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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-10-19

Weekly street car pass system, un-
der which patrons are supplied unlim-
tied rides for seven days at from 81
to $1.75 is now operative on 35 cleo
trio railway lines in the United States.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-10-19

Annual taxes paid in the United
States are equivalent to per cent in
terest on a mortgage to the amount
Of 65 per cent on the valuation of all
the property in the country.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-10-19

If silence is golden, President Coo
lidge certainly sets gold standard.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-10-19
A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National Capital.
By Peter Keegan

Col. George Harvey will quit the
diplomatic business January 1st, 1924.
Harvey has had hectice 2-year term
as American Ambassador at London
and he is figuring on coming back to
the United States to divide his time
between his personal affairs and ma
tional politics.
Evening star., 1923-02-17

during the month by the fact that
spring contracts with various build
ing crafts were being rapidly signed,
generally upon the scale prevailing
last year, with slight advances in
some cities. Elimination of the old
bonus system is being erected under
the new contracts. and employers and
unions are harmonious on the need
Of greater cooperation and efficiency
to maintain high production for the
entire year.
January construction activity was
81 per cent greater than it was in the
corresponding month OF last year, ac-
cording to the L. W. Dodge Company.
Total contracts awarded last month
in the tlirty-s eastern states of the
country uncludlng about -eighths
II the total construction volumel
amounted to $242,755.0o0. The record
on twenty-seven of these states shows
increases of l per cent over December
and of 81 per cent over January 19z2-
Residential Construction.
Residential construction constituted
81 per cent of the January total,
amounting to s122.ss5.Ooo. an un-
usually high figure for this time OF
the year Second in Importance were
business buildings. amounting to $3S,-
1000, which was Is per cent OF the
total. Other important items were
$2S. S.642 900. or IL per cent, for puoilc
works and utilities; $23.152.000. or
10 per cent. for Industrial buildings
and s1s.s62, 900. or per cent, for edu-
cational buildings.
Contemplated new work reported IN
January amounted to $s13.2S0.00o,
which was more than three times the
amount of work started during the
month. The enormous volume of con-
work reported in Decem-
Der and January seems to Indicate
heavy volume OF activity in the COM
ing spring months.
Evening star., 1923-02-17
DISTRICT SEVENTH
IN BUILDING GAIN
More Than $4,000, 900 In
crease Noted Over Janu-
ary Record of 1922.
OTHER CITIES ADVANCE
Construction Costs and Other Fac
tors Conducive to Active
a@ Program.
OTHER CITIES ADVANCE

Washington stood seventh on a list
Of eight cities registering gains last
month of more than 100000 in
building permit valuation over Jan
uary a year ago, according to sur
vey by the S. W. Straus Company Of
New York.
The six cities ahead Of Washington
in the list were: New York city, $16,-
411.ss1; Chicago. $10.62o,O5O; Cleve-
land, $3.4S1,950: Los Angeles. $3,2S3,-
$40; Louisville s2.s9S.625, and De-
troit, s2,549.S96. Then came Wash
ington with a total gain of s2,121,411,
and following this city. Philadelphia,
with a gain Of $2.092,7SO
Six other cities made gains of more
than $1.000,000, as follows: Newark,
S1.O12,6s7; Pittsburgh, S1.275,O96; ST.
Louis, s1.450,796; Springfield. Mass
$1.038,455: Tacoma, $1,238,334; Pitts
field. Mass, s1,65S,105.
Good Year Expected.
Gains of more than 100000 were
made in SO other cities.
The year 1923 has started with a
fair prospect of maintaining and pos
sibly exceeding the unprecedented
building record of 1922. according to
the survey of the Straus Company.
Total new buildings and alteration
permits issued throughout the coun-
try were $294,000.000 for January
The survey includes January build
ing records of Els cities, the records
of 1873 of which are comparable with
1922 figures. An important fact is
the seasonal decline between Decem-
ber and January in 200 cities,
amounting to s37.22s,2O
The January total of new buildings
and alterations in 1873 cities was
s199,s94,715, as against s144.5l1,23
for January, 1922. a gain of $55,483,-
4S2, or 81 per cent. The total for
January in 215 principal cities was
S210,51S,170, which, on a conservative
whole country approximately s294,-
100000.
Labor Situation Improved.
January comparisons show that 131
cities made gains and 49 showed
losses, as compared with the same
month last year. Brooklyn made a
larger gain than any city in the
country, the amount being $18,o34,-
141. or 1875 per cent.
The building material price situa-
tion for the country at large did not
point radically in January toward a
decided increase or decrease. Prices
on many materials varied according
to locality, indicating influences
which related largely to local stock
on hand and freight conditions. Large
builders who keep in close touch with
prospective material prices. and who
have construction projects in hand,
were not delaying completion of their
plans with even the hope that prices
will soon change to any great extent
The labor situation was improved
Evening star., 1923-02-17
CAPITAL AMONG 40 CITIES
AT BUILDING CONFERENCES
Hundred Others Scored for Neglect to
Send Representatives to Annual Ses-
sions, by R. S. Kimbell

