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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-30
REINFORCEMENT
FORbU|LD|NG MAY
MARK YEARS TURN
Producing Firms Hopeful Of
Renewed Activity When In
terest Rate Drops.

The turn Of the year" is expected
to inaugurate decided Improvement
trend in the building situation
throughout the country, according to
a number of building material manu-
facturers.
While admitting that production is
al low ebb now, due to restricted
construction conditions, lumber. heat
ing equipment and various mill in
forests are hopeful for renewed &C
tivity by next spring. They declare
they are arranging to take care OF
this expected demand.
.Biggest Boom in History"
The American Radiator Company
this week. through Secretary Hamil-
ton. announced its conviction that.
barring some calamity. we should
gradually work into the biggest
building boom in history"
The company reports current bill
ings at & surprisingly satisfactory
rate" but points out that new bust
ness is falling off The ratio of de-
cline Is increasing. ii is stated, but
there have been virtually no cancella-
lions.
The company does not sell for
stock" it was explained. People
buy its products only when ready to
place them, usually about six months
after building permits are issued"
Officials of the concern are quoted
as expecting that business will be
fair. but rather slow for while. and
that as soon as the public sees that
the interest rate is going to decline.
it will start building. probably soon
after the turn of the year.
Lumber manufacturers are empha-
sizing the fact that the lumber mar
ket has reached its lowest level. 1t is
declared that now is safe time to
begin building. as it is the opinion of
lumber authorities that price declines
in lumber have gone practically to
the bottom.
Downward Tendency.
Commenting on the situa ion. the
American Lumbe rman of Chicago :his
week said:
Buying of lumber continues on a
\ restricted basis and outside of the few
specially woods prices have shown Il
slight downward tendency during the
week. Lumber producers know cost
better now than ever before and there
is a distinct tendency to refuse fur
Their price concessions and to close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-30
One of the Best Builders

STERLING silver, D r E S D E n
china, houses by MR.. c. H. SMALL
all convey the same idea in their
respective classes. Since 1914 Mr..
Small has built in Cleveland Park,
Washington Heights. Saul's Addi-
ton and other northwest sections,
houses to the aggregate value of over
a million dol1ars-all of which have
been sold as fast as they were COM
Dleted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-30
The Best Price Possible

Study these pictures; note the SUI
perior architecture and artistry Of
design embodied throughout these
homes-then consider their location
coupled with the fact that the finest
materials obtainable have been used.
Thoroughly systematic and efficient
building has kept these prices down
and we invite your comparison with
any other houses in the city, regard
less of price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-30

government archives close at hand
The new home is four stories In
height and is of white stone construc-
ton.
Marble Hill press., 1920-05-06
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ot early years even the ycarninEs of
those who went before him, were
intensified and definitely answered.
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swiftly to untangle at dinner
quiet affair with one OF his newest
friends.
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and Silvery, served for two, in the
smaller dining-room OF the Wedger
house. The members of the family
were all away, except one.
Cecil wedger sat opposite his guest,
Lexington, and talked candidly Of the
Marble Hill press., 1920-05-06
Andrew. you have found
another beginning"

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Marble Hill press., 1920-05-06

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Marble Hill press., 1920-05-06

tndsr the .sr. condition, DO you
believe YOU could have made more
~ lite than Con Ls.tnston made II
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Marble Hill press., 1920-05-06

Cow Leads the Horse.
The hide OF COW represents -
pounds of leather, and that of horse
little more than half that amount
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07
GETTING AFTER
COFFEE BOOSTERS

CHICAGO. April Government at
torneys in Chicago started another n.
g.. A.. Investigation today. This time
1T had to do with the action of prcat-
eering mnch-reom proprietors who
have raised the price Of coree. which
costs them only two cents per cup in
GLIDING cream and sugar. to ten cents
a cup. Many restaurants owners have
boosted the prices OF sandwiches to
Is and - cents.
Under the Lever law restaurant own
ers can be sent to jail for prohteering.
In the meantime the government il
investigating also in the meantime the
eating houses are prohtoering.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07
FITZPATRICK SAYS
NO BACK DOWN
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERucEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERNCE1
CHICAGO. May e.-Suggestions OF
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation Of Labor that or
ganized labor support candidates OF
established political parties and side
track the plan to put a labor ticket in
the field. were termed impossible" to
day by John Fitzpatrick. president OF
the Chicago Federation Of Labor.
Some OF tho congre ssionaI eandi-
dates Mr.. Gompers asks us to support
voted for tho Cummins-Esch bill and
We will not support them at the polls
said MI Fitzpatrick. I'VE are going
right ahead with the formation OF a
Labor party and will nominate men
who are fair to labor"
Mr. Fitzpatrick stand was backed
by Edward Ncckels.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07

