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Evening star., 1924-03-23
For the Miss

Dainty, individual dresses for Easter, con-
firmation and parties; in excellent quality
white crepe de chine. the skirt and waist
beautifully tucked, ruf1ed sleeves, narrow
ribbon sash. This model also comes in
French voile.
Chiffon dress, with narrow ruff1e trimming,
ribbon girdle and tie at neck. with silk
underdress.
Accordion -pleated dresses, entire front ond
back fine pleating ribbon trimmed and deli
cate flower cluster. Accordion-pleated ruffle
on sleeves. In white, peach and turquoise
blue
Cute little taffeta adresses in pink, blue,
both light and dark and shades of green
Trimmed with ruff1es, picot ribbon and rose
buds $3.50 to $3.50.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
GOWNS

Creations that will arouse the ad-
miration and enthusiasm of every
discriminating woman.
Lace over fowered chiffon, lovely
gowns of allover lace combined with pin
tucked net Gay little frocks of chiffon
trimmed with cream Chantilly lace.
Smart sleeveless gowns in black flat
crepe, with the new long shoulder. An
other of georgette, in the new long Russian
effect, with ribbon cartridge trimming.
Fascinating gowns of beaded, printed
chiffon in the unusual Chinese colorings. E>x-
quisite canton crepes, colorfully embroid
cred with graduated rows of daisies. \ re
production from an Agnes model In
white, the new French blue, tan and Lanvin
green.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
COATS
FOR DRESS WEAR

The vogue for black and white is in
generously worked out in some lovely
models of black velour, with becoming
white fur collars. Beautiful charmeen
coats with scalloped sleeves. The new and
unusual feature of these coats is the fur
collar
Fluted and TERED Paneled effects. Three
tiers of f1uting on the sleeves with the same
idea carried out on the large roll collar.
Cape Coats which are particularly good
for the slender woman. One specially at
tractive model is badger charmeen, with
tucked sleeves and collar, closed with
large peacock medallion.
SMART TOPCOATS- SPORTS COATS
For every occasion where topcoat is
needed. Plaids for town and country
sportswear.
In stripes, plads and checks in the
lighter spring shades.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
LINGERIE

Dainty silk underthings of radium and
crepe de chine, trimmed with French val,
flet and real Irish lace. Teddies, Step-ins,
1ong-styie Camisoles for the overblouse, lace
fagoting. In peach, honeydew, light orchid
and Nile green.
The newest chiffon garments in colors.
Green chiffon with black lace, all-black chit
fon with black lace, white chiffon with white
lace.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SUITS
TAILLEURS-The Fapor1tes of Fashion

TAILLEURS-The Favor1tes of Fashion
O'Rossen has fashioned the Tailleur in
such beautiful lines that it is today one of the
seasons successes.
You will find here suits particularly
adapted to your own personality.
Tailored models with the long or short
coat emphasizing the slender silhouette.
Boyish suits, with double breasted coats,
or the new single-button Tuxedo coat
Suits which give absolute assurance OF
both style and durability. Some with the
slim and youthful short sacque coats.
Suits with notch or 1nuff1er collars braid
and satin trimmed Well designed in every
detail. Lined with crepe de chine.
All the spring materials, pencil stripe,
twill cord, cl1armeen, poiret twill and nov
city checks.
Colors-Badger, Graystone Navy, Black and
Navy and Black Hairline. Sizes IA to A, 44H
to 52A.
The assortment of models is SO large, the colors
so many, with styles for every figure, that you
will have no difficulty in finding just the fright
suit for your particular needs.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
Coats for the Juniors

Straight coats. short coats in plaids, colors
and color combinations. Some with tier
and button trimming. In the best wear
able materials. sl09S to $500.
HATS, in pokes, with side scarf, taffeta
hats, and the new tailored hats for juniors
from $50 to $lo.e0.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SHOES

Shoes which lend charm and distinction
to the new tailleur; shoes which appeal to
the woman who knows.
Shoes for every costume, for every oc-
casion. But we particularly emphasize "The
Olive" graceful shoe, with cut-outs IN
gray kid trimming to match, Sl1-so.
This same model comes in Aredale ooze
with Airedale kid trimming to match; also in
Fieldmouse kid. At $l250.
Other interesting models in grays, tans and
black satin. At $3.50 to $Iz.50.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SKIRTS
Smart, Practical and Good Looking

Fine knife pleats in groups, plain
front and back.
Combination box and knife pleats.
The all-knife pleated skirts.
In every new spring shade, and in all
sizes, from 70 to 40 band
The new wrap skirts trimmed with
large buttons, side fastening. $lO.75
and $3.50.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
SWEATERS

