Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1925, Page 5

SEEKS REDUCTION IN'HOTEL CHARGES Representative Declares Sal- ary Increases Go to Rent Profiteers. Representative John J. Boylan of York, who erday on the of the House suggested that the made upon occ ts of Gov- ernment Hotels d be reduced. today ren efforts in a let- ter to ummers, ge eral Government Hotels, asking ommend to the Hous tion or the com- mission fixing the rates to those girls ) to $40 a month Boylan, in his letter. ced in the report of the ns committee that the re- hotel in 1924 were in ex- bursements. “I further no- said, “that you are charged m of $74,351 for rent paid »re and Ohio Rallroad is for property upon are located unused dormitories. one of which upied by a bureau partment of Agriculture, I think t should be charged against you I stated on the floor of the House that 1 did not believe that the Gov- ernment should endeavor to make Profit from the meager earnings of Government employes. It is generally admitt at while in- ve been granted to em n comparison with the living these increases are wed not however, t fnadequate Sars Profiteers Get Salaries. Rent in the Capital every dollar of ncrease granted to Gov- ernment since the World War bega sentative Will R. Wood of charged in the House late ay, when the in- dependent appropriation bill was under d In reply to a question from Representative Connally of Texas, Mr. Wood that he could give no assurance “that we will g v legislation at this session to remedy that National dlana vest Eituation Represe ive Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, a member of the joint committee from the House and Senate which has been holding hear- ings preliminary to drafting rent leg- islation 1 who is bitterly opposed to the bill drafted by Chairman Whaley of the present Rent Commis- sion, sald “I’ think t matter tended to without ahevik remedy by tors to be licensed by requiring will be at passing any bol requiring all real- nder regulations, the true consideration 0 be placed in deeds and decds of trust and by preventing among realtors rents.” a concert of the n action atter of ralsing Hotel Rates Bring Discussion. Debate on the rental sltuation in Washington was provoked by a sug- gestlon that as the Government hotels on Union Station Plaza are now being run at a profit, there should be duction in the price charged th ernment employes who live the In the course of the argument Representative Wood sketched a vie of the Capital City to be and emphasized intended that “those who are sary to the transaction of the ness of the Government would at the lowest possible expense. In issing “rent profiteering” in the District of Columbia Representa- Wood that it busi- live demand these build nmittee—t ngs should he abandoned 1 do not know who primarily is re- sponsible for this propaganda. do know tr these 1,300 girls wera turned loose in this town today to find places in which to live the profiteers would be doing a bigger business than they are doing now. I am opposed generally to Gover ownership of 1 am In favor of private enever it is possible. also in favor of having the Government protect it- self. 1 have heen reading a whole lot of propaganda that is going on throughout the country concerning ;alled rent legislation, to provide for @ maximum of rent to be charged in the city of Washington. A great many. people contend that it is un- constitutional. If the Government has not the right to protect itself, then it is the weakest Government that was ever organized. One of the primary principles of life is self- defense, and whenever a Government cannot protect itself, then that Gov- ernment ought to fall Refers to Propaganda. Referring to propaganda from all parts of United States advising Congress to be very careful about adopting a principle that will be a detriment to private initiative and ownership throughout the United States, Representative Wood said “There seems to be a misconception about the city of Washington. This city 1s not to be compared with any other city in the United States. This city Is the seat of the Federal Gov- ernment, and if the primary plan had been carried out there would have been no occasion for profiteering In the city of Washington. The original design was to make this city, as dis- tinguished from all other capitals of government in the world, purely a meat of government, where the busi- ness of the Government would be transacted; where, untrammeled, those who are necessary for the transaction of the business nf the Government would live at the lowest possible expense. It