Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1928, Page 3

‘THE EVE NG STAR. WASHINGTON .- D. €. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1928.° S WEEKS NEEDED | FOR DM REPARS Museum Work, Delicate in Nature, to Be Done After The slipping dome of the National Museum, which has settled a minute) fraction of an inch to the east during the past 10 years, will bz completely | restored by January 1 if repairs can be | [ continued at the present rate, accord- ! ing to the contractor in chargs of the! work. Workmen today were starting to place ! steel uprights behind the massive piers which support the dome. rights are riveted into a ring of steel girders around the bottom of the piers and will be similarly fastened to an- other ring of slightly smaller girders which will be placed around the plers 30 feet above the bottom ring. In about two weeks, after the rings of steel beams and the uprights are in place, 48 screw jacks will be sot between the upright braces and the piers and will be tightened in the hope of trans- ferring th> pressure on the piers to the framework of steel which will have been thrown around them. Dangers of Work Seen. The work of taking up the jacks will be a highly dangerous undertaking and will be done under constant supervision of experts from the Bureau of Stand- ards. Great care must be taken in ex- erting pressure acainst the piers to prevent the whole dome from crumpling. Only one jack can be tightened at a time. It will be given a 30-degree turn end the workmen will then wait 10 minutes before going to the next jack. The work of tightening the jacks will g0 on until the men from the Bureau of Standards decide that enough pressure has been brought into play to prevent further <ettling of the northeast and southeast piers. It is estimated that the work of taking up on the jacks alone will require about 20 days, After the job has been finished the space between the piers and uprights will be boarded up and filled in with concrete, leaving the jacks in positioa. Work After Office Hours. The stecl girders used are hauled to the inner courtyard in the musuem and then hoisted to the top of the building, whence they are carried inside through 3 hole cut in the roof for this purpose. ‘Because of the noise inside the dome all riveting work is done after 4:30, when the bullding has bezn siosed to visitors. The first warning that something was vrong with the dome of the building came about 10 years ago when one of the keystones slipped down one sixty- | fourth of an inch. This keystone has continued slipping and now is about 112 inches out of place. The mortar eround the three other keystones has dropped out but the stones have not slipped noticeably. Engineers on th2 job expressed the belief that the sliopage has resulted from the fact that the foundations of the northeast and southeast piers have settled a little. It was emphatically denied that there is any immediate prospect of the dome faliing in. Woman Is Reappointed. The President has authorized ths em- ployment of Mrs. Josephine Robbins in a clerical capacity in the naval estab- | lishment “without regard to the civil gervice rules.” Mrs. Robinson served in the Navy as a yeoman for more than a year and a half during the World War, and her reappointment was recom- mended by the Secrétary of the Navy. ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. ARE_YOU MOVING ELSEWEERE? OUR transportation system wili serve you better e U Slstern, e Call Math 050 - cities, DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. MOVING TO SOME OT! CITY? Get our return load rates. Full and_part load shipments to Philadelphia, New York. Boston, Pittsburgh, Richmond and ~way points' Special rates Phone Main 1460 NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSOCIATION. 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MIDWEST STOR DAMAGE MOUNTS Scores Homeless, 3 Dead, Trains Stop, Mercury Drops | as Floods Rage. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 17.—Cold- er weather today followed 36 hours of nearly continuous rainfall in Kansas, Missouri and Northern Oklahoma to 2dd to the suffering of many persons threatened by increasingly menacing floods in the tri-State area. Three deaths already have resulted from the storm, while two persons were seriously injured here by rain-biinded motorists. An unidentified motorist drowned when his automobile was swept into a flooded stream at Paola, Kans., yesterday. The body was not recovere C. E. King, a driller, was electrocuted at Mulberry, Kans., when he slipped on | wet planking. Hugh Reave was Killed | here last night when his stalled car was struck from behind by another auto- | mcbile during a downpour. | Train Service Paralyzed. Ten feet of water stood over three railroad lines entering Kansas City to- day and train service was partially paralyzed following five inches of rain. A railroad bridge was washed out. Thirty persons