Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1921, Page 13

=G T. S. ULTIPLY The Money you have at few hundreds or several thousands, should be put to work for you and make money while you are other- wise occupied. Graeme T. Smallwood 729 14th St. Main 5070 Balance Monthly 4 Cheerful Bedrooms and Bath Large Porches 4122 3d St. N.W. nes. E : i ¢ asy Terms ! e e S arent Sobma, Lws batha, Tecen- . and the houses at 702 to 710 Irving |12y here and there as if the ef- 1 thought I heard a sound down- N ilor. BNt h . , street and 3457 Holmead place. n merely perfunctory. e 5 i Cement porches, harawood floors, B I N e “I don't read the society columns as|8runted. “I didn’t hear anything; you L £ ished doors and many, many other features e voli- nvestigation. b STORAGE COMPANY PLANS SEVEN-STORY ADDITION Floor to Present Building at 1140 15th Street N. W. the Security Storage Company's head- quarters, 1140 15th street northwest, and construction of another floor to the present six-story main structure is under consideration by the board of di- rectors of the company, it was learned oday. igns for the proposed building and al- erations, it 18 understood. The new structure will be used for storage of household goods, automobiles, etc. Clarence A. Aspinwall is president of the company. —— course we could f 3 : hot- ; . il e room on the other side of the |get from what's in here In Solving e : ; N iaaE ana uilt-in garage . i 1 oD T g rutor, |1anding was fitted out with a higher | tho mystery downstairs. The locks Is & very fair prioe, for this hous is the beat buy in Chevy Chase at any | Several Houses Changed Hands During Past Week. Several residence properties were at 1767 Willard street northwest, and the brick residence. at 1353 Irving street northwest. l Mrs. Mary H. Rector pugchased from B. H. Gruver one of the new brick houses recently completed at 3810 Kansas avenue northwest. Charles M. Bryan purchased from Edward M. Willis premises 3804 Kan- s avenue northwest. This is a new Phillips' office collaborated with oth- er offices in the transactions involv- ing the Llewellyn apartment house LYON PARK’S GROWTH. sold this week through the office of {, (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) Synopsis. Ex-Roundsman Timothy McCarty forgetful that he had retired from out of him what he did do in there,” says McCarty. “We'll take him along and find out,” Clancy declared briet- y. The trio enter a large room, on the floor of which lies a man in evening clothes, the white waistcoat and shirt On the person of the suspect is found keys, pistol and blackjack. And Here It Continues. “Did you send the young crook off want your report on him later, but I understand you and McCarty are agreed that he had nothing to do with the main crime, the murder. Come, Mac.” As the rest descended to investi- gate the lower regions of the house, McCarty and the inspector crossed the wide corridor and entered the first room of a spacious suite on the left. It was evidently that of the mistress though the toilet articles and similar objects of intimate daily use were missing and a slight smudge of dust regularly as I might, not having mov- THE EVENING, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. HOW MANY CARDS? Author of “The Island of Intrigue,”“Suspense,” “Ashes to Ashes,” <tc. would first of all be looking for it, ‘r"l’ued that she was of the looking kind.” “We have no time to bother with it now, at all events” the inspector re- marked after several futile attempts to open the drawer. ‘Il have an ex- of hurried departure. In the first room dresses and aprons of a plain, serviceable quality were scattered about, and in the adjoining one, the half-opened closet door and drawers of the bureau revealed the habiliments of a butler dragged grade of furniture than the other two, worn, but comparatively lux- urious, as though the articles might have been relegated from below atairs. An examination of the tail- or's tabs on the suits which filled the “His valet, probably,” McCarthy haszarded. “The butler and one of the ‘Wwoman servants must have occupied those rooms across the hall.” “That's obvious,” retorted the