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New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Ship Board Boat Afire
Half Nile Out i'm Bay
Distress Signal Sends Rescue
Vessels to Scene, but Extent
of Damage Is Not Known

Fire was discovered in the engine
room Ct the United States Shipping
Board boat 0gontz late last night. The
boat was moored half mile out in the
bay off the foot of the Fifty-ninth
Street pier, Brooklyn.
The blaze was not visible from the
shore, and boats lying in the imme-
diate vicinity of the Ogontz were not
aware that anything was wrong until
the tireboat New Yorker, which was
rushed to the scene in answer to a
distress signal from the boat itself, ar
rived
Owing to the distance at which the
0gontz was moored from the shore, it
was difficult 10 ascertain the extent or
'ause Of the fire. 1t was not known if
fny members of the crew beside the
required watch were on board
Shortly after the Naval Communica-
tlon Service picked UP the fire call
from the 0gontz the freboat Seth Low
vas sent t. the scene from the sat
tsgy. A large oil tanker which was
ylng close to the Ogontz was towed
out Of danger by the Seth Low.
The GgoEt- is OF 3.434 ret registered
tonnage. She arrived in this port from
Frsetown, via AKIN, January 26. After
dlscharging her cargo she was moored
n the Bay. off the foot of Fifty-ninth
street, Brooklyn, pending a permanent
berth assignment.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Traction Bill To
Be Amended~to Bar
Raises i'm Fares
Protests From New Workers
Result in Curtailment of
Sweeping Powers of Pro-
posedTransit Commission
From q STAFF co,yesnonde,t

ALBANY, Feb. 21.-Protests of New
Workers against the sweeping powers
OF the transit commission proposed in
Governor Miller's public utility bill.
introduced last week, have resulted in
an amendment prohibiting the commits
sion from increasing the rate of fare.
except as part of the general plan of
readjustment
This plan, which contemplates a
pally-owned system, either uni
fed or made up of several units, as the
comm nission shall decide, may. however,
be forced upon the city should the
munro palItv be unwilling to accept the
plan conceived BY the Commission
Announcement that the bill would be
amended so as TO curtail the fare-rais-
ing powers of the commission was
made tonight by Senator Knight and
Majority Leader Adler, who introduced
the bill, in the following signed state
ment:
"We will, at some time later in the
week, offer several amendments to the
public service bill introduced in the
Legislature by US on Wednesday last
To save an additional reprint of the
bill. none Of these will be offered until
"0ne of the proposed amendments
which we will offer will be to Section
80, at the end of the first paragraph
page 38. 1t will read as follows: Pro
vided, however anything herein con-
tanned to the contrary Notwithstanding
that the transit commission shall not
increase any rate, fare or other charge
except as may be provided in plan OF
readjustment adopted under the pro
visions of Article VI of this chapter
Article empowers the new transit
coumissIou to attempt the comblna
sion, rehabilitation, Improvement anC
extension of the service of the New
York City traction companies, go that
service thereon may be increased anC
improved to the fullest extent pos
sible."
It is this article which gives the
commission power to force its plar
upon the city, even though the city
should decide against it.
The article also gives the commission
power to revise existing franchises and
contracts, $50 that the real values ir
the railroads may he protected and Sc
curities stabilized"
This concession followed reports that
the New York City legislators, witt
few exceptions, were against the entire
program because of the sweeping
powers given the transit commission il
the matter of abrogating the hve-cent
fare contract between the city and Tx
traction companies, and which is in
corporated in the franchises
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
PEARL RIVER

MODERN HoUsE, all irapts. rooras
baths, extra toilets, garage &nd natballA-
tngs lighted BY electrically vartsty %
.rutts reHsrs and shrubs. Open FOR cnsr
W. ". EsASs. Telephone Is.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Sen. Johnson
10 Run Hylan,
Transit FIGHT
tcontlnusd from paas cne1

