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Fair To-morrow. Weather- Servant Must Be Had To-night, The Star- A "'Help Wanted" Ad When Insert a ESTABLISHED VOL. 64-NO. 92. HARRISBURG, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1908.

TEN PAGES. ONE CENT. PEDDLE WATER IN PLACE OF PRODUCE Pennsylvania Farmers Supply Some Cities With Drink DROUGHT GETTING SERIOUS Entire State Is Suffering For the Lack of Water -Several Sections Report That Crops Are Entirely RuinedForest Fires Still Rage and Many Industries Close. The entire State is suffering from one of the worst droughts in years. In some parts of the State no rain has fallen in two months and rivers and streams are so low that many industries have been interfered with and in some instances plants have been shut down for the lack of water.

Forest fires are burning in several sections, and some localities report that crops will be entirely ruined unless rain comes soon. The local observation of the river to-day is .2 of a foot, a tenth of a foot lower than it has been for about week. The accumulated deficieney in rainfall to-day inches, and for the year 3.36 inches. It is just two weeks to since the last rain. The local forecast is for continued rainless weather.

Farmers Sell Water. At Shenandoah the water supply is so low that farmers are bringing water to the residents of the town instead of vegetables, as there is more profit in hauling water than peddling produce. Water sells at eight cents a gallon and many are compelled to walk three and four miles to get a supply even at that price. Several coal mines in that region have been closed because of lack water to run the power plants. Boats Stranded.

At Duncannon, above this city, the Susquehanna river is lower than it has been in more than one hundred years. In September, 1874, the river was lower than it had been since 1803, and a was marked and dated. stone in the river opposite Duncannon stone showed that the 110W Hesterday, ten inches below the mark placed there in 1874. In Philadelphia the Schuylkill river is lower than it has been at any time since and canal boats are strandat different points in the river bea tween Philadelphia and the coal regions. To Pray for Rain.

By Associated Press. Reading, Sept. is not a church in Reading or Berks county in which prayers will not be offered for rain to morrow. The Schuylkill here is lower than in 50 years. Wells are dry and farmers must haul water for miles.

Health inspectors expect a great deal of sickness if no rain comes soon. Farmers have virtually given up plowing because the soil is as fine as powder. Must Haul Water. By Associated Press. Bethlehem, Sept.

the not had a drop Wells are runlast week in August, this section has ning dry and many of the farmers are obliged to haul water for their cattle from streams miles distant. They Lehigh river and smaller streams are the lowest in years. Farmers have stopped sowing grain as the top soil, like ash, is unable to sprout the grain. Special prayer services for rain are proposed to held in a number of local churches. Water Supply Gets Low.

By Associated Press. Pottsville, Sept. there is a prolonged rain within the next two weeks the majority of towns in Schuylkill county may find themselves entirely without water. Thus far Pottsville and Mahanoy City are the only towns in the county which have any supply on hand, the others being cut to two hours' service each day. While a number of the collieries in the region have been closed because of the exhaustion of their water, the majority of them have been able to work for four days per week by using mine water, but even this supply is now becoming exhausted and the present month will see the suspension of all but a few plants unless rain comes to the rescue.

Almost Dried Up. Industrial plants have been notified that their water supply will be curtailed next week unless there is and arrangements are being made to draw a supply from the sluggish Schuylkill river, which 18 almost dried up, and from wells, so that it is believed that they can be kept at work. Spring water from the country and mountains is being peddled about the streets at 10 cents per gallon. The dust is six inches deep and raises in great clouds, causing, great inconvenlence, while it blamed for much of the existing ill health which is being experienced throughout the section. Forest Fires In New York.

By Associated Press. Albany, N. Sept. York State is threatened with forest fires which may equal those in 1903, when several lives were lost and millions of dollars' worth of property destroyed, according to a statement made to-day by John K. Ward, counsel to the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission.

The forest fires raging in dacks are spreading rapidly and if the present drought upstate continues for a few more weeks Mr. Ward says a very serious condition is sure to develop. In 1903 the fires extended over 100,000 acres of forest lands. Are Burning Fiercely. The fires now burning extend over 1,000 acres of land in the Adirondacks and nearly one hundred acres in the Catskills.

