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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-09
SUCCESS POINTERS FOR
COMPETING CONTRACTOR
Must First Build a Reputation
for Himself, Says Writer
in Trade Paper.

Contracting is something more than
building for profit. It has to do with
other things than merely buying ma
terial and labor. selling them to the
owner and pocketing the cash, says
Charles f. White, jr., in Building
Progress At the same time the con-
tractor is building for his customer he is
building for himself. He is erecting the
bulwarks which protect and conserve
his business career If he builds well, but
crumble to dust when he builds weakly
Every job the contractor undertakes
Is cry for or against his business
Every sweep of the trowel, every tap Of
the hammer brings about results, good
or bad. for the contractor It makes
no difference whether the work is done
by the builder himself or his employees,
he is the one who must stand for it; en-
ployes are considered as agents Of the
contractor. He must stand or fall by
the character of their work. Then it be-
hooves the contractor to watch his work.
not only that it may be done at least
expense, but that it shall stand as a
monument to his skill-a mark of the
efficiency of his force.
Ways and means for expanding a con-
tracing business are unlimited. Given
town of moderate size, where work is
reasonably plentiful, who gets the jobs
In a live town there is always about so
much to do every year; so many build
ings, such a number of houses, and the
contractor who gets the lions share is
he who, standing firmly upon past repu-
tation, shows his fitness to do the work;
his skill Is well known. his price is right,
because of the efficiency of his organiza-
ton.
Low prices do not necessarily mean
poor work, and the contractor who
thinks his competitor who underbid him
is cheap skate may be away OFF in
his estimate OF his character. The differ
ence between the high bid and the low
bid is often merely the difference in
efficiency or organization. The low man
may be g. live wire; his excellent credit
may enable him to buy materials at
lower cost-his handling of his men and
secure increased efficiency from his
working force. All these points are
translated into dollars and cents in his
bid, for they make 1t possible for the
efficient builder to pare down expense
to a point below his less skillful COM
petitor.
The building equipment Of many
builders is practically nothing. Some
knowledge OF building obtained during
their journeymen days and the ability
TO get a JOD or Two 10 start WIN dQu
all that thousands Of builders have at
first in the way of business assets. But
once started, their equipment grows.
The men with brains, those who are en-
ergetic. wise, patient, skillful and provi-
dent. unconsciously add to their equip
ment every day. They add business
sagacity. business stability and increas-
ed reputation. and no factors in the
game are greater than these.
Your other contractor-he who is i'm
provident unskillful. dilatory. needless
and slack-is adding to his equipment
also, but the goods are of the wrong
kind-heavy to carry and. once assumed.
very difficult to get rid Of.
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associations at the close of 1911 was

associations at the close OF 1911 was
1902 During last year 81 additlonai as
sociations were chartered, II wound up
their business and q were not open Tor
business December 81. 1912.
These associations had assets OF $2l3,-
s2o,547.7O, as compared with $191.3I6'-
75s. 53 at the close Of 1911. an increase for
1912 of $1644S, 1917. The receipts for
1912 were S11O,634, 7OO.61, and for 1911,
s1O2, 4ss. os447. an increase of ss146'-
61614.
During the year 1855 houses were pur-
chased through these various associa-
tons and the number of shares borrowed
on was 1,2O9,513, while the shares not
borrowed on totaled 2.562.3O5. OF the
shareholders, 323,041 were male and 49,
453 female.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-09
MRS. BATES BUYS HOTEL.
Widow of Gen. Bates Becomes Own.
er Of the Charlesview, Boston,

In dispatch from Boston news is con-
veyed OF the purchase by Mrs. Caroline
E. Bates of Washington Of the Hotel
Charlesview. No. 5S8 Commonwealth ave-
nue.. near the junction OF that thorough
fare with Brookline avenue. Boston. The
property includes six-story brick and
stone building containing thirty-four
suites and 6,l45 square feet Of land. The
tax valuation is stated at $4,000. OF
which $500 Is in the Land. The hotel
was sold to Mrs. Bates by J. Sumner
Draper and Mark Temple Bowling.
Mrs. Bates IL the widow Of Gen. Bates
and her Washington residence Ia Mt the
corner Of 18th and streets northwest,
opposite the Church Of the Covenant.
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ter OF the property. and constitutes one
OF the principal frontages of the land.
nividad Tufo Eour 0acfione

