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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
STATE LICENSE LAW
UPHELD BY COURT
Florida Judge Issues Injunc-
ton Against Double Deal
ing by Corporation.

The first instance In which the in
Strument of injunction has been used
to enforce a real estate license law was
seen in the decision of Judge Harry G..
Taylor of the Circuit Court of Polk
County, Fla, according to the National
Association of Real Estate Boards. The
association points out that this decision
is a striking example of the way in
which real estate license laws act as a
very practical protection to the interests
of the public.
At the request of the Florida Real
Estate Commission, Judge Taylor issued
perpetual injunction restraining two
corporations from operating as real es-
tate brokers without complying with the
State real estate license law.
In the case which the Florida Real
Estate Commission brought before
Judge Taylor the bill Of complaint
stated that a corporation while operat-
ing under the law governing non
profit organization and ostenSibly act
ing as a civic association for the bene-
fit Of Florida. organized to give out I'M
biased and authentic information, with
out cost, regarding the State to those
living outside the State, had secured
thus a valuable list of real estate pros
poets. which were given to a second cor
poration an organization secretly
formed by the officers of the publicity
bureau, which dealt as real estate
brokers with the prospects.
Furthermore, according to the state
ment of the Florida Real Estate Com
the "non-proflt" publicity cor
poration solicited memberships from
brokers, subdividers and developers in
various sections of the State. In re-
turn for membership the bureau fur
nished these brokers, subdividers and
developers with real estate leads. When
a sale was made through such lead,
the members were required to pay the
bureau a commission. None of the Of
ficials of the two corporations were
registered as real estate brokers with
the Florida Real Estate Commission.
The court found the facts as set forth
in the bill of complaint by the Florida
Real Estate Commission true and issued
the perpetual injunction.
Section AZ of the Florida real estate
license law, which permits the use of
Injunction in enforcing the license law,
contains the following provisions:
whenever it shall appear to the COM
mission that any person, partnership or
is operating as broker or
salesman without having been duly
registered the commission shall
have authority to file a bill in equity
in its own name and by its
counsel, alleging the facts and praying
for an injunction against such
person, partnership or corporation or its
officers or directors. restrain
ling them from further operating or
acting as real estate broker or sales
man until such time as the proper cer-
tificates shall have been granted. Upon
proper application and showing that the
defendant is not registered the
Judge of the court shall grant
an injunction. The court shall
have power to enforce said injunction"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
Belated Reward
Won by Inventor
Of "Skyscraper''

Belated recognition Is to come to
Leroy S. Burlington, engineer and
architect. of Minneapolis, who is
accredited as the inventor of the
system by which modern "skyscrap-
ers" we're made possible. The st.
Louis Post-Dispatch reports that in
1882 he designed the first cloud
scraper." as 1t then was called, a %
story building.
Mr. Burlington, 1t is said, will re-
ceive his first real remuneration from
the invention of the skyscraper plan,
which has made millions for other
men, when the 25-story Rand Build
ing in Minneapolis is completed. Mr..
Burlington, who designed this struc-
ture, it is reported. will receive one
eighth of per cent royalty on the
$l,800,000 cost of the project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
Realtors Plan Caribbean Cruise.

The realtors party which will make a
cruise of the Caribbean following the
Midwinter meeting of the National As
ISOLATION of Real Estate Boards. in Biz
mingham, viii extend its scheduled stay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
CHAIN STORES FIND
D. c. FERTILE FIELD
NJ. ]. Luchs Says Big Govern
ment Building Program
Will Aid Business.

