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The Washington times., 1920-08-21
Events of Week in Realty
The Value of Land
Bt RONALD S. O'NEILL.

You remember the who said that building lot
was "nothng?" Pressed for explanation he argued:
"Well house and lot; if moye the house away
have nothing le-that is ot!'
The argument, while facetous, hardly is true Ger
tanly il the very opposite of truth in this day OF high
building costs With the price of everything high and sui
rising it is worthy of special note that the price OF vacant
land generally has not increased since before the war
Indeed lot is EVERYTHING these days and those who
some day will build home of their making plans
TO buy tract of land to build it NOW 1t is simple logic
that when the building market becomes easier and large
construction projects begun that the price of land VIII
increase 1t is evident that if intends to build the
time to buy lot today.
Washington is taking keen interest in unmproved
property days. Numerous subdivisions have been opened
this summer and practically all of them report large sales
1t quite evident that the great majority of buyers know
that land is still be had at its old value snd that they are
buying at the proptious time.
There are still many prospective builders who are put
ting off the purchase of homese for some unaccounable
reason lot in the most desirable sections of the city and
its suburbs can be purchased at such reasonable price
and on such small that anyone who will ever have use
for the lot is sure suffer financial loss he does not buy
before prices advance
One cannot build home until he owns some land to
build it on YOU intend to build some day. Why not
acquire the land NOW is much easier to finance home
building when you own your land You must have the land
some day-BUY NOW while the prices at their lowest
level.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
ACTIVE HOME MARKET
IN NEARBY VIRGINIA
Walter O'Hara Sells Six Homes and
Several Building Tracts During
the Past Week.


Walter O'Hara reports the sale Of
many nearby Virginia homes and
home-sites during the past week.
The eight room home with garage
and three acres of land at Livingston
Heights, near the Country Club, was
sold to G. Milton Jones of Jones e.
Drain, stock brokers. for $4,000. A
six room house at Franklin Park with
two and one-half acres of land was
sold to John T. Ashbaugh.
A six room home with one-half
Anthony J. Puelle. An acre Of land
on the military road. adjoining the
Cherrydale Y. w. c. A., was sold to
Howard Crocker, who will build a
modern home on the site next year.
The six-room home at Clarendon.
on Clements avenue, was sold to
Charles. w. FELTON,, who will occup,
it as his home. The six-room house
at Oak street and Clements avenue,
Clarendon, was sold to Adelbert w.
Adam, who will make it his home.
A six-room home at Is Preston ave-
nue., Cherrydale, was sold to Thomas
E. Peckham. who will occupy 1t. The
house is thoroughly modern. with gas
and electricity and hot-water heat.
Several home-sites at Vinson Sta
tion, in Mr.. O'Hara's Arlington Iark
subdivision, and several building
tracts in his Livingston Heights sub
division were sold to prospective
builders
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
BOSS & PHELPS SELL
ATTRACTIVE PROPERTY
Homes in Various Sections of the
City Disposed of BY Real Estate
Firm During the Past Week.

Flora B. Grimes purchased a new
corner house at 3435 Quebec street
northwest, in Richmond Park. This
house is one of about twenty-five just
being completed by Boss Phelps,
and the sale was made through their
office. The house is of brick con-
struction, colonial type, having eight
rooms and bath, every up-to-date con-
yenience, also f1reproof heated ga
rage.
DR.. William G. Young sold house
at 1922 Kilbourne street. northwest,
in Mt. Pleasant, to Jennie M. Woolf.
The improvements consists or a
three story brick house, having ten
rooms and bath, heated with hot
water, having electric lights; also
brick garage holding two cars.
A detached residence at 1O4 west
Woodbine street, Chevy Chase, Nd,
was purchased by e. B. Thompson
from Amy B. Hitchcock. The mouse
Is of frame construction, containing
eight rooms, two baths. hot-water
heat, electric lights and a large ga
rage. The lot is 100 feet square and
has numerous large trees.
A Columbia Heights home located
at 3545 Thirteenth street northwest,
was sold for c. T. Way to Jennie r
Cohen. This is a three-story box
style ten-room brick house, having
hot-water heat, electric lights, oak
floors and a garage for two cars.
Charles S. Austin bought resi-
dence at 1876 Church street north
west, owned by Graeme T. Smallwood
This house has ten rooms and bath.
and after improvements will be oc-
cupied as a home.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
BUILDING CAPITAL
AVA|LAB[E'-STRAUS
Prominent N. Y. Einancier Says
Loans Being Made Under
.-s, Certain Conditions.

