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New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
DELIGHTS OF FLATBUSH
A Most Attractive Home Sec
tion of Brooklyn.

Flatbush has FOR some years n'.l
known as one OF the most prosperous "'1
beautiful sections OF Brooklyn There "'h
be found some OF the costliest dNclnI
and apartment houses I'm the borough.
IL one OF the cleanost sections OF broo"'
lyn. nearly every part having complete
municipal improvements.
Ia the lower section is beautiful lfo'
pect Park Bordering Fatbush cn 'H'
east ls the Atlantic Ocean.
The rapid transit service Of this di''
trIct Is excellent. Trains and trolley bh''
run frequently
While the building growth OF fla'ous'
has teen remarkable In the last i'"
years. there is yet an abundance of green
breathing spaces Most OF the houses arc
built on good sized plots. with suficlen'
space for attractive lawns.
No matter how .hot the weather mi'
be. the evenings In Flatbush are usuais
cool II .s a healthml and picturesq1'
section.
buckingham Court. one OF the hh'ss
apartment houses I'm Brooklyn. is sltuai'o
at the northwest corner of Beverly koSo
and Ocean avenue The building has a'
modern improvements. An Italian garo'n
is I'm the rear. with fountain pergolas anu
shrubbery. Uniformed attendants are W
service both night and day The room,
are all large and finely decorated. All
wants for the convenience and comic"
OF the tenants are promptly attended w.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
BRISK QUEENS MARKET
June Realty Transactions Only
Exceeded in Boom Year.
RECORD FOR SIX MONTHS
Building Activity Never More
Promising - New Public
Schools for Borough.

June was , record month flr real estate
transactions iH queens. according TO o.
report just mad, by County Clerk EuoG
There were recorded during the month a.
total number of deeds AMI mortsages
auountur tU 2no These figure. were
exceeded only 10 tho busiest times of the
boom year OF ls.' All records for former
years were broken Zoo tHe trst siN months
oi tho present E.sr. when thr total num-
ber 0f real estate papers recorded was
I1.7l0. g. compared with 1905 last year
ana l6.ss In 1911. II .s predicted that IN
mere marked.
While there were numerous small trans
actions recorded. there w,r, several large
transactions ono OF the larger transa,-
u1ns forecasts big building develop
mcnt The Msyerroso estate conveyed 20
the g. *. Matthews Company twenty
three lots with o. frontage of $50 feet on
Madison avenue. cast % Ouiordouk ave-
nue. RidgrRood Three story sN family
brick dwellings are tp hc erected IN the
property. 4 total ~ Sla2,-oo Boo mortgages
was recorded on the transfer and the
rlild'ua operations.
s ar.. part OF thr holdings of an.
United States Title Guarantee Company
has been decided to holding company. 20
t, known as the Property Realization
Corporation. tn. property conveyed in
cluGrs tho onicc building a. Jamaica. on
which there is mortgage of 5000. a
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

r.ruon with mortgages aggrcgoung
U-,''
Tu a now company known as Jamaica
N.r'h. Incorporated. 2oo lots In tho Ito
pa tract between Flushing and Jamaica.
This property vu to made Immediately
.g.I,lbI. fur h1m,s,rkors
TH. Qu,ar- plac, Realty Company has
taken title 90 the property formerly be-
Iure.uE t1 tH. Dowon Realty and Ter
m.nH Company. bounded by Orton street
Queens Place. Mott avenue and Thomson
.y.nur. Long Island CitN. on which o.
ten story factory b. being erected for the
L.o.s-WId Biscuit Company
E,urnus with july, period in which
tG.r, Dol usually decline bullilng opera
uDrs boo queens show au upward tendency
Never before 90 this season of the year
was the outlook so promising Tor activity
90 aIous the line The estimated cost oi
BUILDINGS for which permits wrr. granted
tn, urst week boz July s {ioS.-s2 ~ which
tHirty-sIN w.r, for ucW buildiugs OF an
estimated cost of 5-1l.,D5 nfty for a.tcra-
u,us of 900 estimated cost ~ S65'' ana
iugty-uyc Tor PLUMBING permits Of au csu-
mated cost oi SOLO
During the vacation season extensive
additions and repairs will be- made TO
public schools bon the borough This week
permits were asked FOR work on five
schools one story brick addition, boz
which thcr. will be- o. cooking room and
workshop. and ln which freproof stair
ways are 90 be- installed al a cost Of
$500. viii be- built on Public School N5.
Vernon avenue. near Graham avenue
Long Island city An addition Will also
b.. erected on Public School ~, Albert
street near Ditmars avenue, Long Island
city Repairs are To be mad" tp th'
buiIdug. and iu the addition a cooking
room. workshop and storeroom viii be-
installed other schools To be repaired
ar. SO. a. Woodward avenue. near starr
street. No. 30. Union Hall and Pacific
streets Jamaica. and No. %. i2d street
aud Hayes avenue, Corona
college Point Is feeling tho effects oi
tho building revival. and there the Bay
Vista Land Company will erect two story
frame dwellings al cost of $500 each.
Another development OF frame dwellings
will bc made at Arverno. where at SUM
mcrncid street. south Of Amstcl Boulr-
ward. Calkins & BovIngton will erect a
cluster of buildings Of that type. An.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
FAVOR HEIGHT CONTROL
Development Of City Requires a
Limit to Buildings.
INTEREST OVER PROJECT
Commission Collecting Laws
and Ordinances Of Large
Cities on the Subject.
BY Edward VI. Bassett. Chairman of the
Advisory Commission on Heights of
Buildings.


