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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
33
Street railways asserted to have caused more deaths during the last fiscal year than ever before. Tuberculosis still leads deaths but showing is best yet. Typhoid being conquered and other diseases under improvement.
Police Court proceedings involve Kraft and Gregory as lawyers seek to quash information. Health department report to the commissioners notes street railway accidents set a record for the District ending June 20, 1908 and urges a thorough investigation by the District electric railway commission. The dispatch also reports steam road fatalities and TB and typhoid trends, infant deaths, and a proposed pension plan for department employees after a boy injury from a sled accident on Thirtieth Street Northwest and an auto delivery wagon collision. The item closes with theater party carriage rates.
Judge Mulloway is expected to rule within days on the legality of selling trading stamps and vouchers in the District of Columbia. In a District court session yesterday, William B. Kraft of Economy Co-Operative Society and Walter J. Gregory of Sperry and Hutchinson Company faced charges in a gift enterprise case. Attorneys Hogan and Worthington sought quashing Informations and more time to file briefs, with a ruling on delay granted. If Mulloway’s decision goes against the defendants, the cases will move to the U.S. Supreme Court. officials say the two firms violate the gift enterprise law although counsel argue distinctions from a prior Court of Appeals decision.
William Ford, a coal cart driver, faced tragedy as his sweetheart Minnie Dodson, an assistant cook, was injured after Ford attacked her with a razor following suspicions of infidelity. In police court Judge Kimball sentenced Ford to one year and one day in jail.
District attorney Baker announced he would recommend commitment of Dr Hartson J Wagner to the Government Hospital for the Insane as conditions permit. Wagner, once tied to alleged fraudulent judgments against a local express firm, was found unconscious at his home and taken to Casualty Hospital. He has a history of perjury and forgery arrests in 1906 and 1907 and spent time in the Government Hospital for the Insane before release on bonds.
Brave Nurse Miss Mary F Brown, wounded by Martin Sterling, shows progress at Emergency Hospital. Doctors say she has recovered sufficient strength and may recover fully. Sterling remains confined at George Washington University Hospital as her condition improves.
Gliding taxis advertised at $3 per hour as exclusive services. A Confederate bond for $50 arrived in Treasury mail from a Pau France lawyer who claimed the United States pays debts promptly. Acting Secretary Norton warned the Confederacy bonds are not honored. Also promoted is the Washington Sunset Route fourist sleeping car with berths at $8.50, operated by A F Seaton, and a Riverside address in New York mentions isth street.
Mary Terrs colored of 1182 1-2 Redéecourt northwest remains in critical condition after a fire starter in her home early yesterday. Emergency Hospital physicians report she cannot recover as coroner Navitt issues a death by natural causes for Harry Taylor found at 100 Third street northwest. Competition between local vendors highlights meal options and drink specials as ads mix with notices and local services.
Discouraged by illness, Jernie Matthews aged years old, of 706 Seventh Street Northwest, drank carbolic acid yesterday. She told neighbors she would kill herself if not better by noon. After locking herself in her room, neighbors forced entry to find her dead on the bed with a bottle of carbolic acid under the pillow. Police and Emergency Hospital attended. Dr Healy pronounced death.
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