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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-12
MAUDE RYAN Is
COMPLAINANT IN
DIVORCE ACTION

Maude Ryan. plaintiff in suit for
divorce filed in circuit court TODAY
She charges Revy R. Ryan with in
fidelity. They were married Nav
6. 1920, and lived together until
Aug. s, 1921.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-12
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McCabe's Twelfth street store To-
morrow and Monday and take ad-
vantage of Dollar Day Specials
ADVERTISEMENT
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
MORE BRONX LOTS
WILL BE AUCTIONED
J. P. Day to Offer 775 Home
Sites in Throgs Neck Sec
tion on June IL.

Until Joseph p. Day sold the Walsh
and Coster tracts last September the In
teresting old Throgs Neck section OF
the Bronx was an area consecrated to
big estates held intact since Revolution
ary times. The auctioneer's hammer.
however, forced q gap though which the
builder entered to begin the transfor-
nation of the old peninsula into a dis
trict of homes. This gap was widened
by the recent sale of the Bruce Brown
estate, also conducted by Mr.. Day. and
now the latter announces that he has
been ordered by the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company to sell a tract nearly
opposite the Coster and Brown estates.
The property involved in this newest
Offering consists of 775 lots on East
fremont avenue, between Barkley and
Philip avenues and extending through
to East 177th street. The lots lie at the
base Of the triangle formed by the East
ern Boulevard, East 177th street and
East fremont avenue, near the entrance
to Throgs Neck The sale will be held
on Saturday, June IL. at p. M. in a
tent on the premises regardless OF
weather conditions. From majority
of the lots TO be sold view may be
had of the Throgs Neck water frontage.
For this reason. says Mr.. Day. they are
adaptable for Improvement with bun
salows as we'll as with all year round
houses of both the single and multi
family type.
The East fremont avenue trolley lima
connecting directly with the West
chester avenue extension Of the Lexing-
ton avenue subway at Westminster
Square runs to the entrance of Throgs
Neck at Eastern Boulevard. On East
177th street there Is another trolley line
which connects directly with the 177tn
street station on the Westchester ave-
nue. subway. This line. which now
runs to Westchester Creek, will. accord
ing to Mr.. Day. eventually be extende
through Throgs Neck to Locust Point
ON Long Island Sound. The extension
of the East fremont line through
Throgs Neck and past the property to
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
JAMAICA OWNERS
TO IMPROVE TRACT
Taxpayers Organize Perma'
nent Society, With j. r.
Murphy as President.

At a meeting OF about 2.5oc owners ot
property in the Jamaica Estates. which
was held on Memorial Day at the home
of Albert Thompson. architect, per-
manent Taxpayers and property own
ers' association was formed 10 be known
as the Jamaica Estates Property Own
ers Association. The officers elected
we're: James r. Murphy president; Guy
w. Houghland. vice-president. and Al
bert Thompson. secretary and treas
urer.
There will be meeting Of the asso-
ciation In Grace Memorial Hall. on Ja-
maica avenue. on Thursday, June 3
1921, at S O'Clock for tbs purpose Of
eiecting twonty members as board OF
directors.
The association was formed for the
Improvement OF an area OF land lying
north Of Hillside avenue. Among tho
property owners I'm this vicinity ars
Michael J. Deguon. william X. Wander
bilt. Stuard Ilirschman. Soavlew Realty
Company. james A. Wigmore. Homer
Lee. Clarance III. Mackay. Harry Payne
Whitncv. Coy. Lake of Connecticut and
Franklin =. Durysa.
James II. Murphy. general manager
OF Joseph z. Days office. the newly
elected president of the Jamaica Prop
erty Owners Association. has been active
In the formati Of such associations 20
improve large tracts In The Bronr.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
LOAN SOCIETIES TO MEET.
state League VIII Convene In Buf-
fnlo This Week.

