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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-23
RECOGNIZES new REPUBLIC
Spain Opens Official Relations With
Polish Government

Madrid, May 23.-(Havas)-I re-
Spouse to a communication from Ig-
mace Jan Paderewski, Polish premier,
the Spa government has sent a
cordially worded' acknowledgment of
Polish independence and recognition
of the government of Poland. Official
relations are thus established between
the two countries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-23
Off Comes Corn
In One Piece
''Gets-It" Leaves Toe As Smooth
AS the Palm of Your Hand.

There's only one corn remedy in the
world that peels corns and calluses off
like banana peel, and that's Gets
It." For walkers and ISLANDERS, for
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
28->oom Dwelling That Will Rent for $4,000 a
For Top of New History Apartment House

A country home atop Of Manhattan
within a mile of the Grand Central Sta
tion and quarter of a mile of Broad
way is not only promised but assured.
Practical men who are not given to
dreams are behind the project. They
say that it is practical and, what is
more, will start the development of per-
haps the most interesting phase of New
York life. The house, which will top
new apartment house at Madison Ave
nue. and Seventy second Street. will be
completed next spring, and by this time
next year probably will be occupied by
one of several we'll known New York
ers who are eager to rent the place, al
though the price is $4,000 year
The dwelling will be three stories
high and will have for foundation
fourteen stories of limestone. granite,
brick and steel reaching down. to the
level of Madison Avenue.
Manhattans first modern country
house, or rather city-country home. is
to be on the top of the apartment
house that will replace the we'll known
Waldo house. Plans are now being
completed for razing the dwelling,
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

heavy stone balustrade. Back of this
will be more gardens and Enclosures
skilfully arranged which may be used
tor sleeping porches. The third floor
will be carried up to a peaked roof of
red Spanish tile The central portion
of the roof will be higher than the
ends because under this will be
vaulted music room that will be 80
feet wide and perhaps so feet long.
There will be twenty-eight rooms in
all in this city-country house. Be
sides the music room will be a library,
a drawing room, living room, dining
room, Kitchen, pantry, six masters
chambers, six servants rooms, eight
baths, servants hall and other rooms.
The house on the roof will be con-
nected with the street by private
elevator which will travel 600 feet
minute instead of 800 feet, as elevators
in apartment houses usually travel.
The heating and lighting will be fur
basement.
1t is the only house of the kind that
ever has been planned for New York.
The novelty of the thing, together with
the exceptional size of the rooms and
the completeness of the entire struct-
ure, has appealed strongly to all who
have heard about the improvement.
Douglas L. Gilman e. Co., who have
the renting of the dwelling and the.
entire understructure, do not expect
much difficulty in finding tenants. =
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
=. FRONT VIEW or HOUSE

Here is the owners description of
this attractive Montclair home: -
Our home represents the culmina-
ton of our plans and dreams extend
ing over four years. During that time
we took every possible opportunity to
examine both old and new houses. We
carly provided ourselves with cards
indexed under the various rooms, j. e..
hall, living room, dining room, ETC.
Whenever we saw or heard of any,
thing that we thought especially use
sul or attractive, we would jot it down
on its respective card. When the time
for building actually arrived, we had
fund of information upon which to
draw that was invaluable. This sug-
gcstion is recommended heartily to all
prospective home builders.
"ln introducing you to our home, let
us first take look at the front en-
frances in Montclair and | feel sure
you will agree with me that there are
very few so attractive
"Now take the roof line. That little
jog at the roof at the corners making
the break from a straight line makes
all the difference in the world in the
looks of the roof. We believe no roof
in Montclair surpasses it for artistic
grace and beauty. Notice the balls on
the second-story balconies. The necks
upon which they rest are exactly the
right length to indicate life. Were
they but trif1e shorter the whole eff
feet would be squatty and dead The
whole house fits into its surroundings
as though it grew there
"As you enter the spacious hall with
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
DINING Room

the ordinary sink and set tubs? Ours
are hung several inches higher than
customary, thus avoiding a fruitful
source Of discomfort. Then, too, there
are ample cupboards in the kitchen
and buffers pantry the doors of which
are on rollers and slide, thus doing
away with the untidy appearance that
doors that are left open always give
and upon which one is so apt to knock
his head. The large kitchen closet
with window makes it possible to 90
without ice during large part of
the year.
"The location Of the laundry on the
first floor level and in the coolest cor
ner Of the house, with it's convenient
clothes chute, is just right for efficient
work. The radiator is purposely small
so that the temperature cannot run
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
$4,000 600 To Be Paid
For 5th Avenue Space

