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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

ls convaIeseIna = Mrs. Nellie Cur.
mute, who underwent an operation at
Cook hospital last Thursday Is i'm.
proving nicely and expects to be out
in week OF ten days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

An electric flash lamp With bulb
In the shape Of band is q novelty for
might signaling by automobilists.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

/, cipitation none.
slxer IS feet. falling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

f1SeheEs' Exan-Th Thirty three teach
RS took the examination held April
'o|,fth and fifth for certiffcc1s. The
'ssiiIk pe the examination Is as fol-
oHs First grade. no one passed high
enough for Certificate. Second. 8:
hind ~ fatlures 13. The second ex.
|uin6t,on win be held July 9Th and
Sub The third examination will be
held July 18th and 18Th.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

I6ofe Home Loyal Order Of Moose.
ODD Fellows Hall-Palatine Lodge.
81 o. r.
sIi6nSt BuiIding-Lady Links.
Willard Hall woman's Assn or
M6rtabees.
High School Dinner Of High basket
1kIl tenn at 6 P. NJ.
y II % A.-Industrial Base Ball
League win be formed at PM.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

fStEerson Gets verdlet-In Circuit
court yesterday the case Of John c.
Patkerson VS.. Annie s. Fleming was
detided by jury with the sum Of $446
flowed the plaintiff. This morning the
c7s o. the Davis Trust Company vs..
he IVORY Hi Coal and Coke Company
A.: Ds Simon and j. A. Clark was be-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30

Fise IL Restaurant-The fire de-
1ertment made a run this morning
I10rfly. after one o'clock to the White
Cloud Restaurant on Madison street.
where q blaze had been discovered in
The basement. In some manner not
knoMn i blaze had ignited the rafters
andefneath the ground floor, but the
blaze was quickly extinguished by
he IRE department before much dam
ss6 had been done.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-30
THE MEATHER.

Z: = ~. z: - West Vlrginla-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

and Importance that can be acquired
in no other way.
Indeed, the conditions in the lower
part OF the city have become such that
nothing short Of ownership can assure
permanence of location. The great
revival Of activity in all lines, COM
bined with the international cWracter
OF late acquired by New York >nsi-
ness ipterasts, has caused an expRhsion
OF space demands on the part of exist
ing. concerns and an influx Of new
seckcrs for foothold, especially in the
banking and shipping districts, that
inevitably creates struggle for stand
ing room which can result only in the
survival Of the fttest: that is, those
who are secured either by ownership
or long leases. Already many tenants
have found to their surprise that ex-
plrtng leases were not renewable on
any terms and have been compelled
at great discomfort and Inconvenience
to locate in new and unfamiliar sec
ttons. For example, when Wall
Street was acquired by the Stock Ex-
change, one Of the tenants, promi-
nent banking Arm, could fnd no suit
able location south of Maiden Lane,
while Arm Of lawyeys had to travel
to Forticth Street before finding Offices
adapted to It's requirements.
II Is not generally recognized tina
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

this lower section is now practically
filled up. In the heart of the so-called
Financial district" there now remains
for sale only one plot suitable for i'm
provement.
Within the "offfce building district"
bounded by Fulton, Pearl and Church
streets no less than LOT steel atruct-
uress ranging in height from eleven to
thirty-eight stories, we're erected be-
tween 1880 and 1914. Assuming that
the average height Of these buildings
is twenty stories and that the average
height of the buildings they displaced
was five stories, it may be estimated
roughly that in the period mentioned
the available office space in this area
was multiplied four times. In this dis
trict, including the plot acquired for
the prospective Cunard B6ilding, there
now remain not more than six plots
suitable for improvement with Office
buildings that may be saiA to be rea-
sonably possible of requirement for
that purpose.
1t is therefore evident that if the
rate Of development Is no greater than
the average of the last twenty-five
years, the available supply Of land in
this district is sufficient for less than
two years requirements, so that after
these plots ar improved. If that should
be accomplished, situation will be
created which will place . heavy
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

premium on space and compel an ex
pansIon Of the bu&iness district in the
only direction in which it can expand
and that is northward
incidentally, it would seem that prop
erty on both the lower East and West
sides would be greatly benefited by the
removal of the elevated structures in
Pearl and Church streets, which now
create a deadline and prevent the ex-
pansion of the best character Of i'm
provement toward the cast and west.
Not a. Spasmodic Boom
The conditions briefly outlined show
that the present buying movement is
not in any sense a spaxmodic shoom,
but Is nctuated by sound business judc-
ment, and that if later regret occurs
it will not be on the part of those who
have bought, but on the part of those
who, having failed to make provision
for the future, find themselves con-
fronted with the problem of seeking
less desirable locations.
Investors do not seem as yet to have
sensed the opportunity that is being
developed. With supply definitely
limited and a demand surely increas-
ing, both prices and returns must in
evltably rise 80 that judiciously Sc
lected properties present possibilities
Of investment value not heretofore SO
certainly dicernible.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
By Harry Hall
of William A. Waite & Sons

