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Evening star., 1920-01-04

erged. one after another. into the
sunshine, like ants crawling out of
their hole. AS each sailor reached
the deck he Strengthened up, lifted
his arms and shouted:
'Kamerad! Kamerad, Kamerad.'
In all four officers and thirty-five
men went through this ceremony.
Were they really surrendcring them
selves and their boat. or did these
gymnastic exercises conceal some
new form of German craftiness? The
American ships ceased firing: the
flaming gingerly approached the
submarine while the Nicholson stood
by, all its 4inch guns trained upon
the German boat, and the machine
Germans. ready to shoot them into
ribbons It the fyst sign that the sur
render was not a genuine on& /
While fhess preliminaries were
taking place. couple of German
sailors disappeared into the interior
. of theYs asn bhisrine. = ,stayed there a
! monlent''or two and then re turned
to the deck. They had apparently
performed a 'duty that; was charac-,
teristically German: for. few min
utes after they appeared again the
U-5S began to settle in the water.
and soon afterward sank. These
men, obeying orders, had opened the
cocks and scuttlcd the ship--this
after the officers had surrendered
her! AS the submarine disa ppe areu.
the men and officers dove and started
sMianLaine toward the flaming; four
of them became entansled in the
radio -zantenhae and We're dragged
under the waves; however. in a few
minutes these men succe eded in dis
entanslins themselves and joined
the swimmers. AS the thirty nine
men Heared the t'anning, it was evil
dent that most of them We're ex-
tretnsly wearicd and that some were al
most exhausted.
The sailors from the flaming
threw over lines; some still had the
strength to climb up these to the
deck. while to others it was neces-
sary to throw other lines which
they could adjust under their arms.
These latter. limp and wet figures.
the American sailors pulled up.
much as the fisherman pulls up the
inert body of a monster fish. And
now an incident took place which
reveals that the American Navy has
rather different ideals OF humanity
from the Germans. One of the sail
ors was so exhausted that he could
not adjust the life lines around his
shoulders: he was very apparently
drowning. Like a dash. t,lXer ilar-
we'll. chief pharmacist mate, and
Francis G.. Conner. coxswain, jumped
overheard, swan to this Aoundering
German and adjusted the line around
him as solictously as though he nsd
Evening star., 1920-01-04
The Victory ait Sea & z AzEaEze' s;&:

lSCOuRAGING as was this
business OF hunting an in
visible foe, events OCCASION
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
SHORTAGE
HITS WORK ON TUBES
New Tunnels to Brooklyn and Queens
May Not Be Ready for Operation
Until Early Summer

Although strenuous efforts are being
made to rush to completion the clty's two
new transit tunnels, inability to secure
construction material is seriously ham,
pering the work. Present indications
are that neither the Montague street
tube to Brooklyn nor the SiXtieth street
tube to Queens will be ready for train
operation when the five cent fare to
Coney Island becomes effective two
weeks hence. There have been embar-
goes on material. due either to adverse
weather conditions or strikes, since the
beginning of the year, and track work
and concrete finish in both tubes have
been held up to such an extent that traf-
fic in the tunnels may not start until
the beginning Of the summer
As soon as the tube work Is finished
service between Manhattan, Queens and
Coney Island will begin over the recon-
structed Brighton line. This will make
possible q continuous ride from Corona
or from Astoria to Coney Island, approx
imately twenty-five miles, for a five cent
fare. The running time between Corona
and the ocean will be approximately
fifty-five minutes.
Reconstruction work on the new
Brighton line is now nearing completion.
The renovation and Improvement of the
Brighton route have cost approximately
81, 900. 900, OF which about $i,5O0,OW was
expended by the city and N.0OO.W by the
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ENGINEERING co. TO
BUILD IN BROAD, ST.
Modern Structure viii Rise
Near Curb Market.

