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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
new APPRAISAL
FORM PLANNED

A tentative national standard
form OF real estate appraisal certifi-
cate for the making OF appraisals
Of business property viii be brought
before the delegate body of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards at its coming annual conven.
ton, to be held at Seattle. Wash,
August 1913.
The tentative standard form has
been drafted by the appraisal com
mittee Of the association and will be
presented to the general member
ship for their discussion by John p.
Hooker, Of Chicago, chairman o. the
committee.
1t Is hoped by this method to de-
velop a standard form for business
property which may be approved
and adopted. subsequently 1t Is
planned to develop similarly stand
ard appraisal forms for other types
of property.
The proposed standard form has
been drafted in such detail as to
insure, IL followed, a consideration
OF all the factors which must enter
into the making Of a complete judg-
ment OF real estate value. Adoption
Of such a standard form is expected
to aid greatly in bringing into gen.
eral use of scientific method real
estate appraisal procedure. The form
will be Of value to property owners
and to investors in giving them a
check IN the completeness Of the
data employed in appraisal.
Use Of proper standard form
has been specifically emphasized by
the board of directors of the associa-
ton as Of importance in making APP.
praisals Of real estate for the tissue
Of real estate bonds, the directors
taking the position that the making
Of correct unbiased and respon.
sible appraisal is the first essential
for the security Of such bond issues.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
BEACH
PROGRESSES

Expanding every energy to COM
plete the new roads that viii run
parallel with the beach. Mr. g. Her
bert Chappalear. owner and devel-
oper Of Breton Beach. foresees
rapid progress before the winter
season.
This community, only few
months old, is leading the way in
taking 1t place as one Of the out
standing waterfront developments
on this Southern Maryland shore.
Since its opening May %. prac.
fscally all Of the waterfront lots on
t.le bay front have been sold. Sew
sral cottages have been built and
now are occupied. others are in the
process Of construction and many
OF the lot owners have expressed q
dcire build thi fall or early next
spring.
Wells supplying the purest arte-
sian water have been carefully ar,
ranged to accommodate all until
running water is furnished to each
home. The restrictions placed on
homes being built guarantee en-.
hancenient in the value Of the prop.
erty as well as an artistic outlook
The public park dedicated during
the early part Of the season has
oeen q source Of enjoyment to
Washington visitors who have made
repeated trips to Breton Beach.
The famous Black Walnut oyster
bar stretches for distance of ap.
ptoximately one.half mile out into
Rreton Bay. Picnickers returning
week after week seek the bar for
the. succulent oyster and find great
pleasure in the oyster bakes. The
approach 10 Breton Beach is over
fine roads leading directly to the
SHORE. They pass through old
farm places which characterize this
section Of Southern MARYLAND.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

TAToCTIN MANOR
balls
! east Of
Mountaina $500
Rarosd Durns ne
The ad cstoctn ITO contains II room.
stairs
mantes fnace on
big big mounan
fowls ~NS
miles or beutt
besides Of small
Forty bride Or
to
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price that should easily double - -
LANCELoT JACQUES, sR. OWNER
HagerStown, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
IS 256, 045, 300
| FOR BUILDING

Total building permits granted In
20 cities during last month
amounted to $3.50 ,045 800. according
to the reports OF the 30 building
departments to the r. w. Dodge
Corporation. The above fieure
showed q loss of is per cent from
the June. 1927, total. as wen a. a
loss Of II per cent from the July,
1928 total. Last months record
showed seventy-three cities with in.
creased permit valuations over July
of last year. and 136 cities which
showed losses. Allentown, Pa,
showed no change in permit vaIua-
tion from July, 1926.
During the past seven months
there was 81 ,985, SIS 100 worth OF
permits granted, as compared with
$2.201, 564,200 for the corresponding
seven months OF last year, being q
drop OF 10 per cent.
July honor rolf cities Those re-
porting more than million dollars
IN total permits and an increase of
20 per cent or more over the July.
1925, totalsl numbered is. Honor
roll" cities IN June numbered seven
teen. Last months honor roll"
cities were Long Beach. Calf. Flint,
Pontiac, st. Louis, Jersey City
Newark, Albany. Syracuse, Yonkers,
Dayton, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Wilkes.
Barre, Providence and Nashville.
The twenty cities tabulated
separately on this page "a list
selected to represent as wide a
geographical distribution as pos
sible) had $14S.274.452 in total per
mits last month. This figure
showed q drop of "a per cent from
June of this year, as well as q
drop Of y per cent from July Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
Girls Staying Starts
Quiz Of Wild Police
Chase Shooting

