The Washington times., 1919-08-27

"AsAyAA exception, W1onInTtDu
~. -p.Fs snaent house. owners win not per-
come into their houses.n
William s. Waudbv. Of tho EvaffreR
apartment. told the COMMITTEES -
troubles seem 60 Be ended now. Sat not
lon8 ago be was ''prodtseredn cut az =
house ct sos water street. which va
sold over his head.
Buy = house or live in 4 tent the
agent Informed him ahrrnffv u-han -
compained he eouldh't nnd shelter.
Mf. Waudby said Ne couldn't ana
tent, but he ala manage to and ~ olf
store-room near the waterfront. n
lieu Of the tent.
-Rhat sort Of . place vas itg- the
committee asked.
lived n the trenches Tor two
laughed
After two months 'in the trtnehs-s
Waudby found his present apartment
against VI 4ich he said be had ne reasor
% complain.
Tenants Browbeafen.
John ?. Dickman. former oRioisl a.
the Central Labor Union. who lives q
1l07 New Jersey avenue, Informed ihs
COMMITTEES that tenants -have been
broW-beaten. bamboozled ard bun-
dozed until they are IN = state 10 anb-
NIT % anything"
Real estate men claim thsv hav.
nothing 70 do with the increases ia
rents" declared Mr. Dlcxman, sbut j
would Ike the committee b summon
Eugene a. Taegeft. 1929 New York
avenue. and r. u. Thompson.
he submitted q list of 100 ernpfcver
OF the GovefEment Printing oHiee
complaining against prohteorinr.
Ar. Dickman read 4 sample lease a.
new rentals 70 be demanded October
with an accompanying note from ths
agent % the eRect that these rents
are only quoted 70 cur present tEi-
ants, Tor neEftenants win have 20 pay
q higher rent" The note urged ne
tenants % sign up" Immediately. for
there was q @long waiting Hst.s Hs
also asked the COMMITTEES 70 summon
J. p. Cook, OF SwartEell. Rheem q
Hensey, real estate, but the COMMITTEES
had beat him 20 L, IS the name O. the
nrm appears on the Est Of agents %
be subpoenaed.
sub-Leasers Are Gourers.
Dr. w. Carson Ryan. ir. Of fts
United States Pension oRIce and rep
resenting the National Fsdsration 81
Federal Employees. dlsd . long list of
complaints from the association mem-
bers. Citing one Instance of how
people who are sublsasire are eour-
Ing the public. Or. Ryan called attsn-
ton 70 q notice Of ca apartment house
for sale BY Percy n. Russell q Co.
Ninth street and New York avenue.
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rentals from the apartment house
were S7.SS1. and Invited purchase 81
holding out the inducsment that the
rentals -coQld be easily doubled
Mrs. L Sontag, ~ Copley Courtg,
1919 Seventeenth street northwest. ID
upon her daughter for
support They first rented tive
rooms and bath for S37.50 q month.
Then it was raised 10 $50 Nov the
agent wants $50. Her daughter's
salary isn't sufficient 70 meet the
raise. and to prevent being put out
INTO the street. they are taking
refuge under the salisbury law.
Rent Jumps e2aa Per Monfh.
Richard Hartley, who maintains q
cigar store at 1900 r street north
west. Is under notice from Walter
Brown, owner Of the property. %
get out" on September 1st Il hs
doesn't consent to an increase a his
rent from S198, which he ID now
paying. to $3.50 4 month He origin
lily paid S1f1 f8r rens. HIS arsnts
IRE Shannon & Luchs.
Mrs. Rena 8. smith. OF the Birming-
ham apartments. had a unique eE-
)erience as result OF q IRE which
irove all occupants from the build
ng. She told OF her litigation with
DIT. George II. p. Cole over reinstats-
nent. When she sought her apart
nent after the IRE she found the
'ent had been raised to SIS q month.
only by civil action was she able TO
get Il again at the former rate OF $40.
Eugene 3. Gaddls the Carlton.
4anier place, had a long bill OF COM
'Iaints against Thomas w. Buckley,
,Wner OF the building where he
Ooms. He said he could sit IN his
Dom and almost every night listen
o Buckley threaten a woman above
lin with expulsion II she didn't pay
n increase. Mr.. Gaddis testified,
.mong other things, that last Now
mber Buckley refused to keep q are
n the furnace.
Started Fire HImselE
Mr.. Gaddis said he Is the only man
n the apartment, and the women ten
nts are helpless, 50 he took matters
n his own hands. He went down IN
he basement and started a lFe.
,uckey Immediately threw water
poR it and nailed up the door 20 the
cal bin. He told Buckley that IL he
idn't keep a IRE going he would
reak down the door and build an
ther himself This threat bad q
artial result. but it didn't last long.
seems.
Things finally became so bad that
adds had a warrant issued for
'uckey for violation. OF the District
Avs in not keeping the house heated.
Ie said he finally consented to dis
iiss the case in court II Buckley
-ould agree to putting an agent IN
ontrol OF the house. This was done,
ut the promise OF the agent that
verything would be alright" only
lsted fOrty-eight hours, Mr.. Gaddig
sSSi ded. The landlord is now de-
landing an increase Of 100 per cent
-om some Of his tenants. He said he
ad never asked for any repairs be-
luse ne knew it would be useless.
Mr.. Gaddis said he used to be q
and has built about 100
Ouses. The apartments in his place
residence were $50 n month In
)16, he said. and the house was pay
lg from ~ to IS per cent on the IN
The assessed value OF Ire
roperty Is $4,000, he said. and the
nnual rentals that Buckley gets