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Evening star., 1925-11-19
Last Remnant Day Until After Christmas
nnnsx With uw,fn*m Will
Girls Socks, 25c

Were S5c. Is pairs k-Length
Black Silk Socks, with fine
rib; turnover top; sizes 8
and 9h.
"a Pairs Children's Imported Full
Fashioned Cotton Hose: fine rib;
black and brown: sizes TO
3R. Were l.50: pair; 7E-
HoW NV
"a Pairs Girls White Cotton-and-
Wool Stockings; fine rib; sizes 3
and So; slightly soiled E0.
Were 81 pair: now .... wv
Children's Hosiery Section.
Fourth f1Oor
Evening star., 1925-11-19
Umbrellas, $3.85

Special. 80 Women's Col
ored SILK Umbrellas, with
tape edge: blue, green and
purple; assorted. ambertone
trimmed, carved wood han
dies with silk cord wrist
loops.
Umbrella Section, First floor.
Evening star., 1925-11-19
Girls Dresses, CSC

Were $3.50 to $3.50. 10 Wash
Dresses, 1 and 2 piece: a
good assortment of colors.
Sizes s to IA.
.. Girls 3-piece Flannel Dresses:
skirt. waist and jacket; green
and orange: sizes IA an& Is.
Were $3.50 each: cdOE
now ..... .... Df.I0
3 Girls Bestyette Raincoats in
blue and tan sizes s. 10 and
IA. Were $50 each; c. or
now ....... V[s/]
Girls 2-piece Ensemble Suits:
nannel coat and silk dress To
match navy and blue: size <.
Were $3.50 and S25 T11 S0
each: now .. pb[s~O
1 Junior Miss White Georgette
dress trimmed with satin rIbbon:
slightly soiled; size II. c. Sn
Was s25; now ... p/.0U
Junior Miss Pink Georgette
Evening Dress with tight bodice
and full skirt; trimmed with pink
satin ribbon; size II. CO OK
Was 5000: now -. po./@
Junior Miss Brown Sports
Coat; full lined; size Is CO OK
Was S19.5o: now .. po1/9
Girls and Juniors Section.
Fourth floor
Evening star., 1925-11-19
Gloves About B
and 10 Less

20 pairs Women's Strap
wrist Glace Gloves; sizes ga
and I. Were $3.50 Ct IN
nair. now p>s~o
20 pairs women's Fancy Cuff Glace
Gloves: sizes 3 "a and 7.
Tsw wsFs $3.50 pair: $2.25
90 pairs Women's Suede Gloves:
> clasp; grav: sizes 5a
6a. S:' ~ ~: Were So pair: $50
IA pairs women's Glace Gloves:
12-button length: sizes
q, So. 7. Were So pair; @ *
now
Glove Secfinn First fnor
Evening star., 1925-11-19
Bathroom and Kitchen Furniture Reduced

SLIGHTLY SHOPWORN,
DAMAGED OR IN p E r.
Feet.
/ White Enameled Steel Recess
Bathroom Cabinet. with 15x21-
inch mirror and 2 adjustable opal
glass shelves. Was SIX X
$3.50: now ........ P>O<1S
| White Enameled Steel Bathroom
Cabinet with 14x2O mirror and 3
Was So: now ..... - l.5U
! White Enameled Steel Bathroom
Cabinet with 13x19 mirror and :,
adjustable opal glass
she, shelves Was $3.50; S16.75
HOw
l White Enameled Steel Bathroom
Cabinet with 10x16 mirror and
glass shelves. Was SIC; (S
now pO
Housewares Section. Fifth floor.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
FATE OF TROLLEY LINE
IN BALANCE THIS WEEK
CONTINUED from First Page.)

peal may be taken from the decision
of the corporation commission and
an injunction asked, but rather
looked with disfavor on such a move
as one which would proba bly, bring
about adverse public sentiment.
Gardner L. Boothe, attorney for the
company in Alexandra. said today
the company would not appeal the
decision of the commission.
Il believe there are ample grounds
for an appeal from the decision of
the commission and were one taken
I feel confident that the Supreme
Court Of Appeals would reverse that
decision" MIR. Boothe added. How
ever, it Is not the desire of the Wash
ington- Virginia Railway Co, to un-
necessarily prolong this controversy.
The sooner the entire question is
permanently settled, the better for
all concerned. In view of tt.s situa-
tion, do not think an appe.. will be
taken
Commenting on the possibility of
holders of the mortgages on the prop
erty of the company foreclosing. Mr..
Boothe said, he did not anticipate
such action at this time. If such ac-
ton is taken at all, it will only be
when the property of the company
can be sold to the best advantage.
That time Is not the present"
The Washington-Virgi company.
according to MIR. Reynolds, gives very
cheap transportation service over all
its lines. the average fare TO Alexan-
dria, distance of more than seven
miles, being l2.4 cents, although the
cash fare one-way~ rate is "a cents.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
FIVE PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO CRASHES
Woman in Serious Condition,
Two Men in Hospital.
Reckless Drivers Arrested.