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.--The
killing of q 9-year-Old girl dur
ing police pursuit Of . criminal
suspect on Mulberry Street
served yesterday to bring for
chilly to the attention of Police
Commissioner Warren the rapid
~ growing list Of innocent per-
sons who have been shot or
killed since January / as the
result of gun play between po-
lice and alleged criminals. This
case cited was the second shoot
ing of q girl in a week.
Since February 5, 10 citizens
have been shot during pursuit
Of criminals by police. OF these,
four have died.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
JEWS ORGANIZE
INSURANCE CO.

An event of unusual interest to
Jewish residents of the District
viii be the grand ing OF the
Judea Life Insurance Company at
the Jewish Community Center at s
p. M, tomorrow night.
Speakers win include Samuel
Mason. vice president Of the com
pany; Col Francis r. Stoddard, IT,,
general counsel; Morris Pike, actu.
airy and manager; Prof. s. B. Acker.
man. consultant and Educational
adviser and DIR. Isaac Sossnitz.
medical director, who will outline,
in detail, the purpose of the cor.
poration and its activities. Amona
the local speakers will be Hon. T..
M. Baldwin, ir., Superintendent of
Insurance for the District Of
Columbia; VIM. s. Quinter. presi.
DIT of the Kiwanis Club and d
well known insurance authority and
Isidor Hershfield.
In addition to providing life In
surance protection, the Judea life
Insurance. company, which il the
one and only Jewish life Insurance
company in the world, aims to
assist the upbuilding OF the Jewish
homeland In Palestine. The com.
pany, which Is subsidiary OF the
Jndea Insurance Company, Ltd, OF
Palestine, was granted charter by
the State of New York on Novem-
Der s, 1925. Article Of the charter
OF the company reads as follows:
1T Is the general purpose of this
corporation to interest policy hold
ers in the Zionist movement and
generally cooperate with the Judea
Insurance Company, Ltd, of Pal.
estine, which is owned by the
Judea Industrial Corporation, which
two corporations are organized for
the purpose Of developing trade and
industry in Palestine and surround
ing countries for their development;
to establish a fund to be created
from dividends earned on its own
stock to be used in the cooperation
above described, but only to the
extent authorized and permitted by
the laws of this State"
The Judea Insurance Company,
Ltd, with its home office In the
City of Jerusalem and branch of.
ALccS III EdlSHlluS anu NSypIt was
chartered under the laws of Pales.
tine two years ago, and now is
functioning in the Near East, bring.
ing funds in the form of insurance
premiums into Palestine and MAX
ing sound mortgage investments TO
the builders of the Jewish home
land.
The Washington committee con-
sists of the following gentlemen:
Paul Himmelfarb. chairman; Joseph
Wilmer, vice chairman: Morris
Simon, counsel: L. v. Freudberg,
secretary; Simon Atlas. Norris Gar.
finkle, Mymen Goldman, DR.. Maui
rice Herzmark, David Herzmark,
Herman Kur, Frank Rosenberg,
Louis Rosenberg. John M. Safere,
Rabbi Louis j. Schwefel, Charles j.
Stein, Joseph Witt. Morris Within
and "A. L. Schiller. representative
of the Judea Industrial Corporation
and general agent for the Judea
Life Insurance Company in the Dis
trict of Columbia and the State OF
Maryland. The offices of the com.
pany are now located at 1S43 III st.
N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
Angler In Rowboat
Is Hit By Bolt Of
Lightning

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 20.
Struck by lightning while fish
ing in Great Egg Harbor Bay,
Louis Lumley, so, Somers Point,
is in a serious condition in the
City Hospital, suffering from
paralysis Of one side, q dis
located jaw and burns on the
head.
Lumley and Marvin Greis, 4
neighbor, in separate rowboats
fishing, anchored about 90 feet
apart in the main channel. There
was q flash of lightning, fol-
lowed by thunder, Greis called to
Lumley, who was batting a hook,
that he thought he would return
home.
Hardly were the words out of
his mouth when there came am
other binding flash. Greis said
he saw ball Of fire apparently
break right over LumIey's head.
He fell into t! bottom of the
boat. Stephen Gaskill, in his.
launch, towed Lumley's boat in
and he was hurried to the hos
pital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

oTny. Then the carpenter-contractor
was told to leave every fifth floor.
board in the attic loose.
With the carpenters work per-
formed. day labor was sent into
The attic to install the dry-fill Eyp-
sum. All that was required was
he pouring of the material into the
opening left, as every fifth floor
board was removed. and the SHOW
ing Of the material into place be.
meath the other boards.
When the work Was completed
The builders discovered they had
obtained two features instead of
one--insulalion, because OF the in
stIlating efficiency of the gypsum
dry-fiil, and Interpretation. because
gypsum will not burn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

