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The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
DUNCAN BUYS
SUBDIVISION
Plans Ultimate Erection of
Several Hundred
Dwellings.
RELIEF TO DISTRICT
Undertaking Should Prove
Invaluable to Home
Seekers.

Aid to the housing situation in
the District Is promised by the pur-
chase. announced yesterday, of the
Fourteenth Street Highlands sub
division, by d. J. Dunigan, who
plans ultimately to erect nearly 200
houses on the tract.
The property, formerly known as
the White tract, contains about
eighteen acres and the purchase
price is understood to be about
s250.000. Division of the property
into about ESQ lots will be complet-
ed soon, 1t is stated. The division
Will be effected so that each lot has
depth Of $50 feet and a frontage
of twenty feet
The homes which will be built
will probably be of the Colonial
type of the favorite twenty-foot
width.
The property is bounded on the
west by Fourteenth street and Col
orado avenue and the subdivision
known as Fourteenth Street Ter
race. and is intersected by Long
fellow, Kennedy, Jefferson, Ingra-
ham and Hamilton streets. 1t lies
close to the Fourteenth street car
line. The property was purchased
for outfof- own investors for whom
the American Security and Trust
Company acted as trustees-the sale
being ndrde to M. DunigAn through
Randall ~. Hagner and Is.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
BUYS SEVENTH
STREET PROPERTY
Banking
Investments

The purchase of the business
building at Seventh and II streets
by the T. ]. Nee Company for $780,
900 marked the most important
transaction in Seventh realty in re-
cent years.
A feature of the sale was that the
transaction was handled independ-
emily of any real estate broker. Mr..
McNee negotiating directly with the
trustees ob the Charles Graft es-
tate. former owner of the property.
The p. ]. McNee Company has oc-
cupied the building for many years
and plans extensive alterations. The
building is a brick, three-story
structure, with a 45-foot frontage
on Seventh street and rs feet on II
street. The three stories. with the
basement. have floor space of 49,
500 feet.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
WAGE SCALE
IN DC. TRADES
Skilled Workmen Average
High Rate in the
District.
TWENTY CITIES REPORT
Washington Figures Higher
In Most Branches of
Labor.

Skilled workmen in the building
trades in Washington receive pay
envelopes which contain Z per cent
more coin of the realm than does
the average building trade worker
in the United States.
The average hourly pay OF Dis
trict workmen engaged in the
twenty-six skilled operations con-
nected with building is 500 cents
per hour. The average for the coun-
try as a whole is Ss.4 cents per hour.
The figures are obtained by an
analysis of wage scales received by
The Herald from twenty represent
ative cities Of the nation. In sew
eral OF the cities considered wages
may be considered TO be abnormal,
premium prices" resulting from
building booms, such as in Akron
and Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit,
Mich.
In the matter of common labor
wages are about the same as the
country average, pay for ordinary
labor here fluctuating from 40 TO SIS
cents per hour. whereas the mean
national scale for unskilled labor rs
49.9 cents.
Washington pays her skilled con-
struction workingmen Is per cent
more than does her neighbor city,
Baltimore. The contrast for unskiII-
ed labor is even more marked, the
Baltimore. The contrast between
pay for unskilled labor is even more
marked. the Baltimore scale being
30 tnd 40 cents. as against 40 to IS
cents here.
Top pay for skilled labor in the
Washington scale is 81 per hour-eight
classes of building workmen receiving
this amount-bricklayers, electricians,
Iathers, marble cutters. mosaic work
ers, piasterers, roofers and stone
cutters
Contractors recognize twenty six
Glasses of labor in the building trade.
not including unorganized labor.
Following is the wage scale that OBJ
tains in the District:
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
DESIGN OF wARDMAN APART
MENTs At CONNECTICUT AND
CATHEDRAL AVENUES.

Work on the. new Wardman apart
ments at Connecticut and Cathedral
avenues was started last week and
the building will be ready for occu-
pancy by late summer, according to
Harry Wardman. The building will
be similar in appearance to several
other Wardman apartments. 1t will
contain a large number of rooms.
1t will be chiefly divided into small
and medium sized apartments, vary
ing in size from one room and bath
to five rooms and bath.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
Labor bureau Statistics.

