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r&a: s7^ iSiiti <N$ m m fej mm M Z&& '?&%$ fr? SI tern ?~~ -? Clothing for young j men and men who want to stay young. CTZJ ? Raincoat: Light Sprin Tuxedo AllbsFt; Coit CTT3 n u ? We are not going to carry a garment over the season. That is the reason for this extra ordinary sacrifice. Every garment is absofutely new?this season's creation?fresh from the hands of the world's foremost designers and tailors of Men's Fine Clothing. The reductions are straight forward. Everything is marked in plain figures. $50 Overcoats $40 Overcoats $35 Overcoats $25 Overcoats $20 Overcoats $18 Overcoats $15 Overcoats $37.25 $311.00 $25.25 $118.65 $14.25 $113.75 $10. $40 Suits $35 Suits $25 Suits $20. Suits $13 Suits $15 Suits ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? $31.00 $25.25 $18.65 $14.25 $ 13,75 $10.75 Every garment we sell j is faultless in style, fit, finish and workmanship. fteniamln Hothes W e are not giving a detailed list of the prices of R lincoits or Fjll Dress or Tu: j 1> or P ..ice Albert Suits. We want you to look on thj price tags yoarself and note the great values , ? r?,u JLJ /r\ fn} ^ ? dl m u ? Kg ma is il Don P. Halsey Believes Con gress Will Welcome Effigy. PUTS IT UP TO DELEGATION Besolntions of Appreciation, in Line * With Expressions of Love for South, Expected by State Commissioner. $ "If resolutions are passed by Congress accepting the statue of Lee placed In Statuary Hall in the Capitol it will serve to illustrate the fact th^t the great civil war and its bitterness are, indeed, things of the past, and that reunion and rec onciliation have taken their place." So spoke Don P. Halsey, Virginia s'.ate .senator from the Lynchburg district, last night, in discussing the placing of Gen. Lee's statue in the Hall of Fame and tlie pretests made against 1:. Mr. Halsey )- secretary of the Virginia commission having the matter in charge. Virginia Within Her Rights. ' As I understand the matter, no ac ceptance is necessary," he said. "Vir ginia has simp y exercised t..e right of every state, under the ;ede al statute Ki vernlng the rna.ter, of . e ectlng two of her dead citizens 'illustrious for their ivlc and mili ary services and for their historic renown.' to be commemorated by their statues in the p ace set aside by law for this purpose. So far as Vir ginia Is concerned, the matttr is at an end. The cc mmlssion. of which I am a member, has performed all cf Its func tions. and the statues have been duly placed in the hall. "As to whether C< ngress shall follow the precedent established in the major ity of previi us Instances and pass revo lt; ions cf appreciation, .hat Is a matter f>>r Congress to decide. 1 have the great est confidence in the wisd m, patriotism and k< od taste of the Virginia delegation In Congress and am content to have it to them to decide whether they will Initi ate resolutions of that sort or not. For my own part I can see n* good reison why they shculd hesitate <o do so if they deem it proper. Evidence of Reunited Country. "If such resolutions are introduced and passed it will serve to illustrate the fact that the great civil war and its bitter ness are Indeed things of the past and that reunion and reconciliation have taken their place. If they are not passed it will be taken by many to mean that much of the expression of good will to ward the south from northern sources is insincere. "I, for one. do not believe this. I have alwavs believed, and now believe, that the presentation of Washington and Lee as Vi-glnia's rep'esTtatives in the na tion's Pantheon wl'.l be taken by the vast rraJort*y of the people of the country, without reference to section or party, not only as the exercise of a legal right which belongs to Virginia as well as to every other state, but us a graceful and patrloMc expression of her loyalty and good will to the nation, of which she is a part, and which, as shown in the Span ish war. she stands ready to defend with the blood of her sons. Expects Congress to Approve. "I believe. furthermore, that If resolu tlons of thanks to Virginia are offered they will pass both houses of Congress with practical unanimity, and tha- no one will be found willing to make such a sad spectacle of himself as to raise his voice in