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The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
TO FILL DITCHES
BY NOVEL METHOD.
Clam Shell Dredging Buckets to Be
Used in Reflling Post.ofice
Excavations.

A clam shall dredging bucket suspended
from large derrick Is to be used in re-
filling the excavations for the piers ard
wall footings for the new city post
office building. adjoining the Union Sta
ton, which are now under the course of
construction.
The use Of the clam shell bucket for
reflling of this character will be watched
by Washington builders and architects
with unusual interest, as IL is under
stood that II will be the first time such
apparatus has ever been used for this
purpose In this city. Because of the
sandy character OF the soils. which has
been removed from the foundation ex-
cavations, II is believed the clam shell
bucket can be used to good advantage
when the time comes to begin refiiling.
By the time the excavations will be
completed. about 5000 cubic yards of
earth will have been removed. Because
and wall footings for the new structure.
about two-thirds OF this amount will
be used IN refiIling.
The pier at the southwest corner OF the
building Is now about finished, and with
In a few days the reflling will be start
ed. Several piles Of sandy earth resemb-
ling giant ant hills are now located in
the center OF the site for the new post
ONCE. Instead OF refilling by shoyeling
the earth into dumping buckets and low
ering IL into the excavations, an attempt
will be made to scoop It up by means OF
the clam shell buckets. such as are used
in harbor dredging. thereby saving both
time and labor.
The operation OF this type Of bucket is
partially automatic. As the apparatus
is lowered, the lips or segments OF the
bucket. which are opened, bury them
selves in the earth. Just before the up
ward motion is started the segments are
automatically brought together. thereby
scooping up the earth. Because OF the
peculiar construction and manner OF op-
Grafton OF this type of apparatus IL has
been given the name OF the clam shell
bucket.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

~ I street notheast-AIinA Bingham to JSmc.
NJ. Dgsdale. lot ITO, square lO03. SO
Fifteenth and Belmont strees-NEtioual Savings and
Trust Company. trustee, 10 District Of Columbia
part lots l5 and Is. block l. Meridian Hill
and part lot s., south grounds Columbia Uni
Uersity. A,2BG.
Union street southwest between VI and y streets
Andrew ]. Sanford ct to Benjamin H
Parker. part original lot 81. square 502. SO.
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains-Jzmes H. Ket.
ner to COriune 7. Wariug, lot 81. square onos
North Columbia Heishts-wilber Wallace to John
z. Lyons, lot 10. block 6. SO
Wet Holmead ManoF-Iohn + Lyons ct u1. TO
Wilber Wallace. lot IS. block : SO.
l5l5 Seventh struet northwest-Jacob Xsndcr ct uE.
Sc. SO
Columbia Heishts-L.ris y. BreuniDEsr ct uI. to
Arthur c. Lamke. lot III. block g SO.
BOominEdsle-Matthias z hayhoe et ux. 10 Simon
and Solomon spisel. lot % square :. So
81 SeTcnth street northeaSt-Willism T. Edmonstou
ct uK- to Mssdalena Beuchert. part lots 2 and
street northwest. between Seventeenth and Eight
otnth streets-Mary r. Pendletou to Arthur Her
bert part square lss. SO.
New Hampshire avenue and Rigs place northwest
Martha s. Weeks ct Tir to George L Hamilton
lots 3 and IS. square I53. SIC.
Ninth street northeast, between and u EtrestS-
Francis s. CamodF to Tito Sisti, Teresa Sisti
Antonio BuccG, and Lucia Buccz, lot ., square
s5s SO
Columbia Heights-Lewis E Breuninrer Ct III. to
Ihllp ]. hal. lot 81. square 10. SD.
Petvorth-Philip T. Hall ct to Norman L. Sans
bury. lot s. SQUARE a. SO.
w place northwest, near Tunlaw road-Philip T.
Hall Ct uK to Lewis 4. Brueninser, part lots
20 and rs, square lOo. so.
Columbia HeightS-clarenoe g. Kessler ct u1. 70
Eva L. Davis, lot IS. block 3. So Eva L.
DAVIS conveys same property to Frank L. Dyer,
Eighteenth and T streets northrst-Enna p,
Harris to Kathleen Z. KaStle. lot rs. square
Tenth street northwest, between and L streets
sqlsrs 80. So
L. DrOit Park-HauT A. Kite ri ux TO John A.
Cole. lots a to g. square 1850 slo
Vermont aTenns northwest between l, and NJ
strects-Sarah Z. Dodge to William z Me
Reynolds, lot % and part lot q, square "a
street northwest, between Fourth and Fifth
streets-Frederick A. Linger ct ux to Dennis T.
OLeary. part original lot q, square 5l3 so
Water street northwest between TIrepty.frst and
TTenty-Second streets-GeorEe Washington Uni
Versity TO Clarence P. Brooks original Iot ?
square S. 5000 >
Hanover place northwest near Moth c,n,tol
street-JRmes Z. Berry to J. Edward Chsrsnan
lot &, square sI7, SO
h street southwest, between Four and-a-balf and
Sixth streets-C Clinton James trlste. to
MaTy Wtningder, original lots and s SQUARE
Dl ST.
The osks-Bettie A. Lane to Herman G. ZoelIner
and Hedwig NJ Zoelner, part SO
ID street southeast. between Twelfth and Thir.
tesnth streets-lra A. Heany TO Clarenee =
kessler, lots %. 81. g. and lol. square los. so.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
BUILDING TWO HOUSES.