Five persons were injured and four
drivers are charged with traffic law vio-
lations as a result of a series of auto
mobile collisions yesterday and last
night.
James Dore of 1909 street south
east suffered concussion of the brain.
and Thomas Buckley, 1915 V street
southeast, was badly cut on the head
when they were thrown to the roadway
last night from an automobile operated
by Max Campbell of Arlington, Va. in
collision at Eleventh and NJ streets
southeast with a car driven by Patrick
Harley, 2609 Wade road southeast
Dore and Buckley were removed to
Providence Hospital. Campbell was
arrested by police OF No. precinct
and charged with colliding, falling to
make known his identity and not hav-
ing a permit TO drive.
Mrs. Hannah Lerch. So an employe
OF St. Elizabeth's Hospital, is in a
critical condition at that hospital
from injuries received when she was
knocked down last night near Nichols
avenue and Portland street southeast
by an automobile operated by Irving
West, colored, 56 NJ street southeast.
West 10 being held by the police pend
ing the outcome of the woman's in
juries.
Mr. ana Mrs. Maury Middleton or
$500 S street, the former assistant
treasurer of the Southern Railway
Co., were cut and bruised last night
when the taxicab of which they were
occupants was in collision with
another car at Twenty-first street and
Massachusetts avenue. William c.
Umbles of 1912 Fifth street, driver of
the other car, WAS arrested and held
at No. precinct on a charge of reck-
less driving. Both machines were
wrecked.
Theodore F. Smith, colored. of 1894
Thirty-second street, is held on
charges OF operating an automobile
while drunk. colliding, and falling to
make known his Identity, as a result
of collision yesterday evening be-
tween his car and one driven by
Walter K Harris OF 3016 Dumbarton
Evening star., 1925-02-02
.LEG|NSKA LOCATED
AFTER WEEKS HUNT
Pianist in Home of Friends
Outside New York-FaiIs
to Remember Course.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 2-Ethel
Leginska, concert pianist. who dis
appeared a week ago, has been found
at the home of friends outside New
York. This announcement was made
by the Bureau of Missing Persons
In the police report it was stated
mat her disappearance was apparent
ly caused by a nervous breakdown
resulting from overwork 1t was re-
ported that she remembers nothing
from the time she vanished here un-
til she was located
"On request of Miss Leginska the
location of her friends Is withheld
so that she will not be bothered by
representatives of the press" the re
port said
Consider Case Closed.
cerned, closed the case
According to Mrs. Richard Mar
wede, a close friend, Miss Leginska is
in sanitarium in Boston, having
been taken there after she was found
in town in Pennsylvania suffering
from partial loss of her memory. In
cessant overwork was the reason
Mrs. Merwede ascribed for the break
down of the famed pianist
When the pianist was found her
secretary, Miss Lucille Oliver, is said
to have left here to join her.
Missing since Monday.
Miss Leginska disappeared a week
ago. She was TO have given a con-
cert last Monday evening at Carnegie
Hall. When she left her home Miss
Ollver went to call a taxicab while
the pianist waited in the entrance of
the apartment house
Her secretary, when she returned
found that Miss Leginska had disa n
peared. Police were asked to assist
IN the search, but nothing was heard
from her until the announcement
yesterday.
Evening star., 1925-02-02