protest, and thereby exhibit, nearly half a century after the war, a lac. of magnanimity and a spirit of sectional bitterness wholly out of accord with the prevailing sentiment of fraternal regard and national unity. "President Taft, than whom no Presi dent since the war has been more trusted or better beloved by the South, sounded the keynote when he said in Richmond a few weeks ago that he wanted the south ern states to fully understand that they are as much a part of the Union and have as many rights and privileges in the Union as any other states. And such, 1 confidently believe, is the real1 sentiment of the north. "The expressions of many leading papers and perodicals and of many) prominent public men in the north are accepted by the people of Virginia at their face value, as showing that both Lee and Washington are honored throughout the land and worthy to stand with the noblest sons that the other states can put for ward. "Certainly we in Virginia can be par doned for feeling that we have nothing to fear from a comparison of her represent atives with those of any other state." JAMES WOODWARD DIES. Was For Many Years Guard at Dis trict Jail. James Woodward, for many years a guard at the United States jail, this city, died at 2 o'clock this morning at his home. No. 2i6 10th sti-eet northeast. Mr. Woodward was seventy-five years of age. His widow and several children survive him. The funeral sen-Ices w'll be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his late res idence. Rev. John Compton Ball, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in Con g esslonal cemetery. Members of Pen talpha lx>dge, No. 23, F. A. A. M., of which the deceased was a membe.. will act as pallbearers and have charge of the service at the grave. Building Permits Issued. The following building permits were is sued today: To American Security and Trust Com pany, for one four-story brick stone and steel residence at 2S29 16th street north west; architect, Nathan C. Wyeth; build er, George A. Fuller Company; estimatedj cost, $120.000. To John M. Henderson, for six two j story brick dwellings on G street north east: architect, W. C. Allard; builder, ! John M. Henderson; estimated cost, |15t 0W>. To John M. Henderson, for live two story brick dwellings from K54 to 642 8th I street northeast; architect, W. C. Allard; ? builder, John M. Henderson; estimated ? cost, S12,000. j To A. S. Caywood, to repair office and apartment house at 915 New York avenue northwest; architect, C. E. Webb; build er, 8. E- Williamson; estimated cost, $5,000. To Keenan Brothers, repair store at 1611 7th street northwest; architect. James IH. Warner; builder, not decided; esti : mated cost, fS.OOO. Audubon Society's Annual Meeting. Arrangements for the annual meeting of the Audubon Society of the Distinct were partially made at a meeting of the ex ecutive committee, held at the residence of Justice Barna d, the president of the society, yesterday afternoon. Announce ment of the date of the annual meeting will be mado In the uear future. De Graw Would Change Meth od of Dead Letters Sale. REVENUE WAS $29,234.21 Increase in Mail Handled on Rural Delivery Routes Is Nearly Doubled in One Year. P. V. De Graw. Tite method of disposing of unclaimed articles sent to the dead letter division of the Post Offie Department, against which complaint was recently made by Charles II. Itoeder of Silver Spring. Md., is t lie subject of n recommeiwlat on in the an nual report of Fourth Assistant Postmas ter lieneral I*. V. De Graw, made public today. >Ir. Do draw says: "Attention Is again called to the desir ability of amending section 39.'1S, Revised Statutes, so as to reduce to one >ear from the date of registry the period of time during which undelivered art'cles or their proceeds can.be reclaimed, thus permit ting the adoption of an imp oved method of disposing of such articles that would eliminate the objectionable lottery feat ures of the present method and reduce the work of the division in making rec ords. etc." The report also shows that the revenue derived from dead mall matter for the year amounted to $29,234.21, from the following sources: Sale of merchandise. $10,014.01; removed . from letters and found loose in the mails. $18,874.32; cur rency received for postage, $315.