The fires are principally located along the Mohawk and Malone and the Ottawa railroads in Hamilton, Herkimer, St. Lawrence and Franklin counContinued On Sixth Page. HIS 1000 WEDDINGS. Rev. Gottlieb Andrea Holds Record Among New Jersey Pastors.

By Associated Press. New York, Sept. Rev. Gottlieb Andrea, pastor of German Reformed church, Jersey City, will perform his one thousandth wedding ceremony next Wednesday. Mr.

Andrea is said to have officiated at more weddings than any other minister in New Jersey. The fees that he has received are said to have paid the tuition expenses and board of his son and daughter at college. He has been pastor of the church for about twenty-five years. J. D.

BRENNEMAN SUES THE CITY FOR $10,000 His Son Was Drowned in Swimming Pool On August 9 Suit for $10,000 damages against the city was begun to-day by J. D. Brenneman because of the death bf his son, Jacob Brenneman, aged eight, at the Island swimming pool August 9. Brenneman went swimming from the Park Commission's free bath house, but wandered away from the jurisdiction of the guard there, and, getting into deep water, was drowned. SMALL STOCK OF TORPEDOES.

Navy Has Only Few Compared With Other Maritime Nations. Newport, Sept. is a sarked shortage of torpedoes in the navy compared with the stock of Great tain, Germany and Japan. The United States has about 500 Vhiteheads cn hand, while Great Britain has 10,000, Germany 4,000 and Japan a tike number. FIRST ROBS WOMAN THEN MALTREATS HER Brown Took Miss Qwaun's Coat and Then Hurled Brick at Her Head A brutal highway robbery was committed last evening and the assailant was captured by the police.

The robbery, which occurred at 8 o'clock on Cowden street, near Walnut, was one of the most revolting attacks that have taken place on this city's streets in years. After stripping the coat from the body Miss Sallie E. a negress, the assailant, Robert Brown, who has served time in the Eastern penitentiary, picked up a brick from the sidewalk when his victim remonstrated and deliberately struck her across the head with the missile. Her life was saved by her thick head of hair. The impact of the blow knocked Miss to the street.

The thief tucked the stolen coat under his arm and coolly walked to a pawnshop, where he offered the article of clothing for sale. A Harrisburg policeman was summoned by witnesses of the deed and Miss Qwaun was restored to consciousness. She gave a description of the coat and of the thief. At 10.30 o'clock this morning he was arrested. He said he had been drinking.

Miss Owgun was 2 visitor to this city, having been stopping with friends. Last evening she left the home for a Continued on Sixth Page, INJURED AEROPLANIST NURSED BY HIS SISTER To Be Near Brother Katherine Wright Is Making Home Near Hospital By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. is no doubt that the American people would applaud a generous, rather than a strictly technical attitude on the part of the government toward Orville said Secretary of War Wright, upon being asked Gor an expression as to what action the government would take in view of Thursday's fatal accident to the Wright brothers' aeroplane at Fort Myer. Mr.

Wright's achievement won the admiration and his misfortune the sympathy of the whole country, but until the War Department has some recommendation to act upon I cannot say what course will be followed. It may be that should payment, full or partial, be adjudged an act of fairness under the contract, the department would be without power to make it and an act of Congress would be necessary. "Under no circumstances would Mr. Wright accept any money from the government for his machine until he had fulfilled Charles the R. Flint, contract the Wright brothers' business representative, when he learned that such a proposition was being discussed.

Wright is thinking only of getting well and is not making any plans Miss for the Katherine future just Wright, fetistor of the aeroplanist, will take up her temporary residence not far from the hospital at Fort Myer in order to be near her brother. The arrangements for the funeral of Lieutenant Selfridge probably will be completed to day. Death of an Infant. Edward Wilt, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Wilt, of 260 Susquehanna avenue, Enola, died last evening of pneumonia. He was aged months. The funeral will be held on Monday morning at 10 o'clock and the body will be interred in the Harrisburg cemetery. HASSLER NAMED IN PLACE OF ALWINE. Republican County Committee Met and Acted To- Day NO OTHER NAME PRESENTED After Local Physician Had Been Selected to Fill Vacancy Caused By Alwine's Flight the Committee Selected Charles J.