Il >
the Capitol look upon Congress as
condoning a system OF petty lar
ceny" and that 1t should not be toll
Grated. He said that he intends to
take up the Anderson bill and try to
get action on it, probab offering it
as amendment on the floor SO as to
do his best to relieve this stigma"
upon Congress and upon the. admin
istration of the Capitol Building
IF there is a place on the top Of
Gods green footstool where informa-
ton ought to be free to citizens Of
this country and where we ought to
create good impression on the tray
cling public, upon patriotic American
citizens, it is under the dome of this
Capitol. We should not send them
away with bad taste in their
mouths, feeling that they have had
sort of petty larceny practiced
upon them when they came here.
Sees Duty TO Public.
Il feel that we owe 1t as dutv
to the public of the United states
an act of high class citizenship to dis
pei, If we can. that feeling When
there are $4,000 persons a day going
through Washington. most of whom
come to see the Capitol, / feel that
Congress ought to take some stand
and put that system on better
basis"
Representative Taylor and Sergeant
alarms Rogers emphasized that
guides in the Government Printing
once, Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing and other departments are
not permitted to make any charge or
receive any tips or fees for showing
people through the buildings and
that people appreciate such service.
David Lynn, architect of the Capt.
tol, was questioned concerning the
authority by which two bookstands
are operated In the crypt under the
otunda of the Capitol. His testimony
showed that some years ago woman
was permitted to sell a few books
she had on hand and that since such
time new supplies of books have been
brought in so that there are num-
ber of patriotic books now being
sold. Mr. Lynn said that he had
never granted permission for the
operation of these bookstands and did
not know where the permission HAD
been obtained
Representative Taylor expressed the
At the request of the committee he
submitted the copy of an act regu-
lsting the use OF the Capitol grounds
opinion that the matter should be in
vestige ted to find out whether or not
there is any authority, where it comes
from and that Congress should de-
termine whether there is ANY lawful
authority. or whether it has just been
voluntarily assumed"
Evening star., 1925-02-02
TWO YOUTHS DENY
CHARGES OF GIRL
Protest innocence of Holding
Her in Car Despite Alleged
identification"

Although identified" by Miss Teresa
Beck, telephone operator at the Pow
hatan Hotel. as the two young men
who attempted to forcibly detain her
in an automobile early yesterday. and
from which she was compelled TO
jump while 1T was in motion, Harry
Laurence Elexians. 10, of 1907 How
ard street, Chevy Chase, and Francis
Flenard Poore. Is, of 1927 Chapel
lane, Chevy Chase. continued to main
tain their innocence today to the po-
lice.
The pair meanwhile were being
held on charges of ioy-riding, prefer
red against them by police of the first
precinct after they had been arrested
in the car of DR. william p. Argy of
171S Rhode Island avenue. Police say
that the two took the doctors car
after parking the one alleged to have
been involved in the detention of Miss
Beck.
Held In Machine.
According to the story told Head
quarters Detectives Mansfield and
Thompson, Miss Beck was waiting
for street car at Eighteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue when an au-
tomobile containing two men ap-
preached her. She accepted an invita-
tion of one of the men TO take her
home, mistaking him for q friend
Discovering her error when she had
gotten in the car, however. she tried
! to get out of the machine, but was
prevented from doing so by the young
! men. she declared. At Fourteenth
| street and Pennsylvania avenue she
] leaped for the door, but failed to
| reach it, and after the car had fol-
| lowed a zigzag course through several
northwest streets, she managed to
| jump from it al Massachusetts ave-
nue. and S street She went to her
home, at 123 l street southeast, and
| notified the police.
Elexians and Poore were arrested
as they were about to turn in the
| physicians car at a garage in place
| of one they had rented.
Evening star., 1925-02-02

place of meeting, st. James Hotel.
Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Presbyterian, 70 United = Board of
Foreign Missions OF the United Pres
byterian Church TO North America,
Women's General Missionary Society
of the United Presbyterian Church
of North America. Leader, Rev. w.
B. Anderson, D. D.: place of meeting,
wallace Memorial United Presby-
terian Church, New Hampshire ave-
nue. and Randolph street.
Reformed. Christian-Christian Re-
formed Board of Missions. Leader.
Rev. Henry Beets, Ii. d.
Reformed Church in America
Board OF Foreign Missions OF the Re-
formed Church in America, Women's
Board of Foreign Missions Of the
Reformed Church in America. Lead
er. f. NJ Potter; place Of meeting,
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, New York avenue and
Thirteenth street
Reformed Church in the United
States-Board Of Foreign Missions of
the Reformed Church in the United
States; woman's Missionary Society
of the General Synod of the Reformed
Church in the United States; leader,
Rev. Allen r. Bartholomew. D. D.;
! place of meeting, Grace Reformed
Church, 1905 Fifteenth street north
west
Schwenkelder Church in the U. s. A.
Home and Foreign Board OF Mis-
sions will meet with Congregational
group in First Congregational Church
Tenth and streets northwest.
! United Brethren-Foreign Mission
ary Society OF the United Brethren in
Christ; woman's Missionary Associa-
! ton of the United Brethren in Christ;
| leader, Rev. s. G. Ziegler, ID. D.: place
of meeting, United Brethren Memorial
| Church, North Capitol and r streets
Universalist-Board of Foreign Mis-
| sions; leader, Rev. Roger F. Eetz
| place of meeting. Church of Our
| Father. Thirteenth and h streets.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
S1u,0DO,O()O MINE
MERGER PLANNED
Project Calls for Consolida-
tion of $4,000 Acres of Coal
Land in West Virginia.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 2.-Plans are
under way for a possible merger of
bituminous coal properties valued at
800, O,0e0, 900 in the Fairmont-M Morgan
town Clarksburg district in northern
West Virginia, according to an an
nouncement today by Flint & Co..
Inc. and A H. Bickmore & Co, the
organizers.
The negotiations. Charles r. Flint
and A. H. Bickmore said in joint
statement. involve more than $4,000
acres Of developed coal lands, with
$50 mines having an annual capacity
OF at least 21.000.000 tons. The pro-
posal for consolidation, they said.
came from the West Virginia mine
owners, and conferences on the plan
had reached a point which indicated
likelihood OF an early developm ent.
The coal operators, according to the
organizers, felt that concentration OF
their properties under single opera
tion would effect economies in opera
ton. more centralized buying, higher
m mechanical efficiency and general
decrease in selling costs.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
MIDWINTER APPEAL

