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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
DR.. BRIGGS RETURNS.
Will Preach at Fifth Baptist
Church Sunday.

Rev. DIR. John L Briggs has re-
turned from North Carolina, and will
preach on The Transforming Power
of Christ" at Fifth Baptist Church
tomorrow morning, and on The Tears
of Jesus at night. Miss Gladys Price
will sing. DIR. Briggs will also preach
August -. after which he will take
the remainder of his vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
TRINKLE SENDS SYMPATHY
Governor Expresses Sorrow of Vir-
ginia at Presidents Death.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, August 4.-Gov.
f. Lee Trinkle yesterday sent the
following message to Mrs. Harding:
Virginia grieyes at the passing
of your illustrious husband. Please
accept the sympathy of Mrs. Trinkle
and myself in your hour OF great
sorrow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
FIX TEN HOLIDAYS.
Russia to Celebrate Christmas With
Rest of World.

MOSCOW. August 4.-The Council
of CommissarS has fixed upon ten
church holidays, to be observed ac-
cording to the new style calendar.
Thus. this year will be the first that
Russia will celebrate Christmas ST.
multaneously with the rest OF the
world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
SUBSTITUTE FOR RECTOR,
Rev. J. II. Hamilton to Occupy
Pinkney Church Pulpit.

Rev. ]. II. Hamilton. assistant priest
at ST. Thomas Church, 18th and
Church streets northwest. Will take
charge OF The services at Pinkncy
Memorial Church. Hyattsville. Md
during the absence of the rector, Rev
I. l.. Monroe, during the month of
August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
HEADS SENIOR C. E. SOCIETY

Miss Pearl Graham has been elect
ed president of the Senior Society of
Christian Endeavor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. effective
October /. to succeed Miss Louise
Moddelmog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
SERVICE BY PASTOR.
Feast of TRANSPORTATION to Be
Celebrated Tomorrow.

The feast of the TRANSPORTATION is
to be celebrated tomorrow at the
Chapel of the Transfigura ton. Gala
tin street near 14th street northwest
Services will be held by the pastor,
Rev. John j. Queally, al 1850 and II
am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
breaches TO GIRLS.

Shepherd Church will preach at the
out of door service at o'clock to-
morrow at the Holiday House of the
Girls Friendly Society. near Mount
Vernon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
DR.. GLAzEBRoOK TO SPEAK.

Dr. L. W. Glazebrook is to speak at
the Presbyterian Church in Ballston,
Va, tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
WILL ADDRESS YOUNG WOMEN

DIR. Wilmer Souder will speak to the
Crusaders class of young women of
the Vermont Avenue Christian Sun
day school tomorrow morning on the
subject, Religion and Mythology"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
REV. a. z. BIRD RETURNS.

Rev. Andrew r. Bird. pastor of the
Church of the Pilgrims. will be in
the city tomorrow for the mid
summer communion of the Lords
supper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
ARYANS TO MEET.

The Aryans bold their fourth or
meeting at the Gavel Club
Hall, 1921 18th street northwest,
at pm. next Wednesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
SERMON ON "SALT."
Rochester Pastor to Fill Pulpit
Here

Rev. Harold E. Dickins, pastor of
Columbia Avenue Church of Christ.
Rochester, y. Y. will preach at H
Street Christian Church tomorrow at
j am. and 8 pm. Salt will be Mr..
Dickins' morning topic. The evening
subject will be THE Incarnation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04

At the time of the armistice 100000
Belgian houses had been DESTROYED
or rendered uninhabitable. OF these,
1883 have now been rebuilt or re-
stored and made Serviceable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
RECTOR GOES ON VACATION.

Rev. William Henry Pettus, rector
of st. Marks Church. left this week
for New England and Canada to spend
August and September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
TRINITY DIOCESAN.

Rev. George w. Dow to Fill Pull
pit Tomorrow.
At Trinity Diocesan Church. Sd and
c streets northwest. tomorrow Rev.
George W. Dow will preach at the
IL o'clock services. Holy COM
munion will be celebrated at 8 and
IL am. Rev. Walter p. Reed will
preach at the 8 pm. services, which
will be held on the church lawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
SHAPIRO COMPANY
HAS ACTIVE WEEK
Apartments, Office Buildings
and Homes on List of
Transfers.