Truly the vitality Of "little old New
YORK; is something amazing. Just
when even its most sanguine adhcrents
mad given it up for dead and had
really come to believe that its old skin
ana bones had finally succumbed to the
inevitable, it suddenly shakes off it's
'ethargy and stages a revival of youth
'ui activity that confounds the false
prophets and surprises even its most
loyal friends. The reA estate sales
man whose faith in the old town has
survived the recent years of stagna-
non, when even his biggest bargains
JAILED to tempt and customers seemed
% have disappeared forever, with oil
MS optimism could hardly have i'm
sg'ned such an absolute reversal as
aas occurred during this year of won
aer-l919.
a year ago the salesmap's most
subtle and convincing arguments failed
20 induce the shrewdcst operator to
axe advantage Of the most obvious
bargains. To-day he has buyers galore
al no - trying TO coax owners to let
I'm nave their properties at greatly
snayanced prices, and is struggling to
,oy for insistent purchasers In loca-
IONS already full to oyerfiowipg. He
nos nnds properties salable that he
asa asuppcsed were either unstable
" uppurchasabls. The United States
DDtseE Corporation buys the Empire
nnu'iaing and the Canadian Bank OF
.y,m,ws5ce .s,, the old Post Building. He
~, ssnx !. Ens Liberty Tower to the Sinclair
~ Lompsny and SO William Street TO
nv ,,soysi Bank Of Canada. Marine
I'd r,a; sacs .nserssts buy the ssligman
2Ring concern the stosk ouo4stion
natAinK In the East lev month. =
ssnnd dozen substantiai osirs bu;ld-
hEs ranging IN prizes from about xs0fS. =
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Old Sections of The Bronx
10 Solve Housing Problem
"mte flains Avenue Subway Extension Has Opened
Large Areas Where Land Is Cheap and Builders
IAN Erect Apartments With Low Rentals

In anticipation of the approaching
building boom real estate men and
apartment builders in the Bronx are
understood to be making close. ad.
vanccd study Of the available cnnor.
tunlties along the line of the White
H!ains Avenue elevated extehsion to
within few blocks of Mount Vernon
Ahls ls an eventually 10 have been
expected, IS the cariicst demand ,or
:o-s, under the existing housing condi-
slons, viii be 9or those cf n1odeys te
fSlIe II ccder 10 offset The present
hfgn conStruction cost, which, it Is
conceded, Will not be reduced TO lower
ieseiS Tor some years 10 come.
WsS made part Of the city OF New
FORK by the act OF annexation in issh
~ nlte Plains Avenue is to-day tine
olrect route from the aow1r Bronx
through Mount Vernon and to White
plalns- The ShoruUghfare Of to-iuy is
the old highway of the RsvuTutio nary
psrlod that ran along the high ridoe
'Tf1lch formed the backbone Of the East
BRONX between the Bronx Rivvr End
e.Sug island Sound ID is TODAY. IS
lsfers the iiTle CT lexGr resiseancs. ne.
cause or sne construction oi the Wlrite
ElaIHs Avenue extension OF Iire Mau-
naftan and Bronx subway system, yor<h
from iTIGh Street to within q sus
blocks ct the Mount Vernon city line
PREVIOUS tn the act of annexuIicn in
ASaH this cntire scctlon Of The Bronx
vas czanDossd ct u number OF eSd css-
shllzhsa villages many ct which tiatss,
haak to the carly Gfties.
Ansuug these Smru Qlirviile No. i
wfaich @cewpSed she ssroa north Of C,rn
hlli Rnads CT sto.h Street. xfonc
White Plains RcesS. and Oinxilla NO. s
ssSSsh eI Gan dIir Eaad, hetme9n Whitp
Fstalms Road and TIE BRONX River, In
Saus gsras ge'rerwf section an early .susus
Sasssens Nsss &orrssa Ry tae SWISS ascg
makers 'uifc cam. 10 Shls cuusfrrv ~ ~;
Gssgarizea .'he Assaeas sssa l..scs lisNsra
sNsasfssuss ty vfoSn 8scnswocai IA rA
eaxxosen BuxRo Acarua @rd East sfats
Street. wxs Developed.
One Of the largest of these Nanny vii:
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