The work OF the Associated Charities Citizens Relief
Association its peak The eight neghborhood officers
these family welfare
of the different sections city scenes daily
of human suffering
Now it is the story of cripple anxons do something
better sell the Now the
old to work, but with wealthy relatives should
be induced to to her assistance her old age Or wife
suddenly thrown her
the father of her children Here story
i'll work several children and expecting
anothea family too proud to ask aid until savings
hausted
These actual experiences among many from the
daily record of the Associated Charities Each family
has its particular problem To these needs
societies have the good will and financial support
people of Washington Contributions
the Joint Finance Committee 1922 Eleventh northwest
will be individually acknowledged
(Sgned) MILTON E. ALLIES,
Chairman.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
DRILL MAY SAVE COLLINS.
Rescue Workers Hope to Cut way
to Imprisoned Man.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CAVE CITY. Ky, February q
Hope came with the dawn TODAY TO
SAND Cave, where in one OF it's
crooked little crevices, 500 feet from
the entrance, Floyd Collins. 35 years
old' mas lain pinioned by a huge
boulder since Friday morning. A
squad of men, bringing a portable
drill, was to leave Louisville early
today. truck was here, ready TO
transport the equipment TO the cave.
six miles away. With this drill the
rescuers hoped to cut away enough
of the stone to release the victim.
His strength slowly ebbing, Collins
devoted his conscious moments to di-
recting the workers. who for more
than 40 hours have been chipping tiny
makes from the huge rock in a futile
effort TO release Collins foot-all that
was between him and safety
Little Headway Made.
Handicapped by lack of tools and
by the narrow passage. the rescuers
have made little headway. but have
kept increasingly at their task Water
seeping in from the ice-covered cliffs
added to the discomfort of Collins
and the men who had souirmed
through the crevice to take him food
and to do what little else they could
for him
Collins brothers, Marshall and
Homer, themselves experienced cave
men. have worked incessantly since
their brother was entombed In des-
peration yesterday they offered a $500
reward to any one who would rescue
him. dead or alive. The workers
needed no prospect of reward. how
ever, for everything possible had
been done Every experiment had
been tried, only to fail; every sugges-
tion had been considered, but none
proved helpful
Work Until Frozen Out.
Ever since Collins plight was dis
covered Saturday. "a hours after the
accident, scores of persons have stood
ready. but helpless, around the mouth
of the cave. sSingly and in pairs. vol
unteers would 60 into the cavern.
make their way through the tortuous
channel, down a drop of so feet to
Collins. They would work until.
number by the cold, their places were
taken by others.
Sand Cave is FIVE miles from the
new entrance to Mammoth Cave. and
is in region of many unexplored
caves and subterranean passages. Col
Inns had gone into the cave Friday
morning to explore it. and was rnak-
ing his way out when the boulder fell
on his foot.
While exploring Crystal Cave two
years ago, Collins was entombed by a
falling boulder. He was rescued after
4S hours.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
Urges 90 Per Cent
Tax Upon Sales of
Base Ball Players

A 80 per cent Federal tax would
be levied on sales of professional
base ball players whenever the
amount changing hands exceeded
$4,000 under a bill introduced to-
day by Representative La Guarlia,
Republican, New York. The tax
would not be assessed if the player
received the purchase price.
Mr.. La Guardia said professional
base ball was the only field in
which an individual failed to pro-
mt through improved ability and
transfer of his services
Evening star., 1925-02-02
Gen. King Ordered to Capital.