Two attractive residences for Alexander
Suter and +. L. SIaymaker are now be-
ing erected at Rosemont Va. between
Washington and Alexandria, from plans
prepared by Spelden & Speiden, archi-
tectS.
The houses are OF brick, finished in
stucco, and each contain seven rooms and
bath. a pleasing feature of the interior
arrangement IS a large first-foor living
room i5x2o feet. with an open fireplace.
on the second floor there is to be an
octagonal-shaped hallway in the center,
from which doorways will lead to four
bedrooms. There will also be an outdoor
sleeping porch on this floor.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
HOME FOR NAVAL OFFICER.
Residence Built in An
napoIis for Commander Smith.

An attractive eight-room house for
Lieut.. Commander A. Sinclair Smith, L.
S. N, has just been completed in South
gate avenue. Murray Hill, Annapolis
Nd, from plans prepared by Speiden &
Speiden, architects, of this city.
The residence, which is Of the modi-
fed mission type OF architecture, with
attractive porches at the front and side,
is finished in pebble dash. The roof is
of red tile.
The structure occupies a commanding
position on a high elevation. from which
an excellent view is had of the Chesa-
peake Bay and the surrounding country.
The house was built by Elmer Z. Park
inson, bulldog of Annapolis. and is now
ready for occupancy.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut. Commander ]. K. TAUsSIG. detached co-n-
nand Ammen; to home. wait orders
Lieut.. Commander W. N. HUNT. detached New
jersey; to command Ammen
Lieut. Junior gradel r. W. MATHEwsON. de-
taehed New Jersey; TO Dixie
Lieut.. Junior ETade) A. W. BROWN, commissioned
= neutenant Gunior gr1del from September Is,
Lieut.; Gunior ETzdsl P. L. WILSON commissioned
heutenant tiunior gradel from February i3 1911.
knSgn A. w RIEGER detached New Hsmpshire:
10 sick lesre two months
Ensign W W TURNER. resi-n,f,,- n. .,,;,,, d,
the navy aecepted to take enrrt Nnrth Is 1872
AieshiInan n. K. GooDRlDGE, . duty Ne
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
VIII Give Farm Lectures.

