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ptiring Official Promises "Outside" Support in ; Welfare Activities. fostma?ter General / Will Hay* | V (minff outside" svipport of *9 activities of postofflce em yesterday noon. He received thanks of the 300.000 members the National Welfsre Council of j depart men* fo^ his "arrest., serv- j r to the , postofflce employe, at * j well JpBChtof at tfye Ralejg^ *el r '* ii fin leaving the Postofflce Depart - lit I do not propose to lessen my frent in the welfare of the postal ??kfrs." Mc. Hays told the council i^ ftains. "There is nothing in any wiesa that shows In dollars an<l "its. In the balance sheet as the (fare of the employes. It has | in fully demonstrated to me In j splendid co-operation received j lughout the whole postal service."* lesides members of the National j flfarc Council, others present, at farewell dinner to 'Postmaster s <Included Hubert Work. First | istant I'ostmaster General; W. . [In* Olover. Third Assistant Post stad General: H. H. Bills ny. | jrffl Assistant Postmaster Gen- j I; K. Frank el. welfare di- J Itor; (ieorg'1 W. Perkins, executive | Jretarv. and Kirk L Russell, chief ! I the division of correspondence. I Resolution of Tkanka. b*he representatives read the fol-1 inp resolution 'adopted by the ncil: That the National Welfare Coun- j of the Postofflce Department. ! fcinc the sincere sentiment of | >re than 300.?no postal workers, ex id in their behalf thanks and ap ?ciation _ to Postmaster General iys for the great service he has pdered and for the enlishtened | |icy he has instituted and which has greatly contributed to raising the tal service of the United States! |J s higher level of efficiency and ' knity." frn concluding his expression of ijAnks Postmaster General Hays j Wised th* co-operation of the | >-*al leaders in their efforts to, a-opecate in improvinc the serv- j J, I have been told that the lead |? oC the postal organization were, jitators and they used acrimony \ holding their positions, but T; *ve since found them to be the' Ihst willing to do everything pos pble' to co-operate in improving postal service." he said. PoatranMter t'hanee Present. !M. O. Chance. Washington post- | * taster, represented the flrst and j " fcond class postmasters. Others I Resent were: Third and fourth ! Inss post-nasters. V. JI. Stoneslfer; 4 ijpervisorv postofflce employes. V. 1 - Burke. Joe Willon. W. H. Hav- ( ^ Irk; railway mail supervisory em f Koyes. R- P. Williams: railway Ail. William Collins. H. W. Strick 2 ikid; rural letter-carriers. Wisdom * ). BTown; Federation of Postofflce flerks. G. E. Hyatt. T. F. Flaherty; pbited National Association of Posr ?ISce Clerks. C. P. Franciscus. J. J. frogan; letter-carriers. E. J. Gai &r. E. J. Cantwell; postofflce la borers. J. H. Bosche; Federal em ployes. Luther P. Stewart. Gertrude ScNaily; Women's Auxiliary of Post er Clerks. Mrs. Mary V. Hallas 'RAISES ACTION | FOR EQUAL RIGHTS Mi Senator Weller Congratulates |i Woman's Party on Mary land Bill. I'^nator A- E. Weller, of Mary Bind. yesterday wrote Mrs. Theodore B Forbes, of Baltimore, a member ?# the legislative committee of the ahryland branch of the Woman's Xrty. congratulating her and the K>tnen of Maryland upon tlie pas |lge of the equal rights bill by the Etryland house Tuesday. ?fiThe letter follows: J"My dear Mrs. Forbes: Permit me " congratulate you anrl all other ?srvland women upon the passage Sthe equal rights bill in the house jsterday. and to express the hope ?|at it will promptly pass the sen ate. I am heartily in favor of tlie Stmoval of the disabilities of women rthe law. as provided by this bill. ."Assuring you of my continued po-operation in all measures ben iflting the women of our State, be 1 J?ve me "Sincerely yours, fl (Signed) O. E. WELLER.." . THREE ARRESTED S. FOR THEFT IN D. C. | ? ? ?Charged with the theft of an au Wmobile and an overcoat, three ne groes were arrested yesterday in Kkford. Fa., and returned to the i Matrict. The prisoners gave their {imes as Rudolph Hawkins. 18 Mars old. !S!S Tenth street north Kit: Hooker Sharperson. 80 years S|d. Twelfth and T street northwest. ?Ad Andrew Jackson. vears f". Its Georgia avenne northwest. Al |ye charged with grand larceny. tThe automobile was the property Lieut. Gail Morgan. 