Reluctant to resign Stutler may face dismissal in NYC
Warner Stutler, superintendent of the street cleaning department, must resign by 4 PM or face removal. He plans a fight, alleges persecution over Robinson charges, and vows to expose alleged misconduct by high district officials. Harrison Stidham emerges as likely successor with strong backing from city and national figures.
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Law Service
Col. Waring
New York City
Washington
Warner Stutler
Stutler
Robinson
West
Stutter
Scott and Elkins
West Virginia
Mr. Stutler
Macfarland
Biddle
Harrison Stidharm
American Bridge Company
Stidham
Harrison Stidham
Cornell University
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Col
George Waring
Sidham
F. W. Gibson
Frank P. Reeside
Equitable Cooperative Building Association
This City
B. H. Blood
Watervielt
N. Y
Arsenal
Thomas
Health Office Reports Deaths Steady Week Ended December 24
The health department reports 107 deaths in the district for the week ending December 24, unchanged from the prior period. Heart disease led with 20 deaths, pneumonia 11, kidney diseases 9, pulmonary consumption 8, and apoplexy 5. Accidental violence caused 6 deaths, one from self harm. Diphtheria and typhoid showed declines. 20 diphtheria cases discharged with 5 new, 16 under treatment, and typhoid 18 discharges from 216 cases with 7 new cases. Scarlet fever rose to 44 cases, and there was one smallpox case. Births totaled 116. Regulations on music in saloons and graphophones prompted a safety suggestion to the District to grant the excise board power to curb noise nuisances.
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Health Department
Firemen Honored for Bravery and Relief Fund Reward
Fire Chief Belt received a $35 check from Henry B. Polkinhorn for the Firemen's Relief Fund as thanks for rescue efforts at a Seventh and DP streets northwest blaze on the 16th. The Board of District Commissioners praised Lieut. Patrick J. Sullivan and Private Percy C. Lowe for saving a woman and controlling the fire, extending thanks to all on duty.
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Belt
Henry B. Polkinhorn
Polkinhorn
Perkinhorn
Hub Furniture Company
D . Street
Board of District Commissioners
Mary A. Cook
Seventh
Patrick J. Sullivan
Percy C. Lowe
Fire Department
Machen plans writ of certiorari to U S Supreme Court
Charles A. Douglass says defense lawyers will file next Monday or Tuesday for a writ of certiorari to bring the Machen Lorenz Groff post office conspiracy case to the Supreme Court. The move aims to overturn a District Court of Appeals conviction upheld by a jury in Aachen Lorenz Diller By and Samuel A. Groff, with two-year penitentiary terms and $10,000 finesilli
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Supreme Court
Charles A. Douglass
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Criminal Court of
Aachen, Lorenz, and Diller
Samuel A. Groff
Pritchard
Contents of Three Wills in Baltimore Notice
Three wills filed with the register of wills name executors Roberta S. Entwisle and Alice M. Goodwin. Entwisle provides 3000 to Mary Mason Cooper and residue to five relatives. Goodwin leaves residue to Nellie C. Black with 3000 to Arabella Cook. Franklin B. Stewart’s undated will names Anna S. Stewart as beneficiary. Baltimore and Return fare listed.
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Roberta S. Entwisle
Alice M. Goodwin
F. B. Stewart
Register of Wills
John R. Major
W. 8. Hoge
Mary Mason Cooper
Wiliam H. de Shields
Mary H. Cooper
George D. de Shields
Martha A. Petty
Lizzie C. Yates
Benjamin F. Leighton
Arabella Cook
Nellie C. Black
Testatrix
Franklin B. Stewart
Office of the Register of Wills
Anna S. Stewart
Firemen receive gift for oyster feast from Augusta resident
City bulletin notes Truck Company D of the fire department received a cash gift from Mrs. A M Weaver of Augusta flats to fund an oyster feast at their quarters. The item sits among other notices about furniture purchasing, local ads, and various holiday preparations.
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Fire Department
A. M. Weaver
Augusta Flats
Waggaman Ordered To Pay In Five Days In Quigley Estate Case
Justice Barnard ordered Thomas E. Waggaman to transfer 2270.90 into court within five days, with deductions for disbursements, tied to the Patrick J. Quigley estate. Waggaman may charge 32276.90 for benefits conferred, with vouchers required. News came that much of the Waggaman art collection arrived in New York in good condition for sale by the American Art Association, including 42 oil paintings and 41 watercolors among other works. Commissioner West traveled to Black Mountain, NC, following news of his mother’s serious illness, accompanied by Mrs. West and the family physician.
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Thomas E. Waggaman
Justice Barnard
Patrick J. Quigley
Quigley
H. Rozier Dulany
Waggaman
New York
Waggaman Gallery
American Art Association
Association
New York City
Israel
Daucet
Wyatt
Commissioner West
Black Mountain
N. C
Mr. West
West
H. L. E. Johnsen
Former Boston Mayor to Speak at Calvary Meeting
Former Mayor Josiah Quincy of Boston will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting in Calvary Baptist Church on January 27. The event supports the public playground movement and housing reform, seeking proper laws and a building code for a growing city. Quincy, a renowned playground advocate, is expected to energize attendees in Washington where a bill condemning unsanitary dwellings moves through Congress.
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Josiah Quincy
Bbsston
Calvary Baptist Church
Washington
House
Senate
Quincy
Boston
Engineer Sues Railroad For 310000 Damages In Injury Suit
A. Guion Jennings, an engineer for Southern Railway, sues Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railway for 310000, claiming injuries from jumping after a switch engine negligence allowed a derailment near Twelfth Street and Maryland Avenue southwest on October 26. The complaint, filed in District Supreme Court, cites a collision with a switch engine left open by defendant agents.
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A. Guion Jennings
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railway Company
Hi. Hilton Jackson
Jennings
Southern Railway
Jis
Twelfth Street
Maryland Avenue
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London
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Munich
J. T. D. Pyles
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Lindsay Air Uights
Affieck’s
Pa Ave
Williams
Muddiman & Co
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Gasch & Birge
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St. Louis Exposition
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