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into the<activities of the different tax
payers, associations in approximately
25 leading cities of the country.
Several prominent Baltimoreans in
terested in a taxpayers association
have already promised the board full
cooperation in the organizing of such
body, while one citizen has pledged
TO contribute $1,000 annually to the
new association.
c. Philip Pitt, secretary of the
board, today said:
THE Real Estate Board has for
many years gone to the full limit of
its resources in looking after the af-
fairs of the taxpayers, especially in
matters of legislation. 1t has not the
sufficient financial support from the
taxpayers to make any attempt to
check up on the expenditures of pub
| lie funds in the same way this work
is done in cities where the taxpayers
are organized for that particular pur-
pose -
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conference board of what appears to
be a growing tendency toward lower
rent levels generally.
The highest rents within a decade
were obtained about year ago. III
July, 1924, when average rental val
ues for the country We're 86 per cent
higher than in 1914. Thereafter rents
on the average declined slowly but
steadily, until last July they had
dropped to point only 70 per cent
higher than the pre-war level.
Among the II largest cities, Boston
alone reported an increase during the
past few months. but too slight to af-
feet the general level. The tendency
toward lower rents. however, was in.
dicated Enthusiastically in Buffalo, Chi
cago, Los Angeles, New York and
San Francisco. No change was re
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BALTIMORE REALTY MEN
TO ORGANIZE TAXPAYERS
Propose Association to Aid in
Checking Up on Expenditures
of Public Funds.

BALTIMORE, September 5.-Plans
are being made by the Real Estate
Board for the organization of a tax
payers association.
A group of the largest taxpayers in
Baltimore will shortly hold a meeting.
when the final plans for the formation
of the new organization will be made.
The officers of the Real Estate Board
recently conducted an inv, 'gation
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WARNING SOUNDED HERE
J. AGAINST OVERBUILDINC
Lusk Says Builders Must Provide Hous-
ing Only for Natural Growth
of Capital.

lutely no housing shortage. This then
| is the question to be answered: Has
| building caught up with the growth
| Of the city?
Building Not Proportionate.
Since Jlne 50. 1917, Washington 5
| population has Tr7-rensed 12S, 900. If
we ascertain how mary housing units
nave been built since int date, sub
tract from that number the total
| dwellings razed since 1917 and multi
| ply the result by As Che average fam
| lily in the District of Columbia) we
shall come very near knowing just
how many people have been housed
| with reasonable comfort. The figures
are as follows:
Net housing units built since July
figure allows for demolitions:
it includes all houses and all
Times As (average '@ashirston
family ....'.........- As
Number of people for %'or
housing has been provided sElCe
June 3O. 1917. F........-........ loS.SS
Subtracting 10S,SS6 from the popu-
lation increase-12S, ,000-since 1917,
we have 19,114, which figure repre-
sents the number of people who have
not been provided with housing. This
equals 4.247 families. At the present
rate of building all these families, to-
gether with the increase in popula-
ton, will be nicely taken care of in
about 10 months.
What then? Can we sell nearly
10000 housing units the present rate
of building per YEAR, each u months
after next July? How long can we
sell housing for 900 people a year
when the city is growing at the rate
n &c r1.,tf tor, =,
that makes building exceptionally
good, not the size of the city. For
every dollar spent in buildin,; annu-
ally, for each resident, there is S42
spent for each increase in population.
Growth Was Abnormal
For four years building in Wash.
ington was only 20 per cent of nor
NAL; in eight years the population
has increased 12S,000 instead of a
normal growth of $4,000
No wonder building has been good.
Now to examine a second set of
figures. From 1910 to 1917 we built
one new housing unit for each two
increase in the population. This was
probably too many, but they We're
built anyway. One hundred and
twenty-eight thousand more people
live in Washington today than in
1917. If we need one new housing
unit for each two increase in popu-
lation, we would require Ga 900 new
housing units to be built subsequent
to 1917. Only $4,000 have been built.
On this hypothesis, we are short some
$4,000 housing units. Even at the
present rate of building, it would take
seven or eight years to catch up.
But before the war the cost of
housing was in proper propor-
ton to the cost of other com
modities. Today it is at least so
per cent higher than general com
modify prices. A pair of shoes that
cost IS in 1913 today costs S12, but
a house which cost $4,000 in 1913
costs about $1,000 at the present time.
The old saying of one weeks pay for
one months rent means nothing to-
day. People are paying a third of
their income and even more for rent.
Naturally, they are not seeking any
luxurious quarters, but are making
out with far less floor space than be-
fore the war. Salaries and wage in
creases, generally speaking, do not
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lutely no housing shortage. This then
is the question to be answered. Has
building caught up with the growth
of the city?
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already
500
Sold
Consider These
Vital Points

