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New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
49, Z52 Il IETFER,SON HyE

1t Is not always easy to select a
Christmas gift, especially such gift
as one will bold dear for lifetime
and which will grow more valuable as
year after year goes by. With this
thought in mind Joseph F. Day has ar
ranged an auction sale in the Brooklyn
Real Estate Exchange or the night of
December %, on whichoccasion he will
dispose Of fifteen dwelling houses in
that borough. The idea is to give t!f-
teen men an opportunity to present
their wives with homes for Christmas.
These houses can be purchased at the
buyers own prices. The houses are all
new and are on both sides of Sixty
eighth Street between Twenty-frst and
Twenty second Avenues.
This sale,' said Mr.. Day, "has been
arranged Especially with view to
meeting the requirements of those who
do not wish to waste their money on
useless Christmas presents, but who,
possessing sense of foresight, NAV
wish to give their families a substan
tlal and lasting present, and who have
decided to buy a home.
IL selected these houses from a large
number Of properties submitted to me,
prlnclpaily because they have never
been occupied. and are we'll built, de-
tacned ana SEMI detached, one-family
residences, 25X100 and 34x1OO each. To-
Gated in most accessible part of
brooklyn; also because some of the
houses have garages A Christmas
present should be something entirely
new, that has never been owned by anv
other persons. These houses exactly
meet that requirement, and it would be
impossible to conceive Of any more
suitable or desirable Christmas present
Tor the man of moderate means"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Downtown Realty Activity
Reaches Near Billion Mark

still. Many tenants were unah,
secure proper Office ac.o acre,o u,ls. unaoie {
IN 191S-i9l9 and not a fav, 1" non
forced uptown in the Grana weF|
or Pennsylvania zone in conso,.',n ovneia
We actually reached conse.: as.:ee
where the demand was mncb r'u's,of| rr
than the supply, and now 49, *
pressure Is over MANY Of thcsn ~ IN
wlll be able to Get space down+on..,H -. III
fair rates. These rates. howevar"
never be the rates of 1910 or ,o,, n'
The former rentals will not retnr, -JI4
cause at no time could bujldirn, "
erected and property made to ns,, p'|
previous rentals, snd building con sfrrs
tlon VIII not for many wears bc ~ - ,av ~
as 1t was prior to 1914. Besides 'I"| ~
better locations have been ahsorh"
ana can be obtained only with a;s
cuity and at very high figures m NI .L
desirable thoroughfares. vi '"s|
1t IS a GOOD thing for the marriott
e~e long run that readiustmenot.
taxing place so that some dorn.S
space VIII again be released tn tLn ~,
conservative corporations and tho ~. W
lef class OF tenants who need the foa',:
ties offered downtown and wbo =.
some time have been anxious ana ,,.:n
ing to pay fair price for il ,'N Ns'l- III
l'eve dene,t that this readiustment period Will
develop from now on and wi,
marked in January and Februarv I'll u.|
months are always dull in do,rr+ns' ,"es
renting and offer the best onnort"r;4 ,.OM
Ior the tenant TO negotiate far snons
believe we will see a strenef6er;ppc' ;p~'s
rentals IN February that viii be X s,s y
prlsing and May 1st win find ns vi.
practically no space and VITA oxtremeI
firm rentals. Those waiting for an~ '''S \.
cided break in the rental market VIZ WY, Is
disappointed as far as downtown nro0 ny
rFty or downtown space is concornoE
and some are certain to be waitina !,
VAIN about May l for cheap snsco ,c.,'s sba.
d. not and viii no. devcior. '"'
Next year viii see considerable hn,
ing for occupancy. but at great,,. D1.
duced scale; it viii surely see tbe bs
ginning Of an unusually strong M mo~o US
ment tor the purchase of plots for IN
proyement on the west side arouns
hudson, Narick and adjoining trDn strea,s
north of Canal. '''ee'S
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Motor Trucks Are
Doing Great Part
In Farming Work
Therefore a Special Feature
Of the Forthcoming High.
way Transportation Show
Will Be a Day for Farmers

