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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
LAWNS OF KENWOOD STAR HOME
ULUSTRA ATE LANDSCAPE RULES

velopment Co, now is very near COM
pletion. During the past week plumb
ing fixtures have been installed and the
oil burner plant set up In the large
basement floor.
The walls of the first floor rooms are
being papered and painted In panel ef-
fects in Colonial style. During the past
week the first coat of paint was laid on
the panels OH this floor, which are to be
painted in an ivory tone. When this
work is completed within few days the
floors of the rooms, of quartered oak
will be scraped. filled and waxed.
The third floor rooms have been
papered and this work is nearing COM
pletion on the second floor. +
Mayer g. Co of this city have been
engaged to furnish the house for the
demonstration sponsored by The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
NORFOLK SETTLES
WATER RENT ROW.
Tenant to Be Held Response
bile for Payment-ReaItors
Agree to Aid.
Who is responsible for water bills. the

Who is responsible for water bills, the
tenants or the house owner?
And II the city may not levy against
the property owner for the collection Of
its water rents how is il to avoid flnan-
cial loss, and how is it to avoid assess
ing such loss through higher rates
against users VINO honestly pay their
bills?
This has been the problem which the
city of Norfolk, Va. and the norfolk
Real Estate Board have attempted TO
work out together. The solution was
arrived at in a recent conference be-
tween w. H Taylor. director of public
works for Norfolk. and representatives
of the Norfolk Real Estate Board, bring
ina the settlement of a long-standing
dispute between the city and its prop
erty owners.
A city cannot by ordinance hold the
landlord responsible for unpaid water
bills of tenants in the absence OF spe-
cific statute authority for such an or0l-
nance. This was determined by the VIZ
GINA Supreme Court OF Appeals IN
test case brought by property owners OF
Norfolk under the leadership OF the
Norfolk Real Estate Board.
The highest court of the State in this
case handed down a decision that in the
absence of legislative authority therefor,
''the Norfolk city ordinance, in so Tar
as II sought to make the owner OF prem
Uses personally liable irrespective OF con-
tract for water consumed on SUCH own
er's premises by a lessee thereof, is re-
pucnant to the fourteenth amendment
of The Constitution and to section II of
the constitution Of Virginia, IN that II
deprives such owner Of his property
without due process OF law.
But there are, it is estimated, some
10000 individual users of city water
from whom the city must collect under
the court ruling. Special legislation to
hold the property owner for his tenants
UNPAID water bills would be unequitable
and a detriment to real estate develop
ment. Rising water rates, resulting from
uncoIlectable bills. would likewise be dis
advantageous to city progress. This Is
the plan recommended by the Norfolk
Real Estate Board after detailed study
and adopted by city officials for avoiding
tbs horns of the water rates dilemma:
Water consumers will be required to
enter into q contract with the city for
the payment of their water bills. The
tenant will thus be held definitely re-
sponsible for the bin. The contracts
VIII De uldlIe0 W tdc OCSupnH"9 -
houses for their signatures, thereby
eliminating any inconvenience to the
tenant. No deposit will be required for
the amount Of the bill. but the city Will.
of course, retain the right to cut on
water supply for non-payment OF the
biz. and users who move to new resi-
dence without payment Of their water
bills viii have their water supply cut on
In the new residence until such time as
It is paid.
The Real Estate Board has agreed that
its members viii furnish the city at
once with information that tenant has
vacated, so that the department OF pub
lie works may readily make its check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
| MODEL LICENSE LAW
is BEING DRAFTED
Regulation of Outdoor Advertising
by States Sought by
Realtors.

