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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30
REAL ESTATE DEALS
HERE IN SEPTEMBER
TOT AL $3,5OO,0O0
Investments for Closing Month
Involve 1871 Parcels, of
Property.

Real estate investments during Sep
tember reached $350J.OO0 The brokers
completed 525 transactions In which
MerI involved 1,l3l parcels OF real es-
tate. The month was noted for the
quality as well as for the quantity of
sales #s..'s
There were only twcnty-fom work
ing days in September. In closing 5a5
transactions, the brokers mainta med
q daily average of over twenty-one
sales.
During the last week the brokers re-
ported l5l transactions. involving 1871
parcels, Monday was the banner day
with thirty-iive deals. Tuesday ranked
in third place with twcnty-siN. We'd
nesday and Thursday followed with
twenty-five and twenty-one. There
were nineteen trades on Thursday.
Near-Urban District Leads.
The ncar-urban district led the weeks
market with fifty parcels. The outlying
suburbs ranked second with forty-eight,
followed closely by the northwest with
forty-five. The northeast and southeast
sections were tied, each showing twenty
lots sold. There were eight trades in
the southwest,
The chief sale Of the week involved
unimproyed land in West lexington.
Jacob J. Weaver. IT, conveyed the
hUlu 10 ne e0U,VU.
Madeline T. Mitchell conveyed prop
erty In Eighteenth street, between G
o." n"nnsv'vania avenue, to the Central
Building Company.
49, =; .oyser, John W. Glennan.
and Charles J. Murphy, as trustees.
conveyed III Eighteenth street north
west, and 1744 to .1752 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest to Victor j. Evans and
James Baird. and they in turn con-
yeyed the same property to the Central
Building Company The price is esti-
mated at about $50, 900.
Thomas W. Stubblefield acquired the
the Blue Ridge Heights Company. The
purchase price was not made public,
but a trust for $4,000 was recorded.
Samuel II. and Ada Friend sold the
Crosby apartments, Third and G
streets. to George c. Snyder. Christian
NJ Horst and Webster II. Wyend. as
trustees.
Pledges Holdings.
The Central Building Company
pledged Its holdings near Eighteenth
and Pennsylvania avenue. to the Fidel-
ity Trust Company. for $375,000 The
Union Trust Company was named as
An Increase of. more than. 1000 was
noticeable In the loan market for the
declining days Of September over the
record for the preceding week. The
exact figures In the loans of tho last
six days were. $77S 1856. This sum was
borrowed on 1862 lots at an average in
terest rate of 81 per cent.
Straight loans constituted the hulk or
the weeks market. showing an az
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30
The Best and Newest Idea
Both Inside and Outside
Guaranteed in Writing

With the exception Of thing and roofing every
particle Of work in our houses Is done by our own
men by days work-a force for which every man is
chosen because Of his experiences and experience.
Without regard to cost use the best materials OBJ
tanable, and no expense is spared In adding i'm
provements that will mean comfort convenience and
particularly the preservation Of health
We guarantee for Ave years. In writing, that the
Stag roofing will not leak; II clustering falls in five
years 1t will be replaced at our expense; II your
house settles well give you a house or, If you
prefer, refund all your money, less agreed rental
We will renew the first trust without curtai
and II you lose your posi- ton, wish it for any
reason, all your money will be refunded less agreed
rental You cannot be sold out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30
4SWASH|NGTON|ANS
IN SHOOTING MATCH
Team to Represent District
at Florida Tournament Be-
ing Picked.

