The evening world. Newspaper, July 7, 1917, Page 4

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917, 3,430,000 PERSONS MAKE HONS NOW ING. N.Y. FLATS: Half-Year Construction Is Be- low Average, but Increases House Total to 104,985. Flatbuilders are falling far behind their records of last year. Only 329 new houses have been put up in the Greater City during the past six months, in comparison with 660 for the first half of 1916. The: contain homes for 20,714 persons. The output a year ago was for 40.415, In cost the work is half that of the 1916 period, the total being $13,414,000. Landlords and renting agents are basing much of their campalgn for higher rents on this decrease in con- struction, They say the high prices of materials and labor, with other conditions of inflation due to the war, are restricting the production of Hew homes to a point where Increased congestion of population is imminent and that the law of supply and de- +Mmand justifies rising rentals. They wild make use of this argument to the utmost from midsummer to the end of the fall renting season on Oct. 1, They expect great pressure to secure new living quarters. If it should materialize they will seize the op- portunity to force an average 10 per cent, advance in rents, the old ten- ants being compelled to pay as well as those who move. As yet, however, they are some- what wary about disturbing tho terms of contracts with old tenants and the majority of landlords are re- newing leases at prevailing rates pro- viding their tenants sign contracts before the middie of this month, By that time owners will have a better forecast of conditions In the fal and they will try a concerted movement to’ boost rents on all tenants who have not hastened to take advantage of their alleged generous offer to renew at the old prices within a close time Mmit. The half year's construction of flats increases the number of such houses in the Greater City to 104,985, They contain 980,000 apartments, Figuring the average family at three and a half persons, they house a population Of 3,430,000-—-a strong majority of the entire people, leaving barely 2,500,000 to fill all of the private dwellings, hotels, boarding houses and other places of abode. In the metropolitan district con- struction of flats is no larger in per- eentage than in the Greater City, the Past six months recording 423 houses @t a cost of $15,821,500, It compares ‘With 850 and $31,685,000 last year. In- cluding land the total investment hi been over $25,000,000, make homes for 28,000 persons in 6,855 apartments. Manhattan shows a distinct ten- dency to smaller living quarters, two- room and three-room apartments be- ing favorites. Most new houses are of this type, main exceptions being skyscraper structures in such high- class residential districts as Park, Fifth and Madison Avenues or the West End, where rentals run well into the thousands and homes are designed for one family on a floor, affording practically more rooms than could be found in the most lu urlous of old-time average private dwellings. These big structures have increased cost total without showing a fair ad- dition to volume of housing They swell Manhattan outlays to near $6,500,000 for scarcely more than fifty new houses making homes for 2,875 families; not half the number pro- vided for last year. Brooklyn builders have put up new houses for 2,037 families, or 7,150 per- sons in 150 buildings, at a cost of $8,049,000. The average house has cost $22,500—a structure of the four-story type—compared with $131,000 in Man- hattan, where the average has risen to six stories. In the Bronx the average house has cost over $47,000. It is a five-story butlding. crease In volume and cost of housings for the third consecutive year, their half-year work calling for seventy- three structures at a cost of $4,400,- 000. Two years ago their the first half with @ Queens has gained over 500 apart- ments in fifty new houses at a cost wbove $450,000, Several structures of tue larger type, notably in Long Isl and City gad at Forest Hills, have raised the average cost. There is new housing for over Does your skin itch and bun? Or is your appearance marred by patches of eruption? ‘There is no need of enduring ae discomst rt when Resinol Ointment usually stops itching at once and quickly makes the skin clear and healthy again, Doctors have prescribed Resinol Oint- Resino Bronx builders show a de- | 000 persons, ' 2b OOOO DEDEDE 9-990-099-9118 45-8.5-9:0-3.0.0-0- Satie Stan Troctorr st are. Theatre ie MEDIATOR FAILS TO STOP SHIPYARD WORKERS’ STRIKE Demand for Increased Wages Spreads Despite Appeals to Patriotism. ‘The hopes of Federal Mediator Row- land B, Mahaney that an appeal to the patriotism of both sides would bring