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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-06-08
SNELLENBURC'S MINISTRIES

One of the biggest audiences ever
seen in the Opera House greeted the
Snellenburg Greater Minstrels on Tues
day evening last. and its long program
of mixed comedy and music. bur1esque
and melody, highly pleased that big
crowd, if one may judge by the smiles
that often rippled upon the ''sea of up
turned faces" one saw from the gallery,
and by the frequent applause and the
many encores.
The war has taken. they say. num-
ber of their best players; but for an
amateur performance by gentlemen in
business, and not given professionally
to burnt cork and minstrelsy, it was
every way creditable affair especially
so as the larger number of the cast are
employees of single firm-that of
David Sne)lenburg.
Quite number of the solos showed
artistic handling, and good voices.
Among these were the bass solo, "O'er
The Billowy Sea-" by Frank Escott; a
tenor solo, Keep The Home Fires Burn
ing." by Harper Spry, and several rol-
licking comics. ''They Go Wild Over
Me-" by Warren Grier and ''Oh John
ny, Oh Johnny, Oh - by Harvey Ver-
non, etc.
The fun and antics. jests and squibs
by the ''black men" with ". Scott
Monckton for ''in terlocutor" to stir the
animals up, were entertaining, and a
number of local hits together with quite
few real new jokes besides the oc-
casioual t'chestnut, - provoking fire.
quent bursts of msrrimept in the audi
ence.
The cake walk got its share of laughs
and grins, and they say, the best man
and the best> lady" ''took the cake. -
Mr.. Fletcher Deakyne at the close
thanked the audience for its handsome
recognition of the efforts of our Jewish
citizens to help the cause of their starv-
ing brethren in Poland. where, by the
way. the famine and suffering is said
to be threefold greater that elsewhere
in all war-cursed Europe with its many
regions of pitiful sorrow and death
A very creditable incident marked
the evenings end-the presentation of
large palm by Mrs. Lidie Steele who
was unable to give money. Mr.. Dea-
kyne raised SIS. 90 for it at auction, Mr..
s. Burstan being the purchaser.
The total receipts from this highly
successful entertainment were $415.01.
The Opera House was again donated
free by s. M. Rosenberg. The thanks
of the public are due the entire COM
pany of gentlemen, none of whom are
Jews, for the pleasing entertainment
they gave wherein their talents were
bestowed without any charges to the
Jewish Relief Fund Committee, save
few who were paid trifle FOB their
actual expenses.
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vii! AAk.sa Graduate.

.lseasge B. Hynson, a former Della
warean, now associated with the Biddle
Press, of Philadelphia, will make the
address to the graduating claaa Of the
Middletown High School, u the New
Century Club Friday, s!Ay, evening. June
14th. :
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No Gifts or Flowers

The school board has requested The
Transcript to state that the former
practise Of presenting gifts and flowers
will, Aot be- permitted at the Commence
mept exercises of the graduates of the
Middletown High School this year.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-06-08
FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND GO

