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The Washington times., 1921-02-12
SHANNON & LUCHS
TRANSFER TEN TITLES
House Official Stenographer
Buys on Ingraham Street.

Considerable activity Is reported
from the real estate onice OF shannon
& Luchs. 713 Fourteenth street
northwest during the past week. Ten
titles were transferred and are here
with listed:
Morris Simon purchases from Flea
nor Lansburgh the property number
ed l736 Lanier place northwest This
is a three-story brick building. thor
oughly modern In appointments and
such features as hot water heat, cleo
trio lights. hardwood floors. built-in
garage. etc. The purchaser will oc-
cupy the premises.
Edward NJ Dulin buys from Mabel
Tilp. 935 New York avenue northwest.
This is In a location where there has
been considerable activity In the past
few months and was bought by MIR.
Dulin as an investment.
John T. WorreIl becomes the new
owner OF 949 Twenty-fifth street. the
title having been transferred from
Ellen Gowans. The property In ques-
tion Is a large brick dwelling and will
be occupied by the purchaser.
Albert E. Booth purchases from A.
c. Couch the two-story six-room brick
dwelling numbered 426 Newton street
northwest. 1t is understood Mr..
Booth will occupy the property.
Lawrence II. Allen buys from John
NJ Faulconer a property In Silver
Spring, Md. This is a detached dwell
ing on a large lot and was purchased
by Mr.. Allen for his own occupancy.
Arthur A. Rowland buys from
Charles d. Sanger the two-story. six
room brick dwelling, 157 INLAND Ter
race. The property in question Is one
OF the High View group.
Tyree G. Foster buys from the Mar
low estate the two-story, six-room
brick dwelling. GA Fifteenth street
northeast Mr.. Foster will occupy the
property after making some altera-
tions.
Arlieville Krumke becomes the new
owner of ia v street northeast
having purchased that property from
Samuel Chadwick. This is a two-story
sIx-room brick dwelling which Mrs.
krumke will occupy.
II. A. Veith buys from Howard e.
Good lot 10 in square 1910, located on
South Dakota avenue. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Veith wifi improve the
property shortly.
Henry B. Weaver. the well known
official stenographer OF the House APP
propriations Committee has bought
from Shannon e. Luchs 1916 Ingra.
ham street northwest. This Is one of
the twelve houses recently completed
by that firm at Fourteenth and Ingra-
ham streets northwest, after plans by
Arthur B. Heaton. The house Is pure
colonial in design being a replica of
one in Cambridge. Mass, and contains
FIVE sleeping rooms. three baths, sleep
ing porch hardwood floors. hot water
heat, electric lights, etc, 1t being, of
course, thoroughly modern. Shannon
& Luchs in conjunction with the of,
fee Of Petty & Petty.
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WOMAN REALTY AGENT
HAS ARTISTIC OFFICE

Miss Edna Dickinson, of Chatham,
N. J., one of the best known and most
successful women brokers in that
state, believes that next to having
artistic houses to sell to clients, the
best way to acquire large and salts
fed clientele is to have an artistic
and cheerful real estate office in
which she can sit down with them and
talk business. Miss Dickinson. with
the aid OF b. s. Shspter an architect
of Summit Is having just such real
estate office built on Fairmount ave
nue.. adjoining the station plaza. 1t is
a small one-story affair, but outside
the lines are purely classical. with
Doric cornices and pilasters, done in
cream white stucco.
The interior is divided into two
large Offices and ante rooms, the front
ones for the public and the rear ones
for private use The rooms are
replicas OF an old colonial mansion in
Massachusetts,. The old-fashioned
rim and wainscote around the room,
combined with old style doors, cor
nices, and antique furniture, will give
IL an air that is not seen or used
much In an office OF present-day
hurry. There Is fireplace in each
office with mantels of the type found
in old Revolutionary mansiona
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UNCLE SANS LIGHTHOUSE
GOES BEGGING AT SALE