Pointing out that only forty-two
cities in the United States and
Canada washington. D. c., included)
ference of building officials. r. G..
Kimbell Of the local architectural and
building code bureau Of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
today charged the remaining hundred
odd large cities with neglect
He explained that the lumber manu-
facturers' association, "vitally inter
ested in good construction" has vol
'unteered to exert every effort to as
sist in arousing active interest of
municipal governments in the matter
or sending delegates to this years
conference to be held April "a to 27
1t is remarked that while only
forty-two cities send their building
officials to the conference, hundreds
send their fire department chiefs to
the annual meetings OF the 1nterna-
tiona1 Association of Fire Engineers
Last year there were ninety-ive
cities having both fire chiefs and
building officials that sent the former.
but not the latter. to their respective
association meetings. Yet it is in
10 prevent fres through proper con-
structfon. which is certainly of as
much Importance to the public as ex-
tinguishing them.
Importance of Department.
There is no department of mu-
nfcipai government that is of more
Importance to the public welfare and
safety than the building department.
under whatever name" says Mr. KIM
bell. That 1t Is impractical and un-
wise. and in many cases would
1eopardize lives. to leave the matter
of decision as to what Is safe in the
design and the materials of struc-
lures wholly to the discretion of In
dividuals is shown by the failures in
many edifces and consequent loss of
Evening star., 1923-02-17

determine their strength, and a fur
mace In which their resistance to fire
can be tested
Among other things this book shows
that eight-inch walls are strong
enough for two-story houses, and
Inree stories under certain conditions
II recommends that they be permitted
instead of the twelve-inch walls now
required In many codes.
Fioor loads of forty pounds per foot
TOT timber construction, and thirty
Tor monolithic types, are considered
sufhcient as basis for calculation of
strength, instead Of the sixty and sew
enty pound loads now required in
some cities.
The plumbing code committee is
ma aking out a report dealing with the
rules and regulations necessary for
plumbing equipment Many OF these
are based on tests which have been
made on plumbing equipment at the
bureau of standards, and are expected
TO make possible substantial econ
omies as compared with many Of the
regulations now in effect
Wardman, Bones, Hobbs and
Rheem, to build warehouse, 90 Flor
Ida avenue northeast. cost. s150,000.
ID. and J. Calligari. to repair 24OS
lsth street; cost. $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-02-17
j. S. ACTIVITIES
MOVE WITH CITY
Herbert T. Shannon Tells of
Gradual Shifting of
Center.

