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The Washington times., 1919-10-25
MANY SALES MADE
At GLENDALE SITE
Irwin and Shank report numerous.

Irwin and Shank report numerous
sales at Glendale. d. c.. Within the
past few months they have completed
seventeen houses and bungalows. all
OF which are sold and many of which
are occupied by the purchasers as
their homes. These sales aggregate
$4,000. During this season they have
sold at Glendale 162 lots for total
consideration of nearly $4,000
1t is the intention of this firm. with
in the next few weeks, to start a num-
ber of six room houses and five-room
bungalows, many of which will be
completed during tho winter and all
will be ready for early spring sals.
Irwin and Shank also report within
the last sixty days the sale of many
city properties, including 1911 Thir-
teenth street northwest, which was
sold for George W. Taylor TO Martha
w. Barksdale. This house has four
teen rooms, hot-water heat, and is a
thoroughly modern home. The con-
sideration was about $1,000. 1719
You street northwest was sold to
Charles B. Ennis, who will occupy
same, this is a nine-room house. hav-
ing all modern improvements, the
price was about $1,000.
5021 Fitch place northeast, for
Green bought this house for $4,000.
This house was built by Charles l..
Shank in 1911, and sold to Mr.. Fem
wrick at that time for S2250; 2025
Eleventh street northwest for A. A.
King. to Joseph N. Powell, for $500;
TAG Gresham place northwest, to Annie
Wood, for the estate of II. II. Martin;
1241 b street southeast. for George c.
Boarman, sold to Mrs. Edmonia
Hutchins; this is an eight-room house,
the consideration being S4.500.-
1913 Lamont street northwest: this
property was sold for W. T. Galliher,
to David Butler, who will occupy the
same for his home. the consideration
being 5000. 1910 Seventeenth street
northwest, was sold for ]. Thilman
Hendrick, to Arthur Colbert, the con-
sideration being $3.50; this is a six
room house, having hot-water heat
and a garage.
745 Kenyon street northwest was
sold for J. J. Switzerland. to Benjamin
l.. Jackson. DR.. Charles w. Hyde sold
the premises at 40 Seaton place
northwest to James e. Lee; Albert
Foer sold 2732 Sherman avenue north
west, to l.. r. Frayser, and Mrs. Lucy
Snyder sold 1916 Lamont street north
west, to Eddie Butler for $4,000 1908
S street northwest was sold for
George M. Meyers to Ersley and
Martha West for $4,000; Carl Han
back bought premises 1914 Rock
Creek Church road northwest, from
Capt. Marshall McKibbin; Lucinda
wardlaw bought 7e8 Gresham place
northwest, from Daisy Shelton
This firm also sold for DIR. II. e.
Smith, to William Preston, the prem
ises at 1910 street northwest, the
consideration being $4,000.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
OWN YOUR
OWN HOME
FINE HOMES SOLD
BY BOSS & PHELPS

Hamilton l. Fess, Of Ohio, recently
appointed PaTliamentarian OF the
House OF Representatives. purchased
one of the new houses at 1905 Kansas
avenue during the past week through
the real estate firm OF Boss & Phelps.
The house was built by Thomas a.
Jameson. It contains six rooms and
bath, is OF colonial design, and Is
complete with hot-watc--hcat, cleo
tric lights and oak floors.
Helen n. Riley sold her home at
1872 T street, through the same firm.
10 Henry W. Rinker. The house is
three stories high. containing ten
rooms and two baths. electric lights.
and brick garage. The property
has just been extensively remodeled
and 1t will be occupied by the pur-
chaser as a home.
A home IN Petworth. located at SIS
Taylor street northwest. was pur-
chased by William A Pardoe from
Rosa h Ma<tyn- This is six-room
colonial house with front and rear
porches. heated with hot water, hav-
ing electric lights.
Capt. James II. Windsor sold his
home at 1919 New Hampshire avenue
northwest to Edwin L. Dutton. This
house is one of a row of houses
built few years ago by James A.
Cahill, containing six rooms and bath.
all modern improvements, including
a brick garage holding two cars.
A house situated at 1720 Newton
street northwest in Mt PeIasant was
purchased from Roland VI. Jones by
Grace NJ Barnard. This is three
story brick house heated with hot
water, having nine rooms and bath.
rear porches.~ and a lot about 100
feet deep to paved alley.
Ola V. Latham. of Miami, Ariz.. sold
his former home at los r street
northeast. in lexington. to f. Zum-
walt. The house has six rooms and
bath. hot-water heat. and is further
improved by a garage. This property
Is semi-detached and there is a large
side and rear yard.
Emily c. Matthews bought 2e1s p
street northwest, in Georgetown, from
Edith A. Barrett. This is a three
story ten-rOom brick house heated
with furnace, which after extensive
improvements will be occupied as a
home.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
F STREET SITE SOLD
FOR HALF MILLION