In a few weeks the old brick build
lngs at H3, As and AZ Broad street, hard
by the Curb market. will be razed and
in their places will rise a modern ten
story structure which will be the home
or the Combustion Engineering Cor
poratiop. which has leased the site from
the All ance Realty Company through
Pease 4; Gilman at a figure said to be
Sl'oOO.O0O. By this transaction one Of
the newest OF the worlds important in
dustries Will be housed on one of the
historic sites OF New York.
with the coming Of the Combustion
Engineering Building at 43-45-47 Broad
street, the Post and Flagg Building I'M
medlately adjoining. and the Seaboard
National Bank Building, which is being
erected on the corner Of Beaver and
Broad next door to the Post and Flagg
Building. practically the last of the
older buildings will have gone. and the
widest, most attractive street in the n :
nancial district will at last have come
into Its own. Ludlow & Peabody are
the architects of the newest improve-
ment TO be planned.
The Combustion Engineering Corpora
ton has board Of directors of which
George Foster Peabody Is chairman
me personnel of the board indi-
Gates the growing understanding of
the fact that the proper handling OF coal
Is second TO no great business. There
are several companies which have been
oullt up by recovering from oil its val
liable qualities and In marketing the
oil, but this is but small compared 10
the several hundred ingredients which
are obtained from coal
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
MANY DWELLINGS TO
BE SOLD AT AUCTION

Home seekers and investors will have
an opportunity Of purchasing dwellings
at their own price at the special sales
day OF improved Brooklyn properties, to
be held by Bryan l.. Kennedy next
Wednesday. There are a number OF
dwellings, as we'll as several Investment
properties. The list includes the follow
ing:
No. 50s-510-516 Myrtle avenue, three
four story tenements with stores: 1915
1881 Herkimer street. four two story
dwellings; 90-92 Skillman street two
two and half story tenements; 533-A
Lexington avenue, two story dwelling :;
III Wythe avenue, three story
building. with stores; &c Rocka-
way avenue, two story dwelling
12S-13S Fulton street, four-story tene-
ment with store and three story tene-
ment with store; 371 Prospect place. n
two story frame dwelling 5Ox12O, in
the south side of Lawrence street, 1925
feet west OF Pleasure place. Long Island
City. Mr.. Kennedy will offer at spe-
cial salesday on April 2S the following
properties: 111-117 West 1880 street,
four three story dwellings .22 West
131st street. a three story dwelling; 2s2
West 131st street: a three story DWELL
ing; 2l33-21s5 Fifth avenue. four three
story dwellings; 1873 West Ninety-ninth
street. o i've story tenement.
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brooklyn Rapid Transit Company In tha
reconstruction work from Malbone streat
10 church avenue. This amount ia ex-
ciusive of the $60,000.000 expended for
the Montague street tunnel and the cost
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit lina nm
ger broadway, Manhattan, which makes
II possible for the Brighton service m
oe extended from brooklyn through
central Manhattan and to Queens Ror-,
ough. o"i-
The railroad company work inc,udnd
tne rebuilding and four tracking OF the
sectloh from MaIhone street to Church
avenue remodelllng the Church avenue
station with an entrance from Cation
avenue replacing the Woodruff avenue
s'atlon by new station at Parkside
avenue and the complete reconstruction
OF the Flatbush avenue station, which
now extends from Lincoln road to Flat
push avenue at Malbone street. with
entrances from both ends.
with the inauguration of tba NAN
brlghton service trains will be operatAd
on the express tracks of the Brighton
line from Kings Highway, making stop,
AT NeWkirk avenue, Church avenue and
Prospect Park, from which point All
stops VIII be made In Brooklyn and
manhattan to Queens. Later on, with
the acquisition of additional steel car
equipment. this service will be extended
to the local tracks of the Brighton lima
and run through to Coney Island. All
service via the new route will consInt
OF steel car equipment.
This will be the first time that the Flat
push avenue section Of Brooklyn has
been able to reach the heart of Nav
York city either for a 5 cent fare or
by direct service. 1t will also afford A
means OF reaching the Bay Ridge and
Fort Hamilton sections Of BROOKLYN. a.
well as the territory now served by tho
West End and Sea Beach routes. a frea
transfer to these sections being possible
at the DeKalb avenue station.
In view Of the fact that the trainn
VIII be operated through tho downtown
district of Manhattan, It is expected
that considerable relief will be afforded
at the Canal street station, where at the
present time transfer must be made
from the Broadway local trains to reach
brooklyn. The Brighton line running
direct to the DeKalb avenue station.
will change the transfer point from
Canal street and Broadway to that
station for West End and Sea Beach
passengers, who now must change from
the present Broadway local to reach
their destinations on these lines
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SOUTHEAST CORNER Of sr.NcAoLAs
AVE. s90 l62Ho STREET.

