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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28


Action Follows Long Study.
Decision to institute this new service
comes after an extended study of the
matter. which was started by the city
head when statements. repeatedly made
by property owners before the Zoning
Commission, indicated that when they
purchased holdings here they did not
thoroughly understand the application
Of the necessarily rather complicated
coming regulations.
Under the new system. the Zoning
Commission executive office, upon APP
blication by interested parties, VIII
search the coming maps and regulations,
write on an official form the then exist
ing coming restrictions. This work Will
be done by an employe OF the zon-
ing office. 1t then will be checKeo
for accuracy by another employe
of the Office, and finally VIII be re-
checked by Maj. Donald A. Dawson
Assistant Engineer Commissioner, the
executive officer of the commission, VINO
will initial the statement. This state
ment while not in the form of GER
tificate, but still bearing the weight OF
an official report from the District gov
ernmental agency. then will be available
to the applicant for this service.
Might Enlarge Staff.
Title company representatives. real
estate statesmen or brokers, or persons
individually interested in buying or
selling real estate, will be able to obtain
this service once week or even daily
II needed. subject only to the limitations
Of the time of employees of the zoning
office If there is real public demand
for the service and the present stan IS
Inadequate to handle the work, Com
missioner Taliaferro indicated thar
probably there would be an appeal for
an enlargement of the staff to carry on
this and the many other duties OF the
coming Office.
Recently, when Commissioner Talia-
ferro threw out a definite suggestion
that title companies and real estate OF
fees include a statement as to coming III
title certificates or in sales contracts. q
number of men in these lines of bust
ness approved the purposes of the pian
but doubted if it would be feasible un-
less the District set up some DEFINITE:
accurate and easily obtainable form oil
cooperation.
This led Commissioner Tallaferro u
draft the new system, which was adopted
at the executive meeting of the Aon-
ing Commission Tuesday. Mai. Davl-
son has been directed to draft the nnal
wording of the form to be used IN Uni"
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
WEEKS BUILDING PROJECTS
TOTAL $1,O21 .282 IN COST
Plans for $75OOOO Apartment, 2e Homes
and Other Buildings Are Approved
by Inspector.

street dot and north Is feet OF lot 4
square 1851; to cost $4,000.
Peoples Drug Stores. Inc, owners: z
S. Haislip builder; to make repairs and
alterations. sos Seventh street dot 35
square 456); to cost $4,000.
George l. Willis. owner and builder;
William T. Lamar. architect: to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling. 1915 Nevada
avenue dot Sc, square 1900; to cost
$4,000.
Harry L. Thompson e. Russell T
Woodfield, owners and builders; w. B
Honey, architect: to erect one 2-Story
brick dwelling. $50 Broad Branch road
dot u, square 1880; to cost $1,000.
Gasoline Station.
G.. w. Forsberg. owner and builder:
A. S. j. Atkinson, architect; to erect
one 1-story brick gas station, COL N
street southwest dots l and 800, square
473); to cost S8,500
Joseph Freeman, owner and builder;
L. w. Giles, architect: to erect two 2
story brick dwellings, 1926 and 1928
Minnesota avenue southeast dots so and
81, square $500: to cost $4,000.
Charles A. DAILY, owner; Thomas F
Jones. builder: to make repairs, Ills
and 1920 Connecticut avenue dots 83l
and 1872. square 1857; to cost $4,000.
G.. G. Tower and c. l.. HotthauS, own
ers and builders: to erect one 2-Story
brick and frame dwelling. 5423 Nevada
avenue dot 81, square 1922; to cost
$1,000.
Broad Branch Road Homes.
f. NJ. Willis. jr, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers. architect: 10 erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwelling
53o5 Broad Branch road dots 81 arIc
500, square 2026): to cost $500.
E. NJ. Willis. jr, owner and builder
George T. Santmyers. architect; Il
erect one 2-story brick and frame dwell
ing. 1904 Broad Branch road dot 80
square 2020; to cost $500.
Hedges & Middleton. owners anc
continual ON Fourteenth PaPel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28

