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The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
W. FOWLER co.
QUITS BROKERAGE
viii Confne Activities tC
Banking and Its Own
Holdings.

The nrn Of William f. Fowler
and Company, heretofore engaged
in private banking and general real
estate business, with rental, broker
age and Insurance departments
yesterday retired from the broker
age field and will henceforth con-
fine it's activities to private banking
on a larger scale, the buying and
selling of real estate on its OWL
account and the management of its
own valuable and extensive proper
ties
be continued on the first floor OF
its building at 91S Fifteenth street
northwest which was recently pur-
chased and remodeled. Col. Fowler
president and chief stockholder, Is
now making an extended pleasure
and business trip to California and
Honolulu. Upon his return late in
August he will give his attention
exclusively to the firms private
banking features and the manage
ment of its land and building hold
ings.
The general brokerage, rental
and insurance departments have
been taken over by William S
Quinter, well known in Washing
ton real estate and insurance
circles. Mr.. Quinter will keep hi:
headquarters in the same Offices.
The District Building and Loar
Association, of which Col. Fowler
is president and Mr.. Quinter sec
retary. will also continue to have
its offices in the same building.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
PETTY AND PETTY s
REPORT 8 SALES

Petty q Petty report the follow.
ing sales. aggregsting spproxi-
mately $4,000:
52l Park road, for Hugh NJ. Pur-
cell TO John !. Starnes, modern
home. six rooms. center hall plan.
william S. Philips representing
purchaser.
lis Quincy street northeast. for
George +. Petty to Mary E. Bricker.s
william s. Phillips representing
purchaser.
lsl7 Newton street northwest,
six-room modern home to local in
vestor. -
34s7 Holmead place northwest, 20
Mary A. and Ethel G. Brodie, for
Joseph A. Petty.
707 p street northwest. for Jo-
seph T. DAILY TO David oisboid, who
will remodel and hold for invest
ment. =
2ss n street northwest, Mary z.
white to Alexander Meyers.
1853 Girard street northwest, Leo
c. Marsh to Ida Q. Potter. twelve
room modern residence. which pur-
chaser will occupy after altera-
tions.
1920 jackson street northeast
modern bungalow on lot 5oxlbo.
sold for W. A. Hit to Mrs. Lillian
ID. Mullan- =
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UNIFORM TRAFFIC
RULES ARE URGED
Expert Tells Chiefs of Police
That Standardization
Must Come.

A tranic law that would stand
ardize in So far as possible the regu-
latory measures in all cities of the
United States and Canada was rec
commended by George A Walters, at
the annual convention OF the Inter-
national Association OF Chiefs of
operation Of police departments and
automobile clubs in every city is the
best way to bring about improved
trafnc conditions, the secretary as
serted
Secretary Walters told the police
officials what had been accomplished
In Detroit in trafic regulation and
safety first through the joint ef-
forts Of the police department, De-
troit Automobile Club and other
agencies. He cited the various
regulatory laws obtained, including
the negligible homicide law, opera :
tors license law, headlight law, DO
lice examination of licensed chauf-
feurs and the certificate of title act.
The success of the joint efforts
along safety lines was shown by the
secretary in his report on fatal traf-
nc accidents in Detroit. He cited
1920 and 1921 figures, which showed
that In the first five months OF last
year ninety-seven persons were
killed in these accidents. and in the
present year only forty-six, a reduc-
tion of more than so per cent. This
saving of life was due entirely 10
the joint safety campaign. Mr.. wal
ters asserted.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Lansburgh & Bro.
Acquire Seventh
Street Building

Lansburgh & Bro. purchased Sat-
urday from Milford Fishman the
four-story building, 43o Seventh
street northwest. now occupied by
Lansburgh g. Bro. as part OF its
department store. The revenue
stamps on the deed indicate a con-
sideration of about s130,oo0.
The lot contains about 1000
square feet, which indicated a price
of about s65 per square foot, includ-
ing the improvements. Milford
Fishman, the former owner, San<
Quoted a mems furnishing sore
from 1876 until 1902 in the build
ing. and Lansburgh & Bro. held the
property under lease from him after
that time.
The former owner was represent
ed in the transaction by Joseph I.
Weller and John c. Eckloff. The
purchaser was represented by Lyon
and Lyon, attorneys.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
HYATTSVILLE READY
FOR EVENTS OF TH

