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Evening star., 1922-04-22
REAL ESTATE NEWS
PAGES T0BE SHOWN
Novel Feature Planned for
Realty Convention in
San Francisco.

An interesting feature of the con-
vention at San Francisco in June OF
the National Association of Real Es-
tate Boards will be an exhibit of the
real estate pages of newspapers OF
the United States and Canada, it was
announced today by John A. Petty,
executive secretary of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board.
The publicity department of the
National Association has invited all
the daily newspapers of general cir
culation of the United States and
Canada to send to San Francisco for
the exhibit sample pages of the real
estate sections of any regular issue
of the paper of 1922. Real estate
editors may select any issue they
please except pages of special edi-
tions, which are not desired. Each
newspaper may send~tw pages, but
these pages must be from the same
edition and issue Of the paper. They
must be mounted fat on cardboard
slightly larger than the pages.
VIII Show News Methods.
The exhibit will demonstrate TO
realtors and real estate news editors
the methods OF handling real estate
news in various parts of the United
States and Canada.
A committee of judges viii select
the best exhibit, taking into consid-
GRAFTON subject matter. method of
presentation, accuracy. printing and
makeup. A certificate signed by the
judges and President Irving B. Hiett
will be presented to the real estate
editor of the newspaper judged TO
have the best exhibit The certificate
will declare that this newspaper was
judged 10 have exhibited the best
real estate news section at the con-
vention of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards.
Make il a vacation is the slogan
which San Francisco realtors are
broadcasting to the real estate pro-
fession throughout the United States
in connection with the approaching
convention.
, One of San Francisco's biggest re-
ception and entertainment commit
tees ever organized has been formed
to conduct the visitors through Cali
fornia's vacation land. Every local
realtor will be a committee Of one in
this undertaking. and in addition the
local board will have the assistance
of San Francisco's hospitality COM
mittee. chamber of commerce or
ganization composed of the COM
munitys leading business and pro-
fessional men. who devote large
measure of time to the entertainment
of visitors.
Urged to Stay for Week.
Visiting boards are being urged to
provide at least a weeks stay in and
around San Francisco following the
close of the convention in order that
their delegates may have the oppor-
tunity of participating in the many
attractive trips being arranged.
These include visits to the Yosemite.
Lake Tahoe. the big trees. Jack Lon
don's famous Valley of the Moon and
many ether attractive tourist fea-
lures, all within eight hours or less
of san Francisco.
In addition to these there Will be
specially conducted excursions 10
Cal!fornia's great fruitful valleys
where various forms of agriculture
land development and organization
work may be inspected. These latter
trips will be provided especially FOR
those realtors interested in agricul'
tural lands.
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/ improvements. road building. school
houses. factories and homes. This
| change for the better has just be-
gun and hence is liable to continue
for some years. If so, there will be
good bond market for long time
to come.
Another factor helping the bond
market is the great increase in the
number of bond buyers. Before the
war only bloated gentleman with
SILK hat and a siX-pound gold watch
chan was supposed to be able to
buy bonds 1t is true that in those
days the large proportion of bonds
were bought by the idle rich. whose
principal occupation was clipping
coupons. The war changed this en-
tire situation.
War Increased Bond Buyers.
THE war increased the number of
bond buyers from about 100000 to
over a million. This also means that
so per cent of the bond buyers are
today producers. Not only have the
number of holders increased, but
they are continually increasing their
purchases per capita. Thus the num-
ber of bond buyers has been increased
renfold. while the bond-buying class
has been changed from a group of idle
rich to a great mass Of producing men
and women.
This means that the demand for
bonds and the money available for
bonds will increase from year to
year The only fly in the ointment
is the tax program in Washington
Certainly Congress has fallen down
in its efforts to reduce taxation. 1t
has abolished the excess profits tax.
but has increased the general cor
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PLEADS FOR NEW INDUSTRIES
IN CAPITAL AND ALEXANDRIA
John G. Graham Points to Fine Sites East
Of Potomac Freight Yards and
Elsewhere.

