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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Soda Fountain Men
Stirred by Threat
OF Sl2,OOO,OOO Tax
Law Would Drive the Small
Dealer Out Of Business
and Rob Boys and Girls
of Beverage, They Assert

c,4o to-.4,;,, ,,~oc,;o4,,, won, :,
N'' ''' wv '''V'0 "0A0 TX
o's''~''' Ses'''o"S over """' 'neE
'''i''s" p'o' On inc part Oh '"e
government to make New Workers re
turn to water as = beverage. When
the nation WENT dry visions OF in
creased profits swan before the eyes
If fountain owners, only TO be DIS
PEELED by the Leg slature's announced
determination to place heavy tax on
tie establishments of all soda vendors.
This. the lawmakers assert. is the
only way 10 make up the deficit III
revenue c3used by abolition Of more
couNlvial c1inkng.
Candy and drug store men said
E.oem.-y yesterday the proposed $l2,-
t0o,e00 tax on soft drinks is going to
DO more thaa tha0 1t may help finance
me. state government they SAID; nut
II is certain TO dry up hundreds OF
soua FOUNTAINS and VII compel those
that survive TO RAISE 1helr prices stlll
When the war began ice cream soda
could DC ooU-H. Tor I'VE cents buriAg
the conflict prices rose and glasses
o'I 49, ',~ 'Vp - 49, ~
Threatened ian. fountain owners saw
thev Win ne cNmnalied 10 charge nm
rG0lC-Oi prices Tor mere LnrmDlCS tull
of hevera~e.
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'ou'''...' LANA s''S '''''s '''"t
lax on all right, groaned the
manager or Aoit cham Oh sto1es.
w NY con' they shut Us up tght, ana
be aene With 1t
hey nave done SO must already
pretty soon they II kii the entire IN.
e"se1y; sad ;. Simons' manager OF
the soda fountains in the United Cigar
stores. Already the Federal govern
ment IS planning tax OF 10 per cent
on each soft drink That means the
public vii have to pay eleven cents
Tor each ten-cent drink. and twenty
Two cents for each twenty-cent drink.
hat tax VIII probably % into effect
en- Nay L
"Of course. the big fellows can stand
it. It's The fellow that has tiny foun
tam IN ms grocely store or candy shop
that VIII ne mt. The tax has to be met
by the consumer-the small boy on his
wav nome from school and the young
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Calli-Curci to Revive
Old Opera for New York

Cleofonte Campanini, manager of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company, an
nounced yesterday the first two per
formances of the second week of the
coming season at the Lexington Thea
ire. On Monday evening, February 8
Mascagni's "Isabeau" will be given,
with Anna Ftziu in the title role. For
rest Lamont, tenor, and George Bakla-
nof, barytone, will be her associates.
TUESDAY evening Nine Galli-Curci
Will make her first appearance of the
season IN Donizetti's Linda di Cha
mouniX," recently revived for her in
Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
" omen Make Debut
At Annual Dinner
OF City Democracy
Cleveland Organization and
Tanamany i'm Harmony
at Feast; City Traction
Ownership Is Demanded

Women were present for the first
time last night at the annual dinner
of the Cleveland Democracy. 1t was
the twelfth such dinner and was held
at the Hotel Savoy. The presence of
Charles f. Murphy was taken as
token Of harmony between the Cleve-
land Democracy and Tammany Hall.
About. 400 attended.
On The dais. besides Mr.. Murphy, sat
William B. Selden, of the Cleveland
Democracy, who was POSTMASTER; Law
renee J. O'Reilly, of the Independence
League, ard Sheriff David H. Knott,
Corporation Counsel William P. Burr
and others of Tammany. County
Clerk William T. Schneider, one Of the
founders and leader Of the Cleveland
Democracy, was the principal speaker.
lie paid tribute TO President Wilson,
whom he called a surgeon of peace;
decried the action of the Legislature
at Albany in voting for prohibition,
declared for city management of our
railways system and advocated in
creased saaries for empoyes of the city.
Present Service Criticised
~ am convinced beyond reasonable
doubt" said Mn. Schneider, chat the
service by our traction companies, as
row furnished, coud not be worse un-
der any ownership, and, given intelli-
gent management by the city there is
40 reason why better service should
not be had. IT, in spite of enormous
decentralization, traction companies
have managed to pay liberal dividends
| see no reason why the city should
not make profit on honest capitali-
zation."
Mr.. Schneider's remarks on the in
crease of salaries for city EMPLOYEES
was regarded as 4 covert slap at Mavor
Hylan, but whether it was or not. the
diners approved
They are resigning at an alarming
rate said the county clerk, "and we
find It hard to replace them. | know
from personal experience that the new
clgibles are not of the highest tvpe.
and that is because where thousands
took examinations before, only a few
take them now
50,000 Empoyes snvoved
"There ara $4,000 city empoyes. and
because they are not affiliated with the
great abor organizations their Just
Gains have not been acted upon. On
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
MRS. KATHRYN s. SCHwEIKART