in- spector. “They may have been here last night and made a getaway when the murder was done, but if we can find the housekeeper's books we can get a line. on who they were. The warning and cocked his ear. % “What?” the other demanded in curt 0! must be getting nerves, Mac! That SATURDAY, the edge of the top step and then dis- appear? Without comment he entered the room at the rear. The furniture was of walnut in severe lines, the rugs the gray wallpaper were of sedate. classic subjects. A businesslike Iooklnft desk stood human occupancy were visible save a tea wagon covered with dusty por- celains drawn up beside the cold hearth, “The housekeeper’s Toom all right, I guess,” remarked the inspector, as one after another he tried the draw- ers of the desk. “These are all locked and I don't see any keys about. It is carefully, first from one side and then from the other, and shaking it tenta- tively when he had raised an end from the floor. “Well,” he replied at length, “there ‘would be little object, wouldn't there, sir. in locking an empty desk? Of Bungalow Takoma Park JULY 23, 1921—PART 2.. shadow pause immovable just above|are rusty, too, as you'll notice. Did you-iry the dressing table?” “Yes. and empty. The drawers are unlocked There’s nothing more here, Mac; let us go down now and see what the rest have discovered.” Sam and Pete, the two detectives from the borough headquarters, to- were standing in nfll!la group near study, and the face an expression of i “Anything new turned up?” asked of all three bore tupefaction. Inspector Druet crisply. “No, order, though it's evident t sir. The kitchens are Ll“ in they have been used lately, but not for the supper that we found tpread out in vestigation will demonstrate that these houses are very desirable from the next room?’ Pete, the elder of the two detectives, replied: “That came from Mazzarini’s, the caterer; his boxes are down in the paatry now.” “There's food and fce left in the re- frigerators,” the other detective, S8am, He pointed with a grimy thumb at the dead man and was evideritly about to continue his remarks when the in- since we left you on the second floor?” : “No, sir.” It wad Clancy who an- swered. “There was nothing to take us up there, and plenty to look over down here, though it is little enough that we found out!” Mac?' The “You see, inspector It There ate two Three buildings Immediately to_the | the force, follows a figure whose type A e P tRa| e Laenie ieis Co or three notably ~ |Rorth of the company's home have been |had been well known to him In the Bentig, ‘but we had better be get- | Tn “here, slther, for. o ime “the e - Us About wood invesi- |acred from Charles Rich and E. P.|oid days—that of an undersized, nar- | ting on through the house now; it's|whole thing looks funny to me, Mac. T 2o E = goo t ":»rllz. "l“he total frontage of this prop- | row.framed man who disappeared |gaimost 4 o'clock. Of course, the three servants whose = Iy Investments 0Tt OPP Ot | imber “AdY, 1144 and 1136 1ot |Into & palatial residence, but the sus-| Togethor they continued thelr in|rooms have been occupied at least ties available » pect returns instantly ant n mucl spection of the upper floors, u ately may have been left as care- through this office that can be | Lan to ada th story to|Rerturbation. When pulled up by Me- o motiing ven remotely bearing | takers while the family was away, swung with comparatively [the present bullding - was rendered | CRItY the man protests his innocence |on the investigation until they came|but why did Creveling come back 1 ital. H nd | feasible through the® promulgation of | 2P0 gwears that he had ‘nothing to| (o the topmost one, where the serv-|here just to give that little supper % small capital. Homes a the zoning regulations et teritory. |40 With what's in dere!” Clanéy, the |ants' quarters were evidently located. | and get himself murdered after it— Business properties. 