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THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON

to the public. The bureau does not
recommend for or against any invest
ment; 1t merely attempts to obtain the
facts for the benefit Of the prospective
purchaser.
The present situation in Florida Is
well summarized by this recent admis-
sion by Florida real estate firm:
Selling real estate in Florida today
is a totally different proposition from
what it has been in the past. Any
body, whether qualified or not as a
salesman, could sell real estate during
the past five years and make all kinds
OF promises and get away with them.
because lots turned over quickly and
generally at a profit. Now, however,
the people realize that merely ex-
changing lots does not build a COM
munity. Now the buyers have more
sense; they must be shown what they
are buying; they must know facts be-
fore they buy: they refuse to be mol
lied or jockeyed into buying pig in a
poke"
Evening star., 1926-04-17

Is more mills reported this week,
were of about the same volume as for
the Immediately preceding week, eN.
cept that there was evidently
marked increase in new business.
The untitled orders of 237 Southern
pine and West coast mills at the end
Of last week amounted to 763,160.6St
feet, as against 1852 .060,956 feet for
233 mills the previous week The 126
identical Southern pine mills In the
group showed untitled orders OF 2SO.-
034,9 ,982 feet last week. as against 2sS,-
603, ,248 feet for the week before F"r
the Ill West coast mills the untitled
orders were 4S3 ,125,705 feet, as
against 46S S.457,70S feet for 107 mills
a week earlier.
Altogether the 3S6 comparably re
porting softwood mills had shipments
1OI per cent, and orders SO per cent.
of actual production. For the South
ern pine mills these percentages were
respectivelv 10 and 105; and for the
West coast mills los and 100.
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INCREASE IN LUMBER
OUTPUT IS REPORTED

The National Lumber Manufactur-
ers' Association received telegraphic
reports today of the status of the
lumber industry for the week ended
April 10, from 4O3 of the larger soft
wood, and 1873 of the chief hardwood
mills of the country. The 1856 COM
parably reporting softwood mills
showed some increases in production
and shipments, and slight decrease
in new business, when compared with
report from 357 mills the previous
week. In comparison with reports
for the same period a year ago, graft
flying increases in all three items were
noted. The hardwood operations.
making allowances for the fact that
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FLORIDA INVESTORS
ARE PROMISED AID
Better Business Bureau Will
Give Information to Pros
pective Buyers.
BY LOUIS ROTHSCHILD.
Director of Better Business Bureau OF
Washington.

y o
Washington.
The Washington Better Business
Bureau in cooperation with the Ma
tional Better Business Bureau, the
Florida State Chamber OF Commerce,
and representatives and investigators
throughout the State of Florida, are
now in a position to obtain flrst-h hand
for prospective purchasers
of property in Florida for investment
purposes. The bureau also can obtain
information for the hundreds OF
Washingtonians who have made first
payments on Florida property and
now are faced with making additional
payments. For those who have al
ready bought Florida property 1t is
too late. The slogan Before You In
vest--Investigate." merely means that
Evening star., 1926-04-17
Envelope Bids Asked.

Bids will be opened in the office of
the purchasing agent of the Post Of
fee Department May 10 for furnishing
approximately 200 600 900 envelopes OF
various sizes and grades for the use Of
the several executive departments and
he indepe ndent establishments of the
Government. Postmaster General New
announced today The contract is for
one year. beg;nning July I, 1926.
Ii was also announced that bids VIII
he opened April % To furnish 100000
600 envelopes for the use OF the postal
service alone.
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moters who have left Florida, are at
tempting to start real estate boomS
in various other parts of the country.
Reports are that Texas, the Cape Cod
districts of Massachusetts. and West
ern North and South Carolina are
getting Il number of these operators.
The present style in the unsavory
promotions in Florida is no longer sub
division lots. but is taking different
form in the plan to sell 10-acre tracts.
To purchase these tracts for the home
site, or for agricultural purposes, Is all
right. To purchase them to sell later
at profit is again specializing and
should be considered as such by poten-
tial owners.
The latest development Is the at
tempt of some promoters to drill Oil
wells in Florida. These schemes are
taking numerous forms, including the
selling Of lot with an interest in the
possible future oil.
Seek Fraud Elimination.
Legitimate Florida business is at
tempting to eliminate fraud. Cooper
ating in this work are not only the
State authorities. hut also the United
States Post Offlce Department. the
Better Business Bureaus at Miami and
st. Petersburg, together with the spe-
cial office in Jacksonville of the Ma
tional Better Business Bureau are TAX
ing forceful steps. The protection OF
the investor. however, remains in the
caution to Before you Invest-Inves-
tigate."
The Better Business Bureau Of this
city will be pleased TO aid Washing
tonians in an investigation at no cost
Evening star., 1926-04-17

