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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
BY Wilbur Forrest

TIME 1st Division not only
i the veteran Of lighting
divisions VINO q, mpl:shed
the great victory abroad;
it is the 'Father" of the A. f. F.
Names that will stand out in
war records for generations to come
are the names of children of the
1st Division. First to arrive on
European battlefelds and first in
many things, this 1st Division,
which New York will be privileged
to gaze upon next Wednesday, has
given to our Army Register more
generals stars than any fighting
aggregation of the future may hope
to give.
AS commander of the LIST, in May,
1917, with the two stars of major
general on his shoulder straps, the
first child of this Father" organi-
cation was General John J. Perish
ing. He returns from Europe
with four stars where the two were
formerly placed, and Congress has
Just decreed that they are his for
life.
The second child of the 1st Di-
vision commanded the artillery
brigade in France during the fall
of 1917. Called home to become
chief of staff in Washington, he,
too, to-day wears the coveted four
stars of full general. He is Cen
eral Peyton c. March.
A Dixie General
Next in line of rank to emanate
from the early organization OF
Americas veteran military organi-
cation was Lieutenant General Rob-
ert Lee Billiard, regular army
colonel just before we entered the
war, a brigadier general ON his ar
rival in France, a major general IN
command of the lst at Cantlgny
and a three" starred" lieutenant
general in command of the I'd Army
long before the armistice. SO proud
was Billiard, Georgian of dyed
in-the-wool Confederacy stock OF
the division after one battle that he
wrote an order praising it and fer
yently calling upon quotations from
Civil War speeches of Abraham
Lincoln for emphasis.
From two full generals and one
lieutenant general born of the list
Division one may pass his eye over
the much revised army register to-
dav and recall names of generals
in abundance who saw their hrst
actual European war experience
with the division as captains, majors
md colonies. but whose every con
nection with the unit gave them
the right to go forth and command
the food Of American youth sent
to France eager for combat.
The division, the last to leave
France, is possibly the only division
to come home intact. Other dl-
visions were stopped at Brest or st
Nazaire to deliver up junior OIL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

GERS for further service abroad. Tn
1st came dangerously near losing
an entire regiment recently at Brcst
for service in Turkey, but an order
came shortly before the unit was
scheduled TO sail that this division
should come home unbrokcn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
GENERAL. HEADQUARTERS

American EXpedItIonary Forcc
eneral Orders No. POI France November 10, 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

pEv HE lst Division has the distinction of being the only
p American division in France which cited sngy
4 in General Orders by General Pershng The
order follows:
The sun., 1919-08-10
DOMlNINEY ESTATE TO
SELL CANARSIE LOTS,
Jere johnson, Jr. Co. viii
Auction Them Next Week.

A portion of the holdings OF the es-
tate OF George A. Domminey late head
appraiser Of the Brooklyn branch OF the
Title Guarantee & Trust Company will
be sold at public auction in the Brook
lyn Real Estate Exchange. 1Ss Mon
tague street by tho Jere johnson. Jr.,
Company on Wednesday evening, Aug
ust 20 at O'Clock. The properties TO
be sold comprise 1S9 lots along the
Canarsie extension of the Broadway
elevated road which the executors of
Mr. Domminey's estate have ordered to
be disposed Of
The lots are on Glenwood road '(Ave-
nae a.. Flathands and Remsen
nue. @, F1atiands and Remsen (Canarsie
avenue), EAST Eighty-ninth. Ninety-fifth.
Ninety-six. Ninety-eighth. Ninety-ninth
and East Tooth streets.
Among the facilities that give the
properties essential value are the single
fare to Manhattan via the Broadway
IL" and subway TO Canal street with free
transfers to the Battery and Forty-sec-
ond street. excellent trolley service on
the Rockaway avenue line to Delaney
street with transfrs TO other intersectine
lines. The site 10 a short distance from
active building operations In the Twenty
sixth ward which Is destined soon to
spread to the section included in the
sale.
The sun., 1919-08-10

