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SUMMER RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, If. J.
n? K'-ntnrky are., 100 yards
rrontenac, from . ,^p.t 250; eie
??tor; evcellent table. white arrrice; oceaa
view rooms; $8 up weekly: Shi. to Mon.. $::.50.
B"Qklrf. \V. F. WATTS.
RF AI IMONT Ten new ee afp., close to
Db/\UiTlUil 1 r.each. Refln^l family
hotel; finest cuisine; hathlng from hotel; shower
hatha. Special. $0 to $15 weekly. L. K. LOWER.
HOTEL "NEW ENGLAND
So. r?rolina avr. an<l l?eaeh; private lathi
running water In rnoms; elevator to stree
<'?paettv. |Uw?kl?f. UK VAX A WILLIAM:
ELBERON
and Fireproof Anne*. Tennessee ave.. near
Beach; central; open surround Infra: opposite
!'rot?*tant and Catholi.- churches; capacity 500;
rpw throughout; running water In rooms; pri
vate baths: metal bed-; 4.000 feet of porches;
excellent table; fresh vegetable*. windows
screened; white service: t?ook!et. Special, $8 to
$21 weekly; $1.50 to $3.50 dally.
R. B. LUDY. M. D.
I/ending High "-lass M??derate-rate Hotel.
A V'rginla .-ire. close to Beach.
I l/vlllol lv| Finest hathlng. all iders. etc.
? '.mint location: ft. porches; 100 cool rx>nt
rooms; private haths: elevator; ??scentlonal table;
fr?sh vp?i<iaM?'? and seafood. S|?e*-iall.v catering
t.t thos?? desiring superior aceontmodatIons. Spe
cial term-: **.?. $lo. $12.."??? up weekly; $2 ap
dally. B???kU-t. J. I*. COPE.
1IOTKL FRANCIS,
Michigan avr. near Beach. All modern Im
provements. Dressing r?w?m f??r hut her*, shower I
bath*. J. F. * M. C. DONOVAN. 1
HOTEL SHOREHAM
Virginia ave. near hea?-h; hest location. Capacity,!
.Too. T'nvoiighly modern: .levator. private hatha. I
? excellent table. $2.50 up daily. $12.50 up
*r.-efcly. l'moklft. F. H. LUNDV.
T*? "n. The MONTI C ELLO
A HIGH CLASS FAMILY and TRANSIENT
HOTEL. Kentucky ave.. near beach and all attrac
tions A good taMe. Choice rooms. '.'rivets
hatha. $2 up dally, special weeklv. Bootlst
Balled A. C. EKHOUI.
ODarlborougb - iBlenbdm
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
Joslsh White ft Soss Company.
HOTEL BOTHWELL
Virginia avr.. second house from Boardwalk
and Steel Pi??r. Every appointment.
Highest standard In cuisine and service. Booklet.
HOTEL ARLINGTON
Mohican ave.. n?-ar Bea?*h. Every modern con
venience and comfort, "pen surrounding*. S|>ecial
fall rates. Open all year. R. J. OSBORNE & S??N.
mrs. scorrs cottagr
$10.00 weekly. Mrs. Scott of R. I. are.
Washington. IJ. C.. now prepared to entertais
her Washington friends at 133 <?>ean ave.. cen
ter of attractions; bathing from ho.-.se; large,
airy rooms.
Tfli'htmr Hirnira Conn *re ttDd Beam:
li gttJJ<U>ir UiiUIlU, location: large, airr rooms:
eicel'ent table: bathing from hotel: 12th season
owner s management: special Sept. rates. A.M.Dunn.
LEXINGTON
Pacific at Arkansas are. SPACIOUS GROUNDS,
WITH TENNIS AND CROQUET COURTS. AD
JOIN BEACH AND BOARDWALK. Only hotel
where guest< may go from house to surf In bath
ing attire without using streets, which is pro
hibited. Use of bathhouses, with attendants to
? ?are lor suits, is free. Metal beds. Running
water in rooms. Fresh and sea water baths, pub
lie and private. Special rate*. $1.50 and up daily,
ss to $17.50 weekly, including choice table sup
plied from own farm. White sen-ice. Orchestra,
ballroom. B??oklet mailed.
PAUL C. RoSECRaNS. Mgr.
Berkshire Enn ^HiCSi?.vSS
and service. Sept. rates. $10 to
vator. private baths, etc. J. i<. DICKINSON.
HOTEL MAJESTIC
Onter of at factions. Ocean rlew. Renovated
rhro'igbout. Capacity. 300. Elevator. Private hatha.
White service, etc. Superior table. Special,
$12-5Q up wkly: $2.50 up dly. Bklt. M. A. SMITH.
PHILLIPS HOUSE,
Massachusetts Avenue and Beach.