which conveyed the Washington
realtors to Detroit was one of the
talks of the convention there last year.
The Mayo Hotel in Tulsa has been
set aside for the Washingtonians. Be-
sides Mr.. Bangs. chairman OF the com
mittee. the other committee members
are Arthur Carr, Clarence +. Donohoe.
w. G. Miller, Theodore Judd, j. f.. NJ.
Bowie. Horace G. Smithy. Waverly
Taylor, Earl Mcintosh, A. II. Lawson,
Monroe Warren and A. l.. I.andvoigt.
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it does no good to investigate after
wards.
There are many reports. pro and
con, as to the present situation in
Florida. AT conference held recently
OF Better Business Bureau officials to
discuss the Florida situation, 1t was
brought forward that while wild real
estate speculation Is through and in
fiated prices are dropping, construc-
ton, logical development, and steady
improvement is continuing. The de.
f1ation which has set in is welcomed
by legitimate Florida interests. One
Of it's beneficial results is that the blue
sky promoter is fast leaving the State
According to these reports. the larger
and more stable subdivisions projects
are continuing their progress. Those
subdivisions. which mainly consisted
of lot-selling schemes far away from
built-up communities, are suffering the
most.
Few UnscrupulOus Operators.
The number of interruptions opera
tors in Florida was comparatively
small. IT Is unfortunate, however,
that apparently their efforts were spe-
cialized in selling Florida property in
Northern States. II is also unfortu-
nate that many Washingtonians espe-
cially women Government employees.
are finding themselves victimized by
these operators. There is some con-
ISOLATION In knowing that criminal ac-
tion is being planned against a large
number of these promoters and such
action Is expected to materialize in the
near future.
At the conference of bureau officials,
an interesting point brought out was
that many Of these undesirable pro
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Read the Remarkable Details

8 very large rooms.
attractively and practl-
cally arranged.
Handsome E n glis h
porch -approach c h e d
through French doors
from the living room.
Artistically panelled
walls.
Big kitchen admirably
equipped.
Servants bath in base
ment.
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Yesterdays Results
Cincinnati, 81; Boston, S-6.
(SecOnd\ game l2 innings.
st. Louis. 4; New York, 2.
Chicago. 8; Brooklyn. o.
(Only games Scheduled
TOday's Games
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
Boston at st. Louis.
New York at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
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of-town ones broadcast. am,
therefore, very happy to note
the spirit of loyalty to the boys
in your 'Sportorials.'
We hasten to assure Mrs.
Veihmeyer that she is mistaken
about the average mans opin-
ion of baseball views Of the
sweeter sex. When Walter
johnson made his famous re-
marks about women and base
ball, he was yet cub in the
American League, and he would,
no doubt, swallow his words to-
day if they were shown to him.
Clark Griffith or Eddye
Eynon will tell Mrs. Veihmeyer
or any other woman fan what
an influence they are having on
the national pastime and that
they are just as rabid and just
as knowing fans as the harsher
customers.
Mrs. Veihmeyer makes a very
strong point in her Sammy Rice
observations. Personally, there
is no player in either league
whom. we enjoy watching more
for his all-around steady and
oftimes spectacular play. We
used to go to the ball park just
to watch Clyde Milan-he was
our favorite-now Sammy Rice
has taken 0lyde's place. g..
With Walter johnson and Joe
Judge, Rice has been with the
club longer than any of his
fellow players, having reported
here in 1915. He has never
batted less than .295. Last year,
his best, he hit $50. Judge
came in 1916 and johnson in
1907.
They are the real veterans of
the team. We know of no more
natural fielder than Rice and no
more natural first baseman than
Judge. Their fielding is me-
chemically excellent and has
been over long span of years.
In their modest, even playing
they have amassed brilliant
records. Possibly the reason
they don't hit the headlines
more frequently is that the
newspaper men have come to
expect them to perform letter
perfect and so long as they do
that there is nothing unusual to
say about them.
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I Harry Heilmann
'ToDKYS SPQR7uR|AL
BY kirk Miller

days wheh contributing much to the
refreshing bit
correspondence which the much
in the athletic lmeight.
signing herself merely an v" responds sympathe
pride which has reflected
the Washington BAH and takes her dainty hand
long they putting up fight despite pitching han
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letter has hand nearly
operatives the meantime have discovered the identity of
the correspondent She other than Mary Vhmeye
of mature with grown to be and
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through judgment deibeaton which
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D. {. BOXER
MAY GET
SPOT


