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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-14
WILL RECKON MERCHANT
MARINE IN GROSS TONS

. Tonnage OF Uncle Sans merchant
ships hereafter will be reckoned in
gross tons instead Of lightweight"
tons, Chairman Hurley Of the Ship
ping Board has decided.
Deadweight tonnage is calculated
on the actual weight the ship will
carry and is nearly 0ne-third larger
than gross tonnage.
During the war lightweight ton
mage was used to fool the Germans.
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EVANSVILLE NEWS
0rioIe Lodge of Odd Fellows
Lays Plans for Carnival
During August.

EVANSVILLE. Md, June IA
Preliminary arrangements are being
made by OrioIe Lodge, ODD Fellows,
Of this place for a carnival to be held
here during August The committee,
which will meet Monday night, con-
sistS Of a. Eugene Burgess, chair
man; ]. c. Hawkins. Ardley c. Hart
August Friday. Samuel Levin, Lemuel
L Gray, William c. Gray, w. Z.
Reibetantz, Robert Bosher. W.. J..
Broadbent, William H. Anglin, Ernest
F. Gasch, Edward A. Fuller. and G.
p Maxwell.
DR.. A F. Woods. president Of the
Maryland state College OF Agricul-
ture. will address the National Nur-
serymen's Convention in Chicago on
June %. on The Nurserymen's OPP
portunity in the Reconstruction
Period" Dr. Thomas B. Symons, di-
rector of the extension service Of the
college, is to address a meeting of
fruit growers in Winchester, Va
Appointments recently made by the
extension service OF Maryland State
College include the following: Ken
meth Cole. Assistant emergency
demonstration agent. Allegheny
county; Capt. H. B. Derrick. formerly
OF the marines, assistant emergency
demonstration agent. Washington
county: Miss Ruth Miller, home de-
monstration agent, Baltimore county;
Miss D. Neibert, home demonstration
agent, AIlegany county; Miss ].
Charles county; Miss c. Wotring.
home demonstration agent, Washing
ton county.
August Miller, Chillum district may
enter the contest for county commits
sioner. John NJ. Bowie, Of MITCHELL
vile. Is Republican candidate. and L
L. Gray is a Democratic candidate.
Children's Day services are to be
held Sunday in Forest Grove Church.
ForestviIle, at 1880 a. m.
The drive in this county for the
Salvation Army fund is tagging. The
county's quota is $1,000. John L
Russell, of Upper Marlboro, is the
county director.
A meeting Of the tobacco growers
of this county has been called for
June 20 in the court at Upper MARI
DOTO at = D ClOCk. EldnS LOT OES AMI
cation will be discussed.
Commencement exercises Of the
High School will be held
June 20. at 1000 a. m. Graduates are
John Marbury Coe, Emily Claire
Lyons. Charles Leroy Raum, Dorothy
Allene Long, Robert Sprigg Bland
ford. George Vernon Thompson. jr.
The program is as follows: Tuesday,
class night; Wednesday night. high
school cantata; Thursday night, ele-
mentary school commencement; Fri
day. 10 a. m, high school graduation
exercises, alumni luncheon, laying
game, dance.
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SEEK QUICK VERDICT
ON KICK" IN BEER

The Department OF Justice is anxi-
Gus to obtain as early as possible a
final decision on the legality Of brew
ing beer containing more than y OF
/ per cent alcohol
This is the reason for the indict-
ment recently returned against the
Standard Brewery. Inc, at Baltimore,
alleging the production of $50 barrels
Of beer containing more tan Il Of
1 per cent alcohol for beverage pur-
poses.
pointed out that the test case recent
ly decided in New York in which the
brewers were successful does not sat
isfy the department, as this case was
prosecuted and decided by Injunction
process, and there is grave doubt
that il will be upheld by the Supreme
Court
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THOMAS SHIELDS.

Funeral services under the direc-
ton of Washington Lodge, No. 10,
B. p. o. Elks, will be held for Thomas
Shields Monday afternoon at o'clock
at Lees chapel. So Pennsylvania
avenue northwest
Shields was a retired quarter
master sergeant, and died Thursday
at Springfield. Mass. -Interment will
be in Arlington.
A session of sorrow is called by
the lodge for tonight at 7:3O o'clock.
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WALL STREET MARKET

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE stock
market was irregular at the opening.
U. S. Steel opened at 1854. of X ;
Bethlehem B, ssh, off y: Marine.
preferred, 116k. off q; Marine. ASH
up z; Studebaker, 11O15, off u: U. S.
Rubber. 115A, up q; Mexican Petro-
leum, 1854, up =, and Sinclair Oil. SO,
off l.
Prices were slightly higher than
the mornings lows just before the
noon hour. United States Steel was as
low as 10415. regaining to 1861, Il
below the morning high.
Marine was off Is at the last, but
had regained to 40, q over the morn
ing low. Studebaker was high, at
1O1%, low at 995s. selling at 1901
at the last sale.
The market closed firm.
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GEN. SAMUEL R. WHITEHALL.