1T COSTS LESS TO buy your apartment
than it does to rent it! Over period of FIVE
years you would have paid $233.oO less while
buying one of our three-room and bath
APARTMENT HOMES than you would for
rent of a similar apartment-assuming you
could rent the latter for SIS a month!
WARDMAN management relieves you of
all the care of maintenance you would have
in house. Each apartment owner pays
monthly his small share of the cost of operat-
ing the building, which is about 500 less than
the cost for the same floor space in a house.
Innumerable other desirable features invite
you to follow the example of those who have
nvestigated-OWN YOUR OWN APART
MENT HOMEl
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The operating cost for the S22.40 apart
naent toouId be only S593 nonth-and
proportionateIy small for the others.
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Large Pantry Included.

approximate increases in housing
costs.
Even though potential home own
ers desire to buy houses or to live in
comfortable apartments as they did
| before the war, they are not able to
do so. Building costs are too far out
of line with general commodity costs
to permit this.
From January, 1919, to April, 1920,
building costs rose rapidly. In 1919
home building started off we'll De-
mand was naturally brisk. Tens of
thousands of people needed, not mere
ly wanted, but needed. adequate living
quarters. Despite this crying demand
with rising housing prices, sales fell
off. House construction began TO de-
cline in July, 1919, and it was not until
October, 1921, a period of 27 months
that building again reached the point
it had attained in 1919 Again, when
from April, 1922, to April, 1872, there
was sharp rise in construction costs,
immediately construction declined
1t is obvious that as long as build
ing costs remain at their present level
and there are no signs Indicating
they will go down-it hardly seems
possible that people will buy as much
housing as they did before the war.
We cannot expect to sell housing on
any SuCn OASIS as one unit for each
two increase in the population 1t is
more apt to be sold on a basis of ap-
proXimately one unit to a family.
City Not Oyerbuilt.
This brings the following conclusion:
Washington, today, in housing, is
not overbuilt.
If building continues at the present
rate of construction, 1t is only mat
ter OF months when the supply will be
much greater than the demand. Build
ers have expanded their organizations.
and residential building today is going
ahead at rate almost 100 per cent
greater than last year. In 1924 we
built 1850 housing units; in the first
seven months of 1925 $3.50 housing
units have been erected.
However, there is nothing in the
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fast porch, SO that the owner may
have the pleasure of eating out of
doors in Summer. OF course, this
breakfast porch could be extended
and enlarged, or done away with
entirely, as the individual prefers.
The bedrooms are separated from
the living part of the house as COM
pletely as possible by introducing a
passageway from the living room into
the back hall. The kitchen can also
be reached through this service hall.
The housewife can slip directly from
the bedroom to kitchen or into the liv-
ing room. There is fairly large bath
room and a very small stairway lead
Ing up to the storeroom and down
to the basement. This stairway has
been placed where it is as much out
of the way as possible.
This is an extremely compact floor
plan and from it has been built an
exterior of distinct charm. The house
can be made of shingles instead of
clapboards, though the cost would be
a trifle more. If the house is to be
lived in only in the Summer, the cost
of building would be much less than if
1t was intended for occupancy the year
round. If only used in the Summer
then it should be provided with shut
ters. fastened securely, from within for
Winter protection. These shutters can
be turned into a most decorative fea-
ture by painting them some such color
as verde green, peacock blue or dull
orange.
Another Attractive Feature.
Another feature capable of giving
the house an attractive exterior is the
use of lattice, to be used either as
strips beside the windows upon which
vines may climb, as simple arches over
path, as a shield over a southern
window to shut out too strong light or
as low fence dividing front and back
yard, or separating it from the neigh
bors' property. Thus the expenditure
of few dollars would add much to
the charm of the place.
If the house were to be used for the
Winter, cellar would have to be dug;
if used only as a Summer camp no
cellar would be needed. All such mat
ters have much to do with the ultimate
cost of the house. If built near the
seashore it could effectively be painted
gray, with bayberries and such wild
things planted near it: if set among
trees it would be prettier painted white
with moss green roof.
Since the prices of material and
labor vary so materially in different
localities, we do not attempt to give
an estimate as TO cost, but suggest
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TIME ideal home sung about by
poets and visioned by lovers
is always a modest little place
Il set in the midst Of garden.
1t is generally far removed
from a city, out in the country where
living is less complicated and joy
simpler. The house we are showing
today is the finest kind of a house.
1t was, in fact, primarily designed
for little camping place, and yet
il is complete enough to serve small
family as a year-round home. 1t was
designed with the idea of giving as
much comfort for a little money as
possible.
The construction is of the simplest,
i'm order to keep down the expense
of building 1t has often been said
that it is more difficult to design d
small than a large house-for small
one, unless happily proportioned,
looks like a box. This little house,
though SO cheap, is far from looking
like q box, and the interior gives
a full measure of comfort.
One enters this house through a
small porch directly into a large liv-
ing room which is to be used also
for a dining room. There is space
for a dining table near the kitchen
end of the room and library table
just Denlnd Il large settle tnat faces
the fireplace. In a house as small
as this one it is much better to have
one large room than two small ones.
Such an arrangement .simplifies
housework, and gives an appearance
of greater size.
Large Pantry Included.
There is a large pantry with dress
ers and sink beneath a window, con-
Yeniently situated between the
kitchen and living room so that the
dishes are within easy reach. Just
off the kitchen is a cosy little break
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building plans of this design, No. &C
send a stamped and self-addressed en-.
velope to the Real Estate Editor, The
Star
Ccopyright>1s25. George Matthew Adamsl
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What Does An
Apartment Owner Own?