Henry Lamar. Washington boz.
University of Virginia athlete and
erstwhile amateur light heavy
weight champion Of the world may
fight in one of the preliminary
bouts of the Dempsey-Tunney title
Eetto at Philadelphia on September
%.
Col Theodore Roosevelt. former
assistant Secretary OF the Navy is
anxious to have Lamar make his
real debut as professional fighter
as side issue to the championship
hattie. and the son Of the famous
EFT. r." has promised to use his
influence with Tex Rickard to hook
the fighter. Mike McTigue, former
lightweight title holder and Jimmy
Elattery are mentioned as possible
opponents for Lamar.
Just now Lamar is in daily train.
ing at special headquarters es-
tablished at Suitland, Nd. under a
unique financial arrangement by
which six of the wealthiest and
most prominent Washingtonians ex-
pect to develop him into real
challenger for Jack Dempsey-or
Gene Tunney. If Gene should become
the new champion.
These six WaShingtOnians-
one of them among the biggest
men in local financial circles 4.
are convinced that Lamar has all
Of the physical equipment neces.
sary to fight his way to the top
In the heavyweight division.
They have watched him wade
through the opposition that the
A. A. U. boxing competitions pro-
vide and annex the light heavy.
weight championship Of the simon
pures in 1925 and 1926. When
Lamar announced that he proposed
TO enter the professional ranks,
the offer to back him was made.
Under the arrangements all Of
the training camp expenses Of
Lamar will be paid for one year.
He has been placed under the
management of Joe Bateman,
wise head in the handling of fight
ers and he will direct his affairs
and bring him along to the point
where it is hoped he will attract
attention as a new White Hope"
The training camp of Lamar at
kuitland. Md. has been equipped
with everything needed for TIL"
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with the Browns but two years
ago. Bengough is still trying to
make it.
Lou Gehrig is a strong hitter,
a fair fielder, a poor runner and
a slow thinker. Where does he
compare with the Jo3 Judge of
1924, the Chick Gandil of 1919,
the Stuffy McInnis of 1914?
Tony Lazzeri is a promising
youngster, doing well in a strange
fielding position. He is a streak
hitter who is inclined to run
baseball IN headless fashion.
Mark Koenig is a fair hit
ter, a good runner and a weak
fielder in the pinches,. lacking
steadiness in a position demand
ing it most around the infield.
Joe Dugan is a good batsman,
a good fielder and a poor runner
because he has a trick knee that
must be protected all the time.
Babe Ruth is an excellent bats
man, but weak knees cut down
the ability he really possessed
in the field and on the bases.
Earl Combs is fair hitter,
a good runner and a fair fielder
with none too strong throw
ing arm.
Bob Meusel is strong hitter,
a fair runner, good fielder with
one of the strongest arms in the
game, but he has yet to recover
his form after breaking an ankle.
Ben Paschal, extra gardener, is
a good batsman, and that about
lets him out. The same goes for
Roy Carlyle.
The Yankees do not shape up
like former teams representing
this league in world series of the
past, yet they may triumph next
October. The caliber of both
major leagues has deprecated
since Connie Mack broke up his
splendid baseball machine in the
winter of 1914-1915.
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F|NK.RU 7 H
PATIENT