who fled their homes | in low sections of Augusta, Kans., were marooned knee deep in water in the Santa Fe freight depot here early to- day. EIl Dorado, Kans., residents, fol- lowing nine inches of rainfall in that vicinity, fled to uplands after the town was flooded. Nearly 50 families were driven from their lowland homes about Ottawa, Kans., by steadily rising waters of the Marais Des Cygnes River, follow- | ing seven inches of rainfall, the heaviest in 20 years. Joining of flooded waters of the Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers at Emporia, Kans., threw backwater into that town today. One thousand feet of Missouri Pacific Railroad track was washed out there, while trains were delayed for six hours between Coffey- ville and Arkansas City, Kans,, due to a washout. A hundred volunteer workers battled last night to save a dam at Harrison- ville, Mo., which impounds Lake Luna, source of the city’s water supply. Great damage to the town and possible 1oss of life was threatened if the dam gave wav. ‘The highest flood in history of Pleas- ant Hill, Mo., drove 25 families from their homes. The general rainfall over Oklahoma increased to a downpour last night, with the mercury dropping at Oklahoma City from 68 to 46 degrees | HOOVER FINISHES WORK AS HOUR OF DEPARTURE NEARS ___(Continued From First Page.) ing is his correspondence. Letters still are being delivered at his home literally by the bushel and a dozen exert typists are busily at work replying to them. ‘The good right hand of the next Pres dent is cramped from signing his name to the endless stream of typed letters flowing from the improvised office in his home to the desx in his study. He had hoped to answer every letter per- sonally, but the task now scems to be an impossible one. . In the midst of these worries Mr. Hoover found time yesterday to meet several callers to re-enroll in the Red Cross and to view a remarkable “arti- ficial lightning” demonstration in the famous Ryan Memorial Laboratory of Stanford University. Louis B. Mayar and Cecil B. DeMille, noted movie magnates, flew frem Holly- wood yesterday to pay their respects to the Presient-to-be and they readily accepted an invitation to have lunch at the Hoover home. William H. Crocker of San Francisco, national committeeman for California, was an- other visitor at San Juan Hill. Mr. Hoover s'gned a Red Cross mem- bership blank, presented to him at his home by his own daughter-in-law, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr. He already was a member of the central board of Ameri- can Red Cross. Motion picture cameras recorded the signing ceremony. Late in th> afternoon the President- elect joined with newspaper men in a visit to the electrical laboratory of Dr. Harris J. Ryan, where the eminent uni- versity electrical wizard created a blind- | in! flash of artificial lightning 22 feet ong. Mr. Hoover and other spectators held | their breath in amazement as the 2,- | 000,000-volt tongue of flame roared ifs | way between two large terminals at| the w.ll of Dr. Ryan. ill Rogers Says: L NEW YORK CITY.—Pardon a mere comedian for entering this sea contro- versy. But if I was going to South | America and saw my boat wasn't going any too good, I would swing over and keep in n2xt to the coast line. Course, that’s just a rough id:a of mine and perhaps is not practical. I got the idea frcm some excellent air pilots that I have flown with. When things don't look just right, they go the long way ‘round and keep over territory wherc they have the best chance of landing ]zhcir profound attachments to peace. Lieuts. Hegenberger and Maitland Will Get Mackay Trophy The Mackay Trophy has_been awarded to Lieuts. Lester J. Mait- land and Albert F. Hegenberger of the Army Air Corps, for their non-stop flight from California to Honolulu, in June, 1927, as the most meritorious flight by officers of the Army during that year. Assistant Sceretary F. Trubee Davison of the War Departm:nt announced the award wigich had the recommendation of Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Air Corps. The trophy will bz presented later this month, pos- sbly in the presence of the donor, Clarence F. Mackay. WORLD TRADE GAIN SEEN AS OBJECT OF | LATIN AMERICANS | Page) latter is playing a losing game. They watch closely our political acts in Latin America, the Far East and in Europe and interpret them less flatteringly than we do ourselves. On th2 other hand, they look upon themselves as long suffering, peace-loving pzoples, who have established thz League of Nations, elaborated the Locarno treaties, re- duced armaments, restored trade and finance and proved in a hundred ways | Polemics Are Delayed. However harsh the retorts which | scemed ready at their pens about the Philippines, about Nicaragua, about our new naval program. about our immense | wealth, about our world hegemony, | about our weighing money against blood | in war losses, about our, to them, un- | Jjustified distrust of their motives, nearly all have been held in abeyance. They are in no mood now for mere polemics. They have more important preoccupa- tions. They have simply agreed with Mr. Coolidge that indeed the misunder- standing between Europe and the United States seems to be complete | and they have fixed their attention on the more constructive parts of his speech, “Recent developments,” he said, “have | brought to us not only a new economic but a new political relationship to the rest of the world.” | “We want and need peace and our peace program can b2 summed up in! three words: ‘Preparation, limitation, | renunciation.’ ” . All this Europe takes to mean that we will henceforth have our word to say in every major dispute threatening world peace, provided always that the Senate does actually ratify the Kellogg pact. It is felt, morcover, that Presi- | dent-elect Hoover is fully as conscious as Mr. Coolidge of “our growing re- sponsibilities” and will act unhesi- ‘atingly when the time comes, without regard to old and possibly outworn prejudices. One Sentence Studied, For all these reasons European states- men have been examining with partic- ular care what they regard as President Coolidge’s mest constructive and at the same time, unfortunately, most obscure scntence, that reading: “If we could secure more complete reciprocity in good will, in the final liquidation of the balance of our foreign debts and such further limitation of armaments as would be commensurate with a treaty renouncing war, our confidence in the effectiveness of any additional efforts on our part to assist in the further| progress of Europz would be greatly in- | creased.” After close analysis, this cryptic re- mark is taken to mean that the United States will only consider making a new compromise for a final settlement of war debts and reparations when France ratifies the debt agreement and Great Britain and France and others show a greater willingness for naval disarm- ament on terms acceptable to the United States. Off hand, this seems to Europe a not impossible basis for agree- ment. The first step will be the repa- rations negotiations, which as now en- visaged, will be held in Brussels, Paris or Berlin late in December. It is be- cause this is merely the first step that Promier Poincare nas told the French nation that it will have “decisive conse- auences for Europe and the United States” and will influence “the fate of the cld and the new worlds.” Negotiations to be Free. In order to facilitate the unofficial participation of the United States, which is already considered as assured, the experts in the reparations negotia- tions will be independent and will not POSTAL ROBBERY NETS SMALL SUM Edmonston, Md., Office and Justice’s Home Are En- tered During Night. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 17.— Prince Georges County police today are searching for the thief or thieves who last night entered the post office at Edmonston, near here, and also the home of Justice of the Peace John Downing in Edmonston. Search also is being made for two men who at- tempted to hold up Thomas Van Pelt, in charge of Frank Groome's gas sta- tion at Cottaga City, on the Washing- ton-Baltimore boulevard, early this morning. Discovery of the Edmonston post of- fice robbery was made by Mrs. Maggie May Tierney, postmistress, when she reached the office this morning. She found that the door to the office, which is located in the Lewis Bros. general store, had been jimmied open. Seven- teen dollars in stamps and some small change were found missing. At the home of Judge Downing two pocketbooks which were left on the dining room table, were robbed of their contents of $10. Judge Downing yes- terday received $275 cash in connection with a rea! estate deal. This he had hidden in a shoe under his bed, where it was found intact. According to Van Pelt two men en- tcred Groome’s garage this morning and asked him if he had any head- lights. When his back was turned he said the men pressed revolvers to him and demanded his money. Instead he yelled and the men fled to their aute- mobile and left in the direction of Baltimore. z DEMAND JURY TRIALS Youths Arrested in Company With Girls Plead Not Guilty—One Convicted of Larceny. Four young men arrested with two young women on a charge of attempt- ing to rob a gas station while claim- ing to be on their way to Rockville, where one couple was to be married, pleaded not guilty and demanded Jury trials when arraigned before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court today. John P. McLaughlin, 19 years old, one of the quartet, stood trial on an addi- gg);aulrc;iéalg: of #rceny and was fined ys. No I ag:_}t;:st the women. frer s A 052 who will be tried b; Michael A. Parrella, 27 years o{d:’ uorgm-'ree Woodin, 18 years old; James W. Callan, 21 years old, and McLaughlin, Parella was at liberty under $1,500 bonds, and a similar bond was set