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TWELVE SPORTING SECTION Tin: iMTTsiujium press SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9, 1927 i English Influence Evident hi House of Common Brick Common Brick Home of Six Rooms TENANTS ARE ORDERED FIFTH AVENUE TO VACATE CLUB SITE BUILDING SOLD MEDICAL DRIVE ROLL ENLARGED Two More Business Men Ac-cept Captaincies for" Campaign. i A three-story brick buildinir In tha Stucco and Half Timbers Are Used to Good Effect; fn the Exterior Design of This Attractive Six- Room House; Interior Is Most Attractively Arranged. 1 SSr 1 Vx 4 i i Uy lrrid-n. Home Owner Serief Intitate, Inc.

1 he beauty and attractiveness of the common brick home is I Undeniable. The tact that it i an economical home as wel! as one which is now more generally known in this country, as it has been for eentttrie throughout Europe and England. Thai plan featured on- tin'- pa-e today. No. 114-A.

designed for theV Common Manufacturer-" Association of America, is the ruvdern an-wer to the problem of creating a home of -mall size and -n enieut arrangement which will yet hold tlie style and dignity of the Old manor houses oi Kurope. Ellis -ix-room home, with its combinatioirof brick and stucco 'vith half is a most attractive one. and it has been planned attractive without. Lw.tv Mue ii i- w-j w- i ii I- fV" I tED- RCX5M II an ti. at jjUL I' -DINING-ROOM- ilL I lO VKlTCriENjliiJiJ u4i afkJ tHCUXV D- ljjgTgiii.

j-l -P3cn- -t I I L'VINO' (JOO A It j' VT. L. Lynch, secretary-treasurer of the Keystone Traffic bureau, and J. L. Lloyd of the Pittsburgh Railways Co.

have accepted captaincies public phase of the medical center appeal, under Royal S. Goldsbury, It was reported frcm headquarters today. Mr. Lynch will serve under C'Col." Charles Donley, while Mr. Lloyd will head a team of workers under Press ley.

Bailey. -This addition to the personnel of the organization brings the latter within striking- distajice of the completion prior to next Monday night's opening dinner i at the LTni versity club. Two group meetings were held at headquarters, 41G Smithfleld yesterday. At 11 a. m.

the executive committee, under A. H. Burchfield, convened to hear final reports on plans. Several large pledges still were outstanding, which impelled the chairman to announce that no report would be made until Monday night's The opening night, therefore, will precipitate- into the campaign a total probably over the million 'mark. Frank 1 Bell, president of the Edgewater Steel presided at the dinner.

He is chairman of the industrial division. A In an address yesterday noon before the Shrine Lunch club in the William Penn hotel, Dr. C. Wallace Tetty, pastor of the First Baptist church, urged every Pittsburgher to make the medical center project a success. JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL GETS NEW ASSISTANT HEAD By nilrd Preos.

Baltimore, Jan. S. Dr. John Snoke, assistant director of the Johns Hopkins hospital, has resigned and 1 Dr. Frank II.

L. Houck, formerly of Colorado Springs, has been named his successor. Dr. Winford Smith, director of the hospital, announced today. Dr.

Snoke's resignation will take effect on Feb. 15. has accepted the position of superintendent of the Bryn llawr hospital, at Bryn Mawr, Pa. Dr. Snoke came toHopkins hospital from St.

Luke's hospital, Shanghai, China, in September, 1921. Dr. Houck is an authority on the treatment of tuberculosis and until recently was superintendent of the Cragmor sanatorium at Colorado Springs, Col. He severed his connection there and made a special health survey in Philadelphia for some private interests. Houck resides at Carlisle; Pa.

Oft MolaV tO Hold Dnnne. Duquesne chapter order of De Mclay will hold its "initial dance" of the season in the ballroom of the Ritten-house hotel next Friday night. The committee includes Kalph Tafel, chairman; Clearance Freidel, Thomas Dickson and Jack Steenrod. Si- fO't- Jfonicozesnerls Service JvlC. ISLZ6 specifications for this plan, ready to build from, are available to our readers at low cost from the Model Home Editor, PITTSBURGH PRESS, Pittsburgh, Ta.