A few weeks ago Uncle Sam Of
fered for sale through the Lighthouse
Service a modern dwelling. a store
house and a boathouse. representing
a cost of several thousand dollars.
and the best offer he could get for
the three buildings was 800. Doesn't
sound much like a housing shortage.
does itg The property. OF course. isn't
located in or even near New York. IL
is on Eagle Rock. on Nahant. Mass
where there Is no further use for .
lighthouse keeper because the Gov
ernment has installed an automsoc
flasher.
The Lighthouse Service made due
allowance for the cost OF removing
the buildings. but felt that In view
of the housing famine some home
seeker would make at least a reason
able OFFER for the substantial build
ings on the rock. IL rejected the 800
bid politely, but when some one later
offered $40. things began to get a bit
warm.
The property was quickly with
drawn from the market, the Govern
ment authorities fearing that they
would shortly be requested to oner
prize to the person offering to take
the property OFF their hands. The
lumber in the houses alone 10 said to
be worth considerably more thar
$1,000.
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367 900. or IL per cent. for residential
buildings.
During the month the contemplated
work reported amounted to S127,919,-
600. which was three-and-one-half
times the amount of contracts award
ed. The largest item among the con-
templated projects was $42, $40 900 for
public works and utilities.
January building contracts in Min
nesota and North and South Dakota
amounted to $4.5S2 900, which was
slightly under the figure for the pre-
vious month, but about five times the
figure for January, 1919.
The largest single item in the jan
uary, 1921. total was a hospital for
81 100000. Residential buildings
amounted to S944.OO0; and public
works and utilities to sS49,OOO.
Increased activity is forecast in the
January total of contemplated new
work, which amounted to $50, 700, 600,
or four and a half times the work
started. The largest item in the con-
templated work is for public works
and utilities.
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for George A. Wilburt to Miss Maud
Fellheimer. A ten-room and bath
three-story brick residence. just
south of Lincoln Park. Extensive al
terations and improvements will be
made by the new owner who buys for
an investment
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VISITORS TO THIS TOWN
WON'T FIND ANY HOTEL

The town of Seibo. on the island OF
Santo Domingo, notorious for It's
bandit tribes. has no hotel accommo-
dstions. The visiting stranger find
ing nothing but miserable thatched
huts with beds of straw and ragged
negro crones for servants. Seibo is
the most out OF the way astonished
at strangers, unacquainted with the
world town of any size that can be
found in the West Indies, says
writer in the Detroit News.
A curious old church. part OF II
built 400 years ago. on top OF which
is the marine wireless station. is the
only building of Importance. From
the top of this church Seibo is seen to
be surrounded by low hills. every
where wooded, without hut outside
its compact mass.
The Washington times., 1921-02-12
HARTUNC REPORTS
24REALTy DEALS
Houses Sold for Sl83, 900.
One Cleveland Park Resi-
dence Changes Hands.

William X. Hartung announces the
completion OF the sale OF twenty-four
houses. asgregating slss.0O0. These
properties were sold by the nrm OF
HArtuns q Gibbons prior TO the dis
solution of their partnership. Mr.
Hartung forecasts that, according TO
present indications. the year 1891 VIII
witness a much greater demand for
homes. and that business will far ex-
ceed the record made during 1920.
The sales reported are as follows:
l11t Corcoran street northwest, sold
Tor Elizabeth NJ Morgan to Barbara
M. Williams. An attractive, modern,
pay-window brick home, conveniently
located In downtown northwest resi-
dence section. MRS Williams Will oc-
cupy II as a home.
$50 Morton street northeast, sold
for X. Cotton Lewis to William s. Har-
ris. A six-room and bath brick. situa-
ted near Kendall Green. Purchased
for a home.
5+21 Illinois avenue, sold for Mar
garet o. Burrill to Catherine M.
Moynihan. A modern six-room and
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The stairs are OF the combination type.
being reached from both the kitchen
and living room. This affords all the
convenience Of two separate flights, yet
is as economical as one flight would be.
1t is interesting to note how the kitchen
entrance is placed at the side OF the
house under the main stair landing. with
space for the refrigerator provided
where 1t will be away from the warm
kitchen. The entire stair arrangement
is well worth studying, for II is econo-
mical with waste at a minimum. and yet
all the rooms are easily accessible. one
from the other.
The second story bath Is located
directly over the kitchen. so that the
one run OF piping will do for the two
rooms This is a feature that is always
desirable in the interests Of economy.
A feature that always Is popular is tho
sleeping porch, which should preferably
have its largest window area towards
the rear Of the house as is done in this
case. This insures privacy.
A complete set Of working drawings.
including floor plans elevations, details
Of construction and trim. may Be secured
for five dollars by addressing The
Real Estate Editor. Washington Times.
Ask for Design No. 2.
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PREDICTS BUILDING
WILL START SOON

