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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-05-09
MASONS TOLD TO BAR KLAN

| IMASONS TOLD TO BAR KLAN
Continued from Page One.)
Samuel e. Burke Of Los Angeles,
grand master OF the California
jurisdiction of the order. who is
visiting here.
The grand masters letter fol-
lows in part:
''To Master Masons, wardens
and brethren of all lodges in the
jurisdiction:
Principles Are Raped.
Through tue puDIic press and
otherwise the grand master has
oeen advised OF the activities in
california OF an organization
.4nown as the ku Klux hlan, or
sne invisible empire, membership b
N which is SAID to be conllned IL
AatlYe-Dorn American citizens
wno Dei1eve in the tenets OF the
christian religion, OUT SO secret Ia
Us workings that even the names
Jf its members are not known t.
me pubic.
This invisible empire pre-
lends that its chief purpose is to
aid in the enforcement or the law
Jf the land; but its practical
working appears to be to interfere
With the orderly and lawful ad
nlnistration Of the processes oil
our courts and the duly consti-
ruted officers OF the law; society
which skulks and strikes in the
dark, under cover Of masks; all
organization which is SO un- Amer
ican and un Masonic in its meth
ids as to merit the disapproyal o.
thoughtful. law-abiding, order
ioving men.
Attitude Held Dangerous.
1t seeks, by secret methods. /,
fectify what its leading members
may conceive to be improper con
duct on the part of people not
members of the Khan and to inter
fupt the rule of conduct to be OBJ
served by non-members. With
out regard to the courts or the
duly authorized officers OF the
raw, and to judge and condem :.
and execute its mandates by tn
dictum of sheeted and hoodeu
Klansman, whose identity is hid
den from the light of orderly gov.
ernment by the people-rin fact,
and in deed, an organization as
dangerous military ant
judicial powers and authority owe.
all whose eonducu or whose vrews |
do not coincide with those of tht
Klan.
Masons Deny Responsibility.
1t nas 0een charged that mem
oers OF our Fraternity nave ii.
some instances become allied witt. |
his Ku Klux Khan, and it is eve4.
charged that in some localities the
Glan is fostered and encouraged |
oy Masons; that the night riders
who usurp the lawful processes o.
The courts, and who whip ant
scourge and trap those under the
penalty of their DEGREES, are Ma
sons.
THE grand master does not be-
ieve such stories to be true. And
le does not presume to prescribe
he membership or activities o.
Hasons In any lawful society q
but he is opposed /
which condemn withou
Iue trial, which pretend to exc
ute the mandates Of any secre.
tribunal.
Masonry Upholds Law.
And he will hold all those o.
'ur honorable fraternity who arr
lomiciled within the state of Cali
ornia, or who are members o.
california lodges, to strict ac-
ountability for any attempted
of the law of the lana
Free Masonry stands for Law
nd order and decent government.
t stands for the United States OF !
america, the best government ever
eyised by man. 1t stands now ana
ways and openly for the orderly
onduct OF society and for the up II
olding of the lawful and regular
administration OF the legal process t
I our courts" t
r. | II
MI n II l.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
E6S7 S<2s R7Rk THE, 6S7WEENt t9M snd 9oM.s7eSS1
NOW PTo9SR7Y ofHZL/6/VCS RE1ATY ca ~

