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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
100000 INVOLVED
in LOFT DEAL
McMOrrOW Co. Disposes
of New Building in
Herald Square.
LIBERTY BUILDING
FIGURES IN A TRADE
Given in Part Payment for
Apartment Houses-Other
Sales Announced.

The thirteen story store and loft
building at l31 70 1877 West S5th st.
has been bought By an unnamed buyer
from the builders, the McMorrow Engi-
neering and Construction Company.
1t was a cash transaction. The
structure is practically fully rented
and occupies a plot 75x9s.9 feet i'm
mediately adjoining on the west side
tho old Herald Square Theatre. That
property, with the remainder OF tae
broadway front I'D 70 @otn 81, IS 70 %
improved with big mercantile oulid'
inc The deal involved Sooo'OOV'
The McMorrow Company acqulreo
the 35th ST. site in 1913 from the henry
Morgenthau Company IN e%cnshge ior
the Columbus apartment, az brosG"sy
and 18th ST., and erected the Du"dIns'
which was finished last summer Inc
architects, Neville & Bagge. placed me
cost at 100000. The Metropolitan
life Insurance Company holds hrst
mortgage of S365.00O on the properly
THE deal for the sale OF the Kugoy
Hall and Elton Hall apartment houses
~ % 70 50 Claremont az. was hnally
concluded with the signing o. contracts
between Frederick Brown and Euphe-
mia : Coffin. In part payment the lat
tor gave the Liberty Building, at the
nortb corner of West and Cedar SITS,
Eve story business structure, fronting
a. foe, in West 81. and 554 feet IN
Cedar 81. Goodale, Perry Dwight
,-o,.o+ia.ed the transaction. which in
volved about $4,000.
Other sales follow:
Manhattan.
74TH ST. William B. May Co.
have sold the three story and basement
dwelling house l22 East 14th ST. ls.sK
5OxlO2.2 feet. for Bertha Levy 70
client. who will make extensive altera'
tions 10 the house. This block IS be-
ING rapidlv improved by the remodelllns
Of many Of the old houses. On the
block 10 the east is the residence OF
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., Seymour Crom-
well. Stowe Phelps and Professor Will
lam Sloane.
18th ST. The Hall-Berwin Corpor.
alton has sold for the Wilmurt Realty
Germany. represented by II. Nelson
Flanagan. 1853 West 57th ST., a four
story and basement dwelling on lot
IqxlO0.5 feet. The buyer is Louis n.
Chalif. who recently purchased. through
the same brokers. the adjoining dwell.
ing. 1855. Mr.. Chalif now owns plot
39.lOxlOO5 feet, and anticipates, in a
short while. erecting building for MS
own occupancy.
TENTH AV.--Crosby & Blemly have
sold TO James J. Dunphy 329 Tenth av,
northwest corner Of 29th ST, fye-
story tenement, on lot 24.8X7O feet.
LEXINGTON Az - The Lawyers,
Mortgage Company has sold lO+5 and
lO47 Lexington av.. two three-story
dwellings. each 1855 feet. The new
owner will alter them into stores and
apartments. =,
45TH ST Thomas Killilea has sold
i25 West 45th st, four-story build
ing. on lot l9.2xS2 feet, between Broad.
way and Sixth ay The seller acquired
the property in 1901.
FIFTH ST.-Valter v Reynolds has
sold to Frank Hayden 2S2 West l2ith
st., a three-story dwelling, on lot lox
99ll feet, near Eighth av
The Bronx.
CRFSTON \AV.- Richard H. scObie
has sold for the estate Of Richard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
Realty Notes.

Macmillan Zipkes, architect. has
completed plans which have been APP
proved for the construction of a five
story apartment at Glenwood av. and
Hudson County Boulevard, Jersey City.
Duff & Conger have been appointed
agents of the Lauriston apartment, at
1899 Madison ay., and the five story
house at 404 St. Nicholas sy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
New Tenants for Dwellings.