iage settlements was Wakefield. which
occupied the area on both sides of
White Plains Road, west to the RrcnY
River and east to Barnes Avenue. from
apout 2l4th to 236th Street. North Of
TINS point, Jacksonville, one of the
Garner settlements, ran from 23cth to
z3oth street, along White Plains Road.
Nor'n NO OF Jacksonville and extending 10
.ne mount Vernon city line. west OF
The White Plains Road, was the old
settiement known as Washingtonviile.
Ecenwald lay east of the White
fiains Road, between Baychester Ave-
nue. and Mount Vernon city line.
Any study OF ths district io-dav
would he incomplete without s-ixino
due consideration TO the fact that ali
at these settlements date back to ths
1ime when this section Of Wsstchcster.
now The Bronx, had only the service
or me New York and Harlem branch Of
tne New York Central Rsilroad. There
we're no Subways, elevated railways
or trolley tines RI that time.
The territory that it is srn.c+ea
Will be affected frat by the approach;,o
building boom is that which 10 direrflv
contiguous to the White Plains Avenue
e'1te asion OF the subway system and
north or The Bronx and Pelham PARK
way. with stations xs Pelham Park
@Sy> Aliertnn Avenue. Burke kvenue.
Gun HILL Road or siuth Strees. -ass
1l9th> Strset- Eass z25th Street. ssast
s55t Street East .sSth Street nnd sas.
s*ad Street. The change rom the
White PLainS "L~ so the Original yuh~
way Is U,ada Ut the I7Tth Street utstior-
and shs Change to the New York. II cat
sheatsr Erfd Boston Road at the lxuth
Street staxiurs- The White Plains Ave
nue. "I" casarecxs also with the Second
end Third Avenue LIZ" Mnuhattan.
A4sr1Irgtu7 avenue Subway, Larox Ave
nEs Suhvay, and the Ierutse Eyvure
/. a. 98ct1 Avenue At Gun Hill RrsyE.
tSp'S7 this causpltsan cf thu Wc.sch-ss.
tsr aySYsHtc acterssioias there VII K, - be
2 Eundn s<sfaxr esrasscting via ,bs
tnixd Avwnuc elevated ruad, which i.
It's eersninHs 81 Bronx Park. pcar South,
ern Bouleva.a. ~'''
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
CITY REAL ESTATE
FE.Ss0 Business Property
OFFICE WANTED

WANTED.-OFFICE 25o TO $50 FEET
OuTSIDF EXPOSURE IN MODERN
OrtICE BUILDING. COLUMBUS CIRCIE -
GRAND CENTRAL OR TIMES SoITAPI, trn,
DISTRICTS. PHONE CORTLANDT 4ss1
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Two Years will Complete
Downtown's Development
Only Few Properties To Be Had; Prices Up 80 Per
Cent in Year; Higher Levels Predicted; Section
Has Grown Faster in Years Than in Last rs

900 to nearly $4,000 have been sold.
IN every case for occupancy by the
buyer, while in all the thirty wears
since office buildings began to be the
writer can recall no more than half
that number Of such sales in the down
town district
SO far in 1919 this office has sold in
amount more than twice as much as
IN any previous full year, with every
prospect of still greater activity be-
fore the year closes.
Values Up 30 Per Cent
And the prices--these are no longer
bargain counter sales. The seller is
not scaling down to tempt the buyer.
but the buyer is reaching up to meet
the advancing price of the awakening
owner Many sales have been made
at prices 20, 25 and even 80 per cent
higher than the same properties could
have been bought for year ago One
piece jumped from 100000 to $4,000
IN less than month with two sales,
Another, sold at about $4,000. was
resold at $4,000 in even less time.
Still another, offered a year ago at
$4,000 without success, has been sold
for about $17b,0oO. piece recently
sold on Wall Street brought the high
est price ever paid for an inside lot.
All weak holdings that were pressed
for sale a year ago have been taken
up. so that to-day in the downtown
section below Fulton Street there is
very little available for purchase and
none at former prices.
An interesting feature Is the fact
that nearly all the sales have been for
occupancy, and comparatively few for
speculation or straight investment.
The old appetite for real estate
ownership which few years ago
seemed to have disappeared has re-
viyed, and the fallacy and danger of
dependence on rented quarters arc once
more recognized by the thoughtful
business man. He is realizing also
that tho ownership Of his own busi-
aess homo gives his concern dignity
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
FURNISHED HOUSES TO LET

