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The Washington times., 1927-03-26
D. c. REAL TORS
HON0RED

Washington realtors have been
unusually honored by the real estate
men of the United States and
Canada, in the selection Of four as
delegates to represent the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
at the annual meeting of the Cham
Der Of Commerce Of the United
States
The National Association, which
represents almost 700 real estate
boards in this country and Canada,
in as many cities and towns. is per-
haps the largest professional organi-
cation In the country and the Sc.
lection of John l.. Weaver, past presi-
dent of the local board and Ma
tional Associat on, b. f. Saul, promi-
nent local real estate man and out
standing member OF the American
Bankers Association, j. c. Weldon,
past president Of the local board,
and John A. Petty, former execu.
tive secretary of the local board, is
an unusual compliment to the Ma
tional Capital.
The annual meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United
States. which takes place May 3,
4. and is a gathering which is
representative of practically every
large business association and trade
organization in the country, and
may be said to be representative Of
the thought and trend of the entire
business and professional life Of
the country.
A. j, Kelly, jr., OF Pittsburgh,
member Of the board of directors
of the. National Association Of Real
Estate Boards, has been nominated
as a director in the chamber, and
the local delegates will actively sup
port his candidacy.
1t is expected by reason of the
fact that the entire National AS
ISOLATION of Real Estate Boards Is
represented by local delegates that
the four Westinghouse will prob
ably come into unusual outstanding
prominence in the deliberations at
the chambers annual meeting.
All Of the delegates are outsand-
ing Washingtoniaus, and it Is ex.
pected that the National Capital
prestige will be greatly enhanced
by the fact that four OF its citizens
represent an international organize.
ton.
Several thousand prominent bust
ness men from ell parts of the
country will attend the meeting in
May, which will be addressed on
the first day by the President of the
United States.
The deliberations OF this gathering
has an influence On the economic
life Of the country, particularly in
Po0a ri m tho fSnuarn mantle attitude
in respect to business and the pros.
perity of the National and interna-
tional economic conditions affecting
America.
The appointment OF the four
Washingtonians has aroused con-
siderable interest in local business
circles and is considered as a recog-
milton of the hig hstanding that the
Washington Real Estate Board has
In the National Association.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
CLYDESDA[E'S
ELECTION

What is believed to be an innova.
ton in Washington building circles
was inaugurated Tuesday evening
when all stockholders in the Clydes-
dale, 1901 Adams Mill Rd. were
guests of the Wardman Construc.
ton Company at a dinner held in
the grille of the Wardman Park
Hotel.
The first annual meeting was
made the occasion for the formal
transference of the Clydesdale to
the individual apartment owners.
Following a pleasant session Of ac-
quaintanceship intersperced with
necessary business formalities, a
board Of directors for the building
was selected.
The following officers were chosen
by ballot from among the Clydes.
dale stockholders: President, DR..
William M. Mann: secretary, Arthur
]. Brosseau; treasurer, Miss Nora
o. Rentz, and associate members
Wayne B. Wheeler and J. Fred
Chase.
Mr.. Wheeler talked on what CO.
operative apartments mean to the
individual owner. emphasizing that
a building to be really successful
must carry out the spirit implied
by the name cooperative.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
LELAND HOMES
IN DEMAND

In order to meet the unusual de.
mand for Leland homes the firm Of
M. & r. B. Warren has recently
doubled it's building staff and are
building new homes OF pleasing size.
location and price. from the coy
bungalow to the spacious two story
residence.
In every Leland home there Is an
open fireplace In the living room.
selected oak floors throughout. mod.
ern tile bath and complete kitchen
equipment. beautiful electric fix
lures. full basement with splendid
hot-water heating plant. An added
feature are closets Of unusually large
dimensions.
A pleasing variety Of construction
is offered in frame. single, stucco
and brick. Every home Is built on a
large lot. fronting on concrete street.
edged with cement sidewalks. Every.
thing one finds in a city home
water, gas. sewerage, electricity and
telephone-are to be found in these
splendid Leland homes.
Convenient to all Leland residents
are chain grocery stores. a modern
drug store and up-to-date meat
markets, which make for them con.
yenient marketing facilities. The
Chevy Che Sc graded school is within
short walking distance. end the new
Chew Chase High School will he
erected in Leland.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
ACTIVITY SEE
IN REAL I