ter OF the property. and constitutes one
OF the principal frontages of the land.
Divided Into Four Sections.
Because OF the great size of the prop
erty. it has been divided into four prin-
cipal sections. and section No. 4, which
lies between the Conduit road and the
river. probably will be the first to be
placed on the market. Much of this land
commands an excellent view OF the Poto-
mac. and the plans Of the company con-
template the construction of q street on
the very edge OF the blum. to be known
as Riverside avenue. From several points
on Riverside avenue there is an unob-
structed view of the handsome country
home Of Joseph Letter. directly across the
river on the Virginia hills. A tribute to
the President Of the United States IL con-
veyed in the naming Of the streets in the
subdivision, since one of the principal
highways will be known as Wilson ave-
nue., while another has been designated
as Woodrow avenue.
1t is planned to sell the land both to in
vestment seekers and to home builders,
the company asserting that the prices at
which 1t will be able to offer the prop
erty should make 1t especially attractive
to buyers who wish to take advantage Of
the natural advance in values which will
follow the development Of the tract.
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Will Build Country Home.

Frank B. Milburn. senior member of
the firm Of Milburn. Hester & Co.. archi-
tects. has prepared plans for a new two
story. eight-room bungalow. to be built
on his farm near Potomac, Md. Work
on the new structure soon will be well
under way, and it Is expected to have
1t finished before the end of the present
season. so that it will be ready
for occupancy next summer.
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THEATER BUILDING INCREASES
At Least $4,000, 900 Reported In
vested in Philadelphia Enterprises.

PHILADELPHIA, August 9.-Seventy
vaudeville theaters and motion picture
halls are in process of construction in
this city. Virtually all of them will open
early this fall, making an approximate
total Of $50 places of amusement in Phil
adelphia. excluding the large downtown
playhouses devoted to legitimate drama.
At least 5000 600 is said to be invested
in new theater building enterprises.
Fred G. Nixon Nirdlinger, manager of
the Nixon Nirdlinger vaudeville agency.
said yesterday that more than 100000
capital was represented in theaters now
being built and remodeled that will be
controlled by his office.
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W|CKERSHAM HOUSE
NEARING COMPLETION
Handsome Residence Over
looking the Park to Be Fin
iShed October l.

Contractors are making earnest ef-
forts TO complete the residence of Mrs.
T. A. wickersham before October /.
Washington's moving time" When
the handsome four-story building at
Calvert street and Woodley place is
finished IL will constitute an important
addition 10 what Is already one Of the
the city.
The house will not only. serve as q
residence for the Wickershams. but In
IL Mrs. Wickersham will have her
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LARGE SUBDIVISION TO BE
OPENED AT CABIN JOHN
American Land Company Will Offer 500
Acres for Sale in Lots, Villa
Sites and Farms.

Considerable interest in local realty
circles attaches TO the announcement
this week Of the opening of a large new
subdivision along the Conduit road. ad-
jacent to Cabin John Bridge. Negotia-
tions for the purchase of about $40 acres
of farm land in this section were con-
cluded short time ago by the Ameri-
can Land Company. of which j. s. Tom
linson is the moving spirit, and the prop
erty now has been divided into small
farms, villa sites and building lots, all
OF which are now to be placed on the
market i'm an active selling campaign.
The new subdivision has been named
Cabin John Park. thus still further per-
petuating the name of John of the
Cabin the hermit whose romantic life
has been the theme of many story re-
volving round the exploits OF the set
tiers of pre-revolutionary days. Ever
since he suddenly appeared and estab-
lished his home in rough CABIN on
the bank of the creek just above the
Little Falls of the Potomac, the name OF
John of the Cabin" has been attached
10 the run and when the Washington
aqueduct was carried across the gorge
on what to this day Is the greatest stone
arch in the w0ld the name Cabin John
Bridge automatically was attached to the
structure.
Project of Practical Interest.
The literature of the American Land
Company shows pictures of the site OF
the hut of John of the Cabin, and in one
OF them is an illusion depicting the
ghost Of John of the Cabin, which has
caused nervous thrills to many of the
superstitiously inclined who have had to
pass the scene late at night.
But the project of the American Land
Company has a much more practical in
terest than that which Is inspired by the
more or less mythical exploits Of John Of
the Cabin. The company is making much
capital of the advantageous location of
its ground-just seven miles from the
White House and on well established lines
of communica ton. The Cabin John trolley
line terminus is on the border OF the
property. and the macadamized surface
of the Conduit road offers the very best
highway for automobiles and carriages
The Conduit road runs through the CEN
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LOAN ASSOCIATION GROWTH.
Pennsylvania Report Shows Business
Assets Of $213,825,547.