A great building program is
predicted by S. Marshall Evans,
president of the National Paint,
Oil and Varnish Association. He
has reached this conclusion from
his own observations and from
reports which have come to him.
He says in Printers Ink:
reports coming to me from
paint manufacturers all over the
country show that in the first
seven days agents have been on
the road returns were larger
than the first fifteen days the
last time they were out.
"The great building program
that is about to start, shows
that the banks are working with
the real estate people and that
investments along this line are
urged. Through the Northwest
and Southwest great strides in
the way of proposed building
operations have already been
made"
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W0OLWICH APARTMENTS
PURCHASED FOR S75O,OOO

The Woolwich apartment house, To-
Gated at 270O Connecticut avenue,
corner Woo6ley lane, has been sold
for J. J. Hampton Company and Hig-
bic and Richardson, to local in
vestor for the sum of $75O,O00.
This is a modern apartment in
every respect. containing eighty -four
apartments OF three to seven rooms
and bath and the yearly rental is
$S2. 900. Sale was made through the
office of Harry Wardman, 1880 X
street northwest
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this LANDLORD D-PRINCE
SOME PROFTTEER IN l720

An interesting side light on the
profiteering methods OF landlords OF
Paris In 1920 Is provided by Arthur
d. Reeve In worlds Work.
TT is probable" says Reeve, that
the Prince de Carignan. from whom
John Law rented the Hotel de Sois-
sons. was one OF the few figures In
tha mad spaculation which occurred
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in France IN 1920, to make for
tune and keep II. In renting the
building he stipulated that the gar
dens remain in his control and that
he be granted a monopoly TO the
extent that dealings in Mississippi
stock be legal only within the CON
fines of his grounds. He erected ooo
small tents and pavilions for the
use of workers and their clients,
and IL is estimated that his rentals
for space in the garden netted him
monthly an average of over $4,000"
The Washington times., 1921-02-12
City to Have Fine Arts Home.

Minneapolis is to have a fine arts
building. to cost approximately
81 900, 900, to serve as center of
music and dramatic art The building
is to be ten stories high and will
have concert auditoriums, recital halls
and several hundred music studios.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Phelan Sees Ultimate
Conflict With Japan
Senator Predicts Clash Over
Problem on Pacific Unless
Remedy Is Found

BALTIMORE, Feb. 13.--UItimate
conflict between the United States end
Japan over the japanese problem on
the Pacific Coast, unless remedy for
the present condition is found, was
predicted last night by United States
Senator James D. Phelan, of California,
at the banquet of the Baltimore Chap
ter, American Institute of Banking, at
the Southern Hotel here.
This alien invasion is threatening
the life of California as a white COM
monwealth," the Senator said, land the
only protests by white Californians
being made against CALIFORNIA; efforts
to rid herself of the Japanese immi-
grant are made through selfish cupid
ity and not by patriotism.
"There are now 100000 Japanese in
California" the Senator said. They
have sixty-five Shnto Temples in which
their children are trained to worship
the Emperor of Japan. They own or
control 463,000 acres of arabic land, or
one acre in every eight One child in
every thirteen born in California is a
Japanese, and every Japanese child
born on American soil is an American
citizen under the Constitution"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Lockwood Asks
Tax Exemption
AS Building Aid
City Club Gives Out Letter
From State Senator Urg-
ing Favorable Action bv
the Board of Aldermen
To Reduce Unemployed
Says Health Of the City Is
Menaced by Overcrowd-
ed Apartment Houses