/; Proposed development of the terri
; tory east of the Potomac freight
: yards. between this city and Alexan-
/. dria, Va. has attracted much atten-
, tion among local real estate men.
! 1t is realized that the establishment
. of a great industrial center in that
section would cause revival of busi-
. ness of all kinds in Washington and
alexandria, perhaps eventually result
ing in the linking of the two munich
palities.
John G. Graham, president of the
/, Alexandria Real Estate Board. in ad-
dressing the local realtors Thursday
! night, pointed out that federal gov
Z ernment activities bring thousands of
persons to Washington. yet it takes
! the manufacturing. establishments and
/, industrial plants to furnish the ma
terial for the homes and the voca-
tional pursuits.
Graham Explains Plans.
/. Mr.. Graham explained his plans for
, the development of the land contigu-
Gus to the two cities. as follows:
I! Extending from the Highway
bridge to a point four miles southwest
. of Alexandria are interlocking rails
of six trunk line railroads, centertng
in what is known as the Potomac
best equipped freight yards in the
east and the first yards In the world
to employ gravity for the distribution
tof cars. These yards contain sixty
miles Of track and have a capacity Of
100000 cars. with daily movement Of
over 5000 cars.
The land referred to east of these
tracks is available for manufacturing
ssites. 1t lies on deep water and Is
accessible to ocean-going steam
ships, making it possible to bring inn
ports directly to these sites. This is
,the situation on the east, while on
'the west is the steam and electric
facilities for the eco
,nomical delivery of the crude and man
.ufactured materials into all sections
of the country. Geographically To-
,cated at central point between the
sports of Boston and Tampa, the op-
,portunity is pregnant with possibili-
ties that would bring rich reward
with their development. We are con-
ifdent that this movement once inau-
.gurated would result in the building
of commercial sea wall the full
length of the territory, reaching
-southwardly to our city, Alexandria.
va. Back of this and abutting 1t
could be built manufacturing plants.
jobbing houses. bonded warehouses
and other buildings for commercial
purposes.
entering into these potentialities
Is the thought Of coal. There was a
movement. prior to the war. to have
the Western Maryland railroad con-
meet with the Washington and Old
dominion railroad. which in turn
would connect with the coal fields of
Maryland, West Virginia and Penn
,syltania, such making it possible to
place coal aboard the steamer at
alexandria cheaper than at any
,other nearby port.
This plan, like many others. suffered
.on account of the world conflict. but
lit is not dead. Congress has passed
bill permitting the erection of
bridge from a point on the Washing
ton and Old Dominion railroad to the
Point of Rocks. Md. This was done at
sthe request of the promoters of the
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Growth Reflected in Real Estate and Building News

general idea of connecting the coal
fields with deep water at Alexandria.
Praises Real Estate Men.
Intelligent and untiring efforts by
the realtors Of Washington have in
my judgment contributed more than
any other agency to the development
of your city beautiful. All Alexan-
drians have long regarded our deep
water and rail facilities as the natu-
raj gateway between the north and
shop for the nations capital. Our
neighborhood has been advertised to
the world as the cradle OF the Amer
ican republic. The historical associa-
tions of our section have attracted as
by even the National Capital. In spite
of this historic surrounding, We have
developed industrially Indeed. so great
has been the development OF our en-
tire area, or certainly that part In the
corporate limits OF our city, that it is
covered with manufactures and at
tractive homes. The residential de-
velopment has extended along the
ridge lying west Of the city until 1t
has built up almost to Washington.
and now the natural industrial de-
velopment must find it's way north
ward on the Potomac river, east of
the railroads, the section l have al
ready pictured to you.
''If we are to maintain Washington
as the city beautiful and Alexandria
as the industrial center, then our two
respective boards must Cooperate,
and 1 submit to you that we have the
locations easily transformable into
q throbbing business center. holding
homo and abroad and giving employ
ment to additional thousands and con-
tributing in a very large measure to
having here at Washington harbor
and port creditable to the capital of
the nation.
Claims Special Advantage.
I'm addition to the geographical
advantages above described, we do
not have the smoke law, the minimum
wage law and the power tax regula-
tion. All of these points can be made
a talking feature to the proposed
manufacturer prospect. Already have
some of your merchants in Washing
ton been awakened to the advantages
of having their warehouses located
in Virginia. One firm has built very
large warehouse, from which point
it can receive and discharge it's
product cheaper than in Washington.
Cars for shipping purposes are
than they are in Washington. This
was more than demonstrated during
the late war, when many merchants
in Washington hauled their freight
by truck from the freight yards In
Alexandria. This could be economic
ally done on account Of the good con-
crete roads which now connect the
two cities, and the run by machine
can be made In twenty-five minutes.
Dotted along the line between the
south end Of the Long bridge and the
city limits OF Alexandria. Va. can al
ready be seen many manufacturing
plants. which. from the standpoint of
their location and the advantages of
freight rate. find it to their benefit
to have their plants located in this
section.
with this object only in view we
present for your due consideration
and assure you that the members of
the Alexandria Real Estate Board
stand ready at all times to give any
assistance or furnish any information
within their power, only for the
asking"
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WATER SUPPLY PROBLEM!
Topic of Maj. Tyler Before Realtors
Next Thursday.

