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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-29
"THE GREAT JFkpr

The Great Leap" which has Just
completed most successful run OF
several weeks at Weber's Theatre
and the New York Theatre, New
York City, Is said TO be the last word
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-29

In thrilling realism. The production
was staged under the personal lirec-
lion Of p. " Griffith. tie producer
Of Judith III Bethuiia and Eaeiudes
q itotable cast. headed BY AIae Mar
St ana Robert Hafran, Old Bioeraptf
lEityorfts
Asheart interest story OF Kentucky
lEesid life with g most amazing and
THRILLING climax This feat, Which
,ITas SET The pisture fans Wild All oy-s
e America and Eng gland, IS tie seem=
dhgly iElFossibIe Jump made by al
man asd girl on horseback over a
laity=feoS precipiee down into a rusti-
ing river. AT the Dixie today.
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for the day amounted to seventeen rock,
Averaging four and three quarters
pounds ir weight six cats. a bass and
three perch. Pretty good day
The following places bear the reputa-
ton Of being good fish!ng grounds: ~
THE Parlor." pool above Boiling
Rock. straight out from Flctchcr's. The
water is deep and swift, and the pool
bears ito name hc"amsc the fish are
known TO cOngrcgate there. ~ Middle
Rock. above the Chain Bridge. II is
we'll to arrange TO have z boat taken
NJ on the food tide. as il Is :mnossibIe
to make headWay against an ebb tide.
e, The Hens and Chickens" off the
point Of the powerhouse near Fle1ch
cr's. water ~ to n feet deep and very
swift Care must be exercised. a. Near
the ladder. at the cha n Bridge, op-
po=ite the branch on the Virginia side
81 Opposite the point of Analostan Is
land. along the bend of the river. Water
about thirty feet deep. 90 Near the
Thurston steel plant. at junction % Po-
tomac and Eastern branch. Gp The TT
dal Basin. Poats and bait may he OBJ
tained at the Speedway hoathouse at
the western end Of the basin. - The
Dyke bet ween Alexandra and Mt NeT
non. Boats ma he obtained near car
station. 90 OccoGuar. above tn" bridge.
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FIND WARRANT FOR
BOYS SCHOOL PROBE
House Committee lnspects In
stitution Without Warning
of Visit.

Evidence sufficient TO warrant further
investigation into the charges OF mis-
mana cement al the National framing
School for Boys was found today when
the House Committee on Expenditures
for the Department of Justice visited
the institution.
The entire membership OF the COM
mittee. accompanied by DR.. Clark. or
the Bureau of Public Health and Mar
inc Hospital Service. went over the
ground and inspected many of the build
iHgs.
Personally. l can say that We saw
enough to make an inquiry worth
while" said Congressman Broussard,
chairman of the committee. Il cannot
speak for the committee. The commit
tee will meet tomorrow at II O'Clock TO
60 over what we saw at the school and
to decide what line the investigation
will take
The visit of the committee today was
Unexpected. Chairman Shuster OF the
board of trustees. had invited the MEM
hers to go out in the automobile owned
ny the school. The committee preferred
TO make its visit unanneunced. The
members were shown over the institu-
tion by Superintendent Sterling.
The inquiry into the management OF
the school follows the publication eX-
Cusively in The Times of last Sunday of
charges against the institution made
by former officers.
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Know Nothing of Any
Deal to Raise Prices

". S. Hoge. president of the ". 8
Hoge Company. commission merchants
and one of the men named In the In
dictment. declared today that he never
heard a man on the street ever suggest
maintaining. holding. or boosting prices
He said that he was surprised at the
grand jury's action. but said he be-
lieved he had nothing to fear. as he
had never entered a price conspiracy or
other agreement to fix or raise -rices
He said that he had heard nothing OF
a bench warrant.
a. ]. Simons. president of the A. J.
Simons Company. expressed himself as
amazed when first informed by The
Times that he had been indicted. with
number OF other commission men.
First I ever heard Of it," he said "I
have never entered a price or other
agreement. Why. it couldn't be done.
There never was an agreement on the
street to my knowledge. These fellows
are the greatest cutthroats in the
world Why. they are always cutting
one another's throats to get a little
business. There Is certainly no COM
bination around here so far as I have
found 1"
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Army and Navy
ARMY.


