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New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Copeland Declares
Housing Conditions
Innperil City's Health
Cornmends La Guardia's Bill
to Give Municipality Right
to Erect Buildings Dur.
ing Emergency Period'''

ANY protracted delay in the erection
Of new dwelling houses by the city,
through lack Of empowering legisla-
tion, 10 regarded by Commissioner Of
Health Copeland as menace to the
health Of the people. A report to this
effect was sent by him yesterday to
F., H. La Guardia.
Mr.. La Guardia is the author Of a
bill calling for constitutional amend
ment which is aimed to confer upon the
city the right TO erect buildings at once
during what he terms IAN emergency
period"
In letter to Assemblyman Sol Ull-
man, accompanying the report of the
Health Commissioner, he urged that
his bill was constitutional and asked
It's immediate support Of the Legisla-
ture.
DR.. copeland's report followD, in
part:
Every war has been followed by
eepidemics of disease. The greatest war
IN history will be followed by the
day is swept by communicable disease.
Russia. Lithuania, Poland, Hungary
and Rumania are caring for hundreds
OF thousands, possibly Of millions, of
persons suffering from typhus. Every
Southern Mediterranean port, from
Egypt to 1unis, has bubonic plague
In Japan, Corea and Asia Minor are
thousands Of cholera cases. In various
parts Of. Italy, Greece and Scotland cre
frightSul numbers Of smallpox patients
The filth Of the slums, the lack of
sanitary provisions, the overcrowding
all these make for the transmission OF
these diseases. II from o sense Of obli-
cation, love Of humanity, or other
moral consideration, there is 30 in
centive, certainly for self-preserva-
tion alone there is abundant reason for
the most energetic, immediate and ef-
fettive action The present housing
condition in New York City presents q
potential danger to every life in our
municipality and in the state.
The public health is menaced, and it
ls my solemn conviction that the pub
nc official who Ia unobservant or un-
heedful Of the symptoms is unworthy
Of Office. In writing you, need not
enlarge upon this phase Of the subject
because you have shown your alert
ness to the situation and have given
public expression to your views.
For year past, and especially since
my return from abroad, with atten-
dance upon the lnter-Allied Housing
Conference, ] have spoken and written
to the text--housing is public utility
II rejoices my heart that one SO high
ly placed as you should take the same
view, There is hope now that the
Legislative body may take appropriate
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Leg Is
Besieged With
Housing Plans
Many City Organizations
- Offer Panacea for State
In Home-Renting Evil ON
Eve of Special Session
Tax Exemption Fight Seen
More Loans for Building
and Expansion of Rent
Laws Basis of Proposals

On the eve Of the extraordinary ses-
don of the Legislature called to solve
The acute housing situation every or
ganization involved in this city is fight
Ing to obtain the incorporation of its
avn theories in the new laws it is ex-
oected the Legislature will enact.
A review of the contentious Of these
hsdies reveals that one Of the biggest
Arhts will center about the proposal to
amend the banking laws to compe, saw
;ues banks to invest larger percent
aee Of their resources in real estate
loans and the proposed system of tax
sxemruons on new construction.
These two propositions apparently
are receiving the general support of
real estate bodies and tenants associa-
tions. They will be strongly opposed
hv the American Bankers Association
through it's savings bank section upon
the general ground that they are not
economic and will be in the nature of
temporary palliatives, rather than pol
ieiss tha: will be Of permanent value.
Proposals Sent to Legislators
One of the concrete series Of pro-
o.sals is that OF the Lenox Hill Ten
ants Association, whose officers have
made a thorough investigation Of the
housing s!.un''o;. -, o'e Tha rsaono oy .
mos .;nns Atl ,rticn have heen forwarded
mendat!ons' W'tc' !Nte w. sta,n ~ Is~isla Lso
10 eacn ".e'toIt ~, ,us. '''"
'ote' a. .~rs;C~ - the amendments
l. hHte.;S .k ,'. oo,,,r "s s,ssior ~ % ~ the w. =
passed. q" -, re,y tnrar+s
salne t?:,'o 81 ~ i0Gic;1I nowers N
Z. hN,e.'o'V hoi,ia,.or nrocned;pgs
graz s["' ,Ta nar;od ~ the rrfsent emer-
curing ''''
ge.'iA, srac.nent making il compul-
o. ~. 70 'sr,iInrds 70 Leen III hoiy
sory iol ir' ~ t'h,tahIe condition and
gs,a;,o .he. i,irisdiction Of the
Tunjcipai Court to enforce such enact
ment.
4. Making It compulsory tor land
lords before obtaining increased
rentals, to file sworn statements OF
their income and expenditures with
competent public official.
5. Limitation Of future raises OF
rents IN cases where raise OF 70 per
cent over and above rental as paid on
April !, l9l9, was already enacted.
G. Licensing OF iessees OF real prop
erty used for houslng purposes by
competent public authorities.
7. Prevention Of conversion OF homes
into garages, theaters and business
buildings.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

