Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1924, Page 22

{AWSON STARTED PLUNGING WHEN 16 ‘Got Job as Office Boy in _Broker‘s Office on Celebrat- ed “Black Friday.” This is the ud of a series of tico dispatches. from Mr. Small deal- g with 1 areer of Thomas W. Lawson, the spectacwlar financier of two decades ago, who lies critically 4L at Bar Harbor, Me. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. BOSTON, Mas Novemb Thomas W later in fact the ears, was led by d. career of which he never dreamed. Mo got a job in a broker's offiee “Black ay."” It was the day in Y869 tha Gould and his fellow conspiraters finally were thwarted in their attempt to corner the gold of The world. Later in life s tempted to make c one in Wall street realizing at in the end he was to suffer the ackest dayg of all. 11l in the Bar Harbor Hospital, friendless and all| hut penniless, Lawson is paying the ) £ having bucked “the system’ und lost. Started Plunging at 16, i 2, strolling throush the | m in search of a_job, | Lawson i | window. “Boy | That was fate. By the time | 15 voung Lawson had or-| all the other kids in the| “pool ail- | road stock « aund selling t that in Lis first five 3 the job of “Boy Wanted siccumulated $40,000. Then one day t all but £130. With this sum| ted his *“pool” associates to a| t Young's Hotel w n the $5_ rema Law- broker's Wanted. he was zanized made $5,000,000 | of the sun. He ; never had n‘ ' more th 000. He has | tarried high 4 0.000 in his| vocket in certified cks | Checks o E i E in| safe H alance rth from in his pockets. Trimmed in Merger. In the market Lawso player. He hag ine when Tie we been about t for an expose lurid tale in He hit] Standard Ofl and copper kings | blows from which i m years | on was | He told rket was “rig- mering time them x| out to slay the people how t! ged.” It Lawson could only have his gambling when he had finished the story of Amalgamated, he would | have been one of the world tf heroes. But h D ay i Finally th was | him and he 1 scovered | millions by promoti copper companies. His advertisements were exceedingly cl lle printed many mysterious ones certain cop- ver stock. M ully refrained from urging to buy this stock, but to_it, hook, Then one stopped any onc nd sinker Linzg Lawson 1i mo: came HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY 4 Costs Little More than Common Window Glass in fact, that it is false economy not to use it - in houses of every size ! T COSTS so little more ! and type. The difference may not exceed $200 for a $20,000 house. That is partly because “Thin Polished Plate” is the same weight and thick- ness as double strength window glass, thus spe- cial sash, weights and weight boxes are not needed as they are when quarter-inch Plate Glass is But what a difference in appearance_and added comfort! Plate Gla: adds a touch of distinc- tion such as nothing else will, It provides clearer wvision, dre;su lip tihe exterior, and makes in- door life more cheerful and pleasant. See that there is “Thin Polished Plate” Glass in the next housé you plan, or build, or buy. Ask for and specify it as “Lighs- et B e sefow tabet | tles building, which will include the | his new post jout in an advertisement saying the | 34908 to 4920 Illinois Ave. N.W. 2 Sold Colonial homes containing six large rooms, tiled bath, spacious pantry. hot-water heat, hardwood floors; serv- cement { claimed to be edge he had made only $35,000. Wall Street was all of his worshipers went | in exclaiming: COLLEGE ASSOCIATION ADDS THREE MEMBERS Various Schools Planning Under- graduate Buildings, Union Is Told. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 29.— Three new members, Utah, Brown and Towa State universities, were re- celved into the organization at the annual conference of the Assoclation of College and University Unions yes- terday at the University of Pennsyl- vania. Representatives of 22 colleges and universities in this country and Canada are attending the conference, which closes tomorrow night. John Colt, representing Princeton, announced that authorities there had made tentative arrangements for the erection of an undergraduate activi- usual club features. Other-delegates told of similar buildings planned or under construction at the University of Indiana, lowa State and Wiscon- sin. The structure being erected at Indiana will cost $1,600,000 and will | be a memorial to the students who lost their lives in the