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Evening star., 1927-05-13
YOUTH IS REWARDED
FOR DARING RESCUE
Bow Who Saved Man From Icy
River Adjudged Bravest
In Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 13.-When 17-year.
old Alvin OFT dived from a bridge into
the icy waters of the Chicago River
la.,t March and swan to safety with
an aged man who had fallen into the
stream he performed what has been
Judged the bravest act of any boy in
Chicago in tho last year.
In recognition of his bravery the
youth today was named the winner Of
the boys bravery contest held in con-
nection with the observance of Ma
tional Boys week and was awarded
the 500 first prize offered by George
w. Dixon, wealthy president of the
Chicago Boys Week Federation.
OFT becomes the first winner of the
bravery contest, which is TO be made
an annual event in connection with
Chicago Boys week and perhaps an
annual event in connection with Boys
week throughout the 1000 cities in the
country which take part in the OBJ
servance.
The plan TO make the boys bravery
contest a national affair, eliminating
in a national bravery award, already
is being fostered and probably will be
put into operation by next year, said
officers of the Chicago Federation.
The aim is to divert the hero wOr-
ship of the American Jouth from the
daring outlaw or criminal into the
better heroes in real bravery"
Evening star., 1927-05-13
EXPERTS ASSESS
CROP AREA RUINED
,1,646, 900 Acres of TiIIabIe
Land Under Water in Ar
kansas, Says Report.
By the Associated Press.

Reports received by the Agriculture
Department from statisticians in the
Mississippi Valley flood area indicate
that 319. 900 acres have been inundated
in Missouri, sos ,069 acres in cotton
land flooded in Louisiana, and $4,000
acres of crop land have been under
water in Arkansas. The reports, as
compiled Saturday covered only
these states.
The report Of l.. l.. James, agricul,
fural statistician for Louisiana, gave
the following summary:
Total cotton acreage in 1926 in par
fishes now entirely or partially inun-
dated. S05,0G9 acres.
Total production in equivalent 500
mound bales in 1926, in parishes now
affected by overflow, ,319 bales.
Per cent of 1926 cotton acreage in
marshes affected by overilows now
inundated-45.6
Cotton acreage in 1926 now over
flowed in parishes affected-303, ,404
acres.
Estimated production in 1926 on
area actually inundated-143,36 1862
bales.
Floods Are Impending.
"Floods are impending in territory
south of the already flooded area. and
it is possible that a further inundation
will occur equivalent to that already
existing" said Mr.. James. Territory
threatened is entire Atchafalaya
Basin, which is the rich sugar-cane
and truck-producing section in
Louisiana.
''In the northern section of the
State. If the flood recedes by June 10.
over a considerable portion of the in
terror area now flooded, which has pre-.
viously been under cultivation, cotton
seed may be puddled in the early
part Of June. Likewise, when the
waters recede further, varieties of
early maturing corn, cowpeas and
soybeans may be planted; also sweet
potatoes, seed of certain kinds of tame
hay may be sown, and, in the Fall, po-
tatoeS and truck may be planted.
Chances are that if the waters
recede by June Is. in the Northern
sections of the State, a considerable
per cent of the area now flooded will
be planted or replanted to cotton, but
this late planted cotton will mature
late and will be subject to attack by
boil weevils, which undoubtedly will
be present in large numbers. The
largest per cent of farmers in North
east Louisiana driven from their
homes are tenants and have lost
everything in the event their livestock
has been drowned"
Arkansas and Missouri.
The report from F. H. Whitaker,
associate agricultural statistician i'll
Arkansas, was summarized as follows:
Estimate 1,646,000 acres of flooded
crop land in Arkansas, in 45 counties.
OF this area probably 5000 acres
were planted to cotton last year, on
which was produced Az GIL bales of
cotton. F'ifty-seven per cent of the
cotton land in the State has been in
undated"
i. From Missouri the report from e.
"A. Logan, agricultural statistician for
the State, said
'Overf1owed area in Missouri, 319, 900
acres, made up of 80 900 acres cotton,
203, 500 acres corn, 20,500 acres cow
peas, 33,S00 acres soy beans, 22,200
acres Sudan grass. Seed requirements
for this area are $4,000 bushels cotton,
10000 bushels corn, 20,500 bushels cow
peas, % $50 bushels soy beans, 1890
bushels Sudan grass
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Escaped Asylum
Inmate Battles
Police i'm Court

