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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
Mathilde's Marriage
May Still be Blocked
(By United Press)

Chicago = A "way out" was provid-
cd today for Mathilde Mccormick from
her engagement to marry Max Oser,
Swiss horseman.
Appointment of Harold F. McCor-
mick, millionaire president of the In
ternational Harvester company as
guardian of the 17-year-old girl, will
prevent her marrying Oser without
McCormick's formal consent.
Best information obtainable among
to the Mccormick circle of friends
here was that Mathilde would prefer
to utilize the sway out" and have
her father withhold his consent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
POISON FUNGUS KILLS THREE.

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.-Three mem
bers of the family of Joseph Lawler
farmer at Gordon Lake, Ont, nine
miles north of Des5arats, are dead as
a result of eating what were believed
to be mushrooms but which were
poisonous species of fungus. The lives
of two other members of the family
are in danger while the three year old
boy who refused to eat the dish is the
only one of the family not affected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01

Washington, D. c. Formal an
nouncement that definite formulas"
had been settled upon in the Chilean
Peruvian conference here, was made
in a joint statement today after the
two delegations had resumed their ses-
sions for the first time in a week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
TWO HONORED
BY ALMA MATER
E. B. Marlatt and E. F.
Marlatt Initiated Into
Phi Beta Kappa.
OLD COLLEGE CORDIAL
Especial to the Evening News)

Greencastle, Ill.-Earl B. Marlatt and
Ernest F. Marlatt of Kenosha, were
initiated into the Indiana Alpha chap
ter of Phi Beta Kappa at DePauw uni
versity here last night, the initiation
proving the feature of the annual
gathering of the scholastic fraternity
at DePauw. The occasion was made a
most notable one and members of the
honorary society were present from a
number of the universities of Indiana
and surrounding states and the cere-
monies were attended by all of the
members of the university faculty who
were members of Phi Beta Kappa
The two Kenosha men won honors at
DePauw when they were graduated as
members Of the class of 1912. 1t is a
notable fact that this is the grst time
in thirty-two years that the Indiana
Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has
elected alumni to membership.
The ceremonies attending the initia-
ton were made especially interesting
by the fact that three sisters of the
Marlatt brothers who are members of
Phi Beta Kappa, attended the intia-
ton and the banquet which followed:
They were Mrs. Ivan Bremen of Win
chester, Ind, Mrs. Frederick V. Miller
of Connersville, Ind, and Mrs. P. P.
Willis Of Toledo, Ohio.G ur,t T
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01

Ben Baldwin motored to GAINESVILLE,
Wis., Tuesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01

Earl B. Marlatt was formerly asso-
ciate editor of the Kenosha Evening
News and he is just completing his
graduate course at Boston university,
having recently been awarded the
Jacob Sleeper fellowship and he will
study abroad during the coming year,
spending three months at Basic, Swift
zerland, three months at the Uhiver-
sity of Edinburg and completing his
work abroad at the University of
Oxford.
Ernest F. Marlatt is city editor of
the Kenosha Evening News.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
PKoPosAL' FOR INTERIOR

rooms. occupying. il desired. the entire
width of the house, overlooking the
street or garden The bathrooms ana
closets are most conveniently and eco
nomlcaily grouped centrally between the
front and rear bedrooms.
obviously. comparisons are not pos
sible between the cost of building a new
house IN an established residence Sec
ton and remodeling a house in pro-
posed reclaimed block as pictured. But
assuming that forty people of social
standing would be willing to inaugu-
rate such a movement and establish a
new residence section in one of these
districts. the saving in cost would be
very great indeed--certainly 100 per
cent-with the added increment OF the
enhanced value of thsir property fol-
lowing a continuation OF the deevlcp-
ment along the avenue.
"A four story house can also be read
iIy remodeled into two attractiva duplex
apartments having separate stairways.
Each apartment may be separately
owned by its occupant. or one person
may purchase both apartments. occu-
pying one and renting the other most
profitably. There are other economical
advantagt which accompany the re-
modelling of an entire block-such as Il
community laundry. gardener. watch
man and furnace man. once such a
neighborhood is established. conven-
fences of every kind will follow as a
matter of course. and for many the
problem of how TO rive. as against how
to exist. would be happily solved.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
COURT zz KEMoDELLED BLOCK

