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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13
CAMERON BOY SAYS
He IS UNINJURED
Report Carried In Government List
Seems to be Incorrect, According
to Statements.

Last Fridays official casualty list car
ricd story to the effect that .. n.
Dickerson wcll-known resident OF Ca'n-
cron, had been wounded in action in
France and that he vas in a base hos
pital at that place
The rnteliiscnccr is. however, In re-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13
JEWISH WELFARE CEETERS

%EW YORK, Fob. establishment
al sin new Jewish welfare ccnlcrs for
American soldiers in France and. the
occupied area Of Germany WIS an
Gar" board
They are 'lucutcd In Ercst, Bordeaux.
Tours. Alrncun and Dijun in Franco.
and ut Cullcuz. Germany.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13
MANY WOUNDED cANUcKS

PORTLAND, MGinc. Feb. 1.--Majnr
General G. c. Jones. director general Of
medical service for Canada arrived here
today with his star to take charge Of
the landing vi IL wounded Canadianl
soldiers from the hospital ship. Ara
staya. ritz! here tomorrow. These will
he The first Of 3n.nn0 OF 10000 wounded
Canadians To he landed at this port
within the next three months
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
WEEKS WEATHER WAS
 MOSTLY FAVORABLE.

Changeable, but as a rule favorable, weather prevailed throughout the state during the past week, according to the report of the |. $. weather bureau. Forage conditions in the. southern part of the state were improved Snow fell in the mountainous regions in the early part of the week. followed by a cold snap, which in turn was followed by change to the warmer. Snow disap- peared rapidly toward the end of the week
 Fourteen inches of snow cover the ground in the vicinity of Pinedale where the greatest depth in the range section appears. At all other points very little. if any. snow is reported.
 Yuma again holds the record in point of warmth. There the thermometer reached as high ss 76 degrees, which is two degrees higher than the maximum at the next .warmest cities, Phoenix and Tucson. Phoenix experienced a temperature of from B to 74 degrees
 The highest amount of precipitation was recorded at Williams, where .62 'Tch accumulated. In Phoenix IT inc was recorded. There was no precipta- ton at Seligman, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
LOSE EQUITY CASE
 AGAINST MIDWEST
 0|L COMPANY HERE

William NJ. Fitzhugh and Mary F. FitZhugh have lost their case against the Midwest Oil company and several associated defendants filed here in the federal court May A, 1917. In the equity complaint, the FitZhughs asked for an accounting of the profits of the company, whose properties are located in Wyoming, such punitive damages as the court may see fit to grant and a receiver for the companies. The bulky complaint alleged fraud in certain transactions. and the receivership was asked until the accounting had de- termined the rights of the defendants.
 The case was heard in San Francisco some time ago, before United States Judge Rudkin of Spokane. The de- cision was received from Judge Rudkin yesterday by mail, in which the equity case is dismissed in it's entirety, the ground given in the finding being that Fitzhugh was shown to have been business man and the facts alleged by him were not proved to be fraudulently sufficient to warrant decision in his favor.
 The Midwest Oil company was in 1 corporated in Arizona The dismissal of the suit is dated February l9.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
ARIZONA WHOLESALE
 GROCERS TO CONVENE
 HERE NEXT SATURDAY

The Arizona Wholesale Grocers' as- sociation will convene next Saturday morning at the Phoenix Chamber Of Commerce to discuss the problems of price reduction and to revise as far as possible the present prices of groceries.
 This will be the first meeting for many months, as last year the asso citation failed to meet on account of the unsettled war conditions.
 Those who will be represented at the convention will be the Arizona Copper company, Clifton; Babbitt Brothers, Flagstaff; the Bashford- Burrnister company Prescott; The Goldman Grocery company, Phoenix; Lovin and Withers company, King man; Phelps-Dod Mercantile com pony, Bisbee; L. B. Putney Mercantile company, HoIbrook; F. F. Sanguinetti, Yuma; The Solomon-Wickersha company, Globe: Albert-Steinfeld com pany, Tucson; E. $. Wskelin Grocery company, Phoenix; Wheeler and Per ", Tucson, and T. F. Miller company, Jerome.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
POONA HAS FIFTY
 POWER WATER FALLS