Mrs. Kathryn Shaw Schweikart, well
known as concert singer, died OF
pneumonia yesterday 1T her home, 232
First Avenue, Long Island City She
was the youngest daughter Of The Rev.
Alexander Shaw, Tor thirty years pas
tor of the First Reformed Church Of
Long Island City. She was the leading
soprano of the Remsen Street Re
formed Church, and has often been
heard at concerts for charitable and
patriotic movements. She leaves her
husband two children.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at $50 o'clock at the
Remsen Street Reformed Church. In
termcnt VIII be in Maple Grove Gene
tpTV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Sailor Saves Four Boys
Youths Break Through Ice in
Bronx River


Four boys broke through the ice of
the Bronx River yesterday in Bronx
Park, near where two boys were drown
ed last Sunday. Park attendants with
ladders and ropes came on the dun.
Whe nthey arrived they found four
sopping boys laid out on the bank,
while Bertram Lee, sailor from Pei
ham Bay, ran from one to another,
pumping their arms up and down.
He had jumped in and tished them
out, one after the other After an
hour or so, beside a sizzling radiator
the boys were able to go home, tenn
porarily inspired with faith in signs
that said danger" They were Ralph
Loumstro of 265 Atlantic Avenue, Otto
Studkalter of 302 Atlantic Avenue and
Edward and Erastus Boxdale of 3O5
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
MRS. MARIA T. Young


OSSINING, N. Y, Jan. 25 -Mrs.
Maria l.. Young. widow of Townsend
Young and mother Of G.. Townsend
Young an Ossining banker, died Friday
at her home, 934 Paulding Street,
Peekskill, She was eighty-seYen years
old.
Mrs. Young was born in Ossining, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Law
renee, and came of Revolutionary
stock. Her husband was formerly a
prominent clothing merchant in Ossin-
ing She was director of the Ossining
Hospital, whore she endowed room.
She leaves a son, c. Townsend Young.
Of the First National Bank Of Ossining.
and daughter, Mrs. Edward Young. of
Peekskill. grandson, Lieutenant
Townsend Young, jr., was with the first
American overseas expedition and was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Marvine Maazel Again Heard
In Recital at Aeolian Hall

A young man named Marvine .Maazel,
who first appeared here in concert
last fall, gave a recital of piano music
last night in Aeolian Hall. His pro-
gran'me included group Of the Fan
taise Stucke of Schumann, the A major
Sonata of Mozart, d Chopin group and
a number of short pieces by Godowsky,
Brahams, Glazounow and others.
Mr. Maazels playing shows evidence
OF Conscientious study and the diligent
practice that leads to digital dexterity,
but in matters of Interpretation he is
yet immature. His tone lacks warmth
and there is too abrupt contrast and
a blurring of rapid passages. His best
work was done in the sharp mai or
Impromptu and c sharp minor Scherzo
of Chopin. Z. |. 7.
I2c tlt.irted fro1,, aLeaterdnl,s late editfoas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Z. NJ. C. A. Men Die Abroad


The Y. NJ. c. A. War Work Council
announced yesterday the death Of two
"I' workers overseas, Harry L. Rich
ardson, of E'mira, n Y, and the Rev.
William H. Howe. of Chronicle, Ala.
Mr.. Howe, who was fifty years cd,
reached France in November. He died
from pneumonia in d camp hospital.
= Mr.. Richardson, who was circulation
manager Of "The Elmila Advertiser
when he went overseas last August,
died in Florence. Italy, OF influenza.
He was born in Holiday, Penn, but
had lived for several years in Eimira,
where his widow now is. He was
thirty-seVcn years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Codowsky, de Seguroia and
Mime. Stanley in Musical

