The evening world. Newspaper, September 24, 1920, Page 2

i i ,. A! fie ite her Phe ven - mletnter - _ dustions, and pyt the burden of 4 the reasonableness of any Increase upon the landlord. the measure as to the the ¢ f Ti i 3 _ um of money as the court might Gag” an & condition for the then | The womeregd act as limit a * year's ‘the rent, all up ‘This statement acted Niko a bomb _ APA drought a storm of objections. Ft was then that the tenants’ rep- Ave vent to their feel Wgrrata the Munictoal Court Jus. iatrust as to their tn ale pi agit i 5 ETE ge Hitter | i a 3 Hl ui HE | 5 £ ft i f | g i -_ id : i # i 5 5 & } I 1 f ; F I | i : 8 3 g i : | § i < i. é te Fi | i i 34 [ i z of FE I iff ze : i aelhes “32 i Ss i¢ 3 z = z & i rt i SE g @ourt Justices will practically be put jon trial, through their work under ‘Whe new rent laws now belng enactod, One woman, a mother of sev- dren, explained how ber this to 25 per cent. Then a month / later her landlord took her before - another Justice, who imposed a _ 80 per cent, increase. And she was without redress. The same situation exists in the Il sections of the State where are Justices of the Peace. Peo- from these districts made earnest that the tenants’ casey should Lemp ¢. the fed of the the Peace, who seem con- say to bave favored the land- . ‘Tne prevalent unrest 48 to “poor man’s court’ decisions ‘was most apparent. “PROPER SERVICE” ENFORCED . BY NEW LAw. An excellent bill bas been intro- and is scheduled for passage compels the landlord to fur- service, such passed at the jast session 6 O misdemeanor for a land- to furnish wat heat, as water ANY QVER 20 PER ENT TOTAL VLVE” So Declares Judge, Urging Strict Legal Limit to Stop Profiteers. “Landlords who have increased their rentals 0 per cont. singe 1915 are cov- ering all their increased expenses, and any raise above that ts pure velvet Of course there are a few exceptions, but I want to emphasize the word FEW because they are mighty few.” Judge William BE. Morrin of the Second District Municipal Court, the Bronx, made this statament yosterday when commenting on on thorease in rental asked by « landlord. He said thé % per cent, presumed to be just by the rent laws of April 1, 1920, per- mitted profiteering, and that there should be a wholesale reduction in- stead of an increase. “A 9 per cent. Increase over the rental paid in 1 would, give the mreat majority of landi 4 10 per qj ‘Instead Of boing satisfied with this they have profitecred to the tume of 100 to 200 ber cont. “I'd like to make reductions in the vast majority of these cases that come before me, because I am morally sure landiords are making now more than they ought. Why, they should pay br tenant @ premium for taking a 80. hance for rich @ liberal law, which per cent. without proof from the property owner that the increase was The now Tawa at Albany would be ideal if they Would allow of no more increasen ex- cept im rare instances, but im order to seem falr they will have to allow for more money for the poor land- Judge Morria is taking radical measures in imposing fines on land- lords who harase tenant. When & landiord withdrawa his case and the Judge believes it has no merit, he taxes the landlord for the coats. which are itvariably $10, It is a common practice in the Bronx for a landlord Who Wisbes to get more money from tenant or to get bim out to bring him into court on vartous pret they know their canes have no merit, Their hope is to intimidate the tenant, and if the case is dismissed thd tenant has been put to a great deal of trouble and annoyance for nothing. This te the practice Justice Morris intends to stop. He ynposes the costs wh there ts evidence of such bad faith, In a recent case a landlord drought seventeen such cases, and the Judge imposed total costs of $170. Justice Harry Robitsek of the First and Second District Courts, the Bronx, is making a personal inspec- tion of most of the tenement cases that come before him. “T want to do absolute justice here, and I make a first-hand investigation of the clatms of the landlord and ten- ant,” said to-day. “I have visited thousands of apartments in the Bronx id have found lots of cases where naDtA were paying several times the rent they should pay. I may say, also, I have found cases where tenants have impored upon the court, but the cases where the landlords did the im- position are far more numerous.” AQUEDUCT RESULTS. Lal RACK—Por olde claiming; puree $1,040.60; furlongs. Mayourneen, 114; Davies, § to 6 3 to 6 and 1 to 4, won; Teddy R, 117, Mooney, ii to 6 {4,38 and 2 to 5, second; Si}. nor, 3 to Lt and even, La Also ran in order named, Donaard. | two-y win Bally New and st ee year, or leas, as the Justice might de- cide, was introduced, thelr anger broke forth, But it was the real os- tate