Dobbs & Co., hatters, with shops at
244 Fifth Avenue and 62O Fifth Ave
nue, have leased the property at 618
fifth Avenue and West Fiftieth
Street for long term of years at an
aggregate rental of s2O00,0O0. A six
story and basement building will be
erected at 61S. McKim. Mead & White
are the architects, and the front of
The new structure will follow the lines
of the building designed by them at
$40. The construction will be of mar
bic and terra Gotta.
With their present location at $50
Fifth Avenue the new premises will
give Dobbs e. Co. fifty feet frontage
on the avenue and depth of 1926 feet
IN addition there will be an 81" so by
% feet at West Fiftieth Street,
where Dobbs & Co. will occupy two
floors.
Dobbs & Co. opened their shop at
ZAP Fifth Avenue, near Twenty eighth
Street. about ten years ago, removing
next door, to 244 Fifth Avenue. after
i've years. In May, 1918. the building
st $40 Fifth Avenue was leased for
twentv-one years.
William Irvine Edwards negotiated
the deal
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

too high for comfort when working
there. The ice chest, located, close to
the back door, makes it unnecessary for
the lceman to tramp into the kitchen.
The chest drains automatically into
the cellar sink, convenience that is
worth lot.
"The toilet located at the top of the
cellar stairs and close to the outside
door makes it possible for children
when playing in the yard to run in and
use it without annoyance to the kitchen
help. The cellar, l believe, is one of
the driest in Montclair. The sink To-
Gated there is great convenience.
"In the second story, every bedroom
is flooded with light, and is as cheer
full as can be. AS a matter of fact,
there isn't a dark corner in the whole
house.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

There will be sixty apartments in
the apartment house, ranging in size
from two to three and four rooms.
The apartment will cover site forty
feet wide on Seventy-second Street and
100 feet on Madison Avenue.
Mystery House to Go
The old Waldo house, which is a
house Of the Renaissance type, was
built by Mrs. Rhinelander Waldo,
mother of former Police Commissioned
Waldo. For reasons which never have
been disclosed by the family the house
was never occupied. Mrs. Waldo would
not rent it nor would she make re-
pairs when necessary. Interest on the
mortgage on the house remained un-
paid and the place was foreclosed.
Mrs. Waldo several times saved it by
paying up at the last minute, but a
few years ago the Union Dime Savings
Bank, which held the mortgage, took
the property in foreclosure. The i'm
provement Of the corner will remove
a house that was a mystery to neigh
boring residents.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Wide Difference in
Cost of Construction

A study Of building costs, just made
in Chicago and based on June prices
of materials and labor, shows the pres
ent cost of construction. Overhead
charges obtained from reliable sources
have also been included in these com
parative estimates.
Since interior walls and finish are
the same, no matter of what material
the exterior walls may be constructed,
the figures are based on the compare
tive cost per hundred square feet ex-
terror wall construction for residences.
The figures are said to be conserva-
tive and show the following compare
tive costs per 100 square feet:
Wood frame construction. S35.32
Frame construction, stucco on
wood lath 1901
Frame construction, stucco on
metal lath 417S
Brick veneer construction. 1882
Solid brick construction "A"... 60.34
Solid brick construction "B" =. 1884
Hollow tile construction. ...... 1920
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

the latter in connection with Fred T.
Ley e. Co., is the originator of the
plan to build on the roof distinct
structure, house that would be sep
aratc in every way from the apart
ment.
The house is to be Italian in de-
sign, of limestone, 33 feet wide
and SO feet long. 1t will set
back from the walls of the under
structure seven feet along Madison
Avenue and seven feet in Seventy-sec-
ond Street. This seven feet in front
and on the side of the house will be
laid out in flowers and shrubbery as
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
FIRST FLOOR PL LAN

