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The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
From the De Beers Camp.

The total output to 1911 OF the De
Beers group, the mines in the South
African union and other German
value at s600,000000, and this amount
may be doubled again by the cost OF
cutting and other expenses.
In the De Beers group the greatest
depth, 1901 feet has been reached in
the main rock shaft OF the Kimberley
mine. The highest level. 46S feet, is
in the Du Toit
From 1889 to June 30, 1910. sS,676.-
3l6 loads OF material have been taken
from the De Beers group alone This
would make mass 500 feet square
and 5.736 feet high. Yet the dia-
monds taken from this blue ground
could be packed in a case nve feet
square and four feet high They
would weigh 28967 pounds troy. and
would be valued at 3405,O0O.0OO
1t may be said in this connection
that a brilliant cut diamond weighing
one carat is worth / 900 times it's
weight in gold. and this value in.
creases with size
The mines In German Southwest Al.
rica produced in 1871 1886 carats,
valued at S5,325.DO
Other tabulated returns for 1871 IN
clude 1900 carats from the diggIngs
on Gwyder river near lnveroll, Aus.
tralia. and 3,O25 carats from British
Guinea.
No official returns have been pub.
lished OF the yields from Borneo or
from the Brazilian mines at Mlnas
Geraes and Bahia. but they have been
thrown In the shade by the South AZ.
rican production just as the Indian
mines 10 far as the worlds supply Is
concerned, may be said to be ex.
tinct
As to other parts Of the world. di.
amond occurrences have been merely
reported in the Ural mountains. In
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

Makes the laundress hnppy-thatr Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good groccrs Adv.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

Perhaps man cant be married
against his Will. but many poor man
dlBcOycrg later that he was married
against his better judgment
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
ParadoxicaI Promise.
u want you to pay down"
"All right. I'll settle up"

Some folks calculate to get on In
the world upon the shoulders Of other
people c.-Christian Herald
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

Success cannot :urn a mans head II
he has stif neck
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

m YEW Diamond Field" flashed,
a few days ago, the cables
around the world from a lit
tie SPOT of blue ground in
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Southeast.

Ninth street southeast. between d and
streets Richard Gerecke ct al. to Caroline
V. Dickerson, part original lot l. square
925. so.
l41 Pennsylvania avenue southeast-FultoH
r. Gordon and q. Gordon Bailey, trustees
to II. ID. Gordon, trustee, lot 81 square
1855, $3.50
81 ID street southeast--Fernando Page &c
Fannie NJ. Page. lot rs, square SO. $40
Navy place southeast, between G and
streets-Frank F. Freeman ct uX. TO Mary
A. Harvey, lot i23. square SIS, $40.
lu2 South Carolina avenue southeast-Johr
E Briggs ct ux. to George W. Barnes
lot u and part lot NJ square south OF 1853
$40.
B street southeast, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets-Virgil G. Williams ct ux
to George W. Barnes. lot IL. square south
of 1862 $40 49,,
1920 South Caroiaa avenue southeast-Wil
liam Barnum to George w. Barnes, lot 2
square south OF 1863. $40.
iI09 South Carolina avenue southeast-Johr
z, Briggs ct ux to George W. BARNES 'o'
ls square south Of 1888. $40
14oO south Carolina avenue southeast-Bur'
nett T Trueworthy ct ux. to George w
Barnes lot 10. square south OF lo5s' $40.
EOS Second street southeast-Fred e Jone'
to James Mahoney, lot 100. square I36' $40
n street southeast. between south Capto
and Half streets-Charles White, Jr, ao
ministrator, to Glemmer Aunort' part oris
inal lot 4. square IOl, N,2Oo -
68 North Carolina avenue southeast-Mar
E. Merrick to Luther w. Gibson lot ~
square S7l. SO. ,
40 X street southeast-William p. Metcal
to Richard s. Wolfe west half original 10
4. square 1885, SO
] 106, Thirteenth street southeast-Wliham MUIR
The Washington times., 1912-05-04

Eighth street northeast, between l. and NJ
streets-Bertha +. Mooney to John {.
Gibbs, lot 80. square 90S SIC.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04

ply ct ux. to Charles NJ. Smoot, lot 60
square 1896 $40.
avenue southeast, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets-Lottie
II. johnson to Aaron e.. ToWnshend, orig
inal lot ?, square 1893, $40.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
LANDMARK SOLD
TO OCHARLESSTOTT,
WHO WILL BUILD
Plans to Erect Business
House on H Street, Near
/ Thirteenth.

