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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
RECOVER WINES TAKEN
FROM GENEVA COTTAGE

Lake Geneva, Wis, Jan. 26.-Wines
and liquors valued at $4,000, constitut-
ing part of the $4,000 stock belonging
to Wellesley X. StiIlwell, Chicago mil
lionaire, which were stolen from his
summer home on Jan. II, were recov,
cred last night from George Wood,
Lake Geneva.
The raid was conducted by She"it
Jack White Wood was taken before
Justice of the Peace Jesse X. Hand
and bound over to the County Court on
charge of having stolen property in
his possession.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
Popularity of Wood,

There is a figure which may he
brought out prominently in certain
kinds Of woods, mostly those Of trop-
ical origin. says the American For
eStry Magazine. This is variouSly
known as roe, ribbon grain, feather
grain, etc, and appears as narrow TO
broad longitudinal stripes, alternating
light and dark. This is due. not to
actual differences in color, but to the
way in which the light is reflected by
the different layers,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
TEACHOUT'S
sc, 1Oc Csc
Store
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

Large Din Pickles at 2 for ....... Sc
Campbelr5 Pork and Beans, per
can .... ....,......,.....''. Ioc
Steel Cut Coffee, per pound pkg. Csc
s OF, jars Peanut Butter, per jar. .15c
American Family Soap, limit, 10
bars ...... ................,.. DUO
10 quart Tin Dairy Pans, each. 1oc
II quart Tin Dish Pans, each. go. .25,
Angel Cake Pans, each ...,......25 c
Axe Handles. each go. ..........251
Kitchen Klenzer, per can. Sc
Fresh Sailed Peanuts per pound. 1oc
Chocolate Dipped Peanuts, per
pound .,,...... ..,.........,.,..2 5c
Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle,
pound ...... .................. 15c
Pitted Chocolate Dipped Dates,
pound ...... ..,,.,...........4 40:
Child's Granite Chambers, each. ,25c
Large Granite Wash Basins, each Csc
Tomato Catsup, bottle Toe; for Csc
Valentines, 1c to ....,.,..........25e
Large heavy Strap or T Hinges,
each 49,. .,...,..,,,......,. zoe
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
THIS MORRIS MAN NOT
BOTHERED BY PRISONS

Joliet. Jan. 26.-"lt's just as easy
to get out of a reform school as prison,
according to Charles iMarden, now
lodging in jail at Morris.
He was arrested for having a stolen
auto in his possession and told Sheriff
Mack Of Grundy county that he didn't
care where he was sentenced to.
ANY Jail doesn't worry me- he
said, when your in Jail all you have
to do is to eat and sleep. If you want
to get out you can do it over the wall
or be pardoned, and if not Mat, pa
rolled "
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
100000 RUSSIANS
FACING STARVATION

Geneva, Jan. 26-(By the A. P0-
Nineteen million persons are suffer
ing intensely for want of food in Rus
STA and fifteen million will certainly
die unless succOred, DR.. Fridjof Nan
sen told the league of nations com
mission on relief in Russia here yes
terday.
Dr. Nansen said he was dissatisfied
with the manner in which the Russian
government had acted under the
agreement signed, Aug. II the trans
portation particularly seemed to leave
much to be desired.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
REPORT 1870 DEAD IN
EGYPT DISORDERS

London, Jan. 26.-TBy A. PA
cable dispatch to the Evening Star
today from Rome SAYS it is reported
there that fresh disorders have brok-
en- out in Cairo Egypt, resulting in
100 persons being killed and more
than 1000 others injured, British
troops, the message says, quelled the
insurreCtiOn.
Thus far no confirmation or denial
of the Rome report has reached Lon
don,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
First Death Amonn PiIarins.

The first death among the Pilgrims
after their arrival ON fine coast Of
America was that of Mrs. William
Bradford, wife of the later governor
OF the Plymouth colony Before Il
site had been selected for settle
ment and while the Maylower was
yet riding at anchor in Cape Cod bay,
Mrs. Bradford fell into the sea and
was drowned.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
Real Estate Transfers.