so far as France is concerned.
II Germany can float an immense loan
in the United States it would solve
Frances exchange situation immedist ely
because we would then be dealing with
America directly and could obtain much
needed credits.
| am afraid the allies arc approaching
The forthcoming conference at spa with
out sufficient preparation What is
needed from the allies is a final express
sion which would say to the Germans
This is our last word; take it or leave
it,"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07
Says GERMANS SHOULD
APPEAL TO AMERICA
Famous European Financial writer
written Exclusively for the I. N. 81
sy YVES GUYoT.

PARIS MAY s. - The most logical
method for Germany 70 avert financial
catastrophe is to appeal to tho bankers
Of tha United states 30 take up her
vr,ire debt To the allies on a long term
s-rrangcmeut.
The Germans declare their willing
moss 10 pay The allies everything possi-
hle It Germany Is able to pay the
allies what later is considered sufficient
then she is obviously able TO pay Amer
tcan bankers substantial interest on the
suggested loan.
Il Is only by negotiating between bust
ness men that catastrophe can be
avoided Tho question Of indemnity is
rot merely financial: it is really politi-
cgL
France cannot consent to TX the total
amount OF German indebtedness because
,he treaty Of Versailles docs not author
re it and the treaty of Versailles IS law
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07

General Won Waiter is commando
of the German Reichswehr in the
Ruhr district which is fighting the
Red army in behalf of the Ebert
Muller government. The occupation
of the Ruhr zone caused a heated
controversy between the allies and
Germany and even among the allies.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07

Don't throw your PaIseT away
without reading the want ad pssa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07

The MN. a Man. FooA
on Dv<ss. IS redd1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

to the Torresdale and J1ardners Point
stations. Millions would be spent on
an unsatisfactory experiment.
II Is a great problem, Only great
engineers should be employed in its
solution.
One possible hope looms up: Science
may discover a process to minimize this
danger Of Industrial pollution. Sanf.
tary engineers are praying for 1t, but
no definite results have as yet been
achieved.
The Schuylkill must be eliminated
from consideration as a future source OF
supply. It Is up to its limit. Besides
its water Is poorer than that of the
Delaware. The city must go far afield
for its greater supply.
II is idle speculation for laymen TO
attempt any estimate Of the cost OF
bringing water from a distance. Vast
concrete or masonry conduits from
to IA feet in diameter must be con-
structed. Aqueducts must be stretched
across valleys and hills must be tun-
neled. 1t is work of years, but in
the end, and engineers, scientists and
citizens with whom / have talked are
unanimously of the opinion, IL will be
worth the price, whatever 1t may be.
Last Report in 1899
The last comprehensive report on
water supply drawn from the mountains
to the north was made in 1890. A board
consisting Of Rudolph Herring, James
M. Wilson and Samuel M. Grey acted
as a commission on extension and i'm
provement Of our water system. They
recommended for immediate needs of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