What is believed to be the largest
single real estate deal of the year
was concluded last week when the
Columbia Theater. the Metzerott Of
fice building on f street, and the
adjoining property at 515 and 517
Twelfth street, was sold to Marcus
Loew. of New York. and Walter
Brownley, of this city. The deal was
closed through the real estate firm
of Shannon & Luchs.
The consideration was in the
neighborhood of half million dol
airs. improvements to cost another
half million will be begun shortly
and when completed will give WASH
ington another vaudeville theater.
The Columbia Theeter will be en-
tirely rebuilt and expanded. and be
made into high-class vaudeville
house under operation of the Loew
interests. Plans are being drawn for
the reconstruction of the theater,
which, in all probability, will be al
lowed to retain its time-honored
name
Mr. Brownley says that IL is
planned to make the new vaudeville
house very handsome theater.
Thomas w. Lamb, of New York, is
the architect making the plans.
Mr.. Brownley and Marcus Loew
handled the details of the sale for
the Loew interests.
The theater, now known as Loew's
Columbia, Is one of a chain of the
aters comprising 169 now being op-
Grated by Mr.. Loew throughout the
United States.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
.C|NDER CONCRETE
,MAY REDUCE COSTS

The more extensive use OF "cinder
concrete" as an aid in the present
housing and building shortage and to
facilitate the immediate resumption
of building at lower costs than are
now prevailing, is urged by Albert
Oliver, of New York, one of the most
prominent authorities in the country
or building and construction matters
Mr.. Oliver points to the adaptable
ity OF cinder concrete on steel beams
to be used for walls OF high buildings
and as wall-bearing construction for
residences up to four stories in
height.
Cinder concrete floors have long
been in use in many of the largest
and best-known- buildings throughout
the United States and they have thor
oughly demonstrated the strength
and adaptability of this material.
Cinder concrete is no longer in the
experimental stage. Its fireproof
quality and its weight-carrying ca
paclty are no longer questioned. Gin
der concrete walls of test houses
erected at the testing station of CO.
lumbia University, in Brooklyn, have
Withstood an experiment lasting over
lofty hours, divided into four-hour
periods during which they were sub
jected to heat at LOO degrees Fahr-
enheit, followed by an immediate ap-
plication of cold water.
The material can be produced con-
siderably cheaper than ordinary con-
crete and is much cheaper than other
means of construction now in use.
Mr.. Oliver believes that IL the present
shortage in buildings is to continue
long that the country will see a wide
spread use of cinder concrete.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
BUY REAL
ESTATE NOW
new LIBERTY BANK
NEARS COMPLETION

The new stone structure that viii
house tho Liberty Savings Bank IL
rapidly nearing completion at the
corner OF Fifteenth and I streets.
Built strictly for banking purposes.
at an estimated cost OF 100000. the
building now shows evidence Of being
one OF the most beautiful banking
houses in Washington.
The building Is a one-story struc-
ture. though it's height beiies this fscU
and Il will have a TWENTY-FIVE foot
frontage on Fifteenth street spd e1-
tend 13e feet back on ] street
Indiana limestone is being used
entirely FOR the exterior OF the build
ing. The architecture is Of the ftaI-
Ian renaissance. The front part OF
the completed building will be used
as banking quarters while the rear
will be used for an elaborate safe
feposit with separate entrance
N I street
Holmes a winsIow OF New York
irew the plans for the building and
the construction work Is in chsrr.
OF Samuel J. Prescott A. CO. IL IL
expected that the building will be
ready for occupancy about December
4.
The bank now conducts strictly
savings business, but IL has been an
uounced that IL viii be converted into
the Liberty National Bank on or be-
fore the time II moves into the new
building and thstslt viii then enter
the commercial bsnhjnr field.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
RESEARCH SHOWS ONLY
80. PER CENT RENT RISE