The city Advisory Commission on
Heights Of Buildings is holding weekly
conferences with representative Of yari.
Gus societies and organizations AZ its
rooms. No ll5 Broadway II b. expected
that these meetings will boz suspended
the latter part OF this week until the
first week In September.
Ir the mean time the star ~ the com.
mission viii be az work on systematzng
the material already obtained and pre-.
pairing new maps and statistics. Many
societies and boards already have sre.
cial committees working on the sub.
jrct Of the height, size and arrangement
Of buildings. with the purpose u assist.
ing the Board of Estimate committee and
its advisory commission. Tho public IN
torest shown az the meetings and by the
submission of written opinions has been
remarkable. without any exception tae
examinations that have been oommun..
Gated with have sent representatives, and
In almost every case these representative
have said that IN their opinion the time
had come FOR the city 10 impose height
Limitations on buildings Tor tho beneh,
of an
The unanlmity OF this opinion has per-
haps been the most striking feature OF the
conferences thus far. The methods pro-
posed have, however, been various. Few
have made an exact study OF the sub
Jcct Already II has become apparsn,
that the problem for New York is spe'
cial and unique This is on account o.
the peculiar topography and growth ot
greater New York I'm other words,
the problem is largely local one.
although the experience OF other cities
may assist In coming 10 right conclusions
Ten years ago the suggestion OF height
Limitation raised protests from many
quarters Now the situation appears TO
be entirely different
High buildings have not been - sue
cessful as IL WIS thought they would be.
Injury 20 semi developed land has IN
many cases resulted. owners % bu!ld-
iugs. whether great or small, organiza'
tions. whether charitable OF financial All
appear 10 consider that the future deyel'
opment OF the city requires a more strict
control or the height, size ana dIaHsN
mont OF buildings.
The commission is collecting the laws
and ordinances Of All the large cities OF
the world on this subject and Is ascer-
tanning the degree Of success obtained D.
various methods Of control. No conclu'
sons have been reached by the comuls-
sion nor viii the commission ondeayor 70
formulate conclusions until the fail P1o'
lie hearings viii later bc held. IN N.
meantime communications arc tnViba
from an persons who can help. and i'N
consideration will be given 20 all susses'
tons
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
BARCLAY. Y.DueRo TRACT SALES.

William Wallace has sold for the
Quccusboro Corporation 20 a syndicate oi
New England Investors the following
plots. for sum aggregating 100000. lo-
Gated boz the Elmhurst and North Elm
hurst sections of the Barclay DugrO tract
I00Xl50 feet ON east side ot 3ld street be-
ginning 100 feet south ~ Polk avenue,
leoNIoo feet, ON the west side Of 26th
street. 2gO feet south OF jackson avenue.
luuAluO feet. cast side Of 2Jth street 700
feet south ~ Hayes avenue. l00NluO feet
northeast corner of 9th street and Roose-
welt avenue, l0uNlOO feet northeast cor
uer of 2ith street and Hayes avenue. "A
block front between 25th and 26th streets,
ON The south sid, of Hayes avenue and a
block front on the north side OF Hayes
avenue. between 26th and 27th streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
DOMESTIC AND
FOREIGN STRIKES
Wholesale Walkout in Bel
GUM Assumes Great
Proportions.
100000 MEN HAVE QUIT.
Meeting Tonight in Paterson, n. j.,
to Formulate Strike of Eighteen
Thousand School Children.