12 his Do (b ortel o e e e xeal. policeman,(on ke beat. appears| Horo two! connecting bed chambers what in the. world are you doing w at this juncture and demands, “What's | and a third across the hall bore mute = = o . v b Office of B onibnenade seven storles high. | | going on” I've been trying to et | testimony not only of occupation, but | For McCarty was lifting the desk Below we list a number of exceptionally attractive offerings. In. every standpoint. We suggest immediate action. Monroe St. near 13th—Price $8,500 should find an immediate purchaser. M Street W. of 14th St.—Price, $23,850 This ig an ideal home for physician. is & semi-detached brown stone and brick house containing fourteen rooms and three excellent condition. Conn. Ave. Section—Price $16,500 Here is a charming home at pre-war fig- that mark the home of refinement. Large lot. oftered at a particularly low price at. easy terms will prove an added attraction. Facing Mass. Ave.—Price $i2,500 This is a new bungalow close to the Dis- trict line, containing five large rooms and bath; glass enclosed sleeping porch; spa- cious porches off the dining and rooms are of cement and brick construc- It Beautiful William S. Phillips. » clthes clgset revealed that they had s : large water heat, electricity, sleeping porch, ga- br Willlam H Bell '8 two-family fat| "Yes. He'll be taken care of and I'll | ing’s own wardrobe. e ; 5 RS And e e 3 lot. This the corner. value. living Ample Closets six-room and bath house, built by as e ’ o i room, also included; large yard | Da; lipgllt Cellars B nens A P et £oF Ane aeligate | hougn. they had " been “entered. for 5 rooms and all mod- o D itars. mot water hoat and elec: e er: largs Teont porch and nouse in f y Lebbeus A. Parkhurst purchased niture o o he . lights. Lot 98 feet wide. Owner occu- good condition. See it at once. from Guy T. Helvering a detached | empire, the fragile ornaments and|Wweeks—- . €rn conveniences, ga- aC R s ot Sample House | home, at 5115 415t atreet northwest. |#oft hues of the priceless rugs, o | o Whato that——7" McCarty sud- e 1 pant leaving city and must sell. Perry Place—Price $8,350 i In ' addition to these sales Mr. [tokened a feminine influence, al-|denly ralsed a thick stubby finger In|] rage. Lot 60x140. ’Six rooms and bath; electric lights; furnace [ terms. Priced Chevy Chase—Price $9,000 4 Very attractive six-room and bath brick thing near the price. | Chevy Chase—Price $17,500 eight-room and bath detached house on large lot in very desirable sec- tion, close to Conn. Avenue. Georgetown H Substantially built detached twelve-room and bath brick house on good Georgetown It has furnace heat and gas lights. It is offered at much less -than its real Irving Street—Price $6,500 1 Six rooms and bath;- hotwater heat; nice heat; large porches and large yard. turned with a grin to McCarty. “T told you that you were hearing things when you thought there -was a sound from below while we were on the servants’ floor! Look here, Clancy, you've been on this beat near- ly six months; you ought to know dark and spotiess and the fow ploturss | | Jul It Fas evCent ther no fuscors ¢ it's not the kind of |about how many there were in the YOUR TALENT S Security Directors Also to Add By ISABEL OSTRANDER Which broke the somber monotony of | €rY'of any slgnificance had been | volunteered. “But it's not the kind of | about how, (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) your command now, o At, 1931, by Robert M. MoBrids & Co e Do ke Lo g Coas qulte] Eéther With the policeman, Clancy, . 3 2 opyright, 1921, dert M. McBride . . epector demanded: whether it amounts to a Erection of a seven-story addition to 2 bare, and no intimate touches of|Were etanding in a jittle group near|specior SeARCEN, L 1een upstairs REBEL CHIEF HIDES. MADRID, July 23.