HARRISBURG. August "a marked
increase in the amount of business trans
acted by the building and loan associa-
tons Of the state is shown in the annual
report Of Banking Commissioner William
H. Smith, just submitted to Gov. Tener.
The report is for the year ending De
cember 81, 1912, when the total number
of such associations on the books of the
department was 1856. The number or
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contain four bedrooms and two baths
The exterior construction is of tapestry
brick. trimmed with Indiana limestone
and granite sills. The woodwork on the
main floor is entirely Of birch. The house
Is equipped with an automatic electric
passenger elevator. Arthur L. Smith Il
Co. are the contractors.
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culated throughout the country and state.
is mailed to the seventy real estate
boards which are members OF the Ma
tional Association OF Real Estate En-
changes, and is also mailed to nearly
every city and large town in the country.
Through this medium. the Buffalo assoc
citation advertises Buffalo.
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rooms for Christian Science treatment.
The ordinary advantage Of corner
lot is greatly enhanced by the fact
that this corner overlooks a beautiful
part Of Rock Creek park. and Edward
Ryerson, the architect, mas not failed
to take full advantage of the location.
Balconies and many windows in the
living room will afford q fine view of
the park.
Follows English Style.
The house is built after a typical
English style and this effect will be
emphasized by the addition Of English
columns at the front and an English
balAstrade.
The entrance is through an attractive
portico into a reception hall. Mrs.
Wickersham's consultation room will
be on the right Of the hall.
One other room with the kitchen and
laundry complete the basement floor. A
garage. separated from the main house
by a high wall, extends some distance In
the rear. The chauffeur's sleeping quar-
tiers are on the second moor OF the ad-
dition.
The dining room, reception room. loggia
and other rooms for entertaining purposes
are on the second or main Moor. The
loggia ID at the rear, overlooking the
park, and opens on to q triangular bal
cony which affords a broad view OF the
park. The third and fourth floors each
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Ultimate Determination.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Money won't do everything"
What now, for instance"
1T won't keep a cook who has made
up her mind to quit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-09

II you want work. read the want col.
umns Of The Star.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10

Cable frgm Buenos Ayres says that Rosaria strike Is virtually ended.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10

seeing trips about the city. Tuesday will be featured by the morning pa rade of bands and patrols actiag as an official escort to the imperial eff cers to the place of meeting of the imperial council. At night the big spectacular Shrine pageant will take place, following which the delegates will be entertained at a Mexican din ner and vaudeville show at the Fair Grounds.
 Wednesday the patrols and bands will assemble for battalion formation and exhibition drills for rich prizes to be awarded by the executive com mittee Late in the afternoon there will be barbecue and grand spec tacle illustrating pioneer days in the southwest A reception and ball will be given Wednesday night.
 The last half of the week. following the close of the imperial council ses- sions. will be devoted by many of the delegates and their families to a grand l ,0GG-mile tour of Texas. Gal weston. Houston, Waco, San Antonio. Austin and other of the principal cit ies will be visited.
 An army Of decorators is already al work dressing up tbe down town section of Dallas in anticipation of the coming of the Shriners. The night illuminations will be among the most brilliant ever seen in an American city, From all the trolley support wires. along the leading thorough fares are being hung immense Shrine
 
 The emblems are painted in white and gold and on each side illuminat ed by incandescent lights. On eacl side of the emblems will be suspend ed American, Texas and Shrine flags
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10
WANTS s20,0OO
 OF NEWSPAPER
Corporation Commissioner
 Jones Takes Court Excep. tions to Criticisms Pub lished in Phoenix Democrat

