Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-18
RENT Commission
GRANTS INCREASES
Permits Raises for Several
Apartments in Darlington
Building.

! Increases in rents OF several apart |
ments in the Darlington. l49 A street |
| northeast. were granted in determine
tons announced today by the District
\ Tent commission The advances per-
i United in today's determinations Were in
addition to increases Of rents for other
nounced yesterday.
[ The petitions. all filed by H. l.. Rust.
lagent for Kennedy & Davis. Inc. and
rents allowed. were as follows: Against
n. y. Straight. apartment -. fair rent
$50 a month: against Mrs. +. IL. Tomp-
ikins. apartment 45. fair rent. $i3 a
,month: against F. w Chadwick. apart
Iment Al. fair rent. S45; against. j.. r.
Reichard, apartment SO. fair rent. si1.,0;
iagainst Sebe Newman, apartment %,
fair rent. $50.
\ Tenant Asks Compensation.
William A. Colman occupant Of an
apartment in the Monmouth Apartment
Hotel. in suit filed with the rent COM
mission against James l.. karrick.
lowner Of the building. asks the rent
commission 10 award him compensa-
ton for alleged withdrawal of service,
cutting off OF electric current and for
| humiliation and embarrassment
! which the complainant says was caused
by the alleged action of the agents OF
the apartment hotels owner He al
leges that the commission on May ) or
dered a reduction in the rent Of his
apartment. and that prior to that date
| his electricity was cut off. other serv-
lice was discontinued and that thereby
he was seriously Inconvenience. This
| Is the first case to he filed with the
rent commission in which compensatory
damages are asked.
Cases Heard Today.
Cases heard by the rent commits
1 sion to-day 1nhn II Wolff
against +. c. Hohmann. possession Of
1902 Center street northwest: Ida l..
Smith against Mrs. Mandel Nathan.
possession of 1917 f street south
west; Arthur G. Borden against the
in L. Sansbury Co, adjustment Of
trent Of Ills G. street northwest;
| Washington Loan and Trust Company,
| a corporation and Grace Fl. Graham
against g. W. Shoemaker. possession
| of 1927 18th street northwest; Wash
| ington Loan and Trust Company. cor
| poration. and Martha S. Boyd against
| Edward F. Middleton. possession of
1 40 o street northeast. Florence A.
Graves against John y. Gwin. posses
| sion of 937 X street northwest. Will
liam j. Brewer against William F.
Smith. possession of fiat. SEA Penn
saylvania avenue southeast: NJ E.
Norman against Mrs. J. Barbagillo.
| eth street northwest: NJ 3. Norman
against NJ. p. Cannon. permission to
| increase rent of 1888 ID street north
| west
| Sixteen Determinations Yesterday.
Sixteen determinations announced
by the rent commission yesterday es
tablished record for a single day
and demonstrated that the compassion
| is obtaining results in its efforts to
speed up proceedings. In three. of
the determinations rents We're fixed
for apartments in the Darlington
apartment house. 149 A street north
east. The rent commission was asked
by H. L. Rust. agent for Kennedy &
Davis, Inc, to fix fair rents for apart.
ments in sthe building. For apartment
3. occupied by 0. r. Jansen. the COM
mission fixed a rental of s45 month
NJ. Pearce, the rental was fixed at $40
MONTH. and for an. apartment occu- |
pied by-% s. Darlington the rent was
fixed atif50.. Fair rentals for other |
apartmsnss are to be fixed in day or
Other determinations announced
were: Mary E. Walden against Jack |
n and5Gus n. ketcheli, possession of !
212 ChsStreet northwest. granted: \
Thomas Ryan, jr.. and Sadie N. Ryan |
sion Of 1908 23d street northwest. |
granted: Charles G. Eluto against +
Robert S. Cairns, possession of 1895 /
10th street northwest: granted: John
Jornick against Thomas p Brown.
agent. and Ernest Michel. adjustment
Of rent of, 1906 9Th street southwest.
rent fixed at $3.50 a month.
Cases Dismissed.
The following cases were dismissed:
Harry Coffin against Mrs. George C.
Allen, Joseph j. Campbell against A.
|C. Boxwell, Richard B. and Rosa A.
Glennan against Katherine A. Easton.
S. E. Sparshott against Thomas Ryan,
IT.; Helen A. and Mary E. Easton
against c. Powell Grady.
A motion for rehearing of the case.
of Carl Victory against Giuseppe and
Carmelo Totaro was overruled, as
were motions to dismiss the com
plants of Charles S. BONN and J. H. |
Jones against Clara A. Boyd and c. |
Is Shaw and others against Thomas !
w. Stubblefeld.
A demurrer to a complaint con-
corning insanitary conditions at 1913 |
Euclid street northwest. setting forth |
that this matter was not within the |
commissions jurisdiction, was sus-
tanned.