To aid in revIving the interest in in
tensive farming along the main line OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad. and the Cum
herland Valley Railroad, those compa-
nies and the Pennsylvania State College
authorities have combined in a plan of
instruction Farmers in those sections
train on March,, q Is o. q. IS. and %
Corn" Lime" "Dairying'' Orchard
management" Soil fertility Alfalfa, I"
and similar subjects will be discussed.
Four lectures will be given at each stop.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
BUILDING NEWS a6ss'p ;asS !;
DEVICE IS WELL LIKED.
.cNo-draff'' ventfIator Approved by
Builders and Architects.

Washington architects and builders. as
well as the superintendents OF govern
ment and private Office buildings, have
become greatly interested in the no-draft
ventiIator, a device patented. manufac-
tured. and sold by Smith Bros. & Co., OF
the Colorado Building. II Is declared
that this ventilator has filed long-felt
demand for an inexpensive device having
no moving parts to get out of order.
The no-draft ventilator is made OF steel
and is adjustable TO any window. II is
SO constructed that 1t can be removed
when desired. The ventilator does not
interfere with the sliding or locking Of
the window.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
CONTRACT Is AWARDED.
w. 4. Mooney to Build stores for
w. Fred Hoffman.

The contract for erecting three small
stores at 7oS-10-l2 Fourteenth street
northeast for W. Fred Holtzman has
been awarded to W. E. Mooney. builder.
Plans for the structure have been pre-
pared by speiden & Speiden. architects.
The three stores will occupy a lot ap-
58x60 feet. Each will con-
tain two rooms. The fronts will be of
red brick. with light brick trimmings.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13

As large dry dock is building at Am
sterdam for the East Indies and a SMALL
er one and a vessel are building in Eng
land for the same destination, II is pro-
posed TO load the vessel on the smaller
dock and the two on the larger and
tow the three to the far East together.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
ARMY ORDERS.

Leave Of absence for ten days is Fsnted Col. JOHN
L. CHAMBERLAIN inspector general.
Leave Of absence for hfte-n days b santed Lie,,t
HAROLD r. NICHOLS. Coast ArtiIlery Com
Leave O. aseno fT ten oays y Er1nted secood
Corps
The resignation Of First Lieut.. THOMAS J.
LEARY. Medical Oorrs, has becu lcxptsd
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
indicted for white sI,y.-,.

The grand jury yesterday returned an
indictment against Edward Myers, OF
York. charging him with violation OF the
white slave act. 1t is alleged that Myers
induced Mrs. Rose Keefer, also of York.
to desert her husband and to enter a
disorderly house. In default of 5000 bah
Myers was committed to jail.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13


era the suburb S o. fqain,pt
Sarwayw a
which affords excellent for
located =. = a
first t#or9 floors
edcstof onsru udon ter given:
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
HEAR LECTURES
ON ILLUMINATION
Washington Architectural Club
Members Listen to Talks BY v.
R. Lansingh and A. L. Harris.

Members OF the Washington Architect
ural Club last night listened to an Illus
trated lecture on illumination" by v. r.
Lansingh. of New York, president OF the
Illuminating Engineering Society, and a
paper on Interior lighting and lighting
fixtures" by a. L. Harris, OF the firm
OF Hornblower & Marshall. architects, of
this city, at the regular meeting OF the
club in the hall Of the Cosmos Club.
Mr.. Lansingh took up the subject of
interior illumination in a most compre-
hensive and interesting manner. dividing
his lecture into three parts, first. the
question or different lights available: sec
end, the use OF shades and refectors,
and third. the physiological considerati tion
Of the various lights
Among the various gas lights men,
TONED were the open-fiame upright man.
tie burner and the invefted mantle burn
er, both low pressure and high pressure
The electric lights mentioned included the
open arc, inclosed arc, magnetic arc,
titanium arc, carbide arc, and the flaming
arc, and the incandescent electrics in
cluded the carbon. gem, tantalum, and
tungsten. The mercury vapor lamp the
quartz tube lamp. the Moore nitrogen
tube lamp. and the Moore carbon-di-
oxide tube lamp were also mentioned,
In describing the shades and refiectors,
the various types mentioned included the
prismatic- and opaque. the latter being
divided into four types-miEror, alumni
mum. porcelain enamel, and white paint
ed rehectors. The subject Of difrusing
glassware and decorative glassware was
also dealt with.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
Effects on Vision.

