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The New York herald., 1922-04-16
M'CREERY LOTS IN
ASTORIA TO Be SOLD
ITO Sites on East River Oppo.
site 10th Street Go on
Block on April 25.

a large tract OF lots In Astoria 'front.'
Ing on the East River and about opposite
10th street in Manhattan. II 20 be sold
at auction on Tuesday April 20 for the
estate Of Rachel McCreery by J. Ciar-
ence Davies. auctioneer. The proper
ties which comprise 10 lots, are about
1000 feet from the Dltmars avenue sta
tion of the dual subway extension In As
toria and the running time to the Grand
Central Terminal In Manhattan is about
eighteen minutes. Second avenue eie-
waited trains also operate from Manhas-
tan TO the Ditmars avenue station and
access 20 the y. n. 7. lines may he had
by transferring AZ the Bridge Plaza sta
ton In Long Island City.
The properties 10 be sold are bounded
on the east by Van Alst avenue. on the
north by Casino place. on the west by
the Shore Road and on the south by
Nesnith place. They are one block
north OF Ditmars avenue, where a large
amount OF apartment house and private
residence building has been going on
during tho last two years. Just south
OF the property below Ditmars avenue
there is a city park or hfty-six acres
which IL soon TO be developed. with
tho water front lots will be sold full
riparian rights 20 the United state,
bukhead line
The value or Manhattan lots between
Fifty-ninth and f25th streets n from
$4,000 to S300. 900 to-day. In Astoria
lots are worth from 8 to 10 per cent
OF the Manhattan lots. Seventy pei
cent. OF the purchase price may remain
on bond and mortgage for three years
az 6 per cent. The property is subject
co the restrictions OF tho clty's xonine
laws. The sale will be held In II veses
street.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
CITY ACCEPTS MAP OF
JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT

Home site buyers In the Morgenthau
development known as the Country Club
district. Merrick Road, Jamaica, will be
interested to learn that the map OF the
Country Club district, which was ap-
proved by the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment of the city of New York
at its meeting last week. was filed in
the County Clerks Office April and
was given No. 4097.
The Stability Realty Company, which
owns this development. has instructed
the M. Morgenthau, Jr.. Company to
give title Immediately to those home.
seekers who have invested in this devel-
opment and who have been waiting to
get their deeds. Among those who will
receive deeds this week are Walter II.
Gasz, Rose Goetz. Edgar Side, Jr.,
Katherine Barto and John II. White.
who has already started two houses on
172d street near Central avenue. In ad-
dition Alois and Evelyn Holzspfel and
Herbert l.. Miller, who have erected two
homes on this property before getting
deeds, will take title within. the next
day OF two. The Morgenthau company
has placed first mortgages to finance
both of these homes.
Development work in the Country Club
district. which was held back until the
map was finally accepted and approved
by the city, will now go forward at full
speed. Sidewalks have already been laid
on the east side of both 172d and i73d
streets between Central avenue and
115th avenue. The owners now plan 10
do considerably more developing work
than they originally intended or agreed
to do. Everything is being speeded up
at the M. Morgenthau, Jr., Company's
office at 449 Fulton street, Jamaica, In
anticipation Of a very active spring sea-
son. Among the new statesmen who have
joined the sales force Of the Morgenthau,
Jr.. Company are A. Gargill. c. ]. Van
Deren. w. A. Meyer and w. Nally.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
AUC7IoNEER OFFERS
MANHATTAN PLOTS
j. P. Day to Sell Bedford Els
tate Parcels on Heights;
Other Sales Scheduled.

Fifty-three lots belonging to the Bed
ford estate overlooking the Hudson In
the vicinity of 190th street and fronting
on Broadway opposite the tunnel that
leads to the 191st street subway station
are to be sold at auction In the vesey
Street Exchange on Thursday. April 81.
by Joseph p. Day. Tho Broadway lots
are fitted for business development.
while the lots on the hill on Fort WASH
ington avenue, Bennett avenue and Over
look terrace are adapted for apartment
house development.
At the same sale Mr. Day will offer
the vacant block front plot between
20Sth and 209th streets. Columbus ave.
nue. and the Harlem River ana q plot
100x200, on the south side Of Dyckmen
street through to Thayer street, south
of Broadway. There will also be offered
a number OF improved and unimproved
parcels in Manhattan, The Bronx and
Brooklyn. as well as a 43 and 103 acre
tract of farming land In Mendham. N. J.
Another offering> of Bronx building
sites is to be made by Mr.. Day on
Thursday next in IA Vesey street, when
he will sell 109 lots for the Faile estate.
The properties are situated between the
White Plains avenue subway line and
the Boston and Westchester Railway In
the old Seneca Park section. The lots
front on the Boston Post road, 222d
street and Needhafu avenue.
Next Saturday the auctioneer will sell
five acre place at 543 Steile avenue.
Plainfield. N. J. The sale will be held
on the premises. On Wednesday eve-
ming, April 26. he will offer In the
Brooklyn Exchange, 189 Montague
street. 101 lots four blocks away from
the New Lots station of the B. r. r.
Canarsie IL" line. where an unusually
large amount of home building has been
going on during the last year.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
New Apartment for stapIeton, 8. I.

