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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS SHILLING A QUART ... MILK PREDICTED. X London, Aug. 29. C. A. McCur dy, parliamentary secretary for the food ministry, predicts that milk will cost a shilling a quart next win ter. He said powers will be grant ed the local authorities x to supply subsidized milk to poor British chil dren at less than cost or free. Tribunals will be established im mediately to adjudicate cases of food profiteering. AGGRIEVED AT LOSING LETTER TO PRINCE. Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 29. Col. W. G. Barker, foremost aviator of Can ada, is aggrieved over his experience in the Toronto-New York aerial en durance race.N He says that he en tered for the express purpose of tarrying a letter from the Prince of Wales to President Wilson and that when he reached Mineola the letter was not in his mail bag. Col. Barker has informed the prince and is consulting his lawyers. BELGIANS ACCEPT HOOVER'S PROPOSAL Brussels, Aug. 29. The Belgian government has accepted the pro posal of Herbert Hoover, director general of the interallied relief or ganization, that the final assets ; of the Belgian relief commission, itniountingvto about $16,000,000, be devoted to the creation of a founda tion for the higher education of children of the workers and people of limited means. PRUSSIANS STILL IN CONTROL IN GERMANY. Berlin, Aug. 29. The Vorwaerts announce the composition of the new imperial council as follows: Prussia, 25 votes; Bavaria, 7; Saxony, 5; Wuerttemburg, 3: all other states 1, while the two Keuss principalities, coupled receive one vote. BELGIAN CARDINAL TO VISIT GIBBONS. Washington, Aug. 29. Because of the absence of President Wilson' from "Washington next month, it is understood that the first, visit to be ,,wa4e" in. this country by Cardinal Mercier, the veteran Belgian prelate, will be to Cardinal Gibbons at Bal timore. Cardinal Mercier will spend several days resting in New York niter his arrivals on the transport Agamemnon on which he will sail from Brest early in September. VANDERBILT GETS JOB AS A "CUB" REPORTER. New York, Aug. 29 Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.;. son of Brig. tJen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, has forsaken Newport .society life to accept a job' as "cub" reporter on the N3w York Herald -.at $25 a week, it was ..mA Viei-n Frwlsv " nielit. Ihe ivni iiwu : 1 v - . .. .. j . . vonng millionaire obtained the posi tion by a letter ne wrote to mc editor of the paper. , "I wanted to be a reporter, he aid. "beciuse L have always found ntwspaper men to be the brightest and most alert people I know." FOCH PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT. London,vAug. ,29. Marshal Foch in a letter of thanks to the British parliament says: - "If,! was able to bring the war to a speedy conclusion, it was due to the sustained-diermination of - the British government to reinforce and keep up in 1918 sufficient effectives mid give powerful assistance to the transport of American divisions." HOSPITAL HEALTH RESORT FOR AVIATION OFFICERS. Washington, Aug. 29.-,(By Uni versal Service.) The aviation hos pital at Cooperstown, N.. Y., is be-, ing used as a "health resort" for aviation officers, who are waited upon by large corps of privates who ate unable to obtain their discharge from the army. This charge was made by Repre sentative .Tincher- of Kansas in a speech in the house. Mr. Tincher said: - . , , "Nobody is sick at the hospital. -A number of officers are there 'goldbricking' it for a fine summer vacation, iu the mountains. Boys from my own district tell me each officer has three or four privates to wait on him, and that there is even a wealthy civilian quartered there whom rhe privates also have to serve. r- "Two of these men are farmers who will be unable to plant fall crops unless they are released. The War department ignored my at tempts to help them out." Mr. Tincher made the charge during deoate on xne war uqpan nient's bill providing for 18,000 of ficers during ' the fiscal year of '"5- ,.v; -- - . . :.. SENATOR LA FOLLETTE ATTACKS NEWSPAPERS. Washington, Aug. 29. Discussion ,by Senator La Follette. republican, "Wisconsin, of the oil land leasing bill Friday, prevented final action on the measure. The Wisconsin sen ator yielded) the floor late in the day after speaking 12 hours in three days against the measure, but announced that about two' hours would be re quired to conclude his speech. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, in charge of the bill, gave notice when the senate recessed that if a final vote was not-reached by 6 o'clock Saturday evening he- would ask for a night session. The leasing bill, ( even as now framed, Senator La Follette said, was not satisfactory to the Navy and Justice departments.. He read to the senate a letter written by Secretary Daniels to-the house public lands committee recommending that the California' and Wyoming naval re serves be struck from the provision of the bill. , . The Wisconsin senator also at tacked the newspapers of the coun try, saying they were "controlled." After having made the charge sev eral years ago. he said, the news papers "damned me for it and for a -time they kept me out of their .columns.1 ,v ; -; . OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. Th Omaha,' DAiLt' Bee Vol. 40 no. 63. EalwW M mh4(m natter May St, INS. at Oaaka P..O. ur art at MtrvH S. It7. OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1919. By Mall (I yr). Dally. 4.W: Sanaw. S2.M: Dally aa Sa IS.M1 atiltfa Nab. aaataaa axtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER t Fair Saturday and Sunday: Warmer Sunday. Hourly tcmpr raturn: S. a. m ..'..7 1 p, s. m.........Bi t p. 1 . m ... S t. fl a. m. ...... .Hi 4 p. B a. m ' 5 p. 10 . m H p. II a. in....... ,7S I p. IS ...16 p. m.. , 78 m M .. .... H ......0 , M (3 t? n n p77M rn JV ml PROVS ONS CURTAIL 3 I OF TREATY Senate Committee Stoutly As sails Peace Covenant, Knox Suggesting Only Safe Way Is to Reject it Altogether. DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS AGAINST AMENDMENTS Would Limit Power of Ameri can Representatives on Rep arations Commission, Which Is to Collect Bill From Huns. PROFITEERING ON DINING CARS, SAYS JEFFERIS Quotes ' Exorbitant Prices Charged in Letter to Di-. rector General Hines. Washington, Aug. 2.-By The Associated Press.) rhe treaty of peace was aggressively assailed by its senate foes again today, the for eign relations committee approving three more textual amendments to its provisions and Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, a republican menr ber'of the committee and former secretary of state, advising the sen ate that the only safe way to deal with it was to reject it altogether. Acting by a vote of nine to eight in each case, the committee adopt ed without extending debate amend; ments designed to equalize British and American representatioflin the league of nations, to prevent the British dominions from participat ing in a league decision affecting any one of them, and to curtail the power ' of the American represen tative on the reparations commis sion which is to collect Germany's reparation bill. , . Democrats Fight Hard. Democratic committee " members presented a solid front against all of the proposals and were joined by Senator McCumber, republican. North Dakota, -who also had voted against the two. amendments adopt ed prior to today's session. Only one proposed amendment now re mains on the committee's calendar, though others may be presented when consideration of the subject is resumed early next year. In his senate address Senator Knox declared the full purpose of American participation in the war had been, accomplished with the armistice, and that fhere had been no reason for projecting the nation into the European settlements. He said a complete peace basis could be established bv action cr con. gress as soon as three of the other principal powers had ratified the treaty and that such course would free the country from many danger ous probabilities of foreign encangle ments. Terms Too Harsh. v The peace terms imposed upon Germany, said the Pennsylvania senator, went beyond the pale of international law and would be im possible of enforcement. . He char acterized them as constituting "not the treaty but the truce of Ver sailes" and as laying foundation "for centuries of blood-letting." During" the day another of the treaties negotiated at Versailles was sent to the senate by President "Wilson. It was the treaty made with Poland by the principal pow ers and signed June 28. With it the president sent an'agreement for "occupation of the Rhine signed by the United States and other 'pow ers on the same day." Make Letter Public. Submission of the Polish treaty, the Rhine agreement and other data , (Continard en Page Six, Column Six.) By E. C. SNYDER, Staff Correspondent Omaha Be. Washington, Aug. 29. (Special Telegram.) In - a letter to Walker Hines, director general of railroads. Representative Jefferis pointed out that "while congress and the vari ous governmental agencies were hard at work in their endeavors to discover,,tneans of lowering the high cost of living, it my be pertinent to suggest that you turn your at tention to the food prices prevail ing on the dining cars of the vari ous railroads under your jurisdic tion. "I have before me a menu card of the Wabash dining car service," says the letter, and will quote you several prices therefrom. Sliced peaches, 3ft, cents, -whipped cream 40 cents. This dish consists of two sliced peaches that cost S cents in the market and I amreliably in formed that there is a plentiful sup ply on the market at that price. Poached eggs are quoted at 20 cents each. This represents a profit of more than 75 per cent. Half portion of bacon wti fried egg, 50 cents, with two