Poona lies southeast of Bombay about 120 miles, and to get to it the railway crosses the great Bore Chat, a ghat being mountain pass or a range Of mountains or flight of steps reading down to a river where Hindus burn their dead and go for holy ablu- tions, and a number of other things, for all I know.
 The climb up to Poona is steep and winding climb for which they have to use powerful engines that pull and struggle and have brakes that grind and groan- There are twenty-six tun- nels and eight dizzy viaducts in the course of sixteen miles over the Bore Chat, and during the rains one can count as many as fifty waterfalls pouring out of the gaunt black rock of the almost perpendicular hills. A specially magnificent one, up at the head of a vast panoramic valley, has sheer drop of more than 300 feet. i In the immediate vicinity of this there are a number of gigantic pipe lines winding down the mountain side and long conveying lines of tall steel towers carrying wire up over the far away crests and off into world be-
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
PREDICTED FocH's VICTORY

When Lord Roberts was in Canada ten years ago at the dedication of the Plains of Abraham as a park and play ground he made this prediction: "Thev refuse to believe me, and we are asleep under a false security, for I do not hesitate to affirm that we will have a trightiul war in Europe, and that Eng land and France will have the hardest experience of their existence. They will, in fact, see defeat very near. but the war will ~1ally be won by the genius of a French general named Fer dinanJ Foch, professor in the military school in -ris."-Quebec L'Evene- ment
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
ANOTHER DELAY IN
 LIBEL SUIT ANSWER

Again the huge libel complaint of Pandolfo against the banks of Arizona for the sum of 5000, 900 is unanswered, because of a stipulation between at torneys for both sides, setting the time for reply over until MarcR 10. When the csAe was filed, answer was to have been made within the statutory limit, but was deferred by stipulation until Februlry %. Further extension until March 10 is asked, it is understood, be- cause SN the widely separated locations of the 63 defendants.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
ANTiMONY IN THE TRANSvAAL

A new body of antimony is reported to have been opened up near the Ko- mati river, in the district of the Stenysdorp gold fields, TransvaaL As the ore is found to be valuable, a min ing company is now carrying on smelt- ing olterations on the spot Three shafts have been suck to a depth of fifty feet, besides opSn workings. Ore is contnuous throughout. A furnace capable of smelting ten tons of ore per day is in operation and it is stated that there is sufficient ore in sight to keep the furnace working while de- developments are being made.-Scien- tific American.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
DRISKILL MAY NOW
 DE CHARGED WITH
 FELONY, DECLARED
Expected Arrest of Man on Los Angeles End Will Pro vide Basis of Felony Charge Now Held for Misdemeanor.

D. F.. Driskil was released from the county jail late last night, when Henry Zlmmer was secured by the ex-deputy's friends as the necessary remaining bondsman, to make up the S2, ,500, half of which Driskill's father-in-la law. w. C. Daniels of Glendale, had provided the day before
 In the county jail all day yesterday, because of his inability to furnish sui rcient bondsmen to secure his release, where he is under federal charge of having illegally imported liquor into the state, b B. DriskiIl, ex-deputy sheriff of Maricopa county, may be called upon to face an accusation for far graver offense than the one on which he gave himself up last Sun day. Should Finley, the alleged Los Angeles shipper of the 10 gallons of whiskey, said to have been consigned to Driskill, alias Howard, be discov- cred by the Los Angeles department of justice officials, there would be ample | grounds, according to officials, for pre- senting the entire Drislill affair to the l United States grand jury on the basis 1 of felony, instead of a misdemeanor, 1 for which he is now held
 "This is not the end" commented 1 United States Attorney John H. Langs- ton, yesterday, when asked concern ing the truth of the street rumors. q 1 have nothing further to say" There has been a vigorous search for the man, Finley, whose name appears upon the express receipt as the con signor of the trunk to Phoenix con- taining the whiskey.
 ! Drisldlrs reception at the county jail TngcnaV ~ hn over by Deputy United States Marshal Fred Weage, partook of considerable i comedy No sooner was he admitted by Jailer Price than there went up a shout of welcome and an immediate call for the celebrated Kangaroo court" before which Drisl6ill is said to have had a preliminary" hearing that cost him g.
 Other Prisoners Greet Him
 ''Who put you in?" Driskin was asked.
 Fred Weage" he replied. smiling.
 Strangely enough. there were many prisoners in the county jail that were there when Driskill was in office as a deputy under Sheriff Wilkey. Among them are many who are serving sen. tences for violation of the "bootleg- ging' statutes of the state. Some ot these are said to have expressed botf surprise and considerable enjoyment over the fact that Driskill had been ar. rested upon charges somewhat similar to those under which they had beer convicted.
 Driskill took his commitment tC Jail very good naturedly, according tC Neage, who had afforded him eyery possible opportunity during the day tC secure another bondsman W. C. Dan. iels' who has qualified as one bonds. man, Is the only one secured, thus far although it is said that DriskiIT! friends have combed the city for som, one to make up the other half of tn, S2oOO bond. Their failure resulted. yes. terday, in plan 10 secure a number or small bondsmen. making up, in tn, aggregate, the required amount.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20