The thirty-fourth annual convention
Of the New York State League Of Saw
ings and Loan Associations will be held
in Buffalo on Thursday and Friday.
June 2 and TO- The headquarters Of
delegates and guests will be at the
Hotel Stater The sessions are TO be
held in American Hall. Hon. @. S.
Buck. Mayor of Buffalo, will welcome
the delegates on behalf Of the city, and
among the speakers will be superin-
tendent OF Banks Mclaughlin.
Papers will be read on the following
subjects: Necessity for Publicity
Ann n. Rae. president OF Niagara Falls
Association: The School Savings Move
ment," DR. @. V. II. Merrill. Elmira,
Educational and Ethical Aspects" "
Prof. A. II. Kenyon. dean OF Alfred
University. Harmony OF Plan" George
A. Martin. secretary OF tho Railroad AS.
sociation OF New York; important Fed.
eral Tax Questions" Charles O'Connor
Hennessy. president Of the Franklin So
ciety, New York.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
OLD RETAIL CENTRE
IN TRADE REVIVAL
Former Siegel-Cooper Building
Rapidly Being Leased to Big
Mercantile Concerns.

The recent announcement that the real
estate firms OF Joseph p. Day. Spear a
Co. and Cross & Brown had combined TO
lease the $4,000 square feet OF space in
the Central Mercantile Building, between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. on
Sixth avenue. calls attention 10 the re-
vival OF business interest In this district.
The Manufacturers Exhibition Com
pany. OF which l.. X. Dufflleld Is presi-
dent and general manager. has recently
leased $4,000 square feet Of space In the
building for n permanent machinery ex-
hibIt This space Is rapidly being taken
up by manufacturers of machinery and
mechanical appliances and number OF
exhibits arc already In place
The occupancy OF an entire floor by
the Manufacturers Exhibition Company.
according 20 Spear a Co., adds one OF
the hnal chapters to the story OF the
awakening Of interest on the part OF
large business firms IN the central mer-
camille district The Hershey Chocolate
Company. one OF the first large concerns
70 take advantage OF tho district can
vassed the city for suitable quarters. with
the result that theirs was the first big
lease entered into In recent years In this
vicinity. Another large concern which
came 90 the same conclusion az TO loca-
tion was the Warner Hudnut Company.
This company occupies tho entire build
Ing Mt 113 West Eighteenth street and
employs force OF more than 5000
The offices Of the Erie Railroad have re-
Gently been located at Twenty-third
street and sixth avenue. IN the Masonic
Building. Other large conoerns are
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Would You Pay $3.50
For a 1O-ROOn House?
BY THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

nected the tank with the tub--one for
cold. the other for warm water. To pro-
vide hot water pipe was coiled up the
chimney like a huge spring. The heat
going UP the chimney from the kitchen
stove was sufficient to warm the water
Thompson's tub weighed nearly ton
and the floor had to be REINFORCED to
support it. II was seven feet long, four
feet wide and deep enough to cover the
entire human body. however portly
Mahogany was used In its construction
II was lined with sheet lead and well
soldered to prevent leakage. Christmas
day at the Thompson homestead was
celebrated with tub party. In which,
visiting officers from France participated
to their great delight. The event was
featured In the press of the period and
created sensation. 1t was denounced
as a violation of republican simplicity
and an imitation Of British royal whim-
sizes. Members Of the medical profess
sion voiced critical and warning opin-
ions, admonishing the people that bath
Ing was dangerous to health and would
bring on rheumatic fevers. Inflammation
of the lungs and other ailments.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
c. F. MOVES co. HAS
PROSPEROUS YEAR
Report Shows Gross Business
of S5O,OOO,OOO in IL Months
Ended April 30.