for the others, with the exception of Woodin, the court accepting a $500 bond in his case. % The girls, Miss Betty Stewart Ree 20, Jears oid, and Miss Alice TLouise » 19, were released following a hearing before Assist: H Attorney Joseph Brucner,“ ey McLaughlin pleaded guilty to taking three knives, four spoons and a fork from the Mayflower Hotel. He said he was at a dance there, went into the kitchen to get a drink, and “scooped up” the silver from a nearby table. It was McLaughlin and Miss Ree who were planning to be married, police say. McLaughlin is on probation on a Joy-riding charge, he said today. M. Poincare's words “enlighten an = form the world.” If and KWhen a ;‘eg- rations agreement s reached, France, it ;sg rler;télmagd v:'im rat‘gy the war debt ents and consider the Rhineland. el The second step meanwhile will be the debate in the American Senate over the Kellogg pact. All Europe now re- gards this pact as of the utmost im- portance, but remembering the fate of the Versailles treaty, is unwilling to make it the basis of political action until we actually ratify it. The third step will be the new maval conference. This conference is bound to come in 1931, but an effort will doubtless be made to hold it sooner, though how and when nobdy seems to bind their governments, but merely, in know. “Early Birds“ Eight ploneer American airmen, giv- ing this city as their home, will par- ticipate in the organization of an asso- ciation of those flyers who were in the air during the first 13 years of flight, between 1903 and 1916, at a meeting at the Hotel Stevens, Chicago, December 3, during the air show week there. The association, to be known, appre- priately enough, as the “Early Birds" will have an eligible list of about 200 old-time flyers to draw upon for mem- bershup, it is cstimated. They are the men and women who first entered the hew field, and while some have gone into other pursuits or have retired, there are a goodly numbar who still are active as pilots, private owners, heads of airplane factories or exccutives in in case it's necessary. But that’s why an airplane is sefer than a chip or a bus at a grade crossing. aviation businesse: The Early Birds will hold a banquet and will establish a permanent organi- Eight D. C. Aeronauts to Join Group of Among First to Fly zation, adopting a constitution and by- laws and electing officers. Those giving Washington addresses who already have notifled the organiza- tion committee they will take part in the formation of the soclety are Par- ker D. Cramer, aeronautics branch, De- partment of Commerce, who with Bert Hassell, took part in the attempted flight from Rockford, Ill, to Sweden last Summer; Brig. Gen. B. D. Foulois, office of the chief of thc Army Air Corps, War Department; Georgz A. Gray. Star Building; Ernest Jones, 4527 Forty-ninth street; Maj. T. De W. Mill. ing, office of the chief of the Army Air Corps; Capt. H. C. Richardson, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Miss Marjori= Stinson, Wardman Park Hotel, and Comgdr. John H. Towers, Navy Burean of Aeronautics, pilot of the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean. MODEL D.C. AIRPORT Noted Plane Builder Says) Capital Should Show Way to Rest of World. The National Capital, which t-asts the first commercial airport in the | United States laid out purely for com- mercial air transport operations, must take the lead in development of civil aviation by establishing an airport { which will be a model not only for the Nation, but for the world, declared An- ihony Fokker, pioneer airman and noted designer and builder of airplanes, at an aviation luncheon yesterday at the City Club. The same sentiment was voiced by Willlam P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. “In Washington,” said Mr. Fokker before a gathering which included Fed- >ral and privat. aviation leaders and Washington civic and business leaders, “you are going to build a model air- port. I do not know how it should be financed—by Federal Government, Dis- trict government or private enterp: but however it is financed it should be a model port, not only for the United States, but for the world. “This airport should be developed and used solelv as a terminal for air trans- port operations, and a separate fleld should be provided for student training, test flying, ‘joy riding,’ passenger sight- seeing flights, aerial photog=-~hy and other aviation activities,” Fokker said. Predicts Am. .ing Future. The famous air ploneer predicted an amazing future for air transport in the | United States, declaring that within ths next year this Nation will have air lines beyond anything ever dreamed of in Europe. This country, he said, is on a sounder basis today than is Europe because of the attitude of the Federal Government in stimulating air mali flying, not as a subsidized service, but as a purely commercial enterprise. As a result of this stimulation .nere are today more