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10 URGES SPREADING' DISTRICTS DATA Mrs. George Ricker Says People of Nation Should Be Given All the Facts. *'lt is up to the residents of the District of Columbia to educate the people in the states to a thorough knowledge of conditions as they ex ist In the District, particularly in re gard to the actual amount of taxes w© pay,” said George Ricker of the District League of Women Voters yesterday afternoon when speaking before the Zonta Club on the subject of District suffrage in the dining room of the Men’s City Club. “It is appalling,” she continued, “when one realizes how complacently the people in all the states look upon the District as their private property and consider that they are supporting the District almost completely. There ary oven people in the District Itself woo do not know that of the total population of 437,000 people 75 per cent are native American citizens, a larger proportion than that of many other large cities in the United States. I’ll admit tljat I came here five years ago with the idea that the states paid for Washington, but now 1 know only too well that is not.the case by any means. I’ay Taxes; Have No Vote. “The District of Columbia pays 60 per cent of its own taxes, with not a single word to say how they shall be spent. By this I do not mean the local taxes, but the federal taxes. The people of the District pay more taxes than any one of fifteen states, yet we have no vote. "When the District was first built, from 1800 until 1874, wo had a voice in the administration of our own mu nicipal government. In 1878 our pres ent commission form of government was established. We do not want to change that form of government, although many people have the mis taken idea that is what we desire to accomplish. Many cities are adopt ing a similar form of government. The only thing we want is a right as citi zens of the United States to vote in Congress, the same as the sane, nor mal-minded Americans, even those of foreign birth, who may have only been in the country the necessary five years to obtain , citizenship rights. Foresaw Million Souls. “I don’t believe that George Wash ington or L’Enfant thought of the District of Columbia as a mere gov ernment reservation when they plan ned the present city, Washington stated that he believed this city would have a population of 1,000,000 people in time and would prove a most important port of entry and point of transfer for foreign goods to be distributed throughout the coun try. _ "As far as illiteracy In the District is concerned, we have a rate lower than that of twenty-five other states, including the states famed for their „ educational resources—Massachusetts and Now York. The District’s per centage of illiteracy is 4.9. whereas the national percentage Is 7.7. More over, the illiteracy of the colored population is 13.5, while In 1871, when w« felt this was the menace that some people still protest against, the per centage of illiteracy among the col ored population was 70.5 and the pro portion of the colored population to the white of the District was much larger. Women Moat Co-Operate. "For the past thirty years I have fought valiantly in the cause of suf-* frag©, principally for woman suf frage,” concluded Mrs. Ricker, "yet now I am living -in the one spot in the United States where the inhab itants are not citizens, but are a peo ple without a flag and without a country. I have the greatest con fidence in the ability of the residents of the District to put through a sat isfactory law granting us citizenship if all of us will co-operate and con centrate on one thing and carry the accurate state of affairs regarding taxes, etc., to friends in the states so as to make them realize what condi tions here really are.” Nearly the complete membership of the Zonta Club was present at the weekly luncheon yesterday, Mrs. Edith Salisbury, the president, presid ing. The club is proud of the fact j that four of its membership of thirty business and professional women are delegates to the Women's Industrial Conference. They arc: Miss Mary Lindsley, representing the Grace Dodge Hotel: Miss Jane Bartlett, rep resenting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Miss Gertrude Boll ing, representing the national organ ization of public nursing, and Judge Kathryn Sellers, representing the women of the American Bar Associa tlon. SMI7!!lilllillilllll!!