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The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
Brown to Make
Plea on Behalf
OF Alley Group

Joe C. Brown. prominent realty
broker Of 1917 p street northwest.
will make a plea before the Dis
trict Commissioner on behalf OF
the city colored alley dwellers Of
the city. according to an announce
ment made last night
Mr.. Brown, Il is understood. viii
make an effort to show the city
heads the practical impossibility for
these people to find homes if evict-
ed. He will then ask the Com
missioners that the major part Of
the fund appropriated by Congress
for improving the alley dwellings be
spent In the colored secnons where
repairs are needed the most
The following sales were made
through the office Of Joe c. Brown
during the past week:
For w. J. Metcalf. the residence at
sos Seventeenth street southeast: for
j. H. Sauis. the house at 1925 King
man street northwest: for J. M
Drysdale, the house at 1882 + street
northwest: for B. r. Saul. 1os p
street northwest: for s. Gladstone.
71e S street northwest
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

previous month and of so per cent
over April. 1921. The first four
months of this year have rolled up
total figure that Is just under a
billion dollars and is IS per cent
greater than the total for the first
four months of last year.
There was an increase in every
important class of construction pro-
jects in April, even in industrial
plants. which have been the last
group to pick up. Residential
building continues in the lead.
amounting in April to s132.47S,000,
or 81 per cent. of the months total;
public works and utilities amounted
to SIS 900, or 81 per cent; bus
mess buildings. S5s,711,000 or II
per cent. "a notable increase over
the previous month";; educational
buildings. s36.71s. 900. or 10 per cent:
and industrial buildings, s24.312, 900,
or per cent.
Contemplated new work reported
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

trict in the first four months of this
year was two and a half times as
great as in the first four months of
1921.
Last months total included: s52,-
717.000. or 46 per cent. for resi-
Dental buildings: $2s.307, 900. or "a
per cent. for public works and util-
tiles; sl7,113.000, or Is per cent, for
business buildings; and ss,572 900,
or per cent, for educational
buildings.
Contemplated new work reported
during the month amounted to
$135. 49,. 900.
Middle Atlantic states.
April building contracts in the
Middle Atlantic States eastern
Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey.
Delaware, Maryland. District of
Columbia. Virginia .ad the Caro-
linas) amounted to S4S.663, 900,
which was an increase of 9 per
cent over the preceding month and
of rs per cent over April. 1921.
On the volume of construction
started from January l to April /.
this district is 72 per- cent ahead
of last year.
Last months total included: 500
$4,000; or AZ per cent. for resi-
Dental bulldogs: s9,5es.00o. or 20
per cent for public works and util-
tiles: s6.ss0,ooo, or Is per cent. for
business buildings; and s6.409.0 900.
or 13 per cent, for educational
buildings.
Contemplated new work reported
during the month amounted to S79,-
902. 900.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

Of the colonial front homes recent
ly constructed by J. w. Carr and
located at s03 Crittendon street
northwest.
Charles E. Coberth sold the valu-
able property at 925 Twelfth street
northwest. to Katie w. johnson,
who will remodel the property for
business purposes.
The>attractive home at 322o Nor
rison street was sold for p. II.
Bates to an out-of-town investor
whose name was withheld.
Isaac Singer purchased the three
story brick dwelling at 1746 Column
bia road. which will be remodelled
for retail business purposes.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

the Capital of the United States.
It's a crime"' he emphasized.
"A matter Of this kind is deplor-
able. and Il should not be necessary
to call its obvious criminality to
the attention OF those who are re-
sponsible for Il. in view OF the les
son taught by the collapse Of the
Knickerbocker. but apparently even
so great sacrifice as that has
failed 10 make an impression suf-
ficiently lasting" Sproul said.
Representative Sproul. the found
er Of the firm Of Elliot w. Sproul
and Company. contractors. n Chi
cago. declared that he had made
tour OF inspection following the
thester disaster, and had found
numerous cases where buildings
had been constructed contrary 20
the building regulations.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
Joseph Shapiro
Purchases Two
Tracts of Land