The outburst ot trading in The East
Sldc apartment district last week has
heightened interest to degree that
has not been equalcd in that particular
section in several wears. The ewes Of
tho real estate world arc watching it
Tor further Developments. If the buy
ing strength DISPLAYED last week is
supported by additional purchases Of
magnitude tho belief is that builders.
-nccuiators and investors will come
INTO the district In numbers seeking
properties suitable for apartment de-
rclopmcnt, Those who know saw that
the full story of this activity has mo-,
reached the public and will not for
some little time. because publicity at
this time would defeat the plans of
those who are quietly operating in the
section. Those whose operations have
come to light say that the outburst of
last week will be followed by many sim
liar outburstS during the next month
or two ''"
a favorable rent situation. an out
look that favors the owner of fne
apartment houses. the established so1
ciat character of the district the loss
ot flfth Avenue facing Central Park
TO apartment houses and the compare
lively limited area now available for
n'gh class construction are the big
arriving wheels in the movement, which
IS expected to sweep clean the district
OF properties suitable for large and
expensive apartment projects.
Lexington Avenue Realty Values
The interesting feature of the buv-
ing was the attention given to Lexjnp
ton Avenue: There has been trading
on TINS highway, but it was of dis
connected and meaningless kind. That
of last week showed every sign Of be-
ing PROMPTED by something other than
the tact that the future would be kind
to property owners on this thorough
fare
Lawrence Gilman, whose firm has
sold Two large corners there during the
week. explained that property values
on Lexington Avenue were about half
as high as those on Park Avenue, while
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synagogue, on which TO put up the
story structure he had planned
for the SiXty-ninth Street corner.
Buying in Park Avenue"
Though the buying in Lexington Ave
nue. was the sensational development OF
the week, several parcels on Park Ave
nue., on the north dip of Lenox Hill,
were taken for speculation or improve
ment. Clarke Dalley's company com
pleted its control of the east side of
Park Avenue from Eighty-ninth to
Ninetieth Street by the purchase Of the
fee Of two properties which it held on
lease; Julius Tishman & Sons acquired
the southwest corner of Park Avenue
and Eighty y-seventh Street, Bing G. Bing
purchased some old properties near
Eighty-iifth Street and Samuel A. Her
zog purchased 933 and 935 Park Ave
nue., corner of Eighty-hrst Street.
There are many old fiat houses in
this stretch Of Park Avenue, buildings
of the ordinary type, decided con-
trast to the structures that have typi-
fed Park Avenue of the last ten years
They arc there because builders have
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stiffened in the last ten days and will
start to move up with the demand. 1t
is said that many more properties have
been sold than have been announced.
Enough light has been let in on this
trading, however, to indicate what is
in store for this highway.
During the last ten days three note
worthy projects have been announced
for Lexington Avenue between Sixty
ninth and Seventy-third streets. The
Sixty ninth Street corner, which the
James c. Mcclure Company purchased
for Improvement with an eleven story
apartment building, was sold at an ad
vance to Frederic Culver, as president
OF the Joint-Ownership Corporation.
The eight houses on the site will be
replaced by two apartments of the CO.
operative type. Several days previous
to this deal Mr.. Culvers company Sc
cured the northeast corner of LeXing-
ton Avenue and Seventysecond Street,
an old synagogue, as a building site for
a structure of the first order. Mr.. Nc
Guire, having sold his SiXtyninth
Street corner, then bought the corner
,of Seventy-third Street, rearing on the
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trict had been pretty we'll developed
and that new districts suitable for
high class muti-family homes would
now be exploited by builders.
Lexington Avenue is new section
for the type of improvement which is
now proposed for it. Builders have
carried on in Park Avenue north from
Grand Central for several years. With
the exception of the stretch from
about Eighty sixth to Ninety sixth
street there are not many parcels
that would interest the builder of big
apartment houses. Lexington Avenue
through the Fifties, Sixties and Seven
ties is new ground. Though it is lust
over the way from Park Avenue it has
not shared in the great advance in
property values and structural i'm
portance Of its neighbor. But now
that Park Avenue is we'll dotted with
apartment buildings and property val
ues naturally are high, builders seem
TO have undertaken the development of
Lexington Avenue with buildings such
as they have put up on Park Avenue
in the last ten or fifteen years.
Prices on Lexington Avenue hay
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Want Three Months.
Instead Of One Day.
To Move New York
Suggestion Is Made to Have
Apartment Leases Expire
on September l, October
| and November | Yearly

