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The Washington times., 1912-11-02
MONTH Of. OCTOBER
MADE NEW RECORD
FOR REALTY DEALS
More Than Million Dollars
Increase Over Previous
Year.
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
AGGREGATE $6,617,OOO
Recorder Of Deeds Has Busiest
Month in History Of
That Office.

October 1912, was tie most successfu,
month In the history OF realty opera
tions In Washington. The forecast to
this effect made in The Times four
weeks ago has been abundantiy veri-
fed. More than 900 transactions were
completed during the month. culmina-
ting in the sale of the Southern build
Ing at $4,000 900. the largest price for
single holding ever recorded here In
cluded in the months business were
1,SS7 lots and parcels Of real estate.
The total Investments made last month
In the purchase of and loans on real
estate aggregated s6.6l7.OOO. This is an
increase Of 81, 20OO0O over the Investments
Of October. 1911. An increase Of nearly
thirty sales is shown this month in com
parison with last October, which held
the record for activity.
Largest in History.
The Recorder of Deeds reports the
last months business to have been the
largest ever known in the history OF
his ofiice. The total of .recordation
the high mark attained in October. 1911.
which was the banner year In the Of
fee. As there were twenty seven work
ing days Of the month. the office sus-
tsined daily. average OF LOO papers
The last week Of the month may we'll
he termed the quality week.. as 1t
witnessed the closing of the Southern
h"'din~ sa lie as well as several large
apartment houses. some business prop
sertIes and various residences and build
inc sites. In volume OF trading the
week surpassed It's two predecessors,
but fell slightly behind both of them
In the number Of sales effected. There
were 1s7 sales made this week as COM
pared with 10 made last week. and 172
effected in the preceding week. In
volved In the weeks trading were 29o
lots and parcels Of realty.
Suburbs in the Van.
The sale Of a tract OF forty-one acres
near Giesboro and the purchase OF con-
siderable additional property adjoining
the Monastery near Brookland BY the
College and Commissar riat Tor the Holy
Land helped to place the outlying sub
urbs In the van OF the weeks trading.
There were ia parcels Of real estate
transferred In that section. The near
urban district was not far behind In
the number of lots sold, having a total
Of 102 lots conveyed.
The northwest led the city sections
with thirty-seven lots conveyed. The
lots sold. There were twelve lots
changing owners In the southeast and
six In the southwest.
The amount of money expended by
tional grounds Is not stated in the
transfers to them recorded during the
week. One purchase was of an un-
suodivided tract Of 1896 acres from
Frank g; Muckelbauer. The other In
cluded all Of block 10 and parts OF two
other blocks In the subdivision known
rs University Heights. John H. label
held title to the latter lots which he
conveyed for a nominal consideration.
Poor Week for Loans.
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Two Fine Residences to
Be Built in Northwest

Two handsome residences will be
erected at once by william A. Hill and
T.. r Sanner, one at 1928 New
Hampshire avenue northwest. and the
other at 1862 Massa chusetts avenue
northwest Both houses will be built
as Investments and both will be specially
constructed for entertaining purposes.
The New Hampshire avenue house will
have Il white stone front, sixteen rooms
and six baths. The value OF the land
and building, when completed, Is esti-
mated at 10000.
The Massa chusetts avenue residence.
occupying "a lot twenty-five by l09 feet.
will be three stories high. will have six
teen rooms and Ave baths. and will be
worth, II is estimated, about $45,0O.
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Commoner's Son After
Office Just Like Dad

William Jennings Bryan is again a
candidate for the suffrages OF his fellow =
citizens. The general electorate may
not be aware OF the fact. but It never
theless remains
1t now appears that William Jennings
Bryan. jr. intends to take up the bat
tie OF he ballots" at the point where
his honored sire left off. The family
reputation. upheld by the senior Bryan
In 1895, 1900, and 1908. Is to be main
tained this year by his son. who Is a
freshman law at Georgetown Cniver-
sity, and who will be voted upon for
class president tonight.
Furthermore. William Jennings Bryan
jr, Is more confident OF winning the
fight than his father has been In the
three campaigns in which he has been
engaged
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MANY BUILDINGS TO
GIVE WAY TO new
LABOR STRUCTURE
Erection of Departments
Home Shows Present
Trend of Real Estate.