Leopold Godowsky, pianist; Helen
Stanley, soprano, and Andres de Seq
urola, bass. were the artists at the
sixth Biltmore morning musical
yesterday. The large ballroom was
crowded. Mr.. Godowsky played pieces
by Chopin, Mcdowell, Saint-Saens and
Godowsky Nine. Stanley's songs were
confined to French composers of the
modern school, while Mr.. de Segurola's
numbers were of a popular nature. in
GLIDING Lieutenant Gitz-Rice's Dear
Old Pal of Mine" and Mana-Zucca's
"Daddys Little Bow"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

the contrary, those receiving ess than
500 a year and tod TO behave them
seves under penaty. That is not the
proper spirit"
Some of those present We're Justice
Edward j. Gavegan, Surrogate George
NJ. S. Shut, Register James A Done
gan, Justice Richard II. Smith, Repre-
sentative Christopher D. Suivan, Jus
tice James A. Aen and Commissioner
Joseph p. Hennessy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
FUNERAL OF MOSES NJ. M'KEE

The funeral of Moses NJ. Mckee,
former commissioner of the Board of
Elections, who died Tuesday night, was
held yesterday in Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church, l29th Street and
Seventh Avenue. Church and Masonic
services were held The building was
crowded with friends and associates
of Mr.. Nc Kee and members Of frater-
nal organizations With which he had
been affiliated. The funeral sermon
was delivered by the Rev. William H.
Morgan, D. d. The honorary pail
bearers were John r. WORMS and
James Kane, of the Board of Elec-
tions: Jacob A. Livingston, Harold c.
Mitchell. Colin Woodward and John
I. Mcneil. More than three hundred
members Of the Manhattan Republican
Club, Of which Mr.. Mckee had been
president, were in attendance, as was
also large delegation of Masons. The
body was taken to Avon, Conn.,, for
interment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
" olnan. IO&: Eniertains

POUGHKEEPSIE Jan 25-The chief
society event in Highland-o Hudson
to-day was the 1920 birthday party of
Mrs. Lydia LIE Baron, who entertained
at dinner which she prepared alone.
Mrs. lie Baron owns a one-acre farm
and is Americas oldest war gardener.
She raises enough fruit and vegetables
to provide her own food each year and
sell little besides
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
U. ;. Ambassador to Mexico
En- Route to WasI,ino,o,,

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25. II. P
Fletcher American Ambassador to
Mexico, left Mexico City to-day for
Washington to discuss with the Amer.
can State Department questions now
pending between the United States
and Mexico. The Ambassador eynects
to De absent about six weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
EDWARD RORRINS

SOMERSET, Penn, Jan. 25.-Con-
gresham Edward Robbins, of Green's
burg, died at a hotel here at noon to-
day, following a few days illness with
influenza. Mr.. Robbins came here sew
era DAYS ago to deliver an address, and
was stricken with the disease. He was
years old. He first was elected
to Congress in 1898, but resigned to
fight in the SDanish-American War. He
was reelected in 1916, representing
W stmoreland and Butler counties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
HAROLD A. EVANS

Harold A. Evans, secretary to Arthur
H. Murphy, chairman of the Demo
cratic County Committee of The
Bronx, died of pneumonia yesterday
HS was twenty-five years old. Mr.
Evans began as an office boy in Mr..
Murphy's office several years ago, and
his mother
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
OCTAVIUS H. LAMBART

OTTAWA, Jan. 25.-Octavius H. Lam
bart, son of the eighth Earl of Cavan,
died yesterday at the age of sixty-fve.
lie is survived by his widow, daugh-
ter OF the late Hiram Howard, of BUT
falo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

killed in France. Funeral services will
be held Monday afternoon at the resi-
dence of c. T. Young, South Highland
Avenue. OSsininr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

Reprinted from yesterdays late editions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

"There ara $4,000 city empoyes. and
because they are not affiliated with the
great abor organizations their just
Gains have not been acted upon On
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Wants Low.Priced Home