Jan. 81, 1922, Margaret Robertson
and husband to Elias G. and Saran
Nahas, It, 20, b. 6, North Side add
Streator; $4,000
Sept. l. 1921, Nina Horn to Peter J
Hahn, pit. n. c. a. 10. 30, 3; $500.
Jan. "a. 1922, Peter J. and Kate
Hahn to Floyd and Grace Lawrence
pit n. e. Il, 10, SO 3; $500.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
$4,000 IN LIQUORS
TAKEN FROM MAURICE
ROTHSCHILD'S HOME

Chicago, Jan. 2G.-Three bandits
posing as dry officers today bounG
and gagged three servants at the home
of Maurice h. RothschilI and stole
wines and liquors valued at $4,000
Mr.. and Mrs Rothschild are winter
ing at a hotel
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
ROCK ISLAND NEGRO
SHOT THROUGH HEART

Rock Island, Jan. 26.-Harry Stuart,
81. negro was shot thru the heart
while waiting for a street car in the
residence section last night. Stuart
is thought to have been slain by an
enemy, as robbery was not the
motive. The murderer escaped.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
GOODRICH LINER
CAUGHT IN ICE FLOE

Chicago, Jan. 26.-The Goodrich line
steamer Indiana, was fast in the ice
at the mouth of the Chicago river
early today, having been stuck II
hours, She carries a cargo and pas
sengers for Milwaukee.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
INJURIES RECEIVED IN
PRISON RlOTING CAUSE
DEATH OF MICH. WARDEN

Marquette Mich, Jan. 26.-T. B.
Catlin, warden at the Michigan state
prison, died here this morning from
injuries received in a prison riot a
month ago.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
CLASSIFIED ADS.

FOR RENT-Hall over 205 and 207
w. Main St, occupied by Salvation
Army. Also 2 desirable fats in Col
we'll blk Inquire VIM. Colwell, S2O
La Sale st.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26
Liberty Bonds.

New York, Jan. 26.-Liberty bonds
noon: 3Ha. 1864; first As, $3.50; sec
ond As, 1874; first AZ, 1852; scend
4h's, $500; third AVS, 97.55; fourth
AIS, 9704. victory GAS, 100.2S
Victory ANS, 100.2S.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26

The vogue for the wrap buff on
cape line continues. This Bandler
wrap a lighter model of duvetyne
and moleskin. is straight of line
and distinctive in that il drops from
she shoulders without the flare
which usually accompanies such
garments
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26

BABY CHICKS-Pre-war prices.
Eleven varieties. Postpaid. Gaia
log free. Universal Baby Chick Co.,
Peoria, Ill.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-26

Marriage Licenses.
Frank K. Hylea Peru, %; Helen
RatajcZek Peru, is.
Joseph KrzysZtofek, Peru, "a; Ag'
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

I fifth street, is being offered for sale. The
major portion of tie block front to the
south is available also. At the north
east corner of Thirty-seventh street is
| plot 244xl00. held by the Bannerman
estate.
The Wendell and Fitzgerald estates
own most of the frontage on Thirty
seventh, Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth
streets, extending from Seventh avenue
east 10 Broadway. Some surprising fig
ures have been paid for small pieces on
Seventh avenue between Thirty-first and
Forty second streets. Inside lots are
held - $4,000 to $4,000 per front foot.
Small pieces comprising the keys to
larger plots on certain prominent cor
ners are held in some instances at $1,000
to $4,000 per front foot. Long term
leases for improvener~- nave been made
at record rentals. The plot 50x100 at
55a-SS Seventh avenyA was rented last
year for q term OF sfIty-three years on
a sliding scale basis. running from Sl5.-
600 to $4,000 year. modern office
building will be erected on this site, the
improvement revertinE to the owner at
the end of the lease. On the east side
of the avenue, two oy three blocks fur
ther down, the owner Of a plot including
$500 square feet of ground recently re-
fused an offer of $685. net for twenty
one years with renewals.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
BOWLING SELLS LAST
OF OLD SAGE PLOTS

Robert T.. Dowling OF the Liberty a
Church street Corporation has sold the
last OF the vacant property on Cathe-
dral Heights which no purchased IN 1920
az the auction sale OF the Russell Sage
properties. The last deal involves the
plot iO5x7i.fO on the north side OF 1osth
street. 100 feet west OF Broadway. slaw-
con a Hobbs were the brokers.
Mr.. Dowlinz purchased seventeen lots
from the estate OF Russell Sage extend
Ing from i09th street to Cathedral Park
way Gi0th street,. with tho entire
frontage on Riverside Drive 100 feet
west OF broadway and resold through
the same brokers the plot on the south
side OF Cathedral Parkway, 100 feet
Yves. OF Broadway. TO the clio Wes,
10th street Company (Benjamin p,
Walker), and the northeast corner OF
Riverside Drive and 10eth street. 160x
lilo. to Mr.. WaaKer. The 375 Riverside
Drive Corporation (M. ". Paterno) has
purchased the southeast corner River
side Drive and i1oth street The build
irga about 20 be erected on these plots
will mark n notable Improvement In this
vicinity
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Building Conditions Are Rapidly
Returning to State Of Normalcv
Construction Expert Says Worst Is DIVERSIFIED Alone
Which Cost 81 40 Ton at Peak Prices, Now
Costs $6O-Labor Is Also Improved
to Nearly Pre-war Status