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, July z-The
stage is set for one of the most
ambitious Independence Day cele-
brations in Hyattsville's history.
The program includes a parade par
ticipated 1 nby Company F, local
National Guard, and the fire depart
ment: an exhibition drill by Com
pany F in Zantzinger's Park. the
scene of the days activities, and a
baseball game between the Synder-
Farmer Post team, local American
Legion, and the Brightwood Athletic
Club of Washington, in the morn
ing The afternoon will be given
over to patriotic exercises, with ao-
dresses by former Mayor Matthew
F. Halloran and others. and pres
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

SIS sth st sc. 50 so3. pt lot L.
Eastern Amusement Company to
Louis Rosenberg.
North of Varnam st, west of fth
st NV. 50 3244. lot 81. Petworth-
Chas. C. Sharah ct uI. Sarah B.. $40.
Greenvale, pit tract = Walter B.
Randall ct ux. Edith l.. to Paul e.
switzer ct ux. Katherine M, $40.
s of Montana ave. Of 10th st ne.
50 $3.50. lot 27-Mahlon T. Hill et
ux, Edith R., to Andrew Betz, $40.
s of e st, W Of 7th st NV, SO
4s1. part lot B. part orig lot 14-
Milford Fishman ct ux, D. May, to
Lansburgh & Bro. SO.
Minnesota ave ne, bet Gault and
Hayes SITS, 50 SOFT. lots 81 and SIS
Joseph o. Miller to otwsy B. Zant-
Finger. SO.
s of v st, Of I'd st ne. 50 1854.
lot 25-Geo. J. Specht ct ux. Flor
ence ". to James McDonagh ct ux.
Agnes X, 10.
lava NhAANSh - ~ <oOOs lOl
144-Chas. w. Darr ct al, trs, to
Agnes E Kennedy. $4,000.
l. st sw. bet 6th and 7th SITS, 50
All, lots s to IL and part Iz-
Chalmers F. Gron to Gustave w.
Forsberg. $40.
Lanier Heights, lot 20l-Edwin Fl.
Snyder ct ux, Augusta l.. to Chas.
C. Glover, jr., and VIM. J. Flather,
jr.. $40.
TIC 10th st ne, SO s3I. lot So
Helena Popp ct al. to Mary E. Hun
ter.
724 North Carolina ave sc. 50
500, lot 45-Max Tibbetts ct vir,
Nooh ", u Nary ". Mayhugh, $40.
1904 LIST st NV, SO 55l. lot 2O3-
AnnabSl NJ. Krezell to Norman E
Ryon. $40.
Northeast corner of 18th and X
SITS NV, 50 24S. lots 1s and eo-Rob.
ert Myers to the Hamilton Hotel
Corp. $40
Fitch place northeast. between
4sth and 4sth SITS. 50 5l43. lots
and Geo. w. Wormley to Sallis
II. Wormley, $40.
oxen" "Agincourt Farm par
tract-Frank Swider ct ux. Julia /,
to Robert l. Manning. SO.
zlst NV, between l. and NJ SITS. 81
~, part lot lS-Ewd. F. Pickford e
uK, Caroline L. to Ethel NJ. Rutty
$40.
a. Randolph place NV. 50 31o2. 10
97-Joseph Mann ct ux, Romano, q
!, Louis Du Bois ct ux. Alice l., $40.
Gresham place NV. between 5th 8
and Georgia ave. 50 3o57. lot "a
David ]. DUNCAN ct ux, Helen NJ
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to Walter H. Crack. ct ux. L4fli.
G.. $40.
Ss 7 ct NV. 50 311l, lot Iz-Ben3s-
min ID. Duvall et ux, Laura NJ, TO
Gaetano s. sesso ct ux. vittoria, $40.
North of Jew~tt st, east of Con.
duit road NV. SO l43s. part lot D.
Samuel T. Dorsett ct al, to VIM. II.
Schreinert and Alice G. Schreinert.
$40.
N Of ordway st, Of Soth st NV.
50 2o6s, lot s3-Hsrry wardman
ct al. to Robert z. Greer, SO.
1913 S st NV, 50 III, lot So
Harris w. Slater ct al. TO Amelia
w. Moore and Lucille A. Moore, SIC.
7th st NV. bet P and Q, 50 4zi,
part lot 31-Newman zarin ct ux.
Yetta, to Lewis waxberg ct ux.
Molly, SO.
Southern Bldg, n cor 18th and II
SITS NV, 50 220. lot 44-southern
Realty Corp to VIM L. Marcy.
81. .s05. 900.
VIM. L. Marcy conveys same prop
erty to Allan +. Walker and VIM.
L Browning, $40.
1912 New York ave NV. 50 25z,
lot 11-Matilda c. Markham to VIM
d. West, SO.
n of r st, Of 18th st NV. 50
1872. lots IO4, So to 81. 20 to ~. and
parts 6s, So and 73-District Apart
ment Corp to Felix Lake. $40.
1929 New Jersey ave Sc, SO n Of
7I3, lot 46-Archibald Roby ct al,
trs., to VIM. Z. Teachum ct uX.,
Marguerite E, $40.
54ls Illinois ave NV, 50 1895, lot
| 66-wm. B. Barrows ct uX, Ethel
l., TO Harry Tennyson and Ida II.
| Tennyson, $40.
" of p ST. E Of sth st NV, 50 t2l,
lot 63-Joseph T. Daily to David Ois-
bold, SO.
Nichols ave sc n OF High View
pl. % eO04. lots 10 & 11-Robert A.
SauIs ct ux. Lillian F., TO Matthew
Coughlan ct u1., Molly. $40.
18th st NV bet NJ & y. SO 1ls,
orig lots 20 & 21-Christian Heu-
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
ADVERTISER SEES
BIG BUSINESSYEAR
William H. Rankin Company
Opens Branch in Akron
AS Trade Increases.