Price, of Lykens, to Run For Mine Inspector. For County Treasurer--Dr. S. F. Hassler, Harrisburg.

For Mine Inspector--Charles J. Price, Lykens. The above are the nominees of the Republican County committee. It was as quiet as a circus when the Republican County comone mittee met today to go through the motions of nominating a candidate for mine inspector and one for county treasurer, the latter to take the place on the ticket made vacant by the sudden financial flight the late H. K.

Alwinelate of Middletown, and later of Boston, where he made his letter of withdrawal after a heart-to-heart talk with his counsel, Senator John E. Fox, and then got off the earth again. Many New Faces. This was the first meeting of the County committee held in a long, long time, and there were many faces in the big court room- -many new memto answer when their names were called. All of the old bosses and numerous would-be bosses were present and there were candidates galore.

Before the meeting was called to order there were numerous conferences on the Rialto and great was the button-holing that was carried on. From the western boundary of the Rialto to County Chairman Weiss' office was but a step there was a constant procession up and down the iron stairway, some going for orders and others leaving with orders stowed away in an inside pocket. May Cause Trouble. There was cause for great joy among the committeemen because of an innovation that established a precedent which may cause trouble in the future. Every member of the committee was told he would get five dollars for attending the meeting and the money had all been collected and was ready to be handed out on sight.

"Of course, why not pay a man for his trouble in coming here to attend the meeting?" said the bosses; you can't expect a man to leave his work and travel from Lykens or Wiconisco or Conewago or Hummelstown and lose the day and then pay his own So they held up the candidates to reimburse the committeemen for expenses -touching one for $200, another for $150 and others for smaller sums until they had more than enough to give a to each man. It was a great stunt, and having been done once there is no doubt that future committees will insist on its continuance. Those Who Attended. Among those who attended the meeting were Internal Revenue Collector Hershey, Candidates for Assembly Keis, ter, Tunis, Cumbler and Kean, Messenger Ed. F.

Eisely, of the State Health Department; Prison Inspector John MeIlhenny, Deputy Sheriff George Mellhenny, Candidate for Recorder William Mellhenny, Prison Inspector William B. Meetch, Prothonotary Worden, Senator Fox, Councilman Dan Brubaker, Capi tol Policeman Fred Schaffer, Capitol Machinist Westen, Assistant District Continued on Ninth Page. GASOLINE FIRE COSTS LIVES OF THREE MEN Plunged Into Water to Escape Fumes and Perished By Associated Press. Vallejo, Sept. gasoline fire in the navy yard yesterday wherein Theodore May, a chief machinist lost his life and several men were injured is now believed to have cost three lives in' ali.

Fred. Martin, a bumboat boy, and an Italian laborer, whose name is not known, are missing and there is every reason to believe that they perished in the water, into which they plunged when the flames surrounded the floating workshop containing nearly thirty men. It is generally believed that a lighted match thrown into the water ignited a quantity of refuse gasoline afloat on the surface and the flames were communicated to several hundred gallons of the inflammable fluid which had been pumped out of the tanks of the submarines Pike and Grampus, which were moored alongside the float. Of the score of men who sprang from the open platform into the water all were rescued with the exception of May, who could not swim, and possibly the boy and the Italian, who are believed to have disappeared below the surface unobserved. Four of the men inside the Grampus pulled down the hatch and remained imprisoned until the fire was extinguished.

When the search was abandoned late last night the body of May had not been recovered and grappling hooks had failed to bring to the surface the bodies of either of the other men believed to have perished. The fire caused a loss of about 000. This includes the destruction of some valuable instruments, some damage to submarine Pike and destruction of wood aboard the tugs Fortune and Unandilla, The steamer Arethusa, formerly supply ship to the Atlantie fleet, was moored to the same pier but escaped injury. TAFT WILL SPEAK At Madison Square Garden, New York, On October 28. By Associated Press.

