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The Washington times., 1914-04-04
WORK BEGUN ON NEW
HARDWARE BUILDING
F. P. May Company's Home to
Be One of Largest Struc-
lures of Kind in Section.

Work has begun on the new five-story
building on c street, near Sixth street
northwest, which will be occupied by
the f. p. May Hardware Company. and
the indications are that It will be
ready for occupancy before midsummer
The plans for the building were drawn
by b. Stanley Simmons. 1870 New York
avenue. and the contract has been let
to James L. Parsons.
The first floor will contain private Of
fees for the president, vice president.
and secretary. a large room for clerks
and statesmen. and an elaborate sampl,
room. A gallery at the north end will
extend the full width of the building.
At one end will be the ladies' lunch
room and lavatories. and in the rear of
tIis will be large storage room and
third. fourth, and fifth floors will be
used for the storage Of stock. The alley
in the rear being much higher than the
street, the receiving and shipping rooms
are placed at the rear of the second
floor. TWO stairways run the full height
of the building, while about midway in
the building two electric elevators are
to be installed, in addition to every
modern device such as carriers, chutes,
and dumb walters, to facilitate the han
ding of hardware.
The building is to be REINFORCED
web system. the first of it's kind to be
erected in this city. In this system the
bars run from column to
column and are interlaced at the coll
umn heads in mushroom shape. doing
away with girders and beams and leav-
ing the ceilings level at all points. The
frames and sashes are all Of metal, with
wired glass. and planed with a view to
equal distribution of light.
The attractive front for the first two
stories will be of limestone, and above
Of gray tapestry brick, and has been
designed with a view to indicating the
business carried on within. The build
ing VIII cost Sis. 900. and when COM
pleted will be one of the largest and
best equipped hardware buildings south
Of New York.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
DEALS IN REALTY
|NVOLyES15,0OO,oOO
First Quarter of 1914 Was
Busy Period for Brokers'
Field Here.

Fifteen million dollars were involved
In the investments in real estate here
during the first quarter of 1914. This
sum includes the considerations for
realty purchases and loans made on the
security of real estate in the first three
months of the new year.
March was the busiest period of the
quarter. 1t witnessed the completion of
$50 sales. involving 1854 lots and parcels
of real estate. The total of investments
for March was s., go, ,0OO.. The superiority
of the last months business is shown
by a glance at the record for January
and February. The investments in the
former month totaled $4,000, and in
the latter "a. $4,000. There were i72 sales
made in January and AIS in February.
Although many brokers have com,
estate market this year, a review OF
the first quarter Of the two preceding
years discloses the fact that only In
March. 1912, did the total investments
exceed the record of any one of the
three months OF 1914. In March. 1gl3,
an investment Of 81. $4,000. March, 1917.
witnessed the closing Of 576 sales. ana
has a record Of S. 10000 in Investments.
Many sales of high priced properly
were completed in March, Inc AT
lington Hotel property at &H.WO was
of the Northumberland apartments at
$37o, ,00O of the Avondale at 275.OOo and
the Lenox at about 500. 900. were notable
deals of the month. Other sales In
volving large considerations were prem
ises 1419 r street northwest, 1ll3 +
street northwest, 523 TO 59 Tenth
street northwest. s26 and s2S Ninth
street northwest; Connecticut avenue
and / street northwest, 100 to 11O6 Con-
necticut avenue, and S23 and S2o Penn
sylvania avenue northwest.
Former Vice President FAIRBANKS
sold his home at 1701 X street northwest
to the Washington CuE for $4,000 and
took as part consideration the old club
house at no I street northwest.
Among the interesting deals of the
week was the purchase Of the old Alex
ander home at Thirtieth and r streets
northwest. by Vaudeville Carlisle tor
$4,000. This old colonial mansion was
the home of Columbus Alexander. one
Of the prominent realty owners Of Wash
ington. 1t sets back from the street in
a large enclosure which mas a generous
in r street, and extends more
than 400 feet on Thirtieth- Mr.. Carlisle
will expend several thousand dollars in
and will occupy the old
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Gardiner & Dent Report
Sale of Apartment House

