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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10
Holmes Conrad is Allowed
S15G,OO0; William A. An
ders0n $4,000
FINDINGS ARE FILED
Distribution of Plums May Begin
Within Few Weeks--Claims Are
Sumc rOuS.

Ricnno end. July Redistribution Of
the p:gms to be plucked from the
West Virginia debt settlement pie may
begin within a few weeks. Spec;a!
Master Robert L. Scott. appointed by
iJujgc K. Carer Scott, of the city cir
c,s!t court. TO hear the numerous cla!-
! m2wtS. has submitted his findings and
recommendations The reports OF the
special commissioner was filed witn
The eel < ct the court Thursday after
neon
II : now ir the hands Of Judge
S"o.t, whc wi! give final hearing IL
cp>r court July u before making the
awarJs. Large interests, represented
tby Brown Brothers and other bankers
ard financierS. Wall street men anc
foreign capitalists, who bought IN the
old bends at from ten TO fifty cents
on the GalIar. and held them many
wears a. Il speculation, are the prll-
c,ra} ben al Charles BY the settlement
CT the Ti:gin;a-West Virginia debt.
Nor than S4OO.000 Of the funds in
bank IL Richmond 20 the credit Of the
fund and in the courts custody WILL
i.ba distributed among members Of the
Virginia Gcbt commission for serv-
.:cca rendered
Af;cr payment Of various claims for
services, ard TO holders of bonds, The
state cf Virginia will receive 1922
T8I.St n the distribution of the set
temene in The famous West Virginia
iloI. There is now the amount o.
LIZA 1854 On deposit in loca!
bank. Tire coupon bonds on hand now
amour; to $l2.366.500 Other bonds
Inyv n Wcs. Virginia for the settle
men, cf minor claims will be return
:: here.
According to the report Of Special
Commissioner Scott the distribution
viii bn "a follows: 100000 to ne dl-
vided among the members of the debt
commission as compensation; $l3,3f5
% A. G.. Potter for services as ac-
.opntant; Sl50.000 20 Randolph Har-
rison attorney; $4,000 TO William a.
Anderson; $37 800 to John B. Moon;
$50 600 to Holmes Conrad; $4,000 TO
Sanford Robinson; $4,000 TO John 6.
johnson MesSrs. Conrad, Robinson
and Jonnscr appeared for Brown
Brothers. repositories Of Sl4,36o,-
isl2.62. cf the Virginia deferred GER
t;ficatcsi: $500 each to c. H. urrer.
John VI. Purcell. D. c. Zollickoffer,
Ivarhoe Sclatcr and John I. Sale,
clerks in the auditors and treasurer's
cd.cas for extra work outside their
Office hours, and S194.016.6o TO Brown
Brothers. which concern paid the ex-
penxeS of litigation in the supreme
court.
No mention is made among the
recommendations for the distribution
! cf the 100000 among members OF me
ds3t rcn.mission. The original COM
m:.sicr was composed Of John B.
Neon. chairman: Henry ]. Wickhan
Randolph Harrison, Taylor Berry,
Henry II. Downing. William F. Rhea
and II. y. Flood. Mr.. Moon died IN
1915 ara was succeeded by D. H. Pitts.
| raylor Berry died il 1896 and vas
Succeeded BY J. Thompson Brown. II.
| Il. Downing died in 1919 and was sue
ee.c!ed By John H. Downing. Joseph
fl,rtron is secretary Of the commis<:oC.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10
EIGHT MEN KILLED BY BOLT
Pile Driver Cable en-, Which They Are
Stanlinr Struck During Storm

New Orleans, July 1o.-lnvestiga-
ticn by the parish coroner of the
death at the industrial canal yester-
day Of eight workmen during an
electrical storm showed the men
were standing on pile driver cable
which was resting on sheet metal
pil'rg. \ bolt cf lightning appar-
entity st~lck the peak of the triver
tU which the cable is fastened and
was carried to the men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10
NOTICE

Change Of store hours, close 5 P.
m. July and August. except Saturday.
R. C. ACTON & SONS.
jewelers. and Silversmiths
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Mrs. James Sidney Douglas is the
guest of Mrs. C. c. Coates, of New
York. at her summer home at Cat
lett. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Mr. land Mrs. Frederick p. Rus
sell and Mr.. Hunt Russell left on
Thursday to spend the remainder OF
the summer at Ncank. Conn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

The July term of the corporation
court, Judge Robinson Moncure pre-
siding, will convene at 10 O'Clock
Monday morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Miss Maud A. PeYton and Miss
Heller Peyton. of Rapidan, Va,
are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles NJ. tShepperson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF
DR.. J. H. Bitter left this after
noon for Atlantic City where he
will spend the next week.