Data tending to show that the CEN
ter or federal governmental activity
In Washington moves along with the
general development of the city were
obtained In some recent investiea-
tions conducted by his firm, Herbert
I. Shannon, Of Shannon & Luchs, de-
clared in an interview today.
II would be thought, offhand," Mr..
snannon pointed out. that once a
government departemnt were located
IN certain place 1t would stay there.
In substance this is true, but IL does
not Follow, by any means, that be-
cause of this, new departments are
placed next or even near the older
ones"
Mr.. Shannon called attention to the
fact that before the recent war period
the bulk of the governments work
was done east of 9Th and F streets
northwest In that territory were
found the patent office, the Interior
Secretary's and land Offices, the In
dian office, the old civil service office,
the pension office, printing Office, the
capitol, the coast and geodetic sur
vey, the Congressional Library, the
census bureau, the bureau of fisher
les, etc.
Today .Mr. Shannon points out, the
center and the future center of gov
ernmental activity Is and will be west
or 18th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest. or west of the present
War Department.
Considering the causes for such
changes he suggested two factors as
really worthy Of consideration. First
their nearness to the White House,
the President each year becoming
more of an executive Second, that
during the war the greatest activity
was naturally about the White
House, the War and Treasury de-
partments. Mr.. Shannon states that
there are today at or west Of 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest twenty-five government
departments
He further stated that any and all
or these departments are smaller to-
day than they will lever be again, and
believes that in a surprisingly few
years each will be forced through ac-
tual necessity to seek much larger ac-
commodations. 1t is noticeable tha
rev people actually realize with what
great rapidity government depart
ments grow and. develop in import
ance.
But a short time ago." Mr.. Shan
non said, the first prohibition en-
forcement commissioner actually
made application to US for two good
sized rooms in which to establish
a building, he jokingly accused US of
being real estate men, OF course. we
had no objection to renting a build
ing, but we also knew something
about government development that
he apparently did not. We knew that
Congress had passed an enforcement
law; that that law was to be enforced
or repealed; that IL enforced II was
going to take many men and much
space in which to do it Last year
they spent thousands Of dollars and
have outgrown that two-room space
shall we say hupdredS of times
This shifting OF government center
naturally develops many real estate
problems. especially housing and
transportation. 1t likewise affects
certain lines OF business. 1t will de-
velop new streets and new communi-
ties. These are some of the problems
that the modern real estate office has
TO work out for it's clients"
Evening star., 1923-02-17
many FIRES START
|NHEAT FIXTURES
Building Code Committee
BIames Faulty installation
for Much Damage.
WOOD WORK RESTRICTED
Should Not Be Within Two Feet of
Stoves, Furnaces and Other
Fireplaces.

The country's annual fire loss, which
amounted to s500.oOO,000 last year,
can be reduced by exercising the
proper care in the installation OF heat
ing appliances in the home. This
phase of home building was consid-
cred so important by the building
code committee appointed by Secre-
tary Hoover, which has just drafted
a report on standard building regu-
lations, that the committee devoted
considerable space to 1t. The recon-
mendationS of the committee on the
installation Of heating fixtures fol-
low:
All heating furnaces, boilers, laun-
dry stoves or other similar devices
in which hot fires may be maintained
should rest upon masonry founda-
tions, and no woodwork should be
permitted within two feet of the same
All woodwork within three feet should
be covered with loose-fitting sheet
metal or equivalent fire protective
material
When it is necessary that coal
ranges without legs, or any OF the
above mentioned heating devices be
supported by wooden floors the floors
should be protected by a hearth con-
sisting Of sheet Of metal or A one
covered with not less than four inches
OF masonry set in a cement mortar,
Four-Inch Hollow Tile.
The masonry should consist of one
course OF four-inch hollow tile or of
two courses of brick, concrete or tile
at least one Of which should be hollow
and be laid to preserve free circula-
tion of air through the whole COURSE:
or such heating applian may rest
on stx-inch foundation built of irI-
combustible material supported with
In the thickness of the floor framing
Such hearths should extend at least.
twelve inches on the sides, back and
front Of the furnace, range or similar
heating appliance; If solid fuel is
used the front extension should be al
least twenty-four inches
The overhead clearance OF heating
furnaces or boilers placed in the Gel
ar or basement should never be less
than fifteen inches, and the wooden
1oists or ceiling over furnaces or boil
ers should be protected by metal lath
and cement or gypsum plaster. or
one-half inch layer of either asbestos
board or plaster board covered with
sheet metal Will do, though not SO
good as the metal lath and plaster.
three feet beyond the heating devices
on all sides. Aside from the advan-
tage of increased safety the saving in
fuel by completely fnclosing warm air
furnaces in protective covering well
warrants the moderate expense in
olved. Cellular asbestos covering one
half inch thick, especially adapted for
this purpose can be purchased at
moderate prices
Evening star., 1923-02-17
Growth Reflected in Real Estate and Budir
S1,0)0,0)O BUILDING
PERMITS IN WEEK
New Construction List In
cludes sA00, 900 Auditorium
Work on 10Th Street.