Charles q. Stott has purchased the old
two-story residence between the Halls
OF the Ancients and the southw cst cor
ner of Thirteenth and IL strGets north
west, and has awarded a contract tn
John II. Nolan for the construction OF
a hve-story store and loft building Of
fireproof concrete. The building will be
occupied entirely by the paper house of
Charles G. Stott & Co., now located
at 300 Ninth street northwest. The
price paid is $4,000, about $3.50 a square
foot.
This Is a large part OF the property
which a morning paper recently report
ed had been acquired by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad for suburban trolley
terminal station. The old house is ono
reputed to have been the lodging pla ce
OF Edgar Allan Poe, though confirma-
ton OF this Is lacking. 1t Is one of the
last old residences of the square to
give way to the progress of business
Until recently 1t was used by a manu-
featuring company. The property was
sold for the Misses Pauline A. and
the F. II. Smith Company. p. ]. Walshe
represented the owners
The erection of the proposed loft
| building Will mark long step forward
| In the movement of business from the
| older business sections to the upper
| northwest Other commercial concerns
/ which have erected buildings in the
ply Company. the Rudolph e. West
Company. The building of the Wash
ington Herald Is also one of the late
additions to the square.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04

streets-william Nj. Zeigler ct ux. to Mid
daugh & shannon. lot 81 square 49,. NO
fordf s t,sNth .ter Evans et ux
TO Singleton J.. and Mary J. Cooper, lot
So. square 1856. $40.
B street northeast, between Eighth and Ninth
streets-Edward b. Hughes ct uN to Ed
ward b. Hughes. jr.. and Charles W
Hughes original lot T. par, original lot D.
Rear of Sl6 b street Northumberland b.
Hughes ct ux. to Charles W. Hughes, lot
7S, square 9l7, $40.
Tenth street northeast. between F and G
streets-Frank Z. Hopkins ct ux. to Claude
W. Owen. lot 81. square $50, $40 ,,-
1925 Fifth street northeast-Thomas A. Groves
$40 49,
Eighth street and Maryland avenue north
east-John Varanese et uX to Thomas A.
Groves, part lot 2, square south of 500, -
Fourth street northeast. between l. and M
WIZ WHIP lots ss o s. square s
soI street northesst--John scrivener ct ux.
70 Augusta w. She'd. lot l07. square SI6.
Tenth street northeast. between G and d
streets-John II. Scott ct ux. tn William
A. Hettinger lot y, square 98s. $40.
225 Ninth street northeast-James r Scott
ct al. to Jacob A. Jones. lot 50, square 939,
Tennessee avenue northeast, between c and
d streets-Harry A. Kite ct uX. to Teresa
s,G saul orG9S lot Z sGSa[e lOS; SO
90. $40.
Rear OF street nortf east, between Third
and Fourth streets-Charles H. Bauman.
trustee, to Edith p. Cronan 0or life)
and John p. Cronan. jr.. and Edith NJ.
Cronan (remainder). lot 81. square IT'S. SO.
Seventh street northeast. near Florida ave-
nue-Willlam p. Kellogg ct ux. to William
A. Lpphard. lot 303 square s55. SO
I. street northeast. between Eighth and Ninth
strccts-Teresa NJ. Saul to Harry A. Kite,
lots a to 3d. square 909. $40
c street northeast, between Ninth and Tenth
streets-Joseph NJ. CaImody to Francis s.
Carmody. part lot 40. square 93s, SO Fran
els S. Carmody ct ux. convey same prop
erty to Elizabeth J. and Annie A. Miles,
SO
7Ol Massachusetts avenue northeast-Herbert
T shannon ct al. to Lloyd G. Henry, lot
so, square S96. $40.
NJ street northeast, between Sixth and Sew
enth streets-George E. Fleming and Harold
f. Dolye, trustees. to Harry l. Light, lots
166 167 and 16s, square S55. $1.2OO. Same
to same, lots SO4, 3O5, 3o6. and 30, square
S55 SO
1850 street northeast-J. Frederick Fuss
ct ux. to Edward A. Jarrett. lot IS, square
1863, $40.
Fifth street northeast. between II and
streets-H. r. Howenstein ct ux. to Adam
and Grace LeImbach. lot 81, square S32, $40
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Official Purchases
New Residence