Among the subjects considered IN the
Physiological consideration were the ef-
feet of bare lamps in the field Of vision:
the glare OF light reflected from objects
to the eye; shadows. and the question
of light and dark walls. The lecture
closed with a number OF lantern slides
showing some OF the problems met in In
terror Illumination, and the methods
adopted for solving them.
Mr.. Harris, in his paper, gave an in
teresting description OF the effect of
artificial illumination on the eyes. He
treated briefly on light strain and con-
sequent damage done to the eyes by ex-
cessive illumination. He took up the
question OF indirect lighting. in which
all lights are practically concealed and
discussed in a general way, schoolhouse
lighting. and the effect of high power
lamps distributed over an entire ceiling
L. NJ. Leisenring, president Of the club.
presided at the meeting and introduced
the speakers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

When Mike Finn reached Atlanta ne
said I've haven't seen but one team IN
this league that beat us so It made US
look bad real BAD. And that was BIZ
mingham. 49, oolIec-
ton.
Not since Ed Hurlburt stole base IN
1905 or maybe 1905 has there been any
such performance as Dunn's pilfer IN the
third Any time fat man steals base
it is a Joke But any time Joe Dunn gets
away with one it's crime
Paul Showers, Cracker pitcher farmed
to Spartanburg, is back in Atlanta nurs-
ing a bum wrist, He will be out of the
game for some time
Murphy is batting wretchedy for the
Athletics yes, indeed. He got nothing
yesterday but three singles and double
out of four time. up.
The Cracker club is only AZ games be-
hind Birmingham. the leading club of
the league couple of weeks of consist
ent winning would put the Crackers right
up around the top.
No very tight races have developed yet
in the Southern Sally American or Ma
tional league. The Southern contest is
the best in the lot. In the National New
York has got It and gone. In the
American Chicago has tremendous lead
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
FODDER FOR FANS

but the contest in this circuit should i'm
prove as it goes along.
Montgomery gets Albert Swain from
Memphis, though what the Billikens want
with him we're blessed if we know.
Sam Crawford has been playing ball for
fifteen years and ten of them he hit over
300 His grand average is .315. The
first year he played ball he was with
Chatham in the Canadian league. That
season he hit $40
AL O'Dell and Whitley Alperman are
making a grand race for second batting
honors of the Atlanta team Both men
are smuggling tremendously and both are
closing in slowly on the Atlanta manager.
Del Howard, ex-manager of the Louis
Vile club, now with St. Paul, has been
elected mayor of Kennedy, Ill.
The Memphis club has bought Doc Sea-
bough from Nashville.
Al Ortiz who coached the Washington
and Lee team this spring and who is now
umpiring in the Virginia league. says
that Moran. the Washington and Lee
pitcher, who went to Detroit, and Dave
Robertson, now a Giant will both make
wonders in the big show.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
Though Crippled, Sitton Pitches Mastery Game
Scheme Hatched to Wear Him Out Didn't Work

Western Union wire by Caller King
to Mobile the town was unable to
believe it and the Gulltown opera
tor wired back for confirmation
of the rumor
JACOBSON pulled an awfully dull
J play in the fifth. With Bailey
on second and Ganley on first, Al
perman singled. OF course, Bailey
scored and Jacobson couldn't have
caught him if he'd had cannon.
But instead of pegging the ball to
third he held it pensively and let
Ganley canter on to third. This
near play cost the Gulls a run. for
it enabled Ganley to get in scoring
territory. He scored when Alper
man intentionally got himself tan
'gled up in a rundown between first
and second that lasted long enough
to let Ganley home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
CASE NOW
TIED UP FOR A WHILE