—A dispatch from El Aralsh, Spanish Morocco, reports that the rebel chief, Raisali, has fled to Tazarut. He is taking refuge in a subterranean sheiter, fearing his whereabouts will be learned by means of airplanes. It has hot- ouse—Price $8,500 Easy il figure because owner Street—Price $18,000 ed in such circles as this before, but|DbiE room at the back may have been R Est i at the rock. bottom Macomb Stree rice Sales Aggregatt $100,000 in Last |1 gucss wel know wherd sno iz when | the housekseper's.” Lot have a look eal ate Dept- i Huscyeet i This Is & lovely house with ten rooms i e boys o press get hold of thi: ay. . two baths, stucco c H : Five Months. for an ‘extra’ e ’ olbedllianuy&ac?rfiy Jollowed his su- Munsey Buildin. i i N. Hampshire Ave. near Park Road— Aotric lights and located on large lot. Sales i i e rooms across the hall were no |Perior down the hall, but as he did so un! X 3 . sitencat v ack e Apos [less TICHIy appointed. but as unmis. | he cast & swift glance at the stairs v & |||z Price $10.500 18th Street—Price $12,500 This is a Breuninger eight-room and bath takably masculine in appearance as It Did he or did he not see a flitting the first suite had been feminine. The Pretty eight-room and two-bath bungalow; gated more than $100,000 in the last ater heat; large house, with four rooms on each floor. electric lights; gas; hot- Open and Lighted Until 9 O’Clock A Perfect A Cozy - Cottage-~in * Picturesque - Armsleigh Park There's one ready for immediate occupancy— others nearly complet- ed. The appointments construction of very best; wholly de- tached—spacious lawn —far reaching view: |, ride of the Treasury Dept.—and there are two car lines available. You couldn’t be more conveniently located— nor with more charm- ing surroundings. $1,000 Cash - —is all required—bal- ance in modest monthly amounts. Take Chevy Chase cars to Albemarle St.— (first stop north of Bureau of Standards)— walking west—or Wis- 3490—or call any day or evening at 4415 39th St. I'll be there. R. E. HAMILTON Owner’s representative 4415 39th St. are most modern; the = the = five months, it is reported by Ruby Lee Miner. 4 Crops were harvested last fall from one large tract where streets are now being laid, it is stated. The suburban development in this section is said o be due to the efforts of Frank Lyon of Arlington county. GHOST AND STILL TAKEN. “Spook” Used to Frighten Away Children Captured in Raid. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 23.—A ghost which was standing guard over a moonshine still was captured together with the still in a raid by officers in the Kilgore section. The spook, which had a hideous appearance, consisted of a mule’s skull stuck on a stick, which was draped in white cloth. Officers say it was erected by the moonshiners to frighten children who had been picking blackberries in the vicinity of the still. L RENT STRIKE IN JERSEY. JERSEY CITY, N. J.—A rent strike among tenants of fashionable apart- ments was in effect this week under director of revenue and finance, at a mass meeting in protest against notices from owners of aparements tenanted by well-to-do people that the rents would be raised October 1. Names of landlords were iven to Close to Soldiers’ Home— Attractive little home of 6 rooms and bath, all in first-class condition. Excelient furnace heat. Deep lot to alley. Rea- sonable terms. A remarkable house at this low price. Good Investment On Columbia Road, store and 2 flats rented $55 per month, at pre war rental. Must be sold at once. Deep lot to next street. Only $5,250. Walter A. Brown 1400 H St. N.W. M. 1653 Fischer & Friedlander Real Estate and Insurance 606 F St. N.W. Suite 501 Washington, D. C. N WEBSTER ST. $11,500. Easy terms. LANIER PLACE N.W. Two homes of the better type. You will feel proud to be the owner of one of these up-to-date homes. ON SHEPHERD ST. WEST OF 14TH Beautiful home, consisting of 6 la ' rooms and. bath. This hotse fa pracis cally new. Price, $11,000. Terms. - |ON KILBOURNE ST. N.W. Begutiful home of 9 rooms and thorSughly modern. You will like home. Price, $12,500. Terms. bath; this ANOTHER HOME ON KILBOURNE ST. ) rooms and two bath exceptional buy. Price, § This i 500, "Terms. NEAR LINCOLN PARK consin Ave. cars to Fine,colonial type home: 8 rooms and Windom St. Bath: thaeompuir: motert:Frice. S0 N GIRARD ST. Phone me Cleveland ON GIR WEST OF 14TH Excellent home, corsiating of 10 rooms and bath rooms: large lot. ~Price, $12,000. Cash, $1,500. ON ROCK CREEK CHURCH ROAD Facing beautiful Soldlers’ Home Park: 7 rooms and bath. Price, $9,000. Easy terms. Fischer & Friedlander 606 F St. N.W. Phone Main 7579 furnishings were massive, the color scheme of walls and rugs. and drap- erles dark, but boldly vivid, and