"The kitchen is light and cheerful
with all space for everything neces-
sary. The copper boiler is hung hori-
zontally from the ceiling over the range
hood, not only keeping it out of the
way but avoiding one prolific source
of inconvenience when cleaning up"
The sink, hung on brackets and with
out legs, is another item in easy clean
ing. The towel rack, which slides like
drawer under the drain board, is
most convenient and very unusual.
Glow many women have you heard
speak of the back breaking height of
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

which though built more than a dozen
years ago has never been occupied.
Before the middle of July wreckers will
have removed the house and Fred T.
Ley & Co., who own the property, will
be ready to proceed with the new struct-
ures. Close to 100000 will be invest
ed in the new and interesting struct-
ures and the land which they will, oc-
cupy. The apartment will be for the
accommodation of those who desire
small suites, as the plans call for apart
ments of two, three and four rooms.
The layout q the interior, however,
is such that larger accommodations can
be had by the removal of the walls be-
tween suites, thereby uniting two or
more apartments.
Old House Sold Cheaply
They Ley company purchased the
property several months ago in a deal
with the Union Dime Savings Bank, of
Brooklyn. A good deal less than the
property originally cost was paid.
Walter RUSSELL who with Penrhyn
Stanlaws developed the studio colony
in West Sixty-seventh Street and the
Town House, on Central Park West,
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

formally as the space will permit. A
high and massive balustrade will mark
the outer edge of the front yard of the
house and at the same time the top
OF the apartment house. The dwelling
will be carried up two stories with
out break in the FACADE, except at
the south end, where there will be an
open air sleeping porch. AS a sleep
ing place it will be exceptional, be-
cause from it can be seen most of the
city to the south, the hills of New Jer-
sey, the plains of Long Island and the
network of waterways about the city
The third floor will be girdled by
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

sin case of illness bedrooms C or D
can be easily isolated with its adjoin-
ing bathroom from the balance of the
house, an especially valuable feature
in case of contagious disease. Faucets
under the hand basin enable one to fill
pitchers and pals easily. To do this
in the tubs is apt to damage the
enamel.
Each bathroom and the laundry is
equipped with instantaneous water
heater
"The attic stairs are full width.
They are hinged, balanced with weights
and fit snugly out of sight in the cell
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

beamed ceilings, note the convenient
coat closets on either hand and in one
of which is the telephone. The stair
handrail and all the doorknobs are a
trihe higher than is customary. This
little point in itself gives a touch
showing individuality and it looks
we'll, too.
"Thc living room, hall and dining
room can be combined when enter
tanning large company. Sixty people
at one time can be comfortably seated
The book alcove in the living room
with quotation from Chauccr over the
arch is unique.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
ng. They are easily pulled down when

ing. They are easily pulled down when
needed
"The most valuable feature of all is
the fact that, with the exception of
the wooden beams supporting the fire
proof tile roof, the house is absolutely
unburnable. The walls, partitions,
floors and stair soffits being built of
hollow terra-cotta tile. l had special
so that the insurance rate is fifty-two
hundredths of 1 per cent for FIVE years.
"In such house rats, mice, water
bugs and reaches and ants are un-
known
"There is not square inch of paper
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

on the walls. They are decorated with
washable fat wall finish which is at
tractive.
"The three freplaces draw perfectly.
For this we are duly thankful.
"If we ever built again we really
would not know where to begin to
improve on the plan of this house. 1t
is so easy to take care of as compared
with other houses in which we have
lived"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Investor BUYS Academy ST. Flat

Thomas J. O'Reilly has sold for the
A. K. t. Holding Company the five
story apartment house at 645 Academy
street, adjacent to Broadway, on plot
.Vxio0. 1t is arranged for twenty fam
lies and now rents for $1,000. The
purchaser is an investor.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
More Studios for West 10th ST.

