The evening world. Newspaper, March 24, 1920, Page 1

“Gel the oat Back on Peace ote YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, (1920. Fest Oftiee, Katered as teoend-< Chase Matter New York, N, 24 PAGES, 8 PRICE TWO CENTS, LEGISLATURE GETS RENT GOUGING BILLS RENT GOUIGERS ARE CURBED MAORITY RADY AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL: LIMIT 1S 8 PER CENT. NEI Conditions Worse T Than in New! York Met Under “Public © | Interest” Power. | PRISON FOR PROFITEERS| Congress Checked Evil Easily | Under Decision of U.S. | Supreme Court. } Ry Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The| Evening World.) WASHINGTON, March 24.—In| view ofthe acute condition in New| York arising from the exactions of| landlords, the operations of profiteer- | ing lease manipulators und the help- less plight of renters, which so many Agencies are trying to remedy, the 1a which relief from a similar of affairs in Washington was Soares by drastic legtslation is of nterest to the metropolis. Washington to-day is practi- eailly free from widetpread rent profiteering and speculation in tenement and apartment house properties, because there is in existence in the District of Co- lumi a Rent Commission, which has assurned supervision ever the relations between land- lord and tenant. Of course, everybody isn't pleased. Lan@iords have attacked the consti- tutionality of the law, but, in general, landlords are satisfied with it and tenants are satisfied, too, because for the first time probably in the history of the United States a tenant has in the District of Columbia a tribunal to which he can appeal for justice in the matter of rentals and service without cost to him, save the value of his time. i} . GONDITIONS WERE WORSE THAN | IN NEW YORK, Up to a few months ago housing conditions in Washington were worse than they are in Now York, This city is now gheltcring 435,000 people sin domtciles which provided accom- modations for 335,000 two years ago. There has been very little building in Weshington in the past four years, practically no apartment house con- struction, and the building operations at this time are almost exclusively confined to putting up houses for sale. Dwellings are sold before they are nit, The announcement of the pro- posed construction of an apartment house results in the renting of all the apartments before the builders break greund for the foundation. Wash- ington was a ripe field for the grasp- ing landlords and the lease-fakers and camouflage sales-grafters, just as New York is their ripest fleld to-day, Congress, whiclt controls the Dis- triet of Columbia and the City of Washington, in 1917 and 1918 tried to ed on Thirteenth Page, «Continu! age.) soe tonic, tang. of cranberries aide the ve petite, CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS IMPORTANT Advertising copy for The Sun- day World should be in The World office ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY PRECEDINC PUBLICATION. Early copy receives the prefer- ence when Sunday advertising fias to be omitted. Late adver- tising is now omitted for lack of time to set it. | leases begin to expire. GOVERNOR TOURGE LEGISLATIVE SPEED ON-ALL RENT BILLS Amendment Will Take Care of Raises When Long-Term Leases Expire. - TOVOTE 10 OUST FIVE SOCIALISTS Seven of Thirteen Assembly Judiciary Committee Mem- bers Favor Expulsion. START DRAWING REPORT Four Stand Out for Reseating Suspended Men—Prosecu- tion’s Brief Filed. Specimt From a Staff Oorrmpondent of ‘The Brening World.) ALBANY, March %4.—Canvass of the members of the Assembly Judic- iary Committee to-day developed that seven of the thirteen members favor expulsion of the five suspended 6o- By Tonenn A. Jordan. (Special Staff Gorrespondent of The Evening World.) ALBANY, March 24.—A conference is being held this afternoon on the anti-rent profiteering bills, and it is likely that Gov. Smith will be asked to send emergency messages to the Senate and Assembly to speed the bils through. At the conference are | Speaker Sweet and Majority Leader of the Senate Walters. Another amendment which will be | written into the summary dispossess bill will that will take care of the situation arise when the long-term Landlords as. sert that as they have been compelled to carry their tenants along at the same rents which were paid two and three years ago, it would be unfair to them to be compelled to take not more than 20 per cent. increase, Real estate men are going to meet again in New York and will have other suggestions to offer, while they all agree, after yesterday's