Francis Winfield Woolworth when he
died at his country home, Glen Cove,
L. l., left an estate valued at approx
mately $50, 100000 to siO,O00,OOO. In
Guiding the real estate on Washington
Heights. This property. In and adjacent
to "Woolworth Circle" Is TO be sold at
AN absolute administrators auction sale
by Joseph p. Day on Thursday. April %,
at 12 o'clock noon In the Real Estate
Exchange, II Vesey street.
"woolworth Circle" Is courtesy title
bestowed on the location of the Wool
worth real estate holdings because of his
control OF practically all the frontages
In the plaza formed there by the inter-
section Of st. Nicholas and Amsterdam
avenues between 160th and 163d streets,
where, at the southwest corner of 162d
street Mr. Woolworth erected the Jumel
Building, one of the several business
properties to be sold. A large amount
of property contiguous to thl Jumei
Building, including the balance of the
block front to 161st street. facing in st.
Nicholas and Amsterdam avenues, also
Is to be offered.
In addition the offerings include the
entire block front in st. Nicholas ave
nue. from 1G2d to 163d street together
with additional properties adjoining in
the side streets, including several dwell
inRs: also in the west side Of Amstef.
day avenue, so feet north OF 16oth street.
a store, tenement and vacant lot; also
two large plots Of vacant lots at the
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space between has been developed into
a private garden or park.
The selling price Of the houses In this
vicinity, without improvements. is from
$12, 900 to $4,000. The cost Of altera-
tions runs from $4,000 up to $40, 900, in
cluding a new heating plant. new
plumbing and electricity. The altera-
tions. in charge OF Hyde & Johannes, OF
90 Vanderbilt avenue. architects. con-
sist. besides the introduction OF these
features, the rearrangement Of floors
into apartments with kitchenettes. The
plan usually adopted has been for a
tenant to lease the entire house. then
sublet the two upper floors at a figure
which might enable him to get his own
rent OF the ground floor and basement
free. A number Of we'll known persons
are living In this section, including
Judge Caffrey Miss Bertha Rambaugh.
who has recently purchased a house
there; Mrs. Jacob Rils. Marie Mattingly
Meloney and others.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
SUBURBAN TRANSACTIONS.