Mrs. G. B. Pearson spent part Of
this week with DR.. Pearson at Elkton.
Miss Charlotte Peverley is spending
two weeks with friends at St. David's
Pa.
Miss Rose Rutberg of Philadelphia,
was recent guest of Miss Leah Berk-
man.
Miss Edith Eliason, of Wilmington,
was a Sunday guest, of relatives ir
town.
Miss Alice McCloskey, Of Whining
ton, spent last week with Mrs. John
Smith.
Miss Clara Gallagher and Miss Edna
Brynes were Wilmington visitors We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Theodore V. Whitlock, of Viii.
lnington, visited relatives in town over
Sunday.
Miss Ruth Lorenz, of New Castle.
was guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Jolls
Monday.
Miss Bessie Morton, of Germantown,
is visiting her sister Mrs. George w.
Lockwood,
Miss Lillian Hanway. Of Aberdeen.
Nd, was Sunday guest Of Miss Char
lotte Peverley.
Miss Helen Jones, Of Wilmington.
visited her parents NJ !. and Mrs. Charles
Jones this week,
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Lee, Of
Wilmington, were recent guests of MIR.
and Mrs. S. E, Massey.
Mrs. Julian Cleaver was entertained
over the weekend by Mrs. Mary
Hampton in Philadelphia.
Mr.. William C. Gallagher, of Will
mington, visited his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Gallagher Sunday,
Misses Hilda Money and Mildred Hol-
ter, of Mt, Pleasant. spent the week
end with Miss Nva Freeman.
Mrs. Robert Salmonson and son, Rob-
ert, Of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with
Mr., and Mrs. William Whitlock,
Mrs, Julian H. Foard is entertaining
Mrs, G. Parker 4ottin. and little son. of
Lowerre Summit, Yonkers N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H. Donovan and
lit tie daughter of Wilmington, spent the
weekend with relatives near town.
MIR. George ". Lockwood. of Phi!a-
delphia. spent the weekend with his
mother Mrs. George W. Lockwood.
Mrs. M. A. Pleasanton and daughter
Mrs. Roe Redgrave visited Mrs. Ella
Pennington in Wilmington last week.
Mrs. Mae Moore, of Wilmington,
spent several days last week with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Ruehth.
Mrs. :oAn smits spa Miss Alice Nc.
Closkey entertained Miss Nellie Muir.
ply. Of Wilmington. over the week.
end.
Miss Lillian CHM, of Philadelphia, is
spending this week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. CHM, on the
Levels.
MIR. J. z. Segelken. Of near Edge
wood, Md, spent part of this week
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs, Harry
Segelken. :
MIS- Charles Miller and sou and Mrs.
Ann Lundgteh. Of Philadelphia, spent
Wednesday with MIR. and Mrs. William
Whitlock.
Sergt. Delbert B. Gallagher ond
Corporal Davis NJ. Manlove, of Camp
Dix. N. j.. spent Sunday at their
homes here,
Mrs. ,tieorge Janvier has returned
home after an extended visit with her
daughter Mrs. John H. Brown Jr. at
Fort Randolph, Panama. Mrs Brown
accompanied her mother home and will
spend sometime here with her parents.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-06-08

FOR sALE-Toma to p.eata,. good
size. Id. D. WILSON.
We pay t,s hIGHEST CASH PRICE,
f3s WHEAT and CORN on order, losAsA q
on rail and water at ANY. POINT.
Phone and Al.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD.
weep FOR SALE-Cut in stove
leqgths, and ready to buyA $500 per
two-horse load. Applyto.
f.. S. BRADY,
Mt Pleasant, Del
Phone e2ku-
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Marriage

Invitations are out announcing tho
coming. marriage Of Miss Dorothy Eliz-
abeth Reynolds, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Reynolds. of Odessa, to MIR.
James K. Orrell, of that town, next
Wednesday evening. June 18th, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds
, FOR SALE-5O bushels Of Red Seed
Potatoes, good quality.
J. B. DONOVAN,
MMd'etown, Del,
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PAID LOCAL ADS.

FOR SALE Wagons and dearborns.
j. C.. GREEN.
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COURT DECIDES
VALUATION IS HIGH
Orders Assessment on 1876
Broadway Reduced 100000
Decision Is Far Reaching.

The Supreme Court has decided ex-
cessive the assessment which the Tax
department has placed on the property
OF the New York Title Company at 1875
Broadway. Tho city experts valued the
realty at $1,550.000. which the title COM
pany decided was too high q valuation
and brought a certiorari action against
tire Board OF Assessors. The owners OF
the property showed that the building
should not be valued at more than 81
100000 and called Robert f. Bowling
president Of the City Investing Com
pany. owner of the City Investing
building: Robert II. Rainey and Herman
de Selding. all real estate experts on
downtown properly, TO substantiate its
claim to lower valuation than that
placed on the property by the city The
case was fought vigorously by the city
because II is the first of a number OF
certiorari actions filed since the an
nouncement Of the new assessment rolls
The city authorities were anxious to
uphold their valuations. as the borrowing
capacity OF the municipality will be
greatly affected ~ many estimated valu-
atoms are reduced.
Samuel p. Goldman, counsel for the
owners. commended that in spite Of in
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SOLD FOUR TIMES IN MONTH.
on broadway Corner
Acquired by John j. Dillon.

