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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SEPTEMBER 6, 1925— SECURITY PARLEY | [ mien LicHTs OF FiRsT sEcTioN IS EXPECTED SOON Allied and German Ministers Will Probably Meet in Geneva Conference. period of 35 per cent. of the new Arlington Memorial Bridge. Estimates showing that 59 per cent of city’s population lives within a radius of two miles of a central point. Automobile registrations shown to have increased from 4,000 in 1913 to 88,000 in 1924, an average annual increase for the 1l-year OF TRANSPORTATION SURVEY High lights from the first section of the transportation survey report include: Prediction of an early population of a million people for Wash- ry business district in s following the building | muters is concer [Iom.m of the trip through congested many places south of the Potomac in the nearby Virginia hills, which afford excellent possibilities for suburban de- velopment. The growth in population in Virginia has been retarded in the |past, both by the withdrawal of sub- ntial areas for use by the Federal overnment, and also because of mewhat unsatisfactory bridge con- nections. The Highway bridge con- necting with Fourteenth street, south- lwest is well located with respect to |travel to Alexandria and intermediate |points. The old Rosslyn bridge and | |its successor, known as the Key | bride connecting Georgetown with |Rosslyn, have been somewhat unsatis- factory insofar as their use by com- ed, because of the from Georgetown to the business | Klux Klansmen placed a wreath on KLANSMEN PUT WREATH ON ROOSEVELT’S GRAVE 500 Attend Ceremonies at Oyster Bay and Later Hold Meeting of Several Thousand. By the Associnted Press. NEW YORK, September 5.—Ku the grave of Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay last night with ceremonies attended by about 500 persons, it was learned today. A personai representative of Hiram W. Evans, grand wizard of the Klan, was sald to have placed the wreath PART 1. PRESIDENT IS HOST | SPon semvec TO LABOR LEADERS ™o s e Friends of Former Days Bay State Are Received, Chiefly Rail Men. MRS. WILSON WELCOMED UPON ARRIVAL IN GENEVA Swiss Government. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, September 5.—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson when she arrived in Geneva tonight found on the table in the salon of the famous Chateau Bartholoni, which is to be her residence during her stay, two tokens of welcome from the republic of Switzerland. One was a bouquet of flowers, the other a letter from the her in the name of the citizens. The letter recalled the contribution of her husband to the cause of international peace, Two members of the Geneva state council will call on Mrs. Wilson Mon- day as a further manifestation of re- spect. Mrs. Wilson will attend the sessions of the league assembly opening next week. ot China's smallest nurse, Alice Chu, welghing 68 pounds and measuring scarcely 4 feet, has completed a spe cial course at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity and is now on her way home to Peknig, where she is to take a posi- tion as a head ward nurse in the med ical college of the Rockefeller Foun 1 Press. s 2 ok it ; {center of Washington. Now that M . By the Assoclated Pross. Belief that the center of the business district will remain for some | {cen ngton. Now that on the grave in the absence of the _ witzerland, September time to come within the area bounded by Tenth and Fifteenth streets, Istreet has been widened from the grand wizard, who had been expect- SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.,, September t of the 14 ministers New York and Pennsylvania avenues. |bridse to Pennsyl } ¢ minltace |situation will be materially improved. | ness. ’ ithered in Geneva for the 2 government, extending greetings to dation. nia this | Vi - 5.