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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
IS ARRESTED IN
SERIES Of
RAIDS
Much Beer and Hard Liquor Is
Seized in Beginning Gen.
eraI Cleanup.

Police and internal revenue agents
swooped down on several sections
of the city last night, made eighteen
arrests and seized many gallons Of
Whiskey and beer. The drive was
preliminary to a general cleanup
of the city before the Shriners
come.
The largest haul was made at the
establishment of Norris Koran. 224
Four-and-a-Half street southwest.
where 100 gallons of beer and about
| twenty-five gallons of liquor were
seized. The raiders said they
found the liquor hidden in about
the house in the rear of the place.
Many gallons of beer were dumped
into the sewer.
Two men, who were removed to
Baltimore, were captured on the
Bladensburg road near the District
line by prohibition agents. They
were operating an automobile which
was loaded with liquor.
Others arrested in the drive last
night were Isaac Jacobs and Louis
Jacobson, both of 1889 Seventh
street; Edward Markowitz, 1927
Seventh street; Albert Goldberg, 1921
Seventh street: Guy K. Freeze,
1923 Harvard street, and Theodore
Jackson, colored, 912 Twenty
street.
Harry Hilton, 1873 B street:
Henry Clark, 1922 Four-and-one-
half street; Julia Curtain and Nor
ris Koran, both of 224 Four-and.
one-half street; George Tucker. col
ored, 626 Four-and-one-half street;
James D. Kettner. 719 Four-and- one
half street; Joseph Peters, colored,
343 G street; Rosie Newman, col.
ored, $40 H street; Lorenzo Hill
man, colored, $40 H street; Owens
Parthenia, colored, 243 Third street;
Joseph Barachank, PA Third street:
John Thenier, 234 Third street:
James Warner, colored, 354 G street,
and Garfield Jones, colored, 354 G
street.
Abraham M. Parsons, 72s H
street, and Morgan C. Chewing,
1908 Eleventh street. Freeze was
arrested in the northwest section.
While Lieutenant Plemmons and
Police Chauffeur Nicholson were
enjoying a snack in a downtown
lunchroom last night they saw Guy
Kinzel Freeze, 1923 Harvard street
northwest, acting suspiciously.
After keeping him under surveil.
lance for some time they took
Freeze into custody. They said
that he had four half-pints of gin
in his possession. He is charged
with selling and illegal possession
It is alleged he sold one half oint
while they were in the lunchroor1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
HOUSING To BE
settlements
TOPIC
National Federation Will Hear
Authorities on This
Subject.

Housing, a topic long of deep in
terest to Washingtonians, has been
selected for general discussion at to-
days meeting of the National Fed
Grafton of Settlements which open
ed it's annual gathering yesterday at
the National Red Cross building.
Besides District delegates, the fol-
lowing will speak on this subject:
Mrs. Edith Elmer Wood, Cape May.
n. j., Courthouse; Miss Helen Hall,
Philadelphia, and Alexander Bing,
New York. George Bellamy will pre-.
side.
luncheon will be held att the
Powhatan Hotel when speakers will
include Able Violet. Paris, France,
and James j. Mallon, London. This
afternoon a mass meeting will &C.
cur at Rauscher's, with music and
addresses.
Settlements and the lessons of ex.
perience to be gained from settle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
ON REMEDIES
TO ADVENTIST MEETING

Common Remedies Which Induce
Health" will be the subject of
lecture by l.. A. Hansen medical
secretary of the General Conference
Of Seventh-Day Adventists, tonight
at the third session of the School
of Health in the school room of the
Seventh Day Adventist Memorial
Church. Thirteenth and M streets
northwest.
The lecture will be followed by a
demonstration by Washington SAM
tarium nurses on the preparation of
various Salads" Recipes will be
given The public is invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
BALLOU TO BE REELECTED
AS HEAD OF ., C.. SCHOOL 6

Reelection of DIR. Frank w. Bal
lou as superintendent Of schools
for another three.year period will
take place at this afternoons meet
ing of the Board of Education in
the Franklin School, it was said
today.
Usually the election Of the super
intendent is put off until June.
This year, however, the board, it is
said, feels that as long as it intends
to reflect DR.. Ballou It may as well
dispose Of the matter now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
DISTRICT WILL PLACE
BALL TEAM ON DIAMOND