with depth Of Z feet 9 inchcs. Some
day. very possibly In the near future,
It will become ship canal for coast
wise trade. When that time arrives,
both shores Of the Delaware river as
fdr up as Trenton will inevitably be
dotted with great manufacturing es-
tablishments like beads on a rosary.
Refuse of toxic potency undreamed
Of will then be discharged into the
kill, little more than an open sewer
leading down to the sea. A water sup
ply for millions of human beings from
such a source is unthinkable.
A few weeks since the entire city
lifted up voice of lamentation over
the odor and taste Of the water. Bac-
teriologists repeatedly declared that,
while IL was unpleasant to the senses,
It was not injurious. From floods and
other causes the water often becomes
slightly muddy and turbid. and the
public mistakenly associates turbid, or
smelly" water with disease. But
these do not render It dangerous. The
foes to human life and health lurk more
often In sparkling water.
Mayor Moore is wise In his decision,
as expressed to me. that he will make
no recommendation about water until n
uodTu VI eIn1ueuJ euRlueeTS nus DteU
appointed and made report. They
alone must decide whence the water for
a greater Philadelphia must. come.
I have talked with some of the ablest
sanitary engineers on this subject.
There are differences Of opinion as to
sources of supply. but there Is una
nimity on the subject of purity. If the
city proposes to draw its future supply
from the Lehigh river and its tributary
streams or from the upper Delaware,
1t will be a costly and needless expense
to construct vast beds to filter this
mountain water.
Water Gap Site Best
If the filtration method of purifica-
tion is deemed the best, then q supply
sufficient for all needs can be drawn
from the Delaware at points below the
Water Gap.
Suggestions of the Perkiomeu valley
as q watershed can be considered only
in the Light of an auxiliary expedient.
The volume Of water there is made
quate. The construction of necessary
dams would flood half the valley.
Enormous costs for property condem-
nation would be entailed.
The New Jersey lakes and Mullica
river are out of the question. The
supply mains would wander all over
creation before they could be led up
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
close-Fisted, Short-Sighted In
action Has Placed City on Verge
Drought, Says Mccain
POISON FROM INDUSTRIES
MENACES PUBLIC HEALTH
More Deadly Than Sewage
MoIoch Which Has Claimed
Thousands of Lives
nv GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

BY GEORGE NOX Mccain
DoLITICS and palaver have put this
city in its present plight so far as
ib water supply is concerned.
It takes Philadelphia too long to make
M It's mind to act on any proposition.
II has been close fisted and short
sighted.
As q result we will have to tremble
on the verge of water famine for
months to come. Chief Davis, of the
water Bureau, for years has sounded
tbis tocsin, but II fell on deaf ears.
Above all new danger menaces the
future water supply. 1t arises from
our remarkable industrial development.
Thus far the danger has been latent,
but it must be reckoned with In any
survey Of new system of supply.
Heretofore the menace in the city's
water has been from sewage contamina-
tion, Tens of thousands of lives have
been sacrificed to this Moloch. The com
munity's loss, estimated in the economic
value of the lives of men and women
sent to death in their prime from
typhod fever, mounts into millions.
Typhoid is disease of impure water.
In the six years from 1908 to 1909
there were 35, 1877 cases Of typhoid fever
in this city. In the ten years from 1900
10 1919 there were 10, ,220 cases; a de-
cline of over 66 per cent. In 1918 there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

were only 3S3 cases, a fraction over one
q day, compared with 9712 cases in
1905, or nearly 81 day.
Filtration and the chlorine treatment
brought about this remarkable change.
1t would seem, though, that as one
danger is eliminated new one arises.
Twenty years ago pollution from indus
trial wastes was unimportant. Today
It is the paramount danger. Our best
filtration system is not proof against it.
Fear Chemical Poisons
Sanitary engineers are not so much
In dread of the sewers of Conshohocken
Norristown, Pottstown and Reading
that empty into the Schuylkill as they
are of organic and chemical poisons that
How from industrial plants along its
shores.
The problem of the coming year is to
secure our supply from sources re-
moved from industrial operations. En-
gineers regard the Delaware, from
which 90 per cent of our water comes,
as impossible unless the intakes are
located far up the stream. That is why
distant sources are Sought for mountain
water.
The Delaware and Raritan canal is
one-horse cross country waterway,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

Philadelphia filtration OF the Delaware
and Schuylkill waters.
The present plans OF Chief Davis, OF
the Bureau of Water, contemplates an
increased supply for the Immediate
future; enlargement Of the filtration
plants with an addition Of 5O,OOO,OOO
gallons daily to the central city zone.
Contracts have been let for a third OF
a million dollars worth of machinery
supplies.
But all OF this is makeshift and tenn
porizing. It does not solve the prob.
lem of the future, and that Is what
Philadelphia demands.
The greater Philadelphia must have
greater water supply. The work
should be well under way before the
Moore administration ends.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

II to Senator Owen, Of Oklahoma, to
hopes were blasted with receipt Of the
message from Consul Burlinghame, who
added:
Zone or two thousand dollars, IL
available, might save him. No funds
available here"
The sisters were informed from
Washington that the State Department
was doing everything possible to have
Summers released.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
RANSOM PRICE INCREASED
Relatives Of American Victim OF
Mexican Bandits Are Worried

