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TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
WORK IN MEXICO CITY

Special Co.. The News
AUSTIN. Iulv o. Important re-.
soar,h WORK loo the archives of the CT,
of Mexico viii b" made by Ia Charles
" lhpk,tt adjunct professor ot
Latin american history m the ruiy,r
ity 0l TcNa. who l"fi r. f.N days $500
tur that country Dr llp,k'tt also
Npcpts a. pur,hns" rti" aud valuable
books relating Co the history ~ M"
early Spanish cunuu"r"rs and viii su'
pcryiso Tho copying ul man, odd manu-
scripts fur the university library This
work b. regarded as being ~ great his.
torioul Nalu" tn The Southeast, aud 10
TcNp~ In particular THIS lrld n his
tory has been hut recently explored and
historical data ~ major Importance In
expected from the work which pr.
Hack'r has undertaken for the uni
yersity. N1U
Dr Herbert y Bolton. formerly a
pr"f"rsor ~ history In the university.
now a. IN" University ~ California, Is
90" uf M" pioneers In this field Of
Latin American history. Several years
ago While teaching In the University
uf T,Nls pr Bolton mad" trip To
The Dtiy az Mexico 20 make u survey
uf the odd spanish and Mexican ar
chivrs subsequently he published a
guid, to these archives The blazing
uf tn tiau ~ IN Bolton has made II
pos.ihlr tur subsequent researches 10
be- made
Th,sr records cover m" history ~
M,Nico and tho spanish Southwest
from the conquest hy Curt,g Ia 1919
to recent times There are collections
uf official reports from no IN" PROV
lnros which one time belonged to Spain
and which Now belong to IA. South
west, Many III these valuable histori.
al records have laid for centuries IN
their repository Some of them ar"
very rare and are ~ much interest ct
IA" people 81 IA" United States. The
last drradr ~ revolution IN Mexico
with an ~ attendant d"solatlon and
DIS astation has lrtt these archives In
tact.
After the conquest of Mexico by Cor
tea IN 1919. Spain began the establish
mcnt 81 permanent provinces there.
Gradually these wcb.like lines ~ civ.
ilizat.on were pushed northward. Al
WAYS In the wake OF the Spanish con
quor.rs came the missionaries, who rs
tahlished missionaries and schools
Lang before jamestown was thought
~. and a century before the Pilgrim
fathers landed In New England, Spain
had begun On establish provinces In
Mexico. and later extended her power
into what Is now Western United
States
| The advanced civilization ~ Mexico
that was Developed In those early times
is not generally appreciated. historians
claim. Eighty wears before the begin.
ming of Harvard University In New
England In 1896, there was university
In Mexico granting degrees. seventy
five years before the first printing
press was 81, up In the United States
there were printing presses In Mexico.
There are some early books published
In Mexico and some rare imprints made
that are II much value Ia IN" hlstori'
cal world y Is IN hopes ~ sNuring
Yomc 81 these that the present trim b.
taken rs Dr. Hnckctt
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
APPEAL FOR BUILDING FUNDS
SENT OUT TO SAVINGS BANKS
AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

than by investing funds deposited
with them to the full limit allowed
by Law. having in mind at the same
time the safety of the deposition
And then there is another great
source, SO far as Brooklyn 10 con-
cerned, which has been barely
touched. 1t is fact that fire insur-
ance eompa nies collect over $4,000
600 year in premiums in the Bor-
ough of Brooklyn, and that until a
short while ago. when an investiga-
tion was instituted by a committee
of the Chamber OF Commerce, prac-
tically no mortgage loans were
made in this borough. Since that
time a few mortgage Investments
have been made, but the number
is still negligible.
The same applies, in a certain
degree. to the life insurance COM
panies. 1t does seem with the tre-
mendous amount OF business that
comes from Brooklyn that both the
fire insurance companies and the
life Insurance companies should be
able to find a field for part Of their
investments in our community.
Some pressure ought to be brought
to bear to impress upon the insur-
ance companies that IL they intend
TO do business in Brooklyn they
must help Brooklyn"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
HOME BUILDING
PLAN PLEASES
Four-Bedroom Houses of D.
J. DUNCAN Are Finding
Ready Purchasers.