Being designed primarily to reach
those actually engaged in the ordinary
practice of real estate brokerage, as a
whole or partial vocation, certain ex-
ceptions are enumerated. The provi-
sions of the law do not apply to any
owner of real estate performing any CT
the described acts in reference to his
own property. nor to any lessor in re-
spect to property leased by him, when
such acts are performed in connection
with the management of the property
so owned or leased, or the investment
therein.
Other Exceptions.
Other exceptions include persons act
ing under power of attorney in spe-
officially stated instances. attorneys-at-
law performing their duties as such, re-
ceivers, trustees, administrators and ex-
ecutors when acting as such, persons
acting under the order of any court and
duly licensed auctioneers.
In defining real estate broker the
law sets up. as acts OF real estate
broker selling. buying. exchanging or
leasing real estate, or the offering or ne
gotiation, or any attempt so to do, for
others, for a compensation or valuable
consideration. Likewise it defines a
real estate salesman as any one en-
ployed directly or indirectly by real
estate broker to perform or attempt u
perform any of the acts above described
No license can be issued to, any sales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
SCHOOL BROADENS
COURSE IN REALTY
District Y. N. C. A. College
Adopts Forum in Lieu of
Elementary Lectures.

The real estate course of study con-
Quoted by the Y. M. C. A. College OF
the District of Columbia each year,
under auspices of the Washington
Real Estate Board, has been broadened
for the approaching Fall season by
adapting a real estate forum in lieu OF
the elementary real estate lecture
courses of previous years, it is an
nounced by Dr. James A. Bell, director
of education of the college.
In developing the idea of a forum
in real estate, DR.. Bell said he felt the
services of the Y. M. c. A. would be
available in more desirable and prac-
teal manner to those engaged in real
estate work, and at the same time this
feature would offer much of interest
and value to property owners and IN
veStors in real estate.
Differing in both detail of arrange
ment and content, the forum Will be
conducted on more advanced plane
than the lecture courses heretofore
given by the Y. NJ. c. A, DIR. Bell said.
The development of modern methods
or real estate practice which Will be
the underlying purpose of the forum
will not only deal with theory, but Will
embrace actual business getting ideas:
John A. Petty, executive secretary OF
the Washington Real Estate Board,
will serve as chairman of the forum
and lead the discussions. For several
years Mr. Petty has conducted the
lecture courses in real estate at the
Y. M. c. A. He will be assisted in the
activities of the forum by others
prominent in real estate circles. IN
Guiding William j. Flather, jr.: F. w.
Stoever. Carl G. Rosinski. Roger j..
Whiteford, James J. Becker and Wav-
erly Taylor.
opening on October 8 with a talk
by the chairman entitled "Funda-
mentals of the Real Estate Business
the forum will meet every succeeding
Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock I'M
til the middle of December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
GARAGE AND SALES FIRM
LEASES ENTIRE BUILDING
Steele Co. to Occupy Eighth Street
Property for Period
of Ten Years.

The Steele Garage & Sales Co.: Inc,
has leased the entire building at 418-20
EIGHTH street for a period of 10 years,
it is reported by Boss 81 Phelps.
The Robin Thompson Co., Knoxville,
Tenn. handling Photographic supplies.
has leased the store at ll04 Ninth street
for a period of three years, and the
j. NJ. Garage Co., handling repossessed
cars, has leased the building at GOT
Massachusetts avenue for three years,
Boss & Phelps also report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28