Pronounced activity in all classes
of real estate sales this spring was
predicted yesterday by Winfield
Preston in announcing the sale Of
81 homes and one plot Of six acres
for total of about quarter OF a
million dollars during the first 20.
days of March.
= 1--WE find that what Is known as
sales resistance has increased
greatly in the last few years" Mr..
Preston said People have grown
away from the habit OF buying the
first house they see. They want to
shop a bit before investing. They
are learning more about construc.
ton, too, and the average buyer
goes over home very carefully
inspecting every phase Of work
done by the builder before signing
a contract.
"Our method of combating this
resistance which we have found
most successful. is to try hard TO
give the prospective buyer a dol
lars worth Of construction for
every dollar invested. retaining. of
course, a legitimate profit for our
work. Our statesmen are instructed
to explain the construction OF any
property offered for sale by this
office to any prospective buyer and
this method has resulted most sat.
isfactorily from a sales standpoint.
The property sold by the Preston
office included:
No. 1857 Ives Pl. S. e., to Mrs.
Edna NJ. Bryant: l349 Ives Pl. s. E.,
to Mrs. Ruth L. Hawkins: 1888 Ives
Pl. s. e., to Mr.. and Mrs. George
e. Berry: Mrs. Nettie A. Snyder,
1861 Ives Pl, S. e.: Frank Hanlon,
1343 Ives Pl s. E.; Mrs. Mary G.
Beardmore. 1851 Ives Pl. s. E.; Md.
and Mrs. Joshua v. Dulin, 1859 Ives
Pl. s. E.: Miss Louise C. Yanchitis.
1881 Ives Pl. 8. F.; Mrs. Florence
Brady, 1347 Ives Pl. s. E.: Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer L. Newberry, 1899 Ives
PL s. E.; r. c. Hagan, 1897 Ives
Pl. s. E.; Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Allen
Mcneil. 1853 Ives Pl. s. E.; Henry
C. Mockabee. 1855 Ives Pl. s. E.;
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Neild.
1345 Ives Pl. s. E.: Mr.. and Mrs.
Emory H. Mayhem. 1895 Ives Pl.
s. E.: Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Rhoades, 1871 Ives Pl. s. E.: r. q.
Butts. 1927 Montague st. N. W.;
George T. Caroon. 1914 Emerson st.
N. W.: Mrs. Laura B. Townshend,
1881 Montague st. N. W.: Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Doolin. 1908 Columbia
Rd.: Frederick A. AIlnutt, 706 Third
st. N. E.: Mrs. Roberta A. Wilson,
six acres in North woodside Park.
Md.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
GOOD FOR
BREUN|NGER

Breuninger and Company, 303 Yer.
mont Building. successors to the
Breuningef Petersen Company, have
made very suspicious beginning.
1.-TWO weeks ago they took over the
selling Of Walter Vaughn's houses
IN Michigan Park and have already
sold seven of these delightful "Sun.
shine Homes" and have several con-
tracts pending.
They have also sold three of the
Breuninger and Company houses on
Otis Street Northeast, between Six.
teenth and Seventeenth Streets.
These houses have been sold before
completion.
Those who are acquainted with the
personnel of the firm, Fl. c. Breunin.
ger, Paul P Stone and Eugene H.
Phifer can readily understand the
reason Of their success.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
Unique Design
In Shapiro Group

Rustic rubblestone and stucco
has been employed in very pleas
ing manner in the designing Of
these new Shapiro homes in Mt
Pleasant. They contain eight rooms
and two baths, and the exhibit
house has been completely furnished
to bring out the English treatment
OF the various rooms with very
beautiful effect.
There are seven distinctly diff.
rerent designs in this row of homes.
which. with their old English flag
stone terraces and terrace wallis,
present a very beautiful appear
ance to the people entering Rock
Creek Park through Irving Street.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
no PREVENT RuST-

About bushel of lump lime
thrown into the furnace after the
ashes are removed in the Spring
will prevent rusting Of the crate
during the summer.
The Washington times., 1927-03-26
lime AS AM AlD

Lime plaster hardens gradually,
giving the plasterer time to true
up his work and avoid waves and
uneven places on the walls and
ceilings
The Washington times., 1927-03-26