| however Lynbrook is the gateway to
Long Beach. and the village derives a
| largo benefit from the huge volume Of
automobile traffic that flows out on the
Merrick road and over the all too mar
row bridge that connects Long Beach
| with the mainland. A new bridge VIII.
soon be built. It is understood. and enter
Long Beach at Long Beach boulevard,
few blocks from the present bridge.
II is believed that when this bridge Is
built Long Beach and Lynhrook will
grow by leaps and bounds.
The town is also a junction point on
the Long Island Railroad and has the
services of both the Long Beach and
Montauk divisions. The time of travel
by the electrified Long Beach division is
forty-five minutes Most OF the residents
are commuters and the houses already
built are OF moderate value
The 1872 lots to be sold are we'll and
advantageously located In and adjacent
to Longdon place and Lyon place, ad,
joining Broadway, near the railroad
station and on the Merrick road.
The 1877 lots to be sold at Arverne, or
the Rockaway coast, have the advantag,
Of being unrestricted, while In a re
stricted district. They are located OF
Remington, Wave Crest, Elizabeth ant
adjacent avenues. Mr.. Day will ais,
sell with this offering seven houses OF
Beach Sixtieth, Sixty-frst and Sixty
second streets, Larken avenue and Rock
away boulevard.
All three Of the sales will be held
rain or shine, under a large tent on tn
premises
The sun., 1919-08-10
RYE NOW BIG CENTRE
FOR COUNTRY CLUBS
Will Soon Hdue More Than
Any ToUn of Its Size.

The acquisition of Hobart Park at
Rye, N. Y. for a magnificent country
club TO be erected by John NICE. Bow
man, proprietor of the Pershing Square
group OF hotels in Manhattan, has added
to the prestige of Rye as the home of
country clubs. Mr.. Bowman announces
that he will bestow the name of THE
Biltmore Country Club" OH his ambitious
venture. The architects plans call for
the biggest institution of It's kind in
America
1t will have everything that one would
possibly desire in the way of tennis
courts, polo grounds. a track for horse
shows one for steeplechase, a lake for
skating, place for skiing, playground
for children. a toboggan slide, bride
path, a swimming pool, squash court,
place for trap shooting and a mag
nificent billiard room and bowling alley.
The building OF the two eighteen hole
golf courses. begun last week. is under
the supervision Of w. J. Travis, the brill
liant golfer, who is said to be the great
est authority In America and Great Brit
ain on golf course construction.
The building OF the Biltmore Country
Club in the town of Rye gives this his
torical little township the honor of hav-
ing more country clubs than any other
town of its size in the world. The
growth OF the town in this respect has
been marvellous. several million dollars
of valuable country land now being used
for this purpose. A few years ago the
Apawamis Club in Rye was alone In the
field, whereas now there are four clubs
The others are the Green Meadow Coun-
try Club, which is under practically the
same management as the Apawamis the
recently organized and highly exclusive
Blind Brook Country Club on Harrison
avenue. and the Port Chester Country
Cl9b on Ridge street
The Bowman property in Rye COM
prises 500 acres. The officers OF the
Biltmore Country Club are: John NICE
Bowman, president; Gage f. Tarbell.
vice president; Charles r. Macdonald
second vice-president, and Eugene ID
Miller. secretary and treasurer.
The sun., 1919-08-10
CITY LOSING $1,000
A DAY ON HOTEL SITE
Comptroller Wants to Sell II
for $500, 900.

Tho site of Simeon Fords famous old
hosiery the Grand Union Hotel. at Park
avenue and Forty-second street, over
which so much controversy has arisen
as to what shall be done with the land.
will probably be sold by the city within
a few months, OF as soon as the Sinking
Fund Commission passes on the proposal
and the sale is properly advertised
throughout the country.
In order to connect the Lexington
avenue subway with the old subway at
| Forty-second street the city had to buy
the entire Grand Union site, buildings
and all According to Comptroller Craig
the entire investment cost the city $4,000
900. Out of this, however. the city re-
tains the subway easement valuation
which has been variQusly estimated al
approximately 100000.
With interest charges capitalized al
| TN per cent the. annual carrying
charges OF the site are about $4,000 oil
| close to $1,000 a day This Includes the
loss of taxes while the property remain:
idle, but does not include an unestimated
increment due 70 the operation Of sub
way trains beneath
The idea that the site would be used
as park has been dennitely apahooned
Several months ago the city received ar
offer OF $2,S00,O00 for the site. 1t Il
known, however, that Comptroller Crail
expects to get at least $3.6Oo.o00 for 4
from some out OF town hotel syndicate
which has had its eyes on the prop
erty for long time. Comptroller Grail
personally believes that there Is de
mand for a popular priced hotel ant
restaurant in that section and he 4
pretty sure that the site will ultimatel.
be used for that purpose.
The sun., 1919-08-10
MERRlCK ROAD. LYNBROOK
ON WHICH SOME OF THE
LOTS FACE % 80