Paint shops, notion and variety shops.
livery stables and veterinary hospitals,
and even Chin Gong's laundry. not TO
mention several two and three-story
residences on X street, near Nine
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest will all have to go and
make room for the new 100000 home
OF the Department OF Commerce and
Labor. to be erected at the intersection
OF Pennsylvania avenue. Nineteenth
and X street northwest.
No more decided proof Of the trend
OF real estate activities toward this
section has been offered than a COM
parfson OF the old and more or less
dilapidated houses now In this quarter.
with the magnificent new eleven-story
| hreproof building which will be built
for the newest Government department
according to the plans OF Milburn
Heister & Co.. and financed by the
Commerce Building Company. with Vic
tor Evans as president.
Some OF the skeptical ones expressed
, doubt as to the wisdom OF building such
| handsome structure as the Powhatan
Hotel as far OUT as Pennsylvania
avenue and Eighteenth street. The
building planned for the Commerce ana
| Labor Department IL not only much
larger than the Powhatan. but Is a
block farther out"
; BY erecting the building away from
the congested business section OF the
| city II Is possible to allow thirty-fve
feet between the building proper and
| the street. a twelve-f foot sidewalk and
| q twenty y-three-foot court on each side
| The architecture Of the building will
| be in perfect harmony with this park
| ing arrangement. and when the struC-
ture is completed II will be one Of the
most imposing ofYice buildings in the
| National Capital.
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Prepares New Rules on
Ship Material Imports

Announcement Of the regulations to
govern the free import Of shipbuilding
material and equipment under the pro-
visions OF the Panama Canal act. will be
made by the Treasury Department early
next week.
The regulations have been drawn and
are being printed pending the final ap-
provaI OF Secretary OF the Treasury
MacVeagh. They provide for the trac-
Ing by customs officials Of all material
and equipment declared at the port of
entry as ship building material
The Washington times., 1912-11-02
CHEMICALS START
STUBBORN BLAZE

Explosion of chemicals In the lab
oratory OF the Army and Navy Pre-
paratory School. Connecticut avenue
and Upton street started a blaze which
gave the tiremen stubborn fight for
nearly half an hour this morning.
The flames got between the walls
and floor, making It necessary for the
firemen to rip Off a large part of the
siding before they could eXtinguish the
fire.
1t was said at the school that there
was no one in the laboratory building
at the time and the cause of the ex-
police estimate the damage at $500.
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L"ughran. original lots . and L. square
ll09. SO
Col + street nnrtheast-Ephraim =. wilcox
ct uN. to Frances G. Hll. lot il, square
SCI. SO
@ street northeast. between Seventh and
Eighth streets-Jnhn AitChegon ct uN. to
De Wilton AitChesVn. lot 10. square $50 $40
Fougth street northeast between and q
strcets-Thqmas Il. Buckler ct uX. to James
+. Shea, lot 20, square rs, $40. James +.
shea conveys same property to Mary A.
Buckler. $40.
65 q street nnrtheast-Martin l.. Guttwa!s
ct ux, to Frank J. Mccarthy. lot III, square
$50, so.
Tenth street northeast. between e and d
streets-Hcnry W. Taylor ct ux. To Ed
ward Brown. part lot 6. square 9t. $40
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Southwest.

q street southwest, between Ninth and Tenth
sreets-Mary !. Johnson ct al to August
Niebel, lot I. square 3s9, so.
337 . street southwest-John Fitzmorris tc
Thomas +. Brown. lot S. square 5I6. $40
2l5 Thirteenth street southwest-William II
II. Allen ct al. TO Charles Selden. jr.. orig
inal lot 20. square 2si. SO Charles Sclden
jr., ct ux. convey same property To Norton
VI. Little, trustee, sl0s
1853 Half street sOuthwest-Frank Il. Padgctl
TO Lizzie {. Manogue, lot %, square go, $40
G street southwest, between Second and
Third streets-Augustus $. Worthington ci
al, trustees. to George w. Murray, hall
interest in lot c. square $40. n.i75. Ed.
mund Darlington ct al, trustees. to same
half interest In same lot. 81, lT5. George W
Murrav conveys same property to Thomas
II. Watts, So
$40 street southwest-Dller +. Gron ct
ux. to q. Percy McGlue. lot q. square
49, SO
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Near-Urban.

