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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
SELL CARS AND HOMES
TO PAY CHURCH NOTE

TAMPA, Fla, July 6-tR-Prop-
erty Of the First Christian church
here, valued at s235 600, viii remain
in possession Of the congregation
for the present at least despite the
apparently insurmountable odds III
financing its retention.
One member Of the congregation
sold his automobile. another Dor
roWed on his life insurance. a third
put up a mortgage on his home.
and others borrowed various sums
to meet a $4,000 note due on the
new building.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
HOOSIER "
CAR % A OLD

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind.
July 6.-New necSels in automobiles
do not interest Thomas A. Peabody
OF this city, for he has not yet worn
out his a which was built in 1901
Peabody recently had the car
completely reconditioned in Califor-
mia and declared it runs as well as
it ever did. It has a low curved
dash, a padded leather seat. a bulb
horn and the lever type of steering.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
a distance Of 1853 miles from Corpus

a distance Of 158 miles from Corpus
Christi.
In December of 1904, a branch
line diverging at Harlingen and ex-
tending to Sam Fordyce, a distance
Of SIS miles, was completed and i'm
mediately opened for traffic. In
April, 1905, four months later, the
line was completed to Sinton, 81
miles north Of Robstown, and dur
ing the following year the energy Of
the builders was focused on the. ex-
tension of the line to its northern
terminus.
IN April, 1906. Bay City, 142 miles
north Of RobstoWn, was reached.
and traffic between Brownsville and
Bay City, a distance of 284 miles.
was opened for regular service. A
few weeks later. during the month
Of May, the rails reached Algoa,
where trackage connections were
made with the Santa Fe system,
and under joint trackage arrange
ments. gave us an entry into the
city Of Houston.
With completed communication.
the mileage of the Gulf Coast Lines
were as follows:
Miles.
Brownsville to Algoa $3.50. 343.06
Harrington to Sam Fordyce $40
SidingS 71.78
Total new track ....... 470.26
Joint trackage-
RobStown to Corpus
Christi 1903
Algoa to Houston ........ 1900
Total, all track $500. .516.29
In their preliminary survey, de-
termining a location, the engineers
Were instructed that the builders
ambition was to obtain as low a
gradient as possible, holding strict
ly to a tangent as physical char
acteristicS would permit, with a
view that the entire mileage Of the
main line should not exceed two
tenths Of one per cent. thus giving
the entire section a modern railway
that could maintain service as de-
mands were made upon it in the flu
ture by counties thousands of tons
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

UNWRITTEN LAW REJECTED
PERTH, West Observation-Disclosures
he pleaded the unwritten law,
Godfrey Woten was convicted Of
numbering a man who was Mrs.
Woten's lover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

straight-eights. the two largest cars
in the Auburn line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
CAPITAL REALTOR
TO DELIVER SPEECH
John L. Weaver to Make Ad-
dress Before Convention
of Virginia Association.

John L. Weaver. member of the firm
OF Weaver Bros, Inc, will deliver an
address on the relation of Virginia to
the National Capital next Friday at the
annual convention of the Virginia Real
Estate Association at Richmond. it was
announced today by Guy N. Church,
president of that body.
Mr.. Weaver is a past president of
both the National Association of Real
Estate Boards and of the Washington
realtors organization.
Mr.. Church estimates that 500 real
tors and guests will attend the conven-
ton. which will open next Wednesday
with the annual golf tournament as the
high light of the day. There will be
dancing in the evening.
Business will be taken up Thursday,
when Gov. Harry Flood Byrd OF Vir-
ginia will address the body on future
industrialization of the Old Dominion.
Another address will be made by Harry
M. Smith, ir., Richmond attorney.
@. T. o. Hollyday. Baltimore, will
speak Thursday afternoon on salesman
ship and Harry L. Smoot, Chicago at
torney. will point out features of the
real estate regulatory license law. There
will be an open forum.
Other speakers will include Col John
r. Saunders. attorney general of Rich
mond A. john Berge, sales counselor
of the National Realtors Association;
Thomas j. Hundley of Newport News,
D.. w. Durrett of Richmond, and
Charles H. Morrisette. State tax COM
missioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
New Owsley Mansion to Be of Italian Design
Beautiful House of 80
Rooms to Be Located
at 2347 S Street.
g MASTER BEDROOMS
ARE AMONG FEATURES
Work Has Been Started,
Under Supervision of
Wilmer R. Boiling.

