Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
ROXY DEMANDS $1,000
DEFICIT BE PAID BY
MRS. JOHN DAUGHERTY

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more than one occasion Mr.. Rothafel
is declared by several persons who
have reduced their knowledge Of his
statements to writing to have said
that he would he willing to suffer
a loss and not deprive any tubercular
children Of the right to recovery.
These statements have been placed
in the hands of Mr.. Wilson.
Mr.. Rothafel. >however, declared
that his expenses for the two days
here in connection with the concerts
amounted to $S.9on which he paid
but after seeing that the concerts did
not produce as much money was
anticipated he reduced his expense
account of s. 600 Mr. Rothafel and
his company came To Washington
two days prior To his apreara nee and
gave entertainments to diSa hed vet
Grams. The expense for those two
DAYS was borne by Mr.. Rothafel, he
says.
Defends Preliminar, Work
Several assistants to Mrs Dough-
erty in promoting the concerts here
today denied the charge made yester-
day by Roxy that the entire arrange
ments here were badly ma ma sed :"
explaining that the preliminaries could
not have been better taken care of.
They cited long hours spent in can
VassinC the city. both by indirec, and
direct appeals. and were confiien- tilat
no other group of worker; could have
made better showing.
There was no indica ton in Mr.
Eothafel's letter that he cnntempla, ca
any legal action against Ms Dough
erty for the money he claimed! Il
Is known that there -"a* no written
agreement between ''Isuzy" and Mrs
Dougherty o. Mrs Nav Moran of
Pittsburgh. executive secretary OF the
national orGa nzation. who is charged
with raising money for The project "a
institution. Mr.. Rothaf"l has declared
that on the knowledge Of Mai Dough
eTtyS high standing in society and
her prominence in charitahln work in
the National Capital he abandoned
trip to Detroit !" answer her appeal.
Won't Forget Bill.
Mrs. Moran had a large part in
working mp details Of the arrange
ments with Mr. Rothafel. and it is
understood her first meeting with the
radio entertainer was through a let
ter Of Introduction written by Mrs
Dougherty. Mrs. Moran was in Pitts
burgh yesterday, hut was reported 10
be en- route IL Washingiu:! to heln
Mr.. Rothafel declared that it costs
$4,000 year 20 maintain his gang
which must he kept on the pay roll
regularly. The gang now is his per-
Sonal property. SO to speak since he
divorced himself from the Capitol
Theater in New York He obtained
the services of some Of the prominent
entertainers Of that amusement place
over to his side and Augmented the
gang with other prominent radio
entertainers He. therefore. believes
that he should ne compensated for
some Of the losses he said were in
Cured while in Washington. and is
not willing to acceed To any requests
from Washington /" forget about
the bill.
Those who undertook the work here
for the cause. which has been declared
extremely important. were in the work
with an altruistic motive and thought
to. obtain as much money from popu.
lar subscription by means. of the CON
Certs for devotion To an institution
which would restore health to tuber-
culous children. They were given
every indication that Mr.. Rotha fel
shared in this feeling. and therefore
hold tightly to his reported state
ments that no less should be suffered
while arguing that if his claim is paid
from the fund he still would have
81 600 due him.
Mrs Dougherty was still in Balti-
more today and could not be located
by telephone. Her comment Saturday.
although brief, was that Mr.. Rothafel
would get prprata share of the
proceeds. This, however. was made
before the letter in question was re-
ceived here.