upward movement In costs was nup-
mented by combinations of materia
dealers and manufacturers OF buildi
materials. and by unreasonable restric-
tions and dishonest practices IN the con-
troll and manipulation or the labor
unions. Undoubtedly those abuses have
existed in moderate way for Years.
but the necessities OF the war presented
opportunities for extortion which were
exploited TO an intolerable degree.
The demand for labor was natural,v
taken advantage OF by labor, and wages
1aid to mechanics and common laborlnp
nen enabled their families TO enjoy lux
uries to which they were unaccustomed.
ne mechanics wife could afford much
letter living accommodations than the
clerk or other citizen OF modest income.
This was one OF the factors which led to
the shortage OF housing which started
10 much discussion in all parts of tho
country and was so serious as 10 result
In legislation with the object OF relieving
che situation.
The abuses described above resulted
In the activities OF the Lockwood Com
mission, which turned searchiight on
the situation. with very satisfactory re-
suits.
The worst is over now. Things are
rapidly getting back 60 normal. The adj
vertisements Of apartments 10 let in the
daily papers. and the condition in Brook
lyn. for instance, where the Long Island
Real Estate Board report 1900 vacant
houses, indicate that the housing short
age is not serious. TO say the least.
Building prices have fallen rapidly
during the last six months. steel. which
cost as much as s140 a ton erected In
buildings at che peak. can now be erected
for $50 a ton, which Is very little, IL
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

any. above the average from 1900 10
1914. Notwithstanding the great In
crease In freight rates. Cement. brick
and other building necessities arc pro-
durable at reasonable prices. considering
the fact that wages have not been re-
duced comparably with the drop in ma :
terial prices.
The efficiency OF labor. which was at
n very low ebb during the period of very
high costs. has improved to about its
pre-war value. Records show that at
the peak of high costs labor I'm some
lines was producing less than one-third
OF the work IL did I'm the sams time in
the period from 1900 to 1914.
An encouraging factor in the present
outlook is the fact that mortgage
money Is becoming available for legiti-
mate building projects at a more rea-
sonable rate of intenast. During the
war the usual sources OF mortgage
money were almost cut off. n notable
exception being the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, which took no un-
fair advantage OF the situation.
x large number OF substantial new
building projects are on the way. The
supply of space at present is probably
greater than the demand, but the popu-
lation OF New York Is increasing at the
rate OF 100000 per year, and this will
absorb n large amount of space. Con-
servative real estate men are oy the
opinion that the present unoccuped
space will be absorbed within year
Before very long tenants who were
forced into inconvenicnt. undesirable
space will return to the better. more
up-to-date buildings. and this. with the
natural growth OF the city. will absorb
any available space now unoccupled.
and there will be tenants for many
more we'll located up-to-date buildings.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

