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the degrees were conferred. The home
board will meet tomorrow night at the
home of Leona Helwig, 1918 Rhode
Island avenue northeast. Freda Hum
mer announced a card party Friday at
pm. at the home of Martha Moore
head, 1874 Seventeenth street north-
east: card party February 20 at pm,
home of chairman.s 1891 Emerson
street. and combined dance and caro-
auditorium. Twenty sixth and Penn
sylvania avenue.
The endowment committee Will nave
card party March IS at GIL q street
southeast. The bowling team OF the
chapter will entertain the members al
the meeting February ii.
Temple Chapter will hold a short
business meeting tomorrow, followed by
a social. The annual ball and card
party will be held at the MayfloWei
Hotel February 90
At the meeting OF Bethlehem Chap.
ter Tuesday night degrees will be con-
ferred. The annual dance and card
party will be held February II at the
Washington Hotel. Mrs Roberts. chair
man OF the Auxiliary Home Board. an
nollnces q rummage sale May IA, IL
and l6.
The last meeting OF Loyalty Chapter
was devoted to business and social
The matron. Mrs. Enid K. Anthony. an
no,inces an entertainment and valen-
tine party will honor the past matrons
and patrons OF the chapter at the meet
ing February Is. The ways and means
committee will hold turkey dinner at
Northeast Temple February %.
Electa Chapter will have valentino
party Tuesday evening, Mrs. Elizabeth
Koontz in charge: Mrs. Elizabeth Scott
in charge OF refreshments. The en-
dowment committee meets at the home
of Mrs. Louise Tucker Wednesday eye
ming. Mrs. Minnie Arnold Is chairman
! of the turkey dinner to be served at the
colonial bazaar February %.
The Matrons and Patrons Association
of 1920 met January 81 with Mrs. Sallye
Mcqueen. $40 M street. The following
were elected officers: Mrs. Edith Par
sons president; william l.. Boyce. vice
president: Miss Edith A. Williams. sec
| rotary and treasurer A banquet was
! planned for March q at Dupont Hotel
! Grand Matron Mrs. Sallye c. Bogley
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1891 Harvard street, February IS. A
musical held at the home Of Past Ma
iron Roberta Fosse for the auxiliary
home board was largely attended.
JOBS DAUGHTERS.
Bethel No. held brief business
meeting at the Masonic Temple Febru-
airy 4. after which there was surprise
birthday party for Mrs. Teachum. A
special program was arranged, at the
beginning OF which Mrs. Teachum was
escorted to the East. Hazel Miller, jun
Tor princess, recit"d poem OF con-
graduation. especially prepared By John
Clagett Proctor. Margaret Horn. senior
princess. gave birthday solo which
vas composed by herself A large
basket filled with individual gifts was
, presented by Honored Queen Virginia
Schmidt Other gifts were presented
by the choir, Dramatic Club. drill team,
| Mothers Club and by the Mary WASH
! ington Chapter Of Virginia. Mrs.
Teachum responded. The Mother g
Prayer was given by the Order OF De
| Molay. Refreshments were served
Dancing concluded the program.
ODD FELLOWS.
| Grand Master J. Burton Kincer gave
/ uIii1cI 10 tHe gTdfiu OInccrS OF the
! Grand Lodge last Monday evening at
| Harvey's. Following the dinner con-
! ference hour was held. Grand Score
! tary Harry l.. Andersen submitted
| report OF the recent blanket
| campaign Grand Conductor A. Yates
/ Dowell received $50 In gold for having
| distributed the largest amount of tick
| cts to the recent ball. as first prize
Otelie Littlefieid of Mount Pleasant Re-
bekah Lodge. No. 9. won the second
prize, lounging robe; Grand Secretary
Andersen, third prize. lounging robe
and Past Grand Master Lemuel II
Windsor. fourth prize, lounging coat.
Grand Master Kincer appointed
Grand Conductor A. Yates Dowell and
Grand Herald Henry G.. Thomson on
a special committee
The grand master has appointed
Grand Warden Elmer Cummings as
chairman OF the anniversary and BAN
quet committee Grand Marshal Walter
S. Norway has been appointed chair
man of the committee on memorial
services Grand Chaplain Henry w.
Tippett has been appointed chairman
Of the committee on divine services.
The first Official visitation of the
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Spring series will be TO Phoenix Lodge
In Benning. d. G.
A smoker has been arranged for
Wednesday evening Edwin Callov
Is chairman OF the entertainment. The
special committee Is composed of Presi-
dent James r. Griffth Of Central
lodge: Henry C., Thomson, secretary of
BrightUood Lodge. and Thomas C.. Met
tier treasurer Of Langdon Lodge.
All representatives TO the smoker COM
mittce are requested TO be present to-
morrow evening at 8 30 O'Clock In Bea-
con Lodge room. This In the Anal
, meeting Of the committee before the
smoker which will bc held Wednesday
IN I. o. o. +. Temple All members Of
! the order arc cordially invited TO be
present.
Metropolis Lodge No. is. will confer
the first degree on William A. Myers
! next Friday evening
In the near future Metropolis Lody
will hold an open meeting, at Thi..
time those entitled TO receive veterans
jewels will be presented with them in
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Federal Lodge will confer the F. c.
degree Tuesday evening. with Junior
Deacon Frank L. Tracy In the East.
Senior Steward NJ. r. Day will confer
the second section. Master Charles
B. A. Smoot will assume his official
duties,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
REASONS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP
URGED IN THRIFT WEEK DRIVE