lem appears to them simple OF solution
compared to the designing of the office
building. theater, church or other large
and more costly edifices. The average
homeseeker requires no greater evil
derice of the architects ability than
more or less mysterious array OF
plans and specifications. nor of the
builders worth than that he shall be
the lowest bidder often the client
hands over his pocketbook with child
like trust to the first architect who
happens along. or. having acquired a
smattering of architectural terms and
cursory knowledge of construction
sometimes derived from visiting me-
chanics. he himself takes the helm.
and. with the builder as mate. and the
architect as cabin boy. steers q direct
course for the rocks.
:" Are there not many more dwelling
houses built argues Smith. and are
they not easier to construct and less
costly than other types of buildings?
Where are the difficulties after the
cash has been raised?' asks Jones.
Why. in fact. employ an architect at
alp
"A safe reply would be that moro
money is squandered yearly in and
about our great American cities upon
badly designed and poorly constructed
form of investment Much of that vast
sum could be saved by the employment
of architects of known ability and
standing and by recognizing the value
Of their services"
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
BUILDING PROJECTS
DOUBLED THIS YEAR
Construction Contracts Total
$3O5, 5,720, ,400-Housing
for $4,000 Families.

Total construction contracts awarded
In this city in the first six months of
this year have amounted to $500 20.4OO.
according to the f. w. Dodge Company.
This is more than double the amount
for the first half of 1921.
or the total. $l77 300, or So per
cent, was for residential construction.
covering S7.347SOO square feet of floor
space. which will provide housing IA
cilities for approximately $4,000 fami-
lies. D. ring the first six months of
1921, the amount of residential floor
space constructed was 20053,900 square
feet, or accommodations for about H.
500 families. The increase. compared
with that of last year. has been more
than 80 per cent.
The peak of this years construction
activity occurred In April. The total
for that month was the largest on
record. May showed decline from the
April and the June totals to A3. ia, 900,
or is per cent. less than the May
figure, although 1t was 10 per cent.
more than the figure for June. 1921.
Included In last months totals were
s26, ,216,70O, or 81 per cent, for residential
buildings, and s9.46i,000 or % per cent,
for business buildings.
Building permits issued last week
showed a drop compared with the num-
ber granted In the corresponding week
of 1921 except in Richmond In which
thirty mine, with estimates of $74,0sb,
were issued. In the corresponding
period year ago none was allowed in
that borough On the other hand last
weeks estimates were larger except In
Manhattan. All boroughs have gained
for this year compared with their Figures
of the corresponding time OF last year.
Seven permits granted last week In
Manhattan carried estimates OF 100000.
The showing In the Bronx was 29 and
$1,142,550 In estimates. Brooklyn had
81. the accompanying costs OF which
were placed at $1.730,6oo. The figures
for Queens were respectively 16s and
$2,514.655. In the corresponding time
OF 1921 Manhattan granted permits
carrying estimates OF $2,291.925; the
Bronx IS, the attendant estimates being
S75g,730: Brooklyn 1877 with estimates
OF $L473.765, and Queens 211, on which
the estimates were $1.623.533.
Since January 1.4S6 permits granted
In Manhattan have called for the ex-
penditure OF s74.667.136, in the Bronx
the showing has been 2,2s3. with esti-
mates OF $50, 0,s6s.5sS: that Of Brooklyn
CARS and s6S.136.525; the Queens
figures 1854 and s6s,07s.eol and
those OF Richmond. 1.193 and s3.6so.o4s.
In the corresponding period OF 1921
Manhattan issued 402 permits having
estimates OF s53.145,79S, the Bronx
passed LII plans accompanied by esti-
mates OF s26.997,390. Brooklyn 4,137
with estimates of $46.075,635. Queens
$500 carrying estimated costs, OF
Ac31, ,513.156 and Richmond 1.0t4 bearing
s3,144,5os in estimates.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
995 HUNTS POINT
LOTS TO BE SOLD
Large Tract in East Bronx
Will Be Offered July % by
Joseph P. Day.