Drive out 1Iassa-
chusetts Ave. to q Sc.
and over the Q st.
Bridge to 2sth St.,
turn north one block
to the sample house
at
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

confessor to Queen Isabella. By these
three, under the stimulating zeal of
the monks, plan was contrived. Co
lumbus should thoroughly canvass the
maritime section, having Palos for a
center for all possible information re-
garding pioneer voyages into the Sea
of Darkness.
Not long after his return Guardian
Juan Perez. and perhaps Pinzon also,
wrote to Queen Isabella, asking fur
Their hearing for Columbus and his
project. The request was granted Co
lumbus, repeating with emphasis the
terms submitted to King John II, de-
manded of Ferdinand and Isabella
patent of nobility, the admiralty of the
ocean, the vice-royalty and govern
ment of all lands discovered, and "a
commission of 10 per cent upon every
thing within the limits of his admir-
atty which might be bought, ex-
changed, found or gained" That, in
addition. he should demand three
caravels, to cost possibly two million
maravedis t$6,ooo), was by COM
parison trifing.
AS in 1886, so IN 1892, in the month
of January, Columbus was dismissed a
second time from the Spanish court and
departed sorrowing. The royal flags
streamed from the towers of the AL
hambra, for Granada had fallen, but in
this event our Genoese took little in
terest. His course led him toward
Cordova. When only two
leagues from Granada who should
overtake him but a royal constable,
sent posthaste by the queen with or
ders for his return! His demands. one
and ALL would be complied with. He
set sail from Palos August 8. 1892, at
sunrise.
Such was the start of his history
making voyage. The story of that voy-
age is familiar one-how las the last
dim outline of the islands faded from
their sight, many of the Sailors were
completely overcome. Some shed tears
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hope Of ever realizing the fondest am
bition of his life. "He was tall and
well built, Of dignified mien, with red
hair and beard, long rudy face,
clear gray eyes and aquiline nose,"
writes DR.. /. B. Richman author Of
"The Spanish Conquerors," volume
two of the Yale university press
CHRONICLES of America" "To interiors
his manner was eXacting and brusQue,
to equals it was urbane and to superb
ors it was courtly. His figure showed
to advantage, whereof he was not I'M
duly aware, and he evinced a taste for
yellow in beads and for crimson and
scarlet in caps, cloaks and shoes.
unlike the Spaniards, whom he
was to lead, Columbus was not in dis
position primitive; he had no relish for
blood and suffering. He was, however,
proud, with measure of austerity,
and he was highly romantic and strik-
ingly devout."
Such was the man whose great
achievement is celebrated on October
Il of this year, 435 years after that
achievement took place, and perhaps
it was the romantic element in his
nature which made him, despite all
encouragement, hold fast to his dream
of finding a shorter route to the wealth
of the Orient by sailing directly west
across the "Sea of Darkness" For the
wise men Of his day scoffed at his
plan, ridiculed his idea that the earth
was round like ball, called him
visionary and foolish schemer.
This was not his first appearance
at the royal court of Spain. He had
been there once before and had failed
Just as he had failed at the court
of another monarch. The story of his
failures and his final triumph, as CIV
en- by Doctor Richman, follows:
He obtained an audience with the
king of Portugal and laid before him
a definite proposal. He asked for three
caravels equipped and supplied for
year; and, in the event of lands being
found, for the vice-royalty and per-
petual government therein, a tenth of
the income therefrom, the rank of
nobleman, and the title OF grand adj
miral.
So affronted was the monarch by
what he felt to be the vanity and pre-
sumption of the petitioner that he
promptly referred his plea to coun-
Gil of three experts, by whom, after
some elaboration, 1t was dismissed.
Thereupon Columbus, late in 1885, or
early In 1886, left Portugal for Spain.
What first occurred is not known.
Presumably Ferdinand and Isabella,
after a courteous hearing, smilingly
put by the question of exploration, for
they referred it to the queens con-
lessor, fernando de Talavera,
who at length. late in 1490. reported
adversely for Columbus, and the sover-
eigns accepted the report.
Columbus would seem to have gone
back to Portugal, but by May IL. 1889,
he was again in Spain and in attend
ance upon Ferdinand and Isabella at
the siege of Baza.
Columbus was poverty stricken and,
for once, discouraged. With what cheer
he might, he met his friend, the for
mer guardian, Antonio de Marchena, and
also (perhaps for the first time) the
officiating guardian. Juan Perez, once
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known. Twenty-eight years later
traces of the same gas were found in
uraninite, and for the first time scien-
lists knew that it was present on
earth as well as in the sun. More
years passed and it was discovered
that helium was a product also of the
disintegration of radium, says Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. Still later,
during the World war, Kansas house
wives began to complain that the nat
ural gas supplied for cooking was de-
ficient both in heat and light. A uni
versity professor was sent to inyesti-
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NEW Y1z7eK ssRNUM


