Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1922, Page 15

REAL L A A AL “Thg Best Homes in Takoma Park* @-room-and-attic halt, on well 3 hedrooms. Living . Kitehen with pan- hroughout. Ivory trim Hof water heat. those who prefer the a_ sibilar buogalow, but with_bath and 1 bedroon: on first’ floor and 2 bedrooms on second floor. Rooms large, Also has hot water heat, onk floors, et $13,000. story house, of hol- low tile and stuceo comstruction. Hot water heat. oak floors and all city con- veniences. ' This is an extra fine and complete home, in vne of the best parts of Takoma A complete ard ve bungalow—2 bedraoms, and kitchen. ~One Llick from car line. On terms 0. New listing o Sstory o venient to 14th street Tocated lnt room with firep! tre. Oak floors and mahogany a very well use, e Ttevep- bath and linen bedrooms and running Hot water heat. All Lot 6.230 square second floor water, thira fluor. city conveniences. eet. Term: $10,500. Similar 3-stors house, with acre of ground. A good investment. Une of the best values we have. $15.000. Apartment honce, with 4 spartments eaer heat, Other houses 2,000, $3,150, $5.500, $6.000, $7,000 and uy, . Bullding lot, on District side. $750. Owner leavicg' city. Others at $1.000, On Maryland side, one lot on paved $1.200. LILLIE & HENDRICK 21-23 Carroll Avenue Takoma Park Col. 892 W e R e ESTATE. eral Hospital, this cit. including Col. Hugh J. Quartermaster Corp: Taylor, Harold B. Johnson, cavalry; Lie i Tehr, infantry. ORDERED TO WALTER REED. Several more Army officers have ’hnn ordered to Walter Reed Gen- , for tréatment, Gallagher, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON “The Bacteriological E;)w under & life sentence in Sing ng. “I will ask Dr. Leslie to take this of every one in the room and tell me whether there is any one here , D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1922, NAMED ACTING DEAN. stethoscope and examine the hearts|Miss Rose to Continue Until End | Roger ordnance department; -Maj. Col. William B. Cowin, Quartermaster | Corps, and First Lieut. Howard W. ut. == FOR SALE ing; lot 20x107 feet to alley, 4 doors of 14th and L sts. Suit- able for business purposes Ist commercial zone; 85- foot height area. Leased to Sept. 30th, 1922, at $165 per month. Millions spent with- in_one square in high-class buildings. Price, $23,500 Suitable Terms To inspect this rare bargain Apply Geo. Y. Worthington & Son 208 Woodward Building. Main 3327 One of Washington's Most Beautiful Homes Absolute Auction Sale ATTRACTIVE PRIVATE DWELLING In Washington's Most Exclusive Residential Section 2131 Massachusetts Ave. At the junction of 22nd Street and Florida Avenue Between Dupont and Sheridan Circles YWashington, D. C. Residence contains 24 rooms and 6 baths. Garage. Size of glot approximately 2,000 sq. ft. Constructed of Maryland granite, ndiana limestone and brick with Terra Cotta trimmings; green tile roof. Wrought iron doors hot-water heat, electricity, gas and every and grills. Ten open fireplaces, modern equipment. Hardwood floors throughout; old ivory eggshell finish drawing 33333 'HO room with crystal chandeliers and sidelights push button passenger elevator. To be sold Furnished or Unfurnished SATURDAY, MAR. 18th At 12 O'Clock Noon, on the Premises y TERMS—60% of purchase price may remain on mortgage for 3 or 5 years at 5Y,%. Open for inspection NOW—Caretaker on premises For further particulars and Illustrated Bookmap ‘Write Sole Agents Bryan L. Kennelly, Inc. Real Estate Brokers and Auctioneers 149 Broadway, New York City IMPORTANT ME BUYERS Electric automatic Tel. Cortlandt 1547 Dunigan’s Jefferson Street Homes $8,450 onLy 32 Sold Before Finished Only One Left Inspect 1202 Jefferson St. N.W. Today or Sunday Before 9 pm. See for yourself just why these homes command pre- ference. Six room and bath. Full size porches. Modern to the minute. Close to 14th Street cars. In the best location in the city. Very few homes, re- gardless of price, have such wonderful yards. 