was provided that instead of having a lot of ram- shackle buildings between the Cap- itol and the White Ho: there should be nothing but official butld- inga What a picture that would be 3f it were a fact today! It never was sntended that there should be manu- facturing here. It never was intend- ed that there d be commercial houses here, except those that were permitted by the Government to sup- ply the demands of those who are engaged forming the functions of this (i nent. In an evil hour somebody proposed, for the purpose of rev that they sell town lots in the city of Washington. Thateis where our troubles began. “But these gentiemen, instead of un- @erstanding that they are here at the sufferance of the Government, labor under the misconception that those who are employed by the Government to transact the business of the Gov- ernment are here at the sufferance of these business Interests. These gentlemen should be reminded of the fact that all those who are here out- side of the Government itself, outsld of those connected with the adminis tration of the Government, are here merely ernment. Denles Constitutional Plea. “There are constitutional and constitutional lawyers, and we have many of them in this body. Some of them contend that it is an infringe- ment on the rights of property own- ers under the Constitution for Con- gress to regulate rents in this town. 1f that thing were carried to its logi- cal conclusion, no matt<r how high they might pyramid rents In this city, this Congress, which is primarily re- sponsible for all legislation here, would be powerless to act. Fortu- nately, that is not true. One of the greatest powers that has been grant- £d, and which has resulted many times the raising ses, | Capt | tory were placed neces- | { has but 1| ent | | he charged the railway « at the sufferance of the Gov-| Heads Burleith Citizens MAJ. JOHN B. RICHARDSON. BURLEITH CITIZENS FORM ASSOCIATION Maj. J. B. Richardson Named President—Bus Line Plan Approved. Is Gathering at Western High School last night, a group of more than 100 residents of the vicinity organized the Burleith Citizens' Assoclation, elected officers and approved the pro- posal of the Washington Rapid Tran- sit Co. to establish a cross-town bus line from Thirty-seventh and T streets to Unlon Station delegation will appear at the Publlc Utilities Commis- sion hearing February 4 to support the transit company’s application for a franchise. Maj. John B. Richardson, U. . was elected president of the new soclation. Other officers named were Vice president, J. D. Battle; secretary Raymond M. Taylor, and treasurer, Miss Edna Preble Jones. A commit- tee to draft a constitution and report t the next meeting was appointed by the president as follows: W. A. Maid- ens, chalrman; Maury Middleton ‘and William B. Lowry. Tentative of the association terri- by the meeting at Thirty-ninth street, Reser- and Wisconsin avenue No Encroachment Intended. the not A, as- boundaries W stree vofr road Establishment atio: could as encroaching o any other associat by R. M. Heth, Territory of the Heth understood uded in the jurisdictio 2 associations past few days ct of “one of it in Spirited discussion of the cross-town bus lir sentiment of the resented, was of the proposal of the Rapid Transmit Company, ed to that of t way and Bl of new assoc ever be. of any eiti- until within the when he said a special the associations” took revealed that in favor Washington and oppos Washington Rail- Company, which before the Public Utility ¢ mission an_application for a run from Thirty-seventh and S Tenth and E. Bad Faith Charged. Paul W. Frizzell of the bus line, outlining the history of transportation to that section of the city. Pointing out that the trar sit_company was the first to make application for a bus line franchis ipany with eir proposal the railway use which pany only line for a which it ine to to pened discussion “bad falth” in making t Mr. Frizzell read fr ompany application a ¢ he said indicated the co meant to put in the bus three-month trial, after might consider “abandonment Leon Arnold, president of the tran- sit_compa in wering questions from the meeting, promised that the fare would never be “over 10 cents.” He sald busses from the Sixteenth street line of the company could be put in operation over the new route within three days after the franchise was granted, and that months, perhaps sooner, new rolling stock, such as is being exhibited throughout the city, would be in- stalled on the cross-town line. Mr. Heth, in supporting the trans company, criticized the railway