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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-15
Section Eleven.

FREEDOM OF TRANsIT.-Germany
must grant freedom of transit through
sons. goods. ships. carriages. and malls
from or to any of the allied or asso-
ciated powers. without customs transit
duties, undue delays, restrictions or dis
criminations based on nationality. means
of transport. or place of entry or de.
all possible speed Of journey. especially
Washington Journal., 1919-07-04

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Washington Journal., 1919-07-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
THINKS POLAND AND
 UKRAINE ARE KEYS
 ID GREATER RUSSIA
Ukraine Has Plenty of Food and With Allied Aid Can Become Important
 Factor
By Associated Press

vienna, April 2.-(Correspondenc of the Associated Press. .)-That Poland and the Ukraine are the keys to Russia is the conviction of the Associated Press correspondent who has just travelled over those two countries and interview ed dozens of the highest officers, off cials and citizens.
 There has been more talk than &C., ton concerning Poland as barrier to bolshevfsm but there has been not only no talk but some unfavorable action regarding the Ukraine. which country IS almost unknown to a majority of the people in the entente countries. The Ukraine has been visited in casual manner by strolling officers and mis- slons. A single American officer who attempted to visit Kiev, capital of the Russian Ukraine, was prevented by the French at Odessa, according to the statement made to the Associated Press by General Pettura at his railway car capital on a siding at Proskurov.
 There is plenty of food in the Ukraine but bolshevism obtained the upper hand there owing to use of money from Mas COW, agitation and the buying of troops which otherwise would have been faith ful. What is now important is that it should be understood that there really Is a national movement in the Ukraine, and that this movement with a little help, allied recognition and moral sup port, would manfully continue the struggle against the Moscow invaders and aid in preventing the invasion of Rumania, thus closing the bolshevik corridor to Budapest.
 The pathetic part of the whole busi- ness is that the Poles and others who it is felt here should be co-operatins with the Ukrains spend their time in describing the Ukrainians as led by a group of adventurers, particularly with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
SAYS ALLIES DO NOT
 UNDERSTAND THEM
People of Ukraine Insist They Will Never Rejoin the Old
 Russia

Vienna, April 2.-Poltical and military leaders of Russian or Greater Ukraine feel that they are not understood by the allied governments or the people of the allied countries.
 Tt is suspected by the allies that we will soon join with Russia" said Premier Ostapincho in a talk with the Associated Press correspondent at Proskurov. "This we will never do,' he continued. "We rave got sense enough to understand that the Russians, including the Tolstoys and all others, are fools. Nothing good po- litically ever came out of Russia or ever will. The Bolsheviki are fools too, where as we are more European.
 Speaking along similar lines, War Min ister Schapovol, with whom the corre- spondent travelled for some time, said:
 Nobody knows anything about us nor seems to care. Please tell the people that we are just like other people who live in the west. Tell the Americans that in them lie our hopes to found new, prosperous and free nation"
 Colonel Stefaniev, who hanged several bolsheviki at Tarnapol, told the Associ- ated Press correspondent that he had fought in the Ukraine for years and was willing to fight for the rest of his life to obtain independence for his country.
 We have been depicted as bolsheviki and as anything you like to call us,' he said. But we are simple country peo- pie who are determined to make our way in the world. If the world refuses us liberty now it will have to give it to us later"
 Premier Ostapincho painted in glowing terms the present wealth of the country which abounds in coal, iron and agrcul- tural productions but needs the produc- tions of factories.
 we are able to buy more and to ex- port more than the whole Russian em- pire," he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
SEEK VOTE FOR
 FRENCH WOMEN

Paris, April 2o-Women in France have hitherto been slow to make any move 1T politics, but a movement on their part ir favor of the vote has taken recently great step forward IS shown by manifesto placarded on the walls of Paris. The document sets out the claims of women to the right 70 vote and adds;
 Women vote in Great Britain, Den. mark. Norway. Finland, Germany Aus. tri.a Poland, Bohemia, the United States, Canada. Australasia ant New Zealand
 The manifesto is signed by the Nation al Council of French Women. the French League for the RighNs of Women. the Society for the Improvement of the Con. dition of Women. the Society for tn, Rights of Mankind. the f'raternal Union of Women. and the French Women, Suffrage union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

