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FOR RENT-furnishe rooms, 721
Main. street.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-13

FOR SALE-ripe peaches 25c per
box delivered.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-13

wANTED-Girlf for homework, Mrs.
A. r. Collins, 917 Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

mirality had gained a knowledge of
their real mission.
Ihat country is fully alive to the ne
cessity OF setting spy to catch a SPY,
ana II is very rare indeed that a for
eigner, who apparently has no other OBJ
Ject than to participate in society
pleasures, is allowed TO escape the OBJ
serVatlon of secret service detectives
no matter who or what he may be.
French authorities are lust now at
their Wits end to prevent the BETRAYAL
OF naval secrets, owing to the cunning
manner in which the spies work. The
latest sensation has been caused by the
news that many French naval officers
are slaves of opium, and it has been
SHOWN now spies take advantage of the
onlcers oroWsy and befuddled condi-
ton 10 gain from them valuable Sc
crets, such as plans for defense or the
construction of submarines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

4o-inch all wood taffeta. one of this
seasons newest and most up-to-date
goods for entire dresses. waists and
skirts Comes in all colors of navy
blue, red garnet. tan, green and
brown. Sold regularly at 81 % yard.
Special this week. Oh
a yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OOK
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
THE SALT LAKE HEFALD SUNDAY, DECEMBER > 1906

ers of outclassing her guns; and it was
on this account that so much sensa-
ton was caused at the recent launch
ing of the Dreadnaught, when it be-
came known that all the details of the
new quick-firing guns intended for this
and other men-Of-war were in the pcs
session of a certain European power
There are two ways of gaining such
information, viz, from the dockyard
or the admiralty headquarters in
Whitehall In the case of the Dread
nauSht it was clearly proved that the
workmen were above suspicion, and
that those on whom the slightest sus-
picion of foreign interest had fallen
had been promptly discharged. Besides
the nature of the work was such that
there was little any one man could
have betrayed.
As a matter of fact the leakage was
traced to London. A duplicate design
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

of the gun was missing for a few
hours, and then suddenly found in the
strong box where it had originally Deen
placed. Apparently it had been stolen
for time. another copy had been
made, and the duplicate design returned
to prevent further inquiry and investi-
cation.
The modern naval spy who seeks in
formation at headquarters is usually a
man who moves in the best circles.
Some striking romances have been
written round the doings of foreign
spies who have the entree of good So
ciety. But truth is stranger than fic-
ton in this as in other cases, and dur
ing the last half dozen years nearly a
score of men and women who have ar
rived in England with the highest Gre
dentials and letters of Introduction
have been obliged to make a sudden
return to the continent because the adj
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
WORK OF MODERN NAVAL SPIES.


spies are afforded very little opportun-
ity of gaining really valuable informa-
ton, although at time when naval
maneuvers are being conducted on a
large scale, the task of guarding secrets
from them is much more difficult than
on ordinary occasions.
When new battle ship is about t. be
launched. however. no little anxiety is
felt by the admiralty officials in their
desire TO prevent the betrayal of the
secrets of her armament. 1t is absO-
iutely necessary, if Great Britain is TO
hold her own on the seas, that no OPP
pOrtunity should be offered other DOW
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

1t is estimated that Toulon contains
some thirty opium dens used by naval
men. They are to all appearances phi
Vate houses, where the officers go as
II they were paying friendly visits. The
1act that they are really opium dens,
however, frequented. and in some cases
managed, by spies, was recently re-
vealed by naval mechanic, who was
offered large sum of money by a wO-
man who managed one of them - let
her have plans of certain submarines.
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est. Louis Post-Dispatch.)

England has rather curious way
of dealing with foreigners who are
found prying into her naval and mil
itary concerns. These inquisitive gen.
tlemen are not warned directly that
their object in this country is known
but a hint is dropped to the powers
employing them that the authorities
are well acquainted with the operations
of the spies, the result being that the
latter are usually quietly Withdrawn.
a the same time, of course, The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
A DANGEROUS EPlTAPH.
(Chicaro Record-UeraldA