All practical, as we'll as beautiful
Sweaters come in large variety of styles
the Pul-over Sweater, the Side-tie, the
Straight Box-coat Sweater and the Surplice
Side-button Sweater: In CLOS (hber silk in
popular colors.
Also a full line of lightweight Wool
Sweaters for present-day wear.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
'FURS

The Summer Fur-A Thing
of Beauty
Furs to please the most exacting taste.
We have them in the much desired
Platinum Fox, in Hudson Bay Sable, in
Baum Marten. Stone Marten, White
Fox, Red and Canadian Fox and Squirrel
in natural and beige. In prices from
$3.50 to $69.75.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
the Little
Things of Dress

SCARFS in brilliant colors. Nah Jorg scarfs
in oriental coorngs, with frnged ends, at SIS. Neck
erchies, Jap silk, vivid coors, with deep crepe de
chine borders AT $39S.
g Wells, in the fascinating semi-circular
shape, chenille dotted border in two-tone colorings.
Large square drape wells in combination cSors, in
Guiding the much desired white with black.
? HANDKERCHIEFS. Crepe de chine handker-
chiefs in all colors to match the gown edged with
black chantilly lace; sport handkerchiefs fine linen
and imported Swiss batiste handkerchefs.
GLOVES in the correctly smart styles. French
cuff gloves in black and white, in coors with cuffs
lined with flame, peacock blue and nile green. $3.50
to $5.95.
Dress Gloves in French Glace Kid, 8 and l6 but
ton lengths, embroidered on and hand White
only. 12-button French Suede in Mode. $500.
BAGS. Underarm Bags, in silk and leather,
Pouch Bags beaded, on fligree frames. Crystal
beads and jet and cut steel beads. French more
bags fitted with powder, lipstick and eyebrow pencil
boxes, attached purse silk lined. From $z.95 to
$1z50
HOSE. Sheer lustrous silk hose with French
openwork clock. Thread silk and chiffon hose in all
the new colors-Dawn, nude, tanbark, sombrero,
gray, peach, cameo. gravel, orchid, banana and Nah
Jong shades in blue, green bamboo and east wind
Sport Hose of Isle, startling patterns, in black
and white, blue brown and gray mixtures
RIBBONS for many Roman stripe rib
bonS for girdles; also much in use for the gay new
scarfs; Gre and Moire combined in black in stripes
and fancy dots. Satin and MORE combinations in
all colors.
JEWELRY. Slave or Love bracelets, double
headed hat darts set with rhinestones and colored
stones Earrings in the very latest cut STEEL some
with stone settings. Loop styles and straight drops.
The latest Fobs in black ribbon with charms set
III pearls rhinestones in sterling silver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
SENATE BR|BE
HELD TOBEy.
SERIOUS
Sterling Committee May Take
Actionother Cases Are
Now Alleged

ACCESSIBILITY of saspending the
Senate employee who is alleged to
have sold his influence in connec.
ton with impending postal Iegis.
lation may be discussed this after.
noon at q meeting of the Senate
Committee on Postoffices and Post
Roads.
While members or the COMMITTEES
are reticent over the reported
bride, one of them admitted that
the scandal probably will at least
be the subject OF round table
discussion, and action may follow,
Senator Sterling Of South Dakota,
chairman Of the Senate Postoffice
Committee is known. to have con,
fided to q friend today in tallxine
about the bride case that cit Is
serious"
Many Senators are wondering
why the case IL being permitted
ITO hang in the air. after such
positive declarations were made
by those who have perused the
evidence and the admission by At
torney General Stone that he
found indisputable proof that money
changed hands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
PROVED
SERVICE
AIM Of
DC.
Commissioners Consider Pro-
posal to Assist Georgetown
and BurIeith Residents