|lii Forethought for Guests A YOUNG GREEK saw eight boars roast ing whole in the kitch en of Antony. ‘‘You . * await many guests,” he said. “Only a doz en,” retorted the cook, “but I am always pre pared.” So also is Wallis always pre pared with ample por tions and wide selec tion for your coming. Halits' I’ Washington’s target I v Restaurant” > 12th md G Streets N. W, .iiilillllllilß $3.50 Philadelphia || $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington. I AND IIETDEN Sunday, January 14 llj - SPECIAL TRAIN , Leave. Washington (Union Station) 7:30 A.M. E3 Arrives Wilmington 10:03 A.M., Chester t=S 10:25 AM., Philadelphia 10:30 A.U. E=j Returning, leaves Broad Street Sta- SS3 tion 7:30 P.M.. West Philadelphia 5=3 7:35 P.M., Cheater 7:56 P.M., WU- mington 8:15 P.M. Ticket, on tale Friday preceding Ex- ==] c union. gg'Similar Ezounlent Sundays. Jan, S 3 23, Feb. 11, 26, March U, 26, April S, 22. a Pennsylvania | sJJb Railroad System H The Brat, of the Broadway Limited. jg| . JUDGE TURNS COP, ARRESTS WOMAN FOR SPEEDING Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 12.—As Mrs. Catherine S. Scott and a friend of California were motoring along the Rockville-Galthersburg pike on their way to Washington this morn ing, they were paced by Judge Sam uel Riggs, who was on his way from his home at Laytonsville to preside in the police court at Rockville. Judge Riggs discovered that the California machine was traveling at a rate of speed in excess of the legal limit, so he stopped the machine and requested Mrs. Scott to stop at the police court in Rockville, which she did. Judge Riggs suspended sentience on condition that the women pay the costs, which amounted to $3. RELIEF WORKERS TO TELL OF NEAR EAST SUFFERING First-Hand Information to Be Giv en Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. * \ Residents of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, Maryland, who have been reading of the migra tion and the sufferings of the mil lions of Christians in the Caucasus and the Levant following the Smyrna disaster and the pressure of the Turks, will be interested in hearing of conditions over there from people who have actually been in that ter ritory recently. This opportunity will be given when this month a corps of over seas workers and official Speakers of the Near East Relief will visit towns in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties and tell of conditions as they saw them at Smyrna, Saloniki, along the Black sea and many other places. This corps of speakers will be head ed by Harold F. Pellegrin, Maryland state director, who was overseas only a few months ago and who was one of the official Near East Relief in spection party. Recent cables to Maryland head quarters place the number of Chris tian refugees now on Greek soil, as near as possible, at 700,000, with thou sands of others still on the march from east Thrace and in exodus from Anatolia. URGES COAL EMBARGO. Need of An embargo on the expor tation of anthracite coal was urged by Representative John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts yesterday before the House of Representatives, and he gave official figures showing that shipments to Canada during October and November materially exceeded thdse for the corresponding months of 1921, the largest coal export year in the history of the country. Mr, Rogers supplemented the ex port figures by quoting from adver tisements of Canadian dealers, show ing that they not only hav© ade quate supplies of fuel, but are charg ing from 32 to $7 less a ton for Amer ican anthracite than are retailers in this country. EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDED. The executive order of January 17, 1873, prohibiting the holding