Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1922, Page 14

REAL 14 —_—e—————— ASK ISSUE OF FIAT MONEY Proposal That Government Shall Loan Currency at Low Interest. DES MOCINFES, lowa, February 18.— Tssuance of flat money by the govern- ment to be loaned to farmers at low interest through the postal saving Dank was demanded in a resolutio adopted by the American Co-opera- tors’ Congress here. The Farmers' Union and the American Society of Squity were sponsors for the oon- Tess. BT he resolution said that the solu- tion of the farmers’' problems lies in restoring farm product prices de- stroyed by deflation and not in bring- ing labor down to the farmers’ level. The congress also passed resolutions urging repeal of the Cummins-Esch law, and “reorganization of the fed- eral reserve board with representation thereon of agricultural, labor, indus- try and finance.” Business Property FOR RENT 2926 14th St. N.W. Store —Good business location. Six room and B. F. SAUL CO. Main 2100 1412 Eye St. NNW. Be Sure to See Our SUNSHINE HOMES IN MICHIGAN PARK" 12th and Michigan Ave. Lots Seventy-five Feet Front Over 60 Houses and Bungalows sold before completion. Prices, $7,650 to $8,450. $750 cash and $68 a month, including all interest. Take “Brook- land” car to end of route. Built by Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Woodward Bldg., 15th and H Tenth Floor. Main 6935 Exhibit 2733 Conn. Ave. Bet. “'oo:ley Rd. & Cathedral Ave. Price, $20,000 Two stories, attic, library, two fireplaces, two baths, breakfast and sleeping porches, chauffeur’s room with bath; single or double garage at cost. Built by Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Woodward Bldg., 15th & H €935 Tentk Floor Main Massachusetts Avenue Park Massachusetts Avenue, west of Sheridan Circle to near Connecticut Avenue Bridge. Rock Creek Park to 32d and Cathedral ave- nue. Washington’s best home section. Wooded lots and villa sites. Some as low as $2,000. Call for Booklet. Over forty homes built and under construc- tion. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Woodward Bldg., 15th and H Tenth Floor. Main 6835 1 Left $6,750 New Homes 2nd & Adams Sts. NW. 6 rooms and bath, hot-water heat, electric lights, hardwood trim throughout, side oven gas range, large lots to alley, plenty room for garage. The Best Value in the City at the Price Inspect Today or Sunday ‘Take North Capitol Street cars t0 Adams St. and walk two blocks west, or Florida Ave. cars to 2d St. and walk north to house. Open and Lighted Until 8:00 P.M. Howenstein Bros. 7th and H Sts. N.E, Lincoln 897-898 - ESTATE. owroom, at 1823 14th street morthwest, which was sol Automob! during the past week by Shannon & Luchs for William E. Edmondston t Nicholas Beresoski, who will LEGTURES ON REAL ESTATEATY.M.C.A. Alired H. Lawson Explains Details Required in Va- rious Transfers. Complex details which distinguish the settlement for a purchase of real estate from that for the purchase of any other commodity were described to members of the Y. M. C. A. real estate class at this week's session by Alfrea H. Lawson, secretary of a local title insurance company. In addition to the actual purchase price there are certain stated charges and items of expense and income that continue more or less permanently and run with the title to real estate that must be adjusted when a sale is consummated or a loan negotiated, Mr. Lawson said. These items, which usuaily. extend over definite periods, are in some instances paid in advance and in other instances accrue until maturity. Function of Title Company. In either case it hardly ever occurs that a sale is consummated at a time when all such items are evenly bal- anced. Consequently, in order to equitably settle a transaction in real estate involving either a sale or loan, these matters must be adjusted in the form of debits and credits. This phase of work is one of the func- tions of a modern title company. Mr. Lawson outlined the methods employed correctly to calculate these items in order that both the buyer and the seller may have an equitable adjustment. Taxes and interest on existing mortgages; not being pay- able in advance, are charged on a pro rata basis to the seller, while rent, which is generally collected In advance, is credited to_the purchaser in the same manner. Premiums patd in advance for fire insurance as well as water rent are also adjusted on the same basis. These items, together with charges for title certificate and other incidental _charges, complete the adjustment as to the purchaser and, with the addition of the brokers’ commission, also complete the trans- action with the seller. Sale Coatract Vital. It was pointed out that the sale contract, which is generally entered into by the parties, controls in the matter of adjustment. Very great care should be exercised in the prep- aration of such contracts so that they express the terms and special agree- ments exactly as desired and under- stood by all parties. Carelessness in this respect frequently results in failure to consummate sales, produces litigation and sometimes causes ad- ditional and unexpecteg expense to the party on whom the Iiability rests. At the next meeting of this class James J. Becker, vice president of a local title insurance company, will discuss “conveyancing.” HIGH TAXATION FORCES PEER TO GIVE UP HOME British Marquis Decides Lord With No Vdte Is in Class With Lunatics. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 30.—High taxa- tion has forced another British nob! man to desert a historic family seat and seek residence more in accord with his post-war pocketbook. Hope- ton House, Linlithgowshire, a fine Italian mansion set in stately domain of beautiful Versailles gardens, one of the finest country estates in Scot- land, and the home of the Marquis of Linlithgow, is to be closed. Seventy employes will be dismissed or trans: ferred other work. The estate has ?;3:1 handed from father to son since “Local and imperial taxes are too much for me,” the marquis told an Edinburgh interviewer, “Like Jack Sprat and spouse, they leave nothing. A British noble lord. with no vote in such matter is in a class with pau- pers and lunatics. Times are changed and we are changed with them,”-he philosophized. That the position of landed gentry of England and Scotland truly is diffic cult is evidenced by the fact that be- fore 1916 the marquis had disposed of his pack of hounds and all hi: horses ‘except two chargers for mili® tary service. Shooting rights on his estate also were sold. Further re. ductions are said to be impossible. ;vlt‘;lout failure in the duty of land- o rd. Hopeton House is one -of the treasure houses of Scotland. The grounds, dotted with giant trees and intersected by shady avenues, com- mand splendid views, taking in the whole sweep of the Firth of Forth and the Ochil hills.. MISFITS TO BE AVOIDED. Psychologists Propose Finding Job Suited to Eqch Individual NEW YORK, February 17.—Curing the ills of business through psychol- ogy applied to finding for each in- dividual the sort of work he is best fitted to do was the announced aim of a group of psychologists who In- corporat today under the name of the Psychological Corporation, with offices in New York. ‘The plan of the board of directors, headed by Dr. James R. Angell, pres- ident of Yale, is to give tests, sim- {lar to the Army intelligence tests given during the war, the results of which will be used as basis of voca- tional guidanc 3 Through this method, the incor- porators announced, it is hoped to double the national wealth each year by avoiding misfits in business and professional life. BAN JAZZ AND PETTING. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, February 18.—Four hundred members of the Albuquerque High School Girls’ League have banned jazz dancing, “petting parties” and cigarette smok- ing. A resolution described jazs dancing as that by which is meant dancing that involves unneoessary bodily con- y bodily and that might appear vulgar to the onlookers. R % d the property as an investment. HOME PURCHASED. Mr. Pitney Purchases Residence of Former Representative Foss. Associate Justice Mahlon H. Pit- ney of the United States Supreme Court has just purchased the resi- dence at 1763 R street northwest from former Representative George Edmund Foss. It is understood the was held at $60,000. le was negotiated through the office of Randall H. Hagner & Co. The house Is of the English basement type, colonial design, with a twenty-five-foot frontage. There are about twenty rooms and a num- ber of baths. . FOUR NEW HOUSES SOLD BY D. J. DUNIGAN’S OFFICE Two Residences Located at 1206- 1208 Jefferson Street—Others # on Ingraham Street. Four new houses were sold this week by D. J. Dunigan's office. They were erected by Mr. Dunigan. Franklin E. Lampkin _was the pur- chaser of the dwelling 1206 Jefferson street. This house has six rooms and bath. The interior is finished through- out in mahogany and white. C. A. Parezo purchased premises 1208 Jefferson street. This house also has six rooms. The Interior finish 13 oak. On Ingraham street the houses sold were as follows: R. C. Williams, 1233 Ingraham street, and Willlam J. Ahern, 1231 Ingraham street. 6,000,000-ACRE SALE COMPLETED IN MEXICO 9,000-Square-Mile Estate to Be Irrigated and Divided Into Small Farms. EL PASO, Tex., February 18— Virtual completion of one of the largest private land deals in the his- tory of Mexico has been announced here, when A. J. McQuatters, presi- dent of the Alvarado Mining Com- pany, announced the purchase of the six-million-acre estate in Chi- huahua of Gen. Luls Terrazas, for- mer governor of Chihuahua. The land, in two pieces, consists of more than 9,000 square miles. The northern boundary is approximately fifty miles south of the American border and the southern boundary about one hundred miles south of Chihuahua City. Dur. ing the revolutions the property was confiscated, but recently was restored to_the owner by President