~oE bureau Stntl8tle1.
To obtain from the increase in the
prices of the separate items the per
centage OF increase for the budget as
a whole, each item was weighed ac-
cording to its Importance in the bud
get. The distribution of expenditures
lof a large number of families studied
by the United States Bureau of Labor
statistics and other agencies was TAX
en- as basis for this. Averages of
the expenditures of these families
show that. before the war, food re-
quired approximately 43 per cent of
the total budget: shelter. IS per cent ::
clothing, IL per cent; fuel, heat and
light. per cent, and sundries, 20 per
cent. Individual families vary some
what IN their ALLEGATION OF expendi-
lures to the separate budget items, but
with any reasonable distribution based
on pre-war standards and the same
percentages of increase. the results
would be very similar.
The boards estimates OF the in
crease in the total budget are, there
fore, broadly representative. 1t should
be emphasized. however, that local
conditions may. in some instances.
cause the increase for any given To-
cality to be higher or lower than this
figure. The item of rent. in particular.
varies widely both as to the proper
ton it requires of the total family
budget and as to the percentage of
Increase in different communities.
Five-year Increase.
The estimated increase of 3S per
cent in the cost of shelter between
July. 1914, and November. 1919, is
based on figures received from over
800 real estate boards and brokers,
chambers of commerce, and charita-
| BILE and civic organizations in prac-
tically all cities of over $4,000 popu-
lation and in a number of smaller
places in the United States. From
only one community. and that a
very small city, was no change
since 1914 reported: in several. in
creases are more than 20 per cent.
Among the large cities of the
country were such increases as
more than 70 per cent in Los An
geles; 81 to 10 per cent in Cleve-
land and Detroit; IL to so per cent
in New York: 81 to 40 per cent in
Chicago and Pittsburg; 81 to 30
per cent in Baltimore: and IL to
20 per cent in Philadelphia, Boston
and st. Louis.
OId-tfme Prices Gone Forever,
The increase in rents the country
over between July. 1919. and No
vember, 1919, has been estimated at
per cent. and between November.
1918. and November, 1919, at Is per
cent. All reports indicated a prevail
ing shortage of houses and a con-
tinued advancing tendency.
Vindication of the sound business
Judgment of the man who built
early in 1919 is now a matter of
record. The demand for housing is
practically as great as a year ago.
The price level for construction is
higher but is more stable. The voice
calling for "old time" prices grows
fainter and fainter.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
WEEKS BUILDING PERMITS
TOTAL $294,4s2

Building permits issued for last
week by the District building in
spector's office total s294,452. The
biggest single operation listed in
the weeks list is the permit to
erect 13 two-story brick residences
in the 1900 block on Webster street;
the cost estimate being given as
$4,000.
Other important permits included
one issued to the Southern Aid So
society Inc. for a four-story apart
ment house at. 1901-1903 Seventh
street northwest and permit
granted to Monroe Warren for the
of six brick dwellings
on upper Sixteenth street The
apartment house planned
by the Southern Aid Society entails
an expenditure Of $4,000 and the
Warffn rssidenc} win cost yse. .eee.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
VALOIS APARTMENTS
BOUGHT BY O'NEIL

Frank A. O'Neil. a local investor,
has purchased the Valois apartment
building at 1880 Massachusetts,
avenue. The consideration for the
property, which he will hold as an
investment, is supposed to be about
$3.50, 900. The valois is a new. five-
story brick structure and contains
25 apartments varying in size from
two rooms and bath to FIVE rooms
and bath. All of the apartments are
occupied.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
Three Fires Cause sl60 Damage