man unless he is actually employed BY
a real estate broker or about to enter
the employ of one. On the other hand
no license can be issued to any indi-
vidual real estate broker unless every
one in his employ coming under the
definition of a real estate salesman Is
also licensed as such.
Reaches Through Business.
Firms. partnerships. o-partnerships
associations or corporations can only OBJ
tain license when every member or
officer who is actually engaged in the
brokerage business thereof is licensed as
real estate broker, in addition to the
requirement that a salesman's license
CONTINUED on Fourteenth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
BALTIMORE'S TAX BASIS.
Total for Ensuing Year Is EST
mated at $2,1oo, 100000.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 28.-The
taxable basis of Baltimore for 1880 will
exceed by about $58,716,572 the basis
for last year, according to Elmer T.
Jones, chief judge of the Appeal Tax
Court.
1t is expected that the basis for 1880
will be approximately $2,lO0,OOO 900. as
compared with S2,04l ,283,328 for last
year. Of the amount last year real
estate furnished l,159,254,936 and per-
sonal property 1882, 028,329.
The rate of taxation for 1929 was
$2.38. It is believed that this year the
rate may be reduced or 6 cents per
500,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
Endorse Grade Marking.

A strong recognition of the new sys-
eeu1 of grade marking lumber, as advo-
Gated by the National Committee on
Wood Utilization for the protection of
the consumer in specifying his lumber
purchases, was voiced by the American
Institute of Architects at its annual
meeting held recently in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28

New private building projects for
Washington having total construc--
ton cost of S1.02l.282 were approved
by the District building inspector dur
ing the past week
The new list OF work included plans
for a $750,00O apartment house. 26
private dwellings and store and other
projects. Permits were issued as fol-
lows:
Cafritz Construction Co. owners and
builders; Harvey Warwick. architect;
to erect one 8-story brick and con-
crete apartment house, 1901 to 10
Fifteenth street dots 20, IS. 1923 to 829,
square 21D; to cost S750,000.
James N. Hughes, owner and build
err: George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect ten 2-story brick dwellings, 522
TO 40 Twenty-fifth place northeast
dots SIS to "a, square 451D; to cost
S45, 1000.
Brick and Frame Dwelling.
Hedges e. Middleton. owners and
builders: George T Santmyers. archi-
tect: to erect three 2-story brick and
frame dwellings. 3704 to IL Yuma
street dots 85 to 81, square 189D; to
cost S22,500.
W. c. g. A. N. Miller, owners and
builders; G.. E. MacNeil, architect; to
erect one 3-story stone, brick and
frame dwelling. 1888 lockwood Park
way dots 3 and 4, square 1922; to
cost $4,000.
w. H. Hessick, owner; A. S. j. At
kinson, architect: Lee Turner. builder;
to erect one 2-story concrete and brick
addition to garage, 1000 D street south
west dot 9, square $3.50; to cost $751;
600.
Brick Store Building.
D. A. Shuttle, Inc, owners and build
ers: A. S. j. Atkinson, architect; to
erect one 2-story brick and stone store
building. 1119 street Got 804, square
320); to cost $4,000.
E. T. Lindner, owner and builder; j
NJ. Gleason. designer; to erect one 2
story brick dwelling, 5405 Thirty-nintt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
DISTRICT TO GIVE ZONINC
DATA UNDER NEW SYSTEM
Official Statements Will Be Issued Free of Charge
TO All Interested Parties Through
TaliaferrO's Plan.
BY DON S. WARREN.

statements the coming
will be issued
parties who take advantage OF the
SYSTEM proposed by Commissioner rama
ferro by the Zonng Commission
Commissioners Taaerro outlining the system to The Star
which be instituted shortly
prove property by providing definite
places on
critic bought sold
is the Zonng Commission
hopeful companies will make liberal use
system for the benefit of those interested IN properly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
Owning Building Section for Washington and Suburbs
LICENSE LAW DESIGNED
TO REGULATE PERSONNEL
Measure Is Broad and Comprehensive in Scope,
Reaching Through All Phases of
Realty Problems.
BY JOHN A. PETTY,
ErecIfite !Secrptnr1
'1shinoton Real Estate Board

Executive Secretary Washington Estate
study of the real estate license
Gently by the washington Real Estate Board will disclose the that
designed
distinct from regulating the business itself this respect
it is broad and comprehensive
specifically prohibits partnership
ship association
capacity
obtaining provisions the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
Higher Ceilings in South.