The new home being erected for
Louis S. Owsley at 2347 S street, where
1t will be seen prominently from Massa-
chusettS avenue, Washington's second
Embassy Row." will be impressive in
aspect, costly in type. and of an archi-
tectural style marked by italian in
f1uence.
The house, now under construction
by Wilmer r. Boiling, from plans by
Ward Brown, Washington architect, will
be located near the late residence of
former President Wilson and the former
home of President Hoover.
The exterior of the imposing struc-
tllre will be of limestone on the street
facade, enhanced by arches and col
umnS of marble in the arcaded effect
on the recessed balcony in the second
story over the main entrance, which
will be formal in style.
The grounds about the structure will
be extensively Handicapped to form
proper setting for the light color of the
facades, and the boundaries will be
marked by an iron fence of neat design
set upon a low stone retaining wall.
At the rear will be a Sunken garden,
with fountain, view of which will be
afforded from the main entrance hall
of the dwelling.
The house, designed with an eye to
entertainment purposes, will contain 80
rooms.
The central entrance hall will have a
floor and stairs of marble, and the walls,
of stone, will be hung with tapestry.
Convenient to the hall will be a pas
senger elevator to the upper floors.
The living room will be 81 by SO feet.
Tapestry and paintings will be hung on
its walls. The music room, adjoining
will have ceiling of Italian style and
walls finished in walnut -paneled wains-
coting. This room will be % by 81
feet.
The dining room win be rs by "a feet.
All the doorwayS in these rooms will be
featured by curved outlines over the
doors.
There will be nine master bedrooms
and five large baths on the upper floors.
Several of the baths will have colored
fixtures and tile. Two of the bedrooms
will be % by 81 feet in size.
There will be seven servants bed
rooms and a modernly equipped service
pantry.
Fireplaces will have marble mantels
and the principal rooms will have plaS-
ter cornices. There will be a garage
for two cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19

| F. B. Grove, jr., owner; E. L. Bullock,
| jr., architect; Charles H. Tompkins Co.,
| builders; to erect one 2-story brick,
stone and concrete market, 1920 and
1922 Fifth street northeast dots z and
8, square 3592), to cost $4,000.
w. G.. Irwin, owner and builder:
George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect
four 2-story brick dwellings, 1851 to
1857 Ingleside terrace dots Isl to 154,
square 261O, to cost $4,000.
F. D. KlimkiewicZ owner and builder:
George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect
four 2-story brick dwellings, 5745 to 5751
Thirteenth street dots SIS to So, square
2935), to cost $3.50
Capital View Realty Co, owners and
builders; George T. Santmyers, archi-
tect, to erect four 2-story brick dwell
ings, l04, LOG, 112 and ia Fiftieth
street northeast dots 48, 40, So, So,
square 5189), to cost $4,000.
Dwelling to Cost $I3,5OO.
L. E. Breuninger & Sons, owners and
builders; H. L. Brueninger. architect; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 1868
Iris street dot 80. square W-1774), to
cost $13,500.
L. E. Breuninger & Sons owners and
builders; H. l.. Brueninger, architect: to
erect one 2-story stone and stucco DWELL
ing. 1850 Juniper street dot 10, square
W-2174), TO cost $l3,500.
Henry j. Connor, owner and builder:
H. H. Harriss, architect: to erect one
212-story brick, tile and stucco dwelling,
1884 kalm1a street Got l8, square 2773) /;
to cost $4,000.
Gulf Refining Co., owners. designers
and builders; to erect one 1-story brick
and concrete gasoline station. 1923 Fiji
tenth street dots B, 886 and 887. square
209); to cost $1,000.
@. w. Chase, owner and builder: to
erect one 2-Story brick dwelling. 726
Fern street dot IL, square 3176); to
cost S6,000
Federal Bake Shops, Inc, owners and
builder; to make alterations 1905 F.
street dot 8l8, square 347); to cost
Sc, 900.
M. r. Lands, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling, 1905 Twenty street
northeast dot 800, square 4246); to cost
Order of the Friars of the Province
Of the Most Holy Name, owners; to move
residence from parcel 1857 to parcel
1853, 4025 Fourteenth street north
east; to cost $4,000.
John NJ. King, owner and builder; J.
A. Melby, architect; to erect one 2-story
frame and concrete block dwelling, 1922
Twenty-sixth street northeast dots 81
and So, square 4294); to cost $4,750.
Kass Realty Co., owner and builder;
M. Platshon, designer; to erect one l.
story brick store, 1913 North Capitol
street dot 79, square BOD; to cost
$4,000.
Catholic Medical Mission, owners:
George r. Taylor. designer; Henry H
Cord, builder; to erect one 2-story brick
and tile addition, Sixth and Crittenden
streets northeast (parcel 1854, square
3796); to cost $4,000.
Estate of Henry K. Willard, owners:
Harry F. Boryer builder: to make re-
pairs 1922 F street dot 81, square 225)
to cost $1,000.
Harry M. Bralove, owner and builder:
to erect retaining wall, 1901 Connecti-
cut avenue (parceI $3.50, square 2223) /;
to cost $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
BUILDING
FOR 18TH STREET
$500 600 Apartment Hotel
Plans Are Filed With
District Inspector.