220 feet per- manent open space in rear. D. J. DUNIGAN 1321 New York Avenue N.W. Main 1267-1268 LR 2515 On i g . Open for I 1418 Eye St. N.W. '~ N. L. SANSBURY CO., “Everything in Real Estate” Six rooms and bath; hot-water heat; elec- tric light; hardwood floors ; attic; large sleeping porch Delightful Location ario Road N.W. (Just Completed) One-hali Block South of Columbia Road Most Reasonably Priced—Terms Inspection 3 Inc. Phones Main 5903-4-5 10-room, steam heated build-| he story thus far: Kennedy examines the empty‘water bot- , tles at Blabee's country house. These were bis camp fu_the caltures from photographs the outwlde. ‘Theu he oes to the Hall and finger prints all. the servants who were there when Mr. Bir' ‘e bocame 11, except one Bridget, the c.ul Who has since left. The housekeeper & Mr. Denny spent the night there week before Bisbee died. Kennedy went back to the city and set about having fn- ger printa cbtained from Bridget and Den- ny. then asked everybudy interested 10 come to his_room. the Inside of the bottle the finger prints 2, the T one end of the room Craig had placed a large white sheet such as he used In his stereopticon lectures, while at a sort of little amphitheater out of the lecture room his stereopticon sputtered. “Moving pictures tonight, sald Inspector O'Connor. “Not exactly,” said Cralg, “though— ves, they will be moving.in another sense. Now, if we are all ready, I'll switch off the electric lights.” The calclum sputtered some more, and a square of light was thrown on the sheet. Kennedy snapped a little announcer such as lecturer’s use. “Let me in- vite your attention to these ‘en- largements of finger-prints,” he be- gan, as a huge thumb appeared on the screen. “Here we have a series of finger-prints which I will show one after another slowly. They are all of the fingers of the same person, and they were found on some empty bottles of spring water used at Bis- bee Hall during the two weeks pre- vious to the departure of Mr. Bisbee for New York. Here are, in succession, the fin- the various servants ger-prin‘s of employea about the house—and of “raig, with a slight a guest” added ‘They differ mark- eh Detective.” BY ARTHUR B. REEVE. One of The Star’s Week-end Fiction Series, Complete in Three Installments. the top cf the tier of seats that made | it an mi letter appeared on the screen: He sald ncthing, but let us read it through. To Whom it May Concer: This s to certify that Bridget Fallon has been employed in my family at Shelter Island for the past season, and that I have found her a reliable servant and an excellent cook. A. ST. JOHUN CA\S\\'ELL-J‘ONES. “Before God, Mr. Kenned I'm in- nocent. I'm innocent.’ Craig gently, but firmly, forced her back Into her chair. | Again the announcer snapped. This time the last age of Mr. Bisbee's will appeared on the speet, ending with his signature and the witness: “I'm now going to show these two specimens of handwriting very great- 1y enlarged,” he said, as the stereop- ticon plates were shifted again. “An author of many scientific |works, Dr. Lindsay Johnson of Lon- dan, has recently elaborated a new theory with regard to individuality in handwriting. He maintains that in certain disea: a person's pulse beats are indi al, and that no one suffering from any such diseases can control, even for a brief space of time, the frequen or pecul irre; ulariti of his heart's action, as shown by a chart recording his pul- sation. Such a chart is obtained for medical purposes by means of a s se | tr th la th i m re suffering from an aneurism.” The calclum light ceased to sputter. One person after another was examined by the health commissioner. merely my Imagination, or did I really hear a heart beating with wild leaps a3 haps it was only the engine of the com- driveway. he went silently from one to the other, betraying not even by his actions what he discovered with the stethoscope. The suspense was terrible. bee's hand Involuntarily grasp my ar convulsively. | lence, I reached a glass of water stand- handed it to her. The commissioner was bending over the lawyer, trying to adjust “he stetho- nead was resting heavily on his hand. and he was heaped up in an awkward position Craig commissioner hesitated, Kennedy reach- ed over and As the ligat flooded the room, blind- ing us for the instant, the large form of Dr. Leslie stood between us and the doctor?" asked Craig, expectantly. “It tells me that a higher court than |those of New York has passed judg- aneurism has burst.” ier. The Morning Star did not have the | posure and punishment. i Was it it would burst the bonds af its prison | ha® nd make its escape if possible? Per- issioner's machine out on the campus I don't know. At any rate, 1 felt Miss Bis- Without disturbing the si- g near me on Craig's lecture table and ope better fo his ears. The lawyer's in a in the cramped lecture-room at. It seemed =n age as Dr. Leslie ied to adjust the stethoscope. Even felt the excitement. While the impatiently switched on e electric light in full force. wyer. *What does the stethoscope tell- you, leaning forward He was as unprepared for e answer as any of us. ent on this astounding criminal.” Tae | 1 felt a soft weight fall on my shoul- ry. after all. 1 miesed the greatest life secing Evaline Bis- afely to her home after she had coveredifron the shock of Denny's ex- (THE END.) sphygmograph, an instrumeat fitted