Clifford Aaron has sold for Emanuel
E. Amador the four-story and base
ment dwelling on lot 2Ox1O2.2 at III
West Seventy-sixth Street 20 a newly
formed realty company, which will
alter it into small apartments
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Correcting an Error

Through a typographical error
the property advertised by the Rob
ert E. Farley Organization In the
lower left hand corner Of page
of to-days rotogravure section is
represented as subject to a mort
gage of ,S10,60O. The advertisement
should read mortgage of $13,6oo."
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
HHZZ WITH NINA ROOM REXOWD

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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
PREPARE FOR
EXECUTION OF
GEORGE WARNER
Gov. Clement Refuses to
Sign Reprieve-May
Die Saturday

MONTPELIER, July lit is be-
lieved that George Warner will be
executed on Saturday at Windsor
State Prison where he is confined.
sachusetts to pull the fatal switch.
Supt Walker is said to have en-
gagged an electrical expert from Mas
All preparations have been made for
the execution in the prison at Win
dsor, according to news received at
the State House.
Warner was convicted of numbering
his wife at the June term of court in
1915, Judge Frank l.. Fish presiding.
Justice John H. Watson and Associ-
ate Justice George M. Powers refus-
ed to allow petition for new trial
to be filed with the court.
The affidavits accompanying the
petition, allege that Warner, previous
to the murder broke down several
times and wept because of the es-
arrangement from his wife, claiming
that she ignored him and would keep
his children from him. He laid the
blame for the separation upon Mr.
and Mrs. Virgins, the mother and
father of his wife whom he later kill
ed.
Concerning a reprieve for Warner,
Governor Clement said yesterday:
81 shall not commute the sentence
of George Warner. l have been adj
vised that l have no authority to re-
prieve him. The courts have declined
to reconsider his case on insanity
grounds. 1t is not my intentions to-
stay his sentence, and the law, which
| cannot change, l expect will be
carried out"
Warner was told today of the
courts action refusing to allow his
petition for a new trial to go before
the full bench and of the governors
determination not to take action.
Director John E. Weeks who has
supervision of the prison, said it was
not his intention to witness the exc
cution. He would like to see War
ner's sentence committed.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
PASSUMPSIC

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Shepherd are
visiting their brother and family,
Frank Shepherd, of Meredith, N. H.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hall of Wal
lingford, Conn.
Earl Smith is taking Ernest Shep-
herds place in the feed store.
Mrs. Fred Converse and Mrs. Rich
ard Wright spent Thursday at Joe's
Pond in camp with Mrs. Converse's
sister, Mrs. Isaac Turner and party.
Miss Cecil Willard has returned
from camping at Joe's Pond.
Wallace Roberts of Sheffield is
visiting Paul Willard.
Mrs. F. C. McGill is visiting her
son, Earl Esden, of Bradford.
Md-week prayer-meeting was held
at Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. Frank Shampany and daughter
of Bradford are visiting relatives in
town.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
Relics Given Cathedral,

The dead bell of Dunblane (Scot-
land) cathedral and the sandglass for
merry in use in the pulpit have been
presented to the kirk session by the
family in whose possession they
were for many years. The dead bell
is dated 1913, and was used ut funer-
ais in the parish, small fee being
charged by the kirk session for its.
use. The beadle rang the bell
through the town when he proclaimed
a death, again when the arrangements
for the funeral were TO be made
known, and again when he walked ut
the head of the funeral procession.
The sand glass dates from 1902, runs
for about 20 minutes and 1t was no un-
usual thing for it to be turned two or
three times during Il sermon. The
gifts are being exhibited in a specially
constructed case in the cathedral.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
ADDS TO WEALTH OF ITALY
New Variety of Wheat, Known as
StrampeIli, Has Proved Really
Wonderful Success.

