The evening world. Newspaper, July 5, 1919, Page 3

STORM TO BREAK tel WAVE TO-DAY: TOL HERE 3 DEAD } Mercury at 90 16 ein the Shade as Cool Wave Is Reported in the- West. A cyclone, which originated in tho Gulf of Mexico, is travelling north ‘and is expected to break the heat wave late to-night, unless it swerves out to sea south of Mason and Dixons Line, The official forecast is: “Scattered thunder showers to- night and Sunday in the storm areas.” {> spite of the predictions, it Is hotter to-day than yesterday, with no signs of a let up. The temperature in’ frent of The World Building at ¥ hoon was M. By 3% o'clock it had climbed to 9%. 4 Absence of wind caused smoke to settle over the lower end of Man- hattan and the bay was almost in- visible from the Battery. Official of deaths due to reports the heat follo#: - THE DEAD. BARCHLER, JOHN, fifty-seven, a cigar maker of No. 206 East 72d Street. Dropped dead in the bath room of his apartment after pre- viously complaining of the heat. DESCARDEN, ALFRED, thirty-one, & laborer of No, 1483 Figst Avenue, fell from the roof of the louse where ho lived into the rear yard next door. He had gone to sleep on the roof because it was too hot in the house, and rolled off. JOHNSTON, HELNN, ten of No, 276 West 115th Street, fell down air shaft while distressed by the heat at her home, Killed instantly, Seven prostrations were reported to the police. 4 Despite the torrid weather yester- day, not a death was officially re- ported because of it. Dr, Norris, Chief of the Medical Bureau Exam- ‘ iners, is unable to explain this freak. 1 Dr. Norris issued this warning to- ; day: | To avoid. death or prostration from the heat, it is necessary to eat lightly and take things easy. ) Drink lots of water and keep in the shade as much as possible. i Extreme caution is necessary to avoid fatal results. . Reports from all over the country | showed that 100 degrees was the pre- vailing temperature to-day, There is a decided change for cooler weather in the lake regitn, and showers have | ‘falien in the Mississippi Valley. Coney Island is spread all over the Ms, “east side these hot days, Tho as- phalt pavements are make-believe i beaches where children by the hifn- dred flock to sit or play in the cool ing spray of fire hose. Garments are reduced to a negliibible quantity, sometimes entirely negligible, Fire- men at every station are playing th hose on the asphalt. This practic will be maintained throughout th hot period. A Cup of Tea NO IGE SHORTAGE, BUT CITY'S NACTION MAY IMPERIL POOR Mayor’s Committee Not Dis- tributing Supply, Asserts ' | One of Its Members. a Ea, | The ice shortage prophesied by the ice companies for July is not as yet acute, but the hot spell of the past five tion of abnormally high temperatures will bring about great suffering in the congested parts of the city, according to Dr. A. Blauvelt, Assistant Sanitary Superintendent of the Health Depart- ment, who said to-day: “So far we have no reports of un» usual suffering or of increased infant mortality due to ice shortage, but two or three days more of this weather, combined with difficulty in procuring jee will have a bad effect on the in- fant population. At this time we are taking particular pains to insure the purity of the milk supply of the city and a dozen special inspectors have been detailed to that work.” The Mayor's Free Ice Committee was ,not functioning to-day, Philip Berolzheimer, chairman,’ and Mra Zacherman, secretary, were not in evidence in their office in the Hal) of Records. Major Jenny Ward of the Salvation Army, a member of the committee, sald: “So far as 1 know we have opened no distribution stations.’ The work of preparation, however, has been com- pleted and we are to-day giving cut free coupon books to poor families which will enable them, to get ice on Monday when we hopt to open 12 stations, mostly on the east side,” Wesley M. Oler, Praeident of the Knickerbocker Ice Company, said to-day: “The abnormally’ cool wateher of last week gave us a chance to catch up with the demand and lay up a surplus, We can meet all demands for some days to-eome, even should the high temperature continue. Any- body who pays over 50 cents a hun- dred pounds for ice in New York City is foolish. ‘The rate charged by some peddlers is a crime.” ARGENTINE PRICES JUMP. Heavy Dema js for Export Expect- ed to Send Them Still Higher. BUENOS AYRES, July 5.