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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-13
COAL
BOSSES TAKE HOMES
WITH MACHINE GUNS

Colorado Politicians Are Blamed for Strike Terorisn-Penn-
sylvana Police Evct Families from the Home and Pile
Their Furniture in the Road Rush Company Gun Men to
Scene AS Eviction Continues.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-13
Montana Prairies Are Covered
Heavy With Blanket Of Snow

Large Stocks of Feed Save Range Stock From Starving to
Death When Snow Covers Wide Expanse of Land With
Unusual Depth of SnowStOck in Excellent Condition and
Severe Weather Is Moderating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
MANN Re I URNS
To SHAPIRO

After a year Of touring the prin-
cipal cities Of the United States in
quest of the most approved methods
Of real estate practice and procedure.
Al NJ. Mann has returned to the
managership of the Business Prop.
critics Department 81 the Joseph
Shapiro Company
1.-THE sentiment throughout the
country. Mann says, is of an opti-
,mistic trend. with a generally good
business outlook I'M most of the cities
similar in size and real estate de-
velopment to washington" There
seems To be d belief among tie real
tors OF these iafgar cities that re |
estate conditions are returning to
the higher standards that prevailed
several years ago, and this is due,
no doubt, in some measure TO the
generally acceptable outcome OF the
recent presidential election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24

Read tins listin&s 0f many washing
toms most reliable nsed car dealers III
t0day's Classified ads they viii
show yaB the ease with which YOn can
own n ear Of your 0wn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24

Building permits issued here ias1
week amounted to $799, $50 and were
distributed throughout the District
as follows.
Northwest, $696,S13 for the erec-
ton OF one apartment house, one
storage and 10 dwelling houses.
Northwest, $50, 900 for IL dwelling
houses and one gasoline station. .
Southeast, SO, SOC for two dwell
ling houses and one store building.
These permits were in addition TO
$1s.S17 allowed for repair jobs.
The largest permit was issued TO
Al. Joseph Howar for erection of an
eight-story brick and tile apartment
building at, 1722 Nineteenth st. =.
w. lot. Al, AZ; square, 10. The
cost is estimated at 100000.
Other reports issued for the week
that will bring the November build
ing totals near the $7,00o,OOO mark,
are as follows:
American Storage and Transfer Com
pany-$87 900 to build one five-stofy
brick storage building at 2S01 Georgia
Ave. N. W.. lot 22-2a. square 5O5f'
Charles d. Sager--$45.a90. to erect
eight two-story brick dwellings at AGO.
"a Twenty-fourth st. n. f.. lot l1-ls'
Katie a. Boone $4,000 to remodel
existing frame building at 7s1 Eleventh
st. S. f.. lot %, square 974.
Waple and James 900 to erect
four two-story brick dwellings at 5s22-
rs Fourth St IN. W
". Mexzanatte-$ SIT. 00O to erect -four
two-story brick and tile dwellings 81
2A0I-07 LEnfant So lot so1-eS, square
1856
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
Building Permits

Edwin Jacobson $l5 600. to erect two
two-story frame dwellings at h3aO
Broad Branch Rd. N. W., lot 23-2s
square 2027.
John Albert Huntcr-s14. 600. 10 build
one Two story brick and tile dwelIins
az 9S26 Broad Branch Rd. N. w. loi
"a square 2027
w G. and A. N. Miller--s12,1es. to
dwelling at 1900 Glover Driveway NJ. W..
lot ~. square 1920.
II 4. Thornton--$10.OO0t to erect two
tWo-story brick dwellings at Stills Van
s9 Ma,,, =. y WI ot s.s, square sIsA
two story frame dwellings ait 905-
e % s. savannah st. s. Fl. lot 40, SQUARE
Charles Il Milisr ii. 500 10 erect
two one-story frame dwellings at 241O-
II Franklin st. n. e.. lot 1O-Ia
p. r. schwab 4 SOM ST 500. to erect
one On. two-story brick and frame dwell
a n1ee O. eosl Third st. n. w. Iol
g. w Chase geo. to erect one
tWn-story brick dwelling at 1904 sew.
enth IS. n. w. lot Is square sI76
.,drv Mh, rsef- 1900 e. erect one one
Eighteenth ST n. w lot 81. square
Republic OH company-s3 900, ID
erect one one-story brick gasoline sta
ION n9 fourth and Bennings
j. Aired lJackson--sf.s45 to cree,
one two-story brick addition to 1905
Fourth s. II W. lot 50. sauare 1890
two-story brick rear addition and make
ST N VI. lot sis. SQUARE ia4s. 800
Attilis Palumbo4 $500, to erect one
tw0sstory brick addition to dwelling
~ l2S5 Neal st. N. g.. lot so. square
&3a =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
RE Al TORS MUST
ACT ON TAX
TANGLE