Permits for construction work to
cost local builders nearly $1,000, 900
were issued during the past week by
the municipal building inspector.
The list of permits follows:
L 70. Breuninger & Sons. to build.
I6O2-16O4 Webster street; cost. $4,000.
mac avenue; cost, $4,000.
washington Auditorium Company,
to build. 18th and New York avenue; ;
cost, 100000.
Albemarle street; cost, $4,000.
w. A. Dunigan. to build apartment,
1877 street: cost. $4,000
F. NJ. Walter, jr.. to build. 5115
Jewett street: cost. $4,000.
E. r. Anderson. to build, 700-702-
J. NJ. Kemper. jr., to build. 37oO ED
street northeast: cost. $4,000.
George Washington Post. No. J..
American Legion. to repair 1924 I
street; cost, $1,000.
Benjamin April. to repair. 413415
9TH street southwest; cost, $1,000. !,
1853 New Hampshire avenue; cost,
1913 Rhode Island avenue northeast;
cost. $4,000.
Z. S. Beall. jr.. to build apartment
1853 New Hampshire avenue; ost, s42,-
900.
r. F. Fleming. to repair, 2155 Cham
plain street; cost, $4,000.
W. Fl. Pierce. to build. 290S Pome-
roy road southeast; cost, $1,000.
Boss & Phelps, to build apartment,
1912 NJ street: cost, $4,000.
Thrift Building Company, to build.
1731-1741 Irving street; cost, $4,000.
Thrift Building Company, to erect
garage, rear 1921 14th street; cost,
$1,000.
John B. Gineches. to build six
houses. 1300-1310 c street southeast; /;
cost. 10000.
Investment Building Corpora ton,
to repair 901 18th street; cost, $780,
600.
B. ]. Futrovsky. to repair. 629-G33
II street northeast; cost. $500.
Albert Carry, to repair. 1223-1229 G
street northwest; cost, S11,559.
NJ. c. Helm. to build, 619 Allison
street: cost, $4,000.
General Auto Truck Company, to
build. 2110 D street; cost, $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-02-17

life. accounts of which frequently ap-
pear in the press. The city must
exercise certain police powers for the
protection of the public In such mat
ters and through some municipal or
ganization maintain standards of
safety for the public by means of
building codes and regulations. There
is probably no way in which a pro-
gressive city official can so easily and
inexpensively keep abreast of modern
development in safe construction as
by attending the annual meetings OF
the buildings officials conference and
studying the results OF their delibera-
tions'
The conferences are in the habit of
devoting particular attention to plac-
ing the responsibility for and deter
mining what are the lessons of such
structural failures as that Of the
Kntckerbocker Theater January, 1922.
Incidentally, it may be said that this
particular collapse was exhaustively
discussed at the 1922 conference.
Evening star., 1923-02-17
DR.. SOWERS' OLD HOME
GIVES WAY TO BUSINESS
Two White-Stone Structures to Be
Reared at 1920 New York Ave
nue.. Just Demolished.

Another expansion of the business
section of Washington took place this
week with the demolition of the old
home Of the late DIR. Zachary T. Sewers,
1920 New York avenue northwest. to
make way for two white stone business
buildings.
Shannon & Lucns recently sold this
property for the Zachary T. Sewers es-
tate to r. B. II. Lyon, trustee, for an
investment. The Shannon & Luchs con-
struction department Is erecting the
new buildings from plans and specif-
cations prepared by Arthur B. Heaton.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Alabama Under Fire
For Convict Leasing
System in South May BE
Quite General

Washington-Thc Washington Post
says the convict leasing" plan in
vogue in Alabama is properly arousine
public opinion against it. "Ths galley
slave idea does not, and should not
flourish on American SOIL" comments
the Post, which goes on to say:
Though some jurisdictions have
tolerated the leasing of convicts-the
enslaving of humans to the will OF
purchasers OF their labor-they have
almost invariably become the targets
of public censure. For the idea is re-
pugnant to American institutions and
to American sentiment and thought
Conditions in Alabama may not be as
foul as they were in Florida. 1t is to
be hoped that they are not. But the
foulness OF existing conditions is not
the test for approval or disapproval.
The damning fact is that, under the
convict leasing system, horrifying
evils may come to pass. II is sys-
tenn that revolts."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

The Leviathan operated simultane.
ously and for long periods two differ
eni sending and receiving sets The
steamer carries four antennae, two
for sending and two for receiving.
The newly installed transmitter
on the Leviathan is designed to send
messages on four different lengths
A rotary wavechanging switch op-
Grated by means OF an automobile
steering wheel permits almost instan-
taneous change to any one OF the four
wave lengths. 1900. l.l00, 2.4OO or
$500 meters. on the Leviathan's an
tannae. Three OF these wave lengths
were used on the trial trip, 1900 D.
100 and $500 meters, the highest and
the lowest were used for transmitting
messages and the intermediate one for
calling stations"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Claytonia