To Let to Oct /. House furnished 8
rooms; bath, electricity & gas; sleeping
p.orches; t. large grounds; hour commuta-
uon on west shore of Hudson.
Address; E ESQ TRIBUNE
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
John Philip Sousa Joins
Greenwich Village COLONY

Lieutenant John Philip Sousa. U. s.
N. foremost bandmaster in America
naa Joined the rapidly growing colony
OF professional folks in the Greenwich
Village section. lieutenant Sousa,
wro is soon to resssemhIe his private
band FOR concert work, is 70 live on
Washington Place about half block
west of Washington Square. He
signed contract yesterday for the
purchase of the three story and base
ment house at so Washington Place,
and his plans are to alter it into !.
fine home with a passenger elevator in
it. Pepe & Bro. negotinted the deal,
Mrs; Ellen Welden, of West Hoboken,
is the seller.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
uNFURNIsHED ApARTMTs. WANTED

Transportation official desires four or
nve large rooms unfurnished; equipped
for housekeeping either in a,art-
ment building floor in desirable
home-(two in family)--best ere
dentials. A So TRIBUNE;
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

MORNINGSTDE AVE. 4o.--5 and rooms
$SS-S90. concessions TO October. Coleman
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
y 6EAcH A7EDGxHGRE NEAe RE4z7y pAe5u

comprises 200 lots on Boulevard Beach
Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty first For
ty-second and Forty7third streets,
Edgemere, within a few blocks of the
Long Island Railroad station. The lots
are short distance from the Atlantic
Ocean, and a number of them face on
Jamaica Bay. Most of the lots have
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
DeeTMeE Zo1s zM47ltMz 81 o1ezeEDf foS5AzE&

and erected bungalows and small
houses, which were snatched up in
short order.
An auction sale of lots and houses
is to be held by Joseph P. Day next
Saturday at Edgemere, by order of the
stockholders, to liqudate the holdings
of the Schcer Realty Company, which
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

sewer, water, gas and sidewalks.
The property in Arverne COMPRISES
seven cottages and five vacant plots,
two of which are on the Atlantic Ocean
and have riparian rights, on Boulevard
Beach Seventy y-second, Seventy third,
Seventy fourth and Seventy fifth
streets.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29

Rockaway coast is enjoying a novel
experience in it's housing situation. AS
early as last February persons seeking
accommod dations for the summer found
practically everything rented. Fore
sighted builders and investors, sensing
this situation early in the year, pur-
chased and leased large plots Of land
New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
UNTURNlsRED APARTMENTS -

JERE JOHNSON. Jr., Co.--Keai estate auc,r
1873 Montague st.. B'kyn. Tel Main 1888
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
Cantata Postponed
atFirstM NJ Church

The Easter music in the churches of
Americas yesterday was unusually
beautiful and well rendered and was
given to large and appreciative con-
gregations All the choirs gave spec
ial programs at the morning service
and in the evening the choir of Cen
tral Baptist church gave Carrie B.
Adams beautiful cantata Easter
Praise" The choir's personnel in
cludes some of the best musical tai
ent in the city and the service last
night was given over to them with the
exception of scripture reading and
prayer,
The cantata which was planned for
the evening service at the First Meth
odist church was called off at late
hour on account of the absence of R.
p. Stackhouse, Jr., one of the princi-
pal singers, who was unexpectedly
called away by the illness of a rela-
tive. The cantata will be given some
time in the near future the date to be
announced later.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
Gov. Allen is Scored
For Attack on 35th

NEW YORK, April 21.-"If Govern
or Allen, of Kansas, is criticizing the
actions of the officers of the Thirty
fifty Division, he is criticizing the
plans of Marshal Foch," declared
Brigadier General Berry, on his ar
rival here from overseas on the Won
Steuben. He was referring to state-
ments of Governor Allen that the
Thirty-fifth Division was needlessly
sacrificed.
"Of course, Governor Allen can
criticize if he wants to-" continued
Berry, "but we simply obeyed our or
ders and eSsips. assigned to attack
the Hindenburg line at Boquois, we at
tackled it and took it, and in addition
advanced 16 kilometers beyond. We
learned later that this front was de-
rended by three divisions of the Prus
sian Guards, or at least the better
part of three divisions of the Prus
slams, and, while the cost in men
was very high, it was not high when
you consider what was accomplished.
Other arrivals on the Won Steuben
included Thomas Gregory, former At
toreny General.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
Caruso in Atlanta
for Opera Season