Miss Nellie Selden Uhler IS the
,uest of Mrs. Roderick Adams, at her
home near Sandy Springs. Nd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10


Mr. and Mrs. Frederick p. Rus
sell and Mr.. Hunt Russe!! lett on
Thursday to spend the remainder OF
the summer at Ncank. Conn.
The Sunday School will attend the
morrtng service in body at I'M
manuel Lutheran Church beginning
at IL o'clock A special service
has been arranged fer the occasion,
Mr.. Thomas NJ. Watkins left yes
terdav for Hazard. Kentucky, where
he has accepted position with the
Kentucky and West Virginia Power
Company.
At an adjourned meeting OF the
board of aldermen held last night
that body ccncurred in the action o1
commcn council at its meeting last
Tuesday night appropriating the
sum Of s1O,CCO to meet public schoo!
deficit.
The Allison w. c. T. U.. will
held the regular meeting Monday
evening at 8 o'clock with Mrs.
Frank Latham. 704 Duke street.
Business CT Importance will be con-
sidered and all members are e"rr-
ially invited to be present.
Horace X. Fulton and wife have
sold to c. G.. Carlin a lot OF ground
at the northwest corner OF Madison
ard Patrick streeas. The General
Realty Cooperation has sold to Mrs
Narce Fl. Christie q house and lot
No. 20. block 2,secticn /, Rosemont.
Miss Ilah Reed entertained on
Thursday evening at ner home on
Meth Washington street the fol-
lowing friends. Misses Beatrice
Ayers. Eurice Ayers, Virginia Flu
pjtt. and Messrs. Frank Slower
Donald Jameson. Harry Iyles and
Frank Norcott.
The Torpedo Station Recreation
League July 10 will give its first
excursion which will be different
from the rest. 1t will be forty
mile moonlight trip down the Poto-
mac. The trip Will be featured by
a iazz band and dancing for al! who
care to take part.
Mrs. ]. Percy Evans returned re-
gently from visit to Mrs. Mckenzie
Tabb at Middleburg, and with her SIS
ter Miss Eliza X. Douglas, spent the
past weekend in Warrenton Mrs
Evans left on Wednesday for Santa
Barbara, California, to spend the re-
mainder of the summer with Mrs. WEI
liam Hit.
Rev. DR.. F.. B. Jackson pastor
of the First Baptist Church. accom-
panic by his wife and also q mum,
her or Ladies Of the FIRST 'bap''s'
Charch left last night fer Virginia
Beach to attend the summer meet,
ing cf the Virginia Baptist Assoe'a-
ton.
There will be religious meeting
in the Chautauuua Tent at three
o'clock tcrorrcw afternoon con-
ducted by tie ministers OF the city
The principal speaker will be k!rS
r. Wallace Y. NJ. C. A. Secy or
y. NJ. c. A.. work in this CITY
Tie IIrte,rational Artists WI
rerGer sacred selections and FAM
liar hymrS will be sung by ten audi
erce. No tickets needed bnt sltve
Offering will be lifted for turther!n
Chautauuua work. Every one r
vited and welcome to hear tn'S plo
gram.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Mr.. Thomas M. Watkins left yes
terday for Hazard, kentucky, where
he has accepted position with the
Kentucky and West Virginia Power
Company.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

The Sunday School will attend the
morrtng service in body at I'M
manuel Lutheran Church beginning
at IL O'Clock. A special service
has been arranged fer the occasion,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

At an adjourned meeting OF the
board of aldermen held last night
that body ccncurred in the action cf
commcn council at its meeting last
Tuesday night appropriating the
sum of slO,CCO to meet public school!
deficit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

The Allison w. c. T. u. will
hold the regular meeting Monday
evening at 8 o'clock with Mrs
Frank Latham. 704 Duke street.
Business cf importance will be con-
sidered and all members are cord
ially invited to be present
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Horace X. Fulton and wife have
sold to c. C. Carlin lot OF ground
Mt the northwest corner Of Madison
ard Patrick streeas. The General
Realty Cooperation has sod to Mrs.
Narce Fl. Christie house and lot
No. 20. block 2,secticn l, Rosemont.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10
WEATHER

Fer ylrginia-Ffsir tcBight; warm
er in northwest postid IN; showers
Sunday CT Sunday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