Columbia Heights-wallace W. and Mary j.
Parsons. lot l76. block %. SO.
woodley Park-George c. Humphrey ct ux.
to Elizabeth NJ ouinter. lot 64. block IT.,
SO
Rosedale and Isherwood-Clarenee b. Hight
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-06-14

to the creamery it probably could not
pay running expenses. Too often To-
calities have been led into the erection
of a large plant without reference to
the number Of COWS in the neighbor-
hood. This has caused failures in many
instances because the creamery could
not pay it's running expenses on the
small amount of output. In some Oh
these cases a small plant operated by
competent crcameryman could nave
been made profitable and developed
into q larger concern as the number OF
cows in the locality increased.
The creamery building need not be
large one nor an expensive one TO be-
gin with Then as the business grows
and more room is needed the plant can
be enlarged to suit the conditions.
One very common mistake among
creamery owners is that they secure
men as buttermakerS who know very
little or nothing about the scientlht
principles of creamery work. TOO OIL
| tcn the man who will work 1T lower
wages is chosen rather than the mar
who understands the business ana dc
serves better pay. Among the prob
| lcms which the bu:termaker has Il
| contend with are those of controIlin;
flavor and moisture in butter.
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The Sunday School Lesson


character of John. AS soon as his
disciples had left Jesus he uttered an
unusual euloey He wanted the null
ttudes'' to think Of John when he was
at his best. swaying his hearers IN
spirit of uncompromising allegiance to
truth and righteousness. what went
We out into the wilderness to see:
These words recall the profoundly i'm
pressive ministry on the banks OF the
Jordan. "A reed shaken with the
Wind symbol Of Il weak and yaclllat-
inc person. "A man clothed IN SOFT
raiment." one who was effemlnate,
luxurious and pleasure loving. More
than a prophet" He was a moral
teacher and Il spiritual leader far
away above the average type. He e1-
ceIled in his prophetic functions so as
to he greater than the greatest OF his
kind. "Of whom it is written. The
quotation is based on Nal. III. l..
which was understood as Il MesS;aiic
utterance. Here was 4 veiled declala-
ton by Jesus that he * the Messiah
and that John was his forerunnef.
"Sufereth violence. :; tigura-
five way of describing the intense
spirit OF the new movement that was
virtually iraugurated by John. but
brought 10 perfcc;ion 10y Jesus. Tie
violent These men Of violence
| we're like the puIlicaus AMI sinners
who gladly listened TO the new teach
cr If W will. But they were MOI
willing 70 accept the conclusion Of j"
SUI that this * Elias. vii" prepared
thr WAY for the Messiah aud proclaim
ell his arrival
Verses 1919. Exposing the indiffer
ent.
John had succeeded in turning man,
from sin. His failure To DO more real
~ reflected Oh the peryersity Of tn
people. He hath deNh.
John was not attractive because of hi
melancholy and ascetic disposition
a friend Of puhlcans and sinners.
Jesus dill nSt please these conceite
Pharisces l,ec;iuSc he mixed freely wit
over one. Wisdom il justified /.
: her children by her works" I'll
results achieved will in the end just
| ~ me methods that have been adopfe
: hv both John and Jesus. They Ill
: played the presence of that wisd"I
5 which il first pure. then pcaceabl
gentle. easy To De- entreate,l. full :
mercy and good fruits. without ',
Z rance. without hypocrisy Ias. i
) III, but the people were too hdifie
4 ent &c allow its Influence I" rest me
e them. They acre the .csers. IA /.
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Verses o-6.-Dealing with doubt.
Machaerus was situated about 3Ooo
feet above the Dead sea on the north
east side. In its dark. damp dungeon
the preacher of repentance had been
languishing for over year. Marvellous
happenings had taken place during this
period in connection with the ministry
of Jesus The works of Christ. Mlf-
acles of healing had been performed,
including the raising from the dead OF
tho daughter of Jairus Matt. TX. 1920
and the son of the widow or Main
IT ul,e vii. 1110. Two of his disci
pies" The strain of Imprisonment was
telling on this heroic soul and the
startling reports brought 10 him by'hiS
disciples only made him restless and
impatient. The message that he sent
70 Jesus did not express his doubt so
much rs his disappointment. Art
thou he that should come" Literally
translated il would be. Thou. art thou
i tho coming onC:" Luke adds. IN
that moment he cured many of diseases
/ and plaques ard evil spirits. and on
many that were blind he bestowed
sight (chapter VII. 2n. After these
works of mercy had been performed in
the presence OF the Baptist'S disciples
.IcsuS sent them back TO their master
and said. Go and show John again
those things which ye DO hear and see.
Here WAS no suggestion Of the AK set
to the root OF the tree" but of Il mis-
sion Of Kindness and hclpfulneS>. one
of the prophecies concerning the Mes
siah was that 10 the POOR. who were
commonly neglected and despised Il,
worthless and iGnorant.' will be offer
cd the .Aod tidinGS of the kingdom
usa. Xxi. l.. John was doubtless ~
,he opinion that Jesus was no, push
inc his claims vigorously enough. Th
reply. which left much To be inferred
also contained considerate appeal ans
n significant hint in the words. "BleSS
ed is he whatsoever shall not be offend
ed in me-" by reason OF his method
and his message.
: Verses 1-15.-Honoring the loyal.
This delegation from John NIGH
!, have been misunderstood by the pee
: plc present. aud SO Jesus guarde
against any hasty reflections on II
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EVERY DOLLAR SENT OUT
OF HOME TOWN HURTS IT
Why the Farmer Should Not Allow the
City TO Grow at the Expense
OF the Country.

