Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1928, Page 19

REAL b ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1928 11, " NEW CONVENT HERE NEAR COMPLETION sisters of Bon Secours Home and Chapel Soon to Be Occupied. The new convent and chapel for the Sisters of the Bon Secours Order, who yive nursing service to the poor free of sharge, now rapidly is being completed THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME. = Look! SEE His STAR? GOLLY HE DON'T WEAR TH SAME KIMNDA FuNMMY HAT SHERLOCK HOLMES WEAR'S, WONMDER Wrio |7 HE'S A SHAADCWINT —By WEBSTER. n the 4200 block of Yuma street, im- mediately north of the Immaculata Seminary on Wisconsin avenue. It is expected members of the Catholic order soon will occupy their new home. The new building for the Sisters of Bon Secours was med by Maurice F. Moore and erccted at a cost of approxi- mately $85.000. It is of the Roman- esque or early Italian style of archi- tecture. The building includes a chapel, which s at right angles to the convent and under separate roof, but is attached to the main building. There is formed a quadrangle between the west side of | the convent and the north side of the | chapel. affording privacy to the am- bulatory on_the west side of the con- vent and the garden immediately in front of it. On the exterior of the building. the | chapel is separated from the convent by a campanile or bell tower. | The convent proper is 42 feet by 82 feet and contains a basement with high ceiling, first floor, second floor and roomy attic floor, which will be finished for dormitories and other rooms. The chapel building is 20 feet by 42 feet, two stories high. In the basement of the convent sec- tion are the work rooms, the laundry, | drying room, cold storage quarters and @ large space for recreation programs or showing of motion pictures. The first floor contains public reception rooms, sacristy, refectory, kitchen, pantry and community room. The second flcor contains 12 large sleeping | rooms, 2 baths, diet-kitchen, infirmary and an open sun porch. JANUARY PROJECTS SEEN AT HIGH PEAK W\ “THE FIRST PEEP AT A REAL .LIWVE DETECTIVE N Contracts-Awarded in States East of Rocky Mountains | Total $427,168,700. Total construction contracts awarded during January in the 37 States east | WASTING FUEL THROUGH LOOSE | of the Rocky Mountains amounted to WINDOWS. | $427,168.700, according to F. W. Dodge clearance between window sashes | Corporation. | ‘The These States include | and frames and between doors and ebout 91 per cent of the total construc- | frames varies from 1/16 to 3/32 inch; tion volame of the country. This was |in poor construction the opening may next to the largest January total on | be as much as 13 to % record, and ted an increase of |ance of 3/32 inch is quite usual. With{ 11 per cent over January of last year. |a wind velocity of 15 miles per hour | Com] with ber, the past | this opening of 3/32 inch would rmll! ‘month showed a decline of 11 per cent. | the passage of about 1'; cubic feet districts HOME HEATING BY ARA MARCUS Consulting urd Advisery Eng inch. A clear- | tal HARRY HILL DEFENSE CLOSES TESTIMONY | Prosecution Calls Rebuttal Wit-| nesses in Case of Youth Ac- cused of Matricide. ADVICE ELS, Suitable metal weathér stripping fre- . uently reduced by 15 to 20 per cent the radiation required. The -prevention of window leakage means a saving of heat and a lessening of dirt blown into the house. In a cer- n aj nt house, situated near a | BY the Associated Press. railroad station in a large clty"dnrlnzl OTTAWA, Ii, Pebruary 11.—Defense the first season of its occupancy the | .,unc for Harry Hill, charged with the heating system supplied sufficient heat 5 Witk veasonableeconomy of fuel, but | murder of his mother, Mrs. Eliza A.| smoke and dust were a nulsance. Metal ‘Three made m‘;h‘cu‘h totals | air tvex;y ml.nut: tfi)r ‘evv‘l;:‘zy HnenAl;‘ fool | for the month of January, new rec- | of crack aroun e low. or- ords being reached by New England, | dinary double-sash window (36 inches | the next heating scason, and as & re- the Central West and Texas. Three | wide by 72 inches high) would admit |Sult the temperature «gfl the rooms was other districts, New York State and about 30 cubic feet of air per minute. ilw Nlh-’ The radiating Sur!lc’e waa Torthern New Jersey. the Southeastern | With 1/16-inch clearance 20 cubic feet | Feduced almost one-fourth, and it still States and the Middle Atlantic States ! | supplied sufficient heat, while the fuel hed totals which were next to the- the | tonsumption also showed a noticeable . ot the room may be setious. A | reduction. Fuel saving of 15 to 25 ser- Bt e e ot o last | room 10 feet wide