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WASHINGTON FIFTH
IN REALTY VALUES
Appraisals in 124 Cities Give
Chicago Lead, With $780,
455,291 Total.
D. C. NEXT TO NEW YORK
Properties Here Given Approx.
mate Value of $6,561,907 by
Investigators.

washington stands fifth in the list
OF ia cities whose real estate boards
made appraisals during 1922 on prop-
critics totaling millions of dollars in
value, according to survey issued
oy the National Association of Real
Estate Boards.
The investigation showed that dur
ing the year 1922 the appraisal COM
mittees OF 124 real estate boards. affi-
lated with the national association,
mace oH1cial appraisals Of real estate
valued at S194,51I,232 OF this
amount the local board appraised
properties in the District Of Columbia
for an aggregate value of S6,56I, ,907
Ihese hgures indicate the extent OF
the development of official appraisals
by the machinery of real estate
poards throughout the country. Every
board affiliated with the national as
sociation maintains a standing ap-
praisal committee consisting of active
realtors who are members of local
boards. These committees are con
Sldered OF vast Importance and mem
berShip on them, which in many in
stances Is obtained through regular
elections, Is deemed a high honor in
real estate board circles
Included in the survey issued by
the national association. which COW
praisals, were $50 appraisaIs made
for governmental bodies, local, state
or national. Valuations of this char
acter reached a total of s13,123.s5s
Included In these appraisals were
both improved and unimproved prop
critics which were being purchased
for municipal, state or federal use
one of the principal items being sites
for public school buildings.
The Washington Real Estate Board
has maintained a standing appraisal
committee for almost ten years, but
during the past two years its activity
has greatly increased. due to the fact
that in that time the board has estab-
lished and maintained permanent
headquarters where its appraisal com
mittee holds it's meeting and main
tains its complete files relative TO
appraisals
The personnel OF the local appraisal
committee consists of Clarence F..
Donohoe, chairman: B. r. Webster,
Thomas P. Bones, Theodore NJ Judd,
.J. Dallas Grady. William J. Flather,
tjr., and Arthur Carr.
Standing OF Big Cities.
Some Of the more important cities
reporting in this survey follow.
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DISTRICT REALTORS
At CHICAGO PARLEY
William E. Shannon, John L.
Weaver and John A.
Petty Attend.
PLAN FOR CONVENTION
Particular Pains Taken to Provide
Topics of Interest to Various
Specialists.
PLAN FOR CONVENTION

William E. Shannon. John L. Weaver
and John A Petty, local realtors, are
representing the Washington Real Es-
tate Board at the spring meeting OF the
board of directors and advisory board
of the National Association OF Real
Estate Boards, which concludes to-
day in Chicago.
Mr.. Shannon is a director of the
national association and Mr.. weaver
is past president. Mr.. Petty is exec
utive secretary of the Washington board
and secretary of the national associa-
tion's federal cooperation committee.
The directors and advisers compose the
governing body OF the national associa-
ton and the periodical meetings of this
group are held to formunate policies in
connection with the administration
work of the organization
Fix Convention Program.
, One of the principal items disposed
OF at this meeting was the adoption
OF the final program for the annual
convention, which will be held in
Cleveland June 27-30. Usually the
program of these conventions are
prepared by a special committee ap-
pointed by the board in the city in
which the convention is held. but
matters that are to be discussed in
convention as well as the educa-
tional phase of it's program are
always passed upon by the govern
ing body of the national association.
At the last meeting of the direc-
tors, held in Jacksonville in January.
the plan of creating separate divi-
Stons of the national association was
adopted. Under this plan are grouped
several sections that are intended to
develop specialized information and
service to meet the needs of the vari-
Gus phases of real estate practice.
Separate sections have been created
for farm lands, mortgage and fnanc-
ing. home builders and subdividers.
industrial properties. brokerage and
property management.
Prepared for Specialists.
The chairmen of these different
groups are in charge of developing
the activities of the national associa-
tion along specialized lines and also
will be in charge of the sections of
the annual convention that deal with
their specific problems.
1t is possible under the new man
agement to provide at the annual
conventions series Of formal discus
lied subjects SO that the realtors in
attendance at the convention NAV
participate in such portions of the
convention as are planned for the
particular benefit of the members en-
gagged in specialized lines.
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Washngtons Growth Reflected in Real Estate and Build
INCREASE SHOWN
IN NEW BUILDING
Construction Throughout the
Country Declared to Be
Forging Ahead.