Two tracts of land. one located
on varnum street between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets and
the other located on Upshur street
between Fifteenth and sixteenth
streets. have been purchased by
the Joseph Shapiro Company. sl4
New Hampshire avenue northwest.
according to an announcement
made yesterday.
. Construction Of thirty houses will
be inaugurated at once on these
properties. They Will contain four
bedrooms. two baths and boast of
many features of a newer type
Five Of these houses have already
been sold from plans.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
RECORD ERECTION
MOVEMENT IS NOW
ON IN WASHINGTON
City Builders Realize
Time Is Ripe for Big
Program.
SOUNDS OPTIMISM
Contracts Awarded in 27
States During April
Total 1858, ,1s2, 900.
SOUNDS OPTIMISM

That building activity in Wash
ington and the country as a whole
this year will probably exceed all
previous years seem to be borne out
by the increasing volume Of per-
mits being taken out and by the
frequent announcements of large
projects to be undertaken.
Reports received from all sections
OF the country as well as from the
various branches qnfhe construc-
tion industry indica hat a build
ing boom Of unpree hded proper
tt~-s Is in its inceptUh. The skep-
ttes1 are beginning to realize that
Predictions which were made last
winter concerning the likelihood of
revival were based on sound rea-
soning.
While 1t had been expected that
tte greater portion of this years
rr.iding operations would be to-
ward relieving the housing situa-
ton. it is now becoming apparent
that structural work OF other kinds
viii be on a broad scale.
Large projects already under way
for Washington represent an outlay
In excess of many millions of dol
lars and plans are being formulated
for still others which are not yet
ready to be announced. Contracts
have been let and work has been
started on several big undertakings.
The month of April broke all
previous records for the amount Of
construction started. according Oto
the F. w Dodge Company. Con-
tracts awarded in the twenty-seven
Northern States during the month
amounted to s353129.0OO. The pre-
vious high record was for the
month of July. 1919. the total for
that month having been s317,69S,-
O9O.
Last months figure represented
an increase of 90 per cent over the
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
CUT in INSPECTORS
DECLARED MURDER
Representative Sproul De-
plores Reduction in Build
ing Office Force.
It's murder"

In these words Representative
Elliott, w. Sproul, Illinois, last
Thursday characterized the reduc-
tion of the personnel in the District
building inspectors office.
Nearly one hundred persons
from among the most prominent
families in the District lost their
lives in the Knickerbocker disaster,
and we are about to return to the
same conditions which contributed
to that calamity through the lack
Of an appropriation to supply suf-
ficient inspectors to insure the
proper construction of buildings in
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-08
ALABAMA WORKERS
STAND BY ORGANIZATION
fBn The Federated Pressl

Mobile. Ala, The Mobile Central
Trades council is preparing to send out
an appeal for financial aid from mem-
bers Of organized labor for Organizer
John WinstanIey, who was murderous-
" assaulted last fall while working UNI
der the auspices Of the International
Union of Timberworkers in Florida.
Winstanley, while a passenger on a
train. was removed BY force at a way
station. Although more than four
months have elapsed neither federal
nor state officials have taken any ac-
ton. Ii is reported that eastern fin
ancial interests are using every effort
to keep the government from bring
ing the matter up in the federal courts.
Winstanley was at the time Of the as
sault secretary of the Mobile Central
Trades Council, and had taken up the
work Of organizing the men in the TIM
Der industry at the request Of the in
ternational union.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-08
RUSSIA is THE MOST
STABLE GOVERNMENT
tBy HE Federated Press)

