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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
8
Washington commissioners draft a bill to curb high loan rates by licensing lenders not backed by banks and enforcing a 3 percent monthly cap. The act would require annual licenses, a detailed English register, yearly financial statements, and a $1 to $30 fine for violations, with enforcement by commissioners.
Benjamin Tenovitz was convicted of disorderly house conduct and sentenced by Judge Kimball after AUSA Ralph Given moved for punishment. Lenovitz Ridout and Campbell Carrington contested jurisdiction and constitutional issues but the motion to quash failed. Lenovitz received six months in the District Jail and a $300 fine with $1,000 cash bail posted pending appeal.
Justice Barnard signed absolute divorce decrees for four couples in City Court No 2 and the District Supreme Court. John G Weigel divorces Annie A Weigel. James A Toomey represented the husband in the Walsh case. Nettie M Bunker is divorced from Edward N Bunker with $25 monthly alimony plus costs. Bertha F Pierce also granted divorce with $5 weekly alimony and expenses. A child visitation term allows Rachel Ansley Pierce to visit twice weekly. Creditors move against Alfred Mayer in involuntary bankruptcy filed in Supreme Court. Dr A Powell buys real estate at 185 Thirteenth Street Southeast as an investment.
In Equity Court No 4 yesterday Justice Anderson signed a decree setting aside the jury verdict in the extension of Girard street to Fifteenth Street NW. The judge ruled the damages and benefits awarded were unjust and unreasonable.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters met yesterday in the D A R Hall with William Dean Howells presiding. James Bryce was guest of honor. Hastings and Blashfield read papers on architectural style and art standards, and Johnson read a Watren Gilder poem. Tomorrow at 7 pm the next session will feature Rhodes Higginson Parker and Johnson.
The American Peace Movement calls all ministers priests rabbis and teachers to observe Peace Sunday around December 19 and promote peace teaching. It cites Europe and America as advocates of peace and urges restraint in domestic policy while supporting arbitration and lawful redress over war.
An inquest will be held at the morgue this morning into the death of Samuel F. Primrose fatally injured in a cell at the Slath precinct flu she station early Tuesday. Autopsy planned to determine base of skull fracture. Primrose, formerly a bartender on Bettmore, came to threely weeks ago and met Charles E. Site of Bridgewater Va who later accused him of robbery. Primrose was 40 years old.
Local listings feature theater showings with Maude Adams Columbia Elsie Ferguson and Gayety Burlesque plus a Chinese embroidery exhibition at the Arlington Hotel. Also notes an underground railway extension bill, drink ads, dining spots, and a crime sentencing: Robert Ford gets six years for assaulting his wife. Wilson Mitchauld gets four and a half years for burglary.
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