The purchase of COOPERATIVE Apart
ment entities the buyer to an Occupancy
Agreement, which is his title to his apart
naent and conveys it to him, his heirs or as
signs forever
He also owns a proportionate block of
stock in the corporation which takes title
to the property, and that represents his
ownership in the whole deveIopment-Iand
building, etc.
He further owns the right to a voice i'm
the selection of his co-owners, thus being
perpetually assured that the high resi-
dental standard originally guaranteed cam
not deteriorate.
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JARVIS, NEW BOXER,
Is WILLING MIXER
BN FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK. November 21.-Watch
this little English sparrow. Ernie
Jarvis. He is the willnsest two-han nd
ed mixer that England has sent to
these shores in = long time.
He got out Of sick bed to lambast
Wee Willie Woods on Wednesday
night last. Probably he thought the
bout would make him well. He likes
to flight. Whether it made him we'll
or not. it is a good gamble that Woods
was as sick after the bout as Jarvis
was before it.
Jarvis when he came here did not
claim to be a second Jimmy Wilde.
But it looks, by heck, as though he
We're setting out to be-
He has now got by four hard battles
In this country. and every one in
Volved a boy who was a real test.
First they pitchforked him against
Black Bill. the Cuban. Bill is nobody s
fool when it comes 70 giving and TAX
ing. and he had run up string Of IA
victories before he met Jarvis But
Black Bills weird style and his man.
ner Of coming in from any angle did
not bother the Englisher a bit. and
Jarvis won hands down.
Then he beat Johnny Brelain. a
tough little walloper. and then Young
Dencio. who boasted a great record
around Baltimore. A pleasing, busy
little workman is Ernie Jarvis of the
British Isles.
Copyright. 1p25.D
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