SIS and $50 on Benjamin Schwartz.
man, 24s Third ST. n. w. and
James r Reynolds. 74s Lamont st.
N. W. for driving without a per.
NIT. Speeding for the second time
and defective brakes cost John r.
Seaton, 1905 Buchanan st. N. w.
and Henry Roberts, 1916 Tenth St.
N w. fines Of $25 each.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
INSU[ATIONA|DS
BUILDER.

Value OF insulation as an aid to
the sale of homes has just been
demonstrated 10 a Chicago firm
which builds in the neighborhood of
% bungalows a year. Having de.
cided to add insulation as a feature,
the next step was to decide on the
material and the method of installa.
ton.
4 dry filler OF gypsum was chosen
a. the material. both because of it's
insulating efficiency and its econ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
Five Motorists Pay
Fines In Night Court

Five men paid fines Of from SIS
70 $50 In Traffic Court last night
ca various charges. Reckless
driving cost Edward MeMartin, 7l3
Nineteenth st. N. W., the $50 fine.
while Judge schuldt levied fines Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
40 Officers Of Athens
Are Arrested in Plot

ATHENS, Aug, 2O.Forty nom
commissioned officers Of the Ath.
ems garrison were arrested today
charged with completely in q plot
to form a secret league to over
turn the present government and
restore former Dictator General
Pangolas to power.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

Japan has caste az wen e
India. The mass consists of
1000 900 to 1000, 900 persons who
are untouchables, pr partahe.
tainted not by disease. but ~
misfortune OF having been born
into the lowest caste.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

Experts have estimated that the
timber resources Of North Man
churia at $4,000, 100000 cubic feet,
Of which but, very small portion
v being marketed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

A rubber band expels a dart
noiselessly and with great force
from gun designed for killing small
game.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
BILLION SUGGESTED
FOR FLOOD CONTROL
Missouri Senator Proposes
Appropriation to Cover
1O-Year Period.

T. the Associated Press.
Drafting of the Missouri plan" for
food control-inNolvinc a billion dollar
appropriation over 10 years--was be-
gun yesterday hy Senator Hawes,
Democrat, Of Missouri.
Hoping to obtain non on-poltiCal con-
sideration of the measure. which would
nut the food program in the hands of
u commission to he appointed by the
President. Senator HaWeS said the pro
roSal would he sponsored in the House
hy two Republica Representatives
tDyer and Niedringhaus OF Missouri
snnd in the Senate by two Democrats
.Senator Reed of Missouri and himself.
The plan. which bears the indorSe-
tment of the Chamber of Commerce of
sSi Louis. would have the commission
.tnmpoSed of two Army engineers. two
sciYilian engineers and Il business
.executive All powers now possessed
by various Government agencies in
.lood control. navigation and conserVa-
.tion work would be transferred to the
commission.
: No specific plan Of flood control will
.he outlined in the bill, it directing
.that this be accomplished through
! slevees, spillWaNs. reservoirs or ANY
.otl1er means meeting approval of the
commission"
. Senator Hawes expects to confer
with interested Government officials
sbefore drawiwng the final draft.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
Broken Promises