Gardner & Dent. Inc, real estate
brokers. report the sale of the new
Bloomfield apartment house. at 3149 Mt.
Pleasant street northwest. 1t is a four
story structure. containing sixteen
apartments. and produces an annual
rental Of about 5000. 1t was purchased
by Alexander Schaper and was sold for
Bates Warren. who took in exchange as
part payment properties 7l6-18-20 Morton
street northwest and "A New York ave-
nue. northeast. all Of which are two
story six-room houses. the total valua-
ton Of the four being $1,000. The total
transaction amounted to $4,000.
The same firm arranged the sale Of
business property S27 Seventh street
northwest. a three-story brick building.
occupying a lot about twenty-one feet
front by a depth Of seventy-ive feet
1t was sold for the Dorsey estate to a
local business man. The consideration
was $4,000. J. Enos Ray. a local attor-
ney. represented the heirs.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
MUSIC NOTES

With the last of the Ysaye concerts
yesterday afternoon, the musical sea
| son in Washington has practically
closed. barring, Of course. the loca
spring concerts graduation exercises
and Easter music in the churches TIT
concert of the Washington Symphony
Orchestra on April IL has been com
pleted and Miss Elizabeth Howry
chosen as the soloist.
The following programs have beer
announced by Gertrude T. Rider, ir
charge Of the Library of Congress read
the 1914 spring season of entertain
ments for the blind:
April 1.-the conference. of commits
sions on the blind will have an open
meeting in the Public Library. Infor.
NAL short addresses by prominent
yited.
April 16-IS-The conference of COM
missions on the blind will have daily
morning and evening sessions and
luncheon conferences at the New Eb-
bitt, headquarters for the delegates.
April Miss Janet Richards on Vital
Issues of the Day
April 1tMrs. W. H. Won Bayer. pr.
anist. and Thomas G. Shearman. tenor.
April H.-Program by blind musicians.
Prof. j. Francis Germuiller, piano: Miss
Katherine l.. Grady, piano: French 8.
Mufty. violin: Miss Susie I. Duffy.
piano.
April 2s--Mundelle's quintet orchestra.
assisted by Mrs. Charles II. Turner.
Mundelle: violin: ]. NJ. Campbell. flute: (:
j. P. Wilson: clarinet; Fred Boorman.
cello. and Clarence Morgan. piano.
The rehearsaIs Of the Motet Choral
Society have been increased. until the
concert on April Is and two rehearsals
are held weekly at the parish hall
or st. Johns Episcopal Church. Six
teenth and III streets y. W. The chorus
numbers 100 mixed voices. drawn large
ly from the church cboirs and promf-
nent soloists Of the city, directed by
Otto T. Sfmon.N
musical was given by the pupils Of
the Won unscauld Id University Of Music
taking part were: Mabel Anderson,
Carrie T. Bruce. Frances Ffnkel,
FraDcis Gutelius. r. Woodland Gates,
tenor, Edith Bowman. Ethel Coffin.
Madeline Won Unschuid-Lazard, Ray
ton Gittleman, and Ardela Moore.
George Thompson, a pupil of s. NJ
Fabian. was presented in concert on
assisted by MISS Beulah
Harrer. contralto. The young man
Though very young. seventeen. is one
OF Fabian's best pupils and gave an
ambitious program with real brilliancy.
Mrs. John L. Downs accompanied Miss
Harper.
Tine second Thursday morning recital
Of Sidney Lloyd Wightson was given
Thursday morning at 1! o'clock. with
Max Heinrich. vocal analyst and New
York teacher. as the lectSrer and
solcist-. Heinrich analyzed the songs
of Schubert and Schumann, and
showed that the singing of those songs
in which the text was interviewer
with the music itself was one of the
supreme tests of the intellectually Of
the singer.
The Weber Orchestra. under the d.
rection of II. W. Weber, will give a
public rehearsal Monday night in the
lecture room Of the Keller Memorial
Church, Ninth street and Maryland
avenue northeast. Miss Josephine T.
GcUld, Soprano: Benjarrin Lineback,
basso: and a string quartet under the
direction of Concertmaster Crouch.
with Henry weoor, ]. A. Brearley and
Walter Nash as the ether members.
will be the soloists. Admission will
be free.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Palm Sunday Program
For Trinity Church

At Trinity Lutheran Church. Fourth
and E streets. John 8. Thiemeyer. or
ganist and director. has arranged an
elaborate Palm Sunday program. The
soloists Will be Charles z. Myers, tenor.
and Charles w. Moore. basso. assisted
by Miss Marian Green and Mrs A. L.
Haycock. sopranos; Mrs. James Kerr
and Miss Ada Arundel. contraltos:
James T. Hicks. basso, and Fred Sillers.
tenor. The program follows: Prelude.
violin. cello. and organ; march. pontl-
hcale, Praise Ye the Father" by c.
Gounod: carol anthem. "Hosanna,
Loud Hosanna," choir: offertory. violin.
cello. and organ. The Palms," anthem.
Ride On In Majesty" choir, and post
lude. Festival March," organ.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Men to Dine Tonight