—President Coolidge, who intends to 3 re e e T S I e e T e e B N E SALESMEN One of the most active Real Estate organ- izations in Washington has an opening for two live, wideawake, energetic, neat-appear- ing men to join their present sales force. We have more prospects than we can handle. An exceptional opportunity will be given to | Opinion that multiple intersections created by several streets 4 : | | meeting at circular parks has made the cit , but has made New Bridge to Help. LAt wiiis_yifew . sild . wed P ouns, pecsived Share teday = delode bly he League of Nations next| solution of traffic and transportation problems difficult. capes of the Klan “guard of honor,”|tion of Massachusetts labor leaders, ek was focused tonight on the| | ' - he new Memorial Bridge to be | Klansmen stood about the late Presi-{many of them friends of former day built from a point in Virginia near | dent’s grave during the quiet services, | About 20 were in the group, which | that about the end of 4 st s v hatting with | n ) < | Rasslyn to a point in the District of | which included prayers. spent nearly an hour chal oo Lol icoptaks] 00 LIVE IN CAPITAL’S | Columbia near the Lincoln Memorial | After the ceremonles at Oyster Bay [the President. ¥ ‘1’080’ 0 TO ime | the Klansmen drove to Bellmore, on| Members of the delegation, most of e- i will substantially shorten the a w:| PRESENT AREA, STUDY REVEALS |}rtieen thebutnenseccion of wagir int sout shore o Long, iand; where|them siliied _with “tne _ raisd am ton and points In the territory be- > velde, respectively, the veen Rosslyn and Falls Church. The | eral thousand Klansmen and members | Executive by J. P. McArdle, Boston, ch, British Belgian T T LR S completion of this bridge, together |of their families. A band and fire- |of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train e 2 possinly o0 |Engineers Say Increased . Transportation Will Be | s JSrelrasncors steeer. will {arks jpers part of the oolebeeHion | s wisit af the union Jabor men | tee pact dedicated to| Imperative Soon—Find Utility Sacrificed to Beauty in L’Enfant Plan, Layout Not tav Stre 1. Austen Ch ington % . He expects ington and living in the suburban|At the present time the district bor-| President for the day. P points In Virginia lying west of the | dering the Potomac between the High. |0 remain at the h“‘;mgbol‘ ) Arlington reservation. The Memor-|way Bridge and Washington Barracks | House over Sunday an 7 defl“hey al Bridge will also have some effect | is given over to the handling of water- [ 2nd, While his plans are nof 3 number of people working in Wash- was the main engagement of the ions of pe ce in Europe. n to extend o cemann as e & e : He . L <R he probably will return to Washing. ¢ s . Iag i . on that section of the City of Wash- | borne commerce, which, however, is " = ey Sulen 0w Designed for Traffic Load. ington now su rtinlly undeveloped, | not particularly extensive and is con- | ton the latter part of next week. two men whom we will choose to fill these . At = | lving west of the White House and | fined largely to passenger traffic. The ——— tries, Who have been sitting | positions. You must have a car. betwe Pennsylvanta Ve roposed g k )! 1 fons in the Dis | strect northwest. - Alreads some. de. | Wasnington and viclnity cat tor the | 35,464,115 NEW BUILDINGS e week discussing| (Continued from First Page) | ber of vehicle re ¢ ecur- of Columbia having ir sed | velopment is seen in this region in |removal of these docks to the western EirgigEg s { . . |in 1880, in spite of the fact that street §8.000 in 1924, or ' large apartment houses, gnd as a por- | bank of the Anacostia River above A N t ¢ t \y\&!l\v!%)n:l\hi motor busses and private | an increase of over|tion of this region is zofled for com. | the navy yard. August Permits Included $500,000, eSS DOX ’ ar ce x £ the Jurists |3 utomobiles now furnish much more | 35 per cent for the 12-y period | reial use, it is likely that a second- b i wmieh | f ! ; 5 aff 3 More for Repair Work. ‘able, |F2Pid, ~comfortable and economics Transients Number 8,000, (4ry business district will develop | Staff Cut Minipitzed P i p- Able. { transportation than was available . sk W about the intersection of New York = '1“‘"“ of Federal Actlvities.—The Building operations amounting to a i iR N R I is evi-|1ggp, | imates there are more) ynq Virginia avenue. extraordinary growth in Federal ac- | total value of $5,964,115 were author. < Ons CAN| The report states that a study of [than 8,000 transients always in Wash. nd of business areas—Some | tivities during the past’ decade re-|izeq during August, indicating a _con- | I ! = S en TR ST S e e TR0 D, s | L i th o, st |2 g Sneue, e 5| oS A—— |ington’s population living within 1 e _hof of IOTIREN commercial ANSPO! o1 vas | 0f operation on a war-time scale, but | o vious months, John W. Ueh 5 mile of a central downtown point and |transient population, the report con- helng developed. Boventh stores | refiecting also the expansion of MANY | ararm: iemics building inspector, re- FOURTH REASON WHY YOU SHOULD nated in thej452 per cent living between 1 and |tinues: = hwest, north of Pennsylvania | Other Federal activities, resulted in| ported to the Commissioners toda: BUY A SIMMONS HOME < obbies of the/2 miles from the center, or a total| “Tt Is considered one of Washing- nue. was the center of the busi-| What was apparently an abnormal| Of the total amount only $500,000 | . he council.lof 59.6 per cent of the population |ton's obligations to suitably provide for | jocq gistrict. Since that time ao.