3S00 Four enth street northwest. Tlie tver Hi belonged to W. B. Haviland. me addres". Steals Gems Worth S65.000. JaRDSL,EK-OS-H1!I>SON. N. V [uri h 1.?A lone burzlar scaled a j idder to an upper window of th* ! ountry home of Henry Graves 3d. ? it re. while the family was at din" ? Itr. ransacked bureau drawers and Reaped with two diamond brace . 5a and other jewelry valued at io.000. A servant gave the alarm. J 4d Graves fi?-ed at the robber, but Ithout effect. DEATH NOTICES. ?>ALL?At U a. m.. Monday. Feb. 27. V Capt. WM. B. WALL, at fcla residence. ! Ml Cedar at.. Cherry dale. Va. jol?mn r^iatem man will be reUbrated at ? 10-30 Thursday mornln*. March 2. at m. Acbm Charrh. Cb?rrydale. Ts.. K**r Father Laek*y olHrlating. lie will -j. with full Military honors in Xrllngtoa CeaaMerj at I o*cloek. Rela aad friead* Invited. aoRisrs. Appropriate Funeral Token? ajTBroT. Co. 1214 F St. WH if tanvsry wmw. C. SHAFFER :rrtKsmivi floral cm Pkwe M. ?t HODBBAT* FBiCBB MK-ll-M WOMAN SOLOMON GIVES BABE TO CHILDREN'S ' c * ?>. -y?. \\ ^ *? ?'v Judge Seller*, However, Declares Is Mother, and Mattl0 child. We Mr? him dlatl tute of a suitable home and com mit him to the Board of Children's Guardians during minority. Mrs. Mattio may make suitable contri bution to his rearing- Brln^ on the Beach case.** Thus, with a final rap of the gravel. Judge Kathryn Sellers de cided that Mrs. Maria A. Mattio and not Mrs. Btta Peck was the mother of the 7-months-old boy both Claimed, at the last hearing of the case before the Juvenile- Court yes | terday. With rate Latin stolidity. Mrs. Mattio. 15S9 I^wIb street northeast. j accepted the court's d^c'alon. while Mrs Peck, of Tuxedo, Md.. left, pro testing that she would appeal the FITZGERALD URGES PAYMENT OF BONUS Ohio Representative Points To $1,000 Bounties of Civil W?r Time. Wo Judge this child to be tlie-. ca??> to the 8?g?r?nA ColuPt, although '?nlnit the ?4V?c? ho< tier couiuwl. Miss Kate Johnsorv . A v Unable to speak English, the Italian woman, who hag been In the United States but eight months, gave her testimony through a* friend. Mrs. Molly Darlano. 7*5 Fifth street northwest, who at ted as Interpreter- and wlfftts**. T%e baby was born, she declared, July SO.^ 1921. at 2526 Georgia avenue north west. shortly after her arrival from Italy. Deserted by her husband, with two children to support, and no money, she advertised the child for adoptloiC *1 jet Mrs.*-Reck, hkve my baby with the underst alrtlng', fcnd bSli^f that she was a wealthy womart and would give him a j;ood hnme." she declared. ? Ceremonies of adoption were hel# September 14. both women admitted. Dr. Chjirles W. Allen. 941 New York avenue northwest, told the court that Mr*. Peck called him to the Bariano residence, where he wlt i nessed he.- adoption of the baby len der the name of Mrs. Mary E. Smith. He afterward drove Mrs Darlano. Mrs Peck. Alphonso Darlano and the infant to Tuexdo, Mil., where he left Mrs. Peck and her newly-ac quired son. "However. I cannot identify the baby..* Dr. Allen responded, when asked if the child, placidly watch ing the proceedings was the one In volved In the ceremony he wit nessed. James Corby, nephew of | Mrs. Darlano. thereupon testified that he had heard Mrs. Peck state that she was gdTng to call the baby her very own. "I'm getting along nicely "now.** Mrs. Mattto protested. "I can take care of my baby and give him a good home.'. But Judge Sellers was adamant. "When that transfer was made. Mrs. Pech. actually said sl^e wanted the baby to fool her husband, a soldier at l^angley Field, Va.." Mrs. Darian0 exclaimed. "Mrs. Peck said she was going to get ?Dr. Allen to gl\> her* a Mrth certificate for that baby!" w Almost incoherent with excite ment. Mrs. Peck admitted that she had taken Mrs. Mattio's baby, but had turned It over to a friend in Georgia, and Insisted that the one In the courtroom was her own. Upholding Mrs. Peck's testimony, Mrs. Grace Marshall.'10S7 Jefferson .street. Georgetown, and Mlrs. Emma Greene, 1070 Jefferson street. Georgetowu, declared that they visited Mrs. Peck four days after the child was born. They knew It was just that age because they dressed it. they said. But Miss Kepi esentatlve Roy Kitxgerald, ot Ohio, speaking before the Lincoln I Post at the University Club last night.'stated that the soldier bonus ' is no new thing in our legislation. He pointed out that during the last j part of the civil war bounties as ihigh as $1,000 were offered to en courage enlistment. "Great Britain with a national J debt amounting to 43 per qent of J hvi national resources, France with la national debt amounting to 53 per c? nt of her national resources, have [laid bounties to their soldiers, while the United States with a national debt equivalent to only 7 per cent of her resources, has delayed the payment of this obligation. Four European countries owe this nation $11,000,000,000, and they prefer to pay their veterans before they pay interest on this debt," Representa tive Fitzgerald stated. "The Dent law. passed in March. ! 