John Lewis Smith. assistant United
States District Attorney, has purchased
the new three-story residence at 1870 S
street northwest for $4,000. The house
is of tapestry brick and has a forntage
Of 2211 feet. The sale is reported by
Harry v. Bouic & Co.. who also report
avenue. 26C5, 2617. 26l9, and 2621 to Percy
H. Riffey, w. b. Swart, T. J. Kelley, and
Kirby o. Stultz, respectively, for 50, $50
each. The houses were sold for Levi
David. George A. Card bought the
house at 919 Euclid street for 50 $50.
and o. p. Goulder bought the house
at 9l5 Fairmont street for $3,250. The
sale of five lots on A street northeast,
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
reported.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
ELEVEN STORES ARE
LEASED BY AFFLECK
Ninth and D Street Property To
Be Improved For Business
Purposes.

Philip G. Affleck has leased for a
term of years for a consideration of
100000 eleven stores at the northwest
corner of Ninth and D streets north
west, fronting 1O6 feet on Ninth street
and 122 feet on d street.
Mr.. Affleck will remodel the three
corner properties. 402 and 4O4 Ninth
street and G03 d street for a modern
drug store. The other properties will
not be changed, although negotiations
are being conducted for one for a NOV
ing picture theater. Mr.. Affleck is also
planning to buy a site for another
store. The lease was made through the
office of the Sypret w. Hendrick Com
pany, Inc. r. o. Holtzman represent
ed the owner.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
COLONIAL ESTATE IN
VIRGINIA is SOLD
"Maplewood," In Fairfax County
Bought For $4,000 BY
New Yorker.

"Maplewood, one of the best country
estates in Fairfax county, Va, has been
, sold for a price approximaring $4,000 to
Charles l. Brodt of New York. who will
make it his home. The property con-
tains $40 acres and Is nearly all under
cultivation. The mansion, to, is one of
the best country houses in nearby Vir-
giniR. 1t contains twenty-five rooms, all
OF the generous proportions of the Col
unial country house and three bath
rooms. It is a brick and stone struc-
ture of three stories. The woodwork of
the first floor is black walnut. There is
also complete set of outbuildings, in
clu6ing a two-story barn 90 by 100 feet
IN dimensions The sale was made
through the office of the AshbridGe
Realty Company.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Suburban.

