The evening world. Newspaper, May 15, 1919, Page 7

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\ creased $20 since last September. p ; A young woman employed in Army work, who lives on West 151st Street with her young sister and an or- POLICE AD IN WAR ON RENT GUGER Profiteers to Be Reported, and Plans Are Made to Increase Their Taxes. Police Commissioner “Enright to- @ay promised complete co-operation of the Police Department with the Brooklyn or the Brownsville section. Mayor's Committee on Rent Profiieer- * ; ing in ferreting out oppressive land- meeting last night at the Labor Ly- lords. The promise was in respons® was discussed, * fo @ letter written to the Commis- Bioner by Chairman Hirsch of the committee, at the suggestion of Fvening World. Tho new blow a’ Tent profiteers is designed to The t the hale them before the committee with a view to. increasing assessments on | their property in proportion to the rent gouges they are making. _. Commissioner Enright's Phatrman Hirsch follows: letter to jhave to sleep in the parks. “Hon, Nathan Hirsch, Chair- ~ Man of Mayors Committee. _. Suggestion “My Dear Mr. Chairman—Re- ceipt is acknowledged of your favor of May 14, suggesting that during the survey of the housing vacancies that is now in progress any flagrant cases of rent profi- teering that come to the notice of the Police Department be brought to your attention, “This seems to be a very good and you will be \ Promptly advised of any cases of this character covered. that are dis- Very truly yours, “KE. ENRIGHT, “Police Commissioner.” The Evening World's suggestion gTew out of the success that has at- fended the co-operative offorts of the Mayor's Committee and Commissioner fof Accounts Hirschfield in handling obstreperous landlords, Those efforts 80 far have resulted in numerous rec- ommendations by the Commissioner for increases in property assessments to the Tax Department. The Commissioner makes memoran- da of the increased income demanded by the landlords and uses it as a rec- ommenation for the boost in assess- ments, which in many cases is found to be far below the proper figure as compared with income. # With the Police Department co-op- erating, Chairman Hirsch hopes to be able to drag out of their hiding s7any more unscrupulous owners who threaten their tenants into a state Phere tiey are afraid to maké open feomplaint jincrease in revenue to the city result from these proceedings Comparative It is believed that a large will quiet reigned to-day among the rent strikers in the apart- ment houses from No. 622 to No, 636 Pa 136th Street, Bronx. Principal levelopments were tat sixty-five more tenants j ined the strike to-day and Justice Morris of the Bronx Municipal Court asked Mrs. Rudinsky, the owner, to delay Rose her ‘efforts to get City Marslial Mosier to serve her bunch of eviction warrants until to-morrow, About sixty-five maiscellancous rent cases were heard by Justice Scanlon. No evic' were ordered, as the landlords tenants compromised tions and The Rudinsky strikers were jubilant by the augmentation of their forces. The new sympathizers joined the ranks because their rent was due to- day. All the direction of has been turned over to a comm! Letters coming to the Ma: sirthe ittee. yors Committee on Rent Profiteering to- day combined to prove more than at any previous time that, as land change, #0 rents go skyward. lords A Greenpoint tenant wrote that his for- mer landlord raised him only $2 and then sold to another man who im- mediately jumped the rent from $19 to $25, lord was reasonable, but when property changed hands May 1, “an increase of $8 sinch March 1." A tenant living on West 136th Street wrote that his former land- | the his rent was boosted from $40 to $65. A resident of MoDonough Street, Brook- jyn, wrote that his avartment has in- of Player Pianos, the dial interest. embodying Unexcelled Tone Exceptionas Durability 18 years’ experience in as taught us. Prices $550 up Small Down Payment Suit Your Purse. Write for catalogue or call. Pease Piano Co. 128 West 42d St. Manhattan, +. « 34 Flatbush Ave. To all intending purchasers Pease Player Piano will be of espe- ‘You not only se- cure a Player Piano of quality Artistic Case Design But receive the benefit 0; what the iano manufacturing business Balance on Monthly Terms to MR, WARING OF NEW YORK MADE DOMESTIC. PRELATE phaned niece, called for aid. She was asked to pay a $2 jncrease, and then came a new landlord, she said, Who chawged thé telephone: system | Pope Benedict Raises Rank of and added another $5. The combined Chancellor Bishop of Military weekly income of the young women : is $65, Chaplains. A pitiful plea came from a woman . i representing sixty tenants on East| ROME. May 15.