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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-28
THE NEWS-TIMES

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-28
INDIANA MAN GAS
VICTIM IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov 81
William A. Flanagan OF Valparaiso.
Ind. was found asphyxiated in his
room at the Alps hotel here Sunday
morning.
Two other men. Alex Christopher
and John Anderson, both of S22
Firtv-third ST. Brooklyn. y. Y. were
stricken III by fumes
Coroner Gorsuch said that al
though ne had given a verdict Of
accidental death he was not sure
whether il was suicidal or accidental
because df lack of evidence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-28
LEADER MURDERED
ITALY TYPO STRIKES
Printers Union Declares Gen,
eral WalkOut, Protesting
Staying of Chief.

ROME. Nov. 27.-ItaIy Will he
without newspapers Monday. follow
ing decision OF the pronters' union
% declare general strike In pro-
test against the killing by Fascist
last week. OF Signor Miller president
~ the Triest Typographers' union.
The killing Of Miller has caused
widespread Indignation owing 20 the
manner in which the deed was COM
mitted
The Fascist captured Mnleer and
forcibly took him 20 an isolated spot
where several bullets were fired into
his body Then his assailants LEFT
the wounded man TO die. A COM
panion q Miller suffered a similar
fate.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-28
N E " HA VEN
H 0 use
DESTRO YED
Only Miracle Saves Vast
Throng at'City's Princi-
pal Film House.
FLAMES MENACE HOTEL
Yale Students Try to Fight
Through Crowd to
Rescue Friends.

BY Associated Press;
NEW HAVEN. conn. Nov 27.-
The Rialto theater. a moving picture
house. was burned Sunday night and
at least four persons lost their lives
and more than four score received
hospital treatment.
Some May Die.
Some of the patients may die
Fire Marshal Perkins late sunday
night said other bodies might be
found in the ruins by daylight ale
though a search with lanterns by
firemen and police revealed only TWO
bodies. Two other bodies were at
the hospitals.
Fear Big Death list
For two hours while the flames
rose higher than Hotel Taft oppo-
site. in College St. 10 was feared the
death list would be heavy.
Ambulances had carried scores %
persons TO the hospitals. many were
in the hotel. hundreds had made
their way home cut and bruised and
scorched. and spectators told of
stampede Al the cry Of Fire" and
OF bodies being in heaps uron the
main floor
Worst Fears Unfoundcd
But when hremen were able 20
enter the structure the worst fears
We're found 10 be unfounded
a number Of Yale students we're
among those on the injured list
Students Try TO Aid.
Throughout the fire fghUng stu
dents pressed close 20 the police
lines and tried 10 get through to
search for friends as soon as the
blaze was under control
Two bodies had been taken from
the burned building az s:3o .. n.
Chief OF Police smith who VITA
three flremen entered the front
doors Of the theaier. said there were
no bodies in sight in that section
Of the ruins.
The Seriously Hurt
Among the seriously injured was
Allen Keith. Yale student ~
Southport Conn. Five other Yale
students IN the hospital are listed
az less seriously hurt They are:
Louis A. Lincoln. Mansfield Mass.
Gordon Renner. Cincinnati: Norman
+. Hook. Pottsvflle. Pa: Hale E.
Cullom, Nashville Tenn. and wal
ter Crafts. Montreal. Que
At the Yale infrmarv y Students
were listed as suffering from inc
juries received I'm the fire. They
are: d. A. Cooke. Honolulu. n. r..
Stanley VI Cooper. New Britton.
Conn; J. NJ. Decamp Cincinnati:
A TT Doolittle. Spokane. Wash.
William r. Forsythe. Milwaukee.
Wis. Malcolm II. Frost. Lawrence.
Mass: ". l. Funnel. StamforG.
Conn: r. L. Tulloch Orange ~. j.:
John r. Coates. Jr Little RocF.
Ark. and John G. Easton. r. p.
Lamb and J. r. Moore. addresses
not known
Grace hospital had listed as Yale
students two injured. J. r. Dooutrle.
Spokane. Wash. and rs. Nickas. ado
dress unknown. AT ST EaphaeTs
hospital was another student. Giles
@ Healcy Cornwall-ou-Huds 81.
y.
Loss l. $50. 600.
THE fire destroyed the interior q
tho Rialto and broke into large
adjoining building occupied by sew
eraI concerns. The property loss
was about 10000
The Rialto was remodeled from
College ST. hall WEIGH itself was
adapted for public lectures after
Plymouth CONGREGATIONAL church
gave it up and moved elsewhere.
Yale university used the hau Tor
years for lecture courses. and the
medical school held Ira graduation
exercises IN n
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-28

s24.444 STOLEN: SEIZE Two.

