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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
SCORES OF HOUSES BUILT
IN NORTHEAST SECTION
II. r. Howenstein Has Placed Many Rows
Of Houses on Different Thor
oughfares.

With home building progressing steadily
through year after year in all sections
of the District it would be a matter of
unusual interest If a house census should
be taken to show the total number of
new residences that have been added to
the built-up area of the National Capital
since the present boom began. The build
ing of houses by individuals or by in
dividual families for their own occupancy
probably has decreased when compared
to the ratio of the increase in the popula-
ton of Washington, but this is only
natural, because home building appar-
emily has become an industry in itself,
with relatively small coterie of CAPT
talists and operative builders enlisted in
the task of providing residences for the
masses on what might be termed the
''ready-made" plan. And it would be
capricious family, indeed. which could
not find in all of the list of new houses
a residence which would suit in every
particular its especial needs and
fancies.
Speculative building has progressed to
such point that residences of all classes
are built with the sole idea that the APP
parently never-ceas sing demand will prove
sufficient to find for them a ready mar
ket. Houses to sell at all the way from
a few thousands Of dollars each to mag
nificent residences. which are offered at
$40 900 and $4,000 each. have been and
are being built. and the work of the build
ers seems ever to be carefully done
that the "ready-made'' homes always
have their appeal to homeseekers and, in
consequence, they find prompt sale,
Builders Help Development.
In this system of development each
part of the city is growing along well
established lines, and each section owes
much to some particular builder or build
ers In the northeast part of Washing
ton probably there is no more active fig
ure in this line than H. r. Howenstein,
who not only builds houses, but main
tains his own selling agency for placing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

eul puB pIIoM sul L7Ao IIB sIoA9AIns
models and plans can be seen at present
in Paris. Berlin. New York, Canada and
New Zealand as well as in London. The
man whose design is accepted will get
prize of $3.50. which may not seem
very great reward for six months nara
work for himself and staff. But the vic
tor in the competition Will gain an inter-
national reputation.
The model gives a very good idea OF the
site-a sort of amphitheater In size
roughly a square mile. surrounded by
hills. There is a snow-capped peak in the
distance 1t gives a magnificent oppor-
tunity to the new school of town plan
ners of whom England and America now
possess some of the best. The great ar
chitectural feature will. of course. be the
less on one of the slopes. and among the
public buildings one notes with interest
there will be a national theater.
An important point in the planning will
running through the city. The new city
will be some seventy miles from the east
ern coast. and 1t Is more than 100 miles
from sydney. the capital Of New South
Wales. which. but for the jealousy OF the
Victorians. would have been made the
federal capital. The name has not yet
been chosen, and that will be the next
burning question. Yass Cabrera. the ma
tive name of the neighborhood. sounds
wild and sonorous. but something more
stately and modern is thought necessary.
Georgetown has been frequently sug-
gested, in honor of King George. during
whose reign it will in the ordinary course
OF events be completed, but there are
already too many Georgetowns.
Edwardstown and Edwardsville also
meet with considerable favor. and it is
extremely probable that the name even
tually chosen will contain some reference
to the late King Edward and, auspiciously
enough. the name of the present heir to
the throne Pictures of the place show
that it is less populated now than re-
mote Swiss valley. There are half a
dozen scattered farms where. In another
decade or so. there will be the magnifi
cent capital of a new nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
PICTURE GRAFT FLOURISHES.
One Instance of American Who
Bought Several "Old Masters"

