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The sun., 1919-07-06
WARNS OWNERS TO
REVISE INSURANCE
Frank Bailey Says New VAL
ues Leave Them Insured at
Less Than 80 Per Cent

As result of the sudden increase in
value of old buildings due to the cost Of
reproducing them nearly all OF them are
at present under insured. AS most poll
cies require insurance to the extent Of
SO per cent. Of their value under n PEN
atty OF making the owner coInsurer
to the extent that It Is not insured
to so per cent of Its value II makes Il
neoS9'ary for owners to audit their poll
cles to see whether they are carrying
enough insurance.
Regarding this rather neglected sub
tect Frank Bailey. vice-president OF the
Title Guarantee q Trust Company, says:
Take for example the case of a small
dwelling worth $4,000 a few years ago
and Insured for $4,000. or 80 per cent.
OF Its value. It would now be valued at
$4,000 as its reproduction value.
I'VE will suppose for example that
there Ia fire with a resultant loss OF
25 per cent. Twenty-Five per cent. OF
$4,000 is s4.250. which would be the re-
productive loss because Of the fire. If
the insurance was $4,000 only and had
not been increased by the owner to
$4,000. or 80 per cent. of the present
value, the insured would be able TO COL
lect from the insurance company only
three-fourths Of $3.50. He would be
ny company
as coinsurer with It to the extent OF
the difference between the amount of
insurance he previously carried, to wi; 4:
$4,000 (being 80 per cent OF the old
valued and $4,000 (being 80 per cent. OF
the new value), to wit: $4,000. OF
course, In case of total destruction. he
would receive $4,000 and no more.
This rule of contribution applies In
case OF smaller losses OF even 10 per
cent. of the value and is in the stand
ard form OF every fire insurance COM
pany doing business in the State of New
York. 1t therefore is OF extreme impor-
lance for every owner to See to his fire
insurance and TO have his insurance in
| creased to so per cent. OF the present
replacement value.
"The Title GUARANTEES & Trust Com
pany is endeavoring TO teach the owners
Of property tho dangers OF this condi-
ton.
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erty. and the first Of the homes win be
ready for occupancy by August /. The
operations are under the direct super
vision of the Cord Meyer Development
Company. under whose direction the past
development of Forest Hills has been
achieved. In speaking of the purpose Of
this company. a representative said:
I'm the discussion of housing condi-
tions in this city little attention has been
given to the needs of men OF means,
bankers, brokers, professional men and
those of affairs who are DESTROYS Of re-
siding within close touch of all the adj
vantages of the city and yet far enough
removed to enjoy the benefits OF an In
dividual home and life in the open. The
recent extensions of tho dual rapid tran
sit system have created an ideal situa-
ton for Forest Hills The connections
from the Wall Street and downtown
business centres and from the great COM
mercial centres UP town and about Forty
second street with the Pennsylvania
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REAL ESTATE NEWS,
NOTES AND GOSSIP
Week End Holidays Put Dam.
per on Heavy Trading
StudOr Court ResOld.

The advent OF the national birthday
celebration combined as It was with the
Saturday week end half holiday. was
, reflected in the tone Of the realty mar
ket yesterday. Comparatively few large
, transactions were recorded later than
Thursday afternoon, although there was
considerable activity in residential deals
! in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and In both
boroushs there Is evidence that owners
OF four story dwellings and operators
are preparing to take advantage of the
new law permitting their conversion
, into apartment houses for four families
One illustration of this Is the an
nouncement that A v. Amy q Co. and
Charles Schuyler have leased for the
| Huntington estate the two dwellings at
So Park avenue, southeast corner OF
Thirty-eighth street, fsxSo, to be al
tered into apartments OF one, two and
three rooms with bath. The properties
were occupied by the Cornell University
Club.
The sun., 1919-07-06

