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Evening star., 1923-09-25
JAPANESE HOLD CITY.
Refuse to Leave Annoy Despite Chi
nese Protests.
By the AssoclAted Press.

BY the Associated Press 4,
Annoy. China, September 25.--
Japanese sailors and marines who
landed here to protect Formosans
against alleged attacks by the Chs
nese are refusing TO leave. despite
the continued threat of a general
strike IL they do not evacuate the
city.
The Pekine government is reported
to have ordered that Gen. Chang Tse-
Ping, non1inally in control OF Annoy,
be arrested and deprived of all his
decorations and medals.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
GERMANS DROP "CoGNAc'
Substitute "Weinbrand" for Name
which France Claims.

DRESDEN, September 25.-Cognac
isr,'t sold at German bars any more
that is IL is not sold by that name.
Under the Versailles treaty the
French claim the exclusive right to
use the name "cognac," so the Ger
mans now call German cognac VEIN
brand"
Evening star., 1923-09-25
P1NoHor AND MELLoN IN NY,

NEW, YORK, September 25.--Gov.
Clifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania ana
Andrew w Mellon of Pittsburgh, Sec
retary of the Treasury, We're In New
New York World says today, adding
that reports that they conferred on
the natfonai political situation could
not be verified. -
Evening star., 1923-09-25
DR.. EGAR IMPROVED.
Former Diplomat Regains Con
seriousness for Time.

BEACH HAVEN, N. j., September
2S.-A definite improvement, although
slight. in the condition OF DR.. Maui
rice Francis Egan, former minister
70 Denmark, who has been seriously
i'll at his summer home here since
September 8, was noted in the state
Aaiert issued by physicianss DIR. Egan,
he statefnent added. has partly re-
lowered edsconseiouSftess.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
REPORTS RESIDENTIAL
: PROPERTY SALES

William S. Phillips reported the
sSIe this week of number of resi-
dkntial properties.
sDr Rolando V. Alvord purcha sed
I've bungalow recently completed by
1M. Phillips at $50 Fenable street
fee rooms and bath and has modern
cenyeniences.
David r Roy purchasd the detached
stucco home at 1915 Fern street north :
west. This house. just completed.
rantains eight rooms and bath.
sRobert A. Burchett purchased from
r. o. Thompson the two-story brick
hSuee. at 57s0 18th street northwest.
This modern home contains six rooms
asd bath.
sGibson Maxwell purchased one of
tae houses recently completed by Mr..
phillips at 5525 eth street northwest
These houses are constructed of brick,
AID contain six rooms and bath.
4 George NaZarian purchased from
m. Rolando Alvord the three-story
brick dwelling at 1857 Church street
rSrthwest. This house contains nine
rAoms. 1t has been converted into
free apartments.
Mrs. Minnie Salus purchased from
06rl Beuchert the two-story brick
dweiling. at s1s Otis place northwest
iflis is a modern home. containing
sI rooms and bath.
Mrs. Amanda Steinmetz purchased
fspm T. Russell Hungerford, premises
1k44 and 1886 New Jersey avenue
nprthwest. Each house contains two
tEo-family apartments.
sFloyd w. Robinson purchased from
Francis c. Barry the two-story brick
dFelling. at 149 T street northwest
George P. FAINT purchased from
Mrs. Sarah B. Potter the two-story
byicl> home. 40 5th street northeast
sMrs. Edith B. Marangella purchased
through this Office the bungalow re-
csntly completed by III. and r. B.
Warren at 611o 46th street. Chevy
Chase. Md.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
NUMEROUS PROPERTY
TRANSFERS REPORTED
Union Realty Corporation Does
Considerable Business Dur
ing the Week.