The commercial club held their reg
ular meeting Wednesday evening OF
last week at the Community hall. OF
ficers for the comming year were Ell
ected. Milton C. Cage chairman. F.
o. Marsing Vice Chairman. George
LABEL Secretary and treasury. VIM
Hogg. II. f. Thompson. Mark Mars
ing. f. c. Preston f. A. Dobbin,
board OF directors.
The Christian church had their Sun
day school picnic last Thursday at
Kurtz Park in Nampa. The Nazarene
church had their picnic Friday at
Givens Hot Springs.
FOR SALE-Potato sacks. Cupples
Mercantile Company.
Mrs. Adams of Gooding is here Wis
ting her daughter Mrs. David Will
kins.
Lenora Bcrgh is visiting this week
in Nampa with Mary Hunt.
John Pavalac and w. A. Murphy
have their Barley cut.
The hard rain Tuesday beat down
the wheat and barley quiet badly.
The Misses Lois and Katharine
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Arena Valley

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Squires and
daughter OF Boise spent the week end
at the J. R. Aten home.
The Homer Denman family OF
Wilder the Fred Smith family, Mr..
and Mrs J. r. Aten and the Suires
family OF Boise enjoyed ice cream at
the Walter Aten home Sunday after
noon.
FOR SALE-Potato sacks. Cupples
Mercantile Company.
The Lars Aarland. Gollfreid John
son. Frank Johnson. A. II. Jarnagin,
and L. c. Gibson families enjoyed a
swim in Snake river SUNDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Cummings
spent Sunday at the Huffman home.
FAIRS Aarland is building a new
barn l4x60.
Several horse teams worked on
the park Monday One OF Mr.. Huff
mans horses jumped the lob when the
evener on horse fresno broke.
got away with a double-tree attach
ment in at Buffers. circled around the
barn and came out on the road. went
in at the Z. B. Barker ranch and
pasture.
The regular Grange meeting will
be Friday night of this week
J. f. Mcconnell of Lake Lowell
visited with his family here Sunday
The z. B. Barker family is expect
ed home from Pasadena about the
last OF the month for short visit.
Elizabeth Forbes and Gertrude Ad-
ans OF Caldwell visited last week at
the Mcconnell home
Paul and Pearl Mcconnell spent
Sunday at the c. F. Parson home in
Fargo.
The ladies served ice cream to
those working on the Park Monday
Several teams worked Tuesday.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Aladdan Didn't Have
Chance to Do Best

Washington.-Aladdin and hi
lamp thrilled us as youngsters,
but just think what could have
been done in charging the story
if the author had only waited I'M
I'll the Rochester burner had been
invented. Electricity has per-
formed great stunts. but strange to
say most OF the people living in
the United States do not use cleo
trio lights. The new mechanical
processes OF electrical high volt
ages are the Rochester burners of
the electrical age And all en-
gineering authorities agree that
the electrical age has just begun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
DAUGHERTY AND
G0MPERS DIFFER
Fail to Agree on Federal
Injunction on
Strike.

Washington. Attorney General
Dougherty says that the federal court
order in Chicago. making permanent
the Injunction asked by the govern
ment in the 1922 railroad shopmen'
strike, forever settled" the law, in
surfing the public against repetition OF
transportation paralysis. He says the
provisions OF the final decree are prac-
tically in all respects identical with the
provisions OF the preliminary injuc-
ton issued last September.
But Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor,
never was known to agree with Mr..
Daugherty. and in a statement said
that railroad shopmen still on strike
would not be influenced by the Chi
cago court action. He predicted that
the agreement made by most Of the
railroads with the unions would be
finally entered into by all of them and
that the strikers would continue to
exercise the normal activities guaran-
teed to them by the laws and Con-
stitution OF our country" So far as
Attorney General Daugherty is con-
cerned. the statement added, nothing
else could be expected from him than
that he would follow the bent OF his
originally declared purpose to use all
the power vested in him as the head OF
his department to establish what he
called the open shop The future, the
very near future. will bring about the
organization of the men and women
of toll. whether on the railroads or en-
gagged in any useful service in our re-
public"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Leviathan Sets
New Radio Mark
Three Records Smashed
on First Trip of the
Big Liner.

Washington-'i'hree records in ra-
do communication have been broken
by the Leviathan according TO a
semi-official announcement which says
The ship not only broke all previous
wartime communication marks by
transmitting $4,000 words day to
and from the shore. but managed to
keep in constant touch with land ra-
do stations 1000 to 1900 miles away.