Trust companies doing a real
estate business must act before May
re, 1929. liz they are to take advan-
fage Of d retroactive relief measure
incorporated III the Federal Revenue
Act OF 1928 permitting them under
certain conditions to exercise an OPP
ton as til whether they want tOJbe
taxed as a trust or as a corporation.
This Is the warning to be sent out
this week by the National Associa-
ton OF Real Estate Boards to all It's
member boards.
In addition the association will at
the same time send statement to
every trust company in the United
States, list Of some 5000 COM
paEies, calling their attention to the
provision of the new law, and re-
minding tlem that their privilege to
elect classification as a trust Income
OF which Is to be taxed to the bene-
ficiaries) can be exercised only II
they have filed notice of such cleo.
ttnn within one year from the date
al which the 1928 Revenue Act went
into effect.
In notifying the trust companies
directly the association is taking ac-
ton as the cnlg existing organiza-
ton in 4 position to act for real
estate owners in matters affecting
them on national scale.
Provisions Incorporated
The new Revenue Act, in section
7D4 fbl contains provision applying
to real estate trusts which is of
great Importance, particularly in
California and Illinois, but also in
every State in which real estate SYM
dicates and trusts have been oper.
ated for the creation and sale Of
subdivisions or other extensive real
estate developments.
The provision was incorporated
following a detailed statement made
to the Finance Committee of the
Senate and the Ways and Means
Committee Of the House by the Ma
tionaI Association of Real Estate
Boards backed by its member boards,
IN which it was pointed out that
where real estate trusts or syndi-.
Gates as a matter of agreement or
AZ ACTUAL consistent practice distrib.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24

uted no profits to any beneficiary
until such time as the capital EN-.
ployed IN the enterprise had been
returned. a taxpayer who had IN
vested in such an enterprise should
be allowed to make his income tax
return with no taxable gain PecOg-
nized until actual gain had been re-
.cetved.
Retroactive Plans
Al complete statement oil the retro
active provision OF the law and
OF official directions so far given
for its Administrations by the Bu-
reau Of. Internal Revenue has been
prepared for the National Associa-
ton Of Real Estate Boards by its
general counsel, Nathan William
MacChesney.
This statement. as it was this
week issued to member real estate
boards and to a complete list of the
trust companies Of the United
States. quotes the retroactive relief
measure as to the taxability of
trusts contained as section 104 fbl
in the Revenue Act of 1928. This
section reads as follow 8:
For the purpose OF the Revenue
Act OF 1926 and prior Revenue Acts,
trust shall, at the option Of the
trustee exercised within one year
after the enactment OF this act be
considered as a trust the income of
which is taxable whether I dis
stributed or mott TO the beneficiaries,
and not Is an association, il such
trust az had a. single trustee, and
90 was created and operated for
the sole purpose Of liquidating real
property as single venture with
are incidental thereto, including the
such powers of administration as
acquisition, Improvement, conserva-
ton, division, and sale of such prop
ertyl. distributing the proceeds
therefrom in due course TO or for
the benefit of the beneficiaries, and
discharging indebtedness secured by
the trust property. and 90 has not
made return for the taxable year
as an association, !"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
BUILDERS PL AN
ALA. MEET

Topics Of interest primarily to
home builders will have the spos.
light in the program Of the home
builders and subdividers division OF
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards at lis coming meet
ing in Birmingham Ala. in core
nection with the annual meeting OF
tie National Association to be held
here In January.
Under present market conditions
home building has become more
than ever a center OF interest as
part Of the development of new
subdivision, the executive COM
mittee pointed out.
Upon request of the Institute for
Research and Land Economics and
Public Utilities. now connected with
Northwestern University, com
mittee Of the division will cooperate
with the institute In collecting data
for the institutes research on prob
lens Of land economics. in the field
OF subdivision.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
P A n s REVEAL
Bis HOTEL To
Be bull I