a speedy settlement of the ship- yards’ strike are apparently no nearer being realized to-day. The machin- ists announce that two more yards are affected, art or all the men at the Quintard Ironk Works Company and the William J, Kennedy Com- pany having quit, According to the strikers, elght firms are now handicapped by the strike and seven have surrendered to the men’s demands. Pattern mak: and = machinists numbering about 400 have also struck in the shipyards of Samuel L. Moore & Sons Company at Elizabeth. They demand $4.60 a day. Samuel Gompers, commenting on the situation, repeated his previous assertion that the wages paid ship- yard men are “frightful.” He added: “The demands the men are making are quite reasonable, and certainly ought to be acceded to by the ship- ping okners,’ vd some Ship sailings this week are still be- ing delayed by the strike of 600 Ital- jan coal hewers, The loss, it is said, is about $5,000 a day on each of the big: vessels. According to the companies the men were under contract to load coal on the steamahips at 40 cents an hour until Sept. 1. At the beginning of tho week they demanded 60 cents an hour Early to-day there was some pros- pect that the men might return to work. They were addressed yesterday by the Itallan Consul, who urged them on the ground of patriotism not to delay the sailing of liners. The strike is confined to certain Manhat- tan plers and does not include the coal heavers of Brooklyn or Hoboken. > Green Room Club Performers Win Praise of Soldiers, The men of tho Firat Engineers of the National Army, in camp at Fort Tot- ten, are still talking to-day about the corking vaudeville show staged for their benefit tb ers of the Gr y man in the outfit, fr istry dow to the last 1p appreciated hance to relax after a week of hi Some of those on the big Houdini, the Handcuff King; De Biere, Stanley Forde, ‘adley, | Shanley Trio was 1 | the Mies Jules Jordan, and the A song written by Private were Great | or sung with great gusto. Richard ‘Tneker, of movie fame, who has been doing great work in the re- cruiting line, had charge of the show, ——>—— Sir Beerhohm Tree's Death Is I elared Acotdental, LONDON, July 7.—-At the Coroner's kinquiry to-day into the death of Sir Herbert Tree, the actor, last Monday, bis nurse testified that after dinner he asked her to open @ window. After ne 80 Bhi head fall o was ther rem- Death came Sir Herbert fell da verdict of nd Oxy ledies were administ | within a minute ai back, The Jury return accidental death, having trouble with your skin? ment for over twenty years in the treat- ment of skin affections, So you need not hesitate to use it, nor to recommend it to skin-tormented friends, ane CHANCE FOR SOME GIRL TO LOSE A HUSBAND Bettens, Who Is Going to War, Asks Mayor Mitchel to Find Him a Wife. Here's a chance, girls. William Bettens, thirty-five, Haskell, N. J., has written Mayor Mitchel asking that a wife be found for him. Bettens, who {s English, but has his first citi- zenship papers, expects to go to war soon, but promises in his letter: “If my life ts lost in this war my would inherit all my property. I »me cast in a bank in Brooklyn. Bettens, “I prefer,” explains who have experience “girls I want a good, sensible American girl, age from twen- ty-five to thirty, nice, wttractive and wood looking. She must have no ob- Jection to country Ife." Bettens adds that his future spouse must be a cook” and, above “run around with “good plall must not —_—-e— STATEN ISLAND | NOTES, Funeral services were day morning at No. 77 Boyd | Stapleton, for Charles Rosenberg, real estate operator of note, who died in the German Hosptal, Manhattan, Wednesday, after a short illness, In- terment took phce rday noon In Cy is Hilis Cemetery, F is survived by a Widow and ten chil- dren. Arrangements have been made by held yester- Street, a in, *Tarencaye aftor-| STAGE STARS WHO ) APPEAR t HERE NEXT WEEK Anna Lehr ” Rtalto ®DDD9O0-40OO4-4 aoe “PARENTAGE,” AT RIALTO, | STUDY OF HOME LIFE As the feature of its programme | next week the Rialto will present | |“Parentage," Hobart Henley's ay | of the American home. It is neither a sex play, @ problem play, nor a vehicle for propaganda. It ‘is just sincere, human story about the | youngsters and grown folks of a lace which every one will recognize his or her home town, Back of) all the laughter, the amusing charac- |ter types and the story there lies a lesson the value of which no one will | question, Yet Mr, Henley and Mar- tin G. Chandler, the authors, have successfully avoided all semblance of rmon and have made their plc- ture primarily a capital plece of wn. tertainment, Mr, and Mrs, Sidney Drew will a- pear in their latest droliery, “Lest ‘orget.” More pictures taken in Alaska