Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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d. Suiii'ah last "eeh
were on the SICK list. The former had
an attack of grin and experienced
trouh,e with tooth Will. +ha ,.t..r
.o"'i'' "".io 'iie in''ei
was recovering from an injury to his
ankle.
1t seldom has hammered that both the
mas nappeneu 'na' oo'h inc
ehiei aho MS deputy nave oeen away
from their posts at the same time.
Battalion Chief Ke,iber bowever no.
,...... nus
seo as ac'ihs chieL on several &C.
casions.
The acting chief did not give up his
uu'ies as oa'laiioh chiei WINE
serving as the head of the department,
it is stated. spending most of his time
at his own beado,, rt.r, ord r..nona-
.' on" ie'pohu
ing TO alarms In his district as usual.
Fire Marshal Nicholson ALWAYS
breathe. e.s,.r rh.n ~. c,r;..,,a.
holioays are over There was only one
Christmas tree fire during the last
holiday .soson bic -..o-d. .hou, .nd
80
not nre OF any magnitude occurred
in a business house.
There were three fires in stores"
Tho a. ...,, -,,s o..
,itt,a M 40 aial snaa rsnal heo. ~. very
Il..ie uanasS was 9ohe, anu tne stores
n.y. ~ snS uusiness seosion.
49, snS opiiioh " ,iay n,1ent;e ~,
sne uepaI .niGnt .nal tne nIe pferen.i ;e,a
regulations nao sometning 10 90 Win Win
g g,'s; Sne or noae uisas'fous hfes
ou ..rns the notioay Season. ..h
me ,nspe1eioh y. nerI'e sa >.
says the fire marshal In his report Tor
.ne tss. non.n OF ~ ;o.i s ene
lnon.n Inc M noho T oa inspec.io !,,.s ~
- e: au S,o nu III Snm.
.ne tnepeSsions VI hotes, p9oAie AoAs'
=. anu eeeneS -. ~
=. =. MoI an, piesiuene VI .he
oer VI SoihIheIce, was suest ~ nonol
a. IeSenl HgetinS oi tne ren
x.ssa' ion. 81 .nn;otIos
ma e. ,nn,. so,,isas haa -. noA
~ haHe ran1rass nnact st.n,e nane
s;or and rotiSauesrt Hi
..rhnse in attnndanca v.-. rsm;nded
ne tbe banaNts tbat ora 70 he derived
Sron ne soad feisow sI are r az seca
r str e" Su,;th .,nd ~ 20 ths In
tsntion nf The association IN have other
nnhiic-snirttsd men deliyer short adj
dresses that will encourages the asso-
cjation in its efforts to better the
social moral and material Conditions
NJ tha firemen of the city"
Members OF the Firemen's Association
feel eiated over the prospects of get
ting favorable action on bill that
will carry the necessarv legislation To
make possible the Enactment of a suit
able nension and service law for the
denarfm
Renresentative Cary will have charge
of the measure. il is stated. and he
feels positive that it will reach a sue
cessful conclusion at the present ses-
sion of Congress-
Seret w A smith of No 2 truck
comnany the faithful and energetic
secretary of the Firemen's Association.
was the recipient of a Christmas re-
membrance in the form of a check for
500. The check was from the associa-
tion as token of appreciation of his
services during the wear 1915.
cant. w. A. Dixon of No. truck
company. who was severely injured
several months ago as result of a
collision between the truck and a taxi
cab at PENNSYLVANIA avenue and 9Th
street was before the retiring hoard
last week. The captain is anxious to
return TO duty
Private W = Coulter of No trpck
comnany had holiday Yesterday
Can't charles r Beers of No truck
company expects to enioy a vacation
oS Several DAYS the Coming Week
d,,r;no h;s .hsence
pr;vste r. q Rerrvnan of M &
-, ao.,n No "a ha.n oee Jr.V
saIer.I waeEs on account Of sickness
:. aar.,sscin. y" ' VI
i In - = S,,,,;y,r ard Private Z II
can,nei nj No ,, ene;ne comnanv last
49, 49, IS ut, ~ acconnt of s;nIs
mseh "e oi uu's VII "eeou'' VI SIN
49, w r1,rL and Private L r.
,,p ~ NJ 81 anr;na comnanv h,Na