Unusual interest centers on the COM
ing sale OF a large Hunts Point tract
to be held by Joseph +. Day. auctioneer.
in the Hunts Point Palace. Hunts
Point Square. Southern Boulevard and
163d street on July %. There are 9s5
lots TO be sold. They are owned by
the East Bay Land Company and the
New York City Freehold Estate Cor
poration, Ltd. of London. England. and
are part OF a large tract purchased for
the purpose of Offering the land as .
site for the Columbian Exposition OF
1898.
All OF the property is vacant and u
is situated east OF the Southern Boule-
ward and the New Haven railroad
tracks and south OF 163d street and the
Hunts Point crosstown car line which
connects with the Amsterdam avenue
cars on Manhattan at i55th street and
Amsterdam avenue.
The lots extend down to and include
the area known as Oak Point and In
addition have extensive frontages along
the East River between the Oak Point
yard OF the y. V, y. II. and II. II. n
and the Bronx terminal at the foot OK
Hunts Point avenue. They front on the
following thoroughfares: TIFFANY, MAI
ida. Casanova. Barretto. Coster and Faile
streets and Randall Leggett. Garrison.
Bryant and Longfellow avenues.
Next Saturday. July 15, will mark the
passing Of the estate OF the late Dr'
Henry Ruhl in the Hugh J. Grant CIR
Gle and westchester avenue section OF
the Eest Bronx The property con-
slsts OF $50 lots suitable for develop
ment either for business or residential
purposes. They extend along Virginia
or Pugsley avenue. White Plains road
ara ether thoroughfares from 177th
street station of the Pelham Bay Park
subway extension. Public School No. SO
is situated nearby at the corner OF l77h
street end Castle Hill avenue.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
BOARD WILL ISSUE
ENLARGED DIARY
Realtors to Add New Subjects
and Publish 10000 Copies
i'm 1923.

In 1897. one year after a small group
of men actively engaged in the real
estate business had organized for the
good OF that business, there appeared a
limited edition OF the Real Estate Diary
and cdanuaL A few copies were printed.
The publication consisted of thirty-two
pages with a modest amount OF infor-
nation about the real estate business,
real estate commissions and public Of
fees in the city.
Since 1897 this Sock has been con-
tinuously published by the Real Estate
Board OF New York The issue OF 1922
contained 212 pages, exclusive OF the
diary pages. and ran into $4,000 copies
The contents covered a wide range OF
subjects OF interest not only to men in
the real estate business but to real es-
tate owners. lawyers. architects. execu-
tors Of estates and others. II contained
also a large amount OF Information
about New York city and its govern
ment.
1t is proposed by the Real Estate
Board OF New York. through it's diary
committee, to expand the publication
still further. The committee has prac-
t,cally completed the work OF laying out
the table OF contents for the 1923 edition
and has decided on minimum output
OF 20, 0c0 copies. New subjects. felt
to be desirable In the light of new
conditions and experience. are being
added and matter which is felt to be
INDISPENSABLE is being carefully revised
and brought up to date.
Leon s. Altmayer. chairman OF the
Diary Committee. says in relation to the
twenty-seventh annual edition:
THE Diary and Manual OF the Real
Estate Board of New York long since
passed beyond the experimental stage.
In view OF this the committee believes
that II rightly interprets the sentiment
of the board 10 be that the diary and
manual should. regardless OF cost. be
made as complete as possible. and that
Il should not only deal with facts re-
lating to real estate. but should contain
as we'll a substantial amount of use
full information relating TO the city and
OF value to the general public. It is the
object Of the committee. In preparing
the twenty-seventh annual edition OF
the diary and manual. to make u as
complete as such standard publication
ought TO be-"
The book will be ready about the mid
die OF November. or well In time for
distribution throughout December
Besides Mr.. Altmayer. the diary com
mittee consists of Hermann de Selding
| Fenimore c. Goode. George s. Horton
william D. Fitzpatrick. Lewis III. May
Il. G. II. vogler. and Adam Wiener.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
VALUES INCREASE
IN WESTCHESTER
Properties Gaining in Worth
as County Obtains Closer
Connections With City.