& Discovery
z There turks in every breast some
OF the fire
8 That sent Columbus daring I'M ;
known seas, i
4 There turks in every human !
heart desire I
To find new continents. To ,
such as these /
The woodland is a world, and /
They who go seeking shall as s
surely find !
5 AS he who scorned an earth's ex- I
And left established error far (
behind.
Let us go forth, as great Col I
umbus sailed,
And we shall find new archi- (
pelagoes- J
Sequestered paths that only deer I
+ have trailed, (
Perhaps another continent,
3 who knows?-
{ Some clustered valley far from
man removed, I
4 Some fragrant clearing hidden (
3 in the frs
{ Some lily garden man has never
loved, 7
Waiting our coming, the dis Z
coverers.
We may not find Americas, but
we
Shall feel the thrill that I
thrilled a greater breast
{ Perhaps a mountain that. will
{ glimpse the sea, :
Beneath stump, perhaps, a I
! partridge nest; (
We shall make sail across the
G trackless green,
We shall uncover riches in the
flower, I
\ We shall behold new beauties
now unseen
Yea, we shall be Columbus for
an hour. Z
douglas Malloch. l
sS1d5 tQS1 Il II d y u Il d b II u II NIX
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HeIium Gas First

The discovery of helium gas on
the sun preceded its discovery in COM
mercial quantities on the earth by
about so years. Lockyer in 1868
found new gas in the spectrum of
the sun while studying the flames
shooting out from it's surface. The
gas was new because the color of the
line representing it, when analysed by
the spectroscope, was distinctly diff
ferent from anything previously
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

as If they had taken leave OF the
world; others, unable to restrain their
grief, broke out into loud and bitter
lamentations" how they continued to
be alarmed as the three tiny vessels
plunged on into the wilderness of the
water and especially as the needle of
their compass seemed to be bewitched
and varied more and more, as they
went on, to the west of north instead
of toward the North Star; how they
plead with their leader to turn back
and how in the words of the poet, the
reply of Columbus to all questions was
"Why, shall you say at break of day?
Sail on! Sail on! And on"'
And then on October IL, 1902, he
reached his goal-not the Indies Of
his dream but America! Before the
expedition had set out Martin Alfonso
Pinson, an associate of Columbus, in
recruiting appeal to the seamen of
Palos had said "Friends, come with
us! Come with us on this voyage! Here
you are in poverty. Come with us, for
according to accounts you will find
the houses with roofs of gold and you
will return rich and prosperous y Al j
though they never realized that dreansf
of riches it was their venture which
eventually resulted in the building In
the NewWorld which they had reached
nation whose wealth is vastly great
err than all the riches of which Column
bus ever dreamed. To the eyes of many
an immigrant from the native land of
Columbus the skyline Of New York
rising up out of the ocean to the
overhanging clouds has seemed to be
truly that of city composed OF
"houses with roofs of gold" in the
promised Land"
There is much disagreement among
historians as to the truth about this
man, Christopher Columbus-dispute
as to his paternity and his nationality
and dispute as to his right to the title
of "Discoverer of the New World"
Seven cities of Greece are said to
have claimed the great poet, Homer,
for their own. But no less than seven
teen towns vie for the honor of being
"the birthplace of Columbus" Italy
says he was an Italian; Spain insists
that he was born in Galicia, Spanish
province; Portugal lays claim to him
as native son, as does Corsica, once
a French island.
Contrary to all school history teach
ing, there are those who insist that
Columbus did not discover the New
World. They would give that honor
to the Norsemen or to any one of
number of navigators who are believed
to have dared the Atlantic long before
he did-Breton, Spanish, Portuguese
or some native of northern Africa.
But after all, the question of his ma
tionality and the question of who was
the first European actually to set foot
on land in the New World are rela-
lively unimportant. For it was the
achievement of Columbus, be he Span
lard. Italian or Portuguese, that
counts most
1892 to 1927! -Four centuries have
passed since Columbus sailed out into
the unknown but the message he gave
to the world then still lives, the mes
sage of the ultimate triumph of faith
and high courage and steadfast pur-
pose over superstition and ignorance
and fear. And the message which Co
lumbus day brings to Americans each
year is the inspiration. amid discour-
agement and apparent defeat, to ''sail
on and on and on"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30
Fanous Russian Crown