| growth in population of the District. represented repair work, the balance 4 REAL BEDROOMS: ‘ ain in the|ithin a 2-mile radius |these Visitors to the National Capittl;| velopment has been gradually west.| A similar growth was apparent be. | being for new bulldings. | = It chiefly to] Back in 1880 Chicago had only 43.3 |and the city may be justly proud of | \urd For a time the White House | tween 1860 and 1870, also possibly the | — Tre tst of permits issued during They are full size and will accomodate a full set 1 succeeded | per cent of lts population living within | the manner in which its largest gath-| ity ‘Government buildings on either | result of war activities. At the pres- | August included 295 brick dwellings f furnii 3 te question of|a comparable radius. the Shriners’ convention, Was|gide hlocked expansion of business de. | ent time there is observed a tendency | and 95 frame dwellings. Ten apart- of furniture. g an farmers | Goowih Anslpasd | provided for when consideration is velopment at Fifteenth street. A few |to decentralize Federal activitles | ment houses, totaling in value $1, IT'S IN whose lands| YL Enerant. |given to the fact that the city was| ., ago, however, with the estab- | through the establishment of local or | 700,000, were also authorized. wore € agreed| The report includes an analysis of |entertaining visitors numbering nearly | iy, T80, (OWOVSE With, the estab- | (REOUER The SSlabiaiment of loct the | 00000, were also authorlzed. & the ers of the resident popu Vashington possesses a num il 4 )0 gold [the incre: in one and awo 1r |houses and apartment building amily | three-qu Stib; | ation ment office buildings west of teenth street, business bey ven- | United States. There has, of course, an to| also been a substantial reduction in Northwest and Northeast sections’ as folows: Northwest, $3,797,540; North- Takoma Park ; |piled by the Washington -Board of |ber of unusu: good ‘hotels, which | 004 oyt alc i s G size of stablish- 589,85 / AYS |Tde. To show the rate of growth [are filled to maximum capacities with | {IUEAS Qut along Pennsylvania avenue | the size of the Government establish- | east, §1,689.850. YOU WILL FIND SUCH HOMES HUSBAND LEFT HER. {1+ locatities the city was divided into | many of convention parties. The | On the other hand, as eivilization in- . . el ctions. Explaining how growth thus has to provide for an un-| Growth to t Noted. cresnes I chmtlariy: ovec il h tt St t N w P man Settle’s Wife Files Suit “hw\ ;v‘{’ ssed in these eight sec fons, | widely fluctuating transient| )M\Il‘\' some growth tow | functions tend to increase in num- 1 1 e l’ r e e - . b e Hor : - N = 1as been observed and ber and extent, and it seems alto- * - ol s _permi e urins bt | e {me there are sex gether likely thit the number of Fed. || S I ORE Open and Lighted Daily Until 9:30 i 4 : 1l developments in process east | eral employes located in Washington \ge increase in housing timated to hav Tenth street. The influence of | will or can be substantially dimin- of ance | £ cilities in section 1, which i prac- | increased abo During | {'nion Stat and of the large ho- ished. For Rent CYRUS p ha ‘n:)."‘x. identical with the old city. Sec- | the same period housing has increased | 1ois and financial houses betswesn Fif rend of population—The popula- 1410 Main comprising the area bounded by | little less the ck Creek Park, Piney Branch Park-| ing that the t way, Soldiers’ Home and Florida ave- | housing facilities existin nue, shows very little increase in one|to a considerable exte Biilcinaw if, ges | And two family houses, but something | come. It is of partic i o ns s chars va |over a 100" perecent increase in the | note that while W . s d ‘the | number of apartments during the five- | largely a city of p Ty iy | period. Sections 3 and 4 compris- | apartments in apa; e AT the area lying west of Georgetown | in the past five y et Rock Creek Park, embracing both | somethin e Burleith and Chevy Chase sections, | and two show the largest increase in housi entage is, howeve per cent ndous she in 1920 h: been ov r interest to on has been ate