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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05

cards which were turned I'm to po.
lice Sergeant l,d Rice last uirht
Lcuieucy was given to a number o.
uuiuteutioual offenders owing to
their plea tina, the zones had not
been painted for long time and
wern not vi4ihin az certain places at
all All zone lines Will bc repaiutcd
this week
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05

The discovery of Pine Island Crude as a source of
better lubricaon together with the superior refining
process conceived by Mr. Ryan, our noted oil chemist,
is sensational for motorists. This wonderful Pine
Island Crude could almost be used for fabrication
from the well. You can truly say that it has
"lubrcatng base"
Dr. Edwin Debarr, Professor of Chemistry at the
State University, after impartial scientific analysis
of SAMMIES SUPER-OlL, wrote: "These oils are ex-
celent for automobiles gas engines and cylinder oil. |
can HEARTILY RECOMMEND their use in all auto
mobile and gas engines. They are exceptionally good
oils"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05

Seats on Sale now Listen Lester"
(Ady)
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05
Better GaIbricatiofa Is Conaiae&

SAMMIES SUPER OIL will not be merely an
other oi- new and decidedly better 1t is going to
save you lots of engine roubestroubes that you
dreamed caused by poor fabrication For instance,
there will be no sulphur phosphorus in SAMMIES
SUPER -OIL--it will mark new standard Of heat re-
sStance.
You cannot buy a drop of SAMMIES SUPER-OIU
yet 1t will be on sale soon at your dealers. You know
from our reputation and the quality Of SAMMIES GAS
OLINE, that SAMNIES SUPER OIL will be product of
unusual merit and value
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05
Looking Right at Strikers.

The retirement OF John Barleycorn
does not obviate the need of some
comprehensive and emphatic New
Year .--Washington star.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05
poLICE EASY ON pARKEns
Pleas Of "nim Llncs' on Spaces re-
served Won Freedom.

Numerous arrests FOR parking In
front OF theatcrs ana In safety zones
marked off for the safety Of pcdcs-
torlans. we're evidenced by tho red
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

Two Of the finest aac Oldest estates
in southerly FIatbush have been
claimed for business and residential
development They are both OF Kings
Highway, within few blocks Of each
o'her, and probably known 20 every
resident Of and visitor TO this section
Of Brooklyz. One is the homestead Of
the late Edward Rid.ey. ope o. the
Lest known dry goods merchants o. h;.
Time, wno more than Il score Of years
ago conducted q large dry good. store
n Grand Street, In those DAYS when
the retail shopping district of Man
rattan extended no further north than
Iwenty-third Street. The other Is the
Uitnas estate, tho property O! fam
'Iy OF extensive realty holdings in tnis
SECTION OF Brooklyn yaaay years ago.
Ot the two, chief iltcges. ccn.ers in
The Ridley proVc rty, q large colonial
house facing on Kings Highway. on a
tract strctchiag from Concy lzland
Avenue n Ocean Parkway and extend
ing southward 20 almost Avenue r,
twenty-six acrey in all. Iae house was
trilt Almost century ago. it il sa.d,
and It's architectural design il 70 At
:. tetive az N arouse the interest %
the casual Dssseroy. Until recently
the property was covered wtn large
snc stately trees res-mOl.n. n forest.
yany of these trees sprUn. from
Shoots brought hcIe from Yar.ous
Parts u ire world ag% rlao,rd OY nr
Li6isr and nis tAlyLtrr. Mrs JDnn
Ceiksn, vim nDw pccuylrs sfse home.
sfssd, where she zn>ws ne many tro-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Coney Island Avenue and Kings Hig
Wav hui dinc With N NJ. .taxnu /

Coney Island Avenue and Kings High.
way. building with many stores has
recently been completed on the tri.
angular plot at Concy Island Avenue
Kings Highway and Avenue O.. The
Kingsway Building Corporation also
began operations last week for the
erection of store. buildings at East
Twelfth Street and Kings Highway. J
7. Kelly, president Of the company, re-
Gently completed twcnty-seven one.
family houses on Avenues Q and z and
East Eighteenth Street, within a few
blocks of the Brighton Beach station
on Kings Highway. Seven of these
houses have already been sold.
Mr. Kelly announced yesterday that
to get one OF these attractive homes at
their own price he has decided to sell
sixteen OF them at auction. He has
commissioned Joseph L. Day, auction
eer. Ho will offer the houses to bid.
dcrs in the Montague Street sales
room in Brooklyn, on December 7, at
s o'clock in the evening. The houses
contain all modern improvements, with
largo lawn space.
Another recent notable Improvement
in this secton is St. Brcndan's now
church, at Avcnuc o and East Twelfth
Street. This cdiiice WAS opened = few
weeks aco.
Tho Peoples Trust Company is soon
TO have branch at Fifteenth Street
and Kings Highway, having pnid $50.
o0O for the building. The West End
Lank also pi2nS to locate on the uivh-
way.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
New York City's Oldest Street, Long Neglected,
Will Receive Little Much Needed Modernzine
They CAV. several feet Of thsii land to