Washington is being recognized as
fertile field for chain store business, as
evidenced by the influx of new shops
here as branches of national and inter-
national chains along F and q streets
and other principal business thorough
fares, it was declared today by Morton
j. Luchs, Washington realtor, in de-
scribing the effect Of the great Govern
ment building program on the citys
business life.
Further proof of this is seen in ad-
vertising in national publications by
firms usually carrying addresses as
Paris, London, New York and Washing
ton. he said.
Washington always has been shop
ping center to a great market area. for
1t is the only market of consequence
between Baltimore and Richmond" he
said. AT the time of the Civil War,
washington boosted a population OF
$4,000. The census of July l, 1928,
showed population of $4,000. In its
adjacent market areas there are 10000
persons. This is the market, OF ap-
proximately 100000, catered to by
Washington merchants.
washington is steadily growing.
During the last eight years. there has
been an increase of 124,49l people.
These must be served, and they are in
the main a class of skilled craftsmen
and professional people who demand
and can afford "a grade merchandise.
1.-The Government has done much IN
the past few months to further AID
Washington in its growth and recog-
milton as chain store center. An ap-
preparation of $50,000,000 has been
made and was supplemented last WINTER
by an additional $25,000000 for the
acquisition Of ground south OF Penn-
svlvania avenue from the Capitol to the
Treasury Building. and the erection OF
Government buildings thereon. This
area comprises approximately 80 city
blocks. Already buildings on the site
are being demolished and work has been
started on the tremendous building
program there which will carry out the
L'Enfant plan. :.
"The businesses previously located
south of the Avenue, in many instances,
already have moved to new quarters,
thus enlarging the better shopping dis
tricts of the Capital City, and moving
the business area westward. Thus
washington is steadily expanding.
1.-The identification of Washington
will naturally cause this city to be
visited by more and more people be-
cause Of its beauty and of their feeling
of pride and personal ownership In the
National Capital. With the rapid
growth in the use of the automobile
and the aeroplane, larger and larger
numbers will visit washington every
year, and as this tremendous appropria-
ton of $75,000,000 is utilized, Washing
ton must become more beautiful, and
as its fame grows. cultured people who
insist upon the finest quality of amuse-
ment, merchandise and accessories, will
visit it from all parts of the world, thus
afording the Washington merchant an
international market"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
MASON MATERIALS
DEALERS HEADL|S7
Group Shows Higher Net
Profits Than Other Build
ing Supply Lines.

Building material dealers handling
primary mason materials obtained a
higher net profit in 1927 than did deal
ers In any other lines or group of lines,
according to report just issued by the
Harvard Bureau of Business Research
on its study of operating expenses and
net profits Of building material dealers
of that year.
The typical profit figure for mason
material dealers for the year was re-
ported to be IL per cent of net sales.
Lumber dealers were next in line with
a typical profit of / per cent of sales.
Dealers in lumber and coal and in lum-
Der. mason materials and coal common
ly obtained profits of s. per cent: deal
of 2 per cent, and dealers in lumber
and mason materials, neither a profit
nor loss, the report states.
The report was based on figures sub
mitted to the bureau by 288 individual
dealers and by 81 line yard organiZa-
lions operating approximately ITO yards.
The volume of business represented was
well above $150,000,000.
In general. the more favorable re-
suits shown by mason material dealers
we're attributable to low operating ex-
penses rather than to high margins.
Whens the firms in this group were
classified according to their rate of
profit, 1t was found that total expense
ranged from 27.5 per cent of sales for
firms mourning net loss to 1871 per
cent for firms with profits above 3 per
cent.
Similarly, in the second most success
full group, that of the lumber dealers,
firms showing net loss of more than
3 per cent had total expense of 29.9
per cent, as contrasted with an expense
figure of 1877 per cent for firms obtain
ing a net profit of more than per
cent. The savings in expense were hot
concentrated in any particular item, but
rather were scattered over nearly all
the items.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
PLANS FOR DWELLINGS
ARE APPROVED BY JURY
Wardman Constructor Co. to Build
12, at Cost of $72, 900, on
Rittenhouse Street.

Architectural plans for IL dwellings
to be erected by the Wardman Con-
struction Co. at 1353-1375 Rittenhouse
street at a total estimated cost Of $72,-
900 from designs by M. Mesrobian
have been approved and commended by
a jury of the Architects Advisory
Council.
The jury, composed of j. A. Parks
aoi Edward E. Dom, meeting in the
once of Maj. Donald A. Dawson, As
sistant Engineer Commissioner, also ap-
proved plans for the following:
Dwelling for 1887 Iris street, designed
by George T. Santmyers costing $4,000;
dwelling for 1925 Glover driveway, de-
signed by G. E. MacNeil. costing $10,-
700: dwelling for 4319 Reno road, de-
signed by Mr. Santmyers, costing So
Doom dwelling for 1853 Massachusetts,
avenue, designed by r. B. Carr. costing
$4,000, and two dwellings for 3515-3517
Upton street. designed by E. o. Beall.
costing $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
BOLGIANO SEED FIRM
TO MOVE FEBRUARY |
Concern Will Occupy Own New
Three-Story Home at
6O7 E Street.

