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MONDAY AND ALL WEEK D04WTY. DitaNiFlUD. DIU.WGV INED. rAs4iNATI1o. FUNINlb ITT BEATRICE MORELLE SEXTETTE "A STUDY IN ROYAL BLUE". PAUL & PAULINE NIEMAN & HARRIS in a ('lever Aerial I comrdy unlauea sad 'ra(iblas A o.e.Dr.matl.e Playt i. O. see.. "THE OLD MINSTREL MAN" reetedl by HARRY BROOKS AND COMPANY ASSIST3D BY l:AfllE1 U~ CINTON" ,, EUGENE EMMETT ,. TIe sweetest Ir'ab I)rahn E.e Written AL, r'EfIFORti~lA JS" W1LLIAN 1001 FRESENTS THEDA BARA I. a Great Super.pecial "KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN" Added Attractiona Late Miutinee Performaance Only " l ULTIPLE REE. t OMEDII -S1ENIC-NEW5 WEEKLY TODAY-TIIE FlvlE PETRtV A." TILYO' ! IOGER. ETC. r9oL Today From 3 to 1i P. M. Daly Thereafter from 2 to 11P. M. The Distinguished Actress BLANCHESWEET In the Most Unusual Story Ever Filmed "THE HUSHED HOUR" A Motion Picture Version of a Story Entirely Different From Anything You Have Ever Seen With the Greatest Cast Ever Featured in Any Motion Picture WILFRED LUCAS MILTON SILLS HARRY NORTHRUP WINTER HALL KID M'COY MARY ANDERSON LYDIA KNOTT BENNIE ALEXANDER PARAMOUNT-ARBUCKLE COMEDY "GOOD NIGHT NURSE" Starring ROSCOE "FATTY" ARBUCKLE ALL CHILDREN, 17c PALACE T-HEAPf -TODAY AND AlL WEE * CHARLES RAY In Alexander 1e.ll' Romantie Story of a Village Failure Who Conquered Hi:: Home Town. "HOMER COMES HOME" SUNSHIN E C' OMEDY--THE JAZZ BA DIT " 01VE'RTl-(CARTOON-NEW'A--TOPltS--TC. = COLUMBIA ENID BENNETJT In C. Gardner Suili an Romenti. Study of a "HAIRPINS" OTHE~R ADDED NUMBDERS. MeONDAY AND ALL..WEEt"K. Private Property Twelve Talented Entertainera. WARD & WILSON MOORE & FIELDS "SHOW ME" Thbse Ebony Comedians and A C..e., No.et, wa ... "Dancing Fools" GOSLAR & LUSBY 1w Mantal and Daneing Divertueementm.-a strictly high-elams OtAEMER-IARTON-- SPElLuNG GEO. W. MOORE in 311evtonm um ad Seag. I Jm-.Jfa ggle g... Anything Matinee Femnre Film- Speciai 2-reel Comedy-. WALLACE REID "You Wouldn't "iSICK A BED" 'ahNuet lOIIte t" U. S. Emploj Aims in' "Feurteen Pontas." embracing the salient features of the work and ob Jects of the National Federation of Federal Cmployes. together with names and addresses of the 'gicers of the *rganlsallon. with correspond lag data fop the various locals, now numbering 192. made its appeairance yesterday at national headquarters. It Is the new edition of the N. F. F. E. directory, which is to be pub lished in January and July each )ear. Copies of the edition are being sent to the president and se retaries of all the locals fur the information of their members. The "fourteen Points" follow: I Protection of the ight of Gov ernment employes to orgeniae fur coulective effort. 2 I nmediate passage by the Mgenate of the Nolan-Johnson minimum wage bill when tongress convenes. 3--The passage of a law making effective the recommendations of the Congressioal Joint ('ommisaon on Reelashitcation of Salarie-+. and the extension of such legis'atian to in clude employes in all branches of the field service as well as those in Wash ington. 4--rending alt equiltahle reclassini cation of civil service salaries throughout the service, flat salary in creases to keep pice with the In creased cost of living. 5 -An enlarged Civil Service Com mission, compeisel of representatives of the depart nent heads., of the em ployes, and of the general public, with equal representation for men and women. i Legislatiun guaranteeing to women equal opportunity and equal par with nien in the federal service. 7 Removal of reetrictions on in ter -departmental transfers. w Standardiaation of leave, so as to make it uniform throughout the service. 9-Abolition of overtime work, or pay at one and one-half and double time for service in excess of regular hours. 10-Saturday half holiday all the year round. 11-The establishment of a person nel department comparablo with the employment management department of a modern corporation. 