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, 1921-07-17
NOrthcLiffe To
Visit America

LONDON. July 16-Viscount North
ciife's tour. on which he will start
tomorrow going first to the United
States. says an announcement by the
London Times. is to be extended to
include Canada. Honolulu. the Fiji
islands, New Zealand. Australia, the
Philippines, Japan. China. Korea. the
Straits Settlements. Burma and India.
His time will be devoted mainly to
studying Pacific problems.
Judge C. Z. Winter. who has been
looking after legal matters in Doug
las returned today.
, 1921-07-17

The purpose Of the congress is
ito issue a solemn warning to the
independent industries. and the gen.
erai public of the United States Of
the danger that awaits them unless
the government a be persuaded
to change its policy regarding a
tariff on oil"
, 1921-07-17
DUTCH SEEK VOICE
IN u. s.

THE HAGUE. July 16,-tBy The
Associated Press-e"If the proposed
conference at Washington is % dis
cuss problems of the far east. It Is fair
that Holland should participate. in
the interest OF her So 900 900 subjects
in the Dutch Indies whose territory
borders tho Pacific."f =
, 1921-07-17
DISARMAMENT DISCUSSION OPENED
BY LEAGUE DESPITE u. s. ACTION
Proceeds With Work Instead
of Leaving Movement to Washington
Conference; No Conflict Seen

PARIS, July 16.-(By The Associated Press)-The tenn
porary mixed commission for the reduction Of ornaments ap-
pointed by the league of nations, decided today that the
conference on this question to be called by President Hard
ing would not conflict in any way with the leagues disarma-
ment move. Instead of adiourning its session immediately
, 1921-07-17
Chick Exams In
Lead for Golf
Title of West

CHICAGO July Is.-chick Evans.
aspiring to his sixth. western anna
teur championship. was. two up on R.
E.. Knepper. Sioux City. Iowa. at the
end of their first Is holes today in the
finals of the Western Golf association
tournament Evans scored 1886,
total rs. two we par. while Knep-
per look $40 for a total of II.
, 1921-07-17
MAN SHOT TO DEATH BY RED
REFUSAL TO JOIN |. w. w.
Slayer Protected by Other Members on
Train at Huron, S. d., and Escapes;
aberdeen Streets PatroHed

HURON, s. D., July 1e.-WilIiam D. Henderson, "a year.
of age, of Austin, Texas, was shot and killed last night at
Wolsey, S. D., three miles west of Huron by a member of a
band of some 800 l. w. W on the top of a freight train pull
ing out of Wolsey for the north, when he refused the de-
mands of the /. w. w. organizer to take out a card in the
, 1921-07-17
RANCHER SLAIN.
MAN Give UP
Especial to The Tribune,

MooRCROFT, Wyo- July 16--After shooting Louis Pemson. 50
years Of &c, ranchman. 20 death Friday afternoon, John Groves gave
himself up o HI authorities here was taken to thu county jail It
Sundance. Groves declared that he shot in sehdefense.
The tragedy occurred ten miles north Of here when the two men
quarreied m the road.
, 1921-07-17
GUSHING OF POLICE CHIEF IS
FORECAST, Vice. FL0URISHES;
COUNCIL ACTION PENDING

That the police committee of the city council had deter.
mined to ask for the resignation of Chief of Police Sheffner
was the rumor going the rounds in official circles this morn
ing, and although the rumor could not be confirmed, it was
tration. statement from n o the member
, 1921-07-17
KABER HELD GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
Who Plotted Death of Husband,
Wealthy Publisher, DrawS Life Ten
in Ohio Reformatory; Defendant Is I'm
conscious While Jury Debates

CLEVELAND, July 16.-Mrs. Eva Catherine kaber was
today found guilty of murder in the first degree but with a
recommendation of mercy by the jury which tried her on q
charge of plotting the killing of her husband, Daniel F.
Kaber. Under the verdict Mrs. Kaber must serve the re-
, 1921-07-17
STORE BURNED,
Loss TOTALS $4,000

ALTON, Wyo.. jury ia message
rom Thayne. Wyo.. near the Idaho
he, states hat fire destroyed the
deap-Thatcher general merchandise
tore. causing a loss of $4,000. The
Ire is supposed to have resulted from
m accumulation of trash in a large
Heater used only in cold weather he
Ing ignited from a cigarette stub. The
loss. $1,000 on the building and $780,
boo on the toe OF merchandise. Is
partly covered by insurance.
, 1921-07-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE

At Chicago r. ii. e.
Boston .......o 900 o., 1919 IS 1
Chicago ...... 900 900 WOO 6
Batteries-Bush and Ruel; Wilkin-
son. Twombly and Schalk.
/. At Detroit II. H. z.
New York 900 800 1"-s
Detroit .......o 900 900 0''-s
As Cleveland r. H. L.
Washington 100 010 80
Cleveland ...--0.0 800 e.
At ST.. Louis - X. IL. e.
st. Louis 200 I.s s.s-s
, 1921-07-17

Attorney C. p. Palmer is in the
Pathfinder country on a fishing "Trip
ever h week end.
, 1921-07-17
UPRISING
IS NOT SERIOUS,
OFFICIALS SAY
End of Week to See End Of Strife
in Tamaulpias State; Follow
ers of Herrera May Be
Executed

MEXICo CITY. July 16.-War Of
flee authorities declared. last night
that the uprising In the state of Tam
aulpias. led by Gen. Daniel Martinez
Herra-ra. would be put down in little
more than a week. It was declared
federal troops were. being dispatched
into the troubled district. and that
the danger would soon be over.
President Obregon met newspaper
men last night and seemed inclined
not to treat the Herrera eve Sc
riously. asserting there we're sufficient
forces to suppress the trouble. He
asserted the government intended to
investigate the situation and deter
mine what Influences were behind the
revolt and treat them as circum-
stances permit" .
Plutarco E. Gales. secretary of the
Interior. also. said h uprising was not
serious.
TAAfPICo, July 16.-Followers OF
Gen. Daniel Martinez Herrera, who
are taken prisoner by government
forces will be tried for treason. it is
announced by General Gomez, military
commander here. Gov. Lopez Lara is
hurrying the departure of idle oil
field workmen. fearing that they may
Join the revoiutionists-
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

record of trustees sales, foreclosures,
iiquidating Gales and estate sales, where
the consideration must be properly ex-
pressed I'm the deed (and these are sales
under the most adverse conditions. in
which the prices are much lower than
those which ordinarily prevall). shows
year after year that in the aggregate
property has actually, under these ad.
verse conditions. sold for more than the
assessment figures.
have called attention TO the steady
logical, year in and year out increase In
real property values above only to show
how much safer. how much moro con-
servative and how much better an In.
vestment It Is than the purchase OF
stocks bonds or other commodities.
All life Is a speculation. Everything
we do Is q gamble. Every day brings
about uncertainties. but II one Is TO In
vest intelligently I feel that New York
city real estate--downtown property pre-.
ferred---is the most conservative OF all
investments. without comment ! give
the high and low prices and the approx.
innate October 25 (1921) price of eight
active Industrial bonds. ten active rail-.
road bonds, ten active railroad stocks
and ten active Industrial stocks for the
period 1s02-21. which is the same period
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

ions for light. air and recreation and in
vited Mr.. White to submit his drawings.
Clay models were made Of the housing
group In its entirety SO as to give a
moro intimate conception of the plan.
In accepting the invitation to submit
his plans Mr.. White came to this city
and made a close study of the housing
situation and the topography here. His
survey convinced him that his plan
would provide an ideal form Of housing
for undeveloped portions of the Bronx
and Queens. where the same principles
could be followed along simpler lines
and at q greatly reduced cost, which In
turn would make lower rents possible.
with the great growth of our cities" !"
said Mr.. White to representative OF
THE NEW YORK HERALD, I'VE need bet
ter planned buildings for concentrated
populations Of moderate means Here
tofore the practice has been to arrange
a series of shoe boxes around a court.
design a more or less elaborate en-
trance and lobby and fix up rental
schedule to fit the location and the de-
gree Of decorative elaborateness But
in the finest and most expensive houses
| just as in those Of the cheapest con-
struction, tho airless and sunless court
has always been a feature. This to my
mind Is the outstanding defect of the
modern apartment house. No amour,
of exterior grandeur can compensate
for the wrong living conditions result
Ing from the sunless. airless. noise In
tested courts. They wreck the nerves
impair the health and shorten the life
of the apartment house dweller."
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