Have read your offer Of advice in
real estate problems and take ad
vantage of it. am a man with a
large family and a modest salary who
is having a hard time to meet the high
cost of living, especially in the item of
rent.
Do you think it is possible to find in
some small town of New Jersey or
Staten Island an unpretentious but de-
cent house, six or seven rooms and i'm
provements, near schools, stores and
trains, within one hour easy commut-
ing from New York City, for about
$4,000, to pay 5000 down Gall I could
afford) and balance on monthly pay
ments? If practical would appreciate
very much your letting me have your
valued assistance to find honest people
to deal with. j. c. G.
Brooklyn.
We do not believe there S six or seven
room house in New Jersey within committing
distance of New York that can be had for
$4,000. with 5000 cash. You can make a
first payment on home of little greater
cost, and suggest you talk over your
problem with such men as Charles S. Orben,
of 100 Broad Street. Newark Louis w
Shaffer 725 Main Street, Hackensack 4:
George B. Hitchcock, Bogota, N j., or Leo
Bugg, 40 West Thirty-second Street, New
York City We believe these men will give
you every assistance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Buy Newtown Acres
For Factory Sites
Reflect Great Shortage of Siza.
bile Space in Metropolitan
District

The pressing need for large manu-
featuring space is reflected in several
purchases of acreage in the Bushwick
Junction section announced yesterday
by the Jere Johnson, Jr., Company
About fifteen acres in all were taken
for factory purposes, according to the
johnson company, from the Bushwick
Junction Realty Company.
The National Foundry Company, now
in the Eastern District section, bought
nine acres; the Pipe Railing Company,
now in Long Island City, two and a
half acres, and three and half acres
were acquired by property owner in
the immediate section. This last pur-
chase is supposed to have been made
by or for the Spearmint- Wrigley Com
pany, chewing gum manufacturers
which purchased recently the Hardy
Voorhees, property adjoining the latter
parcel.
The plots are close to Newton Creek
and each parcel extends from Grand
Street to the Bushwick branch of the
Long Island Railroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Many Want to Leave City ~sa
For Hills, Dales and Shore
Tribunes Offer to Help Those Seeking Place in
the Suburbs Discloses the Fact That Scores
Are Eager to Get Away From Urban Living

Statements made by suburban home
builders that the demand for prop
'erties is greater than it has been for
many years were largely verified last
week in the great number of inquiries
received by The Tribune for informa-
ton concerning homes in the outlying
sections for rent or for sale. Space
does not permit the publication of all
the letters sent in response to The
Trbune's offer to help solve real es-
tate problems. Many asked for prac-
tically the same information.
Questions and answers are pub
lshed here. as far as space will permit,
in the order in which the queries were
received.
If the information given leads to the
solution of pressing problems The
Tribune would be glad to know it.
If further details are desired they will
he given GLADLY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
100000 Home Building
Campaign in Brooklyn
Realty Associates Plan Con.
structiOn of Modern Houses
in Kings and Queens

Having investigated reports received
from many authoritative sources on the
building, labor and material outlook
and having themselves ample evidence
of the pressing demand for new houses
Of moderate value, the Realty Asso-
ciates Of Brooklyn and its subsidiaries
announced yesterday the details of a
100000 building programme that is
OF wide interest to tenants and pro-
spectlve home buyers in Brooklyn and
Queens or elsewhere
The Realty Associates now arc erect
ing ninety medium priced houses, cot
tages and bungalows, some with gar
ages, in several sections of Brooklyn.
and at Neponsit, on the Rockaway
coast, in the Borough of Queens.
The programme calls for the cree
ton of twenty-onc two family, semi
detached houses, each with a garage.
in Sullivan Street, between Rogers and
Nostrand Avenues, in the Eastern Park
way section. This operation will repre-
sent an investment of 100000. The
Realty Associates have several hundred
lots IN the same ighborhood which
are to be similarly improved.
twenty one and two family semi
detached houses are to be erected in
Slxty-eighth Street, between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues. at Vista Place, in the
Bay Ridge section, at a cost of $4,000.
At Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where
the demand for small cottages is grow
ing more insistent each year, the Realty
Associates will build thirty six-room-
and-bath cottages, the total value of
which will be 100000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Would Be a Commuter

Maybe you can help me- l am look
ing for small house or bungalow in
the suburbs of New Jersey, within one
hour of New York, with a large plot
Of high ground, around half an acre or
so. Prefer to lease for year subject
to sale, but will buy if we cannot get
better terms. Desire all modern i'm
provements, as electric light, etc
Either new Or old, but not too old; also
prefer open fireplace. Price around
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

would be pleased to receive any in
formation relative to a home in the
New Jersey suburbs within committing
distance Of New y ork City, my place of
business.
The writer has small family, wife
and young daughter, and is DESTROYS of
obtaining a moderate priced house at
either rental or purchase. Would pre-
fer to rent first in order to become IA
miliar with locality, with an option of
later purchase. Locality viii naturally
have to be fully improved. electricity,
sewer, pavements. etc, and with good
schools in the vicinity.
Could pay cash for home costing
between $4,000 and $1,000. Might even
consider one as high as $4,000 with
about ten rooms. 7. NJ. G.,
Jersey City.
and satisfactory solution of this problem.
and that he found in the expression would
prefec to rent first" The list of houses for
rent has been exhausted for long time
and such properties can be found only
here and there, and they generally are not
of much account for any family having a
comfortable home on rental basis is pretty
likely 10 cling to it. Builders will not rent
houses because the sales market is too good.
One who can pay large an amount in
cash should nave no difficulty in locating Il
home in New Jersey within easy committing
distance of New York. The advertising
columns Of The Tribune to-day have many
splendid offerings which bear invcs tigat ton.
Suppose you communicate with some of these
advertisers, and to get real insight into
values and living conditions you might call
on or write to Kenneth w. Dalzell, at Maple
wood; Brtwhstle & Livingston, at Engle-
wood; Frank H. Taylor. at East Orange
Montrose Estates, 1S9 Market Street New
ark Eugene Jobs, at Summit; J. Charles
strum- Gordon G. Forman. at Ridgewood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
$5,oo0,000 Aston Realty
Holdings To Be Auctioned
Old Eden Farm Remnants, Between 34th and
5lst Streets, Sd and 18th Avenues, To Be Of
fered in Partition Action; 40 Heirs Interested

According to an order obtained in
.he Supreme Court yesterday, property
north over S5,000,00 and located be-
tween Third and Eleventh Avenues and
Tbirty.fourth and Fifty-first Streets,
IN what WAS once known as the old
Eden Farm, will be sold at auction The
nroperty is part of the estate of the
iste William Backhouse Aston, and
the order was obtained by former
congressman William Astor Chanler,
one of his next of kin.
The order was made on the recon-
mendation Of referee to whom the
matter was sent as to the best way
in which to divide the property among
about forty heirs. The referee de-
cided that the property, which consists
principally of buildings, be auctioned
off as the best manner in which to
make a physical distribution among
the heirs.
To make an equitable distribution
the purchase price will be divided into
26o equal parts, of which twenty will
90 to Margaret De Steurs Oberndorff
wife of Albert Oberndorff, one of the
German peace delegates at Paris, which
means that unless peace is signed at
the time of the auction her part will
be turned over temporarily to the
alien property custodian because she
is German citizen. She was a great
granddaughter of William 3. Aston.
Eight parts will go to Vincent Aston
and the same number to HRS half
brother, John Jacob Aston, whose
mother is now Mrs. William Dick, but
who is not party to the distribution.
Among other heirs who will share in
the partition are James Roosevelt, jr.,
and Theodore Douglas Robinson, who
get one share each.
AS it is thought the full value of
the property may not be obtained at
q forced sale, il is understood that
the Astor family will be represented
at the sale to buy it in if prices ex-
pected are not forthcoming al the sale
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25

where so many thousand of New York
business men make their homes.
Prior to the coming of rapid transit
on Long Island Nassau County was al
most unavailable as home section
even though in miles it was nearer the
business parts of Manhattan than are
many of the old thriving districts
north and west of the city. 1t was only
when good transit actually came that
Nassau County started real growth
Now that there is good train service
which makes it possible for commuters
to reach any part of this great area in
less than half an hour. developmen Mt
and settlement are going on quite as
fast as enthusiasts thought it would
when rapid transit was only in
prospect.
Residences of unique design, built of
different materials, such as stucco.
frame and brick, are now under con
structlon between Great Neck and Port
Washington. 2
One of the largest building proiec-
tors at present in this section is w. w.
Smiths who has now under construc-
ton and design, five residences along
the Station Road, Great Neck, and
which are to be offered or sale by the
Baker Crowell, Inc. Most of these
houses will consist Of five to seven
master bedrooms, three to five baths.
with three maids rooms, and bath,
living room. dining room, solarium,
breakfast porch, sleeping porches and
garages to accommodate from two to
five cars.