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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
39
A catalog style note presents raincoats at 32.50 and 35.00, praising their value and style. It states the coats are suitable for rain or shine and emphasizes proper attire. The paragraph mentions a $15 raincoat as a contrasting example.
Washington police face strict rules blocking officers from accepting tips or rewards. A bribeproof image is upheld as rewards must flow through superiors, then back to the giver if appropriate, with officers reporting all gifts. The process aims to prove honesty, though it relies on rigid procedures and multiple approvals.
The funeral of Senor Don Eduardo de Beistegui third secretary of the Mexican legation in London will be at St Matthew’s Church on Sunday afternoon. The body will be vaulting pending removal to Mexico. Charge d affaires Godoy leads arrangements in Ambassador Creel’s absence. Beistegui born Parla September 14 1880. served as attache in London then third secretary in Mexico’s London embassy.
Proposals opened today for twelve four room schoolhouses south of the seventeenth and fourteenth streets at a $104000 appropriation. Mount Pleasant to get a sixteen room structure with $100000 authorized. Fourth Street Northwest near Howard University to house a colored school with $15000 allotted. Contracts require work to begin within days of award. buildings will not be fireproof due to limited funds. A Treasury report advises all future Washington schools over two stories be fireproof.
Privates F J Drum and D C Donahue of the Third precinct appealed to the Commissioners after being dismissed by the police trial board for testifying falsely. They pleaded guilty to entering a building in violation, then admitted their later statements were false. Their attorney urged consideration of guilty pleas and prior good records as the decision rests with the Commissioners.
The Commissioners recommended adverse action on a bill to license firemen stokers and water tenders. The District requires boiler and engine operators to be licensed by the Commissioners. Engineers oversee all work during operation and say licensing this class benefits neither the public nor plant owners.
President Roosevelt to hear plea next week for Joseph Paolucci condemned to be hanged on March 2 for the 1906 murder of his sweetheart Elizabeth Dodge. Paolucci, eighty pounds, fears death by strangulation if hanged. Doctors deem no humane method for the punishment, lawyers seek commutation to life for reasons of humanity as he suffers consumption and may die within weeks. The case attracts Italian societies in New York and raises questions about mercy and legal method.
Philip Prynch a bartender of 1224 New Jersey Avenue Northwest died yesterday at Emergency Hospital after a first fall and epilepsy. He staggered onto a street between Ninth and Tenth streets NW, was aided, refused hospitalization, and later collapsed in unconsciousness. He died at the hospital. none was removed to the morgue. The Bartenders Union was notified and relatives are being sought.
Prohibition pledges and affidavits were required for fire department recruits to curb alcohol use. Whittany is noted for signing a five year abstinence pledge before appointment. Also reports on law school debate, missionary society officers, new counsel for Pennsylvania railroad, vagrancy law support, and embezzlement case involving Ross Douglas. Post want ads are free.
Justice Stafford in Criminal Court No 1 yesterday pronounced stern sentences to curb crime. Gilbert Lewis received fifteen years for manslaughter in the Eugene Rutherford case. John W Newby was jailed for fifteen years for attempted felonious assault on a colored woman. Nicholaus Warren got twenty years for murder in the second degree. Adam Lawson noted for grand larceny. William Green received twenty years for obtaining sewing machines and disposing of them. Monroe Burrell drew three years for a pocketknife assault.
A petition for bankruptcy filed in the District Supreme Court coincides with a suit by Mam A Moore and others against David Moore and Roy J Moore. They seek partition of estate valued at about 360000, with a life estate to Mary E Cooper and heirs to devisees. The case also asks accounting for 3900 received as rents from the property.
John Warden a clerk in the Dead Letter Office was indicted by a grand jury for embezzling a letter during transit. He allegedly took a sealed letter on December 6 191 and concealed the act as part of an ongoing missing letters scheme. Another indictment targets John McCreary a Windsor apartment janitor for forging a money order endorsement and obtaining $10 fraudulently.
Chief Justice Clabaugh refused to block Maj Richard Sylvester and Capt Hoardman from interfering with meetings of a local lodge of the Ep and Accepted Scottish Rite Masonry. Dr A P Riedel and other officers had filed suit after a raid on the group at Fifth and G streets NW about two months ago. Riedel faced police court after the raid on an information charging obtaining money under false pretenses. The case is pending.
Harry Wimsatt, recently indicted with Andrew L Lucas and Charles F Tabler in a car ticket swindle, surrendered to authorities and posted $3000 bond after appearing with counsel at the courthouse. A bench warrant had been issued for his arrest when indictments were returned in New York. He is the former husband of Maria Wilgan, known as a tiaradora sextet girl. Lucy J Moxle, sole beneficiary of her December 28 will, named Elizabeth King as her estate’s executor and beneficiary.
Henry Godsey a clerk in the Internal Revenue Bureau was fined ten dollars after a police court hearing for carrying a concealed revolver. He admitted owning the weapon for about twenty years and said he intended to carry it for protection while traveling home to Kentucky. The arrest followed an incident at the Uggs House involving a bell boy.
A collage of notices from the Washington press lists furniture bids for a new municipal building, Malt Bread promotions, grocer offerings, Lent meals at St Agnes Guild events, sermons by Rev William Ward and Rev Dr Ward, seedless fruit and prune ads, satin skin cream, and investment pitches from WG Upham and Heurich’s Beer vendors. The items reflect community notices, religious events, consumer goods, and local business promotions.
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