Maj. NJ. C. Tyler, L. S. A, of she
address members of the Washington
Real Estate Board on problems of the
water supply system in the District
of Columbia at a luncheon of the
board next Thursday, ] o'clock, at the
La Fayette Hotel, 18th and / streets
northwest.
This will be the first luncheon to be
held by the realtors for several weeks
and will mark the resumption of the
semi-monthly luncheons. The func-
tions were successfully postponed in
order to clear up the accumulation of
business incident to the recent con-
vention here of national realtors.
Edmund ID. Rheem. chairman of THE
luncheon committee. will preside.
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BUILDING PERMITS
TOTAL SG(Q,oDO
Many Rows of Dwellings In
cIuded in Projects Ap-
proved This Week.
projects totaling

Construction projects totaiing in
estimated cost more than ssoo,ooo
were approved this week by the mu-
nicipal building inspector.
Numerous rows OF dwellings were
included in the plans filed at the
District building. A permit was
taken out in addition for a three
story store and apartment structure ~
14th and Monroe streets nortii% est.
site Of the old Stratford Hotel.
The list OF permits. in part. follows:
y. NJ Forbes, to build, 3527 Patter-
son street: cost, $4,000.
J. J. James. to build, 4510-4512 eth
street; cost $4,000.
Boss & Phelps. to build. 1904 34th
street: cost. $4,000.
Boss e. Phelps. to build. 1s3s-1s43
| Newton street: cost. $22,500.
f. Flanagan, to build. a34 Mich
gan avenue: cost. $4,000.
d. T. Croft. to build, 5000 Ingomstr
street: cost. $4,000.
To Build Seventeen Homes.
T. A. Jameson. to build seventeen
homes. from 1026-lo5S Quebec place:
cost. $4,000.
l.. A. Pearson. to build. 3505 North
ampton street; cost, $500.
c. &. Rice, TO build. 1906 Jocelytr
street: cost, $1,000.
Fl. q. Taylor. to build, s23S27 Ken
nedy street; cost. $500.
r. l.. Thomas. to build. 1896 Masss-
chusetts avenue; cost. $4,000.
J. H. Brown. to build. 7os-71l S2d
street southeast: cost. $500.
II. J. Flood. to build. 124s Monroe
street northeast; cost, $4,000.
w. s. Quinter. to erect garage, 2s23
27th street: cost. $1,000.
A. J. Williams, to build, l4os
Kearney street northeast: cost, $4,000.
Fries. Beall e. Sharp Co. TO build.
2000 5th street northeast: COST $1,000.
w. A. Dunigan. to build ten homes.
90O-9l4 Madison street northwest;
cost. 100000.
Harry Wilson. to build. 2so2-9?2i
Porter street; cost. $4,000
&2O0.OOO Project.
c. II. Tompkins. TO build threc-
story store and apartment. 14'h ami
Monroe streets northwest: cost. $500
900.
David Weinberg. 10 repair 5l2 A.
street: cost, $1,000.
A. NJ. Francisco. to repair premises
1874 Columbia road; cost. $500.
G. G. Callahan. TO build 1880 Farragut
street: cost. $4,000.
n. p. Junghaus. to build. 44l3 18th
street: cost. $4,000.
W. c. Miller. to build, 5oS4 41st
street: cost $500.
W. o. Anderson, to build, 5S01 East
Capitol street; cost, $1,000.
G. +. Pearson, to build stores. 1888
Sd street and 2lf-21S l. street; cose
$4,000.
Metropolitan Loan and Trust Com
pany, to build. 2219-2221-22s3 35lh
place: cost. s21.000.
X F. Brodt. 10 build, 4e26-422s-42S0
Fessenden street: cost. $4,000.
F. r. BoRg. to build. 560S Broad
Branch road: cost. $4,000.
$500 Colorado avenue: cost. Slo.onu
NJ u. Lewis, to build. 3ee6-36os
Keokuk street: cost, 1l,o00.
G Ii. Galliher. to build. 14l0-lilI
lEgraham street: cost, $4,000.
A. T. Moran. to repair premises, 49,
Wisconsin avenue: cost, $4,000.
E H. Leeth. to build, $3.50 Belt
road cost. $4,000.
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poration tax and has continued to
let surtaxes remain at their present
abominably high rates.
Unless Congress revises the tax
law and carries out the prediction
promises of both parties, the bond
market may be adversely affected.
Every other factor in the situation.
however. points to continued better
prices and continued activity in the
bond market for months and perhaps
years to come.
Failures are already showing a
falling off in number. The crop situ-
alton looks much better than it did.
The sales of the mail-order houses
are showing an improvement for the
first time in two or three years. and
the Babson chart, which now stands
at 16 per cent below normal, should
begin to climb upward"
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REALTOR TO MOVE OFFICE.