Ceiling heights are usually greater
in the South than in the North, pre-
sumably because they are more COM
Portable in warmer climates and on &C
count of custom.
The Washington times., 1929-04-17
OIL STOCKS
FURNISHED by W. B. Hibbs q Coz
Domestic Bonds

tFurnished By ". B. Hlbbs q Cos
The Washington times., 1929-04-17
EASIER MONEY
IMPROVES
MARKET
By W. s.nC0UsTNs

NEW YORK; April II G.N.s).-
Industrial stocks celebrated today
the easier tone in the money market
and the improved business outlook
with broad upward swing in prices
Of active stocks. An unusually
heavy buying movement in the oil
stock accompanied the upward move
in prices Of Pan American, Atlantic
Refining and other favorites in this
group, which has been rising in pop.
uIar favor in recent weeks. The air.
plane stocks and the high.priced
specialties moved up Q to 10 points
near the close Of the session.
More important than the decline Of
call money rates to TN per cent was
the fact that time money loaned on
the Stock Exchange at 8 per cent for
the first time in nearly three months.
Taken in connection with another
probable decrease in brokers' loans
this week this was accepted as di.
rect evidence Of the final cleaning
up Of the money market muddle
which has agitated bankers and leg
islators for nearly a year.
After losing about points In the
early trading, United States Steel
common recovered all Of its lost
ground, but there was no particular
enthusiasm for "big steel' in Wall
Street following the announcement
Of q disappointing melon-cutting by
the directors OF the corporation.
United Aircraft jumped IA points
to 109 In the lead Of the airplane
shares. Wright Aero and Curtiss
gained about points each.
Anaconda. Andes and other copper
stock shared in the advance and
American Can, the popular in.
'dustrial sold into new high ground
at 18Th. up 2A. Motor stock were
firm but inactive and the rails were
in no great demand.
Though Wall Street expected q
larger offering Of new steel cor
poration shares, about 1-to-5 in.
stead Of the 1-to-7 ratio announced,
1t Was conceded that the less
shares issued the greater equity
in each share and the larger pro,
portion Of net earnings accruine
to 1t,
The offer does not prevent ad.
ditionai sales Of stock from time
to time and It Is likely that more
stock viii be sold when the e.year
bonds are. retired. u. s. Steel
sold down about 2 points at 1924
but rallied IN better form In the
early afternoon when buying de-
nand flowed In.
American Can at Peak
American Cans advance to an.
other peak. around 1877, was the
feature Of the popular industrials.
This "first national pet" has been
in strong demand since rumora
were first circulated Of the large
increase in current net earnings
and the prospect Of a larger cash
dividend in the common stock.
General Electric moved up points
to 24O, and international Telephone
and Telegraph snapped back z points
United States Steel received better
support in the fourth hour and re,
covered most Of its early losses.
The Washington times., 1929-04-17
BALTIMORE PRODUCE
FURNISHED by W. 3. Hibbs & ce.l

BALTIMORE, April 17.-Live
poultry, chickens young colored, as
to size. 4o@42c; broilers, 4s@5Sc;
old heavy, S2c; medium, S2@ssc;
ieghorns and other light stock, ESQ
SOc; roosters, 1S@22c. Ducks. white
Peking. young, lbs. and over, 80
0S2c; puddle, young, 4 lbs. and
over, 2s@30c: Muscevy, young 4 lbs.
and over, 29@30e; old kinds, small
and thin, 20022c. Guineas, young,
90c@$1; old, 40@5oc. Pigeons. young
and old, per pair, 3504Oc.
The Washington times., 1929-04-17
Cash GRAIN CLOSE.