Construction of new buildings
| throughout the country continues on
| the increase, judging from figures OBJ
tanned by the S. w. Straus Company
! of New York in survey of condi-
tions in the large cities.
March building permits in thei 207
principal cities involved 22,591,923,
a gain over March, 1922, of $161, 564,-
III or 81 per cent, according to Of
| fiCial reports.
The company states that these
! figures warrant an estimate of total
permits issued in the entire country
of S600,000,000. The same cities re-
ported $S24,344, ,407 for the first quar-
ter of the year, a gain of $27S.320, ,726
or so per cent. The estimate of total
| permits for new buildings and altera-
tions issued during the three months
period is s1,400,00o.O00.
Building Costs Higher.
Accompanying these record break
| ing achievements there was a stead
| lily advancing range of building costs
both for labor and material. In many
parts of the country shortages of
these commodities were reported.
Notwithstanding these activities,
there were indications of a continued
large potential ~demand for buildings
| of various types throughout the coun-
| try. ,
The greatest proportionate activi.
ties were in the Pacific coast states.
which showed a March gain of III
per cent. There We're indications of
greatly increased activities in the
south where a March gain Of 62 per
F; cent was recorded as compared with
| a February gain of 10 per cent. The
| central states gained rs per cent and
| the eastern states Al per cent.
Cities Reporting Gains.
The cities reporting the largest
gains over March. 1922. We're as fol-
lows: Greater New York, s46,047, 900:
| Chicago, $11.037, 900; Los Angeles,
$10,231 900; Houston. $4,019,0O0; Jer-
sey City, S2,900,O00; Cleveland So
925, 900; Harrisburg, $2,5640O0; St
Louis. $2.43S,O00; Kansas City, s1,7OO,-
| 900; South Bend, s1,6s0,000; Evanston,
| Ill, S1,294 900; Allentown, S1,107, 900;
Columbus. Ohio, s9S2O0O; Indian
apolis, $963,000; Jamestown, " Y,
S945,000; st. Petersburg, Fla, $685.
600: Toledo. $685. 900; San Diego,
Ss27,0o0: Long Beach, Cal, $500. 900;
Lakewood, Ohio. s726.OOO; Albany,
| $717,o00; Dayton. Ohio, STA 900: Tren-
ton, n. j.. s69s.ooO: Highland Park,
Mich, $4,000; Santa Barbara. s576.-
600; Washington, S5440O0; Worcester.
Mass, 100000: Bloomfield, n. j.,
s500,000: Duluth, $52S.OO0; Akron.
s56o,000: Cincinnati. s59S. 900: Kansas
City, kans., $50s.000; Birmingham,
s5ss,Oo0; San Antonio. s505,OOO.
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deposit vaults. women's rooms and
special ventilating system. which will
draw in air from the roof.
The project marks another step IN
the rapid development westward of
Washington's financial and business
section. This development in great
measure has been particularly notice
able along Connecticut avenue and
18th street. real estate men point out
The plans for the bank building
were prepared by Arthur b. Heaton.
local architect, and construction will
be done by the S. H. Edmonston Com
pany.
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4, 600, 600 Men Haze Secured
Work in Year, Babson Asserts
Business Outlook Best in Long Time, Says
Statistician--Mills,M Mines, Farms, and
Even Ruhr Inuasion, Aiding Grom-
ing Prosperity in u. S.

in New England. A year ago the
mills were cutting wages and great
numbers of workers were out on
strike. Today the mills are working
overtime and the largest concerns are
advancing wages. OF course, this is
an unhealthy sign for the long pull
because it is due only to the artificial
barrier on immigration. On the other
hand, increased wages are a great
temporary stimulus to trade. The
purchasing power of many cities is
simply the total of these cities paw
rolls. Increasing wages in New Eng
lands mills of 12k per cent, increases
the purchasing power of the com
munities to almost a corresponding
amount. This means that these manu-
featuring centers will, during 1929
be the best places to send statesmen
because most wageworkers spend all
they get. Moreover, such statesmen
should be sent to these cities at once
because the present boom cannot be
long lived. 1t is not based on a firm
foundation. Many of these men now
getting an increase in their wages
will be out of work before 1924 is
ended.
Large Cotton Acreage.
while coming north from INV
winter home at Mountain Lake, Fla,
| saw cotton being planted in Geor-
gia. 1t is evident that the south is
very happy with the present price Of
cotton and that a larger acreage will!
be planted in 1923. Corn planting has
started In the southwest and the
Continued on Eighteenth Page.J
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ROW OF SEVEN DWELLINGS
Home Building Operation
Georgetown Completed.