1919, obligated the United States to | pay to war contractors for damages I suffered through the signing gf the armistice. $3,000,000,000. . It Is only llVh "the avV:r"o "UT^^ne, Ferrlter. .oca, .erv.ee work i financially and economically through their war service.*' he stated. "The means of raising revenue, either thrqugh taxation, revenues, or bond issues, can be as easily ad justed as when the Dent law was passed..' Lincoln Post voted to close its charter when 300 members are en er in Prince Georges County, told the crowd gathered to hear the case that on September 17 she had visited Mrs. Peck's Tuxedo home and found Mrs. Peck in bed with the baby at her side. 4 * "She got up when I came In. I urged caution, but she told me that the women of her family never ! rolled. Plans were diacusscd for I,veak<,ned untler the circumstances. | the acquisition of a permanent she me that a doctor and I mee.tin*? place- Plans were, made ' *Wo nurses were with her when the for participation in the American baby was born at midnight two days ? Legion athletic meet in this city, before, but she couldn't remember ' R. Kelley was appointed chairman ! their names." I of the athletic committee. rapt.' Attempt was made by Miss John j "Tim" Jordan spoke on the organi-lson to keep the court from con ation of a "wagon', of 40 Hommes j sidering the parentage of the child. .declaring that It was not a question I of Mrs. Peck's relationship to the ! boy. but bet fitness to care for him ih a mkKjni i ai? I that was moot. Judge Sellers ruled, I however, that the matter, must be decided In order to tlx the* rferson on whom the obligation of upkeep rested. It was alleged that Mrs. L aaaaaa^v^ a \j ivai&ai I Peck kept chickens on tl\e second _I floor of her house, and that the place war not kept in proper condi Waits in Daughter's Place tlo"f,?r,he "?'?>* ?'*<*''?? ? Court records of July 12, 1912, Under Arrangement et 8 Cheveaux in Washington. FATHER-IN-LAW ARRESTS MAN For Meeting. showed that Mrs. Peck, under the r.ame of Mrs. Etta Shields Reed, had had another adopted child takfen away and consigned to the Hoard of Guardians because It was living in destitute circumstances. WOMEN'S FIGHT UP TO PRESIDENT tee Urges Defeat of Equal Rights Move. I Wanted, it is said, on three charges of grand larceny and as an | ! escaped prisoner, Alfred James j j Wright. 22 years old. was tricked in j to arrest last night by his wife and j father-in-law. | As,he stood on Thirteenth street; j near F street northwest, waiting j ?for his wife. Mrs. Marion Wright, i 122 years old, 448 M street north-; . 'west, whom he had not seen for Trade Union League Commit weeks, Wright was approached by the father-in-law. William G. Hur-| ley, of the M street address. He was i forcibly marched to headquarters where he was held. He gave his ad dress as 417 Virginia avenue south east. Wright is accused of stealing $100 worth of cloth from the tailor shop of Azrael Furr. 335 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. He is also said to have stolen two typewriters from a local concern. While serving a one-year sentence for grand lar ceny. Wright is accused of having j escaped from jail last April. Previous to his commitment to jail, the accused is said to have eloped with Miss Hurley. They were I married in Washington. It is said, | after which the bride is said to have i been deserted. According to the father, arrange ! ments were made for the couple to j meet on Thirteenth near F street | shortly after & o'clock last night. PRESSMEN STRIKE IN NEW YORK ENDS NEW YORK. March 1?New York's newspapers, which were , rectjfy forced to reduce their Wednesday j i V~\ morning edition, and some of their | ? h?lc,,ale destruc Representatives of the National Women's Trade Union League called upon President Harding yesterday to ask his support in their fight against the blanket legislation