A projected model State license law
to regulate outdoor advertising, de-
signed to protect residence sections OF
cities and scenic spots In country
regions against billboard and poster
DETACHMENT, is being drafted by joint
commit ses representing the National
Association of Real Estate Boards and
the outdoor Advertising Association OF
America.
The proposed license act for the
control of billboard placement will be
patterned after the MacChesney model
real estate License act, drafted by the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards for the protection of the public
against INSCRIPTIONS or irresponsible
real estate agents. This act has be-
come the basis of laws now In OPP
eraticn in % States and one Canadian
province.
The National Realtors Association, in
a resolution adopted at It's a->Nual con-
vention In Detroit in 1925, ut itself
on record calling for some form OF
legislative action which, while conserv-
ing the legitimate use OF billboards In
advertising, would prevent the loss en-
tailed to the community through Of
fensive use littering residence sections
and scenic highways.
The natural beauty OF the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
THOUSANDS INSPECT
STAR MODEL HOME
I IN SHEPHERD PARK

Continued from Thirteenth Page
other side is arranged in deep glass
cabinets or compartments where linens
may be stored A clothes chute to the
basement is also in this closet. The
closet is trimmed with glazed chintz
edging and draperies.
Child's Play Room.
The house has complete telephone
installation. An electric dishwasher has
been built into the kitchen sink which
Is Of green enamel. There are also an
oil burner, an electric refrigerator and
separate electrical systems for the light
ing and for power purposes. There Is q
huge storeroom on the third COR. as well
as child's play room and spare bed
room.
This home Is situated on large cor
ner lot 75x130 at the corner Of Morning
side drive and Juniper street. The Iot
has been carefully handicapped and
garden bench with tagging walk TO IL
has been placed in the rear yard.
This home is to be open Tor the next
two weeks and can be reached by going
out Sixteenth street TO Alaska avenue,
thence 10 Morningside drive, turning
left on Morningside drive TO the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

is public heritage. and the COM
munity has o right to keep possession
and establish regulations which would
preserve its esthetic values, the associa-
tion holds. The use of signboards
where they are out OF place destroys
real estate values as well as esthetlc
values 1t points out
Holding that the billboard industry
should so regulate It's own activity that
It would not destroy esthetic values,
the outdoor Advertising Association
has adopted code of ethics for bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
Would Curb Sales Signs.

The North Shore, IL. Real Estate
Board is working to eliminate excess
~For Sale" signs on North Shore prop
critics. The board recommends that in
order to prevent the injury to the sale
value Of properties occasioned by the
presence Of 10 TO is signs on a single
lot, as is sometimes seen, the present
signs be removed and single sign put
in its place, reading, See Your Realtor. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
REALTY SCHOOL PLANNED,
Courses will Be Given at Johns
Hopkins University.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September &c. Philip
Pitt, secretary of the Real Estate Board
of Baltimore, has arranged course in
real estate in the School of Commerce
at John Hopkins University this Fall.
Instructors will include William E.
Ferguson, Harry E. Gilbert and Chris
tian r. Wattenscheidt, the latter an
attorney. Ten free scholarships will be
awarded. Applications for them are to
be received by the board until Sep
TENDER 5.
Half-paid scholarships will be award
ed to those who scored 80 or more in
the course last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

opportunity for development, for light
and air and sunshine and the COM
panionship of growing things, all of
which are desirable from the family
viewpoint.
A community built upon homes Is
solidly built and will endure, says the
Home Owners Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
Will Preserve Beauty.

An organization movement toward
the scenic beauty of Della
ware County, Pa, has been launched
through the cooperation of the Ches-
ter. Pa, Real Estate Board and business
and civic organizations of the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

board erection, and has appointed a
committee to confer with a committee
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards to draft tentative form
of billboard regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

A memorial tablet TO Joseph Mann,
inventor of reapers. Is to be placed in
a Cultram, England, church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
SINGLE HOUSE FAVORED.