—The in- crease in cereal prices here {is #0 marked that newspapers are printing first-page articles devoted to the situ- ed has risen 2 pesos por s, and 1s now quoted at pesos 50 centavos, an Increase of 3" eee in Stour days, for future do. liver: There has been @ similar increase in tho prices of linseed ol! for Immediate delivery, Corn has risen to 8 pesos 70 centavos per 100 kilograms, fot the September delivery, and cereal deat~ ers predict a continuance of the in- rease because of heavy ordera for xport wn ORDUNA SAILS WITH 800. The Cunard line Orduna sailed for Liverpool at ‘noon to-day. She carried 300 first class, 300 second class and 200 third class passenger Maj pi) has b at Washington to retire. ‘The has been in the was thirteen years years—also went home to retir has been the British Transpo at Viadivostok during the war. He Officer In Perfection “SALAD Fresh From The Gardens The Gardens Sealed Packets Only — Packets Only 1 days is hastening it and @ continua- | ‘ it chela THAN THRASH THE LANDLORD Brothers Who Objected to $1 Raise Fined for Fight With Owner ang His Wife. rkoff brothers, Tobihs -and Julius, who live in a $28 flat at No. 105 East 113th Street, their rent increase for eight out of the money it cost them morning to raise a row about it. They have been getting their flat hitherto for $27. When Max Biegelman, the landlord, demanded an extra month- ly dollar, it is alleged, Tobias punche jhim. Max's wife came to the rescue, making a party of three, and then Julius made it a foursome. Policeman Claire took the four to the Harlem “Court, where ~ Magistrate Harris decided that'the Sarkoff brothers had started the war. He discharged the landlord and his wife, fined Tobias $6 for striking the first blow and ; fined dultas ‘The > this 2,750,000 ARE E ARE ENTITLED TOU. S. WAR INSURANGE Thoge in Arrears With Premium May Be Reinstated Within 9 Months of Discharge, WASHINGTON, July 6.—There are about 2,750,000 soldiers, sailors and marines discharged from the service who are eligible to insurance and whose premiums are payable to the War Risk Insurance Bureau of the Treasury Department. Those in the service pay their premiums through officers in the service with which they are connected. “ It is estimated by War Risk Bureau officiais that about. 50 per cent. of the men discharged are more or less in arrears in their premiums, but this does not mean that their insurance has lapsed. Under the liberal ruling of the Treasury Department in re- gard to lapses, holders of policies have from three to nine months in which to make good their arrears. As less than eight mont have elapsed since the armistice, most of those discharged who may have be- come in arrears still have a chance for reinstatement. Where the insured has paid no premiums since discharge and the timo is less than three months, he will be reinstated on application’ re- gardiess of the condition of h health. If the time three months and less than nine months, the insured, to obtain ro- instatement, must state that he i in as good health as at date of di charge and pay past due premiums, but no medical examination is re- quired. ALIENS FLEE ELLIS ISLAND BY SWIMMING TO JERSEY ape of Prisoners Awaiting Depor- | « tation Discovered and Four Are Arrested at Communipaw. Four undesirable aliens, taken from ships arriving here a week ago and held for deportation, eseaped from the detention roonf on Ellis Island last night by breaking & skylight, dropping ten feet from the roof to a dock and swim- ming, with the aid of floating timbers, to a railroad dock at Communipaw, N. J. Their escape was discovered imme- diately after they took to the water and the Bilis Island authorities tele- phoned to the Jersey police, ‘The fugitives were arreste ag they landed, ‘They are Harry Kaltix, John Lem- ware, Aaron Manning and Donald Smith, the latter two negroes. WAR ORPHANS’ BENEFIT. Allegorical im Society ¥ GREENWICH, Conn., July manity,” an allegorical play, which in- cludes dances, will be presented next Monday evening at 6,30 o'clock, at the Frederick W. Lincoln estate on North Maple Avenue here for the benefit of the fatherless children of France. the performance will be held the next ~ | GHEAPER TO PAY RENT BOOST| could have