Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1928, Page 26

26 * REAL ESTATE. THE H}\rxn DELAY IN TRACTION FARE CASE SQUGHT Fleharty May Request Post-| ponement of Hearing Monday. S5 Postponement of the hearing of the | application of the Capiial Tr: for an increase in car fa sought by Ralp ] day morning Should Flcharty adopt such a course he would be lined up okesman for the Federati who oppose a fare or both traction compa ation of their ding the outcome case before Cong Seldom before lias local rate case been so uncertain and involved as in th Capital Traction prior to a properties and of the merger Co. Precedents Are Ignored. Flying in the face of precedents e lished since the war, the Pub {ties Commission h ring without a formal or m-x‘ cording to | may be | se of the no pro- | Chairman “John B. Childre: determined _ durir hearing or afterws ingion Railw: in_ the ap) unified rates in the District undoubtedly | would compel the commission to extend an increase in fares granted at t The proposed street railway which comes before the Senate District | committee next December, throws an | interesting light on the immediately ending procecdings. Recommenda- tions regarding the merger and a re- valuation of company propertics will be made to the committee when Con. gress reconvenes. In view of this sit ation, it is understood that Mr. Fleharty will endeavor to cause the postponement Ol ithe xate hraring Agreement Stands Until June. 'ger a . which s “June 1, P for t continuation of the pre: ar from date of The House committee as approved the merger and the ultimate de Test with the Senate, Even should the Pubiic U mission approve a new plicable to both companies, would be abolished upon | the approval of the merger agreement by Congress. Public utility officials pointed out that the merger pact guar- | antees the continuance in one year of | the fares in existence when the agree- i pact ment was drawn up. Consequently any increase granted by t (‘omml.«mn‘ would be wiped out under the terms of the merger proposal. Officials of the W. R. & E. Co. are expected to attend the opening of the | hearing Monday morning at 10 o'clock and outline their position to the com: mission through general counsel. The company has made no requests for increase in its fare PALISADES of the Potomac! This fine old brick residence has just been remodeled and made thoroughly modern. New hot-water heating plant. Pitts- burg storage water heater. Fine electric fixtures and base plugs. New, modern gas range. Porches on three sides. The first floor contains reception hall, living room with fireplace, large dining room, pantry and kitchen: sec- ond floor, four bedrooms and bath: third floor, four finished rooms. Metal garage in rear. Large grounds, beautiful shade . trees and shrubbery. The prop- erty overlooks the beautiful Po- tomac. Car line two blocks away Bus passes door. Fifteen minutes ride downtown. Open for inspec. tion. Price is $15,500, and on reasonable terms. WILLIAM T. BALLARD 1221 Eye Street N.W. Phone—Main 2265 Left Sold | Gallaudet Park (North of 10th & Fla. Ave. N.E.) Built by C. H. Small & Co. 1509 W. Va. Ave. N.E Four $333838283828222000828! bedrooms, coloni porch, hot-water heat, electri lights, hardware floors, laundr: tubs in cement cellar and bu in garage. Rooms are and well planned. Inspect and convince yourself. Price, $8,250 1101 Holbrooke Terrace $E s s s e ae s electric lJights, hardwood floos built-in tub and shower This corner residence is fully landscaped with shrubbery, and has brick garage to match house Price, $9,250 1125 Owens St. N.E. An excey home 322132882822882288222288:83: churches. It your inspecti homes have sold type in ~ Price, $6,950 Representative on Premises Inquire at 1509 W. Va. Ave. N.E. Open and Lighted Until sP.M. Terms Arranged Watch Our Ads for Bargains J. Dallas Grady 904 14th St. N.W, Main 6181 3333883222228883233838333: ereeteesteTeessss e ets At RNttt sIIsINgLIIIILILLL STAR, WASHINGTON, R!"AL ES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, TATT‘ [“Clue” to Nobile’s Party Is Traced To Crew’s Bonlfir PROTEST OUSTING OF WOMAN LEADER By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, September 8.