Obregon. It is the purpose of the syndicate represented by Mr. McQuatters to resell the land in small farms and ranches, and it was announced they would spend approximately $25,000,- 600 in irrigation work and other im- provements. Engineers for the syn- dicate have been working on the land for more than two years. The deal, according to Mr. McQuatters, has the approval of the state and federal governments and will be completed next week, when it is expected to be formally ratified by the Chihuahua legislature. z He declined to make known the consideration to be received by Gen. ‘Terrazas. Gen. Terrazas, who is ninety-three years old, was for many years reputed to be the wealthiest man in Mexico. —_— GETS $7,500 FOR 6 TEETH Injured Woman to Receive This Sum From New York City. NEW YORK, February 18.—A tooth is' worth $1,250 in New York. Judgment has been entered against the city in the Staten Island supreme court in the sum of $7,600 in favor of Miss Mae V. Tracy of Brooklyn. for the loss of six teeth. The teeth were knocked out last April, Miss Tracy testified, when 8h was struck in the face by the re- triever rope of a trolley pole. The city offered no defense. —_— TWO DIE BY EXPLOSION. Atlas bynlmu Packing House in New Jersey Destroyed. LAKE HOPATCONG, N. J., Febru- ary 18.—Two men were killed yester- day, when the dynamite packing house of the Atlas Powder Works, at Landing, N. J., was destroyed by an !xglollon. he two men killed—Fred Alpaugh of Kenville and Eugene Lommen of Ledgewood—were said to have been the only persons in the building at the time of the explosion. The dynamite packing house is an isolated unit of the powder works and was the only structure affected. The Atlas Powder Works i sidiary of the E. I. du Pont mours Powder Company. ——————————————— 713 14th St. N.W, Main 2345 a su de Ne- Maintains a depart- ment specializing suc- cessfully in Maryland " and Virginia. Farms It will pay you to let THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I8, 1952. JUSTICE PITNEY BUYS‘HOME. ; English basement residence, 1763 R street morthwest, just off ch has been purchased by Assoclate Justice Mahlon H. Hampabire avenue, w Pitney of the United Epitome of Events Up to February 18, 1922 FOREIGN. Michael Collins, head of the Irish provisional government, issues decree of general amnesty. Ulster officers are shot to death. British suspend remov- ing troops from Irish soil, as elght are killed in Belfast, resulting in re- imposing of curfew. Pope Pius crowned at Rome amid great pomp. Nineteen dead and fifty injured as riots continue in Belfast. Shooting begins again in the Stanhope street area in Belfast. World court opened in palace at the Hague. Republican army officers in toils of Ulster guards; British expected to withdraw troops at once. Chamber of deputies recon- venes at Rome. Pope receives thou- sands of letters from all over the world. NATIONAL. One held in murder of William Des- mond Taylor, motion picture director, at Los Angeles. Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln celebrated throughout _the nation. President Harding, at Lincoln day banquet, said he craves the return of intelligent conventions as the means of electng men to public office. Yap controversy ended by treaty. Ten thousand cut In Navy and laying up of 100 ships ad- vised by Secretary Denby before the House naval committee.” Thomas A. Edison celébrates seventy-fifth anni: versary of birth; says he expects “fif- teen more.” Fifty thousand on strike of protest in New England. cotton mills. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor would scrap ships at navy yards to aid laid- off men. Los Angeles murder mystery quizz continued. President Harding informs Congress that he considers a general sales tax the only feastble method of raising funds for a soldier bonus, in a letter addressed to Chair- man Fordney of the House ways and means committee suggesting that un- less Congress sees fit to enact a sales tax passage of bonus legislation should be’ temporarily postponed. Pastor and theatrical magnate dis- pute stage morals in church. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. More navy yard men are dropped. Police regulations governing traffic New turning verdict with several recom- mendations as to building here, one asking for closing of theaters and other places of public assembly until their safety is assured. Citizens’ as- soclations “gener\lly regret cut at Washington navy yard. Maj. Danlel Sullivan receives hundreds of con- gratulatory messages upon his pro- motion, The Star’s, essay contest, draws to a close. Council of Social Agencles recommends the registra- tion with the health department of every child in the District suffering from tuberculosis. Representative Mann, former republican leader, in- dorses memorial bridge across the Potomac, joining Léncoln Memorial and Arlington. Washington street cleaning department makes creditable showing in removing new snow from streets. Officlal thermometer