r. w. Bolgiano & Co., seed firm, for
merly located at 915 E street, will move
into its new home, three-story and
basement brick building being COM
pleted at GOT E street, on the site of
the old Salvation Army headquarters,
on February /. 1t was announced today
by officials Of the company
The new building, designed by Mil
burn-Heister e. Co. and constructed by
r. p. Witty g. Co., had a construction
cost of approximately $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19

tate Board The present bill differs
from that of two years ago in that its
provisions. apply only to property In
the city of Baltimore.
At that time local insurance compa-
MES and other interests made hot
fight against the bill in committee and
finally succeeded in killing it.
The Real Estate Board has been
moved in its present action by the
recent decision of the fire underwriters
of Washington to reduce dwelling rates
in that city.
The presents rates in Baltimore are
80 per cent higher than those which
now prevail in Washington and Phila-
delphia, hackers of the bill say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
BALTIMORE REALTORS
SEEK INSURANCE BILL
Move Made in Attempt to Reduce
Rate, Backers of Act
Declare.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 19.-The Real
Estate Board of Baltimore will intro
duce bill at the present session of the
Legislature giving the State insurance
commissioner power to fix insurance
rates on dwelling houses and other
property in Baltimore.
The bill has been prepared and is
ready for introduction 1t was sub
mitted to the directors of the Real Es-
tate Board this week and finally ap
proved.
At the last session of the Legislature
similar bill was urged by the Real E5-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
ATTORNEYS PURCHASE
K STREET PROPERTY
Lyons Brothers Will Hold Site,
Bought for 100000, as
Investment.

The property at 1926 K street, now i'm
proved by three-story brick residence,
has been purchased by r. B. H. Lyon
and Simon Lyon, local attorneys, from
Mrs. Rosa NJ Camp. it was announced
today by the Office of McKeever & GoSS,
which handled the transaction.
The consideration was reported to be
nearly 100000. 1t is understood the
Lyon brothers will hold the property as
an investment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19

Georgia Baptist Student Union re-
Gently held its fourth annual confer
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19

in Panama, because of the expected
presence there at the time of the party's
visit of the entire Atlantic and Pacific
fleets. The associations party will re-
main in Panama two days. In order to
give its members an opportunity to
watch the maneuvers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
Realty Appraisal Forms.

The drafting of appraisal forms so
carefully worded that they will consti-
tute a definite influence for accurate
appraisal methods will come before the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards at its coming annual business
meetias. to be held in Birmingham.
Ala, January %, "a and Is,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
GROCER is FINED.
William Jeweler Is Convicted of
Two Violations.

Convicted of two violations of the
health regulations, william Jeweler, a
of p street, was yesterday fined $50 by
Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt.
Health inspectors said they had re-
peatedly warned Jeweler to clean up
his store. Jeweler said he had been
sick and unable to obey the warnings
of the inspectors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
C. w. Steers Appointed Manager.

Charles W. Steers has been appointed
manager of the business properties de-
partment of N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc,
it was announced today. Mr.. Steers
has been in the real estate business
here for number of years and formerly
was associated with the Allan E.
Walker Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19

Miss Emma Payne's "Lady of the
Moon" Takes First Prize.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. January 19.-"Lady of
the Moon" owned by Miss Emma C..
Payne of Washington. took first prize
for the best female in the cat show
held here this week. under auspices of
the Maryland Cat Fanciers' Club.
Lavender Bendigo," a blue Persian
owned by Miss Elsie G. Hydon of Begota,
N. j., received the prize awarded for
the best cat in the show.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
THIS WAY FOR
CHESAPEAKE
BEACH

Ralph G. Garren's Carolinians
will furnish the dance music this
season at Chesapeake Beach,
which opens next Saturday, May
25. This will be Garren's seventh
season at the bayside resort.
Garren, who is native of
Washington. is well known
through his association with Vim.
cent Lopez. Meyer Davis. Irving
Boernstein. and other orchestras.
For six years he was with the
Crandall movie interests His
band, which was organized in
1921, has broadcast frequently
and hes made talking machine
records.
Garren himself serves as plan.
ist. director, and arranger, of all
the music, His band specializes
in red hot blues and stomps.
which go big with dancers of the
varsity drag. The musicians also
go in strong for clowning. some
of their foolishness being 1.-THE
Rubetown Frolics," "The Lydia
Pinkham Blues" and mouth
orgsn specialties.
The beach band will be com.
posed of Max Alpher, saxo.
phonist, who formerly played at
the Mayflower: Marion Wilson.
trumpet player and entertainer.
who formerly played with the
Rex Liens Recording Banu
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
DESERT SONG
7 WAS BORN
In D. C.