Berlin. Despite reports IN the
American and western European press
and Tie patter ny statesmen that the
Genoa conference to rehabilitate Eu-
rope is a certainly. Russia expects an
eIeventh-hour postponement.
Speaking before the communist sec
ton Of she AII-Russian Metalworkers
congress, Lenin said:
Nobody knows whether the Genoa
conference has any chance of taking
place. / fear that even those who have
issued the invitations know nothing de-
finite about ii.
The Russians believe that before the
convention opens another military of
fensive will be engineered against them
BY the entente.
The entente fears Russia's present
position. Germany would probably
lend Russia sympathetic support. Ger
man trade with Russia is already very
extensive. The Baltic entente (Es-
thonia, Latvia. Lithunia) is bound to
support its eastern neighbor. The So
called little entente Of Central Europe,
though dominated by French influence,
will seize every opportunity TO eman-
cipate itself and assert its independence
of France. This fayors Russia. espe-
ciaIIy since these countries are in ex-
IRENE need Of Russian trade. The
countries neutral during the war are
tired Of domination by the Anglo
French entente and welcome the pros
poets Of Russian trade.
The allies are divided. Italy badly
needs Russian raw materials. France
and Belgium dream Of restoring re-
dictionary regime in a unified Russia
III order TO collect the czarist debt,
while England would rather see Rus
STA split up into small units. America
is regarded as favoring the English idea
Of an international banking consortium
to exploit Russia along the lines pro-
posed for China.
Russia's internal strength is formid-
able, The working masses are loyal
to the government and the Red Army
is in excellent condition. both as to
morale and equipment.
The numerous trade agreements con-
Guided by soviet missions have cement
ed Russia's foreign position, penetrat-
ing even into France by the Red Cross
agreement that has just been entered
into. There is probably no more sta
BE government in Europe than that
Of Russia.
Western European diplomacy is pa
nicky in contemplation of Russian par
ticipation in the Genoa conference. a
prospect it sees no means of evading.
Indefinite postponement of the con-
ference is the obvious solution for the
diplomats.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-08
COOPERATIVE THEATER
ORGANIZED in SEATTLE
(By The Federated Pressl

The first cooperative dramatic the
alter in America has been organized in
Seattle by twenty-six actors, musicians,
stage craftsmen, and members Of the
administrative staff of the former
Wilkes theater, who have put their own
money into the society, which they will
wholly manage and control themselves.
The first performance drew record
crowd, and the company assures the
public that the same high standard will
be continued. They are not in the the
alter business, they say, to get rich, but
to secure steady employment and de-
cent living for themselves and to pro-
vide clean entertainment for the pub
lie.
The Seattle Cooperative Theatre
follows out the plan made famous by
the great Moscow Art Theatre, one of
the finest play houses in Europe, which
is owned and managed by the artists
themselves. Co-operators in several
midwestern cities are successfully OPP
Grating cooperative motion pictura
houses, and a group of players from
Greenwish Village. New York City, are
at present producing their own plays.
The Seattle enterprise, however, is the
first time that the entire personnel of
a dramatic company in America has
united in establishing cooperative
theater.
The unknown. that is what frightens
weak minds. Louis Blanc.
Misery is dreamy. solitude creative.
Nodier.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-08
4. c. |. PInches kino ceoroe.

Owing to increased expenses, King
George has found 1t necessary during
the past few years to supplement the
income he receives from the state out
Of his private resources,
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
HOLDS GHOST FAKE
PROOF IS COMPLETE
Psychic Authority Calls An
tigonish Tales Girl Spon-
sOr q Moron

The report from Halifax that Mary
Ellen Mcdonald. sponsor for the An
tigonish ghost" had been admitted To
an insane asylum was regarded by Or
Walter Franklin Prince. president OF
the American Society for Psychical Re-
search, as confirmation OF his solution
of the mystery that excited Nova Scotia
and temporarily baffled the scientific
world.
DIR. Prince investigated the case
last March. He spent three nights
in Mary Ellen's house. hoping to meet
the apparition face to face. He report
ed subsequently that Mary Ellen herself
was responsible for the ghostly mani
festations. Yesterday DIR. Prince said:
I'm the first place. as ! originally
reported. Mary Ellen was very inferior
intellectually--in other words, she is
what Is popularity termed a moron.
People In the region of Antigonish tell
many ghostly tales. 1t is probable that
Mary Ellen was much excited by such
and afraid in the dark. Her nysteria
was probably an objectification OF the
stories and an enacting by her in sort
Of somnambulistic state.
exceedingly. was another bad 'hing.
Finally some one was foolish enough 10
start on what he called lecture wit.
Mary Ellen as the object lesson. That
was after the case finally was passed
on by this society.
Then came one more outbreak OF
fires. which ] have heard she herself
discovered when alone. Nothing fur
the- has been reported to the society.
but 1t appears something happened
which has drawn attention to her again.
That her conduct was strange follows
in due course.
1T seems quite likely that Mary Ellen
may not be insane in the proper sense
of that term, but many insane asylums,
for lack Of proper facilities In such
| places, take cases Of extreme hysteria
| and the like. Her case, / believe, is
one Of mental immaturity and nervous
| insta bilfty."
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
STILLMAN WINS FEE
FIGHT ON BRENNAN
Justice Rules Wife's Counsel
Already Got an .Extraor-
dinary Amount
TRIES TO CUT EXPENSES
Banker Protests Any Allow.
ance Being Made for Guys
Guardianship.