Fish & Marvin sold to the Brookside
Homes Inc, tract of land at Bronx
vile, N. Y, for development purposes.
Plans are already under contemplation
for the erection of number OF houses,
some OF which will be ready for October
delivery. The buildings will be made to
sell at from $25,000 to $4,000.
The same brokers also sold for Will
lam ]. Moore the brick dwellings, garage
and large plot in Aubyn Manor. near
Bronxville, to r. f. Stafford: also rented
for A. w. Lawrence for five years his
property at Lawrence Park, Bronxville,
to Rev. D. Stuart Dodge
Misses Nash and Kennedy sold the
Colonial house and over an acre of land
in Morris Lane, Scarsdale. N. Y, to Mrs.
Jeanne Patterson. The same brokers
leased the T. Russell Brown house in
Underhill Road to L. NJ. Kohn.
George w. Both. with Burke Stone.
Inc. sold for Mrs. Jennie Upright to
Fred Quenzer colonial dwelling In Ar
gyle Road, Bronxville.
Robert E. Farley Organization sold
for Mrs. Ethel NJ. Goodenough her resi-
dence at 90 Waller avenue. White Plains,
N. Y, to William l.. Gottlieb.
Burke Stone. Inc, sold for the Hewitt
estate the plot at the southeast corner
OF Fifth avenue and Second street in
Pelham, ". Y; also plot In Crestwood,
N. Y. TO p. F. Wehmer.
Prince & Ripley, Inc. sold for Henry
P. Snyder his estate in Soundvlew ave-
nue., White, Plains, N. Y. to J. w. Ro-
senberg; also plot in Walworth ave-
nue., Scarsdale. n. Y. to w. B. Gambee.
Harvey Craw sold the Mrs. Caroline
Kellock property in Roslyn. J.. l., to
Robert R. Forester; also. from plans,
a house in Westmoreland. Little Neck
for Rickert-Brown Company, TO Charles
Hackptt
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
F. p. WEAVER RETIRES
FROM c. F. MOVES co.
Place Will Be Taken by Col.
Marcel Sibley Keene.

Fisher P, Weaver. for over twelve
years actively associated with the
Charles f, Noyes Company is soon to
retire from business. He has made no
definite plans for the future, but will
spend at least year in travel.
Lieut.-Col. Marcel Sibey Keene will
come to the Noyes Company on April
is to fill the vacancy He will be elected
a director to take Mr.. Weaver's place in
the several corporations with WHICH
Charles F. Noyes is largely identified.
Mr.. Weaver will remain uRtu-hls sue
cessor is well started on his new work.
Col keene comes to the Noyes Company
after thirteen years of active service
with the United States Regular Army,
most OF which time has been devoted to
executive work
Among other assignments Col Keene
organized the detences Of the Panama
Canal at the entrance from the Pacific
Ocean, and more recently mustered in
and out of the Regular Army the
National Guard forces of the country.
He also served as one OF Major-Gen.
Leonard A. Woods representatives at
Charleston and Governors, Island.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
FINDS READY BUYERS
FOR ALL PROPERTIES
B. L. Kennedy Sells Manhat-
tan and Richmond Parcels.

Eight parcels of improved income
property in Manhattan and two private
dwellings on Staten Island were readily
disposed of by Bryan l.. Kennedy at his
special auction last Wednesday, The
properties brought the following prices:
Twenty West 112th street, Ave
story brick and stone double fiat, sold
to Madam s. Fried for S32, 900 33 West
112th street. five story brick and stone
double fat to Jacob Alperin for $780,
600; 24O East Twenty-third street.
three story and basement brick and
brownstone dwelling, to L. NJ. Henry for
$4,000; 225 and 227 East Ninety-siXth
street, two five story brick and stone
flats, to Caroline e. Brown for S19,75O
each 800 to 373 First avenue, two
five story and one three story tenement
with five stores, sold to j. A. Barnard
for $39,500; 235 Water street. five
story store and loft building to James
]. Carson for S24,750; 497 Canal street,
a four story and cellar loft building, to
.E, n. Henry Tor $1,000: 16 Suffolk
street, tive and half story fat to
Meyer Brealstein for $22,950 1S2
Waters street, Staten Island, stucco
dwelling, to Moses Radninsky for $3.50;
1869 Richmond Terrace, West New
Brighton, S. l., two family frame
dwelling, to Isadore Cohen for S4,J5O.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
by HARRIET. .sIssoN GILLESPIE,