Brussels, April 15.-The suffrage
strikers were joined today by several
thousand more Socialist workingmen,
and at the Peoples Palace, Leader
Vandervelde declared that the move
ment is progressing to schedule. He
said it was the plan of the Socialists
to bring the strike on so gradually
that Belgian industry would not be
suddenly paralyzed.
That only between 100000 and 30O,-
900 workingmen quit yesterday was
regarded Dy the Clericais as vic
tory. They called the strike a "fasco'
but Camille Huysman, directing the
strikers, today maintained that all
who were expected to go out the first
day did so, and predicted that by to-
morrow the first days figures would
be doubled.
Paterson, n. J., April Unlicensed
by the attitude of the public schol
teachers toward the silk mill striker
and it's I. w. W. leaders, Miss Eliza
beth Gurley Flynn and other organ
izers sent out a special call today for
a meeting this evening of women and
children to formulate plans for a
strike of $4,000 school children.
According to the I. W. w. leaders.
the teachers have been ridiculing the
strike leaders to their pupils and de-
fining them as anarchists and danger
Gus characters.
"No matter what these teachers
think" said Miss Flynn today, "they
have no right to prejudice the minds
of the children, the majority of wnom
are children Of the strikers, against
the strike and its leadership. We
propose to put it squarely up to the
bo.rd of education 20 stop such unfair
tactics on the part of the teachers OF
we will empty their schools of pupils
as a protest, and give them the bene-
fit of a little l. w. W. education.
The silk manufacturers refused again
today to confer with the strikers, and
there was nothing to indicate & set
Element of the two-months old strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
THE DOG CRUSADE.
STRAINS or Halters Which do Not Pre-
vent Animals From Biting
Will Not do.


In addition to the crusade against
dogs without muzzles running at large
in the streets, the police have been in.
structed to see that the dogs are prop.
erly muzzled. Justice Cation stated
in court this morning that halters and
straps which do not prevent the dog
from biting will not be considered as
suitable muzzles and owners using
them will be subject to fine as if their
dogs were unmuzzled. Thirteen dog
owners were brought into court this
morning charged with violation of the
ordinance. Justice Cation imposed fines
of S.. each on Louis Baltimore, James
Lightfoot, H. V. Kelly, Calvin Neal,
o. W. Peyerill and Ellen Cole. Five
cases were dismissed with warning and
two were continued. 'l$
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15

PESSIMISM IN PARIS.
Bronchial Trouble Receding Per-
ccptibly and Kidneys Found to be
Working Normally,

Rome, April 15.-Popc Plus contin-
ues to improve. His condition greatly
encourages the physicians, although 1t
is feared the unfavorable weather may
bring on another collapse. The Pope
has no fever and his temperature is
9S.l, his cough is decreasing and gen.
eral conditions are good.
P4ris, April 15.---In the face of
the papaI physicians optimistic bull
letin, the Vatican correspondent OF
the Paris Excelsior at noon told by
long distance telephone tina tine Pope's
end was believed to be near.
Rom. April 15.--Though the Pope
has spe. tranquil night, he was
very weak, and DR.. Andera Amicl
stayed in the ante-room, within in
slant call. 1t was the coolest Aprl!
night thai Rome has had for many
years, and rain fell almost constantly
1t was feared that the weather might
deprcss the pontiff and cause cough
ing, that might produce collapse.
BIZ his holiness slept well and was
awake only few times during the
night. His pulse remained almost
normal and his temperature did not
90 aoove 80.
When Prof. Marchiafava and DR..
.Amiri made thorough examination
eariy today they found that the bron-
chiai trouble wav recedine ?e:ceptib!y,
and said there was no likelihood that
it would now invade the lungs. The
Pope breathcd much easier than yes
terday. and his Kidneys were found to
be almost normal.
Tie increased fever and slight sink
ing period that alarmed doctors and
attendants late ye:teray ended in the
Pope's falling into deep sleep. When
he awoke in the early night he was
greatly refreshed and partook of con-
siderable n0urishment in the form OF
milk and geIatine.
Tire Pontiff's nephew, priest OF
Venice. was allowed 10 visi; the sick
room for few minutes and greatly
chec-ed his uncle. II was said that the
young han had perceptibly bright
enin2, effect Oh the little apartment Il
square away where the sorrow!ng sis
ters OF the Pope and niece worked
far into the night, finishing the lace
funeral vcstment they are making for
their brother.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
OLD TOMBSTONE.