It's getting like the old days
around the District building now.
The Commissioners Baseball Team
has been organized and yesterday
it was given the official o. k. of
the Commissioners. The city heads
approved of a request for permits.
sion to ask District employees to
subscribe a fund for it's equipment.
Harry J. Hunt is president of the
team; William H. Haniboe, man.
ager, and Charles r. Owens, secre.
tary-treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
GLORY OF SEAS, FAMOUS
OLD SHIP, IS DESTROYED

SEATTLE. Wash. May 16.-The
famous old clipper ship Glory of the
Seas, said to be the fastest vessel
OF its type in the world. was burned
on the beach here yesterday, eff.
forts to have it preserved as an
historic felic having failed
The Glory was built in East Bos-
ton In 1859 by Donald Mckay, ia
NOUS builder Of fine ships. 1t made
the voyage from Havre, France,
around the Horn to San Francisco
in. ninety days, a record said never
to have been surpassed by a YES
sci of its type.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
LA SUColA," BY JOHN,
BOUGHT BY AMERICAN

LONDON, May 16.--Augustus
Johns portrait, La Suggia," has
been purchased by an unnamed
American" who Is declared to have
said that the picture will rank
with the worlds masterpieces 81
portraiture.' .
It is said the purchaser was trav-
cling in the south of France when
he happened to read an admiring
criticism of the picture. He imme-
diately hired an aeropIane and
flew to London, where he promptly
purchased the masterpiece. 1t has
been insured for $50, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
CIRCUS TORTURE DANCER
KILLED BY TROLLEY GAR

MT. CARMEL. Pa. May 10
When walking from the circus
grounds to the sleeping cars last
night, at 1890 o'clock, Prince Nun.
20, of Indianapolis, torture dancer
with the Sparks Brothers Circus.
was run down by a Locust Gap
trolley car and killed.
He was a South Sea Islander and
was fifty-eight years old. He
started with the original Sells Show
IN his youth and Travelled the globe
with various shows. Circus people
say he was worth about 100000
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
BOY DIES OF INJURIES
RECEIVED ON DIAMOND

LOS ANGELES, May 16.-wafter
Wiseman, sixteen, son Of a former
Consul General at Mexico City and
student at Harvard School, died
following an accident on the school
baseball field.
Young Wiseman was running to
catch a fly ball when he collided with
Joseph Young, another student play
ing in the game. Young's knee
struck Wiseman in the pit of the
stomach. No serious results were
anticipated until a hemorrhage oc.
Cured, forming a clot in the pull
monary vein and stopping the circu-
lation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16

ment work were exposited by sew
eral speakers at sessions yesterday
and last night. A very interesting
meeting was held at the Rams
Head Theater where drama and it's
cultural effect upon communities
was discussed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16
$1,000 for Auto Injuries.

Theotokes Theos, owner of an
automobile which ran down Morton
Willcher, March %, 1922, at Seventh
and r streets, northwest. consented
yesterday in Circuit Court No. /
to a verdict for 81 900. Willcher
sued for $4,000 and was repre-.
sented by Attorneys Curtis and
Markey
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16

Paul Revere White, of Taunton.
Mass, who has aroused a new
storm of indignation against the
Florida prison system. White re-
veals ugly scars ON his back
which he says he received at the
hands of a prison whipping boss.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16

portant data concerning the own.
er's wishes in such form that con-
tractors can understand and figure
from it accurately.
When the architect is eliminated
and the plans are incomplete it
means that this data and extras"
crop up during the progress of the
work, and hence additional costs
,nSde.
Second. many people are unable
TO visualize a house from plan
and so. when they see it partially
built they increase their wants.
which increases the cost.
But one Of the most frequent
causes for houses costing more
than was expected is the fact that
many people, being human, do not
relish learning in the beginning
what the house they want will ac-
tually cost.
Many, indeed, being exceedingly
human, when told this by ar
architect, will promptly go else
where.
Architects experience this every
once in a while.
People will come into their of,
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
BOON
CONTINUES
IN j. s.
Twelve Per Cent Slump From
April Total Is Offset Dur
ing Other Months. ,