Rearrangement and Improve
ment Of transportation facilities
to Georgetown, Burleith, and the
far northwest section Of WASH
ington is being considered BY the
Public Utilities Commission,
Major e. r. Covell, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, an
nounced today.
Tentative proposals follow:
Replacement Of street car serv-
ice on Wisconsin avenue, NJ street
to the District line, by busses.
abandonment Of car service on
Wisconsin avenue and the substi-
tuition of two bus lines, one run
ming from the District line to
Dupont Circle, another through
Burleith and nearby sections and
ending in Georgetown.
Sale of the Wisconsin avenue
car line, now owned by the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany, to the Capital Traction
Company.
Tests Out Sentiment
In making this announcement,
Major Covell stated the commission
was not tied down to any proposi.
tom He made the announcement,
he said, to test out public senti.
ment. on. the proposals. He asks
for views OF citizens Of these sec.
tions.s
The transportation changes are
being considered for two reasons:
First, the repaving of Wisconsin
avenue is scheduled for next
spring. necessitating the expendi-
ture OF thousands OF dollars by the
w. r. & Il. to put in new car
tracks; second, the application Of
the Washington Rapid Transit
Company to run q bus line into
Georgetown and Burleith.
The Commission believes q daft.
mite policy on transportation to the
far northwest should be formulated
as soon asS possible.
The w. r. & E. has indicated II
does not want to spend several
thousand dollars in replacing tracks
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Bus Service May Replace Car Line
Freezing Weather Il
Experienced Over
Whole Country

Cold weather in many parts of
the country is breaking all rec
ords for December, the United
States Weather Bureau an
nounced today in issuing . warn
ing that freezing temperature
may be expected togo as far
South as central Florida by
Monday.
1.-THE great area Of abnormal
" low temperature has now
overspread all sections west of
the Mississippi" the bureau an
nounced.
"The line of zero tempera-
ture this morning extend south
ward to Oklahoma, northern
New Mexico and Arizona, and it
is more than twenty degrees be-
low zero over much Of the north
west"
Miles City, Mont, was the.
coolest place in the nation to-
day, reporting q minimum tenn
perature of ~ degrees below
zero.
Decidedly colder weather Will
overspread the lower lake re-
giony Ohio Va ley; eIii see and
the East Gulf States, tonight
and Saturday" warned the Blu
reau, "and the Atlantic States,
including Florida. Saturday and
Sunday. Freezing temperature
Is probable for central Florida
by Monday"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
RICH,
MAY LOSE
WIFE
Generals Son Adds ST. O0,-
600 to Fortune Spouse
May Sue for Divorce

PARIS, Dec. 19.-The recent
boom in stocks in Wan Street net
ted Osborn Wood, son Of General
Leonard E. Wood, governor gen
eral Of the Philippines, $4,000. 900,
his friends here declared today.
Wood admitted to international
News Service today that he had
been playing Wall Street, but re-
fused TO confirm the amount Of
his profits. When Wood was
asked what specific stocks he had
dealt in, he replied:
That il unimportant. l have
however, decided not to take Dip
lomatic examinations. but instead
win return to New York within a
fortnight and enter the oil bust
ness.
Celebrates His Winnings.
1T would be very unwise for me
to say in what stocks made my
profits. That would be a poor
start for a prominent business
Wood was interviewed in in his
suite at the Crillon Hotel.
You ask me whether / made
". 1000. O00. 600. Well now, don't you
think $4,000, 900 Is a lot OF money.
You'd better say instead that I made
81 or 50 because maybe did in
the recent bull market"
Wood celebrated what his friends
termed This biggest winning" by
giving q dinner party last night at
the Club Daunou. He displayed
a huge hank rolf and his smallest
change was thousand franc bills.
After the dinner party Wood invited
the entire group to Montmartre.
Unlucly In Love.
Although Wood has been lucky
In fortune he has been unlucky in
love, his friends said. The ruInor
persists in the Ritz. and other tea.
rooms that Woods wife departed for
America a fortnight ago. This
was at the highest point Of his
profit taking, the friends said.
1t was not possible to obtain q
direct denial Of the rumor that Mrs.
Wood would start proceedings Tor
divorce in New York.
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do not think that any evidence
ever proved that Harry Daugherty
ever got any money from bootleg.
gers via Jess Smith. A good pro-
gressive, it seems, should believe
that the evidence on that point
was there. / could not see that it
was. So I'm in bad as a progress
sive.
However, have my consolation.
I'm also in. bad as a conservative.
never could see that any evidence
ever proved that the I. w. WIS
put into. jail during the war had
ever committed any crime against
the Government of the United
States. For that inability on my
part ] got the name OF being quite
a radical.
The persons accused were radi-
calls. l. could not see that the
accusations against them were es-
tablished. They were accused essen
tally Of treason, Not being able
to see that certain radicals accused
of treason had ever been proved
guilty OF treason, found myself
invested with a sudden and thrill
ing reputation for radicalism on my
own account.
now sometimes say that CALVIN
Coolidge believes in lowering the
surtaxes, mot because he is told to
believe 1t by wall Street." but
because anybody else from Plym-
outh. VT. even IL he had never
heard Of wall Street" would be-.
lieve in lowering the surtaxes.
This gives me a reputation as a
conservative. A progressive, APP
parently, would believe that no.
body from Plymouth. Vt, would
ever know what to think until
somebody from New York told him.
I then, however, say that Calvin
Coolidge often hesitates a long time
before making up his mind and
that he is a great 1iu-jitsu political
artist (which / think admirably
and that. in any case, Senator
Couzehs of Michigan Is not going
to do everything that Calvin Cool
idge says simply because Calvin
Coolidge got q considerable plurality
and q quite safe majority In tile
last election.
This induces readers Of the Brook
Ign Eagle to write enraged letters
to the managing editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle. pointing out that
/ am insidiously disparaging the
presidential hero Of conservatism
and the whole recent conservative
presidential victory. It also raises
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
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GUILLOT|NE
FOR0GRE
AND BOY
AIDE
iIWsnty-four Sayings Proved
BY Prosecutions Pair Re-
ceiVe Verdict unmoved
BY s. d. WEYER,
international News service.