Plans for the erection of the
eight-story Park Central Apartment
Hotel at Nineteenth and Il streets
Northwest, costing approximately
$2,0O0,O00, were made public yes.
terday by Morris Cafritz, president
OF Cafritz Construction Company
The new apartment hotel, de-
signed by Harvey III. Warwick, will
be built Of steel and concrete with
a brick and limestone exterior
trimming. Active construction will
start at once and 1T is expected that
the building will be complete by
August /, 1929.
29O Apartments
There will be 293 apartment units.
ranging from one room and bath 10
four rooms and bath, in this large
building which will stand 80 feel
above the street. and terrace level
and enable occupants to have j
very pleasing view OF Potomac Para
and the river.
The ground floor will be devoted
70 space for a lobby, hotel restaur.
ant and other concessions which
are OF utmost Importance to apart
liAtsIllas IOt6l HW14IefSs TN the roof
VIII be placed moderately
equipped playground for tenant use
Many new features will be ins
corporated In the living quarters
of this new hotel. The latest of
refrigeration and heating equipment
have been purchased and radio
plugs will be provided iii each room.
For Tenant Park
The front and two sides Of the
building will surround d rear court
which 1t is planned will be land
scaped and beautified for 4 tenant
park The property. which was
purchased from the estate OF the
late John Edwards, investment
banker, consist of about 10000
square feet of land with 155 feet
frontage on Nineteenth Street and
III on f Street. This property 4,
Cafritz said, Is ideally located III
regards to its ability to serve Gov
eminent employees and students who
desire to love within walking dis
lance Of their respective employ
ment."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
$50, 900 Frigidaires
Now Installed iii III. S,

Al recent report from Dayton,
Ohio, home Of the F'rigidsire res
|frigerator, shows that more than
80 900 units have been ufac-
tured and are installed 81 homes
throughout the country.
The automatic refTigerat0r bust
ness has eliminated its early. sea-
sonal fluctuations and has become
more stabilized. This condition, it
Is reported, III due To the intimate
public knowledge III the Importance
Of year-rOund refrigeration It Is
a great benefit from health stand
point as well as being convenience
to the household
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
Mexico City Planning
To Preserve Old
Beauties

Al commission has been created
by the Mexican city municipal
council to save the capital from
losing it's peculiar characteristics
The commission will make plans
whereby the individuality cf the
city can be preserved, vet mod
ern In convenlences
The city lately has assumed
more than 4 little the outward
appearance Of other large cities.
The commission wants To be up
to-date iii every respect yet re-
tain its historic spots.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
PARIS ADOPTS
SKYSCRAPER
HOMES

Paris Is To turn into slzyscraper
city. Three French architects. just
returned to that country after
three months visit to the United
states have, rendered d report as
to the adyisability OF building
French skyscrapers.
The architects on their visit to-
this country studied the slsyscraper
office buildings and apartment
houses and found that although the
people of France might not take to
them d readily as the Americans
have, i'll III the only means or solv.
ing the congested problem Of Paris
Increased 4 Million
1T Is. said that this city has added
over 4 900, 900 people to its city and
suburban quarters since the end of
the great World War. At the pres.
ent there is a pressing need for
housing quarters for over 100000.
This vast overflow at the French
capital ii fofring people to become
suburbanites and many are living
lii small villages removed from Paris
by IS or 10 miles.
The damp climate Of France
binders the rapid development OF
the skvseraper and. in order tn
make them success. 1t will be
necessary To tear down solid 7 locks
OF buildings and erect the sky
scraper building III pyramid fashion.
leaving plenty pf airsspace around
the top Of the structure.
To Be 10 stories
These proposed structures are to
be 100 feet, or o stories. high, and
1t is suggested that all traffic in
the downtown section be routed
under ground. leaving the city
streets open to pedestrians.
Prof. Homo. of the University 81
Lyons, tells the French folk that
even Rome came to the conclusion
that 1t Had outgroWn Itself and must
build upwards as their only saliva
ton to keep living standards on u
high level
cicero began building high build
ifgs tfl Caesar time and was soon
a millionaire Nero 81 art instincts
forbade buildings more than S. feet
f1igh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-24
MOrtarless Tiles
Are Available Now

Mortarless concrete tile. which
gain their strength in wall form
from tongue and groove joints. are
now available
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06
VOTE NEARS ON
TRADE BUYING
COMBINES