In the 500 block of north st. Asaph
street, lying on a vacant lot on winch
formerly stood frame structure, oc-
cupied by colored people, there lies the
fragments of an old tombstone of red
rock, which from the inscription, deep
" cut into its surface, seems to have
been in use two years before the
American Revolution. The date on the
stone plainly states that the person in
whose memory it was erected died IN
1774. aged 26 years. Some assocla-
tions would undoubtedly consider this
old tombstone of great historical
value.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
POTOMAC SAND DIGGERS.
Dredging Machines, Lighters And
Tugs Are Busy Again.

Practically the entire fleet of tugs,
dredging machines and lighters used
by sand and gravel digging companies
in taking the material from the beds
in theriver are now in service on the
river, and daily large quantities OF
building sand, gravel and stone are
brought to Alexandria and Washing
ton. Dredge No. 5, belonging to The
Columbia Granite and Dredging Com
pany. which was laid up in the Eas-
tern branch to be rebuilt. has returned
to service. and was recently taken to
Motley Hall to work on the sand de-
posts there Sand and gravel i. found
at many places along the river. For
many wears it was obtained in the
Georgetown channel near where the
Highway bridge now crosses, but of
recent years it has been obtained
mainly from Goose Egg Island. oppo-
site Alexandria. at Motley Hsll, Pts
Getaway creek, Pomonkey creek and
on Greenway flats. Employed in the
business are five dredges, five Or six
tugs and a large number of lighters,
and several hundred persons obtain .
livelihood from it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
SEEKS DAMAGE FROM UNCLE
Miss Bessie Strader is Suing fol
$1,000 for SANDER.

Williamsburg, Va. April 15.-- In
the Circuit Court before Judge D. &.
Tyler, presidine,the case of Miss Bes-
sic Strader, who is suing Boyd Henry
for SANDER, is on trial. Miss Stra-
der.who is young and quite pretty, is
askin $4,000 damages.The plaintiffs
testimony was heard yesterday, and
some of it was of very spicy nature.
The court room was crowded all day.
Immediately after the alleged slan-
der was uttered Miss Strader horse
whipped Henry, the whole affair Gre
ating a great sensation in the other
wise quiet hamlet. Eenry's wife is
Miss Strader's aunt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
DIES AS HE HOPED TO.
Tenderloin Man of Mystery Found
Dead in Store Room.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 15.-True
to his often-declared intention OF
drinking himself to death. "Profes-
sor." tenderloin habitue, whose
real name is unknown TO the police,
was found dead yesterday morning
in the storeroom of saloon at 4th
and Vine streets with two partly
filled demijohns of whlskey beside
him. 1t is the belief of the ,police
that he literally carried out his in
tention by consuming part of the
contents of every bottle, demijohn
and keg in the place.
For several months the man had
been seen in the neighborhood, and
his language indicated that he was
we'll educated. This fact earned him
him the nickname of professor" and
on account of his reticence his real
name or past was never found out.
Yesterday morning when John J.
Goebler, one of the bartenders,
went to the store room to sweep it
out he found the man lying in a
heap in the midst of the remains OF
his alcoholic orgy. Special Police
men Begier and Pagan, of the sew
enth district were notified and they
had the body removed to the morgue,
after it had been taken to Hahne-
mann Hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
BANK DECORATIONS.

The decorators working on the in
terror of the Citizens National Bank,
will today finish their work in the
presidents office, and according to the
statement of Carroll Pierce, vice-pres-
ident, all the decorative work on the
interior ceiling and walls will be COM
pleted within two weeks. ]. E. Sperry,
of Baltimore, the architect, under
whose direction the decorative work is
being done, will arrive in Alexandria
today to decide upon the colors to be
used in painting the walls.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15

Prompted, it is alleged, by jealousy,
Cleveland Prince well-to-do farmer
If Wayne county, N. c., yesterday
vent to hospital in Goldsboro, N. G.,
inquired for, and on being shown the
DOM of Mrs. May Carter Lomax, en-
cred, drew a pistol, and shot her
lead, then turned the weapon upon
himself and blew out his brains. Mrs.
Ionrax was in the hospital recovering
rom injuries received few nights
dnce while automobile riding with
Prince and others. She was the wife
, ia southern railway baggagemaster,
md conducted a millibery store in
Ioldsboro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
Election Tomorrow.