BOSTON. No.. 27-Poiice inspec-
tors Sunday night arrested James
Luna. OF Olyphant Pa. and John
Dubok. Of Everett charged with par
ticipating IN the robbery ~ q pay
roll OF E28.444 AZ the A. o. walton
& CO. shoe factory a. Chelsea SAT-
urday morning. Most ~ the money
was recovered
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-28
TWO CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE

MONTREAL. Que. Nov. 27.-Two
children were burned 20 death and
their mother and grandfather seri-
ously injured Sunday when fire de-
stroved nine tenements in Rosemont
suburb in the northeast section Of
the city.
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THE WEATHER.

indiana-Cloudy Monday and colder prot
ably preceded By rain in extreme east portion
Tuesday fair
Lower MichiEan-CIoudy Monday and Tues
day.
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The New York herald., 1921-12-04
When Tenant and Owner
Play David and Jonathan
BY THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

them in our churches throughout the
city, and thus provide temporary shelter
for the homeless.
"The scheme sounded so ludicrous In
view of the facts had in my possession
that laughed and said something about
the newspapers having their little jokes
He became indignant and said I should
be ashamed to make light Of so serious
public problem.
"I tri to show him how utterly abb
surd such "a plan would be. stating that
I could prove there were thousands of
vacancies In Manhattan tenements alone.
and pointed out block after block In
which thero were dozens of vacancies,
all of which he characterized as loose
talk Finally said If you want your
organization to appear ridiculous, why.
proceed with the scheme you've outlined
to me- This angered him all the more
and we parted without another word
II looked In vain. however. for the
publicity that I knew such a scheme
would receive. and reached the conclu-
sion that the organization learned the
facts and abandoned the plan.
Some time later this ;torney called
me up and thanked me for saving his
society from public humiliation. He said
he had investigated the figures and
found them quite conservative and had
become convinced that the housing
emergency was overemphasized."
Art and Commercialism.
One frequently hears the expression
"art for arts sake" tho belief being
that IL I'VE could separate art and
commercialism thero would be moro
beauty In the world. This NAV ne true.
but II Is. nevertheless. fact : some
of the most beautiful forms OF architec-
ture poetry, music. the drama. the short
story and the novel were dictated by
commercial necessity.
The Woolworth Building. architectur-
ally one of the finest structures in the
world. declares TIME and Metal Mugd-
cine, would never have been built In its
present form had 70 not been for the
high price of land IN New York city and
the necessity for housing a large num-
Der of business folk on small plot Of
ground.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

says Mr.. Jacobs, was I'm a measure
adapted to the family and social life
of the day. AS rule the personnel Of
the household included many children
and few servants, and every conceiv-
able corner OF the house was turned into
sleeping quarters. Hence the main liv-
ing chambers were cramped. a condition
greatly accentuated by the entrance
hallway. which left room for only the
bowling alley type of parlor used only
for state occasions and hermeticaily
sealed the remainder of the time. In
the rear of this was a back parlor,
library. drawing room or company din
ing room or whatever you pleased to
call 1t or make 1t. This was also a
silver of room and often boasted the
additional advantage Of having none
but artificial light.
Then the social and economic evolu-
ton began to diffuse wealth. People be-
gan to make money and hire more SER
wants and their housing requirements
underwent a change. The long bowling
alley parlor was turned into a large
room extending the full width of the
house. the high stoop taken away and
the entrance hall placed on the old base
ment level. The entrance nall consisted
Of a large foyer, which also ran the full
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Uncle Sans Village Sale
Awaited by Honneseekers