than 150 manufacturers of airplanes in the United States, a5 against less than 15 manufacturers of purely military aircraft before the air iransport era, Fokker explained. “Next Spring we shall see several great transcontinental air transport Yines begin their operations,” he stated. *“There is no doubt that within the next, year we shall see commercial = ** trans- portation operating on a scale beyond anything known in Europs. which now leads the world in this respect. You wi'l see larger planes than ever before, with three and four motors, carrying 20 passengers and more. There will be aerizl ‘sleepers’ for night flyir - “To keep puce with this development there must be ‘an improvement of termi- nal facilities a 1 navigation aids. We need terminals where airplanes can! come and go in safety and with the utmost comfort for their passengers. “I know you are interested in the establishment of an airport in Wash- ington. When you build this port I I hope you will bear in mind that we must have more comforts than are pro- vided at existing airports to realize the greatest benefis of air transportation. First Model Field. “The first airport laid out stiictly for a commercial line in thc United States was established in Washington. ‘That station, though too small for the extensive oferntlons which are coming, has the right principle for handling passengers and planes. There is a con- crete loading platform, on which the plane stands, and the passengers, com- ling through the gate to the field, find the plane door directly before them, so they do not have to go near the pro- pelier. This feature has been adopted at the model Los Angeles afrport, though improvements on the plan have been made, there. That was the first step toward the comfort and care of pas- sengers. “The handling of planes on the fields, however, is absolutely inadequate. Run- ways are established, it is true, to meet all existing wind conditions, but they do not meet the needs of traffic, be-| cause planes must take off and land on | the same runways. There should be separate runways for landing and tak- ing off to avold congestion and danger of collision. ‘e should segregate all but terminal airplane activities. “Passengers should be loaded into planes in the hangars immediately ad- jacent to waiting rooms. The motors should not bz running during this period, so passengers may be handled in comfort and without noise or con- fusion. “With several hundred daily airplane departures and landings at our big city -lrg:rts. a condition already realized at the busy centers, we shall find an air traffic problem close to big cities which will be more difficult to solve than any other traffic problem we have had to face. Airport Chain May Come. “This may force us to establish a chain of airports around our large cities to split up this traffic rather than seeking to establish a single, huge air- port to meet all needs.” Secretary MacCracken, who is in charge of commercial air transporta- tion regulation for the Nation, declared that the matter of an airport for the District of Columbia is one which con- cerns every one here—the Federal and District governments and individual cit- izens and,business men alike. The convenience and completeness of the airport, he said, will determine the volume of traffic here, and from the airplane transportation of the future 2!l residents of the city will benefit. “There is plenty of opportunit; for originality and enterprise in the estab- lishment of airports,” the Secretary said. “It is up to Washington to lead the way.” The luncheon was attended by repre- sentatives of every Federal bureau in- rested in aeronautics and by commer- finl operators at fields in and near the city. in addition to members of the City Club. SUICIDE THREAT STARTS SEARCH FOR WOMAN, 40| Mrs. Lizzie Meade Writes Relative She Will “Go to Bottom of the Potomac.” An unsigned letter containing a sui- cide threat, received yesterday by Mrs. . W. Maxwell, Branchville, Prince Georges County, Md.,, was turned over to police of the Twelfth precinct last night with a request that search be instituted for Mrs. Lizzie Meade, 40 years old, of Branchville. The letter received by Mrs. Maxwell requested that she take care of the children until another relative came for them. “I just can't stand it any longer," was part of the message, “so, with a prayer for you and myself I will go to the battom of the Potomac.” Mrs. Meade's five children are being cared for by her sister. Mention of two of the children, Louise, 12, and Nellie, 8 years old, was made in the letter. Ordered to the Philippines. Maj. Ward S. Wells, Medical Corps, at Walter Reed General Hmrml. and Capt. Arthur E. Brown, Dental Corps, at Fort Humphreys, Va., have been ordered to the Philippines for duty, and Capt. Joseph R. Darnall, Medical Corps, | now in the Philippines, has been order- ed to this city for duty at Walter Reed ‘Hospital. .