Chicago Record Herald.)
when | die said old Millyuns. ''ail |
ask is to have carved on my tomb these
words:
:. He paid his taxes.
YES" replied old Holdhard. land then
some mean man'll come along and add
When they got him cornered'
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

beautiful house last summer formerly
owned and occupied by the late Miles
Fuller. Opposite this house is the
home Cf Mr.. p. s. Michener. and on the
summis OF the hill IS the beautiful
home. surrounded by grounds that por-
tray the magic touch OF the Landscape
artist. OF DR.. G \ CHAMPION. chief
chemist Of the United States Internal
Revenue Bureau. Among other resi-
dents at Somerset. are DR.. N. H. SUIT
lin, Of the navy; DR.. T. A Griffin, W.
D. Benham. Of the United States Treas
ury. and f :. G Titus. OF the United
States A Agricultural Department
Somerset" located as il is, high
on the highlands where munificent na-
ture has made one OF her supreme ef-
forts 10 be grand and lovely" is bound
ed on the east by Chevy Chase. on the
north by DruIamond (the attractive
subdivision taken from the farm OF
General Drumrn), on the south By
Friendship Heights. and on the west by
a beautiful sunset and one grand pan
oramic view portraying the hills and
wales. and nature in all her wonderful
Sublimfty.
1t may be added that Somerset's
charter includes all the best features
contained in the charters Of other pros
porous towns adjacent to toe capital.
among which are KensingtOn and Ia
kUma- II provides for an election OF
officers the first Monday in May, at
which time mayor, town clerk, and
town council viii be chosen
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
TO BRIDGE SUSQUEHANNA
Biggest in the World Save One. and
to Cost sIo,ooo,ooo.

Second in size only TO the great Nile
dam, regarded by experts to be mod
ern mans greatest accomplished en-
gineering feat, the mammoth dam that
will fmprison the waters Of the Susdue-
hanna river at McCalls Ferry, Pa. and
force them to drive electric cars and
illumine streets in many cities prom
ises to be marvel of ingenuity and OF
modern economics.
One may grasp but weakly from fig
ures the tremendous task that awaits
the engineers The dam is TO be $500
feet long. running from shore TO shore
in the Susquehanna; il is to he 90 feet
high. so feet thick at the base. ard 25
feet thick at the top. wide enough for
three teams to drive across abreast
without inconvenience to each other.
More striking still is the fact that
the dam is to harness waters that roar
around and over rocks down an incline
of i'll feet in twenty miles, releasing
them only when they turn gigantic
wheels capable OF generating power
equal 10 that of 10000 horses.
To attain such an end the projectors
nave purchased the land contiguous to
the river on both sides for eight miles
and have expressed themselves as being
willing to expend $4,000 900. IN a few
weeks time thousands of men, Il IS eX-
pected, viii be at work
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

shine with the beatty that the lowell
ness Of nature has implanted in them
and whose hearts glow with the tender
love and gladness they have learned
from the delicate flower and leaf. The
eloquent smiles or the sun on
The distant hins. the picturesque
view that spreads out in one great
panorama before the eyes each day. in
still in the soul of the mother and child
the strong love for art and beauty
These, and the many other happy en-
VironnIents incident TO Natures sur
roundings, teach the child those divine
secrets that make pure men and women.
and implant the welI-springs Of genius.
Reminiscent of Early Days.
The stranger journeying by the
Rockville ca line observes the com
munity Of homelike houses 70 his left.
and up the hin in the -ulster Of trees
is the old farm house which was pur-
chased few years ago by Mr.. J. b
Callahan and recently remodeled This
house is about $50 years old, and when
undergoing repairs the old hewn chest
nut logs, Of which IL was built, showed
but httle signs Of decay.
NJ Edwin E Howell purchased the
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
MARCH BUILDING RECORD
SHOWS SLIGHT DECREASE
Washington Stands Eighth in List Al
though Failing OF 50
Per Cent.

Bad weather had its influence on
building operations in March During
the month permits were taken out in
twenty-six of the principal cities Of the
country according 10 official reports 10
CONSTRUCTION News. for the construction
OF lO-5Il buildings. involving an esti-
mated cost Of $46.115, 81, against I2Sf5
buildings, aggregating in cost SO go. .IS4
for the corresponding month a year
ago. a decrease OF l24 buildings and
SS.Sl6.S73. eQualent in cost 10 : per cent.
Ir thirteen cities there were increases.
While the same number show a falling
on. The figures show that there were
ZlS permits issued for this city this year.
with 4 total OF S95S. 40T. as against AZ
In 1875. representing an outlay OF SI,S7s,-
fss. This city stands eighth, outranking
such live towns as Denver. Kansas
City. Seattle. and others claiming ex-
cepuonal activity.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
COLONIAL AND FRENCH
RENAISSANCE HOUSES
Two Adjoining Dwellings Now Building
on Connecticut Avenue Show the
Different Styles.