mentioned above then every effort
should be made to press hia bill to
passage.
C. r. White, director Of the bureau
OK cooperative associations Of the State
Department OF Farms and Markets, is-
sued warning to all tenants who are
about to enter into one Of the CO.
operative schemes Of purchasing apart
ments. He said that New York State
has very sound laws relating to CO.
operative associations that define ex-
astiy how q cooperative association
shall be organized and incorporated.
No business, he said, can legally call
itself cooperative in its title that 10 not
incorporated under these laws.
Mr.. White declares chat many Of the
cooperative schemes now being used
merely assure the tenant Of a perma-
nent lease, without any voice in the
management Of the property. He ad-
vises all prospective purchasers under
this scheme to ascertain whether the
proposition Ia incorporated under arti-
Gle 3 OF the State Business Corpora
tion law.
Chamber Opposes Tax Exemption
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
yesterday voted by margin of two to
disapprove exemption Of new buildings
ON the ground that it Ia contrary to
sound economy, unfair to existing prop.
erty and probably unconstitutional.
The chamber recommends asking
savings banks to make greater loans
on first mortgages. The report says
that "it was shown that the banks OF
the fouy counties Of Long Island have
made investments in first mortgages OF
approximately AZ per cent Of their re-
sources, whereas the law allows them
to invest in this way to the extent OF
IS per cent.
"if the banks would loan their funds
on first mortgages to the legal lmit
it would mean additional funds for
building purposes to the extent OF
500 100000"
The chamber went on record aB op.
posed to the use of public money fos
building schemes, and objected to any
municipal housing operations. They
also opposed the proposition for local
housing boards.
The Real Estate Board Of New Yorh
has submitted to the Governor and the
joint legislative committee several
bills and program which it considers
will help relieve the housing shortage
1t asks for the exemption of the in.
terest on mortgages from the pro-
visions OF the income tax law.
1t also urges amendment to the rent
laws to prevent their application To
buildi. gs th.t are to be substantially
reconstructed for new housing, or to
new buildings that are to replace exist
ing buildings; or to property that Is
sold under contract to tenants purchas-
ing on the cooperative plan.
The board opposes any attempt to
commit the state or the cities to mu-
nicipal housing schep,es, or to exempt
new construction from local taxation
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Wholesale Food Prices
Fell IL p. C. i'm August
Farm Products and Clothing
Also Declined, Department
of Labor ReDOrfs

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e-A pro-
nounced drop in the general level of
Wholesale prices during August was re-
ported to-day by the Department of
Labor. Measured by changes in the in
tex numbers Of the bureau Of laboa
statistics, the decrease was Az per
cent.
Foodstuffs showed the greatest price
recessions, the decrease averaging more
than IL per cent. Farm products de-
clined nearly per cent and cloths and
clothing 5Aa per cent.
Fuel and lighting materials con-
tinued their upward trend with an in
crease of more than 6A per cent, while
metals and house furnishing goods also
showed an increase over July.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Deal i'm Sugar Goes Wrong
Receiver Is Named for Broker
Nipped bv Falling Market

Judge Martin T. Manton, in tho
United States Court, yesterday appoint
ed John B. Johnston temporary re-
ceiver, under bond Of $25 900, for
A. r: ONeill, Inc, a sugar broker Of
68 William Street.
1t is asserted in the involuntary petit
ton in bankruptcy filed against O'Neill
that HIS liabilities are $4,000 His
assets are estimated at s2,30O,O0O. The
petltloning creditors are Marcelino
Garcia, Diedrich Scheffer and Oscar
Napoles.
O'Neill's assets are said TO consist of
raw and refined sugar. sugar contracts.
accounts receivable, furnishings, sccu-
rites and cash. His failure, it is said,
Is due to his having purchased large
quantities of sugar when the price was
high and then not having been able
to get rid of it when the market broke.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