Sales recently closed by the Joseph
Shapiro Company include an Office
building. several apartments. bust
ness properties and dwellings. be-
sides homes on Cpshur and Sth
streets.
The Century building. at 412 5th
street, seven-story fireproof struc-
ture, which houses the recorder OF
deeds office, was sold to an out-of-
town investor.
The Webster Apartments, 1905
Webster street, containing ten apart
ments, with a gross rental of $500,
was sold for Benjamin Kraft to Daisy
d. Weadon.
The Glen Apartments, at 2S13
Quarry rond. was sold to Mrs. Z. B.
Baeby for Mrs. Abbie j. Turner. This
structure contains four apartments
of five rooms and bath each and has
an income of nearly $4,000.
The premises at 1854 II street north
east was sold for James Durity to Frank
ketay
The dwelling at 1869 Quebec street
northwest was sold TO l.. Howder-
shell for c. H. Small.
Buys Two Houses.
a corner dwelling at 1901 South
Carolina avenue southeast was SOLD
for p. ID. Holmes to Joseph Meyero-
WITT who also purchased the adjoin-
ing property. 1908, from a local in
weston. and will hold both properties
for investment.
David Beattie purchased the dwell
ing at 40i ith street northeast from
w. j. Garner.
The premises a 14l5 G street north
east was sold for Harvey NJ. Brown
to Mary Nerando.
II. L. Rollins purchased f51 l. street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
Building Code Committee Aims
At Safe but Cheap Structures
Recent Report Offers Valuable Informa
ton OF, HO,U to Erect Good House
at Minimum, Cost.

Is necessary for safe construction.
Many of the buildings--and homes
the investigation showed. erected
where there were no building regu-
lations or no means to enforce exist
ing regulations, were of such low
grade construction that much of the
money invested in building was sunk
in poor investments.
Building codes, according to the
recommendations of the committee,
should permit eight-inch solid brick
and six-inch solid concrete walls for
two-and-one half and three story
dwellings,, accommodating not more
than two families each; that eight
inch hollow building tile, hollow
concrete block or hollow walls of
brick shall not exceed twenty feet
in height to the gable, and that
frame construction be limited to two
and one-half stories.
Metal Lath Approved.
Metal lath and plaster on wood
studs, properly tirestopped, Is ap-
proved for party and division walls.
Requirements for quality of hollow
masonry units agree fairly well
with present practice, but those for
brick are somewhat below the me-
dunn grade established by the Amer
lean Society for Testing Materials.
Foundation walls for brick should
be twelve inches thick for eXcavated
enclosures ard concrete foundation
walls shall be as thick as the walls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

Safe, durable. yet inexpensive con-
struction for American homes is
aimed at by the building code COM
mittee of the Department of Com
merce.
The committee recommends not
only the minimum requirement which
it believes should be enforced by
cities In their building codes for one
and two family houses, but also dis
cusses good practice in small house
construction.
A recent report by the committee
is a useful guide to all who are inter-
ested in knowing where to save and
where to spend in order to obtain a
safe. substantial and durable house at
a minimum cost.
Architects and engineers have long
recognized. but it has not been APP
prociated by the general public, that
the building codes of towns and cities
differ widely.
Forced Greater Expense.
Investigation by congressional
committee during 1919 and 1920 dis
closed that extensive building laws i'll
some cities and towns were so un-
necessarily strict that they actually
forced the builder to spend more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

they support, but not less than eight
inches. Special hollow building tile
twelve inches thick IL permitted Tor
foundation walls OF frame buildings.
Instruction given.
Detailed recommendation are given
for firestopping and chimney con-
struction, also for treatment OF built
in garages. The discussion of built
in garages is regarded as particu-
larly valuable in view of their COM
parative novelty and their relation
&c fire hazards.
The recommended requirements are
followed by a lengthy appendix con-
tanning explanatory material and
much educational material for the
guidance of builders with particular
reference to the me rits of eight-inch
and twelve-inch masonry walls, use
of lumber. stucco construction, plas-
tering and other important subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