de- spite its unstinted luxury, the apart- ment bore an air of studied sim- plicity. Its rigid orderliness proclaimed that it, too, had not been occupled recent- 1y, but it was well aired and dusted as if in preparation for the immediate return of the owner. n the lounging room which opened oft the bed chamber Inspector Druat ap- proached an antique mahogany desk which stood in one corner and opened one drawer after another, while Mc- Carty watched speculatively over his shoulder. They seemed to be filled with account books and miscellaneous cor- respondence, mostly of a financlal n: ture, and the latter was turning aw: when his superior paused with his han upon' the knob of the small drawer .be- tween the pigeon holes. Locked.'” 'he remarked succinctly. And there isn't any Keyhol “Then it works with a spring,” Mec- g&ny" suggested. “Million-a-month reveling may not have dropped all his old philandering ways when he married, but he'd scarcely be likely to leaVe anything of a confidential nature in the piace where his wife Ten well 3 o /EST OF 14TH high ceili three tile Armsleigh Park is Wonderful bargain for quick I):lu. Ope'lllnfirefllcu in within 10 minutes’ auto oot D ‘Tooms Sna Trats BT paper having been used each room; fixtures. attractive figure. HOME in keeping with the exacting needs of a party in OFFICIAL OR PROFESSIONAL LIFE — Located just north of Scott Circle on the most important residence avenue In Washington—in the neighborhood where val- ues are stabilized by the ownership of some of the leading residents in the city. proportioned rooms of ample- size, with every room, house redeco- rated throughout, imported new electric New Brick garage for three large cars, water and electric_lights. Red tile dormer roof. Present owner has bought other property for his resi- dence and. will sell for an Open Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for inspection New Hampshire For Information and ins 1410 G Street N.W. vootlld Under Our Co-operative Plan Apartments for Sale in THE NORTHUMBERLAND Two Rooms to Seven Rooms and Bath Prices, $3,500 to $11,500 Terms: One-third Cash; Balance Less Than Present Rental Values on premises, or UNION REALTY CORPORATION Ave. at V Street ection apply to T TTe—— 1834 16th Street NW. city officials at the meeting and the - Home T . s — —— Two Exclusive Propositions In a Perfect location is semi-detached with nice porches, elec- hotwater Heat and other 25 feet wide. is well worth more than the price asked. Cleveland Park—Price $12,000 Newark Street nine-room and bath semi-detached dwelling. electric lights sleeping porch and other features mnot tricity and gas, wanted features. Lot At 2952 It has hot-air heat, found in most houses. and the fact that it is close to Conn. Ave- nue are added attractions. These are but a few of the large n petent salesmen who lot. This Bungalow is this rett: Gwelling, hollow _tile and gas; Attractive terms know Wi tion of these properties at any time. ALLAN E. WALKER & CO., Inc. 813 15th St. On the Ave. of “The Presidents’” Fine “Chévy Chase’’ Residence This is a very attractive price and in'a most desirable section and should find | a ready purchaser. i Bargain—Price Slo,-’:WH e | Located on Wilson Bl'vd. on the Heights of I3 Virginia overlooking ‘Washington is this bath; hotwater heat; electric lights and = hardwood floors and hardwood trim; large lot and two-car hollow tile garage. Owner must sell and is least $2,000.00 less than its value. nmberofhnueuongurlist..Com- are at your service bungalow. It has nine rooms offering property at for inspec- Main 426 3755 Northampton St. N.W., Chevy Chase, D. C. ENTER hall bungalow—pre-war construction—having nine rooms and two baths—storage room and ample closet space. Note this unusual lot—one-quarter of an acre, with trees, hedge, arch en- trance to vegetable garden and two-car garage. Screened porch around entire house—awnings for porch and all windows; numerous open fireplaces. Hot-water heating ap- paratus. Lighted by electricity; gas range and fireless cooker in kitchen. ‘This house hly be bought for less than cost to present owner. OPEN Sunday From 10 A. M. to 6 P.M. for Inspection