Because the American farmer has
found the motor truck a necessity, one
whole day-January 7, 1921-has been
set aside as Farmers Day" at the
Highway Transportation Show to be
held in New York City from January 3
to 8, inclusive. The Highway Transport
tation Show will be held under the
auspices of the Motor Truck Assoca-
tion of America, and because there is
no one building in the heart of New
York City large enough to accommo-
date all Of the truck exhibits two build
ings-the 10Th Regiment Armory,
SiXty-second Street and Columbus Ave
nue., and the list Field Artillery Ar
mory, Sixty-eighth Street and Broad
way-have had to be secured. Special
farmer exhibits Of the newest types of
farm trucks, convertible farm bodies,
hoists and other farm equipment and
educational programs designed to help
the farmer obtain the greatest benefits
from his motor truck equipment have
been arranged at each of the two ar
mories on Farmers Day"
One of the greatest factors which has
helped 20 make the motor truck a ne
cessity on the farm is the increase in
shortage of farm labor and the conse-
quent necessity for making every man
produce more than before. With the
physical limitations of the farmer re-
manning constant, the only means he
has had of producing more in a given
period has been to use mechanical in
stead of manual labor. The motor
truck has been one of the most impor-
tant of these mechanical means to take
IN his crops, move them to rail sidings
or to market, and to bring back to the
farm all those articles which are not
produced on the farm, but which are
necessary to the successful prosecution
Of farming as business According to
the Secretary of Agriculture in his an
nuai report to the President, farm labor
is liable to be still more scarce in the
future because of the trend of popula-
tion toward the cities. The Secretary
of Agriculture further says:
The following table shows the per-
ccntage of the total number of persons
employed in all American occupations
who We're engaged in agriculture from
1920 to 1910.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Automobile News
Insurance Inadequate
Goldberg Predicts Change in
Limitation of Liability

The limitation of liability insurance
may undergo a considerable change be-
fore long, says l.. II. Goldberg, auto
mobile insurance authority. The pres
cnt standard of protection. which has
been in existence for many years. is
$4,000 and 100000 The $1,000 repre-
sents coverage for an accident to one
person and $4,000 for any one acci-
dent in which more than Pne person is
injured, these limits applying, as the
case may be, for each accident taking
place during the life of the contract.
The changes in business conditions,
which have reflected on the low pur-
chase price of the dollar in the last sew
eral years, is an important factor in the
consideration of such'A possible change.
1t has been proved that the standard
protection as accorded now is made
quatc for the automobile owner, in view
OF the large verdicts that are being daily
returned in damage suits. Many as
sureds arc carrying liability insurance
in large amounts by paying the in
crease in rate. The form of change
has reference to eliminating the spe-
cihc amount Of indemnity that the COM
pany may be liable for. Such a con-
tract will have to depend great deal
upon its legality, its underwriting and
moral hazard.
Such a broad contract as the casualty
companies now have in mind would not
be issued as freely or written as lib
orally on account of the unlimited
amount of liability the company would
have to assume. Each application would
have to be morally and financially Of
the highest, and no doubt the company
would create some form or method of
writing such insurance.
The time is not far off when such
protection will be put in proper form,
for the companies have shown them
selves to be very progressive and have
covered almost every kind of hazard
that may be required to protect an au-
tomobile owner.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
By Charles F. Moves