by 20 feet. long, with | Cent appears possible by equipping win- weather stripping was applied before heating ‘The more im| t items in portant it month's building and engineering rec- ord were: $193,189.200, or 45 per cent of all construction, for residential | with 3/32-inch clearances, and assum- | industrial b 3. per cent, for educational buil 3| £11,182,400, or 3 per cent, for hospitals end institutions; $9,189,700, or 2 per eent, for social and recreational projects; $5.612,300, or 1 per cent, for public buildings, and $5,532.900, or 1 per cent, for and memorial buildings. | Contemplated construction projects were for these 37 States to the amount of $904,674.900 during January. This was a 20 per cent increase over | th: amount reported for January of last/ year, though it represented a decrease | ©f 9 per cent from the December figure. | The Middle Atlantic States (eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jerse, Maryland, Delaware, District of Colum- bia and Virginia) had $51,284,800 worth of contracts for new building and | engineering work last month. This | figure exceeded December by 13 per u igh, contains 2,000 @ows aad doors with mec‘Ll stripping. g 1 et g, o the |11, therefore, metal weather stripping 1 longer side is exposed to the north or | Pt mw-:he‘? ‘h'u*l"’“"fu“-:nm- "i ““"l’;; s | sible to reduce the si cost of west, and that there are two windows |} ot D ion Do ionately to the re- { duction in radiation surface made pos- cus- | Sible. “The cost of metal weather strip- reside: | ping may frequently be offset by the . e “the | Fedction n cost of the heating plant. tethperature from 0 d 0 70 de-| (Copyright 1927. Ara Marcus Danicls.) e | W. R. HEARST, JR., TO WED Air Leakage Cited. i : w York Publisher’s ances around the sash would be about o i S 3,650 cubic feet per hour, or one and ment of the room. To heat this quan- SAN FRANCISCO, February 11 (#). tity of air, about 5,300 heat units would ; —The engagement of Willlam Randolph cent more than that required for one | peant publisher, and Miss Alma complete change of air per hour. 1f the | ywoier of Pledmont, Call , and San leakage would be doubled and there % would be required three and one-hall | “'Niee waiker is the daughter of Mr. for one complete change per hour. i.nd Mrs. Clinton L Walker, and a Tightly fitting windows will improve | qp011 art collector. She studied art in Europe and in the New York Art HUll, rested the case yesterday. The prosecution immediately prepared to call several rebuttal witnesses. More than 50 witnesses were put on iby the defense over a period of four | days. The climax of the defense’s case | was reached yesterday with the testi- mony of six neighbors and friends of | | Mrs. Hill, who testified to having seen | | her seven days or more before her body | ! was found in the basement of her home. | | August 22. The prosecution contends she was slain August 4 or 5. | It gvas expected that the jury would | not get the case before the middle of next week. DUCHESS OF TORLONIA WINS DIVORCE DECREE Former Elsie Moore of Greenwich, Conn., Charged Husband, the Duke, | With Misconduct. By the Associated Pre BRIDGEPORT, Conn., February 11. —The Duchess of Torlonia, who was Elsle Moore of Greenwich, Conn., was granted a divorce from Duke Marino Torlonia ot Rome, Italy, yesterday. ‘The decision was given by Judge John | Richard Booth of the Superior Court. | before whom the action was tried early | In_December, ocnt and was only 4 per cent below the | were 1/16 inch, then, instead of 80 per | secord January of1927. | cent more than the designed umny’ Included in the January construction | being uired, the additional leat | record were $18,360,000, or 36 per cent units would be about 22 per cent. | ©f “all construction, for residential | The advantage to be derived from | Lulldings; $10,354,500, or 20 per cent, | good construction will be appreciated in | for commercial buildings; $7.918,200, or | the comfortableness of the room and | 5 per cent, for public works and util- | realized in the fuel saving. More el | ; $7,130,900, or 14 per cent, for in- | is invariably consumed in a house with | ustrial bulldings; $2,598,800, or 5 per | loosely fitted windows than in where | |i institutions; | the clearance is reduced to & minimum. | Increased fuel consumption is seldom | |adequate 1o correct faulty construction, { particularly on windy days. As pointed out, tght-fitting windows | are essential if leakage losses are to be kept down. Ordinary felt \vcllher' swipping helps reduce this loss. | Metal weather stripping s still better and aids materially toward an annual | saving of fuel. Bome tests have dem- onstrated that it is