First Lieutenant CHARLES A. SPEIS-
SEGGER. jr., medical reserve corps,
to active duty, Fort Moultrie, S. c.
Leave for twenty days is granted First
Lieutenant jim X. COWAN, Fourth
Infantry.
Colonel DAVID c. SHANKS, infantry.
detailed to inspector generals de-
partment. vice Colonel ALFRED c.
SHARPE. inspector general, re-
lieved.. Colonel SHANkS will pro-
coed TO San Francisco. Cal. for duty
as inspector of the Western depart
ment.
The following officers relieved from
detail in adjutant generals depart
ment: Lieutenants Colonels ARCHI-
BALD CAMPBELL. DANIEL B.
RENoRE and WILLIAM NJ
WRIGHT. adSutant generals.
LleHtensnt Colonel DELAMFEE SKIER
RETT. Inspector general, to Calves
ton. Tex
Captain ROBERT b. MCBRIDE. quar-
termastsr corps, Will proceed 70 Fort
Caswel \. =, for the purpose Of
witnessing the test of the work on
Capt. J. ALFRED MOSS. Twenty-
tnird Infantry, transferred to the
Fifth Infantry. He will be as
signed to a company by his regi-
mental commander and will pro
ceed TO join the regiment to which
transferred
First Lieut. CHARLES L. GAYNDY.
Medical Corps. relieved from duty
with Field Hospital No 5, Second
Division, Texas City: Tex. and will
proceed to San Francisco. Cal, and
take the transport for the Philip
pine Islands. Upon arrival at Ma
nils he will report TO the command
ing general. Philippine department,
for assignment to duty.
The following med officers are de-
tailed for service and TO fill va
cancies in the adjutant generals
department:
Lieut.. Col ARCHIBALD CAMP
BELL. Coast Artillery Corps
Lieut.. Col DANIEL B. DEVORE. in
fantry.
The resignation BY Second Lieut.,
HOUSTON l.. WHITESIDE, Twen-
t.-third Infantry. OF his commits
sion as an officer of the army has
been accepted by the President. TO
take effect September Is 1914
Major WILLIAM s. McNAIR. Sixth
Field Artillery. is detailed for serv-
ice in inspector generals depart
ment. TO take effect November 5
1914. vice Major LEROY s. LYON.
inspector general. who is relieved
from detail in that department. to
take effect November /. 1914
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the strength that comes from COM
mon high ideals and through the
central organization TO keep in touch
with progress that is constantly be-
ing made and thus keep their IN
dividual work at the highest effiCi-
ency.
Although the town and country
nursing service is not two years old,
the Red Cross has placed its visit
ing nurses in fifteen States. ranging
from Vermont to Alabama, and as
far West as Wisconsin. These
nurses are acting as general visiting
nurses, as school nurses. infant vel
fare, and tuberculosis nurses. and
are employed by corporations. pub
lie boards civic clubs. as Well as
private organizations. For her nurs-
ing service the visiting nurses usu-
ally collects for her association
small fee. varying with the circum-
stances OF the people. but to those
who cennJ afford to pay anything
she makes no charge.
In addition to the nursing work she
gives talks in the schools on sim
Die hygiene. organizes classes in
home care Of the sick for mothers
ind girls. and frequently acts as
sanitary inspector.
Travelling Library.
As only a few rural nurses have
access TO a well-equipped public
library. the Red Cross maintains A
travelling library for its visiting
nurses. so that they may have the
advantage of recent books on nurs-
ing. publ" health and social service.
Perhaps the ideal OF the town
and country nursing service lay
best be expressed in the words OF
Florence Nightingale. that far-see-
ing. wonderful woman and founder
Of modern nursing. who sad more
than twenty years ago:
We are only on the threshold Of
nursing In the future. which
shall not live to see. for am old.
may a better wav he opened Ma"
the methods b" which every infant.
every human being. will have tho
best chance Of recovery he learned
and practiced. Hospitals are only
an intermediate stage OF civilization.
May we hope that the day will come
when every mother will become a
health nurse. and when every sick
rerson will have the opportunity to
share in district nurse at home
Tho Red Cross. through its town
and country nursing service, hopes
to hasten the day when skilled nurs-
ing care and knowledge Of health
ma be tn" possession of every
dweller n the United States. even
III the most remot" and isolated
places
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Truths by Women Who
Town and Country Visiting
NllOW Nursing Service
American Red Cross