More than 100 covers will be laid for
the banquet tonight at the University
Club. that will mark the close or the
convention of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity, which has been
holding sessions here for several days
past. The active chapter of the society
at George Washington University will
be represented at the dinner, following
which an executive session will be held
to complete arrangements for an elabo-
rate celebration, June 10.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Sales Today on
Local Exchange

Capital Traction 5s. SoOa1oSl., 81 .oooa
1Os1k
Washington Railway ~. sl0OdS2
81 OCOd82. $2,0pdS2
Capital Traction. 2JdlO2, 25a1OI7,.
Washington Railway preferred. 26QS7.
25GS7, 6dS7.
Washington Gas. 1Qs2a4. 2as3. lds3.
After call
Capital Traction, 5d102
Lanston. 59S4L.
Capital Traction 2Ml2
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Would Hang a Woman,
But Not Men, Says Juror

CHICAGO. April 4.-Quizzed by at
tOrneys picking murder jury, john F.
Schiffman said he would vote to hang
q woman. but was opposed to the death
penalty for men.
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LOCAL AND NEW YORK FINANCIAL NEWS
New York Market.

Quotations received by W. 3. Hibbs q Co.
members New YorS Stock Exchange. Wash
ington stick Exchange. and Chicago Board
OF Trade. Hibbs Building
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1t pays 22o Interest
o. checking accounts.
1t pays 3% interest
On ordinary savings accounts.
1t pays 4% interest
on special savings accounts.

Interest compounded monthly
twelve times q year,. on the "a
accounts and four times year.
on the SO accounts: twice
year on the 4H accounts and in
tefest so figured that the de-
pbsitor gets a Square Dead"
There are no sIles. no penal
ties. no subterfuges with US
that whfttle down the rate Of
interest; and your money draws
interest every day 1t Is In TIE
Munsey Trust Company, how
ever long or short the time, and
every business day in the year
Is deposit day.
The Munsey Trust Company
is a serious, substantial bank,
conducted on sound business
lines. It's methods are clean,
clearcut and straightforward.
It has no favorites, 1t treats
all men the same-treats the
big man no better than the
little man and treats all alike,
with well considered courtesy.
II this is the kind of bank
that appeals to you, We should
account with US. Measured
from every angIe-the interest
We pay, and the way We figure
interest, and the strength and
substantially OF The Munsey
Trust Conpany-is there any
other bank anywhere where YOU
can do as we'll? Think this
over-it is very much worth
your while.
FRANK A. MUNSEY,
President
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New York Curb Market.

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The Washington times., 1914-04-04
NEW YORK MARKET
DULL AND STEADY

NEW YORK. April 4.-Changes were
small and unimportant in the stock
market today, little interest, either by
professional traders or the outside pub
lie being shown. Some traders sold at
concessions. and the advances within
the first half hour generally represented
covering by board room shorts who
wanted to be protected over the week
end.
BY the end of the first hour. very
little had been. done, the market appar-
emily being in a sold-out condition. 1t
appeared that if large interests took 1t
In hand it would be an easy matter for
them 70 produce a sharp advance.
The market closed dull and steady, up
5 points on the day.
Canadian Pacific sold at 2o61s for the
loss of u, and loss of Is was shown
by Mexican Petroleum.
United States Steel declined 4. Frac-
tional recesses also were shown In
Union Pacific. Southern Pacific, New
York Central, Amalgamated Copper,
Aachison, Baltimore and Ohio. and
Miami Copper.
Reading began with &, gain, st u, but
soon lost it. 1t recovered 4 above
tiona! advances also were recorded by
Pennsylvania Railroad. Inspiration
Copper, Erie. New York. New Haven
and Hartford. Norfolk and Western,
and Goodrich.
The sales of copper metals were
made at the recently established price.
las; cents, and domestic consumers
showed a greater interest In the situa-
ton. Late yesterday, one of the lead.
Ing selling companies sold 5'WoWV
oc pnds to the home-consuming trade.
The Curb was quiet.
Americans in London were narrow.
The Eastman Kodak Company re-
ports for 1913 net profits of l4,162. 40,
ard a total surplus OF SZZ'4Ss'SS. as
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Chicago Grain Market.