Designed for the Common Brick Manufacturers', Association of America, this house cm7 bodies many interesting features of both plan and construction. Complete blueprints and I i I w. iv 1 Sti( th I'd (V I 't 1. wordP SCOUT NOTABLES HERE THIS WEEK pW-1" rr rsftmi li i rizr sdTs 1 fl SfcsS H2 imms py fJf56 S7 Pli km 6j 1 WW. 7T ra- fmm ssss 82 mttt ran MPP raLJ Name 1200 block.

Fifth was among th real estate deals the latter part of the week, tho building having aold for Week-end sales were reported by brokers as follows: David Buck has sold to Hyman V.xs-nett a 'residence in tho MurdorJ Vrms section, at Fair Oak rt tor a private consideration. Mr. Bar-nett takes this property as a residence. The David P. Barman Heat broker in the deal, also cold for Herman Tuch to Louis Caplan a.

three-story brick building at 1229 Fifth ave. for $0,000. The Fort Pitt Ileal Estate Col, through Dayton 11. Mays, to Fred K. Strelcher.

president of Superior Electric a new brick residence, lot 30x120, at 910 Brookline for $11,100: for Charles Peterson. to Francesco Buccieri lot C0xl20 in Brooklina THOMtS SXja. F. R. Uorsan, Northslde broker, has purchased a 2'-S-story brick dwelllns at CS40 Thomas lot 34x110, corner Dallas from the Julia Vogel estate.

Tho consideration was private. After extensive alterations, Mr. Morgan will occupy as a home. S. E.

Elliott has sold to J. It. Donley for a private consideration th property at 201! Plainview Nineteenth ward, consisting of a modern eight-room dwelling, lot Th purchaser will occupy. John F. Sweeney was the broker.

W. J. Stewart has sold to C. Snow-den a three-story frame apartment building of eight suites of four roorai peach, at r10 Foreland lot 20x110- This property rents for a year mil the C. L.

Saxton Co. has been ap pointed renting agent. KOll INVESTMENT. The property at r25-33 North Beatty st. has been sold by A.

Shore and A. Binstock to L. M. Alpern, who buys for investment. The consideration was The Kent Ileal Estate and Sach's liealty agencies were tb-brokers.

B. G. HcGuigan of Butler county ha sold the two-story brick duplex. lot 30x100, in Rutherford, near Bay-onne Nineteenth ward, for $5,000 cash. Frank T.

Lauinger was th broker. D. McRobers has sold to Thomas W. Moore a new brick and shingle dwell ing of six rooms and bath, lot 3TxliM at Home and Elwyn South Hills, for $6,100. F.

J. Breen was the broker. TWO GOOD HOMES TO BE ERECTED Building activities have not yet been resumed following the holiday suspension. Among the few applications on file yesterday were two for good residences as follows: Twentieth ward It. Carlln.

frama and stucpo dwelling, 3251 Fadette Twenty-sixth ward E. V. Sna-man, brick veneer dwelling, 317 Por-tola Eastend Sale. Loveil M. Johnson has sold George P.

Dougherty a two-and-one-half-story frame duplex dwelling and two double garages at KS Sheridan lot 40x140, for The Kejly-Wood Ileal Estate Co. was the broker. 1 u-m or smomM 'Jti, utm 33Sf- iu Calif phone or write our Pittsburgh Office for Book of 100 Home Plans! Shows photos, floor-plans, specifications, direct -from-mill price3 on Colonial, English, Spanish I lomes, 4 to 10 room3. Call, phone or write for FREE Book and full facts. Also Garages, Summer Cottages, Poultry I louses and Farm Buildings.

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bin; ihf- i a l.tfui huy window on vith the Jt, is attractive ra. i'rom th ufliway tri v-? wiiich is Kits win do ii a in in two laid v. the brvakl i built-in tu.t- Th- f.rrid.-ice. i-! ii "i this, of it a double t-j the i-i and si. and liic 1.

ro'ini with it-and The pori-h. i hi'- ofi' the haii- way, Is anollnr 1 1 i-aturo f.i tlds L'n ttair th" three i the bath arc well ts mark tiii.s lleor rn car. fully planned. Tinen cl -ct in the hail hie doors. Tie- rooms ii a nd Many ia- whi'-h I.

as the its i w.di Ventilated anl will coin 'rtabic aval ph-asant to live in. This house contains proxima iri.ooO cubic feet. A Co rtl i the stimntcs (d rdncoln. consulting architect of the Heme Owners' Service institute, it can be built, in the vicinity Pittsburgh for approximately to outlin-' tions follows: Mason rv Con under all walls, as shown r.n drawin i irs, Ibb kness of footings to be 12 ii All walls to bo poured concrete made with Portland c-finonc. Concrete to be mixed with waterproofing compound.