station make Forest Hills but thirty-two
minutes from Wall street and Broadway
and fifteen minutes from Thirty-third
street and Seventh avenue by service
which provides several trains every hour
of the day both going and coming.
THE trip by automobile can be made
In twenty minutes to Fifty-ninth street
and Fifth avenue over excellent roads.
Under these conditions the owner In
Forest Hills is as convenient to every
advantage OF the city as II he were liv-
ing in the high class residential section
of Fifth avenue or Riverside Drive. We
are giving our attention to housing con-
ditions for the class of men whose wants
have received little consideration. By
specializing here we are able to present
homes that appeal to discriminating
tastes. Wherever desired we will erect
homes according to individual plans OF
prospective owners. Our work is now
we'll under way and we expect to con-
tinue for the remainder Of the year"
The sun., 1919-07-06
JEWELLERS
CONSTANTLYMOVING
Reconstruction Commission Believes
Resulting Loss to Landlords Could
Be Avoided by Proper Care

| though the provisions OF the tenement
house law are such trat airless rooms
are impossible, nevertheless the ar
ranEement OF courts makes the light On
the lower floors very bad and the ptNat-
ming Of the apartments gives thu "a
preston that the spirit OF the las, re-
garding privacy was Intentionally
evaded
I'm many houses there are apartments
OF three and four rooms arranged IN cor
ridor fashion. each succeeding room tie
pending on the last for exit and Gu
trance. On the plans filed with the
Tenement House Department these
| rooms would be labelled successIvery
parlor, dining room, living room, with
toilet adjoining, and bedroom. whers
| only the last room Is used as bedroom
proper conditions would exist, but th-y
cannot II, as is invariably the case, the
so-called parlor and dining room. ana
! often the kitchen, are used as s.ssplrg
quarters.
'"the plans Of one house show twenty
| eight bedrooms averaging slightly ov-r
seventy square feet There are ga pe-o-
PIE living In this house. so it Is ,ther~-
fore obvious that most Of the rooms are
being used for purposes for which they
were not intended. OF twenty-nine
! apartments examined only seven may be
said to have a satisfactory occupancy.
! Eight of them are extremely over
crowded and the remainder are ques-
! tlonable. There are no vacancies and
the rents have been raised in the past
year and will be again raised this year.
! The public halls are in bad condition,
but it Is very possible that in this mat
| ter the tenants are more at fault than
| the owner. as the halls show evidences
of more than ordinary wear and tear
The apartment selected for investiga-
! tlon was of three rooms, a living room.
with an adjoining bedroom and parlor
| on the opposite side OF the corridor The
occupants are family of nine. That
| the place is i'll kept is not surprising I'M
der the circumstances. The members OF
the family are father. mother. n boy OF
| Is. boy of II, four girls, respectively 8,
| Z, and and baby of months. The
baby is fortunate in sleeping in its car
rloge all alone In the living room. The
| two boys sleep on a folding bed in the
parlor. All the other members Of the
family sleep in a bedroom feet inches
| by II feet 10 inches. The father and
mother occupy a double bed. while the
! folding bed IL opened across the foot
of that to accommodate the four little
| girls.
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pancy. Tho property was held at