Numerous transfers OF property
were reported during the past week
by the Union Realty Corporation.
The following premises were in
volved:
1106 o street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
brick residence. sold for A. 7. Weaver
to Ola T. Walker.
1923 n street northwest,-Three-
story brick dwelling, sold for p. II.
Pearson.
3O1o 18th street northwest-Pur-
chased by Mrs. Margaret T. Beall
from Louis Wacksmuth, for home.
213 9Th street northeast-Sold for
Bryan Payne to Henry F. and Cath
crime Walls. WHO will occupy the
property
semi-detached dwelling, sold to Levi
and Abbie Smither for Charles f.
Wise.
6a4 / street northwest-Two-sto story
and basement brick dwelling, sold for
Samuel Gassenheimer to J. S. Will
kenson. the office of Frank Gibbons
representing the purchaser.
719 North Carolina avenue south
east-Purchased by c. r. Burke from
Mary A. and John J. Donnellan. Mr..
Burke will occupy the premises as a
home.
12i1s Thomas family
apartment, sold for Catherine E.
Thomas to Samuel Howitz. who will
hold the property as an investment
S11 Taylor street-Sold for Eleanor
C. Preston to L. NJ Boyer, semi
detached frame house, containing
nine rooms and bath.
729 Harvard street northwest-Sold
for Lott Beall to Ernest NJ. Louis.
1900 Georgia avenue northwest
Store and apartment at the interSec-
tion of Iowa. Georgia and Arkansas
avenues; sold for Caino Fierravanti
to S. Elizabeth Tabor. who will hold
the property as an investment.
2516 Cliffbourne street northwest
Nine-room and two-bath corner
Evening star., 1923-02-10
SUGGESTIONS ON BUILDING
AND CHOICE OF MATERIALS
Only One Glass of Workmanship (the Best)
Recommended-Variation in Masonry
Construction Features.

Most home builders picture their new
home as built either of wood or of ma
sonry construction-that is, of brick,
concrete or hollow tile.
If there are no building restrictions
on your property or IL there are no city
ordinances to bind you, then it Is a mat
ter OF your own personal choice whether
you use more wood or more masonry
In your home. The amount of money
you intend to invest has much to do
with your choice Of materials. Inev-
of wood and masonry.
Masonry work refers to the part of
the building which has to do with
bricks, stone. concrete and tile-that
part of the building which Is done by
masons Poured concrete Is usually
not included under the heading Of ma
sonry work.
one class OF workmanship which Is wise
and safe to use and that Is the best.
What good would II do, for instance to
use the most durable materials If they
were thrown together. without being
we'll jointed or bonded? Poor workman
ship always shows in crude appearances
and usually in less durability. 1t pays
from first to last to use only the best of
workmanship.
Quality Of Materials Considered.
There is no such easy way to guide
you in buying building materials. Often
a second-grade material will serve the
purpose just as well as the more ex-
pensive first quality.
Masonry materials. like others. will
vary in this way. Sometimes the differ
ence lies only in materials sometimes
1t affects the wear and lifetime of tine
material. Brick offers an excellent illus
tration Of this If underburned it is
soft and not durable. II overturned
it can be misshaped and discolored.
although strong and sound. Even
among the bricks burned to just the
right degree, there may be a wide va
rfety of colors, textures and, consequent
ly. of costs Other masonry materials
that Is, tiles. stone and cement blocks
differ like brick in their appearance, in
their mechanical perfection, III color
and so on.
Sometimes face bricks are manu-
factured especially to produce an ex-
ceptional texture or color. Naturally
the more elaborateiy they are manu-
factured the higher their price be-
comes. AS a result OF this manufac-
ture and the careful selection that
follows a wall built of face bricks
often has a remarkably fine charac-
ter. But i have also seen many
pleasing walls, many most attractive
homes built of common bricks. They
can be laid up in various patterns
and bonded with a type of mortar
Evening star., 1923-02-10
fourteen HOMES SOLD
WHEN HALF COMPLETED
Marcus Notes Announces Deal in
Hamilton Street Property.
Plans Other Building.

Indicative of the continued demand
for homes in Washington was the
announcement today by Marcus Notes
Of the sale to individual purchasers
Of his entire operation Of fourteen
dwellings,. 9O4 to $50 Hamilton street
northwest. as yet only half completed
Mr. Notes homes operation Is but
one phase of a larger program OF
building planned by him for that sec
ton This program includes the erec-
ton of a large motion picture theater,
to be called the Rivoli, on Georgia
avenue near Hamilton and of a mum
Der of stores along the same thor
oughfare.,
The dwellings under construction
on hamilton street contain six rooms
and bath and numerous features. They
are of brick.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