There is nothing the matter with
downtown real estate. From January l.,
1920, to November Is, 1920, 14,494
properties, assessed for s914,479. 500,
changed hands, as against S,907 parcels,
assessed for $574, ,98l 500. during the
same period in 1919. In this period of
1920 9,S49 mortgages were extended.
with an aggregate Of 1927 ,925,S74 IN
VOWED, as against 5000 for the year
1s2. Banks and insurance companies
alone took $1l7,549.47S of the amount.
as against $49,006,225 last year There
were 7lS building permits during this
period. involving sol ,S32,118, as against
500 last year. involving SAL ,292 1893,
showing that construction is at least
commencing. althouhg little OF this con-
struction involved downtown business
property.
Dealing in business property down
town is still brisk, and there is every
indication that the year 1921 will be a
good one with all downtown brokers'
1t is here that the bulk of the citv's
financial business must be done for
all time, because no power can move
the financial and business section from
its lower downtown environments Here
are located all the trade exchanges
that help to make the markets of the
world. Here we have the New York
Stock Exchange. the Consolidated Stos k
Exchange. the Cotton, Coffee and Mari
time exchanges. Here we have all Of
our big banking interests, private bank
crs, trust companies, and most of these
important interests own their own
buildings. Our insurance companies,
our representative corporations. have
largely purchased their own homes.
This downtown district has truly been
called the Heart of the World" a
district incompatible with any other.
10 record the purchases for occupancy
downtown during the last few years
would take several columns
We have had but little downtown
last six or eight years. EXCEPT in
possibly the insurance district and on
lower Broad Street and lower Broad
way, tvilding has been at a stand
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Find Suites in Apartments

Peasc & Gilman leased apartments
at $50 Park Avenue for Mrs. G.. Van
.. Roberts to John g. Mlburn; at IL
East Sixty-cighth Street to David c.
patterson; ut ID East Fi'tieth Street
to Mrs. A. Evans; at 205 West Fifty
seventh Street to Mrs. r. s. Hathaway:
ut 21 West Fifty-eighth Street, fur
nlshed, for Mrs. Louise Stebbins to
W. G.. Allen; at 3l4 West Seventy
second Street to A. f. Mittenacht: at
lo9 West Sevcnty-second Street to Mrs
A. Supp ce, and at $50 West SEVENTY
second Street to w. Clark Waters.
The Payson Mel. Merrill Company
leased large Furnished duplex apart
ment MT 925 Park Avenue to Ernest
Schelling: also furnished apartments
at lao West Fifty seventh Street to
Mrs. George S. Mcneil, and at III Eas,
Ihirty-f fourth Street to Mrs. Otto
Young Heyworth.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Smaller License Plates
Appear To Be tho Ru,o

"A .AaLhANY, Dec. ia tendency tov
ara smaller automobile license n,at"s
On the part of several states is ev;deus p'deus . >
~ III ,oo coilectlon of score or mora e'ls nf
State's s'ta ~ dsi plates in the Secretary Of
comnj +, 'nV Ve . g. once and which will later on
.onp'eIe plate exhibit for the var;o,,a va
automobile shows. Conncct;cut i Silious a. o., 3
only exception, the plates which " me tie
state mas adopted for next wear he;ncs .M's
nearly twenty inches in lcnrtb ,ms ams
p.rooaoly the largest which anv state civ ~
the Union will use. "S STATE IN
rates which will serve the motor;s+s
1i vermont, Oregon, California. Ma;no
arn r'"sSIvan'a and several other statrs
" nh IL Sons'derably smaller than those
two thirds of the states hovo ".1l.aily aJ".
me me- hyphenated numeral, first uscp'Gn uscd ia
.s new York State, and which now oxl y"
sehds as far west as California
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Space for Horace Havemcvor

,ann9 mapcrt u. Ashforth, Inc, managing
ngen's for the new twenty five storS
w',u,o s1"cc ou''dlng eg being erected by the
s,rna, nunS'" steamship Line. 81 Wall
ne,.I', ner,i1 'c1Sen TO Horace Hinvcmcycr a
po'''on of the scventccnth floor for
executive Offices for fifteen vcars W.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Business Concerns Find
Space i'm Midtown Zone
Tyson Company to Pay S4OO,O
Rental for Building in
West 42d Street