$50, 900.
Fish & Marvin also sold for the with
erbee Real Estate and Improvement
Company twenty-five lots in Pelham
Manor TO the Mount Vernon Homes
Company. The property was held at
S21 900
DE Blols & Eldridge rented for Regl-
rald Norman his Black Point Farm,
Newport, r. l.. to ]. Stewart Barney OF
New York for the summer.
Tho Robert L. Farley Organization
sold for the estates Of Tappan Zee a
plot in the Philipse Manor section OF
OF New York city.
The Scarsdale Estates. Robert z. Far
ley president, sold a large plot IN the
Murray Hill section of Scarsdale. n. Y.
to S. A. BREEDING. who will shortly build
a home.
The Cooley Realty Company sold for
Miss S. ]. Gensler. 10 Overlook street
Chester Hill. Mount Vernon. to Mrs
Jennie l.. Hubbard, and for the wynne-
| wood Realty Company three lots on
Wynnewood road, Pelham Manor
Heights, to Martin ]. Alger, who Is pre-
pairing plans for a residence.
Feist & Felst sold for tho Newbold
| Realty Company TO Margaret Dough
erty CT Wright street. Newark, a three
story building; for Margaret Martin Il
| Irving Heyman. 251 Meeker avenue
! Newark, y. j.. 4 two story dwelling 65S
! 100: for the National Saw Company tC
William 8. Roe. Is to 81 River street a
three story factory building, and leased
the building at 10 to IA Longwortt
street for John Sonmer to the United
States Button Company.
Louis Schlesinger. Inc, sold for Rose
IIauser to Morgan Barker 40 and 81
| Girard place, Newark, y. j., stuccC
dwelling. 50xl21, and sold for Alice r
Mott to William Eiehm 163 Prospect
street, south OF Third avenue. South
g.; Orange, a one family residence, 75X190
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TO TEST VALUE OF
JAMAICA BAY LOTS
j. P. Day Believes Howard
Beach Auction Will Estab-
lish New Price Levels.

Jamaica Bay improved lot values arc
10 be thoroughly tested out at a public
auction sale ordered by the bondholders
81 the Howard Beach Company and to
be held on the premises. rain or shine,
1t 2 p. NJ. on Saturday, July &c. by
Joseph P. Day, apctioneer.
Chiefly because OF the fact that the
westerly section of Howard Beach is the
route OF the projected Jamaica Bay
shortcut" boulevard TO the Rockaway
toast, and by reason of the completion
" the Shellbank and Hawtree east and
west deep water inland basins, or canals.
!he interest in this public auction sale.
Is anticipated, will not be confined to
suburban home builders but will extend
10 the speculative element in the real es-
ate market, which Is always ready to
buy property that has unusual advan-
iages and features and that has n
future"
To the aii-year and summer home and
bungalow builder the principal advan-
ages of Howard Beach are its transit
facilities and easy accessibility from
Manhattan and Brooklyn; its Jamaica
Bay. Hawtree basin and Shellbank basin
water frontages: It's city improvements
tHu CITY pTOtcCltOHi ltS "eil ldlu out
Itreets and avenues; 1t casino. club
house. bathing beach. tennis courts.
beach walk. facilities for boating. bath
ing and fishing. the diverse cost and
character OF Its numerous all year and
hummer season residences, cottages and
bungalows. and its atmosphere of quiet.
inobtrusive hospitality.
All Of the lots to be sold by Joseph p.
pay on July 20 are located between the
Howard Beach station on the north. ia
haica Bay on the south, Hawtree basin
IN the east and Shellbank basin on the
vest In the area where approximately
100000 has been expended In i'm
provements. not including the additional
hrge amount invested by the builders
and owners OF the many all year and
hummer homes already erected there.
The sale has been decided upon at
mis- time because OF the necessity TO
provide additional means and to make
The sun., 1919-07-06
124 West Seventy-second street to Har-
yey Senior

Douglas L. Gilman & Co. leased a
large apartment at 929 Park avenue
for the Porlock Corporation to Challen
r. Parker. vice-pres!dent Of the Guar
anty Trust Company: also apartments
at 1875 East Seventy-second street for
the Jatison Construction Company to
Robert K. Haas, at 10 East Sixty first
street for the ~ East Slxty-hrst Street
Company Inc, to Mrs. NJ. NJ. Carey, at
416 Madison avenue to T. Parkman Bat
telle and asa Park avenue to John w.
Castles, Jr.
Shaw 6 Co. leased II West 121st
street for the estate OF Thomas Smith to
Leonora Breniff.
Slawson & Hobbs and Douglas Rob-
inson, Charles Brown Company leased
for the Clark estate 46 West Seventy
fourth street to Mrs. NJ. B. Latin for
! Ave years.
Douglas L. Gilman & Co. leased the
dwelling at 60 East Seventy seventh
street for the estate of James McGay
to DIR. W. IL. Sheldon for term Of
years.
The sun., 1919-07-06
WILL SELL MT. VERNON LOTS.