of federal and state offices at the same time, has been amended by President Harding to permit the appointment as special agents of persons holding state, terri torial or municipal positions, “when such action is deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to secure a more efficient administration of any law com ing within the purview of the Depart ment of Labor.” Today! Our Entire Stock of . ! (at about) */3 # | i This semi-animal sale cov ers every Manhattan shirt in stock, white or colored, day or dress, without a single ex ception. . The Avenue at Ninth. aW yaf Irf f. . / "W Medor^r^BSr GRAY hair, however hand some, denotes advancing age. We all know the advantages of a youthful ap pearance. Your hair is your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray, and looks streaked, Just a few applications of Sage Tea and Sulphur enhance its appearance a hundred-,fold. Don’t stay giay! Look young! Either prepare the recipe at home or get from any drug store a bottle of "Wyeth’s Sago and Sulphur Compound,” which is merely I the pld-tlme recipe improved by the addition of other in gredients. Thousands o t folks recommend this ready to-use preparation, because it darkens the hair beauti fully: besides, no one possibly tell, as It darkens so naturally and evenly. You moisten a. sponge or soft brush with it, drawing this through the hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning the gray hair dis appears; after another ap plication or two dark color is restored, and you appear i years younger. W ■ ■ • ■ THE EVENING STAB, WASHINGTON, 1). C„ FRIDAY. JANUARY 12. 1923. CLUB MAKES DRIVE FOR LIFE MEMBERS ' f Admiral Grayson Is in Charge of Campaign for Con gressional. Under direction of Read Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the membership committee of the Con gressional Country Club, a drive to fill the life membership quota of thh club was inaugurated this week. Admiral Grayson announced today that the initiation fee will be in creased from JI.OOO to 31,500 the first of next month. An advisory board comprising lead ing business and professional men of the country are aiding in the cam paign and are taking an active in terest In the plan to finish the work on the roll of “founders," whose names will be engraved on tablets In the clubhouse. There are now more than 500 names on this roster, including President Harding, Chief Justice Taft and Woodrow Wilson, who are honorary life members. Col. E. Lester Jones, chairman of the finance committee, announced that tho finances of the club are In a “flourishing condition,” and that there are now postive assurances that the proposed 3450,000 clubhouse to be erected on the club’s 450-aore tract in Maryland will be ready for occupancy this summer. The founda tion will be finished this month, (>. Logan Payne, chairman of the build ing committee, also announces. The first eighteen-hole golf course on the site has been completed and : will be opened for play early in the , spring. Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, aide to president Harding and superin tendent of public buildings and grounds, stated. He added that work on the. other two courses, one eighteen-hole and the other nine hole. will be started within a few weeks. The advisory board of the club is.as | follows: J. Ogden Armour, Nathan L. Amster of Boston, Henry W. Ander son of Richmond. Jules S.* Bache of New York, H. M. Blackmer of Denver, James C. Brady of New York, John McE. Bowman of New York, William Butterworth of Moline, 111.; Joseph H. Duncan of Chicago, Pierre S. du Pqnt of Wilmington, Del.; A. R. Ersklne of South Bend, Ind.; Philip H. Gadsden mini PIGGLY WIGGLY I Si " | Satisfaction Guaranteed | I EGGS S- 35 c I Every Egg Guaranteed—l-Dozen Cartons T\T TTirrm SUNSET GOLD •* n I BUTTER m jssr 53c | I POTATOES 22c [ I SNOWDRIFT, 17c | I SPINACH 16c | I m MWW TJF Carnation, Tall Can, 10c; Small Can, 5c m U |%/| I I If- Sunset Gold, Tall Can, 10c; Small Can, 5c ■ ■ ITllJLillL Eagle Brand Condensed, Can, 19c I BACON ip sr x 38 c I I TOMATOFSI! 