made his
second appearance of the campaign i
here last night.
He pitched into the Eighteenth I
Amendment, the Volstead law and
the Mapp law. and the legislators of J
nation and State who enacted
sam<\ with gloves off.
He denounced this sort of legistion
calling it "a departure from
the old and sacred principle of
States' rights."
Col. Leedy severly castigated the
authors of the Mapp prohibition
law in this State and held up to
scorn the leaders of the Anti-Saloon
League for "insincerity."
Col. Leedy predicted that he
would be nominated on the platform
he advocated, for the mak|
ing and use of wines, beer, cider
and old-fashioned drinks.
! Col. Leedy was introduced by
Prof. W. H. Echols, of the chair
of matematics* at the University
of Virginia.
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stories that are appearing daily in
The Washington Herald?
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HOME HYGIENE
n^ftKU X*)* AHKUE M NvT
IS ?JT' UM' ?t Tc?chir.i
PHome Nursing Classes j j
??tWd i Jai
The principle, of Uachlag homj '*
nursing clinn in rural oommuai4 5$
Uaa were outlined la an aMrcai h*t J
rflaa E. Earckaon before a mretiaf* *
of the Instructor. of claaae. la home
hygteae and the care of the )<*. i
held yesterday afternoon at 1
DVatrkt^Chapter of the American \
The meeting la one of aevern? i
d Vh,^y institute which opea-.'
At the nornlng meeting Mies'
Mabel Board man. chairman of tS i
I nuraing actlritie. of the Dlatrlcr
I Chapter, delivered the welcoming^ ..
addreaa. She outlined the benefltaof
the volunteer aide eyatem which."
waa recently tried put hy the I oca* i
Red Croaa. Dean W. c. Retdlgvr
of Georre Waahlarton Unlver.Hr
aad Mies Georgia M. Ntrhu also ;
Mi as Noyea. director of the de-.
partment of nursing from the aa?
! tional headquartera. apoke on (ha
: peace prorram of the Red Croav
nursing department at the evening
meeting. A film on home hyg^eae'
Thle moraine at ?:? o'clock tha
meeting will be addreaaed by l>eaa
Reudiger and Mia. Martin and Mtaa
Aitoa. the Inatitute closing with a
meet 1 ng this afternoon. J,
Wholesale Selling : \
> Price of Beef in
-Tm straight ? WMhugton ;;
Price* realized on Swift tc Com.
NARROW PATtt-o
below, aa published in the newapaper*,
averaged aa follow*, ahowiag
Offer Elaborate Program ??
Al Comer Stone Lying E?? ?&
Elaborate axercises will make the ! Mar. 20 I 10.00
laying of the corner atone of the Mar. *7..'... I [ 19.IT
new building of the Medical Society April 3 I ,8^,
of the District. at 1718 M atreet. to- i *P } 10 I 1M0
Hay at 3 p. m. *P *7 . *>.31
After introductory remark* by April 24.... A 19.07
Or. c. w. Richardson, who will pre- May 1 Sjo.iq
side. Dr. Francis R. Hagner, preai - f
dent of the aociety. will lay the ?
corner etone. asaisted by other ortl- i Swift Xr ComDMV
ters and truateea. Other speakers OtVeWUipOUy
will be Dr.. W. M. Barton, Joseph USA.
Wall and John B. Nichols.
Swift & Company
Does Not Control Its
Raw Material
Other industries can buy their raw
materials according to need or judgment
and set a selling price. They need
manufacture only what they can sell at
their price.
Cotton, wool, wheat, lumber, iron,
steel, and other non-perishables, can be
held either by their producers or their
users until needed.
But live stock comes to market every
day in fluctuating quantities from scattered
sources, wholly uncontrolled and
at times without regard to market needs.
An immediate outlet mtfst be found
for the perishable products, at whatever I price,
as only a very small proportion
can be stored. I
No one can foresee or stipulate what
they shall bring; prices must fluctuate
from day to day to insure keeping the
market clear.
Only the most exacting care of every
detail of distribution enables
Swift ft Company to make the ?maii I |
profit from all sources of a fraction of a
cent per pound, necessary for it to continue
to obtain capital and
operations.
Swift & Company, U. S. A. I
Washington LrfxalBranch, 10-14 C*nt?r Market
** T. Da trow, Manager, f
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