Brig. Gen. Campbell King, COM
manding the coast defenses of Manila,
was ordered today to report here to
the chief of staff for duty. 1t is un-
derstood he viii be appointed either
assistant to the chief of stan in
charge OF the war plans of the per-
sonnsl section.
Evening star., 1925-02-02

sons of slender build, There is con-
slant danger that sand and stone
may fail, burying others, it was de-
clared.
II Collins is saved, it will be almost
a miracle, says stafT correspondent
for the Post. The water was rising
slowly about the entembed man at s
CLOCK and If drill rushed from
Louisville fails to arrive promptly. u
is feared Collins may be doomed. He
mas oeen told that the drill is expect
ed soon.
i can stand II much longer" the
Post correspondent quotes him
Evening star., 1925-02-02
BULGARIAN ENVOY
RESIGNS HIS POST
State Department Reports
Dr.. Panaretoff Will Quit
Washington March |.

stephan Panaretoff. b. garian Min
lister to the United States for the last
10 years, has resigned, according to
advices given out at the State De-
partment yesterday. He VIII leave
his post March /.
When in 1914 the Bulgarian gov
ernment decided to open legation
in Washington il offered the position
of Minister to Mr.. Panaretof, who
for many years had been connected d
as professor of Bulgarian and Slavic
languages and literature with the
American Robert College in Constan-
tinople.
Remains During War.
As during the World War the Dip
1omatic relations between this coun-
try and Bulgaria were not broken off
Mr. Panaretoff remained undisturbed
and assisted in the maint nance OF
friendly relations between the United
States and his country.
DR.. Panaretoff retired from his post
here December 16, 1920 for personal
reasons. and remained in Boston and
nuar there with Nine Panaretoff,
formerly Miss Lydia Giles of Boston.
until August "a, 1921, when he again
presented his credentials as Minister,
Dr. and Nine. Panareton were married
in Constantinople. where they were
,nambers of the faculty of Robe TT
College.
Attend Institute of Politics
They have attended the Institute of
Politics at Williams College each
Summer since it's establishment by
DR.. Harry A. GARFIELD, president of the
college, and the Minister has lectured
at the Institute.
The Minister and Nine. Panaretoff
are among the most popular of the
diplomatic hosts, and will be greatly
missed here in diplomatic circles as
well as In official and resident society.
Evening star., 1925-02-02

The easy mark doesn't know how,
easy he In until some salesman ofl
worthless stocks or bonds has his
money.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
ARRESTS HELD VITAL.
Two Held in Cairo on Eve of
Escaping.

BY the Associat ted Press
LONDON, February "A Reuters
dispatch from Cairo says the greatest
Importance is attached to the arrest
of two men Saturday in connection
with the assassination OF the sirdar,
Sir Lee Stack
The men were trying to escape into
Tripoli, and were seized aboard a
train from Alexandria to Ell Hammam
They carried automatic pistols with
dunn dun bullets, -.-.-.~. -
Evening star., 1925-02-02

More than s5.o00,O00 worth of
American made radio apparatus was
sold in other parts Of the world last
year. =. =.
Evening star., 1925-02-02
U. S.-PAID GUIDES
AT CAPITOL ASKED
IN HOUSE MEASURE

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1925-02-02
SURGEON is OFFERED
$500 TO ENTER CAVE
AND AMPUTATE LEG

Continued from First Pagel
Evening star., 1925-02-02

Rev. A. l.. Warnshuis is one of the
leading language experts at the con-
vention. For 20 years he was a mis-
sionary in China and is author of
Manual of the Annoy Language" At
the conference he Is representative
of the Reformed Church in America.
Evening star., 1925-02-02

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Evening star., 1925-02-02

Rev Canon Anson Phelps Stokes Is
known and admired by every Yale
alumnus in the country. He Is sec
retary of the famous Phelps-Stokes S
Foundation and president of the Yale
Foreign Missionary School. He is
author of the University Schools Of
Religion" He belongs to a family
which has contributed immense sums
to the cause of religious education.
Evening star., 1925-02-02

Rev. Luther b. Wolf. representa-
tive Of the United Lutheran Church
in America, Is another one of the
exceptional number of noted writers
who are attending the convention.
He was missionary in India for "a
years and wrote the book entitled
Missionary Heroes of the Lutheran
Church"