Cornelius @. Kolff sold for the estate
OF Charles Rosenberg. a vacant plot on
Van Duzer street between Beach and
Wright streets. Stapleton. to l.. wehr-
mann. The purchaser will erect a two
story building containing stores and
apartments to cost about $4,000.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
OPERATORS ACQUIRE BIG
BROOKLYN APARTMENT

Meister Builders, Inc. have purchased
from RealtyAssociates the five five-story
apartment houses nj 1921, 1896,
S27-9, 33f-3 and 1857 Pearl street,
accommodating ~one hundred families
-ri.s G. rent list of $3s,S56 per year Z;
also tine five-story building at 60 John
son street accommodating twenty-one
families and three stores with "A rent
.sx ~cf s10.72S. The property is on a
riot 26Ox105 feet, and was held at
S325, 900. A. Strauss was the broker.
Herbert J. Callister sold to William
ID. Smith a vacant plot io0xf00 feet
on Mill street. 200 feet east of Hicks
street The buyer viii improve this
sito with a bakery. Brown, Wheelock
Company. Inc, represented the sellers,
the Garnet and jeremiah r. Robinson
cstatea
Bullxiey g. Horton Company sold POI
Clermont avenue, between De Kalb and
Lafayette avenues, a three story dwell
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
BUILDERS BUY SITE FOR
LARGE ASTORIA FLAT

VIM. D. Bloodgood & Co. Inc, sold for
the G. II. s. Holding Corporation. a plot
50x10O. on the east side of Eighth ave-
nue., about $50 feet north Of Grand ave-
nue., Astoria. The plot Is located In the
midst OF large building activities sur
rounding Norwood Gardens and will
shortly be improved with five story
apartment house by the buyers-the
Dual Subway Realty Company.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
New Homes for PIainneId. N. ,.

A number of small houses are to be
built this season in the West End sec
ton OF Plainfield. ". j.. by the National
House and Farms Association, b. j.
Kline, president.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Loft Sale ON Wooster street.

Spear & Co. sold for the Burden Re-
atty Company the six story building. rs
x10o, at 152 Wooster street. This build
ing, which was held for many years by
the Bloomingdale estate, was purchased
by the An-Mi Realty Company, Ino
Kenneth c. Newman represented the
sellers. and Max Frieder and Henry G.
Gennerich the purchasers.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
WIN sen yonker. Landmark.

A Yonkcrs landmark. consisting OF a
twelve room residence, with stable on
a plot. a25xf35. on Glenwood avenue.
between Pine ana Grove streets. is, 70
he sold ~ auction on Saturday. April ~.
by Charles n. Bard. anctionssr. OF Mount
vernon. ~. X.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
RAIL UNION HEADS
SEEK REHEAR|NG
Plan No Strike Vote, But
Want Shop Rules Re-
considered.
nv tbo As,ociated Press.


CHICAGO, January l3.-Railroad
shop union officials declared today
there would be no strike vote at pres
ent over working rules recently pro-
mulxated by the United States Rail-
road Labor Board.
The new rules, which replaced the
national agreement made under fed-
eral control, will not be accepted in
toto by the six shop crafts, but instead
Of taking a strike vote, an attempt
will be made to obtain rehearms
before the board on certain rules
bich have met with the most obJec-
ton. The principal rules under nre
are those which eliminate time ana
one-haIf pay until after the tentn
hour of work and the rule for stralgnt
time only to men regularly assfshed
to necessary Sunday and hoiiday
work The committee OF one hupdred'
composed of general chalrmen OIL tne
six shop unions from all sections OF
the country, have been considering
these and other rules since last Mon
day in conference here. with view
to asking the board to revise She
language.
agreement, ninety-nIne were lett IN
tact by the board. 1t is likely that
none of these rules will be questioned
by the committees.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
JAPANESE APPROVE
PACIFIC PROPOSAL
Maintenance of Status Quo
in Fortifications Declared
Not Objected To.
NV the Associated Press,