show a live interest in real estate it is
final proof that real estate is as stable
and secure as Gibraltar is popularity be-
lieved to be. Their activity is a great
stimulus and look forward TO the time
when women will take the leadership in
trading in the open market.
While on the subject of transit ]
might say that nowhere in the world
are there such transit facilities as eXict
In our city. The wonderful part OF II
all, too. is that still greater transit fa-
cillties are in store for the people of
New York city. In the last year num-
Der of new transit units were completed
or contracted for, and vast vacant areas
either opened up or gave assurance OF
being opened soon. Among new transit
units added to the dual subway system
in 1921 was the extension of the LeXing
ton avenue five cent line to Pelham Bay
Park, where. in the early spring. l held
my Pelham Bay Park lot sale. which
was attended by more than 6.000 per-
sons. a few of whom paid close to n
million dollars for 600 vacant lots.
The coming back of investors into the
real estate market has, with the opera.
tion of the tax exemption law. resulted
in the establishment of new high rec
ord for building this year. These two
conditions have created volume of
contemplated undertakings, assuring the
continuance of the home building move
ment. In Greater New York home build
ings are being erected weekly to care
for approximately 1900 families. Brook
lyn leading with 1000, Bronx with 400,
Queens 800 and Manhattan and Rich
mond with 100 each. The suburbs OF
Westchester New Jersey and Nassau
and Suffolk counties, l.. l., are produc-
ing 600 weekly. In spite of the fact
that CONSTITUTIONAL cost averages $1,000
per person or close to $4,000 per family
residential work Is taking more than 60
per cent. of the total building outlay
against a normal average of 35 per cent.
For the first time in the history of the
city. this will be an active winter for the
building industry. Gigantic housing
projects are under way--one of them
for 400 frame dwellings in Brooklyn,
representing an outlay of S2,500,000, and
another for the simultaneous erection of
a thousand homes in five cities within
committing distance of New York.
There is good prospect Of the State
Legislature extending the rent relief
laws for one or two years. or at least
until November /. 1923, as well as the
tax exemption law on the new build
ing constructed for another year so that
private dwellings, and apartment houses
started before April !, 1928. will get
practically nine years OF tax exemption.
Such action by the Legislature would
be far reaching and of inestimable ben
eft to the community. IL would mean
the development of large tracts of va
cant land. the construction OF many
more homes and the building OF numer-
Gus multi-family dwellings. Most inn
portant of all, it would mean a great
OF property owners and would prove
another big stride in the direction of
better government and high standard
of citizenship.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
1921 SMASHED ALL
AUCTION RECORDS
Year Will Go Down in Realty History
as Banner Period for Disposal of
Realty Under Hammer

The year 1921 will go down in history
as n record breaking auction year
Since last spring we have sold more
lots and houses at better prices than
ever before. and the totals Of my sales
aggregate a volume of business larger
by many millions of dollars than in any
other corresponding period.
After one of the most strenuous lot
sale years in the history of the marker
and in the experience of my business
1t seemed a fitting climax to hold the
record breaking auction sale of all time
and sell 1888 houses for the United
States Government at Fairview. Cam
den, N. j., and Hartman" Bristol,
Pa. 1t was the largest auction sale
ever held by any auctioneer in this
country.
The auction lot market is in most
healthy condition, the housing shortage
being a large contributing factor. To-
day the demand is far from satisfied.
The build your own home movement is
well under way, and, in my opinion,
many more thousands OF lots will Be
purchased on the auction block for the
erection of new homes.
Since last May we have cold about
1900 lots. located in every section of
New York city and surrounding terri
Long Island City, Nassau and West
chester counties and New Jersey.
These lot sales have totaled almost
S2S,000.000. In addition, we have sold
about $500 houses for almost S7.000,000.
In the early part of May the lot
auction market opened with a rush.
when we sold 1900 lots in Long Island
City for the Park Pendleton estate for
an aggregate of almost $1.0OO,00O. Fol-
lowing a week later more than a thou
sand lots in the Throgs Neck section OF
the Bronx were sold for the Columbia
Trust Company of New York, trustee for
the Bruce Brown estate. and from that
time on sales were held weekly until
the middle of December.
In addition to the Bruce Brown estate
sale in Throgs Neck section we also
conducted large auctions in the same
section involving the Turnbull estates,
the Brnsmade estate, the Watson estate
and others. AS result of these sales
the entire section is alive with home
building and several hundreds of houses
have been completed or are now In
course of construction, and more than
twice that number are projected for the
early spring.
At Long Beach we held two more
auction sales. at which more than 5000
lots were sold to individuals for a total
ageregating $2,9S4.000. These sales
have also had the effect OF enlivening the
whole section, and now houses are
springing up in every section or the
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
by PAUL sTARRETT.