man who protested first, Stewart Browne, head of the United Real Estate Owners’ Association of New York, was on hin feet in an in- stant. He declared this was giving the Justices altogether too much lee- way. He demanded that a maximum and minimum amount of rent pe named. A doxen others rose to protest, The firnt to get the floor was Miss Mary Coleman, a New York attorney and ropresentative of the tenants of Washington Heights. ’ ne eervice. In some cases where there waa @ wilful failure to render these servicesth @ londlord claim that the responsibility ‘on his agent or employee, for ‘he could not be held Hable, The new | bill makes the agent, manager, intendent or janitor who wilfully falls to furnish ene also lable. One court held that the language of the statute waid that water must be furnished and that this did not necessarily ‘mean hot water. The present bill @alis for hot or cold water if re- | quired by the character of the build- 6, oreretive boa ne else com in discussion at the hearing. eat Meober of such plans have developed sincs the housing diMculty. Many people unable to secure homes for at have joined in groups and pur- ‘hosed bulidings which they have apportioned into apartments, each owning his apartment. It was explained that these tenant~ owners have been unable to secure possession of the property they have purchased because of resident ten- ‘ants, and that in vigw of so many puch co-operative pldn houses com. | Ang into existence some logislation ig needed to meot the conditions arising therefrom. * Resides the joker in the bill to an- nul the Summary Proceedings Statute, which would allow a Justice to re- quire a tenant to deposit & year’s rent or less while his case ix pending, an- other was disclosed at tho hearing. ‘This would permit a landlord to oust tenants on the ground he wanted to remodel @ house and then oot shift a brick or a timber, When Senator Walters said two amendments to his bill had heen made “at the behest of many land- lords” there was instant attention ‘The delegation present feared some trick, They had been warned that in the haste of the seasion jokers or jegal flaws that might rob them of srpectes relief could be looked for, the Gret, allowing Justices to ‘the @eponit of such rental « elevator service and) “Fix the amount,” sho demanded, amid the cheers of her clients, who had arrived in force, “There has been confusion enough, I have had great respect for the Municipal Court Jus- tices, but during the last few months, 1 must confess, they have lost consid- erable of my respect. I say to you legislators that you had better fx this thing straight or watch your steps.” At least fifteen others were of the jsame opinion, and the committee asked if a month's rent would be |the propet amount was that it would be. | Then the other flaw was discov- ered by Philip Goodhart, counsel for |the Inwood Forum of New |York. He pointed out that one of |the provisions of the bill permitted ja landiond to get rid of the tenant |by the simple means of telling the court that he intends to remodel his house and had filed plans with tho Department of Buildings. | “The landlord can file these plans he consensus Jat very little expense,” said Mr, Goodhart, “and then he can sit back wotel in. 7th Sires, near A: Jand do nothing. When his tenants |'? ® Wath th Ti: Pireeh, Bene An have been evicted he can, and will, sterdam Avenue, by Detoatives refill his house with persons willing|Owens, Horan and — Fitagerald, to pay more. ‘cis ares: a tomobile ‘Al over the chamber: arcee cricg | {eed With stealing autom |demanding (hat this loophole be |‘ pow lilly Cadilaca, from Oblo, |cloved, Home wanted the landlord to| Pennsylvania and Massachusetts a bond, to be forfeited if he| mhe detectves aay that they found to make the changes, and oth that he be imprisoned or fined if © falnely. Just how the loop- vill be closed I# not pet decided, empting the Income from real estate mortgages from the State in- come tax was quickly shown to be of little use, Opinion was divided as to the ad- vinability of exempting new construe- tion from local taxation. Stanley M. RSE \Knit THE EVE y OTOR MAN. KU PAGES CUT ASN INMAN CTS Com Falls Below $1 in Chi- cago and Flour Drops at Portland, Ore., Mills. Following the announcement of cuts | in prices of staples in © parently reaches from coast to coast and the trend is stil! downward. The things chiefly affected are clothing, retary of the Treasury Houston said “Buch cuts in prices an lmve been made in two or three quarters are sig- nificant of the tendency of the present |» time. € believe there will be a gradual recession in prices, but that a stable condition wili not be reached |} for weveral years. | fluctuations up and down. not venture to say that the pre-war level