manifes tation, that the measures* to curb the Protiteer of the character that ap- peared here yesterday are necessary. Suggestions ‘before the conference include a plan to exempt building ma- terial men from yarious kinds of taxation if rents are to be kept from increasing for a stated period. Also to exempt the wages of labor in the building trades from the State in- come tax in order to encqurage the man to work steadity and to exempt new buildings from taxation or five years. It ts also proposed to pro- hfbit savings banke, insurance com- panies aud other institutions hand- ling the money of the people from loaning on Wall Street securities. The anti-rem profiteering bills of the Joint House Committes were to- day reported ont of the committee and sent rollicking on their way to passage after a five-hour hearing yes- terday afternoon—one of the most re- markable hearings ever held in the Capitol me amendments have been made to the bills, amendments which were suggested by the landlords at the hearing, but it will help the landlords, the amendments were simply added to make the bills more binding. ‘The landlords and their attorneys pointed out what they considered loopholes in the bills, so the committee got busy | and plugged the loopholes. The bearing yesterday was like a circus. with all the rings full at the same time. It w: touch of Donny- brook Fair, only there wasn't a head broken nor a blow struck. But fists Iwere shaken across the As to New York in their special THE WORLD Racing Entries on page & sembly | cialists. The committee was called together in Executive session to decide CUTINMILK COST Two Leading Firms Reiterate Promise Before Conference With Dr, Copeland. MAY FIX 13-CENT RATE. This Will Not Be Accept- able—Plan to Aid Poor. Before’ going into an important with Heaith Commis- sioner Copeland this afternoon on the subject of cheaper milk, announce- conference ment was made by two of New York's | larger milk companies that the lower | price is on tho way. ent price” was promised by the Shef- the case. It is expected that one more member may cast his ballot for expul- sion. ‘Those expected to vote for expuision are Martin, Chairman; Jenks, Wilson, Rowe, Harrington and Everett, Re- pudlicans; and Cuvillier, Democrat. The eighth poasibility is Stitt of Broklyn, ‘Those known to be for rgseating the Socialists are Hodgett and Hel- Hott, Republicans, and Bloch and Evans, Democrats. The record in the trial was com- pleted to-day when counsel for the Judiciary Committee filed a brief de- claring that the Socialists are “in- cligible and disqualified to occupy seats In tho Assembty.”” While but little was said of Assem- blymen Orr and De Witt, and no evi- dence was brought out in the inquiry against them, they are included in the sweeping charges which form an In- dictment of the Socialist Party, CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENT. The brief gives five reasons in sup- port of this contention. They are: 1.-It has opposed and ob- structed and continues to oppose and obstruct the Government of the United States and of this State in all measures relating to the national and State defense. Its purpose in's0 doing is a mani- fest one; to weaken and leave de- fenseless the government of the State and nation against the at-_ tacks of foreign* and domestic enemies, and thus deprive it of the rlisht of self-preservation, which is admittedly the first law of goveroments. 2-It has advocated and incited the destruction of the existing government of the United States by illegal mass action. 3—While professing to utilize political action, it constantly de- nies that existing evils or defects may be remedied by such action, and insists that such political ac- tion must be supplemented by violence and mass action, which it advocates directly as well as by insinuation and suggestion. 4—The political action of the party is responsive to the dues- (Continued on Bighth Page.) DELAWARE TO BEAT WOMAN SUFFRAGE { Bi-Partisan Conference Pledged Not to Vote for National Amend- Chainber and names were called, and ment at Any Time tenants and landlords seemed at umes} DOVER, Del, March 24—At a bi about to rush the lines. | partisan inference Anti-Suffi If the landlords were ever in jmembers of gthe Delaware Legislature doubt of what their tenants |here to-day twenty members of t thought of them they went back |!fouse signed a written agreement not to vote for the Suffrage Amendment at trains !ast night with all doubts He sie rome rey (veer dispelled. mo ne House are of known wos Members