Booklets on request. F. P. PHILLIPS.
The Wiltshire.
Ocean view. Greatly
Improved. Capacity. 350. Private baths, running
water in rooms, elevator, etc. Music. Special. !
$15.00 up weekly. $3.00 up daily. Open all the i
year. Booklet. SAMUEI. ELLIS.
Hotel Maryland
B ? h. Uu*ic^
5110 *,J up: * 'SsTmV
KENTON HALL
On beach at Belmont are.. Chelsea. TTnoh
ait acted ocean view: running water In all rcons;
elevator; capacity. 500. THOS. KENT.
CAPE MAY, X. J.
HOTEL LAFAYETTE,
CAPE MAY. N. J.
Directly on beach front. 25tii season under
aataa tnaagg?"* JOHN TRACY & CO.
MARTLAm
SWANVS HOTEL,
Plney Point. Mi.
Open July 1st. lo ated on the Potoma- and
St. Georges rivers: tine shade; good table;
boating, fishing, crabbing, bathing, music and
dancing: rates. $1.50 per day: $7 to $9 per
week: take Md. and Va. railway- steamer, foot
of 7th st. wharf: conveyance mec'.s all s'team
ers. J. T. SWANN. Plney Point. Md.
RURAL HOME on W.*t river: large shadv lawn
and porches: salt-water bathing: row and motor
(.oats free; phone C. ai:d P: descriptive circular.
M. Newell. Shady Side. Md. 24*
BRADDOCK I1KK.HTV *|D.
Hotel Braddock
"In the Mountains."
Only Two Hours From
Washington, D. C.
VIA B & O. R. R.
Ruling Motoring ? Tennis?
Walks, etc. Unsurpassed sren
fry; large, cool rooms; spacious
tmrches: all mod. eonv.; private
baths, electric light, etc. Mod
era t<? rates.
H. C. BOND,
Braddock Heights. Md.
QYI Y/I A Wide i>orc:ies; modern coa
O I LV 1A venlences. Reasonable rates.
For terms address
Miss La MAR. Braddo*' Heights. Md.
"THE AVAL ON."
Ob Cstoctln mountain. Altitude. 1.200 ft. Para
air, good water and no mosquitoes; all modern
conveniences?garage. For terms, etc.. addrasa
Mrs. THOS. H MYERS.
"THE NIBRAH HOUSE,"
Eighth season. Modern conveniences. Eleetrt*
lirhU throughout. Wide porches. Notedly anad
table. Garage. Ror.fclet. Mrs. J. A. HARBIN.
IIKTTKRTOV Ml).
Hotel Righte, Bctterton, Md.
On Chesapeake j'ay. High elevation. Fine wa
fr view. All resort amusements. .1 hour trip
froni BMltiuior*-. Orchestra. Write for booklet.
NORTH CHESAPK IKK BK %CH. MD.
THE I'INfS AND HOLLY" ROOM AND
Ivmrd. $S ;x*r week: room f?<r two. $?. Battling,
fishing, sailing, etc. Town of 200 ?ottages.
chur?'he*i. et?-. 1115 Eye n.w. ?
OCEAN' CITT. MD.
Seaside Hotel
Cider new management. Pacing the ?eeaa.
MI88 J. M. PBIKL.
The Oceanic & Mt. Vernon
Ocean front. J. J>._SHOWELL._Pro#,
Vf?f fN | Directly on Beach.
The Breakers 0*?^
* 1800 17th n.w.
THE COLONIAL " ~
On Boardwalk. Bathing from Hotel. First-claaa
table. New management. N. C. DEAN. Prop.
PEX-MAR. PA.
Mt. Forrest Inn
New houae; hath: electrified: large porches: ea.
table: at psrk. Mrs. BELLE F. CTOL1R |
Bon Air Cottage
Right at park; all conveniences: Isrc*. coal
rooms; cuisine receiving my personal attention. >
Booklet. Mrs. B. F. DlBHL.
DM K RIDliE SI'MMIT. PA.
Chapman Manor
Built of stone: beautifully situated; near sta
tioo: highest r?r?iut iu Blue Ridge mts.; bright,
cool room*; nnnl. '?ouv?-nlences. Iianclng. Booklet.
Wood moil t Inn
Blue Ridge Summit. Pa.: hlglf altitude: excellent
cnlaine; sanitary app'ts: reasonable rates: bklt.
VIRGINIA.
Orkney Springs Hotel and Baths,
Orkney Springs. Vs.. open June 1 to Nov. 1; de
lightful summer resort: elevation. 2.300; min
eral waters equal to Carlsbad, Germany; capac
ity. 750; vari?l amusements; temperature 8fi*;
best environments; good table; nice peopie; rest
fnl: homelike Booklet. H C. CARTER. Prop.