BY HARRIET sSISSON GILLESPIE.
Greenwich Village has boldly raised
the guidon Of hearth and home and from
renceforth will be known as the home
sector, all of which ia, incidentally, a
warning to those who have been exploit
ing 1t for their own selfish ends. The
good folk OF the village" have too long
suffered from n species of cheap adver-
tising by reason of the freaks and
profteers who have brought an unwel-
come notoriety upon 1t. but from now
on Its essentially domestic character will
be more strongly emphasized, as articles
Of Incorporation are about to be filed in
Albany by a holding company whose
aim Is TO restore the quarter for resi-
Dental purposes.
This section of old New York, once
upon time the centre of wealth and
fashion, has little by little come to its
own. Many agencies have worked to
this end, restoring the quaint old houses
and making It a pleasant place to live in.
as 1t used to be when the city was
young. Vincent Pepe, real estate broker.
has uOne nucn 10 Improve tne village
and innumerable individuals have also
taken a deep interest in its rehabilita-
ton. But few have done more to further
this plan than William Sloane Coffin, 10
whose initiative the new organization of
the Hearth anad Homes Company, Inc,
is due
Mr.. Coffin's first activity In the re-
Mobilization Of Greenwich Village start
cd seven or eight years ago, when he
remodelled the parsonage Of the Spring
Street Church at As Dominick street.
This old house. like others in the neigh
borhood has the quaint dormers and in
teresting Colonial doorway. 1t Is, as in
the case Of the others, built substantially
Of brick, with brownstone copings and
low front stoop with iron railings and
IN this case wrought iron posts, indicat-
ing the fact that at some time In its
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
REAL ESTATE NEWS
NOTES AND GOSSIP
Latest Reports Of Sales and Leases
From Brokers in the City and
Suburban Field

Homes Corporation (James Frank
presidenD. Unger & Unger, attorneys
represented the sellers.
Isaac Lowenfeld and William Prayer
purchased from Marie Forster 167 tc
l73 East Eighty-second street. -four
three story dwellings each 192xl02 2
The seller was represented by Ivans
Wolf & Hoguet and the purchaser by
Arnstein &ISevY.so.gt-fs & '-'a--4- -,-.sr-
Pease & Gilman sold for James Gore
King six story dwelling, 164x5Ox1O2.2,
at l19 West Eighty-thIrd street.
Houghton Company sold to client of
Frederick Fox & Co. the four story
dwelling at 150 West Ninety fourth
street, 1Sx100.
Duross Company sold for Elmire L.
During the four story house at IL West
Sixteenth street. 21x92, to a Mr.. Kol-
andez, who will alter for business also
for Julia A. Waters the four story house
at 224 East Nineteenth street, 21x92, to
DR.. Emil Nyitray.
John ]. and Theodore A. Kavanagh
resold for Max Greene 1855 Park ave-
nue.. three story dwelling, 1SSxSS.6, to
buyer who will alter.
James H. Cruikshank resold to Vito
Masiello and Frank Terrell the three
story dwelling at 26S West 127th street,
l6.SXl00, through E. P. Lorck.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
231 GREENPOINT LOTS
TO BE SOLD THIS WEEK
Property Is Near Eastern Die.
trict Subway Station.