Ny third cousin, Tompkins Thomas,
seldom has groat or dime; for he'd
rather break promise than to keep
one, any time: so he cannot get EN-
ployment washing pigs or moving
grass, and he finds but small enjoy.
ment in the bright DAYS as they pass.
Few can beat him planting hedges.
few like him can prune and trim: but
he does not keep his pledges and there
is no work for him. Other men are
earning wages. other men have coin
10 blow. buying mocking birds in
cages, paying for the radio; other men
are eayly cranking tlivVers when a
ioyrides due; other men are wisely
ba ankinG kopecks when the week is
through. But my SecdN cousin Thorn
as never puts mp any ice. for he never
keeps promise. and he never has
the price He will say, "TomorroW
morning | will come, so help me Pete,
and assist YOU in the corning of that
hogshead full of meat. You may
place entire reliance on my word, I'll
cause no grief, and I'll illustrate the
science Of preserving mottied beef.
But the morning clocks are striking
and the beef is getting sour. and YOU
do not see him hiking to YOU at the
given hour. He is busy playing
checkers in some cellar far or near.
he is drinking doube-deckers of the
Nolstead brand Of beer. SO my cousin s
vows are broken. they don't last him
over night. and most drastic words
are spoken eN 'ry time he looms III
81: ht. Get YOU gone. employers
.hunder. when he fain would earn a
dime: your existence is a blunder and
your presence is a crime"
WALT MASON.
lCnnvrisht. 19"1.l !.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
Cuban Population Set at 3,57S,675

. HAVANA. Cuba, October IS tP) -
; The population of Cuba was officially
announced last night by DR.. Pedro
{ Pandro. director of national census. as
) 351S,615.
Evening star., 1927-10-28
NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED.
Honors in Medicine for 1926 and
1927 Announced.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 2S
Lp).-The Nobel prize for medicine fol
1926 has been awarded to Prof
Johannes FhiGer, of Copenhagen
and that for 1927 to Prof. julius Wag
ner Won Juaregg. of Vienna.
The prizes are valued at about
So 600 each
Evening star., 1927-10-28
This Complete
Simmons Day.Bed

Wood = finish
metal-fra me day
b q d. complete
with cretOnne-
covered mattress,
pad and valance.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22

porters and photographers by going out of a side door. But the report CTS sensed the scheme and when the manacled prisoner emerged, guarded by blue coats, there was rush. the boom of flashlights and the grind lrg Of yards Of movie reel.
 Gray winced when he saw the crowd. He tucked his head under his oyercoat, and with the detec- tivcs, broke into a run for the police automobile. The chauffeur stepped on the gas, scattering reporters and photographers, and speeded over the Queensborough bridge.
 Meanwhile, efforts to keep Mrs. snyder from the photographers also failed, After she had been sufti- ciently revived. she was led out of The building by officers. She paled slightly when the flashlights explod- cd and buried her head under the collar ot her fur coat. The police car was tied un for five minutes in the tanning crowd.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22
HaddOn Gray Arrested

Syracuse, N. Y., March 22 tP- Haddon Gray was arrested by Chief Of Police Cadin as he appeared at police headquarters with his attor- ncy Richard J. Shanahan, early this afternoon. A second man. Harry Platz, insurance agent, is also de- tained.
 Spurred on by the confession of Gray that he killed Snyder. police redoubled their efforts this morning to learn If he had an accomplice in establishing a Syracuse alibi.
 It was learned this morning that shortly after Gray made his con- fession the New York police were in telephone communication with the Syracuse authorities
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22

Laboratories which indicate ii adaptability to banks and simila institutions where banditry is hazard.
 The glass consists of three thick nesses closely resembling ordinar plate glass. bound together wit thin strips of transparent ccllulou material. The same solid thicknes could be pierced easily by q bulle but laboratory employees who hay fired a barrage of shots at the neV glass. in a test extending over seV eral weeks, have found their bull lets halted by the mobile mass. The have used the types of weapons ger erally employed by bandits.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22

fused to give the date or confirm the report that he was here since Gray registered on Friday night. The hotel register was removed from the desk this morning and requests to look it over were denied reporters.
 The Syracuse police are convinced that some boy disarranged Gray's hotel bed 10 aid him in establishing an alibi. Who that persons is. is the pivot on which they are work ing this morning. The bed was in good order at six o'clock Saturday night and disarranged at s o'clock Sunday morning. During these hours Gray was away from Syra- cusc.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22

police lineup" within the walls of quarters Of the metropolitan police in Center street. But Mrs Snyder was unequal to the occasion and she swooned before being taken to the Identification room. So distraught was she that police surgeons recommended that the formalities be postponed and she was taken back to the district attor- ney's oitice in Queens county.
 Gray, making an effort to keep up lis iaunty appearance, was plainly upset and he puffed norvously at 8 cigarette.
 IL was a critical audience that faced Gray--one hundred and thirty masked detectives, headed by Police Commissioner Mclaughlin himself. Gray was the first of q long line Of prisoners to be called before the masked array. stretched out in Q semi-circie.
 Chief Inspector Coughlin charged him with the murder of snyder. Have you anything 10 say" said tha inspector.
 "No."
 Have you ever been arrested be- fore ?'
 No"
 "rako him away said Coushlin and he vas rushed down stairs 70 the 'rogue's gallery where his picture was taken and he was fingerprinted. WinccS at Crowd. Then he was taken back across rhe Fast river to Queens county 10 be formally arraigned. Police sought to evade the crowds Of re-
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22
CARROLL COMPETENT