The upper branch Of Police
Court was thrown into an uproar
yesterday as police and guards
were taking Emilio Torres, an es.
capped inmate from st. Elizabeth's,
back to the asylum.
Torres broke loose from the
guards and attempted toothrow a
chair at one of them, swearing
vehemently at the time. He was
Immediately surrounded by police
men. asylum guards and bailiffs.
While he was struggling with
them Judge Isaac r. Hit appeared
on the scene and ordered quiet in
the courtroom. Whereupon Torres
hurled vile epithets at the judge.
Finally handcuffed. Torres was
led outside and escorted back to
the hospital.
Torres was arrested Wednesday
on a larceny charge and upon in
vestigation it was learned that he
had escaped from st. Elizabeth's.
Court had recessed at the time
they were attempting to lead him
through it, Judge Hit being at
tracted from his chambers by the
noise
Evening star., 1927-05-13
CHURCH ORGAN PLAYED
BY ONLY TWO IN so YEARS
Episcopal Congregation in Ken
lucky Celebrates 50th Annivcr-
sary of Second. organist.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
VERSAILLES, KY, May 13.-For
more than so years, the same organ in
st. Johns Episcopal Church has been
heard every Sunday here, and during
this time only four hands have played
the keys.
The church has just celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of Miss Mary
Wasserboehr as organist, presenting
her with $500 in gold after special
services.
Mrs. Josephine X. Henry, 80 years
old, who was Miss Wassenboehr's pred
ecessor, is a pioneer Kentucky suffra
gist and in 1890 was prominently men
toned as a candidate for President on
the Prohibition ticket She is the first
woman to run for Stare office in Ken,
lucky, having been a candidate for
the clerk of the Court of Appeals in
1890 and 1894.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
NEVER PAID TAXES.
Gypsy, 102, Has Hefty Appetite
and Lives in Shed.

TIPTON, England, May 13 GE).-val.
entine Smith. who claims to be the
Oldest gypsy in England, generally
known as ''Val the Pegman," cele-
brated his one hundred and second
birthday anniversary in the canvas
and corrugated iron shed on a piece
of waste land which he has made his
home for the past 10 years. He says
he has never paid taxes.
Valentine made wooden clothes
pegs from the age of 10 until he was
80, when he turned the business over
to his daughter, who is now so.
Despite his age, Valentine still has
a hefty appetite and on his birth pol
fshed off two pints of tea and two
large rounds of bread and butter,
which was followed at dinner time by
steak and potatoes.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Former U. S. Printer Dies.
,,ol D;zx,.ot, to rrba c+ar

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ARDMORE, Md. May BE. Henry
Woodell died Wednesday at his home
here after long illness. He had been
employed a number of years at the
Government Printing Office in Wash
ington. He leaves a wife and three
sons. Burial was at Raleigh, n. c.
Evening star., 1927-05-13

A police dog that refused to leave
a street car at Picadilly, one of the
main streets of Manchester. England,
tied up traffic until some one unsenti-
mentally frog marched" the animal
away
Evening star., 1927-05-13

Airplanes. balloons, engines and &C
cessories are among the displays at
the International Aeronautical Exhi-
bition at Prague this year.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
J. A. 'KEEVER,
SALES CHIEF

j. A. McKeever. sales manager of
the office of McKeever and Goss,
was elected chairman of the sales
managers division of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board at the an
nual election of this group held
on Tuesday at the Hamilton Hotel.
Mr.. McKeever succeeds Charles H.
Hillegeist, retiring chairman.
The sales managers division which
is one of the newer sections of
enthusiastic meetings at this time
and the division was highly COM
mandatory of the work accomplished
under the retiring chairman during
the past year.
This division which has great in
terest in bringing about a better
understanding between the various
firms and their employees has been
particularly interested in a number
of problems such as uniform
sales contract, the result of which
informs both realtors and the gem
eral public of the entire status of
a sale and is working out to the
benefit of everyone concerned in
realty transactions. The question
of signs, hstings, commissions, ETC..
have all been discussed by this
division with the result that a
great many difficulties heretofore
existing have been alleviated.
This division plans an enthusi.
astic campaign to remedy the prob
lens which confront the sales and
realty business and the new chair.
man has promised vigorous leader.
ship in handling these matters.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
REALTORS PLAN
TEXAS TRIP