Fire from an Overheated chimney
did 500 damage to the home of
Benjamin +. Cooper. 720 Howard
road southeast. yesterday afternoon.
The home of Robert II. Smith. 1911
street northwest, was damaged
$50 yesterday afternoon by fire of
unknown origin.
Z \ stable in the rear of 1915
Twenty-fifth street northwest was
slightly damaged by fire yesterday
afternoon. The stable is owned by
T. J. COnnor, 1926 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
SALES TOTAL SIS, 400

d. j. Dunigan. realty broker. an
noaaces the following sales closed
durieg the past week. amounting to
s2LseO:
NrS Lorraine de L. Gerry, house
nUniner 1923 Morrison street north
vest. This is an eight-room semi
dstash bed brick and frame dwelling.
me nf the group of similar houses
ca1rp ieted in Chevy Chase several
ruc1ths ago. In this sale Shannon
4 Ltichs represented the purchaser.
Roland E. Harper. house number
7os Sarnum street northwest This
u L seven-room brick dwelling. one
of q group of twenty-siX houses
ouitt on Varnum street by Mr.. Dun
igar- all of which have been sold
Leroy $. Gilman. detached brick
aud frame dwelling. 1920 Seventh
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
HIGHER RENTS
ANTICIPATED
Opinion Based on Increases
Of Other Neces-
sites.
RENTAL DEMAND BRISK
Housing Inadequate as In
creased Wants Continue
Active.

That rents may reasonably be
expected to climb to higher levels
is signified in a late report on
changes in the cost of living by
the National Industrial Conference
Board. based on its extensive OBJ
servations.
The cost of shelter has not
reached its level in proportion to
the cost OF the other items in a
family budget. The increase of so
to IS per cent in the cost of Iiv-
ing for American wage earners
from July. 1914. to November, 1919
is divided as follows.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Secretary and Treasurer of the Wau-
watosa Cemetery association for the
same period. giving his service gratis
for several years. He was CITY Treas
urer from 1898 to 1899.
Mr.. Loveland was one of our most
respected citizens. with host of
friends and enemies. His genial way.
unassuming. modest manner. his
thoughtful consideration of others and
friendly disposition won for him the
highest esteem from all. high or low,
who came into contact with him OF
unsullied character and unquestioned
Utegrity, he Will be remembered as
cne of the most substantial citizens of
the community. The funeral service
was held Monday afternoon. the burial
being in the Wauwatosa cemetery.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16
MR. FRANk E. LovELANo.

Mr.. Frank E. Loveland, well known
I O Wauwatosans, died Friday evening.
4 uriI 9Th. after an illness of two years,
having been confined to his home the
hast three months He was born in
ssVauwatosa March 10, 1855, being
therefore sixty-five. When eleven
Wears old he went to Vermont with his
|parents, residing there for twelve
Wears. Returning to Wauwatosa, he
Remained here the rest of his life. He
lis survived by Mrs. Loveland, three
daughters, the Misses Laura, Grace
band Lena, two sisters. Mrs Ellis
matthews of Los Angeles and Miss
.Fannie Loveland, and one brother, Mr..
sIoseph H. Loyeland of Norwich, Vt.
Ileor about thirty-three years he was
connected with the Milwaukee Pickle
|Co. of Wauwatosa, disposing OF his in
|terest in it seven years ago. Since
then he had been in the Real Estate
and Insurance business. being also
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16
vmebanne. March .. 1a2o.

NiiieDanne. March -, 1870.
Madam Leverett C. Wheeler and
friends of Wauwatosas
Yesterday. the 2Srd Of March, / re
ceived your letter and also the hank
check for. one hundred and eighty
francs. Tomorrow / am going TO the
bank TO get the money. Some day
am going to render you an account,
Madam. and also dear little friends.
that you may know how happy you
nave made me through your goodness
OF heart and your great generosity IN
coming to my aid. although you are so
far away
How happy | should be if ! might
know you better. but we hope that
some day you viii make the trip to
France. Mamma, Grandma and my
little brother would all know the
greatest happiest If only they might
be able TO pour out their overlooking
gratitude and thanks 10 you. AS for
me also. would love to see this beau
tiful America, which is SO large and so
fertile and which has rendered such
wonderful service TO France, and es-
pecially to little orphans of the war
like me. Madam. and dear little
friends, l send You these little flowers
which will speak for me.
Receive from your friend my most
sincere thanks.
(Signed) CURRELL ALBERT.
Note:- Inserted in the paper are a
spray of Forget-Me-Not, with the
words Remember me" and pansy
beneath which is written, Think Of
me---Adele Wheeler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16
Bare SUGAR Found il Honey.

