Police Chief seeks raises and new precinct after murder surge
Maj Richard Sylvester reports murders in the District rising from seven to twenty in the year ended July 1911, naming waves of crime with no clear cause. He asks for 61 new class 1 privates, higher pay for captains, lieutenants, clerks, and telegraph operators, and funds for an automobile fleet and a new northeast precinct between Ninth and Tenth. He also proposes government financed mounted units and a city tax on club ponlomes. Total projected year estimates reach 1,228,320.
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Richard Sylvester
May Sylvester
Richmond
Attentin
Club Ponloome
Maj Sylvester
Appellate Court to Decide Jury Qualification in Murder Verdicts
Arthur Johnson, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death, appeals as his lawyers challenge whether section 30 of the new penal code allows juries to qualify verdicts with life imprisonment or if the district code mandates death. Justices Anderson and Barnard have ruled differently in criminal terms, and the court’s decision will affect whether the death penalty remains available in this jurisdiction.
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Daniel W Saker
Joseph Salomon
Clarence BR. Witega
Jamea M Proctor
Court of Appeal
Arthur Johnson
Wright
Salomon and Baker
Johnson
Anderson
Barnard Wliting
Court of Appeals Ia
Bristow Moves to Probe District Civil Servants
Senator Bristow introduced a resolution urging the District commissioners to compile a list of government employees actively participating in politics. The move, aimed at taft supporters like Aaron Bradshaw and William Tyndall, sparks a clash with local regu lars as to civil service rules and political involvement.
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Bengan
District of Columbia
Bristow
Chicago
Taft
Bristows
Aaron Bradshaw
Bradshaw
William Tyndall
Kansas
Tyndall
Congress
Benate Committee On Civil Service
Cuno
Rudolph Aald
Yenterday
Eastow
Senate
Raise in Pay Wins His Suit Over Damages
The Court of Appeals affirmed the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia ruling in favor of Joseph C Duke against Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co for 120 damages for injuries. Duke, an express messenger, was injured when a train collided with a freight train while en route from Cumberland Maryland to Washington. He had signed and ratified waivers releasing the railroad from damages, but the courts found these were breached due to his promotion and higher salary. Attorneys Wilton J Lambert and R H did not affect the outcome.
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Court of Appeal
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Joseph C Duke
Baltimore and Dale Railroad Company
Duke
United States Express Company
Jaueenger
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland Md
Washington
Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Wilton J Lambert
R H
Census Clerk Roster Cuts Delays 13th Census Work
Director of the Census Durand announces that 300 temporary clerks will be let go by February 2 as funding is slashed from $100000 to $5000. Remaining permanent staff may hold over some reports until the next appropriation, delaying census processing.
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Mirector Durand
Census DE
Durano
Durand
Congress
Street Extension Approved to Extend Fourteenth Street and Alaska Avenue
District commissioners approved a bill to extend Fourteenth Street and Alaska Avenue northwest to the District line. The plan calls for the streets to be widened to 60 feet in total, with Fourteenth Street at 60 feet and Alaska Avenue at 32 feet, matching the growth in the area.
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Fourteenth Street
Alaska Avenue
Senate
Lanka Avenue
Vorm
Fourteenth Street 110
Wrinklefree Skin Remedy Promises Youthful Look
An ad touts a simple saxolite and witch hazel wash that tightens skin and smooths wrinkles. It claims deep lines vanish whether from worry, age, or fatigue and suits cheeks, neck, and under eyes. Contains one ounce saxolite to half a pint witch hazel.
Duke Defendant Seeks Clemency for Mat He Lomax
Caleb Powers and attorneys plan to appeal to President Taft for executive clemency for Mat He Lomax, colored, convicted last May of murdering her husband Cecil Lomax and sentenced to be hanged February 20. Representatives and ministers circulate petitions amid the effort to spare her.
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Caleb Powers
Taft
Kentucky
John Ridout
SD Truttt
Cecil Tomax
Wright
John Roberts
P W Drew
District railway commission to hear women protests on high car steps
Tomorrow the District railway commission will hear protests by women against high steps on streetcars. Petitions signed by more than 500 District residents will be presented to Commissioners Henry L West and Thomas W Smith by Mrs Eilen Spencer Mussey.
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District Railway Commission
Henry L. West
Thomas W Smith
Eilen Spencer Mussey
Sons Fail To Break Will In Probate Court Appeal
In a Court of Appeals ruling yesterday Chief Justice Shepard upheld Justice Wright's probate decision declining to set aside Harriet A V Craighead's will. Her son James B. Craighead of Philadelphia received $0, a non Jesu relative got $9 100, and a daughter Alewas Wit inherited the residue. Within a year the sons filed a caveat claiming signatures waiving opposition were misrepresented, but the court found they waited too long to act.
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Inatice Shepard
Court of Appeals
Justice Wright
Harriet A V
Craighead
James B Craighead
Philadelphia
Ale
Court of Appeal
Funeral of Mrs Isabella Floyd Macfarland at Oak Hill
Funeral services for Mrs Isabella Floyd Macfarland widow of Joseph Macfarland were conducted by the pastor of the Church of the Covenant at 1727 F Street NW yesterday afternoon. Honorary pallbearers included Alexander Graham Bell Rear Admiral E Br eeland United States Navy Chief Tuatice S J Peelle Theodore W Noyes Secretary Charlan T D Walnutt Justice Thomas A H Anderson Gan John Black and Chief Constructor RM Watt United States Navy. Interment was at Oak Hill.
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Xew Vrinaries
Church of the Covenant
Isabella Floyd
Macfarland
Joseph Macfarland
F Street
Alexander Graham Bell
E Vroeland
Tuatice
S J Peelle
Theodore W Noyes
Charlan TD
Walnutt
Thomas AH Anderson Gan John © Black
RM Watt
Oakwin
Amusements and Vaudeville Listings with Times
A cluttered notice lists showtimes for Belasco and other vaudeville acts, including Ratloos, Maurde, and Casite Evie, with performances from 7:15 to 9:00 pm and various venues. It also mentions Holmes bread and an oyster cooking court, plus hotel and dining references and a line about a delivery wagon calling daily.
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Belasco Ado Man
Ratloos
Maurde Agamm
Chase Sollte Vaudeviile
Academy
Wille Squaw
Casite
Evie Vaudeville
Conrad—Vaederfils
Gayety
Lyerun
Tire sales rise as capacity expands to meet demand
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W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Seartown
W.L Douglas
Pennsylvania Av
N.W
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear
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Imperial
Washington Brewery Co
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Prince Albert and
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Aire
Maj
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U. S
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John W Yerkes
A A Birney
Mattie Lomax
Hotel Gotham
Wetherbee & Wood
Fith Ave
Fiftysfifth St
New York City
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Witte Metal Shelter Company
Post
Marbil
Mass. Ave
Proden
Buckland
Salen
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Pnnter
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Holmes
Couit Souter
Stag Hotel
Virginia
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LA Anta
Henry T
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Offterdinger
Ninth St. N. W
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Caprio
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Tenth Street Row
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