joint to. add interest and produce
beautiful wall
1t is not wise for you to depend
upon your own judgment in selecting
from these many grades OF brick and
OF other materials the one that is
suited best to your home-building
problem. You should rely on an
architects unbiased advice for these
things.
Bricks Used as Veneer.
Bricks for a wall facing are always
used for veneer upon some less ex-
pensive material. This may be a
wooden frame or masonry backing
of concrete, tile Or brick. A strong
wall can be obtained only by thor
oughly binding or bonding the brick
veneer to the backing.
This may be done in several ways.
The method that gives the strongest
wall Is to run occasional courses OF
the facing brick back into the inner
wall. When the facing bricks are
veneered upon a wooden framework
the two are connected through metal
ties that are laid in the mortar joints
and spiked TO the wooden frame.
While a solid masonry wall is more
substantial than brick veneer upon
wood. backing Of wood is less expen-
sive than brick or other masonry as
to first cost. If you want to use an
expensive brick for the facing, and
yet You must keep your nrSL cost
down, one way to do this Is to use
brick veneer on wood. The differ
ence between expensive brick and an
inexpensive quality may be sufficient
to pay for the cost of masonry back
ing. 1t will be to your interest, ! am
sure, to talk these matters over with
your local architect.
Tile Under Heading of Masonry.
Building tile comes under the head :
ing OF masonry. They are, you might
say. giant hollow bricks. and make
with brick or finished with stucco.
An interesting tile has been de-
veloped which does not require an
exterior finish OF other materials. as
the finish is on the face of the tile.
Usually they are employed as base
on which to apply stucco, and they
, make in this connection a very sub
stantial and durable wall.
Tiles may be used for foundation
work, il they are we'll burned and
the walls substantially built.
Concrete blocks are units of con-
crete made in various sizes and
manufactured with hollow spaces so
as to make it possible to build a con-
use of forms. Concrete blocks are in
this respect somewhat like tile
blocks. They can be used just as
tiles are used. If the surface Of the
block is to be exposed 1t Is desirable
that 1t be quite plain. Concrete
blocks cast in special molds formed
so as to give them a surface like
broken rock are very ugly. II one
does not care for the appearance Of
Evening star., 1923-02-10

ton" on their cold surfaces. In order
to avoid this, 1t Is desirable to strip
the walls. putting lath upon the strip
ping, and then plastering In the
usual way.
masonry wall building Is the mortar.
Good construction in masonry can be
obtained only by firmly cementing the
various small units together, and this
requires mortar that is strong and
durable. Mortar is q combination of
water with sand and Stacked lime or
cement. Sometimes the sand is mixed
with combination of lime and Port
land cement. Lime mortar must not
be used below grade. 1t must not be
used under heavy loads or In freezing
weather. 1t does very well for thin
mortar joints above grade. If it is
mixed with small proportion of Port
Evening star., 1923-02-10
PERMIT T0ERECT
!. THEATER ISSUED
Construction of the Ambas-
Sador on knickerb0Cker
Site Authorized.

-Cfffcial permission to proceed with
the erection of the Ambassador Thea
ter, which will replace the Inflated
knickerbocker Theater at the south
west corner of 18th street and Colum-
bia road. was granted this week with
the issuance Of a permit to the Am
hassador Theater Company by the
municipal building inspector.
~Fhe formal permit allows the COM
pany to make repairs" to the coll
ASpeed structure. at an estimated cost
qf 100000. The permit was worded
fn this way, it is understood, because
df the fact that certain parts of the
Gid theater building. unhurt by the
falling roof. will be retained in the
new theater.
sThe Ambassador however, according
to an announcement by Earry NJ
Erandall. Will not be of the wali-bear-
Hg type. as was the knickerbocker
nut will be of steel frame construc-
Pon. the walls performing only an en-
Helopipg function.
Other Building Permits.
sother permits issued during the
week follow:
Howard Etchison. to build apart
fent. l724 18th street; cost, S225. 900.
r. II. Howenstein, to build six
houses. 1712-1722 T. street southeast; !;
cost. $4,000.
III. W. Febrey. to build. o4Ol-2419 Sd
street northeast. cost, $4,000.
j. L. Nally. to build. 3222 9Th street
southeast: cost. $4,000.
C. w. Bohannan. to build storage
plant, rear 927 Golden street south
vest; cost. $1,000.
L. r. and G. T. Steuart. to build. 1911
4 street northeast; cost, $1,000.
sSemmes Motor Company. TO repair.
TS G street northwest; cost. $1,000.
Repairs to Cost $:3, 600.
Corby Baking Company, to repair,
2toi Georgia avenue; cost, $4,000.
Rev. T. J. Shahan. to repair, 500
EAtes road; cost, $4,000.
e. Cooperman. to repair, 1911 Adams
hGil road: cost. $1,000.
Rhode Island avenue: cost. 5000.
R. B. Behrend. to repair, 1901 7th
street; cost, $4,000.
q. y. Cannon. to build. 2S01 1903
Claiming street northeast; cost,
}. c. zirkle, to build. s4o5-o7 .os
Mount Pleasant street: cost. $4,000.
Fl. r. Howenstein. to build, 62o2
Georgia avenue; cost, $4,000 .
T. {. stoner. to build lid 1So7-lsos
M. K. Ready. to build, 114-11S Morse
ssreet northeast: cost, $4,000.
+. NJ Davis. to repair. 2502 2Sth
street northeast; cost. s1.5Oe.
q. W. Connor, TO build, 1350-52
hearney street northeast; cost, $4,000.
x35.9O0 Project.
Shapiro. to build, 4seo-4sl2 9Th
street; cost. S25.000.
IT. G. Smyth, to erect garage, rear
1852 Park road; cost. S1,s00.
Sharon Baptist Church. to repair,
os33-2035 9th street: cost. So 900
y. j. Moebs. 10 repair. 1925 Vermont
aSenue: cost. $4,000.
Mrs. Pyle. to repair. 1888 10th street;
c4st. 5000.
NJ. Shapiro. to repair. 1903 Pennsyl-
v1nia avenue southeast: cost. $500.
f. E Jeffery. TO build. 1899 Law
r&nce street northeast: cost. $1,000.
~. J. DUNCAN. to build. 500 Webster
sCeet: cost. $4,000.
Thompson's Dairy. to build, rear OF
.112 11th street; cost, $1,000.
b. Fl. Gruver. to build, 2e4a Rose
nbnt avenue; cost. $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