NASHVILLE. TENN. May 24-Now
that the court Of civil appeals at Knox
vile has passed on the case Of the
Nashville baseball club. the suit will
next come before Chancellor Allison
probably Friday on the demurrer of the
defendant club II this demurrer is
overruled the ease viii then go to trial
on its merits Pending the injunction
that prevents the club from playing
games in Tennessee, it is about settled
that All such games viii be transferred
to Little Rock
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
COBB WILL BE BACK
IN HARNESS TOMORROW

CHICAGO, May 24.-Tyrus Cobb the
suspended Detroit star, will be back In
the game by tomorrow according to
President Comiskey, of the Chicago
American club. who has returned from
the special meeting of the American
league held at Philadelphia, as a result
of the strike of Jennings players.
Comiskey conveyed the impression
that a ten-day sentence was placed
against Cobb at the special session,
but this was not announced.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
Bv Percy H. Whiting.

NIVE the Atlanta team Of 1912
Y a pitching staff and it will
win the pennant. or come
mighty near it. Three quarters of
the games this season have borne
out his contention.
Yesterdays was one of them.
Before the game started, as the
Crackers were watching the Guls
at batting practice and each man
was contributing his bit Of infor-
nation about what sort Of balls the
Gull batters liked and disliked,
Hemphill called over to Sitton,
Feel like pitching today, Vedder?"
Vedder grunted. Cant tell. my
prop is pretty bad yet. l could
try it"
"Aw well" answered the man
ager, somewhat tartly, I'VE can't
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-17

hoppers. and Is a prime cause Of the
decline Of its fish resources. AS The
wading birds disappear the crustace-
ans that destroy fish spawn increase
in multitude.
The Journal Of the American Medi-
cal association states that the scientific
investigation at Tenerife have re-
ceived n new extension by the erection
Of a station for observing a~nthropoid
apes. Prof. Rorhmann OF Berlin. and
Frau Professor Selenka of Munich.
have been sent to Teneriffe by the de-
partment Of education to make prep
arations to this end. since 1t may be
expected that in the uniformly warm
climate there the animals nay he kept
In the open air through h entire ear
under the conditions Of lie that are
natural to them.
A Swedish railway has been expert
menting with powdered peat as loco
motive fuel. Peat Is usually burned in
little bricklike sods. dried in the sun.
making a fair fire. but a great deal Of
ash. Hitherto it has been attempted
to improve IL by pressing it. A Lieu
tenant Ekelund contrived to reduce 1t
to powder. and 4 railway engineer has
invented an apparatus for feeding his
powder into a locomotive firehoX. This
feeds faster as the steam pressure falls
and slower as 1t rises. Swedish pa
pers say that it works we'll. but when
the lowest price Of peat Is $2.65 q ton
it is not economical. Sweden has
ereat peat boys. but 1t does not have
any coal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-17
Germany's present industrial gait
will son place 1t in the lead for hustl.
ing nMalifies

twice the price asked-if you had to-!
Germany's present industrial gait
Will o place 1t in the lead for hustl.
ing qualities.
English cheese makers are some-
what dtsmayed at the announcement
that at Diesk. in Siberia, they are
making Cheshire cheese Of the best
qualtty under the supervision of an
English expert. A farmers associa-
ton promoting the enterprise pro-
poses to establish twenty large dairy
farms with an annual output Of some
$1,000 tons Of the value OF 700 pounds
ment Of forty tons is to be shipped
to London presently.
Few people know that the passage
OF a royal train Is guarded almost
every yard of the way, be the Journey
OF the sovereign short or long. Many
people laugh when they read Of lines
upon lines Of soldiers being drawn
up along the railway metals in Rus
sta when the car travels: but the
same thing practically occurs in Eng
land. only without the destinations
display of uniforms. The line over
which the royal train is to pass is
quite as effectively guarded, though
to all appearance there is nobody
there.
Starlings were first noticed fiocking
to Cramond Island, a short distance
from Edinburg. in unusual numbers
in the autumn of 1893 and they con
years until. as is their habit, they de-
serted 1t for a fresher and cleaner
spot. A recent visit to the island
showed a remarkable after result of
the starlings' visit. In the small plan.
tation. which consisted of Scotch fir
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-17

