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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
LIMIT HEIGHT.


the limit Of building height any
where in London. This reduces
the income as compared with
American buildings. 1t keeps down
the cost of the land and makes the
business area spread out. The London
er seems absolutely convinced that
high buildings are not desirable, and
while they may increase their height
from time to time. it will, in my Opin-
ion. never be TO any great extent.
We found that London rents and
net incomes from buildings compare
fayOTably with ours and in some in
stances are higher. In many cases they
show a net income Of 10 per cent on
the entire capital In most buildings.
rents are quoted plus rates and taxes
rates in the English parlance be-
ing the real estate tax assessed bv
the local authorities. and taxes be.
ing the levy against the income Of the
building assessed by the crown. simI-
lar to our federal income taxes. Ten.
ants in the more modern type Of
apartment buildings pay rates com
parable with ours and in some Of the
downtown or city office buildings we
found rentals higher than anything
paid in New York. In one instance
SO per square foot was paid.
"SUPER-FLATS."
Deluxe apartments or 'super-flats'
a. they call them are becoming more
and more popular, due 10 the fact
that the cost Of maintaining Lon
don town house of many rooms has
become prOhibitive for most English
postwar incomes. While you see For
Sale signs on many houses in thu
fashionable Mayfair district most OF
the high-gTade fats throughout the
city are 100 per cent rented. In fact.
We saw few vacancies IN any type o.
apartment building.
1t j. difficult 10 compare their
moderate priced apartment building.
10 ours a. the accommodations are
quite different. Very few Of their
buildings OF this type have a GENITAL
heating plant but depend entirely on
small coal CRATES. In fact, steam
heated buildings are rather an un-
usual thing in London. a. j. the
apartment building. which suppll's
hot water at all hours Some Of he
new buildings make an advertising
feature Of central heating plants and
constant hot water Many Of rue
English residences and the smartast
clubs have no furnace or central heat
ing plants. but depend on the famous
English hObgrato.
Tho demand for apartments is az
parently very good. judging from the
fact that there are no vacancies.
There has been. however. no consider
able development in the two or three
room kitchenettc apartment type.
which is SO popular in America.
HOW THEY ASSESS.
Whether this will come or not.
depends on whether this type Of liyius
quarters will appeal 10 the medium.
alaried man. clerk and white-cOllar
worker IN America families Of mod
crate income apparently live in mu'h
letter quarters than families Of equal
incomes in London. Dwfng 10 he
shortage Of this class Of bui!I
ing.
1t is interesting 10 note that n
a ,egfssssiug rraI estate faVpe mr. tFafg1
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
LONG TINE LEASES.

In England this is not true. There
might be four mortgages on a building
at the time a subject was given hi
lease. but thereafter foreclosure by
any Of the holders Of these mortgages
would not wipe out his lease. The len
der Of the money may, If he likes.
and often docs, put a clause in tn"
mortgage which gives him the right
10 o. X. all leases before they are
given 10 tenants, but once having O..
KID than, the tenant cannot be dis,
turbed until the lease mature, or a.
the English say, fall in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
Valley Planning
$4,000 Edifice

A Presbyterian church, to cost ap-
proximately 100000 to $4,000 will
be erected in Brownsville within the
next few months. Rev. A. p. Day
is pastor of the church.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
COST
HIGH DESPITE
LOW WAGES
U. S. Efficiency Would Help
Solve Europe'S
Problems.

The introduction of American eff
cheney in building and construction
would go a long way toward solving
EuropC's present industrial problems.
according to a report given out yes
tcrday by four American financiers,
who have just completed an intensive
study Of the London real estate and
building situation.
The survey. completed by four Off
GERS Of 5. w. Straus and Company, is
unique in that it marks the first Ell
forts eevr made by an American house
engaged in financing American build
ing construction TO comb the European
situation for useful facts and ideas.
The four officers who completed the
studies were Nicholas Roberts, Herbert
:. Martin. Nicholas Il. Jones and
Ralph ID. Kaufman.
With regard to the facts of special
interest to American building, real es.
tate and financial interests, Nicholas
Roberts, who headed the committee,
yesterday said:
We found building costs in London
were about the same as in the large
American cities, Notwithstanding the
fact that our labor is paid about three
times as much on the average as
theirs. Bricklayers in New York, for
example. are now getting Sl4 a day,
while the scale in London is 81 day.
With this striking difference in labor
costs it would seem that building costs
in London should be considerably lower
than here. but the seeming discrepancy
is accounted for IN that the English
builder has been slow TO adopt Ameri-
can efficiency methods. A building
which We would erect in nine months
would require almost twice that time
in I.ondon
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
EMPLOY AMERICANS.