PHOENIX. May 9.-tSpecial) =
 Through his attorneys. Hawkins & Hawkins, and alleging he has been greatly defamed. maligned and ridi- enled because of the wide circulation of tae -ae Arizona Democrat, F. A Jones, corporation commissioner of the state, today commenced an action for 5000 for libel, naming the Demo erat Publishing company and George A. Olney. W. T. Webb, E. A. Sawyer, Js o. Dunbar and Mark Dunbar diree, tors of the company as defendants
 The article to which Jones takes exception is quoted in the complaint as having appeared in The Democrat on April 10, this year. and is quoted as follows:
 F. A. Jones returned from a months vacation and travel at the states expense just in time to pub fish a dissenting opinion of the cor poration commission. If the gentle man would remain in Arizona a few days each month it would not only give the state treasurer a rest, but would permit him to ascertain what is being done in Arizona by the cam mission he presumes to adorn.'
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10

St. Louis ?, eolumtus 2. Called
 sthsto allow traip)
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respondent. There is some room lor question as to which is the most inter .esting. the facts related or the man ner in which they are set down by the writer:
 Graspine a three inch pipe, and holding with the tenaclty Of grim death, and thus avoiding the triumph of the grim messenger despite blist- ering hands due to the friction of lapf5 descent. George Newman, one of the best known and prosperous young .sheepmen of Cordes, had a mi. raculoas escape from death from fall ing down well at the. sheep camp al Cordes Wednesdzr afternoon. When almost ready to loosen his grasp and drop into the deep pool to perish,
 Newman's cries were heard by John Summers, who helped him to the sur face and life.
 Newman, who is a jolly fellow and
 known as the ~Whisuling Kid" was m the act pf lowering the bucket for
 water, when he fell forward in the well. which is seyenJy-fiEe feet deep. His presence of. mind caused him 10 grasp the pipe and check his fall when about half way down He cried Ilustily for help and he was finally lheard by Summers, who was passing t with a load of wool.
 | Summers raised the bucket, and | when it reached Newman he was | pulIe5 10 the surface with the assist
 ance of several men at the station l lover 50 yards away, who were hastily
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10
STATE A D NATION NEWS
WILSON WILL
 VISIT CANAL

WASHINGTON, May S-President Wilson win visit the Panama Canal as soon as congress adjourus.
 He is anxious to see the great wat erway before the water is let in this fall. the time depending upon the ex- tent of the slides.
 Mir. Wilson intends to leave Wash ington as soon as Congress completes its work. He Will make the trip on war vessel.
 After spending about week in the canal zone he will return north and go to his summer residence al Cornish \. H.
 While the itenary has not been ar ranged on the the return trip the Pres ident probably will leave the war Nes- sel at Newport or Boston and proceed to Cornish by train or motor.
 The main purpose of the Presidents trip will be to gather information as 10 the best method of governing the zone and operating the canal alter completion.
 The engineering work has been hn- ished. All that remains is the com pletion of the removal of the slides, the lock gate mechanism and the Tor tificatious.
 The commission which has conduct. ed the work since the American GOV eTnment took charge iu 1903 will De abolished and a civil Governor sp pointed
 The construction wCrk will be merg ed gradually into an operating force of about 2.600 men. A tentative scheme was drawn up by the Tart ad- ministration for the government or inc zone and maintenance Of opera ton of the canal, but it was not put in effect.
 This scheme vii be revised by NIT. Garrison. Secretary of War. and by inc President before il is adopted. Some members of Congress who Ylsi' ted the canal recently are in favor oI the immediate abolition of the. com mission on grounds Of economy and the placing of the entire control oi the canal under Col. George W. Goe' thals as civil Governor.
 The members Of the commission hoWever,-wk have directed the build iua sfltht IsAarvay, are anxious to re main on the 1sthmus until the formal opening JanUsTy l, 1915.
 President Wilson will devote muct space in his message to Congress neN' wirr-a---r- rhe-canal organization, data for which he intends to gather upol his forthcoming trip to the isthmus.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Indianapolis 2, Toledo. c. Milwaukee n. Minneapolis 2 Kansas City ?, s. Paul &.
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summoned. After Newman was land ed on top he started to whistle and appeared unconcerned over the ad- venture that nearly cost him his life.
 Turning to where his saddled horse was standing he uttered a shriek and fell in a dead faint. from which he was not resuscitated for over an hour The well had about twenty five feet of water, and for several days the wind mill had not been used. being out. of order, which Occasioned rangemen to resort to the old method of getting water for their stock.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10