appreciation OF home has not come,
and in large measure this Is due To
the lack of home ownership on their
part.
During Thrift week several funda-
mcntals are stressed. but none holds a
deeper significance than home owner
ship. 1t touches the very soul Of our
preSent-day civilization. II offers more
than mere thrift X offers peace shell
ter. protection and happiness TO the
entire family and gives to The COM
munity drawer. more sturdy and sta
bic citizenship.
do not hesitate longer 10 invcSti-
gate the merits OF home ownership.
Home ownership holds out 10 you adj
vanteges financial. physical. mental,
social and recerational. for beyond
your imagination and is available TO al
most every family In all communities
ASK any home owner 10 tell you Of
his feelings on the subject and then
go to any banker or reliable broker and
learn how home ownership has been
made possible TO many"
The local Own Your Home committee
follows; Joseph A. Herbert, chairman
G. c Baltz. Miss Sue z. CAN'T. War
rem Helphenstein, A. c. Houghton. C.
Clinton James. Fred T. Ncsbit. James
p. Schick. j. l.. Sherwood and Henry
K Willard.
Many Own Your Own Home talks
we're given yesterday before various or
gani2ations. while last night John A.
Petty. real estate conSultant. told of
the advantages OF home ownership In
radio talk from Station WIFI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21

RADIO. Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky,
Illinois. Oregon. louisiana. Michigan,
New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee. Utah,
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The constitutionality Of this act has
been passed upon and sustained by
the courts Of practically all Of these
States. as well as by the Supreme
Court of the United States Il vas
first tested out in the case OF Bratton
VS.. Chandler. $50 T. s., ITO. II vas
also sustained in the case of Riley ys.
Chambers. 135 Pac. S55, by the SUI
preme Court OF the State Of California.
Another aspect of the act has been
sustained in the Greenwald case,
which came up in California and vas
argued before the Supreme Court OF
the United States last November.
Purpose Of Act.
: THE act seeks to regulate the man
who Is engaged in business rather than
the business itself. We believe that IL
the right kind Of men are engaged
IN the business it will not BE- necessary
to regulate the business. This is the
theory Of the acts permitting physi-
clans and surgeons to practice and
lawyers TO be admitted TO the bar.
While we have no private opinion
as TO the language used in the act,
yet We are anxious that, II possible.
the bill be passed as near ike the one
submitted as possible. because other
courts have already passed upon these
provisions and approved them. ana II
VIII be much easier 70 sustain the act
IN case an attack Is made upon Il II
II Is In substantial accord with the leg
lSlation already passed n other States. -
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REALTY DELEGATES
TO ATTEND MEETING
Capital City Party Will Leave
Tonight for Houston
Farley.

