The evening world. Newspaper, November 7, 1912, Page 5

O00 TENANTS CALL | “RENT STRIKE AND. ‘BAT UP MARSHAL The Pianos for this Co-oper- a New York’s ative sale are being personally selected at the factory by Mr. C. Alfred Wagner, President of the Lyrachord Co., and upon arrival are being tested and inspected by Mr. Nahan Franko, for Conductor and "4 One of “Strikers.” | Bwo Hundred tenants of a row of e@unes extending from No. 54 to No, 556 @ Paul's vlace, tho Bronx, have de-| Gages «@ rent strike, To-day they are bares HIS is a story of success—of unprecedented success. It’s a story of planning—then of concentrating unlimited malty dareicaded against the second power on working out the plan until it’s a story of such stupendous success that the telling is spontaneous We iting of a «'ty tbe yester- | could not help raed it if we would or would not if we could. It’s inspiring. It runs off the pencil faster Gab oben be atntenud nd dinpoatens | (282 we can write. The reason for it, is the plan itself. Hereitis: Don’t miss a single syllable: The tenente ine | oLW eet & Piano which is worth and sells regularly at three hundred and fifty dollars for ¢wo hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy- hate Balt ants in-| five cents, ‘ing you at the outset one hundred and one doll twenty-five cents, Gemmed Magistrate Butts this morning | q When you finish paying for your piano, if bought in the us you still owe from twenty-five to thirty-five dollars interest, Through on thetr| this co-operative plan, when you have paid your two hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents, you have finished paying. they would resist any| There are no further payments to be made either on account of interest or for any other reason. Bett 40 Aimpoesess any of their number. | Q Instead of paying twenty to twenty-five dollars as a first ent and ten, twelve or fifteen dollars a month, as you will in a regular way, Mocentty the three landlords, Mesers. | during this co-operative sale you pay but five dollars to Gpemotetn, Meyor and Korn, notified | cents a week, x eo tenants, through their agent, David (QeAdioens, that the rent would be ad- Grom 2 ‘and $16 to $4 and $18 @ifferent apartments. ‘This (the ire of the tenants, who de- they got poor service and little ‘They called a mocting and it was the raise. Circulars were out by @ committee, which de- Jan@ords and which urged to atand firm in refusing week Goldberg attempted the rent of Mrs. Anna who has apartments on the floor of the building at No. 544 Dlace. Mra, Schwartz re- pay the rent until it was re- the Mandlord then obtained a court foe the dispossession of Mrs. ity Marshal Milton ati- @f No. 360 Madison street, the ‘wee given the order to serve. e appeared at the Schwartz flat @ae met by « crowd of the women and @ conflict ensued, during (ie marshal, according to the he tok Magistrate Butts, was me leg ond bis hat was prmaahed Ins. Sophie Rosner, twen- ‘Qyreight years 014, who has apartments fn the eame dullding, and who was -ueed of being the leader in the at- E Allman brought two husky men with Rim to help him move the family into street, but they fared no better @14 the Marshal. Finally, Poliée- fr tan Pepe of the Morrtsania station, fem cated. He arrested Mrs. Rosner. Whe was held in $500 bail for trial on a tripi A pumber of tenants, who crowded thls court room, excitedly informed him ‘they were being imposed upon and that resist the Marehal to the lest aad that they would not pay the tnerease in rent. ae VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE RECORDED IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Nor —Severe earth- jake shocks lasting almost a: jere récorded early to-day on th mograph at Georgetown University disturbance ocourred intertnittently from 2.4 until 3.4 o'clock, the most ‘evere | heing noted at 3.08 A. M. According to, the university authorities, the disturb- | § ance took place about 3,500 miles from | Washington, but the direotion could not | be determined. Special Gold Filled Watch Guaranteed 10 Years Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Sizes & 825.00 show and ac rate } Sfec'onw’ thelr cacel hocaee © e rithele eauat hoteres ‘hensande. of Woalthee sents Th h I 1 lies t | li sacri e whole plan applies to player-pianos as we oft than to-mor Three hundred player-pianos are also being sold on this same co-operative plan, some’ what th ‘The usual price of these player-pianos is five hundred and fifty dollars each. fi pe Cc price is three hundred and ninety-five dollars, with NO INTEREST to be added atch, “ware: The pianos will also be delivered immediately upon the payment of five dollars, elt Inthe United ate | Th mare twodnltars a week-calving you one huciesd and pice. villve weeks (meio whist 1.000 of them, and jon the pia me unconditional guarantee that is given on the piano is eat the tot | 6 8 P trie! 2. | given on the player-piano. You can also get your money back at any time within thirty days. ' You get the same privilege of exchanging within a year as that given with the piano Read this: :::::: t is nO pring 1 five dollars, [0 which we will at once give you a reeuip Phis five dollars is credited to your aceount on the co-opers All of the unpaid balances will be voluntarily cancelled in event of death, tive books, i 7 7 ‘The co-operative plan then allows one hundred and ninety a player-piano h and nine rolls of music (your own selection) are five weeks’ time {n which to pay the remainder without extra charge. An arrangement will also be made with each purchaser whereby new player he procured at @ cost of only five cents a roll. at the rate of one dollar and twenty-tiv ¢ if you sclect 1 8 player-plano. to be met r-piancs are standard 88-note players; that is they play every piino when the music roll isin motion. These player-pianos have | tie shifer, which compels the music to