They gave several feet Of theiI land to
sidewalk, but as tho property next to
1t stood out in the way the value Of
the setback was lost. The Whitehall
Street side of the block came into the
! ownership Of Mr.. Chesebrough in time.
On it was erected the South Ferry
Building, which covers the large site
At the junction of Whitehall and State
streets, and the Furness-W Witty Build
ing next to T. at the southwest corner
Of Whitehall and Pearl streets.
The South Ferry Building was car
ried to Pearl Street, occupying prop
erty next to the Furness- Witty Build
ing. This end Of the structure, which
Is only two stories high, was absolutely
void of any architectural character,
because Pearl Street at the time was
considered in the light of the rear en-
trance, the service side of the struc-
lures facing on Battery Park. Mr..
Daley, president of the South Ferry
company, could not consider it as any
thing more so long as the adjoining
property interest exercised no desire
to make the street more attractive.
Last summer Mr.. Doherty startled
the real estate market by buying the
Chesebrough Building, the Maritime
Building. the Battery Park Building
and the old property adjoining the
Chesebrough Building on Pearl Street
and on State Street. He also purchased
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Record Construction Time
On Skyscrober for" Bank

A record is said to have been estab-
lished for rapid construction in the
erection of the Gotham National Bank
at Columbus Circle. The twenty-four-
story building has practically been COM
pleted SO far as exterior work is con
cerned, although it is only matter
of months since the project was
started. Instead Of hiring contractor
to attend to everything the bank off,
cials decided it might be we'll to try
banking methods in the construction
of their building.
1t is the policy Of every bank to in
vestlgate and to be close to every de-
tail OF every business venture or in
vestment that It is interested in.
But IN the matter Of building banks
have not exercised such supervision,
it being the custom to rely on building
men.
Clarence s. Weller, vice-president Of
the bank, decided to do things differ
emily. He could not see why a gen
eral contractor should be employed
since he in turn allotted the under
taking to smaller contractors. He
reasoned, and apparently well, that
the bank should keep within itself the
job of general contractor and parcel
out the work directly.
Bids were asked for and received
contracts were awarded and the work
started. 1t has proceeded without IN
terruption from labor troubles or
building material hold-ups Some
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Trading in Apartments
And Private Dwellings
Investor Buys Flat on Audubon
Ave-, Homes ON East and
West Side Sold

E.J. Haas Realty Company, Inc, sold
for Samuel Gelb the six-story elevator
Apartment at ths northwest corner Of
lTTth Street and Audubon Avenue,
a4llxloo. The SANS brokers will have
the management Of the property.
The Home Gusrdisr Company sold to
Jchn Fitzpatrick the fve-story fat, 4ss
S. Nicholas Avenue, northeast corner
Of lSsth Street, sllxl0l.S irregular.
Freidus & Co. sold for the NJ. c.
Holding Company. $500 Lexington Ave
me, 8 six-story apartment, 5l.2XT5, to
s client - Nsrry ]. Schum.
William Schacht sold for James II
CruiAshsak lS2S-lSH5 First Avenue, .
siN-strry tenement, ST.6xl0o.
Fine West End Avenue Dwelling Sold
George Ranger sold for William B.
CrA!nsarce 70 Joseph +. Ward the Ave
story dwelling. southeast corner of
West End Avenue and lo5th Street
9o.9xao NJ. Cua!ntsnce spent $4,000
in rodern!zing the house.
Ioha 2. Locke sold to Thomas S.
Keatsnss the fcur-story dwelling, IL
West F.t:y-second Street, o0xlO04
James II. CruiAShsrk purchased from
Henry J. FredericSs PA West 1SOth
Street, shree-story residence, lSxlOO
Harry Sus&-rsa WAS broker.
WlMls.n :. Nuics2ey sold TO George
:. Nesrney the thwe-story dwelling,
,Se IVES: iHcG Street, l6.Sx1oO
Henry 4. Wise Weed sold 10 Abra-
hs-, Hcsk:r .Ae two three-story dwell
.nss, lSGiS4 Esss l05th Street, S34s
100
F-s2k SuM;vsa ard Alexander Hen
sche, sol6 Cor ere Farmers Loan and
Trust Company - Esst lo9th Street, a
-aree-s:o-y dwelling. I7xloo, TO client
o. A. Kaas s CO.
Norman Deaze- sold for Joseph
Cosea TIE .h-ee-sto-y building. 25xl00,
$50 West I5eth Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