A fve-story apartment hotel is to be
erected at 1920 Sixteenth street, ac-
cording to plans filed with the District
building inspector, by David L. Stern,
who is named in the application for
permit as the architect, builder and
owner of the projected structure.
The building is to cost an estimated
sum of S5O0,0OO 1t will be of brick.
stone and concrete construction.
Plans for the construction of two
story brick convent building for the
Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement,
to be erected at 1000 Hardwood road
northeast, have been filed with the
building inspector. The cost of the
building is estimated at 100000. The
Geary-Johnson Co., Inc, is named as
the building concern.
A. B. Mullett Co., architects, have
filed plans for the two-story store build
ing to be erected on the southeast cor
ner of Fourteenth and I streets for a
branch store of D. j. kaufman, Inc, at
a cost estimated at $4,000. r. P.
Witty Co., Inc, is the builder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
WASHINGTON. BUILDING
UNDER NEW CONTROL
Realty Corporation Takes Over
Office Structure Which Was Re-
Gently Sold at Auction.

Financial arrangements concerning
the purchase of the Washington Build
ing, monumental Office structure with
frontages on New York avenue, Fiji
tenth and G streets, which was bought
at auction recently by Lindsey Hooper
Of Hooper, Kimball 81 williams of Bos-
ton, have been completed and title has
been transferred to the Washington
Building Realty Corporation.
The announcement is made by
Weaver Bros, Inc, local realtors, which
firm has been made leasing and manag-
ing agents for the structure under long
term contract. John l.. Weaver, preSi-
dent of the company, is a member Of
the board of directors of the Washing
ton Building Realty Corporation, of
which Mr.. Hooper of the Boston firm
is president. Stanton Peelle of this
city is general counsel of the corpora
ton.
The Washington Building at the re-
cent auction sale brought high bid
of $4,005,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
Merchants Approve
Real Estate License
Code for District

The real estate license law pro-
posed for the District by the
Washington Real Estate Board
was Endorsed yesterday afternoon
by the board of governors of the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association at its meeting in The
Star Building.
The action was taken after a
study of the bill, which has been
introduced in the Senate by Sem
ator Capper, Republican, of Kan
sas. The bill is fashioned after
the model code prepared by the
National Association of Real Es-
tate Boards, which, In similar
forms, now is in force in rs
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
PROPERTY is LEASED
Five-Year Term Is Signed for Total
Rent of $4,000 for Women's
Apparel Shop.

Business property at 1888 Pennsyl-
vania avenue has been leased for a pc
Rod of five years for total rent con-
sideration of approximately $1,000 by
Kanetaro Furuya, who will open a
women's apparel shop there, it is an
nounced by Carl C. Rosinski, who acted
in negotiations.
Dave Alpher has leased premises at
lit G street, where a jewelry store is
to be established, it is announced also by
Mr.. Rosinski. The lease is to run for q
possible term of five years at rent con-
sideration of approximately $4,000, it
is reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19