World War. Institutions represented at the meeting are Ohlo State Umiversity, lowa State, University of Iowa, Cor- Michigan, Columbia, Utah, Agricultural College, T . Purdue, Princeton, Min- nois, Brown, Wooster, onsin, Harvard, Oregon ollege, Case School of and Pennsylvania. . GIVEN SIBRAY POST. G. E. Tolman Made Assistant Im- migration Commissioner. George E. Tolman, immigrant in-| spector of the Department of Labor, | has been appointed assistant com- missioner of immigration, succeeding | William W. Sibray, former assistant | commissioner, who died a month ago. | At the same time the Labor Depart- | ment announced the appointment of | Leo B. Russell to be assistant to the commissioner general of Immi- gration. Mr. Kussell has been an| immigration inspector and has been | in charge of deportation work since Febru . 1919, Mr. Tolman entered the immigra- tion service as immigrant inspector at Montreal, in April, 1910. He was | transferred from Halifax, N. S. to the Washington office of the Lureau| in 1923 Mr. charge of deportation, visas, permits, information and correspondence in | Chicago, Wis Agricultural Applied Scien stock was a “lemon.” d through all son cleaned up several millfons N the nd with this new ssake | ore bucked Wall Street.| nning was gone. He b > the biggest lamb of them all. | He was sheared to the skir | Held Many Superstitions. | of The crash was | New England. | the tilled one room and wooden stuffed ele- 1 all over the world. Con- st superstitious persons, regarded three as his He believed anything happening on the third day of the week or month or year was lucky. He would not open an office until he could open three. He called one of t profitable copper companies If he saw two men lighting s from a match, he would hastily off the end of his own smoke and run across the room to be the third. During the World War that was thought to he atal omen. Several times in recent years Law- son has tried to come back. He on the inside of the famous Wilson leak. HIs prestige as ancier went into tinal eclipse when he testified that on this knowl- joined by the public then “Throw the piker out!” Branch Office DISTRICT NATIONAL BANK nn. Ave. and Join Our Christmas Club WE PAY 3% INTEREST My Cleveland Park Home 4 Bedrooms, Real ‘Brick Garage, Semi - detached, most finished, ready to move in, will have to be seen to be appreciated. Open and Lighted 36th & Ordway Charles L. Tankersley Owner and Builder ASSAULT ON POLICE CLASSED AS FELONY A bill making it a felony to assault & policeman while performing Hhis .| duty is in the course of formation for introduction during the next session of Congress by Representative A. H. Gasque of South Carolina, it was an- nounced today by Milton D, Smith, president of the Policemen’s Associa- tion here. A number of interviews between Mr. Gasque and the head of the police- men’s organization, according to President Smith, has resulted in the plans of policemen for greater pro- tection to themselves while making arrests taking definite shape. As shaped at present, the bill sought by the policemen will contain a section making interference with & policeman discharging his dutles, or rendering encouragement, advice or aid to one seeking to escape cus- tody of a policeman, when no phys- ical force is used, a misdemeanor, of which the District branch of the Po- lice Court shall have jurisdiction, As for any one using forée againat the person of the policeman who is making an arfest or engaged in the discharge of his duty, the proposed statute woujd make that person guilty of a felony, with jurisdiction in the United States criminal courts, in the District, and punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than 10 years, or both, in the discre- tion of the court. s ST BARRISTERS’ CLUB TO DINE Judges of ‘District Courts to Be Guests Tuesday. The Barristers’ Club, composed of the younger members of the District of Columbia bar, will give a compli- mentary banquet to the justices of the District courts next Tuesday eve- ning at L’Aiglon, Eighteenth street and Columbia road, at 7:30 o'clock. The arrangements are in the hands of a committes, including Lucian H. Vandoren, Thomas F. Cullen and Ber- rersan, Jr. In addition to the Justices, there wlll be present a num- ber of prominent lawyers and busi- ness men. TG T Homes themselves enjoy your Home. Representative in Charge 712 Kenyon Street | Most Desirable Colored ° | Homes in Northwest Washingt