eggs, 65 cents. To my mind it would be difficult to dis cover a more flagrant example of profiteering than this. It wpuld be well at this crisis for a government department to set a good example in the matter of price" fixing and then command others to follow. It would seem reasonable for us to say 'do as I do, rather than do as I say."' These charges were suggested to Mr. Jefferis by a businessman of Omaha who thought Mr. Hines should be advised of conditions on the dining cars in view of the fatt that he has invited suggestions from the patrons of the railroads. Bee Editor Shows How Westerners Can Hustle Washington, Aug. 29. (Special Telegram.) Victor Rosewater in his first day in Washington t as chairman off the committee of' the American Publisher's association urging the repeal of the zone system as applied to. newspapers, showed what a hustling westerner could do when there was something to work f6r onjhe carpet. . He saw senators and representatives and gave them postal intelligence of a character that bids fair to bear good results when the repeal bill gets before congress. He will continue his mis sion of education Saturday and go over to Baltimore to spend Sunday with relative. He will be back on the job Monday. Letter Received From Bandit Reported Killed Douglas, Ariz,, Aug. 29. A letter purporting to have been written by Jesus Renteria, bandit -captor of Lieuts. Harold G. Peterson and Paul H. Davis of the United States army, who held them for ransom has been received by the Douglas Daily Dis patch The writer claims the bandits evaded the expeditionary force sent to effect their capture. The letter was turned oyer to civil and mili tary authorities who are investigating- though they said they' be haved it fake. GOVERNORS OFFER ASSISTANCE IN SOLVING'H. C L AIR CAN Result .of Washington Confer ence Assures Close Federal and State po-Operation. Washington, Aug. 29. New im petus was given the government's campaign to reduce the cost of liv ing at conferences Friday which as sured, the closest co-operation be tween federal and state authorities. Governors of Missouri, Maine, Minnesota, Arizona, Pennsylvania VLnd South L-arolina and Lieutenant "TGovernor McDowell of Montana, representing the National Confer ence of Governors, spent several hours studying the situation with Attorney General Palmer and then called at the White House to offer President Wilson the full machinery of the states in the effort to re store a normal price "revel. As a result there is greater opti mism in the Capital over the out look than has been evident in many days. , t Aftr meeting with the president and the attorney general, the com mittee of governors announced these facts: , t Thar all the people of the nation and all organizations should imme fiately co-operate for the purpose of increasing the production of the necessaries of life. That economy in consumption and care in purchasing the necessaries of life are equally important with production. That every agency of the federal and state governments should co operate forthwith to prevent profi teering. Wilson and Gompers Hold White House Labor Conference Washington, Aug. 29. After two days of conferences with other of ficials of the American Federation of Labor, President Samuel Gompers, who returned from Europe this week rather unexpectedly, discussed the disturbed labor situation over the country with President Wilson Friday at the White House. No announcement was made on behalf of the president and Mr. Gompers and the union officials who accompanied him, including repre sentatives of the steel workers, steadfastly refused to discuss what had transpired. -It is known, however, that the president was asked to intervene in the- dispute between the steel work ers and the United States Steel cor poration over wages, hours, working conditions and the right of collective bargaining.. Before going to the White House the committee of steel workers made public a telegram to the council at Gary. Ind, in which they charged that the -steel corporation was dis charging union men at a number of its plants in an effort to force the strike issue before the president could avct. The men were urged not to strike until all efforts at a peace ful settlement had been made, SITUATION IS CRITICAL Widely Variant Emotions Agi tating People of Union and Long Smouldering Crisis Is Brought to a Head. REPUBLIC INDEPENDENT OF BRITAIN, DEMANDED Jan 'Smuts Looms JJp as Pos sible Savior of. Country From Bloody War Provided He Becomes Premier. Pretoria, S. A., Aug. 29. (By Uni versal Service.) In the death of Louis Botha, prime minister of the Union of South Africa, one of the pillars of the British empire has beenjelled. Widely variant emotions "are agi tating the people of the Union. The premier's death brings to a head a long smouldering crisis. The inde pendence movement has gained by leaps and bounds of late, and the people are now divided as sharply as are the Sinn