In a statement given out yesterday
by the City Club, State Senator Lock,
wood. chairman Of the legislative COM
mittee which investigated housing
urged favorable action by the Board OF
Aldermen tomorrow on the proposal
to put into effect In New York Citv tn.
statute authorizing the temporary ex-
emptlon Of taxes on new dwellings.
Senator Lockwood said:
There are fewer houses to-dav in
proportion to population in the Citv
Of New York than year ago. High
rents and unemployment have caused
people to crowd together. Many apart
ments contain two families instead of
one. The Health Commissioner has
described in vigorous language the
menace to health of oyercrowding,
Interest Rates Falling
eve all hope that all workers will
be employed at adequate wages in the
near future. When they are the short
age of houses will be more apparent
than it is to-day.
THE shortage Of houses has been
due to lack of money, the high cost
Of building and the uncertainty as to
continuity Of work by those employed
in building.
"The Legislative committee on hous-
ing has labored diligently and etec-
lively to break up combinations in re-
straint of trade that have hampercd
the building industry. Interest rates
are falling somewhat and money is
more plentiful.
NATURALLY lenders are anxious as ia
security and will lend q smaller pro-
portion of the cost of a building than
before the war. To meet this condi-
tion the Legislature has given power
TO the City Of New York to exempt
new dwellings for ten years. If this
exemption is granted, it will go far tc
equalize the cost of building with con-
servative building loans. Builders car
contract with safety for the rapid re-
duction Of the loans secured by mort
gage.
THE city authorities have hesitated
One Of the reasons assigned for this
reluctance to encourage house building
by exemption is said to be the fear
that large sums of money will be in
vested In costly houses and apartments
and the local authorities seem disposed
to limit the exemption. Should the
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
US. Red Gross Worker in
Soviet Prison Begs Food
Brother Gets Letter From EN-
met Fitzpatrick Saying He
Is Well in Moscow

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 13,-Emmet Kill
patrick, Of Uniontown, Ala. Red Cross
worker, imprisoned by the Bolsheviki
in Moscow, is alive and we'll, according
to the first letter received from him
since his incarceration. In the letter
received here by his brother, DR.. D. c.
Fitzpatrick, he appeals for food on
which he may live until his release is
obtained.
The letter reached his brother
through Dane. who was imprisoned
with Fitzpatrick, but who has been lib
Grated.
Am hungry but happy" young Kill
patrick writes, "and am in the same
prison with Prime Minister, Minister
OF War, King and Crown Prince and an
American, flyer from the Polish front.
For forty days | did the fast but
better now and am gaining strength.
If only the Red Cross win send me
some food
Young Fitzpatrick expressed the hope
that he would be freed soon. He stated
that he was permitted to advise che
American State Department of his
plight and that he hoped to have the
American government handle his case
and ultimately obtain his freedom.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Z. S. Asks Title to Naval Site


A proposal to transfer title TO the
site OF the Rockaway Naval Air Station
from the City of New York to the
United States government will come
before the Sinking Fund Commission
next Thursday. The government, which
erected fifty buildings on the land dur
ing the war, wants to make the station
permanent and to protect the property
from the water which is making in
roads periously near the hangers. The
necessary expenditures cannot be made
unless the government owns the land.
The tract proposed to be decided con-
sists of ninety-seven acres. Title would
revert to the city if the property was
ever used for anything other than gov
ernment purposes. 1t is said it will
in no manner interfere with the pub
lies access to the ocean front.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
State Expected to Close
Hettrick Case This Week
Defendants May Take Stand;
BrindeU H'iH Hare His Last
Chance TO appeal Thursday

The trial of John t. Hettrick, the
alleged originator OF the code of prac-
tice scheme Of collusive bidding, will
continue before Supreme Court Justice
McAvoy this morning. Justice McAvoy,
in an effort to clean UP the prosecu-
tions arising from the Lockwood COM
mittee's investigation, has announced
that he would sit six days a week.
1t is probable that the state will close
its case against HettEjck and his three
co-defendants this *eek. There were
lntimations, too, that Hettrick and
those accused with him would take the
stand in their own defense.
Robert P. Brindell, the labor leader
convicted of extortion and sentenced
to from five to ten years in Sing Sing.
Will have his last chance to appeal for
a new trial on Thursday, when the
ten days interim granted him for such
purpose expires. Brindell has been
confined in the Tombs since last Tues
day.
The resolution whereby the Lock
wood committee hoped to obtain the
necessary power to make thorough
investigation of banks and insurance
companies comes up before the Senate
tomorrow. Because of the strong op-
position that has developed against
granting the committee any further
powers for such purpose, the possi-
bllity of the resolution going through
without emasculation appears hopeless.
Senator Lockwood, however, says be
will make determined fight for the
resolution and still believes that some
sort of compromise may be effected
that will give the committee consider
able leeway
Samuel Untermyer, who has gone to
Florida for a rest, is working there on
an interim report of the first two
phases of the committees inquiry. the
labor phase and the combinations in
building supplies. He expects to re-
turn with this report early in April.
when he will at once plunge into the
lnves tigation of fourteen more COM
binations still to be exposed. The in
vestigation Of banks and insurance
companies will tLen be taken up in so
far as it relates to the housing situa,
ton. If any trouble is experienced ir
obtaining the necessary information,
members of the committee have said
they will ask the Legislature for more
power
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Admiral Knapp
Says u. S. Must
Stay in Hayti
Withdrawal Now Would Per-
NIT 05 Per Cent of the
People To Be Exploited
by Unworthy Minority
Greed Inspires Agitation
Island Government Is Not a
Republic as Americans
Understand the Term