Randle HIzhlands-Louis Clsgett TO Samuel
II. Woodrow. lots 8 and 6. square J5s2, $40.
Chillum Castle Heights-washington land
and Mortgage Company to Charles r. Bur-
hans. lots 81, 80, 81 to g. square 3707; lots
~, 20. "a, square 3703: lots % to q. IS to
IS. square 1893. and lot 81. square 3sss SO.
Charles r. Burhans conveys same prop
erty to s. Austin Smith. $40.
Chillum Castl. HeiEhts-WaShington Land
and Mortgage Company to Thomas F.
Joyce. lots 81 and %. square 1883. so.
Fourteenth Street Tcrrace-Lynchburg In.
vestment Corporation to Lueiia Whaley. .o'
IL, square 2s06. so.
I-in"OOd HeIghts-Joh w. Glennan. trus-
tee. to Clementine Foster, lot >. block
First Addition to Washington Highlands
Charles G. Taylor to Sam Burnstein, lots
~. u. -, block %, $40.
County-Jcscph r. Fayne ct ux. to Samuel
!"' ,o' *. block ~. Holmead Man
or, and lots / and ?, square 507S (HiIl-
brook, $40.
Dean Wood Heights-John W. Gregory ct ux
20 Walter f. Wright and Frank Z. Hop
snInV,on EEhla nds-singleton L. Cooper
ct. ux TO e. Baker Evans, lots to H.
block II.
Benning Heights-Fulton r. Gordon ct al.
rrus,r"S to II. d. Gordon, trustee, lots Z
s. is, ls, &c to %, lss, lS4 square 50S4, $3.50.
- M1r%arHt H.. Bates and William A.
Jones. lot >. block I. $40. Same to Sarah
. nd William A. Jones. lot 3
'.'os Trust Company, ct
~, trustees. to Elias Henson. lot T. squa,,
<: Park-I,ichmond Park Improve
ment Company to Margaret Finnie lot &c.
square 2067. $40.
Brookand-Sallie A. Collins to William E.
Continued on Fifth Page)
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Southwest.

$40 r street southwest-Bernard Leonard ct
uX. TO John w. Brown. part original lot IS,
square $50 $40.
B street southwest. between First and Sec
ond streets-Richard J. Earnshaw ct al 20
General Baking Company, lots l6 to -,
square 57s, $40
503 G street southwes-Bridget r. Burns to
James Campbell. lot q, square i16. $40.
1910 Half street southw est-Mildred X. Miller
to John q. Slater, lot g. square 6eI, $40.
ts5 l. street southwest-Catherine I. Harvard
to John Fitzmorris, part original lot IL,
square j00 $40.
l1l7-lll7h Third street southwest-John FItz-
morris to Thomas p. Brown south half
original lot q. square 5A $40.
4S5 l. street southwest-John F1tZmorrs -
Thomas p. Brown, part original lot IL.
square 50O $40
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
PLAN NEW HOMES
IN CHEVY CHASE
SECTION Of CITY
Number of Real Estate
Transfers Are Reported
by Brokers.

Henry Pittier has purchased from
Frank B. Essex the detached residence
at 1906 Ingomar street. Chevy Chase
Heights for $500 The sale was made
through the office of Thomas J. Fisher
g. Co. Unc) in connection with Caywood
& Garrett. The Fisher Company also
reports a number of other sales in
Chevy Chase and other sections of the
city.
Newman G. Little has purchased a lot
l47 by 155 feet at the corner of Oliver,
Patterson and Thirty-seventh streets,
Chevy Chase, d. c., and has had plans
drawn for a house for himself which he
will shortly erect.
To Erect Residence.
Thomas B. Ford has purchased d
sixty-foot lot on Ridgewood avenue, just
north of Chestnut street, Chevy Chase,
and will also erect a residence ON the
site. Plans are now being prepared.
Two six-room houses in the northea st
section of the city were sold for William
p. Kellogg. Mrs. Mary Costello pur-
chased the house at 1140 Seventh street
bought that at 1l3S. at the corner Of Or
leans place. Another siX-room house,
1345 A street northeast, was sold to
Isabel G. Steig for $3.50. The pur-
chasers will occupy the houses.
In Oakview. at the northeast corner
OF Woodley road and Thirty sixth
street northwest, Louis w. Eugster has
purchased a. lot upon which he will
build a residence. The Rev. William l..
De Vries, canon of the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral, is completing a
residence Immediately east of this lot.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Northeast.