HANOVER, Germany, Dec. 10.
Fritz Hartman today herad the
tury's answer to his plea for
speedy death. It was 4 sentence
to die ION the guiIlotine for both
the attic ogre and his vulture ac-
coInplice, Hans Grams.
Haarmann was found guilty Of
twenty-sour of the III murders
with which ne was charged. Grams
was held guilty 81 instigation Of
one murder and as accessory in i
second.
Lured Youth 20 Room.
Grams was sentenced to the guillo.
tine for prompting the murder 81
one Of the many youths he Iured to
Haarmann's little room overlooking
the river where Haarmann killed
them that Grams might sell their
clothes.
As accessory to second murder
of the possible two score Haarrnafln
admitted he may have committed
and lost in the ruck Of his murder
Ciotted memory, Grams was sent.
enced to fifteen years in the feni.
tontiary.
Wants No Appeal.
Haarmann accepted the verdict
IN the same spirit that he had re-
quested that his head be, chopped
Off.
II fully accept the verdict.
want no appeal, no pardon" he
said. However, in some of those
cases, was not guilty"
Both Haarmann and Grams stood
calm and eInotionless.
Haarnann was acquitted of three
murders because absolute proof that
he committed them was lacking.
The verdict parallels the opinions
Of experts, who held, that Haar,
mann was sane. It read: "He
knew he would kin when he saw
his victims for the first time.
Therefore. he acted deliberately. =
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for a woman who, she says, needs
1t very badly.
About q month ago she accepted
position as housekeeper for 4
married couple. While she was there.
the wife died and the husband h
now giving up the house. The
woman has no money with which
to rent room, neither has she any
money to buy food. There Is NO
one to look after herr
A large number of Good Fellows
were enrolled IN the Good Fellow
organization yesterday, but the
number is still short Of the mem
Continued on Page 2. Column -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
FOES Of SHOALS
BILL HALT
BALLOT
Led by La Toilette, Progress
sives Fight Night Session
Called by Curtis

BY KENNETH CLARK,
international News service.

Prospect Of bitter fight that
may extend for weeks over the
Muscle Shoals question faced the
Senate today.
just when Administration lead
ers thought they would be able to
force a vote on the Underwood
bill before the start Of the Christ
mas recess tomorrow, Progressives
announced they would not permit
action on the measure until after
the vacation period. If necessary
they said they would filibuster.
Progressives hoped by delay to
muster recruits to their ranks and
defeat the Underwood bill. This
plan Of strategy has the support
of all Progressives in the Senate
and was understood to have been
agreed upon in conference in
which Senator La Toilette (Rep.)
of Wisconsin participated.
See, Defeat in Delay.
AS a counter to this move. Sena-
tor Curtis Of Kansas, Republican
leader, announced he would demand
the Senate remain in session to.
night. This will be fought by Pro.
gressives, Senator Norris Rep.) Of
Nebraska declaring he would move
an adjournment at b o'clock.
In Progressive ranks there was
the feeling that every days delay
In the vote on the Underwood bill
would lessen it's strength.
They claimed converts already had
been won away from the measure
and in this connection named Sena-
tors Walsh (Dem.l OF Montana and
Glass and Swanson of Virginia.
Walsh announced he would vote for
the Norris government ownership
bill.
Floods Of Amendments.
Norris assailed the Administra.
tons night session plan as "a test
OF physical endurance"
Another avalanche OF amend
ments both to- the Norris and I'm
derwood bills flooded the Senate
today.
One amendment proposed by
Walsh would extend Federal regula-
ton to all surplus power developed
at Muscle Shoals.
The authors of plans to submit
the whole Muscle Shoals question
to specially named commissions,
Senators WadsworthS Rep) OF New
York, and Jones ReI) of Washing
ton. submitted amendments to their
original oRosalz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19