Great interest has peen aroused by
the announcement that the United States
Government thnough Joseph p. Day.
auctioneer. is to sell what amounts to
two villages, namely Fairview. at Cam
den, N. j., and Hartman. at Bristol,
Pa. Mr.. Day will sell the Governments
dwellings. which were erected In these
new communities for the shipyard
workers during the war. There are
1898 of these homes. Inquiries have
poured into Mr.. Days office from all
parts of the country. Considering the
character of the properties. the auction
Ger says he Is amazed that he has not
received ten times the number OF queries.
The sale will begin at Camden on Satur-
day. December 10.
with the building OF the bridge from
Philadelphia to Camden. Mr.. Day says
the latter city will soon repeat the
marvellous history of Brooklyn after
the building of Brooklyn Bridge The
Government is anxious that individual
home owners rather than spectators
should acquire the houses. Speaking In
behalf of the United States Shipping
Board, which is handling the sale, Mr..
Day says:
III the Government were willing to
act the part of a greedy realty spec
ulator It could probably hold these
houses for a few years and make a
profit even on its outlay at war prices.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
SOUTH END OF the
CIvlNG ROOM
SUGGESTS NEEDED
CHARTER CHANGES
Realty Board Would Separate
City's Appropriating and
Disbursing Authority.

The appointment OF city charter re-
prompted the Real Estate Board of New
York to suggest special consideration Of
the need for some enforcement between
the appropriatlng and the disbursing au-
thorities OF the city government and also
Of the need for change in the present
methods of reviewing o. ssssssrenia
after the rolls lave eea apseee Fes
garding these ~ ases az e.srter re-
vision in the order name6 fhc Rozt
Estate Board i,s issued tie fofloyvihg
statement:
''Those who have followed closely this
question OF the necessity for some sever
ance of the appropristing and spending
authorities in the city government are
convinced that some change OF this kind
is required IL there is TO be any ap-
preciable check on the mounting cost OF
city government. which Is now approx
mately s350. 900 q year. The COM
position of the Board of Estimate and
the method OF its functioning work d.
rectly for the encouragement OF ex-
travagance.
zone reason for this is the overwheim-
lil5 VI 'NOTh WUlcl utNOAftS upon
members of the Board of Estimate, nee
essitating a knowledge OF the intimate
details of every project in which the
city Is concerned and study both OF the
physical and the financial aspects OF
these undertakings.
"The Mayor and the Comptroller
probably appreciate these facts more
than any one else, and might even be
not out OF sympathy with some plan to
remedy this particular phase OF city
government.
"rhe Real Estate Board is not pre-
pared at the present time 70 present q
definite plan, but rather offers this as
a principle for consideration.
"The other vital matter is the question
OF the Tax Department. and more par
ticularly of the reviewing Of assessments
after the assessment rolls have been
opened This is OF prime Importance
to real estate owners. but It is a mis-
take to think that It IS of interest only
TO real estate owners because the whole
subject of assessments and taxes vitality
concerns the home owners. OF whom there
are a great many thousands in this city,
and is reflected in rents paid by tenants.
THE Real Estate Board Is convinced
that the present method OF review by the
commissioners and their deputies who
make the assessments, Is not the right
procedure.
1T believes that there should be some
change in the composition OF the Tar
Department, and that board OF review,
composed of persons not closely identi-
fled with the tax levying body, Is essen-
tial. Such plan would result in more
equitable assessments and would obviats
an enormous amount of litigation costly
both to the taxpayer and TO the city.
I'm this matter also the Real Estate
Board Is not yet prepared 20 present
plan in detail. but Is convinced Of the
correctness of the principle which Il eug-
gests."
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

Eut the United States Is more snxious
to aid in the solutijn of the housing
problem and to see its thrifty people in
comfortable homes than It is to make
a few millions.
IF the Government wanted the
houses to go to SPECTATORS, no money
would have to be spent in Advertising
few phone calls would suffice to
bring offers from various hastily
formed syndicates. II goes without say
Ing that these houses will sell at bar
gain prices. The speculator bugaboo
should not frighten the home seeker.
The man who Is willing to pay a little
more than the speculator will get a
house which later he would have TO
pay a substantial profit for provided
he bought from some speculator."
Principal among three absolute auc-
ton sales to be conducted by Mr.. Day
next Thursday In IA Vesey street IS
the vacant plot on the west side Of
Lafayette street between Duane and
Pearl streets. adjoining the Worth
street subway station. At the same
sale Mr.. Day will offer a number Of
tenements. dwellings and vacant plots
In Manhattan. Tho Bronx and Brook
lyn and dwelling in Pelham. N. 7.
The large vacant plot at the southwest
corner OF Grant avenue and 166th
street In The Bronx, with three adjoining
plots, 50x10o each, will be included in
the sale.
On Tuesday next, Mr.. Day will con-
duct the postponed sale Of the Mahony
estate holdings in IA Vesey street for
the NJ. Morgenthau. Jr.. Company agents.
Owing to bad weather this sale was
put over from last Tuesday.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
TO SELL BUILDING LOTS
IN DEPARTMENT STORE
Realtors viii Offer Land Bar
gains Ouer Counter.