Investigation of certain stores of
srystalli1sd honey found ia various
places in Pennsylvania where the bees
had died from starvation led to the
discovery of quantity OF rare sugar,
known as melezitose. which has been
extracted and purified and placed at
the disposal of the bureau of chem
lstry. The weekly news letter Of the
department of agriculture says tLat
melezitose is one of the rarest sugars
Minute quantities of it have been avass
able TO men of science for many years,
tut the supply has never been suffici-
emf TO permit of extensive experiment
tation- Now the United States de-
partment has several kilograms.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Perhaps 1t has not occurred 10
Lenine and Trotzky that the most
potent method Of converting the world
to the bolshevist idea would be to
show the world happy. prosperous
and free bo'shevist state.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

There is coal enough in the mines
TO last the world for another 1000
years. But this will moi kenp some
pessimists from worrying over what
is TO be done when the supply finally
gives out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Sweden thinks the United State is
too drastic in her treatment Of the
reds. Well, its the sad bnt necessary
result Of being too much the other
way before.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

An English minister advocates the
lethal chamber for uneducated people
whose ignorance makes them of no
value TO the community. Theory is
running mad in these days Of fads.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

A Russian dancing master has come
TO this country to invent new amer
lean dance. Just so he doesift call it
some Kind of turkey Trotssy, wen
stand for it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

The sultan Of Turkey says that Tur-
keys great mistake was III entering
the war on the wrong side. And that
expresses the sincerest penitence Of
which a Turk is capable.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

The census takers have discovered
that when it comes 70 the question of
a woman's age she is the court of last
resort. There is no appeal from her
decision.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Foresters are calling attention to a
tree In Japan with leaves 80 inches
across which can be grown in Amer
lea. There was a time. Of course. when
these might have been Interesting S.
an article 81 clothing, but the modern
Eve viii hardly 60 to such extremes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

The Serbian children are In crying
need Of relief. The children every.
where in Europe are the most pitifla
and innocent victims Of the wickedest
war in history.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Fashion dictators have decreed that
hip pockets ID mems trousers are to
be smaller. Hasn't this prohibition
legislation gone far enough?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

A French aviator covered no miles
in an hour. 1t will be more In keep
ing with the truth one OF these dsys
when a man tells you he will be back
In a minute.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

A clever Fnglish1nan has Invented
a mirror drop curtain for theaters:
and now matinee audiences won't care
il tie show never begins.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Lord Leverhulme Shas returned to
England converted to prohibition. AS
soapmaker for the nation. he believes
in only one Kind of "suds."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

A boiling spring is said TO have been
discovered in Colorado which viii
make hair grow on bald mans head.
Maybe some railway has a live pub
licity agent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

1t is claimed that soviet" exists
In the federal prison al Fort Leaven-
worth, Well, that's the place for
soyiets, all right
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16

Germany has coal famine, but IL
that was aii the trouble she had, she
would be the happiest nation on earth
today.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16
OFFICIAL PuRLIcATIoN.
AN ORDINANCE
The Common Council OF the City OF Wau.
watosa do oTdain as follows.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING
cry pr AN CnNMIcCION

watosa do ordain as follows:
AN ORDINANCE CREATING s
CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
Section !. A City Plan Commission is here
by created for the City OF Wauwatosa IN acs
cordance with the provisions OF Sections $50
ia to 9s9-izi inclusive OF the Statutes, which
are hereby adopted for the City OF Wauwa
tosa
Section IL The organization. powers. du-
ties and qualifications OF such commission
shall be as set forth in the provisions OF Sec.
ton o59-l7A to 9s9-1zi OF the Statutes OF Wis
consin.
Sectiou III. This ordinance shall be in
force fro.n and after its due passage and pub
LEGATION.
Passed and dated this 9Th day Of April,
1920.
A. V. BRIGHAM.
City Clerk.
II. A. KOENIG.
Mayor, Wsuwatosa, Wisconsin.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-11-20
T he TOILET B
SATURDAY, NOV. goth, 1920.