President Of the George A. Fuller Com
pdnv.
The outlook for real estate and bull
ing for the year 1922 is promising. The
Improvement in the situation during the
last six months has been very marked
The immense expansion in the demand
for space from manufacturers OF war
materials. starting early in 1915. at q
time when New York was in one OF It's
periodically overbult conditions. Inn
mediately absorbed the vacant space
available, and the steadily increasing
u r,and resulted In 1918 in almost a
ren, panic, when the most undesirable
space was eagerly absorbed at unreas-
onably high prices.
War activities had so completely abb
sorbed the supply OF labor OF all sorts
and prices OF materials for building
construction mounted so rapidly, that
building contractors were forced 70
abandon taking contracts at fixed
price Tho only method by which build
ing contractors could operate was the
percentage or fixed fee plan, under
which the contractor received n set
commission or n fixed amount for his
services and the owner paid the cost.
whatever IL was. At one period build
ing costs advanced so rapidly that an
estimate made for an owners consIdera-
tion was worthless by the time the
prelIminaries necessary for building
operation were gone through.
Conditions prevailing I'm this perioo
of rapidly rising costs resulted in serious
abuses in the building industry. Pos
sibly IL should be said that the natural
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Fine Shops Entrenched on
Fifth Ave., South of Plaza

side of the avenue below Fifty-first
| street.
Most Of the property was designated
as common lands. belonging to the city.
The most astute purchaser of these COM
mon lands, whose wise or lucky real es-
tate investment has provided the present
descendants OF his family with more
wealth than they ever would have en-
'oyed as q result OF his banking busi-
ness. was John Mason. one of the found
ers and president of the Chemical Bank,
later called the Chemical National Bank,
about 1923. Mr.. Mason bought the eight
blocks from Fifty-fourth to Sixty third
streets. between Fifth and Fourth ave-
nues. Madison avenue then was not cut
through. with the exception OF. the plot
between Fifty-sixth and F'ifty-seventh
streets. Records show that Mr.. Mason
paid the city for three of these large
parcels. each 200xs50 feet, S2,500, aver
aging about $40 city lot. and practi-
cally the same price was paid for the
others. In 1S45 a LOT, 25.10x100 feet on
the northwest corner of Fifty-fifth
street, where the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian Church now stands. was sold for
$3.50. and in 1850 one of the westerly
corners OF Fifty-seventh street was sold
for $1,000. while inside lots between
Fifty-seyenth and Fifty-eighth streets.
no< che site OF the Vanderbilt mansion,
brought from 1920 TO $40.
Below FTftieth street, on the east side,
were unsightly cattle yards. and shabby
squatter shanties lined Sixth avenue in
the upper Fist!es. On the site of the Ho-
tel Mcfarland in 1859 and for some
years later was a riding academy, and
during the same period a we'll patron
lied stating pond was a popular winter
resort In a deep hollow now graced by
the Savoy Hotel. That was formed by a
brook running through F1fty-nlnth
street.
A few years before our Centennial
celebration. In 1876. tho Fifth avenue
and Fifty-seventh street vicinity began
to feel the effects OF the northward home
movement. II Is an interesting coinci-
dence that while John Mason was the
FIRST large land purchaser there. his
eldest daughter. Mrs. Mary Mason Jones.
was the leader IN Its development as a
fashionable center. She built. about 1870.
French rnansard roof at the northeast
corner OF Fifty-seventh street.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
CITY BROKE RECORD
FOR BUILDING In 1924
Contracts Awarded Were 25
Per Cent. Greater Than the
Total for 1920.

In 1921 New York city carried through
the largest construction program on rec
ord for many years, according to tho
+. W. Dodge Company. The total
amount of contracts awarded during the
year was s3o4.754.400. This figure is -
per cent. greater than the total for 1920
which was $3l504s.650; 1t was also IL
per cent. greater than the total for 1919.
which was s27a,47S.200. The actual vol
ume af construction. distinguished from
the dollar cost. was very considerably
greater In 1921 than in either of the two
previous years.
Residential construction. greatly stim-
ulated by the tax exemption act, has
been largely responsible for this record
volume of building. This class OF con-
struction accounted for s262, fS4 400, or
exactly two-thirds OF the total.
In 1921 there were J6,3j6,700 square feet
OF residential floor space contracted for.
compared with 15.142.000 square feet in
1920 and 3S.l79.500 square feet in 1919.
Second In Importance TO residential
construction In 1921 was the construo-
tion of commercial buildings. which ao-
counted for s70.0e2.30o. or IS per cent. OF
the years total. Although this was
considerably less than the 1920 volume OF
construction of this class. II was greater
than the corresponding amount for 1919.
The total amount OF contracts award
ed In December was sii.071,5oo. an in
crease OF IL per cent. over the Novem-
Der figure. This increase. unusual for
the closing month of the year. taken
with the fact that there Is still great
quantity OF construction planned which
has not yet been started, Is an indica-
tion OF a healthy volume of activity
during the coming year.