The Torpedo Station Recreation
League July 10 will give its first
excursion which will be different
from the rest. 1t will be forty
mile moorStght trip down the Poto-
mac. The trip will be featured by
iazz band and dancing for al! who
care to take part.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Miss llah Reed entertained on
Thursday evening at ner home on
Meth Washington street the fol-
lowing friends. Misses Beatrice
Ayers. Eurice Ayers, Virginia Flu
off. and Messrs. Frank Slower.
Donald Jameson. Harry lyleS and
Frank Norcott.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-07-10

Mrs. ]. Percy Evans returned re-
gently from visit to Mrs. Mckenzie
Tabb at Middleburg, and with her sis
ter. Miss Eliza X. Douglas. spent the
mast weekend in Warrenton. Mrs
Evans left on Wednesday for Santa
Barbara. California, to spend the re-
ma;nder of the summer with Mrs. WEI
liam Hit
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Jackson Heigh t S
Apartments Impress
Women's League
Organization Which Is
Working for Better Hous-
ing Inspects Queens CO.
operative Development

Community housing is problem
which is attracting considerabl at
tention since the shortage of homes be-
came acute. With the situation be-
coming worse and worse and with
rentals increasing steadily this kind of
investment to the home seeker is
growing in popularity. The Women s
Municipal League of New York, of which
Mrs. Frederick C. Hodgdon is presi-
dent, is very active in an effort to bring
about more homes in both city and
suburban places.
Mrs. Hodgdon with other members
of the league recently inspected the
apartment building section at jackson
pose of studying the development of
this tract Of 100 city blocks. along
modern lines, and of viewing the new
Garden" type apartment houses now
being erected there by the Queens
boro Corporation, in the square block
bounded by Twenty and Twen-
ty-eighth streets, Polk and Roosevelt
avenues
The inspection also included other
modern apartment houses erected at
Jackson Heights, and an explanation by
F. G. Randall, president of the cor
poration, of the Greensboro Corpora
tion's plan of selling the individual
apartments to tenants on a collective
ownership basis, Mr.. Randall explained
the method of building, financing and
selling the greensboro apartments. The
league members seemed most inter-
ested in Mr.. Randall's assertion that
under the plan it practically would be
impossible to increase rents without
the consent of each and every one of
the stockholders in the various build
ing corporations, and that the revenue
from each building, together with the
costs OF operation and the net profits.
would be shared pro rata by the tenant
owners of that particular building, in
addition to which the control of the
property and the selection of sub-ten-
ants would at all times be and remain
in the hands of the tenant owners.
Mr.. Randall told Of the community
advantages of Jackson Heights and the
strength OF the community spirit dis
played by more than 6so families now
numbered among the residents there.
The personnel of the Women's Mu-
nicipal League is as follows: presi-
dent, Mrs. Frederick c. Hodgdon; first
vice president, Mrs, Adrian Van S.
Lambert: second vice president, Mrs.
Edward f. Loonais; third vice-presi-
dent, Mss. Julius Henry Cohen; cor
respor Rag secretary. Mrs. Gilbert H.
Montague recording secretary. Mrs
Charles Fiske Bound; treasurerA Mrs
Howard c. Meyers; executive secre-
tary, Miss Loretta .Somers.
Directors of the league are Mrs
Frederick Lee Ackerman, Miss Hilda
Goodwin, Mrs. Charles NJ. Hough, Mira
Percy Jackson, Mrs. PerciyaI Knaurh,,
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Mrs. Redford
]. Mount. Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim.
Mrs. Milton Starrett, Mrs. Henry A.
Stimson, Mrs. Edward s. Van ZiIe,
Mrs. Thomas 6. Wells. Mrs. Rosalie
Loew Whitney and Mrs. Francis Car
ter Wood. The league headquarters is
at IA East Forty sixth Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Interest in Auction Is
Keen Because of Space
Shortage; Philanthropy
to Receive Proceeds