*i?. Rural Delivery Progress. An increase of 00 per ceut in the amount of mail handled on rural free delivery routes In the fiscal year ended June 30 last is shown. In his comments upon this showing, Mr. De Graw saya: "This remarkable increase is conclusive evidence that the institution of rural de livery has enlarged the amount of the mails handled and, therefore, increased the revenues. This is true, although 40 per cent of the bulk of the mail on rural routes Is se<ond-elass matter, as the in crease applies to all classes of matter; especially to letters and postal cards, the latter due to the enormous use of souve nir or picture postcards." It is further shown by the report that during last year 3.370 petitions for rural delivery service of mail were filed with the department. Of this number 301 were pending June .'JO, 11109. Of ttlie 3,015 peti tions disposed of, 907, or 31 per cent, were rejected and 2,108 petitions were accepted for investigation. June 30, 1909, reports had been made in 1,470 of thesis cns3s. of which 047, or 44 per cent, were adverse to the installation of the service. Facilities Increase Mail. Mr. De Graw says that "the installa tion of rural delivery as a rule has been followed by an increase in the amount of mail delivered and collected within the territories respectively covered by that service." During the last fiscal year the total ex penditure for rural free delivery was $35,001,034. an increase over the previous year of $1,2S9,095. Good roads Imve been promoted by the Post Office Department In all proper ways. In this connection the report says: 'There has been unprecedented tim provement of the condition of roads traversed by rural carriers due to the in telligent and well directed interest of postmasters and carriers." ? ? HUBBARD SCHOOL PICTURES. Formal Presentation to Board by League Tomorrow Afternoon. Pictures secured by the League for the Decoration of the Public Schools for the Hubbard School will be formally present ed by the president of the league to the board of education at the Hub bard School tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The superintendent of schools, the supervisor of the division, the director of art and members of the board of educa tion and the league will be in attendance. The L'-ague for the Decoration of the Pub lic Schools was formed less than a year ago, for the object its name sign ties. It has now over itw subscribing members. Pictures have been secured through its ageney not only for the H ubbard, but for the Van Ness School, and in the former building the tinting of the walls has been done under the supervision of the chairman of its committee on decoration. Miss Grace Lincoln Temple. Recently the librarian of Congress granted the league permission to draw upon duplicate materia! in the division of prints, for exhibition purposes, and from this source pictures for two or three more school buildings are being obtained. The work of the league is indorsed and supported by the District Commis sioners. the municipal architect, the board of education. Chamber of Commerce. Washington Chapter of the American In tltute of Architects, Architectural Club and other local organizations. The officers of the league are Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, president; Mr. A. J. Parsons and Dr. E. E. Brown, vice presidents; Miss Leila Mechlin, secre tarv, and Mr. Charles J. Bell, treasurer. Kennard Rhodes, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John L- Rhodes, and Miss Florence McConnor. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William C. McConnor, were married at Queenstown, Md. Famous Westerners Clasp Hands for First Time. WAS AT THE PRESS CLUB Masterson and Bullock Had Never Seen Each Other Before. SWAP SOME OLD STOBIES Wild Days in the Wild West When Roosevelt Was a Cowpuncher Re called at Chance Meeting. "Mr. Masterson, this Is Mr. Bullock. I think you two have never m<*t before." The Interlocutor was Alfred Henry I/fwis. He was bringing together two noted characters of the west in the days when the west wan the west. Strange, as It turned out. when the two had talked together a few minutes, A*. B. Master son, better known as Bat Masterson, and Seth Bullock, now a United States mar-1 shal in South Dakota, had never met l>e