lhe Tyson Company leased for twen
ty-one years the building 2OS West
Forty-second Street from the II. D. B.
Kealty Company, at an aggregate rental
OF $4OO,00O, for a central distributing
point. Moore e. Sparks were the bro
kers.
Albert R. Ashforth, Inc, leased to
the Cohen, Friedlandcr & Martin Com.
rany. inc, of Toledo Ohio, floor at
29O Fifth Avenue.
The New York Real Estate Company
and Paul Stern leased for twenty years
to the 55l West Thirty fourth Street
corporation the five casterlv lots ad-
joining the northeas, corner of Elev.
enth Avenue and Thirty fourth Street.
on which they will build ii one story
commercial garage.
The Duross Company leased the four
story building 73 Seventh Avenue for
Mary d. Boyle to Harry Nystadt;
the store S2 Seventh Avenue to John
Doukas, and the stores at &C and 68
West Ninth Street to Donate Spero.
Morris Levcnson and George Necl.
Harris, Nought & Co. leased at $50
Fifth Avenue space to S. j. Rydell.
William A. White e. Sons leased at
1918 Exchange Place Offices to Witt v
Reilly, Julian C. Harrison, Tunls G..
bergen, Commonwealth Commerce
Corporation and Hamilton Adler &
Co, and space in the same building to
Chubb & Sons; at 100 Hudson Street
office to Elkan B. Marks; at SO Fulton
Street, a floor to r. IIillier's Son Com
pany.
Brown-W Wheelock Company, Inc
leased the fifth floor at go 2-64 William
Street to the Cord Meyer Realty Cor
poration.
F. & G. Pdomm leased the store 23o
West Thirty-tifth Street to Harvev
Rrett; the first loft 1877 East TWENTY
third Street to the X. & B. Electrical
Equipment Company for five years.
and the first and second lofts 279 Fifth
Avenue for five years to Harry Rosen-
berg.
Charles F. Noycs Company leased
Offices in the Fuller Building. Broad
wav Fifth Avenue and Twenty
Street, TO tho Travellers Insurance
Company at an aggregate rental of
about $4,000
Cross g. Brown Company leased
space at 1885 Broadway to Mayer Rosen-
thai; at 229 West Fifty eighth Street
to Fulton Lamp and Shade Company.
Inc; ut l44 West Fifty-sevcnth Street
to Eugene Biazzo; at 1872 .26 Spring
Street to Bondet & Goldsholl; at 74-76
Firth Avenue to FrcdcSick Payne. and
with f. Southack & ca space Mt 400
Broadway to Salmen & Sehlussel.
The Manufacturcr Sale Store Com
pany leased, through Dwi ight Archibald
q Ferry. Inc, the store 10S-ll0 West
Twenty fourth Street for general dry
goods for ten years at an aggregate
rental of over 100000.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Suites i'm Apartments Lcased

reasc g. Gilman leased apartments
at 56 West Eleventh Street to Mrs. +,
M. Spraguc; at l50 East Seventyscc-
ond Street, furnished, for Harold Otis
to Clifford N. Carver; at 1929 East
SSevehty sixth Street for Francis II
iiadden to Mrs. A. G.. Gardiner. Of
boston at West Sixty-fourth Strert
,or ,,,or the iiarpcrly Hall Company to G.
W. Ricdcll at 2GO West Scventv-th;rd
Sstreet, to Edmund G. Mnbic. and to
w, VI. Gage; at l10 West SEVENTY
seventh Street, for tho Marsan Renltv
I,mompnny to d. ?. Thurber, and at li9
wcst SeveRty-ffth Street to Mrs. !
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Buys White Plains New uo,,.