NoohHhued from page nhe)
ments made with the people of this
city by the traction interests. and to
protect the people from being COM
PEELED to pay additional millions year
ly to these interests
j have, after consultation with and
approval of Mayor Hylan, secured the
services of the Hon. Hiram W. John
SON, who fought the railroad interests
IN the State of California and drove
them from the control of the state
government; who was a dominant fac
tor IN the establishment of municipal
ownership and operation of street rail
ways in that state, and who will aid in
this fight to uphold and preserve for
the people the SACRED rights guaranteed
to them by the state and Federal con-
stitutions, the bulwark of governm mt
and the palladium Of our liberties and
our freedom"
Citizens Committee Acts
The assertion that the selection OF
/ Mr.. Johnson vitiated the argument OF
the Mayor that the fhCme rule" prin-
ciple was violated by the Governor
plans came quickly from those who
advocate a prompt solution of the trac-
/ ton problem. The Citizens Transit
! Committee considered the subject at q
Z
vana. A resolution was adopted, in
which it was declared:
cat last Mayor Hylan indorses Gov
ernor Miller in his belief that the
breakdown of transportation IN New
York City is so serious that it is nc
longer purely a local issue Governo,
/ Miller has said it is a matter of deer
concern to, the state Mayor Hylar
goes further and makes it national
he goes to California for Hiram John
SON for an advocate Of this principle
{ Hiram Johnson as Governor did much
/ to make the California State Railroad
/ Commission the final authority over
railroads and public utilities advocat
ing and securing constitutional
amendment and changing the boarc
from a body elected by the peo,
Pile to one appointed by the Governor
Preliminary to the mass meeting tt
be held at Town Hall, 121 West Forty
third Street, Thursday night, the com
mittee organized by electing Genera
! Oliver B. Bridgman, president; Her
mann A. Metz, treasurer. and George
H. Bell, formerly Commissioner of Ii
censes, secretary.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Spectators Get Profit
From Resale of Dwelling 9
Sell Recently Acquired House in
West 18th Street; Other
Ruyinp of Homes

Ennis & Sinnot resold to Mabel Rirzo
the fourstory dwelling, 159 West Sew
enty-eighth Street, 19x1oO. The Wood,
Doison Company negotiated the sale.
Joseph Nichthauser sold to Daniel
W. Weaver the three-story dwelling,
116 West 119th Street, 18x100.11.
Mrs. Susan w. Ogden sold 536 West
148th Street, three-story dwelling,
17X99.11, which had been in the pos
session of the selling family for more
than twenty-five years.
John H. Pierce sold for Mary Mad
dock, represented by Charles G. Koss,
"a West 134th Street, a three-story
dwelling, 16Sx99.11, to an out of town
investor, who will occupy after re-
modelling; also sold for Herman
Schepp 258 West 133d Street, three
story dwelling, 16.Sx99.11, and for
Emily NJ Street and others EOS West
128th Street, three-story dwelling,
,16.8x99.11, to Herman Goldberg.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Mrs. Anderson
Dies; Gifts Put
At S1O,OO0,O0O
xo,ed Renefactress of City
Poor Succurnbs TO Pnep-
monia: Little known of
Her Vast Philanthropies
Worked for Child Uplift
r.tablished Public Bath
Houses and Aided War
Stricken People Abroad