The Metropolitan. ut the southwest
corner of Broadway and Eighty-eighth
street, was sold yesterday for the fourth
time in a month. John J. Dillon is tho
new owner. He has bought the apart
ment which Is seven stories high and
covers a plot 1O0x10O. from Bling & Bling.
operators. The operators acquired the
house about two weeks ago from Black.
Starr & Frost. jewellers, at Fifth ave-
nue. and Forty-seventh street, who tool;
It in part payment for their Fifth ave-
nue. building from the Oceanic Investing
COMPANY. The jewellers are said TO
have sold the property to Bing IL Bing
for $4,000. The story is that they
could have received at least $4,000
more for tho property. as an offer of
that much more had been made to them
the day contracts for the property were
being signed. The jewellers explained
that they could not accept the higher
figure because they had agreed to take
lower price for the property.
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creaslng rents costs OF operation had
increased SO largely as to rsduce the
margin of profit in office buildings al
most to the vanishing point 1t was ar
gued that unless assessments upon such
buildings were materially reduced these
buildings could not be owned or run
probably. Ire court found for the title
company and reduced the assessment
$4,000
A prominent real estate man when
informed that the court had reduced the
assessment OF the New York Title In
surance Companys building said:
This should tend to serve notice on
the Department Of Taxes and its Deputy
Tax Commissioners that increased as
sessed valuations, particularly in the
lower part of Manhattan. will not be
tolerated by the courts at this time.
1T is well understood that operating
ard overhead expenses have so largely
increased during the past two years that
advanced rentals which the owners have
as a matter of Misrepresentation imposed
upon the tenants are in no part enjoyed
by the landlord As a matter OF fact
the advanced rentals have not met the
fixed overhead charges and cost OF oper-
ating. In many instances the owners or
landlords are enjoying less net return
on their investment than they enjoyed
In 1914 and 1915. when tenants were
paying from 10 to IS per cent less.
do you realize the terrible burden
under which real estate is staggering at
this time? Many would be amazed II
they would inform themselves on Just
one Item of increase. namely. taxes
Many OF the large buildings in the lower
part Of Manhattan. where the assessed
valuation has not been changed during
1917 and 1918. are paying from $4,000
to $4,000 more this year In taxes than
last year. .s.. Lee.
1T is idle to assume that the De-
partmeDt of Taxes will secure additional
revenue for the city by way OF increas-
ing assessed valuations. II may be
that II the department ia arbitrary ana
compels owners to have their assess
ments reviewed IN court owners viii not
pay their taxes until such time as the
courts pass upon their case. and II many
were to do this Il might oblgate the city
10 borrow against uncollest taxes--a
situation which would be most unfortu-
nate.
at behooves the taxing authority to
move cautiously In the matter OF IN
creaslng assessed valuations. Every
man who Is In the field for the Tax
Department. and this means the depu-
ties. shauld. and no doubt will. realize
that he ls under oarh In determining
his values and should not increase the
assessed valuations OF any property IN
less he can in his own conscience fe.I
satisfied that were he the owner he could
feel that the Increase was fair and just.
IF this is done the city can expect
very little additional revenue by way
of increased land and building valua-
tons"
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days. 1t had apartment houses,
but comparatively few. 1t was chiefly
dwelling thOroushfare and not Of the
highest class Mt that, because the
steam drawn trains Of the New York
Central filed the avenue with smoke
and Odors from morning to night Tho
change In the motive power marked
the beginning Of the redemption Of the
avenue. 1t was expected then that
the avenue would develop into a pri.
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a certain house on the East Side. Less
repairs were made last year yet the
cost OF the work was S5,400, an In
crease OF $1.700. Coal consumed in
another house jumped in cost from
$4,000 to $500. Coal in large guam
titles cost from 1915 to $3.50 a ton. ON
top OF this comes the labor charge.
Those who live in apartments perhaps
do not know that from 90 cents to 81
must be paid for thee labor attached to
bringing that coal to the chute and
dumping it. There Is no use of agents
crying out that this IL not right, be-
cause they would not get coal, and get
ting coal Is the main thing and not the
minor cost Of putting It into the coal
hole. Before the war the coal was
brought to the apartment. dumped into
the hole and trimmed, and all for $3.50
ton. Apartment house owners esti-
mate that the cost of coal this year will
not be much under $3.50 n ton
Investigation will disclose the fact,
said one well informed real estate ex,
pert. that the profit to the landlord Is
greater In the cheaper section Of the
city than In the zone of the fine apart
ment housea The man who pays a high
rent gets his moneys worth, or at least
very much more for his money than the
"'"h wiz pays low rent. IN the
cheaper class OF houses rentals have
been boosted from So to 81 and
$40 an apartment. The increase is
warranted only on the jump in taxes
and coal and nothing more In fact,
necessary repairs are refused on the
ground that mechanics cannot be had
because they are all in the Governments
employ. An agent with control of large
numbers or tenement properties on the
West Side. renting from $40 to $40 a
month. said that they are not doing any
more Tepairing than they can help. He
said that II was the instruction OF own
ers. and he was forced to refuse to make
repairs except when absolutely neces-
sary
Flats are not decorated these days
II a tenant demands that his home be
redecorated. the answer Is that IL this
is done more rent will be wanted The
result Is that the tenant does not force
his demand. not being sure that he
could get another apartment and also
having In mind the cost OF moving.
Profiteering in rents will be found in
the cheaper sections rather than the ex-
pensive houses. as service Is dema nded
In the later properties. the demand he
ing backed by signed agreement by
which the owner says he will do a lot
Of things for the tenant in return for q
certain rental.
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Delightfully."- situated beautifully wooded plot overlooking th'
beautiful New York State entirely secluded
privacy SC desire n a country
and BATH living with
nook Bungalow
ideally complete in respect all no e1t beng aIa! installed
Very satisfactory responsible poPe
ready
romI
IhoneMa
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Discussing the apartment renting
situation on the East Side e. Merritt
Ives. manager Of the apartment rent.
ing department Of Pease & Gilman.
said the other day that there were 81
apartment houses on Park avenue.
containing about 1900 suites. OF which
only 4s were for rent ut that time.
These statistics are most interesting
when one looks back ten years and
pictures the Park avenue Of those
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04
SHERRY's ADDITION PLANNED.