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. September 9-Interviewed the
other day on bogus picture collections.
NJ Henri Rochefort, as good an expert
as any on the question. said to the
journalist. "Sit down, my friend. and
will tell you a good story. 1t happened
quite recently. too. Rushing in one day.
an American begged me to say what |
thought of the pictures he had just
bought.
They are here at your door, he said
L brought them along in a cab.
''They were carried into the room
There were Rembrandts, Corots and
Harpignies
1.-The Rembrandts are false l said.
the Corots ditto. the Harpignies ditto
The American was horror struck. He
said they had cost him s1G1,0m.
Then / said. let us leave the Rem
brandts and the Corots aside. These
masters are dead. but Harpignies is not.
Here is note for him from me. Ask
him yourself If he signed these pictures
My American disappeared.
Il never heard from him again. but
got a letter from Harpignies some days
later. He said: My dear friend. If !
were not ninety-two years of age |
would have sent you my seconds for
sending that American to me to ask me
If those worthless daubs were mine
Yours, Henri Harnignies.'
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the property in most attractive fashion
, before prospective buyers.
Within the past year alone Mr.. Howen.
stein has built whole rows of new houses
on K street northeast between 9th and
eth streets; on street northeast between
18th and 18th streets; on 10th street
northeast between c and D streets: on D
street northeast between 10th and 18th
streets: on X street northeast between
9Th and 9Th streets; on the 9nO block OF
9TH, 9th and eth streets northeast. be-
sides series of houses in the vicinity
of nth street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast some of them on Pennsylvania
avenue. others on Potomac avenue and
still others on G street and on 18th street.
Althogether in the year 1910 Mr.. How
enstein built nearly 100 houses and sold
practically all of them. His totals for
the current year cannot yet be more
than approximated. because both the
building season and the selling season
have yet many weeks to run.
OF the eleven Howenstein houses in the
neighborhood of 14th street and Pennsyl-
and of the new houses on K street north
east between 9Th and 7th streets there
are only two yet unsold.
Colonial Houses on B Street.
On street northeast Mr.. Howensten
has just finished a row of five colonial
type houses. which are numbered 1905
to 1913 street. Each house Is two
stories in height. and contains six rooms
and tiled bath. This row is just north OF
Lincoln Park, and an advantage claimed
for this particular property is that 1t is
convenient to four car lines. namely. the
East Capitol and d street lines of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany and the Sth street and street
lines of the Capitol Traction Company.
Mr. Howenstein's latest building opera
ton is on Rhode Island aveneu northwest
between ID and Sd streets. He has just
finished row of eight houses, numbered
pa to 2os Rhode Island avenue. and his
men are now at work on another row OF
five houses which will be numbered 1O3
to o12 Rhode Island avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
BUILD NEW CAPITAL.
Site Selected for Australians Ma.
tional Seat of Government.

Foreign correspondence OF Ihe SiaT
LONDON, August 81, 1911.
There is on view at the commonwealth Of
Australia offices in London just now plas-
ter model of the site of the new federal car
ital. 1t will be remembered that when Austria
liza was turned into self-governing fedora
ton instead of a number of provinces or
states governed from London 1t was de-
cided to construct an entirely new federal
capital, which. like Washington. would
not be in or part of any state. site
has been set aside in the Yass Cauberra
district of New South Wales, and will
henceforth be reckoned on the same basis
as the District Of Columbia.
The laying out of the new capital will
be the most important piece of town
planning on big scale that has yet hap
pened Designs are being invited from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
HIGHEST IN THIRTY YEARS.
Sales of New Crop of Broom Corn
at $3.50 a Ton.

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,. September 9.-The
new crop of broom corn is moving, and
some of the sales recorded are the high
est in thirty years. One farmer Of Doug
las county sold nine tons yesterday for
$50 per ton Harvesting will be in full
blast by next week. 1t is said that the
supply of broom corn this season will be
limited. and some of the growers are pre-
dieting that $500 per ton will be paid be-
fore the season if over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
coNNAUGHT MAY COME HERE
London Suggests That Duke Make
Visit to This Country.
pondence Of The Star.


LONDON. August 81. 1911
1t is stated on the authority OF a high
government official who has just arrived
in London from Ottawa that the Duke OF
Connaught, in anticipation OF the many
engagements he and the duchess will nat
urallw have for some time after his as
sumption of the governor-generalship OF
Canada. has already been approached on
the subject Of paying an Official visit to
the United States. That such a visit
should be made is the wish of both the
Dominion and the United States govern
ments. and the wish Is equally strong
that the visit should not be limited to
Washington. but should include some OF
the greatest industrial centers, and termi-
nate at New York.
As it will be impossible for King George
to pay an Official visit to President Taft
before the natural completion OF his term
of office. it is felt here that the duke,
who possesses SO many OF the qualities
OF his late brother. Edward. the Peace
maker would Re ar admira nle suts,i-
tute TO- h repEe :. who is deeply seasi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
To Pray for Prohibition.