Three auctions of summer resort prop
erty have been scheduled by Joseph p.
Day. the auctioneer, for the next fort
night He will sell 1872 lots at Lyn-
brook. L. l.. at absolute auction on the
premises at ESQ P. NJ. on Saturday, Au-
gust 16. That evening at Z 80 he Will
sell 1877 unrestricted lots. In restricted
district. and seven houses at Arverne,
L. L
The following Saturday. August %,
Mr.. Day will sell at Deal on the Jersey
coast for George w. Young the property
known as Deal Park, consisting Of 27b
building sites and eight houses stu
ated principally I'M and adjacent to
Roseld avenue. Lincoln and Washington
drives near the Deal Lake. the Casino.
Esplanade and railroad station sec
lions. Roseld avenue extends directly
to the boardwalk. the beach and the
ocean, four blocks north OF the Casino
end bathing pool
In announcing these sales Mr.. Day
said:
zone Of the duties Of . real estate
auctioneer Is TO keep abreast Of the de-
mand. One way to do this Is to sched1
Tile his various sales. 30 that they wiz
fall In seasonabie dates Another good
saryics method IL 20 hold combination
SALE that IL. to link up two or more
jyariously located offerings on the same
Vor nearly the same dates.
"The idea Is that whereas one pros
pective purchaser may wish to buy prop
erty n one class In one locality; an
other investor may have a very de-
cidsd preference for some other locality
The sun., 1919-08-10
NEPONSIT SALE IS
EVENT OF WEEK
Few Opportunities Offered to
Buy Such High Glass Sum-
mer Resort Lots.

One OF the largest and most attrac-
lots at public auction will be held next
Saturday. August l6, at P. NJ. on the
premises, rain or shine at Neponsit, on
the Rockaway coast, by the Jere John
son. Jr., Company. auctioneers. for the
account OF the Neponsit Realty Com
liquidated by this sale.
The sale OF all the remaining vacant
lots at Neponsit owned by the company
has attracted widespread attention, frst.
because the lots are to be sold, 1t Is an
nounced. for whatever they will bring
without regard to their value or the COM
pany's former prices. This is a radical
departure from the policy esta blished
and heretofore enforced by the owners.
who since 1911 have been selling Fat
their schedule"
They have been In a position to do
this, as the property carries no mort
cages or similar encumbrance. and has
been developed without regard I'd the cost
OF the physical improvements made and
installed. The decision to sell resulted from
the determination OF certain of those
Interested in the Ncponsit Realty Com
pany to devote their time and money to
other less we'll developed enterprises that
need their support and which are not IN
the strong Independent position OF
Neponsit.
Neponsit, although sufficiently re-
stricted to protect the place against un-
desirable improvements and conditions,
is not at all "snobbish" sort OF place.
Quite to the contrary. the several hun
dred houses already erected there have
cost all the way from $4,000 to 100000.
while some Of the bungalows may have
been erected for little less
The clubhouse on the Jamaica Bay
side is the centre OF good fellowship,
convlviality and the sort OF good sports
manship induced by Iuncheons. dinners
and Dances by tennis matches, aquatic
contests and any other form Of amuse-
ment, recreation or sport the residents
decide among themselves shall be the
event OF any particular day or evening.
The beach is quite the same sort or gath
erlng place during the bathing hours, and
| as all the residents dress for their swim
Eat home" and then walk TO the beach
the ocean frontage Is not ruined by bath
houses The beach belongs 70 the own
ers at 'Neponsit in common. and is main
/ tanned for their sole benefit
| Additional evidence OF the fne democ-
racy of the place. whore many wealthy
meg have erected costly homes, Is the
fact that the purchasers at the sale next
Saturday have their choice OF paying
all cash. for their lots or OF leaving
| two-thirds of the purchase price on
mortgage. or. II desired, OF paying FOR
their purchases on the monthly install
ment plan.
A number of the lots to be sold front
| directly on the ocean, while the remain
der are well distributed throughout the
area of Neponsit. between Belle Harbor
and Seaside Park. the Atlantic Ocean
and Jamaica Bay, the distance between
the two wuter frontages ranging from
1900 TO $500 feet
The sun., 1919-08-10