Reno, New. March 22 Pl-Afte1 q nine weeks hearing District Judg' George Bartlett yesterday declared George w. Carroll. Sr.. wealthy man ufacturer of Norwich, Conn.,. capabl of administering his sl0o,0o0 estat and an annual income of S1s.ooo.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22

Mrs Snyder wore a blue dress. tor skin pumps, q green hat and heavy fur coat. IL was noticed that she still wore her wedding ring.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22
Tho message. it is understood. was

He HeSSaSe, IL IS unueIstOou, was to determine the last time Harry Folsom. who introduced Gray to Mrs. Snyder. was in Syracuse: who dis arranged Gray's bed at the Onon- daga hotel Saturday night: whether Gray bought the pinchbar in Syra- cuse and further questioning of Haddon Gray, with whom the ac- cused lunched Saturday noon and spent Sunday night after returning from New York.
 Detectives visited the Onondaga hotel but would not reveal whether they had gotten any information concerning Folsom.
 However, the hotel authorities ad- mittei that Folsom. a travelling man. had Syracuse in his territory and all ways stopped at the Onondaga when here.
 Register Is Hidden
 The hotel people said that Fol- som had registered in Syracuse since the first of the year. but they re-
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22
Cellulous Strips Make
 Glass Resist Bullets

Chicago, March 22 R - Glass which stops a bullet like a block of wax stops a paper wad has un- dergone tests at the Underwriters
New Britain herald., 1927-03-22
Tells nf Killing.

as he reached the office O. District Attorney Newcombe in Long Island City.
 Tells of Killing.
 Snyder was killed, Gray is said 10 have confessed, by a window sash weight which he purchased three weeks ago and gave to Mrs. snyder, who hid 1t ln her home. Picture wire that was found about the neck Of the victim and chlorotorm found in his brain were purchased in Syra- cuse before Gray made a flying trip to New York Saturday night for ex- ecution ot their plan,
 snyder was slain shortly after he went to bed or returning with his wife and child from a card party at the home O: a friend. Gray told the police he hid in one Of the rooms O the house after entering through a door purposgly left open by Mrs. snyder.
 The wife and Gray ms. in the house after Snyder retired, the con tessions said, Together they entered Suyder's room. Gray said he and Mrs. Suydcr clubboI the victim, ap piled chlorotormed-safu cot ton 10 his face and then tied his hands and feet.
 Gray was vague about the garrot- ing CT the victim. He said he did not tie the wire around snyder's throat, and he lid not directly say it Was done by Mrs. Snyder.
 Ransacl>ed the House.
 They ransacked the house. he said. 10 create evidence to support theory that Snyder may have been Killed by burglars. After that, Gray continued, he tied Mrs. Snyder and left tho house, returning 70 syracuse. Mrs. snyder was bound, he asserted, tn substantiate their alIbI that ma rludars were responsible for the killing.
 Before leaving syracuse Saturday, Gray said he had arranged 10 haVo q letter mailed 10 his wife and an other to Mrs snyder. and that he planued 10 have the bed in his room at the Onondaga hotel disturbed to indicate that he had slept there that night.
 Further AIibi Plans.
 He said he had arranged to have the hotel clerk called from his room with instructions that he was not to be disturbed. Gray asserted he made ursparations to have q do not dls- turb" sign placed outside his door All this. he said, was part of the albi that failed.
 A blue shirt belonging to snyder WAS found in Gray's hotel room. This. he said, was given him by Mrs. Snyder to replace his own, stained with blood when the art cd itor was slain. He said blood stained kimono and an nightgown of Mrs. Snydcr's were burned after the killing,
 Gray. after his confession had been witnessed and signed was lodged in Jamaica jail and Mrs, snyder in Richmond Hill jail carly today to await arraignment in magistrates court later in the day.
 Has Good Reputation.
 Gray had been regarded by his friends as a man Of exemplary con duet. He was an active church worker in East Orange, x. J.. where