Those who insist that the real estate
market has been headed for the buryfng
ground of wrecks ever since the passage
of the first rent laws In April. 1920, will
find meat for meditation in the state
ment just issued by the Charles +. Noyes
Company concerning It's business for the
year ended April 80. 1921. According to
this statement the transactions closed
by the company during the year mem
toned outnumbered the deals closed
during any other twelve months period
in the company's twenty-five years OF
existence. In fact, the statement de-
clares. the total number of transactions
was more than twice as great as In any
previous year with the single exception
OF 1919-1920. Computed In terms OF
money. the gross total OF this business
amounted to $4,000. 900, which was also
greater than for any previous year with
the exception Of 1919-1920.
During the year." the statement con-
tinues. "the company moved into It's
new 100000 building at 11S William
street. installed a modern equipment
throughout at an expense of approx
mately $4,000. introduced a system OF
insuring all employees In the organiza-
ton, and perfected the organization OF
its board of control. consisting OF Col
NJ S. Keene, Frederick p. Lewis, Walter
J. Cashel, William 3. Falconer, Joseph
ID. Cronan, Edwin c. Benedict, Francis
w. Gridley. William J. O'Connor, Thomas
d. Mcbride, Charles +. Heller, Albert
II. Himmelman. Edwin II. Hesse and
Thomas Christie.
THE agency department has been
greatly strengthened since Col. NJ. ).
Keene has come with the company rs
organization manager. Frank T. Chap
man has been retained in place of Fred
erick s. Willert TO take charge OF the
plant buildings. Mr.. Chapman had ter
years practical experience In handling
large buildings throughout New Eng
land and New York.
Several large buildings and many
lofts and apartment houses were placed
under the control of the company during
the last year. and Frederick B. Lewis
assistant general manager OF the COM
pany, now has thirteen men. including
the plant engineers. whose duties are
devoted exclusively to the management
end of the business.
The following executive committee
has been appointed for the year 1921
1872: Charles F. Noyes. Col Keene,
Frederick B. Lewis. William b Fall
coner. Joseph d. Cronan and Walter j..
Cashel. on Friday. June 3. the
twelfth consecutive cooperative disburse-
ment OF profits was made and every en-
ployee. from office boy to general man
ager, participated.
The business Is owned and under the
active direction Of Charles IT. Noyc.. the
the founder. but as heretofore will be
continued along cooperative lines. The
number Of Office employees during tn.
year increased from thlrty-soven 20
fifty-three and the number OF outside
men employed in the agency depart
men has increased from 512 10 5s7."
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
BANK CENTRE CREEPS
NORTH ON NASSAU ST,
Trust Company Starts Work
for New Building.

The expansion Of the financial district
to embrace that portion Of Nassau street
above Liberty was further emphasized
last week by the beginning of work on
the new home Of the Lawyers Mortgage
and Trust Company. which for the last
ten years has occupied the ground floor
In the Chamber of Commerce Building.
on Liberty street, between Broadway
and Nassau street. The company's now
banking quarters have been designed by
Renwick, Aspinwall 4 Tucker, and will
occupy a plot at the northeast corner Of
Nassau street and Maiden lane, opposite
the site chosen for the huge Federal Re-
serve Bank, on which work was also
begun.
The building win be three stories high
and will cover about 5000 square feet
Tho first story will be OF granite and
the upper stories OF limestone. The
doors and grill work will be of massive
bronze and the steps Of MARBLE A big
banking room. forty feet high and cir
cular In form. will occupy the whole
main story. The approach win be a
flight of steps OF monumental character
from the. corner of the building leading
into a circular space designed for the
use of customers and surrounded by a
balustrade OF Travernell marble. Again
cncircling TINS space VIII DO ten columns
OF similar marble. Above the centre cir
cular space is n rotunda carried up
through the roof of the building and
surmounted by glass, giving n food OF
natural light 70 all parts of the bank
ing room. The walls OF the banking
room will be of italian Travertine. Ra-
dating from the central customers
space will be tho different departments
There will be two mezzanines In the
rear. on the third floor there will be
directors room and ample space for
the record and bookkeeping depart
p-s,sts also flreproof rooms for the safe
r Keeping of documents OF various kinds.
The ground floor will have plate glass
store fronts. both on Nassau street and
Maiden lane, suitable either for bank
ing or insurance purposes or for. use as
retail stores. Charles T. VIII, Inc.
builder. expects 10 have the building
ready for occupancy February 4, 1922.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