Several of the best English builders
have made extensive studies of Ameri-
can methods and one large building
concern has at present an American
building superintendent brought over
TO organize their work after the meth
DDS used here. 1t will take some time
to get our methods in full swing, if
this can ever be accomplished. As an
example, the American superintendent
on one job attempted to introduce our
hanging scaffold, which enables brick.
layers to work much more convent
emily and rapidly. We were told that
the British workmen would not work
on this scaffOld. The builder had to
abandon it and erect a scaffold Of iron.
In some of the smaller jobs, we saw
derricks being worked with hand power
and 1t was quite noticeable that the
usual hustle and hustle Of an Amcri.
can job was lacking.
1T is not only the equipment used
which slows up the job, but it is also
the lack of American methods of plan
ming beforehand for the flow of ma
terials on the job. In other words,
there is not the coordination between
all the sub-cOntractOTs that we have
here. The more progressive of the
British contractors are alive 10 this
situation and are doing everything
they can TO correct il
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
INCOME IMPORTANT.

The mortgage is callable on notice
nj any six month period, but the loan
is amOrtized by a redemption insur-
ance policy taken out with the insur-
aHce company, the premiums for
which will discharge the debt at the
end Of 80 years and leave a substan-
tial sum which goes to the insurance
company as their profit. 1t very often
happens that the owner Of the build
ing is able TO borrow from the insur-
ance company as much or more than
the building costs him. provided the
net rentals will capitalize on a sutti-
cient value to make a larger loan
sound from the insurance cOmpany's
standpoint. They are not particularly
interested in what the building costs
as they feel that the income is the i'm
pOrtant thing and the value OF the
brick and mortar is secondary. We
had the pleasure Of taking dinner
with the chairman and one Of the
principal officers Of the oldest and
largest insurance company in England.
which makes most Of the large real
estate loans. He was very emphatic
in his views that the income from the
building was the only sound basis for
value. pointing out that it was true
in any investment that the value was
derived from the net income il would
produce.
An interesting phase Of the laws
in England which affect building own
ers is that a lease is never subordin-
ated 10 a mortgage. In the United
States a man who has a lease on an
apartment building or an office build
ing can be wiped out II mortgage
on the building is fOrecloscd provided
Of course. that his leasr is not record
ed ahcad Of the mon .,age.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25

it is the practice of the London al,
thOrities to use the income of tht
building rather than the value Of the
bricks and mortar.
We regard as obsolete buildings
which they would consider COMPARE
lively new. We heard the Queen
Anne Apartments, which were built
about 80 years ago, frequently refer
red TO as u comparatively new build
ing.
If the Londoner becomes dissatis-
fled with his present mode of living
and the lack of modern conveniences,
London will undergo a tremendous
building program.
FINANCING PROCESS.
1.-THE process of financing new
buildings in London is somewhat diff
ferent from what it is in America.
The man there who has a new build
ing project in mind as a general rule,
bOrrows a good part of the money
from his bank or from private capital
lists. repaying this loan after the
building is completed and substantial
ly rented by a loan from an insur-
ance company. There are no real cs-
tate mortgage bond concerns in Eng
land. nor in fact are there any public
companies there which offer real IS
tate mortgage securities of any tyre
to the public at large, as is done in
America by bankers handling first
mortgage real estate bonds, title com
panies selling guaranteed mortgages,
etc. The only agencies for purchasing
real estate mortgages are local So
licitors.
THE bank or private capitalist who
finances building construction bases
his loan largely on the est Of the
brick and mortar. the credit Of the Dor
rover and his conviction that the Dor
rover will be able to Tefinanc'
through an insurance company wher
the building is completed. The insur
ance company, on the other hand, does
not base the loan on the cost Of thu
building. but establishes the value o.
the building by capitalizing the net in
come on about Z per cent basis, Of
as the Englishman say. on a 15-year
purchase After the value is estab
lished in this way. the insurance com
pany loans two-thirds Of this value
for 80 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-22