There i the same reason for building
up tue trade aud Industries of Il COM
munity that there is for building M
the trade and Industries of 4 nati0u.
II goes without saying that the coul-
try which does mosr 10 foster the CON
MERGE the manufacturing and the pros
pcrity OF it, own people soon ouidl>- |
tnnccs the country which neglects these
things. The same thing; applies 10 small /
communities
Now. that i just the principle involv- |
cd I'm trading with home merchants
rather than with distant mail order
houses To trade with the home ihcr-
chaut helps home commerce ana home
industry. To send money To the dis
tant mail ORDER house helps that re-
mote concern but dcpletes the commn-
nifty from which the money Is sent.
Every dollar taken out Of a communif!
makes everybody IN the community
that much less prosperous. Ii more
wafer flows out Of a lake than flows
info if. there is only II question of time
when the AXE will 20 dry. If more
dollars flow out of community IMAM
flow into II there is only question OF
time wbe.. everybody that lives there
will suffer for lack of money.
Take the farmer, for example. sup
pose he trades with Il mail order house
/ ON the supposition that he can buy
Goods cbeaper there. supposition that
actual investigation shows III most
l.
cuses TO be untrue Every dollar the
farmer sends away leaves his commu-
nity short that one dollar. AS result
the home merchant suffers. When al
the home merchants suffer the village
itself becomes less prosperous. This
reacts on the farmer. 1t is trulsn
that q farm near thriving town is
worth more money than one near
poor town Therefore every time the
farmer hurts the merchant of his near
est village he is depicting the value OF
his own acres.
This is not theory. but condi-
tion shown by rundown villages and
abandoned farms in many parts or the
land. The thing that caused this havoc
was not deterioration of the soil, out
) deterioration in the local public spirit.
The same thing that causes dollars 10
go to the distant city when they should
remain at home causes the boy or the
: girl to go to the distant city when ne
, or she should remain at home The
: fault does not lie in soil or other outer
conditions so much as in the people
themselves They fail to appreciate
their locality. its charm and its posi-
bilities.
D The outcome of all this is that the
: city becomes congested both with mer
: and wealth. while the rural communtl
! falls behind i'm the same degree. 1hl'
t is not healthy condition. Any ma
l. ton is in bad way whose cities grow
e at the expense of its farms. When tn
: farmers are prosperous the nation i
PROSPEROUS. and no true and pernanen
prosperity is possible otherwise
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Timely Agricultural Topics

In many localities promoters have led
people into subscribing for stock FOR the
erection of crea merry In their locality
when there were not enough cows I'm
the vicinity 10 warrant the building OF
the creamery. The only object of the
promoter is that OF selling the ma
chinery. aud be usually charges Il large
price for il. Many of these creamcrics
have never been n success and have
done much harm To the creamery bust
ness OF the state. DO not erect lar
Ger plant than is absolutely necessary
10 start out witb-Farmer's Review.
In "A circular on crsamerics the Unit
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Survey Of the Worlds News

nautical show last month. The receil-
ing and transmitting apparatus weighs
twenty-five and oue-lalf pounds aud Il
confined within box fifteen inches
square and sixteen inches deep The
generator from which the apparatus
derives power adds an additional TWEEN
ty-six pounds. The apparatus X Sald
TO have a sending radius of twenty-five
miles ON land and sixty miles al sea.
The machine is the result OF Efforts
10 perfect the lightest machine possible
for use in the acronauilcaI' division.
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CROP CHANGE VERSUS 70
TATiON.