be sold to Fort Schuyler is also under
contemplation
The proposed extensions" says Mr..
Day. "emphaslze the strategic value
OF these 775 lots. The property presen.s
rare combination of city water
front and suburban features, all within
easy reach of the Westchester avenue
subway. Moreover. the land Is subject
TO the benefits of tax exemption. and,
being outside the fire limit Is available
for inexpensive construction.
Judging from the number OF plant
filed and work actually begun since I
sold the Walsh. Coster and Brown
estates there is already distinct trend
OF population to this splendidly en-
dowed and naturally attractive section
OF the East Bronx. With the tax
exemption ordinance operating in favor
Of those who begin construction before
April l, 1922. this sale presents a
splendid chance to rent payers who
would become their own landlords"
This coming Tuesday Mr. Day will sell
at noon in the Town Hall at Jamaica.
Queens, frame dwelling at 10 Wave
crest avenue, Arverne, Queens. On the
day following at noon in the Brooklyn
Real Estate Exchange he will sell the
one story brick building at $40 johnson
avenue. Brooklyn. and on Thursday at
noon In the Manhattan Exchange Sales
rooms, IA Vesey street, the one story
brick building at 526 East Eightieth
street near Avenue A.
On June IA, Mr.. Day will sell about
100 lots adjacent to the Greensboro
Plaza section in Long Island City for
the Sunswick Land Company and Fiss
Doerr & Carroll Horse Company (bank-
rupts). The sale win be held in IA Vesey
street Manhattan. Several lots and
plots in Bay Ridge and Far Rockaway
will be offered at this sale
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
MANY SUBURBAN
LOTS WILL BE SOLD
B. L. Kennedy to Offer Home
Sites. on L. l. and in West
chester This Month.

Four hundred building lots. many OF
which front on Hollis avenue, in Bell
aire. L. l.. are to be sold at auction on
Saturday, June H. by Bryan l. Ken
nelly, auctioneer. The sale will be held
or the premises. The lots are only two
or three blocks from the Bellaire station
OF the Long Island Railroad. This sta
ton Is about thirty-five minutes from
the Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan
and about twenty-five minutes to the
Fiatbush avenue station in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Kennedy will also offer on Sat-
urday, June IS, 375 home sites belong
ing to Cedsr Bay Estates. at Cedar
hurst, L. T. The properties have a 'front.'
age on West Broadway in one of the
finest sections Of exclusive Cedarhurst,
two blocks from the Long Island Railroad
station. Many new residences have been
erected in the vicinity of the property.
Cedarhurst and New York are con-
rected by the Rockaway turnpike.
new concrete boulevard. The section
Is particularly adapted for summer hab-
,tation. but the electric service furnished
by the Long Island road makes 1t also
practicable all the year resort
On Saturday, June 25. Mr.. Kennedy
will offer 180 lots In the Park Hill on
the Hudson section of Yonkers for the
Park Hill on Hudson. Inc. The sale
will be held in Philipsburg Hall. Yon-
kers. at o'clock In the afternoon.
With the exception of twelve lots, the
tract is a portion of the parcel adjoin-
ing the northern line of the holdings OF
the American Real Estate Company.
which have been developed and I'm
proved with houses up to the southern
boundary OF the property to be sold
A new public school has been built
in the vicinity Of the property
Van Cortlandt Park and Getty square
Yonkers. are within easy running time
from the property by motor. The tract
was purchased by Supreme Court Jus
| tice Samuel Greenbaum about twenty
! two years ago. and was held by hin
until 1912. when 1t was acquired By
the present sellers.
| Mr.. Kennedy will also offer a Ions
| list Of improved and vacant propertie:
| in the city and several In the suburbs
at his next special sale. to be helt
Wednesday. in IA Vesey street Man
haitian.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
OLD MOORE PROPERTY
AT ELMHURST SPLIT UP