Charles S. Shreve. local realtor, an
nounced this week the removal of his
offices from 1909 7th street northwest
to 912 18th street northwest. effective
May l.
This move was made in order to
provide additional facilities for his
Office. 1t is stated
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THREE DWELLINGS SOLD.

D. J. Dunigan reports the sale OF
three new dwellings. as follows: Mrs
Minnie +. Walker. 304 Upshur street;
Ernest F. klinge. 306 Upshur street
and Noble yiers, $50 Upshur street.
Each house contains. six rooms and
bath and is of colonial design.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1s, 1922,

and it was fred from considerable
marks on the body nor anywhere
csc, that we could find. Come down
to the studio where the murder was
committed yourself and have an
other look around; the tenants can
wait.
Barry agreed with a nod and to-
gether they descended past Girls
wold's door where grinning police
man saluted them and from behind
which came a defiant series of
snores. On the landing below an
other officer stood on guard, but the
door swung idly on its hinges, the
| body had been removed and the
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INDIGESTION
Busy Public Official Says Thed.
iord's Black Draught Helps Him
Keep Physically Fit.

Clay City, KY have been In
business here for twenty-one years:
am also coroner, riding the Kentucky
hills and hollows in all kinds OF
weather and under all kinds of con-
ditions," says Mr.. Sam r. Carr, of this
place. ITO be able to do so. I must
keep physically fit, and Thedfords
black-Draught is my standby.
These trips used to give me head
aches, and that, found, came from
hurried meals or from constipation.
Il was convinced that Black raught
was good, so now | use 1t, and Il gives
perfect satisfaction. 1t acts on the
liver, relieves indigestion and certain
~ Is splendid. am never without II. -
When you have a feeling of discom-
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sensation, headache, bad breath. and
similar common symptoms, try taking
pinch of Black-Draught after meals
q pinch Of the dry powder, washed
down with a swallow of water. This
has been found to assist the stomach
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constipation.
Your druggist can supply you with
this weil-known, purely-vegetable liver
medicine. Insist upon Thedford's. the
original and only genuine Black.
Draught liver medicine. NC-137a
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for Boyle and the other two went
over the roof thoroughly" Craig re-
piled. ut looks like an inside job,
al right, for Boyle was right out
side the house when he heard the
shot fired and nobody could have
come out of the door or down the
fire escape without his seeing them. +"
What did the medical examiner
say?" Barry asked after a pause in
a cautious undertone.
Not much; you know he's always
like clam until he gets his report
in at headquarters, and he has still
the autopsy to make" the other re-
sponded 1T was a bullet from a
small pistol that killed her, though,
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nizable as Photograph. | fancy
Mr.. Theodore Vanslttart would give
something 70 have his wife's picture
removed before the notoriety of to-
morrow"
Professor Semyonov nodded slow
ly.
you observed the most promi-
nent thing in the portrait, dbl you
not?" he asked. The Vansittart
emerald? 1t has figured in more
than one unsavory episode in the
traditions of its history, yet it is
the pride of the family Perhaps
that is the reason why Mrs. Vane
has, one might say, maliciously en-
phasized it. The portrait was to
have been that of a jewel, not a
lady"
"And the critics will fall upon that
fact like dogs upon a bonep' Barry
laughed and then his face sobered.
How long have the other tenants
been in the house, Professor Semy-