Forty-five buildings lots in the Lincoln
Manor section of Mount Vernon adjacent
10 the station of the Boston AMI West
chester Railroad will be put under the
hammer next Saturday on the PREMISES
at o'clock In the afternoon by Charles
II. Bard.
The property is surrounded by choice
residential districts such as the Chester
Hi and lakewood sections. An attrac-
tive circular describing them has been
issued by Mr.. Bard and his attorney. H
4 Thornton OF Tarrytown, y. y.
The sun., 1919-07-06
OTHER SALES IN MANHATTAN.

EAST SEvENTY-SIXTH STREET -
The William b. May Company sold
Cor Rosa Kaufman to a buyer for oc-
cupancy the four story modern high
stoop dwelling at rs East Seventy
sixth street. between Fifth and
Madison avenues. 20x100. 1t was held
at 100000.
pany sold for Thomas Smell a four
story and basement brownstone resi-
dence at "a West Twelfth street, Elk
103, to Mark II. Dix. who Is to i'm
prove the property for his residence
and private studios. The property
was assessed at $4,000.
East NTH STREBT-Charles r.
Faruolo sold for James L. Breese. ex-
ecutor, to an investor the six story
tenement house at 43s-44o East 117th
street, on plot 37xl00. arranged for
twenty-elght families and three stores.
DUANE STREET-William A. White
& Sons sold for John b. Coleman to
tho West Street Realty Company.
Seth Sprague Terry 1919 Duane
street, n four story building. 22.sx49.6.
adjoining the northeast corner OF
Washington street
WEST FoRTY-SIXTH STREET -
Wright Barclay. Inc, has sold for
Cornelia Barclay. 81 West Forty-sixth
street. a four story dwelling. 26x1Q0
The buyer Is the Thirty-seven West
Forty-sixth street Company, Formed
recently with Fred W. Writz, A. She'd
lock and Louis Bonnr as directors.
MANHATTAN AVENUE - Joseph G.
Abramson has purchased the block
front on the east side OF Manhattan
avenue, 117th to l1Sth street. ?00X
1ol. two seven story apartment,
houses, arranged In suites of -four
five and six rooms. renting for $780,
oO0 and held at 100000. n Nasano-
witz & Son were the brokers.
FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE -
Nassiit & Kennedy. Inc. has sold to
Samuel Katz. through Henry s. Mans
| field, attorney. 270 Fort Washington
avenue. a elk story apartment house
| 1o0x10o, renting for $50. 900. and held
at s225,0Ou.
EIGHTH STREET-The American Re
atty Company. Inc, J. L. Mautner
president, has bought from the War.
| rem Holding Company the six story
loft building, 25x44. at 55 West
| Eighth street, held at $4,000.
| FIFTH AVENUE-Mrs. Emma D. Gard.
ner of Howard Beach sold to an in.
weston client OF Henry S. Mansfield the
two apartment houses on plot 50xl0C
| at l470-1+72 Fifth avenue. These
houses will be renovated and will be
| held for investment
EIGHTH AVENUE. s. Maxwell SOLD
! for the 2099 Eighth Avenue Company
through A. w. Miller & Co. Inc, zoos
Eighth avenue, a Ave story apart
| ment house. 376x100.
EAST 12sTH STREET-James Cass1,
! sold the three story dwelling, 1873,
| s9.11. Mt 146 East l2sth street
The sun., 1919-07-06
80 ARLINGTON HOUSES SOLD.

William s.. Fairchild OF Newark, N. J.,
has sold to the New Brunswick Estates,
Inc. Of 20 Church street, this city. thir-
ty-six one family houses located on Har-
per place and Chestnut street, Arlington,
~. j. These houses are one family.
party wall brick dwellings of six rooms
and bath, containing all modern I'm
provements and were built several years
ago by David Harper, the builder. The
consideration OF the entire transaction
was given as approximately $4,000.
The sale was consummated through
J. L. Feibleman a Co. Of 73s Broad
street. Newark.
The sun., 1919-07-06
NOTES AND COMMENT.