com- pany service on the Wisconsin ave- nue line in the is the preservation of police power, and under the police power of this Government, which must be considered with ref- erence to the rights of property, we have this right “And I want to say to you that un- less something of that character is done we shall have to begin and ap- propriate more money for the ex- penses of the Government. We have been increasing the salaries of these employes here ever since the World War began, and it has not done them a bit of good. Why? Because every dollar of Increase given 1o these em- ployes is taken away from them by these profiteers. i this country, Discusses Rent Figures. “That 1s what has been happening. I happen to know, by reason of my | acquaintance and association with the citizens of this town, of two or three concrete cases which disclose to me what is going on here. There have been many new buildings erected here since the war. The population of Washington has nearly doubled since the war began and, of course, you and I know that the cost of materials and the cost of labor and everything else has gone higher and higher; but there are many bulldings that were constructed before the war and a lot of their owners are taking ad- vantage of these increased prices. I know of a building where the rent was $50 for a five-room apartment before the war. The owner first ralsed the rent to $55 per month, then to $60, which increases were pald “Then when, under the provisions of the rent act, the tenants refused to pay further increases the owners re- fused to furnish them with any of he needed repairs. The paper was anging from the wall and there were all sorts of defects in the floors, while immediately under those very apart- ments a like apartment had been in- creased more than 100 per cent, and belng paid by a new tenant.” After the digression about rents Representative Wood said with refer- ence to the Government Hotels: “There are 1,300 girls down there now. It is the policy of this com- mittee, and I think it is the policy of this Government, that as soon as the necessity ceases that all of these buildings should be abandoned.” Decrease in immigration to Argen tina is retarding agricultural devel- opment there, and the government is considering a land settlement project offering better terms to settlers. citizens’ | within_three | proposed | | often | kinds WIEDFELDT VOIGES OPTIMISTIC NOTE Retiring German Envoy Fore- sees Cordial Relations Be- tween Beriin and U. S. Voicing an optimistic note as to the relations of Germany and the United ates and prophesying that each passing month will witness grf ter understanding, the retiring German Ambassador, Dr. Otto Wied- feldt, is completing the ceremonies of withdrawal from Washington. He ieaves either tomorrow night or Sun- day morning for New York, and will sail for Hamburg February Dr. Wiedfeldt recelved a repre- entative of The Star in the German embassy today and expressed his deep aprreciation of the official ald and kindliness shown him during the past three years. Acknowledges Cordial Sympathy. “It would not be possible,” said Dr. Wiedfeldt, “to make definito state- ments on any public_question at the present time. In the term of my service here, which makes almost 3 years, 1 have received the most cordial sympathy from those Ameri- can statesmen with whom by the na- ture of the negotiations I was con- stantly in consultation and I can sa: with absolute truth that they worked in harmony with me and in many ways notably smoothed my path. My work has been of the kind which means patfence and seeking after a complete understanding of all the is- sues involved; and where 1 needed the illumination of American policy or custom on some finer point I re- celved it most ungrudgingly and with the most painstaking detall “T can therefore say that the new relations now building up between the republic of Germany and this re- public are of the most hopeful prom- se. Al-cady showing a satisfactory improvement, they must loj proceed to greater unlon and strength and will eventually reach that fusion of economic resources joined to a na- tional friendship and good-will which is 8o desirable. These months in which I have been engaged in work- ing for this end, I shall count among the most remunerative of my life and I leave Washington with sincere re- gret. for in every way [ have been very happy here and bear with me memorles which shall always endure. I have labored hard. but I have also had my days of pleasure. Among these 1 count that delightful visit to Florida last Autumn and early Win- when, with