The District w. c. T. L. has arranged
10 mold special prayer service Mon
day from 1890 to 1890 o'clock, at So
9Th street northwest. for the voters in
Maine. who on that day will decide
the question of prohibition VS.. license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

Two touring cars. one owned by John
L. Walsh of Pittsburgh. Pa. and the
other by 4. ID. Prince of Washington.
crashed in a hcaa-cn collision on the =. ka
;.ei.r .snmit'stug, Md. The otcupan.a
es-a--l i"jay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen Miller died We'd
nesday at her home at Frosthurg, W. Va.
She was eightythree years old
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ratification Of the Anglo American arbi-a
tration treaty. and his work In the cause
Of world peace generally. February next
is suEgested as the approximate date of
the visit.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
TAXATION OF MORTGAGES.

New York has abandoned a mort
gage-tax law similar to that now oper.
ative in Oklahoma, and it now collects
a small fee when mortgage is record
ed, with further exemption from taxa
ton Now the state gets from mort.
cages seven times as much revenue as
formerly. The Chicago Tribune is rails.
ing a voice against mortgage-taxing
lin Illinois. 1t says:
1T is to be hoped that the legisla-
ture will waste no time over the prop
ostion that the owner of mortgaged
real estate shall be relieved of the tax
|on that part of the value of his prop
erty represented by the lien and that
the mortgage holder should pay the
tax on it. This is az expedient which
has been tried in many states and has
failed in all The lender has shifted
the tax back to the borrower in one
way or another. The borrowed has in
variably had to pay an interest rate
enough higher to make good to the
mortgage holder whatever tax he might
have to pay ii the assessor we're to run
him to earth That is what the asses
sor generally fails to do.
"The Illinois legislature ought to
understand that there is but one way
to get more revenue from real estate
mortgages than the infinitesimal
amount now obtained That is to aban-
don the attempt to make the general
property tax apply 10 them. Tulsa
World.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
SENATE HOLDS AN
ALL NIGHT SESSION
Senator Crawford Speaks All Night
And is Relieved Early Today
BY Bristow.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 2S.-In one
|cf the longest filibusters on record the
senate remained in session all night.
Senator Crawford held the floor from
1918 o'clock last night to 61S this
morning, when Senator Bristow re-
lieved him. Making little effort to in
terest his audience Bristow spent
much time reading from the congress
sional record. During the session many
senators slept on the senate chamber
couches, scrambling up for roll call.
At 500 this morning Senator Bailey
succeeded in obtaining a recess until
II o'clock and the senators hurried to
their carriages. <... s,
Immediately. afterst the senate recon
vened at II, Senator Bristow arose to
resume his speech but yielded to Sen
ator Money, leader of the democratic
caucus. Money made an appeal for
the abandonment Of the filibuster and
moved the senate adjourn until 1850,
thus concluding the legislative day,
February 27. This the senate did at
'11:20, closing yesterday and to pre-
pare for vote on the direct election
of senators.
The senate resumed at 1850 and
the joint resolution, providing for the
election of senators by the people as
amended by Cutter and with the pro-
vision giving the federal government
supervisory control over senatorial
elections was placed before the senate
and lost by vote of tifty-four to thirty
three. The Lorimer resolution was
then taken up and Senator Stone of
Missouri began to speak.
In the course of the discussion this
afternoon Lorimer arose and while the
senate and gallery craned necks, read
kilograms from Speaker Shurtliff and
Representative Brown, back in Illinois,
refuting the contention Of Senator
Crawford yesterday that Governor
Deneen has been misrepresented by
Lorimer
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
ORIGIN OF FIRES
|. REMAINS unknown
Vinita Has Two Small Fires That Cir
cumstances Lead to Belief in
lncendiarism.
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.