The four-bedroom homes being
built by d. J. Dunigan in his Four
teenth Street Highlands and Pet
worth operations are meeting with
widespread favor among new home
purchasers he announced.
Dunigan reported the following
sales during the past week:
In his Third street operation, ilo2
Third street, was sold to George b.
CARROT, who will make it his home.
The house is built of light brick,
has a beautiful colonial porch in
the front. On the rear there are
large breakfast and sleeping
porches. The houses in this par
ticular row are built on an eleya-
tion which commands a wonderful
view OF the whole city. This row
is being sold quite rapidly.
Mrs. A. L. Lentz purchased 41O4
Illinois avenue. This is one of the
beautiful detached houses which
Dunigan has erected in Petworth.
1t contains six large rooms, bath,
hot water heat. electric lights. hard
wood floors and is finished in ma
hogany and white. The living room
contains a large open fireplace.
There are only three homes remain
ing unsold in this particular opera
tion.
Two sales were made in Four
teerth Street Highlands. A local
investor purchased 55oS Thirteenth
street w. H. Wilder was the pur-
chaser of 1924 Thirteenth street.
These houses are of light brick. con-
tain eight rooms and bath and have
large front and rear porches.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
HOUSING DATA
TO BE SOUGHT
National Research Bureau
Organized to Relieve D. c.
Situation.
GUIDE HOME OWNERS
Existing Real Estate Laws
Subjected to Special In
vestigation.
GUIDE HOME OWNERS

Organization of the National Re-
search Bureau, which will collect
and disseminate information relat-
ing to real estate is rapidly being
perfected here, under the guidance
of Robert b. Armstrong, who has
been appointed director The bu-
reau is being maintained from a
fund appropriated by the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
Offices have been opened at
Room 604, Hibbs Building, and 1t is
planned to add to the present space
as it is required. Already the bu-
reau has started it's investigations
The purpose of the bureau is to
gather Information and statistics
on real estate throughout the couu-
try, watch closely all proposed acts
of legislatures which might affect
real estate, and supply to the ma
tional Congress and to the State
legislatures accurate information to
form the basis of fair legislation.
The scope of the bureau will be
country wide. 1t is known that
much legislation now on the statute
books which is detrimental to real
estate has been put there through
ignorance of the facts on the part
of the Legislators. Correction of
this evil will be one of. the most
important functions of the bureau,
1t is in no sense to be a lobby, but
a sincere effort on the part of the
real estate operators to furnish
facts, for anything that the bureau
does will be for the interests of all
classes of property owners and not
only the real estate operators.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
REALTY FIELD
NEARS NORMAL

Real estate in all parts of the
country is making steady readjust-
ment to a normal basis, according
to statistics gathered by Vice Presi-
dent Frank 1. Parsons, of the United
States Mortgage and Trust Com
pany.
I'VE have compiled figures show
ing sales, building permits and
mortgages filed during the years
1914-1919 covering Atlanta. Ca:
birmingham, Ala; Cincinnati, Ohio;
Dallas, Texas: Denver, Colo: Des
Moines, Iowa; Houston, Texas; Jack
sonville,s Fla; Kansas City, Mo-;
Memphis, Tenn; Mobile, Ala;
Omaha, Neb.; Portland, Greg; Rich
mond, Va: ST. Paul, Mimi; Salt
Lake City. Utah; San Antonio Texas;
San Diego, Cal; Savannah, Ca;
Seattle, Wash; Sioux City. Iowa;
Spokane, Wash; Toledo, Ohio; To-
peka, Kans., and Wichita, .Kans.,"
said he yesterday. "and comparisons
show 1914 sales of 1901, 1887, 900
raised in 1919 to $390075,231, build
ing permits of 500, ,122,000 in 1914
at s141.S63,445 in 1919, and mort
cages Of s222,62S.000 in 1914 at
s310.22S,s5S in 1919. Practically
without exception substantial gains
we're made, noteworthy increases
being shown in Cincinnati. Dallas,
Des Moines. Fort Worth, Omaha,
feattlf, Sioux City, Topeka, Wichita
and Oklahoma City.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
FIRM REPORTS
REALTY DEALS
John F. Donohoe and Sons
Sell Nine Homes Dur
ing Week.