Mill CASTLEMANS
norxn niii feruy. vs.
219-acre colonUl farm seat, near Blneawnt. <m
Bheaandoab riser; valley, mt. and water acoaj;
shaded grounds; fishing, bos ting, swimming; fraafe
milk, fruits, fowls; $8 ark. till Nov.; no children
tSeii drcular. MaURICB CASTLBMAN,
' Berryvllla, Qaxka oouaty. Tk I
SUMMER EESOETS.
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA BEACH?rrrZHt r.H v ?Tr,i?1?j
oeean froot: eleetrlr light a; telenbojj. ?I???
rate* for A 11*11.t. Mr*. 8. T. APAIR. M
COLONIAL BEACH. VA.
THE KINO (INOKCE HOUSE.
MBS. S. TASK Eli, COLONIAL BEACH. VA.
Bescb front; one Mock from landing; larfa
porehes. Dinner. 50c. Kates reasonable.
OCKAN VIEW. VA.
K1HKWOOD COTTAGE
Ocean front. Fine bathing. boating and flshtap
free; near amusements; spacious grounds; all wm.
.?onvenlencea. "Old Virginia cooking. Op?0
through September. Mrs. W. F. 1 OAT. prop. _
WEST VIRGINIA.
AURORA HOUSE,
Crest of Beautiful Alleghanies.
Open for tbe season. Home comfort*,
table Moalc?dancing. Very moderate rate*, aaw
?rrl? from .r.ln^rU>^t^>l^.R ^
HAllPERS PERRY. W. TA.
Sparrows Inn Homelike comforta; ??;
ass. g&bsmsift
The Lockwood, w*T. ?!?<
r-Tb':^
BRACKETT HOITSB^ViaiUXlKS BIVEB. AIL
pie grounds; mountain air; purs water, ry
room" own jwrden. rhlckena. cows; bom? styia.
Mr*. C. NEWCOMER -
STEAMSHIPS.
LLOYD TTALIANO
TO ITALY IN n I)AVS BY THE
Faat Twln-aeww S. S. Taonntna. A"?- -?>?
First cabin. $00: aecond clWn. *75.
C. B. RICHARD A CO.. 3' B'way. N. V
? CLARK'S ORIENT CRUISE. FEB. 1-MJ
S s. Rotterdam; ??"> glorloua days. .**00
Sew York.
Potomac River Landings
AND BALTIMORE.
Steamer* leare 7th at wharf **?22Sta, 4
river point. Monday. Wedn^i^nd Sartrdar 4
p.m.: arrive Baltimore MM^ndnwralt* ouCLeaja
fealtlmore. Pier 3. Light at.. Monday.
an.! Saturday. S pm.arrtTe WMhtagtoBMConl
morning out. Rlrrr frciuht P?P*I<|.
aervlie flnt-rlaas Freight recelyed until a.ao
p.m. on sailing day*.
JOS. P. STEVENSON. Agent.
Maryland. Delaware and *irS'?l? !wfcA
Telephone Main 7*5 7th at. Wharf.
NEW YORK
1 and BOSTON
BY SEA
The Most Pleasant Route
to all Eastern and New
England Resorts
All Water from Washington
Literature at 731 15th St. N.W.
Phone Main 1520.
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.
Established 1840.
Faste-t Steamers in the World.
\QUITANIA. LUSITANIA,
MAURETANIA.
Sailings for Liverpool.
(Subjeet to r-hinge.)
Laconia... .Wed., Aug. 19, 3 p.m.
Campania.Wed., Aug. 26, 10 am.
Campania Tues., Sept. 15
Campania Tues., Oct. 6
For Information apply
CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO.. Ltd..
21-24 STATE STREET. NEW YORK.
OR LOCAL AGENTS.
11 MERCHANTS & MINERS' TRANS. CO.
VACATION TOUR
Personally Conducted to
BOSTON. PROVIDENCE.
NARRAGANSETT PIER,
NEWPORT. ETC.
$52.00 .
Incitiding ner*swiry expenses. Ten-day
t-ip lesTing Baltimore Wednesday, Au
gust 19. 1914. A most delightful and In
teresting trip.
Send for itinerary.
W P- TURNER. P. T. M.. Baltimore. Md.
ITALIAN LINER BRINGING
GROUP OF WASHINGTONIANS
Principe di Undine Heard From Off
the Azores Islands Today
by Wireless.
The Italian liner Principe Di Undine
is on her way across the Atlantic from
Genoa to New York carrying ?WO Amer
icans from Italy. She has been in wire
less communication today with this
country at a point ofT the Azores Is
lands. Among her passengers are the fol
lowing Washingtonians:
Representative Ben Johnson and Miss
Nancy Johnson. Senator George W. Nor
ris of Nebraska and his daughter. Miss
Ethel Norris: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
W. Noyes and their son. Theodore P.
Noyes: Dr. John Boyd and family. Dr.