Backers OF the Newton bill to per.
nit American industries to form
buying combinations to fight for
eign government monopolies In raw
materials faced an uphill fight as
the measure neared a final vote in
the House today after a two-day
fight.
A Democratic Progressive. coali.
ton. which apparently developed
considerable strength during the
fight. threatened to bring about
defeat sof the measure
Proposed chiefly to help American
rubber manufacturers break the
British Dutch monopoly in crude
rubber, the bill was broadened to
include sisal, an essential ingredj-
ent of binder twine; potash and any
other raw material which the Com
merce Department finds Is con.
trolled by foreign monopoly.
There are 10 commodities which
We use much and produce little or
nothing which are either controlled
by foreign monopolies or are sus
ceptable to control by them said
f Representative Newton (R) OF Min
nesota,. in a plea for the measure.
He pointed out that the British
rubber monopoly had succeeded in
forcing the price OF rubber to $f.20
a pound four years ago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06
BAR DRY AGENTS.
ROM PL AY|NG
Pol les

Prohibition agents who partici
bate in political activities during
The coming Presidential campaign
win Be dismissed from the service,
assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Seymour Lowman, in charge Of dry
operations. announced today.
Strict orders have been issued to
administrators warning them not
only Of restrictions against play
ms politics. issued by the Treasury.
but similar regulations on the sub
tect laid down by the Civil SeTvice
Commission. under which the dry
machine operates.
Difficulties are expected to be
met in carrying out the orders.
since many agents and subordinate
officials owe their original appoint
nents to political hackers. The
1928 campaign will be the first in
which flat ban has been placed
on political activity of dry agents.
Antf-poIitical regulations drawn
hp by Commissioner J.. NJ Doran
and approved by Secretary Mellon
provide:
An officer shall not use his Of.
fetal i authority or influence to
eoerce the political. activity Of any
person or body
This rule may be violated by
lwning, editing or managing a
political publication; by becoming e.
candidate for political office: by ac-
septing or holding a position on a
political committee or by holding
political office to which he was APP
bointed or elected prior to or since
lis employment in the prohibition
service.
An officer who spends portion
" his time in talking politics, is
aeglecting his work and engaging
n political activity, which will not
pe tolerated by the bureau"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06
OIL PLANT FIRE.
THREATENS
HAVANA

ny 1mfermati0nat News Sefv1eO
HAVANA April {. his city was
put in peril this afternoon when .
shift in the wind swept the flames
of the burning Standard Oil plant
at Regla into an adjacent swamp,
threatening gasoline tank con-
tanning 5000 900 gallons Of gasoline.
Police said that explosion Of this
tank would endanger Havana.
The fire was under control this
morning when the change OF wind
caused fresh outbreak. Fed by
underground, the flames raced to.
ward the gigantic tank.
The full force of Havana firemen'
and a large force of Cuban soldiers
and sailors were rushed to the scene
to help battle the flames.
The fire is believed to have becn~
Of incendiary origin.
United States sailors from the
Battleship Wyoming helped the fire
men TO prevent the flames from
spreading into the town. Nineteen
sailors were overcome by fumes.
Forty one residents Of the fire.
zone were injured.
Eleven petroleum and gasoline
storage tanks were destroyed.
For time it looked as though the .
flames would spread to ships an
chored in the eastern part OF Ea.
vana harbor. They were removed
from their moorings.
When the fire was at its height
the great $15,600,0 900 plant was
a blazing inferno, the glare being
visible for nearly 20 miles. II
Residents of the neighborhood fled
from their homes in panic as the
tanks began to explode.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06

Lifting sad, dark eyes, like a
tired madonna, lovely Mile. Rose
Ferron. the dying girl, disclaimed
her miraculous power to cure the
sick, legend which has sur
rounded her for II years.
BY grace of Bishop William A.
Hickey, of Providence, the dis
traught and afflicted who gather
outside the girls house are refused
admittance to the consecrated
shrine at her bedside.
In weak, shaken vote Rose
Ferron, who is 20 years old, said:
1.-THE only supernatural power
that / find in myself is that prayers
have given me the strength to bear
the agOnies of bodily pain which /
have suffered. / yearn to die on
Good Friday, the same day as the
Saviour"
For weeks nobody has been I'd
United to the F'erron house. 1t Is
closely guarded by the girls father
and brothers. Large placards posted
on the house announce: mile. Rose
Ferron ne peut recevoir" Mlle.
Rose Ferron cannot receive).
No marks of the crucifixion are
on the girls head, hands or feet.
Suffering from syringe myelltis, the
reddish, oozing spots on her hands
and forehead are not miraculous
marks of the cross, as reported, but
merely symptoms of stygmates or
red wounds on the skin caused by
SclerosiS of the spinal marrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06
Prison Vengeance Seen
In Loss of COnvict'S Son