United States Army reserve officers
ing licenses in New York State. The
opinion was given in response to an
inquiry from the War Department de-
signed to ascertain whether or not the
provisions Of the penal law. requir-
ing possessors Of firearms to obtain
licenses affected reserve officers Of the
United States army who, under army
regulations, are required to possess
firearms.
"The State Of New York has no
right to interfere with the mainte-
nance of the United States Army" A.
torney General Newton holds. The
ruling was forwarded to Secretary of
War Baker to-day.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

ported to Attorney General Palmer
that the plan for selling the packers
stockyards interests to F. II. Prince &
Co., Of Boston, would not be 8 real
separation.
"If the commission has better plan
we invite them to submit it and they
may rest assured that II it is feasible
it will be adopted" Mr.. White said,
Their claim that the plan we have
submitted does not provide for real
separation is erroneous, but we are not
30 keen for the present plan that we
will not welcome any plan which salts
fics the government and which is fair"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Court Halts Rate Increase

BISMARCK, N. D., Sept. 1s.-The
North Dakota Supreme Court to-day is
sued an order enjolning railroads oper-
ating in this state from further charg-
ing increased intrastate rates which
were put into effect on September /.
The order also directs the railroads to
rebate any increase already collected.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Shoe Machinery Case Appeal

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-The gov
ernment to-day filed in the Supreme
Court a cross appeal in connection
with appeals already instituted by the
United Shoe Machinery Company
growing out of Federal court DEGREES
sustaining the principal contentious
made by the government In proceed
ings brought in St. Louis against the
company under the Clayton act.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

problems that confront
us as we go through
life. Each and every
person is here to do his
or her part. We all de-
pend upon each other
and it is up to us to
make life worth while.
Human life is a constant
scene of trials and difficult
ties, but these trials and
difficulties can be turned
into pleasures if we en-
deavor to exen1plify our
best efforts in all our under
takings.
Many successful men and
women can readily testify
to these facts.
There are those who
speak in terms of dissatis-
faction and who try to cre-
ate spirit of unrest. They
often complain that those
who are successful attained
success through influence
or pull" This is not true.
There are opportunities for
each and every one of us,
and it is left for us to adapt
ourselves to the undertake
ings we are best fitted for.
The Door of Opportu-
nifty" is open to-day for all
ambitious young men and
WON en-. Opportunity
knocks at every mans door.
There are hundreds-yes,
thousands-of opportuni-
ties that are knocking at
our doors to-day.
There is a part of this
newspaper wherein can be
found many such opportu-
mites and where many of
our business and domestic
problems can be solved.
We refer to the Want Ad
Pages of to-day's Tribune,
composed of SIN all an
nouncements of interest
classified for the conven-
ience of the enterprising
reader. Let The Tribune's
Want Ad Pages be the
Guide Post" to your
Door of Opportunity"
Many successful men and
women can trace the oppor-
tunity that came to them
through these Want Ad
Pages.
On Page 10 you will find
many small announcements
of interest. Consult them.
You may find among them
something you ne e d.
something you have been
seeking.
IF you do not find, among
these little advertisements,
any offer fitting your need
send or phone your Want
Ad direct to The Tribune's
w ant Ad Department.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Ford Plans New Power Plant
Asks Permission to Use u. s.
Dam at Trov

WASHINGTON, Sept. l8-The Ford
Motor Company has asked the Federal
Power. Commission for license under
the new waterpower act to construct a
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Packers Ask u. S. Advice
Ready to Consider Other Plans
for Sfockyard Control

CHICAGO, Sept. 1s.-If the Federal
Trade Commission has any better plan
to suggest the packers will welcome il,
F. Edison White, vice-president Of
Armour & Co., said to-day when he
learned that the commission had re-
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Reserves MAY Have Pistols

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 1s.-Attorney
General Charles D. Newton, in an opin-
ion announced to-day, holds that
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