only Leon WaDele and the three KEEL
cey singers. his current bill at the
Grand would have been a c
WaDele. who is known as the Julian
El..nse OF vaudeville. is the cleverest
i s mPersonator e 9 in Grand
EGrks. HIS dancing. especially the
Saiome dance OF the wells. Is the best
tnine OF Its kind local theatersoers
nave IT wa SC cleverly done
tnat many IN the audience thought Il
was one OF the three Kelley sisters,
VINO IoiIowed him on the program.
dancing Is the particular feature
OF the Kelley sisters act. and they
get me most out of 1t. Their open
ing ana closing numbers were es.
pecially good. The three young ladies
nave good voices, and one Of them
coincidence.
The Gage and Hart entertainers and
the Musical Casads completed the
program.
Minneapolis is being treated to a
real example OF one Of the unlocked
LOT pleasures" Of the actors life.
Iwenty-six members Of the Cow and
Moon company. which Just played
there.. are stranded IN that city. The
OF the company are still
at 4 mill city hotel. and several Of
tnem nave no money to pay their
piils. The Dion o'Ioare'' company.
Mnicn 10 appearing there. is arrang-
ing u dement, for them. and the other
take part. v
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-17
On and Off the Stage
(By George A. Benson.)

presented to Grand Forks theater-
goers Monday night. they will see one
Of the most peculiarly constructed
plays known. George Broadhurst, its
author, paid no attention to the set
rules of technique. Whenever he
these drawbacks. the rule was ruth
lessly shattered.
Broadhurst even went so far as to
take liberties with the climax. Ask
any other playwright. or any English
teacher where h climax scene should
come. and they will point to a certain
four-act play. they viii say it must
come at the end of the third act.
Not SO with Broadhurst. however.
His Bought and Paid For" is a four
act drama. but the climax comes at
the end of the second act. And what
a climax! 1t comes SO suddenly. SO
scarcely prepared for it. But this
makes 1t the more convincing, the
more successful.
1t is in the climax scene n the
third and fourth acts that Broadhurst
shows his skill az a playwright. A
omitted the third act. But Broad
hurst had in mind his audience when
he penned the play. He realized that
his third act was an obligatory scene.
At the end OF the second act when
the playgoer sees the wife rush into
her room and lock the door on her
smash in. the panel. turn the lock and
enter. he says to himself. as the cur
tain goes down: This is not the end;
We should see another scene between
husband and wife. in which retribu-
ton begins to shape itself, in which
the wife's ideals begin to conquer"
II thu s.rn0rov contninn6 M H{1So-
ion of acts. that is the first thought
that would come. Broadhurst real
lied that. and wrote another scene
between husband and wife. before the
latter finally left her wealthy home.
Thus in the third act. we nave an
fourth. They are handled sc skillful-
~. however. that the additional one
does not weaken the plot.
Bought n Paid For" is Broad
bursts best play. 1t has proved one
OF III greatest successes New York
has now in a number Of years. and
Grand Forks theatergoers are FORUM
ate In hacving 1t come here. This will
be the first one-night stand 1t has
played. and the same company that
appeard in New York all summer will
come here.
AS its author was a former resident
OF the city and is we'll known by a
number Of the prominent men. addi-
tional local interest is being taken in
Its appearance here.
In some manner the play has be-
come coupled with Eugene Walters
Paid IN FULL" which was produced
a few years ago. 1t is far from paid
in Full" Entirely different in plot,
superior in construction and writing,
Il 70 a much greater play than the
Walters drama.
Had Mana0oe Ko1yoAa,,~A A~>k~l