Heirs OF the late John Moore offered
to the public through Joseph p. Day
yesterday a tract Of 40 lots at Elm
hurst, Queens. which had remained in
the possession OF the Moore family for
ESQ years. The sale was conducted in
G. tent on the premises and began at 2
o'clock in the afternoon. Two and a
half hours later $50 of the lots had been
knocked down for a total of $4,000. or
$3.50 lot.
The PROPERTY Is i'm the vicinity Of the
Elmhurst station on the Long Island
Railroad. and Is convenient TO the Twen-
ty-fifth street and Elmhurst avenue sta
tions on the Corona division of the In
terborough and Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company subway extensions.
The tent, which was put up at Queens
Boulevard and Gorsline place. was
1000 were present and the bidding was
brisk throughout the afternoon. The
highest prices paid during the early part
Of the sale were for lots on Queens
Boulevard, north side. between Hillyer
street and Gorsline place. which brought
an average of $S25. Lots on the south
side of Queens Boulevard, between Hill
yer and ireland streets. brought $725.
on the boulevard between Iacobus and
Ireland streets they brought $500. Be-
tween Jacobus and kneeland streets
they brought $500.
Lots on Maurice avenue, between Hill
yer street and Gorsline place. brought
S525. On Laurel Hill Boulevard, be-
tween Britton and Baxter places. the
average price was $500. On Laurel Hill
Boulevard, between Twenty-second street
and Baxter place. the same price was
paid on Fifth avenue, between Twen-
ty-second street and Baxter place. buy
ers paid an average of s425. and on
Fitch avenue west of. Twenty-second
street the average price was 1925.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
BROKERS UNITED TO
BOOST SEVENTH AVE.
Syndicate Formed to Help Develop
New Garment Trade Centre Is
First of It's Kind in City.

most representative Arms in their re-
spective lines In the city.
The success of this operation led to
the taking over of another big CONNER
clal building planned In the same neigh
borhood by Israel Unterberg for the
plot at the northeast corner of Seventh
avenue and Twenty-seventh street. This
building Is twenty stories in height and
was also designed by Schwartz. & Gross,
1t was finished in the height Of the re-
cent period of business depression. Rent
ing problems as a result were consider
ably magnified, but the associated brok-
ers nevertheless succeeded in renting the
entire building to representative tenants
before completion.
Frederick p. Fox, president Of Fred
erick Fox &c Co., in discussing the work
of the brokers' group, said yesterday
Wasted effort has been the bane OF the
real estate brokers' existence. More
time Is lost by inconsequential and futile
negotiations comparatively carried on in
the rental of business property than in
any other phase of brokerage endeavor.
Perhaps a solution of this fault will be
worked out in the cooperative principle
adopted by the group of brokers who
have operated so successfully in the new
Seventh avenue mercantile field. The
father Of this cooperative plan was J.
Howes Burton. head of the Save New
York Committee. The idea of bringing
the most active brokers In the renting
market into q cooperative group was
based by Mr.. Burton upon desire to
render real public service, following his
efforts that have been so amazingly sue
cessful in other directions familiar to the
city at large. That the success of the
plan constitutes a new method of con-
ducting the rentals of large buildings in
the city is no longer a matter Of specu-
lation.
"Under the plan OF organization
| adopted the work of the syndicate
managers has been departmentized. In
each instance one of the firms in the
group was chosen to act as a clearing
house for the syndicate. receiving all ap-
| plications for space. supervising the ad-
vertising campaign and attending to the
necessary details of bookkeeping. &C.
and providing a communicating link be-
tween the landlord, tenants and the as
| ISOLATED brokers. The actual negotiations
were intrusted to the office or soliciting
forces connected with the four brokerage
firms, the owners getting the advantage
| in this way of the unity of a single
agency backed by the forces or STATS
Of four active brokerage firms.
inspection of the methods and results
| are open to any one Interested. Other
| owners of large properties have begun
| to appreciate the possibilities offered by
| such group of workers and negotiations
are even now pending which would make
| 1t seem probable that the syndicate will
| continue efforts in connection with other
large operations in the midtown Sec
| tion."
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Many Lots sold at Quaker Ridge.

Francis a. stratton. president ot the
Quaker Ridge Improvement Company.
owning the property adjacent to the
Quaker Ridge station in New Rochelle
OF the New York, Westchester and Bos-
ton Railway. reports that during the
last five months that company has sold
and conveyed seventy-nine lots. Fifty
three additional lots are under contract
OF sale. but have not yet been conveyed.
making a total OF 1872. Some OF the
purchasers were residents who have In
creased their homo area