You'll be delighted with the wonderful location. we chose for these brand-new Homes at 730-740 Fairmont St. NN\W. —and a bigger surprise awaits you when you inspect the you'll find conveniences and comforts that you never dreamed of. Compact arrangement of the several rooms and practical planning eliminates to a large degree the labors of housework and enables you to really Evenings, Too Attractive Price and Unusually Liberal Terms May Be Arranged B. B. PINN (Owner’s Representative) on Every Day and Sunday— Phone Col. 5817 S ST TRuscell wil have general | Pl ] ] [ e [ = [ PETWORTH ant’s t in cellar; & porches. et Drive Out Georgia Avenue to Farragut Street Thence East to Sample House, No. 4920 Illinois Ave. N.W. FLOYD E. DAVIS REALTOR $500 Cash Furnished By Hecht Co. Open till 9 Take auto, car or bus P. M. every day. to Fourth and R. L blocks to Channing St. and 1 block west to home. Phone North 2150 or Col. 4946. HOMEIN SITES Chevy Chase rison st. Price, 75¢ per front porches, sleeping Illinois Avenue Main 353 Why Rent —when you can own your own home in beautiful— Cromwell Terrace They contain 6 large rooms, tile bath, hot- water heat, electricity, colonial front porch, large breakfast and sleeping porches, built-in garage. $69.50 Monthly In- Cluding All Interest. PRICE, $7,550 Ave. N. E, north 8 Section 3, Md. Desirable 80x100-ft. lot, containing 8,000 square feet, on Geo;gia Street, near Raymond and Brookville Road. Price, 16c per square_foot. Near Chevy Chase Circle, Md. Choice fot 70x148, containing 10,360 sq. ft. facing on three sts. Western ave., Belt Road and Northampton St., corner of public alley. Near Connecticut Ave., D. C. Lot 60x125 to a 20-ft. alley, containing 7,500 sq. ft. Attractively located on Har- rice, 80c ft. Convenient Terms for Financing For plats and full information as to sites in this and other subdivisions oémed by the Chevy Chase Ekand Company, apply to sq. ft. | | DIES OF AUTO INJURIES. Falls Church Woman Succumbs in Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Maria Gibbons, colored, 65, of Falls Church, Va, who was knocked down - on Thirteenth street, near Riggs street by an automobile oper- ated by John Schultz of 1226 Fifteenth street, dled at Garfield Hospital. Schultz was taken Into custody by police of the second precinct pen: aE= SPECIAL If you are interested in your home’s appearance, you d be interested in the Window Shades that shade shoi your home. will enhance the interior as L] o] b‘— o] R 5. Iights, high oven gas range, kitchen cabive and good roadways —and $52.50 mouthly, monthly payment. Residence Phone, before 9 Hyattsville Ride out to 15th and H Ktreets N E. of property; or take cars out G Ktree! “Beltsville’ or ““Laurel” and get off Z aq low concrete road into Cottage City to Pi Baltimore Pike, both of which lead throug Office 1s on end of Cottage T T T T T d b many Six Rooms exceptional advantages over Separate Hot-Water Heater S Motor out Conn. Ave., turning into 38th—or tak A “Shade” Better We will make to measure WINDOW SHADES that of your home. . We would be glad to submit estimates. 'W. BTOKES SAMMONS, Proprietor. ———————ee N T T T A oom burgalows, with all {mprovements guch s cellar, furnace heat, electrle Price, $5,975—$250 Cas including all interest. CHAS. M. LIGHTBOWN, Office Phone, from 9 to 5, Hyattsville 616-M HOW TO GET THERE Home on end of Cottage City farthest from Washington wonderful that the proposed park enhance and forever sta- tive type—consisting of Bath Hot-Water Heat Sleeping Porch Slate Roof Big Closets Doable Oak Floors —of Kite design and con- struction. home at 4319 39th St. every day and evening —including Sunday. Our Mr. Hamilton is in charge of the Park Office, at 4301 39th St. Phone him at Cleveland 1490 if you want a special appointment, beyond the National Cathedral at Windom St.— it’s but a square to these Homes. There is through car service via Wisconsin Avenue. Bullt, Owned and For Sale by Ing the coroner’s Iriquest. Injurles to the head of the victim, including & fracture of the skull, and the shock sustained in the mccident, were cited 85 the causes of death. —_— LOS ANGELES, November 29.