Douglas L. Gilman & Co. have
leased for term Of years 81 EaH
S0th ST, a four story house, TO Nj"
Walter II. Lewis.
The f. X. Wood-W. II. Dolson Com-
pany leased 1927 West s7th St. tour
Story dwelling. 20 Mrs. Sophie Sterns;
The Hall-Berwin Corporation lessea
for a term OF years the three-s'0V
dwelling at l52 West oath ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09

Lecturer on real estate law. New ion
Law School. He helped TO frams
Torrens law Of this State.
Weber plot of five lots at the north
cast corner Of lS3d ST. and Creston az;
fronting 1913 feet on Creston ay. ana
95 feet on lS3d st. The plot IS 81 iee'
west Of the Grand Boulevard and Con-
course.
FRANKLIN Richard Dickson
has sold for James T. Barry zoss
Franklin av.. a fve-story apartment
house. 376xl00 feet.
EASTBURN AV.-Richard Diess0n
sold for John Miller the plot SI6xlVV
feet, at the southwest corner OF Eas'.
burr nv. and Hath ST. and the plo'
50x9j feet. on the east side OF hsst
burn ay., about 226 feet south Of l'otn
St The new owner will improve INC
plots with apartment houses.
LAFAYETTE AV.-John A. stem.
metz has sold for Edward Ruehl inc
block front on the south side OF "a
fayette av., from Longfellow 10 WHY
tier avs; also six lots at the nor'h'
west corner CT Whittier av.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
Buys Grand Az. House.

Michael Postiglione Is the buyer Of
the dwelling 2436 Grand av, reported
sold Las, month by Ida A. Holland.
The price was $500.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
Is Cut In
Police Bud get?

partment amounting to $3.50
over this year. This would mean
that only five officers will be dis
charged.
Bertillon Officer Harry II.
Smith Is the only officer receiv-
ing a cut in salary. His pay
check Is cut from $l25 month
to $40.
Commissioner Mills other
cuts" in the police department
are petty amounts of So and $40
i'm each office, and in some places.
as for police departmental ex-
spence. stationery and furniture
requirements, there are radical
increases.
Mills boast of cut in eX-
pense of the police department Is
somewhat shattered when II is
shown that police patrol and
four motorcycles were bought this
year, for total of $4,000.
In the fire department Mills
has partially lived up to his
promises to the people. He has
cut $3.50 from the years sal
AIRY roll of firemen.
Mills has made no provision for
abandoning any city fire stations.
The expense of operating the fire
alarm system will be 81, 800 more
in 1916 than it was this year ac-
cording to the budget, and there
will be "A $4,000 added expense in
the fire department. for which
Mills has failed to make explana-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
Swiss Army Belongs to the People
and Nobody Belongs to the Army
SECRET OF TINY REPUBLICS DEFENSES

only for a period of eleven days
on each call.
The Landwehr cages 33 to 40)
is called out only once for a
training period of IL days.
The Landstrum is not called
out except in case of war or ma
tional danger.
How Switzerland can with such
a minimum of training, have such
an efficient army, and how Uncle
Sam could initiate her example,
will be described in the next
article.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
Taft to
Be Here
at AIS

William Howard Taft. ex-presi-
dent of the United States, will be
the guest of Tacoma this evening
from 4:15 until midnight.
He will speak once publicly,
visit the citizen-soldiers at Amerl-
can lake and talk there briefly,
dine informally with Hugh G.
Wallace, and spend the evening
in private engagements with some
of Tacoma's men of wealth and
social position,
At midnight, he will leave for
Portland, and will go from there
back to the California fairs.
Taft has expressed a special
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

Although Mayor Fawcett and
other public officials have in
sisted on a decrease of expense In
the police department for 1916.
and Commissioner Mills has made
a grandstand announcement of
slashing cuts in this department.
scrutiny of his budget expense to-
day failed OF show where any
radical cuts had been made.
Instead of the discharge of Is
patrolmen, as had been announc-
ed, the budget allows for a de-
crease in total salaries of the de-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

according to the arm of the serv-
ice; infantry and engineers, 65
days; artillery and garrison
troops. rs days; cavalry. 80 days;
auxiliary troops, 60 days.
Roughly. the recruit is taken
away from his regular employ
ment for only abouth two months
tat the most three).
After that the men in the Elite
COR first line) are called out only
seven times during their term Of
service (up to age 32) and then
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
GERMAN MOVIES STILL
AT TACOMA THEATER