play perfe Most player- oy fae Lae EURRAR®. and Fh ianos sold at from two hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars more than o nt for you to personally select your in the veil nt plas perfects These plaser-pianus have Teal tubing,” Most player-pinnos have rubber tubing. The life of rubbes is one year—at most. , ne Lead lasts forever. It cannot wear out and the tubing in theplayer-pianos J Gay", trial you aro dissatisfied. we will refund you so placed it cannot be broken pach i CHARLES A, KEENE Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, 180 Broadway, New York @PBN UNI 6 O'CLOCK. this co-operative movement und then but one dollar and twenty-five Copyright, 1912, by Stone & MoCarrick, tne, © You get th gi © You get the privilege of returning your piano at the end of a thirty days’ trial and getting your money back. © Within one year from the day you get your p so much as a penny’s loss © All payments remaining un © You get through this co. agreement of one hundred and ninety-five weeks is shortened all to twenty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents, © And final ‘The balance on the piano, ispay able 1 dollar and The bala is. payal which to pay for the piano or the player-piano. on the Shopping Centre L-ADAMS Co. |«" Once again we teli this whole piano 1 you protection for f dollars are given opportimity to secure others to co-operate in this plan. ents, player-piano Special Notice cus rooms ookly Bronx, For the greater convenien fe tomers we have Hi Court Officer Fares Badly Concetimeister” Metropolitan. Opera Si O10 orclock, hone Inveresten | ompany. ixth Avenue, 20th to 22d Street Ser ae rae ' : When He Tries to Dispossess Company. ’ ee : story Kohler & Campbell alae guarantee signed by the manufacturers t bond. io ntee ever put on a pia years that is as si and ourselves, , no through this co-operative plar may exchange it for any reason whatroe without re voluntarily cancelled in event of vour death—thus leaving the piano free of encumbrance to your family. perative plan an opportunity to earn cash dividends for each and every week's time the life of the co-operative ‘Through this privilege it is possible for you to earn cash dividends, amounting ia a ‘This still further reduces the cost of your instrumenteg About the piano itself: The pianos themselves that go into this sale will grace; any home. For downright durability, they are as good? as any pianos made. Take Read what est ; the physical piano itself; that} Mr.Nahan Franko} is, the woods that go into’ has to say about the case; the ivory that goes: the pianos “Up to this time, November first, into the keys; the German’ felt that goes into the ham- + T have now inspected three hundred | MeTs and the steel wire that, and eighty-five of these pianos and | goes into the strings, and*s6é™ two hundred and ten of the player- “, . 7 pistos and I must say that they run | Of and 50 on, and you get as ¢ more uniform in quality of tone and | Much, in fact, you get the + more even in touch and regulation | same identical materials as? than I would have thought possible + ae “ with such a large number of insteue | YOU get in many four hun-% ments. Naturally, Lhave been inter- | dred or four hundred and + cated in reading your advertivements, 1 fifty dollar pianos. They are + ie everything you clait forthems”” | made by Kohler & Campbell * in one of the largest piano Hl, Ais manufacturing plants in the’ world—if not the largest, > where pianos are built well and economically, and? where there is an abundance of capital to procure the 4 best there is to be had, and to “‘back up’’ our guarantee —the strongest ever placed on a musical instrument. + 3 Exchanging the piano: A paragraph in our co-operative agreement with you reads like this: : “Privilege is given to exchange Piano No. —_——_ at 4 any time within one year trom date for any other new® piano we handle at time exchange is made (whether of equal or better grade), all pay- ‘ ments made on above-men- tioned instrument to be credited on new contract. ”’ Do you get the full force of this part of our contract? (Mind you, this is part of our contract with you. This is part of the agreement we sign and hand to you the minute you become a member of this Co-operative Society.) ‘This simply means this: That you purchase your piano or player-piano through this plan subject to one year’s trial in your home. Aud if, at the end of the year or during the year you feel that the instrument you selected is not what you wish to buy ct mith'the purcharers and keep as a permanent investment, then you may ‘come to the store and select another piano —we will make the exchange free. If the piano is of the same grade, there will he no additional charge, If the piano is of a Aigher grade, you will of course agree 40 pay the difference. a whole year in which to thoroughly satisfy. of these pianos, “ CO-OPERATIVE GUARANTEE We, Kohler & Ca manufacture ber signed Bea The point ix you h vourself as to the characte ° a puts the p/ayer-piano: in your home, also: Let us make this plain, It costs you nom wv initial outlay, to ® put the player-piano in your home than it docs the plano, ‘The player- 5 piano itself costs you more than the piano One hundred and forty-six * dollars and twenty-five cents more. Your weekly dios ave larger, alse; , weekly two dollars a week, as against one dollar and twenty-five cents a week ? forthe piano, But your initial payment avd the length of time given : weekly, on in which to make your payments hundesd and vively-five weeks) ¢ are identically the same whether you scleet a piano or a player- In other words, you pay five dollars as a privilege to 4 this co-operative sale. ‘This five-dollar paymout is ere of whichever instrument you decide to take- and you are leged to take your choice the piang or the player-piano, ‘Chis makes » it plain, doesn't it? "