regard to the Ukrainian claim to the oil fields of Galicia. The version told to the Associated Press correspondent by an American oil man who has spent 25 years in these countries is that the Po- fish refinery owners, backed up by Austrian capital, first attempted toI seize the oil fields and this led up to an attempt by the West Ukrainians or Ruthenians to hold these fields and to take Lemberg.
 The Associated Press correspondent apparently was the first person from the outside to visit the Ukraine seek ing unbiased information. The people who occupy what they term West Ukraine, the old East Austrian Galician province. certainly are not led by ad venturers. For the most part they are poor, which is possibly due to lack of enterprise in the former Russian en- pire. They are also unlettered They would be far poorer if the oil fields were lost to them. But they have the spirit of their race and desire to be their own masters like the Poles and the tzechs. The latter have understood this fact.
 Neither are the people of Russia or Greater Ukraine political adventurers They are related by race with those of old Eastern Galicia at least as far eastward as Poltava. As soon as the correspondent passed from Lemberg into the Ukrainian army it was appar- ent that these men were a different race from the Poles; possibly less cul- tured But vigorous. healthy minded men, determined to hold their soil As the correspondent went eastward he found more Russian types and manners but many of the people of the Greater Ukraine are as different from those of Greater Russia as daylight is from darkness. This is particularly true of the soldiers who came from the Poltava districts. They are manly, intelligent, food fighters, kind-hearted. open hand ed and keenly aware of the wealth and possibilities of their new country, and it's wonderful black soil which has given the Ukraine the proud name of Flu ropes granary"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

ton. AN"
Real Money in Market
On this foundation has been reared
strong trading structure. The day
when Comparatively small pronortion
Oh the value of a property in cash
could buy it has gone, and apparently
1or good. 1t requires money to enter
the downtown business field these days.
The Federal income tax and the i'm
proVement in the income properties
MADE 1T necessary that large cash pay
ments be made. An owner cannot we'll
afford to sell on terms showing a
paper profit, but little cash, un-
less he is willing to go into his own
pocket for the amount that the gov
eminent will demand as it's share of
the transaction.
Present rentals have stifened the
backs of owners, and only cash. and
lot of 1T, will tempt them to part with
properties which show possibilities of
developing into the highest form of
Investment. with speculative value
which the best minds in the downtown
realty field are unwilling to approx
mate.
New business conditions have made
it impossible for the human mind to
estimate with any degree of accuracy
s tn worth of property below Fulton
street by the end of the year Values
are changing over night, and owners
VINO have held through the lean days
are cnary OF losing an opportunity
OF selling at big price. Those who
have bought. realizing the limited
area of the district and the great de-
mand that is being made on it for
space, are not throwing away an op-
portunlty which is certain to produce
Dig profit as anything can be.
Bidding Higher Price
One of the several properties in
Broad Street, between Exchange Place
and Beaver Street, sold recently cost
the buyer 100000. 1t was good deal
more than the old owners would have
sold the property for a few years ago.
The buyer realized that, but he also
inquired that values were going up. Tho
terms called for cash payment of
$lO0 900. The new owners have been
offered $750,000 for the property on
terms. part of which was the payment
of $4,000 in money The offer was
refused.
mortgages on downtown realty have
not been increased as a general thing.
so that the margin between the bonded
Indebtedness and the value of the
property is large these days.
The United States Steel Corporation.
winch bought the Empire Building, on
broadway and extending along the
south side of Rector Street opposite
Trinity Church, paid close to 50 per
cent of the price in cash. The Empire
Building was sold to the Steel Cor
poration for S4,10OO0O. Of this amount
S2,OoO,o0o was paid over to the Potter
estate in cash.
The Sinclair Oil Company bought the
Liberty Tower Building for $4,000, 900.
and the story is that quarter of the
price was paid over in cash. There
are exceptions, which no doubt are
controlled by circumstances not known.
Frank A. Munsey, for instance, is re-
ported to have paid in cash about 10
per cent of the price agreed upon for
the Sun Building, at the southeast cor
ner Of Nassau and Spruce streets. The
building is said to have sold for
$1,000 900, and his investment is placed
at less than 100000. His publications,
THE Sun" and "The Evening SUM-
have occupied rs per cent of the build
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