Vinita experienced two more fires
last night and the circumstances sur
rounding them point strongly toward
|incendiarism as the origin.
The first fire was about midnight
at the residence of A. A. Quinn on
North Second street. No one has been
liable to determine how this fire started.
The house, five or six room struc-
ture was partially destroyed, the dam
age being estimated at about $500.
In order to reach this fire the depart
ment was compelled to string hose a
distance of 625 feet and while this
hose was still laid the second alarm
was sounded This fire was in the
barn of Sheriff H. E. Ridenhour on
South First street. Here again long
string of hose was required to reach
the blaze and then only one stream
could be played on the fire, which had
gained so much headway that it was
impossible to prevent the complete
destruction OF the barn and contents.
In addition to the barn, which was
worth about $500. Sheriff Ridenhour
lost three or four tons of hay, valued
at probably $50 and two good saddles.
The sheriff would not commit him
self but it was evident that he believ-
ed this fire to have been of incendiary
origin. There was no lightning and
the barn was locked so that it was i'm
possible for tramp to have gone in
there to sleep. The fire started about
midway of the barn and the hay burn
ed SO rapidly as to make it impossible
to save any of the contents of the
barn.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
The TOWN NEWSPAPER.

Stand by your town newspaper. II
there is anything in your town worth
talking about, ten chances to one your
little town paper had hand in put
lting it there, and if there exists any
Iunsightly or unsavory nuisance TWEEN
Ity chances to one it will stay there
until your town editor sees it or smells
lit and wipes his pen on the town
boards breeches. If anybody beyond
the walls of your little burg ever
learns that there is such a place as
Peaceville, it will be through the town
oracle. 1888.
Every village gets its moneys. worth
| in the village newspaper. It's the
wagon that carries all your good things
| to market. 1t ought to be kept in good
Irepair. In many cases it would pay
to grease it, paint it, keep its running
gear in shape and shelter it at the pub
| lie expense.
Stand by your town newspaper. It's
| the guardian and defender of every
Interest, the forerunner and pioneer
| of every advance movement and the
Isturdy advocate of law and order
Take it away, and it would not be six
months before the town would look
as if it had been doped. Business
would drag, society would yawn and
grass would grow between the cob
| Ibles.
Long live the town newspaper
Fort Myers (Fla.) Leader
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
. A, SMALL LAY SERMON.

Man is a stone-throwing animal, con-
Istitutionally and naturally so. AS a
weapon Iof defense and Soffense the
stone has been a favorite. Perhaps
the first missile ever thrown was a
rock and we have been hurting them
with more or less ,promiscuousness and
Irecklessness ever since. We throw
them alike at friend and foe with utter
abandon.
The gospel of John records an event
that ought to be read and studied more
than it is. John was newspaper re-
porter of marked ability and discern
ment He had a way of drawing a
word picture that rivited the attention
and gave the fine touch to whatever
he undertook to tell. One day, John
tells of bunch of men who brought a
woman to the temple charged with an
unnamable offense and presented her
for condemnation and stoning. Jesus
Christ was judge of men. He could
see the meannesses of men at glance
as well as the good points.
Jesus was man himself though di-
ivinely human and Johns account of
this incident leaves little doubt that
he was ashamed of the men who
dragged the unfortunate woman be-
fore him When they had made known
their accusation he stopped down and
wrote on the ground two or three
times in utter contempt of the men.
But when they pressed him he said;
Yes, you may stone her, but 'let him
without sin cast the first stone at her. "
There were no stones cast that day,
but the miserable ours got up and
lsneaked out single file and conscience
lstricken. But this whitening denunci-
alton did not stop stone-throwing. 1t
has gone on through all the centuries
and will go on to the end of time.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Barrett Motion to Postpone Public Utilities b
Carries---Proposition Only Boosted BY Okla
homa City Traffic Bureau and Ex- Governor
Hdskell---District Attorney Bill Not
Placed on Calendar.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 2S.-After a
long debate in which the enemies OF
the bill declared it to be socialistic, a
motion by Charles Barrett of Shawnee
to indefinitely postpone the public util-
tiles bill, one of the state-owned rail
road measures, Monday was lost in
the house.
Barrett, in the course of the argu-
Iment, inquired if the house had gone
crazy in giving serious consideration
TO the idea of a state-owned railroad.
He declared that the proposition is be-
ing boosted principally by the Okla
homa City traffic bureau, few news
papers soeialistically inclined, and by
former Governor Haskell, who, he
claims, is professional railroad pro-
moter.
Lewis of Beckham, during the dis
cussion, called attention to defunct
state railroad in Tennessee, upon
which two counties have been paying
off bonds ever since the civil war
1t was made certain Monday that
the senate will pass the bill for the
sale of all the remaining school lands,
when it voted down, after long de-
bate, a motion by Senator Franklin to
indefinitely postpone that bill. Section
/ of the bill was adopted and consid-
Grafton of the rest of the bill went
over.
That the district attorney bill, which
passed the house, will not become a
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
vINIrA.