The Washington delegation which
will attend the annual Midwinter meet
ing OF the National Association of Real
Estate Boards will leave here tonight
10. Houston. Tex. the convention city.
There will be a stop-over at Pine
hurst for one day and a stop-over at
Atlanta. Ga for one day whence the
members will proceed TO New Orleans
The party Will go by way OF Baton
Rouge TO Houston This trip will be
made largely by day 10 give the real
tors an opportunity 10 view the effects
of the flood and the rapid rehablita-
ton In this section.
Those who are making the trip are
w. {. Miller. president Of the board !,
James p. Schlck. executive secretary
Clarence F. Donohoe. A. l.. Donohoe.
Percy ii. Russell. II l.. Rust IT.. q
CaiTert Bowie. Mr. and Mrs Theodore
M. Judd. Mr., and Mrs Lloyd +. Gaines,
l.. u. Shaver. II. r. Witty, Arthur
Carr. II, Clifford Bangs and X, G,
Zantzinger,
Wahhingtonlans are going to Hous-
Ton Tor the purpose of making an ex-
lenhiVe study Of the real estate situa~
ton throughout the country and for
Hetting flrst"hand information from
the point OF View OF selling. construc-
lioh ana financing. On he program
are outstanding business and profess
slohhlsmen. Reports viii be made by
number of committees which have
MADE Nation wide Investigations OF
many angles OF real estate business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
HUGE BUSINESS BUILDING
PLANNED IN BALTIMORE
Trust Company Structure 10 Have
Height Of 40 Feet Above
Pavement.

@BtFa5t lBspSE u IA J bf NtBft
BALTIMORE. January 2i,-~Thirty-
che stories high. 430 feet from pave
nent 70 topmo6t cornice, the new build-
ing 10 be erected by the Baltimore Trust
Co, al Baltimore, Light and Redwood
streets. will be- the taiieEt commercial
building in the boutb
The bulldog, according 10 announce
mcnt. viii be III by 1914 feet al It's baAe
and viii be u the setback style IL arcni-
lecture now IN vogue for skykcrapers.
There VIII be 200. 700 square feet OF
net rental area.
The sits alone NJ the structure repre-
sents nearly $4,000 900 according to
real estate authorities and cost Of the
building Is estimated 1T SO 0O1, 900
The banking room Will be - feet
high, 10 teet vide, 1870 feet long Walls
Hill be ~ msrble ~ limestone. against
whlch viii be marblf pillars Above
the banking section viii be III floors DE- :
voted W Office space. A. this point viii
occur the "setbaes," and after that will
be II fioofs ia the tower, capped by n
: bonnet +"
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FIRE LOSS DECLINES.
Underwriters Show Lowest Figures
Recorded in 1925.