That capital in large amounts Is
available for increasing the nations
housing facilities, under proper con-
ditions, is indicated by an announce
ment made by s. w. Straus & Co. that
they have just underwritten first
mortgage per cent amortized serial
bond issue OF S1,000.000 on a new
apartment house to be built at once In
Buffalo, n. Y.
This announcement is looked upon
with particular interest just at this
time as II follows closely the call for
a special session of the New York
legislature in September TO consider
methods OF relieving the housing
shortage.
SMALL APARTMENTS ONLY.
II is interesting to note that the
new Buffalo building, which will con-
tain $50 apartments, with 4i2 rooms,
will be devoted exclusively to small
apartments at moderate rentals. 1t is
estimated that the new building will
furnish living accommodations for
500 persons. The apartments will be
arranged in suites of two, three and
four rooms each.
IN making announcement of the
Buffalo operation, S. w. Stratus & Co.
say:
"''The nation at this time faces a
very serious housing crisis. For
number of reasons the supply OF
homes in this country has been
steadily growing less during the past
four years. In this period there has
been an almost uniform increase of
all building costs. 1t has been the
view and policy of this house that
everything possible should be done to
increase the nations housing facil-
tiles, because it is realized that
/ lack of homes fosters social unrest
and constitutes a disturbing factor in
the country's economic life.
BUILDING MUST ADVANCE.
z,"It has been the attitude of this
house that in the face of this un-
precedented building shortage in all
parts of the country. there must be
great amount of building done dur
ing the period covering a number of
years to come; that the standard
Of living is advancing; that the
people are demanding better housing
facilities and that, from the builders
standpoint, nothing is to be gained
by Withholding building projects. We
believe everything possible should be
done to encourage building opera
tons and we are happy that through
the operations of the Straus plan we
have been able to add materially to
the nations housing facilities"
The new Buffalo building will be
called the Stuyvesant. and will be
located in one of the best residential
sections of the city. 1t will be seven
stories high and will contain every
modern improvement, including spa
cous sun parlors adjoining each apart
ment. Each apartment will have
maximum light and air, the site oc-
cupyinS the unusual frontage of 245
feet. The land and building are
valued at 81 100000. and the net an
nual income is estimated at $1S2.000.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
FIGHT FORD PURCHASE.

NEW YORK. Aug. PA summons
and complaint was filed with County
Clerk Schneider here today in pro-
ceedings brought by Leon Tannebaum
and Il. NJ. Strausto to restrain the
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Rail-
road Company, Edsel Ford and the
Ford Motor Company from disposing
of the railroads control by the direc-
tors to the Ford interests.
The Washington times., 1920-08-21
THREE DUNCAN HOMES
SOLD IN LAST WEEK

r. Irving Brown purchased a CO.
lonial type home at 1910 Longfellow
street, in Fourteenth Street High
lands. during the past week from D.
J. DUNCAN. George Nicholson bought
the house at 1904 Longfellow street
whitman Osgood bought the Duni-
gan home at 1913 Kennedy street The
Petworth home at All Seventh street
was sold to Mrs. Julia Stall This
home has six rooms and bath.
The evening world., 1920-08-05
OBSTRUCTION WILL FAIL.

ID EALTY interests are in large measure response
N bic for the necessity Of a special session of
the Legislature next month
In the regular session all the influence Of those
most experienced In real estate matters was ex-
cried in purely negative manner. They were
more interested in defeating the bills proposed than
in advocating progressive and constructive pro-
gramme wtidn would both meet the necessities of
the rent crisis and stabilize and encourage the real
estate business
Their, when the tide Of public opinion, driven BY
the MISUNDERSTANDING sentiment expressed
at the Hotel Astor meeting engulfed them and over
whelmed their opposition, they had no substitute
plan.
The result was lopsided programme, half a
programme, programme so imperfect as to need
revision.
Now the leading real estate interests will have an
opportunity TO redeem the mistake of last winter
by formulating constructive half Of programme
which will promise sufficient relief so that the ten
ants will not insist on merely putting more teeth
in the present rent code.
Yesterday the realty interests appearing before the
Platform Subcommittee at Saratoga opposed The
Statewide housing plan submitted by the Recon.
sinlction Commission The only remedial sugges'
The evening world., 1920-08-05
DOOMED AT THE START.