Real estate men, representatives of
the gas. electric light and telephone
companies, contractors and decorators.
whose work is now materially affected
by the congestion in household re-
moVais due to the uniform rental of
apartments from October /, met last
week committee of the New York
Furniture Warehousemens Associa-
tion at the Office Of the Lincoln Safe
Deposit Company for the purpose of
devlslng some scheme whereby the Sc
rlous congestion due to the necessity
OF every one moving az the same time
might be overcome
John G. Nceser, president of the
Manhattan Storage and Warehouse
Company, presided. While it was ad
culties in the way, these we're by no
means insurmountable.
Plan Suggested
The suggestion was made that if
the leases of apartments rcntine et
$4,000 and under could be dated 70
expire September |. leases for apsrt.
ments renting from $4,000 October /
and those above $4,000 November /
the situation might be materially i'm
proved. The low priced apartments
are needed early through desire In
get located in time to start the chill
dren for school. The medium renters
seldom return to the city before Octo-
Der |, and the others later in the sea
son.
1t WAS pointed out that such AN ar
fangement would be The means of dis
trlbutng the work of the furniture
mover the painter and other house
workers over period of three months.
sVcldlng the present great rush about
October /, when any one who can
carry becomes furniture mover. and
any one who can hold brush become .
q painter. Lower cost and better sery-
ice would be the results.
Other Cities Have Several Moving DAVIS
This subject was taken up in past
years, but with the war and the result
in% rush for places Of residence there
was no opportunity 10 give this mat
ter the consideration it deserves. Last
year the Chicago Real Estate Board
had the subject under discussion and
issued a pamphlet favoring four fall
and four spring dates for the expirg
tlon Of leases, IT place Of having ali
leases expire on May /. In a number Of
cities Of the country leases are made
TO expire at the corresponding month
10 thci" commencement. This does
awsy with all congestion and makes for
a superior service as to removals, alter
Gtions and repairs. at a reGuced cost.
Another meeting will be held soon.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Madison Avenue Corner
Leased for S5OO.OOO
Two Dwellings at 6lst St. Taken
Over by Corporation for
lnprOYement

The United States Trust Company Of
New York and Ira Bliss Stewart, trus-
tees for the estate Of Abram Baudouine
leased through Eugene E. Bogart, of
Brady a. Bowman, Inc. to the 6s4
Madison Avenue Corporation, Francis
;. Paternc, president, the property,
2b-2S East Sixtyfrst Street, forming
the southwest corner of Madison Ave-
nue. two private dwellings sixty-seven
feet on Madison Avenue and forty-
eight feet on Sixty-frst Street.
The lease is for twenty-one years,
with two renewals, Of approximately
100000 net for the first period.
Twen;.y-six Last Sixty-frst Street was
occupied for number of years by
Ahram |. Elkus. former United States
Ambassador to Turkey, and the corner
house % was the residence of the late
Abram Baudouine. The property is now
under lease to the Century Leasing
Company. subject to cancellation
clause, which will shortly be exercised
by the owner. 1t is the intention of
the leasing corporation to improve the
property.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
City May Saddle
$50,000,000 Bill
On House Owners
Propose 10 Have Automatic
Gas Value Installed in
100000 in Buildings at
Cost OF $50 to SI65 Each