The request for additional counsel
tees Tor John r. Brennan. attorney for
Mrs; Anne U. Stillman in her fight
against her husband, James Stillman.
vas denied by Justice Joseph Morschau-
ser at White Plains yesterday. Decision
was reserved on the amount TO be
granted to John Z. Mack in compensa-
ton for his services as guardian ad Item
for Guy Stillman. the couples baby.
Outerbrldge Horsey. counsel for the
banker fought to cut the costs which
his client must pay for the trial that
ended in complete victory for the wife.
Carrying out the instructions OF Still
man. he objected to any allowances be-
ing made for the guardianship OF the
child. The request of Referee Gleason
for s23s0o for 14S days work was
called "exorbitant and unreasonable
The question of what must be paid to
Judge Mack and TO Referee Gleason
came up when Mrs. Stillman's attorneys
applied to Justice Morschauser for a
final judgment on the referees findings.
When the paper. prepared by Brennan.
was handed to the court for signature
the Stillman lawyers Immediately OBJ
jected to the form In which 1t was
drawn.
II must protest" said Mr.. Horsey.
against Referee Gleason's request.
There were only thirty days actually de-
voted to the case in court. leaving 11S
days for which there Is no accounting"
Justice Morschauser's refusal to grant
Mr. Brennan further fees was made on
the ground that an extraordinary
amount" already had been awarded. His
reference was to the s47.500 allowed to
Mrs. Stillman as counsel fees early in
the case.
Mr.. Mack's expense account of s4.901.
representing actual expenditures in con-
nection with trips to Canada and the
procuring OF witnesses on behalf OF the
Stillman child. went unchallenged.
Judge Mack in defending the referees
claim called attention to the number OF
adjournments. the delicate questions of
law which the referee was called upon
to decide and the immense amount of
legal research that the case required.
Justice Morschauser agreed with Hor-
sey that Brennan's suggestion that the
court settle the custody OF the children
was out of order. II don't think l am
called upon to make a decision on that
question" he said. "the children can de-
eide which parent they prefer"
The Justice did not intimate when he
would finally settle the judgment.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
Cat Acrobat Born With
Twenty-Three Claws

tn ROOKLyN bids for fame to-
day with an announcement
by Miss Vera Kane. the four
year Old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Kane of 1899 Seventy-sev-
enth street. of her adoption Of an
acrobatic kitten, Woof BY name.
who is four weeks old and has
twenty-three claws. Ordinary kit
tens have hut twenty. Three OF
Woofs paws are equipped with six
claws each. Five is the usual num-
Der In Brooklyn and elsewhere.
Woof can walk on her hind legs
and turn cartwheels. Her fur IS
mostly striped gray. but her throat
is white and her extra claws make
three Of her feet appear as though
she had on galoshes. Woof origi-
nally belonged to a neighbor. Her
mother Is respectable tabby with
only an ordinary complement OF
claws.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
Get Your Key to
GOOG Food and
Good Health

Your "Key" awaits your call at
the Knickerbo cker Booth at the
National Health Exhibit st the
23rd Regiment Armory, Brook
lyn. Friday and Saturday are
the two last days of the wonder
full Health Show that has inter
ested thousands in Safety and
Sanitation-in the prevention of
sickness. Ice plays 9 big part in
Safety and Sanitation, for only
with ice can food be kept at a
safe temperature, and the only
sanitary place for food is a
good refrigerator.
The KnickerbockeF KEY uM open
new line of Health Thought for you
Ask for yours at the Health Exhibit, or
By mail or telephone
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
BABY NINE MONTHS OLD
BIG AS CHILD OF 3 YEARS
Louisiana's Wonder Infant
Arrozes Doctors.

BERNicE, La. Oct. 13.--North Louis
lana has a "wondcr baby"
The ne-months-c!d daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. w. T.. McClung Of Bernie,
owns thirteen teeth, weighs forty-fv,
pounds. is forty-two inches tall and ha,
long hair
Physicians say her development l.
cqnal to that Of a normal three year -olt
child. though they are at loss to ,in
Ierstand her rapid growth. inasmuch
she weighed only six pounds at birth.
The child's fathcrias 60 and the
mother %.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
LEGION OPPOSES COST
OF SOLDIER MEMORIAL
Post WithdraUs From White
stone Committee.