possible by the use | of metal weather strips to reduce by 80 K‘ cent the leakage through a 1/32- {inch crack with & wind velocity of 15 | miles per hour and by 83 per cent with | | a 30-mile wind. buzlding: ontemplated construction projects +re reported for the Middle Atlantic flates in Janusry 10 the amount of £112,755,900. This figure represented ceclines of 4 per cent from January, 1927, and of 19 per cent from Decem- ber, BANK PLAN'S BRANCH. A branch of the Becurity Bavings & | | il Commercial Bank 15 o be located Windows Important, #1xtly in the five-story limMstone build- | The condition of the windows In o | 3 being completed st 1518 K | buliding, whether tight, loose or loose | Sng now sirect, it was announced this week enough to rattle, plays a very important the comfort derived builcing was erected for Julius L | part, not only Feywr, who §s president of the Becurity | from s heating Favings & Commercial Bank. Lably in the annual e s -, R D £ A S S A S Washington’s Finest Apartment Located at Wyo. Ave., Conn. A Kalorama Road To be known as 2101 Connecticut Avenue Rcu‘dy for occupancy October lst, 7 Roome—3 Baths 9 Roome~—3 Baths Enclosed Porches—Large l"l'yc"”“se'va"!'. K()fl"l. Plans and Prices Available ., and Reservations now being made 11. L. RUST COMPANY g 1001 1! ¥ Main 8100 legrees grees, with the wind blowing at 15 miles | P i ‘The air léakage through the clear- to Miss Alma Walker. eight-tenths times the cubical measure- be required, or approximately 80 per | Hearst, jr, third son of Willam R. wind velocity be 30 miles per hour the | Francisco, was announced here Thurs- times the number of heat units needed granddaughter of P, B. Walker, Min- these conditions. If the crack opening | League, The duchess based her petition on the allegation that the duke had been guilty of misconduct. The answer of the dyke | ‘There are about 2,000,000 girls in the | was that the courts of this State were nited States named Mary. ! without jurisdiction. U THE EVENING STORY HE started as soon as she received the telegram that Jack was dead. She was not afratd, and it was her duty as a mother of a very good son to bring his body home to the little cemetery on the hillside, to lie beside his father. “You should allow some one to go with ,” counseled more than one of her kind friends and neighbors. “But I don’t need any one. I would rather be alone with the body of my dear Jack. I want to be with him alone,” she said, and she held out until time to start. As the train sped southward the little woman, Jack’s mother, sat dry- eyed, staring out of the window—think- ing—thinking. How short the time seemed to her since she had cradled her boy in her arms, since she had sent him away to school with a hasty kiss. And then she had sent him over the sea to fight for his country. What cheerful letters he had writ- ten to her, letters of love and devotion. True, he had not come home to visit her, but he had sent money and then he had been working so hard and saving to go into business, he had told her, as soon as his apprenticeship was served and he was a full-fledged me- chanic. He was learing the automobile repair business. %he often wished for her boy to visit her, but she would soon have him at home, and then they would be together every day; she wouid sing at her work and he would be near, working in his repair shop. And then he had sickened, and almost before she had recovered her breath at the news of his iliness, came the tele- gram asking if she wanted to claim his body. Did she? Nothing but death, the grim specter, would have kept this gx:‘ther of a good son from claiming his y. Mile after mile the train covered, and then the suburbs of the city of Atlanta appeared. There were endless curves and the train came to a stop in the de- pot. She had reached her destinatiy. “This way, madam,” in unison, and soon the little old mother was seated in a taxi; she was being driven to the un- dertaking establishment. Dismissing the driver, she walked bravely into the mortuary, and as an attendant came forward, she was led gently into the inner room. There amid flowers, lay her Jack—the smile was on his face, the smile she so well remembered, She was fearless and even when the attendant told her to be brave, she did not cry. Every one around was kind to her, so considerate of Jack's mother. Her eyes roamed over the room and then she saw a large, kindly-faced man coming toward her. He explained that he was Jack's “boss,” the man for whom her boy had worked so long, since he had come from Prance. Tears came to the eyes of the little mother as the big man clasped her hand in his and led her to a seat. He talked to her of Jack, how faithful