fore. They had befcn in the same wild territory in the early '7<>s. and had heard of each other all their lives, but it remained for them to come face to face for the first time in the National Press Club. In Washington, many years after thj stirring days of their early manhood. Masterson came down from New York for a pleasure trip. Bullock is in Wash ington on business. Differ in Their Make-Ups. As the two men stood up and ?shook hands they presented a striking contrast. Masterson, slightly above medium height, heavily built, louked up into the hawk like face of the tall, anglar Bullock. "Why, you've got all your hair left, even if It is gray," Masterson remarked, as he glaJiced at the short-cropped, thick shock that adorned Bullock's head. "Mine is going fast," added Masterson, plaint ively, as he rubbed his hand over his sparsely covered dome. And then, aided and abetted by Alfred Henry Lewis, whose main object in life, when not writing, is to s?t up all nigiit over a bottle of apolliuaris or white rock, telling and listening to interest ing stories, Masterson and Bullock start ed In on a string of reminiscences that would serve as material for a hundred wild and woolly western novels. "What ever became of So-and-So?" Masterson asked. "Why, he was hanged." replied Bullock, with a note of regret in his voice. An other man had been killed by Bill Whats his-name, another had died a natural death, while a few were sti'l living, some of them prosperous ranchmen. The con versation ranged from Theodore Roose velt to prize fighting. ? "Masterson is the original organizer of the 'Return from Elba Club.* " Lewis told Bullock. "He says he will never go in the White House again until Theodore Roosevelt is back there. Whereupon Lewis made Masterson tell two \Vhite Houpe experiences. First Meeting With Roosevelt. ?The first time I ever met Mr. Roose veit.'f Masterson said, "was when he had been in the 'White House about a year. He sent for me to ccme to see him. I went. There was a big crowd there, but he spotted me and rushed over. " 'How are 'you, Bat?" he' said. 'Now before you go any further tell me how you made Denver Ed Smith whip Joe G< ddard that time In Denver?' "I was so badly ratt ed at the way he came at me I just fad: " 'Why. Smith was the better man.* " 'No. he wasn't.' the Pres dent said; 'Goddard, on his record, figured to whip Smith easily.' "When I got my brentli I told the President I had g<ot behind S ni.h in his corner and told him to rush right at Goddard at the tap of the bell and get him quick. Smith did It and had Goddard whipped, before they got well started. That was back in the early DOs. "This other story AI is kidding me about was when Mr. Roosevelt save his last public reception as President. Bill THlman and several others of us were here. We called on the President and he told us to come up to the reception. I told him I d dn't have any .evening clothes with me- He said that made no differ ence, to come anyhow. "Al Lewis and I went back to tl.a hotel. He said there was a man here who rented those makeJups and lie would have him fix me up. " 'I'll bring the hotel valet up to the room,' says Lewis, domineering-like, 'and he'll measure you and fix you up all right.' "The valet came and did the measuring. Lew s bossing the Job like he was the head man in a tailoring establishment. I stood around like a stall-fed otf. quiet and submissive, but I was thinking all the time. The more I thought the more convinced I became that I would look like a d n foo' in those clothes. But I I never said anythng. 'Finally the valet went out. I made some excuse, slipped out and collared him. Cut It for the Depot. ; " 'You screw hack where you c-ame from and don't bring any dress suit to me.' I said. 'Don't say anything to Mr. Lewis, but just don't show your face around here again!' "Then I waited for Al to go out. As soon as he disappeared I packed my grip, beat it down to the office, paid my b 11 and lit out for the railroad station. I caught the 4 o'clock train for New York. At Baltimore 1 wired Lewis that 1 hoped he would enjoy the reception and to come teM n>e about it when he got to New York "The only (liing I hated was to miss seeing Bill Tillman in a dress suit. That would have been worth a hundred dol lars to me." Somebody in the crowd asked Buliock, whose ranch adjoined that of Theodore I Roosevelt in the old days when the lat ter was a cowpuncher, if Roosevelt was e\er a real good horseman. "Yes," replied Bullock, "when I knew him he was a good rider. He did his regular trick all right. But he was a slender man in those days and i-ame out west to die. They gave him about two years to live. He was an active, ener getic youngster and made good.'