Sales aggregating nearly 100000
were consummated by the firm of
John F. Donohoe and Sons during
the week. The transactions re-
ported follow:
Two stores with two flats above
each. 22s-231 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. Sold for the Rupert
Home to James and Louis Kousen
for $4,000.
Senate Moving Picture Theater
and store. with living quarters
above. 320-322 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. Sold for Azrael
Furr to an out of town purchaser
for $4,000.
A ten room, modern house; large
garage on the rear. 2O7 Third
ice NJ. Van Nest to Azrael Furr for
s11.OO
A ten room, modern, brick house;
hot water heat; large garage in
the rear. 224 Eighth street south
east. Sold for Annie NJ. Wilson and
Julia Wilson Earnshaw to Ralph De
Simone for $500.
An eight room, modern house
1888 c street northeast. Sold for
Mrs. Margaret D. Schultz to Will
same for a residence. 1t was solo
for $1,000.
A two-story apartment, five rooms
each; modern heat. Sold for Penn
broke and Lizzie Shipley to Katie
Clagett Townsend and Marguerite
Hodges Townsend for $4,000.
A six room, modern, colonial
house; hot water heat. 110 Fifteenth
street northeast. Sold for Walter
e. Bell to Edward S. and Mary L.
Breidenstein for $3.50.
A SIX room colonial house. 134S
Potomac avenue southeast Sold
for Howard B. Thompson to Ida
Mae Elkins for $500.
A business property with living
quarters above. GIL Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. Sold for John
Caposella to Gelsomino Cerrone at
lS5,500
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17

fender much more quickly by the
100 borrowers than by the one bor-
rover OF the s1,0oo,000.'
High Loans Cause Trouble.
"The housing problem at the
present time is made much more
difficult of solution because the
lenders of money refuse to make
loans of large amounts. To meet
the situation the title and mort
gage companies are calling atten-
tion to their facilities to dispose OF
fractional interests of $500 and
81. 900 each in mortgages, and to the
plan of issuing bonds in small
denominations of 800 and up
ward against real estate mort
cages in large amounts as security.
If the plan of selling apartments
in fee ownership, such as is sug-
gested above, can be worked out so
that such homes may be freely ac-
cepted as satisfactory mortgage Sc
curity the solution of the housing
problem will be Brought much
nearer.
There is, of course, the question
lof general repairs to the COM
munity building, but II would seem
that this could be worked out by
Iobligating the public service cor
poration which manages the build
ing to make the repairs and Civ
ing it the right to collect pro rata
in proportionate amounts from the
apartment owners and creating a
lien on the several apartments re-
spectively, to secure payment of the
amounts properly charged against
the apartment owners. OF course,
there are other details which would
have to be carefully considered and
solved, such as the rights of the
several apartment owners in insur-
ance- monies in case of a fire and as
to the rights of the several parties
in disposing of the fee of the prop
erty in case the building should
burn down. etc, but it would seem
that there are no objections which
could not be overcome If trained
legal minds set out to find a way
and the legislature were willing to
pass the necessary laws"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17

An appeal to the savings banks,
the fire and life insurance compa-
nies to help the housing situation
by putting some of their funds into
first mortgage loans, Is the feature
of the current Issue of the Brook
lyn Chamber of Commerce Bulletin,
according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
The appeal is by Louis Gretsch.
chairman of the home building COM
mittee, who points out that the
savings banks could invest many
millions more in mortgage loans
than they have put out at the pres
ent time in this form of Investment.
The insurance companies, which
receive very large sums in premi-
ums from Brooklyn every year,
practically give no help at all in
the way of mortgage loans. Mr..
Gretsch's article in part follows:
Mortgage statae Critical.
THE mortgage situation in
Brooklyn at present has reached the
most critical stage known in many
years, and it is not an easy task
to determine altogether just what
the cause for this situation is, or
how it can be readily improved.
When the committee of which / am
chairman first took up a consjdera-
tion of the housing problem fn the
Greater City We found that the lack
of mortgage money was one of the
primary reasons for the cessation
in building operations, and so the
mortgage situation becomes very
closely allied with the housing
problem.
May Loan 65 Per Cent.
THE method by which small
sums of money are placed at the
disposal of builders. while helpful,
is not of great value. and SO we
are led to a consideration of what
are the big means by which build
ers might be induced to proceed on
a large basis. The first source that
suggests itself is the savings banks.
Under the law we find that saw
ings institutions in the State of
New York are permitted TO loan
up to IS per cent of their resources
on bond and mortgage.
The following statistics were
furnished by the Savings Bank AS
sociation of the State of New York,
showing the situation as of July /
1920:
Total resources. $2.5S6, ,320,2s2.7;
Total on deposit.... 2,39S. ,940.74
Total bond and mort
gage holdings -. 1,227,177,57S.92
The same statistics as of July /
1920, for the savings banks OF
Brooklyn are as follows:
Resources ....... 5S6,4S4, ,030. 95
Deposits .......... 530,l36,510.7
Total bond and mort
gage holdings .....276, 543, 352. SIS
From this ii will be observed
that both with respect to the State
of New York and the Borough OF
Brooklyn less than so per cent OF
the total resources of the savings
banks is invested in bond and mort
gage. II the additional Is per cent
allowed by law were invested on
bond and mortgage 1t can be readily
seen what a large sum of money
would be available in the present
emergency.
Asks Insurance Aid.
Gov. Smith seems to have sensed
the real difficulty when he said, in
part: 1 believe that savings banks
which are primarily organized for
the purpose of promoting thrift
among the people, can render nc
greater service to the several COM
munities in which they are located
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
DEEDS FOR COOPERATIVE
APARTMENT HOUSES URGED
AS CURE FOR TENANT WOES