Medicated and Toilet Soaps
Cuticura Soap. :. box of cakes, SIC
Pears Unscented Soap.
doz. cakes I 1.65
Pears Glycerine Soap. ....,.......
box of 3 cakes SIC
Woodbury's Facial Soap. ........
box of 3 cakes SAC
Cartons Baby CASTLE Soap. ......
doz. cakes 1.35
Armour's Venetian Bath Soap, as
sorted odors. doz. cakes 1.25
French Imported Bath Soap.
box of cakes 1.56
English Imported Toilet Soap,
Eau de Cologne, doz. cakes 2.65
Large Bar CASTLE Soap. .79c
Lux .............. doz. pkgs. 1.29
loves English Carbolic Toilet
Soap, box of 3 cakes 29c
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Bristle Goods


Tooth Brushes, assorted styles. .29c
Tooth Brushes, assorted ...... .4Oc
Nail Scrubs, wooden back. .3Oc
Bath Brushes with detachable
handles, Csc
Hairbrushes .95c
Military Brushes .2.95
Shaving Essentials
Shaving Brushes, white Bristle,
set in rubber, CSC
Gillette Razor Blades ..... .doz. 75c
Mennen's Shaving Cream, large
tube ................. Sic
Williams Shaving Stick. ...... .25c
Williams Shaving Powder. Csc
Pinaud's Lilac Vegetal. bottle 40
Shaving Mirrors, magnifying. 400
Shaving Mirrors $50
Hair Preparations
Mulsified Cocoanut Oil. bottle 3ec
Westphal's Hair Tonic, large
bottle, zoe
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Dental Preparations


McCreery Quality Antiseptic Dental
Cream, large tube 3Oc
Forhan's Tooth Paste, large tube 38c
Kolynos Tooth Paste with improved
cap, tube 2lc
Pepsodent Tooth Paste. .......
large tube see
Calox Tooth Powder. can 1ec
Lyons Tooth Powder. 5000. can 17c
Rubber Goods
McCreery Reliable, pure Gum,
Water Bottles, 2-quart size,
each 2.95
McCreery Reliable, pure Gum
Syringes, 2-quart size, each 3.75
McCreery Reliable Combination
Water Bottle and Syringe, 3.95
Faultless Syringes, 3-quart size, It's
Bath Sprays, large size. l.25
Moulded Water Bottles, 2-quart
size, $50
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Coty's Face Powder
Box 1.39

In Violette Pourpre, Chypre,
Violette, La Rose Jacquiminot,
Jasmin de Corse, and Lilas
Blanc. All colors.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

Daggctt & Ramsdell Cream, jar SIC
Ponds Cold Cream, large jar. :. Acc
Ponds Vanishing Cream,
large jar SIC
McCreery Almond Cream, bottle 24c
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

Guerlain's Lip Stick
1.95
A high-class toilet acces-
sorry, enclosed in gilded metal
case.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Deodorants

Amolin Powder, large tin. SAC
Mum Cream Jar 19c
Odor-o-no, medium size. bottle 4Oc
New-York tribune., 1920-09-19

If you do not find, among
these little advertisements,
any offer fitting your need
send or phone your Want
Ad direct to The Tribune's
w mt Ad Department.
Beekrnan 3000-or 20 to
any of The Tribune's Want
Ad Agents conveniently
located in all parts of
Greater New York-at
newsdealers', stationery
and cigar stores, etc.-wno
accept advertisements at
regular Tribune Want Ad
rates. Look for one in your
neighborhood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-27
VILLAGE WARMING

The legal voters OF the Village OF
Bennington are hereby notified and
warned to meet at High School hall
in the Village OF Bennington on Tues.
day Evening, July 9th, 1920, at eight
O'Clock Day Light Saving Time, to
transact the following business.
Article Ito see if the Vilalge will
insofar as it may legally do so by vote
recommend and agree to release and
waive any right cf action at law it may
have pursuant to the provisions Of
No 239 of the Acts OF 1894 and the ad.
ditions and amendments thereto,
against the Vermont company or Berk'
shire Street Railway company, to col
lect from either OF said companies the
expense Of repairs on Main street be-
tween its tracks thereon, as contem-
plated by the appropriation made at
the last Annual Meeting OF the Village,
Provided that in consideration of said
release and waiver upon the part of
the village the said Berkshire Street
railway company or the Vermont com.
pany win agree to furnish, lay and in
stall at its own expense and without
unnecessary delay all necessary and
suitable rails that maybe required for
said contemplated repairs and improve
ments to said Main street
Article ITO transact any other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-27