New York city real estate has proved
It's worth II has come through the past
three years of uncertainty with added
prestige as the premier of all invest
ment commodities. BY its strength when
actual investment buying has been lack
ing. due only to the inIquitous system Of
taxation at Washington. 1t has demon
stratcd that there Is no investment In
the world that favorably compares with
II. While large losses have been taken
by investors In stocks. bonds and other
securities, the losses by owning we'll
selected downtown real estate have been
practically nil. While dividends from
stocks--preferred and common-hava
been greatly diminished or passed en-
tirely. well selected real estate has been
earning day in and day out substantially
the samo conservative net income as
heretofore and In many cases increased
earnings have been shown.
/ have always thoroughly believed In
downtown New York city real estate.
Limited in area, anchored by our big
financial institutions and our exchanges,
gaining In value with the birth OF every
baby and the arrival of every inn!-
grant there can be only one price
tendency and that tendency must always
be upward.
1I0Wink ID tHo city 40 ~ tnc talo VA
175.000 a year and now with a popula-
ton Of approximately 6.000,000. the
annual real estate increment by popula-
tion alono In approximately per cent. II
care and Judgment are used In selection.
But the yearly increment down town is
even greater than this because II Is also
reflected in the increased size and i'm
portance Of those Industrial. banking
and corporate interests that occupy the
premises and do their business here In
this magic city.
In this rush Of business how few stop
TO realize our ever increasing greatness
and Importance. My experience In real es-
tate has been but that of a moment-less
than twenty-four years-yet what won-
derful changes have occurred In this
short span Of time. II older and rep
resentative men In the real estate field,
such as Charles s. Brown. Robert T..
Dowling or Henry Morgenthau, were to
write book on the real estate growth
of this magic city they would leave a
heritage welcomed by many. and the
tremendous increase in property values
that they would show-the fortunes
made by small investments not many
years ago--would read like fairy tales
Of finance and profit The Astor. Goe-
let Gerry, Hoffman, Wendell, Rupert
and Ehret fortunes are all very largely
interviewer with the buying and keep
what will New York look like nifty
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
T darkness City House and
Webb Country Place Solo

Mrs. William L. Harkness, widow of
the Standard OIL founder. has sold her
five story American basement house at
IL East Fifty-third street to Proctor &
Co., interior decorators and dealers in
furniture and rugs. who have been in
business at and West Thirty-sixth
street for fifteen years. The property
was held at s4o0. 900. 1t was at one time
the homo of Walter G. Oakman, who
sold 1t to Harvey Fiske, the banker. who
erected the present house and sold 1t to
Mr.. Harkness.
The house fronts 37.s feet on the
street and has a depth of 120 feet and
is considered one of tho finest homes in
the Fifth avenue street zone. Pease &
Elliman were the brokers In the trans
action, and Murray. Prentice & Aldrich,
attorneys, represented Mrs. Hardness.
Soils Watson Webb Estate.
e. z. Patterson Of the wheatley Hills
Real Estate Corporation has cold to a
client for occupancy. the estate Of j.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

The design will be composite OF the
various English styles. with dominant
touches reminiscent Of both the Eliza
bethan and Tudor In its general aspect,
however. the group will strongly suggest
a feudal castle. The scheme Is in spirit
an elaboration of the modern idea OF
bringing the country to the back door OF
the city dweller. Hence what Is techni.
cally considered the rear Of the build
irgs will be their main facades and the
street side will be the rear. Then to
make the aspect from the back windows
worth while all the space ordinarily
given to inner and outer courts. rear
yards and light wells will be consolidated
into single open space studded with
sunken gardens. a lake. tennis courts
and other facilities for outdoor sport
Yet the actual space thus used will be no
greater on the whole than the total
space ordinarily split up among the
courts and yards.
MIR. Whites plan is conceived to cover
an entire city block and to furnish hoAs-
ing space for more than 1000 families.
Built In such units 1t would go far to-
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
MOVES FORESEES BIG INVESTORS MARKET
Cites Statistics to Show Superiority OF
Realty Over Stocks and Bonds
Declares Future of Downtown
Section Was Never Brighter

