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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
15
Draft of a congressional bill asks the District to grant Commissioners power to determine roadway widths and sidewalks. Courts had held such authority absent explicit grant. The bill would fix minimum roadway widths on streets under 90 feet and over 90 feet, ratifying past actions.
Alphonse M. Newell was found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon in Criminal Court No. 1 after entering Victor E. Adler’s Seventy street shop on October 31 and shooting Adler in the arm. The verdict included a mercy recommendation as Newell’s wife cried beside him.
A district assembly of the Federation of Liquor Dealers met at 430 Eighth Street NW to challenge Maj. Richard Sylvester’s liquor law amendment proposal aimed at preventing liquor purchases for minors. They defended dealer integrity and cited excise-board data showing few violations this year. Harry Wardman received a permit for three Colonial style apartment houses on 1757-1761 Columbia Road, with Mrs. Charlotte Dailey, cost about 80000 dollars, occupancy expected by summer. Additional permits issued include single-family and multi-dwelling projects on Eleventh Street NW and Luray Place, with various architects and builders, valued at tens of thousands.
District Commissioners challenged recent damage awards awarded to Massachusetts avenue property owners near Union Terminal Station. Special counsel A Leftwich Sinclair argued the sums are excessive and not supported by grade-change evidence. A jury will be summoned to review the six appraisements. a motion to ratify these awaits court action Friday.
The weekly health report shows 142 typhoid cases in quarantine, down 49 from last week and up 7 from the prior year. There were 11 deaths this week, of which 64 were White and 48 colored. Births totaled 95, with 63 white and 32 colored. For the same week last year, 121 births occurred.
Charles G. Smith of 1735 New Hampshire Avenue NW asks the Commissioners to probe a loan firm accused of offering loans at more than 30 percent annual interest. Commissioner West orders an investigation into the complaint as Smith notes concerns for vulnerable borrowers.
City notices describe confusion between the Salvation Army and the American Salvation Army. Capt Marian Smalley of the American group says she has been accused of impersonation while soliciting contributions for a Christmas feast. She asserts the American Salvation Army’s work is legitimate and that its fundraisers carry letters from Adjutants Walter K. James and Emmy A. James, commanding the Washington corps.
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