Visiting greatly needed the rural districts
health and teach hygiene.
the American Red Cross established the Town
and Country Nursing Service.
As the responsibility of these great this
high standard and demands that the be acquan
with social work To this the Red Cross has esdb
shed training and loan fund take the
training.
Miss Abbe Roberts gpes interesting account of this work,
stating that the Red Cross desires gather all the psting
large develop high ideals and efficiency
These placed fifteen States where
visiting while others do school, infant welfare
tuberculosis nursing Public and private organizations employ hem
They the free of charge and give talks schools and to
classes of mothers and girls hygiene.
Miss Roberts has long been affiliated with this work and
sstaH superintendent of Town and Country Nursing Serrce
Miss Fannie F. Clements is the superintendent
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CAPITAL MEN HELD
FOR PR|CE-BOOST|NC
Grand Jury Indicts Four Corpo-
rations. Five Firms, and Ten
individuals.
Continued from First Page

'Nuiliiiluth nom ~ ~ nsV''
Hose G. Mcdowell Company: Milton
J. Hines. and Ernest NJ Merrick, COM
mission merchant.
Test of Indictment.
The Indictment substantially sets forth
that the defendants are persons who,
since the beginning OF the current year,
have been engaged in the business of
purchasing country produce, including
eggs. poultry. live stock, and vege-
tables from raisers and shippers. and
selling to wholesale and retail dealers
and consumers: that the defendants
have been carrying on trade and COM
merce Of the District within the mean
ing OF the third section of the act OF
Congress- approved July 2, 1880. to pro-
tect trade and commerce against un-
lawful restraints and monopolies: and
that consumers of produce for the
major part depended for their supplies
upon the said defendants. who furnished
IS per cent of said produce.
And the grand jurors upon their oath
do further present" says the indict-
ment that the defendants. unlaw-
lullv have engaged in a combination In
restraint of trade. which is now here
descmribed:
Said defendants have themselves. by
agreement fixed, from day to day. arbi-
trarv and noncompetitive prices for the
purchase and sale of produce: and by
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The native genius Of America ever
comes t. the front in time of need.
For a considerable time. there has
been Z combination Of fish in restraint
Of tide. contravening the Sherman and
other laws. They have pointedly re-
fused to bite. although it is well known
that they are present in the Potomac
IN large numbers
y foxy old cove. fisherman under
stood. came across with solution Of
the dilemma yesterday. He said:
Il simply went to the Navy Yard
gunshops. where ! was given d quantity
Of sreel-wool and steel filings You
know them. Well, then l took some
dough, kneaded the steel wool into il,
went out in my boat and scattered the
Drepared dough -steel-balls broadcast.
After awhile. by the time | thought
the bait had been eaten, | prepared my
tackle.
FIRST / took a good, stout rand line
and 10 the end Of II fastened the strong
est magnet ! could buy, then carefully
lowered il overheard and Jiggled 1t
around until felt something strike ii
There came pulling and hauling
and tugging. but handling the line Ne.y
cautiously. | landed a fine rockfsh. He
had eaten one of the doughbal!s and
that magnet attracted the steel inside
Uf him. and drew him directly 10 the
contrivance holding him there secure
while I landed him.
Il fiEhed all afternoon and my catch
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measures. and markets Of the District
There has been q marked decrease
also, Mr.. Sherman said, In prices at
the retail markets. This Is accounted
for partly, he stated, by the Federal
Investigation into the cost OF foodstuffs
and partly by the organization OF
community leagues for buying in
wholesale, and the fear that the
movement will assume large proper
tions to the serious injury Of the mid
dleman. This. he declared, however.
is not the purpose of the department
Of weights and measures.
The retailer. he said, is an essential
part Of any permanent market system.
plans for which are now urder consid-
Grafton.
Aided by the Associated Charities.
Superintendent Sherman Is working on
plans for the organization OF 'conmun-
ity leagues in the poorer sections of the
city. The total number OF leagues is
about 200 The next meeting of house
keepers will be held in room 3i3. Dis
trict Building, Monday. at II a. m.
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NAVY.