— Threo masked men yestorday held up the Hotel Barbara, owned by Jack Dempeey, heavywelght champlon, taking 31,629 in cash and jewelry valued at several thousand dollars that had been deposited with the clerk for safe keeping. Norticg well as the exterior beauty &) 0 Phone Main 4874 R CITY ts, bath with all fixtures, concrete walks Larger cash payment will reduce Owner and Builder am. and after 5:30 p.m. 133-wW and transter to by ops in froct W. marked Berwru," s beyond Moun or drive out Cottage City. Clty nearest Washington QT LSOO O SO AGTI a T Kk Aok Aok ko kA e | »* Kite-Built Homes North Cleveland Park They have a really locati tion — one evelopment will greatly ilize. Each House is of distinc- REAL ESTATE Here Is a Chance To Put Money in Your Pocket Every Day in the Year $500.Cash —and the rent you are now paying vour land- lord, as a monthly payment on the balance Will Make You the Owner of a Cozy Home in the Northeast Tapestry Bricks—New Homes Hot-Water Heat—Electricity Six Rooms—Bath Built-In Garages Splendidly constructed by C. H. Small, a builder of fine reputation and years of experience. " Open Tomorrow Every Day and Lighted Evenings Sample House Morton Street—Between L and M, 6th and 7th Streets N.E. CKEEVER=GOSQ..... AL TORS. 1415 K St. NE. Maximu) Main 4752 A REAL INVESTMENT There 1S one type of Investment and one place In which to maks it, that is fundamenta fe and successful and that is in Washington, D. C., real es Other channels of investment partake more or less of ths speculative clement. Real Estato in other cities is subject to industrial booms and depressions. But Washir A Governme; is back of because te. ependable at least safe Investment anchor- uations and bevond the ebb and flow of business. 3 there is what seems to he a section peculiarly endowed, into which the natural growth goes, without stress of urging. I have a section of land In Washington that offers the greatest Investment attraction, known as Sixtee Street Park, located between and fronting on the two main arteries of the D namely 16th and 14th strects. in the sen cnt. The streets, alleys and every bullding site ccording to a comprehensive plan tion 1 one of the highest in t The building restrictions ss of home const n. opportunity for jnvestment before, tecause the supply is he District ure fixed b 1 and against this limited area there is set a persistent and increasing demand, creating a unique situation rocognized by shrewd investors as a guarantes of increasing values. In the very near future the prices which vou pay for bullding sites in this section will bs much higher by comparison with present prices. Of this I feel very sure. If you have a surplus for which vou are seeking investment, in which there will be no thrills of risk and no pangs of loss, but very satisfactory holdings that are sure to yleld handsomely, Sixteenth Street Park will appeal to you. The investment prices are not high, in fact they are comparatively very low. It won't line of h are such as to assure a is greater today than scarce. need much money to acquire a substantial participation in this | any property and it real estate. 1 will be pleased to give you full particulars at an better yet, show you over the property without any obl " QIXTEENTH TREET PARK In the Chosen Line of High-Class Development EDSON W. BRIGGS, OWNER Investment Building 15th and K Sts. will yield beyond ¥ experience with tion on The boundaries | time, or | Main 5974. | eparate Ggrage sample Open for inspection , west on Albemarle §t., e Wis. Ave, cars to just NN A A A A A YRR XKLL XXX Drive Out Sunday And See A Magnificent New Home to Be Sold at a Modest Price Chevy Chase Terrace Hundreds of Washington families have been waiting for a home that would include everything the exceptional family wants at a price the average family can afford. This Is That Very Home! A magnificent first floor outlay for sensible entertain- ing, 4 bedrooms and 2 baths on second floor, all appointed in the most modern fashion; a good lot with a 2-car garage (plastered). The location on a real boulevard in an excel- lent location, opposite the Chevy Chase Club grounds. Everything Absolutely Right! OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY To get there: Drive out Conn. Ave. to Bradley Lane, then west to Wise. Ave., then te Ch across from the Chevy Chase sin Avenue. Harry A. Kite 1514 K St. Phone M. 4846 Founded 1864 HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY Basmuiro W. Bress, Managar W assmmaras Thomas J. Fis_her & Co., Inc. 738 15th St NW. - Main 6830 - Exclusive Agents . 713-715 14th St. N.W. Main 2345 T R TR 3 * 79.9.2.2.8.9.9.0.2.9.0.9.0.0.9.0.8.¢.0.0.8.0.¢09.0¢08 2080020 2.¢8800200.0008.800820.080¢00¢02¢08¢08e/ ) 2 TTTTETE