Word was received here last night
of the death of Brig. Gen. Samuel
r. Whithall. L. S. a, retired, at his
home in Crosse Isle, Mich. on Wed
nesday. General Whithall was sew
enty-five years old and a veteran of
the civil war. the Spanish American
war, and the Philippine instruction.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs.
Isaac Erwin, of Washington, and two
sons, W. Van r, and Louis w. Whit
hall
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RITES TODAY FOR
MRS. H. c. FIELD

Funeral services will be held this
afternoon for Mrs. Hannah c. Field,
eighty-one years old. at ) o'clock, at
the home of her daughter, 2S4S Tween
ty-seventh street northwest. The
Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene, pastor
OF Calvary Baptist Church, will Of
ficiate. Immediately after the SER
vices here, the body will be sent to
Elmira. n. Y, for interment there
Monday.
Mrs. Field had lived in Washington
fifteen years. Her home, previous to
that time, was in Elmira. She is sur
vived by son, William X. Field, and
two daughters, Mrs. Robert L. Lo-
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LOSES TEETH BY sNEEZE.

EUGENE, Greg, June 14-H. D.
Chamberlain. standing on the dock
at West, a coast town. sneezed and
lost his false teeth. Net cost, in
Guiding parcel post, $40. All efforts
to recover the lost incisors, BIZ
CANNES, and molars have
so far proven futile.
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DO4't let careless expenditure
make a sieve Of your purse. Buy
wisely and increase your money hold
inES By investing in W. S. ;.
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FINANCIAL
The Safest Investments

are those that do not dUctuate during dis
turbsd conditions Of the money or stock
markets. First deed Of trust notes (first
u~ortgages). well secured on real estate in
the District Of Columbia, constitute gilt
ed gs'' Investments. and they do not de-
pend upon the financial responsibility Of
individuals or corporations for their sta
bfity We can supply such investments In
amounts from $500 upward. Send for book
let Concerning Loans and Investments"
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Births, marrlages, Deaths
Notices Hay Be PhOnsG ?. $780, Bra~eh'

gan. Of 2S4S Twenty-seventh street
northwest, and Miss Ella +. Field.
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= d: ]. |. / !: D: y. ].
- Mitchell Lewis, while
W, t@2 dining one Of his coming
releases, had to break
II IL down q door. He hit IL
N " with his body and with
N ~ such force that the hinges
~ snapped and the door fell
on FRITZ Brunette, knock
ing her down and unconscious.
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fathers. from whom he is estranged,
because he (the SOM has married a
chorus girl The sole female among
the three relatives, who cannot make
up their minds to leave, sets her
net for the son. But he likes the
little dancer. In fact, he gets on
tirely too friendly with IA" little
impostor-and he a married man,
too
Matters come 10 a head when the
old man is informed by his kinfolk
that the girl is paying constant Wis
its TO the house down the lane The
three moneyErubbers and the old
man enter the house by surprise.
They find that the chorus girl the
son married was no other than the
little dancer. and that they have a
little stranger in their home!
And all ends happily,
BA&e
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Methodist Episcopal

The Rev. William Joseph Meeks will
speak at the Union Methodist Church at
II a m on can Our World Today BE
Sta bilized >" and at p. N. on DO We
Need Stimulants In Our Modern Life"
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Real B uty Is
Often Hidden by
Specifically -
Purity the Ideal
to Be Achieved