Paul S. Reinch. American minister to
China, and Mrs. Reinch. Titus rike and
John B. Smaliwood.
Friends of Mrs. Emma J Young, who
taught in the public schools of Washing
ton for a number of years, who was
abroad this summer, and whose location
was not known, were gratified to learn
yesterday that she is at present in Bern,
Switzerland.
SERGT. YATES IDENTIFIES
SUICIDE AS HIS DAUGHTER
Mystery surrounding the identity of
the seventeen-year-old girl who commit
ted suicide in the Windsor Hotel in
Philadelphia last Monday was solved to
| day, when it was learned the girl was
Helen Yates, daughter of Robert Yate?,
mounted sergeant of the ninth precinct,
living at 1236 Morse street northeast.
The girl's father went to Philadelphia
and Identified the body of his daughter.
He will bring the remains to Washing
ton this evening.
The girl, it was said, had grieved over
the termination of her engagement to
marry. Recently, it was said, she had
served as a nurse at the country home
of the Washington Foundling Asylum, at
Bethesda, Md., but left that place about
ten days ago. Information was declined
at the home today, the statement being
made that no girl named Yates had been
employed there. !
Miss Yates was a, student at Business j
High School. When she left the Found- j
ling Asylum country home, it is believed, j
she went to Philadelphia In the effort to
find employment. Probably unsuccessful,
and brooding over her unfortunate love
affair, it is supposed she drank the poison
that ended her life.
AWAIT VILLA'S COMING.
MEXICO CITY, August 17.?Oen. Car
ranza wilt enter Mexico City tomorrow.
By that time tt is expected all the con
stitutionalist troops. Including Gen. Villa,
with '20,000 men, will have arrived and
that the members of Carranza's cabinet
also will be here. Troops continued to
pour into the city to augment the 12,000
Obregon led Saturday.
It Is reported that 5.000 federal troops
at Guadclupe declared they would not
abide by the peace pact, but would con
tinue lighting. They are virtually sur
rounded by constitutionalists.
Fin THE ME
P
Department of Justice Re
ceives Information From
Volunteer Investigators.
MORE WITNESSES HEARD
BY DISTRICT GRAND JURY
Vegetable Market Shows Reasonable
Quotations, Bnt Sugar Quoted
Half Cent Higher.
Having started its agents to investi
gating to fix responsibility for the
present high prices of foods, the De
partment of Justice now finds itself
flooded with information gathered by
voluntary investigators the country
over. All eyes seem to be turned on
this department as with it will rest the
question as to whether the responsi
ble ones may be made to suffer for
their acts. If there are no laws to
cover the case, then it probably will
be a matter of a short while before
such laws will be enacted, it is de
clared.
Senator Culberson, chairman of the
judiciary committee, said today that
he was watching carefully to see how
the Department of Justice succeeded
with its proceedings against dealers
in foodstufTs who have raised the
prices on the ground of necessity
created by the European war, when
in reality there was no good reason
for such an increase in prices.
"If the present law is not broad
enough to permit the prosecution or
such dealers and to send them to jail
if convicted," said Senator Culberson,
"I will see if we cannot amend the
Clayton anti-trust bill now pending
before the Senate so as to give this
power."
Before Local Grand Jury.
In this city today the grand jury in
vestigation started Friday was con
tinued.
Assistant United States Attorney S.
McComas Hawken. who Is assisting
United States Attorney Clarence R. Wil
son in the investigation, stated that a
number of new witnesses. had been sum
moned to give testimony before the grand
jury and that other witnesses who had
not testified when adjournment was taken
Friday would also be heard.
The witnesses summoned to testify to
day were B. Frank Fuller, manager of
the Columbia Hotel Supply Company,
and a representative of the Armour Beef
Company; Ellwood Lyons, of the Wilson
& Rodgers Company, local representatives
of Swift & Company; W. G. Carter, of
R. A. Golden & Company, commission
merchants: W. W. Bowie, freight agent of
the Pennsylvania railroad in this city;
Charles Wann, yardmaster of the Jersey
vards of the Pennsylvania railroad, this
city, and E. O. Whitford, president of
the Washington Market Company.
It is expected that others will be sum
moned to appear before the grand juhy
tomorrow.
Rise in Prici of Sugar.
Sugar has advanced one-half cent since
Saturday, and is now selling for 8 cents.
Other necessities in the way of vege
tables and fruits were quoted at reason
able "prices along the market lines this
morning. The principal complaint of the
commission merchants seemed to be that
there were no purchasers. At 10 o'clock
there were few customers along the line,
and the merchants said it had been that
way for two hours.