Two houses are now being built on
Connecticut avenue. just above Florida
avenue, for John II. Nolan. builder and
owner. Wood Dom & Deming. zrchi-
tects. which will add much 10 the archi-
tectural establishment Of this already
beautiful section OF town. The fronta %
OF the two houses IS fifty feet. The
northeriy house will be the future home
Of Mr.. Nolan. and is OF Colonial design.
IL is a stoop house with grayish, red
brick walls. laid in Flemish bond with
white marble trimmings The other
house is OF a French Renaissance type
of architecture II is an American base
ment house with entrance IN the middle
few steps above sidewalk level
The material OF both houses az we'll
as the color scheme. VIII be the same.
although the type OF architecture IS diff
ferent.
They viii be provided with all TIE most
modern ccaveniences. and the finish will
be OF very high grade.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
SEVEN FINE HOMES
soon TO BE BEGUN
Notable Addition to Column
bia Heights.
6. p. HORTON, JR., TO BUILD
Continued Demand for Fine Houses in
That Pleasant Section of
the City.
G. p. HORTON, JR., TO BUILD

George p. Horton. ir., builder, will
erect for himself on the northeast cor
ner OF Thirteenth and Kenyon streets
Columbia Heights. seven stately build
ings, which will contain three stories
and basement. in which there will be
twelve living rooms. and two bath
rooms. and reception hall, and two serv-
ants rooms. The design of the build
inss will be carried out in the employ
ment of iron spot bricks and Hummel-
stown brown stone. The buildings will
be adorned with heavy copper cornices
and roof decorations. and will be sup
piled with hot water heating. electric
lighting. and the latest improved order
Of plumbing. The interior finish will
be of oak and mahogany. The interiors
will be handsomely decorated with
s;ueco and freseo work The buildings
Will be erected at a cost of s., 600 each,
and will be constructed by Mr.. Horton.
the building owner. The n. T Ha;ler
Company are the architects. who have
put forth their best efforts TO make
this the finest enterprise that will take
place this season on Columbia Heights.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Friendship and Mt. Airy-Fannie Ding
man. part lots 10 and II. block 3: SO.
Fourteenth and d streets southwest
Elihu Z. Jackson TO Mamie r. Jack
son, all of square 131; s2OOO.
1917 street northweSt-Ralph p. Bar
nard ct al trustees, to William J.
BoOthe. lot is. square 13l: 5000
American University Park-John T.
Duvall TO Galen l.. TAFT and Augustus
B. Omwake. trustees, lots and g. block
13: so.
isherwood-John ]. Hamilton ct al.
trustees. to Dennis ]. Mccarthy. lot Is,
block ei SS35.
Whithaven and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
directOrs of Georgetown College, to
Charles F. Wetzel, Mary E. Coffren,
David \. wetzel. and Martha ]. Petit.
pat; SO
= street northwest. between Four
teentn and Fifteenth streets-Sophronia.
Mcknight to Harry a. Wagstaff. lot 81,
Second street northwest. between
r and F streets-Rignald w. Beall ct
TX TO Gilbert J. Osterman and Orlando
w Butler. lot rs and part lot q. square
Good Hope Park-J. Holdsworth Cor
don ct al, trustees, TO Thomas L.
Hume, trustee, lots !, 3, 4, Z, and 10.
S2.S56.42.
West Eckington-RaIph H. Daughton
10 Caroline l. Griesheimer, lots IS and
19, block 6. $40. Nettie S. Irwin ct vir,
B. j. D.. to Ralph H. Daughton. same
property, so.
IntereSt-RudOlph Kaufman ct ux
and Louise Simpson to Victor Kauff-
mann, all real estate In District of Co
lumbia of which Samuel II. Kaufman
died seized. except lots 100 and I0i,
square 212. SO
1921 Massachusetts avenue northwest
Rudolph Kaufman ct ux. and Victor
Kaufman ct uX. 10 Louise Simpson.
all interest in lots 100 and 10l, square
2l2; $40.
r street northwest. near Third street
-Enoch H. Waters ct ux. to Perry e
Medford, part lot L. square 551; SIS.
lie Droit Park-John NJ Hoge, ct TX
TO Charles f. Coberth lot 81. and part
lots SO and 50. block 13: $40.
Alley. between l. and NJ, Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets northwest-Na-
tional Safe Deposit Savings and Trust
Company. trustees. TO William H Walk
er and John T. Chesley. trustees, lot
a, square 40; S1S,5OO.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
IMPROVEMENTS IN
MINTWOOD PLACE