The good looking odd chair. provided
it Ats into the colonial background, or
whatever is the dominant type of the
house, always shows TO good advantage
In the hall A tempting cushioned seat
built under the turning stairs frequently
conoeals tho radiator. The console or
side table, also is always in good taste
as a piece of hall furniture and gives
the opportunity to add another colonial
accessory. the candlestick. Then bowl
Of old fashioned blossoms, when in sea-
son, is always delightful.
Most halls have a high wainscoting
and the standing woodwork Of the pure
Colonial house is generally of the ivory
enamel. showing the eggshell gloss. The
walls above may be covered with neu-
trail toned paper. or in some instances.
two toned pattern The landscape
papers which were favored in Colonial
days and which have had a revival in
recent years should be used with the
utmost discretion, and when possible
only under the guidance Of an expert
in interior decoration. Only in rare
instances Is there place for picture
in hall.
The tone Of the walls depends upon
the amount of light reaching the hall.
Gray many persons object to, feeling
1t carries with It chill unless In the
brightest light. and yet there Is no
denying its refinement and desirability
as background. Buff and all the
shades merging into it will be chosen by
the majority.
Strictly speaking. the pure Colonial
house should have painted floors COW
cred with rag or hooked rugs The
rule for floor tinting is that the floor
should be the darkest, the walls next In
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@ Mm SIMPLICITY is THE KEYNOTE IN ARTISTIC
BE- nn DECORATION; PROPULSION SPOILS EFFECT.
Entrance Hall Is
Not a Place for
Much Furniture
---Color Scheme
Is All Important

You have been admitted to house
where. before you ever returned the hand
clasp of your friend, you felt the glow
Of his welcome, haven't you? Perhaps
you never met the occupant of the house
and yet. while you waited for him, you
became convinced that he was a likeable
Fellow. The moment you entered the
door there was greeting for you---un-
heard unseen--and yet you responded to
1t just as you would to the smile of the
hostess.
And the glad greeting for you was
there. 1t was all around you. Perhaps
you did not hear 1t but you did see 1t :;
only you are not accustomed to inter-
preting greetings of that sort as such.
The greeting was in the SURROUNDINGS
Your friends home spoke TO you In the
same spirit as he would have met YOU
1t was the ideal homo you happened
upon. II you are an inpressionable in
dividual you came away thinking what
nice folks the Joneses arc-good business
man he: sweet little wife she and what
bully ''junior." II you are OF an analyt-
ical turn OF mind and Accustomed to un-
earthing causes you viii set about to
md out how they achieved that cogent
home atmosphere In a new house.
There is nothing like mailing a good
impression. This time honored platitude,
which originally may have been Lesson
l in primer fo- diplomats. is quite as
valuable an injunction 20 prospective
home makers. While the entire house
may bespeak a welcom'. just as Il should
make for the physical comfort and in
tellectual satisfaction of the occupants
1t Is the entrance hall which bids the
first greeting.
greeting, couched in terms of friend
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shade and the ceilings always Of the
lightest tone.
Each particular hall must have its
own individual treatment, modified &C.
cordlng to the general character of the
house. Where a person may have the
advice of an expert he always has a
feeling OF assurance In the correctness
of his house. whereas his neighbor who
worked on his own initiative may
cherish a slight d!ffideucc.
But artists, even as doctors. often dis
agree and no homo making instinct
should be permitted to go ungratifled
because of lack of knowledge Of the
subtleties Of interior decoration. Make
beginning. but go slowly Master
basic principles first. They are really
simple. Adherence to them will go a
long way toward educating a person In
those intangible things and qualities
that never can be quite explained. First
one senses them, then appreciates and
finally demands them
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purity manifests itself IN every basic
principle of interior decoration.
In the average suburban home the
entrance hall varies from nine to fif-
teen feet in width, in most instances rum
ming through the house. 1t Is not the
place for much furniture. In the beauti-
ful hall of the Mixer home there Is
only rush bottom mahogany chair.
perfectly In keeping with the Colonial
motif. A distinctive Colonial touch also
is achieved In the quaint little Etch
locks on all the doors. Sometimes It
seems as though 1t were the knack the
architects have OF Selling upon trlfles
from the Colonial days and playing them
up to advantage. that has given such
vogue to that period.
As truly colonial. but of another va
riety, IL the hail In the home OF Mrs.
Margaret C. Post OF Englewood. y, j.
Dividing interest with the charming
staircase are the two lovely pillars
which separate the entrance hall from
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ship. that is exactly what the entrance
hall in a house amounts to. This fact
Is true whether It be mansion or the
unpretentous dwelling. And speaking
of ma ns.ons and entrance halls digres
sion may be made to tell OF a mansion
which has an entrance hall of a type to
be avoided. Perhaps the hall in itself
may be inoffensive. but ones attention
goes no further than the large brass
figure Immediately inside the door:
Diogenes with his lantern.
Diogenes had hard time finding an
honest man and somehow one is inclined
to infer that the owner OF the house has
let the quest OF the cynlc philosopher in-
tiuence too strongly his attitude toward
his fellow men. Does he, too. feel that
lie has hard time to find an honest
man? Does he suspect every one? II
ole had dinner there would the silver be
counted before he left the premises? His
Father made his money in a way no more
fortunes will be made. Perhaps he never
heard OF Dlogenes or II the name was
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SELL EIGHT APARTMENTS,
David WeinberEer q Co. Close
Deals Involving 100000.

