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At Freiinghuysen U. L Commencement exercises of Fre linghuyseti University . were held I*3* night at the John Wesley fourteenth and Corcoran Strati Northwest The newly it eteetad president, the Rev. W. D. k Bahia, pastor of Galbraith African flk M«thodist Episcopal Zion ’Church, ■was presented, and expressed his in **»t to carry out the ideals of the institution, the late Jesse JLawson. Archdeacon J. H. Brown, of the Protectant Episcopal Church. deHv i ered. the. commencement address. L Certificates and degrees were con- ■ firmed by Edmund M. Chaplin, act- H' iny president, on 19 graduates. f hth Annual Toy Show F I 1 | JUNE I*ls L I Fw- M ;-■■■ — v ,_: * • ** DelicitPUß 1 " ~ F, k t,rnr t wWxsa L iruits are truly appr \. I t HI a ated when you use /1 \ I ■ * J a nM ''A tJ * - /•-■'X r*Olßr DEItEO ft jfl v \ FI : Sugar H‘ 7 . ■ -7 ’ \ wT ■ «—wfflL-.. 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"" I* A s P® cial Sa|e of 98 B / / /W « COATS as Low as *57 L pflY Ti,e Mv Balance li4Ml ONLY X^SIM/ ln 20 H Weeks b F MEN S SUITS Men, too, find this the ideal store for B fl B CA /? their clothe* on a convenient credit B R* ■V Rr L Here a remarkable offering. Each with two pair* of trousers for longer wear. GT &. NeW An<l poplll * r materials, shades and style? BL r II P" for m * n of afty tASt *' I I Bflfl Ck r / ' 888 M lEI '■ F-* f / H' ■ I I? 703 Seventh St. N. W. | Open Saturday Until 9 P. M. ■di' A§L Wf»w ■llf SUlf IB >■ r'.\ EHWa Edmund*, of Fairfax, 18 years old. today began a sentence of 1 20 years In the Virginia penitentiary t for the murder, on May 13, of Charles A. Wrenn. 74-year-old Fair ; fax county fanner. Edmunds was convicted of murder in Fairfax County Circuit Court yes terday. when it was testified that he beat Wrenn, in a drunken frensy. on the Centerville-Chantilly Road, near Flatlick Branch. Wrenn died sev eral days later in Garfield Hospital. •• Feeling was said to bo ao high against Edmunds In the county that a special guard was detailed to pro tect him in the court room. At noon as the sentence was Imposed he was rushed to the Alexandria city jail under guard awaiting commitment to the Richmond institution., rut WASHINGTON TIMES ABlnTime j on urn . Bf t "■■ ■ BR ■ r W ™g e " jß' i ' ® fl fl 1 ’ fl ■ 180 -- ; B A :*flr ' i jfl . flr' 5 , ■wßlrwwflC . I Hill i l i l n.iiii.i»....; l > l ..miwF*-** • ■’■/’■'■• -—Photo by Internationa) MKLVKNA PASSMORE PRIMA DONNA of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., will open the Democratic Convention at Hous-„ ton with a song. Party leaders hope that her sweet voice will bring bamtony to the delegates. City Officials to Form Road Builders’ Unit A city officials’ :gHvlslon of the American Road Builders’ Assooia tlon will be organised today at the of the Msotiatloh. Its announced purpose Is to standardise the methods used tn city street construction, mamten » ance and finance. MM ffllTS SKEf MILL HUNOBS The competitive drill yesterday between Dunbar and High Schools, finally simmereo down to a competition between Dfinbar companies. Win. place and show went to Dunbar. Company F, Capt. mln Henley, won the /oveted Teacher's Medal, gold medal and blue ribbons—all prises for first place. . Company A, Dunbar, Capt- Syphax, was .0023 weights behind the winners. Third place went to Company B, Capt. Robert G. Mc- Guire, only .00234 weights behind the winners. 20,000 See Drills . More than 20,000 students, mem bers. of the; faculties and guests swarmed Griffith Stadium to wit ness the thirty-sixth annual com petitive - company drill of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, Colored High School Cadeta, Competition opened at 0 o’clock in the morning and, continued until 5:30. when the companies were drawn up in brigade formation and the winners announced. A silent drill was executed by a selected company Os non-commis sioned officers. The first and only command was given by Capt. Lincoln Hawkins, regimental sdju tent, and the non-coms went through a series of 84 movements Without further orders. The drill was a feature of the day and is a feat that only the crack companies of the Regular Army have been able to master. ■■<■ 'r.;s Reviewed by Davison F. Trubee Davison. Assistant Sec retary’ of War, reviewed the regi ment and watched the regimental drill. Mrs. M. A. McNeill, the Rev- F. I. A. Bennett, and Dr. J den Johnson, members Os Education. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and As sistant < Superintendents G. <J. Wilkinson, Eugens A. Clark and Howard H. Long, reviewed the pa ; rade from a box near the visitors’ dugout, but, contrary to custom, did not join the Assistant Secretary of War. The latter was entirely surrounded by military man during th Lieut. Col. Benjamin Oliver Davis, U. 8. A.; Lieut. CoL John E. Green. U. S. A., and Lieut. Col. West A. Hamilton, D. C. N. G feiMk UECOO I ■* 4' K ’ * /' *’ " V The worst, apparently, is over, and many teachers and pupils at Busi ness High School returned to classes this morning. Allan Davis, principal of the school, said in commenting on The recent wholesale “food poison rvjctory in tsl competitive drill A# the peak of the epidemic es stomkeh dtaorders more than 140 persons were confined to their homes. District bacteriologists still have samples of the “feast’’ under the microscopes, and a report on them is expected shortly. At the present time, chief blame lies with the potato salad, it wee said, and the theory that some new silverware may have been responsible for the trouble has been discounted. z gtepben A. Kraemer, assistant superintendent of school* who, with Mrs. Kramer, attended the banquet, was absent from hla office yester day. It is known that Mrs. Kramer suffered from the affects of the banquet, but Mr. Kramer’s ailment antedates the banquet. In fact, he told reporters at the board meeting Wednesday, he had oaten practi cally nothing, because, be said, he had not Men feeling won when he went to the victory celebration. Fremont Davis, 12-yaor-old son of Principal Davis, is reported bet ter at his home. Young Davis was quite 1U after Tuesday night’s cele bration, Mr. Davis said. Yesterday’s casualty list showed that 33 teachers, more than half the faculty; 20 girls, 19 cadets, two non cadets. and six guests had Risen stricken. New Police Station For Southeast Sought The Police Department will recom mend that a new preeinct be estab lished in Southeast Washington to take care of the Bradbury Heights section. Major Edwin B. Heseo, su grintendent, last night told the At Washington Height* Cititens Association. The police chief also said he would have a special motor ised police detail to patrol the roads there and cut down speed ing. Thomas N. Hartley wax awarded the first prise of 320 for the best kept yard in Bradbury Heights. Elmer fierce and H. K. Johnson were awarded second and third prize* of 310 and 35. respectively. Mrs. Esther E. Wurst Files Divorce Suit Charging that her husband has a bordered brain, which has caused hltu io threaten her life and attemnt to lake his own, Mrs. Esther E. Vt ur*t, of ihe 500 block. Irving St. N. W., filed suit in Equity Court ye* terdav for a limited divorce against Justus Wurst, on the grounds of cruelty. Through Attorney Harry F. Ken nedy, Mrs. Wurst says her father once had to overpower her husband to keep him from attacking her with a butcher knife, and since that time he has been ordered to stay away from the house. The couple were married January 24, 1918, and have one child. Proposes to Rename Greenly “Bremen Island” The Canadian government is said to be considering the suggestion of Colin H. Livingston, of this city, that Greenly Island, on which the transatlantic fliers of the Junker plane “Bremen” landed, be renamed "Bremen Island.” Yeer own heme 1* as tovMtment lfl SsSS Si SKS'Tii SSJ’ Mtate eotemea, i low M BP* G > W I s Home Office-1845 4£ St KE. Hmßmißm kJ 8- New^ an * faiw ’S M SAnVcO 11 OPENS DE IT TE < flour )\ 0 S” M ; V peaches I 12-lb. EQp Jf 1 BROOKVILLE PIKE IV 4 ft 2 * JjJjQ It g b v< BU UvU >\ JV \g 8 B Orienta Coffee “■ 49c I Nut Margarine u. 25c | | Maxwell House “ 49c Man Camp’s Milk 3™ -25 c R g Breen Bag Coffee “ 39c Sanitary Butter » 52c g I” Turnstile Coffee l - 39c Sunset Gold Butter “ 52c | Big Cup Coffee Ll - 32c Fresh Eggs Iirl " - l! 39c R Clicquot Club 6’ Ale 16c Kraft Swiss Cheese »< 23c g National Dry I,rl " ■' l 7sc Kraft Limburger J - 25c | Rock Creek l,,! 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