With reference to the increased
cost of shelter in this country, as be-
tween July, 1914. and July, 1919. the
National Industrial Conference Board
in its recent research report number
states that as a broad average the
rent increase, taking population dis
tribution into account, would be
somewhat below 80 per cent.
Reports from 155 cities Of varying
sizes are foundation of the report
The largest single group of cities is
the one in which rent increases for
the entire five-year period fell be-
tween 81 per cent and 80 per cent.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
MAKE NUMEROUS SALES
AT CHEVY CHASE FOREST

Over 100000 square feet of build
ing lots have been sold in Chevy
Chase Forest since the opening of
that new subdivision two weeks ago.
Nearly $4,000 square feet Of this
property was purchased by~fesidents
of Chevy Chase.
The property comprises the beauti-
full wooded tract just back OF the
Chevy Chase apartment house, and
almost adjoining Chevy Chase Circle.
II has been subdivided by William H.
Ritchie and Horace Bailey.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
ATTENTION.!

Questions concerning realty, and
rights o: landlords and tenants will be
cheerfully answered, without cost, by
the Real Estate Editor of The Times.
IT Is not our intention to take the place
OF your lawyer; IL from the statement
personal legal advice you will be frank
ly 30 advised. II there aNe any doubts
In your mind concerning leases. pur-
cnases, estates, or any similar matter
you are invited to send a COMPLETE
statement OF your problem to ua Ad-
lress your letter to: Real Estste
EDITOR, Tho Washington -imes- Your
Iame and address must be signsd a. n
evidence of good faith, but We Win not
print 1t. IL you SO specify.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
Real Estate Editor. washington Times:

Real Estate Editor. Washington Times:
Nearly four years ago I rented q house
from the owner thereof. few days ago
another man came to my house and said
that he was the new owner of the house
handing me notice to move. A few
weeks ago / purchased vacant lot ad-
Joining my home upon wh1rh intend to
build home. The man who has pur-
chased the house where ! new live in Just
recently sold his own home and did so
before buying himself a new one. Can I
retain possession OF the house where I am
now living until my own home is com
pieted? y C r.
Notwithstanding the apparent care
fessness of the PURCHASER OF the house
wherein you now live, in selling his
own home before purchasing anoth-
er, il he bought the house wherein
you now live for his own occupancy
or the occupancy Of his immediate
family he can get possession, and can
compel you to vacate at the expira-
tion Of thirty days notice. Unless
you can make some arrangements
with this purchaser to your mutual
satisfaction. he can obtain possession
Of the house before your new home
is built.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
BUYS IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.

John r. Jasper purchased the six
room home at 75S Lamont street in
Columbia Heights, during the past
week from w. X. Hill. The sale was
made through Shannon & Luchs. The
purchaser will occupy the newly ac-
auired propertY.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25

In twenty-eight cities the increase
for the five-year period falls between
81 per cent and 40 per cent. and in
eleven cities between Al per cent and
80 per cent. Local conditions play a
large part in the changes in the cost
OF shelter. percentages varying not
only In different cities. but in Diff
ferent districts and class of houses
in the same city
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
BUYS IN CLEVELAND PARK.

The Cleveland Park home of A. n.
Sypher. at 2e49 Newark street. was
sold last week TO James r. Byrnes for
$4,000. The house contains ten'rooms
and two baths. The sale was made
through the real estate firm of Gar
diner a Dent
The Washington times., 1919-10-25
BUYS ON PARK ROAD,

The home of Col p +. Harvey, at
1852 Park road, was sold recently
through Allan e. Walker & Co., to
Mrs. B. c. Kennedy for $4,000. The
purchaser will occupy the property
Immediately.
The Washington times., 1919-10-25