tne ASSOCMte0 freSS.
1t was said authoritatively today
that the Japanese navy has no objec-
ton to the latest proposal in regard
to the maintenance of the status quo
in Notifications in the Pacific ocean,
but as the new suggestion embodies a
distinct change from the original idea
the japanese people and government
are bound to consider it from a po-
litical standpoint, and hence the delay
in announcing Japan's attitude.
In japanese circles it was asserted
that the statement made December Is
concerning Pacific fortifications re-
ferred to the regions of the Pacific
as the zone of status quo, but that
the new proposal narrows the zone
of limitation to q smaller area
namely, a zone bounded by the
equator on the south. the 30th de-
gree of latitude on the north and
the 1S0th meridian of longitude on
the east. In other words. the propo-
northern Pacific ocean. instead OF
making it generally apply to the en-
tire Pacific regions.
This is described as an entirely new
proposal requiring careful considera-
tion by the Japanese cabinet. and
perhaps also by the diplomatic ad-
q, Japanese reiterated today that they
saw no objection whatsoever to main
tanning the status quo in the BONN
and Oshima islands, more especially
as under the new proposition the for
tifications on the American Island of
Guam, which have always proved a
source of uneasiness to the Japanese,
are among those which are not to be
Increased.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
PRESIDENT TALKS
ON RESERVE BOARD
confers With Senators on
Naming of Farmer to
Membership.

President Harding had another con-
ference with senators today on the
subject of the proposed amendment
to the federal reserve act, directing
that man whose principal occupa-
ton and business is farming be named
to fill the next vacancy on the Fed
eral Reserve Board. He talked over
the bill with its author. Senator Smith
Of South Carolina. and Senators Sim
mons of North Carolina and Kellogg
of Minnesota.
These senators, after the conference
all were hopeful that means had been
found to remove presidential oD1ec-
ton to the amendment
II think daylight is coming" com :
mented Mr.. Smith. Il am conndent
that before long a real farmer will be
a member of the powerful board
1t was understood the President
reiterated today that he was not op-
posed in any way to the legislation
specifying a farmer member Of the
boa I'd, but That there was the sugges-
tios that the attempts to work out
means Of meeting the demand of the
Senate agricultural bloc had opened up
an entirely new question with respect
to the makeup Of the reserve board
While no senator's would be quoted on
the situation, it appeared that the idea
was IN the minds of some that the whole
! reserve act with respect to specification
of membership qualifications should be
redrafted.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
HOWARD P. Will SON DIES;
is PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Lifelong Resident Of District Sue
cumhs at Chevy Chase Home.
Daughter Also Very Ill.

Howard p. Wilson. long identified
with the lithograph business here.
died at 1890 this morning at his
home. Is Taylor street, Chevy Chase.
Md. He had been ill about a week
and died from pneumonia.
Mr.. Wilson was born in Georgetown,
July 81, 1874. He attended the public
schools and graduated from Western
High School. He later graduated from
the Georgetown University Law
School. His parents were Francis A.
and Virginia Payne Wilson.
Entering the employ Of Sackett &
Whilem Company, photographers.
whose headquarters are in Brooklyn,
n. Y. thirteen years ago. Mr. Wilson
represented them in this city up to
the time of his death. He married
Miss Nettie Jewell Smith, also of this
city, in 1909.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Surviving him are his wife. a sis
ter. Mrs. Gertrude Wilson Cook; and
daughter, Jewell Wilson. age twelve
years. The last-named Is in a critical
condition resulting from pneumonia
and has been removed to Georgetown
University Hospital. -
Evening star., 1922-01-13
MISSOURI CONVICT WEEDS
! WHILE STILL IN CUSTODY
Not for Love, But to Get Freedom,
He Says, When Wife Sues After
Learning of Crime.

By the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, January
13-Frank Jandro of Brooklyn, n. T.,
a convict, married to obtain his free
dom. and not for love, he said today.
following the announcement that his
wife. formerly Mrs. Mayme wadley,
had applied for an annulment Of the
marriage when she learned her hus-
band was serving two-year SEN
tence in the state prison for JAIL
breaking. Jandro. prison authorities
said. must serve his full term.
He said he told prison authorities
he was married man, and as he WAS
intending to apply for a parole,
thought it would be well for him to
be able to produce a wife.
Jandro. a cha uffeur for prison OH
cials and permitted to wear civilian
clothing, met Mrs. Wadley in the
federal building. where she is a CLERK
The marriage is the first of it's kind
on record here, prison officials say
as no marriages were ever performed
before while a convict was serving !:
sentence.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
.cAEIflEDlgREATEsT
JAPANESE ARTIST
Shunko Sugiura, Noted Paint
er, to Exhibit Work at
National Museum.