New York, Sept. Parsons, of the Republican county committee, announced last night that William H. Taft, the Republican candidate for President, would speak in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, October 28, under the auspices of the county committee. The county committee of Kings to get Mr. Taft to speak at a meeting in Brooklyn the same night.

DESPONDENT FARMER CHOOSES AWFUL DEATH Set Fire to Barn and Was Himself Consumed By Flames By Associated Press. Pottsville, Sept. to have ben inspired with a spirit of revenge because his brother-in-law, William Riland, of Friedensburg, refused loan him money, William Straub, of Long Run, six miles south of Pottsville, committed suicide by setting fire to the Riland barn and being himself consumed in the flames. The barn was the finest in the county, and the loss is $6,000 with $3,000 insurance, comprising the building and a bumper crop which had just been stored anayas at one time the most prosperous farmer in the county, but almost everything through drink. This week he attempted to poison his family by placing a quantity of paris green in the coffee pot, ted as the supply of coffee was exhausted that morning, Mrs.

Straub made cocoa, thus averting the contemplated poisoning. It is believed that Straub's mind was affected. VACCINATE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYES Forty Clerks Lined Up and Had Their Arms Scraped Forty employes of the State Department of Health were lined up in the department's suite of offices this morning to be vaccinated. The wildest scenes ever enacted there ensued. The action was taken because of the prevalence of smallpox across the river.

The State Department of Health doesn't want one of its employes to have the distinction of the disease, so this morning all employes fretting were requested to submit to the slight operation. Many of the employes are girls, and they lined up with the rest of them and went through the ordeal. It took a long time for the department's physicians to go along the line, first washing, then sterilizing, then cutting and then inoculating the many arms presented to the knife. Some of the girls got hysterical and some fainted under the excitement. Some the men got faint, also, but both the fainted girls and the faint men were revived by the liberal use of ammonia.

The vaccination was not compulsory, but the employes were given to understand that the department wished it, so all yielded. Once a physician thought Continued on Ninth Page. LIEUT. ZIEGLER WILL BE ELECTED CAPTAIN He Is Slated to Succeed Captain Tack, Who Retires On Monday First Lieutenant Frank E. Ziegler will be elected captain of Company Eighth regiment, National of Pennsylvania, on next Monday evening to succeed Captain Nicholas Tack, who will go on the retired list of officers of the National Guard.

The election of Lieutenant Ziegler to the command of the company will be followed by the election of Sergeant Aaron H. Elser as his successor and the election of City Treasurer Owen M. Copelin as second lieutenant. Second Lieutenant Charles F. Minnig has tendered his resignation as third in command of Company and this calls for the election of a successor.

At camp at Gettysburg during July Captain Tack announced that he would retire from command of the company, and at the same time Second Lieutenant Minnig announced that he was about to relinquish his commission. Lieutenant Ziegler was immediately selected by the big majority of the men of the company as the choice for commander and closely following him Sergeant, Elser command. led as the choice for City Treasurer Owen M. Copelin's name was mentioned as a candidate for third in command and every man in the company agreed that the selection was a good one and all arrangements for the election were made pending the retirement of Captain Tack. Colonel Joseph B.

Hutehison this morning announced that the election will be held at the City Grays' armory on Monday evening. NO CLEMENCY FOR MULFORD. Philippine Governor General Refuses Pardon to American Bank Cashier. Manila, Sept. 19.

The Governor General has denied the petition for pardon for Harry Mulford, formerly a major of the Thirty-ninth infantry, who was cashier of the defunct American bank, LOCKED OUT OF HIS HOME BY THIEVES Robbers Worked While Crum Vainly Tried to Pound Door in OTHER ROBBERIES ON HILL On Thursday Night the Home of Clayton Webb, 34 North Tenth Street, Was Broken Into and $9.00 in Cash Taken-Valuable Fowls Stolen From Joseph Polleck-No Arrests Made. public. Stole $9.00 From Webb. During the past week three houses in the East End have been forcibly entered and robbed and the thieves are still at large. In each instance the police have investigated the crimes.