- 8 The word gigmanity was coined by * Carlyle to describe the British Philistine idea of respectability. ORUG STORE BANDIT 1S GIVEN 12 YEARS Youthful Ohioan Sentenced; to Penitentiary for Hold-Up Netting $257. Francis Heyer of Akron, Ohio, just| 21 years old, was sent to the peni- tentiary for 12 years and 6 months to- day by Chief Justice McCoy, in Crim- inal Division 1, for robbery. With two companions Heyer entered a drug store at 3552 Connecticut avenue last No- vember and with a pistol held William W. French, the proprictor, taking| $257.79. The ccmpanions have not | been apprehended. Heyer did time in Philadelphia for a similar offense and is wanted in two other cities, the court was told. Robert E. Dorsett, colored, will serve 15 years in the penitentiary for man- slaughter. He was indicted for second- | degree murder in connection with the death of Alexander Steen, colored, but was allowed to plead guilty to the les- ser offense. The court imposed the maximum penalty for manslaughter. Dorsett beat Steen with his fists and after he had knocked him down beat his head against the concrete in Nay- lors court May 27, inflicting injuries resulting in Steen’s death. Perry E. Dutch, colored, was given a term of five years in the penitentiary for grand larceny. He stole an auto-| mobile September 6 belonging to Charles M. Fling. | A similar term was imposed on| Prank H. Clouse for housebreaking and larceny. He broke into a store at 105 Pennsylvania avenue Sevtember 8 and | stole a quantity of jewelry. CLARK B Arlington Charge of Halloween | Depredations Is Dismissed. ‘William Clark, son of Joseph Clark of Arlington, Va., whose name was among those of 19 Arlington County boys charged with committing Halloween depredations on railroad property and placed under $100 parole bonds each, was_proved innocent of any unlawful conduct and released through the ef- forts of Attorney J. H. Brewer, jr., em- ploved by the boy’s father. The case was dismissed and William was released from the one-year proba- tion imposed as well as the bond. It was shown that he was in no way im- plicated. 0Y EXONERATED. RECOUNT IS ORDERED. | ™ NEWARK, N. J.. November 17 (#).- “ Republican leaders yesterday obtained hether you rent fi Chief Justice G vrit for | ) trom Chlet sustice Gummers o writ x| O whether you bur You pay for the hom over whom Paul J. Moore, Democrat, claimed a majority of 549 votes for rep- 174 you cccupy. resentative from th: eighth con- gressional district. The recount will begin Novamber 26, it was said. WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF DOWNTOWN Newly redecorated one-room-and-bath apart- ments in modern, fireproof building. 24-hour elevator and switchboard service. Rental $30.00 to $32.50 THE MONTANA 1726 M St. N.W. i | THE MOST MODERN APARTMENT HOUSE AS YET ERECTED Located in the Best Residential Section of the City, Overlooking Rock Creek Park 2800 ONTARIO ROAD 1 arge, spacious apartments of 5 rooms and bath and 6 rooms and 2 baths, completely equipped with Frigidaire, radio outlets, etc. ng person and are looking for an Tf you are a discrimis , it will be to your advantage to in- exclusive apartment hou: spect these. Rental Agent on Premises 10:20 A.M. to 6 P.M. Bliss Properties 35 B 5t. N.W. Adams 8464 Lincoln 1850 Offices Hill Building Corner 17th and Eye rooms rents. desirable reasonable n invited. MOORE & HILL, Inc. Main 1174 720 17th St. N Several 2001 16th St. NW Exceptionally attractive apartments of three out- side rcoms, reception hall, bkath and large kitchen. Reasonable Rentals FR. 764 Formerly Main 500 LEETH BROS. OPEN DAILY 8 AM. to 11 P.M. SUNDAY 9AM. to5 PM. The Brighton 2123 California St. N.W. Several very desirable apart- ments, in perfect condition, lable furnished or unfur nished, in this exclusive apart- ment hotel. Rentals with complete hotel service 1 room and bath, $60.00 2 rooms and bath, 85.00 3 rooms and bath, 140.00 Wardman Management North 3424 2101 Connecticut Avenue Apartments of Distinction in W ashington’s most exclusive building Seven and nine rooms and three baths with enclosed porches. Each apartment has a servant’s room and bath. Your Inspection Invited. H. L. RUST COMPANY 1001 15th St. N.W. FOR LEASE LOFT SPACES PRINTCRAFT BUILDING 926-34 H Street N.W. Rentals—Extremely Low in Comparison With Service Suitable for light manufacturing, offices and stores. Also an unusual space for lunchroom. Washington’s finest downtown commercial building. Under WARDMAN MANAGEMENT (See Mr. Hil' on Premiscs) Phone Main 10291 INSPECT TODAY Ycu Can Buy One of Tkese Homes —For the Rent You Are Now Paying— 1731 to 1735 Upshur St. N.W. S A A A R R A A R R A A A A A Semi-Detached—Frigidaire—Two-car Separate Brick Garages—Four Bedrooms—Electric Lights— Large Lots—Wide Parking BIGGEST BARGAINS EVER IN THIS SECTION Drive out 16th and turn to left 1'% Open and Lighted Until 9 O’Clock P.M. Orly 2 Left t. to Upshur_St. uares. INCORPORATED Main 8100 131 H STREET NORTHWEST