enough power is generated to light Bombay, run it's electric railways, and turn every wheel in the whole presi- dency, if need be.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20

yond. One wants to know the why and
 wherefore of these, and one learns that they are the harness of the waterfalls. An enterprising company has built a
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20

great reservoir, the water is stored in
 the heights, and when the rains are over and the falls dry up, it is let down as it is required, and the year round
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20

Members of famous flghng 18th the recently The famous colored regiment Fighting Fifteenth" yed back m New York recently from service abroad This regiment well earned fame for it's daring and efficient fighting And tragedy fatigue take
  happened to the Germans they
The sun., 1919-07-06
QUEENS TRANSACTIONS.

William L. Bowman sold tho Cellar
property,|3S Nelson avenue. Far Rock
away. to Mrs NJ. Abramson.
II. Goldschmidt sold for Mrs. Eliza
beth Lucas her house and garage on
lakewood avenue. Cedarhurst. l.. l., to
Alfred Ros3iter
Frank ]. Magerle sold for X. Ptelfrer
143 Snediker avenue. Richmond Hill, a
two-family house. to Mrs. Jorden; IS
Napier avenue, cottage. 75x100. to Mich
olas Cavagnero: for Barry f. Hickey.
$50 Herald avenue. two-family cottage
for Louise Marie Stanton, 4I6 Gallon
avenue. northeast corner Of Emerson
street, cottage with garage. TO James
Carney; and for Frederick Splcslto, 1855
Rldgewood avenue, cottage. 3Sx100. to
Adelia Wimokly.
The Lapides. Cohen & Kaplin, Inc.
sold to II. Islin 5Ox100 In the Ravens
wood Industrial zone. at the northwest
corner OF Fourteenth avenue. north OF
Graham avenue. Long Island City.
The Abberholm Realty Company
sold to II. Royce, +0x100 west side OF
Fifth street. north Of Ashburton avenue
Daysde,
p. Hoffman sold TO c. Roelin 5oxl0O
south side of First street. west OF Hoff-
man avenue, Jamaica
A. Miller sold to A. Ley 5ox1l6 east
side OF Thirteenth street. south Of
Schleicher Court College Point
The sun., 1919-07-06
SAYS IMMIGRATION
WILL AID BUILDING
One Operator Predicts Labor
Shortage Soon.

Here are some thoughts anent the
housing situation and building operations
as expressed by builders at a hearing
of the Lockwood legislative committee
in the City Hall recently:
Leo s. Bing-'I think a commission
should be appointed by the United
States to examine what they are doing
in the housing situation In all the other
countries Of Europe. believe that ours
Is perhaps the only country that hasn't
a commission of that kind. All the
other countries are helping the housing
situation and have for years"
Isaac s. Rossell-'I am figuring now
l want to be honest. that all kinds OF
mechanics will receive IS a day l dc
not blame them a bit. I am no edu-
Gator, but I do not blame the mechan-
les The average bricl<layer when he
was receiving Sc a day did not average
SIS week am an old briclllayeI
right in the business"
Charles NJ. Rosenthal-"The only rem
edy l can see (for labor conditions) Is
immigration There has got to be i'm
migration or building will have to stop
There will be no people able to put UT
houses for poor men. Building will cost
next year much more than this year
There will be no end"
The sun., 1919-07-06

further improvements This means
that the companys schedule Of prices for
the lots to be sold will have to be set
aside on July &c and that the company
will have to be satisfied to take then
whatever prices the public may be will
ing to pay On that day for the 500 lots
to be sold.
This probably involves sacrifices. but
the sale nevertheless will establish. as
only public auction sale can. the ex-
act value OF lots in the improved section
under the existing market conditions.
Thus although 1919 has gone down in
real history as Landlords year, be-
cause of the exorbitant rents they have
found II possible to impose on house,
apartment and hotel tenants, It has not
been quite so roseate hued for the lot
developer who. at many public sales held
since the signing OF the armistice. has
had to SACRIFICE his price list to his re-
quirementS for ready cash
1t is Almost a certainty, therefore,
that Howard Beach lot prices will be
discounted considerably on the day OF
sale. July 90. and that new levels of
value will be established, temporarily,
throughout the improved section,
The sun., 1919-07-06
BUSINESS LEASES.