Howe a. Thopson have sold ~ -;
cnt tho p. C. Hayes new cnlnr,aI .'i
on Crandview Avenue, White Pla;ns s''
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

We may expect for 1920 lower per
centage than for 1910. 1t will not be
surprising If the complete returns show
that only 80 per cent Of our workers
are farmers"
The motor trucks greatest asset to
the farmer is its ability to save time.
ms was strikingly shown by a recent
lEVestlgation made by the Department
OF Agriculture among 753 farmers in
the states of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont. Massachusetts. Rhode Island
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
rennsylvania, Delaware and Indiana.
Nincty-one per cent of these farmers
SAID that saving time was the greatest
advantage of owning a motor truck.
study Of the report Of the 753
farmers, as completed by the Office of
tarm management and farm economies
showed that the farms, which were
operated were of all sizes and types
ana that motor trucks were of all
sizes from one-haf ton up to five tons.
Inc rated capacity Of very few Of the
trucks was greater than two tons.
however, and nearly half of the trucks
were Of one ton size
The report further showed that one
ton trucks were more preferred by
farmers than any other size. Aboit
onc-fourth of the farmers have
caanged their market for at least
part Of their produce since purchasing
-rucks. For those who have changed mar
Ke,s the average distance to the old mar
ket was seven miles and the average dis
lance TO the new market is twenty
niies. Better prices were in most
ceses obtainable at the new market
ana led to the selection Of the new
market instead Of the old. The ability
10 taKe advantage Of the better prices
IN the new market was made possible
solely through the medium Of the
motor truck and it's ability TO cover
more ground than the horse wagon.
further outstanding features of the
report indicate that the owners csti-
mate mat on an average their trucks
'ravel 1890 miles year and are used
on l73 days year. The average Jifc
OF the trucks is between six and one
nan ana seven years. and, in most
cnses, deprecintion is the largest
s'hgie item Of expense in connection
WIN their operation Most Of the own
err OF ooe-haif and thrcc-quartcr ton
'iucks prefer pneumatic tires; the
o"Hefs of onc-ton trucks are about
evenly divided in their preference. and
most OF the owners Of trucks larger
shah one ton prefer solid tires. About |
iour-hfths of the farmers state that
thsif trucks decreage their expense for
hired help. On the average they esti-
mate that this decrease amountn 10
t1z2 year.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Lie Insurance Policies for
greensboro Corporation Staff

me Queensboro Corporation will
p.ese"e 10 each member of its Office
;;aan, ; except executive officers, n life
snSurance y, dna policy ranging from $500 to
p;,.S. Hi,yoo inc day before Christmas
"asn,y,a 'nEn';na I'VE viii benefit according to an
mac made yesterday by the
disability features. 0o'''"'"s
me certificates viii be presented 70
,hc employees at Christmas nartu ~ ~
De De held on Friday at 8 D. m Mt the ,o
jackson Heights Community C]nh N'e
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Home Buying at Malha

MaTD" Estatcs Corporation, Chamn &,
nasey' sales directors, have sold at T
NJ !, 81 pa on the Sound, l.. l., new resi-
1ehce IN Fourth Avenue for Mrs LAIN
~ nynds, of Manhattan; the DcWitt
~; Iay'or property on North Drive ~
Edward Smith and waterfront bn;,d' ~ =
ing plot to j. w. McKcon, of Broollun
Deming graphic., 1920-01-13
PROTEST
by the Mother Of a Boy Who Has Gone

by the Mother of Boy Who Has Gone
Those who live to spread their views
must talk.
Those who ride, dictate to those who
walk.
Those who had the price to pay are
dumb,
BY sorrows hand and frenzied grief
made numb.
Those who sacrificed their lives are
"still"
Friends are left who feel the lust to
kill
If killing was so needful In that
When kings and politicians cried for
These loved ones would the test of sor-
row bring,
That all alike might feel the awful
sting.
Wrong they may be. "Who shall
judgeY' they cry.
who are these who said our boys must
die?
Who are these who. having naught to
lose,
Sang and preached, and uregd
our boys to choose?
Platform, pulpit, home and State join
ed In.
Is the world now better, purged from
sin,
Since this awful toll of death Is
reapedl
No-the very earth in blood Is STEPPED.
And still in graft and greed we forge
ahead,
Forgetting those who mourn and those
called dead"
Stars and Stripes
Deming graphic., 1920-01-13
NEW SENNET FILM Is A
SCREAMING COMEDY