will be shown as the scenic portion of the programme, — The feature of the Animated Magazine will be a series of daring “stunts” by Tom Mix, the cowboy. whose West. ern thrillers are #o popular with mo. tion picture patrons. The Rialto orchestra will play the final move. ment of “Scheherazade” as an ove ture. The trio from “I Lombard\" Verdi will be sung and there will b a yocal xolo, lite: Sn Cansei “THE LONE WOLF” FULL OF THRILLS A picture with three distinct “punches” {8 Herbert Brenon's pro- duetion of “The Lone Wolf," which enters upon its second week at the Broadway Theatre to-morrow night. Most directors are conte nt t have one big scene, but Mr, Frenon has | tripled this custom in his scre h ver. sion of Louis Joseph Vance’ 's novel The scene showing the Durning of the Troyon in itself to mi quickly follow ‘pack” in the in Paris is sufficient ke a féature, but it ts hy the chase of the after the “Lone Wolf,” ending fall of an automobile from the gory ney top of a Jacknifo bridge, and the third | Troop F. First Cavairy, to change its|thrill is furnished by ‘the red a Jquarters from Manor’ Farm, West | battle, ji} plan’ Briehton tthe tort battl with the shoot! ng down of a Rew Brighton, to, the Vander machine from midair. ‘Hazel Dawa arm, Nov ? an, and Bert Lytell have the principal Charles L. and George W. Watson, | roles, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. 'T, Watson ——_ of Westerleigh, have been appolated , my; by the Government. to werve on the | ROCTOR VAUDEVILLE Engineering Board in France. AND LOEW FEATURES The marriage of Miss Th a Volk eee of Mountain View Avenui stleton| At Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre, Westerletgh, will be sol toe commencing Monday, Flo Irwin will orrow afternoon at th: of the | Be seen in a comedy called “Looks.” bride Data hive treaee as dh Other attractions will be Leonard Sailetan’ Gaminra, the eg [and Willard in “Firting,” Kelly and RITRAGHIGY RETAKE. Cant Ohinere Galvin and Little Hip and Napoleon, Moravian Church officiating. the GaRy Sepnent ar onkey from Mr. and Mra. Osborn M. Curtis of|ville and photo facture win aude: New Brighton have gone to thelr|fored at Proct nee De Ore farm in Walden, N. Y treet and One Hung re | Mra. Gustav Ha 1 son of Wes-|Twenty-fifth Street Theres °™4 terleigh are at Pleasure each, Conn ‘The Vegetable Hunter,” featuring ne n the Fourth|Al Fields, will be presented at Battal aval Resorve, or-|LOew's American Roof all next week ganized on Staten Island, consisting | Harold Selman will appear tn a com of 86 men, commanded’ by Lieut.]eay sketch, “That's the tthe Harry P, Relyea and Ensigns Thowas| first halt of the week, P, Corey and J Il, Dashicl, has| tures at Loew's New been ordered into service, are| Will include 1 stationed aboa Strange Transg: Monday. p Granite 8 Kitty in loved Ad- Ninety-seventh Stre venturons” on ‘Tuesday © Greater aira. Yeviue Miali w"' on Wednesday, “The Voice on Mancncne af Bravat the Wire" on Thursday, Pe “HY. ville, are in N \ land and Bir John Hare’ will be aeen | nf in »! on Friday, and June C Nathan M« M 1 ' un ‘ae "| price in “Patsey"! on Saturd Harbor is in Pittsburg Saturday | _—-—— Miss Mary Mooney torleigh | gv a" is spending the summer in Northen | CHAPIN’S LINCOLN CYCLE mar we k atti NOW “THE CALL T0 ARMS” he agnual meet ! not 7~_ . | fficers f Mrect t « y pan " Opera Club will Vat the Suton | The 200th performance of Henja- | Island Cricket Club, vin Mon-|™!n Chapin's Lincoln Cycle of mo- day evening tion pletures will he re 1 the com | Mrs, Sidney F. Rawson of ing week at the Globe Theatre From | t md has gone to G | Rowe gn ine Pur parts My Moth y Father,” “Mys and “The Cail to Arms"—will be included und he | Mr. and Mrs. ¢ r Simons under the | one general name The Call to jr. of the Country Clu Dans | Deeial ane ees + | j Ayers tle Ari @ title has been decided on | ge Halls, have & to Watch Hil, as expressing tho intaraei Re t well as the patri of the pro- Mr. and Mra. B. R. Gregg and|duction—the call fe antieca daughter together with Mrs, Frouk/arms t the touching all of Port Richmond, are| first the father’s ig Pordand, Me rms gon eome to mie und From now PAULINE FREDERICK on art at 1,80, | INSTRAND’S FILM PLAY Resinol Ointment ts so nearly fesh-colored that it | can be used on exposed aurtaces with undue attention, Sold by all drvge Strand The Lerick The ' tten } ade ton and produced by the I Players. Misa Frederick has the rol f He ffice drudge. O Love Philter of “The atein” will be anothe ture, There will numbers, 1! hundreds emer DANCING CARNIVAL COOL AND BREEZY Dancing | ‘The Carnival patrons | » cause to complain about the] all for comple rand ¢ er, @rrangements make the rél Palace as windows and fans keep n | place in