southwest from a local owner, ana
Philip Loketch bought 1243-1245 Z0th
street from Lewis s. Friedman.
Both properties Will be used by the
new owners for dwellings.
The premises at 1881 LIST streei
northwest was purchased by S. Brill
for investment purposes from Danlei
Mccarthy, while Daisy b. Weadon
conveyed the dwelling at SO Bryant
street to Benjamin Kraft: who Will
William J. Kanof purchased the
two-story dwelling at 535 Irving
street from Albert Shapiro.
Two stores at $500 and S606 18th
street, each with an apartment above.
were sold, the former being trans
ferred for Clarence j. Rupert to
Andrew A. Anselmo and the latter
from Joseph Millenson to Louise An
selma.
A trade sale was also effected. S.
Brown transferring the dwelling at
4T0l eth street to NJ. Shapiro, and
the latter deciding, in turn, the prop
erty at 125 Pennsylvania avenue. A
cash consideration was also involved.
The premises at 1910 p street north
west was sold to Elizabeth Braund
and others for Benjamin Deckelbaum.
The new homes recently completed
which are all modern dwellings. con-
tanning eight rooms and two baths,
were sold to the following: Blanche
E. Cooksey. Eleanor G. Preston. Jo-
seph Meyers, Chauncey II. Dewey,
Clyde r. Hancock. Ida and Helen S.
Reed. ]. Y. r. Savage. Hendrix Eel
ton. Mary McElroy, Albert Shapiro,
Samuel Belin, Minnie NJ. Aylor, Rob-
ert Davidson and H. Shapiro.
This comrany's new homes on Sth
street between Crittenden and De-
catur streets were sold while the con-
struction work was only cellar high
the dwellings, being sold as follows;
Dorothy F. Riley, Rosalind Frisard
+. l.. Wittstatt. Ebert c. Gearhart
Ellis Stearman, John Freedman, Philip
Berger, Mary A. Stitely, Mrs. c. S.
Gooloyan, Charles Eluto, Merwyn
Yock and Michael Connor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
CONTRACT BUILDING
RATE FALLS IN MAY

With the cost index at 220.7, the
contract rate has fallen from s49.750,-
600 per week in April to s43.742,o0O in
May. The total for May. as reported
In the five issues of Engineering
News-Record, is s21s,712,000. against
S19S.665,000 in the four issues of
April. The most marked drop is in
Industrial building, while the prin-
cipal rise was in bridges, as shown
by the chart.
Prices throughout the country have
been changed very little since the
middle of May. Labor increases,
however, have raised general cost
nearly per cent since then. Num-
Der Of large jobs out for bids in the
last eight weeks april 10 to June -
averaged 260; this weeks number is
.237.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
BAMBOO USED IN JAPAN
TO REINFORCE CONCRETE
Material Is First Chemically
Treated Then Employed in Ditch
and Culvert Construction.

Bamboo, which has been chemically
treated, Is used as a reinforcing for
concrete in Japan, according to the
magazine Concrete. published in De-
troit. Henry C. Hitchcock. American
consul at Nagasaki, states that the
chemicals used in treating the bamboo
are apparently known only to the few
who have made use of them.
Bamboo is occasionally used with
out chemicals TO protect It from de-
cay, in the construction of concrete
bitches, small culverts and the like
In districts where there is great
deal of sulphur in the soil and sulphur
gas in the air" says the writer il
Concrete This Is done because it Is
believed that bamboo is not so quick
ly destroyed by the sulphur as ordi.
nary reinforcing would be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
BUILDS SIX BUNGALOWS
ON TAKOMA PARK SITE

II. L. Thornton, builder, announces
the completion of six new bungalows
located on I'd street, east of Laurel
avenue and on Elm avenue.
Each bungalow has Il large front
porch and sleeping porch. open fire
place in living room and space on
SECOND floor for additional rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
Another Slam.

From the Boston Transcript.
He-I fiatter myself I have a we'll
stored mind.
She--And do you ever take it out
Of storage?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11

that won't respond to a strong deter
mined whistle. Take these hints:
Are your wife,S relations coming
in to spend month Just break into
the Dead March from Saul. This>
will exhaust the gloom and leave the
mind free for brighter things.
Has your best young man just
driven by in his car with another
girl? Wait until he comes driving
back, then 60 out to the front hedge
and begin an energetic rendition of
II Don't Care"
Has the landlord gone up on the
rent, and the laundry lost your best
tablecloth and the lawnmower
broken down and the water heater
burst?, Softly whistle the strains of
Every Cloud Has Silver Lining
And have you quarrelcd with all
your relations Go out into the gar
den and utter a few bird calls. The
birds will answer and you can then
mediate on how superior natures
creatures are to human beings.
Even if you're girl?.
"Why not" says Miss Heller.
Gwen if the old-fashioned girl was
taught that whistling is unladylike.'
It's the new freedom, maybe
along with cfRafets. so 3y1.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11
P'ulEzling Plays :