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,Noan uiOh Low 1o.S0
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
HELP WANTED--MAlE

AUTO COLLEGE. rs d.
Prepare now for positions in the auto busi-
ness; the spring demand will soon open: our
rates lowest: We teach white and eoiored.
ROYS-white. salary ard commission. DE-
LIVERY MESSAGE BOY SERVICE, se7
q N. w.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04

The Eastman Kodak Company re-
pcrts for 1918 net profits of H4,162. .435,
ard total surplus of so, 4Ss,30. as
acsins 81, 7,507, ,435 in 1912.
| The weekly actual bank statement,
| Issued today, showed the Following
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
Is This
the Kind Of Bank
You Want
to Bank With?

The Munsey Trust Company
has a capital Of 500. .0C0. It
started right, with its capital
fully paid in before It opened
its doors for business. Capital
enough to make II as solid rs
the Rock Of Gibraltar"
The Washington times., 1914-04-04

The net debt of the United States on
April ] was s1.0S2. .261 .345. an increase
during March of sl.S47.T69.
The Washington times., 1914-04-04
American Telephone { Telegraph Co.

A dividend OF Two Dollars per share will
be paid on "Wednesday. April Is. 1914. to
stockholders OF record at the close of ousi-
ness on Friday, March %. 1914. On account
Of the Annual Meeting OF the stockhoiders:
the stock transfer books Of the Company viii
be closed at the close CO business on March
2oth and reopened at 10:oe A. NJ on April
l. 1914.
G. d. MILNE, treasurer
The Washington times., 1914-04-04

Just the unit-group of bars and crossrie
which brace and balance the strain on
the tire so that the Safety Tread runs as
smooth tread does and gives more
actual service and mileage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
MATCHES PISTOL WITH PEN
Burgomaster Max, the Hero Of Brus-
sells, Initiates Germans Flour
ish With Gun.

London.-"B Belgians are telling with
great pride many stories Of Burgo.
master Max Of Brussels, who is now
regarded as one of the national he
rOes as a result of his handling of
the delicate situation presented when
the Germans marched upon the capi-
tal,' writes an unidentified press cor
respondent from Antwerp.
One of these stories is that when
NJ. Max met the German commander
and it was agreed that the invading
troops should enter the city without
resistance the German officer laid his
revolver on the table across which
they were to confer with great -four
ish
Immediately the burgomaster
whipped out his fountain pen, and
with a gesture equally emphatic,
banged it down on the table along
side the revolver"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

with some attempt at a military
swing, singing or whistling, IT'S a
Dong, long way to Tipperary," heads
pop out of windows ana crowds gath
er on the curbs, but there is seldom
more than faint cheering, if any at all.
There is none OF the running up to
hand the men tobacco. fruit or flow
ers, common to mora emotional peo
pies.
Once in the forces, me recruits, who
are mostly youths, may be seen march
ing to the parks for drill, but even
then they are watched only by voice.
less idlers. The last seen Of them
in London is on the platform of one
Of the great railway stations, to be
sent no one knows where Generally
they depart in the night.
There is something grim and imper.
sonal about the English way of tax.
ing the war. But the American can
not turn on a London street without
meeting an extended hand for some
fund to benefit the soldier. Tommy
Atkins" is not made much Of individ-
ually, but collectively his comforts are
well looked after, even to the ques.
tion Of tobacco on the firing line.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
FRENCH EXCEL IN STAMINA
Powers of Resistance Six Per Cent
Greater Than Those of the
German Soldiers.

Bordeaux.-The powers of resist
ance of fatigue of the French soldiers
is six per cent greater than that of
the German soldiers, declares Dr..
Philip Tissie, an eminent physician,
who made observations of 151 French
and 256 German wounded in tie Pau
hospital.
The observations we're made with
Pachon's oscillometer, which shows
the effect of fatigue on the blood cir
culation.
According } Doctor Tissie, the i'm
mense efforts which are demanded
Of the Germans greatly reduce their
recuperative power
Their blood, he says, is poisoned by
fatigue to such an extent that when
they die their bodies Immediately de-
compose.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
Kitchener Got His Men.