to the patient’s forearm and supplied jWith a needle, which can be 50 ar: ranged as 1o record automatically Ja ‘brepareasheet of paper the pe- | {culiar force and frequency of the pul- sation. Or the pulsation may be sim ply observed in the rise and fall of liquid in a tube. Dr. Johnson hold the opinion that a pen in the hand ot a writer serves, in a modified degree the same end as the needle sphygmo graph, and such handwriting ing the letters, greatly magnified. on a screen, the scarcely perceptible turns and quivers made in the lines by the spontancous action person’s peculiar pulsation. lo prove this, the doctor carried | out an experiment at Charing Cross Hospital. At his request a number P P C List of Contributions for Last Week | | the last week from the following, it| ez Hit Isaac of that| qgm Manz Engraving Company, $10: H, F. | Ducher. $10; Sawyer. £5 B — RISONERS’ RELIEF GIFTS. Announced. Contributions were received by the | risoners’ Relief Society during as announced tod, | . L. L. Brown, $25; M. Philipsborn | ompan nator Gilbert M. i J. H. McDermott, ] §10; Walter M H. P. Kenney & Co. $1: Shuler & Benninghofen, Simon’ C. Adler, $3; Edgar P. In, 1l Machine Co; change of tone. edly from the finger-prints on the he continued. as one after of patients suffering from Qeart and kidney discases wrote the Lord's| | pan . £10 urice Hoopes, $10; W am Hahn & Co.. $5: A. 8. List, glass,” another appeared, “all except thi last one. That is identical. It inspector, what we call a composite combination of what is called | loop’ and “whorl’ types.” the sputtering of the o calcium of the stereopticon. which these prints were made is in this room. It was from germs on thess filngers that fever was introduced into the drink- ing water at Bisbee Hall." then continued. sk Dr. statement, “I am now going to Les- type of finger-print—in this case al the No sound broke the stillness save vEen on the “The owner of the fingers from! typhold the Kennedy paused to emphasize the praver in their ordinary handwrit- iing. The different manuscripts were then taken and examined microscopi- cally. By throwing them, highly mag- nified, on reen the jerks or in- voluntary motions due to the patient’s peculiar pylsations were distinctly visible. The handwriting of persons in normal heaith, savs Dr. Johnson. does mot always show their pulse beats. What one can say. however, is that when a document purporting to ! Ibe written by a certain person con- tains traces of pulse beats and the normal handwriting of that person does not show them, then clearly that S $ D $ Paul $2 Weigel, Lumber ¢ O. Dan William Alsberg, $10 tandard Ixport Lumber Company, Home Industry Iron Works. $10 V. Bacon, $10; Berkson Bros. 10; A. Kaplin. $10; Mrs. R. A. Cox, 2: Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com- $10: S. A. Barnett, $10; W, J W. A. Karnes, $10;| Corporatio $10: Chi- $2; W. B. Adams, hschild, $50; Mrs. Emma George Bedell, Jr., imkin, $5, and King-Ryder mpany, $10. any. 1: kd. E ument is a forger: in these two specimens of lie to give us a little tal You understand, commissioner, I mean, I belleve? Perfectly. Shall I mention names.' No, not “Well." et began Dr. Leslie, startling discovery in typhold fever. We have found what we now cail ‘typhold carriers'— persons who do not have the disease themselves, per- haps never have had it, but who are literally living test-tubes of the ty phoid bactllus. canny. Everywhere they go they scu ter the disease. Down at the depart ment we have the records of a num- ber of such instances, and our men to the conclusion that, far from be ing of rare occurrenc are comparatively common. I har= in mind one particular case of a servant girl who during the past five or six years has been employed in several familles. “In every family typhoid fover has later broken out. Experts have traced deaths due to this one person. fn an- carrier, innocently enough, it is true, fifty cases of typhoid here in t city. However, to return to the cas the servant 1 have ‘nentioned. spring we had her under surveila:ce, but as there was no .aw by which we could restrain her permanentiy. she is still at large. I thini one of the Sunday papers at the dme had an ac. count of her —they called her phoid Bridget,’ and in red ink she drawn across the page in fashioa, fryirg the skulls of her v tims in a. {ryizg pan over a roaring fire. That particular typhoid earrier, I understand- ” cuse me, commissioner, if 1 in- pt, but I think we have 1ed of | | s sn - said Craig. “Thank you very much for the clear way in which you have put ir. Craig snapped the announcer, and a | which the convicted perpetrator i Fashionable Dupont Circle If It’s Real, Intrinsic