David weinberRer q Co. Close
Deals Involving 100000.
David d. Wcinberger & Co. yester-
day sold eight apartment houses. the
total value OF which Appropriated $780,
600. Each OF the sales was for cash.
To Morris Polsky, an operator, they dis
posed of two Ave story apartment houses
at 224S-2250 Webster avenue near 1881
street. The plot is S0x9O feet bach
building IL arranged for twenty fsmi-
lies, and the gross rental is over $10, 900
a year. The apartments had been held
for $4,000.
I'm connection with Goldberg & Phil.
lips, Weinberger & Co. sold for DR.. Jul
liam Martinson TO the 1881 Street Con-
struction Co. OF which Ignatz Roth is
president, five five story apartment
houses at 1917 and 1925 Charlotte street.
The Bronx. They are on "A plot 200x10
Tho apartments are arranged for twenty
families in each building. The gross
rental was $4,000 and the sale price
was S225 900.
StIll another sale made by Wcinberger
& Co. was that OF the six stcry elevator
apartment known as Barnay Court. on
the northwest corner OF Audubon Avenue
and 177th street, This was owned by
the Mddletown Savings Bank Of Mid
dletown, " V, and bought by Bernard
Crousman. president Of the T. q. Leasing
Company operators The plot is lO0x95
feet, and is arranged for thirty-six faml-
lies four, I'VE ana SIX on tiCor. The
gross rental is $4,000 and the property
has been held at $4,000.
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DAY TO DISPOSE OF
CHOICE PROPERTIES
House ODned by Late An
thony Con,stock in List.

The o. auction sap OF reaitS in
New YorN city for Ire Alien Property
Custodian will he conducted by Joseph
p. Day on March 90 I'm the Nesey street
salesroom at noon. The properties TO be
sold are 349 and 35l East F1fty-fourth
street, two four story brick tenements
20xl00.5 each. adjoining the northwest
corner OF First avenue. A first mort
gage OF $1,000 At ) per cent. past due
on $40 East Fifty-hrst street, will be
offered.
Other parcels to be offered on the
same day. which is Mr.. Days second
special sales day this year, are 247 TO
253 Hudson street. two three story
brick tenements and stores, 25xs0 and
26.7X90, and IL. IA and 16 Renwick
street. between Canal and Spring
streets three three story brick dwell
ings. 25x7O and 20.4xGo; So and 81
Church street, adjoining the southwest
corner OF Barclay street, Ave story
brick store and loft building, 41.Sx33
in Summit, y. J., So Beekman road. a
three story frame residence. 225x461x
irregular, 10 close the estate Of Anthony
Comstock. and 63 Beechwood road, a
three story frame residence. l35xll0x
l22x1l7.9. TO close the George Hill es-
tate.
Mr., Day will sell at absolute auction
in the Nesey street salesroom at noon on
March the following Bronx properties :
On the north side of East l3Sth street,
ffty feet west Of Walton avenue, look
loo; on the west side of Walton ave-
rue, lS6 feet north OF l3Sth street,
225XS9s. the block bounded by Fast
lSSth aud li0th streets, and Walton
ana Mott avenues. Two ana three story
brick buildings are on the l3Sth street
front.
ON March IL, at noon, IN the Vcsey
street sa,csroom, Mr.. Day ell sell AT
auction In the action Of the Citizens
Savings Bank against Cornelius Kahen
and others tract OF about eighty lots
on the west side ot Emerson street near
prsscott ayenuA
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the inviting little reception hall This
house is also the work of Davis, Me
Grath & Klessling, with the decorations
by II. Klingenfeld OF 12 Gramercy Park
The two halls mentioned are totally
different in appearance and treatment
and yet adhere to common type. They
are practical demonstrations Of the the
DRY of the architects who are RESPONSE
ble for both that good architecture does
not necessitate slavish imitation Of the
thing that has gone before. To-day the
public seems to have a clearer vision in
matters OF art as In more unitarian af-
fairs. II recognizes that which is really
good, regardless of period, and chooses
accordingly.
At first glance there would appear 10
be a striking similarity in the treat
ment OF the entrance hall in the home
OF Henry w. Blake and the reception
hall in the home of II. n. Flanagan,
both at Englewood, y. ]. In both the
woodwork Is white and the treads and
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FAMOUS SCHOOL TO MOVE.
Building Now Occupied by Cutler
Is Sold.