THE PLAY <at s
Here is a freak squeeze play.
The squeeze is put on. The batter
hunts pop fly toward third base.
The runner on third. off with The
pitch, slides across the plate while
the ball is in the air. He gets Ito
his feet and starts for the bench.
The coacher believes the, ball
will be caught and yells tor the
runner who has crossed the plSte
to come back to, third. The run
ner changes his course from the
bench back to third.
The ball falls safe, the third
basemah not being able o. make
the catch. However, he picks up
the ball and rushes iip4 and
touches the runner who Is about
ten fest from third, base. ri
Does the run count or was tho
runner out? n
TIE INTERPRETATION I'd
II W. hold the run codntqd.
The cont ntion wa mad that the
|3aS1ll6ul1 1850 I, osts*s d
touehed TIL plat !, "a legally scored
: rum Since the b6ll Was moi
caught there was no chance to ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11
MINORS HAVE
TOUGH TIME
Several of Smaller Leagues
Are Forced to Disband

Rock Island, Ill.,, Aug. 1-Reports
coming into headquarters of M. M.
Sexton, president of the National As
ISOLATION, indicate that lot of minor
leagues are near collapse. Each day
brings details of leagues either dis
banding or individual clubs of lea
CUES quitting, and in the opinion of
Mr.. Sexton only the stronger leagues
of the national organization will fin
ish the season intact. He has been
making efforts to curb reckless bus
mess methods of the various minors
with little success and finally makes
the statement that probably the best
thing for baseball is to let them pur-
sue their course to bankruptcy.
Among the leagues to quit during
the past week was the Cotton States,
which started with eight clubs, at
tempted to reorganize with four, and
finally gave up the ghost altogether.
The failure Of the league to survive
is laid to recklessness in expendi-
lures. Statements indicate that the
league, though rated as Glass D, was
paying $500 to S400 month to play
ers. Ira Thomas Of Shreveport, back
ed the Meridian club for two months
and is said to have lost $500 in the
venture.
South Atlantic Shaky.
Another league which disbanded
during the week was the South Da-
kota which attempted to operate this
season with four clubs. 1t could not
make it, so decided to quit. Its play
ers were paid off and the more desir-
able men have been sold to clubs in
other leagues, several going to the
American Association.
Another embarrassed league is the
South Atlantic. With one club al-
ready on it's hands, there now comes
the bankruptcy Of Frank H. Bar
rett of Augusta, who backed the club
OF that city and was supposed to be
a millionaire. He has gone broke so
reports have it, in the cotton bust
ness. He was a close friend of Tyrus
Cobb, but Cobb denies that he is in
VOWED in Barrett's failure, though in
terested financially in the Augusta
club.
Mr.. Sexton is of the opinion that
unless there is an Immediate curh.
ing of expenses in the minors onlv
few of the stronger leagues Wi
finish the season.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11
News Of Sport World
BASEBALL IS
WITH us FOR
THREE DAYS
Bismarck and MinOt Play
Their Last Game Here This
Season Monday NightS

The baseball sign was out again
today.
The last four games Of the season
are in prospect for the fans. Today
at 6:l5 Bismarck plays Minot At
200 p. m. Sunday the two teams
hook up in double header. They
play again Monday night in an ex-
hibition game, at which the drawing
of the Ford car, for which tickets are
now being sold, will be held.
Tom Stanley, who has been out of
the game with crippled foot re-
sulting from being spiked at James
town, was expected back in the game
today. Nord, who was hit on the
ankle with a pitched ball when al
ready injured, also will be back to-
day or tomorrow, it is expected. With
them in the lineup the local club be-
lieves it is just as good as Minot and
is out to take the next four games.
Next week the teams close the
season at Minot.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11
SEVERAL MANAGERS L0SING
OUT AT SEASONS CLOSE


son. Injuries have played havoc with
the showing Of his club. In all prob
ability, Owner Clarke. Griffith. will try
some other combination next year.
In the .Nationual League 1t is al
most certain that this year will mark
the passing Of Fred Mitchell at Bos-
ton. While no one expected Art
Fletcher to finish anywhere but last
with the Phillies, another leader will
likely handle the reins at Philly next
season. A manager seldom lasts long
er than one season with that club.
Two months ago rumor had Pat
Moran getting the gate at Cincinnati.
Then came splyrge by the Reds,
who are now putting up battle for.
first place. That has temporarily put
Pat back in high favor. but he must
keep the Reds up there to- retain it.
Truly the job Of managing a
major league ball club is far from q.
bed Of roses.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11
GOOD THING UMPIRE DIDN'T
LIVE UP TO HIS "RECORD'

