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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
13
Carrie Nation storms the District Building press room at 2 pm smashing cigarette stubs and confiscating tobacco. A reporter is accused of smoking while Nation orders a whisky consignment to the railroad station for public destruction. Police arrive as Nation dismisses reporters with a dramatic exit.
Casati award goes to Arthur Schmidt of McKinley Manual Training School for the most artistic poster for the school playground fund festival to be held May 11 at the National Theater. Second prize of five dollars goes to Miss Hila M. Cummings of McKinley. Theodore Bolton of Western earns honorable mention. Judges are A. C. Barney Leila Mechlin John Sheridan Neligh and James Henry Moser. Schmidt's design shows children in a boat. Exhibit open at Veerhoff Gallery today 8 am to 6 pm. Posters to be sold by auction after the festival.
Col John Biddle returned to the District Building after a week away and voiced surprise at his engineer commissioner successor Capt Jay J Morrow. He praised the selection, expected the change though not until fall, and noted future Washington school buildings may require more rooms and some old structures should be abandoned.
Building Inspector Ashford reports 442 permits issued in April, $1,600,983 in expenditures, a rise of $421.20 versus March and nearly $20,000 above February. The largest permit is a $500,000 residence at New Hampshire Avenue and Street NW for Perry Belmont. District totals: Northwest $1,395,171. County $451,010. Northeast $123,050. Southeast $537,240. Southwest $14,135. Repairs total $205,817 with Northwest leading at $140,113 and other areas contributing smaller sums.
The Col ored Y M C A fund drive nears a decisive total with subscriptions surpassing 22,000. canvassers push to raise 3,000 more before Tuesday to secure Rockefeller matching funds. a final workers meeting led by Shadd and Washington aims to energize supporters, with a True Reformers Hall talk by Prof John R Hawkins. a Senate member contributes a 100 check to headquarters.
Court of Appeals denied a writ of error in District vs. Washington Wailer. Officer Woodward recommends a new ordinance section prohibiting stable use in dense districts after July 1 unless the stall floor extends four feet and is water tight with proper slope to a public sewer or to the area causing the least nuisance if no sewer exists.
Delegates elected to represent Camp 171 United Confederate Veterans at the Richmond reunion May 30 to June 3 include John T. Callaghan R. H. McKim J. McD. Carrington John M. Hickey William A. Gordon Thomas W. Hungerford Edwin P. Jones Leigh Robinson Holmes Conrad Seth Shepard R. B. Denney John H. Walsh C. C. Meade George M. Gordon A. G. Holland and A. F. True. Also notices promote Schneider's Malt Bread and Great Bear spring water and report a police case involving Herman Parker alias R C Clark. The D A R Will Meet Tonight at the New Willard for district officers and other business.
Fire department records for April show 79 alarms, 37 bell and local. Four bell alarms were false. Estimated loss 15,292 with insurance 180,610. A single fire at 140 Sixteenth Street Northwest on April 24 caused 9,000 in damages. Colored Baptists recognize Trinity Baptist Church as an independent Missionary Baptist Church. sermon to be preached by Rev Dr W Bishop Johnson and fellowship hand given.
On recommendation of Commissioner Morrow Newton Place northwest will extend from its present terminus east of New Hampshire avenue to Brightwood avenue with a width of fifty feet. The District surveyor is to prepare plats and condemnation proceedings will begin to obtain the land.
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