Rear Admiral F. F. FLETCHER. to
ommsnder-in-chief Atlantic feet
Rear Admiral WALTER MCLEAN. to
division commander Atlantic fleet
Rear Admiral c \. COVE, commits
ERTsoN. a and SIS s. s a RoBIs0S, d Sc <,
commissioned from July :.
captain H NJ. P. HUSE, TO chief of
staff. Atlantic feet.
STONE: Lieutensn, Comma aders
4. kITTINGER and o. II OK
LEY. commissioned from JuIv
Lieutenant Commander JOHN HALL
Can. TO feet engineer AtIsrtic
Lieutenant qreI9 T,,,I: G. c. Gill. COMMISSIONED
Lieutenant F. J. FLETCHER. % aide
on star commander-in-chief Atlantic
Megt, 9t. d. g a. A. CoRw1N to DOL
hea, z. g G. NJ. COURTS TO aid
Ems n san an. oommander-in-chiec. At
Lieut.: =. 81 R. E. ROGERS to Naval
academy. ANNAPOLIS. Mo
LAeut, =. g. A G. OLs0N to Naval
academy, Annapolis Nd
W. ~ = r. ". ROCKWELL. to
Lieut.. d. g. J G. VAN DF, CspI -
Naval Academy. ANNAPOLIS NJ M 20
Lieut.. Il g. J. G. STEVENS f. nav.
yard. Charleston. 6 {.
Ensign G. c. HITCHCOCK IN Ts1a-
Ensign P S. Thesis to Cast,ne
EnsiEn D. E KEMP TO Tallahassee
Ensisn K. K AWTREY 10 Fsnrirg
Lieut.. q. g. P. J. PEYTON 10 ho-oa
and wait orders
Lieut. .. g. J. c. HILLIARD t. Pom
pey
Ensign s. p. TRACHT 20 trcatra,,
naval hospital Mare Island. Cal
Entisn F. r. SMITH. to home and nsit
orders H6i'
Entign { G. GILLILAND to Whining
Ensign a c. ROBERTS. to Monadnock
hnS!Fns GTI.g A; lockwood and 6 H.
Q. I. DOWNES. and " " &C q r r.
HATCH, to Saratoga.
Ensisns y II. GEISENHOFF and n.
W. P1LSBTRY tn Flcano
Ensign J B. T1MBERLAkE. to C.uso
Ensign ARNOLD MARCUS, "a Pan.
panga.
Paymaster J. N. HANCOCK to gursa,
OF Supplies and Accounts, Nav De
psrtrnent
rnissioned as Lieutenant peeH 1,S0in- SOm-
eLHiR. HoLBRooK GIBsoNrt s. r F. H 4
COMFORT. 3. F. TILLEY n n
MALONEY. F. D. MANOCK e :
ROBERTS. w. L. LIND, IL e
TRAIN. LUTHER WELSH. SOL.
ONION ENDEL, H. H. J. BENSON
4. II. DRESEL. o NJ. HTSTVEDT
r. NJ ELLIOTT. Jr., c. l. 10TH
ROP. F. l.. SHEA. LAWRENCE
TOWNSEND. W. J. CARVER, z. =
VAN HOOK. T. y. Afford. RAD
FORD MOSES y. f. KEMP. p. p
CUTLER. G. ~. REEVES. Jr.. s S.
KENNEDY. H. a. WADDINGTON,
and &. 4. TREVER.
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War Not Cause of High
Prices, Asserts Dealer