Value and Permanency of Construction in a Home Th._n You Are Seeking, and Not Merely Fancy Exterior Style, With No Lasting Quality, ‘Then This Splendidly Built House SRR K e T 1731 K Street N.W. ‘ discovery in the fleld of typhoid fever. what clearing his throat, “within the past vear or two we have made a most weird and It is positively un- in the research laboratories have come! these cases out at least thirty cases and several! other case we found an epidemic up in | Harlem to be due to a typhold carrier on a remote farm in Connecticut. This contaminated the milk supply <oming from that farm. The result was over: esoine | Within 115 s “Specializing Exclusively in the ing which we have enlarged in that the writers of both of m suffered from a certain pecul disease of the heart. Moreover, 1 »|prepared to sh that the heats oxhibited in one are in similar strokes in the other. Furthernoore, 1 have ascertained ifrom his family physician. whose affidavit 1 vo _here, that Mr. Bisbee did not suffer from this or any other form of heart disease . Mr. Cas- well-Jones, in addition to wiring me that he refused to write Bridget Fal- | lon a recommendation after the ty-| phold broke in his country house, [also says he does not sufier from i heart disease in any form. From the . tremulous character of the letters and figures in both thess documents,; which were magnified. I~ therefore . conclude that both are forgeries. and . I am veady to go further and say' they are forgeries from the same; hand. H “It usually takes a couple of weeks; after infection for typhoid to de- |velop, a time suffictent in ftself to! remove suspicion from acts which| might otherwise be scrutinized very | jearcfully if happeing immediately | Ibefore the disease developed. I may! add, also, that it is well known that' stout people do poorly when | contract ty especially if ars old. Mr. Bisbee was both old. To contract typhoil was for him a virtual death warrant. | Knowing all these facts, a certain | i person purposely sought out a crafty tmeans of introducing typhoi }into Mr. Bisbee's family. ~That person, furthermore, inoculated against typhoid three times during the month before the disease was devilishly and surreptitiously introduced into Bisbee Hall, in order to protect himself or herself should it become necessary for that person to visit Bisbee Hall.| That person, I belleve, is the one who suffered from an aneurism of the I heart, the writer, or rather the forger. of the two documents I have shown.|f§ by one of which he or she was to.f ‘ofit greatly by the death of Mr. Bisbee and the founding of an alleged school in a distant part of the | country—a subterfuge, if vou recall, jused in at least one famous case for | Cannot Fail to nent and rear. rate conv tor’s JOHN F. MAURY | Member Washington Real Estate Board sale of Northwest - west of Sheriddn Circle to This privately built re: dznce, the Home of a Promi- Man, is in excellent condition. It contains 12 large rooms appointment necessary in a high- a two-car brick garage in the especially desirable for a physician, as there is a front basement room. with sepa- be scen to be appreciated. City & Suburban Exhibit 2733 Conn. Ave. Het. Woodley Rd. & Cothedral 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 ‘No Place Like Home; No Home Like Ouns’ assachusetts Avenue Park Massachusetts Avenue, 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. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Woodward Bldg., 15th and H Main 6935. Interest - You Washington Business 4 baths, and has every class property. There is This house would be entrance that ‘could be erted easily into a doc- This house must office. Large Lot, 24x95 Inspection by Appointment Only Phone Main 4080 - Properties” of arts and sclences since last fall and she will continue as dean of wom- en for the remainder of the year ss Rose 1s & graduate of Colum- hoard of EOvernors bian College of the university,-and | e "onrs °f, #aLeiney) recelved hdr early education in the |, kers Ly the payment of a rein- public achools of the District, and | Siorkers DY 1Be Pel graduated from Central High School. | Statement fen of 1 ducting, president of the league, made a brief |new $900,000 building. address on the plans of the league’drive is now under way to for spring and summe L CITY CLUB REINSTATES of Year at G. W. U. Miss Anna Loretta Rose has been|Permits Them to Become Active appointed George Washington University, it wa announced today by Howard L. Hodg- kins, president of the institution. She ting dean of women at | on Payment of $33 as Fee. been registrar of the department I the provisions recently authorized e hip drive team | The privilege, however, is