the |cool as posstt breezes blowing | ceeded BAFF PLOT JURY ~ HEARS OF PLANS TO KILL VICTIM sacle Witnesses Tell of Ambushes From Loft and Cart That Preceded Killing. After a busy week, both #ldes are taking to-day in the trial of the four men charged with instigating the murder of Barnet Baff, Tho prosecution has not yet auc- in proving who paid for the and silen with which it was at time to kill Baff. a rest rifle intended one FHOTOPLAYS. | IT MAKES YOU LAUGH RSONAL The Greatest Amusement Place in New York is the Dancing Carnival 200 tasty and gent hence an fi BILLIARDS AND POCKET BILLIARDS Free ay totwwen 400 ADMISSION 25¢ DANCING CARNIVAL GRAND CENTRAL PALACE Lexington Ave., (Use 46th St. Entrance) r REE PAWNEE BILL’ TONEER DAY futmnarine | Darkiourn | pom STEEPLE CHASE € CONEY'S FUN FACTORY ye Ane. dt Roanor #4 TENST tral as wl ty i. re EWOLAS: y's, Brimful of heart interest. “Parentage” is a forceful combination of pathos, humor and thought. The characters are all plain folks like you and your neighbors. ip But yeaterday the jury Heard from| tron aiding apart to get at the pipe, Daniel Jones, a negro who has been Mfined in the House of Detention, his story of the preparations to kill Baff from a loft in West Washington Market with a rifle equipped with a Maxim silencer. Jones said that in 1914 he was em- I couldn't get at tt till L got and cut a beam, but 1 could He testified that a hole about thre inches wide waa finally a saw 't Ax it made. Jo ald that a month before this time Graft asked him to go to Thirteenth Avenue and see if there was a cov- ered wagon there, “There was a wagon," * he said, “with ployed as a chicken handler in Wer-|@ heart shaped opening in the hack, 4 : * 4 I cou © 4 man inside, About ten her's store, and that somo timo in the) | atteen minutes r Abo Graff summer Abe Graff gave him @ pack-| came to me and said, ‘Gee, | was al ago wrapped in burlap bagging and| most scared to death. 1 came past told him to take it to the loft. The|that wagon and a fellow asked me next day, he said, Graff and another man he had never seen came to the} ettes and came loft. On being shown a photograph | of Tita, alias Ben Rizottl, alleged gun | { man, Jones said it resembled the stranger, “This man opened the packare,” | said the witness. “There was a rifle in it in two parts, He put them to- gether and then screwed a little round thing on the muzzl I asked Abe what that little round thing was and he sald ‘that's a pip» r, a silencer.’ Abe told me to fix the water leader, I got a crowbar and pried the she PHOTOPLAYS, —_—~ = | for a cigarette, 1 could see «gun bo- side him, so I gave him all my cigar- n —~>~ Au equipped Antonio Cardina Allan_T, of the Western poultry shippers, tifled that had ‘Cohen ‘rank Reside, 1914, he in Ma alked with ns in the sald, dit been kille day. He al hadn't 80 away proprietor of a sto ) Bowery, testified that abo rifle had sold a Maxim astlencer to a representatt te: y or June, 1914, he Joseph Cohen about | market, ran the Batt that he'd get it met with PHOTOPLAYS. a ZV SS Upon Him — Even though she had the selfish traits of his father—Even though he was “bad,” she loved and worshipped him— He was HER BOY How Will You Influence the Lives of YOUR Children? AMESSACE SEE IT, THEN YOU WILL RECOMMEND IT Human to the core; DIRECTION OF 8, L, ROTHAPFEL, WwW it.’ Is the Final Word in Motion Picture Entertainment.’ RIALTO the famous film critic, says “You'll love Mgr. Rothapfel says “It is the most enter- taining picture with a serious thought I have ever witnessed.” The Music at the Rialto Is the Best in New York. The Diversified Program No Advance in Prices. 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ND yt AN And LAST O, HENRY testimony, | that Raff was ruining the business |He said he was surprised that hadn't some aid he was sur- prised T personal violence for antagonizing the cat men.” On cross examination he admitted had ard many other dealers Ba(t’s) ruinous business methods, > 500 Miles Home: Tex., July 7. , owned ‘in’ this to-day, compieting » trip from Winnip flight required A Disturbed Digestion Soon upsets tho entire system Give proper help at once =—_ TRY a HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters ___ PHOTOPLAYS. | 1 | IT MAKES YOU THINK eee TO-DAY AND GLOBE WAR TANK SIN ACTI fone wate once A BEL“NICK HERBERT BRENON’S FEW ga The Lone Wolf | BROADWAY FLA | PRICES 28.60 —_—— 41st 8 » AND 8,80. SEATS $1.00 aT cuicr onders| THEATRE, TIMES TO-DAY and TO-MORROW of thy 1 B'way at 46th ON : VAUDEVILLE, FEPROCTOR SUDEVILLE & PHOTO PLAYS, S Fae OF IKEY RY STORY a f Sitoncay Misute” eee REDER ! it thy. gia Chan ay BEPRRIGI) ni Zovoistg sta rs 10, HIG FEATUP yay dil ih: . 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