L. J. Phillips & Co. will sell at auc-
ton next "Wednesday. in the Vesey street
salesroor, the property at 1873 and 155
West Eighteenth street.
NJ ii. Tropauer was associated as
broker with Earlee & Calhoun in the sale
OF c27 West fSeventy-first street for
Georgia Havlin of Cincinnati. Ohio, to
Anthony 4. Palermo of the plot on the
north side OF Seventy-hrst street be-
tween Broadway and West End avenue.
The W. l.. Grow Construction Com
pauy has the contract FOR the erection
OF seven story factory and storage
building, 25x1l9. at l19 Fulton street.
The Improvement Will cost about $780,
600.
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RESIDENTIAL LEASES.

Pease & Gilman have leased to r.
Fulton Cutting, Jr.. OF Boston, the five
story American basement residence at
Ill East Seventy-ninth street; also Of
fees in AZ West Thirty-ninth street to
the Peoples Playhouse Corporation. and
apartments In SOS Park avenue to
George J. Gould. Jr.. OF Lakewood, "
j.; in 6S Madison avenue TO Col C. NJ
Bunker; in 305 Lexington avenue to
Mrs. Luke McNamee; In 40 East
Eighty-third street 70 M II. Hyman; In
344 West Seventy-second street to DR..
D. A. Merot and II. W. Burton. and IN
The sun., 1919-07-06
OTHER SALES IN THE BRONX.

BURKE SREET-D. A. Trotter sold for
Elizabeth Williams the two story
dwelling now nearing completion on
plot S3xl0Q on the north side of
Burke street, 81 feet east OF Bronx
wood avenue.
DECATUR AVENUE-Isaac I.owcnfeId
Realty Company purchased from Eu-
genia Fe!ring 1861 Decatur avenue, a
five story apartment. 50x1S2. through
, John F. Foster and L. ], Greenberger.
GARDEN STREET-The Benenson
Realty Company bought from Carl
Spaney 775 Garden street. a five story
apartment, 50x100.
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comprises over 10 acres. a large brick
mansion, private park. golf course and
a number of-modern outbuildings, in
GLIDING stables, a lodge and a large
garage.
Ivy Hall was built In 1907 for Ralph
j. Preston from plans by the architec-
tural firm OF Warren G. NYetmore.
On completion II was sold to Mr.. Tay-
lor. who spent . small 10 tune IN beau
The sun., 1919-07-06
OUT OF Town TRANSACTIONS.

Fish & Marvin sold for Edward J.
Mohere his new stucco house. located
on Highbrook avenue at Pelhamwood. 10
Arthur d. Koppel or this city. The
property was held at Si2.500. also two
acres on Harmon avenue, at Pelham
wood, for Louis A. Moore and Edward
z. Pollock to Arthur r. Lewis, who in
tends to erect q homo fox his own o0cu-
The sun., 1919-07-06

The above cut shows Ivy Hall. the
handsome country estate at Jericho. L.
/. which has been purchased by Judge
Ebert II. Gary. chairman OF the board
directors OF the United States Steel
corporation. from James B. Taylor.
the property. which is in the exclusive
kheatlsy Hills section Of Long Island.
The sun., 1919-07-06

ufying the estate. Among Judge
Gary's neighbors will be Mrs. w X.
Vanderbilt. who occupied Ivy Hall for
season while her new home at Jericho
was being erected: Bronson Winthrop
Joseph S. Stevens George Edward Kent
and James A. Burden. The sale of the
estate was arranged by Paul Hammond
and Henry A. Rogers OF the Wheatley
IIills Corporation. =
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07

 (Douglas)
TONIGHT
GEORGE WALSH In BRAVE AND BOLD"