cHICAG April IT. U.NS).
yUheat--No. hard, $1.IS; No.
mixed. sl.O4; sample grade mixed,
Corn--No. 3 mixed, ss1kc; No.
mixed, sslsc: No. mixed, SIC; No.
8 mixed, S61Sc: No. 8 yellow. 9oA O
&c; No. yellow, S7H @S9c; No. 8
white, sOR @s2c: No. 4 white. ssA
@ssIsc; No. 5 white, s6Nc.
oats-No. white, 4s@4sisc; No.
ttwhite. 46A @4T%c,
Barley. 54961c.
The Washington times., 1929-04-17

LOCAL STOCKS
FURNISHED By w. b. Hlbbs 3 Coz
SALES

(Eurnisned ~ w. ~. AtppS = COZ
SALES
Washington Gas 6s A, 5000
1021s. $1,0000102M.
Potomac Electric SIS preferred.
2@107A.
Federal American Company. com.
mon, 10W58.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10@107%.
Security Storage Company, 100
121.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric s. 1853, $1,000
@107K.
Washington Gas Go A, $1,000
1924.
Peoples Drug Stores preferred, S
@117.
Potomac Electric cons 50, $1,000
@101h,
UNLISTED DEPT.
Chaplin Sacks Ss preferred 50
The Washington times., 1929-05-02
S|NCL AIR
TOG|VE Up
MONDAY

Harry F. Sinclair, million
aire oil magnate, will surren.
der to the United States
marshal on Monday morning
to start serving the sentence
of 90 days recently imposed
by the District Supreme Court,
it was learned at the District
Building today.
Just where Sinclair will serve his
term in a detail not yet de-
cided and probably will not be taken
up until the order of commitment
is received from the court.
The court may at its discretion
send Sinclair either to the District
Jail or to the reformatory at
occoquan.
Work II Able
Sinclair will be accorded the same
treatment as that shown the
humblest violator Of the law and he
will be compelled to follow the
regular prison routine at either
institution.
No special foods will be permitted
him and if it is found he Is capable
of working he will be put to work.
just Routine
Sinclair will rub elbows with the
humblest of the city when the meal
hours roll around and like the others
he will stand in line until the
order is given by the guards for
the procession to get underway.
The same will apply TO the periods
of work and recreation.
The District Commissioners de-
cline to discuss the Sinclair case,
holding it is matter of routine
in the office of the Board of Public
Welfare.
Up to Jail Head
George s. Wilson, director of the
Board of Public Welfare, said that
his office will not decide where
Harry Sinclair will spend his term
of Imprisonment.
This detail will be left to the head
of the District penal institutions. If
Sinclair is found to be capable of
doing manual labor he will go to the
workhouse. If, on the contrary, he
is found to be physically unfit he
will spend his 80 days in the District
Jail.
The Washington times., 1929-05-02
Snowfall in Illinois
First On Record
For May

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May z
u.N.S).-A swirling snow, driven
before a cold wind, today was
blanketing country and towns from
central Illinois 7 to southern
Missouri.
The Weather Bureau reported
it was the first time in the
bureaus history that measurable
snowfall had struck Illinois in
May.
If freeze is avoided, no dam.
age win be done to sprouting
crops, bureau attaches stated
The thermometer stood at 33
here while at st. Louis it was 81.
At Springfield, Mo-. the thermom-
eter also register 80 and a snow.
fall +nf four inches has covered
that city.
The Washington times., 1929-05-02
DIES Of WOUND
IN ALEXANDRIA
RUM CHASE

ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 2.
Earnest Johnson, colored, who was
shot yesterday by Policeman Charles
Quartermouse during a rum car
chase. died this morning at 9:15 in
Alexandria Hospital, where he was
taken after the shooting.
According to Quartermouse. who,
with Motorcycle Policeman Wesley
Shoots, chased the car, in which
johnson and companion were
transporting 134 plnts of liquor from
Alexandria nearly to Fort Hunt,
the rum runner fired on him several
times. When he was stopped, he
threatened to shot again, and made
a move for his pocket. Quarter
mouse then shot him.
Boone, the other driver of the
car, is being held for trial on a
charge Of transporting liquor He
will probably he tried Saturday.
The Washington times., 1929-05-02
IN
ARMS OF
/. MATE