my wife, I visited ¥ every part of that wonderful 1 did not, however, as has been reported, purchase any estate in Florida, though I must confess the opportunities were many and the temptation very great. Such weather < we have experienced recently, and which is not uncommon in my own untry, will bring up visions of the soft, flowery landscape in Florida with a Summer sea washing the shores Pleasurable Visits Recalled. “I have, at visited almost every United States. Since taking up dip- lomatic duties in Washington I have accepted Invitations to different cities in Ilinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Middla Western sectlons where German-Americans are numerous. It has been one of the greatest pleasures during my mission to find my former country who have sought to improve their lot in this country at- taining wealth and honored position in thelr new home. They are an honor to their fatherland as well as a valuable asset to their adopted land. Many of the rural class in rmany look across the ocean with y at their former neighbors and many would like to follow them at once. As many do this as the present amigration laws permit and nearly all are of the agricultural class and proceed at once to the vast grain- lands, where they at once make them- selves useful. But there are greater opportunities in Germany now than in former years and along almost very line of endeavor “My son, Herman Wiedfeldt, one time or another, part of the people is at | present conducting a model Amerlcan farm near Hamburg after spending two years learning every detall of such work, first in the theoretic way the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and then practically by be- coming a day laborer on different of farms from the cornflelds Kansas northward to the great wheat belt of Minnesota and the Dakotas. His last months were spent on an immense sheep ranch in Oregon and he had previously passed some months among the cattlemen of the Southwest His farm is conducted on the patriarchal lines of producing every particle of food and many parts of the ciothing which a family could use. of Ralses Vegetables and Grains. For besides every grain which can be grown in that part of Germany, there are acres of vegetables and other acres devoted to blooded stock. Beet sugar is raised and prepared and the farm would sustain a sizable population in every essential except for the spices and such necessities as tea, coffee and cocoa Frau Wiedfeldt and myself will have, therefore, many tokens of re- membrance of this country when we visit our son, and besides this we carry with us so many expressions of friendship from the most exalted of the American people as well as from the body of citizens, that we shall always feel that it has been a priv- ilege to have lived in Washington during such a formative perfo This afternoon at 3 o'clock a com- mittee of residential Washingtonlians not in official life waited on the re- tiring Ambassador at the embassy and presented him with a silver lov- ing cup, about 25 inches high, and prepared in the most careful manner under the directions of a local jeweler. It is very plainly but ap- propriately engraved and accompany- ing it will be a handsomely bound volume containing the engraved auto- graphs of the donors. There also is a set of resolutions, delivered just before the presen ition of the cup. Dr. Wiedfeldt will leave the affairs of the embassy in the hands of Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckoff, the counselor of embassy, who will become charge d'affaires ad interim. The Ambassa- dor will proceed at once to Berlin, where he will hold a serfes of con- ferences with his successor, Baron von Maltzan, who will sail for this country the first week of March. AMERICANS HONOR ENVOY. Ambassad Maltzan Dinner Guest of Club in Berlin. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 30.—In honor of Baron Ago von Maltzan, the new Ger- man Ambassador to the United States, the American Luncheon Club of Ber- lin gave a dinner last night at the Hotel Adlon, which was attended by American Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton, Edward von Selzan, who will be the new German envoy's aide at Washington; W. de Haas of the American division of the German for- elgn office; Joseph E. Sterrett of the Dawes commission, representing the agent-general for reparations, and 150 members of the American colony. Ambassador Houghton, In proposing the toast to Baron von Maltzan, stressed the fact that this was his first and only public speech during the entire tenure of his ambassador- . STAR, WASHINGTQR, D. €. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 WORKERS OUT EARLY FOR SNOW REMOVAL Latest Accumulation in Downtown ship. A vivid picture of Germany's tribulations during his term of office was drawn by Mr. Houghton. He re- called the deprecfation of the cur- rency, and the unemployment, hun- ger, distress and. undernourishment which were generously relieved by American aid. He pralsed the Ger- mans for their heroic efforts In them- selves combating these troubles. “Then came the turn,” the Ambas- sador continued, “with an effort rep- resented by the Dawes mission to find an economic settlement of Germany's dificulties, and conditions began to improve.” Mr. Houghton expressed the wish that the summer tide of American travel might again turn toward Ger- many “to feel the long-time charm and romance which cling to this his- toric land, where a generous welcome awaits them at the hands of the Ger- man people.” Baron von Maltzan, in fesponding, expressed the opinion that it was du to Ambassador Houghton's interest and sympathy that he now had been given the opportunity of “devoting the whole of my power and strength to promote a closer understanding between our two countries.” “But you have accomplished even more for my country,” he continued. “The ladies of your embassy in a thou- sand unknown and hidden ways softened the sorrows of my people. Your great organizations helped us Home of the o Extra Pants to Match, $6 | Nl sl T b 9 No Charge for Alterations Deposits Cheerfully Accepted 1,400 Winter Suits—Sold for $35 to $55 Money’s Worth or Money Back D. J. KAUFMAN, 1005 Pa. Ave. [ D. J.KAUFMAN, k- 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave. AIl Men's and Young Men's Winter Suits Reduced Group No. 1—400 SUITS Extra Pants to Match. $4 Group No. 2—700 SUITS {32 Extra Pants to Match, $5 Inc. much. It is America who has put us on our feet again.” The names of Houghton, Hughes, Dawes and Owen Young, he declared, “will forever be written in the book of America in German history.” Mr. Houghton expects to leave Ber- Iin the end of February. He will pro- ceed to a Swiss health resort for a rest and will take up his London post the middle of March. Naval Officers Shifted. Comdr. George N. Barker has been transferred from the destroyer squadron, Battle Fleet, to the naval recruiting station, Boston; Comdr. Henry E. Rossell, Construction Corps, from the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, to the Bureau of Construction and Re- pair, Navy Department; Comdr. David C, Cather, Medical Corps, to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department: Lieut. Raymond G. Deewall, from the recruiting bar- racks, Hampton Roads, to the Navy Yard, Washington; Lieut. James J. Grahamp, from command of the U. 8. S. S-6 to the Navy Department; and Lieut. Hugh E. Mauldin, Dental Corps, from the Navy Yard, Wash- ington, to the naval base, Hampton Roads. People American brushes. of Sweden are taking to toothpaste and tooth- 2-Pants Suit NO For Real Action! Group No. 3—300 SUITS 41 1724 Pa. Ave. I it will 1925 Streets Tackled Today by Su- pervisor Hacker’s Forces. With the sun beaming down on Washington once morc today, Morris Hacker, supervisor of street cleaning, had his forces out this morning to begin removing from the downtown section the snow. Mr. men and teams started out early this morning, their work was not as ef- fective during the first few hours as for the reason that the slush of yesterday turned into ice during the night. The motor plows worked from yes- terday afternoon until latest accumulation Hacker said that while be later in the day, of his midnight and will be sent out agaln this after- noon. The streets were so frozen as to make the plows less useful this morning, Mr. Hacker said In addition to the 400 regular street cleaners, the force was aug- mented today bby the laborers of the Sewer and Water Departments, mak- ing a total strength of about’ 600. The supervisor stated that he is hiring as many trucks to haul snow as he can get men to load. There is no shortage of trucks available for temporary use by the city, but the number of trucks to be hired is limited, Mr. Hacker said, by the lack of temporary laborers who will do snow work Marine Officers Shifted. Maj. F. R. Hoyt, Quantico, Va., has the Marine Barracks, and Capt. C. F. Kienast, at the depot of supplies, Philadelphia, has been ordered to the Marine station, Quanti- co. Second Lieut. R. S. A. Gladden, at the Marine Barracks, Norfolk, Va also has been transferred to Quantico, Marine Corps, at been ordered to Pensacola, Fla SUES LILLIAN GISH. Former Head of Inspiration Pic- tures Seeks Injunction. NEW YORK, January haries H. Duell, former president of Inspira tion Plctures, Inc., filed a summons and complaint in Federal Court to day seeking to enjoin Lilllan Gish motion picture actress, from making pictures for any one but himself Duell sald he had obtained exclusive use of Miss Gish's services under u contract she had made with Inspira tion Plctures. Counsel for the actress sald Dus had “tried to tie Miss Gish up fo life,” and that she would prove i court that she had been “outrageous treated” by her employer, w lawyer. 