That the European war had nothing
whatever to do with the recent increase
in food prices was the declaration of
William johnson, of the firm of John
son & Jesse. commission merchants at
2oe Tenth street northeast. when 'old
his FIRM was one Of the dealers in
iiCted
The scarcity of goods and the fact
that other markets with which we COM
pete hold the prices up. are two reasons
why foodstuffs have been high" said
Mr.. johnson. The Washington marke.
completes with those in Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, New York, and Newark. y j.,
and II their prices ar better than ours,
the goods will go there and not here.
When receipts are liynt. the prizes 20
upward. and we are no more responsible
for the condition than you are.
The European var had nothing what
ever to do with the .'rlCc OF foods -
The whole matter is , pack of nom
sense" declared AIbin Price. of the Grm
of krey, Price Il Co, produce merchants
at 953 Louisiana avenue northwest. when
advised Of the srani inrys action;
years" he said. "and this is ;he first
time that such nonsense was practiced.
That's all I've got to say abDul IT.
The absence from the city Of B. d.
Strohecker. commission dealer at 24
Ientn Street northwest, was given as
the reason for the firm not being quoted
on the matter of the grand tury's ac-
ton. T. NJ. Strohecker, Of the estab-
lishment. said that he had just arrived
from his vacation and was not suffi-
ciently afmihar with the investigation
and was too much out Of touch with the
business generally to give any view.
William A. Sacks treasurer of Golden
& Co, said that the firm had no COM
ment to make on the indictments. al
though he indicated that prosecution
would be resisted vigorously.
Daniel P. Collins declared 1t was all
a fake when asked If he knew that he
had been named in the food indictment
handed down by the grand jury today.
I'VE have been looking for some such
thing on stories that have reached us
all week. he said. But there is moth
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Bloodhounds Kind,
Fugitive Says

Arrested in New York as q fugi-
tive from the District workhouse at
Occoquan. where he was serving a
sentence for housebreaking. John ".
Hale was brought to Washington to-
day by Detective Beckley.
Hale was confined in the guard
house when he escaped by tearing
out the iron bars Of a door. He told
the detective the first night he was
away from the institution he slept
in the woods nearby. He said
bloodhounds trailed him to his hid
ing place. but instead of barking
and giving an alarm the dogs came
up and licked his face.
The next day he went to the homo
of friends on Capitol Hill. The
guards. he said, traced him to the
house. searched the premises. but
failed to locate him. Part of the
time while they were going through
the house he was watching them
through a knothole In a dry goods
box in which he had concealed him
self, he said.
On the following day Hale said he
walked to Benning and boarded a
train for New York.
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Kaiser Killed 4,O06
Head of Game in 1913

BERLIN. Sept 4.--Kaiser Wilhelm's
hunting string" for 1913 was made
public recently by the statistician at
tached to the office OF his Master
Of the Hunt" who business it is TO
keep accurate track Of what the
Kaiser hits and who can be trusted
not to keep private score OF the
misses"
The kaiser shot 4.OO6 mead OF gam.
last year. The score includes 70 deer.
31S5 pheasants. 73 partridGe3. Ill fox.
II hare. All rabbits. and SO wild hogs
This brings his grand total score TO
1905 mead of zane Of which 2&.746
were deer. 440Sc. pheasants. lS.025
hare. BIS rabbits. bear. 3 turkeys.
a5 grouse. 963 partridges. 10 ducks,
1852 wild sows, and reindeer.
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ing to any combination. Competition is
fierce. and so far as I know there never
has been any agreement or understand
ing or combination. Why, the men
down here will hardly speak to one
another, much less combine. They are
always fighting. I know Of no agree
ment
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wav of accomplishing this. and to OBJ
| tain control of said markets 80 far as
| the purchase and sale of such produce
| in the same has been concerned. said
defendants have employed a common
| agent for collecting. In the morning OF
each market day. verbal and written
and printed suggestions and ballots.
| indicating the prices defendants and
concerns would. respectively. pay on
that dav for different kinds Of such
produce. and have required said agent
thereafter. on the same day. to pint
publication for said defendants.
Washington City Daily Market Renort'
| which has pretended to quote prices
prevailing on that day as II result Of
competition between said dnfnnda nts
and concnrna. but which has really
quoted only the arbitrary and nCn-com-
potttive prices selected by said AGENT to
agree. as nearly as possible. with the
result Of suggestions and ballots and
fondsnts.
The defcndan;s have caused agents
to supply to each Of said hefenda nts
and concerns a largo number Of copies
of said publication that day. for use by
said defendants and concerns, respec-
lively and which thcy have in fact
used. in decsi,fully making settlement
with their respective raiscrs. shippers.
and dealer and wrongcully causing
them to believe that they were rccciv-
lHS from siil Ne1endantS ana concerns,
In such settlements. the prices for their
produce that day prevailing In Ii COM
petitive market. when in fact thew we're
receiving returns tor their said produce
only upon the basis Of sdch arbitrary
and non-conpetitfve prices so fixed by
said defendants and printed in snid
publication"
Accused of Control.
The defendants. having wrongfully
and unlawfully acquired control OF
such farm produce moving in trade
and commerce in said markets. have
made use of that control to exact and
secure. from the persons to whom
they so sold the same produce. and
from the consumers of such produce.
arbitrary and non competitive prices
for the same, and prices greatly in
excess of the prices which they would
or could have eXacted and secured II
they had not engaged in said unlawful
combination in restraint Of said trade
and commerce"
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Food Prices as Low as
Usual, Says Sherman