12-The establishment of a system ib4'ORPr7w t~)iE1Lu~tt5Tlow OF e WASHINGTONS PLAYi 4 iYfASu'Ri P(ACEC OUP' ontSENTwo ON ITS STAG ONLY TIoE FOO FOR ITS FIRST PEIOR 4THE BY FREDERKC AND FANNY dOSE 44OA CAST a4 /NE aST/NC DONALD MACDONALD--MIRIA3 OIA TAILMA NORVAL KEEl) VON BUI/OW--SYDNEY BOO EVIL L-DOROTHY SMOLLER -LOIS ALBERNI. STAGED BY Cl A CARD TO How to Save Mone We all want to see. We all we SAVE . If you take advantage of the hell To advertise "The Checkerh opening night. TOMORROW. Al fEZZANINE SEATS WILL FOR THE REITCED PRICE OF $1.5( Desiring to he fair to all. II THE THEATER WILL PA' T11 'RESENTED. This price and ta reason that the autumn theatrica and that the plav is new. There is nothin. wrong with attraction is the best money pr( time. This is simply a different I night say that: THE PLAY is pioduced by Cr superiority of its attractions. "Th of their uncommon taste. It is to the same beautiful production an As to THE AUTHORS. FREDERIC . the stage wit~h "Unpstairs and D -lIover." etc. Thos'e who have re Checkerboard" thr'r best plav. -THE COMPANY embraces a entireiy suited to the slory. An - Come to the opening-be a -your verdict. knowing something Please do not fail to bringt it an a record of each discount sa I am, yours bor the theat 14ext Week W AGEN HAL U Pr "SPAN IS A Play la Thre 3y AVE~tY HOPWIOOD and A fireetsana Cant and N DAIL.Y a ISUNDAY :: RtONNIN'O TOMORROW MATINEE l.%DInfREM OF L~l "THE (HAtTl CORINNE Baa Her Wlashingtnn Vaudetlille Prem "A CRIAMELFA)N fti I E" 'Tidbiti Sapperted br bucha Able Alders and Abe tA Eament Acio-E'stra Adde< FRANK WIL i's "M89 a New On Wlelcome Alwase to llashinigtonj u Marry and Anna Seynlour Fm **treery Rita of MIlrih b %lelnd, ' fi'n "TitE ACt BEAUtliFUi"a.b by W m. Esdqire'tlu and Is In rPasing Honree end fioae Tartas * & A:15-Renew Mantres ;es Sum Up '14 Points" of training for higher positions in the Pederal service. 13-The satabiahment of a system of promotion for employes based on practical tests and demonstrated ef Aciency. 14--Ihe elimination of politics it the administrative branches of the service, thud making de.aonstrated efficiency the sole conasideration for entrance or advancement. OIL AFIRE ON WATER; NO "SNIP EXPLOSION" ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. I. Feas that a vessel had been sunk by a mysterious explosion with all hands on board off Avalon last week were dispelled today by the explaga tien of Capt. George Painter. of the fishing schooner Macintosh. According to Painter, the explosion was caused by setting fire to about l.000 tons of nil that had been float. Ing on the water off Avalon. The oil had drifted from the tanker (am brille, which grounded off the Brigan ine shoals, and had greatly inter fored with fishing. The engineer of the Macintosh threw a bundle of biasing waste Into the oily waters, which re-tilted in a series of fires and explosions. reported to the coast guard stations. SWISS PROTEST AGAINST $25,000,000 LOAN IN U.S People Suspleious of 8 Per Cent Deal Made in America, Declares Socialist Newspaper. GENEVA. Aug. 1.-4ws socialists are loudly protesting against the new $.-5,000.000 Swiss government loan. which is being placed in the United States at S per cent interest. They claim the interest rate is'exorbitant. Lee, Higginson Company, of Boston. subscribed $10.000,000 of the loan, at 94, reserving the right to take over the remainder at the saine price. "The action of 'the government is suspicious." said the Berner Tag wacht, commenting on the loan. MATINEES WEDsSAT AT gas suWsre 2 V -0USE 8EAuTIUL Trou of Ve a N A e T$yAtArv is M4ANCE ON ANY STAGE 'CO.MTOCK v~ MO MISVL WILL PRESENT NATTON - AuneS or$ ?L ATLOVE'ZBRCi LN'A fi. RUBEN irWUAVNO [ SEARS-WILLIAM WTLLIAMS ,VELt.D,- OROTHY TIERNEY-EDA TH- KATE MAYHEW--WILLIAM JACK RAFFAEL -HENRY MYERS ,IFFORD BROOKE THE PUBLIC V on Theater Tickets t to save. My plan enables you to AND SEE w offer. )ard" by inspiring interest in the 1, $2.00 ORCIESTRA AND $2.60 THIS NIGHT ONLY BE SOLD AT PL1'S VAR TAX. I all seats sold at the lower orlces WAR TAX IF THIS LETTER: IS t oncesslon is made purely for the I season Is opening unusually early