onov?"
"The thin, little creature in the
attic studio was here when | came,
two years ago next October, and
heaven knows how long before that
he responded. THE young man, Mr..
Laid, moved in only three months
h. sc u
morose neighbor, just below, took
possession a year before that after
! myself had been here six or seven
months. The janitor, or superinetn-
dent, looks as though he might
have been the furnace man for the
original householders and his name
| believe to be Hedge"
As he spoke there came respect
full but authoritative knock upon his
door and he arose with a sigh and
waddled over to admit long-armed,
wiry young man whose ). blue eyes
were as keen as Barry's own.
Hello, Craigw the latter cried be-
fore either Nf the others could speak.
Did the chief send you over from
headquarters to take charge of the
caseP Mr.. Semyonov, this is Ser
geant Craig, from the homicide
bureau"
Il guess we all know what Pro-
fessor Semyonov has done for us in
times past" The newcomer laughed
as he shook hands, then turned
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frankly to Barry. 81 don't know
why the chief assigned me to this
job when you were already on the
ground, John, but orders are orders
and I'll be thankful for little I'M
official cooperation"
1--WE got to interview the other
tenants of the house." said Craig
Are there any pointers you could
give me frst?"
you haven't seen them?"
No, l read the statements they
made to the precinct dicks and then
came straight for you. They're each
in their own apartments with a
guard on each landing and two on
the street below, one at the entrance
door and one where the fire escape
CONS down outside the tudios, by
that vacant strip of land. There's no
other way any Of them can get out
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co ON WITH THE STORY.
Sergeant Barry shrugged.
aarHti

sergeant Barry shrugged.
when case of this sort occurs
professor, there's little time fol
diplomacy. We've got to get the
dope and get it quick SO you, too,
heard that step on the stairs directly
after the shot was fired?"
Professor Sempyonov laid a quick
hand on his arm.
1--WE will discuss that later my
friend" His keen eyes beneath their
shaggy brows rested for a moment on
the Grabbed face of Henry Griswold
and then drifted to Gordon Ladd,
who had once more dropped his
head to his hands. 'Let US have
a little talk together in my rooms,
as soon as the official formalities
have been complied with, which will
grant Us temporary privacy"
Policeman Boyle descended with
unexpected haste.
That's one of those nutty artistic
DANES up there, with hair like a sky
terrier and the nerve of mousc!"
ne conflded IN quick undertone to
Barry.
In the shabby, comfortable living
roome once more, the professor low
cred the light and raised the win
dow shades with a sigh of relief,
then turned to his younger com
panion.
s What do you make of it all, Ser
Eeant?, Who do you think killed the
Vane woman, and why?"
Barry shrugged.
1.-THE last part of your qedstion
would explain much, professor, and
probably answer the first part as
well. i haven't had time to draw
any definite conclusions as yet, have
your"
Professor Semyonov sank once
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BEGIN HERE TODAY.

The report of revolver, followed
by hurrying footsteps on the stairs,
interrupts the social evening which
Detective Barry had planned to
spend with his friend, Professor
Semyonov, i'll the latter's room on
the fifth floor of New York apart,
mert house. Barry and the Pro-
fessor rush down stairs and discover
that beautiful Miriam Vane, society
portrait painter, has been murdered
in her studio apartment on the third
floor. Gordon Ladd, young artist
on the second floor, and Henry Girls
void, an irascible bachelor from the
fourth, enter the studio after being
told of the murder.