It was on November 2S, 1925,
that "The Desert Song" was first
offered the world as an operetta
depicting u romantic situation set
In and about the desert Of North
ern Africa, on the fringe OF ciyili-
Zation. First nighters still re-
member the thrilling opening at
Polls Theater, though not in
their widest dreams could they
have conceived the thought that
this same lifting operetta would
ever be available to the entire
amusement world through that
invention OF inventions, the Vita
phone.
Vivienne Segal was the Margot
Of the stage version, playing cppo-
site Robert Halliday. Here is
the original cast:
Sid El Kar, William O'Neal:
Mindar, o. j. Vanasse; Hassi,
Earl Mitchell; Benjamin Kidd,
Eddie Buzzell; Capt. Paul Fontaine,
Glen Dale; Azuri, Pearl Regay:
Sergeant La Vergne, Albert Baron;
Sergeant Du Bassac, Charles Da.
Wis; Margot Bonvalet, Vivienne
Segal; General Birbeau, Edmund
Elton: Pierre Birbeau, Robert Hal
liday; Suzanne. Nellie Breen; Ethel,
Elmira Lane; Ali Ben Ali, Lyle
Evans; Clementina, argare
Irving; Neri, Rachel May Clark;
Hadji, Charles Morgan.
The Vitaphone version of this
world-famous musical play, the
first to be screened, will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan
Theater for the second week.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
D. E. GUILD TO
OFFER GAY
FARCE

For the first time in its his
tory the members of the Players
Guild of st. Patrick's parish is
producing a straight farce. In
the past the guild has presented
musical farces, musical comedies,
revues ana religious drama, but
on May 81, % and 20 in Carroll
Hall they will present to the
pupils the straight farce Good
Morning, Sheik." in which Orme
Libby has his first starring part
where he must talk with his
tongue and not his feet.
lie will be assisted by Alice
Cush. Mary st. John, Rose FftZ-
patrick, Jane Roberts. Maurine
Ely. Earl Grimes, Billy Mcclure
and Cliff Yeomans. Arthur NC.
Creight will have musical direc.
tion. while the stage direction Is
entirely in the hands of. Alice
Cush, who is making her maiden
bow as a stage directories after
several years of training in the
organization.
Personnel work 81 being handled
by Marie Jones and stage con.
struction by John Richards, Frank
Grambo and Walter Shea.
Tuesday evening will be given
over as a benefit for the ME-
MORALS to Emma Gillett and Har.
ray A. Hegarty by the Kappa
Beta Pi legal sorority, Epsilon
Chapter.
Wednesday and Thursday per.
formances are expected to aug
ment the funds of the scholarship
foundation of the st. Patrick s
Academy Alumnae Association.
Saturday, May Is, matinee and
evening performances will be
given in Norfolk, Va.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Youthful Music

Not only is "Why Be Good?"
Colleen Moore's 1929 flaming youth
story, but it has 1925 flaming
youth music to accompany it.
Lou Davis and J. Fred Coote,
who wrote Doing the Raccoon,"
wrote the theme song which is
just as poppy as their previous
hit!
"Why Be Good?" is now play
ing at the Earl Theater.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

sessing q good share Of common
sense.
Neil Hamilton 10 seen as Miss
Moore's leading man in why %
Good?"
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

all over the world, towering build
ings, and the maelstrpm Of head.
lights in Broadway traffic all ap-
pear in why Be Good?" as seen
from the roof Of a downtown Of.
flee building. The entire story Of
why Be Good?" written by Carey
Wilson, is laid in New York, Miss
Moore enacting the role of a typi.
cal l.odern girl, frivolous, WISE
cracking, broadminded, yet pos.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

There's too much money to be
made for both producer and
actor to suspend for fight. It
will be an interesting scrap to
watch, however. The big COM
! spaniea lhava s4buHdant resources
and. are powerful. Equity con-
trola more than e6 paR can't ak
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
|GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
80 AND
By ANDREW &. KELLEY