A single aeroplane has in one fight
covered 1ith photographs
an area of forty square miles. The
cameras used for thi work are auto
matte, and. cnce sta& od5 will go on
taking photographs F whatever iaun-
der them, without aAg' attention, IN
til the film is used UP
The Smith family form a consider
able proportion OF the white popula-
tion of the world 1t has been esti-
mated that there are seven million
male Smiths, and allowing the female
members Of the family to be equally
numerous, this gives q total of four
teen million Smiths, a number equal
to the combined population of Canada,
Australia and New Zealand.
In making an Order that when cross
ing a bridge, fAregiment OF soldiers
must break steH the military authori-
ties are actuatM by the yibratory dan
gers which w9fld arise if the men
marched acroBs in step The tramp
Of the regulalpn step would cause a
heavy wave ri yibrational force to
travel along 1e length of the bridge
This force would grow stronger as
the men marched, and soon the bridge
would be heaying up and down with a
dangerous possibility of collapsing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-27

An average spruce treeEmakes five
hundred pounds weight'oalpaper pulnk
The owl is regarded asSh bird of In
omen by the Maoris of New zealand
Four Jumps of sugar4 contain ag'
much nourishment as shedium-sizeo
potato ID
Londoners consume no less than
10000 pounds Of tea every day of the.
year,
Dresses made Of banana-skins were
displayed at a recent exhibition in
London.
The sugar output of Cuba has in
creased by more than a millionHoHs
since 1914.
An English paper mill once turned
out roll of paper one hundredamiles
long without break.
seventyfive years ago Mexieo and
the United States cov4ed apprsximat-
tely equal areas of North AnFfica.
A schoolboy was the discoyerer Of
the present method IL cutting flannel
to cover rubber te1Nlis bHlls. He
made fortune.
In big ceremonies II Fiji aspolshed
whales tooth is presented toSAn impor-
tant guest upon whom it is desred to
confer special honora
The average humNn bod81 contains
some two million sweat glands. Each
of these is a quarteg of arA5inch deep,
and the whole would measure about
nine miles.
The file flies at tic ratdsof five feet
a second when lieNurelygsporting in
the air, but if afbHd gives chase he
can increase his speed 40 thirty five
| feet a second.
Motion picture films bid the Pope
100000 for the privilege of taking
movies" of the recent ceremonies III
Rome in connection with the canon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-27
Today's Events
A meeting of the council of the

A meeting of the council of the
League Of Nations is scheduled to be
held today at San Sebastian Spain.
Crown Prince Charles of Roumania
$ to sail from Toxic today for America
en- route home from trip around the
world
The annual convention Of the Union
of Canadian municipalities will begin
it, sessions today in the city Of Que
bee.
Whether the present administration
of Premier Murray shall be continued
in power or replaced by the opposition
in the Provincial elections in Nova
Scotia will be determined today.
The International Lodge, Congress-
Of Good Templars, which was first orr
ganized in the United States will meet
at Copenhagen for its first convention
since the beginning of the word war
Republicans of New York are to hold
an unofficial state convention at Sara
toga today for the purpose of design
ating a state ticket and nominee for
United States senator to be voted for
in the primaries.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Federation OF Business and Pro
fessional Womens clubs, which is now
organized in fortyfour states, will
meet in St Paul toay with Miss Gail
Laughlin of San Francisco, presiding,
Northampton, Mass, expects to ems
terrain the largest crowd in its his,
tory today, on the occasion of the OF
fetal notification of Governor Calvin
Coolidge of his nomination for Vice,
President by the Republican conven1
tion at Chicago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-27
CHILD SAVED
BY MOTHER

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-27
wn the DAYS News"

The Union Of Canadian Municipalt
ties, which meets in annual conyen-
ton today at Quebec, was founded by
William Douw Lighthall, who is now
its honorary secretary. In addition 10
his activities in the case OF municipBl
welfare, Mr. Lighthall has attained
prominence as lawyer author am
publicist. He has served as Mayor OF
Westmount, near Montreal, and las
been park commissioner TOR Gpeaker
Montreal, Much of the best municipal
legislation of the Dominion has origin
ated with him, and by him has been
brought to the attention of Parliament.
As an antiquarian and lover of the old
in provincial Quebec and in early Mon
treal life he has performed admirable
service. A prolific author, he has lbng
been one of the leading spirits ilN'the
Canadian Society of Authors.