Progress in fire prevention Is record
ed in the latest annual report Of the
National Board OF Fire Underwriters.
which sets forth that 1926 showed the
lowest per capita fire loss for a period
OF FIVE years. The board gives statistics
as 10 the value OF property destroyed
BY fire during 1925 In SIT cities.
In these cities. which include approx
imately one-half OF the Nations total
population, the actual reports received
by the National Board of Fire Under
writer's covering both insured and I'M
insured losses. show property damage
OF $i7s.l78.s74. or per capita loss OF
1885
The board Is now at work on COM
pilation Of figures for the year 1927.
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'Lack o. craftsmanship Is the root
81 nlcG. evil IN small house construc-
ton II accounts for large percent
age o. the tremendous repair bill which
eoniron1 home owners Of the metro
poiiian district yearly.
The remedy Is fundamentally SIM
pie, and It's application an oyerwneln1-
sagc opportunity 10 some financial. real
fg.ate or insurance BODY 10 bene1t
everv ore. including It's membership
The promotion Of better crafLsrnan-
f1lp through a~arcs 10 workers On
small homes ard the establishment Of
eacsr grading standards for houses &C
c1ydirs - quality are the t|o neceS-
szry eteyys VI be taken. They VIII re-
rryTe a huge burden o. expense from
80 fhoulders II the home owner, ana
.atlrg them VII probably 90 mare n
x<vance the caUSe ~ hOyne OwgerfiiD
;aan any otter single factor. consider
TN 10Th fae ccoponllc and satisfaction
81 Uapo!nE." ..-
ert@f~ statements with others quite
- pitnv from the home owners POM
~ view. acre made ~ the course q: 81
t3teryiew With William orr idIhloa
Ylce president o! tfae re" IoiE map, ~.
~ tne American institute ~ Architects.
In outlining tae plan ~hich De be-
teycs viii mean the definite end. wiln~
.n few years 0! snoccy conStrlie"
f.gy In the small h0nge. Mr., Ludo%
flloSs that 5ae would place me "taW1'
toY ia eHecil.lon IN the HANDS q! the
home DIHeY lie raid
THE most vital problem IN nom.
tg.nfyship to6Sy III tue elimination 81
ann obstruction Foof cpnhli ift!oj'
has an attendant train o. cYlls "ilrh
80 FItI3Ngs.e
- collars mr. year for repairs Iileaf
fs,sirS ere due IN most caacA, W prH
Gry0anEbiD. materials beln2 DD W
,aole geod n ppgr consIiiclptos ]
moan thai caEaed by careless ~ ~,
s..ofsnt sttituce tCHsfo Snat EtFl4o
b. proper assembly % Materials bIs
SfIsA6e II tne pfoCQrt u !aCE ~
3rcentise toYasG craftsmanship IfI
tslu.y enobgD gooc materials Haihtp
raen FOR supervision. sfo goo "'e"'-
tectafal designs are aya3sDs
"Elt We lank craftsmanship. we
ba}t gooc aofkers honest men ""i"
~ UAeef cpnall!onb never better ~
isaUofy Bat We o. nO' glFe nleH ~"
Bn.euDee " pa their heart INTO ub'i
s9fk
ne Mechanic ION " INDUSTRY tie
sul.g g30fto by ST .ologlslA, nee en-
tcitc tI4e building trades, hto!Nlyihi
a.. Lbta3al desire II the workman y
s5ltf loUo tie spirit ~ craftsmanship
30 amD.nt I'll supervision can make VI
fDf tnlA iaCk
"Eut recognition 81 oraftsnaHei4it
saH anc corr remedy This defecl u
has dofe - of large building opera
gf3h where The awards ~ merit ngadt
10 superior cfhfibiHen ~ the New Yofs
lulldiDg CoDgreaA baye not siofsf ff'
sjted III be'tff work b'It siso gTfsHi
troeu.tlseusSE M Ludlow IL chaiT
2v - I 40 committee on recognition ~
q sfbsDsALnsD ii the hew IoTa build
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Lack of Craftsmanship Designated
Root of Evil in Small House Building

ing Congress and vice president OF that
BODY.
Il have watched fhe operation o. this
plan. have spoken 10 the men who
nave received the badges and the GER
tificates which proclaim them good
workmen.
Those men are proud Of this recog-
milton. II is among the most funda-
mental OF human characteristics TO re-
spond 10 praise or recognition.
There LIS no reason why this same
stimulus toward craftsmanship could
not be given 10 the workers on small
homes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
INJUNCTION Restraints
"REALT0R" TERM USE
Expelled Member of Board Pro-
hibitsd By Court Decree From
Advertising Self as Such.