paid | months | still) is more than| If stormy, | Copyright, 1919, TRIS LANDLORD WORRIES ABOUT Asks Mayor’s Committee if He Ought to Boost ’Em $2 to Meet Expens The Mayor's Committee on Rent Profiteering r d an unusual lot- ter to-day, written by Louis A. Cu- villier, No, 43 Cedar Street. Cuvillier said he was trustee for property at No, 202 Stanford Street, Brooklyn, where some of the tenants had lived for twenty-five years. In- creased: expenses, he said, had com- pelled him to consider whether he should raise the rents $2 a month, He hated to do it, he said, and would leave the matter to the Mayor's Com- mittee to settle. The committee has not yet decided wha to do about it. Tenants of No. 361 Wadsworth Ave- nue complained to*the Mayor that in- creases of $6 to $14 in Bee rent had been announced on, 10 be ef- feotive July 1, tin ry Mie! notice Bo tifat a Saturday and a Sunday snovld intervene to prevent them from Grd- ing new quarters, Mary Wilderman, No. 171 Bast 834 | Street, wrote to the Mayor's Com- mittee, saying that she has a mochor jand an aunt to support and tbat an increase of $20 a month bas been made in her rent. She says she can- not pay. it and meet her other living costs. FIRE ROUTS OUT HUNDREDS IN HOT NIGHT COSTUMES celv Blaze in Unoccupied Avenue A Building Empties Adjacent Tenements. Several hundred persons were driven to the streets at o A to-day by a fire in the unoccupied five-story build- ing at No, 10 Avenue A, near 1st Street. They were from nearby houses and few of them were attired for appearance in public, but it wala hot night. ‘The’ flames started on the ground floor and did $10,000 damage. The occupants moved from the building several days ago it could be converted into a atora, ardhouse, Chief Kenlon sent in a second alarm because of the danger tov adjacent buildings. fra an INSANITY BAR TO DIVORCE. Appellate Division Sustains Wom an's Defense for Improper Ac ‘The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to-day unanimously decision of Supreme Court J M. Tierney 1 some months itullano udo of gainst Appolloniaor tice Tierney, after lstening allenists, dismissed the comp! ; defendant at Santo Pugliese, No. the Bronx, was b West Farms © of fe Ry Arthur Ave- Id in $1,000 urt to-day on us assault, He is « his father-in who has a sh same addi in th reproached his s0n-in- +properly for his six It is charged iese attacked his brother, Benjamin fired ‘thi when nue. n the charge ing shop at was wounded slightly Savio said he law for wife i th ation. A sec- GREET NEW M NEW MAGISTRATE, night. The play wilt be given pul of Soars | Magistrate Joseph Schwab made his 1 ‘of the cast, which includes sine of the most prominent young so-|f'T#t appearance this morning in ty women in town, are these: Mrs, West Farms Court. He was ap- ham Brush, the States Helen Bar- | pointed to fill the unexpired term of rett, Ada Trippe, Dorothea Booream, two years of Magistrate ‘Tho: Margaret Booream, Dorothy Fitch, Nolan” whom _ the "Wiayor has "aps | Bthel Hays, Ruth Hyde, Parmella pointed for a full torm of ten yearn or, Beatrice Underhill, Emily Lin- " Mrs, Schwab, her daughter and cele Grace Hays, sean Frentias, Ailos many’ friends, ‘ncluding Mrs, Ella Carson, Corneila Booream, Eugenia O'Gorman Stanton Bronx ‘Chair- Morris, Lydia Look, Beatrice man of the Mayor's Committee on Dorothy Wylie, Lydia Reconstruction and Relief, attended and Jovephine | Sanda, Hamlin, | the sessions and congratulated the Kleanor Allen and Mrs. Phillips. beat. now Magistrate, | The 0 was ety w jargely represented at the) decorated w tlowere » pettormaace. **) friends . i RAISING RENTS: a Vvenene wVvese, eevee FUE by 5, Tore, iE FIGHT WITH THE THERMOM. by. The Press Publishing Co. (The Evening World.) TER VICTORY PAGEANT THRILLS THRONG AT COLLEGE STADIUM [Elsie Janis Goes Through Stunts She Did for Sol- diers Overseas. The Victory Pageant staged last night in the huge stadium at the Col- lege of the City of New York was the most spectacular event on the city’s long list of events for the ob- servance yesterday of the first na- tional holiday since the winning of the war. The huge stadium at City College was crofwded last night by those who had come from all of the city to witness the tableaux prepared for them by Ben Ali Haggin and to hear the programme of patriotic songs and