The family is the unit of society and
the single-fanliiy home IS the ideal set
ing for that unit. T.aere 1t gets its best
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01

The car Of Mary Purcell, who lives
with her parents on a farm near the
Red Lion Causeway was stolen in
Wilmington Oh Monday evening Of
last week. She had parked it in the
space at Twelfth and Market streets,
Wilmington, early in the morning af-
ter driving to Wilmington to work and
when she went for it late in the af-
ternoon it was gone. The car was
found Tuesday about 40 O'clock by
Officer McCafferty 1t had been park
ed at Thirteenth and Market streets
one square away from where il was
taken. The car was Just about Out of
gas and oil and one fender was prac-
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01
tically torn off. Miss Purcell drove
the car to her home Tuesday evening
SERVICE

Reprinted from the editorial col
umns Of The Elmer Times, Elmer,
New Jersey:
It has been said, and not without
foundation, that the word "Service"
has been the most overworked combi-
nation of letters in the alphabet the
past few years. Every business, large
OF small, uses the word in describing
its willingness to meet the demands Of
the public but it occurs to us that the
Standard Oil Company service sta
tions throughout the country should
almost be entitled to exclusive use of
the word. For here is found Service
with a capital IS"
Driving up to a Standard Oil service
station one is always impressed with
the clean surroundings The spotless
white buildings, with their red tile
roofs and trimmings seem to extend a
welcome and the courteous and usual
" smiling attendants do likewise. Be
fore anything is said about gasoline
or oil,a helper has looked to your wat
er supply, rubbed up the nickel, wiped
Lie uuSL OIL your WliluSulelu ana NOOE
windows and looked over your tires,
and if you make inquiry about the
roads he also presents you with an
up-to-date map, marks any necessary
detours and bids you to stop again if
you ever happen to return to his baili-
wick
After negotiating several miles Of
detour roads in nasty rain we rec
emily stopped at a STANDARD" Service
Station The windshield and windows
We're covered with muddy water 50
that vision was badly interfered with
Without saying a word the attendant
produced a bucket of water and a
chamois and in few moments the
glass all the way around the car was
spotless. And nearby was a sign read
ing; mo Tipping"
AT another STANDARD" Station the
manager noted a tire was badly cut
and suggested that it be replaced with
the spare in order to avoid trouble on
the road AT a nod of the head a jack
was under the wheel, the tires were
changed in a jiffy, and we We're in
formed-"No charge, we're here to
give service"
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Wilmington will hold its official Fall
Dollar Day on August s, according to
an announcement made by the Mer-
camille Section Of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce It is being
held under the auspices Of the Cham
Der of Commerce. The stores which
are participating this year will be
known by having price cards and win
dow cards Of distinctive color issued
only by the Chamber Of Commerce.
These cards bear the emblem Of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01

There will De a hearing before the
Federal Trade Commission in Wash
ington during the week Of August %
on the tariff on Italian tomatoes inn
ported into this country. There has
been an unusually large number I'M
ported in the past few months and it
il becoming a most serious menace to
DeI-Mar-Va production. The Tn-State
Gamers Association have been able to
arrange for this hearing through the
efforts Of Congressman Goldsborough
and Senators Bruce and Tydings.
State Senator Earle Withgott, Of Tai
bot county, is president of the Can
ners Association
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01

Judge Levin WI Wickes, sitting i'll
a court of equity, has handed down a
decision in the case of Mrs. Clifton J..
FARRELL vs.. the Chestertown Bank Of
Maryland, in which the bank is auth
orized to act as administrator to settle
four estates as follows: Q. l. farrell,
Mrs. o. L. FARRELL, Mrs. Emma Snitch-
eli and Sidney p. Townsend. The bank
was represented by State Senator S.
Scott Beck and Charles @. Wallace, Of
Baltimore, while Herbert Z. Perkins
argued for the plaintiff
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01

A great many different kinds in ruffled
and other laces. Where there are only
from one to six pairs of the same pattern,
the price is just half The price range is:
Curtains that were $500 to $500 per pair
are now S1.5O to S4.OO the pair
RayOn Bed Spreads in assorted colors,
72"X10S". $3.50 silk rayon spreads now
$500; $10.5O spreads now $500 each
Smyrna times., 1928-08-01