Another home development in
Georgetown is about completed at
34th and r streets northwest. 1t con-
sists OF row of seven brick dwell
ings. numbering 3401 to 3413 r street
The operation was conducted by
James Martin. The houses are two
story structures. containing seven
rooms and bath and modern improve
ments, with front and rear porches.
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CENTURY BUILDING SOLD.
Out -of-Town Investor Buys Seven
Story Structure

The Century building. seven
story fireproof office building at 412 5th
street northwest, was sold during the
past week to an out-of-toWn investor
whose name was withheld. Negoti-
ations Were completed through the
office of the Joseph Shapiro Company.
The price is reported to have been
approximately s12J,00O
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28O5 35th St. NV.

located O Ave,
affords wonderful of the city Reasonably priced
Beautiful detached home Stone and frame
planned
closets.
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CONTINUED on Eighteenth Page.
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Lives Lost in Cities of Coast
MAY Swell Toll to a Half Million

plant with its one English speaking
japanese operator. who has now been
a his post Continusuoly for seventy
two hours, is the only direct connect
ing link between the two stricken
cities and the outside world.
story of Famine.
Messages flashed from the Tomioka
station during the night told a vivid,
gripping, gruesome story of famine
and thirst that already have COM
menced to stalk through the stricken
cities. Toxic already is witnessing
terrible scenes Of mob violence, as
hungry, maddened thousands range
the streets hunting for food. Cen
darmes welding naked swords and
shooting relentlessly are endeavor-
ing to maintain a semblance of order
The same terrible conditions are re-
ported to obtain in Yokohama.
Other Cities Hit.
The one outstanding feature Of the
last twenty-four hours developments
is the fact that an already stunned
world may have to wait for weeks
before truly accurate reports of the
tragic cataclysm are available. And
those reports, when they finally come,
may shock the world still further. In
describa BILE chaos prevails. Esti-
mates of half a million dead. made
this morning. may even prove made
uuatc. At least a half dozen other
cities of somewhat lesser size than
TOXIC and Yokohama are known TO
have been within the zone of devas-
tating carthquake shocks and the
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Special Dispatch TO The Star
SAN FRANCISCO. September 4.-As
new and more definite bits of infor-
nation regarding loss of life i'm ia
pans stupendous disaster began TO
creep through early today, the esti-
mated number of casualties began to
mount upward and may reach the al
most unbelievable total of a half a
million dead.
This is the tremendous estimate
made by the metropolitan police de-
partment of the Oyama prefecture,
which includes both Toxic and Yoko-
hama, at o'clock this morning. The
same message estimates the number
of buildings and houses destroyed in
tine two cities at 100000.
Nognya Reported Destroyed.
Definite Information regarding the
repoGt of the destruction of Nogaya d
city of 100000 population. and of Oda-
wara. Atama and a half dozen other
cities and towns scattered along the
seacoast contiguous to Yokohama and
Toxic. continued lacking today.
The Japanese government wireless
station at Tomioka continued this
morning to be virtually the sole
garding the catastrophe Of last Sat
urday and Sunday and the events
which followed it.
Direct cable communications with
either Toxic or Yokohama is still i'm
possible, and the Tomioka Wirclc Ss
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FEAR LOSS OF ALL
IN SALVATION ARMY
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, September ALI Sal
walton Army officers and workers in
Japan are believed to have lost their
lives in the earthquake, according to
a cable reaching the organization's s
headquarters here.
The Salvation Army Training School
and Hospital were in the heart of
Toxic. and are said TO have been COM
pletely wiped out. Commissioner and
Mrs. William Eadie and full staff
were in charge of the hospital
Every Salvationist in the country
has been notified to stand ready for
carrying forward a national appeal
for the raising OF a great fund on be-
half of the suffering poor of Japan.
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man of New Jersey was among the
missing. The American embassy
buildings at Toxic anu "all houses on
the bluff which Is believed to mean
the foreign section of the destroyed
city, have been destroyed.
President Coolidge was said at the
White House today to be determined
that the United States government
should put all its resources at the
disposal of those endeavoring to. af-
ford relief to the Japanese people.
Mr.. Coolidge was said to feel GER
tain that the people Of the United
States were desirous of rendering
every possible aid to a friendly ma
tion in it's hour of distress
It was disclosed that many tele-
White House from individuals and
organizations pledging their support
and financial means. The communi-
cations were turned over to the Red
Cross.
Work Is Launched.
Acting toward that end, the Presi-
dent today gave his personal atten-
ton to many features of the relief
program in which the government
to cooperate to, their fullest ability.
AS a result. relief machinery was
put into motion. not only by the Red
| the Army, Navy, Shipping Board and
every other branch of the govern
ment capable Of rendering service.
In addition to the naval vessels in the
far east, all of which are Fastening to
Japanese ports with medical supplies
and food, two Army transports are pre-
pairing to leave the Philippines similar
ly laden. and all Shipping Board ships
in the Pacific have been ordered to use
every inch of available cargo and pas
senger space in transporting to Japan
supplies and relief personnel.
Through the American press. Presi-
dent Coolidge today commended to every
American citizen the Red Cross cam
paign for a s5,ooo.ooO relief fund.
Transports to snn at Once.
The Red Cross cabled Knowlton
Mixer, chairman of its Manila chapter,
today, to buy all Of the food supplies
he could find, especially rice. and ship
them to the devastated area on the
Army transports Merritt and Meigs.
which will sail from Manila in less than
twenty-four hours
simultaneously the Red Cross rush
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GREAT MISSIONARY
i SCHOOLS WRECKED
Jesuit and Methodist lnsti.
tutions in Heart of Toxic
Taught Thousands.
nv the Associated Press.