Cross & Brown Company leased sra ce
in the Victoria Building to George +.
Gibson Company. for a term Of years,
for Bangor Realty Corporation: the sec
ond floor at the northwest corner OF
Amsterdam avenue and Seventy-ilfth
street to McGraw Tire & Rubber Com
pany for a term OF years.
Rice e. Hill leased the parior floor
store at 152 and l54 West Forty-fifth
street to Jack Mills. Inc. also for the
National Shirt Shops. Inc, TO the Valse
Corporation. the store and basement at
204 West Forty -eighth street.
E. A. Turner leased for the Geiger
estate store and basement at 4e4 Fifth
avenue to Samuel Apple.
J. Edgar Leaycratt & Co. leased for
Mrs. Mathilde Il. r, Stuyvesant for
twenty-one years the six dwellings, 100
x103. at the southwest corner OF Second
avenue and Twelfth street to Benjamin
Menschel.
Goodwin & Goodwin leased to a client
a loft in 512 West Fifty-third street. to
be used as a machine shop; also the
building at ole West Fifty-thlrd street,
to be used as a garage.
The Louis *. Liggett Company leased
a largo store In the so East Forty
ond street building, the twenty-six story
Office building owned by August Heck
scher. The store has a frontage OF "a
feet on Forty-second street and a depth
of rs feet and adjo!ns on the east the
main entrance OF the building and the
subway entrance contained therein. The
deal was negotiated by Cushman
Wakefield. Inc. and Robert ]. Coverdale.
The sun., 1919-07-06
BROOKLYN TRANSACTIONS,

Bulkley & Horton Company sold the
four story and basement brownstone
dwelling at 25S Clinton avenue. between
Willoughby and De Kalb avenues, on
plot 30x100. to William B. Greenman,
for alteration into small apartments un-
der the new law.
Samuel Galitzka and ]. Lacov sold for
Wood. Harmon & Co. in Wildwood Manor
TO the Miller Berg Construction Cor
poration. southwest corner OF East Sew
enth street and Avenue j. n plot 60xl0O
feet. Builders will at once improve with
high class one family house.
Realty Trust sold for Alec Building
Company the one family semi-detached
brtok dwelling at 2l31 Sixty-sixth
street. Mapleton Park. to Ernest
Becker.
Meister Builders. Inc. sold to the
Soyes Realty Company. builders. n plot
S0XlOO, the southeast corner OF Nine
teenth avenue and Eight!eth street.
The Realty Associates sold at 2032 Eigh-
ty-f1fth street. Bensonhurst. a two story
brick two family semi detached dwell
Ing on lot 2s.Sxl00, to z. +. Lustgarten
through l.. Luft, broker also COZ Rock
away avenue. Brownsville. n four story
and basement brick store and fat build.
, Esther Jacobs, brokers also 365 Greene
avenue. near Franklin avenue, a three
story and basement hrownstone dwell
INK. 20xlO6.7. sold to Mary Carroll
through Mr.. Cartwright: also ten lots
on the south side OF Sixty-eighth street
between Sixth avenue and Stewards Lane
sold TO Edward Edwards through Wal
ter s. Ross. broker; also 1886 Fifty
first street. Bay Ridge. two four story
brick and stone fats on lots 20x100.2. to
James y. Kenney.
Fenwick y. Small sold for John B.
Taylor a plot 300x12O on the west side
of East Eighth street, 100 feet north oil
Avenue c, to Max Cohen. who will erect
eleven semi -detached brick dwellings
with garages.
Realty Trust sold for Alec building
Company the one family semi-detache
dwelling. 213S Sixty-sixth street, Maple
ton Park. to William Slonim. for occu-
pancy.
". Bennett & Sons sold for William
Kline to Jesse T. Gary the three story
dwelling at 90 Fourth avenue.
Caroline C. Fleming sold tho dwell.
ing. 20X95, at $50 Third street, to Harry
Il. Pettee for occupancy.
Kathryn v. Blakeney bought the three
story building at 20 st. Francis place
from a client OF Charles Partridge.
The sun., 1919-07-06