he had been in his efforts to please—how he had talked of his mother. “He was always a good son, Mr. Warden—he would come home from school and think about what he could do for his mother before he went out to play with the boys. “And when he went to PFrance, 1 thought it would kill me to see him go— to know that he might be killed any time, and then he made it so much easler for me by writing each day. You see we had a mortgage on the little home. Jack’s father was ill, hardly able to work, and we thought for a while that our boy would have to make o claim for exemption. Then we saw our duty, we would get along some way— and we did. Then when the war was over, we looked and looked for word from Jack, and when the letter came our home was about to be taken, we only needed $500 to complete the pay- ment. “I wrote it all to Jack, and then the miracle happened—a friend loaned him the money, some fellow he had been with in the Army, some rich man’s son We looked and looked each day for our boy to come home after we received the money and after several months, we had & letter from him from Atlanta, saying he was working here. “That was more than three years ago, and we expected Jack to finish his trade and come back to the old home where he would set up a shop. Jack’s father died last Christmas—his last “ours were happy by the thought that I would have some one to care for me the rest of my life. £ “And now—now"—the little tired hands sought the' pocket of her dress and brought out a white handkerchief, which she passed to her aching eyes. 117 Hesketh Street "CHEVY CHASE Quverlooking The Chevy Chase Golf Course Grounds In Exclusive Section 2 QT TFELY in appearance, indi vidual in design and charm ingly set on o large landscaped lome site i this most excellent section, Spacious living room with massive open fierplace, mod el kitehen with complete electrie built-in unit, cedar closets, floored | attic, ete, All bedvooms ave large & and each has a delightinl outlook, Quality Production At Low Cost OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. Drive West from Chevy Chase Clrole on Magnolia Parkway About 100 Feet, Then Left on Hesketh Street Two Blooks 3. €. Douglass Co. REALTORS—BUILDERS 1621 K St, N.W, Frank, 5678 Two-Car Brick Gurage Four Bedepoms wo Tile Bathy | Blectrie Dishwasher | Large Covered Veranda | Complete “Walker" Unit Lurge Landscaped Lot Reduced to sell The urgency of the reduction in the price of this attractive Home. 731 Otis Place N.W. A protty row in a very good neighborhood. Six rooms, floors—and g 1415 K Street Just then six men entered the recep- tion room of the mortuary, and the big man beckoned them to his side. With bared heads they bowed before the little weeping mother, as the big man took her hand again in his. These boys are Jack's co-workers, Mrs. Fordyce, they insisted on coming to pay their respects to you,” sald the big man gently. The men paused for a few moments, they passed slowly out of the room. Just then an attendant approached — everything was in readi- | ness for the return trip home. The big man placed the little mother in a waiting automobile, and sat beside her. and at the depot he left her only when he had taken her into her train. As he turned away and walked through the crowd, & hand was laid on his shoulder. i LANE BUYS RESIDENCE. |REAL ESTATE ACTIVIWT State Department Official Acquires House at 2435 Tracy Place. Arthur Bliss Lane, chief of the| division of Mexican affairs of the Department of State, has purchased the large detached residence at 2435 Tracy place from McConih> & Whelan, The | transaction was handled through the office of Moore & Hill, Ine. | The house contains five main sleeping rooms_and four bath?, large dining room, living room and sun room, garag® and servants' quariers and has a gar-| den and fountain in the grounds. | ar . | Builds Spanish Bungalow. | A Spanish-style bungalow is beinz constructed in Brookmont, just beyond | the new District reservoir, two biocis west of Conduit, road, by the Stoneform | Corporation for Millard P. Hudson, | chief examiner of the Federal Trade { of trans BELOW 1926 FIGURE | December Business Measured by In- dex Figure of 163, National Board Reports. Real estate market aetivity for De- cember was measured by an index fig- ure of 163, according to the complla~ tion made monthly by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The compiiation is tyade from official figures and conveyances recorded in typl December figure was four points r than the index for November. It is three points lower than the index for December of 1926, In the association’s compilation the average number of transfers and col veyances recorded