Full size rayon spreads, SO"x1O5" and
1O8", $3.50 spreads now S475: $500
spreads now $500; $3.50 spreads now
$3.50 Rayon spreads, full size, 9O"x1O8"
with tlounces, in green, gold and blue col
orings that were S10.50 now $500 each
Metal waste baskets, painted and dec
Grated very convenient for kitchen OF
bathroom, that were soc now 3Oc each
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
CLAIM 8 CITIES
/ Reflect LIQUOR
/ BACKING IN u. S,
w. C. T. U. Surveys Show
Nine States Create Anti
| Dry Bills in Congress.
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON, April 20.-Wet
sentiments as reflected in antI-pro-
hibition bills now before Congress
is confined to nine cities in nine
States, according to an analysis of
legislation made by Mrs. Ella A.
Boole of New York, president Of
the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union
The fifty-nine wet measures in
PRODUCED at this session, she found,
come from three Senators and
twenty-six Representatives residing
in such places as New York, Newark,
Chicago, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit,
Milwaukee, st. Louis and St. Paul.
She might also have added that
the wet bloc has made no attempt
to press the bills in committee, and
except for one fight against use of
wood alcohol in denaturing indus
trial alcohol, has spoken softly on
repeal or modification.
Thirty-one of the tlfty-nine bills,
according to Mrs Boole, were SpOn-
Sored by members from New York
City and its New Jersey environs.
She declared that nine Democrats
and one Republican from the
metropolis introduced twenty-one
bills and the other New York
measure was presented by Buffalo
Congressman.
"Seventy-five per cent of all wet
legislation" she asserted, comes
from the cities of New York and
st. Louis and the States of Wis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
One for Dar10in
By Science SerUicc

By Science Service
PHILADELPHIA, April 20
Man owes his present proudly
erect position to o long line of
tree-dwelling ancestors. Bra
citation, which means pulling
ones self about among the
branches, is the only way in
which e. the spinal column
could have gained an upright
position, declared DR.. William
K. Gregory of the American
Museum of Natural History,
speaking here today before the
meeting of the American
Philosophical Society. A SER
les of the upper arm bones of
prinitice mammals, lemurs,
monkeys and apes, shows in
creaSing resemblance to the
corresponding bone in the
human arm, he stated, and
there are many further de-
tails of structure, especially in
the hand and foot of man, that
indicate a former tree-dWell-
ing mode of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
consin and New Jersey. Five Wis

consin and New Jersey. Five Wis
consin members introduced five
beer bills identical in wording"
The main detectives of the vets
in these measures are: Repeal of
the Eighteenth Amendment; Gov
eminent control of liquor traffic as
a substitute for prohibition; repeal
of the Volstead act; legislation of
2.75 beer and wine; permission for
States to make their own liquor
laws according to various interpre-
tations of the amendment; unlim-
tied medicinal liquor, and elimina-
ton of poisonous substances from
industrial alcohol"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20

younger than the Rev. Edward s..
Best who died this week at Maiden,
Mass. The Rev. Mr.. Best would
have been 104 on Sept. 8. The Rev.
Mr.. Lathrop will celebrate his one
hundred and third birthday Nov.
"a this year.
Born here, the Rev. Mr.. Lathrop
was graduated from Indiana Uni
verSity in 1847 and entered the min
istry the same year, which was three
years before the Rev. Mr.. Best
started his pulpit career.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
Thirty Reds Held for Treason

BIZ United Press
COPENHAGEN, April 20.-Thirty
communists including a member of
the Finnish parliament have been
arrested on HelSingfors on charges
Of high treason, dispatches said to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
GREENSBURG MINISTER
NOW WORLDS OLDEST
Methodist Who Was Graduated
From /. u. Is 1O2.

GREENSBURG, Ind, April 90
The Rev. James B. Lathrop of this
city is the oldest Methodist minis
ter in the world. He is '102, u year
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
8-Piece Dining
Room Suite

Genuine walnut veneer, big
roomy buffet, oblong extension
table, 6 chairs, covered with
heavy velour; 8 pieces, COM
plete- 4
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-23
HAROLD ADMITS
OWNERSHIP OF
CAPTURED STILL

