Evening star., 1921-08-09
AWARD OF POSSESSION
TO PROPERTY OWNERS
Six Win Decision of Rent Commis-
sion-Tenants Favored in
Five Cases.

Six property owners were giver
possession of their holdings. now oc
cupied by tenants, in determinations
handed down yesterday by the Dis
trict rent commission. Five tenants
were allowed to retain occupancy oil
notices to vacate served by theiI
landlords. Two rental reductions
were ordered by the commission
while three increases and four cur
rent rentals were approved.
Tenants of the Ilkley apartment
house, on l. street northwest. failed
to obtain substantial reductions in re-
sponse to their complaint against
rents charged by the owners. John r
Hawkins and Mortimer NJ, Harris. The
decision of the rent board in this case
follows:
Rent of apartment l, occupied by
NJ. w. Howard. fixed at $40. previously
S40.50: of apartment 4. occupied by
Joseph H. Douglas. fixed at $3.50. pre-
Siously the same: of apartment 3. oc-
$4050. previously the same: apart
ment 8. occupied by Charles E. Lane,
jr.. fixed at s47.5o, previously the
same.
Other decisions follows
Lola ]. Walls. complainant. against
Martha Fields; rent of Second-hoor
room, at 2145 Fl street northwest. oc-
oupied by Walls. fixed at SIS. previous
ly 50 a month.
w. H. Whittlesey. jr.. complainant,
against Mary F. Mullican; notice to
,acate 3407 Holmead place northwest,
served by Mullican on Whittlesey
sufficient.
against Claude D. Kesler; notice to
vacate 1912 Irving street northwest,
served by Kesler on Strieby' insufh-
cient.
James Morris Woodward. complain
ant. against Ruth Ophelia Hunter;
rent of 727 23d street northwest, oc-
clupied by Hunter. fixed at $25. pre-
yiously $3.50.
ant. against Luvenia Douglas; rent
of 729 23d street northwest. occupied
by Douglas. fixed at S25. previously
$3.50.
Jacob Schofer. complainant. against
Victor H. Wilkins: notice to vacate
S04 n street northwest, served by
Schofer on wilkins. sufficient.
J.. c. Cunningham. complainant,
against John L. Carter: notice to va
cate 1912 5th street northwest. served
by Carter on Cunningham, lnsu1-
ficient. Rent fixed at $40 month;
previously the same.
Harry Shapiro. complainant. against
Stone & Fairfax, Inc. and F. l..
Wagar: notice to vacate 5OS l street
northwest. served by defendants on
Shapiro, insufficient.
Gus Blachman. complainant. against
Frank A. Lee; notice to vacate Soi
and SO11a 1th street northeast, served
by Blechman on Lee, insufficient.
Samuel Shinberg and Bella Shin
berg. complainants. against solomon
Spivok; notice to vacate 1405 42 5th
street northwest. served by COM
plainants on Spivok, sufficient.
Harvey w. Payne 2cd Elsie L.
Payne, complainants. against Leonard
N Zisman; notice to vacate 124 12th
street northeast, served by complain
ants on Zisman, sufficient.
Annie R. Boxwell. complainant,
against William T. Raley; notice to
vacate 206 5th street southeast,
served by Boxwell on Raley. insult
ficient.
Frank kidwell, complainant
against Antony Scoglio and j. Pap
palardo, trading as Northeast Fruit
Company; notice to vacate stands
/ and 2, stalls Is and IS. Northeast
market served by kidweH on de-
PENDANTS. sufficient.
Charles N. Watts. complainant
against John c. Barrows: notice to
vacate 6121a 7th street southwest
served by Barrows on Watts, insult
ficient.
David Craig, complainant. against
Rice Gaskins; rent of two rooms, at
GA TrumbuI street northwest, oc-
cupied by Craig, fixed at SIS. pre-
viously s11. Notice to vacate, insult
ficient.