The greatest living exponent OF Jap.
to the views Of Japanese critics and
those Of America who have seen his
work. is now in Washington and IL
to hold an exhibition of his paint
Ings at tho National Museum. The
paintings have just been hung and
will remain on exhibition for two
weeks, the Invitation to the public to
De issued for Wednesday. Mr.. Sugiu-
ra reputation as an artist may be
judged from the fact that no public
OF his work together with that Of
other artists becaNse of the giarinY
difference.
Many In Black aaG White Wash.
Most of the paintings are done in
black and white WASH though some
exquisite color effects are among the
collection. There is little strength in
any of these, but the softness of the
shading, the quality of he coloring
and the handling of the bAusA work
and the design are remark& BILE. One
OF these wash paintings has heen pre-
sented to the Louvre in Paris. Also In
the collection are a score OF kake-
mono, the long silk panel that un-
rolls to be hung on the wall. In these
the ancient, rather than the modern
Japanese technique of perspective has
been used. Delicate shading and
perfection of detail are to be noted in
these panels.
Is Man of Wealth.
Mr.. Sugiura is seventy nine years
old. but he believes that he has just
begun TO attain success in his work.
Twenty years ago he would not let
any gallery have anything of his be
cause ne did not think 1t worthy. He
liz a man Of some wealth. None OF hts
pictures is for sale. His motive in his
work, he says, has been always TO
keep alive the spirit of the old
Japanese masters.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
|KU KLUx CHIEFTAln
DROPS IN FOR A CALL
Col. Simmons Tayorabiy Impress.
ed With Conditions Of Order
in the District.

Col. William Joseph Simmons, i'm.
perial wizard of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Khan. dropped into town
yesterday. visited the local head
quarters IN the Munsey building, and
after making q short inspection and
giving few words of cheer to those
This was the first visit Of the khan
chieftain since his appearance before
the House rules committee recently.
1t was stated by & F. Poindexter,
local leader, that Col. Simmons ap-
peared to be In excellent health, and
that 1t was stated by him that he never
felt better. Col. Simmons said, ac-
cording to Mr.. Poindexter, that he
had just returned from an extensive
tour through the sections that had
formerly been under the leadership Of
the four grand goblins who had been
banished from the order. and that he
found matters to be progressing
favorabiy and without dissenslon.
Mr.. Poindexter stated that Col. Sim
mons was favorably impressed with
and encouraged the holding of OPEN
air meetings.
In speaking in general Of the order,
the khan head made the assertion that
the organization was experiencing the
greatest prosperity since it's creation,
and that more men had been added to
its mem mbership rolls since the House
rules committee hearing than 1t had
before. A statement Was made to the
effect that several thousands through
out the country were coming in week.
ly and that the finances OF the khan
were In excellent condition.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
RDED, Others
IN MINE
Scranton Cave-ln May Have
Bigger Death List-Some
I Buildings Damaged.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, January 13.-Four
men are known to have been killed, sew
eral others are believed to be dead, and
an unknown number Of mineworkers are
entombed as the result of cave-in in
the National mine of the Glen Alden
Coal Company, in Minooka, just across
the southern boundary line of the city.
Miners who escaped said the number
of men believed to be behind the bar
rier is about twenty. There was no
confirmation of a report that nearly
fifty men were caught. The company
has given out no information.
Several hundred men left the work
ings without injury when the cave-in
occurred.
The disturbance was 200 feet be-
being made to reach the men be-
lieved to be behind the barrier.
When the surface in some sections
of the area over the mine showed signs
of subsistence. every precautlon was
taken to protect life. Pupils in a
large school were dismissed and the
Simpson silk mill was closed for the
Qay. Some damage was done TO
buildings scattered throughout the
affected area.
Surface subsistence in Scranton has
been going on for years and repeated
efforts have been made through leg
islation to control mining to prevent
such occurrences. A state mine cave
law, now in effect, Is in the state
supreme court for Interpretation of
some Of it's provisions.
Evening star., 1922-01-13
EVENING POST IS SOLD
TO GOTHAM SYNDICATE
evil Remain an Independent,
soundly Liberal Paper"
Says an Editorial.