ATLANTA, April 21.-Caruso, Pom
selle and other stars of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company have arrived in
Atlanta and are ready for tie premier
performance, La Fora del Destino,
tonight. They were warmly welcom-
ed by old Atlanta friends whom they
were glad to see after year or two
of absence. Caruso's bride, who is in
Atlanta for the first tima, was the
object of much interest. She will be
entertained at a number of parties
that will add to the gayeties OF week
full of festivities.
Caruso visits Atlanta this year on
his jubilee anniversary of the begin
ming of his operatic career, the noted
singer being at the height of his ca
reer just twenty-five yea after his first
Italian singing teacher told him that
he would never amount to much as a
singer. Caruso, however, had faith in
himself and refused to let his teacher
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
TREATY NOT TO BE
IN FORM BY FRIDAY.

PARIS, April 21.-(By Associated
Press. Grave doubts are now ex-
pressed as to whether the perfected
peace treaty will be presented to the
German Representative the coming Fri
day, as planned. While the treaty
will be communicated to them in sub
stance, it was said in well informed
quarters to be physically impossible
to prepare the document in complete
form in the next four days.
Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and Orlando met this morning and
resumed consideration of the AdriatiC
question. President Wilson was not
present. President Wilson will at
tend the meeting of the Council OF
Four this afternoon.
The German reply to the uItimatum
of the Council of Four that it win not
receive any German delegation not
fully empowered to conducc and nego-
tiate peace is awaited anxiously In
peace conference circles. The next
steps toward peace depend upon the
German reply.
Fears are felt in some quarters that
this unexpected development may at
feet the program for the meeting plan
ned for Friday at Versailles Ii the
German reply to the ultimatum raises
a controversy regarding the status OF
their delegates, it is conceivable the
arrival of their delegates will he post
poned
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
ATTITUDE OF ITALY AT PARIS IS SERIOUS
GERMANS GLOOMY AT FATE AWAITING THEM
Give up Hope
of Dickering
at Versailles

BERLIN, April 10 (Saturday)-
(By Associated Press. 1.-The cabinet
devoted less than half an hour to the
formulation of its answer to the En-
tente's invitation to Versailles for the
purpose of receiving the draft of the
peace terms.
A feeling of gloom prevails in Off
cial circles tonight and the Associated
Press was told that there are no illus
ions as to obtaining any mitigation in
the dictatorial peace awaiting Ger
many.
The procedure of the Council of
Four came as a surprise and is in
terpreted in cabinet circles and the
foreign Office as final proof that the
Entente is disinclined forthwith to
enter into negotiations based on Presi-
dent Wilson'S fourteen points," and
that the terms awaiting Germany are
cut and dried.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
MOONSHININC
NEGRO GIVEN
HEAVYPENALTY

A total penalty of 2S months on the
chaingang, or fine aggregating $3.50,
was administered this morning by
Judge Harper, of the City court, to
Jonas Jackson, colored, upon his plea
of guilty to the three charges of hav-
ing whisky in his possession, carrying
concealed weapons, and carrying a
pistol without license. The penalties
were 10 months or 500 on the first
charge, the same on the second
charge and s months or $50 on the
third charge.
Jackson, who is a renter living in
the 2Sth district, was arrested by
Sheriff Harvey in Leslie Saturday af-
ternoon. He was in a buggy, and the
vehicle was seized by the sheriff He
had given considerable trouble in that
section by his alleged moonshining ac-
tivities. A bottle of liquor was found
in the buggy, and he carried As cali
bre revolver in his pocket.
In passing sentence, Judge Harper
stated that apparently the agricultu-
raj interests and general welfare of
the county at large were becoming Sc
riously menaced with what appears to
be countrywide distilling among certain
classes; that complaint is made that
the religious services of the colored
people in the rural sections are in
some instances broken up and in many
cases seriously disturbed by the sale
and drinking of whisky on the
grounds. He further stated that con-
tinued indulgence in the traffic on the
part of colored people would certain
ly result very disastrously to them,
and that he felt that the law-abiding
colored citizens and the farmers gen
orally should cooperate with the Off
GERS charged with the duty of en-
forging the law to the end that the
traffic may be discouraged and routed
while in its incipiency.