—Pope Benedict has 86th street. She said an increase had | "alee Mgr. G. A. Griffin of Sioux City, been demanded from $17 to $23, with| Ie, and Mgr. G. Waring of New York, an extra charge of $2 for cleaning. | Chancellor Bishop of Military Chaplains, x God! Do you realize we are|to the rank of domestic prelates, it was starving tight now?’ said the letter. | learned to-day. H “We only eat once a day, and not even a piece of meat. What will be- come of us? They are letting us walk out to march for hunger. We will T had no By this appointment the Very Kev. Se J. Waring is raised to the dignity of a monsignor, 1 ligt. Waripg went to France as supper to-night.” chaplain of the 1th Cavalry Regi- x casen were settled et re ee mtent by the |Ment and remained with the organi- Mayor's Committee. ‘They were in| Zatlon all through the war. He was Military Vicar ‘al tofArchbishop Hayes, who was the head of all Catholic chaplains in this country and in Fran.>. Mgr. Waring has been a chaplain in the Regular Army since 1905. He ranks as captain in the Regular Army and has been the medium of Prison life, | The situation in Brownsville is threatening. Tenants held a masa seum at which a general rent strike 6 membership of the Tenant's Union has increased to 5,000. Of these about 1,600 are on strike and 400 have been dispossed. June 1 has been suggested as the date for the propoed strike, Tenants blame the constant, changing of landiards woe: | | Fifth Avenue at’ 35th Street Established 1879 Friday—Sale of WOMEN’S SILK FAILLE SKIRTS 13.50 New, semi-tailleur and sport models for Sum- mer, including: The new accordion pleated model inaugu- rated recently by Paris for dancing. Smart shades are: oyster, flesh, silver, wood-brown, taupe, navy, black. Third Floor “You Never Pay More at Best’s Ne De From the. Bakeshop Molasses Fruit Cake Iced or Plain This rich, delicious and wholesome Cake is made on the premises, from a good old-fashioned recipe, with carefully selected fruits, the best molasses and: the purest ingredients. Iced with Choco- late or Vanilla. The loaves weigh about 5 lbs. We_ will deliver them, but not C. O, D. GENUINE WHOLE WHEAT RAISIN BREAD—I6-0:. loaj lade from the old style stone process Whole Wheat Flour: Each 10¢ Aor DELICIOUS ALMOND | Sieve DELICIOUS WHITE "FEE RINGS — large size; MOUNTAIN BREAD—In loeves special, 19¢ ea. weighing @ pound. Sc ea, NUT CAKES Made of pate iy | phous PIES, large site, 440 ea, flowre OLD-FASHIONED Apple, raisin, lemon. RU (dozen), 36e—Light, | (ys FANCY POUND thoroughly cooked; nothing to IKE—including plain, citron and compare with them at the price raisin; pure and wholesome, at, in any other store Ib. : Ic All Our Bakery Products are Baked on the Premises _ Delicatessen SPANISH STYLE VEGETABLE | STAR BRAND SALAMI ‘SAU- SALAD—43c |b. A delicious com- SAGE, 79¢ \b.—Faney sax , welll bination Salad of Potatoes, Sweet spiced and seasoned; savory and Peppers, Celery, Tomatoes, String lelicious. Beans, Peas, Lima Beans, Carrots | COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON, and Mayonnaise. 67c Ib.—Extra fancy quality; just FRESH TOMATOES — Stuffed from the smokehouse; very appe- with’ Chicken, Shrimp or Lobster tizing, Salad and Amys own-made | BAKED MACARONI WITH Mayonnaise, I7eea. | CHEESE OR BAKED BEANS, FINEST SUGAR CURED 22c Ib—Baked in our own ovens, ~Every one see | na lected, cured and cooked with ihe | "ULE MILK CHEESE 28c Lb. 28e Lb. greatest care; sliced. 83c |b. flavor, 46c |b. BRICK CHEESE—Mild, creamy | and of fine quality, 48cm | Agere AEANUT BUTTER SMOKED BLOATERS, 8 each | ~ ginia ; Rourishing and nextra fancy: delicious for break- | palatable; in sanitary greeseproof fast. paper cupe. Delicatessen cnd Bakery Products Not Delivered U. S. Food Adminstration License No. G.02865, B.0688, ANGG7S—vuth Floor, 35th Street, RH Mocy bo Herald Square New York The “*Unseen’”’ have just been ‘ down: in the sub- basement, where the great power plant of this building drones on cease- lessly. Great, immense engines, turbines, pressure ma- chines, dynamos and boilers—spic and span mechanism of our physical plant. There is less confusion down there whtre the heat, light and mechanical service features begin than anywhere else in this building. As we looked at this mass of whirling wheels and the batteries of roaring furnaces it all suggested just one thing: Service. Many of the service features of this store are never thought of because they are so little seen. The great visible store stands for and gives ser- vice, and when you buy merchandise you buy qual- ity at a price lower than the same quality can be