Marquard, Crandall and Myer Wilson. Fromme and Clarke.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-10
DALLAS PREPARES
 FOR TIE SHRIAERS

DALLAS, Tex. May S.-The an Euai meeting of the imperial council
 Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic shrine, will be held in Dallas next week, beginaing Monday, and it is estimated that s35,OO0 or more yis- itors will be in the city. Every sec. tion of the country will be repre-. scented. ~
 Monday will be devoted to the re, ceptioH of the visitors and to sight.
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ss
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At Boston R Fl E Boston ..-..- II Pittsburg - .. w I g 1
 James, Whaling and Camnitz; Rob inson. Simon and Kelly.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

" TsINIIT t0IaIIIIINlE anu sIttIIE1-01 , WarhOp, Ford and Sweeney.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Stack, Curtis and Miller; Pierce, Reulbach. Humphreys and Archer.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

At Sacramento R H E Sacramento ? , 4 Portland 6 0
 Williams and Bliss; West and Berry.
 At Los Angeles R H F Los Angeles .{..... ? 1 San. Francisco l.. 10 2
 Perritt and Boles Tanning and Schmidt.
 Al Oakland R 1T F Oakland ...s. .... 0 Venice +s.s. .... 1
 Malarkeyrand Rohrer; Hit and Ell E6ttf 9y
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FALLS INTO 4 WELL
 IS NOW NEAR DEATH
Thrilling Tsle Told by Pres colt Correspondent Who Is Some" Writer.

Here is sap- account of g narrow es- cape from dHath tby George Newman. a CocoHinq sheepman. as told to the Arizona Democrat by it's Prescott cor
The Washington times., 1913-06-26

tions from Sofia, the world got an idea that the
Bulgarians had to do about all the fighting while
their allies easily overran the country But since
Adrianoples surrender there have come ntmatlons
that in fact the Bulgarian siege of that city was far
less desperate than the Sofa war office represented
and that in fact the city might have been carried
much sooner than it was :-...
War among the allies may very easily overturn
some preconceived notions as to the military leader
ship in the earlier struggle. If the Bulgars sus-
tained such losses they represented at the time,
they hardly be prepared to match Servias force
of today and by all accounts Servia is in much bet
ter economic condition than Bulgaria.
The Washington times., 1913-06-26
AS TO STAYING QUALITIES.

Governor Sulzer and direct primaries have been
defeated Direct primaries, however, will assuredy
win in the end. 1t is merely matter of time, and
probably not so very much time at that
Whether Sulzer will win along with the reform
for which he has fought, depends on his staying
qualities. Thus far they seem good. Hughes tried
to force primaries by one sort of fight Sulzer by
a very different; and both failed. Sulzer is the
States leader of the cause now, and if he is re-
sourceful enough to keep the fight alive and himself
in its lead, he will be the big figure in the State
when he wins. But If is difficult thing to accom-
pIish. Men fall by the wayside in such struggles,
while the cause often marches on and leaves them
to be forgotten. Suffers splendid fight deserves for
him better fate.
The Washington times., 1913-06-26
PENNSYLVANIA GANG AND PATRIOTISM

The Penrose- -McNichol gang in the Pennsyl-
vania legislature was all worked up few weeks ago
over patriotism. They rushed through bill for
bidding any flag but the flag of the United States to
fly from the public buildings in that Commonwealth
They had the bill rushed to the governor and
he signed it.
Then the same gang slaughtered the child labor
bill and the woman's bill
They put clauses in those measures allowing the
corporations to drive women and children overtime
they enforced tenhour day; they took the limit off
in cannenes and they even cut out the clause for
bidding the employment of mothers within four weeks
after childbirth
But their patriotism was untarnished for they
had passed bill forbdding any but the national flag
to fly from public buildings in Pennsylvania.
They had saved the honor of the State.