The wonderful recuperative powers
of New York rea! estate will be dis
closed on Tuesday, when Joseph P. Day
will sell by auction the holdings of the
Juilliards in the old mercantile dis
trict, in the produce merchants baili-
wick and in the central loft building
districts, sections which for several
years previous to 1916 steadily lost
value. They were premier sections for
investment dozen years ago, but the
short-sighted economic policy of many
owners and promiscuous construction
destroyed the value of this zone.
In the last two years they have come
back in a manner which has been one
of the outstanding features of the mar
ket. Just now much of the lost value
has been regained, as will be dis
closed by the Juillard auction.
Zoning and building height restric-
tions, which were placed on this city
two years ago, will prevent the return
of one of the causes which brought
about the decline of these old sections
Field of Current Trading
During the two years there has been
considerable speculative activity in the
districts in which the Juilliard proper
ties are located, and also a large
amount of purchasing by the mercantile
and warehouse interests 'for occu-
pancy." 1t is many years since so
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Downtown Realty
Offered at Auction
Properties in Speculative Sec
tions To Be Sold by
.JOsenh p. Dav

Joseph P. Day will hold special
sales day at the Vesey Street sales
room a week from next Tuesday. On
the same day he will also dispose OF
properties owned by the estates of the
late Mary W. Wright, Charlotte N
Burlock and Henry Miller
The Wright estate consists of the
business building at 14-l6 Vandewate1
Street. between Franklin and Pear
Streets, in a district where there has
recently been considerable speculative
activity and buying for occupancy
20S East Fifty-second Street, a ware
house; and, in Brooklyn, the store
Wythc Avenue and South First Street
Other estate offerings include the
large, partially improved plot at the
southwest corner OF Park Avenue and
128th Street; 1875 West 134th Street, a
tenement near Lenox Avenue,
Voluntary listings are: 541-3-5 West
Thlrty-ninth Street, slx-story tene-
ment; plot 50x100, south side of Post
Avenue (Dyckman zone), $50 feet east
of 204th Street; in the East Bronx
twelve lots, 25xs9 each, to be sold
separately, fronting in Story, Have
meyer and Quimby avenues.
In Brooklyn, the store tenements
at $685. Court Street; 04S-54 Gates
Avenue, dwelling, tenement and
factory, and in West New York, N. j.,
the property to be sold consists of the
northeast corner of Hudson Avenue
and Fourteenth Street, 100x100, i'm
proved with four-story store and tenc-
ments.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
st. Denis Hotel To Be
Passed ON BY Old O,uners

The passing of another Broadway
landmark is presaged in the announce
ment that Joseph P Day will sell by
auction. for the estate of the late James
Renwick, the St. Denis Hotel property.
at the southwest corner of Broadway
and Eleventh Street, opposite Grace
Church. and enc block north of the
John Wanamaker Company stores. The
sale Will be held on February II. at j.
O'Clock noon, at II Vesey Street The
MOTEL at the present time is unoccupied.
The st. Denis Hotel occupies a
corner in Broadway. at the intersee-
tion of side street, one of the few
that does not cross the Great White
Way Back of this is interesting local
history. The street was not opened be-
cause of the strenuous objections of
Henry Brevoort, the owner of the
brevoort mansion. The Grace Church
rectory occupies the site OF the old
brevoort homestead. When the Bre-
voort Hotel was built Henry Brevoort
l74s-lS4l--insisted that it be called
the Brevoort House Hotel, to distin-
gu1sh between the mansion and the new
hostelry
Another bit of "Old New York" his
tory recalled by this sale is the fact
that the sharp change in the direction
OF Broadway north from Eleventh
Street was oceasioned by the opposi-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Robert K. Farley Rewards
Energetic Men i'm Concern
Moves Successful Workers Into
Executive Positions i'm the
Organization

William +. Heritage, Joseph A. Nc
Canless and Edward B. Morris have
been elected vice presidents and di-
rectors of the Robert Z. Farley Organi-
cation.
Mr.. Heritage, in addition to his
duties as sales manager of the Nepper-
han Heights and Bryn Mawr Park de-
velopments, supervises brokerage acti-
vlties in the southwestern section of the
county and parts of this city Mr. Nc
Canless assumes the sales management
OF the White Plains section and north
central area of Westchester, with head
quarters at the White Plains ofice.
Mr.. Morris will act as manager of bro
kerage sales in the westerly and Hud-
son River section in addition to his
supervision of Philipsc Manor
The men have been with the COM
pany for several years. With the re-
organization. William I. Hart. who has
acted as second vice president and sec
retary. has added to his responsible
ties the sales management of the
Scarsdale Estates and the management
of the brokerage department. of the
Robert E. Farley Organization in Scars
dale. Michael H. Barry, third vice
president, who has operated for the
organization in nearly every section
that it covers, Will direct the Sound
shore department. extending from
Mount Vernon to the Connecticut line.
Charles C. Mullaly will continue as
first vice president and general sales
manager of the organization and asso-
ciated companies.
Mr.. Farley, president and chairman
Of the board, announced that co;nci
dent with this reorganization profit
sharing schedule became effective. An
nouncement comes upon the twenty
fifth anniversary Of the concern.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Builder Pays Profit
For Flats He Built
Buys Back Bryant Aue.
Apartments Erected by
Hin, Seuen Years Ago