WINTHROP. Nd. Sept. SO-Forty-
eight members OF District Rifle Clubs
are competing on the range here today
for the honor OF representing the Dis
trict at the National Matches In Jack
sonville, Fla.
The competition is open to all District
rife organizations. II Is. however.
strictly individual The sixteen men
making the best scores will be selected
to represent the District. and not any
particular individual organization. The
team will be known as the District
team.
or the sixteen men selected when to-
days competition Is concluded, twelve
will be principals and four alternates.
Designations OF principals and al
ternates will not be made until the team
reaches Jacksonville.
All OF the District contestants ar
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30

rived on the range bright and early
this morning. PINNED for their best
efforts. High northwest winds across
tate, however, against high scores.
Contestants are to shoot twenty rounds
each today at 600 yards slow fire. 800
yards rapid fire. and 900 yards slow
FIRE.
The District team will leave Wash
ington October . on a special train
which will gather up municipal and
state organizations from the East.
Transportation and lodging expenses
while In Jacksonville Will be paid by
the Government. as will the cost OF all
ammunition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30

gresate OF s5s4,O1O.5O. The sum Of all
the notes given for deferred purchase
money was SOL. 235.15. The building as
sociations advanced to members. $4,000.
County property continued to lead as
basis for loan. securely. being pledged
for q total of $2S7. 900.65. Land in the
northwest was encountered to the ex-
tent of $454,G50. The record of loans
in the other city sections was: South
east. s17,155: northeast. 1920. and
southwest r. 300
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30
Off to Recreation Congress

activities Of the Jnunicipsi pisygrounds,
left today for Grand Rapids, Mich.
where she will be a delegate to the
Recreation Congress to be held there
October rs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30
BY Goldberg

street car. went on q spree. Misguided
by strikebreakers, II was finally cor
raled sixteen blocks or its scheduled
run.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
THE FARMER: AUGUST 2. 1916

has in such extent that who the notion of nations often heard to predict that within ten the consumption of alcoholic drinks will be entirely forbidden
 attitude toward big business has undergone able transition Almost does hear political speech which the right of citizen to be small employer discussed More frequently the assertion made that bus be large to the public Ser vice the modern desderam not the right to do business
 In the field of the labor movement has public sentiment profoundly changed The right to organize is admitted The advantage of the collective bargain almost everywhere pro- claimed.
 No longer do the great labor unions appeal hmby for hearing The humble appeals issued by the other fellow Newspapers full of costly advertisements in which the railroads the New York trolley ne the New York garment makers appeal for public sympathy
 What is true in America is true for the entire civilized world Everywhere the interest of the has been gaining authority In every nation the appanage of privilege has been diminished
 blind indeed who does not that democracy is growing flood which is fer1zing the planet the land of Egypt is fertlized by the waters of the Nile. /
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
HUNGRY TO BE EAGER
HUGHES realizes the extent to which he is bound to M silence, to half hearted words, and to vague

HUGHES realizes the extent to which he is bound 1Vl silence, to half hearted words, and to vague phrases, that nothing and direct nowhere
 He glad of the opening in his platform declaration which enables him bound with tremendous energy into the suffrage movement
 When to his views upon the inevitable he speaks undecided tone He goes far his platform and then to the Susan Anthony amendment He would for national question: he would the of state rights and would settle it out hand
 He to credit for his rankness The people what candidates for office believe upon living questions
 that this matter is disposed of, perhaps Mr. Hughes will say why is that he receives the ardent support German alliances America? What Americanism prac ced he expect practice that makes this support animously his?
 Perhaps MT. Hughes having freed his mind about suffrage will say what he will do in Mexico.
 Will he negotiate fight? There but those ways
 What will MT. Hughes do in Europe? Will he negotiate, go to war?
 The fankness of this candidate regarding problem appetite of the public for Woman suffrage great matter is great that party deals with in national platform But is matter with which the Pre of the United States will have very little to do The Pre the United States commander of the military forces he almost in the direction of foreign affairs
 Hughes therefore is rather required to be frank, arng exercises he will make of the powers that president than of his hopes and beliefs respect 10 matters win which the chief executive has little to do
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
THE DAY OF FATE