NEW YORK. January 13.-The sale
Of Thomas W. Lamont's controlling
interest in the New York Evening
Post to a syndicate. headed by Edwin
F. Gay, now president of the News.
paper Corporation, was announced
today.
More than thirty persons are said
to be members of the syndicate.
The Evening Post, in making the
announcement. said in its editorial
columns:
'The present management. under
Mr., Edwin F. Gay. will continue. The
change In ownership does not involve
a change in the shaping Of the news
or editorial policies of the Evening
post. 1t will remain an Independent,
soundly liberal newspaper"
Those acquiring Mr.. Lamont's In
terests include men well known in
business and civic affairs. The list
follows:
Byrne, Norman H. Davis, Henry S.
Dennison, Cleveland E. Dodge, Mar
shall Field, Edwin F. Gay. Maitland
F. Griggs. August Deckscher, George
H. Howard, Henry James. Sam A.
Lewisohn. George O. May and Van S.
Merle-Smith.
Evening star., 1922-01-13

Secretary Hughes asked for informa-
tion on several angles which have be-
come important.
Russia Again Faetsr.
It is clearly realized, as shown in
the Cannes conference In the last
few days, that Russia is again a
factor in world affairs and that ST.
beria. is a possible: finder box
which; may start. another confagra-
ton: s.sEsven If the. results are not
az, wfdesprsai. there is no doubt that
the psssessat sasak ron .;wifsbe q con-
ssaat zbdree Mt.raubfa rs iSne as 1t
ehntinaas... IL SeemA firppsrative that
a deaaase dates insA ad Of the re-
peatad, ,;:sypruznaaes o< the past two
years.. which never haAe been kept,
be liked BY Japan foA' the with
drawaI of her expeditions. now in the
vladivostok and Sakhalin Iistricts.
It is known ;thaE, the American gov
ernment made q representation to
Japan. a1on ns those lines Ahortly
after tnss 6resent. administration came
lin. Themgh no official announcea'e 'ent
has BEEN made Of th$t actfons Sea -e-
| tary ,Hnghes has coHatstentfy sAtd
VlieneVeE Siberia has been nIentiona1
that there has BEEN no. change in tltA
4 Anne rican policy, nor has there been
any reason for changing the aGenda
( for the conference. Japan. how ever,
preferreth to be unmolesteef in ST.
beEia and have as little as possible
! said about it in the conference. II.
seemed quite probable that the Amer
lean delegation, which aions. wanted
a thorough discussion of the situa-
|. tfon, weulH be, conpellsd TO. be- sat-
|. ..isfiah with a resolution. Within a
week., however. the aspect has
changed and other powers are ready
|. to, discuss Sihenia. which was. the,
4 principal reasun for uosfuoninE the
Eadiuurnnnent. Of. the conferences from
! the fStA to tifs 25tM.
tCopyrisht. MY
Evening star., 1922-01-13
Plan To Double
| SUPPLY OF WATER
$3.50, 900 Project Considered
for Nearby Maryland
Suburbs.

More than t250,e00 will be spent by
the Maryland suburban sanitary COM
mission during the next six months
to increase the water supply of the
Maryland towns near the District line
and thereby avert a threatened short
age.
The District Commissioners several
weeks ago informed the sanitary
commission that 1t would not be pos
sible to furnish District water 10
Chevy Chase. Nd, and adjacent com
muni,ies. at least un.il atter the new
conduit from Great Falls is completed.
The sanitary commission has now
decided to float a $250.000 bond issue
and make improvements that will
serve the Maryland territory north
ply of 100000 gallons, or approxi-
mately double the present output.
VIII E1plafn Project.
members of the sanitary commission.
will explain the project in detail at
q meeting of the Community Welfare
League in conjunction with the Citi-
zens' Committee of Martins Addition
to Chevy Chase at the Maryland
School tonight.
The plan is to electrify the existing
filtration plant at Takoma Park, Md,
and increase the capacity of that
plant by putting lin an additional unit,
furnlDing a capacity of 100000 gal
Ions of water per day. An intake
pipe is to be laid from the plant at
Sligo branch for distance Of one
mile SO that the water can be taken
from the branch at a point above
Silver Spring and then large water
main will be built from Takoma Park
to Kensington and then to Chevy
Chase. An additional pipe three
quarters Of a mile long, from North
west branch to Sligo valley, is plan
ned.