The following committee has been
appointed by the executive commit.
tee Of the Real Estate Board to
handle the arrangements for the
Washington party of realtors who
will attend the mid-winter meeting
Of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards in Houston, Tex,
January 25 to %: Clarence +. Dono-
hoe, chairman: Percy II. Russell
and Theodore M. Judd.
The Washington Realtors have
been extremely interested in both
the annual and mid-winter meetings
of the National Association, par.
ticHlarly because of the vast amount
of educational data to be. gained
from these conferences and the
great decisions which are enacted
at them. which vitality effect con-
ditions not only here but in
Canada also, because the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
represents more than 200 cities on
this continent.
This committee will hold its initial
meeting Monday at p. M, at
which time 1t will begin a discus
sion of plans for handling the local
delegation.
1t is very probable that arrange.
ments will be made and special
trains for the Washingtonians will
be chartered and that side trips
to Cuba or Mexico will be made as
part of the schedule of this COM
mittee. It is requested that those
desiring to go express their inten-
ton at an early date.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
0PA. REALTORS
VISIT CITY

Sixty members of the Delaware
County Real Estate Board of Penn
sylvania visited Washington Novem-
Der 81 to see for themselves the
unusual and high-class developments
of the National Capital.
This visit was largely inspired as
the result of the recent trip of the
Philadelphia Real Estate Board
which came to Washington to study
apartment house and modern sub.
urban developments here. So in
|spired were the Philadelphia realtors
with the advance of the National
Capital and the great number Of
things of interest from an educa-
tional standpoint that they We're par
ticularly keen on simpressing upon
the Delaware county realtors the
great advantage of making a similar
excursion.
Arriving here early in the morn
ing, the Delaware county realtors,
with their president. Clarence F..
Fox, and other officers were met by
the local realtors. They had lunch
at the Mayflower Hotel after which
they were escorted around town,
and had dinner at the Mayflower.
A great deal of discussion was
given to many new angles by the
washington trip during dinner. after
which the party attended a theater
party at the Belasco. The Washing
ton realtors who conducted the trip
were w. c. Miller, president of the
board; Clarence F. Donohoe. past
president; James p. Schick, exeecu-
tive secretary and treasurer; Waverly
w. Taylor, jr.: H. L. Rust, jr.. and
Thomas L. Phillips.
The Delaware county realtors ex-
pressed keen surprise at the growth
of the National Capital and were
particularly impressed with the
beauty and splendid manner in which
this great growth has been con-
trolled.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
!. NJ. c. A. TALK
ON INSURANCE

One of the most interesting lee.
lures which has been given thus
far to the Y. M. C. A. school in
real estate, conducted under the aus.
pices of the Washington Real Els.
tate Board, was an address by Will.
liam N. Payne, jr., on insurance.
Mr.. Payne explained that insurance
is a method of distributing the
losses due to a certain contingency
over a group subject to that con.
tingency. Mr.. Payne dealt very
adequately with this subject and
keenly interested the students.
He explained primarily that the
insurance agent in order to be sue.
cessful. must be properly com.
missioned by a reputable firm, must
be licensed according to the law,
must be an expert consultant on
fire risks and must have ability to
give adequate service.
Mr.. Payne lectured on the gen.
eral subject Of insurance and traced
the history of insurance from its
beginning with protection to mar.
liners to the establishment Of the
second form Of insurance for pro.
lection from fire. Fire insurance
he said, had its inception at the
great London fire in 1866. The
city Of London virtually was wiped
out.
The speaker then traced the de.
velopment of life insurance. which
was started little later, but was
not organized properly until 1850
Casualty insurance grew with the
beginning Of the steam railway. or.
ganlzed in England the beginning
of the nineteenth century.
He pointed out that of particular
interest to real estate men and
property holders was the item OF
fire insurance. A fire insurance
policy was a conditional promise to
pay the amount specified or other.
wise make good the whole or nor
ton Of any fire loss not exceeding
the total amount OF the policy
which the insured may suffer on q
designated property during a certain
period Of time.
He explained several fundamental
facts about fire Insurance policies
which proved Of great interest ia
the students. namely: A fire in,
surance policy Is a personal contract
OF indemnity. 1t insures the owner
or property against loss by fire
and 1t agrees to reimburse the in.
sureo, in whole or part, for loss bv
fire. He explained that the amount
for which the policy is written Is
the limit and not necessarily the
amount of loss payable.
In addition to the lecture. Mr.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
BUILDERS WILL
MEET IN 1928

CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-The dates
of June II to Is, 1928, inclusive,
have been selected by the National
Association of Building Owners and
Managers for their twenty-first an
nual convention which will be held
in st. Louis, Mo-, it was announced
today by Lewis B. Ermeling, ex.
ecutive secretary of the association.
Mr.. Ermeling also announced
that the st. Louis convention com.
mittee. headed by Louis o. Honig,
had selected the Hotel Statler for
convention headquarters.
Plans are being. made now for
the program for the skyscraper
mems convention which it is ex.
pected will attract more than 700
owners and managers Of the
worlds greatest office and apart.
ment buildings.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
Realty Board Plans
Fete Early in New Year

Waverly w. Taylor, jr., has been
appointed chairman of the commit.
tee that will be in charge of the
dinner dance to be given by the
Washington Real Estate Board the
first part Of next year. Mr.. Taylor
will choose his committee in the
near future and begin his plans in
preparation for this event.
AS the result of a great many re-
quests and urgings on the part of
the members, the executive com.
mittee of the Washington Real Es-
tate Board has authorized the hold.
ing of a dinner dance this year.
These requests resulted from the
unusual success of two similar
dances held during the past two
years.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
Associate Division of
Realtors Will Dine

Following its decision for frequent
meetings. the Associate Division OF
the Real Estate Board, composed of
the statesmen and employees in the
various offices, will hold another
luncheon on Friday, December 2.
1927, at 1915 n. M, in the Chantilly
room in the Hamilton Hotel.
This active and vigorous program
is being carried out under the direc-
ton of Lloyd F. Gaines, who is par
ticularly anxious that the statesmen,
as future realtors Of the community,
should be given every opportunity to
study the field of real estate in the
National Capital.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

The apparent recession in build
ing operations" said the review, has
undoubtedly had much 10 do with
the present condition of wage sta.
bility and tranquility in the construc.
ton industry.
1.-The withdrawal of the Brick.
layers, Masons and Plasterers'
Union from the Building Trades
Department of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor, however. repre-
sents a new threat to the peaceful
status of labor affairs in the con.
struction industry. 1t Is now ex.
pected that the bricklayers' local
unions will also sever relations
With local building trades councils
the one prevailing when the car
penters or other trades were not
affiliated.
Legislation Is Threat
arising out of jurisdictionaI
troubles in Baltimore. and coming
after the dissolution Of the National
Board of Jur;sdictional Awards, the
action of the bricklayers makes II
4AAAHCAak I1cAI ll1S
trades unions Immediately set uI
some method of adjusting theil
iHter-union difficulties without in
erfering with building operations
Unless this action is taken. build
ing employers have indicated thai
they will move for State and Federal
legislation to meet the situation.
The advantage seen in the abo
lition of the Jurisdictional Awards
Board through the reuniting of the
carpenters locals with building
trades council and bringing this
trade back into negotiations in
local communities will probably be
entirely nulllfied by the Withdrawal
Of the brickiayers' union. the sec
ond largest building trades organ
ration in this country.
Building labor is well employed
except in a few districts where
some surplus of skilled mechanics
has been reported. Strikes anc
wage controversies are unusually
small in number at this time.
Strike Is Settled
"The strike of building workers
in Toronto. Ont, has been settled
| The contractors have agreed u
withdraw all court actions, and t.
employ only members of the Unitet
Brotherhood of Carpenters. Thu
Amalgamated Carpenters. remnan
of the old British organization, viii
no longer be recognized.
"In Pittsburgh, Philadelphia ant
Baltimore the plasterers have beel
on strike against the open shop
Governor Richie of Maryland ha
also refused to pay the union seal
on state building jobs.
I'm st. Louis, employers hav'
adopted resolutions against the five
day week, which was recently en-
dorsed by the electrical workers
fathers and plasterers. The plas
terers and cement finishers in syria
cuse have signed a wage agreemen
with employers for 1928.
Elevator installation men are OF
strike throughout the Dominion o
Canada, but there has been littl
interference with building opera
tions.
generally continue their downwar,
trend and are more than per cen
lower than a year ago."
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

