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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
15
The store touts Easter suits for boys with affordable options and high value. It promises careful, finicky selection and insists boys’ clothing will be as well cut and made as men's wear, urging customers to view the line.
Henry S. Curtis urges Congress to fund Washington public playgrounds after the District’s request was cut from the appropriation bill. He cites 320000 children attending last summer’s eleven weeks and $95000 in private contributions as evidence of need, noting Washington pays teachers less than comparable cities.
The District Commissioners oppose a separate asylum for the criminal insane, arguing existing facilities at Government Hospital for the Insane suffice. They note 132 criminal insane residents, with 104 U.S. prisoners and 28 Market prisoners, 118 male and 14 female, housed in Howard Hall and general wards. A new facility would cost about 250000 dollars and raise per capita maintenance.
Subscriptions for a bronze memorial to Crosby S. Noyes in front of the new district government building have begun. The memorial committee met with Commissioner Macfarland and closed last Sunday's National Theater memorial meeting. Some funds received though no solicitations yet. Charles J. Bell of American Security and Trust Company was named treasurer. A formal statement of purposes will follow soon.
Commissioner Macfarland advocates an adverse recommendation on a district bill to amend the code by imposing life solitary confinement with hard labor for first degree murder and life or up to twenty years for second degree murder. He argues executive clemency could end any sentence, undermining the punishment.
Dc A Snow, recently re elected president of the Washington Humane Society, defends the society's policy against cruelty to animals. He states there will be no change in leadership or aims, focusing on centers of greatest suffering such as work animals. He condemns lash, harsh harness, famine and bedless stalls, arguing dogs and cats deserve concern too but prioritizes animals used for labor.
The Central Law request for cooperation with the Washington Chamber of Commerce in settling differences between the Employers' Association and the building trades strike was rejected. Secretary De Nedrey of the Central Labor Union received a letter from William E F Gudh, secretary of the Chamber, stating no negotiations would be entered at this time. De Nedrey called the reply a turn down and said the Chamber missed a chance to serve the community.
Inspector Ashford reports March building activity rose sharply from February by about 500000. total value of 1199694 includes 631 permits and 124 brick and 114 frame erection plans with 98 brick dwellings and two apartment houses. regional sums show Northeast 35139, Southeast 41200, Southwest 232050, Northwest 1939 county 528 total 3103368 and repairs totaling 167906 with grand total 1199694.
Edward Hatch Jr of New York urges President Roosevelt to make water pollution a national issue. He faults sewage dumping into rivers including the Bronx Valley and Passaic Valley trunk sewers, warning of 600 million gallons of filth entering New York Harbor daily. He cites typhoid deaths and costs, calls for government measures to prevent rivers from becoming open sewers, and asks for encouragement to mobilize the public campaign.
John Raferty was sentenced to four months and a half in the workhouse by Judge Mullowney in default of fines totaling 95 for reckless driving and cruelty to animals. Police Court witnesses said he drove a horse and buggy along Pennsylvania avenues with utter disregard for pedestrians and other vehicles. It was alleged he deliberately collided with a carriage carrying Fourth Assistant Postmaster General De Graw, knocking down the horse drawing that vehicle, which was in collapse at the time of arrest.
Engineer Commissioner Morrow proposes renaming Anacostia streets to avoid presidential naming confusion. North from East Capitol street would use alphabetic and one syllable names. south of East Capitol extends alphabetic then city and geographic names. A single syllable naming system for diagonal avenues uses Southern states. irregular highways become roads.
Arrangements completed for the eighth annual meeting of the Woman's Interdenominational Missionary Union of the District at Metropolitan Memorial Church on Monday April 1. Morning sessions will include officer and committee reports and remarks by Mrs. J. D. LaFerra, Mrs. Washington Topham, and others with addresses by Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis and Rev. W. W. Shaw. Afternoon session features election of officers and talks by Mrs. Isaac Peason and Philip Sidersk. A German song and a roll call of denominations follow before final resolutions report.
Sixty two temporary compositors are dropped from the Government Printing Office due to reduced copy from Congress this year. The acting Public Printer faces many reinstatement requests from about 400 dismissed bindery workers, though chances are slim given work conditions and funding. Constantine suspends Jerome Hennessy, chief of the roller making division, for insubordination.
City bulletins note a postponement of the housekeeping and tuberculosis lecture from Tuesday April 14 to Saturday April 11 at 3 p.m. at the committee on prevention of consumption headquarters 923 NW. The rest of the column lists local ads: dining at Callaghan's Restaurant, grocery specials, crab feasts at Schneider's, Paris fashion exhibit by Stanley at Arlington Hotel, Latmn skin cream, rye whiskey, Robinson's Stable ads, and various services and merchants in Washington D C including Muddiman Co. and Columbia All Paper Co.
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