''Westchester values have long ceased
to be problematlcal," said Louis Pales-
trant. assistant secretary OF the New
York Title and Mortgage Company and
head of its White Plains office. yester-
day This part of Westchester has
been particularly fortunate In securing
a most desirable class of home owners.
Substantial residences and many fine
estates have helped to keep the values
Mt high standard. The new Bronx
Parkway. now almost complete from
Woodlawn along the Harlem Valley to
White Plains and beyond. has added
new link to the rapid transit facilities
Of Manhattan and is tending TO bring
Westchester County closer to the Met
ropolis by motor, while the excellent
transportation along the Hudson on the
New York Central Railroad. and along
the Sound on the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad and the
Harlem on the New York and Harlem
Railroad Company. bring this garden
spot very close to the center OF tho
great city.
During the years that this company
has maintained an office In Westches-
ter County we have seen business
properties increase In value about one
hundred per cent. and residential prop
critics about 20 per cent.
"In White Plains the Wooiworth
Building was recently sold TO that COM
pany for about s150.000 and the corner
OF Main street and Lexington avenue,
owned and occupied for many years by
Samuel Hopper & Co. was sold to Frank
j. Cassidy for about S125.000.
"In June. 1921. at the auction sale in
White Plains Highlands lots were sold
for an average price of $1,000. Recent
rcsales in that tract are averaging
$500. Dwellings that sold In 1919 for
$4,000 are now selling around $4,000.
These are only some OF the examples
familiar to all OF us of the values In
\Vestchester county"
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
MALBA PRIZES AWARDED.

The Malba Estates Corporation re-
Gently offered prizes for the best gar
dens at Malba, l.. I. These prizes have
lust been awarded by the grounds COM
mittee, the judges being Mrs. John W.
Paris. president OF the Garden Club or
Flushing: Leonard Barron. editor OF tho
Gordon Moodsine; Burt Johhdon. sculp-
tor and artist. The first prize went TO
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bjornson. General and
Mrs. F. r. Hines were awarded the Sec
ond prize.
Two prizes also were awarded for tbs
best improvements made since 1921. the
first one being captured by Mr. and
Mrs. f. ]. Bradbury and the second by
Messrs. Champ & Fear. Honorable men
tion also was given to the following
Mr. and Mrs @. X. Morrow, Mn. and
Mrs 4. X. Krom, Mr. and Mrs n. o.
Champ and Mr.. and Mrs. ". Darby.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09

"The advantages of recla inning for
the homes of the cultured class of mod
crate means section of a city pos
sessing so many natural beauties as
the one referred to are obvious. With
a river on the one side and a broad
avenue on the other. there is a reason
and air and of a pleasing outlook for
long time to come. Restrictions gov
erning the class Of ownership and the
use of every house. guaranteeing the
owner against Objectionable ne!ghbors
and the invasion of business. can be
made.
THE cave dwellers and cliff dwellers
would be enabled to live once more in
attractive. airy and sunny homes Of
their own without having to become
suburbanites. Instead OF perilous
street or public park. their children
would have a safe and pleasant garden
in which to play on sunny DAYS and
when II should rain the attic would
reveal delights undreamed of by their
flat reared offspring. And so IL seems
that domestic life in the city among
the middle class of moderate wealth
may again become normal.
Advantages of Having Architect.
Many people who have never known
or who would not know architecture II
they saw it, labor under the impress
sion that the planning Of the residence
| requires neither special skill nor any
large amount of experience. The prob
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
of Having Architect.
MARKET BREvITIEs.

