Defends the Excise Board Against Anti-Saloon League Criticism
Assessor Darneille, chair of the excise board, defends the current board for granting liquor licenses and administering the law honestly. He says protests must be considered and that a majority of residents and property owners can force rejection of a renewal. He opposes calls for a separate excise board.
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Darielle
Excise Board
Anti- Saloon League
Darneille
Washington
Excise
Deane
Bill to let juries decide sanity of criminals in Police Court
District Commissioner yesterday backed a Gallinger bill to amend the District code to allow Police Court judges to submit sanity questions to juries. The change aims to curb releases on nolle prosequi due to lack of jurisdiction and to cover insane offenders not indictable but presentable on information.
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Gallinger
District Committee
Senate
Nolle
Supreme Court of
Police Court
Suit for $10,000 damages over elevator fall injuries
Clarence Howard filed a suit seeking 10,000 from Eranett C Elmore and James Mendell claiming personal injuries from a September elevator fall at an apartment building construction site at Sixth and H streets NW. He alleges a jaw fracture and other injuries while employed as a laborer.
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Clarence Howard
Eranett C. Elmore
James Mendell
Amrose
Kruppler
Merillat
Sixth and H Streets
Will Sustained in Howell Stewart Will Case
Jury in Probate Court denied a protest by Howell Stewart and upheld Anna Howell Stewart’s last will. The document left one half of the estate to Andrew Stewart and income from one eighth to Howell Stewart. A caveat had been filed, but the jury supported the will. Dr Wiley Honored by British chemistry society. The note notes his election to the Society of Public Analysis in London as the first American member. Try C S Pure Cream Ice Cream offered at druggists.
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Anna Howell Stewart
Andrew Stewart
Howell Stewart
Sim
Justice Barnard
Wiley
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Soci Ol Public Analysis
London
Great Britain
Dr. Wiley
Duffy
Hutte Malt Whiskey Company
Rocheser
District Commissioners Bill Opposed by DC Officials
The District Commissioners yesterday recommended adverse action on Senate bill 4031 to raise the board to seven members. They argue no general demand, would complicate duties and salaries, and contradict the district’s organic act and self government principles. They cite decades of experience favoring small executive boards and centralized authority.
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Gallinger
Senate
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the
United States
District
Columbia
Insurance reform urged by District official Drake
Director of Insurance Thomas E. Drake pressed a bill to Congress to overhaul industrial assessment life insurers in the District. He urged passage, citing prior hearings and noting many such firms lack assets or security. Drake cited 1993 figures: $168,065 collected, $40,155 paid to policyholders.><
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Thomas E. Drake
Congress
Drake
Cave
Thos
Poley Horde
Incir
Mr. Drake
S. W. Rutherford
National Benefit Association
Victor H. Wallace
People's Mutual Benefit Association
G. “Ww. Cave
American Home Insurance Company
Globe Insurance Company
Fred Bell
Employ Mutual Benefit Association
Names Sent to Congress For Washington Auditorium Project
Commissioner West and the Washington Auditorium Association released the incorporators for the proposed building. Names include Milton E. Ailes, Emile Berliner, George Dewey, Christian Heurich, Levi P. Morton, Corcoran Thom, Denis J. Stafford, Henry L. West, John M. Wilson, and many others. Building permits also announced for multiple properties with costs reaching into the tens of thousands.
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Commissioner West
Washington Auditorium Association
Congress
Milton E. Ailes
Charles J. Bell
Emile Berliner
Aldis B. Browne
Joseph J. Darlington
George Dewey
Wilbur L. Davidsom
Edward F. Droop
George T. Dunlop
John
Levi P. Morton
Charles W. Needham
Clarence F. Norment
James I. Oyster
R. Ross Perry
Duncan C. Phillips
Cuno H. Rudolph
Isadore Saks
Henry Y. Satterlee
D. B
J. Henry Small, Jr
Thomas W. Smith
Samuel Spencer
Denis J. Stafford
D.D
Edward J. Stenwagen
Corcoran
Policeman Collapse Highlights City Notices
Police officer Arthur D. Moffett of 1235 Thirty-fifth Street NW is under physician care at home after a severe mental breakdown from lack of rest while attending his ill wife. The column includes various local ads for goods and services, a St Patrick’s Day event benefiting St Joseph’s Orphan Asylum, a public meeting for Congressional Cemetery lot owners, and brief notices about local businesses and rail travel.
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Arthur D. Moffett
Thirty-fifth Street
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