NEW YORK, July 2.-The annual
meeting of the william H. Rankin
Company, nationally known adver-
tising firm, was held June is. The
same officers and directors were
elected. The executive and plan
board for the coming year will be
as follows: Chairman, William H.
Rankin; vice chairman, Wilbur D.
Nesbit; research and trade surveys,
Herman A. Groth; art. Typography
and layout, Myron c. Perley; plans
w. 8. Nordburg; sales management,
j. D., Driscoll; production, r. C.
Nelson, Robert E. Rinehart, Edward
c. Conover, E. c. Tibbitts, Charles
F. Highom and Thomas r. Shipp.
On July l the company opened a
branch at Akron, Ohio, in the First
Second National Bank Building,
with E. C. Tibbitts as resident man
ager In charge of the affairs of the
company in Ohio, Western Pennsyl-
vania, New York and West Virginia.
Mr. Tibbitts was advertising man.
ager of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber
Company for twenty-five years.
Reports for present and future
business are encouraging, to saw
the least, and the company is opti-
mistic for the future of advertis
ing.
This company now has organiza-
tions in New York and Chicago and
branch offices in Washington, San
Francisco and London. England.
and not only handles advertising in
the United States, but also interna-
tional advertising of every descrip-
tion.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Two APARTMENT
HOUSES ARESOLD
Savoy and Preston Are Dis.
posed of to Local In
veStors.