Under the terms OF proposed ordi-
nance, favorably reported by the Com
mittee on Buildings Of the Board of
Aldermen, every building must be
equipped with an automatic gas cutoff
valve. The original ordinance includ
ed all buildings except residence build
ings having less than fifteen sleeping
rooms.
By the wording Of the report as pub
lshed in THE City Record" it is evi
dent that the committee intended to
exempt one and two family houses.
amounting in all TO 100000 buildings.
But the ordinance as printed, accord
ing to the report, does not EXEMPT
them.
Referring to this ordinance, the Real
Estate Board says:
No civic organization should oppos e
any measure that safeguards human
life merely because of its cost. but
when an expense OF approximately $50
100000 by property owners is made
mandatory its proponents should be
compelled to prove absolutely beyond
question that such viii be the result.
The proposed device, which is pat
ented, and which has been approved
by the Board of Standards and An
peals. will cost from S65 to $3.50. in
addition to the cost of making the
necessary changes in the gas pines and
in the building.
"If dwellings are exempted there will
still remain 250,o0G buildings to he
equipped at an average cost at least.
OF 800. This would total S25, 900 600
20 be paid by the owners or passed on
to the tenant.
The Real Estate Board asked for
further consideration of so important
an ordinance and urged that eycess;vs
naste was not necessary. Notwithstana
ing the TACT that this demand was made
loy the board and others present at The
nearing. this demand was ignored and
.ne ordnance was favorably reported
ana NV, VIII oe on Tuesdays calendar.
Inc committee on buildinr lan.S
and regulations of the board adon+od
She following resolutions, which cjear-
iholcate that the ordinance is not
opposed on the score of expense. but
1hat IL the remedy desired is essential
other forms of equipment should he
provided. oe
We oppose installation of auto
matte mechanism.
we oppose application of the pro-
posed ORDNANCE to present buildings.
even II mutually operated.
we favor gas CUTOFF on the ont.
SIDE of buildings, in location moro
readily accessible than as required by
ene cne present ordinance and by Section
oo. OF the Building Code, so far as it
affects new buildings.
NAT the equipment of the rescue
squad of the Fire Department, in rela-
',on to gas masks, be extended to in
clude approved apparatus to meet the
Danger from all gases, and extended
also to the whole department.. and that
a, surhcient appropriation be made for
this purpose"
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Part of Old Estate Sold
To Provide for Homes
Weed Family Disposes of 20
Acres al Noroton for
Improvement

Miner y. Randall OF Culver {, Co..
sold part of the Weed property a Nor
ten, Conn. consisting of forty acres. to
aJnoicate composed OF Rogert Seldcn
and Charles 4. Hoyt. of South Nor
walk; George Grant, Richard H. Golden
and Edward Hine, of Bridgeport. The
property extends from the Post Road
and Near Water Lane 20 Norton Bay
with about 1000 feet frontage on the
bay. The consideration was about
100000
This property has been held by the
Weed familY for many generations for
8 high class development. Engineers
ere nov at work laying out roads, and
the landscape gardeners will follow in
another month. Fifteen houses will he
built hv the new owrers
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Building League Aided
5000 to Homes Last Year
Lent About $1,000 TO Each
Buyer: Busiest Year i'm Asso-
ciation's History

The year 1921 stands out as The ban
ner year in the history Of cooperative
savings and loan associations of the
metropolitan district. Every associa-
ton increased in assets and member
ship, to some extent at least. Two
large associations Of Manhattan in
creased their assets more than 81 ,o00,-
1000 each. and tho total number Of
loans made by these two institutions
alone was 729, with the average mort
gage less than $4,000. The total was
more than 5000 Ten years ago the
total assets of all associations in Man
haitian was about S11,o00,O00 Two as
sociations alone now have about S1O.-
100000. and a combined membership
of nearly. 10000, which is more than
the membership of all the associations
in Manhat ttan ten years ago.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Stuvvesant Heirs Sell East
Side Holding of $50 YEAR,

Ward Belknap & Son sold iol nar. ,I
heirs of Peter Stuyvesant to .ns mvsr.
mond Realty Company, Simon ,t :" and
president, the four-story I.ong ,oa,i,o at
five-story rear buildings, za.ivhs.S ~. Srss
1870 Suffolk Street This is .ns
sale of the property in sSo sas yess.s'
Long Island City Sales : c..
Messrs. VIM. D. Bloodgood. .hs 9 east
Inc, sold plot 75xioo ON Of, sas ass fest
side of Crescent Street, abous ~ .'n i.lsnd
north of Greensboro Plaza, Lohg Loodggetiors, sI
City, to the Hope Hampton froacd reractsd on
luc. A building now being suvers for
the site will be used by the pus
Offices and storage. so,d fer
sac aIosT Rossntha, 1" the plot 1ooxioos s..s ss
the east side Of Sixth Avenue, iup uIps,snd
north of Grand Avenue. Long
CITY
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Home Buyig Centers
I'm Harlem Section
Most of the Sales of Dwellings
Reported esterday Located
in This /ona