All exterior wails to he laid up ith common brick, as shown in drawings. Chimney and fireplace constructed of common brick, thovide ash dump in cellar and household incinerator i' chimney. Carpentry All framing- lumber shall be well seasoned and free from lare kn-ots, cither Pougla.s fir or pine. California white pine for exterior mill work and interior trim; oak floors. Hteel bridKiriK for floor joists.

Interior doors and built-in kitchen cabinet as required in detailed specifications. Hardware All bar. iuare shall ha malleable iron, finished in dull black or solid bronze. Handle bolts to be equipped with spring friction devests to Insure firmness in operation. nmn "FLU" If! EUROPE- Great Kritain hit hi1.

Southern 1'ruiHC rMMrtt-l Ut have nio-t xerious epidPiiiic. Apain the- report of Ijuenra reaches us from Kurope like it did in, the war ears. Amerh-a not pre-. arMl the havoc wn-ught by this terrible disease is history. Klffht now in our very midst there is influenza, the phvsicians say.

indicated headaches, bronchial disturbance. gastric complications ami stomal pains. TKKAT.MKNT IN Kl nver- Durink oged 00 weekly. It is estimai are sufferers. Hot drinks in liberal portions are being administered to combat the epidemic.

Why take any chances, why not ba prepared to fight off your cold or flu The right thing to do now is to go t- vour drucgist, box of Bulgarian Tea. Be ready to kill off vour cold. Take it steaming hot add lemon iuice for extra stimulation) heat up the chilled blood, increase the circulation and rid the bowels and intestines of poisons and germ. Every familv find Bulgarian Herb Tea ipurely vegetable) a real blessing to hr.ve on hand in time of need. See your druggist at once.

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Ton mav rne entirely irrc-v of stimulating ar-T'i'-ation for itup- re. Karr.e ddres tate i i i i i i I I I I I I J. MoCALMOXT. An important step in the plans of the Keystone Athletic club for its 20-story club building in downtown Pittsburgh has been announced hr the board of directors who have stated that tenants in the buildings on the property at Third and Wood st. have been notified to vacate in the near future.

The action, taken this week, marks the advent of the era when the present buildings on the club's property will be razed, followed by the actual construction of the building. Tho following comprise the board of directors: E. II. Kggleston, president; Charles Caspar, vice president; W. Y.

Cocken, treasurer; II. H. Hunter, secretary; George W. Kepler, Thomas E. Perry, J.

C. M. White, E. C. Clark, James B.

Kelly, C. Lawrence Cook, John E. McCalmont, L- r. Griffith, George Ladd and MacGilvray Shiras. Plans for the building construction are being studied by members of tin board and the advisory architects.

GENERAL BUILDING IS ABOVE AVERAGE Siweinl to THE I'KESS. New York, Jan. 8. Activity In con struction projects proposed continues high in all sections of the country. 'inal figures for December reveal that large jobs announced were valued at as against a total of in the corresponding month a year ago, th.

McGraw-Hill Construction Daily reports. The value of large projects that reached the proposed stage in the first week of the new year was well above the average for this time of the year, amounting to 101,850,000. TRIAL OF FAMILY I SLAYER ADJOURNED. I Farwell, Jan. 8.

Delayed by I exhaustion of the first panel of 108 veniremen in the case of George J. Hassel, on trial charged with the murder of his family of nine, court stood in adjournment today until Monday, when another venire of SO will be drawn. -1. w. r.