Two of the best featherweights in
the Eastern cauliflower brigade will
strut their stuff in a 12-round bout
at Kenilworth !. tomorrow night
when frankie Fink. stellar Texas
title contender meets Babe Ruth, of
Philadelphia. This bout is hols..
over from last Tuesday. rain ever
night last week having caused "a.
hour postpone meeting.
Babe. Ruth, Fink's opponent. is
well-known in the East. He beat
them all-39 opponents in 80 starts
until the left hand of Honey Boy
Finnigan stopped Ruth's parade 70
the top of the featherweight heap.
The supporting card for tomor-
row night is good. Jack Turner,
crack Army middlers. takes or.
Willie Curry. of Jersey City. IN an
eight-rounder.
Bud Nolan, San Francisco top
liner, takes on Tex Stovall. TIE
stolid Comancl1e Indian is liable to
kiss the canvass judging by No
lan's recent Baltimore performances.
This is also slated for eight rounds.
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Herb Pennock is the one reli-
able pitcher with the 1926 Yam
KEGS, yet he is inclined to be
frail. Urban Shocker has the
class, but needs keeper. If
coddled along, Waite Hoyt can
pitch good ball, but may be-
come peeved over some little
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George Uhle
LOOKING EN- OVER
With LouisAD on!Sher
HOW DO THE YANKS COMPARE?

VA It'll the New York Yankees taking the American League title
ing world series cannot be said to have entry worthy OF
those which the fray BY In other
words winning year. much
strength of their
believe 1926 Yankees the equal of the
believes the Wash
gon club of 1924 least good and that Of last better
than the today. believes Connie Macks
1914 though beaten four straight by the nfamed Boston Braves
believes the Chicago White
1919 twice ball club the 1926 Yankees
winning years could
monkeys of the 1926 and that White
compared with Carrigan champions
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SANDLOTTERS
SALT AND
PEPPER
BY Z. D Thomas

The Knickerbockers are over the
most formidable obstacle that stood
in their path to first honors in Sec
ton A OF the Capital City Associ-
alton unlimited class. They boWled
over the Shamrocks, 4 to 4, for
their seventh straight victory.
Henry Phipps pitched for the
KnickerbOckers and pitched well.
So did Finney Kelly for the
ShamrOcIs, but he uncOrked two
wild pitches that let i'm runs and
errors by his mates helped swell
the count against him.
More than 5000 fans saw 1.-THE
contest on the Friendship Field,
mounted police assisted in keep
ing the diamond clear. The Sham
rocks work afield was ragged and
they were stopped in the pinch by
Phipps.
The shamrocks' failure gives the
Knockers an advantage so strong
that now they are considered well
nigh certain Of taking the cake
in Section A, and they should be
heavy favorites in the finals.
Few championship games were
played on the Sabbath, due to
wet grounds. In. Section b the
Capitals whipped the Kenilworths:
6 to 8, but the game was not OF
much Importance. The Section
b fight is between Ratio and
DonOhOe.
None OF the leaders in the Art
ington County series saw action.
Hume Spring hung it on Ballston.
IL to 3. Bill McQuinn held the
White Sox to three hits.
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League Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
SkoudRn~ no N1whs

Yesterdays Results
Cleveland, 1O-6: Washington, 20.
Philadelphia, 3;~ChicaRO. ..
st. LOuis-New York (Rain).
(Only games Scheduled
TOday's Games
st. Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Standing of Clubs
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Methods Vary

= Only four members of the st.
Louis Cardinals ever played on
other teams in the National
League, while Brooklyn has but
five men out of the roster of
twenty five who have been de-
veloped by the club itself.
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Soccer Team Meets

The following boys are requested
to get in touch with Arthur Rein,
235 Fourteenth Pl. n. E., who IL
acting for the boys soccer team.
Clanton O'Connor, Myers. Lippoid,
Kosh. Vernon, Caporratti. Cortez,
Jorman, Stone. BiddIe. Hutchinson
Sheehan and knight.
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thing or other and not be worth
a dime. Never mind the others.
They're just on the team.
Behind the bat the Yankees
have little or nothing. Hank
SEVERED was too slow for the
Griffs less than a month ago.
Collins failed to make the grade
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81 know nothing of any other
sport, but l do know and love
baseball and have missed only
six games of the home series
and have heard all of the out
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Reds Win Pair