Prices are as low in the wholesale
markets of the District as they have
been in ten years. according to John
H. Sherman. superintendent Of weights,
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14E:&adANNS N
fYe5'652S

Weather forecast-Fair tonight and
Saturday; cooler tonight.
Condition of Pctomac-Muddy.
Wind-Moderate west and north
west
High tide-7:51 a. m. and 3:-5 p. m.
Low tide--z:oo a. m and 7:77 .. m.
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Women's Drawers,
lac

" y ~ { Ms Nusl n
Drawers. with Hem-
stitched vurlsS. made
with French bands. all
sizes
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S1.25 Baseball
Outfit, CSC

Boys Baseball Outfit.
consisting of cap. pad
ded bloomers, belt. and
shirt. Grey twilled ma
terial. trimmed with red
or blue: sizes s to Is
years.
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Children's
Drawers, &c

Children's NJ Il slim
Drawers, made with
clusters OF small :ucks
and SuttCnhC,e bands:
sizes = to 10 years.
The Washington times., 1914-09-04
"Star" Dance
Folio, 29c

Star Dance Folio. No.
IA. for piano solos. con-
tanning the seasons
most popular songs. es-
peCially arranged for
the newest dances, one
STEPS. hesitation. trots.
Boston NaltZes. max
Ike. tanCoes. rags. etc.
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75c Sicilian, 29c

5O-inch English Sicil-
ian. high. lustrous quail
ity. reversible and spot
proof. In brown only.
The Washington times., 1914-09-04
Women's Night
gowns, $50

W = ~ Z ~S VI Il 5 | ! u
NichtSoNrS. square and
round vckss. with neat
TRIMMINGS q enrbToid-
srv and riNNNn. Full cut
sizes
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39c Serge, Csc

80 - inch Black and
White Check Serge; as
sorted checks.
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\ manufacturers samples and surplus lots
Of these fashionable Silk Belts, Girdles. and
ashes were secured to sell at one half and
two-thirds less than actual cost. Included
are many of the newest and most popular
styles worn this season-Shirred effects.
Boned Girdles Tunics. and shaped Girdles,
all made Of fine quality silks. in black and
every favored color. Choice at 49c.
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Sl.OO Foulards, 59c

4G-inch Imported SILK
FculardS. guaranteed
showerprcof. good as
sortmsnt of colored
grounds with white
pr'NtiOsS.
The Washington times., 1914-09-04
SEC Bleached
Sheets, 44c

Welded E ! = a { h e d
Sheets. fun double bed
size
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S1.39 Spreads, 89c

Il Crochet Bedspreads,
double-bed size. Mar
| | settles designs
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.1Oc Cluny Laces, Sc

Cluny LaCes, edgirgs.
and insertions: whit:
and ecru colors. Various
widths and patterns