The attitude of builders through
out the country on the building
situation today is reflected by Off
cial building permit figures for the
month of May in 216 leading cities
reported in the national monthly
building survey of S. w. Straus
and Company.
Permits issued in these cities show
an increase of 15.5 per cent. as COM
pared with May, 1922, and de-
crease of II per cent, as compared
with April this year, thus indicat-
ing that while the agitation against
unnecessary building had some eff
feet upon proposed construction
during the month of May, the in
crease Of 1875 per cent for the
country over shows the building
boom continues and is apparently
still controlled by. the inevitable
law of supply and sdeTnand.
An estimate based on the returns
from these ZIG cities places the
building operations during the first
five months of the year for the
whole country at about $500, 900, 900
ahead of the first five months Of
1922 The total of permits issued
in May in the ZIG cities was $685.
| 672,371. a gain over last May of
noO, 0oo,UO0. III the same clIlSS the
decrease from April was $36. 6S5.51"
Among IS eastern cities report
ing for May there was gain of
9.S per cent over May, 1922; 50
of the 78 having an aggregate
gain of $14,895.527 and rs showing
decreases: compared with April of
this year, 81 eastern cities showed
gains and al losses. Among rs
central cities there was gain
over May, 1922 of lis per cent,
49 Of them showing gains and 90
losses; compared to April of this
year 80 showed gains and As
losses. Among "a southern cities,
there was a gain over May, 1922,
Of 81 per cent, Ia cities showing
gains and 10 losses: compared to
April, IA also showed gains and
10 losses. Among So western
cities, there was gain over May,
| 1922. Of 39.4 per cent, % cities
showing gains and IL losses; com.
pared to April this year, 10 showed
gains and II losses. Among the
2l6 cities of all sections, 40
showed gains and Is losses over
May, 1922. ~.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
HOME BUILDING
PROGRESSES
SLOWLY
Guy Zepp Declares Ready
Cut Method Was First
Modern Advance.

Home building. the oldest OF
industries, has been one of the
slowest to adopt modern economic
al and efficient methods, says Guy
Zepp. local manager of the Lewis
Manufacturing Company. The first
marked advance in the art o.
home building that had been made
for a great many years, was thu
system of shipping, direct from the
mills to the builder, materials
accurately cut to fit, he AYERS
Mr.. Zepp's explanation follows:
Fast being discontinued. are
the old-fashioned, wasteful meth
DDS, where the materials arrive
at the building site in a very
raw and unfinished state, by a
roundabout route, there to be
worked by hand, dressed and
fitted by carpenters working
under conditions that handicap
them and encourage delays. mis-
takes and unanticipated expense.
With this advance, in eff cient
methods of home building, has
come the tendency in recent
ornament and jig-saw construc-
llOH VI Tie 1dSI -SCIlCL dL1OlA" III
their place is an appreciation
Of the true beauty of the homes
of our colonial period and of the
artistic worth of wood as a
building material. We know that
simplicity with good lines, is
more to be priced than orna-
ment without them.
Gone is the parlor and, with
it, the custom of leaving the
best room in the house utterly
unused, except on rare occa-
sions. Instead, we find the liv-
ing room. place where the truly
beautiful is also comfortable to
live with, where nothing is too
nice for every day. and yet
of a high standard of culture
and comfort. This is the home
ideal enshrined in the magma
ton of almost all families today
And this is the ideal which Lewis
helps them to expires.
The public has been educated
to demand this sort of home,
but there are very few nome
builders unframed in architec-
ture. who are able to cary it out
Livery IO"H lis
examples, often most painful to
the artistic eye. Of the work of
amateur home builders.
1t has been said that man
must build three houses for him
self, before he is satisfied, and
the statement. is no exaggera-
ton. Sometimes. he tries to en-
body in one house, all the ideas
in home building which have
ever appealed to him. The re-
suit is an architectural hodge
podge. Or he builds with the
sole consideration of exterior eff
feet, finding when it is too late,
that the interior is inconvenient,
expensive to build, and hard to
live in. Or he lays out a floor
plan, 'splendidIy arranged, and the
outside appearance is freakish
or entirely without character.
He wastes lumber, time and en-
ergy, and is dissatisfied in the
end
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
WHY ARCHITECT
. IS NEEDED FOR
YOUR HOUSE
Without Plans, Home Builders
Cannot Get Correct Cost
Estimates.
by ELMER GREY.