Chicago, March 13.-(By a. PD-
Ransom for Peter w. Summers, Amer
ican ranch owner captured near Salina
Cruz last week by, Mexican bandits un-
der Jesus Morellas, was raised from
$500 to $4,000 and March IL fixed as the
last day for payment, according to a
telegram from American Consul Bur
linghame, at Salina Cruz, to two sis
ters Of Summers here.
Informed through the State Depart
ment that the ransom had been set at
the smaller figure, the woman said.
brother raised the money and forwarded
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
POLITICS TO BLAME FOR
LACK OF WATER SUPPLY
WHATS the Matter
With PHILADELPHIA

THE city's industrial gro,Uth
WiI be danger instead of y
blessing unless way be found to
prevent contamination of our
drinking Water by chemical and
organic toaste from mills and
factories.
Colonel Mccain here follows up
his article of yesterday Nth n
more detailed discussion of Philu-
dclphia's wuter supply of the
future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13
Two Boys Held as Burglars

New York, March 13.-By A. y
Louis Rubin, fifteen, and Marris Rel :
man, eleven, must answer charges Of
acts usually accredited to man size rob
berries, following complaint made to
the police in Brooklyn last night by
Frank Wasserman, who says his house
was broken into Thursday and S136 in
cash and jewelry taken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

We have just received from the
Aeolian factories shipment Of the
popular Hoppe Pianola-P Pianos, to be
sold at SITS each. For many weeks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

we have been un-
able to secure any
of these fine in
struments, so it is
with considerable
pleasure that we
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-08-21
Arm Broken by Mule Kick.

Joseph LeBoeuf, who is engaged
in the cultivation of rice with his
brothers in the fourth ward, was the
victim of a very peculiar accident
Wednesday as a result of which his
right arm was broken between the
shoulder and elbow While at work
around the rice thresher, at about 10
o'clock, Mr.. LeBoeuf attempted to
strike a refractory mule with a piece
of plank. The animal kicked, strik-
ing the plank and sending it with
great force against Mr.. LeBoeuf's
right arm, which was broken by the
impact. The arm was dressed by
Dr. Sims, and Mr.. LeBoeuf is report
ed resting easily.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-08-21
BALL CLUB REORGA1
New Managers and New Players
Team Plays Lutcher Tomorrow.

New Managers and New Players
Team Plays Lutcher Tomorrow.
Henry Dugas, manager of the
DonaIdsonville baseball team, has re-
signed that position SO as to be able
to give all Of his time to the harvest
ing of his rice crop He was succeed
ed by r. Melancon, clerk of court,
and J. Clarence Leblanc, proprietor
of the Peoples Machine Works and
member of the police jury from the
third ward, who will have charge of
the affairs of the club in the future.
Under the new management the
nine has been reorganized by the ad-
dition Of four new players, namely:
Lacruites, Peasley, Dobard and
Stephens. Lacruites is said to be
some performer. He caught an, ex-
cellent game in Baton Rouge and
got three hits out of four times up.
Peasley, the new pitcher, mads@a
splendid record in the Loui914ha
State League. Dobard, new short
stop, is of Southern League fame,
and Stephens, the new third baseman,
halls from Patterson, which boasts
Of one of the classiest teams in Lou
isiana.
The~ club will go to Lutcher to-
morrow to meet the strong team Of
that place, which has defeated the
lhome boys twice this season. But
the locals, reinforced by the~addition
of the new players, are much strong
er than they were before and feel
confident Of their ability to take the
scalps Of the lumber city boys in
tomorroS's game.
The lineup for the contest will be
as follows: Lacruites, catcher; Peas
ley, pitcher; Eckert, first base; R.
Prejean, second base; Dobard, short
stop; Stephens, third base; Miller,
right field; Leblanc, center field; W.
Prejean, left field; Robert, extra
pitcher.
For the accommodation of those
attending the game from this side ct
the river in automobiles, the ferry
boat Ruth will make an extra trip,
leaving Darrow at 1880 o'clock.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-08-21
Swim Across the River.

Five young Donaldsonville boys
performed the remarkable feat of
swimming across the Mississippi
river Thursday. The youths are
Max Continent, Everett Melancon,
Henry Earl, Edward Lawless and
Ralph Belle. Accompanied by men
In skiff, to offer help in case of
necessity, they swan from bank to
bank in 25 minutes. A number OF
people witnessed the feat and ap,
plauded the boys for their daring
and success.