George S Cooper. owner and architect,
has taken out a permit to build two
three-stOry and basement brick dwell
ings located on MlntwOOd place between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets
northwest. The houses will be con
structed Of light brick with Indiana
limestone trimmings. Will contain eleven
rooms and two baths each, and q very
pretty semi-cOloniaI effect viii be Sc
cured by finishing the upper floors in
white pine and mahogany. The cost
VIII approximate S.e00 each Jones &
Peters are the builders
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
PROPERTY IN NEW
FINANCIAL CENTER
Shows No Abatement of
Interest.
DEMAND CONTINUES GOOD
Flattering Offers for H Street Pieces
Held Under Amusement by
Trustee.

| The lull In the excitement connected
! with recent large sales of property on
Fifteenth street has been largely due
| 10 the fact that about all the available
pieces Of property in that section have
been taken up or the values have been
| raised to such figures that they have
become almost prohibitive. The report
ed consummation of a sale Of St. Mat
| thew's Church property. while lacking
in some detail, is pretty generally be-
heved 70 have been accomplished. while
the fact that the property OF the George
Washington University, on the opposite
corner, has been advanced 10 a figure
largely in excess Of that which # was
believed would have obtained it some
time ago has rendered futile efforts
that were made to secure it.
H Street Property Wanted.
It is stated that an offer Of $40 900
has been made for the two houses 1902
and 1904 H street, Immediately adioin-
Ing the property of the Colonial Hotel
lately purchased by the Union Trust
Company, and that the trustee repre-
sentative, William A. Jones, of Vir-
ginia, is undecided as 20 the desira bility,
of accepting it. The lot has a frontage
OF fifty-three feet by a depth OF III
containing 457S feet. and Is improved nv
two three-story and basement brick
dwellings OF a character that was so
popular in that section some years ago
1t will be recalled that the property
15lO II street, which is Of the same
class of house and has been remodeIled
into Office buildings, was recently pur-
chased by d. ]. Kaufman, for which
he paid $4,000. AS the propertv IS
stated to rent for $500 the investment
is good one.
Neighborhood Improvements.
w. B. Hibbs. who purchased the Bar
ton Hotel property. has had plans SUBJ
mltted by architects for the building he
contemplates erecting. but as vet has
come TO no decision. The several plane
submitted represent a building OF the
most imposing character, and as II win
overtop any of the structures about him
VIII render II a most attractive addition
TO that rapidly improving section.
The property on Fifteenth street he,
tween II street and PENNSYLVANIA. ave-
nue. Immediately opposite that of Mr.
Hioos' and which was purchased abou,
month ago by c. F. Norrnent and
i. Hendrick. is expected to be torn down
ana nine-story Office building erected
on the site. Plans have been drawn ana
estimates secured, but as vet no de-
cision das been reached, as it is desIrae
to have the building specially adantad
Tor the purposes of the Stock Excbanoa
and have it designated as the Washing,
ton Stock Exchange building. A can
Nass OF the membership of that hod,
shows desire to accept the offer an,
it may yet be that the Organization 1,,I1
shortly have a home of its own.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
NEARLY ONE MILLION
FOR FIFTH AVE. CORNER

A lot at the corner of Fifth avenue
ana Fl1ty-sixth streets, New York. JOx
IU feet' improved by two five-story
orlck dwellings, was sold last week.
anu although the price was not named
II was understood TO be very close to
SSUooo Two years ago the property
Drought 10000 at public auction. Ed
WIN Gould occupies the corner dwelling.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
EASTER GREETING TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Next MondayEas a
Highlands
swbe
catches
children
Washington will
C. 0n and gnes the White
he
1t is only Y minutes ride east of the Capitol and
celebration will
REMEMBER will
make the air ring
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
HEIGHTS
TAKES ON CITY AIRS
incorporated With All the Privileges of Voting and Holding
Office-Growth of Colony of Scientific
Men,