Lawrence. Blake & Jewell have placed
a first mortgage of s16s,750 at y per
cent. for five years on 315 West Ninety
eighth street. an eight-story apartment
house. 75x100.
Byron S. Price is the buyer of 90
Park avenue. for which he paid $3.50
Lillian NJ Pavenstedt Is the buyer of 10
East Sixty-fourth street. sold recently.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09

EXCLAMATION, for private resi-
X dental purposes. Of certain parts
of the city which possess natural
beauties, thus creating an atmosphere
OF comfort and ease. combined with the
environment OF neighborhood in
habited by families socially congenial
to one another. and suggestion OF
community life in small city Oh
the Old World, has been the subject OF
special study by Oswald c. Herring
an architect of this city. assisted by
Frank j. Forster. one Of his profes-
sional associates. But Mr.. Hering oe-
clares that mass movement cooperation
is absolutely necessary to the success
OF such an undertaking. To those who
are tired of apartment life, but stiii
prefer to live in. the city and who are
accustomed to pay 5000 to $l0,0OO year
for an apartment, but for whom the
building Of a costly city home on
fashionable street is too expensive, MI
Herring makes his appeal. AS lliustra-
tions OF the feasibility of his plan ne
points to the work done In Turtle bay
and Sutton place. Cooperation. ne as
serts, would enable a completely re-
modelled house. with common garden
and other community features. to be
had for as little as $4,000 In discussing
with a reporter for THE NEW YORK
HERALD his ideas for reclaiming city
blocks which have seen better days, MI.
Herring said:
For various reasons a large part OF
our population elects to reside In tne
city rather than In the suburbs or
beyond. To meet the needs OF that class
there is the private house--2eneraiiy
one of a solid block-the hotel, the
apartment house and the tenement
house.
transition Has Been Rapid.
"The better planned tenement houses
are the best means so> far devised Tor
sheltering the poor. People who take
long term leases OF rooms or suites In
hotels are comparatively few. There
remains. therefore, for the wealthy and
the great middle class the choice OF
living in an apartment house or In
private dwelling. Assuming for the mo-
ment that the house makes the stronger
appeal to the urbanite-shall he buiid
or buy? To buy means generally 10
remodel, and to build means that pians
must be drawn. At once to the cultured
or the experienced man there comes tne
thOugnt OF conSuHhis SUNS
generally one with whom he Is per-
sonally acquainted.
"In recent years the steady inroads
of business have greatly altered the at
mosphere of long established residence
sections. Old dwellings have been sue
ceeded by business buildings or re-
modelled for business purposes. In some
instances new and lordly mansions have
served as homes scarcely long enough
. to become SO identified before being
converted into shops.
LAS a consequence remedial steps have
lately been taken to overcome these OBJ
Jections and to obtain again something
of the old fashioned home atmosphere
by purchasing old houses and remodel
ing them. There has been marked
tendency in this direction in New York
where Individual houses, as well as
groups. especially those on the East
Side formerly occupied by the poorer
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
LAWYER BOUGHT MANY LOTS.
Louis GoIdstein Largest Individual
Buyer at Long Beach.

Louis Goldstein. Assistant District At
torney Of Kings county. was the largest
individual bidder at the three day auc-
ton sale at Long Beach ended July 4.
The taIbulations showed that Mr.. Gold
stein bid in lots for approximately
100000 acquiring forty lots on Broad
way, which parallels the Boardwalk; (;
about 200 lots on Park street and others
near the Lido Golf Club and on tho
Boardwalk.
Mr.. Goldstein explained that he was
associated In the enterprise with sew
eral other business men OF MANHATTAN.
"They and share the enthusiasm OF
Senator Reynolds, Mayor of Long
Beach. as to the future OF that city,"
he said
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
woMAN,s HOTEL LEASED.

Joseph Wald leased from Leopold
Bergfield the four-story hotel at the
southwest corner OF 125th street and
Park avenue. 90x100. for fifteen years,
at an aggregate rental of 100000. The
hotel will be conducted for women. 1t
contains eighty rooms and fifty baths.
Oliver Lankin was the broker In the
transaction. Joseph L. Greenberg rep
resented the lessee.