bought for in other good stores. RH Mey VES Niractions Are Pricor—Quality Service ‘B'dway, 24th toddth 90 We Sell Dependable Merchandise at Prices Lower Than Any Other Store, but for Cash Only Vestees of net, lace or organdie So dainty that they will transform a suit or dress and give it a Summery touch. Some are of organdie with quaint little ruffles of Val. lace, others have successive lace-ed ruffles of B peri net, still others are of pretty fluted laces. They ey be had with or without collars, as you prefer. One of the several styles is pictured. Goge—Main Floor, B'way. Twobecoming modelsin women’s crepe de chine dresses at $19.74 Smart, cool and comfortable dresses for daytime wear when it is warm enough to discard a coat. The are simply fashioned, with pleats that give long lines to both skirts and_ blouses. Both styles are pictured. They are of superior quality crepe de chine. Navy, taupe, white, black Gem —Third Floor, 34th Street, Rear A special from the misses’ own section This georgette blouse $3.74. usually $4.69 Specially purchased so that our young friends may have an occasion to come in and visit our enlarged section. The blouse is a youthful style in Georgette tucked in front and back, and finished with a becoming pleated round collar, Sizes 14 to 18 yrs, white, flesh, Copenhagen, rus- set, tan and bisque. Colors GeWF_Third Floor, B5th Street specially priced $2.49 Sizes 36 to 46. ‘Wut —Third Floor, Centre on the season’s accumulation of wool goods | 3 REMNANTS When we hold a gale of wool it doesn’t goods remnants A new corset at $1.79 is fashioned of pink | flowered batiste, low in front with elastic in- serts, and slightly raised at the back. It | is well boned. 21 to 25. fewa—Third Floor, 35th St. Sizes 300 marabou capes at $6.89 Soft, fluffy marabou With fine, curly ostrich In circular style Trimmed with “tails” Tied with silk cords Finished with pompons And lined with satin Seal, or natural color, as illustrated. Coveralls and farmerettes for women who will cultivate victory gardens this summer There are three models of these smart, trim-looking, freedom- of-action garments in one and two piece effects with long or short sleeves They are unusually well made and well fitting and consist of ankle length bloomers with separate or attached blouse. Khaki, blue chambray, blue drill, khaki drill. mean that we're dispose of the left-overs of unpopular weaves. contrary! The more pieces we ctit of a particular fabric F suit lengths, dress lengths, skirt lengths coat lengths, lengths for children’s wear lengths trying to On the Remnant ie | the more remnants and short, — jhe remain. are an index .of popularit If you want the most popula weaves of the season in fine wool fabrics attend this sale, which includes Plaids,checks and stripes. Every yard is marked at considerably les s than when sold by the piece; hence} the more you buy the more you save. Choosing, will be easy, as the materials will be laid out on, large special tables ‘ Sale begins Friday, 9 A. M. Lemre—Second Floor, 35th Street, Broadvay Women’s sweaters one of wool and one of fibre silk at special prices ¢ The wool sweater $3.89 It is a smart slip-over style, woven in two con- trasting siitches. It has a Dutch collar, deep cuffs and an all-around belt which is a unique feature in a slip-over sweater. Ag illustrated, A. Hn] LN P| Ip aI The fibre silk sweater $7.94 It has a highly lustrous fibre silk face and mercer- ized back. Woven in smart block effect, with tuxedo cole) | pockets, yi lar, belt_and As illustrated, B. Buff, purple, i IN THE COURSE OF FASHION EVENTS Wool sport suits nl hold a place “For all occasions when one must m clothes or pic- turesque ones, wool sport suits i They are not restricted merely to the links, the court or the country road. Their designs this season prove them suitable for all informal not necemarily be attired either tailore are appropriate, warm-weather wear. See the excellent broidery’ in block effect. vet. One of these is ulystruted. collec- tion of wool sport suits in the women’s suit section. $15.74 to $79.75 There are light weight jersey suits, some trimmed with brushed wool, others with machine embroidery, or angora em- There are swagger suits of heavy weight jerse; And see the clever models of Chanel cloth with silk fringed throw-scarls and smart little gilets of bright-colored vel- Na of honor Jade green, dust, tan, rookie, rose, Copen- hagen, gray. Smart all white jersey suits. Dew —Third Floor, 34th Street, Kear, Baby week offers savings on ever, that contributes to health, happiness orcomfo 40>. — Third Floor, 35th Bt» Rene thin, | oe sn by

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