London.-A new story on Lord
Kitchener is going the rounds now.
And it is a typical Kitchener story.
On one of the first days after he had
taken command Of lEngland's war
forces he sent word to post official
to send him "a telegraphers for field
work at once. Word was sent back
that owing to the great rush of bust
ness they could not be spared.
you tell him to have "a men here
within one hour or I'll go down there
and get them myself thundered K
of X.
The telegTaphers presented them.
selves in less than an hour
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

cavalry moved over 10 our left and
relieved the pressure for a time, but
IN the morning the whole of our line
was again attacked with fury and our
front was a mass Of bursting shells.
The onslaught was irresistible. Our
lines collapsed under the terrible hail
Of steel and shrapnel but close 10 the
town our retreat was splendidly Gov
cred by cavalry and artillery.
A division Of cavalry rode forward
10 check the enemy, and behind them
the guns bounded like things of life.
1t looked like a foTlorn hope Their
officers shook hands, feeling they
were going to certain death, yet they
said not word and never faltered
moment would have given worlds
TO have been in the glorious charge
they made.
While the cavalry and guns gal
loped out to face a fearful odds we
continued our retreat 70 Malincourt,
southwest Of lie Cateau, shells burst
ing all the way 500 yards on our
right and thence to BeauTeyOir, north
Of ST. Quentin. II was a nawful
march, for we were terribly exhaust
ed. Men dozed while they walked and
officers slept in the saddle.
We left Beaurevoir at four o'clock
in the morning A few hours sleep
worked wonders, for though their feet
were bleeding and they were still
without rations, the men sang rag
time while they were marching.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06


not
sufficiently arrest police
The is
prepared the poison that o
don his clothes
concealed itself Wilkes determined crawling
he and the furniture
Suddenly along his forehead
relieved and when he had
that reached
notified to
by a message e by oco
Instead O the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06
TOMMY'S JAM BAR TO SCURVY
Its Use in British Army Is Purely for
the Health Of fhe
Soldiers.

London-The call for contributions
of jam, which is made by certain Brit
ish war-relief societies, backed by the
press, may lead strangers to believe
that Thomas Atkins is the most pam.
pered of fighting men. But this is not
true, since the hard Egyptian cam
paign of 1854 proved that jam is not
a luxury hnt a necessary preventive
of scurvy. Millions Of pounds of jam
were consumed by the British troops
in the Boer war, and the army in
France has been kept well supplied
with it in the present campaign.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

places where dvoees the
Whadde piano nightly
rips the Intervals out OF establishment
These guys want the earth Amt without
payin' a
dear thng day incomplete
mas danced from D.. m. a m wasa most in tears
know Young Who PLAYS
the piano delightful I'll up pieces"
waiter the fashionable establishments
"A e mean How
member approached
A. s. o. NJ p G. A. its planning
levy He became
We will Tax
the tango Put the United yourself
the same time Happy thought will this
And he saked
The brightest
nightly assaults second violin n a hall
We should wor he said Why if they like that
Wagner
little and they'd do almost turned
now"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

angry wife were too great Affections
for man to stand, and he notified
his most intimate friends that he in
tended to kill himself
Such news he forwarded to Mrs.
Wilkes, who was in Hollywood,
housed by relatives. AS soon as she
received the alarm she notified the
police and the police went to the
Wilkes residence, No. 1853 North
Coronado street, and questioned the
man. He said he felt very bad in
deed, that he was consumed by a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

caes equally interesting has
familiar character around the
Is the
mas ase OF the restaurant in the ferry house has track Of hm
ana mas the number
sas TO friend Minnie
around the Battery claim her a
or some time there has been complaint
cats around the ferry house The Cruelty
animals was notified and
IRON u institution backed up there and there wild
All
NE the last fall
You take he
o beans on the counter and hurried the
Three other
ana The third relief in ticket choppng followed
@ no time convincing the agent that Minnie really belonged
ey would
10 nut a onethousanddolar for her
Minnie left behind
ana deliberately dved OF the
herself But Larry HanIon acting
hshed her out with long
Minnie kept inside the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

natvebon American. 0 a
al
The is peculiar"
hand in the
balf adh
might understand the
like thirty years States
mott stand
What Chinese word yes?" the
ThenW Pons h notk know.
u blame him his
in his place I'd do the thing
the attorney in view
Of hat shaving
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-06

BTdHIs OF WUHey 70 IHuIVIuuaTs. Ihls
unfortunate mistake which, it is
feared, will be the cause of consid.
cradle disappointment. appears to
have arisen through misunderstand
ing Of the Smith-Lever act recently
passed by congress. Under this act
funds contributed both by the federal
and state governments are made
available for practical demonstration
work in agriculture and home eco
nomics. Experts from the agricul
tural colleges and county agents,