Feiners and Ulster ites in Ireland, one side clamoring for complete separation from Brit ain and the creation of an independ ent republic, the other , working tooth and nail for the retention and cementing of the union with the empire. Fully 1,000,000 negroes, with no interest in this, as yet blood less struggle, stand by sullenly, their racial consciousness fanned by mani fold causes, and making trouble wherever and whenever they can. Will Smuts Succeed Him. Who will succeed Botha is the question on all lips and all eyes indeed, the eyes of Britishers every where turn toward Jan Christian Smuts, Botha's right hand man, con queror of German East Africa and long Botha's rival in the affections of the South African people. Smuts is looked upon as the logi cal second premier of the Union. Like Bt5tha. he was one of the Boer leaders in that terrible struggle two decades ago, and like Botha he later became one of Britain's strong men in creating and maintaining the Union as a loyal part of the empire, fhit for some time Smuts has been regarded as thes tronger. of the twq stronger in the sense ot greater in itiative, fearlessness and vision. On his first visit to England he carried the people there by storm with his eloquence and statesmanship. He sprung his first international sensa tion when Lloyd George sent him to Switzerland so he might listen to what an Austrian peace emissary had to say". Puts Blunt Question He met that emissary and pift this-blunt question to him: "Is it true that Austria-Hungary is readty to make a separate peace?" The perplexed imperial messenger stuttered some evasive reply. The Afrikander's way of calling a spade a spade had taken him off his feet. "Yes or no?" asked Smuts. The emissary kept maneuvering for a "diplomatic" conversation, but Smut ended the business with: "Well, then good night." - And Smuts went back to London. That was Smut's way throughout the war aggressive, direct, uncom promising. "The world must be rid of the Teutonic autocracy," was his watchword. "Until then, nothing else matters." i Startled Great Britain. But as soon as the war was over and the autocracy crushed Smuts startled Britain and the world in a different way He began a cam paign for appeasement of Germany on the theory that only a policy of conciliation1 could bring lasting peace. He signed the peace at '.Ver sailles under protest, submitting a sensational memorandum setting forth his views. Since that day sentiment in Bri tain toward him has cooled steadily until now it has becomealmost hos tile. From this change arises some doubt if Britain will "stand for" Smuts as successor to Botha. Yet to hrush him aside and prefer a fig urehead, it is felt here, would in evitably lead td grave trouble, for the people of South Afica by vir tue of their very nature need a leader who is a strong man and who commands the eChfidence of the majority, since the struggle be tween the unionists and republicans the latter Jed -by General Hertzog is. becoming daily more intensive. It is for these reasons that the death of Botha opens up a new and iperhaps 'stormy era in the history of South Atrica ana or me onusn empire. Mexican Intervention Urged by Governor El Paso, Aug. 29. Intervention in fvirn JinA the adootibn of the league of Nations "to make the world safe for American citizens" .were urged by Govt W. P. Hobby of Texas in a speech made Friday night at a pinner given in nis nonor Dy friends here, ' W. W.' "I don't think it'sgoingto bemuch 6f astorm" S jr ' RAIL STRIKERS AT LOS ANGELES VOTE TO GO BACK Decision Reached by Slight Majority at Mass Meeting of Yardmen and Switchmen. Los Angeles,, Aug. 29. By slight majority, 2,000 switchmen and yardmen who have been on a ttrike here voted to return to work Sat urday morning at 7 o'clock. The vote was taken at a mass meeting Friday night which was-ad-dressed by A. F. Whitney, inter national vice president of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen. Following the vote those who balloted not to return to work de lared that despite the result they would not return to work. A meetr ing of those opposed to rturning was called. ' . The four local brootherhoods, trainmen, conductors, engineers and firemen, after a meeting here Friday ..night voted by a two-thirds major ity to return to work at 7 a. m. Saturday. The members of the four railway brotherhoods had been on strike hej for more than a' week, follow ing a walkout of yardmen in sym pathy with a strike of trainmen of the Pacific Electric Urban system. The action of the men will bring to, end a railroad tieup without pre cedent in the history of the west. It caused cancellation of transcon tinental trains, left many points in California .without mails for days and threatened a water famine at desert points dependent on railroad tank cars for their supplies of that fluid. Negroes Appeal to Wilson , for Protection of Race New York, ..Aug. 29. The Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People in a tele gram sent to President Wilson and made public here asks the immediate appointment of a commission to "in vestigate the failure of the states to protect American citizens," and calls attention to the recent attack in Texas o Secretary Shillady of the association. v Thirty-eight persons have been "brutally done to death by mobs in this country since last January," the telegram asserts, "36 of the victims being negroes." Pittsburgh Carmen Back. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 29. Street car service was resumed here today for the first time in two weeks when 3,000 striking motormen and con ductors of the Pittsburgh Street Railway company returned to work, following a vote of the carmen late yesterday to abandon the strike. The men went back to work at the wage increase 5 cents an hour granted them by the national war labor board recently, against which they .struck two weeks ago-' i WHOLESALE MEAT PRICES GO DOWN, BUT NOT RETAIL Chicago ConsumeTs Gain 'No Apparent Benefit From Slump Live Stock Market.' on Chicago, Aug. 29. Although live hogs have declined slightly more 'than $3 a hundred pounds in three days and dressed' beef was down $2 a hundred pounds in the wholesale markets Friday, with general bear ish sentiment prevailing, consumed in Chicago have gained no apparent benefit. The retail price of beef, pork and mutton continued tiigh, though mut ton was down with beef and pork in the wholes&le markets. The drop in live hog prices at the stock yards today was about SO cents below Thursday's general average. "Whoie6ale beef prices have shown an almost steady decline for almost four months." according to a state ment from H. H. Swift, vice presi dent of Swift & Co. "Our com pany's average1 wholesale price of beef sold in Chicago the week end ing May 3 was $20.91. The week ending August 16 it was $17.54, as against $16.63 for M week ending August 23. '-' "Mutton and lamb wholesale prices also ; are off. considerably, there having been al'drop of about $1.20 a hundred pounds in the last week, and these- lowered prices are also, no doubt, being reflected to the consumer by the retailer." Contretemps, in French Chamber ieeds Ratification Spe Paris, Aug. 29. The general dis cussion of the ratification of the peace treaty came to a dramatic con clusion Friday afternoon in the chamber of. deputies, when, after a stirring speech by Albert Thomas, former member of the war council, more than 20 deputies ' announced their decision to refrain from speak ing, i The government was plainly em barrassed, all the ministers gather ing around Premier Clemenceau. They conferred for several minutes apd finally AndVe Tardieu said the government had anticipated a dis cussion lasting well into next week, but was ready to proceed and would require an hour and a half. - Jean Bon, socialist and extremist, came to the rescue of the govern ment by the bitterness jof h!s attack, refusing to hear Captam Tardieu or any subordinate and calling upon Premier Clemenceau himself. This made it a question of confi dence and all the government's sup porters rallied to the premier. The sitting was '. then adjourned until Tuesday. Rene Viviani, former premier, told The Associated Press that he ex pected the treaty would be ratified Thursday or Friday, next PRESIDENT AND PERSHING MAY MEET IN OMAHA Civic Bodies Suggest Wilson Greet Yankee Chieftain - Here After Speaking Trip in West. If the plans of Omaha's largest business organizations work out, Omaha will, in the near future, be the scene of a most important his torical event, the first meeting of .President Wilson and Gen. Jdhn J. Pershing on American soil since the close of the world war. It has been suggested that Gen eraL Pershing, in his contemplated western trio may meet President Wilson here on about September 26, when the president is scheduled to speak at Wichita, Kan., on his re turn trip from the coast. Word was received in Omaha Thursday that General Pershing would sail for the United States on September 1, on the transport Levi athan. He is expected to arrive in this country on September 8. Although the : general has an nounced, no plans after his arrival in America, it is believed that he will remain, in New York for a three-day welcome-home celebration there and then go to Washington, where he is expected to appear be fore 'the senate. It has been reported that he con templates making a western trip to his home town, Lincoln, the last of September. Invitation to Pershing. F. A. Brogan, chairman of the executive committee of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce-yesterday sent a cablegram to General Per shing asking that he come to Omaha as soon after his arrival in America as possible. He also sent a telegram to the president's secretary, requesting that the president meet the general in Omaha if possible. The president i scheduled to speak in Omaha on the morning of September 8, the day