DIGIT to trial by jury under civil law and the
IN prohibition Of ex post facto legislation are
two important traditions of the Ango-Saxcn her
itage
Lloyd Georges latest programme for dealing
with Ireland-if II can be called a programme
flies full in the face of these traditions. Many who
might even sympathize with the Suspension of civil
law will be unable to approve the ex post facto pro-
visions of the biii
When England realizes the import of these fea-
lures it is hardly conceivable that Parliament will
approve so revolutionary proposal even in dealing
with 50 disturbing an element as Ireland.
And assuming that Parliament may accept the
Premer's conclusions, it is foregone conclusion
that they will only serve to sten Irish resistance, as
well they may. Even the moderate Irish, who dis
approve and deplore Sim Fein and all its works,
will resist such measure of coercion.
Whatever the remedy for Irish ills may be, this
latest effort Of Lloyd George certainly carries small
promise Of success.
The evening world., 1920-08-05
ALL THE MORE REASON.

ITO justify his opposition to Mayor Hytan's veto
l Of the 40 per cent. straight" salary grab for
political appointees in municipal Offices, ComptTol
Ter Craig threw something of bombdne yester-
day by revealing a whole list of increased county
salaries sneaked through in the closing hours of the
last Legislature.
The fact that these salary boosts were so care
fully concealed from public notice for so long a
time is perhaps as effective a commentary on their
justification as anything that could be added.
But this list does not seem TO strengthen Comp
troller Cralgs position. Quite the reverse, it would
seem.
If the Legislature has saddled New York taxpay-
ers with these unavoidable salary payments, then
all the more reason that the taxpayers should not
be burdened with the obligation to pay other m
creases on other political sinecures
The evening world., 1920-08-05
UNCOMMON SENSE
By John Blake
CC0pgnEh. uA' % Sohn bAhaD
WHAT YOU WANT is NOT ALWAYS WHAT "

WHAT YOU WANT Is NOI ALWAYS WHAT 1OO
NEED.
When you a baby you probably wanted the moon.
You learned later that you did not need it.
Doubtless you want yacht and million dollars
to buy coal for it.
Tomorrow you will learn that you don't need the yacht
either and can dispense with the million dollars.
Most of u 90 through life wearing out strength
destroying peace of mind quest for something
that proves wholly useless when get tiff indeed
do get it.
The of living is getting along without every
thing that necessary. We do by that that
and dispense with luxures for Injuries
are often needful.
This would be bleak world if possessed only food
and drink and shelter.
Music, pictures books travel all good to haveal
needed make existence complete And every who
obtain them ought to do 10.
But you will find, if you stop to think that at least half
of the things fancy only
but would prove really worthless if you got them.
Take stock of the possessions of your welodo friends
you will speedily discover that many of the things they
worked hardest for do them good whatever
Superfluous wealth, social position of leisure all
prizes while you toll for them. They out,value
less when you have got them
Plan your life with moderate ambitions to possess
Health first competence second then enough beauty and
travel to make life enjoyable.
Beyond these your needs very small And if you
will cOnfne your wants Them and work with your
eyes worthless przes you far likely to live
happily and die happily
The evening world., 1920-08-05

ton the real estate interests offered involved tax
exemptions.
Such plan will not satisfy the demands of the
tenants Real estate interests may as well under
stand that now as later. Unless they are able TO
get together and then meet the tenants half way,
they are scheduled for another application Of the
steam roller that hattened them out last winter.
Associations Of landlords and owners might far
better make constructive plans than to content
themselves with obstruction. Now is the time TO
do So and then convince the tenants Of the good
faith and effectiveness Of the programme.
The evening world., 1920-08-05

OF support is put upon the man,
whereas she is Legally obligated TO
do nothing.
The domestic relation laws should
be amended along the following
lines:
l. A definite obligation of service
and good will shall bind her just as
the definite obligation OF support is
binding him.
2. Separation cases should he tried
by a jury of men and women or BY
an arbitration board of both sexes.
with power to investigate all charges
prior TO giving a decision, but not by
a single judge, as now.
3. There should be no such law
az separating two people forever.
Z. II a separation Is justified, ali
mony shall DE given according to a
fixed table,
6. n she is able 10 earn enough
for her own support, she shall not
receive any alinony.
6. A wife slull not receive dover
rights in her husbands property m-
less she has hand in helping To
create same,
I. II after three years living apart
they refuse 10 come together, either
one can get an. absolute divorce
bF0olziyu. Judy ~. Il. w.
The evening world., 1920-08-05
A BUNCo PROGRAMME.