while the volume Of business ia not a.
great or the profits as large SIS q few
years ago, yet conditions are healthy
and the volume of business larger than
at any time prior to 1915 or 1915. Hard
times have not come to US in the real
estate business but easy times have gone
and hope these easy times will never
return. There is little satisfaction in
having more business than one can prop
erly look out for. or for a broker to
earn more money than he knows he is
economically. logically or morally en-
titled to.
The departure of easy times Is the
exit for many war time brokers and.
as never before, the public to-day de-
mands the most Intelligent and expert
attention for the transaction of its real
estate business.
The general condition OF the real
estate market Is reflected In the follow
ing figures. but in this connection I
would call attention TO the fact that the
FIRST six months OF 1921 were consider
ably poorer than the FIRST six months of
1890. Since August the gain for 1921
over 1920 has been quite marked, and
the improvement as we get toward
1929 IS definite and certain:
From January / to November 1, 1881,
Manhattan Island, against l4,os for che
year 1920. ct will be noticed how DEAL
ing In real estate slackened for this en-
tire ten-rnonth period).
That business. however, is improving
considerably Is shown by the fact that
For the woek ending November /. 23s
properties were transferred in 1921. as
against 157 properties In 1920 for the
Same period
The assessed valuation OF the s,992
properties transferred for the first ten
months OF 1921 was s510.156,e4e. as
against an assessment OF ss94,272.600
for the same period in 1920.
For the first ten months OF 1921 the
transfers where express considerations
we're stated--as referred to heretofore
showed that the public paid s5o.573. .347
for real estate assessed at s45. .4ss. 100 by
tho Tax Department, and the figures
for 1920 were s101,61s.0=f for prop
erty assessed at ss5, 5os,eo0. showing in
each case as previously stated that prop
erty actually sells higher than the
assessment.
Mortgage records are also interest
ing. as Is shown by the following facts
Six thousand nine hundred and sixty
the first ten months of this year in
Manhattan as against 1851 mortgages
for the same period in 1920. and $685.
269,Ss1 has been loaned on Manhattan
real estate for the first ten months OF
Couft,1fed or Fsoorf Pare
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Be Careful How You Mail
Your Mortgage Payments
BY THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

Not long ago an interesting situation
developed in connection with an action
20 foreclose a mortgage on certain
property in The Bronx. The mortgagee,
failing to receive the interest due within
the stipulated time, instituted proceed
inrs. In court the defendant proved that
he had mailed the amount due. the
nlaintiff was also able to prove that the
money had not been received. Morally
the plaintiff might have been expected
to show greater consideration toward the
ovner. Legally, however. he was en-
t,relv within his rights and the fore-
CLOSURE action was upheld.
Tbis case prompts the trustee of a
oortain estate TO cite q somewhat similar
axperience and at the same tine caution
letter writer's IN general against COM
mon failing in .lhe manner OF addressing
letters for local delivery.
The interest on one of the mortga ges
held bv the estate being due the trustee
notifled the mortgagor. The next morn
ing the trustee received word by tele-
nhone that the amount due had been for
warded by mail some time previously.
Tho mortgagor subsequently, notified his
hanl, 70 stop payment on the check. BY
q aereoment the stop order was to be cam
called in the event that the check
coached IFS destination. Shortly aftor-
ward tho trustee for the estate received
the long delayed letter with the check
incIosed. notified the mortgagor and de-
nosited the check. only to have IL re-
turned marked Payment stopped, not
withstanding that the owner had asked
the bank TO release the stop order. Had
this mortgage desired he might have
declined TO take further action, awaited
the expiration of the thirty days
"erace" and called the mortgage.
This entire difficulty arose from
cerelessly addressed envelope. The mort
aaror. a resident of Bro oklyn, addressed
en-. letter to So Broadway, CITY," and
mailed Il in Brooklyn. Failing TO find
the person 10 whom the letter was al.
dressed in Brooklyn the Brooklyn postal
authorities apparently forwarded the
latter 10 Manhattan. In concluding MS
narrative. the trustee said
'If tho experience I have just reciteo
SS,r helm TO teach others to place the
ssme of the borough instead OF the
meaningless word "city." on letters II,
,ha future, Il will have been worth al
50 trouble Il has caused"
when England Penaiixcd Buiider'
Some sixteen months ago ENGLAND OF
fered prize Of about $1,000 to each
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Predicts 1t Will Succeed Buying for
Occupancy Movement as Soon as
Surtax Is Eliminated and More
Equitable Substitute Adopted
ny CHARLES F. NOTES.