throughout the whole district of
Usaramo.
"This potion" be proclaims, "ex-
poses witches and affords immunity
against DEATH"
His persuasive abilities have en-
abled Mgoya to extract large sums
from the superstitious natives. In
order to support his claim to super
natural powers, Mgoya performs
amazing slight-of-hand tricks, which
he picked up from Indian fakirs., 1t
is said that he can conjure up skulls
and bones from the earth.
Throughout the whole country. his
prestige has gained, until he Is now
frequently referred to as a god"
In many cases, parties to disputes
have come to Mgoya,, who decides"
the merits of their cases by his
magic potion. It is even reported
that the government not only toler-
ates, but favors his activities and
even makes use of them for its
political purposes.
According to the German mission
airy Krelle, only the Christians in
Usaramo have refused to drink the
magician's medicine and have OPP
posed his fantastic claims and pre-
lenses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-22
COLDS THAT
DEVELOP into
PNEUMONIA

Persistent coughs and colds lead TO
serious trouble. You can stop them
now with Creomulsion, an emulsified
creosote that is pleasant to take. Gre
emulsion is a new medical discovery
with two-fold action; it soothes and
heals the infiamed membranes and ir-
hibits germ growth.
OF all known drugs, creosote Is rec.
ognized by high medical authorities as
one Of the greatest healing agencies for
persistent coughs and colds and other
forms of throat troubles. Circumcision
contains, in addition to- creosote other
healing elements which soothe and
heal the infected membranes and stop
the irritation and Inflammation, while
the creosote goes ON to the stomach,
is absorbed into the blood, attacks the
seat of the trouble and checks the
growth of the germs
Creomuision is guaranteed satisfac-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-22
MYSTIC SPELL OF I.
WITCH DOCTOR|S !
} FATE OF AFRICANS
Father of Faker Led Move
Against Germany in
1905.

BERLIN, Oct. IA formidable
and omnipotent witch-doctor has ap-
peared in the territory OF what was
formerly German East Africa and,
according to the reports Of German
missionaries, the native population Is
passing under his mystic spell.
Mgoya Kimeta, the new w1tch'doc-
tor. bears a name which, achieved
prominence during the tribulatlons
of German colonial ventures. His
father, Nganga Kimeta, played an
outstanding role in the 1905 native
uprising, when he persuaded tnou.
sands of tribemen that the spirit OF
their dead chief had risen from MS
grave and ordered that payment OF
taxes to the German authorities De
stopped. Nganga used to distribute
a mysterious potion among his fol-.
lowers. which he alleged made them
bullet-proof.
His son, Mgoya, has now also en-
tered the potion business. he is
peddling his weird concocuon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-22
HUGE ORDER OF CAVIAR
Germany Contracts for 100 Tons
Supplied by Russia.
Bu United Press

Bu United Press
BERLIN, Oct pa contract for
immediate delivery Of $4,000 pounds
of caviar has been concluded be-
tween the Zentrosojus, the Soviet de-
partment for export trade, and two
German firms. An additional 100000
pounds are to be delivered under
this contract within the next twelve
months.
Only 83,0S2 out Of 1905 live
through their teens, according to a
recent university survey.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

ture, and Senator Norris of Nebraska
chairman of the judiciary committee,
and Sc nator Gould of Maine takes the
vacancy on. the District of Columbia
committee caused by the death of the
late Senator Mckinley of Illinois.
Senator Dale of Vermont was made
chairman of the civil service commit
tee, which handles all retirement
legislation for Federal employees.
Senator Couzens Of Michigan, former
chairman of civil service, was placed
at the head of the committee on edu-
cation and labor. Senator Phipps of
Colorado, who formerly headed educa-
ton and labor. was made chairman
of irrigation and reclamation. Sena-
tor Lenroot of Wisconsin was made
chairman of public buildings and
grounds. succeeding the late Senator
Fernald of Maine.
Guy Ives, who has been printing
clerk of the Senate for a number of
years. as part of the patronage of the
late Senator Cummins of Iowa, was
retained and placed on the deficiency
roll because of efficient service.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
C. O.P.|N SENATE
ACCEPTS FRAZIER
Conference Also Ratifies
Committee Assignments.
Gould on D. c. Group.