Frank Harold of Calipatria dis
trict entered plea of guilty to Il
charge of unlawful possession of a
still when arraigned before Judge
Thompson in superior court this
morning. He entered application for
probation and the case was contin-
ued to November for hearing
The defendant was arrested on Il
charge of unlawful possession of
intoxicating liquor first and taken
before Judge Griffin at Brawley
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
TO pay a fine of 5000 or serve 90
days in Jail. Deputy Sheriffs Sharp
and Christian after turning the de
fendant over to the custody of the
sheriff, returned to the ranch
where they had arrested Harold and
uncovered a skillfully hidden still.
While Harold disclaimed owner
ship, he admitted that the still was
in his control at the time.
George w. Iulme of FL Centre
was arraigned before Judge Thomp-
son and entered a plea of guilty to
a charge of unlawful possession of
narcotics. lie was sentenced to
spend six months in the county iail
and was committed to the custody
Of the sheriff.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-23
OFFICERS HALT
BETTING RING
AT TANF0RAN
By United Press Leased Wlr.

TANFORAN TRaTN, calf, Oct.
23.-Special deputies from the San
Mateo county sheriff S office were
stationed at Tanforan Track today
after charges were made by the
State Law Enforcement League
that betting was being practiced at
the track.
Seven men accused of having ac-
ceptcd wagcrs were sought under
warrants issued on complaint of
league agents and an eighth, James
Jordan, who said he was San
Francisco waiter, was at liberty
from the San Matco county Jail on
a gambling charge.
DR.. Thomas Filbcn, executive see
rotary of the league, said that a
number of his agents had placed
bets at the track. He declared that
n number of men work among the
spectators directing those who wish
to bet to bookics who will take their
money.
His agents failed to collect any
monetary evidence, he said, because
the horses they selected to bet ON
did not prove to be of winning
calibcr
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-23
CHINESE Who
KILLED ELEVEN
TAKES OWN LIFE

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf,
Oct. 23.-Preferring death by his
own hand to hanging on the prison
gallows for the murder of II of his
countrymen, Leon Wing, young Chin
cse ranch hand, committed suicide
last night i'm his cell in death row,
penitentiary officials announced to-
day.
Wing took his life with small
hand towel which he knotted around
his throat. He was found dead on
the floor of his cell when guards
came through the death house for
the II p. m. inspection. Previously
al 9 p. m. the guards passed the
cell and Wing answered to the call.
The suicide cell was occupied by
Ning and another Chinese killer,
Leon Fook from Tuare county.
Whether Fook was asleep and un-
aware of his countryman act, or
whether he knew and elected to al
low Wing to cheat the gallows had
not been learned today. Fook,
however, made no sign to attract the
attention of death house guards, it
was said
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-23
BODY OF LOST
CHILD LOCATED
in ELDER CANAL
Three Day Search About
M'Cabe District Ends
This Morning.

Search for Martha Geisler ended
at IL o 'clock this morning when the
body of the little three year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Geisler of the McCabe school dis
trict was found lying in check of
the Elder canal. The body was dis
covered by Al Whitney, neighbor,
who has been assisting in the search
since > o o'clock Saturday afternoon
when the disappearance of the lit
tie girl was first noted.
Coroner b. f. Lemons was notified
and the body brought to the funeral
chapel in FL Centre where it is ex-
pected that inquest will be held to-
morrow morning.
pproximately IL square miles of
countryside and the entire distance
along the Elder canal had been
secured by the searchers 1t was
not definitely established at first
that the child had fallen in the wa
ter, her tiny footprints being found
leading in and out of corn field
as well as to a bridge over the canal
near the home.
The finding of her doll in the
water, however, caused searchers to
turn their attention first to the
waterway. When thorough search
of five mile stretch had failed to
reveal the body, however, the search
was broadened to take in the coun-
try about as well as the canal.
The body haG evidently been Gov
cred with silt or caught in some nook
in the canal which was overlooked
in the early search for when it was
found this morning it was at a dis
tance of approximately one mile and
an eighth from the bridge spanning
the Elder canal near the Geislel
home. 1t was caught in check on the
He'll ranch.
The child had evidently been led
to the bridge in playing with hel
little dog for the parents had strict
ly warned her against playing neal
the waterway. She was last seen
when she ran from her mother tC
play about the yard with the dog.