charges have increased considerably
also. The increased financial returns
from the buildings, however, have
made them attractive investments. The
increase in rentals had the effect of
shaking tenants out of space which was
too costly for their businesses.
When desirable space disappeared
from the market concerns turned to
the purchase of buildings in the hope
of gaining premises in sections de-
sired. The buying, therefore, is the
outgrowth of the renting situation.
Likewise are the high prices.
The point has been reached where
any price, it seems, will be paid for a
building which promises large space
Firms have been making money as
never before and are raising no objec-
lions to paying for that which they
want, whether it be in the centre of the
big financial district, the marine or fire
insurance section or the shipping and
exporting territory.
come to be regarded as a good invest
mcnt. The theory of good will is
strong with American business men
now, and a fine home in the centre of
sections associated with THEN business
is regarded as a vehicle to this end It
is something which cannot be taxed
by the government and will pay we'll
in the future
Looking for Profits
The high points in the rental scale.
the highest being at or about Wall and
Broad Streets, have had the effect of
spreading out the business district.
Spectators are anticipating that the
fringe of the former Wall Street dis
trict will be the place where building
operations will be launched when the
time comes and have bought old prop
critics and are holding them for the
day; Elias A. Cohen bought property
in Stone Street for reported price of
something over 100000 for it now now
Richard S. Elliott bought in Pearl
Street, the site of the first City Hall
IN this city, from the Goelet fartily
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

ing for the last five years. The COM
ing OF these papers to the building
marked the beginning of a larger in
come from the property. The New
York Life Insurance Company, which
had to take the property to protect its
interest, was pleased to make the price
interesting enough to attract Mr.. Mum
seey, whose control Of the property
eliminates the possibility Of it ever
returning to the insurance company.
Little Speculative Buying
Large cash payments have been the
terms that have operated in the sec
ton east of William Street for the last
two years Having been in the throes
of a boom for at least three years, such
demands were natural consequence,
q checkmate on reckless speculation.
In the territory west of William Street,
over to Broadway, it is singular how
limited has been the speculative buy
ing. Robert E. Bowling, Clarence Eek
hardt, Clarke Daley, Richard Elliott
and Elias Cohen are the only profess
slonal real estate men who have had
the courage to enter this field
Business has carried this downtown
market. IT. had a natural beginning.
For two years before this country en-
tered the war we were the trading
post for the world. This required
larger organization, and the effect of
these years as the worlds business
mart is to be seen in every corner of
the country in the shape of an in
creased number of larger business con-
Germs.
There was so much space for rent
IN the lower end of the city up to the
start of the great war that the bust
ness expansion was accommodated
without trouble, and only real estate
men downtown and students of eco
Monies realized what was happening.
Expansion continued because the bust
ness demands on America had multi
piled many times. By this time the
shortage of business space was being
felt. Rentals then stiffened and started
upward, encouraged by the willingness
of business to pay Increases which
were expected to meet with refusals
were paid without a murmur AS the
supply decreased the rentals increased
Large Rental Advance
IS Concerns which paid $3.50 foot for
space in the Woodbridge Building, in
william Street, two years ago are paw
ing $3.50 to-day. Tenants of the Equit
able Building are paying about 81 un-
der present rates, while the average
when the building was opened was ST.
The Trinity Building is bringing high
er rentals to-day than when it was
opened. At that time 50 a foot was the
price. Competition induced lowering
of rentals to $3.50 foot, but now
space in that building is bringing
more than So. The same case holds
good in the City Investing Building.
In the Singer Building, old tenants
rent was increased rs per cent on re-
newals. New tenants very likely paw
more.
The Cunard Building space can be
had for 81 foot if an entire floor is
taken, the tenants to install partitions
and make changes. In the Adams Elk
press Building 81 foot is the rate.
The talk is that $6 foot will be the
rate for all space in these buildings
and structures of this type when new
leases are made next May.
Although these rentals represent q
Dig increase over previous rates, it does
not mean that the difference repre-
sents net profit, because maintenance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

Windows on the side and rear give
view Of the lawn and flowers in the
rear of the house.
To the right of this room is the
is directly forward of the kitchen on
the right side of the house.
The idea Of spacousness is also car
ried out on the second floor, every bed
room being large. The masters room
is Is feet wide and 10 feet long. Off
this room and to the rear are a bath
room and dressing room, the latter
being 7x7.6 feet.
The dressing room opens into the
children's room, so that the parents are
not required to enter the hall to reach
the sleeping quarters of their children.
10 the right of the owners bedroom
is den feet 6 inches wide and 10
feet long, facing on the front of the
house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