will ever be reached.” ‘Tho greatest reduction in clothing prices seams to be in St. Louls, while California shows the sharpest drop in food. Chauncey M. Depaw gave It as bis) opinion that there would be no panic and that living costs will come down gradually Although there should be decided reductions in several Governmental departments, the Secretary believes that blgh taxation will continue Yor a considerable period. Great Redan fe St Lewis tm Food and Clothing. ST: LOUIS, Sept. #4—Commodi- | (Continued on Twenty-ninth Page) |OFFICER CAR THIEF, POLICE DECLARE) Edgar Beverly Lafferty of the Avia- tion Service Arrested After Fight in Hotel. Edgar Beverly Lafferty, formerly & broker and more recently a Licut enant in the Aviation Corps, and 4 member of the American Acro Club,) was arrested in full uniform to-day| in his room several automobile plates and & set of reproduction dies of the {Cadiilae Company which lto Change the numbers on the stolen machines. feswod that he Philadolphita, were used he con would wo teal and motor with it back to New York. No cop or detective would think of ques pollee say slip over a& machi | Isaacs of the recently formed Apart- ment House Association of New York, pointed out that, as the bill ntands, it exempta houses already started. |'This he thought wrong, as they do not | {need the stimulation, bar fe OAPs tioning a man in the uniform of an army aviator driving a car. When the detectives broke in upon him he gave thom a battle and |Owens knocked him down, He smii- ingly said later that Marty wan some ecrapper ané a gentleman. ties who had rooms, oo furniture and a few Lrticles of food, | sletming "i maior Halle, In an interview at Washington See- | Dratianan. Hf [ome “There are apt to be considerable | Wier wacn—a 1 would | ar é Ning’ wont, #8 ted Her Fall Costume, Scotch Stockings and All; | It’s the Smart Caper, Girls Miss Norman, Just Back From) SLUSH atonal Europe, Displays the Very Fetching Result. One of the six Virginia girl beau- returned on La Tournine wan a symphony in lavender which acted like a “home again” signal to three naval aviators skimming around im @ maval flying boat. fliers circled about the lner, ing weloomes to Miss Audrey Norman of Richmond, who was attired In a lavender dress, wool with cy Vth appeared extremely cool day on deek. Miss Norman suys she knitted the costume herself, All the “amart” women abroad are knit ting thelr own costumes she saya, The Virginia girls reported that they had a fow embarrassing moments in London when they had to desoribe im deta!l to Scotland Yard detectives the artigjes of fancy lingerte which| nan, and was finally told that Rich their hotel | ard 8. Jones, an associate in the Stars been stolen Alice and sbort skirt, 7 7 eae a Tn Paris they wore “rushed” by officers of the cruiner Frederick. The girls were Aidrey Norman, Alice Barnes and Ruth Blankenship of Kichmond; Dodson and Alico Rogers of Norfolk, | hicago, re- | &h Bary by Mrs. Jamea &, | on, wife of Senator Cannon, 5 articularly Theodore Roos ports come from other citios of slm-| 11" Kranic of Richmond and Mea I: | jr tried to et conteol uf. th Mar reductions, Tho movement ap- | H- Beattie of Mountain Lake, > AQUEDUCT ENTRIES. Charge Made by Against Senat The navy wav. ‘RY-! day before the Senate with the Democratic silk = mixte Hre] vention at San lavender i } im own request. “We had a numbe: cases in t 4. “inv quests with Ju it wa ver dovided Governmen Ohad rma: noms) for Dp Jw Frisco and bh ter," Ralph Kelly, N, Robert T. Bec ¢ t for the pe Keny: | number of attending United Mr. Btewar foCarth: Distri Day | presume » delegate Nobeke' torney nds, tontitte involving twe go into ship of an he said, Pp Scotch heather stocking lav candidly ender scart ali knitted, She wore an|imy trip somewhat,” angora hat and @ black and gold| “#0 that 1 could attond CLOTHES AND FOOD veil. 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WASHINGTON, Gept Stewart, Adsistant Attorney General whose name was mentioned yester- voatigating Committee in connection Francisco travel to that city at public expense, connection with the proseeution | of fraud cases, he was heard at his} North weat, ocally for assistan no bar riod fh asked the wit- *reig States rt maid he their 00,000 took him, t6 California to participate in the investiga He said he had inform: Senator Madge demanded the nume of tho person who had informed Hoffer was ordered subpoenaed, “connected with foreign language newapapers tried to get control of the |. The Stars and Btripes ‘py the Democratic National Commit , publi Republican ar close that this was wild and loose o! et the Good News) ry ‘or the POVERED, te heart of t MBINATION PAOK- : ¥ fe | attribiinced' to-day that he pour before the Grend Jur: mand that he