D REPRESENTATIVE C BASCOM SLEMP of
IN Virginia fresh from a conference with Sen
ator Harding, Is authority for an interesting state
ment Of Republican taxation and finance policy.
Senator Harding Is pledged to call an extra sss-
sion of Congress soon after March 4, i92f-if he
Is elected a. 'zk
This Congress, according to Mr. SIenip, would:
Revise and possibly entirely repeal the ca
cess-prOhts tar.
immediately sbOlish the Government tar
on freight and passenger tranac-
Materially modify the income tan schedules
and bring about . very considerable ToGuO-
ton in them
FineI This Is interesting news indeed
VINO is there who does not hate 10 pay taxes and
deplore the necessity for themt
But hold Where will the money come from to
Nm the Government
Mr.. Slemp has suggestion for that too.
Mr.. Slemp prescTibeS protective tariff.
d This is good old Republican doctrine. II sounds
familiar.
The principal trouble with this idea Is that II CON-
pictely u6IeSdIuS ulC COlu HAM, ildttSi-O-id(t hB
Mes of our national finance.
Customs receipts for last year amounted to ap-
proximately one-qateI Of billion of dollars, out
of total revenue of more than six billion, or less
than per cent. Of the total
In 1910, the banner year for customs receipts,
the United States collected oue-tird of billion in
tariff Last year New York State alone paid nearly
one and one-haf billions to the United States Col
iectors of Internal Revenue.
Mr.. SIemps programme win not solve the prob
lem. HeIuust get down 10 cases and tel Us where
the money Is coming from
Rosy prediction promises WIN not bring Liberty
bonds back to par.
Economy will help, but before al botherSome
direct taxes can be abolished the Republicans will
need to trot out more comprehensive programme
than the tariff. The poor old tariff can no longer
carry the whole burden, and when Mr.. Slemp makes
such rash predictions he Is merely angling for votes
using hot air for bait. He IS as engaging as bunoo
Steerer.
BY all means, let Us have definite financial pol
Icy to indorse OF condemn at the polls. But let It
fit the facts as they are, not as we should like TO
have them.
To keep the record straight II should be recalled
that the present Administration has repeatedly rec
commended the revision of the emess-profts tax,
recommendation which the Republican Congress
has steadfastly ignored, preferrng to promise dur
ing the campaign rather than to perform before the
campaign.
The evening world., 1920-08-05
THE ANTI.NoL STEAD PLANK.

INCORPORATED in the Democratic platform
/ adopted at Saratoga Is the following plank:
We favor a amendment to tho so-called
volptead Aca that wGll mako operative The cot
passed By ne Sta4s Legislature end signed by .
Gov Smith, defining non-intoTiosting bower
ages and providing for the regulation of their
sale.
This plank Mayor Itmn of Schenectady opposed
and endeavored to have stricken from the platform
Only thirty-fon votes Endorsed Mayor Lmns
proposal.
In opposing this plank Mayor Lmn charged that
at is IN direct violation Of the action taken by the
National Democrats Convention"
Again Mr. Lunn said:
The state Of New York Is pOwerboss TO take
any action whatsoever regarding the liquor
question The state Legislature would have
10 nv IN She face Of the Constitution Of the
limited states as we'll a. 0he decisions Of the
limited Etates Supreme Court even IN IN at
tempt TO act.
In both these statements Mayor Lunn vas mis-
taken.
The New York platform does not conflict with
the National platform. Since the National platform
Is silent on the question the State platfoNn Is merely
supplementary
Nor does the platform fly IN the face Of the Con-
stittion OF the United States and the Supreme
Court.
It does pledge the Congressman elected on the
platform to an effort to modify the Nolstead Act.
1t does serve notice that the Democrats Of New
York propose to use legal and legitimate means to
effect this change.
The right of Congress to determine what oonsti-
tutes an intoxicating liquor under the Eighteenth
Amendment is not questioned.
New York Democrats propose to exert their
political power 10 effect a change in definition, to
enact true, fair and honest definition.
Working for modification of the Voistead Act is
not Modification" The Democracy Of New York
proposes 10 oppose falsehood written into law by
a Congress which subordnated itself to the Anti
Saloon League.
New York Democracy upholds constitutional law.
II seeks change in statute law under the Con-
sttution
The evening world., 1920-08-05
UNFAIR COMPETITION.
Troan colher,a.N

shooting at a record this year. The American peo-
pie have been cheering him on. Measure their
thusiam against the demonstrations" at Chicago
and San Francisco, and you measure the roar Of
Verdun against your baby's pOpgln-
One day Market Street, Just the swing 30
Cox began. we bought en- evening paper. There was
a red Streamer across the tOp-"Babe Ruth BsAned."
Down below IN modest black ink, ives tho neWS Of
the convention.
Buying that paper TO read about Ruth reminded
us OF a remark made eight years ago at Arranged
don. Tue long three-conered battle was drawing
TO a hnish Col Roosevelt thumbed over the evening
papers. The Giants and the Red SOx were on every
front page Il wish ths World Series were over. "
ne said. so people would have . chance 10 read
about polltios-
The evening world., 1920-08-05
"That'SaFact''
BY Albert p. SouthIDick
Copyright. 1920, by The Press I7iblishiua Co.
tThe New York Evening WORLDLY