Direct from the Irving Place
theater. New York and the Pabst
theater, Milwaukee, the first gen.
uine German motion pictures of
the European war are being
shown today and tomorrow at the
Tacoma theater.
These pictures were taken by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

permission of the general staff
in Berlin, with the approval OF
the kaiser. They were taken so
near the real battles as to give
startling effects. These aer the
first motion pictures of the Eu-
ropean war to show real life in
the trenches, real battlefields and
to give truly vivid illustrations of
the conflict.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

none of the great mountains of
the west.
Taft's address to the public
will be at 4:20 p. m. in the En-
nreSS theater
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

desire to see Mt. Tacoma again.
He was taken up by auto part OF
the way, three years ago. But on
this trip to the coast, weather has
been so muggy that he has seen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10

Reg. zoe can of Fish Balls, 2
cans 20C
Regg. 35c can Fish Balls Csc
Reg. 15c size of Pork and
Beans ......... 800. 1Oc
7 bars of Naptha Soap -. 25c
25c jar of pure Cider Vine
gar ''''..... ....... loc
Reg. 15c Sliced Pineapple Zoe
S5c can Log Cabin Syrup 65c
Don't forget demonstration
of our Country Club Coffee,
reg. value 35c, special Satur-
uay ......... 2Bc
MEATS
Extra Special
Legs Young Mutton, Id. .15c
Pig Pork Roast, ID. ...121ac
Dry Salt Pork, Id. .1Oc
Steer Pot Roast, lib. lie
Picnic Hams, lb. .1Oc
Thompson's Delicatessen
Dill Pickles and Sauerkraut
Headquarters.
Cut This Coupon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
De NT|STS

Good work depends
upon proper facilities,
which our office has in
every particular.
Spacious, inviting,
sanitary - equi p D e d
with all the necessary
and latest appliances
insures our large pa
tronage the best in
dentistry at a price
they can afford to pay.
WHY go to other
dentists less able to
please and less able to
perform strictly high
class work, and be
compelled to pay dou-
BILE?
WHY not make sure
in advance of perfect
work and permanent
satisfaction?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-10
Central
Public
Market
1144-46 Pacific Ave.

10 lbs. of finest k0a
sugar ...... ...... WV
With 800 order of other
goods, specials not included.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
Charged With
BO0ilegeing

A. c.. White a druggist of Plum
MGR was arrested Wednesday ON
the change of selling liquor with
out a license. The charge was
sworn TO by County Attorney Ell
der and the warrant issued by the
probate Judge.
Deputy Sheriff 'ioohy made the
arrest and brought Mr.. White to
this city where he was taken be-
fore the probate court. He
waived examination and was
bound over to The district court.
his bail being fixed at two hundred
and fifty dollars, which he fur
nishcd. Mr.. White admits the
selling as alleged but says the
liquor was furnished for medi-
cinal purposes. The party stating
That he wished to use it for the
ia Grippe.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
Serious Accident
Near Plulnmer
WlLLIAa CLOCK FALLS UNDER TRAN
BOih Legs Crushed. -.Oue Ampuiaied, Other Nay
Be Saved

A. young man by the name of
William Block was badly injured
in the railroad yards at Plummer
yesterday morning. He was try
ing to beat his way and attempt
ed to board a moving freight
train and slipped missed his hold
and was thrown under The train.
He fell with his legs across the
rail and his body on the outside
of the track and the car wheel
passed over both legs, just below
the knee on one and at the ankle
on the other.
He was placed on board the
train and brought to this city and
taken to the St. Maries hospital
After an examination Dr. Corn
wall decided that one leg would
have to be amputated and it was
taken off at the knee. tt is
thought that there is a possible
chance to save the leg that was
crushed at the ankle.
Black is hardly more than a
boy. being but nineteen years of
age. he gave his occupation as
q waiter. He was out of work
and was making his way from
town to town seeking employment
and being out of money was beat
ing his way when the accident oc-
cured. His home is at Racine
Wisconsin, where his parents auC
other relatives reside. His rela-
tives were notified Of the acciden
by the board of county commits.
siOners.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23