Realty sales during the week
were confined mostly to homes. but
several large transactions were
among the features.
The Savoy and Preston were the
largest apartment houses sold. The
former. at 2s04 Fourteenth street
northwest. was purchased by Henry
P. Elliot from the Columbia Syndi-
cate for S175,000. The building is
six stories high and contains thirty
five suites
The latter. located at 17f3 p
street northwest, was sold to John
W. Gregg for $4,000. The William
H. Spignul Company were the
vendors.
1t was learned yesterday that the
R. P. Witty Company will start
this week to raze the Hamilton Ho-
tel property at Fourteenth and X
streets northwest. recently sold.
Among the items Of the week also
was the announcement that W. G.
Irwin would start work soon on
nine houses on Varnum street
George T. Santmeyer is the archi-
tect, and the investment will total
approximately $4,000.
The Rialto Theater Company
plans a balcony as an improvement
to it's motion picture house at Ninth
and G streets.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

entation Of new patriot" badges TO
newly ly-enfranchised voters, and a
baseball game between Company r
and the Landover nine.
= The celebration will be under the
auspices Of Company F, assisted by
its women's auxiliary. Proceeds
will go to the company's camp
fund. Capt. Broks is in charge or
the program. with Mrs. Charles Z.
Hutchinson heading the women.s
committee. Mrs. George H. Morley
has charge OF the patriotic exer-
cises as the representative here Of
the committee on civics of the
Prince Georges County Federation
of women's Clubs
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Climate Mild in Some
Parts of Alaska

Although less than 80 degrees
from the North Pole. the climate of
South-Central Alaska is very mila
tne temperature seldom registering
Delow zero. says the American
Forestry Magazine. The mean an
nuaI temperature for Prince william
sound Is thirty-eight degrees Fab
renheit. and, 1t is warmer during
tne winter months than at any other
point IN the world in similar Iati-
tude. The temperate climate is du.
largely to the benef1cent influence
OF the Japan Current, which sets
INTO the had Of the Gulf Of AlAska.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

rich & Augustus B. coppes, trs, 20
Robert Il. Tasker. $40.
Robert z. Tasker conveys same
property to Ethel NJ. Rutty. $40.
2lOs 18TH st NV. 50 255+s lot 81
Washington Hts-Herbert A Swift
ct al to Margaret S. Connolly. $40
1890 b st sc, 50 1914, lot 53-Wh-
lam G. Midget et uN. Mamie 9. 20
Clarence NJ. winemiller ct VI. Nit
tie w, SO.
n of Macomb st z OF Wise ave
NV. 50 1918, lot s. Oak View: 50
1919. lots Is. 20 & 21, Cleveland PARK
Emily S Manning 10 Florence B.
Peterson, SO.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

T. l.. Medford, permit clerk
(above) in the office of John L.
Healy, municipal building inspector,
who. with T. II. Dudley (below),
broke the record of the office, writ
ing 775 more permits from July 1,
1920, to June 80, 1921, than had been
issued in any year previously in the
history of the District. --
In all. 1910 permits were issued
for dwellings. stores, apartments,
repair jobs and every other sort
of real property Improvement that
can be imagined. Fhe highest aver
age previously as for the year
ending june so, 1880. when the rec
ord was placed at 1925.
Medford Is a native Washing
tonian, graduate of Technical
High School, and lives at 1881
Third street northwest. Dudley lives
at 4455 Conduit road.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
MAD DOG STARTS &
FAIR-SIZED RIOTS

WINCHESTER, Va, July 2. = \
mad dog running amuck. biting and
swapping at everything in his path,
threw the retail district here into
a turmoil of excitement yesterday
afternoon, until the dog-a pointe-
owned by Maj. r. r. Barton, COM
mander Of the Virginia department,
American Legion-was shot to
death.
Persons who were bitten are nm
aer the care of physicians, and dogs
that were attacked have been shot
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

One-third of the graphite pro-
duced In this country last year was
produced electrically at Niagara
rails, but over twice as much as
this country's annual production
was imported, largely from Ceylon
and Madagascar.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

French scientists have perfected
an apparatus for lighting and ex-
tinguishing public gas lamps by
means of a slow change of pres
sure in the<gas pipe, this being con-
trollabls fyom the central station.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

The value of cold in preservinr
meat has been shown by a recent
experiment In Australia. Fragments
OF meat were placed in a LIQUID
containing numerous microbes of
the KIND which cause meat to decay,
ana the whole then placed at q
temperature slightly above zero.
Fahrenheit. for FIVE months. after
that time the meat was still per-
fectly fresh and good.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

Leaf beetles that destroy sugar
b beets can be trapped and destroyed
oy placing and burning piles of
straw. on which they hibernate dur
ing sthe winter.
Evening journal., 1921-07-27
PERSONAL JOTTINGs
ABOUT BRIDGEVILLE.