mrs. Elizabeth Milbank Anderson,
Is Of the late A. A. Anderson, the
's.,.s and widely known for her phi
s.-,bropies, died here tonight from
.y.anonia. She was seventy-one years
Yrs. Anderson during the last fifteen
.,srs Of her life, carried out philan-
,.-apies amounting TO S10,000.o00. She
,raidsd publicity and the extent of her
s.aefsctions was little known outside
.ss circle where they were carried on.
Nsnv Of her largest gifts were in
.,baH Of public health work, particu-
i.rly among children in New York city.
and she devoted herself to minimizing
55yerty by removing some of its causes.
Established Public. Baths
Through the Association for Improv-
nc the Condition of the Poor she in
sneurated many relief measures, one
Il ,he first being the Milbank Public
Batb Building, which the city of New
York later used as the model for a
ssries Of municipal bath houses.
the work expanded until it embraced
inc serving Of more than 100000
lpnehes year to children in the city's
rgblie schools. Some time ago the city
tnok over the school lunches under the
wanarement of the board of education,
WITH an initial gift of S3,o00.00o she
established the Memorial Fund Associa-
lion in 1907. and this subsequently was
augmented to approximately $4,000, 900
In 1908 she established the Home for
Convalescent Children at Chappaoua
\. Y, and gave the home to the Chill
dren's Aid Society. Many poor children
are sent to the home annually for treat
ment,
Mrs. Anderson's efforts were enlisted
in behalf Of the insane and mentally
deficient and she made many gifts for
use in improving their care through
the national committee for mental
hygiene.
Aided War Sufferers
During the war her charities were
varied. Through her own organization
she purchased and distributed tons OF
food to the people of devasted regions
IN France and Belgium
She was a trustee and vice chairman
Of the board of Barnard College ane
in 1896 she gave the administration
b1ilding on 119th Street. The building
vas known as "Milbank Hall" II
1908 she purchased New York Hospita
md presented it to the college.
Mrs. Anderson was born in New Yorl
City, December 20, 1850, daughter of tn,
late jeremiah and Elizabeth Lake Mil
bank. Her father was one of the found
srs Of the Borden Company, manufac
tlrers of milk products. Her husban,
is q widely known artist She also ha
daughter, DR.. Eleanor NJ. Campbell,
and one granddaughter
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Prisoner Identified as
$4,000 Jewel Thief
Man Picked Out of 20 by Vic
tim of Big Diamond
Robbery

Tony Mangano, twenty-one wears old,
of 154 Forsyth Street, was arrested
late last night in front of his resi-
dence by Detectives Greco. and Pa
trizzo, of the Italian squad. charged
with robbery.
Abraham Dubroff, a jewe1er, of 1856
Christie>Street, the complainant, picked
Mangano out of twenty men lined Up at
Police Headquarters as one of two rob
bers who entered his place of business
February and robbed him of mounted
and amounted diamonds valued at
$4,000. The property consisted OF
fltty-tive diamond rings, FIVE diamond
laavallieres, five pairs of diamond ear.
rings, four diamond stickpins and six
loose diamonds. The thieves overlooked
$4,000 worth of loose diamonds in an
other drawer of the safe.
Mangano's alleged confederate is still
at large, but the police believe they
have a clew to, his whereabouts and are
seeking him,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Toxic Suspends
A General for
l.angdorn Death
Minor Officers Also To Be
Disciplined as Result of
Inquiry Into Shooting
of American Lieutenant
Sentry Held Blameless
Tragedy Said To Be Due to
Misunderstanding of Or
ders Improperly Given

TOXIC, Feb, 81 (By The Associated
Press) One Of the results of the Of
fetal investigation into the shooting
by a sentry of Lieutenant Langdon, of
the United States cruiser ALBANY. at
Nladivostok in December, is the sus-
pension from active service Of Major
General Tamagoro Nishihara, com
mander of the sentries of the 22d
Brigade. His suspension will be Of
icially gazetted tomorrow.
The Associated Press is also in
formed that several of tue minor Of
fcers in charge of the Vladivostok
barracks will be suspended for from
seven to thirty days for irregularities
IN their instructions and failure to is
sue them clearly to the sentries. Sus-
pension of the under officers will be
accompanied by the obligation to con-
fine themselves to their own homes
during the periods fixed. This is de-
scribed as the form of punishment pre-
vaillng in old Japan
According to information from the
same source, the sentry, Toshigora
Ogasawara, has been found blameless
in the shooting of Lieutenant Langdon
as his action was due to instructions
which he misunderstood Whether he
will be punished will not be disclosed
until the official announcements are
made in the Diet tomorrow
Although acquitted by the court
martial of blame for the shooting OF
Langdon, it is understood that the
5entry will be septenced to thirty days
Imprisonment fof making contradic-
~ st2tements . he cour marial.
1t is declared that the suspension OF
General Nishihara will be permanent
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
New Harlem Department Store
For /. NJ. Rlumstein