Josephine Dandridge, Taking
Class to Rehearsal, Falls in
Front Of Union Station

Josephine L. cambridge, colored,
thirty-nine, q teacher at the Logan
School, Third and q streets north
east, was taking some of her
pupils TO a rehearsal for a Christ
mas play, when she dropped dead
today In front Of the Union Station.
The teacher, who lived at Gal
Acker street northeast was taking
the children to the Lincoln Theater,
on. U street between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, when she fell to
the pavement.
Policeman Dallinger CT the Sixth
precinct picked her up and called
. physician who said she died from
heart trouble.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
JAIL
IN RUN
CASES
Prohibition Official Complains
to Congress Concerning
enforcement Here

Complaint Of lack Of prohibi-
ton enforcement in the District
Of Columbia was made to Con-
gress by Assistant Prohibition
Commissioner James e. Jones dur
ing the hearings on the Treasury
Departmental appropriation bill,
reported to the House this after
nOon.
Commissioner Jones declared
that prohibition in Washington Ii
being hindered by the failure Of
judges to impose prison sentences
on bootleggers.
He declared that q large num-
Der of bootleggers now are OPP
Grating in the District.
Many Arrests Made.
Questioned by Congressman WI.
liam s. Ware of Pennsylvania. as
to whether the law was being well
enforced here, Jones said:
mot as well az we would IKE
to have 1t. We are making a
great many arrests in cabarets and
restaurants and running down
bootleggefs. There are quite a
number of petty bootleggers in the
District.
He explained that petty bootleg
gers are those who deal in half
pint and pints and who operate
mainly on the streets.
is the district attorney Of Wash
ington an aggressive and fearless
law enforcing officer" Congress.
man Ware asked,
"The assistant district attorneys
who handle prohibition cases have
been doing their best, think, -
Jones replied.
5000 Cases In Court.
Congressman Ware stated that
the records show that 5000 cases
OF prohibition violations have been
brought into police court here.
Later Ware stated that II It is
true that the district attorney can
not enforce the law In the District,
with the complete cooperation OF
the prohibition unit, 1t shows the
hopelessness Of attempting to en-.
force the law throughout the rest
of the county, las you get further
away from the seat of power"
Jones declared that there are
more arrests on q per capita basis
In Washington than In may other
cities.
This Ii cosmopolitan city" he
said, and win admit that there
is more drinking in Washington
than in some other cities In the
country. This law is not being en-
forced 100 per cent now. / think
It would be enforced very quickly
in the judges would impose prison
sentences on bootleggers rather
than fines"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
BLANES SERBS
FOR WAR IN
ALBANIA
Envoy at London Fears An
other Conflict May Grow
Out Of Fighting

ROME, Dec, 10.--UncOnfirne
dispatches from Belgrade today
said that Fan N0li, the premier Of
Albania has fled as result Of the
victories scored by the rebel move
ment.
LONDON, Dec. 19.Shadows of
another Balkan war, possible
forerunner of another huge
European conflict, were foreseen
today in the Albanian insurrec-
tion by Bey Konitza, Albanian
minister to London.
The minister charged Serbia with
instigating the trouble, but the
Jugo-S lavian legation denied that
Serbians were in any way in
volved.
Sees Annexation Plot.
Unless some great power inter.
venes. another Balkan war Is imrni.
nent, followed probably by q Euro
pean war;" said the Albanian min
lister.
THE trouble that has arisen is
due to the deliberate milItaristic
policy Of aggression on the part OF
Serbia againet Albania. There IL a
keen desire on the part Of Serbia TO
annex Albania
His charges were denied in an
official statement from the Jugo-
Elavian legation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
DERAILED CARS BLOCK
3. AND o. CUTOFF LINE

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Dec. H.
The cutoff line Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad near Patterson
Creek, eight miles east Of here. Is
held up until tonight because Of
sixteen carloads OF coal Of extra
eastbound freight being derailed,
the result Of a broken wheel early
today.
Westbound fast freight train No.
81 crashed into a derailed car oaus.
ing the engine and three cars 10
leave the track. The derailYnent
and crash occurred on a curve on
a cut. No one was reported in.
iured.