0 2Can 9ic I * V/ITI/a JL Del Monte, Large Can. v .17c | BRAN COOKEDANDraUMBLED 12'I | SOAP ■‘a*; 20' | m TIIITP i f|T|T ¥1 Sunset Gold, Extra Fancy, Sliced, No. 2 Can, 25c M ■ rINr A r r I r Lad/Alice, Grated, No. 2 Can . . .18c. S I 1 111Ulli 1 lilJ Extra Fancy, Sliced, Large Can .38c § ■ ORANGES 39c | = == H ——— © : = n These prices good at all Piggly Wiggly Stores—all | | day Saturday and Monday. I PIGGLY WIGGLY I ■ All Over the World ■ is! mnw..nnmiDnunrr ... §55 of Philadelphia, Frank F. Hill of Memphis, Tenn.i Frank T. Hulswit of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Archibald John ston of Bethlehem, Pa,; Adrian B. Joyce of Cleveland/ John J. Raskob of New- York, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Louis G. Sands of New York, Paul M. Warburg of New York, E. T. Weir of Welrton, W. Va.; Frank B. Wiliams of New Orleans. Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago and William M. Wood of Bos ton. « ’ ONE HURT IN FIRE. James W. Murphy Slips on Stairs While Fleeing Burning House. Fire, originating on the second floor of a rooming house at 459 Missouri avenue early today, sent occupants of the house scampering to the street In scant night attire, resulted In slight injuries to one man and |SOO damage to the building. James W. Murphy, affected by smoke, started downstairs almost blinded. His foot missed a step and he fell to the ground floor. Ho was cut about the head and face and suf fered from smoke, but his condition at Emergency Hospital, where he was treated, was listed as "not serious." The property Is occupied by Thomas Moore, who conducts the lodging house. It is owned by the Gatti es tate. i * After long negotiation, the shoe manufacturers and workers of Cin cinnati have arrived at a compro mise agreement, thus bringing to an £nd an industrial conflict that had lasted seven months. rrhe ■ ( Tlw k. - WINDOW SHADES V V AT FACTORY PRICES Shade satisfaction is assured every one who orders shades made to order by this shop. Factory prices prevail. Phone us. *-—"|B3o 13th St. | Phone Main 4874 THRIFT WEEK DRIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET Beports on Special Work for Cam paign Will Be Made by All Chairmen Today, The general committee in charge of tho Thrift week campaign will hold its last meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock In the City Club. Reports on special work will be made by heads of all committees and subcommittees, ami W. C, Hanson, general chairman, will report on the meeting of thrift committee chairmen Wednesday even ing in the Bankers’ Club, New York. Secretary Fleming yesterday an nounced that practically every civic, professional and business organiza tion In the city will take part In the movement to encourage thrift, as well as citizens’ associations, fraternal or ganizations, women’s clubs, mercan tile establishments and government departments. Motion picture houses also will carry thrift messages, he said. Women are taking an active Interest in the campaign, among them being Mrs. William P. Bird. Miss Elizabeth Reiss, Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain, Mrs. F. V. Covllle, Miss Helen V. Barnhart, Mrs. Edith C. Salisbury. Mrs. Cath erine P. Moras and Mrs. Gertrude Bls choff. Mrs. Ida C. Kebler was-yester day named chairman of the D. A. R. thrift oommlttee. Mrs. Edith McClure Patterson of Dayton. Ohio, will come to Washing ton In a few days and speak to wom en’s organizations on the thrift sub ject. POSTAL SERVICE PRAISED. Wrongly 'Addressed Letters Quick ly Go to Bight Person. Examples of good work by the pos tal service In the delivery of wrongly addressed letters were called to the attention of City Postmaster Chance . yesterday In a letter from W. E. Per ; dew of Philadelphia. 