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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
19
Maj Sylvester orders police to confiscate large horns and curb disturbances in the business district during Christmas shopping season. Captains told to keep sidewalks clear and prevent any interruptions to shoppers and store employees on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Guardians urged to enforce the law to ensure a merry Christmas and protect trade.
Typhoid fever in the District declines per the mortality report from the health office for the week ending December 19. At week start 185 cases were under treatment, down by five by week’s end. During December 12 week 22 cases were reported, 21 discharges, total 18s. Scarlet fever rose to 9 from 47, diphtheria fell by nine. One smallpox case found. There were 114 deaths, up 17 from the prior week and 18 below the same week last year, with 171 births last week.
Washington commissioners seek authority to revoke master plumbers licenses for District violations. A draft bill forwarded to Senator Gallinger would raise license fees to five dollars, limit license terms to five years, and grant the commissioners power to revoke licenses for regulatory breaches after consultation with the Master Plumbers Association.
George Hanson, colored, convicted in police court of illegally selling whisky at his home 7 U street southeast last Sunday night. In default of a 150 dollar fine he was sent to the work house for 30 days. Frank West, colored, of the same address, was acquitted. Hanson’s sentence was the minimum for first offenses.
George Brown was convicted in police court yesterday for lifting an overcoat laprobe from an automobile. He received six months in jail after Policeman Murray chased the thief near Thirteenth and Deireete. Also, Thurman Burke alias Baltimore Kid failed to appear and forfeited $5 collateral after a disorderly conduct charge.
A bill in the Senate for the American Institute for Drug Proving proposes incorporating an institute in Washington to study drug effects on animals for medical treatment and cure. Incorporators include J B Green, Benjamin F Bailey, Willa A Dewey, J E McClerland, George Royal, John P Sutherland, Edwin H Wolcott, with reports referred to the corporation counsel.
Commissioner Macfarland said the board will not appeal the substation case after review of counsel's opinion. The chance of reversing the court decision appears slim, leaving a possible building permit for a Fourteenth Street site under conditions. He regrets efforts to serve the substation were thwarted while Seventh Street remains unresolved.
A draft bill forwarded to Senator Gallinger seeks to tighten alley construction rules in Washington. It would require alleys to be 30 feet wide throughout the block, require sewer water and lighting, prohibit repairs on depreciated dwellings, and force non dwelling structures to be kept behind the front wall of dwellings where allowed.
Private tables may be engaged for Xmas from to 8 at $1.00 a plate. Telephone 105 Branch 1. 5 Held for St. Louis Police. Detectives Parham and O'Brien arrested J. B. Wilson of Chicago and hold him for investigation at the First precinct. Wilson was nabbed at the instigation of St. Louis police. Epworth League hosts a Southern States reception at Mount Vernon Place Church South on Friday night. Ram's Horn Inn to give visitors a souvenir for Christmas. Special policemen named for post office duty. Our Business Men's Lunch at Coldenstroth's. Civil Service announces exams January 20-21 for printer and pressman at government printing office. Camera discounts at Columbia Photo Supply Co.
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