Beginning this week is Will be possible
for patrons OF Bloomingdaie's depart
rent store TO purchase home sites over
the counter IN tho store at Fifty-ninth
street and Lexington avenue. The ar
rsngernent was made between Mr..
Bloornin edalo and T. II Thayer, rep
resentative OF L'Ecluse, washburu q
Co.. which has charge OF the sale OF the
tract OF land in Elmhurst owned by the
Flushing Bay Building Corporation. A.
cording 20 the brokers every buyer viii
have n guaranty Of his money back X
he Is not satisfied with his purchase.
The buyer will have access 20 maps IN
the store and may make his own selec-
tions. According to DEciuse. washburn
& Co, the following win be Shc terms
OF the gales:
"Ten per cent. OF the purchase pr1cs
will 30 paid down. A contract Il then
nnsde requiring the payment OF an add
tionai 10 per cent. in thirty days, with
the provision that the balance can be.
paid In small monthly payments as low
as per cent.
THE purchaser IL then directed 90 ths
property with the assurance mat X 10
does not prove satisfactory The money
will be refunded. on the property he IL
met by n representative of tho company.
shown his lots and given all Information
concerning the project.
"If for any reason after seeing the
property no is not satisfied he Is given
an order for the refund OF his money
and fs under no obligations 90 the COM
rany or the store"
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

width of the house with the exception Of
the space reserved for the servants pas
sage.
"In the initial stages Of this process.
which should be termed the passing of
the high stopped house. the middle dark
foyer on the first floor above the base
ment was retained In order to Isolate the
stair well. This arrangement. however,
had very little color to II and lacked the
grand effect achieved by having The Wis
itor come up the stairs and step directly
into magnificent living room.
"In some cases the treatment Of the
old brownstone house has gone much
further than the mere amputation of the
high stoop. Occasionally it has included
the science OF dermatology and has
brought an entire change of face to the
dwelling, as we'll as a radical rearrange-
ment of the interior. That. of course,
meant the expenditure of considerable
sum of money. But II is surprising what
results can be accomplished by merely
shaving off the front stoop. 1t Is this
comparatively inexpensive change which
makes possible the effective readJust-
ment of the old first floor with the con-
seuuent enlargement of the living room.
No better proof Mr.. Jacobs's asser-
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Builders Plan 10 Story
Loft for Garment Zone

teenth and Sixteenth streets, where Its
plant Is located.
The company long ago planned TO
erect a large addition to its building, but
needed a few scattered parcels on the
block, which have been accumulated
during the past few years.
Tho A. g. Roberts Realty Company.
Inc. Is the buyer of the plot 51x9s.e at
4s-51-53 West Thirty eighth street.
which Pease & Elliman sold for the C1ar-
idge Realty Company. The property Is
improved with three II foot four and
1ve story houses.
Charles Il. Noyes Company resold for
Richard s. Elliott 22 East Houston
street. northeast corner of Mulberry, AK
81, a six story business building TO Marx
Finstonc, who will occupy the upper por-
tion of the building for his fountain pen
business.
Big Housing Project In Brooklyn.
A. J. Murphy sold for Winfield S.
Wegar to the Empire Building and I'M
provement Company a plot 37.6xi0o feet
on the north side OF Forty-third street
437.6 feet west of Twelfth avenue, and
for the Borough Park Investing Com
pany to the same buyer the adjoining
plot, s7.6xloo.2 feet on the north side of
Forty-third street, 400 feet west of
Twelfth avenue, and to the same buyer
for 8. Roth a plot, 37.sx1o0 feet on the
north side OF Forty-thlrd street, 363.e
feet west OF Twelfth avenue. making
piottage of 1i2.6 feet. on which the
buyer intends to erect a four story
apartment, iooxs3 feet 10 accommodate
eighty families.
Frank scaver & Co. sold tho eight
family fat OF $40 Seventh street, 40x
100. for Preziere Realty Company.
VIII Improve 'rvfliage" Corner.
The Brown wheelock Company has
sold for Hearth and Home, mo. the Ave
etory etore and apartment house on the
southeast corner OF Bleecker and Mac
dougal streets. II In the buyers inten-
tion TO make alterations to the property
TO conform to the character OF alters-
uons made on tho balance OF the block
BY Hearth and Home. IL was held Mt
$4,000. The adjoining property at fs4
Bleeclter street was sold by the same
brokers a week ago TO Vito Di Lucia,
who Is now making alterations prcpara-
tory to opening an italian bank there.
Pell Estate Sells w. B'way Parcel.
N. A. Berwin a Co. sold TO I. Randolph
and Everett Jacobs for the United States
Trust Company, trustees OF the Peil
estate, e75 West Broadway. through 10
81 Wooster street, five story loft
building. 5B.6x2oo. The three upper
floors OF this building were recently
burned out, and II ia the intention OF
the new owners 20 either restore the
present building or erect a commercial
garage.
Historic Montclafr Place sold.
Tho historic Crane homestead site.
occupied by Gen. George Washington in
1891. at the corner OF Claremont avenue
and Valley road. Montclair, N. j.. has
been purchased by DIR. Maurice Cohen,
who VIII improve the plot with Colo
Mai residence containing fourteen rooms
and thrco baths. r. NJ Crawley &
Brothers were the brokers.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
PRESENT ENTRANCE HALL FORMERLY
THE BASEMENT ENTRANCE