Plans were filed with the Manhattan
bureau Of buildings yesterday for n
two story building to be erected in
the rear OF Sherrys, at 10 West Forty
fourth street. This property is owned
by the New York Academy of Medicine
and has been used as library for the
Academy. II was leased on Friday to
Louis Sherry for term of years. The
new building will be fireproof Mckim.
Mead & White are the architects and
have estimated the cost at $4,000.
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vate dwelling section for newly welded
couples who wanted to be close to
folks-ln law and their friends. But
prOgnOstlc were wrong and null
tifumily homes instead Of single
homes were bunt. They now reach
almost in n solid line from FOrty.ses-
enth street TO Ninety second street.
The above reproductions show the new
and the old apartment structures on
Park avenue. The former far out
number the latter.
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value Of the property high. hut the
dwelling itself IS one OF the most at
tractlve in the Great Neck section OF the
North Shore, which. indeed. has many
attractive dwellings. 1t is OF the Dutch
Colonial type, roomy yet cosy and pleas
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Ing, attaching Itself to the topography
OF the country so that surroundings and
building make "A pretty picture Baker
Crowell. and I. G. Wolf negotiated the
sale. The house was built by the Great
Neck Building Company.
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Dutch Colonial Home at Attractive
Great Neck for Manhattan Resident

Mrs Irene II. Yeager's purchase OF
dwelling in the Kensngton section of
Great Neck was one Of the largest trans
actions reported from suburban Long ISL
and during the week. Not only was the
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
ENGINEER BARRY PASSED AWAY
 LAST NIGHT

Ed Barry, engineer on rotary snow blow No. (which jumped the tra,i. yesterday at mile nine on the Wh tehorsa spur of the White Pass & Yukon Route, died about 6 o'clock last night in the Whitehorse general hospital. MT. Barry was burned over his entire body and the burn was of deep nature. The accident took place about l p. m., Mr. Barry living but a few hours.
 The bodies of A. J. Collison and Ed. Barry will arrive in Skagway on sonights train. MT. Collisions body will be removed to Seattle for burial.
 The rotary snow blow was pre- ceding a train yesterday on the Whitehorse spur. 9 miles from the main line. enrOute to the Pueblo mine for machinery when the acci- dent happened. The cause cannot be definitely learned, but from news picked up about town it is generally thought ice on the rails caused the rotary to jump the track and turn over.
 4. J. Collison was in the pilot house with Superintendent Hahn when the accident happened. Mir Hahn jumped out one door of the house and Collison the other, the latter presumably leaping to the sid, on which the rotary fell Wm. Flynn. fireman, leaped from the cab and escaped injury. Ed. Barry was in the engine part of the rotary. be- inG unable to escape
 AS soon as the accident occurred Mir Barry was removed with all possible speed to Whitehorse and placed in the hospital. His death. however, was imminent. He re- gail d consciousness for a few min utes and called for Father Turnell. A Wire was immediately sent to Ft. Seward where Father Turnell wa at that time, and arrangements were ua le to bring him to Skagway alE take him to WhitehOrse last night. NJ. Barry died before the Peterson from Fl. Seward reached Skagway.
 Whitehorse spur branches out from the main line ' miles from Whitehorse, and goes to the Pueblo mine. The accident took place g miles cut on the spur. making a total distance of 16 miles from Whitehorse.
 A. J. CO,lison leaves a wife and four children in Skagway, who will leave OH the Princess Royal to- muIrNw night for Seattle where they will stay with MT. Collisions mother. Mrs. Collisions home is near Ottawa. The body of Mir. Col lison will be taken out on the skme boat for burial.
 E3. Barry has a mother in White horse sister, and several brothers, one of whom is in Spokane and another in Portland MT. Barry mother has been paralyzed for years, and is uncoNaciouS a good part of the time. His sister is married to Mir. P Murray. MT. Barry joined B. P o. E, No. 431, in October 1905. and records show he ! was bon n Oakland, California, in 1880.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
HERTLING ANGRY OVER SEIZURE
 OF SHIPS