IT this is done, the speaker as.
serted, the home buyer will have a
better idea Of the size and type OF
home he can manage to purchase,
without undue anxiety.
Mr.. Petty congratulated the board
on the fine spirit of friendliness,
helpfulness, and courtesy he has
recently encountered in Northern
Virginia, as new resident of the
area.
Also. speaking at the meeting,
Frank Lyon, of Lyon & Fitch, Inc,
asserted that the final establish.
ment OF one great suburban city,
including the present area of Alex
andria City. Arlington county, and
q part of Fairfax county was in
evitable.
Stating that no petty differences
of opinion can prevent such an out.
come. the speaker voiced the opin.
ion that there will one day be a
city extending from Great Falls
through Fairfax Court House, to
Mount Vernon, on the south side
Of the Potomac. opposite the Fed.
eral City.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
Virginia Merged City
Hlnted By Realtor

Speaking at meeting of the Alexandria, Arlington and
artax heal Estate Board held last night at the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club John Petty former secretary
the Washington Real Estate Board advised the members
the cost of financing necessary items which the
owner must take into consideration as the monthly
charges for Lighting water rates. other unavoidable
COSTS
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

office Of Shannon and Luchs, Inc.
That office also sold the ground on
which this edifice is to stand.
The owners of the new enterprise
will operate under the name Of the
Army and Navy Apartments, Inc,
and will supervise the management
Of the apartment house.
The razing of the two brick resi-
dences formerly occupying this
site was started November II to
make way for the Army and Navy
Apartment building.
Good Location
This building will be located d.
rectly across the street from the
Rochambeau and the building of
the United States Chamber of Com.
merce and will overlook both Far
ragut and Lafayette Squares from
the upper stories.
Plans by the Fletcher Fireproof-
ing Company, builders and archi-
tects, call for a history building.
120 feet high, situated on q lot
81 by SO feet.
The construction will be of con-
crete and brick, with a limestone
front to the third floor, decorative
wrought iron rail running entirely
across the front Of the building.
The exterior from the third to the
tenth floors will be brick and lime
stone trim on the two upper floors.
The pent house will be succeed.
Big Club Room
There will be large club room
for the use OF tenants directly off
the main lobby. There also will be
two stores on the ground floor.
The structure will contain SIS
housekeeping apartments ranging in
size from two to three rooms and
bath and will have 245 rooms all
told.
All modern improvements will be
installed including two electric ele-
vators and electrical refrigeration.
The project was financed by the
Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Com.
pany.
The building it is expected will be
compelled for occupancy within
nine months.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
Homes Should Be Built
To Withstand Time

One builds home for all time.
It is not wise to, erect a house to
endure but few years. Home
builders who use proper foresight
do not build upon the sands"
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

Payne presented actual sample
copies OF insurance contracts, to-
gether with other literature which
fully explained the subject which
ne discussed. The speaker next
week will be J. A. McKeever. of
Mckeever & Goss, who will address
the 7. M. c. A. class on Real
Estate Selling"
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
Continuance of Wage
Stability Seen

NEW YORK, Nov 26-Wage rates in the building trades
will undoubtedly hold at present levels for the remainder
1927 and for the first quarter of 1925 according to the
national monthly building labor review of the Building
Economic Research Bureau of the American Bond and Mort
gage Companv
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

Read "The Constant Flame" the
best Winifred Van Duzer has ever
written. Start it Monday, November
"a in The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

"The Constant Flame," BY Wini.
fred Van Duzer, starts Monday,
November 20, in The Washington
Times
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
LINOLEUM IS WAxED

Waxing linoleum has been found
very satisfactory. First wash a
small area of the linoleum with
steaming hot water. Dry while still
warm, add wax and rub well.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26

home Of your own IL the GREAT
EST investment Of all and you'll be
buy after consulting the Real Estate
columns Of today's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1927-11-26
Apartm ent Offers
Many Comforts

The original plan of the Army and Navy Apartments
erected $500 Connecticut Ave. originated in the
Arizona state miner., 1927-02-05

Less attention paid construction in homes
wall with the result that
of lvesp annually to the fire demon