as these that they cannot attend 10 half
Of them.
Some Of the transactions are made
by spectators. but l should say that as
a rule. the properties are being bought
up as investments by big manufacturers
and others who have prosperSd during
the war and see In them good oppor-
tunity to continue making money" said
Mr.. Elgar.
There never was such a demand for
this class of property. It Is to be seen
all over the West Side and on the East
Side too. There isn't so much evidence
of Il along the middle OF Manhattan, on
Fifth or Park avenue, because those de-
sirable properties have been held In
conservative hands for some time. That
is especially true Park avenue"
Another section OF activity is West
Seventy-second street around West End
avenue, where J. c. & NJ. G. Mayer have
just resold the twelve story apartment Mt
los to Samuel A. Herzog of the Kansas
Realty Company, which has been having
phenomenal success renting recently con-
structed apartments at Isl West End
avenue. The holding price was $6Oo, 900.
Further up town the Sequoia, a ten
story apartment structure at Broadway
and 165th street, waA sold on Wednesday
last by Frederick Brown to William r.
Daniels. an investor. 1t was held at
$500. 900.
The Della Robbia was sold by EIgar
The sun., 1919-08-10
GREATEST ACTIVITY =,
OF YEARS IN B'KLYN
Register Webster Says EUen
1905 Figures Are Broken.

Brooklyn real estate activity Is estab-
fishing q new high record, according to
figures for the month OF July, which
have just been made public by Register
Webster. The Kings county Register s
office received 6,022 deeds, $3.50 mort
cages, 2.231 satisfactions and seventy
four miscellaneous papers during the
month of July, a total of 1876 papers.
This IL an increase of 1901 over the
month of June. 1t is also the largest
July figure In the history of the office,
and with one single exception, is the
busiest month the office has ever known.
That exception was June, 1905. when
1886 papers poured into the Registers
office. The occasion for that rush was
that II was the last month before the
mortgage tax law went into effect, and
there was a frantic scramble 70 cornplete
all pending mortgage deals and to rec
ord all existing mortgages in order tt
avoid the tax. The figures for that
month are accordingly unnatural and dc
not represent the real extent of rea
estate activity Of those days. Register
Webster considers that he is justified In
6isregarding the figures Of that excep'
tional month as an indication of genuine
real estate activity, and in stating tina
July, 1919, was the most active month
that Brooklyn real estate has ever had
There is no sign of decrease and Au
gust may show an even greater tota
number OF papers.
The total receipts of the office for thu
month were $40.924.30 and the expenses
/ s23,254, a profit to the taxpayers o
$17,6703 80. so far this year Register Web
ster has turned in ss6,S1816 to th'
City Chamberlain In excess OF all ex
penses He figures that the office will
certainly show a profit of-S175.00o THU
year and possibly 100000. This is the
first year that the Office has ever beer
a money making proposition for thu
community
The sun., 1919-08-10
LEASES 10 ooRTLANDT ST.

Thin Products, Inc, leased through
Harry N. Moore the five story building.
25x125, at 10 Cortiandt street from the
Waterman Building Company for a long
term OF years at an aggregate rental OF
approximately 100000. 1t Is situated
on the north side of CortlBndt street.
one door west OF Broadway corner for
merly occupied by the Waterman Pom
Company and now tenanted by Liggstts
drug store. This IL the first downtown
location taken by Tiffin Products. con-
trolled by the Waldorf-Astoria, McAlpin
and Claridge Hotel interests. Harlo J.
Sparks represented the Waterman Build
ing Company in the deal
The sun., 1919-08-10
to Fill All Orders.

and Ninety-third street, regarded as one
of the best constructed houses on the
West Side and held at 100000; the Cliff
Haven. at Riverside Drive, southeast
corner of Hath street, which was held
at $500. 900. and the Majestic, southeast
corner Of St Nicholas avenue and 145th
street, held at 100000.
In most cases the exceptionally large
apartment house transactions recently
reported have been negotiated for invest
ors. Brokers who have been In business
In New York for twenty-five years say
they have never witnessed such a de-
mand for apartment properties.
c. J. Elgar and Sol Feinberg, who ne
gotiated the Della Robbia sale. report
that they are SO besieged with requests
for lists of such gilt edged Investments
The sun., 1919-08-10
" oeN 'oo VIZ MSe1 s4<ssT ' ~ oNN! ana
Investment in These High Class Properties Greater Than
in the "Pamy Days of l905-More Than 81, 100000
Worth Changed Hands in Less Than Week-West
End Avenue and Riverside Drive Houses in
Greatest Demand : Brokers Unable
to Fill ALI Orders.