music rendered by Metropohtan Opera stars and by the People’s Liberty Chorus, with L. Camilier! as conduc- tor, with the asmstance of the Sta- dium Symphony Orchestra, Addi- | tional thrills were provided hy the ap- pearance of American soldiers, sailors and marines just returned from ove: seas service, Adolph Lewisohn, who presided as master of ceremonies, introduced Mayor Hylan as the speaker of the evening. The Mayor referred to tho special significance of the first cele- bration of our national independence since the conclusion of “the greatest war in all history The tableaux arranged by Ben Ali Haggin, which were'a feature of the celebration, depicted the historieal events leading up to the entrance of the United States into the war, the part the American soldier played ana America's share in the final victory, . Miss Julia Arthur, who at another place on the programme re- cited the words of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” appeared in the tableaux as the figure of America, while the part of France was taken by Mrs. Ben All Haggin, Among the stage and opera favor~ ites who donated their services last night were Elsie Janis, who went through some of the stunts which made her so popular with the Amer. jean *roops overseas, and Rosa Pon- le, young American — operatic soprano, who scored an instantaneous success in her recent debut at the Metropolitan, and who sang the “Star Spangled Banner” last night for the huge crowd in the stadium, ——-— “LIFER” SERVES 11 YEARS. Gov, Smith G De A pardon for Raphael Denunzio, Sing Sing “lifer,” has just arrived there, Warden Brophy announced yes- terday, He will be released in thr weeks, after serving eleven years, “This is the happlest Fourth July I ever bad,” when told the news. Gov, Smith commuted Prison recrods show ntenced ot said the prisoner by Supreme at New City for second a degree mur mur: B. W. MORSE. RESIGNS. M S$. Steamship Co, by Br: Succeeded as Gene: vu. Announcement was made here to- day of the resignation of B, W, Morse as Viee President and General Man- LOAD OF SILK STOCKINGS Get 300 Pair and Leave Men's Hose for Second Trip—Hold-Up Men Fail. Burglars unfriendly to the Police Ad- ‘ministration got into the building at No. 430 Bast 53d Street this morning and stole 300 pairs of women's silk stock- ings and two rolls of raw silk. ‘They had two bags of men’s silk hose packed Up, apparently intending a second trip, but the Janitor came too soon and called in the police. It also became known to-day that three amateur highwaymen, alao un- friendly to the police, tried eight days 0 to rob M. A. Kearney, Vort Captain of the Independent Steamship Corpora- tion, Pier 80, North River, Capt. Kear- ney made It public—the police didn't. “I was walking along 424 Street near sald, “when three men forced me into a doorway and tried to go through my pockets. I fought them off, I understand they had better luck @ little later with another man in the same vicinity,” WIFE OF ALIEN ENEMY WINS RIGHT TO ESTATE Appellate Decision Sustains Ruling That Martiage Doesn't -Deprive Her of Share of Property. The decision of Justice refusing to disqualify Mra, Sarah 1. Techt from participatng in her father's estate because she was mar- ried to an enemy alien, was upheld by the Appellate Division to-day. The case came before the courts on the protest of Mra. Techt's sister, Mra. Elizabeth Hughes, against any share of her father’s estate being awarded to Mrs. Mecht. Both women are daughters of the late James J, Hani- gan, who died intestate Dec, 27, 1917. ‘The courts ruled that Mra. Techt, who married an Austrian who has an application for qitizenship pending, Pld Rot de, barred becaus: lien status through marriage. MARRIAGE RUSH SWAMPS MUNICIPAL LICENSE BUREA Long Line of Couples Detains Clerks Anxious to Get Away From Office. Clerks in the Marriage License Bu- reau at the Municipal Building, anxious to hop into their private cars at the earliest possible moment and hop off to cottages by the sea, were detained, dumfounded and dismayed to-day by the biggest turnout of would-be Bene- dicts since the rush of the White Feathers to get in out of the draft, Almost at the opening hour between 250 and 800 young couples fairly mobbed McAvoy the place. Filing cases had to be used for desks, Additional” offices were opened, Wlderly