The maintenance oi soil fcriil-
it, depends 10 a great extent "n
crop roiatiOn. We must diSsin-
guiSh between changing of crops
and rotation of crops. In the
first instance. Il certain ticld has
Il different crop each year Wild
out regard 10 the crop, fcrtillz-
ing needs or requirements or It's
effect upon succeeding crops. In
the second instance. we ineaI
; certain detiaite sequence OF crops
with regard 10 their effect upon
fertility AMI physical condition
of the soil and their relation 10
each other. There cannot be a
, balanced rotation OF crops-a ro-
tation that will build up rather
; than dcplete the soil-unlcss in
. that rotation there IS n leguml-
> nous crop. IL alfalfa or clover
! can be grown. one or the other
; OF these must enter into the ro-
! tation. IL neither OF these can
be grown. then some other leg
5 ume. such rs field peas. yetch or
2 field beans. must be SUBSTITUTE
) ed.-Kansas Farmer.
o.. % 81. .,.,. ,.s.,,
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The Stolen Inventions
Ri FERDINAND CARNEY

family TO starve, that he at 'ast broke
down with nervous prostralion. He
applied to a detective agency, but rs
he could not give the slightest clew 10
the mystery and had DO money TO pay
for having the matter followed up 1t
declined TO take the case.
Meanwh rs his spirits sank ms
wife rose TO the occasion. She con-
tended that there was no way for any
one to steal the plans except at the
shop and determined TO keep q watch
there herself Her husband was too
discoura ged to make a new invention,
but he wrote out bogus plan anu SET
I'D former model. While il was ap-
preaching completion Mrs. Fairchild.
leaving their little one in care Of her
husband. went TO the shop. She en-
tered it steathily so as not 70 put any
one on guard She sat in the dark MI
long past midnight. but saw nothing
unusual. The next night she went
again TO the shop and sat in the dark.
1t was Il fOrlorn hope sitting there
with ONLY the dim model TO see against
the window 1t was perhaps II o'clock
when she began 70 feel sleepy. She
shook off the temptation. but despite
her efforts her eyes became heavy.
She pinched herself TO keep awake.
Suddenly there was a flash so binding
that she was forced 10 close her eyes
for n second and when she opened
| them all was darker than ever.
Mrs. Fairchild waited awhile so ~
not TO alarm any one. then steathlly
left the shop and. going TO the nearest
rolice Office. told the officers she
Thought there were robbers in the
building where her husband had his
shop. Several Of them accompanied
her she having the good sense 10 warn
them 10 make u search with great
caution They searched every floor. nc
last coming To- lie one where the shop
was located. One man stationed HIM
self ON the landing above. one below.
There were hut two rooms on floor.
and the men directed their search 10
the rear room, back of the shop. The
door was locked. and there was 10 ap-
pearance Of light within. At Mrs.
, Fairchild's request the policeman
broke open the door. Directing a
b,,l;seye lantern into the apartment. Il
man was seen covering in a corner.
In Il table drawer was found 4 NUM-
Der of photographs in different stages
of finish. on the table a camera Near
the ceiling in the wall between the
= room and the shop was hole go care
5 fnly made and stopped when not Tset
t that il would never be observed unless
{ sought for Holding the light 10 the
j photographs. Mrs. Fairchild vrcosnize,
at once pictures OF her husbandi
{ models.
II The man was arrested and confesse'
u that he had been photographing Fair
y child's models ever since the invento
e had been making them by means o
r the fiashlight process OF photography
r He was convicted. aud all or his pal
Il ents were transferred to Fairchiit
Is who is NOW enormously wealthy.
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ed States department of agriculture
says the total cost of creamery would
vary from 5000 for small gathered
cream plant without artificial refrig-
Grafton, where labor and material are
cheap, to S4,65O for whole milk
plant, including artificial refrigeration
and a higher cost of labor and ma
terial.
The department is prepared TO fur
nish information for the proper organ
ization of creameries and cheese fac
tories and upon request will supply
plan of organization, list of machinery
and plan for creamery.
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ARMY AND NAVY IN GAMES

The United States army and navy
will he represented ut the Olympic
games i'm Stockholm this summer Sec
rotary of War Stimson designated
twenty one officers and men 10 try 10"
the rifle tenn. and Secretary of tue
Navy Meyer designated twelve to rep
resent the navy. The marine corps
also will be represented. fifteen mem-
bers Of il being designated TO try for
the team.
The preliminary trials for the team
were held i'm every state IN the Union
last month From these trials six high