at weather bureau registers 8.70 de- grees, the lowest mark of the winter. President Harding, in letter to Sena- tor King, considers it inadvisable to call a national housing conference at this time. Development of char- acter and intelligence among all of her people is the one and only solu- tion of America’s greatest need today, Dr. Eaton of the American Educa- tional Association tells the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce. Local industrial interests, through the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associa tion, petition Congrees “to take im. mediate steps to bring about legis- lation correcting this great abuse, declaring that business prosperity in Washington is being imperiled be- cause rents on business propgrties have increased during the last five years as much as 300 to 400 per cent. Exploding gas stove results in dam- age to two business houses. Por- trait of Theodore W. Noyes presented to Public Library as testimonial of his twenty-six years' service as presi- dent of the board of trustees. Navy yard drops thirty-one more employes. Police clean-up of District promised by Maj. Sullivan. —_— OPPOSE LFNIN AS ENVOY. Russian Workers: Against Premier as Head of Genoa Delegates. LONDON, February 17.—It is consid- ered extremely - unlikely that Pre- mier Lenin of soviet Russia will at- tend the Genoa conference, despite the previous understanding that he was to head the Russian delegation, according to the Russian trade dele- gation here. Resolutions from hundreds of workers meetings held throughout Russia have been pouring into Mos- on Calvert street bridge to be_en-|cow recently against his going, the forced. ish campaign has tag day. Ambas- sador Jusserand of France pays trib- ute to Lincoln in address before Dames of the Loyal Legion. Senator Ball introduces bill for a public util- ities for the District distinct from the board of Commissioners. Daniel Sullivan appointed major and super- intendent of police. Testimony con- tinued before coroner’s jury sitting on the Knickerbocker Theater trag- edy. ‘Uncle Joe” Cannon announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election as representative from the eighteenth Illinois district. Nine persons held in’crash of Knicker- bocker Theater, coroner’s jury re- L Washington American Jew-trade representatives report. —_——— MODIFIES IMMERSION RULE. SYRACUSE., N. Y., February 18.— Members will be admitted to the Fay- etteville Baptist Church hereafter without immersion. This was de- cided upon by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the church at its annual meeting. This is the first time that a Baptist Church in this section has modified the rule in ing upon immersion as the sole meth- od of baptism. The church is located in a suburb of Syracuse. 1101 Clifton St. N.. . Open Tomorrow From 2 to 6 P. M. - 8 large rooms and bath; !;rick; completely modern and in - wonderful condition; location overlooking Central High Schapl groul\dl. Price Reduced for Immediate Sale EXCLUSIVE AGENTS N 713 14th St. N.W. | .%‘rtfigiolqm *BEDTIME Peter Finds His Pity Wasted. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. A pity "tis to pl 3 8oty s -5:"-_-}-..” e Pity is a wonderful and beautiful thing where and when it is needed. But all too often it isn’t needed or wanted, and then it is wasted. You See, it 18 beat to know all about others before you pity them. The fact is, they may be pitying you. It was just this way with Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat. Peter had been thinking of Jerry spending the long winter under the ice of the Smil- ing Pool and it seemed to him that such a life must be dreadful. Just thinking of that cold black water made Peter shiver. Yes, sir, it made Peter shiver. Then Jerry had climbed out from a little open space on to the ice and Peter had hurried over to talk ‘with him. When Peter discovered that Jerry knew nothing about the great ice storm, that but for Farmer Brown's Boy's thoughfulness in putting, out food would haye caused many of the little people to starve.to death, he hardly knew what to make of it. And when Jerry said he pitied those who had to spend the winter as Peter did on land he found his ideas turned topsy-turvy. “Look here, Jerry Muskrat, you are all wrong!” he exclaimed. “We don’t need your pity. You are the one to be pitied. It must be dreadful having to be down under the ice all the time. I don't see how you stand that cold water. I shouldn’t think you ever would be warm. We have it hard on land sometimes when the weather is bad, but it must be a lot worse for ou There was a twinkle in Jerry's bright little eyes. “So we have h some bad weathe: didn’t know i said he. “Have you been asleep like Johnny Chuck?” demanded Peter. Jerry shook his head. “I've slept “THANK YOU, JERRY, BUT I THINK T'LL MANAGE TO WOR- RY ALONG UP HERE,” SAID HE. when I wanted to, but I have been out and about every day,” he replied. “And you mean to tell me that you don’t know