One Of tho oldest and most fashionable
boys schools In the city will shortly
~~>o look for N>@B IusrteryA.s +<>rl
result of sale made yesterday by
Douglas L. Gilman & Co. for Lillian J.
and william T. Fuller OF the four story
and basement building at 40 East Sixty
first street. The Cutler School, which
was for many years located at 20 East
Fiftieth street, was forced to vacate
that site to make room for a business
structure. 1t occupied the Sixty-first
street premises under lease. Among
the distinguished former pupils of the
school was the late Col. Theodore Rooso-
welt. Hundreds of Its former students
are prominent in the social and financial
life OF the city.
The building at present occupied by
the school is on n lot 1S.4XlO05. At
the expiration OF the schools lease tho
new owner intends TO make extensive
alterations, cutting up the building into
small suites. Tho school has not yet
decided upon a new location. but its
traditions make 1t probable that lis
next home will be somewhere IN tho
Fifties or Sixties, adjoining either Fifth
or Madison avenues.
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balustrades are OF mahogany: the
grandfather's clock bears the same rel
alive position to the table. and the wall
paper Is of lowered colonial design
There, however. the likeness ends.
The Flanagan hall, one might say. is
square cut In design, whereas the curve
Is used to good advantage in the Blake
hall. This Is particularly noticeable In
the arch at the foot of the stairway in
the latter hall. In the Flanagan hall an
added touch OF quaintness Is given by
the old fashioned panelling in the en-
trance door. Both Blake and Flanagan
homes were likewise designed and dec
GRATED by Davis McGrath & Kiessling.
The style of furniture In the entrance
hall depends first of all upon the general
type OF the house and the space allowed
for this feature. A colonial hall Is hardly
complete without the grandfather's clock
and II is such a charming and withal
useful reminder of the days that have
gone,
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Wants Pershing Square
Preserved as Park Site

Aida. IN --1a1 s A. IL in Aak II
OF the property owners and the business
men OF the Forty-second Street Associa-
ton has introduced resolution in the
Board of Aldermen urging that the site
formerly occupied by the Grand Union
Hotel at Forty-second street and Park
avenue in Pershlng Square be purchased
by the city for use as a public plaza
New York is the only city in the country
that lacks a plaza in front of its rail-
road terminals.
The business interests on Forty-second
street say this site Is an absolute neces-
sity. The congestion In front OF the
Grand Central Terminal, they declare,
has become intolerable. The resolution
of Alderman Hatch has been referred
to the committee of thoroughfares.
of which Alderman Michael Stapleton
Is chairman. A committee OF property
owners and business men on Forty
second street will appear when the COM
mittee on thoroughfares have a public
hearing on this matter. Tho resolution
OF Alderman Hatch follows:
Whereas the Board Of Aldermen. as
n tribute to the American Expeditionary
Forces and their General, John ]. Per-
shing, passed a resolution on December
2, 1918. naming the place formerly occu-
pied by the Grand Union Hotel at
Forty-second street and Park avenue
Pershing Square; and
Whereas the Public Service Com
mission has suggested that Pershing
Square be sold at public auction. which
presupposes the erection OF one, high
building thereon and thereby operating
to prevent the erection of several high
buildings of equal size around said
space and
Whereas II Pershing Square were left
an open plaza or park the erection
of several high buildings around the
same should result In a net return from
taxes to die city OF several hundred
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impaired to him with the sale of the
bronze he took II for granted that the
Greeks had night watchmen too.
The most effective entrance halls are
OF the simple, unpretentious kind, the
secret of whose charm lies In the OBJ
servance of a few fundamental princi-
Piles OF art and decoration. Profusion
in furnishings is likely to affect one
like effusveness of manner. The real
worth Is hidden under the superficial
How do you want TO impress your vlsl-
tors, your acquaintances. your friends,
or those you wish TO make your friends?
With your sincerity. by all means. Sim
plicity In home furnishing and decora-
ton proclaims Just that quality.
Simplicity is the keynote In the APP
pointments of the artistic modern home
The simplicity of to-day. however. is
merely rejection OF the superficial
and carries with 1t no chill of the mea-
gre. 1t Is simplicity such as charac-
terized Greek art This reverence for