l, NJ Blumstein is to have a new de
rartment store building on the site Of
Street, west of Seventh Avenue. which,
it is said, will cost S1,O00,o0o, work on
which is expected TO start In May, from
plans by Robert D. Kohn.
The building is to be FIVE stories and
basement and will cover the site at 230
to 236, West 125th Street, extending
through the block to 229 to 239 West
124th Street. 1t will have frontage of
62,6 feet in 125th Street and 1875 feet
in 124th Street, comprising site with
an area of approximately 10000 square
feet.
The new building will have foor
area of more than 100000 square feet
snd will be entirely occupied by the
Blumstein firm.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Judge Rules Theft of
Liquor UnpunishabIe

ATLANTA, Feb. 21.-Thieves
may steal your liquor without
fear of prosecution. That is
what Judge John D. Humphries,
of the Fulton Superior Court,
ruled to-day at the trial of a city
detective charged with the theft
OF liquor from self-confessed
oootlegger. The judge ruled that
liquor has no legal status, and
cannot be protected by the laws,
consequently. one cannot be ar
rested for stealing it. He said
that the owner of liquor might
prosecute as violation of the
prohibition law, but not for
stealing,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
len New Sleep Illness Cases

len additional cases of sleeping
TnsAaess n.s were reported by the Health
gisp1aiftment yesterday, the number in
s,aSaihg those reported late Saturday
saa y on Sunday, Nine of the cases are
T. manhattan and the other in the
,.. Commissioner Copeland does not
Sssee a with the theory of DR.. j. H. Kel-
sg' Of Battle Creek, Mich, that sleep
IL SICKNESS is botulism DR.. Kellogg
iSs'sheed 4 this theory several days age
we view Of the prevailing number of
'4ses ss!. over the country.
o,; oe nave had botulism, or botulinus
ps.sign4'ng, with us always" said the
s.Nn ,saNn Commissioner. Sleeping sick
s,s s is a new disease. There is conf
~. n,a.s.ng evidence that the diseases are
not the same
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
100000 Czechs Desert
Roman Catholic Church
speelal Cable to The Trtbure

MILAN, Feb, 21.--More than half
million Czechs are reported to have de-
9cned themselves from the Roman
ssatholie Church to found a national
,ch SRech church in opposition to the or
aodox dogmas. A hundred priests are
SAG to have joined this movement.
A petition from 1900 curates has
9een forwarded to Rome asking for re-
iofas and concessions to the new
naass, including permission for priests
the Latin liturgy. p5,S'T Thev e af4irm that t
general characterization is needed to
prevent the entire country from join
Ig tne new state church. In Prague
;ne new church has $4,000 members,
,ancpqNslng a. President Masaryk. There
Sas Sas E9oo0 in Pilsen, and smaller num-
c.a s.s IN other towns. Catholic congre-
e@"OAs are being greatly reduced.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Richard r. Hunter Sells
Fine Estate in ScarsdaIe

Fish & Marvin sold for Richard R.
Hunter of the Equitable Trust Com
pany his property in the Greenacres
section of Scarsdaie, consisting of
Dutch Colonial stucco residence and
garage. on large plot, to William R.
Wiese, of Scarsdale. The same brokers
sold for the neutrality-suspicious. Com
pany, to A. F. Beckman E. Co, Inc, one
of the buildings now unde~ construc-
ton ut the. southwest corner of South
Broadway and Morris Street, Yonkers.
1t is of brick construction, two stories
high, and will be ready for occupancy
about April Is.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Morris County Real Estate Men
Organize Real Estate Board

Real estate brokers Of MOTHS
County, N. j., have formed a real es-
tate board which expects to join the
rational hoard in the near future,
George ". Morse, of Boonton, has been
selected president; Joseph V, Heating,
Of Madison, vice-president; Louis
Dempsey ir., of Morristown, secretary,
and Arthur c. Day, of Morristown,
treasurer The following committees
lave been named: Constitution, by
laws and ethics, G. w Higbie, Howard
/ Johnson and W. G.. Hurtzig; mem
bership, D. V. Rouche, Charles Finkel-
mier and Glenn Wise: publicity, Jo-
seph Keating, Glenn Wise and c. A.
TAYLOR
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
MANUEL