inc tease Tor the corner, thinks that the
project marks the beginning of extern
slve development on this part of Sixth
Avenue, which in his opinion is essen
TALLY retail district Transit facili
ties, and the fact that it connects the
two principal arteries to the city's
greatest railroad terminals, thorough
fares which are leading shopping
streets, are factors which make for the
retail occupancy Of this link OF Sixth
Avenue
The project is bound to attract at
tention to Bryant Park section of
Sixth Avenue, because it is the first de-
partment store building to be erected
there. Business structures have been
built just off the avenue, but the ante
quated appearance of Sixth Avenue has
not been improved. Rows Of old build
lngs line the blocks between Herald
Square and Bryant Park, and the GEN
eral character of the business done
there is not elevating. Employment
agencies, cheap restaurants and deal
ers IN secondhand clothes have an
chored there, and in doing so have dis
couraged the modernization of these
blocks
The uckley-Newhall building will
give the avenue different complexion.
and Mr.. Fox and other real estate men
are of the opinion that it will effect
a speedy capitalization of the advan-
tages held by the Bryant Park section
OF Sixth Avenue
The buildings will be twelve stories.
fronting 100 feet on Sixth Avenue and
10 feet on Forty-tirst Street. With the
Union Dime Savings Banks building of
few stories high covering the Fortieth
Street end of the block and the Comedy
lheatre on Forty-frst Street next to
the Buckley Newhall site, the building
to be erected for the furniture dealers
Will have light on all sido>.
). b. Shook Sons, architects. have
taken advantage of this condition.
which is more or less permanent. nv
planning building whose sides will be
practically glass. The first three stories
facing on Sixth Avenue and on Forty
grst Street will be a continuous show
window. The upper part of the facade
VIII be of limestone and pressed brick.
Wire glass will comprise the greater
area of the south and west walls of the
structure.
The building is being erected by the
Gerry estate for the Buckley Newhall
Company on a long term lease. It is
estimated that 100000 in rent will
be paid over to the estate during the
life of the contract. Frederick Fox &
Co. and the Cruikshank Company ar
ranged the deal. which has eliminated
in the building project.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31
d downtown Skyscrrs Real Estate Craveya
Giants by Rental Advance Since Signing Amstce Last November

The reversal in real estate conditions
at the lower end of Manhattan will go
down IN the business history of this
PERIOD as one of the Sharpest and most
sensational recoVerles known to prop
erty interests. Financial graveyards
Tor years, many skyscrapers have liter
ally become investment giants over
night. The name or location of at least
twenty office buildings, most of them
LOT the skyscraping type, which have
changed hands since the first of the
year, can be recalled without mental
labor. Scores of Office buildings of the
smaller type, located in sections that
figure seldom in the real estate activ-
ity. have been sold during the same
period.
In the eight months which have
elapsed since January l more down.
town real estate has been sold than in
reached high levels not entertained
even IN dreams. Space has increased
IN value at least SO per cent through
out the section and in some instances
the advance has been 100 per cent and
more The square foot which cost $3.50.
and this was the maximum two years
ago except in special buildings, has
moved up to 81 and $3.50, and there is
talk OF ASKING 50 IN the near future,
which means between now and next
May.
A property was bought recently by a
bank at 81 100000. The broker in the
deal, asked his advice, said that not
more than SlO00,000 should be paid for
the realty. A short time after the sale
had been closed profit was offered the
bank directors for the realty. This Of
fer later was swclled to show an ad-
vance of 25 per cent over the cost of
the building TO the bank. An official
of the institution is reported to have
said that profit Of SO per cent on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

and almost Immediately added $685. 900
to the price he paid. Beaver Street
realty has moved up in value with
every sale. The Chesebrough Building
is said to have been purchased by
Henry Dougherty for S950,0 Just
before the contracts were signed the
sellers could have had $4,000 more
from another buyer.
Until the start of the current buving
movement property values in the fnan-
clal district graded from the big centre,
wall and Broad streets, in every direc-
ton. -Four blocks south of the S8OO-a-
foot Calendar building propertv at
wall and Nassau streets, now part %
the site of the Bankers Trust Company
building, $25 foot would have bought
all the property one desired. In other
words, IN Stone Street s25 would buy
as much as $500 would bring at Wall
and Nassau streets. After crossing
Stone Street on the south, Trinity
Place on the west, Cedar Street on the
north and William Street on the east
prices dropped perceptibly.
ne relative position has not been
changed by the present buying activity:
1t has only lifted values ands rentals 20
that the concerns which could afford
the rental which prevailed on the four
blocks circle will have to move further
away from the financial centre if thev
nave not been hit by the wartime pros
perlty wave. 1t is on and beyond the
four-block circle that the building oper-
ations will be seen first, because there
Is great new business army that
wants to get into the big business dis
trict.
Nassau Street seems now to hold the
centre of the buying interest. Leaders
In the downtown field are of the oninion
that fee values will go up higher ana
rentals also. The business population
has increased sufficiently to support
higher rentals and fee prices. This bic
business ulation-financiers law.
yers, shippers and insurance interests
has not stopped coming The move
ment is in progress and is catherine
strength every day. "a