Never IN the history of New York real
state were there so many important
spartment house deals crowded into the
space Of week as there were on the
upper, West Side during the latter part
q July and the first OF August In
les than one week more than $4,000, 900
worth Of high class apartment house
poperties changed hands in that district.
Nothing like the volume and quality Of
he trading was ever seen. even In the
palmy days of 1908 and 1905.
Among the typical properties that were
involved In that recent series of trans
actions were the Della Robbla. north
east corner Of West End avenue and
Ninsy-sixth street, which II is said
was sold for s1.250,o0o; the Aliendale,
northeast corner of West End avenue
The sun., 1919-08-10

q Feinberg for the Essie Construction
Company to the Winters Realty Com
pany, of which Benjamin Winters is
president 1t occupies plot 100x125
and contains six apartments on a floor
in suites of four, five, six and seven
rooms and is rented for $4,000. 1t was
built by the sellers (Marcus Brown and
Harry Schifr) four years ago. Schwartz
& Gross and B. N. Marcus were the
architects. The sellers were represented
by Joseph A. Seidman and the buyers
by Morris e. Gossett.
The Allendale was built in 1911 by
Benjamin Mordecai 1t has frontage
Of 100.11 feet on West End avenue and
116 feet on Ninety-thlrd street. Its
yearly rent return is 100000. 1t was
sold by the sos West End Avenue Com
pany. of which Samuel Eisemann is
president, to Frederick Brown for all
cash over the mortgage. Byrne & Bow
man negotiated the transaction.
The sun., 1919-08-10

land have an appraised valuation of ST.
$4,000 and the building itself will cost
s1.700.000.
The work of tearing down the old
structures at the northwest corner of
West End avenue and Seventy-fourth
street to make room for the hotel has
already begun. The structure will be
completed by July /. 1920 Stately sim
plicity will be the predominating note
OF the architectural design as provided
by Schwartz and Gross
1t was learned yesterday that negotia-
tons are under way for the erection of
fifteen story apartment hotel at West
End avenue and Seventy-second street,
The sun., 1919-08-10
PUBLlc SCHOOL At AVERNe

ana class OF property. II is necessary
for the auctioneer to bear this In mind
and to make his arrangements Accord
ingly. In order to provide for Just sdch
wide latitude OF choice at the very
hcisht of the Rockaway and Jersey coast
summer season 1 have planned these
three auctions"
Deal Park. located west of the ocean
front area and near the station at Deal.
has been maintained long as an all the
year residential park. u is just far
enough removed from the ocean front to
answer the purposes OF an all-the-year
residence location yet near enough to
derive all the benefits OF tho ocean
The sun., 1919-08-10

bI eczes during the summer season.
The sale OF Deal Park. on August %.
the highest bidders to buy building
sites at their own prices In that neigh
borhood.
According to an announcement made
by the attorneys and auctioneer. the
Offering OF 1879 lots at Lynbrook L. l..
at 2 40 p. M. on Saturday, August 16,
as also In the case of the evening sale
of 1877 unrestricted lots and seven
houses at Arverne. will be absolute.
Lynbrook was a progressive. thirty
town long before Long Beach had thrust
It's present popularity upon It To-day
The sun., 1919-08-10

Foremost among the Riverside Drive
transactions. which figured prominently
in the operations of the West Side was
the sale OF the Cliff Haven at the
southeast corner OF Hath street by
Charles E. Force & Co. of Oklahoma to
the Winter Realities. Inc. 1t is thirteen
stories high and stands on a plot So
feet on the drive and 1856 feet on 114th
street. 1t rented for $4,000. The Force
company acquired It about six years ago
from John j. Hearn, the builder. Elgar
& Feinberg were the brokers in the last
transaction.
Another drive transaction involved
the Bona Vista. ten story apartment
at the southeast corner of 109th street,
sold by the Arrow Company to the
Economy Building and Realty Company,
In which Irving Judis Is interested. 1t
was held at $4,000. II has a frontage
OF 1910 feet on the Drive and 100 feet