letter was mailed to we machinists in 1919, while
we had an organizing campaign on. For answering
the letter in my own language and for my activ-
tiles in organization work. | got black balled by
the masters In this letter the bosses secretary
told the machinists "there is an active ten COM
posed of Reds, Bosheviks and ]. w. WIS who are
persuading you men to join the union. Break away
and be loyal to the Company upon which you must
depend for your living No business or labor lead
ers were mentioned, but the "active ten" was A
Committee of workers who were red enough and
had backbone enough to organize the other work
ers.
Not long ago heard one of those spell binding
yellow organizers deliver an address in which he
denounced Reds, l. w. WIS, Bolsheviks and every
thing that endangered his job. He said they want
to break up our organizations. Oh, he had won
derful gift of CAB, but after the meeting he told
me in answer to my questions that he knew that
the very elements he had just been denouncing
were the very life of the organization and that all
progress that had ever been made in the labor
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-11-20
BERLIN-Merging Of Il

BERLIN Merging of the Communist
party of Germany with the left wing of the In
dependent Socialists, with the immediate goal
of the socalization Of all industry, was voted
at the convention of the Communist party.
The Communists voted to avoid direct act
ion in tho sense of an immediate revolution,
but decided to set going vigorous campaign
for the formation of shop councils, and the So
cialization of industry.
The merger Of the two revolutionary part
les will take place at joint convention to be
held in December The combined body will
form the largest Communist party in the
world, with membership Of upwards Of 2,OOo,-
600.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-11-20
PAGE Is

movement, came by the efforts Of an active ten
the Reds.
He admitted further that ownership of the in
dustries by the workers was the only logical solu-
tion of the situation and that with the proper
leadership this could easily be brought about So
you see, in the hall he was talking for his job,
while to me he admitted facts.
Now, fellow workers and comrades, these labor
brokers have no intention of ousting any more
Reds than is necessary in order to hold the labor
mvement in check for well they know the surest
way to break up organized laber is to take the
bosses advice and kick out the Reds And when
this is DONE the organization is done also.
But it is necessary for them to oust enough
radicals to enable them to retain control of the
labor movement and they will continue to oust a
few wherever they think the radical element is
getting too strong for their safety
Now the way to prevent this is for the radical
workers to organize within that is, to get together
and have a thorough understanding among them
selves and act as a unit and be prepared to re-
sist at all times the efforts to oust any of our
numbers
1t is up to us to do this, for upon us, who
know what the goal of labor is falls the burden of
leading the masses to that goal and we can not do
it unless we are organized to resist the attacks of
the masters and also false leaders.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-26
SIX CHILDREN SUFFERING
AND MOTHER IN HOSPITAL
Sum or SS3 Needed 10 Wake In Fund
OF 500 for Case
No,

Because Of misfortune which Mas
visited the family, six little children.
from ons TO ten years old, are suHer-
ms from tho lack OF proper provi-
siors and caro-. Tn. mother is m -,
Il hospital, and three Of she !i.tlc chill
drcn have become i'll ami are in n,t,:
Of medical attention. Through CON
trihutions - Tho Times dispatch re-
lief fund for case No. Ii. as This is
known. a total OF SllIll mas been
raised, leaving a balance OF SIS - ~
given for The benefit Of this family
Conditions in the family have b.
come G"plorahlc since the mother Wa.
taken ~ There The little children
stay Without any ono 10 look aft,r
their wants until father returns IRON,
ms work IN the evening.
Because tho fathers salary Is orly
SIS wcch. with the additional ~
penscs which have been added 10 the
mono through Tho mothers Illness. il
Is impossible 10 employ any one 10
remain at homo win the children.
Because OF tho lack Of attention. thc
conditions in The homo are growing
worse each GAY The fund Of 500
Wi! provide for the immediate neCes
sites % The family. and assure The
neither: chat her children a-e being
cared Tor While she Is i'll.
.Contr buttons 10 this fund should hc
addressed 20 The Times D!spatch r.
-et :undi case No g