dwellings the tle, with | ded to live with e had so many e never n would teenth street and Tenth street will | tion of the District of Columbia has in- y hold the center of the | creased in each decade, but by widely business district between those streets | differing percentages. From 1800 to Pennsylvania avenue and New 1810 the rate of increase was almost venue for s time to come. |80 per cent, but from 1830 to 1840 was The principal ry business |only 11.5 per cent. From 1860 to 1870 5 are fou the main | the increase was over 75 per cent, and ment houses have . very reasonable. o S at such as Seventh street, | from 1900 to 1920 less than 19 per cent. Term lease, e rate of one | GCOTEla avenue, urteenth street | Expressed in numbers rather than per- ouses. This per. |20 Pennsylvania avenue, northwest. [centages, the law of growth for cities | SHANNON & LUCHS somewhat mis- | | b - Zoning re-ias for many other natural phenome - H St. NW. “Vacant) 912 14th St. The rental of this store is IMMON g NEW HOMES T $500 CASH Monthly Payments Like Rent 2421 to 2435 Third St. N.E. Corner of Channing St. WITH BUILT-IN GARAGES : f cct will serve to ars to result in three f 1| S i 5 | facilities, the ir 1 the case of | leading as the actual g housing sl 4 ? ult in three fairly well 713 14th St. Main 2345 g 'l each of these being approxi lities has been accomplished by th ey dovelepments (defiued periods—firat, a rather slow | ¥ ® | mately 200 pe 11 dwellings | construction of 1 yuses and 8,000 speci ies such, for ex-|and relatively unimportant develop- e H umple. t ile salesrooms on | ment; second, a period of rapid growth. | E T s t to establish- | followed by a third pericd during 2 6. | this increase is appr pstrictes “ N = ¥ ! il e erren] e BEp D matsly cun i nts Restricted. neighboring needs. which the rate of growth diminishes ns 53 acres of land near | houses and apartments, whils 1n see.| “AS Was to be expected t | “There s no manufacturing district | quite similarly to its rate ;i ing premises | tion § the | s in apartments pee. | tion of apartment Dhfidties 1 o Washington nor are |through the first period. TI | largely confined to what ents likely to require |tion of the mathematical ol the old | the siving over of area to such use.|growth for any particular city s com- Gains Greater. b un(:ed roughly b “reek, | B lent sites along the Potomac |plicated by the occurrence from time et = 1| Florida avenue and st Fifteenth | below Washington on both sides of |to time of such extraordinary condi. ble sum for the b.::;.pefieirx:f:;zy = [\h?::«(“;tr fif’t;:i‘,l Street. In this area approximately fthe Potomac will undoubtedly be the | tions as existed in “mm.,mé during and the children. | Jateq by postal receipts ant nationai| ::000 families have been provided location of industrial "develop- [ the World War.” rdman appears for | bank deposits during the past 12 years, | LAfOUEh the construction of apart-| ments as ma 2 attracted to Wa has been at a rate approximately four | MeRtS and less than 2,000 by the con- | ington on account of its transport times as great as the Increase in pop- | StFUction of one and two family|tion, power and labor advantages ulation. During the same period the | NOUses. In the districts lying beyond | The navy yard located on the Ana | increase in the number of revenue| the boundaries of the old city the in-|costia River is the largest single in- e se in housing facilities has been | dustrial development in the District us lines of the loc 1y through the construction and | dominate: Business Hardwood trim Oak floors Built-in refrigerator Cabinet ironing board Hot-water heat Large front porches Electric lights Wide front parking Tiled bathrooms Stationary wash tubs Houses Open Every Day Until 8:30 P.M. H.R.HOWENSTEIN (C- YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD WITH US!! Let Us $5.00 Estimate the Cost of Your Pocmmipibpert® | You Pay as Lowas $1.50 railw: 1 transportation an average rate of the rate of | Arrivals at_and_Sailings From | | New York i Daylight Saving Time. | cz=ans dnipapnisson 1 “During the increase in apartments, the popular of the priv v continue to I e it the pr surce of in e extended use the number of y e Bk facilities a5} 5 terdam, passengers showed a decrease from the | ;o .~ o MWaihington o S e | - | peak 1n 1913. This loss was recovered | ¢it¥ of Washington is free h.'n evelop | : R s g ol activity Infalong the Maryland boundary and in | ARRIVE TODAY. 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