"There is plenty of vegetables and
fruits coming in. but no one to buy
them." said one merchant to a atar re
porter. "If there was, you wouldn't see
those crates of peaches b'ing there to rOc.
We can't sell them. People are out of the
city on vacations, and there is no de
m"inn the matter of fruits, perhaps the
high cost of sugar may have something
to do with the small demand. No one will
attempt to put up preserves when sugar
Is quoted at such a high price.
The Department of Justice reports seem
to indicate strongly the creation of arti
ficial prices, and the thing for the ag^llH!
now to do apparently is to fix the blame
on the persons responsible.
Commission Company's Statement.
A communication from the general man
ager of one of the largest live stock com
mission companies in the west follows
"As I am in the livestock business
and a very careful observer of general
conditions. I am writing to advise you
that week before last hogs declined
in Chicago $1 per 100 pounds, and
cattle to to 85 cents per 100 pounds,
except in possibly a few loads of choice
cattle; and at the very same time that
this livestock was being reduced in
price from the producers, the dressed
products to the consumer advanced
seVeral cents a pound. The packers
claimed that reductions were made, on
account of financial conditions and the
stringency of money, but I do not
know what excuse they gave for the
price of the dressed article being ad
vanced or what reasonable excuse they
could give. ,
"We know that there is very little
beef or pork exported, and from_ what I
can learn of our neutrality conditions it
would be impossible to export anything
at the present time. Therefore. I am un
able to see why the dressed article
should be advanced; and the same would
apply to wheat and flour, as tne farmers
are complaining that they cannot sell
th*yr wheat at the present time on ac
rount of financial conditions, and at the
same time mills are advancing the price
of Hour, which is most unreasonable.
Petition from Railroad Men.
A petition from the railroad employes
of Jacksonville, Fla., came to the De
partment of Justice this morning, ex
pressing the belief that not only wnoTe
salers but retailers of foodstuffs have
been holding meetings in that city to
control food prices.
"We believe," say the petitioners, "that
the present prices have been created by
men who have no regard for humanity in
their rush to satisfy greed."
Joseph Hoch of Janesville, Wis., writes:
"There seems to be a combination among
the grocery and meat dealer. I in
quired at a local wholesale grocery house
as to prices, and they absolutely refused
to give any information at all."
Comparisons Made in Texas.
What the European war is doing in Tex
as is indicated by the following compari
sons received from a United States dis
trict attorney. These prices were ob
tained from hotels and restaurants, and
the district attorney expresses the opin
ion that small consumers are being
charged even higher prices.
Prices a Prices asked
Commodity. week ago. todav.
GrauulutfMl sugar, perewt.. $4.00 |7.50
I Powdered sugar, per ewt... 5.00 7.35
Domino sugar, per cwt.... 7.50 0.00 ^
Swiss cheese, per lb 0.25-0.27 0.35*0.38
Flour oer bbl 4,75 5.10
Lemons, per case 3.75-4.00 7.60-8.00
Beef. ribs, per lb... S'S
Beef, sirloin, per lb. 0.28-0.JO 0.3*.
Beef, tongue, per lb. . 0.-4 ? 0.^
Beef, tenderloin, per lb.... 0.^-0.27 0.27
Pork loin, per lb 0.18 0.?5
Port ttnd.K.U., per lb.... 0.80 0.85
Ham. smoked, per lb 0.30 0.23
Marconi to Serve Italy.
ROME, via Paris, August IT. 4:35 a.m.
?William Marconi, the inventor of wire
less telegraphy, has written to friends
In Rome saying that he will return to
Italy to offer his own country all the
assistance that he can give?in case of
need his scientific knowledge or his arm,
whichever may tie moet useful.
U. S. SAFETY MEN
PLAN LOCAL BODY
Goverment Officials Enroll as
Charter Members of the
Branch Here..
Saving 17,000 Jives and preventing 1,000,
000 persons from being crippled or seri
ously injured in accidents is the annual
task assumed by the National Council
for Industrial Safety, an organization,
which seeks to conserve human life, par
ticularly lives of those engaged in In
dustrial work, on whose well being wives
and children are dependent for support
Plans yrerc set on foot last night for
the organization of a Washington branch
of this great humanitarian effort. Some
well known men who have enrolled as
charter members of the Washington
branch are Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, direc
tor of the bureau of mines; Charles C.
McChord, interstate commerce commis
sioner; William B. Wilson, Secretary of
Labor; Royal Meeker, commissioner of
labor statistics; Lucian W. Chaney,
Charles H. Verrill, expert in the bureau
of statistics of the Department of Labor,
and F. H. Bird, a statistician in the bu
reau of industrial relations.
