WooD TO FACE ACCUSATIONS In Shake-Up at Street Cleaning Dept
Commissioner West said Maj Newell Ball will resign February 28 after facing charges and asked not to grant Ball a public hearing. He promised a department-wide reorganization with young, energetic inspectors to improve ash collection and street cleaning amid hundreds of complaints since January. Ball says he has lawyer H Ralph Burton and may press charges against Superintendent James M Wood. exact changes to be announced later.
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Henry L. West
Newell Ball
Maj Ball
May Ball
H Ralph Burton
James M Wood
Wood
West
Maj
Ball
Annual Junior Republic Day Plans Are Finalized
A committee led by Miss Solomons met with chairwoman Mrs Charles W Fairbanks to finalize preparations for the annual Junior Republic Day. Members present include Mrs Lockwood, Mrs Ackert, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs McNabb, Mrs Vandegrift, Mrs Gregory, Mrs McLaughlin, Mrs Brumbaugh, Mrs Brown, Mrs Ramsay, and Mrs Rogers. The group will deploy women collectors and jars at hotels and cafes across listed locations Friday and Saturday to support the can you spare a car fare project.
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Miss Solomons
Lockwood
Mra Ackert
Gilbert
McNabb
Mra Vandegrift
Mra Gregory
Mra McLaughlin
Brumbaugh
Brown
Mra Ramsay
Mias Rodgera
Charles W Fairbanks
Jara
Willard Raleigh
Arlington
Kanns
Moses
Lanburgh’s
Gotdenberg's
Palala Royal
Chase's
Columbia
Belasco
Union Station
Colorado
Bend
Ouray
Munsey
Metropolitan Bank
MUST PAY ALIMONY IN FIVE-DAY ORDER
Ary Thur W Harrison a local patent attorney was ordered by Justice Barnard to pay delinquent alimony within five days or face contempt. He appeared and testified extraordinary expenses caused the failure to pay while the divorce suit continues in the District Supreme Court.
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District Supreme Court
Arythur W Harrison
Justice Barnard
Harrison
English Client Pays Fee to End Tangles Over $25,000
Former Senator Joh M Thurston yesterday agreed to drop his suit against United States Treasurer Treating William Radcliffe of Kent England upon payment of 4000 by the Englishman. The suit sought to restrain payment of 25000 to Radcliffe as a fee for prosecuting a claim against the United States government.
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Joh M Thurston
United States
William Radcliffe
Kent
England
Lenten Lecture Series Sues Steamship Company
Anna Reeves filed a $15000 damages suit against Washington and Potomac Steamboat Company and receivers Richard H Lynn and United States Trust Company alleging carelessness. She was injured on a pier when a truck was thrown from a boat during a Lenten lecture series at Catholic University. Attorneys Campbell and Hay Johnson represent Reeves. Professors Paul Shields and Aron lecture on Christianity and science.
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Washington and Potomac Steamboat Company
Anna Reeves
Richard H Lynn
United States Trust Company, Ag
Chaintit
Universit
Catholic University
Washington
S¢ Jones
Hom
Campbell and
Hay
den Johnson
Paul Shields
Aron
New Plan to Honor Lincoln by State-Column Boulevard
Maj Hodgson proposes a national Lincoln testimonial with a boulevard from the Capitol to the river flanked by stone columns in each state. He suggests a prescribed column design to symbolize each state and place it beside the road, forming a grand memorial.
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Maj. Hodgson
F. 5 Hodgson
Mount Pleasant Street
Infantry
Union
Grocer Fined $100 for Using False Scales
Judge Kimball in police court yesterday fined Morris Winthrop a grocer of 1904 Seventh Street Northwest $100 for weighing with a lead piece under the scoop, the court ordering six months in the workhouse for short weight. Sealer Col William C Haskell and assistants are cracking down on grocery stores to stop the practice. A warrant followed after the February 9 inspection revealed the counter balance scale had a lead fragment under the scoop.
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Kimball
Morris Winthrop
Seventh Street Northwest
William C Haskell
Haskell
Coromissionere
Sealer Hows
Winthrop # atore
Severtth Street
Entomologist Denies Alimony Allegations in Divorce Answer
Government entomologist Daniel W Coquillett denies sensational charges in a divorce petition filed by Mrs Annie D Coquillett. He contends his wife deserted him in 191? and claims his alleged wealth is overstated, asserting living together would impair him and that she harassed him until she left. He says he endures nagging as long as possible.
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Distret Supreme Court
Daniel W Coquillete
Annie
D Coquillett
Cuifornia
Washington
Coquillett
Lars Ambros
Plan to Aid Liberia Meeting in District
A citizens committee in the District prepares a Liberian demonstration at Shiloh Baptist Church on Wednesday evening February 4. The gathering will discuss conditions in Liberia and what Americans can do to assist. Committee members include Prof Kelly Miller of Howard University, Prof Jesse Lawson, W C Payne, Francis E. Wells, J H Harrison, and Rev Rilton Waldron.
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Shitoh Baptist Church
Negro Republic of
Liberia
Kelly Miller
Howard University
Jesse Lawson
Society of Sociology
W C Payne
Francis E. Wells
J H Harrison
Rilton Waldron
Shiloh Church
Lincoln Memorial on Mall Favored by Fine Arts Council
A historic letter dated March 11 from the council of fine arts to President Roosevelt urges placing a Lincoln memorial on the Mall near the Potomac. It dismisses two other proposals and argues the Mall axis offers the best civic vision and lasting city planning, recommending the Lincoln site on the main axis for a prominent, widely visible monument.
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Council of Fine Arts
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Potomac River
Washington
Gettysburg
National Capital
Capitol
Union Station
Washington Monument
Alte
Natonal
Mrs Selby Granted Absolute Divorce for Infidelity
Margaret Selby was granted an absolute divorce from Elmer Selby by Justice Barnard. The court also allowed her to revert to her maiden name, Margaret Kraft. The couple wed at Rockville on August 30, 19, and she testified he began seeing other women soon after and deserted her February 17, 190.
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Margaret Selby
Elmer Selby
Library lecture on New York's early libraries to aid DC association
Austin Baxter Keep of Columbia University will lecture in the public library lecture hall Friday evening for the District of Columbia Library Association. He will present lantern slides on The Library in Colonial New York with views of early libraries, portraits of key founders, old manuscripts, book plates and records, including Mardi Gras themes from New Orleans to Pensacola, noting very low rates via Southern Ray for Dec 17-22.
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Austin Baxter Keep
Columbia University
Colon‘sl
New York
District of Columbia Library
Keepy
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
Ray
Inaugural Parade Detail Authorized for Naval Militia
Albany dispatch reports adjutant general approves details for nine sailors from the Second Naval Battalion to march in Washington on March 4. Also brief city items note a fatal accident involving Daniel Frye in Baltimore yards, coroner to hold inquest, and assorted local notices and ads.
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Mnaug
Albany
Adjutant General’s Department
R P. Forshew
Naval Militia
Brooklyn
Second Naval Battalion
Washington
Daniel Frye
New Jersey Avenue
Baltimore
Ohio
Nevitt
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