house. sold to S. Elizabeth Tabor for
Mrs. Emily Gibson Dobie.
Lot on Chestnut avenue. Takoma
Park-Sold for Rachael A. Murphy to
Elmer r. Shade.
Lot on Floral street-Sold for Mrs.
l.. D. Sammis to Marcus l.. Beckner.
Thirty-o one apartments in Copley
Courts, 1914 18th street northwest,
sold on the cooperative plan.
Fifteen apartments in Willard
Courts. 1916 18th street northwest,
sold on the cooperative plan.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

the block It can be covered with
cement and stucco. For residences
concrete blocks make an excellent
foundation wall. They are usually,
but not always, cheaper than the
poured wall. Where they project
above grade they may be exposed If
they are plain, or at greater expense,
plastered or veneered with brick.
Known N Hollow Walls.
fod VIII see that there are a num-
Der Of ways to build masonry walls
which might be called hollow. In
this class are walls made of concrete
blocks, hollow tile and hollow brick,
In regions of very severe winters il
has been found that these walls may
be very cold so that the house is not
only difhcult to heat, but the cold
walls attract moisture or "condensa-
Evening star., 1923-02-10

The best method to use in re-
moving mortar spattered about by
masons in a new house is to use a
dilute solution Of murfatic acid with
a wire brush and vigorous brush
ing. Cover all the wood nearby be
fore you start to work SO as not to
damage 1t with the acid Increase
the strength Of the acid until you
get the stains removed. Avoid
scrubbfng the mortar joint. Clean up
the work with clear water when you
are through, and be sure not to let
the acid burn your hands.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

If all the things that you expected
did not get into your new home. and
1t was your understanding that the
specifications provided for them, the
best way to settle the difficulty is to
written contract, it no doubt provided
for the selection Of a person who
will decide controversies Of this kind.
Look through the General Condi-
tions of the Contract" for a clause
covering this matter. If you do not
have such an agreement. 1t is well
for you and your contractor to decide
on q disinterested third party who
will arbitrate the differences.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

land cement 1t sets UP more readily
and permits the thickening of the
mortar joints IL this is considered de-
sirable.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-06-28

Several hundred men stood in the
heat of a July afternoon idly watch
ing the work Of excavating the cell
lar for the great office building which
is to stand on the site Of the old Prov
ince house on Washington street in
Boston They crowded around the
board fence. two and three deep, look
ing down into the hole where steam
drills bored, cranes swung slowly,
great shovels cut into the soil, and
men carted dirt Not one was seen
to turn about to look up at the Old
South Meeting house, which stood
diag0naIly across the street, revealed
for the first time in many years from
a distance far enough removed to do
Justice to ITS Wfen-like spire and its
fine proportions.
The first meeting house on this site
was built in 1869, in the garden Of the
John Winthrop mansion, which then
belonged to Mary Norton. 1t was
little church of cedar wood, but here
Benjamin Franklin, who was born
Just across the road, was baptized in
1706 Here also Margaret Brewster
appeared in ''sackcIoth and ashes
during service to give the congrega
ton solemn warning because of the
persecution of the Quakers. That was
in 1917. About twenty years later
Judge SewelI stood up in his pew
while his confession for his part in
the witchcraft delusion Of 1892 was
read
Historic Meeting House of Provincial
and Revolutionary Days.
The present brick building was
dedicated in 1870 and In the course
of the next century saw many stirring
town meetings which were too large
for Faneuil hall. In March, ITO,
such an overflow meeting waited here
while Samuel Adams sent back and
forth negotiating with Hutchinson I'M
til he yielded and withdrew his regi-
ments from the city. On November.
81, 1773, a gathering of 5000 citizens
resolved that the tea on which King
George babe them pay a tax, should
not be landed. On December l16 Of
the same year 1000 citizens waited
here by candlelight for the return Of
a courier who had been dispatched to
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-06-28

