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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
4
The report cites a formal statement arguing that increased police spending is unnecessary due to lack of statistical backing. It notes officials claim lawlessness among the colored population was used to justify funding rises, but data from this and other cities do not support that claim.
Mr Gardner notes District of Columbia spends over 318 per person for policing versus 195 in Baltimore and 2.14 in Memphis, citing high pensions and wide retiree benefits. He warns pensions tax funds and cites varying local costs as a national concern while a commission studies schools nationwide.
Tom wren te the District authorities and Congress about improving playgrounds. The committee declined to appropriate the $136,000 asked, citing a pre conceived plan to spend about $1,000,000 eventually on playground facilities in the District.
A Washington based anonymous letter claims an attorney from Electric Boat Company was supported as a congressional candidate against Loud of Michigan. The letter, sent from New York to Detroit Free Press, is linked to evidence before a special committee investigating the Electric Boat Company. An affidavit by Sam Ferguson cites 1902 Navy service and pay received by crew members from both the fleet and Holland Torpedo Boat Company.
A bill to create a state run infirmary for habitual drinkers and narcotics users would declare such individuals a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine or up to three years in an inebriates hospital. It discusses hospital construction, funding from federal and local governments, and inmate work rules and durations.
Forest Service head Pinchot rejects accusations of misusing public funds and collusion to push policy. He defends publicity methods, arguing newspaper dissemination costs less than broader distribution and contrasts formal documents with wider reach.
The Horse Naval Committee reported favorably a substitute bill for establishing a naval base and a dry dock at Pearl Harbor. The measure would spend about 34.5 million dollars, with 6.2 hundred thousand allocated to precprmated funds and a higher unit cost for the dry dock. Representative Bates of Pennsylvania predicts action next Monday, despite opposition and a block in the House, and has received many letters from Senators and party representatives urging support.
The House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds approved adding an 800 plan allowance to the public buildings bill for a national memorial auditorium in Arlington Ya to host patriotic celebrations and memorial services. Originated by the Grand Army of the Republic with Chairman Bartwick pushing the measure, the project is estimated to cost about 40,000 dollars.
A conference between Senate and House conferees meets at 2 30 this afternoon to push progress on street railway control. Rumors say a plan to run the streetcar system under ICC supervision instead of the District Commission may be included in House amendments and that the universal transfer provision could be accepted.
A list of attendees includes Oh Mitchel former United Mine Workers president Admiral COWLIS Baron Spack von Sternburg German Ambassador, Gen Clarence Fowards Senator Curtis of Kansas Senator Bourmf of Oregon Senator Piles of Washington Representative Kahn of California Representative Goldfogle of New York.
West Virginia senators clash over directing antitrust amendment bills to Interstate Commerce or Judiciary. Chairman Lakings to study precedents and report, Yoraker and Pollette press for action, while railroad valuation and enforcement provisions face delays and potential extension amid intergovernmental debates.
Mrs Helen Pierce Grey, a newspaper writer, testified before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in Montana about government mistreatment on the Crow reservation. She cited an Indian named Frost, Carlisle School graduate, hindered from citizenship needed to sell land and buy stock. Curtis promised to pursue federal routes and assist other similar cases through the Interior Department.
Senate Judiciary panel endorses a bill to stop railroads from bypassing state liquor laws by disguising shipments. The plan requires prepaid charges, clear consignee names on every package, and plain labeling of interstate alcohol. It aims to aid local option states while avoiding unconstitutional overreach, favoring tighter federal control of such shipments.
The Royal Brewing Company of Kansas City alleges Express firms Adams American Pacific Wells Fargo and others refuse shipments of beer to Kansas Iowa and Oklahoma. It claims thirty years of malt beverage consignments were blocked and that the carriers will not handle so called intoxicating liquors paid on delivery, asserting a violation of interstate commerce laws.
Thirty representatives of manufacturing, railway, labor, commercial and agricultural interests arrive at the New Willard Hotel to press amendments to the Sherman anti trust act proposed by the National Civic Federation. The roster includes Seth Low, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, Henry Higginson, Isaac Seligman, William Macy and other notable figures from New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington.
Representative Mann of Illinois introduced a concurrent resolution directing the Capitol to allow the International Congress on Tuberculosis to use the fall of the House and Senate chambers and adjoining areas during its September and October 1908 meeting, with a prohibition on any injury to parts of the Capitol.
Senate action delays a House plan to widen Benning road tied to anti betting. The District Committee endorsed betting restrictions but postponed final approval, sending the bill back to subcommittees for amendments and a possible conference if House concurrence falters.
Alexander Berkman, treasurer of the Anarchist League, was arrested in connection with the Union Square explosion. He was released on 50 bail by Magistrate Broege after police failed to prove complicity with Sebe Eslerstein, the lone assailant injured in Bellevue Hospital, while Eslerstein’s case and motive remain under scrutiny.
Attorney General Bonaparte presented to the President an opinion on whether editors and proprietors of the alleged anarchist paper Ta Ques tione Soclile of Paterson NJ could be criminally prosecuted for urging murder by dynamite. The opinion, not to be released until the President reads it, is said to address the broader handling of the anarchist situation in the United States.
Miss D Vooshannon aged seventy four of 910 Pennsylvania avenue died before medical attention could be rendered on her way home from a visit. The coroner and Dr J B Donington noted likely heart disease as the cause. Also notice Post Educational Contest Pictures sale details for Nos 1 to 8 and Beth editions at The Washing Boat office.
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