Jim tombstone, former National
League umpire, who occasionally
dons the mask and protector to offici-
ate in some big college game tells an
interesting story that has former
Yale catcher as the central figure.
tombstone, by the way, is one UNI
pire who will never need benefit
testimonial. Jim is the inventor of
the tombstone mask that has rcvolu
tionized the style of head protection
worn by catchers and umpires.
In a few years his model will have
eliminated the wire mask entirely.
Head or face injury is impossible
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11

Now it is a rarity for a pitcher to
try to pitch and win two games in
an afternoon. That was a regular
dict with McGinnity. In all prob
ability he has pitched and won more
double headers than any twirler in
the games history.
Deserves His Title
McGinnity richly deserves the
title of Iron Man" It is fitting
that a pitcher who, after 80 years
of twirling, third of it in the ma
jors, should be so named.
An easy delivery that placed no
strain on the arm, the possessor Of
good control, tells in few words
why McGinnity continues to pitch
at an age when most players have
forgotten all about baseball as far
as being an active participant.
While McGinnity did not confine
himself to any particular style of
delivery, he was one of the first
pitchers to use the underhand ball
with great success. Of the modern
pitchers, Carl Mays is one Of the few
pitchers who has been successful
with that style, delivery. ~:
Remarkable Athlete
Winning 20 ball games in a season
is considered an unusual pitching
performance. Not for Joe McGinni-
ty, however.
In a major league career extending
over IL years, McGinnity six times
won more than 20 games. In 1903
he won 81 games, while in 1904 he
registered the big year of his career,
35 wins against defeats for a per-
centage of .814.
In his IL years of big league pitch
ing McGinnity won 236 games and
lost only 1874 for mark of 1913.
These are just few reasons why
Joe McGinnity, pitcher at Sd years
of age, is entitled to be known as the
Miracle Man. as we'll as the "Iron
Man" of baseball.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11
Kinks O. the Links

If your opponent drives his ball
into long grass and while you are
assisting him in hunting for the ball
by brushing the grass aside, is there
any penalty if you touch or move
your opporrnt's ball while so doing?
In hooking for q ball that has been
lost In long grass, It is customary
to push aside only SO much of the
grass that will enable the players to
find the ball, yet in no way improve
the lie. If in looking for your Cd.
ponent's ball you touch or move it:
you are not subject to the usual
peralty of the loss of the hole. When
You move the ball of your opponent
under such circumstances, he must
replace 1t as near as possible in it,
original position.
b Player drives his ball into a
hazard and he finds that his ball lies
in some casual water that has accum,
ulated in the hazard. How should he
play his next shot?
. Il players ball, after going into
the hazard, finds a resting place in
casual water, the player may drop
the ball behind the casual water.
taking penalty of one stroke for
20 doing. In dropping the bali tho
player should keep the spot where
Il entered the water between him
and the hole.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-11

by Billy Evans
When speaking of the miracle men
of baseball. don't overlook Joe Nc
Ginnity.
Who is Joe McGinnity, you ask?
Twenty years ago he was big
league star pitcher, For seven years
he was member of the New York
Giants, sharing with Christy Math-
ewson the pitching honors of the
club. ,n,t ala 4. 3
Thirty years ago Joe McGinnity
began his baseball career with the
Montgomery (Ala.) club of the South
ern League.
Why should Joe McGinnitys be
numbered among the miracle men of
baseball?
Well, at the age of 81, when golf,
not baseball, is the favoritc sport of
men of that age, McGinnity is still
pitching and as usual he's doing n
mighty good job of it.
Still Shuts EN- Out
Not only is McGinnity pitching
winning ball but he is also manag-
ing the Dubuque, Ia.) club of the
Mississippi Valley League.
Recently the wires carried a story
that made old time fans all over, the
country sit up and take notice. The
news item was to the effect that Joe
McGinnity at the age of 81 had shut
out the Marshalltown, Oa.) team with
only three hits. Since that time
McGinnity has turned in half doz-
en- similar performances.
Back twenty years ago McGinnity
was the Iron Man" of the majors.
1t was always "Iron Joe" McGinnity
or Iron Man" McGinnity, when re-
ference was made to the great pitch
err.
Joe earned that nickname because
of his ability to stand all kinds of
work but particularly for pitching
double headers.