Special to The Evening Journal.
BRIDGEVILLE. Del. July 81
Mr. and Mrs Nehemiah Wiley are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a baby boy at Cambridge.
Nd. hospital. Mother and baby are
doing fine.
Miss Sara Sudler of Delaware
Hospital. Wilmington, spent the
weekend here with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Sudler.
Miss Lizzie Kinder left yesterday
for Ridgely. Nd, where she will
spend a week as the guest Of Mrs.
Edgar c. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis and
son Ray, spent yesterday in town
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Lewis.
Miss Anne Cahall is spending
some time at the Henlopen Hotel
Rehoboth.
Cheten Verden Of New York city
spent the Weekend in town.
Miss Lois Ward is spending q
week at Rehoboth with her sister
Mrs. Edward II. Clark.
Miss Fallon. Philadelphia,
former teacher OF the Bridgevill
public school, is in town, as tn
guest Of Miss Sallie Rawlins.
A much-needed rain came Mon
day accompanied by an electrica
storm. The rain swept over thi
town and a few miles south of here
while around Greenwood ther'
wasn't enough to lay the dust
Evening journal., 1921-07-27
CITY PURCHASES
.WECCACOE PLANT
Reliance Company Anxious
to Have Department
Take Its House
NEED 10 MORE
MEN FOR SERVICE

Following a two hours conference
with representatives OF the wecaccoe,
Phoenix and Reliance fire compan-
les yesterday afternoon, Directors Of
Public Safety announced that the
Wecaccoe company's headquarters
at Second and Jackson streets had
been purchased. making eight fire
houses purchased by the city. The
meeting was not open to newspaper
Representatives.
The purchase price for the Wee
accoe headquarters was not made
public. 1t was said however, that
the directors have agreed to pay the
Water Witch Company $4,000 more
than the Board Of Assessment had
appraised their headquarters
It was announced by iremen yes
terday that the directors had award
ed a contract for a new flooring in
the Union Fire Company headquar-
ters at a cost of $500.
Members of the Reliance Company
following their meeting with the di-
rectors, said that inasmuch as some
OF the fire companies had received
more for their fire houses than the
properties had been appraised at,
they felt that the city should pur-
chase their fire house, as they were
willing to ssplit the difference in
price between what the city offered
and what they had asked for the
property.
1t was stated that the directors had
not yet finished examining appli-
cants for the department as out Of
400 men examined only $50 had
passed the tests so far. The new de-
partment will consist OF 160 men.
William J. Lutz, chief was in
structed to obtain badges for the use
of the firemen.
Brown and Whiteside architects
were awarded the contract for re-
modelling and rebuilding the differ
ent fire houses and they were in
ltructed to proceed at once to draw
plans for the proposed changes. AS
soon as this will have been done. the
/ plans will be submitted to the direc-
/ tors for Endorsement
The fire tower at Third and Union
streets will be completed this week
and the training of fremen will then
commence The representative OF
the American-La Trance Fire En-
gine Company has informed the di-
rectors the apparatus purchased
would be here on the stipulated time
A telephone has been installed In
the Office of Chief Lutz. He is ex
pecting to have furniture placed
there in a few days. A signal boz
for striking the fire alarms. simila'
to that now in the office of the su
, perintendent Of police, will be in
, stalled there also.
Evening journal., 1921-07-27
Pa ]. co. ASKS
ASSESSMENT CUT
Camden Co. Tax Board
Hears Arguments; Plant
to be Inspected
SAYS PROPERTY
HAS DEPRECATED