I have been requested to say
why houses so frequently cost
more than was expected. The an
swer is simple and is threefold.
First, many owners, wishing to
save money, start out by trying
to eliminate the architect.
Now the desirability of, having
an ARCHITECT and The value of a
good set of plans and specifications
| lies not alone in what these in
sure in the way Of good arrange
ment and good exterior, as many
suppose, but also in the complete.
ness with which the desires Of the
owners are set forth in them.
Complete plans cost what they
do largely because of the time in
volved in assembling lot of Inn
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
PRIVATE HOMES
1ONLY IN NEW
ZONE AREA
District Commission Proposes
Banning Apartment Houses
In Restricted Section.

Apartment houses would be
banned and construction of other
than detached homes would be pro-
hibited in a proposed new building
zone under consideration of the Dis
trict zoning commission.
The new zone would be desig-
mated "a restricted" and would lie
a grade more exclusive than the
existing "A area.
Adoption of the regulation provid-
ing for the restricted zone depends
upon the reaction OF sectional rep
resentatives in the District to the
plan, according to Commissioner
Cuno II. Rudolph, who advanced
the idea.
Public hearings on the proposal
probably will be held during the lat.
ter part of the month by the zon-
ing commission. All citizens asso.
Citations have been asked to inform
the commission of their desires in
the matter. Only the Piny Branch
Association has made official reply.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16

MuItipIies Efficiency.
Electricity gathers together the
scientific discoveries and achieve
ments of the ages, and rnultipiies
these by its speed and efficiency.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
FORMER RUSSIAN JUDGE
WORKING ON N. J. FARM

PITMAN, N. j., June ia Sc
quel of the Russian revolution has
been unfolded here in a community
movement to try to restore to Mich
olas Volchanetsky, former crimi-
nal court judge at Krakow, Russia,
mis- Wi" an tr"o daughters, from
whom he has been separated four
years. The former Russian judge
Is now working on a farm near
here.
rVolchanetsky fled Russia leaving
behind considerable estate. He
shoveled snow on the streets of New
','~ 10 earn a living.
The Russians wife and two daugh-
tiers are still alive, according to his
latest word from them, although ex-
isting under the greatest privations.
The Pitman Woman's Club has ar
t.t:Ir entertainment to
raise $500 toward bringing them to
America.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16

fees and enumerate their wante
and when told what the buiIdine
they want will cost, will leave and
go somewhere else.
Then, lured on by someone who
has less conscience but gives them
a roster prospect, they build and
eventually find that the first man
told them the truth.
The wish is father to the thought
of probable cost with them, there
are plenty who are willing TO
mother it. and vexation OF spirit
and disappointment are the chill
dren that such parentage brings
forth.
All this can be avoided by com
pIete set of plans and specifications
along with a safe estimate ct tie
beginning.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
A Timely Acrostic On
Better Homes
Week

Be sure to make some inn
provement, if only one.
Enthuse over this idea. En-
thusiasm's catching.
Try discarding ancient equip
ment.
Take a new grip on the prob
lem.
Earn the name of expert man.
ager..
Read the papers for complete
details.
Have the whole family partici-
Obviate in harmony later.
Make yours the best of all.
Establish reputation for eff
cheney.
Surround yourself with every
possible help.
Work for this idea. It'll work
for you.
Ease your tasks by electrical
aid.
Every appliance has a definite
relation to this problem.
Keep your home 100 per cent
electrified.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
TWO MEN ARRESTED
AS WHITE SLAVERS'

BALTIMORE. June 16.-Accused
of violating the Mann white slave
act, two men, who said they were
from Philadelphia, have been ar
rested here.
They gave the names of Robert
Hall and George Harris, and were
charged with bringing Myra Shook
70 Baltimore from Harrisburg. The
woman is held as a witness.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
NJ CLURE HOME
PLAN FINDS
FAVOR
Middle Western Corporation
Is Represented Here BY
National Homes Co.

