Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-03
War Act Violation
Hinted in EUictiOn


Continued from PAGE One
United States district attorney Monday
morning. Mrs. Glassmire will be Dues
toned concerning all events relative to
her eviction.
mo Quarrel With Sheriff
Private Glassmire. who is staying al
the home of his fiancee's father. L. J.
Welsh. 2011 South Cecil street. said to-
day that he came to Philadelphia last
night with the intention of getting
vengeance on the man who put his
mother out of his home.
Il have no quarrel with the sheriff. :"
he said. because he did only what was
his duty. The landlord is the man.
want to see.
Mrs. Glassmire, the veterans mother.
calmed her son, and today he has
changed his attitude of physical ven
geanCe to one of a desire for legal salts
faction. His fiancee, Miss Mary Welsh.
is by his side constantly. joining in the
fight to obtain justice for his aged father
and mother.
The first | heard of this affair"
Glassmire said. was when | received
letter from my mother asking me to
appear here in court April ). Then
followed the report Of the eviction, and
saw red. | had obtained ten days
furlough to come home for Easter and
! succeeded in having this advanced
few days.
There isn't any question but what
my mother and father have been given
dirty deal. ! have been paying the
rent for their little home out of my
monthly allOtments. 1t is an out
rage.
Thomas Anderson. ~ North Millick
street. received notice this morning
from the sherffs office that a writ of
eviction would be served upon him.
Mrs. Anderson. wife of the tenant, Is
an invalid.
Hunter. who served the writ in the
GlasSmire case. is scheduled to deliver
the papers TO Anderson. Mr.. Anderson
said today that he first received notice
to move February IL,
\ second notice was sent to him Feb
ruary 10 and the following day an
agent appeared and askedLhhderson to
return the notice. dccls:ing that it was
an error.
Anderson's rent was raised from $27
to S3a in January. but he refused "a
nav the Increase. Tho agent accepted
his check for S27 for the January and
February rent, but returned check
So- the same amount for the March
reuu. Then the notice from the sheriff :
office arrived.
The house mas not been sold, Ander
son said.
Parr Talks for Tenants
Nearly 1000 families in West Phila
delphia, included in the membership Oi
the Tenants Protective Association oi
PENNSYLVANIA in that district, have
received notices 10 vacatp rneir homes
or have had their rent raised on them
according to G.. Howard Parr, presi-
/ dent of the association.
Something ought 10 be done by thu
/ Governor or the Legislature TO checl
this wholesale eviction" Mr. Parr
said today. 1T will be nothing short
| Of calamity. We tenants don't wan
sympathy-we'vC got plenty OF that
We want homes.
Mr.. Parr alleges that COnspirarr!
exists among some Philadelphia rea
4 estate mFn 10 Oust tenants from thei
homes and thus create demand TO
their old properties and sell them off
A meeting nf tho tenants Of Wcs
philndPlphia has been called for Mon
day night, and William j. Elliott, al
attorney representing the Tenants
Association, has been instructed to pre-
Darc petition 10 Governor Sproul Il
be acted upon at that time. The situa,
ton that has risen over the Glassmir'
eviction will also come up for discus
sion by the tenants.
The officers of the orga nizatOn beside
Mr.. Parr. are II. j. McDcvitt, first vice
president; Il. a. Maule, second vic
president II. c. List. treasurer; Mrs
A. l.. Parr, secretary, and Mrs. a. j
BlaCIley. assistant secretary.
Members of the American Legion
many Of whom are victims of cvictiOns
are planning TO support the Tenants
Protective Association in a demand 70
u specinl session OF the Legislature L
dolphia. At the meetings OF all tn
West Philadelphia posts next week res
olutions will be- introduced calling upol
/ Governor SprouI TO do something T.
check the eyictions there. The tenant
and Legion men say that If New bOrI
can pass laws TO cheek real estate prof
kfteering Pennsylvania can do the same