GLOUCESTER, N. j., July 81
The Camden County Board OF Taxa
ton yesterday heard the appeal Of
the Pusey & Jones Co. for a reduc-
tion Of the tax assessment on the
shipyard here which has been clos
ed for about a year The hearing
was not finished and further testi-
mony will be submitted by the
Board of Assessors to combat the
figures presented by the experts Of
the company and an inspection OF
the plant will be made by both the
county and local boards
The company was represented by
Attorney Norman Grey. while City
Solicitor Charles w. Letzgus repre-
sented the assessors. The total as
sessment on the plant is $1,611.S50
and the company asked that the
sum of s3O5, 900 be taken off of the
assessment of SS15,000 on the per-
sonal assessment. A lengthy report
of the present cost of the machin-
cry and other personal property was
presented by A. G.. Speigelhalter,
plant manager Of the company,
showing that in his judgment the to-
tai value of the personal propertH .,
the plant at the present time is ouI
S553,045. He claimed that Gantry
cranes erected at a cost of $4,000
three years ago are not worth $500
now and that locomotive cranes
which cost many thousand dollars
are not worth more than $4,000 each
and that fat freight cars bought by
the company are not worth more
than $500 each.
Evening journal., 1921-07-27
PHILA. bridge
To BE finest
Work For $28, ,871, 900 Struc-
ture Over River Will
Begin Soon
TO BE FINISHED
IN SHORT TIME

PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-Pre-
liminary work on the worlds larg-
est suspension bridge-the Phila-
delphia-Camden Delaware River
bridge-is expected to begin within
the next few weeks, now that the
final site for the structure has been
decided on. The Philadelphia end
of the bridge will be at Franklin
Square. while the Camden end will
be at Second and Pearl streets. Both
ends are but a short distance from
the main thoroughfares Of the two
cities.
The bridge, which will cost S2S,-
$1,000, will have a span Of 1850
feet $50 longer than the Williams
burg bridge. which is at present the
largest. From approach to approach
the bridge will stretch $3.50 feet,
more than a mile and a half. 1t
will be 125 feet wide in the center
of the span and 1875 feet above mean
high tide.
The bridge is of the two cable
suspe nsion type, each cable to be 81
inches in diameter, with 1851
wires 1872 of an inch in diameter.
The first work to. be done will be
the construction of coissons in the
Delaware River bed. Several streets
will have to be widened and many
buildings torn down to make way
for the bridge. Engineers hope to
have the bridge finished in 1925 or
l1926. Opening exercises may be held
at the Sesquicentennial celebration
here in July. 1925.
Ralph Modjeski. chairman Of the
board Of engineers for the bridge
declared the structure will be the
best bridge in the world" Mod
ieslki. who was born in Poland and
is the son of the late Helena Mod
jeski, famous. actress. is one or Jh'
foremost civil engineers in thii
country.
Inability Of the present system o
ferries to handle the tremendou.
traffic between Pennsylvania AM
New Jersey at this point made tn
bridge necessary. The State O.
Evening journal., 1921-07-27

vey. He commended the work being
done by the institution.
Councilman John o. Hopkins also
attended. He gave few in
teresting facts concerning the
home, which is one Of the largest
institutions OF its kind in the State
devoted to the aid Of colored chill
dren. At the present time the home
is caring for 90 children under the
direction of Rev. Justin J. Nc
Carthy.
Following the addresses, there
was a band concert given by the
odd Follows Band of this city. The
carnival will continue until Friday
night. More than a thousand per-
sons attended the opening last night
Each night a handsome piece of fur
niture will be awarded to one of the
participants.
A booth attracting much attention
was the fish pond, under the direc-
ton of Miss Frances Crawford. More
than a score of booths. each with
some novel feature add to the at
tractiveness of the affair. Much in
! terest centers in the beautiful doll
named by Mrs. Harding. The name
of the doh and the winner viii be
announced on Friday evening.