Present Smoke Law Opposition Report to Congress
Commissioners Macfarland and Biddle forward an adverse report opposing a three minute emission limit in the smoke law. West dissented while urging broader enforcement, inclusion of federal and district buildings and locomotive engines, and continuation of current inspection-based penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland and Biddle
Congress
Macfarland
Col. Biddle
Board of Commissioners
West
United States
Railroads Seek to Cut Smoke from Locomotives
Railroad officials from Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio met with Commissioner West to discuss reducing locomotive smoke. They noted coke use, inspector action for careless firing, and coal quality issues from the South. Firemen and engineers were instructed to blow fires to minimize smoke as engines enter city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Crawford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
J. F. Legge
Baltimore and Ohio
Commissioner West
Legge
Trinidad
Depot Set to Curb Smoke for Marble Interior
Officials said the new depot will limit smoke to protect the marble interior and white granite exterior, aiming to keep the building from becoming disfigured once in operation.
Czarra's License Revoked by Medical Board
The District Medical Board revoked Dr. Sigmund A. Czarra's medical license after a second hearing on charges of unprofessional conduct and distributing improper literature. Attorneys for Czarra sought dismissal, but the board overruled, revoking the license. an appeal announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Board
Board of Medical Supervisors
Sigmund A. Czarra
Caarra
Nts
Court of Appeals
J. Taber Johnson
George Muse
Dr. Czarra
N. R. Herndon
J. W. Proctor
Czarra
Richardson
Banquet to Visitors by District Medical Society
The Medical and Surgical Society of the District of Columbia will host a banquet in honor of Prof. Albert Stengel of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. David L. Edstil of Philadelphia. The February 2 event at Rauscher's features introductory remarks by President Dr. Presley C. Hunt and talks on chronic myocardial diseases and the influence of infected making on diet in illness. Committee on arrangements includes Gen. W. H. Forwood and several doctors.
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District Medical Society
Albert Stengel
University of Pennsylvania
David L. Edstil
Philadelphia
Medical and Surgical Society of
District of Columbia
Rauscher's
Presley C. Hunt
Stengel
Parade viewing stand planned on Seventh Street
District employees plan to erect a sixty five foot long covered stand on Seventh Street in front of Center Market to view the inaugural parade. It will seat about 450 and be managed by private secretaries of Commissioners. Building Inspector Ashford will draft the plans.
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Seventh Street
Center Market
Pennsylvania Avenue
Messrs
Waldo Hibbs
Louis C. Wilson
Daniel E. Garges
Ashford
Georgetown Citizens Hear Arguments on Rock Creek Bridges
Commissioners will hear Georgetown residents today on proposed Rock Creek bridges or culverts. Lloyd B Wright and W Riley Deeble argued fifteen minutes each plus a thirty minute reply. Bridge backers say ten to twenty years for culverts and urge immediate survey funding. others suggest buying the Thompson bridge near Connecticut Avenue for street use.
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Georgetown
Rock Creek
Lloyd B. Wright
W. Riley Deeble
Macfarland
Q Street
Congress
Washington
Thompson Bridge
Connecticut Avenue
Wife-beater Gets Jail Sentence In Police Court
City bulletin reports Robert Proctor was sentenced to six months in jail after conviction on assaulting his wife in police court. Neighbors testified he struck his wife and threatened her life near the Zoological Park.
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Robert Proctor
Proctor
Zoological Park
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Alexandria
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Pa. Ave
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City Bulletin
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G Street
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Jerome
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America
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Warren
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Tighe
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Oronoco
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