CHERRIES SALE. BY virtue OF
- sundry writs of fl. ia to me directed,
issued out of the Monmouth County
Common Pleas Court of the State Of New
Jersey will be exposed to sale at public ven
due, on
MONDAY, the a3rd day of JULY, 1873,
between the hours of IL O'Clock and five
O'Clock (at One o'clock), Daylight saving
time, in the afternoon Of said day
at the Court House. in the Bor-
ough of Freehold, County of Monmouth, New
Jersey, to satisfyss Judgment of said Court.
amounting TO approximately S74s.oo
All those lots, tracts or parcels of land and
premises, hereinafter particularly described,
situate, lying and being in the Borough of Red
Bank, IN the Countyof Monmouth and State
of New Jersey.
premises situate near the New Jersey Southern
Railroad Depot at the corner of Front Street
land Railroad Avenue and bounded on the north
and east by lands of Charles G. Alien on the
south by the said Front street and on the west
by said Railroad Avenue, being twenty five feet
wide by about fifty three feet deep.
Also all that lot designated as lot No. Al on
map entitled Map of Real Estate of Charles C
Allen, deceased, made by George Cooper. sur
veyor, 1885.
Beginning at the north line of Front Street
at the southeast corner of the West End Hotel
lot, thence easterly along the north lire of
Front Street forty tive feet four inches to lot
NO. 80 on said map, thence northerly along the
west line OF lot No. SO, thirty five feet, tn ence
westerly along the south line of lot No 38 on
Sald ma TO point on the east side OF Mortord
Place. thence esaterly along the west End Hotel
lot Fifty seven feet, thence southerIy, along the
rear of the said West End Hotel lot to the place
of beginning.
Also all THAT certain lot situate in the
Townshipof Shrewsbury at Red Bank
Beginning at the northerly line of Front
Street at the southwest corner of lot No as as
designated on map entitled Map of Real Estate
OF Charles G. Allen, deceased, made by George
Cooper, surveyor 1885, distant westerly two
hundred and fifty feet from the southwest
corner of James P. Aliens lot, thence westerly
along the norther1y line of Front Street fifty
feet to lot No. 81 as designated said map.
thence northerly along the easterly line of lots
81. 80 and SO one hundred and six feet three
inches; thence easterly along the south
line of lot az sixty Eve and one
half feet to the northwest corner OF lot
IS, thence southerly along the west line of lot
IS one hundred and fourteen feettot the place
| OF beginning.
! Being the same lot and premises described
upon said map as lot Sc.
: Seized as the property of Marie Borelli,
taken IN execution at the suit of Isaac
Richmond ct ais and to be sold by
WALTER H. G.RAvATT, Sheriff.
I Dated June IS, 1928.
Edward w. Wise, Attorney. 5000
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-06-28
SOUGHT FREEDOM FOR ALL
Lafayette's Aim Was Establishment
OF Government by the People
Throughout the World.

Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De La
fayetfe, was man who did good
things In the world. In France he
worked for human justice and democ-
racy, and was one of the leaders in
the overthrow Of the wicked mon
archic system Of privilege and in the
establishment Of government by the
people. In America he fought for the
freedom Of the colonists, and in the
end he persuaded France to send the
men and the ships that made possible
the final victory at Yorktown.
France reveres the memory of la
fayette. Born nobleman, he was
eyer noble man, man whose mo-
ltives were unselfsh and whose life
was devoted TO the betterment of the
lives OF others. America reveres the
memory Of Lafayette because in
America his unselfshness was most
nobly exempllfied Not for the free
dom Of France alone but for the free
dom of all the enslaved peoples of the
world was Lafayette ever ready to
Eight or to die.
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