be heard, Hi a not been subpoenaed, “i he Grand Jury called Benton, HE rg said, “and the roby grants tim immunity from prosecution, notwith= standing. the fact that he admitted betting on tho World's Series, as my witneages have charged, following 4 Up from Hal Chase.” Herzog «hid he would file a waiver of immunity when he demanded to be L a not ‘a pera olened it, “They tell me ground New York that Hal Chase won $40,000 she ne- ries. ‘He must have won! a Yot be- cawe be bad plenty of money after the series ended. understand his and o's information came from , ¢ man, , one small wager an the werieg. [bot $20 on the fi and wont. I mpent it for dri the barroom where I made the wager. T did not even touch the money, “After the first bet Larry Doyle and 1 made @ piker bet on every Doyle Mked the White Sox and bet on them, \I had my ‘tip’ and liked the Reds; ‘But my winnings were very small, only $10 or $20 a day.” « Tie Grand Jury today was pre- pared to investigate a statement printed by everal newspapers quot- ing Ban Johnaon, President of the American Lekguo, as saying the White Sox would not dare to win this year’a pennant from Cleveland, ao- cording to reporta reaching him, be cause the gambling syndicate threat ened to expone players involved in the baseball scandal. Mr. Johnson was out of town to-day and could not be reached and his #ec- | retary sald he knew nothing about the statement credited by the news: papers to Mr. Johnson, “Within the last few weeks statement nays, “it hase beon hinted, mote or loss openly, that the White Sox would not dare win because the gambling syndicate would tell witt they knew of the conduct of certain players in the Cineinnati-Chicago world's championship games in 1918. Th the same statement Mr. Johnson | N CHARGE OF HE BASBAL BRBE (Continued.) | INQUIRY a Witness! or Edge heard, OINCINNATT, Sept. 24.—The man named Hahn mentioned by pitoher “Rube” Benton as the one who tol him that the last World Seriew we “fixed” could not be located to-day, President August Hermann, of th Cineinnatt Baseball Club and for Chairman of the National Commi sion, said to-day: “The Reds have been given a clean bill. They were not i yolved in any John T, Bruce National Commimion said: say truthfully that I never heard a word of euspicion against any mem-= ber of the Cincinnati Baseball Clob.” pial HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES./ Pome $1,200.48 echalt. ‘ing in @ discussion of an allexed ‘fixing’ of the 1919 series, ‘Last tall, after the #aries,” said Benton, “a man named nm, Who halls from Cincinnati and known ae & betting commisajoner, visited meat my home in ‘Clinton, N.C. “One morning, while we were out ing, I asked him about the world He said the series was not the square. He @aid that the deal to fix play- ers to throw the series to Cincinnati “ had beén engineered by-n syndicate National Con-)of gamblers from Pittsburgh for his| Whom he worked in Cincinnati as betting commiasioner. “He said gertain players on the White Sox feam had visited Pitts- burgh before the series was played and made arrangements games for a price, players demanded §100, down’ so that the Sox wopld lose, and this was paid them, i "We discussed yarlous players on the team. Buck Weaver's name was | not mentioned. nor were the names of Jackson, Eddie Colina, John C ling or Ray Schalk. Five players were mention Hahn in the course of the conversation, Four are: Eddie Cicotte, pitcher of. the first gume of the serie who pltehed the second gam: Gandil, first — baserma: and Pp. Ky, Campaign In- and WaT RAC lain two- fen mal thlack ‘Top, 11%) © of ahipyard | a Mr. stewart! frequent! orneys I talked and he r me to Mit atone f dishonest base- sine, BO. 4 is very small, but we We have been at fault past Wy plaging too much fa in the Integrity af all players. 1 9 mined that baseball shail be di- |& ¥ ut lowing. Felsoh, center fielder. Comiskey held 4 from bling and that the up theirgchecks calling for the play- k sheep abait be Sriven from the 4 re’ ahare af the world's series money | game ' att, Thomas He for some time, I do not recal) the Tnqueationably there wae a lot of name of the fifth man, |money bet on the olnnath-8ox | ¥ T do know the tip was sent out of| eames last year, A New York man Cincinnati to bet on the Reds, Jean | said be won $170,000 in two bets, tak~ Dubue, whe Was a member of the| ing $100,000 from a Block exchange Giaote at the time, received a wire) man and $10,000 from @ race horse man.” Charles “Buck” Herzog, who was aoctined yeaterday by "Rube" Benton of offering him money to lose a game, knew y of the South- own 6x they did, those Assistant A of public d iti os and He involv. | nd off Coro-| The Store is closed daily at 5 P. M. . 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