opposed to Whe Say* Spring Ina't Here, is assures defeat of| firat open cars of the season will eonslag : je onerstion in Brooklyn on Apel regular summer schedules Will, THK WORLD TRAVEL BUREAD Huw eitect Monorial Day fs OS are mecereeetinereconene ‘and. parcels open, dai oo karate field Farms Company. Intimations to the game effect came from the Borden Farm Products Company. The Sheffield Farms announce- ment, made by one of the officials, was: “Pending deciston of the price we shall have to pay the farmers we cannot make any definite announce- ment regarding the April price, but there will be a considerable change.” It was reported that a price greater than 13 cents a quart will not be acceptable. The conference out of which it is hoped will come the announcement of @ much lower price is being held in the office of the Department of Health at No. 506 Pearl Street. At the invitation of Health Com- missioner Copeland representatives of the City’s Inrgo milk concerns are discussing Dr. Copeland's offer to use the power of his department to find a market for 1,000,000 quarts of milk every day, in addition to the present consumption, if the dealers will reduce the price of fmid milk to 4 price within reach of the poor, In addition to officials of the Shef- fleck Farms and Borden Companies there were present representatives of the Standant Dairy Company, Levy Dairy Company, Empire State Dairy Company, W. M. Evans Company and the Clover Farms Company, There was another meeting to-day of the New York Milk Conference Board, at which efforts were renowed to determine a lower price for April Dreskient loswell D, Cooper of the Dairyman's League was hopeful, he said, that the day would witness the fixing of a price. At the office of the General Manager of the Sheffield Farms Company it was said that the statement of the April price will be made public to- morrow or on Friday. The same re- port was made by Mr. Fitaputrick of uhe Borden Company. ee LANDLORD BEATEN, TENANTS REJOICE Hold Celebration With Flags and Song After Court Blocks Evic- tion of One, ‘The windows and fire oscapes of No. 434 West 164th Street were hung with flags this afternoon The children of twenty-two famflies Nving in the house paraded the sidewalks with more flags and their parents looked on with happy while all joined in singing “We'll hans our landlord tu a s apple tr | As we Ko om bing on!” } ‘Phe celbration was for the victory | won over the common enemy, Willian Thom of No. 258 West #9th Street, in Ja legal battle yeaterday, A tonant, Juan |F. Yorres, aa importer, had been ev 1 {dy a elty marshab and his heusehold goods piled on the sidewalk while Jus Uce Newbe in tho Supreme ¢ was issuing a temporary order When Mr. Torres arrived home with | the Injunction his fellow ter dined furniture of all exeupt nhs that of $15 for wave notice of an in Mareh 1 yanded cer tain repairs before meeting the raise lie notified them to get out April 1, eaxe aud when they de ASSURED SOON, BUT PRICE 1S WITHHELD, Understood Quotation Above | “A considerable change in the pres- | lyut that |Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD, | FAMOUS NOVELIST, DIES IN ENGLAND | | HRS. 5 Huy, WARD. Noted Woman Writer Was Born in Tasmania Sixty-Nine Years Ago, LONDON, March 24.—Mrs. Hum- pPhry Ward, famous novelist, died to- day of heart disease in a London hos- pital, Mrs, Ward, Arnold, nee Mary Augusta born at Hobart, Tas- mania, June 11, 1851, and was mar- in 1872 to T. Ward, Journalist and author trom was ried Humphry Aside her great literary indusiry she found time for a deal of social welfare work, founded the Passmore Edwards Set- tlement and the Play Centres for London, and did her bit in the war effort of her country While her literary reputation was made by her earlier novels, it was crowned ‘by her war bouks—"Tng- land's Effort,” “Missing, 1917," “Fields of Victory,” and various spovial writ. imgs on War subjects It way only two yeurs ago that she finished “A Writer's RecollecUons.” Amonj; her best known works are: “Robert Elsmere," “The History of Duvid Grieve,” “Lady Kose's Daugh- ter,” “The Marriage of William Ashe,” “The Case of “iultham House, Richard Meynell, and “Lady Connie. Mra, ¥. FT! Writer, la Dead, SALISHURY, N. C.,.March 24,— Mrs. Frances Fisher Tiergan, known in literature as “Ohristian Reid, author of a number of books, includ- ing “The Land of the Sky,” “Princess Nadine” and “Morton House,” died to- day of pneumonia. N. Y. WOMEN BEST DRESSED—OUTSIDE But Underneath, That’s Different, Mme. Sara Tells Jurors While They Gaze at Corset Show. Mme. Sara, of Fifth Avenue and Ros- ton, professionally Mme. 82 vnd im private life Sara proprietor of La Patrica Cust Ine. sortment of her ereatior IV, of the Supreme Court. Up spoke Abraham Levy, counsel for the defense, and put to Madame Sara this question: w York women better dressed than Hoxton women?’ dis reflected. establishment ia in Boston, 4 branch ‘On top,” be Koxefitnal, nD Corwet displayed @ brilliaut as Company, to-day in Part iic., Her main| but she bus here she said, “New York nen may be better dreamed, neath, Oh, ta la!" And yet it is a jury who, after « caret J cide whether Min {ron Fr Hunt known as Fannie &. Mimi but under: of New Yorkers 1 y of the var %, must de to wet $75 privately Mine. Sar to work started a place told the the 000 ne Inc Hunt ised ners for her | of her own [and fat old customers tat was hy while mg: i, cornea, Sov; bi Gece, World Pienaar 4 ‘ WILSON UPSET 5 SENATE PLAN FOR MEXICAN POLICY Fall Committee Had Hoped to Have Recognition of Car- ranza Withdrawn. TO CONTINUE OLD PLAN Appointment of Morganthau as Ambassador Indicates There Will Be no Intervention. By David Laeanee: Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World. WASHINGTON, March 24 (Copy- | right 1920).—Nomination of Henry Morgerithau to be the American Am- bassador to Mexico constitutes the final assurance that unless some un- toward act, not now foreseen, arises to disturb the friendly relations be- tween the United States and Mexico, | Send Foxtc the town safely up to late last rach 6,000 OF EBERT'S SOLDIERS TRAPPED IN’ WESEL FORTS: CITY UNDER ARTILLERY FIRE |Allies Permit Yerlin Government to. Into Forbidden Terri-~. tory to Crush the Communists— Women Fighting in | in Red Ranks. WESEL, Germany, March 24.—Six thousand Government troops, reinforced by armed countrymen, had a skirmish with Communist guards numbering about 15,000 near here last night. were killed and upward of 100 wounded, BUDERICH, Rhenish Prussia, March 24 (Associated Press). —The Government troops from the southern part of the Rufr District, all of whom have been besieged in Wesel since Monday night, were still holding Reports state sixty-two The Government forces ure keep- there will be no military jutervention under the Wilson Administration in the affairs of the Southern Republic, the Carranza Governmont bused upon the record of what has happened thus far. ‘Tho President's appotntment of a successor to” Ambasmdor Flotcher 1s his answer to the activities of the Sen- ate sub-committee Invextigating Mexi- can affairs which has been prasided over by Senator Fall of New Mexico, It is, moreover, his reply to the carn- palgn whieh had obtal aynipathetic consideration inside thy Department of State to withdraw recognition from the Carranza Government by resolution of Congress. LANSING GOT OUT OF PATIENCE WITH CARRANZA. It ts true that Secretary Lansing, although tho original proponent of recognition of Carranza, had got more less out of pationce with the ac- of the Mexican Government in isputes pending with the United States, and that Ambassador Fletcher, too, felt that all that could be done with dignity and honor had been attempted by the American Kui- bassy at Mexico City to no avail. Mr. Fletcher had been Ambaseador to Chile and brought with him to Mexico City not only a fluent com- mand of the Mexican language, but 9 knowledge of Latin-American at- fairs that made it pomstble for him to get & firm grasp on the situation in a short ime He had many per- sonal conferences with Preatdent Carranza aud performed u delicate task in the period uf Amorica’s par- ticipation in the Buropean War when it was particularly desirable to keep the Germans from using Mexico as a base for intrigue or pernicious ac- tivity In Mexican affairs that might bring on a war with the United States and divert the flow of men and sup- plies to Europe. When the war was ended, the President was either in Paris ar two (Continued on Ninth Page.) or tions vario ITALIAN PREMIER OUT FOR SUFFRAGE. Makes Announcement Stormy Debate Fiume. ROME, March Fiuine was one stormy debate t of Deput Deputy O ous Nitti After on The situation at f the mbjects of a day inthe Chamber who fought 4 Promior Nitth of weak sked: “Do you wish Fiume its government?) Th there t a rey not wish to annex the city.” Nitti retorted Ne ani in the war, nes tu ¢ dy u do Premier and a proclaim re- eponsible the During annexation of Flume.” the session granting the right of suffrage to nor the withdrawal of recognition of deputy has ever asked for} Premier Nitti} ‘gaid the Government