clerks, remembering that Willie's last shoes cost $6, groaned and wondered what's got into people. “They came in to get out of the hot weather,” said one grouch Whatever the reason a most unsea- sonable rush for the marriage altar is on in little old How Yor York. WOMEN KILLED | IN WRECK, Child Also Dies When @ an Automob FREEPORT, Me., July rons were killed and two others criti- cally injured yesterday when an automo. bile was struck at a crossing one mile west of here by a train of empty pas- wenger cars bound for Portland on the ‘Train Hite ager of the United States Steamship oe one Huypter, Sompany, e! . He wiht continue to be a director of vi bagst aay aera” . the company and its subsidiaries, his eight brother, E. A. Morse, becoming Vice By President and General’ Manager. They | eit, Sushi panes are the sons of Charles W. Morse. The injured were Elizabeth Quin- ITALIANS HONOR GARIBALDI, More than 9,000 Italfans visited St. George, Staten Island, yesterday, at the annual memorial ser » held at the Garibaldi Home in Center Street, Rosemont, The service was held un- pices of the Amalgamated # of Greater New York, ion to the home of the lot, formed at St. George to the music of ten bands, marched down Bay Street to the home of the Hlustrious = Italian. Patriotic a dresses were delivered and wreaths were placed in front of the home. After the services members of |Italian societies and” their, friends | partook of refre nts at the vari. taurante eturned to the cannon of Hunter of F Portland and Patrick H. port. —_—— “DEMPSEY BLOW” KILLS. Brooklynite Slays F How New € plon Wen, Anthony Wasielewak!, twenty-nine, of | |No. 101 Eagle Avenue, Greenpoint, will be arraignet to-day in the Williams- burg Plaza Court on a charge of homt- cide growing out of his demonstrate how Dempsey Willard, To illustrate the blow he I * his friend, ‘Thomas Black, on ir side of the Jaw and Black reaped dead, An autopsy will be held knocked out playfully | of the) —Four per- | md Showing | attempt to! IN PLAN TO BREAK} STOLE HUSBAND; CORNER IN RENTS} SUES FOR FOR $50,000 Builders Rush to Re to Restore Nor- mal Surplus of Housings But Fear High Taxes. Divorced Wite Ado Accuses I High Instructor of Alienation. Builders ended the first half of the year with enough projects on hand to supply all housings needed throughout the metropolitan district. Investigations completed this week by the various exchanges, public and private committees, including the State Reconstruction Commission, show that the greater city has more than 20,000 vacant homer now ai that there will be 30,000 by the end of the year, This should make liv- ing comfortable and prevent land- lords from raising rents again. The normal number of vaéant apart~ ments, as shown by statistics of 1917, is over 35,000—there were 36,685 in| 4, that year—but two-thirds are in old- law tenements almost uninhabitable for avera; families. More than 10,000 of these undesirable houses, however, have been filled during the rent squeeses of the past year when families that could not afford to pay higher rates for their old homes were forced to seek cheaper abodes. Statistics last March revealed only 21,000 vacant apartments in the |greater city, and the summer rush out of town has increased them to 30,000 temporarily, If it were not for the rush back to town next fall, the city would be! housed comfortably under current conditions and there would ke vacant apartments enough to keep rents down through the operation of supply and demand, The State Reconstruc- | ton Commission reports to-day that the net result of all population and |Dullding “movements leaves @ | net shortage of 14,662 apartments below |the normal of a comfortable 25,000. Private reporis from builders show that practically all of this will be | supplied before the end of the year. HIGH RENTS FORCE MAS | INTO POORER HOMES. | Efforts of the masses to meet ex- tortiouate exactions of landlords have | revived condition of congestion ‘which in past years aroused great prosect from civic reformers and led to the passage of stringently restric-| © tive tenement house laws with many measures for social betterment, Mid- die and poorer classes have been | forced into closer quarters, thousands moying into less sanitary homes in order to keep rent outlays within thelr incomes, ‘This has