during the corre- 41 Tt “Are you taking your favorites out for a walk, warden?” “Hello, Joyce—the boys came along with me to greet the mother of No. 57694—he died suddenly, and the little mother does not know he was a convict. You ought to remember him, Judge Smith. I believe you sentenced him for forgery.” “I sentence so many, I have for- gotten—but that reminds me that I had a letter from a young man in Indla, who has heard of that young soldier’s case; you remember the fellow who was sent up for forging old Bruner's name? I have the letter somewhere in my pocket,” mumbled the judge, searching through his various pockets. “Well, this letter was from Bruner's son to his father, stating that he signed his father's name to that check, and got the money and used it. So young Fordyce must be released.” “Fordyce! My God! That is the boy who died—No. 57694.” ‘THE END. (Covvright. 19 sponding month of the years 1916-1923 The house was designed by Willia in 41 cit s taken as the base (100 F. Wagner, local architect and inventor | The index res of a new building material. It will con- | of 1927 is zs follows: January, l:lfl, ‘el tain dining room, kitchen, two-car ga- | ruary, 180; March, 173; April, 166; May, rage on the first floor and living room, | 156 Ju! 161; July, 167; August, 16 three bedrooms and Span'sh balcony on | September, 168; October, 151; Nov the second floor. ber, 159; December, 163. Commission. e ‘Charming Detached Homes Colonial and English Design With Garage 5% VETERANS GET MEDALS FOR DEEDS 30 YEARS AGO Eight Heroes Awarded Silver Star Citations for Gallantry in Various Places. Eight members of Uncle Sam’s fight- ing force have just been awarded silver star citations by the War Department for acts of gallantry in action in the Philippines, Porto Rico and New Mex- ico about 30 years ago. Brig. Gen. James Parker, U. 8. A., retired, was decorated for personal valor in action against the Apache Indians at Devils Creek, N. Mex., May 22, 1885; Col. Robert R. Wallace, re- tired, who is from Warrenton, Va., and was appointed to the Army from the District of Columbia, for gallantry at Guaymas, P. R, August 5, 1893, and Lieut. Col. Arthur Pdillon, United States Cavalry, stationed at New York City; Henry F. Eagle, former second lieuten- ant, 47th United States Volunteers, now at Pittsburgh; Albert B. Gebert, former second lieutenant, United States In- fantry, now at Chicago; ‘Edward F. G. Studert of Boston, former corporal, 26th Infantry Volunteers; Willlam H. Archer of Indfanapolis, former private, 26th Infantry, and George W. Christian of Mesa, Ariz, former private, 34th In- fantry Volunteers, for acts of heroism | in_ varlous actions in the Philippin2s | between 1899 and 1903. | FORMER COAST GUARD OFFICER IS ACQUITTED Jury Disagrees on Two Other Men | Chevy hase Terrace $ l 3 ,500 iOverlool:ing Chevy Chase golf course, 15 min- % utes from the heart of the city. Six large rooms, % 3 spacious bedrooms, living room 16x24 ft., tiled 2 bath with buiit-in tub, shower and fixtures, tiled 4 2 guest lavatory, bright kitchen and panb'y.i Artistic decoraticn, ample wardrobe closets. Cov- ered perch, garage, lot 50x132 ft., landscaped grounds. Terms to suit your convenience. Exhibit Home—1609 Norwood Drive Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Bradley Lane, west to Wisconsin Avenue, south to Norwood Drive; or motor out Wiszonsin Avenue to Norwood Drive. in Rum' Conspiracy Case at Boston. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 11.—Sidney F. Nichols, former Coast Guard ofiicer, was acquitted yesterday by a Federal Jury before which he was tried on charges of lquor conspiracy and smug- gling. The jury was unable to agree in the cases of Carl G. Halwartz, former executive of the Coast Guard, and John B. Magnus, Boston garage owner. The Government had charged that Magnus owned schooners which oper- ated to rum row off Cape Cod, and that he had been able to keep in touch | with Coast Guard vessels through a | | stolen copy of the secret code of the ! Guard and a ervnu radio station, by | means of which he advised his fleet of | the movements of the Government vessels. It was further charged that Hal- wartz, Nichols and other members of | the Coast Guard were In conspiracy to! | protect the smugglers. &x CAFRITZ w5 Ouwners and Builders cf Communities S S S R O R N A e S S SRR R AR SR AR A bath, ‘porches, hot-water heat, hardwood See the home and then let us tell you the price and terms Open for Inspection Sunday from 2 P M, to Dark unuMc—KEER“‘GOS ervice Deal With a Realior 11 East Lenox St. OLD CHEVY CHASE cions first floor plan, having, and lavatory. 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