enmnany. nlav or nroduc'tlon. The duoes. I believe it Days to adver angle. mrtock & Gert. a firm noted for the e Checkerboard" bears the hall mark pen in New York. August 16th. with d excellent company, etc. tND FANNY HATTON have provided %wn." "lomTardi Ltd." "The Great d the manuscript pronounce "Thte -nembershin of rare artistie nuality; .nsembitle hard to improv'e. first nlkht 'ritle. WVe do not fear pleausing is in store. ils letter: ine box office must hiave e. After Monday, pa-ices 50e to U 2.50. e's best. IKEMPE.R CO. Seat. Thuts. H LOVE" pAct. With Music MARY ROBERTS RINEHART I JA(QL EIT Dan~cers Auamemted aselms Orebestra CITHS Nolidays BFIlS" 6NDI ENtDINGh NEXT NR'NDA? Ni0ffT. TR ALONG SBOADWAY 'R-BOX lb08,1, E TILTON lrer end First Time at Keith Prices from the Season's Tuneful Triumphs iter, ea RE'NNY & WrATERN, Aneisted Felli, 'jemi Meintpre, Itte. I Attratien-A Polished Player .ox & CO. dy by Yine-nt Iarene itrien. lA (mela ofararne Gtedies le akotern Eurns Thfra usnel Feas of These Petite Freresnes. Eat rtainet. MS P'ItEADR LtNG7E, ifTi. arete A Mai TfcConna I te. TUEE2' a Victory Medal 10,000 ex-wsrit men of 0. March got his Friday. " sated it. Make applicatims aemt or through your Am. Medals For Washin Ninteen thousand Washington Yank. who saw service during the world war will soon be wearing new Victory medals, which are given by the United .States Government to former service men. A large number have already made application for the medals at recruiting aations and army posts in the District. The medal in of bronze, bearing a shield, with a rainbow service ribbon attached. On the back of the medal are the names of the allied countries who were in the line-up with the Yankee boys. For the American ex soldiers who fought in battle over Another Hit! .. ...Gf*am . n *1...-.d eriw.. t a..jua, as'~~ IRVING CUMMINGS SUPPORTED BY CLARKE SILVEUIAIL In = a m.n AMi/.i s. mA of Will... Le Be'. gieSt .seal "THE VERY IDEA" TONIOiST-.30 MATIEE-TNI. .AT 2IN PIE, 2k-I1. . AREICK PLATER iSUKT4AliU-Fat8 7ll AT THE ONLY REAL AMUSEMENT PARK NEAR WA$HINOTON. (ALEN T RCX S D~lI7Tt RANNK OF T~t POTOM1A alER IN ADDI110N TO TNE FORTY AMUSEMENTS T 0 , D A Y FREE CONCERTS FROM 4 TO it P. M. CE LFO'S BAND GAYETY Below GRAND OPENING SATlEBAT lGHT, AII. 7 AID WELK FOLLONWING JOE HETI'S NEW EDITION SOCIAL MAIDS WITa THOSE DANCING WONDERS CEO8aE HELEN NIBLO & SPENCER A CIIIRUS CF iNATY ?31 CHARM awaiting every oeS of the Washington. Ges. !eyton earetary of War laker pro direct to the War Depart Maan Legion post for yours. 19,000 ton Yanks seas, the medal bears the names of the conflicts in % bich they partici pated. The medal was completed in Phila delphia on June 21. Men who have rot already filed application, are urged by the War Department to go tU the nearest recruiting station or army post and do so. The War De rLrtro nt points out that it is neces sary for all ex-service men to show their discharge to the recruiting offi cer in charge. Medals will be mailed out. Owing to the several recruiting stations and army posts scattered ever the city, it is impossible to de termine just how many of' the 19000 Washingtonians have received their Victory medal. but the War Depart rment believes that a small percentage cf that number have filed application. RIOTING IN PUNTA ARENAS. SANTIAGO. Chile, Aug. 1.-Gov ernment advices from Punta Arenas the world's most southern city, say grave disorders occurred Wednesday night, when patriotic manifestants stormed and fired the headquarters of the workers' Federation of Magal lanes, in which was an alleged nest of foreign revolutionary agitators and antipatriotic elements. A quan tity of explosives secreted in the building exploded, wrecking the es tablishment, killing three persons and wounding several others. M CRAIALL'S F of 10th METROPOLITAN 230 to 11 P. M. ALL THIS WEEK ALICE JOYCE In Her Greatest Rale. in "THE PREY" SNtr POLLARD in "LIVE AND LEALN" CRADILL'1th madC.iRd. KNICKERBOCKER TODAY Beginulng at :30 P. N. ALICE JOYCE IN Her Latest lit "THE PREY" SNUB POLLARDW in "LIVE AND LEAR' * e4",ng a *e X SAC Tak 32-nil Harricane Dec "On the istri Ptema." Marylnd ceoe thner Eve.80. Fumus Mne onhig Hal al teser Charlst Maalter dPollr they fSuhd C ws t sAi Hubn inht be rd inbr E of the betel eradgca.