The Mcclure Homes and Financing
Corporation, of Saginaw, Mich, and
Cairo, ILL.,, haze appointed as their
representatives the National Homes
and Finance Corporation, with main
offices sol to SOC, Woodward build
ing, this city.
The officers heading the Washing
ton branch are all well-known and
successful business men.
Parker Well Known.
George r. Parker, the president
has been engaged in the surety and
insurance business in Washington
for over twenty years. For many
years Mr.. Parker has been president
Of the Federal Underwriters, at the
same address in the Woodward build
ing. This firm represents number
Of old-line insurance companies. Mr..
Parker is also resident vice president
of the National Surety Company, of
New York.
Associated with him asNyice presi-
dent is George Walker, formerly
sales director of the National Credit
Corporation, of Baltimore. Mr..
Walker has been engaged in sales
development for over fourteen years
and enjoys a reputation for success
throughout the East.
Stephen MacRae, secretary and
treasurer, was connected with the
United States War Risk insurance
as a special expert for the States of
New York, New Jersey and Connec-
ticut.
Plan Is Success.
The National Homes and Finance
Corporation have contracts now un-
der way for over 200 homes in Wash
ington and nearby suburbs. A
unique financial plan developed by
this concern enables the purchaser
OF a Mcclure home to build and
finance the new home" on a very
small payment. That this method
and service is attracting attention
is evident from the rapid and I'M
usual success Of this firm in the few
weeks since their appointment.
1t is their plan to launch their SELL
ing campaign over the States of
Maryland and Virginia as well as
the District. A very large selling
force Of specially trained men is now
operating in this district. This force
will be added to until a well organ
lied selling force will cover every
town in the aforementioned States.
Not only do the Mcclure Homes
and the National Homes and Finance
Corporation interest the prospective
buyer of home, but they are well
coined in this section in no unmis-
taxable manner by the realtor and
contractor. Under their methods Of
financing. bigger and better develop
ments can be undertaken, thereby
assuring a sure and safe growth to
all sections.
Thousands of homes have been
erected under this plan in New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan
and the New England States. In
fact, entire towns have been erected
in many places with Mcclure homes.
A remarkable service from many
viewpoints is offered the various
contractors, covering their every
need and developed to a point of
perfection that can only be acquired
after years of experience in home
building guided by the greatest ex-
perts in America in complete har-
mony with the National better homes
movement that has now established
itself firmly in all parts Of this
country.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16
Lighting up India.

The Road to Mandalay" may
find itself electrified in the nea~
future, according to reports from a
foreign correspondent in the Wall
Street Journal of recent date, which
state that the first thirty miles OF
the Great Indian Peninsula railway
out Of Bombay are being electrified.
The Washington times., 1923-06-16

man for the Reading Railway on
the Shenandoah branch, while Vsing
steel tape in track measurements
came in contact with wire carry
ing 10000 volts and was electro
cuted. A widow and eight children
survive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-26
PLAN To TRANSFER
CITY HALL MAY BE
SO[0NS' SOLUTION
Conference Will Discuss Re-
tlrement of Old Bond Issues
and Mortgage 10 Erect
New Building

City commissioners will hold a con-
ference Monday afternoon on the
proposition of the sale of the present
city hall and property and the pur-
chase of the block from Seventh ave-
nue. to Eighth avenue, north, and
from east Twentieth to Twenty-first
street. The announcement was made
by d. e. McLendon, president of the
commission, following plan subj
mitted to the commission last Friday
morning by Hill Ferguson, Birming
ham real estate man.
Reason for quick action on the
part of the commission was given
that options which are held by Mr..
Ferguson on the property only ex~
tend until March 81. Mr.. Ferguson
told the commission Friday morning
that the property on Seventh avenue
could be bought for approximately
$3.50. 900, and would be ample space
for the erection of a new city hall,
and library. He pointed out that the
city hall could be sold for 1901, 900,
and the retirement of the mortgages
against the building and three
schools would amount to $3.50, 900.
This would leave a balance of $780,
600, which could he used to pay rent
on the city hall for three years
and also purchase additional prop
erty across from the municipal mar
ket fo- an open air market.
No prophecies as to the outcome of
the conference were advanced by
the commissioners, but it was under
stood that all were in favor of the
general idea as advanced by Mr..
Ferguson.