Building Inspector Office Called Undermanned and Overworked
Commissioners finish inquiry into the District building department. Inspector Ashford to stay in charge with追加 staff and higher salaries sought. Plan to license architects and builders, issue permits to licensed professionals, and install a municipal architect to supervise planning and repairs across District buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashfard
Congress
Ashford
J. B. Clark
Building Department
Clark
J. PB. Sperry
Henry Storey
Capt. Kelley
Macfarland
Pickford
Leaves Estate to Husband in Two Probated Wills
Two wills filed for probating name Mary A Walsh of New York and Daniel F Spriggs dated 1897 and 1899. Walsh leaves entire estate to husband Francis S Walsh. Spriggs leaves Sixteenth Street residence furniture to daughter Eliza F Perry with life remainder to her children, executrix named. Also a transit schedule note appears for Baltimore Electric Line twilight excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Walsh
New York
Daniel F. Spriggs
Mary Walsh
Francis S. Walsh
Daniel &. Sprigg
Sixteenth Street
Eliza
F. Perry
Malt Bread and Damages Awarded in Station Case
An inspection of Scheneder's Bakery touts hygienic Malt Bread sold by grocers. Damages awarded by Justice Anderson in District Supreme Court to Bushrod C Hay for 295 dollars and to Severia A Di Marzo for 600 dollars due to grade changes linked to the Union Station project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Justice Anderson
District Supreme Court
Bushrod
Hay
E Street Northwest
Severia’ A. di Marzo
E Street
Connecticut
PERRY AND PERRY PENDINGS IN DISTRICT BUILDING
Perry Col Perry Carson and Piqued residents report a dispute with the Ol District commissioners over the janitor and watchman posts. Col Perry contends the janitor role expired by law July 31 and did not accept the watchman job, asking to resign from an abolished office and from a position he never held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Perry
Stops Bieber Pension Also Drops Three Policemen
Commissioners reduced or removed several police pensioners after failure to appear for board examinations required by federal law. Allotments lowered for multiple cases, including former officers Bieber Bartel Quail and Wright, with penalties ranging from total cuts to partial reductions based on disability ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Police Surgeons
Congress
Pension Office
Sidney Bieber
Charles Bartel
H. A. Quail
J. E. Wright
Police Department
Accused of Chewing Finger during Fight in Northeast
Patrick Casey faced police court on a $500 bond after being charged with biting William Logan's finger during a month old altercation on Fourth Street Northeast. Casey pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial as Logan testified to the scuffle and bite that led to a hospital visit and a warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Logan
Patrick Casey
Casey
Logan
Fourth Street
Fourth precinct arrests rise amid city crime drive
In Washington's Fourth precinct the police report 2,160 arrests since New Year's Day, about 10.6 percent of the area population, with two thirds Negro and one third white. The force hunts in pairs, covering rough alleys from Mall to river, noting hotspots like Willow Tree alley and Bear's Gap, and keeping watch for concealed weapons while detailing monthly arrest patterns and notable incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhall
Washington
Malhail
Fourth Precinct
Fifteenth Street
South Capitol Street
Palace
Whlow Tree Alley
Clark's Alley
Bear's Gap
Old Blondfield
Second
South Capitol
Willow Tree
Capt. Mulhall
Spencer Barnes
Hall Street
William Smothers
Hollinberger
Sergis. Koucher
Yates
Kilmartin
TKS Five O Clock Lender Santelmann Mendelssohn Waldteuffel Herbert Metra Orth
Lender Santelmann and Suppe Mendelssohn Waldteuffel Herbert Metra Orth are referenced in a compact roster like note. The fragment hints at a music or performance program with composers Waldteuffel and Mendelssohn and performers linked to Metra Orth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TKS
Lender
Santelmann
Suppe
Mendelssohn
Waldteuffel - Herbert
Metra
Maintenance filing by Helen Sheldon seeks support for 25 years
Asult' for maintenance was filed yesterday by Mrs Helen G Sheldon a boarding house keeper at 1737 F street northwest claiming marriage to James Sheldon Jr a clerk in the Department of Commerce. She says they were married in Buffalo 25 years ago and that his wife aid to send charter charities of New York here for 15 months her income contributed $25 a month while he contributed 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen G
Sheldon
F.atreet
James Sheldon
Buffalo
Bie
Charitiés of
Payment to receivers in Georgetown loan case approved
Justice Anderson of the District Supreme Court authorized William E. Ambrose, receiver for First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown, to accept 1,178.08 from Adolph Behrmann in satisfaction of the deed of trust claim on parts of lots 60 and 1 in square 1197. The March 1902 loan of 2,000 had been reduced to 1,179.06. the court ordered release of the property from the trust. Only about 280 remains in a local bank. association books are missing.