* Was New at the Game. The name of some old mutual acquaint ance came up. "The last I heard of him was when he led a posse that hanged a horse thief." said Bullock. "They took the fellow out side of town to hang him. They found a tree that had a convenient limb, under neath which was a hay shock just about the right height. They put the horse thief on the hay shock, fixed the rope around his neck and slung it over the limb. "The thief was a cool customer. He looked at the hay shock and then at the ground. Turning to the crowd, he said: " 'I?ok here, boys. I am new at this hay-sliock scheme. Tell me, do I slide off or jump ofT?' It was rather early this morning when the party broke up, but Maaterson ar<l Buliock had brought their respective ca reers almost* up to date. They promised to meet again today and continue th? discussion. HEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. RAXDLE HIGHLANDS?United State? Realty Company to Josiah F. Krause, 'ot 17, block 5502; $10 NORTH RANDLK HIGHLANDS ? American Security and Trust Com pany. trustee, to J. G. L. Kibler, lot 34, block 5441: $.0. RANDLK HIGHLANDS?National Sav ings ard Trust Company, trustee, io Harry J. Kefauvcr, lot 41, b.ocK -*o; $1U. RANDLK HIGHLANDS?National Sav ings and Trust Company, trustee. to John T. Graiuun, lot 47, block 5543; $lo. PET WORTH?Elizabeth M. Caufman to E. Ida Rhoads, lot 27, square 2l?; $1<?. E. Ida Rhoads et vir, William L., t<? Samuel Cunningham, part lot 27, square 2S; $k?. IIOLMEAD MANOR?James D Risdon ft ux. to Jennie E. Abbott, lots 135, l-'Ui. 137. block 45; $10. KENILWORTII?Robert F. Wriglit, jr.. et ux. to John T. Sanderson, lots 2! and -'7. block 3; $10. John T. Sander son conveys same property to Eliza beth C. Wright; $10. EIGHTH AND K STREETS NORTH - HAST?Sarah B. Miller to Edward T. Crismond. lot 43. square $IO. PET WORTH?Nellie M. I* Jenkins et vir, William, to Jennie E. Abbott, lot 4, square 42; $10. INGLESIDE?Eugene A. Jones. truste.-. to William B Matthews, lots an, 40, 47, block 4; $4.724.H?. 13 STREET NORTHEAST between and 4th streets?Russell R. King tn Herman R. Howenstein, part original lot 13. square 7S5; $10. TWINING CITY?Harry E. Giadman et ux. to Charles R. MoKenney, lot 33, block 1: $1<>. CHEVY CH ASE?Chevy Chase T^nt Company to Clifford K. Berryman, lot 31 and part lot 32, square lSt??: $10 NOS. 1501 AND 1503 CAROLINA STREET NORTHWEST ? DanH Coyne to Sarah L. H. Coyne, lot# i?3 and t<?. square 19U; $10. NO. 920 NEW YORK AVENUE NORTH WEST?Eli tal>eth O. Johnson t>? Charles W. King. jr.. part original lot IO, Square 373: $10. COUNTY?Charles W. King, Jr., et U\. to Elizabeth C. Johnson, lots 302 and ;U{3. I^uiier He'Khts -Mid lots 070. 0s*. Pleasant Plains; $10. CHEVY CHASE?Jam< s W. Simpson et ux. to Ernest Knaebel, lot 72, squai? 1S<;7: $lo WISCONSIN AVENUE NORTHWEST Mwern O and P streets?Rlcliard P. S!mnis. trustee, to George B. Pitt?, lot 103. square 1214; $10. LANGDON PARK?Joseph A. Taff et in. to Oliver C. Knipe. lot 9, squar* 4215: $10. Oliver C. Kuip<* et ux. conv< y same property to Charles A. at:d Eva R. March; $1<>. 352 AND 354 ARMORY PLACE SOCTH W EST?J ames S. Eraser et ux. to Robert A. Miller, part lot ll, reserva tion C; $1. > H35 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NORTHWEST-Lydia M. B. Robinson et al. to Callie Thaw Perry, lot 13>, square 181; $15,5oO. CHEVY CHASE?Chevy Chase Lar.d Company to John Simpson, lots 5;? and .'i7. square 1*<*>8; $10. 233 FOURTEENTH STREET SOUTH EAST?George W. King et ux. t?? Robert M. McCaffrey, lot 21, squaro 108H; $10. HOLMEAD MANOR?Nannie J. Morris et ux. to William A. Craig, lot 40, blork 44: $10. 3121 FOURTEENTH STREET NORTH WEST? Aldls B. Browne, trustee. t>? Edmund Becker, part l<*t 14, block 30, Columbia Heights; $K.7?iO. EIGHTH AND G STREETS NORTH HAST?George W. Patterson et u\. to John M. Henderson, lota 26 U? Sa. square 8t?l; $10.