These men met at the Cosmos Club and
were told the objects, methods and ac
complishments of the organized safety
men by Lew- R. Palmer of the Pennsyl
vania department of labor and industry,
who is first vice president of the national
organization.
Mr. Palmer was in Washington last
week arranging with prominent men to
make speeches at the annual council in
Chicago during the week of October 13.
Royal Meeker, commissioner of labor sta
tistics, is chairman of the national council
committee on standardization of accident
xeports. He is to preside at one of the
sessions of the congress and is to present
a paper. Dr. Joseph A. Holmes is recog
nized as one of the pioneers in industrial
safety. He is a director as well as a
charter member of the national council.
He is to speak at the Chicago congress.
Inspects Traffic Regulations.
While in Washington Mr. Palmer care
fully inspected the traffic regulations to
insure the public safety, with a view to
recommending some of the regulations
here toward a code for standardization of
municipal traffic, so that policemen, or
officials going from one city to another,
or the public would not be confronted
with different regulations, and habits of
caution would be more easily acquired.
Mr. Palmer regretted that William P.
Eno was not in the city, as he said Mr.
Eno, who has had considerable to do
with outlining the policy of traffic regula
tions, is recognized as an international
authority, and he had hoped to interest
him in assisting the council in adopting
standardization rules.
The national organization of safety
men was formed by the voluntary co
operation of men interested in this hu
manitarian work. It was not founded
fl?r profit. It has only one paid officer,
the secretary, W. H. Cameron, who was
formerly assistant to the president of
the American Steel Foundries, In which
company he was head of the safety or
ganization.
MEAT PRICES DECLINE
AS FOOD PROBE STARTS
IT. S. Attorney at Chicago Promises
Prosecution to Any Guilty of
Unlawful Practices.
CHICAGO, August 17.?Coincident
with the opening today of the special
investigation here into the advance in
prices on foodstuffs, cut meats at the
stock yards declined 25 to 30 cents a
hundred wholesale. This is said to
mean a retail declined of about 1 cent
a pound. It was expected that the
recession in prices was due to re
ceipts of hogs and cattle nearly dou
ble those of a week ago.
James' H. Wilkerson. United States
district attorney, was prepared to
serve subpoenas on men wanted to
.Testify before the federal grand j*iry.
The district attorney said he would
prosecute heads of establishments or
others whom he found violating the
anti-trust act by combination or con
certed action intended to control or
advance prices.
Legislation providing for the punish
ment of dealers who make the Euro
pean war an excuse for advancing food
prices beyond reason was to be con
sidered at a special meeting of the
municipal market commission. House
wives, representatives of numerous
women's clubs, city, state and county
officials and officials of the federal
government were invited to participate
in the meeting.
UNABLE TO SAY 1EN
CONGRESS WILL QUIT
Pesident Wilson Will Not Guess Date
of Adjournment?Public Busi
ness Pressing.
The President would not attempt to
day to make a guess as to the time for
the probable adjournment of Congress.
So much depends, he intimated, on de
velopments abroad that no guess could
be made by anybody. The situation in
Europe is such that Congress.is prac
tically compelled to stay on *duty to
safeguard American interests with prob
able new legislation.
The entry of Gen. Carranza into Mexico
City and his assumption of the duties of
provisional president of the republic has
not yet caused any consideration by the
President of the withdrawal of United
States soldiers from Vera Cruz. The
President has been so deeply absorbed
in other things lie has not taken this up.
The belief is general that the troops of
Uncle Sam at Vera- Cruz will not be dis
turbed until affairs in Mexico begin to
assume a shape that promises permanent
peace there.
Brings Golf Clubs to President.
I John W. Wilson, President Wilson's
cousin, has arrived at the White
House. Mr. Wilson was one of the
Americans caught in London at the
time of the declaration of war in Great
Britain. He had been abroad some
time with Mrs. Wilson. He and his
wife will bfe guests of the President
several days. Mr. Wilson came back
on the Philadelphia and brought with
him a set of golf clubs for the Presi
dent, a gift from the American Lunch
eon Club, the president of which is
Walter Page, the American ambassa
dor.
The clubs are the handiwork of James
Braid, for many years the golf cham
pion of the British Isles, who took
much trouble in their manufacture.
President Wilson will use them when
he takes tip golf again.
National Mercantile Hen Meet.
ST. LOUIS. August 17.?Representing
ninety-seven cities in the United States,
several in England and Havana, the Na
tional Association of Merhcantiie Agen
cies opened its ninth annual convention
here today for a three, days' session.
i
RED CROSS ANNOUNCES
RECEIPT OF $20,000
Rockefeller Foundation, Mm. Unwell
Sage and American Brewer*' Asso
ciation Send Big Checks.