the high school is being improved
By the installation of lights and
water. Mr. Wyatt is also doing
some interior decorating. When
the work is completed, Prof. DUFF
will occupy the property.
Rev. and Mrs. O. A. Scott left
Tuesday morning for Rathdrum
To attend the annual NJ e. con-
ference
The Milwaukee Railroad COM
pany has a force of mon at work
loading ties along the right of
way near town. The past win
ter has seen a great number or
Ties cut i'm this vicinity with the
result that most all of the tie
timber is depleted.
There is very little interest be-
ing shown i'm the outcome of the
approaching city election. There
has been placed i'm nomination at
two different caucuses the names
of ten good men, There are
supposed TO be two tickets in The
field bat as there is no particular
issue at stake the voter will mo-
ooubt vote for the five men he
thinks best qualified for council
men without regard for ticket.
Last Friday evening a tramp
Who was refused food after hav-
ing operated for some minutes
ON the woodpile at the Cottage
Hotel, retired to the railroad
track i'm front of the building,
gathered up an armload of rocks
and proceeded to unload them
through the glass front of the
Hobby. While the young man
Iwas thus disposing himself Mr.
Mice hastily availed himself OF his
side arms and fired several siartl-
line but inaccurate volleys into
the drabness. The tramp pro-
coded on his way apparently wei
satisfied with his activities.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
ST. 5aFieS Hotel
Changes Hands

There has been a change i'm the
management of the So Maries
hotel Mrs Martinson having sold
out to T.. Birkhofer, a hotel man
from Chicago who took possess
sion the FIRST of the week. Mr..
Birkhofer is am experienced hotel
man although young i'm years. as
hc grew up with the business.
He has q large acquaintance
among the travelling men and will
cater to chat class of trade. He
will renl the place and make it
first class in every respect and
viii see to it that his guests have
am possible comforts He will
give particular attention to the
cafe and states that ne will serve
a good meal we'll cooked at price
as reasonable as possible.
Mr.. Birkhofer will make a
specially of a merchants lunch
at noon for thirly-fve cents and
intends to make this popular
with business men who prefer %
take their lunch down town rather
Than go home.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
HaIverSOn'S Body
Is Recovered
DISCOVERED IN ST. JOE RIVER
Found by Brother And Cousin Below B idge
While Dragging River

An question as to the fate of
Horny Halverson, who disappear
ed three weeks ago Tuesday and
who was supposed to- have been
lost i'm the woods, were set at rest
Wednesday by the discovery of
his body i'm the river. 10 was
found by his brother, Thomas
Ualverson, and his cousin, J. A.
Flynn, about fifty feet below the
draw bridge across the st. Joe
river.
Thomas Halverson, who resides
near ST.. Paul Minnesota, arrived
in the city about a week ago. He
had been informed of the disap-
pearance of his brother and that
he was thought to have been lost
ia the woods and came out here
to look for him. Upon his ar
rival the search for Halverson, or
his remains, was pushed with
lyigor. He, with others, combed
The hills i'm The vicinity of the
homestead which Halverson had
started for, i'm every direction but
without success.
They had heard rumors of a
man having been ON the bridge
lust before The boat came in that
/ Tuesday evening woh had disap-
lpcared and as a final resort they
determined to drag the river.
Several parties were out Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday fore
noon and j. M. Warren caught
something which he now believes
was Halverson's body but which
/ got away and could not be found
again. 10 remained for his
brother and cousin TO find The re-
mains. The water where they
found the body is from twenty
five to thirty feet deep and they
had much trouble in getting the
body TO the surface. They tieC
a rope around one ankle and tow.
ed it to the bridge until the au.
ihorities could be notified.
Coroner KinsOlving was out O
The city and Sheriff Leaf direct
ed II. l.. Mulcahy 20 remove lh
body from the river TO his under
z taking parlors whore it was pre-
/ pared for burial Mr. Flynn am
lolhers positively identified the re
] mains as those of Halverson, th
2 Identification being made from hi
] clothes. a watch and a bunch o
keys which he had in his pockets
\ Upon his return Coroner kinsol
wing viewed the remains ana aiio
S ihe Identification decided that
was unnecessary to hold an in
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
News Notes
From plUmmeF

Committees from the CONNER
cial Club and the Farmers Union
met Saturday afternoon and ar
ranged for a joint meeting to be
held i'm plummer May the 9Th.
Excellent speakers are being se-
cured for The occasion and those
who attend are assured Of an
dddkMIW0'uq99Olu9dI0l 2 HlIe9u
hour we'll spent
The Rev. O. A. Scott will ad-
dress the Odd Fellows Fraternity
next Sunday at 2:30 o'clock in
the Congregational church. The
sermon will be delivered i'm par
licuiar to the Odd Fellows, who
win attend in a body in accord
'ance with their established am
nual custom. All persons are
cordially invited to attend, how
ever, and are assured Of hearing
an excellent sermon.
The residence of A. G. White on
u. street is being improved bs
the addition Of a spacious porch
Contractor Dave Kiluer has ih'
work in charge.
The Me Caslin property neaI
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
Formal Opening
Of BeneWah Club