Real Estate Editor. Washington Times:
/ am living in house that has been
bought by the District. / do not know
how soon will be ordered to move but to
protect myself / have purchased another
days notice to move. They refuse to
move in less than ninety days and also
retain possession Of this house for ninety
days or can force them to move on thirty
days notice: C. w, h
Because of the fact that they have
not paid rent you can clearly compel
them to vacate, and the thirty days
notice you have given them is ample.
II they do not voluntarily vacate a.
the expiration of the thirty days, your
relief would be to file an eviction
suit in the municipal court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
MOLINE BANK WILL
SPEND $4,000 IN
REMODELING HOME
Especial Moline Service

e.
Extension and remodeling of the
Commercial Savings bank. Fiji
teenth street and Sixteenth avenue,
Moline, is the most recent improve
ment in the banking institutions of
the Pillow City. The improvement
involves an expenditure of $15,0 600
Work on the building will start in a
few days, although the safe equip
ment will not arrive for four
months.
The extension will double the
floor space of the building and will
more than double the vault space
The Fifteenth street front will be
extended rs feet to the north, the
building occupied by Gustav A
Harling, having been leased. The
new vault room, 17hx185 feet,
will occupy the rear of the Harling
building with 200 additional safety
deposit boxes. Cashiers office.
consulting room and two new cages
will be provided in the new front
The vault will be of 12-inch re-
inforced solid concrete from base
ment to ceiling and equipped with
DieBoldt safe and lock doors. four
inches thick The floor will be
lowered and mosaic pattern tile
Gsed for flooring. The front will
be of new stucco and the second
floor will be FINISHED into two
modern fats with directors room.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
HOLDERS NOTICE.

tGeQ. NO. 4SO.b
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that the council of
the city of Rock Island, Illinois,
having ordered the paving with as
phaltic concrete of Thirty-seYenth
street from Eighteenth avenue to
Twelfth avenue and Twelfth ave-
nue. from Thirty-seventh to Thirty
eighth streets, and the ordinance
for same being on file in the office
of the city clerk of said city, and
said city having applied to the
county court of Rock Island coun-
ty, Illinois, for an assessment of
the cost of said improvement ac-
cordipg to frontage, said assess
ment being payable in ten install
ments, each bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum,
and an assessment therefor having
been made and returned to said
court, the hearing thereon will be
had on the Goth day of July, A. D.,
1919, at the hour of o'clock a. m,
or as soon thereafter as the bust
ness of the court will permit.
All persons desiring may file OBJ
jections in said court, before said
day, and may appear on the hear
ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois,
July 10, A. D., 1919.
GEORGE GREIM,
Officer Appointed to Make Assess
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
WHISKY WET IN
DILUTED FORMS
1T WAS SOLD IN
Former Bartender Says Big Profits
We're Made After Water Was
Added to Red Ink.

Whisky drinkers should enjoy
reading this.
To the imbiber who invariably d.
luted his glassful of amber Joy with
water before drinking it should be
especially interesting.
For, take it on the word Of a
former bartender, most Of the
whisky sold over the bar the last
year was water
Saloonkeepers, who bad whisky
trade principally, can laugh at pro-
hibitiOn. The ex-knight of the apron
says they made killing on selling
diluted whisky. He agrees with Neil
Bonner. president of the Philadel-
phia Retail Liquor Dealers associa-
ton, that beer sales over the bar
are almost profitless comapred to
the rich margin on whisky.
ANY saloon proprietor or head
Bartender who didn't let his con-
science be his guide could run up a
barrel of of whisky averaging from
forty-five to forty-nine gallons to a
barrel to sixty-five gallons, he says.
The only thing to prevent him
would be a water famine" said the
ex-bartender. There was one bar
in Philadelphia which sold whisky
on the level That is, they didn't di-
Lutte it with water, until it lacked
punch and kept a patron buying all
night to get the proper kick.
There were a few saloons in the
center of the city that also sold
y tclr At haf
bought 1t from the wholesaler. The
others worked the old pump like
they say the milkman does"
Big Receipts.
A saloonkeeper, with the assist
Ance of aqua pura could count on
from $500 to 81 900 receipts on a
6Rrrel of whisky. says the veteran
bartender.
Here is his arithmetic on the sub
ject:
On a barrel Of whisky, holding
forty-five gallons. the retailer would
pay to the wholesaler $7.65 (includ-
ing war tax a gallon, a total of
SOAPS. Say he bought it at 80 per
cent proof.
Adding sufficient water he could
obtain twenty additional gallons,
for which he didn't pay a cent. This
put $153 in his pocket
There are about twenty-five good
drinks in full quart. This makes a
total of $500 drinks from the bar
rel, which added to the twenty di-
luted gallons, brings the total to
$500 drinks.
At twenty cents a drink, which
would be the average for the down
town saloons, the total receipts
from the barrel of whisky would be
$1,000, but upon deducting the
S344.25 would drop to $95575.
If the saloon man generously"
sold fifteen Notwithstanding whisky
his cash register rang up 1915 De-
Quoting s344.25, the original price,
the profit on fifteen cent liquor
barrel was $630.75.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
JEWS TO MEET
IN ODD FELLOW
ROOMS SUNDAY
Election of Delegates to Zionist
Organization of American
Convention Slated.

