More Pay for Police Measure Favored by West and Babcock
A conference between Commissioner West and Representative Babcock discussed reorganizing the police department and creating a promotion based pay scale. The bill, drafted by May Sylvester, would set new ranks and salaries, promote after probation, and give extra pay for mounted and bicycle officers, with surgeons dedicated to police and fire departments.
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Commissioner West
Representative Babcock
House District Committee
Babcock
House
May Sylvester
West
Mr. Weat
Congress
Fire Departments
Cross-town street railway plan spurs district debate
A. B. H. Semmes and capital partners push a cross town line across the district east side. Semmes will seek a federal charter in the next Congress. Route runs along Bladensburg road to Fifteenth Street, then north to Tennessee and Kentucky avenues to the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and into Anacostia to Giesboro Point. Residents demand modern streetcar service to connect outlying districts with downtown and ease travel between the Navy Yard and Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge areas. Gustave A. Kuhn is acquitted of larceny. a separate slander suit involving George W. Turner is being heard with a sealed verdict expected. Marine Band concerts are canceled due to conflicts.
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Abh Semmes
Semmes
Congress
Bladensburg Road
Fifteenth Street
Tennessee
Kentucky Avenues
Pennsylvania Avenue
Minnesota Avenue
Anacostia
Giesboro Point
City of Washington
Navy Yard
Gresboro Point
Uniontown
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
Librarian Bowerman Refutes Central Labor Union Claim
George F Bowerman librarian of the District Public Library answered the Central Labor Union’s eight hour complaint saying the issue is not new and the binders are not district employees. He explained library book binding is contracted to Anton Zichtl with basement workers, while two staff repair pages on eight hour days. He urged the union’s charges are ill advised and unfair to library staff.
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Bowerman
Central Labor Union
George F Bowerman
District Public Library
Anton Zichtl
Pennsylvania Avenue
District faces funding split as commissioners weigh improvements
District commissioners begin annual budget talks at 2 pm with department estimates and assessor revenues before them. A floating debt of 2 718 883 dollars looms while 10 253 208 dollars in current expenses face scrutiny. Macfarland urges separating extraordinary improvements from current costs to allow time for federal support and avoid crippling services. He expects general legislation to raise pay for teachers, firemen, and policemen, with education and public works planning bills in progress.
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Garrison
Macfarland
Congress
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Mrs Terry seeks absolute divorce from Levi Terry
Mrs Mary Elize Terry filed suit yesterday for an absolute divorce from Levi Terry on grounds of unfaithfulness. The action, noted in court papers, names attorney Campbell Carrington for the plaintiff.
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Terry
Mary Elize Terry
Levi Terry
Campbell Carrington
District Building Progress Hinges on Granite Arrival
Work on the District building proceeds with inside walls and structural abutments while awaiting Maine granite for the exterior. The sailing vessel carrying stone is near the Chesapeake Capes or Potomac mouth, with arrival expected any day. Steel for the frame has not arrived yet. Capt Harding met architects in Philadelphia and New York to arrange steel shipment and coordinate timing.
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Maine
Chesapeake Capes
Potomac
City Wharf
Capt Harding
Philadelphia
New York
Lawyer seeks reinstatement after disbarment in Court of Appeals
John H Adriaans petitions the District Court of Appeals to set aside his 1899 disbarment and allow him to practice again, citing that the penalty has already been served and supported by about seventy five signatures from attorneys. The case follows remarks in a pending suit by Henry E Davis, then U S district attorney. Careful housewives use Burnett's Vanilla for purity claims.
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John H. Adriaans
District Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
John H Adrianns
Adriaans
Henry E Davis
United States District Attorney
City Bullets: Jaws Broken in Elevator Fall Lawsuit
William Helmuth sues Washington and Virginia Stockyard Abattoir Co. for 5000 damages claiming negligence in failing to provide elevator safety bars in Alexandria County Va. He alleges he fell down the shaft on October 27 and broke both legs. Attorney Charles W. Carr represents him.
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William Helmuth
Washington and Virginia
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Justice Wright
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