1 ago an Associated Press I dispatch In the papers told about a letter that had been in the mail for fifteen years or so," Mr. Pardew wrote "As against this I recite the follow . Imc; "A letter was addressed to me at 6800 Spruce street. New York. My ■ telephone - number is Spruce 6800. With but two days’ delay this niis ■ directed letter was laid on my desk . in Philadelphia. "Another letter addressed to me at ■ <546 North street, Philadelphia, was delivered at my home (rented and not even In the telephone directory), 4546/North Carlisle street, with but ! one day’s delay." i ‘Take home <3 Box” | 25 assorted flavors. CO c So'd bv l-adlnq druggists Oil lb. ' ■■■■ ■ , ,ra uitv I- Women I ndous Mid-Winter I iale, offering you | erful opportunities X: Krtwear of Superior | _ Exquisite Beauty. | |At Big Savings; Pont Miss ft! | I/V. Never have we seen such ffiHjiiijffi f unbounded enthusiasm 1 fejlpil j jgjjk ■aSaSE ’r ! over bargains as women Vk are showing for the marvel- BSja MaM MEBjaffla \ak ous values in this sale. JS V—s. Twice each year we hold | Jm \ \ this big clearaway—in A Mm \ January and July—and \ when it comes, hundreds I N. instantly answer the sum- rB \ - I \ mons to the great bargains I ll - th e 7 know it holds for them. This year it is a 1 HHffi flPf % / bigger sale than ever— I HI J I V with much larger stock and | 'J&sS V > I/\ V\\ much greater values than ;! L/V V\l we have ever presented in wJ rSt ‘I ifINX\A any previous clearance sales. Be sure and make />. \\ the most of this wonderful JM WmA (i WV money-saving opportunity MOSSk WP 1 * / I tomorrow. Style after style jW yRh > L \ of these Nationally famous fL * TW\ JFZff&P shoes reduced to prices HwßHffi da \ that will make it worth t* your while to buy not one Mb hB \ I>ut several pairs. See , S these wonderful shoes to \ morrow. VHUHIHR 1-jgL." Lot No. 1—51.95; Amazing Values. f*HI * T This lot consists of Plain or Simp Pomps; Doll Kid or Russia Call, Gun Meta), II j I Jf Black snd Brown Kid Lace Oxfords with all the latest heels; Gun Metal and Tan M 1 Jf Lace Boots with Growing Girls or’Military Heels. /V (y I Lot No. 2—52.95; Wonderful Styles. | jk) V)\ H This lot consists of Gun Meul Lace Oxfords; Patent Leather 1 and 2 Strap Pumps u 1 lA with Miliury Heels; Gun Metel Jazz Oxfords; Vies Kid, 1 Strap or Lace Walking t- Oxfords; Smoked Elk Sport Oxfords, Black or Tan Trimmed; Tan Calf I Strap Ox- S ford. Military Heels; Havana Brown Kid 1 Strap with Louis Heels. Gun Metal, £ / Black Yici Kid and Tan Calf BooU, Miliury Heels. nJ Lot No. 3—53.45; Style After Style. This lot consists of Charming Styles in Tan Calf; Black Vici Kid or Havana Brown Kid Lace Oxfords; Military Heels, Rubber Top Lifts; Black'Satin Pumps. 1 and 2 K Strap with Low, Jr. Louis and Louis Heels, some have latest brocaded quarter in g popular wishbone effect; Gun Metal, Black or Brown Kid and Tan Calf Boots, Miliury Heels, Rubber Top Lifts. I FAMOUS LADY BILTMORE ft 0 C Ne 7" k Cbs * ic H 49 I Pure ThrMd Silk Hou H || Silk and Wool Hose, I | Reduced to .. .. wU Popular Colors, Reduced to | | SfieeStec&iCe'. 1 Iho Un«t Chain ei S km s*tn la Tka United Stetee 913 Pa. Ave. N.W., 1114 7th St. N.W. 711 H Street N.E. | Open Saturday Night Open Nights Open Nights All If swart Stores Opom Saturdar Evenings la Accsinmedate Gnstoaars. HEALTH BUREAU URGED. "It is absolutely necessary for the District of Columbia to consider seri ously the establishment of a child health bureau In connection with the District government,” Dr./Richard A. Bolt, general director of the Ameri can Child Hygiene Association, yes terday afternoon told members of the clvio section of the Twentieth Cen tury Club at the Women’s City Club. Mrs. William H. Herron, president of the club, presided at the meeting, at which about twenty members were present. i /F r SALE 1 1 CLOTHES ON CREDIT \ OUTFITTER to MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN \h. abramson/1 AND L STS. N. W. HARVEY DINNER GUEST. Lodge Entertains Diplomat, Sena tors and Representatives. i George Harvey, American Ambae.i -j ador at London, was the guest or ( honnor at a dinner given last nigtu ! by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader and chairman of the Senate foreign relations com mittee. The affair was said to be “purelv •social.” the guests Including most of the republican members of the Senate foreign relations committee. and a number of Representatives.