1924 A street northeast-Aaron f. TOWNSEND
ct ux. to The Rudolph West Company,
lot 33, square 1883, So
Tenth and ID streets northeast-Dennis W.
Magrath TO James f. Shea, lots II to %,
square 962. $40.
Ninth street northeast, between Il and C
streets-George w. Barkman ct ux 10 I'm
ogen II. Sykes. lot so, square 939. $40.
Is = street northeast-Anna f. Crossman tn
Frederick r. Gibbs. lot 81. square $50. so.
Fifth street northeast. between NJ street and
Florida avenue-Willlam ]. Hoffman ct uX.
to William Il. WaggeneT. lots 10. "a To
II. IS, ~. 30, square SOS. 5000. Same n
same lots A. and 43. square S2s. $40. Same
To- Clarence King lot &c, square SeS, SO.
Fifth street northeast, between NJ street ant
Florida avenue-ClaTenCe King to Isabel
Holman lot 46 square ssS. $40.
X street northeast, between Ninth and Tenth
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Builders Plan New
Type of Houses

A new row of twelve, six-room houses
has just been completed at the corner
of Warder and Newton streets north
west by Middaugh & Shannon, builders.
The houses are a departure from the
usual type OF interior arrangement in
that they have been constructed three
rooms deep instead of two, without sac
Iificing light or ventilation. Five of
the houses have already been sold
through the office of Shannon & Luchs.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Sues Railway Company.

Damages in the sum of $4,000 are
asked In a suit filed in the District Su-
preme Court today by Mary T.. Ed
wards against the Washington Railway
and Electric Company, for injuries re-
ceived in alighting from a street car
near ThiTty-sixth and \ streets north
west. The plaintiff is represented by
Attorney James +. Kelly.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Search for Derelict.

The Revenue Cutter Seneca is search
ing the transatlantic steamer lanes to-
day two hundred miles east of Nam
tucket Light ship. for a derelict, which
has been reported as a serious menace
to navigation.
The Washington times., 1912-05-04
Two 5000 Houses
Change Hands

A. r Raymond has purchased the
two-story dwelling at 1905 Allison street
northwest for 5000. and William NJ.
Smith has purchased the house at 141s
Allison street northwest for the same
price. Both sales were made for Harry
Wardman by Phillips & Sager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
Secretary Meyer Is Indignant

The Secretary of the Navy is indignant. He calls the democrats in the House bad names. He says they are conducting gov ernment "by snap judgment" He intimates that these snap shotters are jeapordizing the Monroe doctrine, the Panama canal, our great coast lines, and our outlying possessions, by refusing to order two more dread naughts to be laid down in the coming fiscal year. Isolation counts for noth- ing in Mr. Meyers indignant mind. The battleships we have are not trusted.
 He declares that England has au- thorized the construction in the com ing year of five dreadnaughts, and Germany of three and one armored cruiser, while Japan is building five dreadnaughts and has appropriated $79, 9,000,000 more for ships. This is dreadful. England and Germany will assail us on one side while Japan wal lops us on the other.
 And then the indignant secretary drops into a caustic lecture of Con gress because while it stops appro- priations for dreadnaughts on the score of economy it will not on that same score abolish needless navy yards that local interests and politi- clans had established No doubt Con gress deserves to be chastised because of it's refusal to abolish needless" navy yards, but at this juncture it is not plain that the omission of two dreadnaughts from a continuous pro- gramme would bring disaster to us. The naval secretary is hot under the collar, and he will have time in which to cool off before he causes second caucus to be called and a reconsidera- ton of the battleship amendment brought in and passed. He forgets that Oscar W. Underwood stands in the way, the leader of the democrats in the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
SHE FAILED