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I 1 I equina in detail speci- ficat Case tin. nt Window? Steel c.isement windows tq he n.s-d throughout. 1'lastri'ip and J.ii i I'ln tri to tv. o-roat work, to he ann'icd to lumber, replacing lath as phisUr hn finish coat of hydrated lime 'if iiUisfer of Metal Work Ci leaders, I daw nsoou i ai.d flashing to lie tC-f ounce copper or Xo. 11 zinc, KoofinKOinrit shincles.

wf-iphinp iff i jK-utuls per fizo lxl pare white lead and linseed oil in proper proportion shall form th" basis of all paints. Interior trim in receive three srood coats of white bad anil Matting oil and one cat of flat nam 1. Finished floors to arnisbed throuyiiout as directed in detail- specifications. Klectrical Work Complete system of -lectric wirinir from meter tt all outlets, including all panel boards, I janctioii and all other fittinps. The ins a i tion must be in ac-ord- I v.

itii the rules and regulations; of the Xr.tional Board of Fire under- i writers. i I'lu'r, l.i ae; A complete system and, r. ady to use shall he provid- I .1. cbivn on plans and in a cord- I an with local regulations, nrasa for hot supplies and for water line. IleatinB steam boiler or gas boiler recommended, thermostat heat regu- lator.

insulation Throughout with sugar- I care fibfr buildini? hoard used as sheathing and as plaster base replac- inar lath. As plaster base on second iioor ceiliry operates as roof insula- i Tilo flnnr rt wsintlrnl on bathroom with built-in accessories. MORTGAGES OF WEEK TOTAL $3,887,275.33 Mortgages placed on record during the week numbered 558 and amounted to according to the weekly report of C. C. Stotler.

secretary and treasurer of the Title uaranty Co. Purchase money mortgages amounting to represented 71 of the total number and the remaining 4-7 amounting to were straight mortgages, given as follows: To corporations. amounting to i.iMtl.-lO: to building and loan asso- ciations, 14S amounting to to individuals, IIS amounting to j.iiv::!. CONTRACT FOR REMODELING OF WHITE HOUSE AWARDED Wasiiington. Jan.

S. Contract for remodeling the White House today was. awarded to the M. P. Severin Chicago, which agreed to do the work in 125 days for A new roof wilt be built, the top floor remodeled, and fire Proof con- struetion.

installed throughout. Presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge are expected to mov to a local hotel while the work is being done this spring, probably starting in March. NETTIE GORDON'S MOTHER DIES; DAUGHTER ILL. Mrs.

W. II. Gordon, mother of Nettie Cordon, whose activities on the Northside have led her many times to the police station, died yesterday in htr home in the Reamy apartments, North owned by her daughter. Nettie is seriously ill in St. John's General hospital slowly recovering from an operation r.r.d physicians said she would be unable to attend her mother's funeral.

Charges growing out of a raid on Nettie's North Canal st. house are against her and her 5 hearing has been postponed because oi r.er uir.ess. Cook Gets Reward. A wealthy Parisian has left $10,000 to his cook because she was the only one who cou-d make soup that satisfied him. HEADACHE FROM A GOLD? LISTEN! "Pape's Cold Compound" ends severe cold3 or grippe in few hours Your cold will break and all grippe misery end after taking "Paps's pound" hours a dose of Cold Com-every two until three doses are taken.

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makir.g you sick. T'on't stay stuffe.t-up; tjOit and your throbbing nothing else in the world gives -noh proT.pt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound," which costs only thirty- 'vf cents at any drug store. It acts will. -nit assistance, tastes nice, and no ino'iii Accept no substitute. Advertisement.

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5t One who grants a pardon. 57 A table fragment. 5S A kind of wine. G0t A series of steps up or don. 02 Related to.

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75 A smoking device. 76 Fragment of cloth. Close to. SO A girl's name. S-" A swiss canton men t.

85 Again (prefix). SO A state of the union. LYCEUM DRAMATIC CLUB TO PRESENT COMEDY. "Adam and Eve," a comedy in three acts by Guy Bolton and George Mid-dleton, will be presented by St. Ambrose Lyceum Dramatic club of Spring Hill at the Workingmen's Beneficial ball, 1307' Rescue st, Spring Hill, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

The cast Is made up of William F. Klueber, Earl J. Kuder, Roger Shaver, Herman J. Staudt, John Kaib, A. Martin Herrmann, Regina Kaib, Ruth Krodel, Margaret Dot-terweich and Margaret C.

Lang. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BRING MANY ARRESTS. Williamsport, Pa, jan. 8. Arrests for violation of the traffic laws were given more attention by th Wil-j liamsport police department during ir.2, as indicated by the total arrests for the year.