This is the second anniversary of that day of fate when the German hosts set out for Belgium and France land inaugurateds the greatest world war in all history. Already Austria had declared war on Serbia and bonn barded Belgrade, and Germany had declared war on Russia, but the full |scope of the Teuton plans was not ap- parent until the second of August. when the Kaiser's troops entered ILuxemburg and appeared before Liege. Belgium, demanding safe passage through King Albert's country-a dc.
 mand which was promptly refused. On the same day the French frontier was violated by German soldiers without .
 declaration of war, which was not is- sued until the following day. It was on that second of August. too, that the first soldier of France was killed. Corporal Peugeot, whose name will become immortal in French history as the first of the vast number of Frenchmen who have laid down their lives for "la patrie'' in this con f1ict, was shot by German officer at Johcherey on Aug. 2, 1914. At that time the French troops, by order of the government, were maintaining a neutral zone of ten kiiometers between
 the German and French frontiers. It was hoped that this action might avert any incident which would conn
 plicate the diplomatic negotiations.
 The frontier guards, in carrying out
 this order. abandoned the villages of , Suarce, Rechesw and Courteleyant. Corporal Peugeot, iE time of peace a
 school teacher at Pissoux, was ordered to patrol with four men the road from Jonchery to Faverois. The Corporal and his men established themselves in the house of M. Docourt and a seEti- mel was placed on guard at the road. It was not believed that the Germans
 would penetrate that far into French | territory, as the Docourt residence was
 dozen kilomcters from the boundary | line. Corporal Peugeot was thus very
 much surprised when he was inform
 ed that patrol of German Chasseu-s had crossed the frontier and were ad-
 vancing toward Faverois.
 Pcugeot, who received this informa- ton from the sentinel, rushed to the lroad, and the German soldiers were in
 iron. of the house. According to the
 French reports. Peugeot made a deter-
 mined protest to Lieut.. Mayer of the
 Fifth regiment Of German chasseurs,
 declaring that since hostilities had not
 commenced. the Germans had exceed
 ed their rights Tn crossing the bound
 ary. :.
 l As Peugeot's companions tell the
 story the Corporal had scarcely voiced
 his protest when one of the German
 officers drew a revolver and fired | point blank. at the Frenchman
 Peugeot received a fatal wound. but with the little strength remaining tc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
lGREEK KING
 IS 48 TODAY

Tn o1den times the navigators of Greece viewed with much misgiving the passage of the rocks known as Scyl1a and Charybdis, and we'll they might, for the former was inhabited by lady with twelve feet, six necks and six mouths who was very fond of sailormen for breakfast, while the neighboring promontory of Charybdis was tenanted by a monster who was fond of water. drinking and spewing out the contents of the sea thrice a day. King Constantine l., monarch of the Hellenes. doubtless sympathizes deeply with the ancient mariners, for in the last two years he has had to steer the Grecian ship of state through waters equally troubled. With the battleships of the Entente Allies threatening him from the sea, and the Teuton- -Bulgar-Turk armies encom- passing his country on land. Constan- tine has doubtless often felt just like those ancient tars did when they scoot- ed between Scylla and Charybdis. Added to these difficulties majority of his subjects, led by the able Veni- zelos, were constantly threatening to upset his throne if he didn't favor the Allies, while the wife of his bosom, a sister of the German Emperor and . loyal Hohenzollern, was equally, if not more so, insistent that he give the Kaiser a helping hand. Considering the matter in all its aspects, almost any sensible man could easily think of several persons he had rather be than the King of Greece. It is said that, urged on by Queen Sophie, the King came very near to wrecking his craft last month when the Allies made cer- tain demands upon him. Constantine, backed up by, Sophia, is said to have resolved to defy the Allies, but at the last minute he listened to wiser .coun- 'sel and yielded the points at issue Aside from the many problems arising from the war, the Hellenic King has other troubles which will probably render the celebration of his forty eight birthday, which falls today, a very dubious affair. His country is practically bankrupt, and the soldiers who were mobilized by the King, and demobilized by orders of the French and English, have not been paid for their services. Their indignant wom- en-folk, reduced to the brink of star ration during the absence of their oreadwinners. made it very unpleasant for the King and Queen when they appeared in public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
"A FOOLS PARADISE