years or one hundred years from now?
And please bear In mind that this city
of ours Is to-day only an infant-not
yet a child. as time goes. We know
what we are to-day with approximately
six million people What Will we be In
twenty years. with nearly ten million
In population: in fifty years. &C.?
To-day New York rivals London. To-
morrow we must outdistance all because
Of our geographical location. our won
derful harbor and the natural resources
of this great country.
These are the fundamental reasons
for the continued growth Of downtown
New York city real estate. These are
the reasons that. while other investment
commodities are crashing downward
New York city real estate has been firm
and Is to-day the best OF all investments
and the most strongly held. although on
account of the iniquitous surtax system
OF taxation previously referred to many
big investors have been driven from
the real estate market and feel that
they can only afford to buy tax exempt
securities. Statistics are always dry.
but when concisely presented are inter
estIng. The following table shows the
steady appreciation Of New York city
real estate from the year 1909 to ISL
all boroughs:
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

individual who would complete a resi-
dence within six months. The plan
failed to provide the necessary incen-
tive TO construction, largely because II
removed speculative building from the
market. To prevent the subsidy plan
from becoming too popular. brickiayers
and other skilled workers loafed on their
jobs. Builders became discouraged and
ignored the subsidy.
There was a time in England's history
when the Government. instead of helping
to build up, revelled in pulling down
And 1t made much money by destruc-
ton. In "Stratfords Letters" one reads
that In 1893 a clerk of the Signet was
fined 1000 pounds for erecting buildings
In st. Marlin-in-the-F Fields. He was or
dered to demolish forty-two dwellings,
besides stables AID coachhouses. or to
pay 1900 pounds more. Vast sums
poured into the Golfers of King Charles
from these fines. A substantial part OF
London was made into a devastated
area. Licenses for building had beer
granted. but there was a proclamation
designed to support the gentry and no
bility of the country. that made the
licenses of no avail. A merry England
It must have been when 1t could afford
such wholesale havoc.
Human Side Of the Landlord.
He was a landlord; retired mer.
chant who owned row Of flats In q
thickly populated section OF Brooklyn
But he paid rent for the psrior floor and
basement of the two family house oc-
cupfed by himself and family.
One day the owner OF this dwelling
served notice that the house had been
sold and that the new owners desired
possession as soon as the tenants could
obtain other quarters The unex.
pected order to move affected the old
man deeply and brought on a stroke oi
apoplexy from which he died.
Later members of the family sough,
other quarters. The rent laws provided
the means of getting possession OF ar
apartment in one of their own buildings
but the family declined to make use of II
declaring that by doing so they wouil
merely be shifting their fiat huntirs
troubles on to others less able to beat
them" Finding It difficult to rent suit.
able quarters they purchased a resi-.
dence.
Probably few owners are as consider.
ate OF their tenants as this family, but
how many tenants would have showr
such consideration were conditions re-
versed7
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Will Lighten Work for Housewives

ward. East Boulevard ana 116th street
Contracts for the construction Of the
first unit In the projected Cleveland
group have already been let at an esti-
mated cost OF about $1.000,000. The
total project will run very much higher
than that
Mr.. White has designed his apartment
group so that 1t can ramble along on
narrow plateaus or in hillside groups. a
feature which makes 1t especially desir-
able for suburban districts or for the
outskirts of big cities. The structure
will be of brick. stone and stucco. with
corner towers OF sixteen stories and
intermediate towers of twelve stories.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

Now. these assessments, BeherHIIy
speaking, have never been greater than
the actual value of property. There
are isolated cases where an assessment
may be high or an assessment may %
low, but spread over the city our as
sessments have always been fair. and I
aav with a personal knowledge that our
Tax Department Is a department that
the citizens of this city should be proud
of, because It Is competent, efficient and
alert. The department always has met
conditions as they have arisen from
time to time, with the result that In
eaualities In taxation are corrected as
quickly as brought 10 the attention OF
the board. That these assessment fig
ures do not represent an artificial value
is best indicated by tho fact that our
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
so e E

All radiators throughout the house are
displaced with heating coils Of pipe with
valves concealed in the walls and proper
drainage below so as to permit Of the
use of the same pipes for refrigerating
system. This means an extra charge
cost of $40 per month during the sum
mer for each tenant.
1t was the application of the plan to
the Cleveland project that first brought
the scheme to the attention of the New
York group. The latter were especially
impressed by the extraordinary provis-
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

in cork. Tea wagons with colored metal
baskets are provided in each apartment
wherein dishes are deposited after meals
and sent down in electric dumbwaiters
to central washing plant, where they
are scrubbed. FURNISHED, secured and
polished and returned glistening to their
owners. This service OF course is not
included in the monthly rental. but must
be paid for on a monthly arrangement as
an item of general operating expense.
Another item that comes under this head
is the artificial cooling of apartments in
summer time.