The Star will rfCflre, ackaowl
rtfe and traiumlt to the Ameri
ca ? Red Croaa contributions from
the pablle toward the work to be
undertaken by that organisation
la connection with the wnr
abroad.
The receipt of three large sifts, aggre
gating1 $20,000, to help carry forward the
work of giving aid to the sick and wound
ed in the European war. which is to be
done by the American National Red
Cross, is announced by that organiza
tion.
J The Rockefeller Foundation has sent to
headquarters in this city its check for
$10,000, the second contribution of this
size received; Mrs. Russell Sage, widow
of the noted financier, has sent her check
for $5,000,? and the American Brewers'
Association, with headquarters in New
York, has contributed $5,000 to help along
the Red Cross work on the battlefields of
i Europe.
Th$ appeal sent broadcast through the
country by the Red Cross and transmit
ted through governors of states, mayors
of cities and presidents of boards of
trades and chambers of commerce Is
being generally answered, it is announced,
in a substantial and gratifying manner.
Selecting the Nurses.
Miss Jane A. Delano, chairman of the
general nursing work of the Red Cross,
is busily engaged in consideration of the
names of available nurses and physicians
submitted by the local committees of the
dozen or more cities and smaller states
to which the first call for volunteers was
sent a day or two ago.
Too much emphasis, it is stated, can
not be placed on the fact that the only
persons whose participation in the relief
ship expedition to be sent abroad by the
American Red Cross is possible are the
regularly trained and enrolled Red Cross
nurses. Such persons must be not only
willing workers, but specialists trained in
their vocations according to the highest
standards and in whose integrity and dis
interestedness the foreign governments
have every confidence. There are 5,000
of these regularly enrolled nurses in the
United States, and but a.few. ot this num
ber will be needed.
THBEE DIE IN GABAGE FIRE.
Six Others Seriously Injured When
Gas Tank Explodes in Ohio.
McCONNELLSVILE. Ohio, August 17.?
Three persons were killed and six in
jured. three perhaps fatally, when a
gasoline tank exploded in a garage here
late yesterday. The garage was wrecked,
and two other buildings, ignited by the
explosion, were destroyed.
The dead are Chester and Frank Walk
er. brothers, owners of the garage, and
Edward Sheets, a garage employe.
The seriously injured are Mrs. James
Chappelear and Mrs. Henry Raredon,
both of Malta. Ohio; Frank Bartlett.
aged ten. and Ernest Ridgely, both of
McConnellsville.
All the injured were terribly burned.
According to physicians Mrs. Chap
pelear, Mrs. Raredon and Bartlett are
not. expected to recover from their in
juries.
TAKES THE OATH
AS HOUSTON'S AID
Carl Vrooman Qualifies as As
sistant Secretary, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
CARL SCHURZ VROOMAN.
Carl Schurz Vrooman was sworn in
this morning: at 9:30 o'clock as assist
ant secretary of the Department of
Agriculture. The oath was adminis
tered by R. M. Reese, chief clerk of
the department, in the office of Secre
tary Houston, ^before a gatherng of the
heads of the different departments.
Those present, besides Mr. Vrooman,
Secretary Houston and Chief Clerk
Reese, included Milton Whitney of the
bureau of soils. Dr. A. D. Melvin of the
bureau of animal industry. Dr. C. L.
Alsberg of the bureau of chemistry,
Leon Estabrook of the bureau of crop
estimates, Nat C. Murray of the bureau
of crop "estimates, Joseph A. Arnold of
i the division of publication. Miss Clar
I ibel Barnett, the librarian ; George W.
I Horton of the office of information,
I Charles A. Brand of the office of mar
' kets and Dr. W. W. Taylor of the bu
j reau of plant industry.
Succeeds Dr. Galloway.
Mr. Vrooman takes the place of Dr.
Beverly T. Galloway, who resigned
last spring to accept a position as dean
of the New York Agricultural College
and experiment station- at Cornell Uni
versity. Dr. Galloway's resignation,
however, did not take effect officially
until August 1.
Kansas Guardsmen Begin Camp.
FORT RILEY. Kan.. August 17.?Every
train reaching Fort Riley today brought
scores of members of the Kansas Nation
al Guard for annual encampment which
formally began today. By tonight
I twelve hundred members of the guard
| will be here.
Still Keeping Prices
Down in Face of a Raising Market
m~ MILK, 3 ?-? 25c;
Free! All This Week at A & P Stores
12-quart Gray Enamel Preserving Kettle
Free to All Who Purchase a
Pound Can of Our
FAMOUS A&P
BAKING POWDER
At 50c
The Purest and Best Baking
Powder
3^ Laundry Starch, 2 lbs., 7c
BULL HEAD
CATSUP
8c
A BOTTli
?JAPAN
RICE
5c
A POUND. Very eco
nomical.