to end w WRITERS' LEAGUE MEETS. | 1® 500V CF (e membership drive. The regular meeting of the Writers v i League was held in the Public Li- | membership by 500. brary bmitted for prizes | gover: T & Someast which 5 1500, this increase having been made were read. Marshall Irish,|possible when the club went into |ys| A membership nplete | The City Club is out to increase It now hus enrollment of 1.500. The board nors authorized an increase last night. Original poems, contest which the league is con- | 500, the enrollmen At 9th and Longfellow Streets N.W. Here Are the Reasons Why! Large coat cloxet, with cheval mirror door in living room. Built-in chinn cloxct in dining room mnd French doors open- ing on porch. Iarge closcts in bedrooms. Kitchen equipped with china cuphoard, Pullman breakfast wervice and large pantrs con- taining butlt-in refrigerator. $1,000 Cash $75.00 per Month Including All Interest 38,330 Tapestry brick. Six good aize rooms, Concrete colontal front Déuble rear porch. Deep lot to 15-ft. alley. Hot-water Heat; eleetric light. Tile bath with built-in Sxture 4-Inch oak floors downstairs. LARGE PLAYGROUND FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ‘SQUARE TO INSPECT— Take 14th Street car marked “Takoma” to oth and Kennedy Streets—one square morth; take Georgia Avenue car to Longfellow Street— one square east, or phone us for automobile. porch. A D SUNDAY NTIL 9:00 P.M. DAILY A WM. S. PHILLIPS 1409 MNew York Ave. NW. Phone Main 98 REAL ESTATE. EX-MEMBERS IN DRIVE Many former members of tRe City Club are seeking reinstatement under per- come activ This was re of the member- workers yesterday WILLIAM R. ELLIS Real Estate and Insurance b Ofir,e' Removed to 1539 I Street N.W. Telephone Main 2029 it | its | an | of | of Be Sure to See Our SUNSHINE HOMES MICHIGAN PARK ' 12th and Michigan Ave. Bungalows and Central Hall homes, in town, with ground all around for less than houses in a row. Over sixty sold beforc¢ comple- tion. Easy terms if desired. Take Brookland car to end of route. Built by Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Woodward Bldg., 15th & H o Place Like Home: No Home Like Ours’ Ready About March 1 812 17th St. N.W. Handsome, new offices on first floor and basement. Modern throughout. Very desirable lo- cation. For full particulars ap- ply THE F. H. SMITH COMPANY 1414-16 Eye St. NW. - Temporary Leocation e e We Have $75,000 to Loan ON s Columbia Real Estate BOSS & PHELPS THE HOME OF HOMES 1406 H Street N.W. New English Town Houses In the Heart of Washington’s Social Section The rising young married. man, whose money is pretty well tied up in his business enterprises, but who requires a home location that is sccially and otherwise desirable, will'find these houses exactly ideal. The-quality and finish are consistent with the high quality of location. English basement, includes servants’ room and bath; full width drawing room, dining room and"kitchen, with porch on first floor, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and inclosed sleeping porch on second floor. The location is 2 blocks west of Connecticut Ave., within a block of some of the most noted homes in Washington, includ- ing those of ex-President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of _Commerce Herbert Hoover. Bancroft Place runs parallel to and just-north of S St., and these houses can be reached by going east into Bancroft Place from 23rd St. . Available for Inspection Sunday Or By Special Appointment "EXCLUSIVE AGENTS 713 14th St. N.W. ter eight 4 heat, large modern cellar, splen- did conditi double brick ga- Tage: attractive terms. Dupont Circle Three-story brick, 10 rooms, 2 tiled baths, modern heat, elec- tricity, o er will g imme- diate possession. PRICE, $9,300. Northeast NEAR LINCOLN PARK—! story brick, cellar, six rooms, tiled bath, modern heat, bay windows front and rear; room for garage: immediate posses sion. PRICE, $5,250. Attractive " Sedls Adien BUNGALOW—beautiful frame; stone foundation: six rooms, tiled bath, hot-water heat, clec- ;& grounds. Chevy Chase, D. C. BUNGALOW—on natural ter. race with commanding view seven rooms, tiled bath, hot- water heat, electricity, sléeping porch, hardwood floors, over 8000 square feet of ground; one block from Conn. Ave. cars. PRICE, $11,500. Petworth VACANT—2-story lonial front, six rooms. bath, electricity, ~hardwood floors, room for garage. PRICE, $7,950. Main 4884 :;ardiner & Dent, Inc. 717 14th St. N.W. brick, cn- r-—3 Qass Mirrors Resilvered If your mirror is misty or spotted let us resilver it and make it like new. Write or shome. Founded 1864 HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY Rosslyn, Va. WASHINGTON, D. C.