'With a total nurr.be of arrests 1 reaching 2,679, those for violation of the traffic laws amounted to 1,359, or more than half of the grand total for the year. In the total number of arrests the month of May leads all others with I 335 persons taken into custody. Feb ruary, with 120, was th lowest- I I mss 1 False swearing. 7 An industrial plant. A rodent.

Small errand or job. Unit of electrical current. A useful insect. Sour ale. King (French).

Later. A salutation. Melodies. A. jug or vase.

A European country fabbr.) Beverages. With spotted skin. Goes into again. Electrical engineer's degree. To place dependence.

A legal paper. The element tellurium. Very small. Gear cutting device. To cook.

To jump. Native of southeast Asia. Cry of a cat. Man's name. A clump of shrubbery.

A church dignitary. A steamship (abbr.) Bone of the forearm, Sharp or sour to the taste. A parent. Resembling a star. Sold, or exchanged.

Comfort. A. small pointed instrument. Conclude. Day of the year.

Cut off short. Early British chieftain Three (prefix). 70 Device for concrete construction tinder water. 81 Member of a rowboat crew. S2 Neither male or female.

Sri To jump or gambol. A gem. 87 Hardened or set firmly. SS United matrimonially. v'erticaju 2 A political domain.

3 A male deer. 4 Mountain range of Europe. 5 Beneficially. 6 Again (prefix). 8 Alternating current (elect.) War horses.

10 Communicated. 11 Native metal. 12 Entertain. 13 Glass water bottles. 15 Fossessive pronoun.

17 Long hair. 10 Watered sillc figure. 20 Alter shape of. 21 A wide-mouthed jug. 23 To turn away.

2d Three-spot playing card 27 Again. 30 Religious literature. 33 Tried. 35 Knowledge; 37 Egg of a parasitic tnsec 40 A wise man. 43 Also.

44 Head covering. 45 Evil. rarH i ial i rm So rp srr iotl p5? frf i 1 -rg st pi 52 STSif 5 'tS9 wfel 6 62f1 pes TO i75 FPt -yw irM sot rner I "i bh bbi I HJ DlV-ci- two InJ See Page 235 of January 8th Saturday Evening Post i i if Amazing Savings Through Plan-Cut Method JAMES K. VVPST. More than 500 national and regional executives of the Boy Scout movement wil be in Pittsburgh Thursday and Friday for the two-day conference of tbft reetonnl oommitteA.

Scout notables who have signified their 'intention cording to A. T. of being present, ac- Benson, local execu- tive are James E. West, of New York, chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America; Thomas B. Howell, of Va; C.

H. Benson, national headquarters; Robert of Coatsvllle, Pa, and Kenneth Greer, of Baltimore. The region comprises Pennsylvania, VirginiaDelaware and Maryland. Regional scouting organization problems and co-operation of inter-council relationship are slated for discussion at both sessions. A pageant, "The Spirit of by Ralph Blakeslee, a Pittsburgh executive, will feature the banquet In Hotel Sohenley Friday evening.

A demonstration, in scouting- is i scheduled for Saturday in Memorial halh Boys and leaders from every section in western Pennsylvania will take part in the demonstration. A buffet lunch at the chamber of commerce will follow the demonstration. More than 60 fathers and brothers have enrolled in the leader training course at First United Presbyterian church community house, which opens Thursday night. Troop 99 of the South Hills district will demonstrate scout work to the prospective leaders. ALLIANCE WITHOUT CASH FOREMPLOYES Special to THE PRESS Alliance, Jan.

8. Faciiig the prospect of "payless paydays" in January, Alliance city officials may appeal to the city hanks. for a short-term loan to tide them over until the December taxes are' available. A tilt jvith the state tax commission over new property valuations in Stark county has completely scrambled county finances. The county and state tax authorities have disagreed over reappraisal figures.

In Alliance, a compromise wa3 declared. Where the state want- ed to add a. blanket 20 per cent In crease on botn lands and buildings, above the valuations placed by the local revaluation boaord. the city finally won the state's consent to a 10 per cent increase on lands only. Payrolls of firemen, policemen and other city employes are due and the city is without funds to meet thera.

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