Copenhagen, March 19. - Herr Vou Hertling, Imperial Chancellor of Germany, on first reading in the RCichstag of Germany's peace trea- ty with Russia declared he did not wish to discuss opinions of Ger many's enemies regarding the treaty. |
 Hypocrisy" the chancellor added, has become second nature to the enemy, whose untruthfulness is made worse by its brutality, at the very moment when they are la"'ng heavy hand on neutral country.
 Hsrtling refers to the proposed seizure of Hollands shipping by tho Allies.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19

American Army in France, March 1g.-.Amercan artillery on the You trCut bombarded towns within en- emy lsneS this morning. A con siderable number Of gaS shells were used, some of them doing immense damage in the town of ESsey. 9th CTS fell iu MontSes.
 A American patrol between Ken .ric.-S wood and Jury wood, en- cJuntered patrol of the enemy this forenoon and fought for half m hour. |. $. soldiers tried to take some Cf the enemy as prisoners, but without result although q num- her Of fights with pistols and
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
PEACE TREATIES D|SAVOWED BY
 ENTENTE
Condemn German Political Crimes
 In Russia

L?hdon, March 19.-The su- prene war council of the Allied na- tions issued a statement today con demning German political crimes agaiI st Russian and Rumanian peo- DIes, refusing to acknowledge Ger m@ny's peace terms and treaties with them, and declaring we are fighting and mean to continue fight ing ih order to finish once and for all with this policy of plumber. and to establish In its place the peaceful regin of organized justice.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
FOUR SPIES CAUGHT IN
 NEW YORK

New York, March 19. - Baron Henr. De Deville, Mrs. Elizabeth Charlette Nix, Count Robert De Cleirnlont, and Madame Despina Da- vidovitch Storch, have been caught in code correspondence plot with foreign officials and have been or dered deported.
 Mrs. Nix confessed to having re- ceived 5000 from former German ambassador Bernstorff.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
OBSERVERS WILL BE WITH HUN
 ARMY

London, March 19.-Heads of the German army have invited 8 number of neutral correspondents to be rresent at the great German of fensiye on the Western front. A correspondent at Copenhagen re- ports observers will leave for the front tomorrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
WAN l TREATY WITH
 SWEDEN

Washington, March 19.-Germany is chGrged in official dispatches re- ceivt4 here today with having at t~mDted to force Sweden to be- c, mo a participant in Brest LftoYsk conferences for settlement of ques- tious affecting the Baltic sea.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL SIGNED
 BY WILSON

Washington. March 19. - Presi- dent Wilson this afternoon signed the daylight saving bill. Clocks vii! be set forward one hour beginning at two o'clock on the morning of March 31. At the end of October they will be turned back one hour.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19

Attention is again called to the fact that all $50 bonds for the second Liberty Loan have been re- ce.yea by the Bank of Alaska. These are owned by 8 great many Skag- way people, who are urged to call for the same.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
A|RMEN
 DAMAGE
 COBLENZ

London, March l9.-Fifty people were killed and great material dam age was done by bombs dropped from Allied airplanes when they raid:d CObleuz. Germany, on March 12, according to a neutral traveller wh3 arrived Monday at Hague.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
AMERICANS IN RAID

American Army in France, March l9..-Erench and American forces again raided German trenches in the Badonyiuers region today, pene- tresI 300 yards into the enemy Ire. At two points they found Germans had evacuated their posi- ticns because of American artillery fire.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-19
ENEMY RAIDS
 BELGIAN LINES

Paris, March 19-.Attacks by German storm troops in the regions of Newport, Dixmude and Merckem galned footing at some points, but all Were expelled by counter at tacks, says Belgian official state ment