for equal political and civil rights pro mulgated by the National Woman's party. Led by Mrs. Raymond Robbins, the committee told the President that the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution and the State bills, which have already been passed by the legislatures of Wis consin and Maryland, would nullify the remedial industrial legislation a fight of 100 years has won. "To destroy industrial laws for women merely because the same laws do not exist for men is to lower the whole level of industry,' they pointed out. Mrs. Robbins advocated specific measures in specific instances to existing discriminations. afternoon editions to eight pages, j have been restored to full size fol I lowing settlement of the strike of | pressmen. The pressmen who walked out of i the morning papers voted to abide j by the d?*ci*lon of Judge Martin B. ! Manton. of the United States Circuit i C*>urt of Appeals, as arbitrator. They had repudiated the agreement I by walking out. tion of them, and the group made known to the President the decla ration adopted by the conference of women's trade unions Sunday, cit ing legal authority as to their con tentions, in regard to the disas trous result of this proposed leg islation. Min< Ethel M. Smith, wom en's representative of the minimum wage board of this city, and secre tary of the league, was a member of the committed. Mrs. Hitt May Build. LKKSBURG. Va.. March 1.?Mrs. 1 Katherfne Elkins Hitt. well-known in Washington society and who was re cently divorced from her husband In Paris, will build a handsome country residence at Middleburg. Loudoun County, it is reported. The ljttle town is a center for hunters and horse lovers. Tweed Suits Fise quality in all slios,' stylet. colors. Youn? Ladies Shop Ills G ??. Jf. W. 12* Parsonage Sold at Auction. LEESBURiO. Va., March 1 ?The old Baptist parsonage here, on Mar ket street,, was sold at auction to day. to be wrecWted and removed within thirty days. This* is. the first actual step toward the building of a postofBce. * Our Entire Stock of Mens Womti'i and Children's RAINCOATS NOW ON SALE AT Mc ON THE $ UNITED - RUBBER - CO. 143S New York Ave. W.W. REMOVAL >CA|*E Bit red actions en etor Satire eteok of Draperies. Curtains. WlcfcSr Ftaitftre and Baby Carriages. Upholstery, Novettjr and Supply Store M?i? Mil Get HOLMES HEALTH BREAD It it worth while, it will Mke you miie. Phone Main 4537 ?y V .? ? HP - -. ? ? - ? i W PEPCO MADE 9.18 PER CEBT IN 1921 Kmsw COAL OPERATORS Company Estimate is 7.46 Based on Its Own Valuation.. <. ?? it . > v* IUta.i. d?MT. I.** Farrington to Discuss State Agreement. CHICAGO, March 1.?The threat ened nation-wide strike of VtUmln (oya coal mlnere on 'April 1 may be [averted If the policy committee of the miner* will allow dlatrlct preel dente to frame etate ware ayree 'mente with operator* instead of l? alstlnir on a blanket contract. It wai Indicated here tonight. Illinois operators made overtures to Frank Farrlngton, president of Uia Illinois miners, to meet with them on March 8, to discuss a State agreement. The operators alao sent John L Lewis. president of the miners, a copy of their proposal to the Illinois district chiefs. Says Sanction Is Possible. Farrington said today that the conference would be held If Lewis and other members of the policy committee would sanction It. He expressed the personal opinion, and, an a member of the policy com mittee. that sanction for State con ference waa entirely poaslble. "It ha* been done before, and it can be done again," he said. "We have had district agreements In the past and thla method' now seems to me to be the logical procedure. Of course, this depends upon the agreement of Lewis and other mem. bers of the policy committee." x* Other Keglonn to Aet. It Is expected, following the pro posal of the Illinois *fperatora, tha\ the operators of Indiana, Ohio and< Pennsylvania will also ask Stale conferences with the miners in those districts. It Ts believed that John Ilrophy, president of the Falr f.elds district, in l^euuaylvania, will ulso favor State agreements. In extending the invitation to discuss wages to the miners, the Illinois operators said they have accepted two invitations from let wis to talk Wuges. and that both meetings have been called oft. "In justice to the public, to tne miners, and to the operators, we an sec no reason why, because of Potomac Eleefrlc Power Company earned ?.l9 per cent In 1921, ao cordlti* to Inures given yesterday by the PuJllic Utilities Commission at a public hearing on electric rates held In the board room of the Dis trfct Buildlns. The rate was based on the com mission'^ valuation Of the property OWljed by the Potomae Electric power Company. According to the ^company's figures,- bgsed on their own valuation, the rate waa 7.