he talked It over WITH Mr.. pob.,..
who was quick to see thu vain. " :.
lifting the street to q higher MAJ.
:he opinion Of downtown bushes. ~ 10
and at the same time put to better .a n.a
very valuable land. So the two mss uss
planned civic improvement ana sa .sa
erection of two two-story busns.' '
buildings similar In arrangement sss
detail To mako tho improvsn.ac ac
harmonic Mr.. Daley decided tn Cat -
move the FACADE of the rear Of +.
South Ferry Building, set it back s;s
feet and erect new front to cor.s
spond with the new buildings n -.
vest. The buildings when comnl.tas
will be leased to steamship compan;s'
The British military attache will :.
located there and it Is likely thai -.
National Steam Navigation Companv' NV
the ocean link to Greece and W.
Orient, will have its American h.sS
quarters there.
In the days when Holland ruled hi,
part of the country this Pearl Stree,
block was kept clear OF buildings. ths,
the fire from the guns in the fortihcs..
lions on the block now the site q,
the Custom House might not be oh
structed The city was only q fev
years old when this street was .isid
out. 1t followed the waters edge ana
because of the large deposits Of oysts,
SHELLS was named De Perel Street or
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Mortgage Money Shortage
Observation-Disclosures

Frank J. Parsons, vice-president
Of the United States Mortgage and
Trust Company, holds that the
mortgage money shortage, viewing
the situation from a countrywide
standpoint, is apparent rather than
real.
NO adequate amount of build
ing can be looked for until it is
recognized that mortgage money is
entitled to higher rate of interest
than borrowers are now willing to
pay" says Mr.. Parsons. "The fact
is that mortgage money, by reason
Of taxation and other factors, is
entitled to higher rate than pre-
viously, and, in part, it is the slow
ness Of borrowers to appreciate
this fact that is causing much of
the difficulty. Money is COM
modify and is bound to seek the
highest return consistent with
safety. No artificial means. either
legislative or otherwise, caa per-
m2nently, or to any large extent,
clrcumvent this law.
Whenever investments in mort
cages are discouraged by unsatis-
factory yield or restrictive laws it
is quite idle. so far as any large
practical results are concerned. to
attempt to force into that channel
the funds of the people as rep
resented by life insurance moneys,
building and loan association in
vcstments, savings bank depos-
its, etc.
The difficulties as to housing
have been increased the last year,
as the bulk Of new construction mas
consisted Of factories. warehouses
and garages, together with thesters,
clubs and other special improve
mcnts which not only give no help
in the matter of housing but actu-
ally increase the shortage by
making possible further concen-
tration of population.
The MORTGAGE situation as an
essential part of building construc-
tion must improve. The most hope
full sign is that the construction of
workmcn's cottages and homes of
the smaller type is on the increase.
The transportation situation is also
improving. At the present time,
speaking generally, there is no sub
stantia! shortage Of labor. nor Of
raw material used in building con-
struct;on. 1t is mainly a question
of confidence and an adequate re-
turn to capital"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

trouble was developing with labor
agents supposed to be from Robert
Brindell, indicted last week AS the
testimony brought before the Lock-
wood committee shows, the bank pro-
pared q trap for the labor trouble-
makers, who would have been caught
and delivered over TO the police had
not the Lockwood committees actiU-
ties scared off the grafters.
High compliments have been paid 70
Mr. Weller by associate bank officials
and many others outside Of the bank
No motion was lost, which has saved
the bank lot of money, besides bring
ing into the market in quick time
much needed i.;gh-class Offices.
The building Will be completed Feb
ruary !, and among the concerns that
have reserved space in the big strue-
ture are Empire State Finance Com:
pany, E. E. Garvin, Dodge Brothers
representative, Chandler Motor Car
Company, Cleveland Automobile Com
pany, Asbestos and Mineral Corpori-
ton, Walter Sales Company, Asbestos
and Rubber Works OF America Com.
pany, Pitts Motor Car Repair and
Sales Sorporation and r. & L. Bear
ings Corporation.
Leases are being made through tho
banks recently organized real estate
department, of which Winfred Watson
is manager and Fred A. Elwood Gf-
ford NJ. Pearson and Harold A. Watson
are assistants
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
pines she has won With her splendid