asked, How will you solve the
problem of heat and hot water and
elevator and janitor service? In
answer 1 would suggest that we
pass laws authorizing Nhe incor-
poration of public service companies
to furnish heat, hot water, elevator
and janitor service to such apart
ment houses as shall be brought
under the operation of such laws in
the same way that existing public
service corporations are now en-
franchised to furnish electric light
and gas. Such companies should be
subject to regulation, and their
charges should be fixed and ap-
proved by some public service COM
mission so as to insure every owner
of separate apartment the right to
the use of these necessities on pay
ment of a fixed legal rate, the same
as every person in our community
now has the right to purchase gas
or electricity.
I'VE have no difficulty in using
the streets of the city as means of
access to our individual homes, and
it is but an extension Of this prin-
ciple to make the elevators and
Railways of apartment houses pub
lie highways, from which the
owners of the several apartments
cannot be cut off; in fact, they are
in effect. public highways at the
present time. There seems to be no
insuperable legal objection to the
working out of such a plan. To
make 1t entirely feasible and prac-
tical. OF course the several owners
must, in addition to having the
right to buy and sell their apart
ments with the same facility as they
would buy and sell individual
houses, be also able practically to
borrow money and mortgage sep
arately their individual apartments
1t is a we'll known fact that the
safest and most satisfactory mort
gage loans are small loans on
houses occupied solely by the owner
and his family.
Distribution Safer.
1T is much simpler to the large
money lenders to have one mort
gage for $1,000, 900 covering a large
apartment house than to have 100
mortgages of $4,000 each covering
separately owned apartments; but
on the other hand, it is suggested
that the investment would become
at once a safer investment If the
lender held the 100 small mort
cages than If he held the one large
mortgage. The 100 home owners
would each have the incentive to
pay off the mortgage and own his
apartment free and clear, the same
as the owner of the> small house
struggles to pay off the mortgage
on his home, and, undoubtedly, the
sl,00O,00O would be repaid to the
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17

d Give every rent payer the oppor-
tunity of becoming a home owner,
says Stark B. Ferriss in Me New
York Tribune, and a short cut will
be made in solving the great hous-
ing problem. Mr.. Ferriss has prac-
!, ticed real estate law for a quarter
nsf century and for many years
was with one of the title insurance
= companies He is regarded as an
authority On real estate matters,
whether they are of a legal or eco
nomic nature.
City life has fastened itself on so
many people that II is the opinion of
Mr.. Ferriss they could not be in
duced to leave it for the suburbs no
matter how good the housing IA
cilities may be beyond the urban
sections.
The housing problem is essen
TALLY a trouble resting upon the
tenant class" said Mr.. Ferriss
There is a shortage of small su-
. burban houses, which would be pur-
CHASED h. owners IL erected, but
,rtnety-nine per cent of the agita-
/, tion arises from the class of our
population who live as tenants in
, apartment houses, flats and tene-
ments- We hear no complaints at
the present time from this small
house owner class of our population.
They are undisturbed by the foment
of agitation over rent increases and
landlord and tenant laws. On the
other hani the tenants of flats
apartments and tenements, not with
standing their troubles, prefer gen.
orally and as a class to live in the
city in the community buildings
rather than in small houses in the
suburbs.
tI Solution offered.
IF a satisfactory plan can be de-
vised and put into execution by
which tenants OF apartments may
become owners of their apartments,
so that they may in a practical busi-
ness way. without legal complica-
tions, buy and sell and borrow
money upon their separate apart
ments, the same as the owner of the
small house can buy and sell and
mortgage his property, it seems to
me that We shall have at least a
: partial solution of the problem
a. I'VE have since the earliest times
had no difficulty in the law in
dividing our land ownerships per-
pendicularly from the center of the
earth to the sky. The time is at
hand when We must devise a prac-
tical and workable legal method OF
dividing our ownerships also hori-
zontally, 50 that large apartment
houses may be owned in separate
apartment units, with similar Sc
curity as that which attends and
accompanies the ownership of small
houses
4. The question will at once be
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
SEPTEMBER FIRE LOSS
TOTALS $25,630,050