The signing Of the bill last week by
the governor of Maryland authorizing
the Incorporation Of the town Of Somer-
set, located in Montgomery county, Nd.
on the Georgetown and Rockville Elec-
tric road. just outside Of the District
marked another step in the progress OF
the history of this very prosperous lit
tie community which has led a some
what eveoSful and interesting career
since its establishment in 1880 by a
party of scientists from the Department
of Agricultur, who desired to secure for
themselves country homes in close prox-
unity 20 the city at a reasonable price.
and by associating themselves together
thought that a double advantage would
be attained.
Why they concluded to purchase land
and locate on the beautiful highlands
northwest Of the city was stated in q
published report OF their proceedings at
the time, which after going into detail
summed up their conclusions and argued
that the northwest section was the most
desirable and most progressive portion of
the country contiguous tc Washington
and that no tract would be considered
which was not in a position as to be
reached from the city by railway con-
nections and that street cars were to be
preferred to steam railways. Also that
while 1t was desirable TO have the colony
located as near TO the city as possible.
no tract should be chosen which would
require so much money for its purchase
that the members could not secure am
pie building sites at reasonable prices.
Somerset Heights Chosen.
The result was the purchase of the
Somerset" property by the committee
and the company which was styled THE
Suburban Colony Company" bought fifty
acres out OF the two hundred-acre tract
just to the west OF and adjoining the
land of the Chevy Chase Land Com
pany on the Rockville pike.
Five elegant houses, consisting of all
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

the modern appointments and conven-
fences such as would add TO the COM
forts OF suburban life, were erected in
the spring OF 1891
Unanimous in their opinions that the
strictest vigilance should be exercised
regarding the sanitation. IL was agre ed
by this colony that a water and sex-
erage system should be installed en-
artesian well was bored at great depth
through solid rock and a pumping sta
ton and distributing reservoir erected
on the summit OF the heights A per
feet sewerage system was laid down
along the main streets. being MAIN
tained for many years by only the FIVE
original members OF the colony at great
expense. and Somerset can today boast
of an unsurpassed sewerage system and
a water supply uaequaled by few towns
in the United States The water is as
clear as 4 crystal and coming from such
great depths below the earth's surface.
through solid rock. is absolutely pure
and cold enough for use in summer
without ice.
Prosperous After Many Trials.
The Somerset Of today presents a diff
ferent picture from the little colony
of five families back in the nineties
struggling along under numberless trials
and vicissitudes to maintain a water
and sewerage system that would have
rivaled any town in the State numbering
several thousand inhabitants.
Today there is a prosperous commu-
nifty of twenty-five or thirty comfortable
homes situated on the rolling hills, mid
scenes of beauty, attitudes of health
and a region of promise and pleasures,
where the denizen who tolls at his work
in office ali day and becomes weary Of
the city's hum and buzz. returns at the
close Of day TO his home to be welcomed
by his wife and children whose faces
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-25

arthur Jones s pess;m!stic utteraEce on
nc British drama IL New York. No
vember 1j WITH al resUeet to Nh.
Jones. SAID M, Tree, II fesl that on
This subject ne talked arrant nonsense.
IL MIR. Jones could devote some or the
won1rous energy which ne eXpends at
present in attacking cortcmporanos
10 writing q ne~ PLAY. hc would out
shine his previous masterpieces.
Mr. Tree said Mr.. Jones took less
despondcrt view OF the position on the
other side of the Atlantic. adding;
:" But then he is ON the other side OF
the Atlantic, and there is always a
temptation 10 unGUr! the Star Spangled
banner.
The rcmarEs referred to BY Mr.. Tree
were made at dinner given by Henry
Arthur Jones in New York City 20 the
drarnatis1s OF the United States In a
speech he encouraged American play
wrlghts. declaring that. while their cf-
forts We're as vet a t"iae crude, there
was no doubt of their peas vitality
and that America was within measUr-
able distance of 4 great American
drama.
W,th reference to conditions in
Great B-itain rs against those in Amer
ica, Nh Jones said that the american
drama was moro lusty. healthful and
lively than in England. II might be
cruder, but vitality was better than
stvlc. Vitality was the virtue of youth,
stvle the virtue of old age.