horses
The Ridley house and the Ditmas
house will not be taken down TO make
way for improvements. although the
Ditu2s dwelling will be considerably
altered according 20 present plans for
clubhouse and removed to the rear
OF its present site fronting OF Avenue
?. Tho Ditwas property comprises the
block bounded by Kings Highway. Avenue
?. East Sixteenth and East Seventeenth
streets. The highway frontage will be
Improved with store buildings by the
KincSway Building Corporation, which
startcd the Improvement last week
The Ridley house will occupy its
present site. tho remainder of the tract
being set aside for smaller homes, Of
which twenty-five Of AT original $50
planned have already been completed
by tho Parkway Gardens Corporation,
tweuty Of which have already been sold
and occupied.
For several months this section has
been ono Of the most active In realty
doings in Brooklyn. Tho demand for
places on the Highway has bean such
RS TO cause most Of the tenants occupy
Ing stores 10 buy.
Growth Of Highway
Not 80 long ago the bus!neas section
o. Kings Highway was n dirt road Of
three blocns between the Brighton
lb. r. IT, station and East Twelfth
Street. Now il extends 20 Concy Island
Avenue on the 'rent and toward Ocean
Avenue on the east. A thcatcr TO sen,
400 persona Is now being erected at
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
First Block of Pearl
Street, Now a Back
Alley, To Be
Widened and I'm.
proved; Owners to
Give Up Valuable
Land to Make 1t a
RealThoroughfare

Pearl Street Is to be given a setback.
tho first, perhaps, in its history,
which reaches back to the days when
New York was New Amsterdam and
Peter Stuyvesant ruled here like \
martinez.
The south side of the street between
State and Whitehall streets, which is
the first block of the old street, is to
be pushed back six feet along a 'front.'
age of lis feet. When New York was
a budding metropolis the width of
Pearl Street WAS ample, but now that
the city has become the heart Of the
big business of the world, the press Of
trade and the resulting congestion of
q, population demand streets wider
than those which were suited to tho
needs of our business ancestors.
Although a civic betterment public
advantage, something that folks in tho
steamship district will welcome, the
setback to be made to Pearl Street Is
entirely private undertaking, the
conception of Clarke G. Daley, presi-
dent of the South Ferry Realty Com
pany. and Henry L. Doherty, who own
the property and are the only owners
IN the two blocks south of the Custom
House between Buttery Park and
Whitehall Street, often termed the
cradle blocks of New York.
The property which they will devote
to public use has value of from $6O,-
600 to $4,000. The six-foot strip will
be added to the width of the sidewalk,
which now is nothing more than q
path. Not only will the sidewalk be
widened, but the undeveloped property
on the south side of the block i'm
proved with Office buildings of hand
some exterior, Transforming it from
back alley into one of the most mod
ern blocks in the steamship district
which now surrounds the Custom
House.
Will Help Surroundings
The buildings and the addition to be
made to the sidewalk will represent an
investment Of close to S500OOO. Greater
amounts have been expended on struc-
tural operations than that which Mr..
Daley and Mr.. Doherty will spend in
Pearl Street, but there have been few
projects in recent years in this CITY
which have meant more to a neichbor-
hood
The buildings which will be erected
are to be only two stories high, which
will give the block an appearance Of
much greater width than it will really
have. The low structures will permit
sunlight to get into the street and in
crease the movement of air currents
through the entire network of build
ings controlled by the two interests.
The improvement also will hasten the
intensive development of the large
property in State Street, between the
Chesebrough Building, at the corner of
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Operator Takes
Over Big Grand
Central Palace
Plans to Alter Structure Into
Offices; May Build Apart
ment House or Hotel OH
Adjoining Vacant Plot

Robert n. Cats, real estate operator,
and associates have acquired the Grand
Central Palace, a thirteen-story struc-
ture, occupying the block bounded by
Forty-Aixth and Forty-seventh streets.
Lexington Avenue and Depew Place,
from the Merchants and Manufacture
srs' Exchange, which held . lease with
about forty-twe years to run. The new
lsssses will convert it into An otice
building. The vacant plot, 75x7oo, be-
tween the Palace and Park Avenue, It
is believed, Will be used for the erection
OF hotel or an apartment and an
arcade, starting In the center Of the
block 1T Park Avenue, will pass through
the new building to the Grand Central
Palace and out at Lexington Avenue.
A north and south arcade, running
from Forty sixth TO Forty-sevensh
Street, will cross the main arcade near
tho center of the building. The main
door Of the remodeled structure, on
Park Avenue, will contsin banking and
trust company quarters, and the Soor
below, which will be on the Lexington
Avenue level, will be utilized for retsi!
shops The name of tho building VII
be changed to the Central SeuRre Suilc-
ing. The changes are scheduled tor
completion by May !, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Navy Gross for Lieut.. Purdy
Realty Man Decorated for He.
roism in Roval Fly1ng Corps