Washington. April l5.-With fol-
lowers of Mrs. John Miller Horton,
Mrs. william Cummings Story and
Mrs. Charles b. Bryan, the three lead
ing candidates for president general
Of he D. A. R., hard at work all the
morning, predictions were made that
there probably will be no election on
the first ballot, which will be taken
tomorrow morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
WORK, ON NEW ROAD.
Will Start Route Between Washing
ton and Alexandria.

| Though work is being pushed by
the government authorities on the
new road from Arlington across the
lowlands of Alexander Island to the
south end of the new highway bridge,
it is stated that it will not be long
before the new road is COM
pleted and ready for use. For sever
al days past the road builders have
been employed in making the fill and
grading from the low ground at the
old Alexander Island race track to
the level of the approach to High
way Bridge, and this work is about
done except for the surfacing.
The small trees and underbrush
along the route of the road have been
cleared and fills are being made
through the swamp that runs be-
tween the river and The high lands
on the Virginia shore.
1t is said that when the new road
is completed it will considerably
shorten the distance between Airing
ton and the business section Of
Washington, as it will be more direct
than by way of the Aqueduct bridge
and through Georgetown.
The new boulevard is to be a por-
ton of the avenue from Alexandria
to Washington. At the rate the
work is progressing the new road will
be ready FOR use by the end of sum-
mer, and the time roadway be-
tween this city and Washington will
be reduced thereby nearly three
quarters of a mile. The new road is
being built by the government, an
appropriation of $4,000 having been
secured over year ago by Congress
man Charles C. Carlin for its con-
struction.
The road runs in a straight line
from the end of the bridge to Arl-
inrton across the low ground on Cal
Alexander Island where was former
ly located the old race track, and
then skirting the governmental eX-
detrimental farm. There is a large
amount of filling to be done and
material is being hauled from Wash
nigton for this purpose.
At Johnso='s cornef; fronting the
east wall of Arlington, the new road
will Join the macadam county road
which passes through St. Asaph and
Potomac, connecting with Washing
ton street.
At the junction of the new road
with the Highway Bridge two frame
buildings have just been completed
which will be occupied by Washing
ton pawnbrokers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15
PAVING ALLEYS AND STREETS

DR.. E. A. German, hearth officer,
states it is the intention of thas0e3se
department to use every II
the people of Alexandria TO-
the paving of all alleys and sire On
the city as fast as possible. Such h.
provements are highly benedeis i
the residents of the city from M
tary standpoint, besides greatlY iflf
proving the value of property. 10 i:
from sanitary standpoint howeve,
chat the health department is inter
asted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-15

EXPLOSION is HEARD.
Bank of England Surrounded by Po-
lice, and Detectives-Infernal Ma
chine is Examined.

St. Leonard's-on-Sea, England,
April 15.-Suffragettes early today
burned the handsome and costly sea-
side residence of Arthur Phillip Du
Cros, Nj. P.
Militant literature scattered about
the grounds gave the police positive
assurances that the women or their
hirelings were responsible. The house
was destroyed. So far as could be
learned The place was unoccupied.
Arthur Phillip Du eros is the Uni
onist member from Hastings, an Irish
man by birth, and has been in the
House of Commons since 1908. His
permanent home is Cannons Park,
Edgware, and his residence at ST..
Leodnard's -On-Sea that the suffra-
gettes burned today was his summer
residence.
The house was the most pretentious
in neighborhood of summer colonists
and the loss is estimated at $4,000
for The furnishings were costly and
Du eros was known to keep some art
works there.
Several explosions were heard while
the house was burning but the flames
had made such progress befroe they
were discovered that the way in which
the fire was started was not learned.
The house had-been unoccupied for a
month.
London, April 15.-The great Bank
of England today was surrounded by
policemen, and detectives posed as
employees in every part of the institu-
ton, while the best men of Scotland
Yard were leaving no stone unturned
to run down the suffragettes respon-
sible for the bomb found within the
banks railing in Bartholomew lane.
Meanwhile the internal machine
was being examined by explosive cX-
perts of the home office.
They said that the contrivance made
from a milk can, contained pound OF
blasting powder-and several halrplns.
These latter convinced the police
that the suffragettes were responsible.
The powder, said the experts, was
hardly sufficient to have done much
damage to the thick masonry of the
banks wall, but its explosion undoub:-
edly would have injured scores in
crowded Bartholomew lane.
In the can with the powder-and
! the hairpins-was an electric battery
with wires attached to time fuse.
When a policeman saw smoke issuing
from the can, hung on the railing, he
grasped it and hurried to a nearby
, street fountain, where lie doused it
into the water. When all smoke
ceased to appear the policemen look
ed into the can. The mechanicism had
stopped.