— —_— The mysterious bonfire observed a | y : ik iagn it A g s it iDen‘.ocrats Displace Commit- passed Edge Island, and which for | inial | ! ;’Il;n:r was considered a possible clue tee Official Legahty of Move Attacked. of Citizens™ Associations, | e for either | present case of |hr\ RI g the Wash- | tees: licy of | Wardman, Arnold, Wardman Construction Co.. Bal: s | of Fairmont, time to the competing linc | P merger, | natu Hutchinson, s estate’ valued at $3,000.000 and having | debts, including those of the Annapolis I Co. | estimated valuation of $2,000,000. Con- | ditions in the coal fields, estat pos | court is told. and if the sale is aliowed | to proceed under a foreclosure of the | will accrue to the estate. are only $1,767.625, and if the sale pro- ceeds ference. If a receiver could be appointed | the petitioners state, he could arrang to make a private sale which would be | of benefit to Mason, Spalding and McAtee appear for the petitioners. | with its sioping walls resembling th \Z ished, be the tallest structure in the; Northwest. | B it iaatamabts bers of the Nobile expedition, was explained today in a telegram from Tromsoe. i The message stated that the fire was kindled as a signal by the crew of the whaling vessel Algot, which had run ashore on the island. Later the crew managed to refloat their ship. SEEK TO PREVENT HOTEL AUCTION Estate Administrators Apply to Court to Stop Sale, Set for Monday, to the whereabouts of missing mem- " By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., September 8.—The | question whether a political party State committee has the power to remove a member of the national committee has been raised in the case of Dr. Jennie Callfas of Omaha, who, prior to the nomination of Gov. Smith for the presi- dern served actively as Democratic | national committeewoman for Nebraska. The Demotratic State committee as- | sumed that it had that power when {at a meeting yesterday it displaced Dl' Callfas_and selected as her | The commitiee jusiifed its. action on | the ground that Dr. Callfas had publicly announced that she had repudiated Gov. Smith, and since that time had been making addresses in support of Herbert Hoover. The legality of her attacked on the ground that the diction of the State committee is ques tionable, as she is, or was, a member |of the ‘national committee, which, it 9| was urged, Is the only body with power ""“'?",f,’flwf,",',‘,'fé‘: Sm Eg,‘;{;;" to act. It also was claimed in behalf trators of Clyde Hutchinson, former |Of Dr. Callfas that she was elected owner of the property, brought suis|bY the Democratic voters of the State st the Annapolis Co.; Edmund D‘\znd that this source of political power em and Luther B. Swarteell trua. |is higher than any other that exists H. Holmead and Henry .| in the party, since most of the com : Thomas P Bones, Harsy | (¢ members are thus clecied, J’! S t was not clear that any formal de- e e e L P e resign, or that she formally declined W. Va., and the Bank of | to resign. She was quoted as saying, sburgh, all having interests of some | however, that she did not care to send in the property. Because of the death of Clyde E.| the administrators, it is ted, are endeavoring to liquidate an | Application was made today to the | strict Supreme Court to stop the ad- | ed foreclosures sale of the Annap- | ols Hotel on H street bet it al SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS Charming Semi-Detached Just East of 14th 1322 Montague Street N.W. Open Sunday All brick home of eight large well arranged rooms and tw) baths. Two-car garage. Interior of unusual beauty, finest fixtures, open fireplace, big tiled kitchen. Sacrificed for Quick Sale ROBERT W. SAVAGE 717 Union Trust Building Main 6799 fotaling only $1.000.000. leaving an of which th principally consists, make im ible an immediate liquidation, the ird deed of trust, great financial loss | The petitioners say the Annapolis | tel as a going concern is worth $2.- ,000, while the total encumbrances the estate stands to lose this dif- | the estate. Attorney: . The Foshav Bulldmg in Minneapolis hington Monument, will, when fin- G m __.