a farcial production that is guaran-
teed to drive away the blues is the
new ParamOunt-Mack Semnet Com
edy. RIP and Stitch, Tailors," which
will he presented at the Priness thea
ter next Sunday featuring, players are
Harry Gribbon, Hughie Mack, Alice
Davenport, and Myrtle Lynd, not to
speak of those wonderful Mack Sennet
animals, Teddy and Pep.
The story deals with man tailor
his wife, pretty customer and her
husband. There Is misplaced love.
wifely jealousy and an elopement
In which n baby figures startlingly.
one of the most remarkable chases
ever seen in motion pictures, is shown.
The comedy isl illed with harmonious
action and the fun Is in evidence from
start TO the finish
Deming graphic., 1920-01-13
WHO SPILLED THE BEANsg


The public win be somewhate sur
prised no doubt to learn OF the con-
troyersy which is being aired In con-
gress In regard to alleged unnecessary
American losses ON the day the armis-
tice was signed. Charges by New Eng
land National Guard officers that the
staff at Chaumont failed 10 call off
attacks ON November IL even when
they knew the armistice was signed or
about 10 be signed has been freely
made and as freely denied by Gen
eral Pershing ands members Of his
staff.
From the safe vantage point OF
Revigny near Vcrdun the remnants of
Demings's 20. /, consisting mostly of
Officers and nOn-commissiOned Off
GERS engaged in machine gun training,
viewed with equaniInity the last at-
tacks and only worried about going
a. w. q. l.. to get in ON the finish
Everyone knew that the war was ON its
last legs and II the staff at Chaument
didn't know 1t, enquiry could have been
made from few recruits about town
and the information gained. Those
who had to go against German machine
gun positions on that day were the
ones that should have worried, and
they did. Some Of them naturally were
killed and the survivors will never for
give leaders who could have marked
lime instead of encouraging attacks on
strong positions on that day.
But that, really, isn't what is be-
hind the New England Crouch.
We came home with detachments
from the New England National
Guard. in fact our own division had
many rcplaccments OF Officers and men
IN that division who rejoinod 10 90
home with rs, who charged that when
The fighting entered It's final stages
md IL gave clear signs of being com
.raratiyely safe about the front sys-
lcnatic effort was made 10 relieve Ma
tiOnal Guard officers who had been
with the troops through the hardest
fighting by regular army officers who
had been more or less engaged in the
:. q. $. II was charged that certain
general was relieved because he re-
fused TO replace his own Officers with
those sent up by the crowd at Chau-
ment. Whether or not this Is true, Il
was sommon gossip. and New England
is nest Of hornets ready to light on
the Pershing presidential "bean" at the
slightest proyOcation.
The army had and has not now a
great deal Of enthusiasm for the com
mander-ln-chief though his record is
seemingly unassailable. Somebody that
can point out errors in Judgment on
the part Of the commander will
be doing distinct service for those
that have it in for him for personal
reasons.
Deming graphic., 1920-01-13

over the arrival of Mr.. John Hon, a
brother, and wife. | dare say that
these good people, who came from the
north, were much surprised by the
weather conditions here.
MeSdamcs Manhart and Danse were
guests at a delightful dinner given by
Mr. and Mrs G.. \. Gibson at their
fine home ON W. Pine st. After dinner
'r. Gibson took the guests To Sce "Oh.
laby." which in spite of train delay
and other unusual happenings, w
thoroughly enjoyed by all
Deming graphic., 1920-01-13
BILL AGAINST "REDS" PASSED

A government that cannot protect
itself is worthless as protection for its
citizens, and the government that does
not use its extraordinary powers to
protect itself is an easy prey for radi-
Gals with revolutionary ideas. The
government of the United States can
protect itself against anarchistic agi.
tators and it will. Saturday the sen
ntes passed n bill aimed at those who
propose 10y acts or propaganda the
violent overthrow of the government.
The bill, as It goes TO the house, has
teeth in 1t. The department of justice
will soon have weapon that It can
weld with some hope of putting fear
into the hearts of those who would de
stroy the government.