AT NEW YORk.-Eddie Huffman,
California light heavyweight. won a
decision over Jack De Nave, New
Yark, az rounds).
AT DETROIT.-Red Chapman. Bos'
ton junior lightweight, defeated Phil
McGraw, Detroit, Q0).
AT ST. LOUIS.-Bermond Billy
Wells. English welterweight, out
pointed AL Van Ryan. st. Paul 00.
AT HOLLYWOOD. Calif.-Ffdel
La Barba. American f1yweight cham
pion. won a technical knockout over
Ray Fees, San Francisco, in the first
round.
AT PORTLAND, Oreg.-Vic Foley
Canadian bantamweight champion
won a decision over Bud Ridley,
Seattle Q0).
AT SAN FRANCISCO.-Spug Mey
ers. Pocatello, Idaho, and Billy Alger
Phoenix, AriZ., welterweights. q
draw QO). Dave Slavin, Newark, n. j.,
won a technical knockout from Tony
F'reitas. Oakland. in second round.
AT EAST CHICAGO, Ind.-Fra NIKE
Welsh. Philadelphia, won over John
nv Mendelsohn of Milwaukee. 15C
pounder 0M. AL Kline. Cleveland
and Jack London, 124 pounds, boxed
q draw.
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OFFICIALS MAY PASS
ON NEW GOLF BALL

Ry the Assoclated Press.
Agreement between American and
English golf officials on the size and
finally he reached at an interns tional
conference next June in England pla ms
for which are now receiving consider
alton.
William G. Fownes. jr, of Pitts
burgh. chairman of the committee on
implements and the ball. as we'll as
nominee for the 1926 presidency Of the
United States Golf Association. is eX-
pected to convey Americas ideas to
the ROYAL and Ancient Club, Britain s
ruling body.
F'ownes has been active in attempt
ing To solve the problems of a new
hall for American courses, but thus
far Engia nd has been unable TO accent
the recommendation Of the F'ownes
committee for q bigger. lighter sphere.
owing 10 peculiar atmospheric condi.
tions on courses abroad.
An attempt to fix the date of the
conference for the period of the
Walker cup matches between Ameri-
can and English amateur PLAYERS
grows out Of a. plan 10 name Fownes
captain of the United States team
Emphasis is laid upon the fact that
the Pittsburgh man would thus be able
to fill an important dual role for the
L. s. G. A.
In its report to the last annual meet
ing of the association the F'ownes COM
mittee on implements and the ball rec.
commended that final decision on the
adoption of new standard ball be
postponed until January J. 1895, in
view of the fact that England has not
yet been won over to the new ball
recommended by the Fownes commit
tee. and that the international kinks
may be ironed out next Summer oh.
servers here considered it highly prob.
able that the annual Meeting in Chi.
cago on January 9 would again defer
action.
Experts claim that many golf courses
are fast becoming obsolete with the
present ball. which is 162 inches in
diameter and 1.62 ounces in weight
Increased hitting power not only has
conquered distance and hazard, but ha S
rendered almost useless the once popu.
lar brassie. used frequently heretofore
for second shots 'on long holes
The Fownes committee. after extend
ed investigation. decided upon a ball
.6S inches in diameter and 1.5s ounces
in weight. Such a ball. 1t was found
would curtail long hitting and would
be easier to find In the rough. but
would bring increased dema nd for con.
troll on all shots.
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BoZek and Roberts, stars OF the
opposing teams. played hrillia ntly in
the battle for the coveted prize, but
the former outshoue his younger
opponent in running with the ball
and by his individual work placed
his team IN The van after Central
appeared to have the victory ClinChed.
Ii was BozekS 5A-yard dash
through a mob Of Blue and White
tacklerS midway OF the third period
that ena hled GonZaCa "a gain the
verdict. He took the ball in the
center Of the gridiron and raced
around right end where he was
tackled and thrown TO the ground
for what appeared to be a loss. He
got To his feet. however, and reverS
ing his field went around the left
side and placed the ball safely be-
hind the counting line. Byrne kicked
for the extra point.
Central had gone into the lead in
the second quarter by virtue of
Roberts dropkick from the 2o-yard
mark. The ball was worked into
scoring position 10y two successful
forward pa sses the first Roberts To
Byng. netting 10 yards. and the sec
oud. Engel to Roberts, heing good
for \ 25-yard gain.
Roberts stellar pnnting kept Central
out Of danger most of the time. He
ga silly outkiCked his opponent. hut
most of his gains We're offset by
Rozek g stirring returns.
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When a play is called for when
within ward or so of the op-
ponentS goal line and the ball Is
near one of the goal posts. the
quarterback should cali foT a play
almost directly at one Uf these
posts. Then the runner CARRYING
the ball can use this post as an
interferer as in the upper Illus
tration.
In other words. If he gets an
opening his eyes should immedi-
atelN locate The nearest opposing
hackfield player in his course
Naturally. this PLAYER has 10 be
At one side or The other of the
goal posts. The runner should
then keep the posts between him
and this possible tackIer. and hv
adopting such tactics he cannot
possibly be stopped hv this de
fensive player.
The lower illustration shows the
runner doing the wrong thing. ap-
preaching the goal line on the same
side of the post as is this nearest
back field tackler. As the illHstra-
tiog shows he is bound To he
tackled and A touchdown pre-
vented.
Evening star., 1925-11-21
TITLE BOXER HELPED
AS ANOTHER GROWS