Figures compiled by the Journal
OF Commerce show that total losses
by fire in the United States and
Canada during September totaIed
sas.sso.oso. compared with sI7.sso.-
500 in August A feature of ,the
September ire record was the large
number of severe losses.
In all there were some 2a5 fires,
each resulting in a property dam
age of $4,000 or more.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
Irrigation Dam in India
To Aid Cotton Growing

Consufs in India report that a pro-
posal is being seriously considered
by the government to build a dam
on the Indus River which would pro-
vide water for a series of perennial
canals on both banks of the river
and would irrigate approximately
5,000,0O acres.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
Chisek 4 "Travel Log"

Out of 22-foot redwood log. IL
feet In diameter, Charles Kellogg.
OF Santa Clara, Cal. chiseIed a mod
ern little home and mounted Il on
an automobile chassis. He calls Il
The Travel Log" 1t has already
gone more than 5000 miles.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
HOUSE
NETS 100000
Property at 6l2 Thirteenth
St. Sold by Gardner
and Dent, Inc.

The three-story brick business
property at 612 Thirteenth strea
northwest. was sold during the
week through Gardner and Dent
Inc, local realtors. for 100000.
There Is store on the FIRST moor
and Office rooms above. The lot has
a frontage Of twenty feet by a depth
of 100 feet to a thirty-foot alley.
II was sold for William NewlAno
TO a local investor.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
.LARGEPRINTING
PLANT PLANNED
Lewis M. Thayer to Raze
Frame Dwelling for
Trade Expansion.

In furtherance of his plans to
erect a two-story brick building to
house a modern printing plant,
Lewis NJ. Thayer has purchased the
two-s story frame dwelling at sll
Twelfth street northwest. The con-
sideration was $4,000. Thayer al
ready owns the property at s0s
Twelfth street. He plans to raze
the two buildings.
Plans for the proposed new build
ing have been drawn and Thayer
expects to begin the work of razing
the two buildings and start the
erection of the new building within
a short time.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17

Near Lincoln Park.

Owner must sell at once her
excellent 6-room-and-bsth house.
Hot-water heat; electric light and
in splendid condition. Screens
and awnings included in price.
An exceptional value. Investi-
gate
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Height, Section,
$4,000

Located on the hill within one
block Of Central High School,
convenient to stores and 18th st.
car line; containing 10 rooms, 2
baths; modem in every partic-
ular, garage for 2 cars.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
S13,5O0

Modern 9-room home of ex-
c,Ilent construction; convenient
b cara, stores, etc. Located on
q very wide street. This prop
erp also has a garage.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
$3.50
Desirable Northwest Section.

An attractive 2-story colonial
brick residence containing 6 rooms
and tiled bath; hot-water heat;
electric lights; sleeping porch ;
large yard to alley. In excel
lent condition.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
$1,000
Southeast Section.

Owner leaving city will sacri-
fee home containing s rooms and
bath. Hot-water heat, gas light.
House is situated on good lot to
3o-foot alley. Space for garage.
Act quickly.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
MODERN HOME
$3.50 CASH, $50 MONTH

Convenient to navy yard: .
story colonial modern brick: Q
rooms, tiled bath: excellent
pipeless furnace, electricity and
gas; l0-foot double rear
porches; 2O-foot alley; room for
garage; built less than 2 years
and in excellent condition:
strictly white neighborhood.
Possession in ten days. Price,
$500.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
$4,000

Near Christian Science Church
conveniently located neal two
car lines; house containing 10
rooms. 3 baths; all modern i'm
provements. Immediate Dos
session.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
PARK RD. N. W.
SEMI-DETACHED

West Of 18th St; excellent
neighborhood; 10 rooms, 2
baths, colonial brick. hot-water
heat, electric light; large lot to
20-foot alley; exceptionally de-
sirable home; half square of Mt.
Pleasant car line; room for
double garage. Price. Sl3.5oo
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
S13,500

Three-ssoy modern home.
with large porrhes, 10 rooms. 2
baths; overlooking Rock Creek
Parf and within 2 block, of Mt.
Pleasant car line; garage open
ing "a 20-f. alley.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
ATTRACTIVE HOMES
At Reasonable Prices
$3.50
Near 9Th and E Streets N. G.

A splendid little home contain
ing 6 rooms and bath in good
condition. Nice location and a
bargain at the priced asked.