A permanent injunction restraining
a former member Of the Grand RacidS
Real Estate Board from continuing rF7e
use OF the term +'realtor" and Other
wise advertising himself as a me-1ber
OF the board has been issued bv ire
Michigan Circuit Court for the County
OF Kent. IN chancery.
The former member was expelled
from the board April for violating
the code Of ethics OF the National As
soclatoa Of Real Estate Boards Of
which the Grand Rapids board IS A
member. The permanent injunction FOL-
lows an earlier temporary Injunction.
The decree not only upholds the ex-
elusive right Of the national assoc;s-
ucn and its members to the use Of
the term "realtor" as q membership
designation, but recognizes the teri, as
essentially involving in its definition
pledge BY every member. OF : con-
sutuent hoard OF the association To
abide by the realtors code OF ethics.
The Kent County decree is the ninth
injunction 10 be issued by the courts
Of various States uphcl6ing the exc
elusive RICH! Of The national aS<ccis-
ton and its member boards 70 the use
OF the term real:or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21

Declaring that home ownership Is
available TO almost every family in all
communities" the Own Your Home day
committee OF Thrift week today an
nounced ten salient reasons why you
should own your own home" 1t WIS
pointed out that yesterday was Own
Your Hcme day.
The reasons follow:
l. II helps you 10 save.
?. It is a good investment.
}. Gives you better standing iT.
your community.
T. Increases your self-respcct.
5. Improves your credit.
g. Bctters your home life and makes
your family happier
7. Gives you greater interest in your
home
3. Increases your interest In the
community and the Nation.
8. Gives you the pleasure and profit
of being your own landlord and paying
your rent TO yourself
10 Provides something for you TO
leave To your family that will hold
them together after you are gone.
In an accompanying statement the
committee said: I'VE urge all TO con-
template seriously the sacredneSs OF
the home as the basic unit OF society.
Unfortunately to many, the full
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
MARTINIQUE IS LEASED.
Massachusetts, Man Takes Over
10Th Street Hotel

The Martinique Hotel. 1911 eix-
teebth street has been ieased by tllt
real estate firm III Maddus Marshall
Noss b. Mallory ~ Willard A senua
toJtei man ~ Epfingflsid. Mass, Thf
property 1t owned by the District Hotel
Corporation, holding company for the
Am conCeTn. aud formerly, operated
tbs Martinique.
Ths hotel Was built about 1--WE years
ago by William r. Fowler IL n,ntains
90 fooins with baths George beck II
Il understood. viii remain BE- 1nanapei
~ the hotel a pos, he has held fnr
two years JhF new Isbaee has hfeH
ses''eislsa 10 the psAt WIN Asyelsl
eastern IloteA.
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Building Record Established.

A new high building record was es-
tablished by the 63 leading Canadian
cities IN 1927. the gain over 1926. tie
previous record year. being 1876 per cent
according 10 Etraus. The years volume
was sleb, 46t,29i. exclusive Of vast
amount of mai of engineering projects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
BERKELEY HALL SOLD.
Apartment House Bought by Fred
SCHNEIDER From Berliner.

S~1"AAN% van 1SA AAASA"
Berkeley Hall. three-story brick
apartment house located at i&4o CO.
lumbia road. has been purchased by
Fred SCHNEIDER from Emile Berliner for
n consideration understood 10 be APP
proximateiy 100000. The transaction
was handled by the once of Boss &
Phelps In cooperation with the E. r
Grant Co.
The building contains 20 apartment
suites. II was built about three years
ago by Harry nj. Bralove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
Joins Boss & Phelps.