*A ter cent. The greater part of the hearing yesterday afternoon was taken up by company representative* In ex plaining how they arrived at their figures. One difference between the two valuations resulted frojn the comrany's attempt to include their income tax as a part of the operat ing expense. CuwaHsaioa's Previous stand William F. Ham. president of the company, apd an array of legal talent^consistiug of s. R. Bower., Osborne Yellott and John S. Har bour?insisted that the Income tax properly belonged under operating expense. In 1920 the Public UMl'ties Com mission took the stand that "the income tax should be paid out of the profits, and not passed on to tl-e public." The previous positior taken by the commission wan brought out in questioning Yellott. who maintained that, regardless of this, the commission should deduct income taxex in arriving at the valuation. He further maintained that the income tax was not a wai measure and that, like all other! taxes, it wan a part of the com pany's expense. Barber asserted that It was never the intention of Congress to take the income tax out hfter figuring the net return. The cost of money was Intro duced into the testimony by Mr. Ham, when he asked that the evi dence of the recent street railway hearing in regard to the rate that bankers and brokers demand ror' the failure to comer in other States, the loan of money be included. He* a definite attempt to reach an agree summed up the position of the com- ment in Illinois should not be pany by stating that any cut In; made." It was stated. rates would be felt by the public Have fttadle* Tenss. In the quality of service. During the testimony Mr. Ham | frequently quoted from President Harding's speech of ship subsidy. This aroused William McK. Clay ton. representing the Federation of Cltiiens* Association*. to ask him if he believed in municipal owner ship. Mr. Ham replied that tnal question was one for the Commlis %i^p to decide. Coat of Extension*. Further evidence tended to show and settled fairly, for these Inter j that the valuations arrived at by j ested in the industry as well as | the Commission and by the com- the public." , pany differed also In that the com- I1 was pointed out in the state i pany included the cost of exten- \ ment that prevailing contractu with | *i< ns as a part of their expense (the international union do not pro for the year, while the Commis- J hIMt State agreements. slon spread it over the years in I Farrington said that he would accordance with the weight of the j meet with the other chiefs of the cr.*-t resting on the company each j Illinois miners Friday to decide on "We have studied and discussed terms among ourselves, conditions and rates on which we are willing to make a contract, and we think an opportunity should be given the Illinois operators to diacuas with you and your associates lu Illinois the whole problem of producing coal. We believe also that by an earnest effort on the part of the operator and the miner the serious problems involved can be settled. a course of action. The present rate for electricity 'furnished to private homes is 8.075 I cents per kilowatt hour. The cus-, | tomer is actually paylr.tr 10 cents j Iper hour pending a decision by the | Onited Supreme Court on the com pany's valuation. By the time the J decision is rendered the sum im pounded will probably amount to | $3,000,000. If the Commission's j valuation is sustained, the sum will f be prorated among thousands or consumers. Asked to estimate the amount of business the company expected to do in 1922. Mr. Ham stated that he was unable to do so. Commis sioner Charles Keller asked whether this meant he was willing to leave the estimating to the Commission. In summing up for the company, Mr. Ham stated that the service rendered was of such a high char acter that complaints were rare ex cept in ca?es of error In billa. Clayton, summing up for the con sumers urged that the Commission make their reduction so as to bene fit the retail consumer rather than the wholesale consumer. Lions Club Hears Leader of Order Ewen W. Cameron, international president of the Lions' Club, yester day spoke on "Llonlsm" at the local club's weekly luncheon at the Wil lard Hotel. Members of the local club, headed by Caleb O'Connor, president, at tended the "jungle festivities" of the Baltimore Lions' Club. Virgil F. Bourne has been desig nated chairman of the charter night program. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS Always beari S-onature of Exhibit of , CHILD ART STUDIES at the NATIONAL MUSEUM . ioth and B Sts. N. W. Ground Floor Lobby You are cordially invited UNDERWOOD &>UNDERWDOD Portraitj if Quality 1230 Connecticat Avenue Phone Main 4400 ?i "A Harvest Time for Housewives" Ttus is National Canned Foods Week March 1-8 SPECIAL CANNED FOODS SAHS EVERYWHERE ASK YOUR GROCER! % \? * * # ? ?* . Mary ?nd Hubby Away From Afl 4 r-?- -; Not EV? Telephone Link* Estate of lfojral Hooeymooa .en/to Outside World. - i .V f -2 : 8HIPNAU England. March f ? Prlncess'l^ary*/ and her new hubby are honeymooning on the Earl ef Bradford's vast ?state of 1 WW tieres. Weston Park. Anally safe j from all the rigorous formality of the last tow days and absolutely divorerd from the world at lir|?. ' ThO*e ere no relative?, no court attendant*, at Weaton Park, and the only other persons present arc a few discreet servants. The estate ?s aurrounded by a high wall, but !thia is not neceasary to keep out ?the villagers, who, despite their af fectionate enthusiasm for the cou ple. are ma (Main lag a decorous 'aloofness lb response to hints froo^ within. The couple had planned to go tor a canter through the forests In the morning, but *he train kept the prln ceaa indoors and the viscount took a stroll through the grounds. Viscount L#asc*Tles Informally ad vised the villagers that he and the princess fully appreciated the tremendous enthuslssm with which they had been received, but hoped their privacy would not be dis turbed. The desire for seclusion even caused the viscount to refuse to allow a telephone to be Installed at the mansion. Not a single wire con nection will connect the place with the outside world. FREED ON PLEA , OF SELF-DEFENSE Paul L. Chapman, colored. 20 years old, of 426 L street northwest, who was indicted on a charge of man slaughter in connection with the stabbinif and killing pf Randolph Burroughs, also colored, of the same address, was freed yesterday by Dis trict Attorney Peyton Gordon. Burroughs was killed In a quarrel over a debt of 85 cents January 12. Chapman pleaded aelf-defenae. His attorney was Armand W. Scott. Gor don instmcted his assistant. Bertrand Emerson. Jr., to nolle prosse the case. Dr. Abbot to Give Address. Dr. C harle* G. Abbot, assistant j secretary of the Smithsonian Insti j tution, will addreaa the Washington Society of the Maaaachuaetts Insti tute of Technology at the Univer sity Club at lta weekly luncheon to morrow. This la one of a aeries of talka by prominent men given at the weekly luncheon of the society. MONROE SCHOOL NOT TO CLOSE ON ACCOUNT OF GAS ? | Demands of Columbia Heights Citizens Fail to Move D. C. Officials. School and District government officials yesterday stood on their refusal to close the doors of the Monroe school. Columbia road and Georgia avenue Jn answer to com-1 Plaints that gat from the furnace filled the roomi of the building. The refusal waa baaed on reports from school and health department physicians that teats of the air taken from the rooms showed com paratively no signs of cms. In spite of the report* of the physicians. Columbia Height* Clti sens* Association leaders announce)* last night the society would demand closing of the school, basing Its action on the report of Dr. Benecs Bain, chairman of the special com mittee appointed to Investigate. The executive committee on Monday asked that the school be close? pending Installation of a new heating system. Dr. Bain declared at that time that "eras escaping from the wornout furnace in the twelve-room building Is endsngering the lives of the 500 pupils.