what kind of weather we have had this winter?”” demanded Peter. We can offer you a High- class Business Home, consisting of a large store, with wide alley in Near 13th.and F Sts. N.W. 1418 Eye St. NW. Phones Main 5903-4-5 REAL EST Jerry nodded. “I never know any- thing "about the weather unless I come out on the ice as I have done today, -and I do that only once ¢n & while, exglnln.d Jerry. “Down under the foe there is only ong kind of Weather and that is good weather. It is just the same day after daj The water never gets any colde and it isn’t & bit too cold to suit m. No matter how cold it gets outside here it remains just the same under the ice. The worst storm ever was might rage up here, but I wouldn't know anything about it down_there. The ice shuts it all away. I have plenty to eat, little to do, and no ane to fear as long as I stay beneath the ice, unless a big strange Mink happens along this way, and that isn’t often B{ the way, Peter, try a bit of this lily root.” Peter saw now what it was Jerry had been busy about when he had first seen him; he had been eating a piece of lily root which he had brought up from the bottom of the | Smiling Pool. i “No storm can cut off my supply of food,” continued Jerry. “In fact, there is no time of year in which I have less to worry about. If you want to know what real comfort is, Peter, you should come live with me ; under the fice.” Peter looked at the cold black water. “Thank you, Jerry, but I think T "dml:n“e to worry along up here, e. B8a “Here comes Old Man Coyote!” exclaimed Jerry. (Copyright, 1922, by T. W. Burgess.) edaral O vl PASTOR FOUND GUILTY. Given Life Term for Cnnnecfion| ‘With Murder. MOUNT IDA, Ark., February 18.— The Rev. Harding Hughes, superan- nuated minister, charged with murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Anna McKennon last May, was found guilty by a jury early today. His punishment was fixed at life im- prisonment. Attorneys for the de- fense announced an appeal would be taken. f Hughes, who is sixty-four years old, | was charged with having employed Raymond Cole, Montgomery county youth, to kill Mrs. McKennon, a re- | cluse, In order that he might obtain her property, believed to contain val- uable mineral deposits. Cole in his | testimony declared that the minister | gave him whisky on_ which he be-| intoxicated and then offered | him $850 to kill Mrs. McKennon. | Hughes, Cole said, furnished the rifie with which the murder was com- mitted. After the killing, Cole said, | he fled from the state without wait- ing to collect the momey offered him. | Cole was caught in Kansas. | ATE. SHERIFF OUT FOR GOOD. Oklahoma Officer Found Guilty a Permanently Removed. 3 ARDMORE, Okla., February 154 Buck Garrett, suspended sheriff of Car- ter county, was found guiity by a jurs in district court here yesterday on th fifth count of ouster charges allegin misconduct and ordered permangntly rc-. mov«d ‘rom office. Your Property We have a good tenant for it who will pay rent promptly each month. Our efficiency will relieve you of all troubles and worries. INSURANCE For Plate Glass, Fire Farniture. AFFLECK’S REALTY CO. 607 15th St. Phone MAIN 507 and BUY A 14th Street Business Property —located between Colum- bia and Park Road—it must be right. Give full details—ad- dress, price, terms—but I must act right away and want the information im- mediately. Address, Box 147-E, Star Office K %IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIMHMHHMMMWMNWWNWHMNNWME Gardiner & Tel. Main 4884 Gentlemen: I want to borrow I want a builder’s \[Please check in square to above office. prompt attemtion. Name . T e e Address . REALTORS T wish to buy property. I have property for sale. I want to lend money on real estate. 1 have a house for rent. I want to rent a house or apartment. I need fire insurance. I have property for exchange. I want to buy a farm. I have a farm for sale. interests you, sign name and address, and mail The matter will reccive our Dent, Inc. 717 14th St. N.W. money on real estate. loan. opposite the line which At 9th and Longéellow Sts. N.W. Tapestry brick. Six gsood asise Concrete colonial front porch. Double rear porch Deap Jot to 15-Tt. alley. ' Hot-water Heat; electric light. - 'Tile Y-ineh onk ficors downstaire. . bath with built-in Axtures. Buflt-in containing built- Large coat closet ‘with cheval mir- ror door in v~ ing room. china clonet in dining room and French doors opening on porch, Large closets in bedroomn. Kitchen equipped with echina cupbeard, Pull- man breakfast service and large pantry in refrigerator. A LARGE PLAYGROUND FOR THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN SET ASIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE TO INSPECT— Take 14th Street car marked “Takoma” to 9th and Kennedy Strects—one square north; take Georgia Avenue car to Long- fellow Street—one square east, or phone us for automobile. OPEN UNTIL 990 P.J. DAILY AND SUNDAY WM. S. PHILLI 1409 New York Ave. N.W. Realtor—Builder IR - / -~