License Otherwise Equipped.
Besides pocket cards, every license
will be furnished with license set
ting forth substantially the same in
formation described above. Both the
licenses and the pocket cards must bear
the imprint of the seal Of the real es-
tate commission. Every license issued
statesmen will be delivered direct to the
employing broker, who is personally
responsible for its safekeeping. 1t is
the duty of every licensee to conspic-
uously display his license in his place
of business.
New licenses will be issued upon
change of location of business, but any
change in location without formal no.
tice to the commission will automati-
cally cancel the license Heretofore is
sued to those involved in the change
When a salesman leaves the employ
of a broker, the broker is obligated to
deliver at once to the commission the
license of said salesman, for which he
is personally responsible. Also 1t will
be unlawful for such salesman to per-
form any further. acts as a real estate
salesman until he qualities with an
other licensed broker and returns his
former pocket card.
Every real estate broker, in order to
obtain license. must maintain a place
Of business and every real estate sales
man before he can be licensed must be
employed by or associated with a IL
censed broker.
Method of Identification.
These various restrictions and safe
guards, as well as the Endorsements and
formal information filed with the ap-
plication for license, and the data re-
quired by a bonding company before it
issues the required bond, form a rather
comprehensive means of identifying and
tracing both real estate brokers and
real estate statesmen.
Many people undertake to purchase,
sell, exchange and rent property who
have but little appreciation of the
significance and Importance of such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
Owning Building Section for Washington and Suburbs
BUILDING PERMIT GAINS
SHOW GROWTH OF CAPITAL
Big Advance in Physical Development Is Shown by
Total Estimated Cost of Con-
tempIated Work.

big advance physical development Capt.
tai IN addition to Federal projects shown private
building inspector the total estimated cost being $So
Leading the list Of operations permits for IS buildings
the large tract Fifth street and Florida northeast by the
Market Terminal
Commission merchants at the old Center Market
make for the Federal building
ket Terminal Co.
$350O00 Warehouse Planned.
Permits
the Sanitary Grocery $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19

transactions. 1t frequently happens
that such persons unheSitatingly in
trust their business of this character to
utter strangers whose sole identification
may be so-called business card indi-
eating them to be a real estate broker
or a real estate salesman. Oftentimes,
cash payments are made and other
vital authority given to persons who
were totally unknown and unheard Of
before, and without even the knowledge
that they have any business Office or
location
AS may be expected under such CIR
cumstances these strangers sometimes
prove non-dependable, incompetent and
even dishonest. When such cases arise
the injured party has difficulty in
identifying and tracing the one causing
the trouble. Even If located and identi-
cannot be rectified.
Severe Penalty Imposed.
The severe penalty provided in the
proposed law would of itself deter in
dividuals from undertaking to act as a
real estate broker or real estate sales
man without license. Failure on the
part of an alleged broker or salesman
to exhibit evidence proving him to be
duly licensed would be sufficient guide
to make one hesitate before entering
into any business transaction.
The specific provisions discussed here
in indicate very definitely the protec-
ton the public is offered in respect to
identifying and tracing licensed brok-
ers and statesmen with whom they may
contract in transacting their real estate
matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
RIVIERA APARTMENTS
CHANGE OWNERSHIP
Four-Story Building Is Bought by
Bertha r. Israel From
Arthur c. Moses

The Riviera, four-story apartment
house, located at 2310 Ashmead place,
has been purchased by Bertha r. Israel
from Arthur C. Moses, it is announced
by the j. A. McKeever Co., which han
died negotiations.
The building contains % apartment
units The structure was erected
number of years ago by David A. Baer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
BUYS in Foxall.

Michael F. Mccarthy. an attorney,
has purchased as his residence the Eng
lish group house at 1871 Forty-f fourth
street, in Foxall. The house contains
six rooms, bath and lavatory and has
a two-story porch on the rear. The
property was acquired from Waverly
TAYLOR. Inc, the builder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
LAW PENDING TO REGULATE
REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS
Each Broker Required to Procure License Before
Engaging in Business in
District.
BY JOHN A. PETTY,
Secretary washington Real Estate Board.

Definite of identifying and tracing those undertake
in the real estate business
estate brokers' license law Every individual licensed under this
will
only possessing it is duly
tifying information. - - -
individual pocket
address
officers of firms partnerships corporations
furnished with showing their full
address of the
issued statesmen WILL addition
clude the address Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
: Buys in Glover Park.

Mrs. Louise Asbury has purchased the
six-room brick dwelling at 1904 Thirty
eighth street. in Glover Park, it is an
nOunced by Cooley Bros. builders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
v. c. 7. j. MEETING
IS OPENED HERE:
Addresses and Reports Fea-
ture Conventions Initial
Gathering.