When Ralph Leedy, 23-year-
old drug clerk, disagfees with
physicians he backs his
opinions with action.
This is why Leedy last midnight
carried his wife away from Casualty
Hospital, where she was undergoing
treatment for poison she had taken
in mistake for cough medicine.
Hospital Staff Puzzled
While hospital authorities early
today were making a search for the
wife, Mrs. Margaret Leedy, II, Of
the 1000 block First st. n. W,
Leedy, satisfied with the coup by
which he regained his mate, went
quietly about his work in drug
store in the 1900 block Pennsyl-
vania Ave. n. w.
Authorities were puzzled when
their patient disappeared during the
night. Leedy this morning says
that he went to the hospital yes
terday and that while his wife
seemed to him to be 'all right, "
physicians told him she must stay
in the institution for several days.
Leedy says his wife cried when
told this and that he did not
think much of the idea of a
bigger hospital bill being piled up.
Therefore, about midnight, he
went to Casualty, threw an over
coat around his wife's nightgown'
covered form and carried her home.
That's all there is to it," says
Leedy.
The Washington times., 1929-05-02
TORCH VICTIM 5
LOVER TELLS
STORY

CCopyrlght 1929. by International News
Service and New York Evening JournaD
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Mag 2
H.N.S.). - Eugene Bussey, 21-
yeGr-old Johns Hopkins University
student, in the following dramatic
story, today writes exclusively of
the midsummer romance that nolU
looms as an important factor in
the torch murder of Dorothy Helm
zetmGn PeGco1 near White Plains,
N. Y.
The story is crammed ,Uith IN
innate details of hoV Bussey
claims he UGs "Vamped''; hoa0 he
fought against the ardent Gd-
canoes of his best friends sUife,
and hooV Earle Francis PeGcor,
learning of the affair, sent a
threatening message to him.
By EUGENE BUSSEY
Earle Peacox was one of my best
friends. We grew up together in
Yonkers. I ran away to sea six
years ago, and if had foreseen
during those days the terrible con-
sequences that were to result from
our friendship i would have run
away earlier--and l never would
have returned.
want to make it plain that while
am guilty Of a moral wrong
against Earle Peacox, I do not be-
lieVe that what I did was the sole
factor in this murder.
1 am willing to tell what I know
in the hope that it may save Earle's
life. / say want to see a confessed
murderer saved because l do not be-
lieve, knowing Earle as do, that he
was in his right mind when he killed
Dotty.
Warned PeacOx. He Says.
Early last spring l heard he was
/ going to marry. He wrote me in
Baltimore telling me the girls name.
Dorothy Heinzelman.
| "She is a combination of all the
movie actresses" he wrote. "She
has Lydi de Putt. Pola Negri and
all the others backed off the map. .
you are not the type for matri
mony." l wrote back | pointed out
to him that his boyish belief ir
Atheism and other viewpoints on life
would surely wreck his career as g
husband.
The Washington times., 1929-05-02
Lily Damita's Romance
With Prince Called Fake

BERLIN, May 2 Q.N.S).--The Sec
retary to the former German crown
prince told International News Serv-
ice this afternoon he had not re-
ceived any word from Los Angeles
regarding the reported engagement
of Prince Louis Ferdinand, grandson
of the ex-Kaiser, and Lily Damita,
motion picture actress.
The family of the crown prince,
the father OF Louis Ferdinand, be-
lieve the reported engagement is a
publicity stunt" for Miss Damlta.
However, it is known that, when
the actress was IN Berlin last winter
she and Louis Ferdinand were often
seen together in fashionable Berlin
night clubs. When the possibility
of romance began to develop the
former crown prince broke up the
meetings.