Geo NJ Edsau
Real Estate ana Insurance.
Farms Village Homes ara Acreage
Descriptions upon request
Tel 75,J AIM
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
-lexlco a Honors Granddaughter
" Hidalgo, Father of Republic

,MEXlCo CITY, Feb. 6 (By MaiD -
l,'RtesstFe h. tstFe honors we're paid recently
he government at the funeral of
srsia tsr a guadalupe Hidalgo, granddaugh-
q Miguel Hidalgo, known as the
amer of the Mexican Republic" "
i ~ s aled at the age of eighty-six and
sa to be the last descendant of
IS hldalgo, who on the morning
september l6, 1910. proclaimed
Ynis independence from Spanish
.,as sh6 started the revolution that
tks asuaiiy broke Spanish dominion on
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Recent BUYERS of Dwellings

Jennie H. Buckhous is the buyer of
the dwelling 121 West Eighty-e eighth
Street, sold recently by slawson &,
Hobbs for Daniel B. Freedman.
The tenement 314 East Thirty-ninth
Street, recently reported sold, was pur-
chased by Pellegrino Mule and Pelle-
grino Cattano.
B. Bloch represented the $50 East
184th Street Realty Corporation in the
purchase of the thre lots on the east
side of Southern Boulevard, 125 feet
south of Jennings Street. sold through
Thomas j. O'Reilly.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Five-story Walk-Ups
Appeal to Investors
Little Trading Reported Is of
Flathouses on the East
GIL

John A. and Henry Moench sold to
at 336 East Fifty third Street, 25x1oo.5.
julius Maier sold to Adam Wiegand
the fvestory tenement and store 433
East Seventeenth Street. 25x92.
Jakobina Lindner sold to George
Fisch the fve-storv tenement Isl First
Avenue, 231x10O
Alice Fest sold to Regina E. Gal
'agher, $50 West 119th Street, a five
stow fat. 2Ox1nO11.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Get Midtown Section Space

NJ. & L. Hess, Inc, leased the sew
enth boor at 114'20 West Twenty
sixth Street to Henry Wolf; about
$500 square feet at 1924 Fifth Ave
nue. to the Banner Shirt Company, Inc;
the fourth floor at 329-'31 Fourth Ave
nue. to the United Waist Stores for ex-
ecutive Offices, and Offices in the same
building to the Japan Trading Com
pany, Jones & Wagenseil and the In
QuStrial Silk Mills
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
TX e al T. ate News
DO Not Expect Early
Drop in Building Costs

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-A. e. Brad
shaw, of indianapolis, president of
the, National Builders Supply AS
sociation, said that ne "can see no
early reduction in the cost of build
ing supplies unless conditions gen
orally are materially altered" in an
address before the associations con-
vention to-day.
There are so many things enter
ing into the cost of producing tile,
sewer pipe, brick and clay prod
ucts, the president said, that
manufacturers and dealers cannot
lower prices at this time"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Against 42d Street 'sL''
McCue's Measure Gives the Citv
Power TO Condemn Str11cture

One Of the measures before the
Legislature at Albany will give the city
authorities the right, if the Board Of
Estimate wishes to exercise the power,
of removing the elevated railroad
structure from East Forty second
Street. An amendment introduced by
Marty" McCue will make way for the
condemnation of the elevated struc-
tion on the ground that it is an i'm
pedient to the full use of the public
street.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Get Sniies in Anarfinents

Pe8Fe & Gilman leased apartments
at 420 Park Avenue, furnished. to Mrs
Stanley j. Mccormick; at so West Fif-
ty-ninth Street, to DIR. w. L. Sneed and
NJ. C. Conover; at 4 West Fifty-third
Street, TO Mrs. G. Whittingham; at 14O
West Fifty-eighth Street, to Samuel j.
Raines, aud at las East Fifty-second
Street, to Mrs, J B. Gushing.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
New Jersey