Addresses and reports on the work OF
the various departments of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
during the last three months featured
the opening of the quarterly conven-
ton of that organization in Bethany
Baptist Church on Rhode Island avenue
between Second and Third streets today.
The convention was called to order by
Mrs. N. M. Pollock.
The delegates we're welcomed TO the
church by Rev. DR.. Hugh T. Steven
son, pastor, who in a brief address de-
plored the lack of respect for law IN
this country, declaring that there is
more respect for law in various Euro
pean countries than in the United
States.
Response to DR.. Stevenson's address
was made by Mrs. William Knowles
Cooper, who stressed the importance OF
carrying on wide educational program
among the young people to give them
respect for law as well as to teach them
temperance in living.
Rev. DR.. Charles H. Butler, pastor OF
the Columbia Heights Lutheran Church,
referring briefly to the Jones-Stalker
bill for enforcement of prohibition, said
the purchaser of liquor is just as much
a law violator as the vender.
Included among the reports at the
morning session was one. by Mrs. E. G.
Stanton, chairman of the international
relations section of the w. c. T. u,
who told of plans for her section to
take part in a round-table discussion
of the affairs of various Central Ameri-
can countries. The organizations max
ing the study are those which had rep
resentatives at the recent national con-
ference on the cause and cure Of war.
Others taking part in the morning
program were Mrs. Myrtle c. MacSpei-
den, who led in song service; Mrs. M.
w. johnson, prayer: Mrs. M. M. Br1n-
ley, Salute to the Flag; Mrs. Charles
Montgomery. who read the minutes OF
the last quarterly convention.
Reports were made at the session by
the following: Mrs. H. E. Rogers, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. George A.
Ross, treasurer; Mrs. M. c. Bennett,
auditor; Mrs. Margaret Wright Schultz.
young peoples branch, and Mrs. r. T.
Stout, the Loyal Temperance Legion. A
health demonstration was given by DR..
Iauretta E. Kress, who presented four
nurses from the Takoma Park SAM
tariun, who sang health song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
SERGT. maj. BURDICK DEAD

The Navy Department announced to-
day that Sergt Maj. Bernie Burdick of
the United States Marine Corps died
yesterday as the result of an automobile
accident near Cape Haitien, Haiti He
was a member of Headquarters Com
pany of the I'd Regiment, First Brigade,
at Port AL Princes, and naval records
show that his widow resides at 324
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Sergt. Burdick was on duty with the
Marine detachment at the Naval AM
munition Depot, Lake Denmark, N. j.,
when the big explosion occurred in July,
1925, but escaped injury, the depart
1nent said, although his wife and child
were injured. He served ashore at Vera
Cruz with the Marines who were at
tached to the Army for duty. He was
born in Denver Colo, September 6,
1886, and enlisted in the Marine Corps
in 1905, serving continuously since.
During the World War he was on duty
on the U. S. S. May1ower, and in Au-
gust 1918, he was given temporary
warrant as Marine gunner, which he
held until August, 1919.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
FARM RELIEF BILL
ABOUT COMPLETE
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Ready to Report to Full
Committee.
By the Associated Press.

The House farm relief bill has been
virtually completed by the subcomnit-
tee appointed for the task, and except
for few details is ready for submits
sion to the agriculture committee, which
is to present the proposal to the House
at the opening of the special session
next Monday.
The measure will not be printed
however, until after these matters are
Strengthened out in informal confer
ences with various farm leaders and
Government officials.
The bill, as previously indicated by
the committee, has been made to fol-
low the general Republican party plat
form recommendations for establish
nlent of a Federal farm board to dis
pense large revolving fund in loans
to co-operatives and sterilization cor
porations.
In telegram to Frank H. Simpson,
Flora, Ill, fruit grower, Representative
Williams, Republican, Illinois. men,
Der of the drafting subcommittee said
today that the measure would not force
Federal assistance upon any commodity
which did not desire and specifically
request aid
mo commodity group will have the
power to interfere in eny way or give
assistance when it is not requested"
said Mr.. Williams, but the bill will be
general in its terms and the machinery
set up and the assistance offered will
only apply to those commodity groups
desiring it and asking for it on their
own motion"