favored the bill SHOOTS HIS SON TO SAVE HIS SOUL | FROM CRIME LIFE Father Fires Three Bullets Into! Youth Who Wouldn't Behave. murder charge would be placed if the eiguteen-year-old boy died “1 shot him to save his soul,” the aged mun told the police “I would rather Kill him myself than have the police do it. For months I have been worried every time [ heard of a ‘atick up’ for fear my son had been killed. I tried to get him to buckle down, but | sible On Tuesday the themselves and with artillery levelled the defenses of the city, workmen delivered a} assault upon the city, amall chateau ‘Tuesday pounded the town and t ing bern carly, Vig open the northern side of the | ‘wn to admit reinforcements, should | these be sent, or a provide fur a pow forced retre Heavy Shing wee heats from the direction of Wesel during the night. There were vocasional ar- tillery flurries and spurts of machine-gun fire. All the indi- cations are that the Ebert troops are still sufe. They are very nearly surrounded by the lines of the workmen whose guerilla war- fare had driven the Government troops steadily out of the indus- trial district in five days’ time, in @ combined retreat and concen- tration movement, to the strong —e fortress at Wesel, on the Rhine. CHICAGO, Maroh 24.—Frank PI-| ‘The siege proper of Wesel began nuno jr. to-day is at the County Hos-|/@te on Monday, Three days previ- pital with three bullet wounds in hia CM" UBlla of the Keichswenn had been driven northward and west body. Frank Pinano ar. is held at &| ward by workmen who vecupled the polico station, where officers sald a|city and organized for its defense, workinen entrenched At 3 o'clock Tusduy afternoon the y general They took to the southeast, All the workmen's guns day the fir~ but it was imtermit- night he would not do tt” tent. Frank jr, according to About 100 interned prisoners, why records, slipped into a near fled across the bridge from Wesel record when he was fourteen years old. Two years later he had become a recognized gangster and repoatedly was arrested, A year ago his father carried him bodily to the police and had Frank jr. confined to # boys’ home. Two months later ho was re- leased at the instance of Mrs. Pinano, Botween gobs the futher told the police how for years he had herded hts family of ten other childrem to the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii on goody old man,” the father suid, and he fired five times, INDICTED AS TRUST Xity Toilet Article Manu- facturers Are Charged With Vio- lating the Sherman Laws. Jersey TRENTON, N. J.. March 4.—An in- aie nt allesing violations of the Sher- man Anti-Trust Law was returned in the United States Court here this after: noon against Colgate & Co. of Jersey City, makers of soap and other toilet articles, H ‘The same concern was indic In |1918 for alleged fixing of resale prices, but by reason of a technicality a de- murrer to the indictment was sustained. shaven ole TAKE BELL-ANS AFTER MEALS and seq few Ge GOOD DIGESTION canes you toel,— Adve 4 a? a ae German —Two here last night from Berlin to em. plain to the Allies the necessity for permitting the German Army to enter HF last night, are held here by the Bel- sians. also were night here. Reinforcements are reported by the interned late yesterday from said northeast, #0 untenable A dozen brought treated German wounded over during the and at the hospital prisoners to M coming have arrived ter. ‘They from the that if Wesel becomes will be possible for the others are troops w make their way out on the Sunday, but that Frank Jr. Wlw4ys| north side and join the one mL Pe was missipg—“hunging out with his |iier forces, gung.” F Since the Government troops lett Last night, Pinano er. continued. | pusmaldort last Saturday morning he determmned to make @ tinal effort) wna other points about the ‘same tu Fecluum hie boy, Encountered) time, thoy huve Loon facing unos with friends at « street corner, the tain irregular forecs of Workuen. As youth sneeringly walked away W) ach unit cssayed to fight it would euonpe “being bawied by this goody-| nna that the engagement bad@eeMl veloped an attack from another quar- ave tar, while squads of workmen dre quently would ambush the Goverp- COLGATE & CO. ment detachments, and sympathisers with the workers would fire upon the soktiers from the houses as the troops passed in formation, alent ALLIES TO ADMIT ~® EBERT TROOPS IN OCCUPIED ZONE Gove ment Representa- tives Say They Have Enough Men to Restore Order. PARIS, March 24 (AssociatedPrems, ermar officers who arrived ee EET SEE A TE EE