A town of 5000 at the junction OF
the NJ. X. & T. and Frisco railroads.
22 regular passenger trains a day.
Five strong banks
Electric light, ice and power plant.
Oil refinery.
Woodcock Foundry and Manufacture
ing company
Hospital for the insane for the
state.
Building a $4,000 public school
building.
County seat of Craig county.
Location of federal court of eastern
district of Oklahoma.
Finest artesian water in the state.
Location of Indian agent for Chero-
kee nation.
Excelsior Laundry. the best equipped
laundry plant in Oklahoma
The best farming community in Ok.
lahoma is contiguous 10 Vinita.
Nine churches represented by the
leading denominations.
Every class of business is represent.
ed.
Vinita is the gateway to the south.
west 30 miles from Kansas line and
35 miles from Missouri line.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
NINETY MILES OF PIKE.

Possibly inspired by a recent
achievement of Iowa farmers in build
ing in a day a good road from Des
Moines eastward to the Mississippi
river. Col. W. H. i"coin"l Harvey is
promoting proposition looking to the
building, by similar cooperative ef-
fort, of turnpike from vinita, Okla,
to Monte Ne, Ark. a distance of 90
miles.
Meetings are being held at various
points along the proposed route and
the citizens have taken to the idea
with much enthusiasm. as manifested
by ready donations of cash, teams, Inn
plements and services.
1t is proposed to do this work in
three days. dividing the territory into
three districts of 80 miles each and
finishing one district a day Each
district will be subdNided into as
many districts as may be necessary
for the force of men available to do
tic NoIh itQulASu III OuS udy. a AOdu
captain who is familiar with road
building will have charge of each sub
division.
Concrete eulverts will be built all
along the line and the road macadam-
lied where necessary. A great deal
of the road has been macadamized by
nature and will only require leveling
up and the steam roller to put ii in
fine condition. Horse creek will be
bridged, and the present steel bridge
over Grand river will be used in cross.
ing the latter stream.
This is project representing true
progressiveness. Certainly it will
lend interest to the good roads topic
in the eastern part of the state The
proposition should interest Cheeotah,
Claremore and Tulsa, in turn Okla.
homa City. Who can say that it is
not to be the nucleus of good road
cutting bias" across the state from
Mangum to Monte -Oklahoman.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03

The Commercial Club at its regular
meeting last night discussed two or
three propositions which are of prime
importance to the people OF Vinita.
It developed that the clubs pledge to
the Woodcock Manufacturing company
had not been paid in full and further
more that this company has. and is
making good and with a little more
backing would be- a fne paying propos.
ition.
The oil refinery plant will be in oper-
alton by the middle of March and the
pledges to that bonus have not all been
paid s@ st
A discussion OF the water problem
revealed the fact that steps are being
taken to cut out the salt and aikali
from the deep wells and restore 1t to
its original purity. Some degree of
success has already been attained and
the city water already shows mark
ed Improvement