The Fox Theater will soon In
augurate a new type Of stage
program. According to Variety,
Washington's biggest theater is
scheduled to play the greatest
vaudeville names" III unit stage
shows coming here intact after
playing the Fox de luxe thea
ters in Detroit, st. Louis and
Philadelphia, in the order named.
The report, which bears all the
earmarks of truth, will mean
more expensive and impressive
stage attractions for the Four
teenth and F Street cathedral
Of amusement. Fox is spending
more than $4,000 a week for
his footlight menus in the
Academy, N. Y; Brooklyn and
Philadelphia houses. This week,
as an example. the city across
the bridge from New York has
on its Fox stage Roxy's gang.
Tom Manahan and Company,
the Charles Ahearn Hobo Band,
Moss and Frye, Art Landry's
Band and Jean La Marr.
Bills like the above would GER
tainly hop up business around
the National Press Club corner.
Washington confirmation of the
above dispatch is not available
at the moment, although it is
admitted the plan is one that
has been under consideration by
Fox executives.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
New York Scenes

Those familiar with the fascinat-
ing profile of New York at night
will recognize landmarks repro
duced in Colleen Moore's newest
picture, "Why Be Good?" which
is now playing at the Earle The
ater.
Flashing electric signs famous
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Honolulu HO

KNVuUAHBu E1V
Dorothy Mackaill, the gal who
Is quite sure the word vacation
is a runor, declares that when
The Great Divide" Is celluloided
she'll board a ship smoking to
Honolulu. Dorothy's picture-rest
averages a week between flicks.
OF course, it could be worse. On
the other hand, how much better.
She trailed to the lot 'tother day
with a jaw that resented one of
its dental friends losing a nerve.
1t swelled Indignantly. Neverthe-
less Dorothy played love scenes
with Ian Keith, the bold, romantic
bandit of the piece, who speaks
with q Rio Grande accent.
Curious about this Keith. He's
married to Ethel Clayton, for
merly silver sheet luminary.
more recently interested in stage
and voodvil and now enthusiastic
over a cosmetic project. One of
Miss Clayton's earliest successes
was a two-reel version OF The
Great Divide" wherein House
Peter bad.man-ed into the hero
Now Miss Clayton's hubby enacts
the House Peter role in the cur
rent revival.
got an idea into my bean
that this was an amusing ANGLE
and mentioned 1t to Keith.
"Yes," he nodded, "but do you
know, I have never seen Ethel In
a motion picture?"
Well. that's his loss.
Sam Hardy returned home
other day from a session at the
Masquers. where he is making
preparations for their new show,
''The Revels." He found his
mother propped up in bed, her
arm in a splint. She explained
that in getting out Of her car she
fell and fractured her arm. She
Is getting along nicely, however.
Sans parents recently ceiebra-
ted their golden wedding anniver-
sary. They live with him and his
wife here in Hollywood.
Jack Gilbert will soon move into
his new bungalow dressing.room
on the M. G. M. lot. Up to now,
Marion Davies and Cecil DeMille
have been the only hunGalowers.
Jacks present dressing.room
suite will be inherited by Ramon
Novarro when that worthy re-
turns from his European jaunt.
Ivan Lebedeff rushing" Vivian
Duncan. the blonde half of the
Duncan Sisters team. Director E.
Fl. Griffith was preparing to
shoot a scene for "Paris Bound"
Ann Harding and Les. Fenton
were getting set for the. camera.
Go ahead" Les turned to Miss
Harding. PUT some 1T into this
action. Someone has to-" Miss
Harding famed herself languidly:
That isn't in my seoukTAct"
George Fawcett's daugfte chauf-
fling for him. Rene Adoree spend.
ing as much time as she can at
the beach these days. The sun
burn yearn is back with us.
Appropos of nothing, Mrs. Basil
Rathbone has red hair. Lon
Chaney ias abeut sgain after .
weeks argument with the du
And-thAtAs ala
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

the stage actors-the kind that
are being signed right and left
for the new features. En-
trenched wealth VS.. organized
talent. Another battle Of the
century and may the best man
win
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
THIS WRITER
BECAME E A
MILKMAN
BY DOROTHY HERZOG

Copyright. 1929. Premier syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD. May IT. - A
scenarist hereabouts bumped into
q run Of darn hard luck. He
couldn't corral a job for love OF
shoe leather. The bank account
dwindled to zero, whereupon the
scenarist got himself a milkman
job delivering pints and quarts at
dawn. The rest Of the day he
devoted to visiting studios where
writing hopes were extended. He
finally landed behind a mahogany
desk again. Listens a bit like
HorNtio Alger.