A mile a minute action story; well
 seasoned with love.
 Adapted from -Four Forty at Fort Penn" Staged, by Carl Harbaugh- A Good 2-Reel Comedy and Weekly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
OFFICERS RAID STILL

DOUGLAS, July 7.-Deputy U. $ Marshal George L. Johnson, accom- panied by Game Warden John Lund of Juneau, made a raid on still at the north end of Douglas Island on the evening before the Fourth.
 For some time it has been suspect ed that illicit operations were being conducted in that region and on July 3 the officers started out in search of the outfit, which they came upon in the evening in a cabin. The place was deserted, but the apparatus was still hot, showing that it had not been left long, the owners likely hay ing been scared away by the ap! proach of the officers. The latter waited there for two days, but nc one came near during that time. Nine barrels of mash, besides other sup plies were found and destroyed, and the still and several gallons of moon shine whisky were brought to town The officers have good evidence as to the operators of the outfit and arrests will probably follow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS LAST NIGHT IN "HEADIN,
 SOUTH" AT LIBERTY

DOUGLAS, July z. - 'Headin South" Douglas Fairbanks latest picture for Aircraft, gives him the role of a western cowboy who takes an active part in troubles on the Mexican border.
 From the sun-beaten desert oi Arizona to the snowtipped noun tains at Truckee, Cal, is the con trast in the scenery offered by Doug las Fairbanks in "Headin' South" a rip-roaring tale of Mexican raiders which will be the attraction at the Liberty Theatre for the last time to night The snow scenes are particu- larly effective after the audience is shown a broad sweep of the Mexican border, the desert lands of our coun- try.
 Those who believe in "seeing Am. erica first" will be more than satis fled with the scenery that makes "Headin' South" the most distin- tive film of the season. Considerable expense was attached to transport ing over two hundred cowboys and Mexicans to the various locations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07
CLEVER SWINDLERS
 TURN TRICK FOR A
 LARGE SUM OF MONEY

BERLIN, July 3.-Two clever swindlers took advantage of the pro cedure prevalent nowadys-by mak ing a coup which resulted in netting them half million marks through advertisements. They interested wealthy men in platinum which they produced in some underhand way and offered to sell it for cash which was to be delivered at point not for from Berlin in a lonely road.
 The purchasers appeared in autos delivered the currency and received the platinum, but on returning to the city they were challenged by alleged soldiers. The car was search ed as if for weapons and the plat mum taken by accomplices of the swindlerts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07
between Germany and Bolsheviki i

between Germany and Bolsheviki is signed. March 30-Gen Ferdinand Foch is appointed generalssimo /of Allied forces. May 6-Rumania signs treaty of peace with Teutonic allies. July 1S-American and French troops turn Germans back on Marne September 13-American troops wipe out St. Mihiel salient. September 26-Americans begin ad vance in Argonne September 30-Bulgaria surrenders October 31-Turkcy surrenders. November 3-Au3tro-Hungary signs armistice.
 November 11-Ccrmany signs ar
 mistice. January 1S-Peace conefrencc ia formally opened at Paris.
 June 2S-Treaty of peace between
 Germany and Allied and associated
 powers is signed at Versailles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07
cANNERY RUNNING.

DOUGLAS, July 7.-The Douglas Island Packing Co., received load of
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-07
ANOTHER LANDMARK
 OF WASHINGTON IS TO
 GO INTO THE DISCARD

PHILADELPHIA, June 27.-An- other landmark of George Washing ton is to go into the discard
 The historic Washington home noted as a hotel since 1746, is to be torn down as soon as prohibition becomes effective, it is announced In the place will be erected a mod ern hotel, office building and thea tre.
 The place is filled with remin- iscenses of Washington and revolu- tionary times. Washington retreat ed to it after the disaster of Bran dywine. A bronze tablet reads: "ln this room September II, TIT, Washington wrote the only report of the battle of Brandywine.