QUAKER
Corn Flakes
5c
A PAC KA6H BIk V alur.
'MATCHES, Tippfof 7 boxes, 25c
rrTHIS WEEK ONLY.XH
Tapioca pound, 4c
Clothes Lines, ea..l21/4c A 15c
Clothes Pins 100 for 12c
Mops each 25c
Pear line pgk., 4c and 8c
Evap. Peaches lb., 8c
Best Creamery ?
Butter
The Finest
Quality Money
Can Buy.
33
c
lb.
DELICIOUS CHEESE, Lb 19c
BIG MAIN STORE, 607 7th ST. N.W.
428 8th
1927 14th n-W.
8128 14th n.w.
8416 Gil a?e. n.w.
815 H ?t. n.?.
3139 M n.w.
1636 7th n.w
MARKETS.
Center market
Eastern mkt. s.e.
">-Jlut & K sts. n.w.
- 3th and K sts. n.w.
Premium Parlors.
Boom 21. 810 F St.
n.w.
ALEXANDRIA STORE, 525 KING STREET.
IIIHtlllllHI mini mm. inn.
A. LISNER. Daily Hours: 8:15 to 5. G STREET.
August Furniture Prices
Save You From 10 to 50 Per Cent.
Beginning the third
week <>f this great sale.
The fact is being dem
onstrated to increasing
numbers?that the fur
niture displayed is the
best, while offered very
much less than at the
high- class exclusive
stores.
Generous Terms at
Cash Prices.
An "account" or a
"'deposit" and free
"storage" are associ
ated with the August
prices. See Mr. Hoh
man on Fourth Floor.
Mahogany Furniture an Important Factor.
Among the newest are "Fireside" Chairs and Rockers at
$16.50 to $40.00, instead of $25.00 to $50.00. Grandfather Clocks
at $37-5? to Sjo.oo, instead of $50.00 to $72.50. Dining Tables at
$29.50 to $63.00, instead of $38.00 to $75.00. To match are Buf
fets at $45.00 to $117.00, instead of $65.00 to $150.00. China
Closets, $31.50 to $77.50, instead of $42.50 to $87.50. Serving
Tables, $15.50 to $36.00, instead of $25.00 to $49.50.
The New Men's Shop
G Street?Two Doors East of Eleventh.
Now's the Time to Inve.-t.
Young and athletic men, who wear
thin underwear the year around, and those
who don't, all can profitably invest now.
with a certain profit of 20 to 50 per cent.
$1.50 Reis Union Suits 69c
$1.00 Athletic Union Suits 50c
50c Athletic Shirts and Drawers 29c
$1.50 Silk Lisle Shirts and Drawers. .50c
50c Porosknit Shirts and- Drawers.... 35c
$1.00 Porosknit Union Suits 65c
50c Silk Half Hose 25c
$1.50 Olus Pajamas $105
50c Silk Neckwear 29c
$5.00 Bathing Suits $2.00
The ahead store has to be ahead
of the season.
One of the coming suits is pic
tured?here at only $18.50. Others
here at $25.00 to $32.50.
now $7.50
There were $65.00 Suits here
this morning?tomorrow you can
only look for $20.00 to- $40.00 Suits
at $7.50. Learn that they are of all
wool cloths, superbly tailored and
conservative enough in style to be
favored by the army of women who
object to crazy extremes. Third
floor?four elevators.
Reduced to Only ffg AA
Basement floor, for these Silk
Dresses worth to $25.00; various
coats, worth to $18.00; various Cloth
Suits, worth to $25.00. Sixty-nine
of these garments here this morn
ing. Basement Floor?4 seconds by
4 elevators.
. ?Including Many Worth $1.00 and Up to $12.00.
Stranger than fiction?Superb Parisian Silk, Chiffon and
Lace Waists, worth to $10.00, at only $3.98. Only 69c for
newest style White Silk Waists. Only 37c for $1.00 to $2.00
White Voile and Lingerie Waists. All these arc on Base
ment Floor. On third floor is a very much greater collection.
Note that all broken lots are sent to the basement- and that
the third floor stock is thus kept immaculate. ,
On Third Floor.
For petite women and girls
to 20 years?387 summer
dresses of voile, batiste, ratine
and filmy tissues; long 3'nd
short tunic models; some
lace trimmed, some with
touches of hand embroidery.
Many worth $5.00?at only
$1.00 for choice.
Values at $11
Basement Floor.
On sale for the first time
this morning. Note quality
of the wash materials, the
needlework, the stylish col
lars, the lace-trimmed styles.
All sizes for big girls and for
women requiring all sizes to
44. Basement Floor?4 ele
vators.
The Palais Royal
A. LISNER.
Daily Hours, 8:15 to 5. .G.STREET.
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