The burglaries did not leak out until this morning, the delay being due to Chief George's latest edict, that of suppressing news of criminal operations from the All the burglaries were committed in similar manner, the thieves breaking the locks in the rear of the premises. The latest of the complaints was made on Thursday night from Clayton Webb, 34 North Tenth street, a street car conductor. An entrance to the house was effected through a rear window. The lower floor was completely rifled, the drawers and cupboards having been searched. Nine dollars was taken from Webb's "change-maker, an automatic cash box carried by street railway conductors.

Three dollars of the sum belonged to the company and the rest was Webb's. The maker," broken to pieces, was found yesterday morning on the bank of Paxton creek. Beside it reposed a pipe. Locked Victim Out. On Saturday night while Daniel Crum, gunsmith, left his shop at 1 North Ninth street, to attend the State street market, burglars entered the place and made away with two guns valued at $30.

Had not the proprietor returned and frightened away the thieves it is likely that the valuable guns would have been taken. The thieves expected Crum's return and had bolted the front door. Before leaving the proprietor had ed the door. The thieves forced their way through the rear door, and on hearing the approach of Crum each snatched a gun and hurriedly departed through the back door as Crum was trying to enter the front way, and was held back by the bolt, which had ingeniously been shot into place by the marauders. Joseph Polleck's chicken house, the rear of his home, 237 South Fourteenth street, was broken into on Wednesday night and a number of valuable fowls were taken.

They tried to enter the residence, but were unsuccessful. The chickens were valuable Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and Leghorns. An Exciting Runaway. An exciting runaway caused no end of excitement up on Seventh street this morning. No one was hurt, but the contents of two milk wagons flushed the street near the Herr street subway where the collision occurred.

A horse hitched to a milk wagon became unmanageable and galloped madly down Seventh street. The owner jumped out of the flying wagon and by his prompt action saved himself from injuries. Just as the runaway reached the subway entrance another milk wagon was driven into Seventh street and there was collision. Milk and cream were splashed all over an the street and the runaway continued its pace. It was caught after running up to the State street bridge.

AGED PARCHMENT IS FOUND AMONG WASTE Written On Deerskin and Dated August 20, 1768 Hartford, Sept. deerskin parchment deed of indenture dated at Trenton, N. August 20, 1768- one hundred and forty years ago--was found in the waste, brought to the Burnside paper here recently and has now been placed in the Connecticut State Library at the capitol. By the indenture Andrew Reed and Charles Pellit, assignees, transferred nine acres of land to Hezekiah Howell. The story of the parchment's travels to the waste heap is unknown.

It came with tons of other scrap tied up in for paper "stock. After the bags had been opened and the contents seattered about for sorting this deerskin was picked up and eventually reached the State Librarian. The writing is very plain and distinct. The deed is recorded in the secretary's office at Burlington, N. J.

The sum of £30, 16s was given for the property mentioned. Caught Three-1 Bass. Luther Burger, bookkeeper for Waller Seel, on Market street, returned yesterday from a fishing trip to Goldsboro. Among the catches was a threepound bass and nineteen eels. Mr.

Burger was accompanied on the trip by his brother, W. S. Burger, of Wilkes- Barre. Death of Peter Groff. Peter Groff died this morning at 8 o'clock.

at. the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Kutz, 523 Emerald street, after a short illness. The funeral services will be held on Tuesday morning at 9 o'elock from house in charge of Rev.

James H. Monahan, rector of Sacred Heart Catholic church. Interment will be made in Mount Calvary cemetery. rectors' Association met last evening and rescinded the decision taken six months ago which suppressed the practice of issuing free tickets Deadheads In Paris. Paris, Sept.

Theatrical Di- SZECHENYIS IN SMASH. Count and Countess Cut and Bruised in An Automobile Wreck. Vienna, Sept. Count and Countess Szechenyi, who have been attending the autumn maneuvers of the Hungarian army, were in an automobile Thursday following the movements of the troops when the machine came into violent collision with the pillar of A bridge and was wrecked. The occupants had a marvelous escape, as their injuries were only a few cuts and bruises.