General Per shing is to arrive in America. It is hoped, however, that a meeting can be effected in Omaha when the pres ident returns from his western speaking tour. Buckingham Lends Hand. Everetr Buckingham, chairman of the Ak-Sar-Ben board of governors, has promised to bring every possible influence to bear to bring President Wilson and General Pershing to gether in Omaha. "It would be the greatest event in the history of the city," declared Mr. Buckingham. "The eyes of all the world would be focused on the meeting . "We hope to have the general here during the Ak-Sar-Ben week this fall, but if we can brine both wn here at the same time it would be so much the better." O. S. Goodrich, president of the (Continued sa V Blx, Column Two,) "n: JV. HEARING IGNORED " s ! ryh i Angelus Apartment Agent Oonohoe Refuses to Attend City Council vRent Probe -Until Police Appear. BUTLER WANTS EXPERT TO DETERMINE PROFITS Increases Admitted by Owners, But No Reason Is Advanced Why Tenants Should Pay Excessive Prices Demanded The rent profiteering probe which was resumed in the city council chamber last night developed enough spirit and interest to satisfy the most expectant attendant. T. A. Donohoe, agent for the An gelus apartments, whose tenant have been the storm center of the high rent opposition, failed to ap pear in response to .summons served by the city clerk. y ' When Mr. Donohoe did not re spond to the call of his name Beecher Higby, leader of the An- " gelus protestants, arose and said:' "I would have thought that Mr. . Donohoe should have come forward like a man and stated his case. I want him here." "I move that arr officer be sent for Mr. Donohoe," suggested Commis sioner Butler. ' R. L. Mossman, assistant city at torney, replied: "I think he has a' technical objection for not appear ing, on account of not having been', paid a witness fee. The only man, who was summoned and demanded a witness fee was Ernest Sweet.";" Zimman Pays $2 Fee. . ' Commissioner Ringer, who wa presiding in the absence of Mayor s Smith, ordered the city clerk to calf .; upon the police department to bring Mr. Donohoe before the council. Detective C. H,. Van Deusen ap--peared in the council chamber and obtained the order for the absent witness. A telphone call from the; officer resulted in the early appear' ance of Mr. Donohoe. Commis sioner Zimman advanced the $2 wit-' ness' fee for ihe manager of thrf Angelus apartments. The absence of Mayor Smith caused some comment by the com missioners. He was called during the early evening by the city Clerk and told that the commissioners de- sired his presence, but that impor-J tunity did not move the chief ex ecutive of the city to leave his horfW! Butler to Present Plan. At the conclusion of the hearing? Commissioner Butler .announced, that at' the council . meeting r nextji Tuesday -morning he will offer a res4 olution asking that the council ap; point a special committee of three,", with power to engage an expert tx-i aminer to go into the books of thoscj in the rental business; also to exam ine the assessors' books for correct' valuations. - , The council adjourned shortly be fore the midnight hour without tak ing any action on the rent situa- -tion. ' First Protest Heard. The first clash of Ae evening be tween tenants and apartment man agers involved the Raleigh apart ments at Thirtieth and Jackson streets. J. A. Shopen appeared as. manager and B. F. Boyd and Mrs; L. Butts appeared for a delegation, of tenants. . . Mrs. Butts said: "I was the first tenant in the Raleigh. They have been paying a Mr. .Schneider'$7S a month to do the decorating work they have been talking so much' about. Two small colored boya,d the janitor work. They borrowr matches every day from the tenants and burn the rubbish in the. back yard. The screen doors don't fit and; the result is that there are many roaches, crickets and flies. Our rent has been raised from $35 to $50." ' Mr. Boyd came forward with facts and figures. He said: "As near as I cn figure it, this apartment is. earning 12 per cent, allowing for de-'. preciation and figuring the valuation!' at $50,000, which is twice what it i worth. We have complained of lh ' rubbish in the backyard." " Admits Rent Increase , Mr. Shopen, as'agent for the Ra' ' leigh. testified that the increased rent had been ordered by the owner," Gordon Roth, who asserted he was) not receiving reasonable returns on"' his investment. He admitted that"' the rents will be raised October H from $32.50 and $37.50 to $47.50. and $50. "We pa the janitor $40 mr month, but it is hard to keep him-" at that figure." he said. , -I He was unable to Kive fieureffon ' which the rent increases had been based, but believed that the law of. ' supply and demand had somcthl. g i to do' with it. He was unable to j slate whether his lease blanks con tained any reference to children. " He presented to Mr. Mossman fig- " ure purporting to show that tl V Continued on SU, Columa