LOS ANGELES, April 6.-lntent
upon unearthing some definite clue
to the fate of ine-year-old Walter
Collins, missing from his home for
nearly a month, police TO-DAY turned
their quest in the direction Of two
men who are believed to have been
of the bays father,
J. S. Collins, in Folsom state peni'
tertiary.
Refrainlng from divalging the
names of the two men. authorities
stated that they sought the pair
in the hope that some light may be
shed upon the theory that little
Walter may have been the victim of
a conspiracy of revenge, conceived
in prison by enemies Of the father,
who is serving a term at Folsom
for robbery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06
MRS. KNAPP IN
COURT PLEADS
NOT Gull TX
~ international News Service

ALBANY April 6.-Former Sec
retary of State Florence E. S.
Knapp, first woman elected to an
important office in New York Stale,
this afternoon appeared in Supreme
Court and pleaded not guilty to six
indictments charging her with four
felonies and two misdemeanors in
her administration of the 81 200 900
census fund of 1925.
Mrs. Knapp was to have been ar
raigned at 10 a. m. today, but,
when she failed to appear. Justice
Callaghan adjourned court until
this afternoon upon the promise of
her friends that she then would be
present.
Previously Justice CalIaghan had
threatened to issue bench warrant
for the arrest of Mrs. Knapp IL she
refused to present herself in court.
Mrs. knapp's arraignment before
the bar of justice was in striking
contrast to the two different occa.
sions, when, as secretary Of state.
she presided over the ceremonies in
the State assembly chamber at
which Governor Smith was in
augurated.
Mrs. Knapp's arraignment took
just seven minutes. With a smile
on her face. she walked into 1ne
courtroom at 2:25 o'clock and at
2:32 she had been relea sed under
$4,000 bail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06

some Oh them 40. not DeneNe
Smith can maintain the rate of
progress he has thus far made,
pointing out that most OF the States
which have already acted constitute
very friendly territory. Others, how
ever, believe he can and cite figures
to substantiate their claims.
In any event, Gov. Smith today
has 24S delegates either pledged or
instructed for him--witII twO.thirds
Of the country yet to be heard from.
had on the first ballot at Madison
Square Garden four years ago.
The 248 votes already pledged or
instructed for Smith come from
IS States and territories that either
through primaries or State conven-
tions have expressed their Demo-
cratic presidential preference. They
are: Arizona. Idaho, Louisiana,
Maine. Michigan. Minnesota, New
Hampshire. New York, North
Dakota. Wisconsin. Alaska, Philip
pines, and the Virgin Islands.
At the high point OF his strength
in. Madison Square Garden four
years ago, on the seyenty-siXth and
seventy.seventh ballots when he
poIled 367 and 1858 votes, these same
10 States and territories gave Smith
1904 votes. Consequently the New
York governor has made a gain of
S71S votes over his 1924 strength in
the same territory.
Such ratio of progress-if 1t can
be maintained in the States still
to act-would be sufficient to send
the New York governor over the
top at Houston. Ills opponents,
however. are not willing to concede
that the pace can be maintained
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-06
Cooperation of Hotels
Sought in Fakir War

Hotels should cooperate with the
police in the matter of fake pro.
motors who make their offices in
hotel rooms while mulcting the
public of the city, was one Of the
statements of Louis Rothschild, di-
rector of the Better Business Bu-
reau, in an address before the Hotel
Greeters of America. at a. meeting
Of the Washington chapter Of that
body last night.
Rothschild, speaking on the sub
ject Business Ethics and the
Greeter," pointed to several instances
where the fact that takers made
their headquarters in local hotels
while plying their schemes, had
caused discredit to fasten upon the
hotel itself in the, public mind, "a o,
Employees of the hotel theT YES
are on many "sucker listsa% and
walters especially fall prey to the
promise Of great wealth, quickly
obtained" he declared.