** Engineer Commissioner Keller said yesterday that he had received reports from government physicians and experts that the building was not filled with gas from the fur nace and that conditions were not I unsafe for the pupils in any way and that In view of this no action to close the structure would be tsken. Further tests of the air will be made by physicians today Inspection of the school for pos sible gar leakage occupied Dr. Wil liam C* Fowler. District health officer, nearly two hours yester day. Samples of air taken in the schoo' rooms were tested by Dr. T. M Price. District health department chemist. The test showed that the amount vras well below the limit allowed. Wants Mountain Laurel As U. S. National Flower Representative Herbert W. Taylor of New Jersey, introduced a join resolution yesterday in the Hou?e urging the adoption of the mountain laurel as the nstlonsl floral insigni* The resolution provides thst th lauc 1 recognised as the nation*! flower on all state occasions an'* ceremonies, both foreign and do mestic. where the United Stiles or its representatives participate. ' m!** ?' RESINOL Sootfcinq 4*d Hukn^ You dont hove to wait: One application of this fcntle ointment brings heartfelt rebef and heahng Kashmiri Song Evening Brings Rest and You Both Sung by LAMBERT MURPHY Victor Record CU. 4510S 1913 afka's POP VOUNG FOLKS AND\, \rOUrURA. APPAfiB. FOR EVEBYWL. lANy 1 Tenik fit Kafka's Ninth Birthday Celebration Begins Today Our jrear* of steady progress lure been made possible through the good will aad encouragement of our thousands of customers; and it is to then that we dedicate this 9th Birthday sale. To express our gratitude, we have mad; an effort to surpass ourselves in value-firing; to en deavor that every item advertised in this sale should be so exceptional in quality and low in price that each on will be a true "birthday gift" to our customers. Anniversary Sale of Dresses $25 Nfcw Taffeta Dresses?New Georgette Dresses?New Satin Dresses A most remarkable presentation of the newest spring frocks. Every new shade. Simply marvelous values at this price. Sizes for women and misses. Coats Suits Spring Sport Coats?very tailored and very smart arc these garments. They have just the prtfpcr swagger so popular today. Ma terials are Tweeds, Homespuns and Polo. Anniversary price? Spring Sports Suits, made of Tweeds, Herringbones and Homespuns. AI1 shades and sizes. Smart new suits that regularly sell to $45.00. Sale price? $25.00 $25.00 Ol 25 Skirts, plain, plaid and striped material. Wonder- A p* f\f\ ful values that surely won't last long. Anniversary ^ Hosiery A Beautiful Full - fashioned Black Silk Hose, silk through-, out. A splendid $3.00 value. Anniversary #0 A A pricc * A Good Quality Silk Hose, $1.00 in brown and black. A prod uct of a well known mill. Anniversary price; Two styles of Quaker Maid Fancy Glove Silk Hosiery that sells in our regular stock at $375- Anni- ei AC versary price ^ Wool and Silk and Wool Hose, in champagne, taupe, brown, gray, green and black. Wonderful #| OC values at Full-fashioned Silk and Weld reat Hosiery?black only?an excellent value. Hosiery that regularly sells for $2.00. Anniversary Price $1.65 Children's Wear Boys' Wash Suits, made of ex cellent quality galatea. linene and rep. In middy and Dutch Daddy styles. One of the big gest values in this sale. Sizes 2 to 6 years. Anniversary Cl Of: day price Boys' Milan Braid Hats, in black, navy, brown and combina tiona of tan and brown. Trimmed in grosgrain ribbon, for 2 to 6 yoar kiddies. Anniver- C| OIT sary special *1.00 Girls* Jaunty Spring: Hats, made of pood quality Milan braid, in an assortment of shapes and styles. Sires for girls to 12 years. Birthday jq Rompers made of excellent ?quality gingham, in an assort ment of patterns. 2 to 5 Q^/4 years. Anniversary price.. Girls' Pster Pan 8hirt Waists, in pongee, also Balkan styls. of white linene. with collar and cults of checked gingham. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Anniver sary price a>l?00 Children's Muslin Drawers, with cluster of tucks snd hem stitched hem ? to 12 - year slscs. Annlverssry special Dresses for little tots. Ma terials are gingham and cham bray, in checks and stripes, trim med in solid shsdes to harmonise. Sizes 2 to ? years. Annl- An versary price One special group of Girls Spring Coats. In *is*s C. ? a ad in years only. Made of polo fltoth and camel's hair. SplsndM val ue. cial B4rth,Uy. $10.00 Girls' Dresses Gingham and Chamfcray Dresses in 6 to 14 year sizes?are divided into three groups. Each lot is a wonderful value. GiMp No. 1?Dresses marked to $3.00. Sale price '..... Group No. 2?Dresses marked to $5.00. Sale price .. $2.00 ... $2.95 Group No. 3?Dresses marked 1 f\ff to$w3r.;.v t