Harry r. Roeder sold to Arthur C..
Sushman three story dwelling at PAL
East Fortyeighth Street, 2ox10O.5.
Froman & faubert sold for Johanna
Messing 1915 East Ninety-third Street,
three-s story dwelling.
Cecilia Herman sold to Margaret
Smith 4 threc-story dwelling at 5i1
Manhattar Avenue, 1880, north of
12lst Stree,
Herman j. Stock sold to Sarah Hughes
three-story dwelling at 2d9 West l2lst
Street, 17.tlx100.1f.
The Hudson ?. Rose Company sold to
James +. Hickey three story dwelling
al 237 East 126th Street, 16.sx99.11.
The L. S. B. Construction Company
sold 10 Eta F. Carey 8 three story
house al 2G West 12Sth Street, 25x
99.1I.
William A. Campbell sold to Harriet
Lazarus r three-story dwelling at 234
West 156th Street, 16.SX991l.
Mary Norey sold TO John s. Sutphen
three-story dwelling at 425 Convent
Avenue
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Easy Money Brings
Demand for Mortgages

The current ease in the money
market is strengthening the de-
mand for guaranteed mortgages
and certificates. Mortgag ge GER
tlhcates are acquiring an unique
place among investment securi-
ties. They combine the safety of
an ordinary trust investment with
insurance against shr;nkage in
capital value and Aexibilitv in
amounts available. Public appre-
citation of the safety and con-
venience Of mortgage certificates
will surely further expand" -
Harry A. kohier, president NeeD
York Title and M0-tgage Conn.,
p0ny.
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rentals were not more than onc-third
higher on Park Avenue than it's neigh
Dor to the east
The average value of land on Park
Avenue, below Seventy Street,
is about $4,000 a front foot. which
means that building sites of a size that
would be econom icsl to improve would
cost S375,000 M. Gilman intmated
that builders are not prone to paying
these prices just now when Lexington
Avenue offers building sites for half
the price.
He said that there was no justifca-
tion for the wide differences in fee
values when rentals were about the
same. There is little doubt that the
matter of price is one of the factors
back of the Lexington Avenue buying
May Follow Park Avenue Example
Clark G. Daley, president of the
Alliance Realty Company. whose com
pany last week extended it's control
over the Park Avenue block front be-
tween Eighty ninth and Ninetieth
streets. said that he thought the lower
part Of the East Side apartment dis
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Operators and Investors
Purchase Flats i'm Bronx
Market Continues Strong for
Houses. Both Large and
Small. in NOrthcrlv B0ro

Charles Wynne and Louis II. Low
sold l497 and 1899 Southern Boulc-
ward, six-story apartment, 5Ox10O.
Ulysses S. Tanco and S. Ullman were
the brokers'.
The Strateg Realty Company sold
to Harry Calm and Samuel Rubin the
new hve-story apartment at the south
east corner of Walton Avenue and
1S4th Street. George s. McCaffrel was
the broker
Ancowitz & Cohen sold the our-storv
flat 773 East 155th Street, 25x1OO, at
the corner of linton Avenue for Emma
HockIer to L.. KarteIowitz. and sold
1885 Clinton Avenue, a four-storv flat,
31xl00. for !. Schneider to n. Hoffman
Harry Calm purchased from Jonas
Blatt and Anna Blatt the fve-story
modern apartment at 1879 Stebbins
Avenue. l.. Sturm was the broker.
Abraham Stolzer purchased from
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Store Buildings and Sites
For Shops in Bronx Sold