Representatives OF the Edward M. Nc
Kee Post OF the American Legion have
withdrawn from membership on the
Whitestone Memorial Committee. organ
lzcd TO erect a memorial for young men
Of Whltestone. L. l.. who served In The
war. The post officials yesterday Issued
a letter setting forth their attitude.
The Legion men object TO the payment
NJ sG,700 for site on Eighth avenue,
purchased from Edward Il. Fowler.
They think this Is too much. The
Legion favors a building that could be o
meeting place. A fund OF $4,000 has
been collected for the erection of the
memorial Alfred J. Kennedy. chairman
% the committee, refused to comment on
the situation.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
MERCHANTS SOCIETY
TO HONOR OFFICERS
President Pierson Announce.
Luncheon at Commodore.

On behalf Of the board Of directors
o. the Merchants Association, President
Lewis Il. Pierson has announced a
luncheon to the officers, directors and
committeeman of the association to be
given In the Commodore Hotel Tuesday
night.
The Merchants Association Is just
closing its first quarter Of century.
President Pierson has reorga nzed many
OF the thirtyseven standing commit
tees and has made extensive changes In
their jurisdiction. There are more than
$50 officers and committeeman, among
them manysof the citys leaders In their
respective business fields
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
THUG WHO TORTURED
WOMAN ELUDES POLICE
Detectives Abandon Search
of Queens Woods.

Detectives have found no trace Of the
yorng thug who tortured the wife Of
Patrolman Chauncey Schultz with
lighted matches in her home Mt Hutton
avenue. Jamaica. on Thursday In an ef-
fort to force her to tell where she had
hidden her jewelry They have aban-
doned the search Of the woods between
Jamaica and Flushing. into which the
man fled after Mrs. Schultz had escaped
from her bonds.
The detectives arrested one man on
suspicion. but Mrs. Schultz said he was
not the burglar. Mrs. Schultz Is suffer-
ing greatly from nervous shock, but Is
able to remain at home. where she Is
being attended by her family physician,
DR.. James VI. Wicks.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
CHURCH CELEBRATES
HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
Brooklyn Catholics Mode
Independent in 1922.

To commemorate the hundredth an
niversary Of the establishment In Brook
W of Roman Catholic rarish and
church for the purpose Of making 1t in
dependent Of New York. Bishop Thomas
f Molloy. head of the diocese, will cele-
brate a pontiflcal mass tomorrow morn
i-g in St. James's Pro-Cathedral. Jay
street.
st. James's was the first church In
the diocese. The cornerstone was laid
in September. 1922. The Rev. Thomas
J. Campbell Jesuit father. will preach
the sermon.
Prior to the establishment OF the
parish Brooklyn Roman Catholics were
required to attend services in New York.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
BANKER KILLS HIMSELF
WITH HELP OF MIRROR
Wife and Nieces Heard Shot ;
found Him Dying.

Herman F. Epple. &c. q retired
banker. shot himself In the left temple
In his home at 2516 Grand avenue, The
Bronx. yesterday morning. He was
president of the Zeh & Hahnemann
Company, Newark, and director OF the
Bank of Washington Heights
Mr.. Epple's wife, Mrs Elsie Epple,
and two nieces heard the revolver re-
port They went TO Mr. Epple's room
and found him lying across his bed. a
revolver in one hand, a mirror in the
other. He was dead when an ambu-
larce physician arrived. Mr.. Epple had
been Ill fer some time. It was said.
The New York herald., 1922-10-14
THIS Is EDISON PIONEER DAY.
Wizard to Meet Early Associates
mt Electric show.

This is Edison Pioneer Day" at the
Electrical Exposition in the Grand Gen.
tral Palace. 1t was announced that
Thomas A. Edison would be present and
that there would be reunion Of the
men who were associated with the in
ventor In the early days OF his electrical
work This viii be the last day OF the
exposition.
A large delegation Of lighting com.
pany executives who have been attend
ing convention in White Sulphur
Strings, W. Va. plan TO be In New York
this afternoon to meet Mr.. Edison at
the show.