T HE AMERICAN people, just now, are unusually busy
 Nearly everybody in business is Matters have shaped themselves that labor takes than share of this faness This condition arises from several causes which the and the demand for goods it created and the scarcity of labor also caused by the
 But more direct and potent cause is the law which prevented the financial fabric from shaking house without foundation when the first winds of the blew like hurricane over the world.
 The first shock of the like earthquake. ed doubt and everywhere Accustomed enterprises cut off New enterprises had not been raised up
 Then that the system of things stabilized credit gave time for thought and removed fear.
 Business panic the American people have been told again and again. by all sorts of wiseacres psychological fair panic like famine lean years in Egypt The people were hungry because there nothing
 When the people hungry the United States, there is too much of everything Overproducton sage of South Norwak would solemny call though real consumption which lack of organizing power in the community and inability to arrange system distribution equal to the system of production
 There fools paradise The people the United States live good these and growing better forever X If they will stop being fools
 They be prosperous they until such time, famine pesence has produced some actual scarcity the things that sustain life and make it pleasant @5
 That remark that the people living in fools para se is from Mir Hughes speech of acceptance is remark that does him little credit sort of measure to the size of his intellect The shows Mr. Hughes little 
 of the dominant movements among mankind for the the organization of industry large production equitable distribution In this study Australia New Zealand have made great strides Belgium and Great Britain and France have accomplished much Germany in the forefront and had been successful that she had got rid of unemployment, or almost got rid of it.
 Mir Hughes evidently believes that all fools who regard possible that the enterprises of country while there is plenty of everything to work with He thinks all the people live in the middle of panic and that they to be wise the moment the panic is
 When President Wilson took office he knew that nan- stupidity and he made it chief enterprise of his administration to statutes that strongly tend to prevent ipanics tfl
 The American people not wise they ought to be. they too wise to admire who says they fools they prosperous because they believe they know enough to remain prosperous.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
A CANDIDATE WITHOUT A POLICY.

Administration had not secured doz- ems of indictments and @ score of con- victions. But there is one plot and conspiracy about which MT. Hughes Is discreetly silent. We refer to the German plot to make him President of the United States because President Wilson refused to permit the German Government to dictate the foreign policy of the United States.
 MT. Hughes's speech will be search cd in vain for a solitary word, soli- tary syllable, repudiating this infa- nous attempt of Q foreign monarchy % control the political affairs of the United States by punishing a Presi- don't who has offended it and reward ing q candidatA who tacitly invites the support of Ne hyphenated. MT. Hughess dominant Americanism' haits when 1t contemplates the politi- cal possibilities of the German vote.
 MT. HugheSS speech is all sound and reverbSH<1on. There is no sub- stance to 1t, end there is no substance to 1t because Mir. Hughes, great lawyer that he is. could notp resent a case. As . party candidate he can criticise the Fresident and ind fault with the Ad ministration, but in spite of his high aeiltey he can frame no substitute policies of his own upon which he would venture to go before the Ameri- can people. He can draw up no bill of particulars to show wherein he would be better President than MT. Wils1n. All of his speech is destruc- Give. None Of ir !s constructive.
 The !ndependcG, vossr VIII read it in vain for a word of hop@ sor encou- ragement. It is ehs partisan utter ance of a partison candidate appealing to partisan vote that can see nothing in government except physical possess sion of the Federal patronage and the protection of property and privilege. It might have been delivered by Will liam Barnes or Boies Penrose, or Jo- seph G.. Cannon, or any other standpat Republican. It is only when MT. Hughes begins to argue in behalf of a Republican tariff that he becomes pos- itive and vehement and appears to have convictions of his own. Then he takes his place proudly and tri- umphantly alongside the Republican Old Guard that enacted the Payne Aldrich schedules.
 MT. Hughes puts his denunciation of President Wilson into the scale against the record of President Will sons splendid achievements and asks the American people to choose. There ought not to be the shadow of a pos- sibflity Of doubt as to their decision.
 The World recently expressed the opinion that no civilized country in the world would be insane enough at a time like this to overturn such a gov ernment as President Wilson has giv- en to the United States and embark upon sea of experiment. That con- viction is strengthened tenfold by MT. Hughes's speech. No intelligent man could by any process of the human mind find in it one logical reason for putting Woodrow Wilson out of the Presdency and putting Charles Fl Hughes in.
 MT. Hughes has spoken, and his speech is an unanswerable argument for the reelection of President Will son.-New York World. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02