The Reds and the Braves thought
their playing was so we'll apbre
ciated that they ran both games Of
a double header to extra innings.
Cincinnati won both, the fhst in
ten innings at to 3, and the
second in twelve. Z to s.
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81 am sorry to say that ]
notice the streak of yellow ex-
hibited so often in the razzing
of Stanley Harris and his team
mates because of their inability
to monopolize the pennant.
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81 am sorry to say that !
notice the streak of yellow ex-
hibited so often in the razzing
of Stanley Harris and his team
mates because of their inability
to monopolize the pennant.
when one really cares a
great deal about ones home
team and reads your expressions
of loyalty, or hears the loyalty
in Mr.. William Sweets an
nouncing over the radio, it does
one good, indeed.
81 wonder often why Sam Rice
does not get more praise in the
newspapers than he does. He
is the best all-round player in
the clubs possession today and
his consistently good playing
should be commented on more
forcibly than it is.
when a player who is just
about the average makes a
flashy play, it is conspicuous
across the newspaper headlines,
but Sammy's playing, which is
always brilliant without any
show of big-headedness and ap-
parently done with the spirit
that he owes his best to the
club, is seldom raved about by
the press.
81 am Withholding my name
because / am a woman fan and
know that man has little re-
gard for a woman's knowledge
of baseball, for even our own
beloved Walter Johnson has
said that only about one woman
in a thousand knows what base
ball is all about.
81 know nothing of any other
sport, but l do know and love
baseball and have missed only
six games of the home series
and have heard all of the out
proper training of a pugilist and
country in the immediate vicinity
of the headquarters is ideally suited
for road work.
Colonel Roosevelt is one of
those who is enthusiastic about
Lamar's chances. With his
brother Kermit he is one of the
directors of the new Madison
Square Garden where Tex Rick
ard promotes most of New YOrk's
big fights.
The Roosevelt boys are both
watching Lamar's development
closely and with their support. il
is expected the plan to get Lamar
place on the Dempsey-Tunney
card will be successful.
Gene Tunney who will fight
Dempsey on September 20 was or
the preliminary card when Jack
Dempsey fought Georges Carpen
tier at Boyles Thirty Acres ;r
1928. He had an ambition to on4
day fight for the title bout thq'
is soon to be realized. 1t would
be interesting IL Lamar's simila
aspiration should be later reaIised
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"SiIk" Started II

The late silk" OLoughlin, who
umpIred for many years in the
major leagues, was the originator
OF the famous expression, Strike
tub"
Evening star., 1926-03-18

l.. Owen have as their guest at
Wardman Park Hotel their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Burgoyne Hamilton, who Is
here from New York for brief visit.
Miss Elizabeth Irwin Edmonds, a
senior at National Park Seminary, will
spend her Spring vacation with her
parents, DIR. and Mrs. Frank II. Ed
monds, coming from school today.
Miss Edmonds has as her guest her
roommate, Miss Marjorie Traver Of
Detroit, Mich.
Miss Ann Mangum will entertain at
a dinner party and shower tomorrow
evening in compliment to Miss Flor
|ence Rich, whose marriage to Mr.. Wal
ter j. Smelling will take place early
in April. There will be 20 guests, and
the party will be held at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
The marriage of Miss Elsie Mary
ette Stearns to Mr.. Alden Dallas
Redf1eld took place yesterday after
noon in the home of the brides par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. John Sargent
Stearns. The ceremony was per-
formed at o'clock in the presence
of small company of relatives, Rev.
DR.. ]. j. Dimon, rector of st. An
drews' Church, officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Redfield left imme-
diately after the ceremony for the
South and after April 1 will be at
home at 1925 Rhode Island avenue.
Mrs. Louise Groverman entertained
at a shower for Miss Helen Burns,
whose marriage to Mr. Peter Faer-
ber of Newport, r. L., will take place
April 5.
Capt. Joseph T. McCrink enter
tained last evening with a st. Pat
rick's party at his residence, 2630
Garfield street northwest, Woodley
Park.
The Lenten song recital to be given
Friday afternoon of next week,
March 26, at half-past a o'clock, in
the Mayflower ballroom by Helen
Continued on Twenty-first Page)
Evening star., 1926-03-18

Her guests included Judge Mary
O'Toole, Mrs. George G. Aukam,
Mrs. Leo \. Gleason of Springfield,
Mass; Miss Mayetta Herschberger
of Frederick Md: Mrs. Clyde b.
Ambrose, Mrs. lie Roy Oliver, Mrs.
Robert J. O'Neill, Mrs. Martin ID.
McQuade, Miss Margaret Uttermehle,
Miss Katherine Currid and Miss
Kathleen O'Neill.
Mr.. Oliver T.. Pagan of the Depart
ment of Justice left last night to at
tend court at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Mrs. Pagan accompanied him to New
York City to visit friends there.
Mrs. *. d. Johnson was hostess at
Il bridge luncheon today at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
Former Senator and Mrs. Robert