vided an entrance hall only six or seven
feet wide. leaving room for fair sized
sitting room for the servants In the front
part OF the house. Between this and the
kitchen, which measures 20x22 feet, are
generously proportioned coat and retir-
ing rooms and considerable closet space.
On the first floor above the basement
the old dark foyer has been eliminated,
the stairs rising from the entrance d.
rectly into tho stately living room. which
now measures 37x20 feet Here the
staircase serves as a decorative feature,
the treatment being similar to that fol-
lowed In fine country houses. In It's
present form the living room offers
splendid facilities for receptions. bridge
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
SEES FAVORABLE
BUILDING OUTLOOK
Loan Expert Finds Gratifying
Supply of Small Homes in
New York District.

" reconstruction work throughout the
country Is holding up well for this sea-
son of the year" says S. w. Straus OF
$. w. Straus a. Co. THE building Oh
small homes is proceeding in gratify-
ing manner, with special activities re-
ported in the New York district and the
south. Estimates of the total OF new
building contracts for the year Indicate
that In valuation 1921 will be about equal
to 1920. which was the record breaking
period for the industry. On square
footage basis, however, 1t would ap-
near at this time that the 1921 total Will
be less than last year.
"I'he most important factor at pres
ent is that of construction costs. and
opinion prevails that the tendency will
not be toward lower levels. 1t should
be borne in mind that the law of supply
and demand Is an irrevocabls factor In
all economic situations. It Is the final
and deciding element Various official
and authentic statistics as TO the
amount of construction necessary to
bring the building situation back to nor
NAL have been made from time to time.
The most conservative of these esti-
mates places the shortage at about
$4,000, 900, 900.
ION the present annual basis of new
building contracts throughout the coun-
try (about 900. 900, ,000). 1t would require
thnse years of steady building to over
come this shortage even II we had no
new demands. deterioration or losses.
But as building work now going on Is
not of sufficient magnitude to make any
perceptible change In the general hous-
ing status, II is quite within the bounds
of good Judgment to conclude that we
are to have a rather prolonged period
of very active building.
"It Is contrary to experience 10 ex-
pect continually falling prices in the
face Of abnormal demands and activi-
ties. Consideration also must be given
10 the revival of general business in
this country aud. eventually. through
out the world A more optimistic tone.
IN fact, is being manifested continually.
an addition 20 these basic conditions,
which must certainly have their effect
on building costs, II Is to be remem-
bered that there are heavy burdens of
taxation to he r.9.: that great projects
* puplic works which will demand
heavy supplies OF labor and materials
ere pending, and that there Is a con-
tinued development toward better stand
ards of living and greater conveniences,
which mean higher prices.
while there will be huctua tions in
building costs based on local or tempo
rary conditions, and while there may
be occasional recesdons from high
levels, It seems contrary to the dictates
OF conservative Judgment to withhold
any worthy or well ordered building
project in the expectation OF securing
pronounced price reductions. We be-
lieve In the continued growth OF this
country and In the steady upbuIlding
OF our great American cities, conditions
which inevitably must be accompanied
by heavy responsibilities and corre-
spondingly splendid opportunities for
the building industry"