-*: a .f-eafbo n rg u revolaer. fully loadedur, the HES e caliber and type ap tbat oeed a inn the muErdr tweJnotph y. awa.u dda bet of eartridgee to at: a evil Ceont tastyle amfeteby women. ow wopt Poliw Say She C SNfsd to spron o esIem the alo 1her whc was taken sugering froml1 Aa Husband In round bo of white pil. the ehareo The ofplahachlohedidnothave nt th peee.Thyough Ms.Ade .a tablieyd; - larg clasp knfe,. and NEW YORK. Ag. 1.-" 1tce from RBlty. the pOte knife with whirs a stepladder, from which I was hang- Yrs. Ebmar admitted stabbing her Iy e picture, and landed t a knife." husband. Thio was the explanaio made by In the collebtign. also. were two Jhn Ebnuer. twenty-Ave, an auto- gold-plated badges rg the e.lifornlq mobile salesman. at siewer Hlospital, delegation to the Rtepublican national where r wan taken suffering from cohvention at Chicago. How they an ugla'pstab wound over the heart Gainto pesea of the Ebnarn tat may cost him hi life, the wife would not say. The szpinaUoe did ot satisfy the T potato ne wa badly rusted police. They nought Yrs. Audrey and In this lee the gravest danger t.. 'bear. twenty-eight, his wife, and uh bnar. The hoepital physicans tear took her to the pollce station. They blood poisonkiyg. plied her with questions for three hourso wht she broke dofth became GE rAN T A I .4s ystericalc and admitted that she hadus one the st g with a potato knife .LSO In ' Jeblous f rage.eartridgeR TRAINI tThe police promptly searched the kbnar apartment, coesisUng of one BRCeLIN. Aug. h-A law abolt room and wath. In a rooming house in Ing compulsory military service In the fashionable neighborhood Just Jf Germany has been pasasd by the Na Central Park west. tional Assembly, despite violent oppo To their amazement, in a bureau sition from the reactionary gro. I * II DIAMOND BARGAINS cofvearat Blue- Diamond anter hh Tiffany Ring Platinum anRing, carat Sie, $95.00 $125.00 E r Thue White One - Cprht Dl~msd Rngbloodet poisoi. Weight AbouCt fny Diamond SCarNts Ag..-. bnoh g$22.00 $295.00 mlit v Om hab padb-half $2,2t0 rcarat Blue-White Blue-Whito e Tiffany RDianond Ring. Diamond Ring, $1,500 Our prices are the lowest coniderinig the materials, workmanship and liberal guarantee covering all work leaving our office. It halt never been our policy to see how ex pensively we can construct our .work, but how good we can make it; and what satisfaction it will give our patients. DDr. Wyeth and Staff of Exprts. Careful D)entist. Tat Max Been Our Record for the Pust 26 Years Term - of Payment to uit. E Bamluntion Fe Large electrically cooled offices-cleanliness is one of our many striking features. My Perfect F c d Will NotSU In gold, op- In silver, Wsc $.00 amalgam or$ Teeth. on.n up porcelin __er__T___th 617-61 Sevent StoN W Open Every Evening Until 8 oClock and on Sunday. 10 A. U. to 4 P.M. Lady and maids in attendance. All Work Full" ruarantee4 for 20 years. Kindly eep name and oestion of our office In your mind. It has nev r een our poicy to ee how ex pensivel WyOppaite Lacsborgnu o .ro. and e good we canamae inioanTewhaesatisraettonnd wiltlbegivehlournlpatients.n La e eleri~a emoTheodcofcest knnnwss the ofr manye strgoodgeyestght.. sectio Ta man of k.ow..dge hrde wi ws hatthee soul b $50 a.~igt e s-o-4o T e re knw that whteve omyand ta dn at anc A e Imperfeton of the Kindly keep namae and attentionerorfceayorm. Badeey - CA -emd godTh esn du o thfat. iset tmtit canexmie adeyeetctth caue of thgootd eyeht sight andpresriethe rope glass se the ces ifs r hav ou on cmpeteyquipe lanoof nwee pre ises, w ~ ~ ~ ~ ucs ha here shse r rudad dutdi xc od anc wih te epet'sprecriin anucthnde is bdiee thepmperectonionth Notwthsandig te xra ighot, e her upnheedo Coo NoMor Thn te Oredied byprope M. A.aLESEyOPTCAL beOmad Fourteye ~andsib Oforcte. Fur4th tantaw