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The
United States having "put its hand to
the plow' in Hayti, must not now turn
back through withdrawal of the Ameri-
can forces there, Rear tdmiral II. s.
Knapp declared to-day In a report in
which he presented in final form the
results of his estigations in the
island republic for the Navy and
State departments.
Agitation against the American oc-
cupation Of Hayti, Admiral Knapp as
serted, was inspired by a desire on the
part of small group, who, he said,
represented at the most less than 5
per cent of the population. This
group of agitators, he added, was
working to gain hearing and the
sympathy of the people of the United
States, although their real object was
to obtain abrogation of the treaty be-
tween the United States and Hayti and
| to brln- about return of the old
conditions of government.
Gould this be attained,' Admiral
Knapp continued, 81 think that 999 out
of every 1000 Haytians would be glad
to see the American forces remain to
enforce good order. In other words,
the Haytians, even the worst agitators
an ong them, would be willing to have
the United States act tk9 part of
policeman and otherwise leave them to
their own devices.
Bulk of People Protested
"The 95 per cent would be exploited
for the dishonest benefit of the 5 per
cent if these ends were attained. The
30 per cent would enjoy less real
freedom than they do now. Should
the United States withdraw, leaving
the political agitators to their own de-
wees, 1T would, in my opinion, be sur
rendering the tue interests and true
freedom of 95 per cent of the popula-
tion and encouraging the unworthy
minority to go on with its dishonest,
arbitrary, and tyrannical measures
While it is probably impossible to
state that graft does not now exist, it
IS concealed, graft unknown to the
United States treaty officials"
The people of the United States y
the AdmiraIs report said, should not
allow themselves to be deceived by the
words Republic of Hayti into beIiev-
lng that there exists in Hayti, or ever
has, republic in any sense founded
upon the expressed will of an intelli-
gent and educated electorate The So
[
has been a tyrannical oligarchy in
which those in power fattened upon
the vast mass of the population, while
those of the governing class out OF
power sought every opportunity to get
/ into power, by fair means or foul
with the same corrupt personal ends in
view.
Idealistic View UnwarraRted
ANY idea of Hayti conceived on the
! basis of the surroundings of the aver
oge citizen of the United States-whc
is more or less educated and who lives
| under regime of law which makes
impossible his being exploited by 6
governing class and insures security
Of his life and property-is utterly
false under the actual conditions.
Tranquility and security now exist
in Hayti practically throughout the
country. From all that I can
gather, persons can move about the
republic on their lawful occasions
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14

legislative bodies of the City of New
York go decide ] am confident that the
Legislature will act in such fashion as
to ensure the validity of any reason
able plan for encouraging the increase
of dwellings by exempting them from
taxation in whole, or in part, for g
period of years.
Pleads for Harmony
This is time for the utmost har-
mony and cooperation between all those
who have any power of authority to
reduce the obstacles which prevent
the increase of housing facilities in
the City of New York.
"ln this time Of unemployment any
thing that can be done by the authori-
ties of the state, or'the city, ought to
be done to increase the opportunities
Tor employment and so reduce the num-
Der of idle men. 1t is clear that if we
can encourage the building of houses
we Will do something at the same time
to decrease the number of unemployed
men"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14

the work is done as expeditiously and
decently as possible. We separate the
sexes and do everything possible for
their comfort. There are special in
spectors to look through their baggage,
for vermin are as frequently found
there as on their bodies. When we
send any one to the Willard Parker
Hospital VIC give his relatives instruc-
tlons about taking him home"
Dr.. Cofer would not comment on the
action Of the Health Commissioner be-
yond saying that what the city authori-
ties did was none of his affair. He
could scarcely keep track of their ac-
tions, ne said.
1--WE have seven cases of typhus
now" he declared. ''The last new
case developed on Sunday. The Gus
tomary period Of incubation for this
disease is twelve days, although occa-
sionelly it takes fifteen days and now
and again as long as twenty days. We
keep suspects under observation here
for twelve days"