The Benewah club will hold its
formal opening next Saturday
evening. Tho club rooms have
been fitted up i'm very comfort
able style. A billiard table and
pool table have been installed in
the rooms up stairs while the
lower floor has been given up to
card tables and a place for the
members TO lounge and read the
papers and magazines. All
membcrs are earnestly requested
To- be present at the opening and
to bring their gentlemen friends
with them A program will be
arranged for the occasion.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
Organizing Bar
Association

A meeting of The attorneys OF
lhis city was held tuesday even
ing for lhc purpose of organizing
bar association for Benewah
County. An organization was
perfected by the election of Chas.
r. Schultz as president of the as
sociation for one year. H.. r..
Taylor was chOsen secretary. A
committee ON fees was appointed
rs follows: II. r. Taylor and L. e..
Highsmiih. William ID. Keeton
and Ed Elder were appointed a
committee on rules and T.. N. la
Veine and tt. j. Hull a committee
ON entertainment.
The next meeting of the as
sociation has been set for nexI
Wednesday evening at which
time the committees will report
the organization be perfected an,
the association put on a working
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
Death of
Hazel HCGreeOr

Word was received here We'd
pesday of The death of Hazel, the
five year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed McGregor, which occur
ed at Kellogg Tuesday. Mr.. and
Mrs. McGregor resided in this city
for a number Of years, moving to-
Kellogg a few months ago, and
their many friends were greiyed
TO hear the sad news. The fun
eral was held yesterday and was
attended by quite a number of
their old friends from here.
Mr.. McGregor is member of
the Eagles and Elks lodges and
both orders sent representatives
to attend The funeral and sent
floral offerings. Among the
friends from here who attended
The funeral were Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Stickney Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r.
Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Do
Mcrs, Harry Craney L. A. Jahnko
and Jerry MoGarter.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-23
Residence Burns
Wednesday Evening
WERE ALSO DESTROYED
House Occupied by Mrs William aSey---Budine
And Contents Insured

There is an old saying that
fires usually occur i'm sets 'of
three and we have experienced
fire number two of the present
series, the fire i'm the Idaho Laun-
dry Sunday being followed by the
burning of a residence Wednes-
day evening owend by "Scotly"
Urquhart and occupied by the
family of William Casey.
rhe fire started about eight
O'Clock i'm the evening. None of
the family were present at the
time, Mrs. Casey and her little
child being at the theatre, and the
fire had a good start before it was
discovered The fire had broken
through the roof before the alarm
which was turned i'm from platt's
drug store, sounded and the en-
tire interior was a mass of flames
before the fire department arriv-
cd A. E Stickney's residence
on the lot adjoining is only about
twenty-five feet from the building
and il was thought This would go
too and the contents were moved
out
Hose cart No. was FIRST ON the
ground and lhc frcmcn soon had
two streams ON The building.
| When the hose cart from the
city hall station arrived il was
found that the nozzles which are
supposed to be on the cart, had
been taken of and not replaced
and IL was necessary to send
back for them. Added TO this
one of the other nozzles broke
but with this handicap the fire
men soon got Che fire under con-
troll and kept it from spreading
to the Slickncy residence.
The Urquhart building was a
lwos tory structure, finished with
Icloih and papcr and as dry as Tim
der. Tho fire run up ON the in
side of the partitions which scrv-
ed as funnels to spread it anC
was very difficult TO get at Tho
flremen easily confined the fire {,
the interior but it took then
some time to extinguish it entire.
ly and this was not accomplishe,
until the entire interior was burn
ed out and the contents destroy
ed. Only the outer walls of th
building remain standing and al
! of The furniture and other con
fonts were entirely destroyed.
Both the building and the fur
. niture were partially insured. Tn
insurance being carried throug
, Sargent Bros. agency.
Mr.. Casey is cooking i'm Oh
p woods at Fernwood and his wifi
e and child were alone and wer
d left destitute with only The cloth
q ing which they wore. He is
s member OF the Eagle lodge of thi
@ city and The officers of the Aeri
n had them removed lo The S
q Maries hotel wehere they are b,
s ing cared for until Mr. Casey ca
be heard from.