In the February Womans Home Com panion a professional! opera singer writes 6 remarkable article, in which she tells the true story of the country girls who go to New York to study singing, and then make failure of it. In one club Chat she te.ls about there were 40 girls, only two O. whom were daughters of rich parents, the remainder coming from mid oie-class families. Following is the story Of one of these sirls:i asfsaa3 sh9n.
 'tThe first to go was the mine owners daughter. She had come to New York with a clear. high uncultiyated soprano voice. Af.e- two years of study with a high priced teacher, she had nothing 10 show but | few vocal tricks and many ungrlish nannersms Her tones were what we singers call white or eolorless, and her singing lacked warmth, sincerity. and feeling. None of us took her very seriously until she gave a mid7winter recital.
 Her teacher rented a fashionable hall. and guaranteed the presence of critics. Her parents came from the far west to witness her triumph. Her frock came rom 9df1S. ne llckeIS indl Would not sell were distributed among desirable people. We club girls, accompanied by the most presentable men we knew, were scattered through the hall. There We're flowers and critics in plenty; but the re- cita was a hideous failure. The star paled beside the three unimportant pro- fessionals hired by her teacher and mana ger to assist her. The critics fiayed her with allusions to her fathers newly ae- auired wealth.
 "The night she said good bye to us is stamped so indelibly on my memory that can recall her very words: Girls. you call me coward, but I'm going home. Money cant buy career, and Pm not acing to give the best there Is in me for one. I've been paying man 8 an hour te jolly me along in the belief that have voice. haven't enough left to sing in d choir back home; but it doesn't matter. There's one man out there who doesn't care whether my voice goes or stays. anJ. thank heaven, I found it out in time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
Is Cnurtesx RccinrncnI

"Traveling up and down in the ele- vators in the office buildings in this city it is customary, and I think very properly so, for men to remove their hats out of courtesy to ladies'" said a chivalrous old gentleman, but I have been very much surprised to witness the discourtesy with which ladies treat men In return Whether 1t be due to the suffragette movement that finds favor with the rising generation or want of knowing better don't pretend to decide.
 Tn all ages woman has been the refining element among men. By her gentleness and modesty she has tanned the rude and rough disposition of men, l Her weakness was her strength, her smile more powerful than the tyrant' $ frown. By her gracious courtesy sho made men courteous, and thus civiliza- ton was brought about. But now how changed.
 T see mon, when preceding lady hold the door open to permit her to follow, but when the lady precedes the man she lets the door slam in his face. I never see lady acknowledge a favor even by word of thanks or an inclination of her head. Ladies have come to regard favors as their due rather than as marks of respect paid them by men and men soon get tired paying when there is no return
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
UNDER WOOD

From the Charleston News and Courier The New York World has been dis
 cusslng the chief weakness of Woodrow Wilson and the chief weakness of Judson Harmon We know also of the weakness cf Champ Clark and the weakness of Tom Marshall. The democrats are rich ln the material out of which Presidents may be nude, very rich, but there is only one piece of timber In which no oue has been able as yet to point out any
 blemsh Whats the matter with Under wood? Nothing so far as we know, noth- ing so far as anybody knows, unless It
 he that Mr Bryan doesn't happen to like him. because he hasn't been able to boss him. He goes his owE way, he thinks his own thoughts, he speaks his own mind.
 The pledges he makes he keeps and the
 pledges his party makes he does his best
 10 keep. No man of this generation ex-
 oept MT. Aldrlch has shown such grasp
 of the tariff question, but MT Aldrieh
 lscd his great knowledge, which was the
 source of hls enormous power, to serve
 certain special interests, while oscar IIn-
 derwood nses his to carry out as far as possible -Ee promises made by his party
 to the people. He stands for the essen- fials and stands for them as Grover Cleveland dld because he believes in them with all his heart and not because he be- ,,eves that it is good politics. He does
 not espouse anything because it happens
 to be popular, and he never rants, ent at the same time he is as taetful as Me Kinley. Of singulariy cquable ten1pera- ment. frank and minded, a skillfnl parliamentarian, thoroughly acquainted with public affairs, possessed of charm | ing address, and courageous to degree, his qualifications for the presidency will not he overlooked. He is not seeking the nomination.. He is about the only man m | noitics big enough for it who isn't, but | he has work to do ane he is devoting all 1 his time to the doing of it. Every week | that passes however, makes it the moro l certain that when the democratic conven-
 tion meets in Baltimore next summer his i name will le high on the list of those te
 be considered by his party for first place
 on the ticket which should be suecesssu
 n the election next November if only
 common sense is not flung to the winds 1 in the meantime.