Practically the only large tract Of
available unimproved property In the
Greenpoint section of Brooklyn ara thu
231 lots to be sold at noon next wednes.
day by Joseph P. Day. auctloneer, for
the estate OF the last Judge Henry Hill
ton. The lots are within seven short
blocks of the first subway station to be
opened on the Fourteenth street tunnel
from Manhattan. which will be In oper-
alton probably within year.
The property fronts in North Four.
teenth and Fifteenth streets, Meserole,
Wythe, Nassau and Norman avenues.
Dobbin, Banker and Gem streets Among
the neighborhood industrial plants are
the American Bag Manufacturing Com
pany, Continental Iron Works, American
Ice Company, Standard OIL Company,
Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn
Elevating and Milling Company, the
Hlldreth Varnish Works and the Hecla
Iron Works.
Meserole avenue, which runs diagonal
ly along the northwest boundary OF the
Hilton property, Is the principal connect.
Ing link between Franklin and Manhat-
tan avenues. All the area of Greenpoine
between Meserole and Greenpoint ave-
nues Is residential in character and al
most completely improved.
Throughout the section there is need
for additional factories and multi-fasu-
lily houses, ana this demand will b 40
centuated upon the completion and oper-
alton Of the new Eastern District SUBJ
way, which will be the main outlet from
the Fourteenth street and Union square
section Of Manhattan, and the first rapid
transit line between Manhattan and
Greenpoint.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made TO al
low 10 per cent. OF the purchase price Of
each lot to remain on bond and morts
gage for three years at 81 per cent.
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Brett & Good Company, Inc, sold the
Ave story business building, 3Ox10O5, at
. East Forty-sixth street for the Two
East Forty Sixth Street Company 10
Henry Mandel, who will reconstruct II
at the expiration of present leases. The
sellers acquired the property about ten
years ago from Jesse Seligman, who re-
sided there.
The four story building at s West
Twenty-elghth street, 25x9S.9. title to
which is held by the Robert Hoe estate,
Is to be taken over by company with
C. Solomon, s. Sackheim and d. Green
baum directors.
Frank Knapp, president OF the Will
lam S. Anderson Company, purchased
the ground at 954 Lexington avenue.
The William S. Anderson Company
leased the plot in 1898 and erected its
office at that time on this site.
Henry Wacker sold for Lustig & We'll
to Simon Rubin the four story building
327 West Forty-third street. which will
be remodelled and partly occupied by
the buyer.
w. L. Dean e. Co. sold for Dominick
Pace, 80 Moore street, to the New York
Lubricating Oil Company; also for
Charles H. Voorhees, ct al. the four story
building at As Stone street. 23x79x ir-
regular, through to 81 Pearl street.
Richard S. Elliott is reported to have
purchased from Oscar L. Gubelmann the
five story warehouse at "A Front street.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-04-18
NEW YORK CITIS LATIN QUARTER is TRIMMING ITS EAIF
Greenwich Village Shows Signs of
Shaking Off Some Of Its Bohemian
Shabbiness and Reverting to
Its Original Status as a
Residential District

, history It was occupied by Mayor Of
New York
So successful was the restoration of
this house that Mr.. Coffin went ahead
remodeling one after another until al
together thIrty-e!ght have been re-
claimed. Some of these were purchased
outright, others leased and fully sixteen
OF the entire number have been resold
to former tenants, There are, 1t Is said,
one hundred other houses of a similar
type that could be bought or procured
on long lease subject to alterations.
A number OF the streets in this vicin-
ity, notably Charlton and King streets,
will remain residential thoroughfares, as
defined by the zoiLng resolution-a
fact which doubtless will have its eff
feet upon the surrounding neighborhood
in maintaining It's standard.
No section Of New York possesses
more Interesting history than Green
wich Village. Alexander Hamilton had
his home not far away, as did also Gen.
Schuyler, and the Delafields, Randolphs,
Aymars, Colts and I.ydigs lived in the
vicinity Richmond Hill. the one time
home Of Aaron Burr, was beautifully
located on the banks of the Hudson only
few rods away. and until very re-
Gently one of the original farm build
ings stood at the rear of house in
Vandam street and was removed at
the time that Trinity demolished all its
rear tenements. In those days Four
teenth street was far uptown and the
Village" was the centre Of beauty and
fashion.
Even to-day. despite the ravages Of
time and the general decadence Of the
neighborhood. the old time dwellings
have retained their quaint charm. and
for the most part are well preserved, al
though outwardly having fallen into dis
repair They have as n rule, pretty
stairways and big, old fashioned fire.
places. with black marble mantels, and
good floors. The houses are for the
most part As feet deey on a 100 foot
lot. and in cases where they have been
secured on two streets the 10 feet OF