The Duross Company and Neptune
Real Estate Company sold for the Brad
Realty Company, Theodore Tenney
president. to the B. & H. Trading Com
panT' inc. 822-832 Home Street, be
tween prospect and Union avenues, e
eight stores, 113.Sx11O. The buildinG
was recently completed.
lhe Polida Holding Corporation sold
to toe Nouvel Realty Company the va
can't plot. ol.1Xi00. on the east side of
It. Nicholas Avenue. 1915 feet south
OF l8cth Street.
Louis Gold & Co. sold to Seelir E.
flnAeistein the corner Of Rogers Place
and Dawson Street, recently purchased.
he purchasers will immediately erect
g ono-story building containing twelve
stores
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
War Department 10 Sell 500
HObOken Lots at Auction

Mayor Patrick R. Griffin. of Hobollen,
announced yesterday that the War De
partment had ordered sale Of 500
lots inthe western section of the city,
held by the Shore Railroad. a War De
partment subsidiary. The sale of these
lots will trow open | 800 other lots in
the same section which have been cut
off from the city proper and have re-
manned undeveloped because the city
did not know what disposition to make
of them. No date has been set for the
sale of the lots, the mayor said,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Leases of DWELLINGS,

VIM. A. White & Son leased the
house at 1al East Twenty third Street
to Harper Silliman.
Robert 6. Grunert leased for the
Douglas Taylor Estate Trust the
dwelling at $50 West Twenty second
street; for A. B. Faber Estate Trust
the dwelling at $50 East Twentieth
Street; for D. A. Cushman Realty
corporation the dwelling at So West
i"entieth Street and also the dwelling
~ ,,el Yves. TN.entieth Street.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
S. $. CalvalI,o Sells Fine
Estate at Seabrigsl;

'The cottage built b. the late Commo-
dore Auch;ncioss in Seabright, n. j..
property extending from the ocean to
the Shrew s1u.y River, has been sold
by :. S. Carvalho through Harris
Nought s. 60 to the 81 East Sixtv-sixth
Street Corporation. The cottage con
tains about twenty rooms, completely
furnished. On the site is garage. a
toaifaouse f2cine CT the Shrewsbury
Hi9or anj fishing pier extending into
nc OCEAN. Inc property was held a;
about s75.oo0 and was sold for a price
les than this figure.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

John Friedrich 1917 Mohegan Avenue,
q tive-story flat, 50x100.
D. A. Trotta has resold for Boro
Associates, Inc, 1859 to 3171 Villa Ave
nue., seven story frame dwellings with
stores, 150x100, and for the same cor
poration, the frame private dwelling
with garage, 25Xl00, at 1912 Cambrell-
ing Avenue
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
II Iliie Plains Colonial Home

Burke Stone, Inc, sold tor MRS v &c
soria Babcoch a plot in the Elm Rock
section of Bronxville to Charles Brun-
ner, who will erect residence; for the
estate OF Charles Amman residence
and lrge plot in the Armour Villa sec
ton Of Bronxvile to Henry A. Gleason,
CT this city, end in the East BronNvlle'
seeticn to William Rumsey. Of White
E
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Eastern Missionary Assn.
8uys Old West Chester House

Murp;,.H & Murphy sod tho old
colonial dwelling in West Chester vii
laee on Fort Schuyler Road to the
Eastern NJ Mssionary Association for the
RI. O. Tallmadge and Overing estates.
The dwelling is more than 100 years
old aud will be remodeled for occu-
pancy as an old mems home
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
More Homes for Edyemere

The Lewis H. May Company sold for
the Lancaster Sea Beach I'm mprovement
Company (F. j. Lancaster. president),
plot on the west side Of Beach Thirtvz
fifth Street, Edgemere. to the Analip
Realty Company, who will improve
with all-year homes.