OWNER OFFERS AT SACRIFICE FINE
old country place. about 4 acrss (no
farnl) large residence. 400 feet road front
age; beautiful location; early occupancy if
desired. YOUNG 5. 666 Springfield ave,
Summit y. J.
AT MOUNTAIN STATION, South Orange
New Colonial eight-room house all irnprove-
nlenls; S3l 500 on especially easy terms. O.
s. Thompson, 257 4th av.. New York. Tele-
phone 1853 Gramercy.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Lease Suite i'm Park Avenue
Flat Now Being Built

Douglas 1, EIIIman & Co. Ieased
apartments in the new building under
construction at 800 Park Avenue, to
Frank A. Siebert, John J. Gilroy and
Harry Raymond. at Ala Madison Avenue,
an apartment to Capt. V. A. kimber-
lev, Il. S, N, and at 36 Central Park
South TO Marion Green.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
S4OO. 900 Rental for Flat

Goodwin & Goodwin Inc, leased the
store and apartment building at SAB
NJ. Olson Avenue to j. c. Demerest &
Co. at an aggregate rental Of $4,000
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Sister of Harding Departs
To Attend His Inaugura

SANTA ANA, Cal Feb, 21.-Mrs. e.
E. Remsberg, of Santa Ana, departed
for Washington to-day to attend the
inauguration of her brother, President
elect Harding. She was accompanied
by her husband and their daughter.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
BUYS RockaMav Dwelling

The Lewis H May Company sold TO,
William Silverstein the dwelling a
1856 Sheridan Boulevard, 10ox100, a
Far Rockaway, L. l., to Eva Heller
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Sales of Harlem Flats

A. Oldrin Salter sold to Joseph
Schoenfeld the fve-story tenement, IS
East l11th Street, 24.9x10o.
Charles Remey sold to Susie Schuler
the four-story tenement. 1872 Park
25Xl00.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Woman Sells in 2otb Street

Anna Kalb sold to Henry B. Singer
the four-story building 212 West
Twenty ninth Street, 24.10x98.9.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Connecticut

TO RENT-narge house, furnished, in the
country, for the summer; barn. 7 acres of
land high elevation, maple shade. good
water; on main road between Newtown and
Bethel Conn. II. L. THOMAS. Bethel,
Conn. r. +. D. Is.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Woman Dies of Bullet Wound

Mrs Dorothy c. SeItzner, who was
shot by James McMonigfe, a rejected
suitor, in her apartment at 6o2 West
137th Street, Friday, died of her wound
last night in the Knickerbocker Hospi-
til.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
$50, 600 Rental for Store

NJ Rosenthal Company leased to
Jacobson & Kass the tenth floor at
236-238 Fifth Avenue at an aggregate
rental OF about $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
APARTMENTS TO 1.Er-UNFURN1sHED
Manhattan

DO YOU KNOW that for 5000 you may become
a tenant-owner with perpetual lease of six
rooms and bath IN we'll located modern ele-
vator apartment, upper West Side, with
monthly rental of s42? Possession. D 253,
Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Canadian Spruce
L4ath Drops Almost
62 2 er c e II I
Other Large Recessions in
Cost of Lumber; Pron1is.
ing Outlook for Active
Spring in Construction

D. r. Kriechbaum, Eastern editor Of
Lumber, has compiled table showing
drop in lumber prices in the metro
politan market within the last year.
From so to almost rs per cent reduc-
tion is shown among these figures.
Realizing the fact that the lumber
market has about struck bottom after
long period of weakness has tended
to stimulate buying during the last ten
days, both by retail yards and the in
dustrisl consumers" said Mr.. Krieeh-
baum yesterday. There has been a
noticeable improvement in the number
of inquiries in circulation and in the
volume of business. Other materials
have declined considerably in price and
there is a general tendency to reduce
building labor costs, which means that
conditions will be far more favorable
for home building this spring than was
expected"
Figures compiled by Mr.. Kriechhaum
on lumber, compared with last year,
follow: