Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
MORE ANT|-SMOKE
CHARGES ARE MADE
Warrants Issued Against Sew
eraI District Firms for
Alleged Violations.

Additional warrants leading to prose-
cutions under the Districts smoke
nuisance law were issued yesterday
against leading firms of the National
Capital, while David Lynn, architect
of the Capitol, appealed to District At
torney Leo A. Rover for an opinion as
to whether Speaker Longworth, chair
man of the House once Building Com
mission, should not have been named,
instead of himself, in the subpoena
based on q charge that the smoke
nuisance law Is being violated at the
Capitol.
Charges of violation of this statute
had their aftermath at the Capitol, for
Representative Bowman, Republican, of
West Virginia, a member Of the House
District committee, yesterday took steps
to block what he termed efforts of the
Board of Health to prevent the use Of
bituminous coal in the city. The Rep
resentative charged that the anthracite
coal producers were responsible for
this move.
In response to requests from Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, director of pub
lie buildings and public parks; the chief
Of the Bureau of Mines Mr.. Lynn and
other interested officials, the Senate
committee viii grant hearing on the
Copeland bill, enabling them to set
forth their position.
Named in Warrants.
Yesterdays warrants against alleged
smoke violators named Arthur Carr, TOO
Seventeenth street, representing thu
Mills Building; Clarence Smith of the
Hugh Reilly Co. 1884 New York avenue;
the H. L. Rust Co., through Harry Lee
Rust of 1901 Fifteenth street. as we'll
as the Wilson Normal School at EleV-
enth and Harvard streets.
Health Off1cer William c. Fowler Is
signing the warrants issued against per-
sons and firms accused of violating the
smoke nuisance law, and these have
now reached more than 100 since Feb
ruary /.
while DR.. Fowler continued, hgura-
lively, to raise smoke for those charged
with violation of this health measure,
literally smoke continued to issue forth
from the chimneys at the Capitol power
plant and other plants that are the
targets of the current legal action.
In his effort to fortify himself with
legal bulWarkS, Mr.. Lynn has not only
besought the district attorney to render
an opinion for him, but explained that
he has asked the Department of JUS
tice to represent him in court proceed
ings that may follow the serving of the
subpoena upon him. He was instructed
to notify Mr.. Rover, and If the district
attorney Is unable to handle the case,
was promised that the department
would, he said.
Explains Conditions.
With reference to the continued pres
ence Of smoke at the Capitol, Mr.. Lynn
explained that he is required under law
| to use the coal supplied by the Gov
eminent fuel yards and that the Capt.
toll power plant is equipped for using
bituminous coal and not for anthracite
coal. This plant supplies the Capitol
Building, House and Senate once
buildings, Library Of Congress, Govern
ment Printing once and other build
ings in that area, all of which would
suffer serious inconvenience and loss
II Mr.. Lynn was forced to shut down
the plant In order that he might keep
within the law and not be held liable
for its violation.
Following a conference with DR..
Fowler, District health officer, Repre-
sentative Bowman issued the following
statement:
1.-THE activities of the board Of health
of the District, in an effort to intimi-
date the users of smokeless coal, aimed
chiefly at West Virginia Smokeless coal
product Is coincident with efforts by
Representatives In the House from the
anthracite region Of Pennsylvania to
stifie and eliminate all competition with
anthracite coal.
Representative Coyle Of Pennsyl-
vania delivered a speech in the House
a few days ago attacking the use Of
soft coal in the District. Representa-
tive Watres from the anthracite region
of Pennsylvania, after comforting with
DIR. william G. Fowler, the District
health oficer, introduced q bill to
amend the act of Congress TO prevent
smoke nuisance in the District. The
passage of this bill would make the
emission of thick black or gray smoke
or cinders from any Smokestack or
chimney used In connection with any
stationary engine, steam boiler or fur
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