Suit Against W J Zeh Seeks Accounting and Title Declaration
John B. Daish, trustee in bankruptcy for William J. Zeh Coal Co., filed a suit against William I Zeh and others seeking an accounting and a declaration that Zeh holds title to a house at 1301 Seventeenth Street and other property. The bill alleges the company had $100,000 capital, of which only $41,827.52 was paid, paid by Zeh, who allegedly used the firm's name and funds for his own gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Zeh
John B. Daish
Zeh
Seventeenth Street
Bankrupt Petition Filed Against Flour and Feed Merchant
A petition was filed by S L. E. Tucker Irving BE. Stacey and Frank F. Stacey asking that Clar endon Smith a flour and feed merchant at Fifth and K streets northwest be declared bankrupt. They allege a debt of 1600 and that he transferred property to Golden & Co to secure preferred creditors. He allegedly admitted incapacity to pay debts and is cited to show cause August 15 why he should not be declared a bankrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S L. E. Tucker
Irving BE. Stacey
Frank F. Stacey
Clarendon Smith
Merrchant
Fifth and
K Streets
Smith
Golden & Co
Gambling charge against Regent Hotel host held on bond
David Graham was held on a 500 bond in police court yesterday for permitting gambling in a Regent Hotel room on Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. The Pacifica charge, alleged to be run by Graham, saw him plead not guilty, represented by Campbell Carrington. Detectives Lohman and Klien Dienst raided the room, nine men were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Graham
Regent Hotel
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenus Northwest
Graham
Pacifica
Campbell Carrington
Sergi. Lohman
Precinct Detectiva Kliendienst
Two Men Given One Year Each in Police Court
Joshua Brown and Thomas Magruder, both with police records, were sentenced to one year in jail each after a shoplifting conviction. The pair allegedly entered a Seventh Street Northwest store Monday and took multiple articles before being stopped by Policeman Bogie of the Second precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Brown
Thomas Magruder
Brown
Magruder
Seventh Street
Bogie
Caution on Castoria Counterfeits From 19th Century Ad
The notice urges buyers to verify the Castoria wrapper bears Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature in black and red on bottles. It warns against counterfeit substitutes harming families, especially children, and stresses mothers’ vigilance for safe medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
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Saka & Company Seventh
Penna. Ave
Herrmann 7Th and
Eye Sts
N. W
Wervantile Riske
Ieading American
Koelish
Asssets
Kuppenheimer Clothes
Cassaer
Henry Evans
Barber & &Ross
Sunday Post
Ashford Will
Baltimore
City Bulletin
Schneider's
Heurich’s
Maerzen and Senate—brewery
Arlington Bottling Company
Same Old Place
McLennan’s
Chicago Jewel Gas
A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Perry
Carson
Bieber
C. F. Ae
Board of Police
W. R. Haynes
P. Posey
C. B. Peyton
Vannth
I. R. Smoot
J.B. Schuyler
Andrew
Fre
A. W. Carter
W. Coleman
W. R. Handy
Frank W. Raits
Government
Dumbarton Club
Georgetown
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Gapt. Dingey
Bushwood
Oden Roberts
Hartwell MacCarteney
Harry Kite
Albert Howard
John Ramsay
Leonard Nicholson
Richard L. Cook
Fred Kleinschmidt
John Ballinger
Glen Echo Park
14Th
New York Avenue
Euckett Stoker
Luckett
E. J. Codd Company
South
Caroline Street
Marine Band
Nan
Sheldon Bays
W. J. Zeh
B. Daish
New York Ave
Central Drug Co
Detroit
Mich
Christy Drug Stores
Pittsburg
Jacob Bros
Philadelphia
Fletcher's
Hess & McCann
Kansas City
Voegels Bros
Minneapolis
Minn
Polk Miller Drug Co
Richmond
P. A. Capdau
New Orleans
M. C. Dow
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fletcher
THE
Gemtaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Horn
Uneeda
Nationae
Randle Highlands Capitol
U.S
Nile Highlands
Capitol
Ax Dupont Circle
U. 3
Asity
Itx
Pr .Ous
Amasl
US Realty Company
Central National Bank
Ty Central National Bank
7Th Si
Pa. Ave Nw
Friedlander Bros
TNE Bowels
Sunday’ Post
Hirsh’s
Seventh St. N. W
E. Z
Tableta
O’donnell
F Street
Barchell
N-W. Burchell
M. J. Doebereiner
Baker’s ‘and
Shaw-Walker
Lansburgh Furniture Co
9Th Street
Duffy
Rochester
Aineth
Merchandine
Wat
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