nv the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. September A.
Two great missionary schools. one of
them credited with being the largest
of its kind in the world, were located
In the heart of the disaster area in
Toxic and were doubtless destroyed,
according to annoYncements by in
terestcd churchmen here TODAY. The
Jesuit house at st. Ignatius Uni
vc"sity here has received word that a
third great school which once was
occupied by the Jesuit College in
Tckio was destroyed 1t was on n
hill overlooking tlN city.
The TWO schools are the Jesuit Col
lA", known in Japan as the .ToChi-
dai-Gakuin. or school of Wisdom
located close to the Imperial Uni
NerSity. and the Methodist Missionary
,o!i"ge, known as the Ooyama
Gakuin Tho Protestant school holds
n" record OF being tho largest OF its
kud in the world. with an attend
ence Of approximately 1000, accord
ing 10 Dr. H. Is johnson of Oakland
Calf. who once headed the insti-
No News of Missionaries
The fate of hundreds of mis-
sionaries connected with these two
institutions and of other mission.
&rieS in the disaster area remains a
mystery. Father J. II. Hofmann
huperintend@nt of the Jesuit College
ard his assistants. Fathers Jos.nr
cahlman and Joseph MacNei1 were
also teachers in the Imperial Uni.
rersltT The building was of rein
1orced concrete. The palace of the
crown prince Is not far distant.
Dr Johnson expressed the fear TODAY
that DIR. Arthur u. Berry. Methodist
missionary from Mexico. y. Y. who re-
Gently departed from Seattle for his
post, arrived in Toxic before the disas-
cr Other Methodist miSSiona ries in
This field were the Rev. and Mrs. NJ. F.
!dieheart. New York city; Prof. and
Mrs. J. V. Martin. Iowa Miss Constance
Ihappeh and Miss Mary II. Chappell
elSterS. and their father. Dr. Renianin
'htppeil. all of Toxic; Miss Ruth Weiss
Oakland, Calf: Miss Ieonora NJ. seeds
Delaware, Ohio: Miss Matilda Spencer
iniiadelphia nr and Mrs w. $
Mordon. Syracuse, y. Y. and Miss Myra
Neon, Spokane
Other NethodistS There
IN addition there We're "A number OF
methodist missionaries whose addresses
We're not known here, among them heinz
the Rev. and Mrs. K. T.. Alexander thu
Rev and Mrs. NJ. F. Shaw. the Rev, and
Mrs. Charles Bishop. the Rev. Ralph
VEST; the Rev and Mrs. William hide
the Rev. and Mrs. Raymond Iuthy.
Bishop Herbert Welch of New York
city. who is in charge of all the Meth
odist work in Japan divides his time
between Toxic and Seoul. Korea. and
may have been in the disaster area
Mrs. WEIGH is with him.
The Baptist Foreign Mission Society
American Ribie Society. American Roard
Mission. American Christian convention
Episcopal mission, Methodist Episcopal
Church South and Presbyterian Church
also maintain establishments in ToI,ir
and nearby cities
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missionary calendar the missionaries
in the Toxic district under Bishop
McKim include the following: Rev.
r. w. Andrews. Roslyn w. Andrews.
Miss L. II. Boyd, Miss +. NJ. Bristowe.
Deaconess V. D. .Carlesen. Rev. James
Marion 5. Deane, Rev. Charles II.
Evans. Gladys d. Fauntleroy. Miss
Caroline q. Haywood, DR.. $. V. kibby.
Miss Irene Mann. Alexander r. Nc
Kecknie. Miss Ressie Mckim: Miss
Belle McIIim. Miss Edna Murray,
Rev. c. $. Reifsnider. Miss NJ. r.
Shaffer. Miss c. Schereschoroskp Mrs.
Alice c. st. John. Rev. Charles +.
Sweet. DR. r. b. Tuesler, Rev. John
y. Welbourn.
List of Toxic Churches.
Bishop McKim's churches in Toxic
are st. Johns. All Saints. True Light.
Christ Church. Grace Church. st. Tim
othy's Mission, Gods Love Church and
the Japanese Congregation. Bishop
McKim has twenty-nine priests. eight
of whom are American and the others
natives. He has five deacons, two
American missionary physicians and
one native physician. There are eleven
American and three Japanese teach
ers and workers. two American
nurses. and sixty-eight Japanese
nurses.
Inc reformed thurch or America be-
gan it's missionary work in Japan in
1859. It's missionaries in Toxic are
the Rev. 4. Oltmans. the Rev. DIR. H.
V. s. Peeke, the Rev. II. V. Il. Stege-
: man and Miss Edith V. Reefs. It's
missionaries in Yokohama are the
Rev. DR.. +. S. Booth, Miss Julia
Moulton, Miss c. Janet Oltmans and
Miss Mary +. Demarest. Non-com-
missioner associate missionaries in
Toxic are George w. Lang and Miss
Minnie Taylor. The Toxic station is
in charge of Mr.. Stegeman and he
also cares for the missions in the
country field of IZu.
The latest available report shows
that the American board of commits
sioners for foreign missions had in
Toxic twelve mission stations, twenty
three ordained missionaries, of whom
one is physician, one unordained mis-
sionary, tWentythree married and
twenty five single women.
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EXPLOSIONS KILL MANY,
By tho Associated Press