Members of the staff of William A.
White & Sons are proud Of a navy
cross which reached their office last
week, an evidence of the country's
appreciation Of splendid work done
during the war by member of the
concern.
The cross was received by Lieuten-
ant Herbert Mel. Purdy, U. S. N. R. F.,
for distinguished and heroic services
The citation which accompanied it tells
how in the Irish Channel, Off Wicklow
Light, while plotting an airplane on
September 2l. 1918, Purdy discovered
an enemy submarine which he bombed
and is believed to have destroyed.
Lieutenant Purdy was in the flying
service for two years. He is a brother
Of Captain Claude c. Purdy, of the
Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in
an engagement on the German coast in
1918
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
81 900 Down and Rent, Again
Acceptable to Builders
Developers Announce These Terms Will Buy Any
of Bogota Houses; Will Allow Purchasers Fiji
teen Years to Pay OFF the Second Mortgage

"The thousand dollars down-balance
like rent" house payment plan has re-
turned after an absence Of several
years. Many builders have lowered
the first payment demanded consider
ably, but Michael Bros, who have erect
ed several rows OF attractive homes in
Bogota, n. j., are the builders who
have -csusc;tated the old easy payment
scheme which many thought year aga
was dead for al! time. Houses have
been purchased on q much smaller in
itial payment than $1,000 but it is
the opinion of Joseph Michael that it
is not economically sound, during these
times at least, for one to undertake q
purchase unless that much money can
be paid down.
AS building is side line with
Michael Bros, their principal business
being the manufacture of children S
cloaks and suits, they have decided to
stimulate the market for New Jersey
houses by offering not only to accept a
smaller first payment than has been
asked heretofore, but are willing to
stretch the payment of the second mort
gage over fifteen years, which is the time
al'o"eo LOT tne payment OF the hrSt
mortgage held by the metropolitan
Life Insurance Company.
The houses are mostly eight rooms,
modern in design, interior arrange
mcnt and furnishings, on a plot of 40
feet width. The cheapest house is
held at $1,000. The next price is $3.50,
and the most expensive of the little
homes may be had for $4,000.
Michael Bros. were asking $4,000 on
the first payment until recently A
year ago they were paid $500 and
$4,000 on closing a contract Tor one
purchase of home. Times have
changed and they are adjusting their
housing business to meet conditions
that have developed just as merchants
are preparing for return to prc-war
business bases and Standards
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

Pearl Street, and the South Ferry
Building, at the corner Of State and
Whitehall streets. This area is now
covered with old buildings, tenements
and immigrant society headquarters
structures that are out Of place on
land held to be worth 500 a square
foot and next to office space which
brings several dollars square foot.
The narrowness of Pearl Street has
hindered the development of that
street. Its width is the same as when
the Dutch had their city hall or Stadt
Huys, on it and many of the leading
merchants Of the little colony lived on
it. 1t was one of the most valued
streets in the settlement at the time.
High values. especially in the lower
blocks of the old street, and structural
obstacles discouraged any general eff
fort being launched to have the sides
of the street pushed back Builder
after builder started his building
plump on the property line and built
back.
Tried to Revive Old Spirit
The Chesebroughs were the first to
give way. When they erected the Mar
itime, Battery Park and Chesebrough
buildings on Pearl Street in the block
from Battery Park to Whitehall Street
they provided q little mora sidewalk
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Coldstickcr Estate to Part
With Fulton Street Buildings

Two partition sales will be held by
Joseph p. Day on November 23 in the
Vesey Street Salesroom
The properties are to be sold for the
Go!dstickcr estate, 1872 Fulton Street,
southeast corner of Church Street, a
two-story building. with store. and 207
Fulton Street, a fvc-story store and
loft; four plots on Washington
Heights, including the northeast cor
ner OF Broadway and 10th Street; 67l
West 18TH Street; southeast corner
OF Broadway and Hillside Avenue. and
1876 Sherman Avenue; the two-story
building at 2309-11 Third Avenue, and
the three-story dwelling at A. Market
Street