; NEW RENT LAW
FAILS TO STOP
PROFITEERING
NEW YORK, July 26 (by Associat
ed Press).—The new state rent laws
are in effective and have not deterred
profiteering landlords from continuing
^rent gouging assaults on thousands of
tenants in New York City, according
to Leo Kenneth Mayer, chief counsel
i for the mayor’s committee on rent
profiteering.
The landlords are adopting diverse
methods to circumvent the new laws,
Mr. Mayer declared and have been
successful to a certain extent.
The three chief dodges employed by
the landlords as outlined by Counsel
Mayer are to:
Notify tenants that their lease will i
not be renewed unless they are will
ing to pay exorbitant rentals. It
they refuse to meet this increase the
tenants are then ousted by due pro
cess of law.
Notify tenants that the premises
have been sold on the co-operative '
plan but offer to sell them the apart
ment, if they will pay the exorbitant
sum asked.
Show a higher valuation on their
property by alleged sales and thus
^ able to extract a higher rental.
The first method, according to Mr.
Maher, is the most popular but is
rather slow as it takes one month to
one year to legally evict a tenant.
The co-operative selling plan, he de
clared, was one of the new inventions
of the landlord to exploit the tenant, i
The transferring of property on the
* pretense of making a bona fide sale '
and thus increasing the valuation of !
the premises is one of the latest
dodges, Mr. Mayer explained. By this
method the landlord “sells” to a rela
tive or business partner, then “buys”
the property back again and thus runs
up the valuation, which will command
a higher rental under the state laws.
The entire legal staff of the rent
committee has been placed at the dis-1
posal of tenants in their fight against
the rent profiteer. Landlords who
are inclined to be fair are meeting
their tenants in the offces of the com
mittee and are arranging new leases
with their tenants on definite terms.
The rent committee which has been
in operation for 15 months has
handled 70,000 cases of which 62,000
have been settled in and out of cort.
Of the' remaining cases, 8.000 are list
ed as hopeless and no settlement pos
sible.
There is a constant flood of com
plaints into the committee’s office,
which is visited by about 5,000 tenants
every week.
The committee’s office staff of
seven, according to Mr. Maher,
handles more than 2,000 complaints
by mail besides from 200 to 300 tele
phone calls.
The committee which is maintained
as a municipal department is making
an investigation of these claims and
furnishing legal talent free of charge
to all worthy cases.
. MABEL NORMAND IN
GOOD COMEDY TONIGHT
A prank a minute is Mabel Nor
mand’s record in the rapid-action
funfest entitled “A Perfect 36.” The
screen’s most delightful comedienne,
as a boarding house slavey, a travel
ing saleswoman, a diving girl and an
alleged jewel robber gives more of
her joyous self than in any of her re
cent comedy successes. And her
pranks never permit a dull moment
throughout the entire production. She
loses jobs faster than she can
get them. She’s a teasing madcap,
leaving a riot of fun in her wake.
A News reel, and a Travel film com
plete the program which will be
shown tonight only. Remember, it’s’
your only chance to see Mabel in “A
V* Perfect 36.”
Tomorrow night a Christian Science
lecture will be given at the Empress,
and on Wednesday and Thursday,
Mme Nazimova, the world’s greatest
tragedienne, in the wonder picture,
“Out of the Fog.”
Adapted from the famous screen
play “Ception Souls,” it brings to the
screen all the mystery of the sea, the
charm of romance, and the magnetic
appeal of the great Nazimova, which
made the original play successful on
two continents. A powerful drama
that strikes deep to the heart strings.
Meals well cooked and properly
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UNION OWNED
SHOPS FIGHT
PROFITEERING
NEW YORK, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Profiteering in the women’s
garment industry will be fought with
union owned shops, factories and
stores by the International Ladies’
Garment Workers’ Union.
This became known here today
when officials of the union announced
that it has a committee at work lay
ing the foundation for the first group
af union owned factories, which are
expected to be in operation next
3pring.
These factories are to be estab
lished, according to Benjamin Schles
nger, international president, to dem
anstrate that the workers can be paid
'irst-class wages, work less hours and
snjoy better working conditions than
they are now getting and reap a
‘reasonable profit” from their product
and still sell it considerable under
;he regular market price.
The union proposes to sell its out
put to consumers through their own
stores.
The first group of six factories -will
ae established in New York, together
(vith a number of union stores, union
afficials said. Others will be located
in Chicago and Philadelphia.
A mole funds for the factories have
been provided by the international
anion, Mr. Schlesinger said, and later
is more money is needed “union shop
and factory assessments” will be
levied to finance the project until it
is on a paying basis.
‘“We expect to be turning out med
ium and high priced garments for the
spring trade,” A. Baroff, secreteary
of the union said. “The first factories
will probably employ about 1,000 work
ers to be selected by the union.” They
will pay higher wages than are paid
by employers in the garment industry
and a seven-hour day will be in effect,
he added. The workers now work an
eight hour day with a half holiday on
Saturday.
The local unions of the Ladies’ Gar
ment Workers, according to Mr. Bar
off, are also taking steps on their own
initiative to defeat the high cost of
living by establishing co-operative res
taurants and stores. A number of
stores have been started in New York
and a restaurant is being operated by
unions in Philadelphia, he said.
Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
The beat of coffee at the Alaskan
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Sun Maid Raisin Bread, always a
favorite at the City Bakery.
AMERICAN MADE ADDING I
MACHINES CUTTING IN ON!
PROFITS OF THE GERMANS!
BERLIN, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—German manufacturers of
adding machines are appealing to the
government for assistance in their
fight to prevent the importation of
American made machines which they
claim now are superflous, as the
German industry is capable of sup
plying the home demand.
Action has been precipitated by the
application of a well-known American
firm through its Berlin branch for
permission to import 1,700 adding ma
chines to meet the German demand
until the American firm has com
pleted its local branch factory.
The German manufacturers have
addressed a joint appeal to the min
istry of economics demanding inforce
ment of the existing import embargo
and requesting that wholesale impor
tation should be prohibited.
The Vorwaerts declares that, while
the German working man does not
desire to be placed under the dom
ination of American capital the pres
ent action by the German makers is
undignified and not in keeping with
the German efficiency which has al
ways been able to assert itself in the
competitive markets even when pitted
'against American enterprise.
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Alaskan Grill and Bakery. 20-tf
The Alaskan Grill caters to partic
ular people in high class bakery
goods. 20-tf
Have you an old hat? Take it to
Peyser and have it made like new.
You’ll be surprised at the result.—Do
it now!—Phone 188—He’ll do the rest.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Louise
Dorothy Hegg, Plaintiff, vs. Roy Ed
ward Hegg, Defendant. No. 1047.
Summons.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting—To the Above
Named Defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to-wit, within
thirty days after the 12th day of
August, 1920, and answer the com
plaint of the above named plaintiff in
the above entitled action, wherein said
plaintiff prays that she be granted a
decree of absolute divorce from you,
the said defendant, forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony now existing
between you and said plaintiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in her complaint as
hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is June 30, 1920, and
such order was duty made and entered
and filed herein on said date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is July 1st, 1920, and the
date of its last publication is August
12th, 1920.
Witness: The HONORABLE FRED
M. BROWN, Judge of said Court and
the seal of said Court on this 1st day
of July, 1920.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By Thos. S. Scott, Deputy.
Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
First publication, July 1, 1920.
Last publication, August 12, 1920.
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