BY tho Associated Press
LONDON. September IA dispatch
to the Evening News from Peking
says that oil tanks exploded in Yoko-
hama yesterday morning with heavy
loss of life.
The dispatch also says that another
bridge, upon which many. foreigners
had taken refuge. had collapsed
The dispatch also says that two is
lands which were used for summer
homes by Europeans have disap-
peared off Yokohama. and that three
similar colonies off the coast have
been destroyed by the tidal wave The
Rockefeller Hospital has dispatched
messenger from Osaka to search for
five missing members of the staff who
were last heard of in Yokohama on
the Wednesday preceding the earth
quake, according to the same dis
patch. The missing five are named as
Or. McCullaugh, an eye specialist, and
his wife: nurse named Halsey. an
unnamed nurse and Mrs. Z. B. McMil
Ian.
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tidal waves which fol.

mountainous tidal waves which fol-
lowed.
The total number of people i'm
periled exceeds five millions
To compute the property loss is be
yond the realms of imagination.
Here in San Francisco itself
scourged in 1906 with devastating fire
and earthquake. the most poignant
grief and sympathy prevails for Nip
pon's stricken millions. Beside what
has happened in Toxic and Yokohama
San Francisco's memorable disaster
pales into insignif1cance both as re-
CARDS property loss and loss OF lif,
Despite the seventeen years that havc
elapsed, San Francisco hasn't fully re-
covered. A new city has been built
upon the wreckage of the old. but
there still remain scores of wrecked
built
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CONTINUED from First PageD
the $4,000. 900 fund has not been set.
but, based on past experience during the
war. il was estimated unofficially today
at $4,000.
WashingtonianS desiring TO con-
tribute to the District Chapter of tn"
Red Cross for relief in Japan should
make checks payable to the Red Cross.
mark them plainly For Japan and
send the checks to Victor Deyher.
president of the Second National
Bank.
This announcement was made this
afternoon 6y Mrs. Theodore Rich
ards, acting chairman of the DfS-
trict Chapter. Of the American Red
Cross No workers will be sent
from the chapter, Mrs. Richards an
nounced.
No appeal will be made for cloth
ing. and none accepted for Japanese
relief the acting chairman stated.
Evening star., 1923-09-04

bodies of earthquake victims are
clogged in the River Sumida, which
flows through TOXIC.
Thousands of frenzied men and
women. overcome with excitement
and fatigue, went. mad and threw
themselves into the river when the
shocks We're occurring.
Thousands of others perished when
the bridges across the Sumida river
collapsed.
Die In $50 Degrees Temperature.
BY the Associated Press
OSAKA, September "A great ey
ploSon mas occurred at Owakidini.
in Hakone, one of the hot springs Of
Japan, located about fifty miles from
Toxic.
Following the earthquake horrors
many OF the refugees died from eX-
treme heat and exposure, accordiue @
TO witnesses. A temperature of $50
degrees fahrenheit was registered in
many places as a result of the grea
confia grationS.
The sufferings of many thousands
Of refugees in the Shidzuoka district
southwest of Toxic are aggravated
by the torrential rains. which have
fallen since Sunday night.