MT. Hughes would have been more
 merciful to country plunged in
 steep-down gulfs of neat and very faintly interested in politics at pres ent if he had cut his notification speech shorter, but possibly the pa ktient reader will be grateful to 1t for a refrigerating effect This is not to cay that it is not as able and foroible a document as his difficult task allows. That task Is to solder split party; to try to create issues in the pres ence of the great constructive policies that have been put on the statute book in MT. Wilson's Administration; to breathe life into the ghost issues evoked in the hope of making the vot- CTS forget the unpatriotic and un- American course of so large part of the Republican Party in Congress in refusing to support MT. Wilson's as- sertion of the rights of American citi-
 zens upon the high seas; to explain to prosperous people that they have no right to be prosperous people that they have no right to be prosperous
 under Democratic Administration and without the shelter of the ark of high protection. Hr. Hughes is lu- cid when he can afford to be; vague when he suggests, so far as he does
 suggest, alternatives of the policies he criticises. s
 Little that is new appears in the speech. It is mainly composite of the well-known wisdom of Republican
 sages and the converted Progressive chiefs. The voices of MT. Roosevelt, of Senator Fall, of Senator Harding
 and the Home Market Club may be
 detected in it. Senator Fall, indeed,
 seems to be the main prompter. It will be remembered that he wishes to
 make the Mexican question the burn ing and main issue of the campaign
 so that citizens accused of hypheniza- ton may have an opportunity to show their patriotism. Nobody doubts the
 sincerity and thoroughness of MT. Hughes's Americanism, but it is just | to remind him that this declaration | of it is a criticism of a great section of
 his own party, not of the Democrats: In this land of composite popu- lation, drawing it's strength from every race, the national security demands that there shall be no pottering with American rights. stand for the un- f1inching maintenance of Amer 1 ican rights on land and sea.
 Fine patriotic words. They should | be read over and over again by the 102 Republicans of the House, the twelve Republicans of the Senate, who voted to throw away those rights on
 the sea.
 The long recital of old Mexican his tory leads to nothing. The woes of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
Englands Munitions Minister

Lloyd Georges successor as Minis ter of Munitions. Hon. Edwin Sam uel Montagu, is the '.baby'' of British cabinet members, as he is only thirty seven years old. He is the second of the four sons of the first Lord Swaythling. brother of the present baron of that name. ana a cousin of Hon. Herbert Louis Samuel, Home Secretary and formerly postmaster general of Great Britain. AS a mat ter of fact, the name of the muni- tfons chief would be Samuel, except that his father obtained a royal li- cense to change his name to Montagu. The grandfather of both the Minister of Munitions and the Secretary. of State for Home Affairs was Louis Samuel, Liverpool watchmaker. His elder son, Moses Samuel, was reared and educated in Liverpool. but in 1853 he removed to London and establish ed the banking house of Samuel Mon- tagu Co. He served in Parliament from 1885 to 1900, and his liberal contributions to the Liberal party campaigns won for him a baronetcy in 1894. and in 1907 he was created a baron and assumed the title of Lord Swaythling. His second son. the pres- ent Minister of Munitions was edu- cated at Cambridge. He entered the House of Commons just decade ago, and soon afterwards was made par lamentary secretary to the Prime Minister and Under Secretary of State for India. Although hij father aban- doned his Jewish name, he cIung to the Hebrew faith md his son is also a protesting Jew. The Munitions Min fster has visited America and was one or the authors of the work. Canada and the Empire" His mother was a Jewess daughter of Louis Cohen of the stock exchange, and had ten chill
 dren, four sons and six daughters.