Probably the most valuable and in
teresting of all the Russian crowns
was the one made in 1862 for Cath
crime II by Bauzie, a celebrated jewel
er of the day. Since the time of Cath
crime this crown has been used at the
coronation of all the rulers of Russia.
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gate and found in his samples that
helium, a noninfammable. inert gas,
was to blame. Its extraction In pay
ing quantities from Texas gas wells
followed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

CIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,
" British foreign secretary, told the
League of Nations assembly fatty that
Great Britain would sign no more
security guarantee protocols because
England could no longer speak for the
dominions except as they authorize in
specific cases. He thus revealed the
extent TO which the component parts
Of the British empire have assumed
independence. He admitted that the
dominioas are empowered if they like
10 make separate accords in the in.
terest Of preserving peace with other
powers. and can accept the arbitration
NJ The Hague court If they choose.
Said Sir Austen:
There is no government of the
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news review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Round-the-World Aviators
Abandon Flight Over
Pacific Ocean.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARo

HAVING "bucked monsoon over
L i India and typhoon over Japan"
as Schlee and Brock. the Detroit world
circling aviators. said. they arrived at
a flying field near Tokyo and then
yielded to the appeals of relatives and
friends and abandoned their projected
flight across the Pacific via the Mid
way islands. They announced they
would take an early boat for the
United States and would have their
monoplane shipped home. This de-
cision was reached after conference
with aviation experts In Tokyo and
was Influenced by many cahlegrams
from America urging the flyers not to
attempt the Pacific fight. Schlee's
children sent message begging their
father to think Of them before making
the perilous attempt Another factor
was the lack of gasoline and oil on the
Midway islands. The aviators had eX.
pected supplies to be sent there by the
American Navy department but Ad-
miral Moffett in Washington denied he
had promised this. saying he had no
authority to use navy vessels in trans
porting private supplies.
Though they fail In establishing
new record for speed in circling the
globe. Schlee and Brock made one of
the most successful of long distance
flights. Starting from Harbor Grace.
~ F.. on August q, the Pride of De-
troit had flown 1920 miles when II
landed near Tokyo on September IA.
The aviators were delayed in Constan-
tlnople by governmental red tape. but
had no other serious trouble until they
undertook the hop from Shanghai to
Tokyo. They ran right into the ty.
phoon that was sweeping over that re-
gion and were forced down near
Omura. whence they made another hop
to the naval flying field at Kasumi-
gaura. The Japanese intelligence po-
lice annoyed them exceedingly but
everyone else there was helpful and
.cOnsiderate.
Six hundred miles off the Newfound-
land coast the steamer Kyle picked
up part of the wreckage of the plane
Old Glory in which Bertaud. Hill and
Payne undertook to cross the Atlantic.
The condition Of the wreckage gave
little hope that the crew was still
alive, but the search for the three men
was continued.
Parts of other planes were reported
sighted off the Cornwall coast and
about 300 miles west of Halifax, N. s.
1t was thought these might he from
the st. Raphael and Nungesser's plane.
Miss Ruth Elder and George Halde-
man, who planned to fly from New
York to Paris, despite the recent dis
nsters, arrived at Roosevelt field with
their plane and said they would start
as soon as the weather was pro-
pitious.
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

N THE year 1902 there ap-
peared at the court of
King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella of Spain a
man named Christopher
Columbus, or Cristobal
Colon, a poverty-stricken,
discouraged sea captain
who at the age of fifty
six had all but given up
q hnvhn0.i dram and tho
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-30

FIFTEEN balloons started from De-
Il troit in the annual race for the
Gordon Bennett trophy. and the De-
troit. polited by Il. G. Hill. was de-
clared the winner 1t came down at
Bailey, Ca, having Travelled 725 miles.
This was little more than half the dis
tance record for the event. set by
Bienaime Of France in 1920. w. T.
Van Orman with the Goodyear VI took
second place. All the balloons landed
safely.
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VSADORA DUNCAN'S bizarre life
came to a bizarre end last week In
Nice. The famous American dancer
was being given a demonstration ride
in car she intended to buy and
long red scarf. which she had worn
since she became communist. be-
came entangled in the wheel. Her
neck was broken, death being instan-
taneOuS.