30.— Mxnn: Officers Resign. The resignations of First Lic T. H. Raymond and Second Licut Blanchard, both of the Marine Corps have been accepted by the Secreta of the Navy Tomorrow (Saturday)—the last day before inventory We have s, and some counter soiled merdwndiae for a final clean-up. The items have been priced pur- 38 Boys' Beaver Hats $2.50 Pormerty 14.50 ond 95.00 »al f-‘dmd“fl tlwm. 29 Boys’ Behool Buits $9.75 Wers $15.00 and $13.00 Buits ef funcy mixturss; some with tws patrs of trowsers. All wwes but mot M avery styie. 28 P. B. Prep Saits $13.50 Wers wp to §35 31 32 33 34 35 38 CF T O 32 Boy# Golf Caps 95¢ Were $1.50 ond §2 Geed range of sizes. Beveral attrac- tive patterns to chooss from. 18 Men’s English Lounge and Golf Suits $15 Formerly wp to §45 Bis 3438 36 37 38 4o Quanwity I T U R Betts. seme with golt h’u‘m 17 Boys’ Cloth Hats 95ec Were $1.50 and $2 Good haty for everyday wear. attrasttve e 8 Winter Overcoats $23.75 Formerly §35 to $50 Biwe— 2333 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 43 44 46 Quantity— B R B v 18 Boys’ Jersey Leggins 50c Were $1 imail sizes. Wel able jersey cloth. made, 42 Men’s Spring Overcoata $19.75 Formerly $30 to $45 Bize 34 35 36 37 38 39 46 42 Quantity 8 212 510 2 3 2 10 Boys' Corduroy Leggins $1 Were $1.50 and 32 Mostly small Are tine for ol sizes. wear. No Refunds n of dur- very disposal is 2% Men's and Young Men's Buits $19.75 Pormeriy 130 to §45 gty 1 5 8 T O Bise 34 8836 3738 30 40 43 44 48 oL S TS Quantity T T T 0 0 Bize 35 35 46 43 44 48 48 T W T T 38 36 37 38 39 40 posely low because immediate necessary before in- ventory. Be on hand early Sat- urday morning in order to get the size you want. 39 Pairs of Men's Shoes $4.65 Formeriy 38 to 88 azd High Shoes S the toliowing wises 42 Athletle Union Suits $1.15 ¢ for 367 Were $1.75 to $3 3¢ foataring well-known brdsnsh; some counter-sofled. Turtie-neck wtyle blue, black gray Bizes 34 to 42 tweight; maroon. 5 Pairs Diemel Linen Underwear $2.50 Formerly $6.00 04ds and ends, the famous Dismel derwear broken mesh sizes of linen un- 104 Men's Silk Neckties 65¢ § for 3375 Formerly $1 to 313 each Cut wilks in attractive patterss, figured and diagonal effects. 100 Men's Silk Neckties 95¢ 6 for 3550 Formerly 32 to 33 Pure Sik Ties in new stripes and other effects eross 148 Semi-Soft Collars $1 a Dozen Discontinued style, formerly 25c to 50c each 13 18, except simes 18%. Bone are slightly but i are of excellent ity and of a natiomally known Sizen 15 and te 28 Boys’ Mackinaws $6.95 Were $12.50 and §13.50 All sizes in attractive patterns and colors. 100 Pairs Men's Hose 6 Pairs for $1 Were 35c to $1.65 Each Cotton Hose. Silk and Cashmere Hoss. In 5. 9% and 10 or Exchanges. The Avenue at Ninth 12 Women’s Brush Wool Scarfs $1.95 Were 36.50 Tan smd Brown Came¥s Brusbed Scarfs Hair 20 Bags and Suit Cases $5.95 Formariy § ags of geauine cowhid leather lined; la Seown and black. 18-inoh sive. Suit Cases of brown. biask & and 3¢ inch sizes nuine cowhid, cordevan 30 Men's Velour Hats $5.75 Formeriy $10 Geod range of colors. All sizea but not in anl eolors. 100 Pairs of Women's Van Raalte Silk Hose $1.39 Were 32 and 33 Bizes 3% and 10; in black, taa. brown and gray 26 Women's Sweaters $2.95 Were $9.50 Slip-on slesveless sivies of camel's balr. Also one Brushed Wool Sweater, coat Now $5.25 style. Formerly $10.50. 9 Women's Coats, Half Price $19.75 to $83.75 Were $39.50 to $167.50 Well tailorsd of plaids and other imported fabrics Fur trim 3 Riding Habits $32.00 Were 365 Excellently tallored of checked fabria. Boys’ Pajamas 31.35 Were $1.50 ond §1.15 One and two-plece sutts; all trimmed with silk frogs. imported waes: 8 Suits of Men's Jaeger Underwear $2.50 a Garment Formeriy 86.50 to #13 All-wool Underwear. ncluding union suits. shirts and drawers. Broken sizes. 6 Women's Suits, Half Price $16.25 to $23.75 Were $32.50 to $47.50 Tailored Sufts of imported twesds In plain navy and mavy with white stripe. No Telephone or Mail Orders.