A new wheat, specially adapted to
the conditions prevailing in the grain
raising districts of Italy, has just been
developed by many years of careful
selection by Prof. NazarenO Strampelli,
director of the experiment station
at ltieti, to whom the Academy of the
Lincei has awarded for it the prize of
the Sanford foundation, given only to.
those who discover something of real
and great benefit to the human race.
The new grain has been named Car
lotta Strampelli, after the devoted
wife who helped materially in the
work of selection. Signora Strampelli
is a Roman patriclan and a great
granddaughter of Lucien Bonaparte,
Napoleon's elder brother.
Last year Carlotta StrampelN
wheat was sown upon $1,000 acres Of
ground and yielded an average of 81
bushels to the acre-about ten bushels
more than such land had yielded hith-
erto.
On the plains Of Lombardy, Molise
and Puglie are about 100000 acres
suitable for the new wheat. If the en-
tire product of last year were sown
this year, the wheat crop of Italy
would be increased by quantity
about equivalent to that imported an
nually before the war; in other words,
it would make Italy independent Of
the rest of the world for wheat.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
Diamond Cutters.

There are $4,000 diamond cutters
and polishers in the world. OF these
only about 675 are in the United
States, and these have come mostly
since the outbreak Of the European
war, which crippled the industry in
Amsterdam and Antwerp, the worlds
greatest centers. There were at the
beginning of the present year SO dia-
mond-cutting establishments in this
country. This is exclusive Of shops
where all kinds of precious stones are
cut.
The number of Germans employed
as diamond cutters did not exceed GOO
before the war, and of these only 70
per cent worked for establishments
IN Germany. During the war GOO or
700. Belgian cutters emigrated to Eng
land and organized as a branch of the
London Diamond Cutters union. They
did work principally for Belgian and
Russian houses.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
ADMITS he WAS GUST LOST"
Joke on Veteran Hack Driver Was
Altogether Too Good One
to Be Kept.

For Is years George !. King has
driven the misunderstanding hack
line, and is known as the Abe Martin
driver by every person who has Wis
tied Nashville. He has met both
morning and afternoon trains at
Helmsburg almost every day, and has
every stone and bad place in the road
definitely in his mind.
Recently, so friends Of Mr.. King
say, he and a hackful of passengers
were lost within half mile of Nash
ville and he was two hours late when
he arrived in town. One of the pas
sengers told the story on the driver
after he had found out that Mr. King
was not going to tell why he was late.
When near town he drove across
Owl creek to let one of the passengers
out, and instead Of turning around he
turned the horses only half way, and
then drove into q 40-acre cornfiold.
One of the women passengers, hearing
the cornstalks popping asked Mr..
King when they would get back on
the road. He did not answer, but
kept driving around and around in the
cornfield. After a few minutes she
asked him where they were. He
replied, "be d-n T | know" The pas
sengers, all strangers, became alarmed
and, after calling for help, young
farmer appeared and showed the
driver how to get out OF the cornfield
and on the pike.
After the story had become known
Mr.. King said that he had two dash
lanterns on the hack and was just
St.-IndianapGliS News,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
The CtradlVarius Secrct.

VIII N. c. Hocomb of Newark, N.
j., discover the secret Of the violins
made in Cremona? His friends be-
lieve he will. With persistency that
has won him general admiration, Mr..
Holcomb has been studying faithfully
for % years or more to learn why the
Stradlvarius and Guarnerius instru-
ments yield their matchless golden
tones.
Mr.. HOlcomb is firmly convinced that
the old Italian master violin makers
obtained their amazing results in large
part through the adroit use of gum CO.
pal as a finish.
Not long ago he decided to see what
influence varniSh had on the tone of
one of his instruments. Upon removing
the entire finish he was surprised to
find that the voice of the violin had be-
come dull and lifeleSs.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-11
Huns Have a Town Crier.

The officers of the regiment have
nothing on the burgomaster of Polch
when it comes to having n striker
The only difference Is that he is n
changer, for he rings the bell to an
nounce new tidings to the populace.
For instance, if the square heads are
not on the square with the Americans
and a fine is imposed, the tidings of
Heinie's hard luck must be published
broadcast. SO the chief mogul of
polch crooks his finger and explains
the mission to the bell ringer, who in
turn goes to each street corner an
nouncing that Herr Hassenfeffer has
been fined POO marks for not leaving
the outside door unlocked. All this
time the bell plays a changing accom-
paniment.-From Barrage, Polch, Ger
many.