Depot Site Sought for City Playground Expansion
The Playground Commission allied with Associated Charities asks Congress to turn the old Pennsylvania depot at Sixth and B streets over for an indoor athletic field swimming pool and clubrooms serving district youth after rail relocation. They seek $16,000 for maintenance and supervision plus authority to buy land up to $85,000, to fund model playgrounds and broader facilities.
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Associated Charities
Pennsylvania Depot
MM. T Weller
Congress
Mnnwa
Burrie
Pennsylvania
North Capitol
L Streets
Macfarland
Henry St. Curtes
T. G. Caldren
Henry S. Gurlis
Charles FL. Weller
A. W. Craig
Wallace Hatch
Mr. Weller
KE. D. Shaw
William H. Baldwin
Arthur J. Kellogg
New York
Elizabeth Brown
Giles Ratter
District Commissioners Back Favorable DW Report On Extensions
The District Commissioners aim to report to Congress favoring extensions in the Suban line despite protests by Jane Shea and minority stockholders. Minority reps argued the present free transfer system harms suburban lines since consolidation, and asked for clear transfer policy only after broad legislation.
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Congress
Suban
Jane Shea
Board of Commissioners
Shea
Woman Forfeits $20 Over Spurious Lace Scheme
Rose Davidson, aged, forfeited a $20 collateral bond after failing to appear for trial on a swindle charge involving spurious Irish point lace. Annie Chamberlaine and Anna L. Howard testified they paid $5 and $7 for lace shown to be worth only 30 cents. Detectives Peek and Warren traced the vendor, with Davidson reportedly living in Baltimore, and authorities say they are watching for her return with a satchel of lace.
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Rose Daviidison
Annie Chamberlaine
8 Street
Anna L. Howard
Peek
Warren
Injured laborer sues for damages in district court
John Dorsey a laborer for James Mendell seeks $26,000 in a District Supreme Court action over alleged personal injuries from an elevator fall at Sixth and H streets NW. Defendants include Mendell and Emmett C. Elmore. Attorneys W B Ambrose and Kappler Merillat represent the plaintiff.
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John Dorsey
James Mendell
Sixth and
H Streets
District Supreme Court
Emmett C. Elmore
W. B. Ambrose
Kappler & Merillat
Sunday closing urged by DC labor groups
Resolutions from the Retail Clerks' Association of Washington and the Central Labor Union of the District advocate the enactment of a Sunday closing law. The Central Labor Union, with 400 delegates and over 20 000 District residents represented by eighty organizations, backs H R 10510 and asks the Commissioners to recommend enactment. Commissioners will study the bill further before reporting to Congress and expect more input from supporters and opponents.
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Retail Clerks’ Association of Washington
Central Labor Union of
District of Columbia
Indorse
H. R. Bil
Congress
Plumber Sues For License Revocation Vindication
Joseph E Daly petitions the District Supreme Court for mandamus to compel the Board of Commissioners to reinstate his master plumber and gasfitter license. He contends the license was revoked without lawful authority after charges over work at 501 B street northeast, and that the action deprived him of due process. Justice Anderson scheduled a show cause hearing for March 2.
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Wastitct Supreme Court
L. A Dedsley
Daly
B Street
Dalgavers
Justice Anderson
G W Cook & Co Assign to Creditors
Geo W Cook and Bertha A Cook trading as G W Cook & Co carriage dealers at 328 329 M Street NW filed an assignment for creditors. They report real estate worth 15000 and carriages worth 2000 with 762 due them, total indebtedness 9058.21. Individual debts 70.98. Assignees Daniel W O'Donoghue and Patrick T Moran. Chief Justice Clabaugh to administer. bond set at 20000. All creditors expected to be paid in full.
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Geo W Cook
Bertha A Cook
G. W. Cook & Co
M Street
Daniel W O'Donoghue
Patrick T Moran
Clabaugh
Ferguson Found Guilty In Jealousy Murder Case
A Griminal Court jury found Howard Ferguson guilty of second degree murder before Justice Gould. The defendant, a Black man, shot Hertha West in June after a quarrel sparked by jealousy. He claimed the women attacked him, and he fired in heat of passion. the firing led to West’s death weeks later.
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Griminal Court No
Justice Gould
Howard Ferguson
Hertha West
Ferguson
Jailed for Abusing Women Case In City Court
John Fleetwood was sentenced to six months in jail and one month in the workhouse by Judge Kimball on a charge of abusing his mother. Fred Matthews was fined $30 by Judge Kimball for striking Blanche Call, a neighbor, after she reported Matthews' alleged abuse of his wife to his mother-in-law.
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Kimball
Fred Matthews
Blanche Call
Matthews
Mither
Goss Woman Injured Falling At Roller Skating
Mrs A J Goss thirty six year old suffered a left wrist break while skating at Conention Hall yesterday afternoon. The bone was reset at Emergency Hospital then she was driven home to 1913 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
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Conention Hall
A. J. Goss
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Overstocked sale offers free trousers with suit or overcoat
The proprietor boasts a big closingout sale to clear stock and slash prices in half. He advertises free Striped Worsted Trousers (worth $4-$5) with any order including a Suit or Overcoat, and invites customers to view the window displays for the season’s richest styles.
Pace Divorce Proceeding in District Supreme Court
City bulletins report Charlotte M. Pace filing for divorce from Albert E. Pace on grounds of desertion and infidelity. They wed December 28, 2001 in Rockville Maryland and lived in this city for two weeks afterward. He left January 10, 1902 and has provided no support. A co respondent is named in the petition.
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Charlotte M. Pace
District Supreme Court
Albert E. Pace
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