Without a dissenting voice, the Re-
publican conference of the Senate to-
day ratified the action of the commit
tee on committees, restoring Senator
Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota to
full participation in the Republican
organization, from which he had been
ousted after the 1924 election because
he followed the late Senator La Fol-
- in his effort to win the presi-
dency.
Senator Frazier was not present,
but it is understood that the action
of the committee and the conference
meets with his approval. He is as
signed again to standing committees
as Republican. and in the makeup
of the next Senate, he is slated to be-
come chairman of the Indian affairs
committee. He will be invited to at
tend all Republican conferences of
the Senate.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Elephant COrnered,
But Posse Doubts
Power to Hold Him
BY the Associated Press.


GARNETT, Kans., December IA.
Diamond, six-ton elephant, which
escaped from the Winter quarters
of a circus at Quenemo, Kans., Sat
urday, has been cornered in field
near here, but leaders of a posse
assigned to "get him dead or
alive" were skeptical as to their
ability to capture him today.
The posse was organized by
county authorities after Diamond
had wrecked numerous small farm
buildings, killed a pig and fright
ened scores of persons by his at
tempts to enter buildings. Thus
far he has injured no one.
When the shoot to kill orders
were issued yesterday many volun-
teer big game hunters assembled,
armed with weapons of what the
sheriff termed questionable killing
power.
After several attempts to drive
the elephant into sheds, in the hope
of claiming him to posts, he was
left in ravine near here for the
night.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

ger, Mrs. s. Kaufman, Mrs. Stanley
Lansburgh, Mrs. l.. Harris and Mrs.
Herbert Rich.
Junior Council of Jewish Women
at Lansburgh & Bro.-Mrs. Lucille B.
Louis, captain; Mrs. Sol Goldsmith,
Mrs. May Levy, Miss Celia Open
heimer, Miss Helene Klawans, Mrs,
Edgar Jacobs, Miss Hilda King, Mrs.
ivan Tashoff, ;. Mrs. Al Kaufman, Miss
Sophia Tashoff. Miss Louise Golden
berg, Mrs. Sylvia Lansburgh, Mrs
Ralph Goldsmith, Mrs. Dismon and
Miss Dorothy Sonneborn.
Social Service Committee.
Social Service Committee, Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church, Mrs
Lyman Kebler, captain, at National
Savings and Trust Co.; Mrs. Frank
Appler. Mrs. A. e. Fisher, Mrs. H. c.
Phillips, Mrs. Allen, Miss Helen Far.
rington and Miss Barnes.
Starmont Aid, American Security
and Trust Co.. Mrs. Andrew Stewart,
captain; Mrs. George Cohen, Mrs. 10.
seph Fenton. Mrs. Fl. j. Crossen, Mrs.
Dewey Zirkin. Mrs. Louis F. Bradley,
Mrs. G. G. Hammond. Mrs. Wymond
Bradbury and Misses Alice Senser.
Julia Karr and Louise Hayden.
Board of tuberculosis Association,
Hecht's Store, Mrs. Wesley Stoner,
captain Mrs. Leroy Childs. Mrs. Alice
Bissel and Miss Essie Freed.
Union Trust Co, Miss Martha Boyle,
captain: Mrs. Rembrandt Peele Lane.
Mrs. Albert Fairer. Mrs. Julian Baber
and Miss Virginia Booth.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
BIC lob FACING
j. S. OFFICIALS
Transportation of 10000
Clerks, Due to Federal
Building Plans, Considered.