NEW YORK. November 2l.-The
ra apid physical growth of Jimmy Nc
Larnin removes a big boulder from
the path Of Fidel Labarba, the fly-
weight champion.
Last year Jimmy was not much
bigger than a good-sized drink of
water. When stood alongside La
barba it would have taken a keen
judge Of physical dimension to tell
which was the bigger, although, s a
matter Of fact. McLarnin had a few
pounds on the fyweight king.
Maybe that was why the Scotch
Yankee beat Labarba the two times
they met.
Since then McLarnin has been
steadily growing toward the alder
manic class. The other night. weigh
ing 127 pounds. he let Jack Fields
stay two rounds, then socked him
on the, chin and for A full minute
Jack believed he was in the birdhou~e
at Golden Gate Park.
McI.arnin is being touted as a com
ing festherweight king. He Is won.
derfully fast.
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YANKEES WILL BOAST
TWO HOME RUN KINGS
BY JOHN ". FOSTER.

NEW YORK. November 21.-The
New York Americans of 1926 will he
the first team in base hall history to
include in its lineup two home-run
kings. Ruth. the circuit-clea ming swat
champion of the ma jors. and I.azerre.
recently of Salt Lake. who holds SINH
lar honors in the minors.
Lazerre is coming East to show
what he can do as a ShortStOp in the
ina iorS Some Of his hits in 1925 were
made on the diamond al Salt Lake
City. where the altitude is favorable
TO long distance swatting. but he made
enough homerS away from the home
grounds to make it evident that cir
cult t-swoeping Clouting is strictly in
his line.
Ruth still is the home-run king of
the ma iorS. though in 1925 he made
higher average for some other things
than hating He is not likely to lead
the American League in 1925. Old ha Sc
hall men do not figure he is ont a
hall player. bur they do believe he is
losing his punch.
This hoy Lazerre gets hold Of the
hall, not as Ruth does. with long
swinging. golfinc punch. but with the
straiCht-arm motion typical of the
manner in which the big batters of the
past landed on the ball
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OLD RIVALS FACING
ON SOUTHERN GRlDS
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. November 2l.-
Few OF the Southern foot ban teams
pia Wing this afternoon are meeting
~ strangers.
Tulane and Louisiana State. VIII,
play at Baton Rouge. have been foot
ball rivals since the 90s Last wears
game saw Tulane returned the win
ner by score Of 12 to -. The Baton
Rouge game today was expected Ii
attract q crowd deserving h0uora hle
mention in the list Of great assemblies
Uf the son.
Wa Washincton and Lee and North
Carolina State were once ThankseiN.
ing opponents. and have PLAYED recI.
larly for a number of years Wash.
incton and Lee won last aSon. "a
10 0.
Florida defeated the Mississippi
Asgies last year. - To o, but such a
margin today would prove surprise
Ole Miss" gained Il decision over
Southwestern PRESBYTERIAN last year
: to u.
The Okla homa Ag2ies stopped the
Arkansas Raznrbacks. 20 To O.
OGlethorpe's edge over Mercer was
- 10 O.
Centenary turned Butler back in A
close and exciting struggle. to =
William and Mary PLAYED a to-
draw with Roanoke. and Hampden
sydney and Ra ndnlph- Macon were alsc
involved in tie, neither team beinc
able TO score.
Another sCoreiess tie of last season
was the contest between Howard and
Birmingha m. Southern.
Citadel won. TO o. from Erskine
and Emory and Henry defeated Elon
y 20 q.
Southern downed Rollins. 9 To 0.