First Survey Completed and Board of Education Seeks 853491
District commissioners finished the first survey of department estimates and prepared for final revision. The overall local government request totals about 12.5 million dollars with final figures expected under 11 million. The Board of Education seeks 2,484,056 for the next fiscal year, up from last year, with several salary and new building requests across multiple schools. The Charities schedule is reduced slightly but adds a municipal hospital project of 150,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Business High School
Anthony Hyde
Francis N. Cardozo
McKinley Manual Training School
John W. Ross
Normal School
McCormick School
Brightwood Park
Petworth School
Benning School
Anacostia
Normal School No. 2
Mott School
Fourteenth Street
Florida Avenue
George 8. Wilson
Board of Charities
Macfarland
Clifton's Hump Stays in Clifton Street Grade Decision
The Engineer Commissioner received the highways department report on Clifton street grade amid residents' protests against the curved grade. The report says changing the grade would require new legislation, notes Congress authorized the grade years ago, and that Col. Biddle will likely approve while citizens are informed.
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Engineer of Highways
Columbia Heights
Congress
Clifton Street
Citizens’ Association
Kupferberg Seeks Release After Fraud Sentence
Samuel Kupferberg, four months' jail term for conspiracy to defraud a Washington traction company, filed in District Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus claiming an incomplete docket. Attorney Julius J. Peyser alleges he was not arraigned or pleaded. Chief Justice Clabaugh ordered a writ returnable October 20.
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Traction Company
Samuel Kupferberg
Washington Traction Company
District Supreme Court
Julius J. Peyser
Kupferberg
Clabaugh
Kidwell Held in Jail After Pleading Not Guilty
Raymond Kidwell, arrested in Anacostia for alleged theft from Fred H Kramer, pleads not guilty in Police Court and is held for grand jury with $500 bond. He allegedly possessed Kramer's gold watch and about $16 in cash. other cash and checks were missing. Also noted is a religious notice about a Triduum for Hungarian martyrs at St. Aloysius and St. Dominic's churches with sermons and relic veneration.
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Raymond Kidwell
Anacostia
Fred H. Kramer
Harrison Avenue
Kidwell
Kramer
St. Aloysius’ Church
Bede Oldegeer
Ing
Mount &T. Sepulchre
Kennedy
O. P
St. Dominic's Church
District Building Honors Reappointed Commissioner West
Employed workers crowded the District Building board room to congratulate Henry L. West on his reappointment as District Commissioner. Speeches from B Hunt and Col. W. C. Haskell praised his leadership and the staff’s loyal service as the room offered best wishes and presented flowers and gifts.
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Henry L. West
B Hunt
Mr. West
Hunt
Col. W. C. Haskell
West
Mr.West
Auto Company Sued Over Fatal Collision
Lettie Marshall sues Washington Electric Vehicle Transportation Company in District Supreme Court seeking 10000 damages for her husband Robert Marshall's death from injuries in a collision at Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue last October. Attorneys Wolf Rosenberg Strasburger argue recklessness and incompetence, while Hamilton Colbert defend for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Lettie Marshall
Washington Electric Vehicle Transportation Company
Hamilton & Colbert
Cline Auto Explodes Beside Riggs Street Garage
A large A P Cline automobile standing at a curb in front of a Fourteenth and Riggs NW garage exploded yesterday afternoon. Cline, seated inside, escaped injury but was shocked by the blast. Firemen, summoned from box 243, fought the blaze as the car burned, the cause unclear though a gasoline line rupture near the tank was suspected. The machine had been recently overhauled and stood for about fifteen minutes before the explosion drew a crowd.
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A. P. Cline
Fourteenth and
Riggs Streets
Cline
New 3 Story Buildings on Fourth Street
New three story structures Nos 309 and 311 Fourth street southeast with six large well lit rooms each and tiled baths. Beautifully decorated and finished with a large rear porch and yard and hot water heat.
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4Th St
Klopfer Awarded 3250 Damages in DC Case
A Circuit Court jury awarded Benjamin Klopfer 3250 against the District of Columbia for an injury on a sidewalk near Twelfth and C streets NW on February 16, 1903. Attorneys William Ambrose and Charles H. Merillat represented Klopfer.
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Klopfer
Benjamin Klopfer
District of Columbia
Twelfth
C Streets
Loises
William Ambrose
Charles H. Merillat
Wlopfer
Drivers Urged to Stay Awake to Prevent Accidents
Commissioner West and Maj. Sylvester target driver sleepiness after many near misses and wakeful alarms. A new bill would make rest a misdemeanor, punishable in Police Court. Negro Acquitted of Manslaughter. James Jordan, accused in the July 4 death of Edward Jacobs, was found not guilty in Criminal Court No 1 following defense claims that the government failed to prove intent.
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West
Maj. Sylvester
Pot
James Jordan
Edward 4. Jacobs
Hayes Court
Jordan
Jacoba
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Washington
Middleman
PBS
Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
L. W. Weed
Horn
the Tailor
Dong
Health Department
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
GEO. M. Oyster, Jr
Connecticut Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Shedmarl Clothes
Isda
Pettit & CO
Selinger
Hubbard Heating Co
F Street
W. W
Lew Opape
ADLER
D Mass. Ave
N.W
Ave
Victor E. Adler
Glething House
7Th St. H.W
THE
Sunday Post
Clifton
Pferberg
Seeee Veel
House & Herrmann
Eye
N. W
Employes
Auto Company
GLINE
BIG Auto
Morse
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Library
City Bulletins
Erie
Siup
J. T. D. Pyiees
la. Ave
Gessford
West End
Pa Ave. Nw
James F. Oysteer
Pa. Ave
Columbia Wall Paper Co
St. N. Ww
Muddiman & Go
Keene's
Joseph I. Weller
Udden
Hebbard
Orne
Geo
E. Hebbard
9Th St
M.S.M
Harvard
Rich
Tony
D. J. Kaufman
J. T. Walker Sons
10Th Street
N. We
Phome M
Oppenheimer
Henry Oppenheimer & Co
Baltimore
A.herman’s Sons Co
H Street
Priestley
Ercoats
Regal
New
Aluminum
Dangler
A. Eberly
Fanninsk A. Kah
Gia
Heart
U. 5
BBC Hlye
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