Jules Nehring has sold to Louis
Mondschein 1416 Bryant Avenue, two
tive-story apartments, on plot 50x1oO
The buyer built these houses seven
years ago and has repurchased the same
at an advanced figure for investment.
The same broker has also sold to
Mr. Mondschein $50 and $50 East 167th
Street, two fvc-story apartments, no
plot 75X100, and 992 to 996 Trinity Ave
nue., two five-story apartments, no plot
75X100 No. 992 Trinity Avenue has
been resold by Mr.. Mondschein to an in
vestor.
Max Marx has sold to Abriham Koch
the two four-story apartments, on plot
65xS0, at the northwest corner of Gro
tona Avenue and 1S3d Street.
The Murray g. Hill Company has
sold for Louis Guerr the five-story
apartment at 2767 Marion Avenue, on
plot 54x105.
Mayer & Horan have bought from
the Kleban-Leader, Inc, tive-story
apartment, on plot 60x1O0x irregular, at
907 East 10th Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
.Duilliard Sale Will Reveal
Come Back of Old Sections

large an offering as that of the two
Juilliard estates has been made in the
public salesroom.
Widespread interest has been dis
played in the Juilliard estate sale be-
cause Of the demand for business build
ings and the fact that the properties
are to be sold without reserve.
Substantial Buildings Involved
The two most highly improved prop
critics to be sold are tke twelve~story
loft building at 632-34 Broadway,
through to 1868 Crosby Street, and
the twelve-story building at 1896 West
Eighteenth Street. These two prop
critics should arouse large amount Of
competitive bidding.
In the same class perhaps, but prob
ably of more interest to buyers for
occupancy, are the seven-story build
ings at IA to Is Leonard Street and
the five-story building at s5 Leonard
street. Leonard Street is the center
Of the old wholesale mercantile dis
trict.
Exceptional opportunities for pur-
chase by the produce and warehouse
interests are presented in the Offering
Of the loft properties at 3-5-7 Vestrv
Street through to 24-26-2S Laight Street
and the entire block front in the
south side Of Laight Street, from Var
lck Street to st. Johns Lane.
The Juilliard sale includes the site
of this property. a stable, located OF
the outskirts of Greenwich Village. and
the garage, with two floors of apart
ments. at Ill West Fifty-first Street,
between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Philanthropy is to get most of the
money to come from the sale of these
buildings.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Demand Grows
Greater for City
Private Dwellings
Brokers Stormed With Re-
quests From Home Seek
ers, Unable to Rent and
Are Anxious to Buy

Peasc & Gilman have sold for i. II
Rothschild 21O East Sixtieth Street, a
three story and basement dwelling, on
plot 19.2x1Oo.5, to DR.. w. NJ. Rerklcy
The Brown, Wneeiock Company, Inc
has sold for Mrs. j. West Roosevelt the
three story dwelling at 10 East Thir-
ty-tirst Street, on plot 19x9S9. The
buyer is Adolph A. Hegeman.
Many West Side Houses Sold
Henry Hog has sold for the Hup
Realty Company, Incorporated, the
three story and basement dwelling at
209 East Thirty-ninth Street, to Miss
G. NJ Kelly and Alice M. Hogan.
George w. Mercer & Son have sold
for Frank J. Goodwin the three story
dwelling at 1923 West Twenty-second
Street, on plot 2oxs2, to Anton Leuy.
The Houghton Company has sold to
DR.. Joseph A Brady, tenant, for Edith
O. Massey. the three story and base
ment dwelling at 254 West Seventy
first Street.
W. D. Morgan has sold for the
Schermerhorn estate 548 West 162d
Street, three-story dwelling, to I. j.
Wander Bent, tenant.
Shaw & Co. have for A. F. Stanford
to client for occupancy a three story
and basement brick dwelling at 43
West l26th Street.
}. Irving Walsh has sold for Annita
G. Jerome the dwelling at 1873 West
Twelfth Street, on lot 25x1O0, to j. C.
Nicholson.
Thomas r. Crawford has sold sos and
$40 West l59th Street, two three-story
and basement frame dwellings. +. E.
Thomas was associate broker.