One of the largest Jewish public
meetings held here in recent years
will take place tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 at Odd Fellows temple,
Eighteenth street and Fourth ave
nue..
The meeting will be held under
the auspices of the Zionist Organ
ization of America, which aims to
restore the Jewish national home
land in Palestine in accordance
with the declaration Of the British
government. The British declara-
ton was endorsed by all the allies,
and has recently been approved By
United States.
Samuel Blitz, Zionist campaign
director for the middle west, Mey-
er Goldberg of New York, and 9TH
er prominent Zionist leaders will
speak.
The Zionist organization, of
which Justice Louis ID Brandeis of
the United States supreme court
is honorary president, will hold its
annual convention next September
in Chicago, where it is expected
more than 1000 delegates will
gather from all parts of America.
1t is announced that the purpose
of tomorrow's meeting is to rally
the Jews OF this city to the sup
port of the Zionist Organization of
America and to elect delegates
from this community TO its con-
vention.
The Zionist organization is now
engaged in the work of restoring
Palestine for Jewish national
homeland 1t is preparing to es-
tablish many large Industrial en-
terprises in the Holy Land and to
construct a number of harbors on
the Mediterranean coast. A He
brew university is being erected in
Jerusalem, the corner stone of
which was recently laid with great
ceremony in the presence of Cen
eral Allenby, under whose leader
ship the British forces captured
Palestine from the Turks. The
British army was assisted by many
thousands of Jews who formed a
Jewish battalion helping to redeem
the land of their forefathers and
thus saving the Holy Land for civ
iliZation.
Public Invited.
1t will be of great interest to
hear these not"d Zionist leaders
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Bids for the general contract and
for the plumbing, heating, wiring
and painting contracts for the
John Deere school building to be
located on Seventeenth avenue and
Ninth streets, East Moline. Illinois,
will be received by the East Moline
board of education up to IL o'clock
noon, Monday. July 81. 1919, at the
Office of the board of education,
East Moline. Bids will be opened
at a special meeting of the board
to be held at 8 o'clock p. m, July
81. Plans and specifications may
be obtained by applying at the Of
fee of the architect, Whitsitt and
Schulzke, 610-613 Peoples Bank
Building. Moline, Illinois.
Each bid must be accompanied
by a certified check for 5 per cent
of the amount of the bid.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
(Signed) OSCAR LUNDEEN.
Chairman of the Building Commit
tee.
MRS. S. A. CARTWRIGHT,
Sec. Board of Education.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
Chief John Smith.

Cass Lake. Minn.-Chief John
Smith, Minnesota's oldest Indian,
who is $50 years old, was the cen
ter of interest in the Cass Lake pag-
cant, celebrated at the meeting of
the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association held here, in
(which was depicted the conquering
of the American northwest by the
white race.
Chief John Smith was here when
General Cass, the American ex-
plorer, pushed his way into this dis
trict, and he personally knew the
adventurer.
Smiths real name is Ka-Be-nAh-
GWey-Wenca, but Americans long
since abandoned all attempt or pre-
tense of using that name, and have
known him simply as John Smith. Z"
The Indian chief furnished to
Fred T. Lincoln of Brainard, Mimi,
many of the facts that were used
as the basis for the Cass Lake pag-
cant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12

speak more fully on this impor-
tant subject, for Palestine has been
the birthplace of all religions and
is dear to the hearts of Jews and
Gentiles alike. Admission to the
meeting will be free and the pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Arrangements for the meeting
are in charge of the following
committee: Ben A Stewart, chair
man; Sam Gellerman, B. Isen-
stein. Ida Scudder and Harry vi
neF.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-12
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