Interesting facts regarding the fire.
quency with which New York tenement
dwellers change their abodes and tend
ing to show that the practce--which Is
costly to both tenants and landlords-
might easily be cut down by good man.
agement on the part Of the latter have
been adduced by the Governors Recon-
struction Commission in the investiga-
ton which 1t Is making into the housing
situation here.
Although In every block thus far Wis
tied by agents OF the commission who
are conducting a general survey ten
ants are found who have lived there for
twenty. thirty and even forty years, In
general the length of tenancy is very
short, according to Abram l. Elkus.
chairman of the commission.
Roughly speaking. what may be
termed the tenant turnover last year
would seem like 90 per cent" said Mr..
Elkus. About one-ffth OF the families
were newcomers In the block during the
YEAR. IN about the first half dozen
blocks on which We have examined the
data In regard to the length of tenancy
we have found that more than one-half
OF the families have lived in the block
less than four years.
Certain OF the conditions that were
found to exist in practically every block
can be remedied by better management.
These include lack or repairs, such as
walls without plasterlng, walls needing
painting, dirty halls, courts and Yards
and above all unsanitary conditions
brought about through lack of care II
walls were painted lighter color and
more attention paid to cleanliness con-
ditlons might he moro bearable to peo-
pie In tenements but what chance IL
there for cleanliness when half of the
homes are in partial darkness through
out the day?
"A study OF block in the East For
ties gives some very good examples of
conditions difficult to remedy. The thir-
ty-siX tenement houses in this block are
all old brick houses built before 1901
and showing all the evils OF the old law
tenement construction.
The lighting Is particularly bad. OF
some 200 rooms in the block, 500 have
indirect lighung--that is they have no
| windows opening to the outer air, only
the so-called windows opening into an
other room. OF the other 500 rooms, only
half have windows on the street. The
/ others open on a back yard or on a
court OF course these'6O0 dark rooms
| must be used Almost In every case
they are bedrooms 1t Is evident that at
least 500 people and probably a great
many more. since at least one, often two,
three and sometimes four people sleep in
these dark rooms. are compelled to pass
their nights under unsaritary conditions.
no matter how well they keep their
apartments.
I'VE have found that there are GER
tain fundamental ills in the old tene-
ments of New York which can only be
cured by drastic operations We have
often found houses that are overcrowded.
not only because there are many people
living in them. but because the apart
ments are 80 badly arranged, so badly
ventilated and so badly lighted.
THE new law houses arc rs crowded
II not more SO, than the older type. AL
The sun., 1919-07-06
|MEYPE5 o. New 7|Tt4oUsE o@BEs1EREcTEDHs

At tho Queens Building Bureau there
have been filed by the Cord Meyer De-
velopmcnt Company plans for the erec-
ton Of . number Of high class homes in
ne Forest Hills section of Queens. which
have attracted more than usual attention
because Of certain distinctive features.
The announcement is also made that the
plans already filed are butN the initial
ones OF q series that will be filed in the
near future Each homo Is on a plot
not less than 60x100 feet. and provision
u made that the plots can be as large
as the taste OF the buyer might desire.
The plans are by well known designers
Of suburban homes. The exteriors are
Of Colonial clapboards, field stone and
brick. The interiors are made with spe-
rial play to the living room, but each has
an Individual touch that makes 1t dis
hnctive. Active building operations have
already been commenced on the prop
The sun., 1919-07-06
PATERSON TO BE LANDLORD.
City VIII Build on Plots Acquired
From Tax DefauIters.

Increasing property values. the de-
mand for vacant land with an unprece-
denied sales record and present build
ing activity has caused the finance COM
m.ssioners OF Paterson. ~ j., 20 take
UP the sale OF city owned property
which has come into It's possession
through non payment OF taxes aud VIII
probably place It In the hands Of real
state dealers for disposal on com.
n 'ssiUn bass,
Paterson owns some desirable pieces
Of property IN certain parts OF the city.
ana Tax Receiver Edward Acorn has
completed a list of forty plots which the
commissioners will sell. with new
buildings on these properties they will
because a source OF revenue. This to-
gether with tho fact that the taxes
and assessments levied against them
cannot be satisfied has led the finance
commission TO decide upon a general
sale