Bowling Green. New York City,
was a veritable one, with an iron
railing around IT, still remaining,
with the exception OF the top balls.
These were broken off by the
Americans and used during the
Revolution. Permissio had first
been granted. In 1889. to three
families TO use the green for bowl
ing.
At No. Broadway, where there
Is now a tall office building, was
a broad, spacious mansion known
as the Kennedy House" the home
of many historic associations.
On July &c, 46 B. c., Julius
Caesar arrived at Rome from At
tica, celebrating his fourfold
triumph Of victories over the
Gauls; over Pbolemy. in Egypt:
over PHARMACIES, in Ponuus, and
over Juba, in Africa Games and
feasts followed.
In 1859, this day. The island OF
Montreal was invaded by 1900 IN
dams, who burned the plantations
and with every barbarity mas
sacred the men, women and chill
dren.
Only July 26, 1875, the Maryland
Convention met at Annapolis and
resolved to support the measures
Of Congress, also ordering forty
companies Of minute men"
The name Chelsea (stroet and
square), in New York City. was
bestowed by Col. Clarke, a noted
soldier, in honor of his own home
in England.
The name Greenwich, in the
metropolis. had its rise in one OF
the estates purchased by Sir Peter
Warren, X, r, and Vice Admiral
from his earnings al sea. He mar
rled, about li44, Susannah De
Lancey, an heireSs Of Now York
City.
OF the three daughters OF Vice
Admiral Warren, his only heirs.
Charlotte, the eldest, married wal
loughby, Earl of Abingdon: Ann
married Charles F1tEroy, atterward
: Baron Southampton, and Sul
sannah, tho youngest, Col VII
liam Skinner. There was, soon
after, skinner Road, a Ftzroy
Road and a southampton Road, in
New York city, but the only sur
vtval to-day is Abingdon Square.
In 1892, Capt. William Kidd who.
instead Of bunting pirates had he.
como one, stopped IN Long Island
Sound Al two or three places, WheTe
he buried treasure and went ON 10
gpstgr1 Raa arrested, ssNt te EnEr
land ana hGngsd
The evening world., 1920-08-05
The Farmer.
q In. ra--.Lnn ~

no Tn Ddibnr Of Ths EVulinG WCSh:
Ono and all win agree that the
farmer Is most needed, for he sup-
plies the world with produce by which
all can live. He Is the ono who has
the rislCiest investment, for II after
planting the seeds storm should
come along then he loses all. The
speculator, when the farmer comes to
| sell his crops does not consider the
poor farmers side Of the story, but
| hB own.
Let Us take for example. rye and
potatoes-two very important crops.
During the past week the price Of a
ton OF rye ranged about tho Ga line.
| Al present IL costs about 81 a day TO
secure tho services OF a man for bar
vest Taking In all minor expenses, Il
costs moro than l12 for a farmer 10
harvest In a ton of rye. Is this fair ?
In the city, nevertheless, the price OF
bread Is stll high This goes to prove
that the SPECTATORS and the big cor
porations are reHping a large haF-
vest. Who are the sufferers? The
farmer and the consumer.
Now that the farmer 10 commenchnR
70 dig his potatoes tho prohteer gives
all sorts OF excuses aud refuses b
pay the farmer. 20 az 10 make both
enda mSOA
SonstsIns must " dOns 70 s,os Chi,
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troubled brow

troubled brow betrayed profound
Thought and confederation. is II
something to eat?" queried the Judge
after a slight suspense. Our friend,
baffled and overwhelmed by a ques-
ton that even the keen mind OF Plato
could not answer satisfactorily, shook
his head in the affirmative.
The court room resounded with up
roarious laughter.
Speaker Sweet can sing THE star
Spangled Banner backward but this
,dmuie every day toller. imbued with
the true spirit OF freedom and dem
ooracy. Is of greater value to the
state than the whole crew OF petty
politicians who trample upon our
sacred rights and who can quite easily
define a republic.
The applicant whose request was re-
Snsed shOuld be granted his papers.
JACK MALTZ.
New York, Aug. 1.