\_,, Open Sunday Heirloom For The Years TO Come 16th Street A home designed for those who living a fine art. Location, architecture, appoint- ment, accessibility...cverything that a family of importance and discernment could demand in a home, has been anticipated. To inspect it will be a revelation, a desire for immediate posses- sion. Very liberal financing arrangements can be made. make of HSaunders Colne: REALTORS 1433 K STREET < MAIN10 Before You Investigate Any Home Offer Look for the “HONESTLY BUILT” Signs See These Attractive Homes Come Out to Michigan Park Manor Today And Look Them Over Dollar for dollar, they represent the best buy in Washington. Compare them with any six-room and bath semi-detached house offered anywhere in the District of Columbia—they will stand the test. FRIGIDAIRE EQUIPPED Priced at $10,550 up—Six and Seven Roems 20 FEET WIDE—On 28-FOOT LOTS! HOW TO REACH PROPERTY Drive out Michigan Avenue N.E, past Catholic Uni- versity to Sargent Road and 13th Place N.E, or take street car marked “Brookland” to end of route and walk right 11, blocks on Michigan Avenue direct to 13th Place. Or take bus marked “Queen Chapel and Bunker Hill Road.” MICHIGAN PARK MANOR CO. Rust Bldg., 1001 15th St. N.W., Franklin 829 |Beauty Parlor Aids in Treating Woman Patients, St. Elizabeth's Discovers | | | respect. St. Elizabeth's was a vear | ahead of the Essex County Hospital nf‘ the Insane at Overbrook, N. J.. which recently started a beauty parior as an | innovation, Between 150 and 200 patents visit the St. Elizabeth’s beauty parlor ever; month, Dr. White says. “It bucks them up and gives them a new interest in | life and makes our work of bringing the disordered minds to a greater | semblance of order easier,” he say: Good clothes, where they can be af- Greater peace of mind gnd a spruced- up appearance go hand ¥n hand, par- ticularly in the case o women inmates at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital here, it has been found William A.’ White, | superintendent of the hospital. | "Dr. White’s institution for about a | year now has been experimenting with | the use of beauty aids for insane women in building up their morale and self- | her resignation to National Chairman | | Raskob, whom she is said to have desig- | forded, also are encouraged by the hos- nated as a Republican. | pital officials. Small tables at meal Her holt of the Smith candidacy was | manicures for patients who bite their | based on her belief that he has b?(‘n nails and scores of other innovations disloya! to his party in his attitude to- | are being tried with considerable suc- ward prohibition. “We are forced.” she | cess at the hospital. r principles which the | The beauty parlor there is under the | r of the party will not | direction of Mrs. Agnes White and Mrs. and we must look to Hoover for |Mina Ramey. both graduate nurses and ampioning of our cause. The |graduates of beauty culture schools. ion of the eighteenth amend- ment means complete nullification, and it is an insult to American intelligence| By means of a recently developed that we should give up the victory and | echo-sounding apparatus depths of be- subject our home life to the miseries of | tween seven and eight miles have been the pre-Volstead days.” | found in the ocean. el [s[——T] | Bungalows of Character in CHEVY CHASE, MD. The location where values are constantly increas- ing and where we are giving you the greatest Home ),”n..m for yvour dollars. back, g 410 Taylor St. Chevy Chase, Md. Th: lows beauntiful bunga- lots, 50x101 ft. have § spacious rooms and i bath, hot-water heat, ce, Colonial front porcha These homes \ulhnl]\ situated in a charming section of Chevy Chase, convenient to every facility. Concrete Streets Open Until 6:30 p.m.—Representative on Premises East of Conn. Ave. TERMS ARRANGED J. DALLAS GRADY 904 14th St. N.W. Main 6181 on Built by ROULILEAU IN CHEVY NG CHASE, MD. Maple Avenue A Wonderful New Corner Home Every effort should be made on the part of the earnest buver to sce this exceptionally fine home. No prettier location could he found. Built of bric Colonial in style, all slate roof. Four beau- tifully decorated bedrooms and two ultra modern baths, one shower. Big living room w open fireplace; attractive hook shelves: lavatory on first floor: finely appointed kitchen and bright roomy dining room: French doors from living room to covered and screened side porch: oak floors down stairs and up: inclosed and heated sleeping porch ; 2-car built- in garage. Mauy other splendid features that make a house a heme. Drive out Conn. Ave., turn west on Bradley Lane to Maple Avc, and north to Rosemary St Open All Day Sunday .EH%Q’E%'ZH*L,,LFS Realtors 5 OG0T ARDUI NV OTAFOTUT AT OO GO UOT IO ORI B 1417 K St. 2840 CHESAPEAKE STREET IN FOREST HILLS You are cordially invited to inspect this beautiful home constructed of stone and half timber, situated on a lot of 75 feet frontage with an abundance of large trees. This home which overlooks Rock Creek Park offers practically every- thing that can be desired—center-hall plan with nine rooms and three baths, extra lavatory on first floor: electric re- {rigeration, copper screens, w eather strips, two-car garage and many other features which make this one of the best or Sivhluss W ks Hoidlan: Location: You may reach this property either from Connecticut Avenue by turning EAST on Albemarble Street to Linnean Avenue, thence NORTH two blocks to Chesapeake Street or from Rock Creek Park via Broad Branch Road. ALFRED T. NEWBOLD Owner & Builder 328 Barr Building Franklin 1395 { before Judge Robert E. Mattingl: 15th & Pa. A\n DISGRUNTLED WOMAN TWO MEN ARE HELD ACCUSED OF ASSAULT‘ IN IMPERSONATION Charged th Striking Altomey One Charged With Selling Federal! ” Job to Another, After Taking Test. After Failure to- Obtain | Warrant, Assaulted just outside the office of Assistant United States Attorney Jo- seph Bruce in Police Court today by a colored woman who had just been re. fused a warrant, Attorney Ha y colored, himself obtained a warrant for his assailant and the case was brought An arrangement to obtain a Gove; ment position by taking the civil se ice examination and then selling job to another man resulted in tv grand jury under heavy bond by Judg> Rober day. The mer ton, 3201, Secorid street charged with violation of s¢ | of tne penal code. which is falsel personating another person, and liam Harris of Clarks court, held are William Clay- than 10 minutes after the occur It was continued until Tues able the defense to procure witnesses Cora Fisher, colored, 1535 Ninth street the defendant, was rel her personal bond. The woman was sccking a warrant Wi.- ged ored men being held for action of the | E. Mattingly in Police Court to- | | with the same offense and also charged | with forgery. Both waived preliminary hearing. Harris' bond was fixed at $5.000 and Clayto at $3,000. / nt United States Clayton took the xamination fc led laborers and purchased the job from him. Tis took the oath of office and sign« Pd Clayton’s name to it, Buuv says. Late alle cl torney office of public build- ¢ grounds. . Educator Backs Hoover. NEW YORK. September 8 (4). | P. Louis Slade, chairman of the wom- en’s national committee for Hoover, re- ceived a cablegram v v indorsing Hoover from Dr. M. Carey Thom: esident emeritus of Bryn Mawr Col- ge. who is in London for a young man who, she said. owed her rent. Informed that her case was | a civil one and would have to be taken to Municival Court, she started out of the building and met Attorney Dyson, | who represents the man she wanted arrested. (Just Off Conn. A = Semi-detached. Britain'’s Army of Occupation has cost so far $6498.750. toward which Britain has received from the Dawes annuities $4 DOWNTOWN WAREHOUSE For Rent l{(‘.xr 927 D St. N.W. ,TORY — FIREPROOF. EL] FCT“IL ll{bl(:hT El ATOR MER‘ICA'\' :Cl ‘\x' SECURIT Never hefore have vou property so perfectly combinin of today and the proper environ ational Mortgage 1001 Vi. Ave. 5130 Nebraska Ave. all-brick construction; sunny bedrooms, 2 daintily tiled haths. $16,750 For Immediate Open Daily, 2 to 9 P.M. at Harrison St.) t delightfully ve. Sale n, at anything like the price, a he essential in the up-to-date home ment and convenience in location. & Inve ment Corp. M. 5833 l Sale of “Used Houses’ at special prices—and terms They are excellent properties—eith er to live in, or for investment—in first class ccndition and will be open for inspection—Sunday and Monday— dark. Sale must be closed before 6 525 ‘Quincy' N.W. Petworth Necr Grart Circle Three-room deep home; of 6 big reoms and reception hall; large porches; modern bath; maid’s toilet. Lot 150 fcet deep. Garage. $7,750 If Bought Sunday or Monday toilet; hot- stores, etc. 431 5th St. S.E. Overlooking Park Colonial brick; large rooms, well arranged; modern bath; hot water heat; hardwood floors and trim; splendid lot. Very desirable loca- tion. Everything in perfect condi- tion. rooms that making two wide alley. from 10 a.m. to P.M. Monday 232 Randolph N.E Near New McKinley Tech Six rooms, with reception hall; covered front porch; breakfast porch and sleeping porch; modern bath; hardwood floors and trim; maid” water heat. Handy to $7,750 If Bought Sunday or Monday 448 M St. N.W. Bargain for Colored Convenient downtown section; 8 can readily be divided, apartments. New hard- wood parquetry floors; eiectricity; newly papered and painted; con- crete garage; front and rear yards; $6,950 $8,950 If Bought Sunday cr Monday If Bought Special terms will be Member Operative Builders Association 1016 14th St. Sunday or Monday arranged CAFRITZ