Commissioner Judson Outlines 1912 Extensions Plans
Commissioner Judson outlined no present suit against Potomac Electric Power over alleged overpayments for lighting. He noted no fraud allegations and said action will depend on the appropriation committee while detailing a major cut in 1912 street lighting costs to extend the system along Sixteenth Street to Farragut and nearby squares and avenues. Gen George H Harries of Potomac Electric Power testified on candlepower discrepancies before the House subcommittee. he denied any irregularity. Gen Wood elected president of the District of Columbia Society Sons of the American Revolution for the coming year with other officers named.
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Judson
Potomac Electric Power Company
Sixteenth Street
May Judson
Connecticut Avenue
Rork Creek Bridge
Farragut Square
Lafayette
McPherson Squares
Seventeenth Street
Potomac Park
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventeenth
Fifteenth Street
B Street
McPherson Square
Vermont Avenue
Lafayette Square
Dupont Circle
Massachusetts Avenue
Brive
George H Harries
District of Columbia
House
Harties
Wood
Leonard Wood
United States Army
District of Columbia Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Genwood
H L . Johnston
A K Parris, Jr
B OB Wilson
Alfred EB Horner
Regen
John van Schaick
Complains of Pupils On Streetcar Conduct
A Washington reader urges public expression on student behavior during the morning rush on the Seventh and U streetcar line. They describe boisterous, self centered conduct blocking doorways and crowding older riders, call for polite instruction, and note some exceptions to the rule.
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Seventh
U Street
Fourteenth
U Streets
Washington
Dec
Morse petition for pardon filed with Department of Justice
Charles W. Morse’s pardon plea has been formally presented to the Department of Justice. A large express packet carries signatures from thousands of prominent supporters. Mrs Morse’s petition to President Taft was sent via Senator Hale to Attorney General Wickersham for routine clemency review, a process that may take months.
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Charles W. Morse
Department of Justice
New York
Morse
Taft
Senator Hale
Wickersham
Electric Road for Panama Canal Zone Granted
The War Department granted authority to Henry T. Cook of New York to construct maintain and operate the first electric street railway in the Panama Canal Zone. The line runs from Panama City to La Boca and will touch the Savannahs the Hotel Tivoli and the Ancon Hospital.
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Electrc
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
War Department
Henry T. Cook
New York
Panama City
la Boca
Canal Zone
Savannahs
Supreme Court Confirms Continuing Offense in Sherman Case
On the eve of rearguments in Standard Oil and Tobacco suits the Supreme Court ruled that a conspiracy under the Sherman antitrust law can be a continuing offense in the Kissel case. Anticipation of the ruling sparked a rush for copies, with requests for 2, 10, and many single copies exhausting the court's print run.
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Standard Oil
Tobacco Corporations
Supreme Court of the United States
Kissel
Holmes
Masi
Weaver Bros Carry Through Two Real Estate Deals
Weaver Bros and associates completed realty transactions totaling about 249 000 yesterday. William J. Dante, trustee for Stilson Hutchins, bought Mount Vernon apartment house for 220 000 from Washington Heights Apartment House Co. as part payment with the Dolly Madison House and two stores on Thirteenth Street NW. They also sold 933 G Street NW to Dr. Henry H. Hazen for 29 000 in connection with J Lee Kolb.
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Weaver Bros
William J. Dante
Stilson Hutchins
Washington Heights
Mount Vernon
Dolly Madison
Fourteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Thirteenth Street
J Lee Kolb
Residents
G Street
Henry H. Hazen
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Muddiman
Twelfth Street
W. Gibson
CafeRepublique
Kodaks
Kodak
W. F. Roberts CO
New York Avenue
Shiravan
GEO, Strauss & CO
A. H. Bakshian
Conn
Walker-Hughes Market
Jack
Columbia
Sala
Columbia Phonograph Co
F Street
N.W
Salvatore Desio
Henrietta
W. H. Warner
Ninth Street
N. W
Victoria
Granners Ie
United Motor Washington Co
14Th Street
Bandar
Kroeger’s Umbrella Store
St. N.W. Opp
Patent Office
National Sporting Goods Co
Ninth Street N. W
Robt
B. Volkmer
Tappan
Albert L. Johnson
Pte x. We Ae
Justice Holmes
Edmund C. Tarbell
William A. Clark
Corcoran
Corcoran Art Gallery
George Woodward
Philadelphia
Misa Helen Hyde
van Dyke
Princeton
Henry van Dyke
Murray
Princeton University
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Chamber of Commerce
William F Gude Percival M Brown
B B. Bernshaw
Benjamin F Graves
Hugh
Harvey
Dana Lincoln
Frank F Milburn
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