Archie L Strauo. formerly With the
J. Benson Thomas Co. for four years.
now Is employed N the business prop
erneS department Of the frm Of Boss
& Phelps.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
GENERAL WASH lkATFMES !5l1la.l I];l!l.
NTWs SECTION WEDNESDAY sFfFEfBER 49, 1928 NLws sLcnoN
Suruivors Tell Pitiful Tales of
Suffering and Death

death toll from that section prob
ably will be higher than in any
other.
The task of recovering bodies is
being undertaken along the shores
OF Lake Okeechobee.
Many persons in the Everglades
are walking through water over the
torn roads toward West Palm
Beach. Hungry, thirsty and almost
too tired to move, they are slowly
making their way toward aid.
The tower of the West Palm Beach
fire station was ripped off by the
wind, but the bell still Is ready to
sound an alarm.
Almost no business is being con.
Quoted in the city. A few drug stores
are open, selling cigarettes and CIV
ing away first-aid supplies.
The cigarette supply seems to be
holding out, but dry matches are al
most at a premium.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19

West Palm Beach in the 1926 hur-
ricane, returned the favor in this
storm. Relief workers have been
pouring in here ever since 2 o'clock
Monday morning.
Public utility repair workers have
had no sleep since midnight Sun
day night. Many of them are almost
ready to drop, but the lines must go
up, and they keep working.
Looting that necessitated martial
law in the 1926 hurricane in Miami
was unknown here. Volunteer
guards were on duty Immediately
after the storm. Two coast guard
cruisers were swept ashore during
the worst of the gale. None OF the
c'ews were seriously injured.
Reports from the Everglades still
are vague. 1t is held likely that many
bodies, buried in the muck under
water, never win be recovered. The
The Washington times., 1928-09-19

that those who are strong enough
to last probably will get some-
thing.
The Governor did not leays
Omaha without expressing himself
on prohibition. It. was voluntary
on his part.
Ten Nebraska Republicans greeted
Governor Smiths arrival today by
publishing full page advertisements
in Omaha newspapers containing
questions dealing with various
phases of his policy on farm relie4
and the wet and dry issue.
Ready With Answers
At the conclusion Of his speech
the Governor took up the question
one by one and declared that in as
much as he believed in t1lkina
openly and frankly he proposed ID
answer them. 81
He dismissed the farm relIaz
questions generally by stating thai
they were answered in his sneecM
just made.
The second question was: Do yolf
believe the country will be nor
prosperous with liquor, or witapuI
Nobody could answer that Que
ton, said the governor. for tdeTH
never has been liquor out OF thi4
country. IL @
The third question was: Dos vol
believe thar liquor is the great Issue
IN this campaign? q y
II certainty do not. he said b
The fourth question was How car
you square your support Of Demo.
cratic candidates for Congres
pledged against liquor with what yosl
say you will do for liquor?
All that President can do, ~
replied. SIS to recommend to Coz
gress, and he can assume the Lead
ersnip of the American people e
an effort to show them his recon1
mendation is right. That is what I
propose to do.
"The Democratic conventions def
every Democrat in the United State
free to express his own individual
opinion of what he thought on the
subject" 3
Gives Speech Full Rein
The governor was himself be-
fore his Omaha audience. He threw
aside a prepared address and spoke
extemporaneously, and just as in
formally and slangily as he would ~
one of his own Manhattan audiences
His New Yorkese may have sounded
strange to Nebraska ears, but ukheB
gave the Democratic nominee an erl-I
thusiastic, almost riotous, welcome.
nevertheless.
Today Governor Smith will leave
Omaha and journey south toward.
Oklahoma City, where he speaks
Thursday night. The day Gill be-
spent in visit to the Nebraska
State Capitol at Lincoln.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
BY DON MORRIS
International News Service

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Sep'.
19.-Stories of pity and terror re-
sulting from the hurricane are
heard on every street today. One
woman told of how her -four chill
dren were swept from her arms hy
the wind. The gale carried them.
tumbling and screaming, out of her
sight.
Their bodies have not been recov-
cred.
Piles of tin, shattered glass and
broken boards dot the streets Of
West Palm Beach and cities in the
vicinity.
A merchant sat on the curb and
wept when he saw the remains of
his place of business after the
storm. Many are ruined.
Miami-remembering the speed
with which relief was sent from