Transportation facilities for moving
Approximately 10000 clerks into and
out of the proposed governmental
triangle which is to be the center Of
Federal business activities were given
consideration yesterday at confer
ence between local railroad and bus
officials, members of the Public
Utilities Commission, the Public Build
ingS Commission, the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, rep
resentatives of the supervising archi-
tect'S office of the Treasury and
District traffic officials.
Lieut.. Col. L. S. Grant, Sd, director
of the office of public buildings and
public parks, said that the meeting
was primarily for the purpose OF
getting the ideas of every one con
cerned as to the best method Of pro-
viding for the transportation of the
employees.
Railroads Suggest Loop.
The railroads, he said, expressed
the belief that q loop should be run
through the area along the line of b
street, but the planning officials do
not desire to have this street, which
is to be a boulevard between the Ar
lington Memorial Bridge and the
line. The railroad officials were asked
to consider B street southwest and G
street northwest as alternative routes.
The park situation is to be taken
care of, it was said, by the provision
of underground parking space in the
buildings proper.
After a study of the question by all
agencies concerned, further meetings
will be held at the call of Lieut.. Col
j. Franklin Bell of the Public Utili-
ties Commission, which, of course
will be the agency to approve the lay
ing Of the necessary tracks.
Conference Personnel.
Attending the conference were:
Commissioner Bell, Maj. w. L. r..
Covell, Traffic Director M. o. Eldridge,
Assistant Traffic Director I. G. Moller,
John H. Hanna, Capital Traction Co.;
w. F. Ham. Washington Railway &
Electric Co.: E. d. Merrill, Washing
ton Rapid Transit Co.; Col. Grant,
Frederic A. Delano and Maj. Carey f
Brown, National Capital Park and
Planning Commission; Charles W.
Eliot, city planner; Harland Bartholo-
new, st. Louis city planner; E. D.
Bennett, Chicago city planner, and
Louis A. Simon, Treasury Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
PRINCE TO RULE NORWAY.
Heir Will Act as Regent While
King Visits Denmark.

OSLO, Norway. December IA P).-
Crown Prince Olav, the 23-year-old- son
of King Haakon and Queen Maud. to-
night, for the first time in his career,
will assume the burdens of state. act
ing as regent. This will be when King
Haakon leaves for Copenhagen.
On the departure of the monarch
the flag of the prince will be broken
out from the staff of the royal palace
to the accompaniment of salute from
the guns Of the Akershus fortress.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Team Members Announced.

The captainS of the several yolun-
teer teams of civic organizations of
women who are now taking charge
of the Christmas seal booths in stores
and bank lobbieS have sent in today
their lists of team members as fol
lows:
American Association of University
Women, Washington Loan and Trust
Co.; Mrs. William e. Chamberlin,
captain; Mrs. ~. Frank Kreglow, Mrs.
Anna l.. Brown, Mrs. John Allen Mum
son, Miss Clara Breed, Mrs. Mary
Gregory, Mrs. Howard Gaylor. Miss
M. l.. Robbins, Miss Ruth Weeks
Staples. Mrs. Harry Van Tine, Mrs.
Goodwin Price Graham.
Congress of Parent-Teacher Asso-
Citations, Dulin and Martins, Mrs.
Joseph Sanders, chairman; Mrs An
drew Stewart, chairman Central High
School Association; Mrs. r. II. Pres
colt, chairman Park View Associa-
gion; Mrs. T. II. Younger. chairman
Gage School Association; Mrs. n. J.
Kahn chairman James f. Oyster
Parent-Teacher Association; Mrs G.
A. Lingebach, chairman kenilworth
Association; Mrs. Basil Manly, chair
man Powell Junior High Association;
Mrs. s. knight, chairman Bradley AS
Sociation.
Junior League Team.
The Junior League, Woodward and
Lothrop's, Mrs. Sydney Thomas, cap.
tain; Mrs. Theodore Noyes, Mrs.
Dwight Dickerson, Mrs. Gordon Cats,
Mrs. Gwynn Rust, Mrs. d. T. Gail,
ard, Mrs. Edward Carrick Morris.
Miss Caroline Chamberlain, Miss Mar
garet Mackall, Miss Emily MackaH,
Miss Catherine Rawson, Miss Marion
Townsley, Miss Norbell Mumford, Miss
Elizabeth Simms, Miss Cecil Lester
Jones. Miss Taylor Logic, Miss Doro.
thy Bierer, Miss Frances Webster.
The Senior Council of Jewish
Women, at Kann' 's--Mrs. William G.
Illch, chairman; Mrs. Clarence Els
man, Mrs. Cecil Kaufman, Mrs. X.
-eyfuss, Mrs. Wallace Luchs, Mrs.
Harold Levi, Mrs. Joseph Salomon,
Mrs. M. Oppenheimer, Mrs. G. Sig
mund, Mrs. NJ. Schwartz, Mrs. Milton
Baum. Mrs. Julian Eiseman, Mrs. Mil.
on Goldsmith, Mrs NJ. Maza. Mrs.
r. Sworzyn, Mrs. w. Gusdorf. Mrs. !
Harry Ullman, Mrs. Gilbert Hahn.
.~Ts Artnur Newman, Mrs. Harr,
Lewis, Miss B. Israel, Miss X. Oettin-