filled vacant apartments for many owners who had been on the verge of sacrificing thelr buildings or tearing them down to be replaced with modern structures, The shifting of population toward cheaper homes has made Brooklyn the most active section of the metropoll~ tan district, Statisties of the Kings County Register for the first hajf of the year shows more than 60,400 realty papers filed in comparison with less than 62,200 for the combined Counties of New York, Bronx, Queens and Richmond. ‘There were 24,816 deeds and 26,759 mortgages, or 54 per cent, of the entire city’s real estate business, Queens comes next with 21 per cent. New York scored 13 per cent. Buying of smal dwellings tn Brooklyn and Queens has been the main feature, and the main incentive has been the struggle of bidders to escape continually rising rents of flats or dwellings. Although builders promise to pro- duce enough new homes this year to restore the normal surplus of hous- ings, real estate leaders are dubious still in regard to the rental situation. They say high rents are based on|i@ View of thelr costly lesson § more than actual scarcity of bulldings.| Of" great increases in their tax bi Rising taxes trouble them most. Sent PEOPLE MUST PAY FOR UPLIFT ACTS OF POLITICIANS, Threats of increased taxes on real | property, corporations, personal in- comes, ‘inheritances and busine transactions are becoming a great ys the Advisory Counell ate Interests in its weekly day.” “A new, vicious, costly form of mandatory legislation is com- | mandang the attention of taxpayers. Charges of unlimited millions and | billions are threatened which must increase State taxes upon property and persons. Im fact, a Federal real estate tax is by no means an impo: | bility, “We refer to the numerous demands | for State aid measures at Washing- Various» groups of self-styled paren reconstructionists are ts Sahn sea national bureou- Mrs, Edna M. Jackson of No. 48 { West, -Sigt Street, filed to-day through her attorneyys Arnstein # Levine, a summons and complaint im the Bronx Supreme Court Agnes E. Ennis, a teacher in It High School, residing at No. 458 © vent Avertue, alleging alienation affections of Harry R. Jackson for which she asks $50,000, Service of the complaint and ~ mons was made on Allen C. Rowe 01 No, 9% Broadway, attorney for Miss ag: ‘The complaint recites taat’ ages 5, 1906 ‘divoreéa April 1919. They have two ehildren, Harry “4 R. Jackson jr. and Edna Jackson. ‘The complaint states that Mi Ennis deprived Mrs. Jackson of affections of her husband and cor~— nived to rob her of his society and 7 love and induced him to leave and_ abandon his wife. Jackson is ® sales | man for Delmar & Co. at No, Williamsbridge Road the Bronx, resides at No, 560 West 180th Street, Jackson 4 t defend the di suit instituted by his wife, which tried’ before Justice Richard Mitenell in the Bronx Supreme Court | in January. The final decree was en~ | tered in April The wee cone the oa respondent Ve be - & a Bs Miss Kari’s Hospital Card “Was, Mixed Into’ Those of. Patients» Deceased. Miss Hilda Kari, who was reported dead in Bellevue from sleeping sickness — June 26, called to-day to ask that the record of her “death” be corrected, She | as admitted Maroh 21 and was dis |” arged as cured June 2 ‘An investigation showed that error Miss ‘s hospital card among those of patients who had inatead of those who had been charged, She lives at No, Avenue, Larchmont. PL LOUISVILLE, July 5.-Joseph Lyons of Chicago, Genera! Representative of the International a ace of ui = trical Workers, who ts here In lll tion with a telephon tg re being taken to-call a strike in telephone ame changes In the Sout! == cratic control of functions never con- 99 templated as necessary or proper for) Federal: adeninistration. ‘Their nas tionalization schemes inyolve Federal _ appropriations in the billions for which the States are compelled to make corresponding appropriation: under direction of Federal bureai crate—$266,750,000 for country r on a 60-50 State-Federal basis, $100. — 000,000 for common schools on similar * terms, $500,000,000 for land settle.» ments on a 75-25 basis, $4,600,000 ey ‘zi start labor employment. r ‘All such mandatory | forces larger direct Staie taxes, tenants «nd owners remain qui queen io ceentenetie 2 emnsnene aetna eneeneenni TT