BULLET MISSED MAN AND HIT LITTLE GIRL Elbin Haden Killed By Assassin Who Was After Her Father By Associated Press. Columbus, Sept. death of 10-year-old Elbin Haden from a rifle wound and the arrest of Martin V. Culpepper, a merchant of Girard, on the charge of being the assassin, and his son, Upland, as accessory, were yesterday's developments in the assassination attempted in Lee county, Alabama, Thursday night, when an effort was made to murder T. J.

Haden, a farmer, at his home. The bullet missed struck his little girl. "Yesterday Martin a warrant was sworn out against V. Culpepper charging him with doing the shooting. It seems that Haden and Culpepper had a personal difficulty Thursday in which Culpepper got the worst of it.

Culpepper asserts his innocence, however. A Freak Ear of Corn. John Frick, of Newberrytown, York county, brought to market this morning for exhibition a triple ear of corn. The big ear was in the middle, and from the base of it on each side was another ear, like a trident. WAS BORN, WED AND DIED ON SAME DATE Peculiar Incidents With Life of Rev.

Philip Pfatteicher Easton, Sept. Philip Pfatteicher, of the foremost men in the ministerium of Pennsylvania, the governing body of the Lutheran Church in this section of the country, died suddenly at his home this city last night. He was seventy years old. Peculiar incidents connected with his life and death were the facts that he was born on the 18th of September, was married on the same date and died the same date. Two sons, Ernest, of Philadelphia, and Carl, a professor at Lafayette College, are ministers and daughter is married to Rev.

William Sahler, minister located at New Germantown, N. Y. Rev. Mr. Pfatteicher has been pastor of the German Lutheran congregation of this city since 1860.

His widow is the sister of the Rev. Dr. Adolph Spaeth, president of Mount Airy Seminary. Rev. B.

H. Hart To Stay. Rev. B. H.

Hart, pastor of Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal church, has refused the request of Bishop Wilson to take charge of the First Methodist church, Trenton, N. J. The minister gave as his reasons for declining the pastorate by saying he preferred to continue his work here. A CARELESS NURSE POISONS 8 PATIENTS Put Atropine in Pitcher-. Four Are Dead and Rest Are Dying San Diego, Sept.

carelessness of Mary Arthur, a nurse at the county hospital, has cost the lives of four patients to date and four others who drank from a pitcher containing solution of atropine in the pitcher are: J. Young, Charles Kemp, Henry C. Schuett and August Fixsler. Miss Arthur, who is in a state of collapse, failed to confess her negleet until the poison had taken deadly effect. According to her statement she left a solution of atraphone in the pitcher which was later filled by some other poison.

After a short absence Miss Arthur administered the water to several patients and others helped themselves from the pitcher. It has not been determined whether the nurse will be held legally responsible for the four deaths. Horse Trainer Injured. F. E.

Gleason, a horse trainer who has traveled from Maine to California, been married twice had two fingers and a thumb cut off by a buzz saw, is in the Harrisburg hospital with innumerable bruises as a result of falling through bridge at Elizabethtown while walking along the railroad tracks. The accident happened last night and ad the injured man was brought to this city on a train and sent to the Harrisburg hospital. Gleason fell at least thirty feet, lighting on a pile of hard earth, but fortunately escaped broken bones although he is suffering considerably from bruises and pains in the back. HINTS AT BLACK UPRISING. Cuban Negro Leader Talks of a Cruel Devastating Revolution.

Havana, Sept. Estenoz, the leader of the new negro party, in all interview yesterday says the real revolution in Cuba, which will be cruel, devastating and destroying, will be between the blacks and whites. WHO IS TO RIDE ON PATROL WAGON? Police Chief's Order Angers Councilmen--Meals To Act MAYOR MEANS TO INVESTIGATE When Fire Committee Met Last Night George's Action Came In for Heated Discussion -Fire Chief Garverich Declares He Was MisquotedSelect Councilman Hedrick Airs His Views to Some Other City Fathers. The Fire committee of Councils met last night to discuss reported deficiencies in the equipment of the new chemical engine for the Citizen Fire Company. That was the last and least of the things that were discussed, however, for the meeting got hot over an order issued by the chief of the police department, T.

J. George, that had resulted in the electric remen that are supposed to go to every fire being excluded from riding in the patrol wagon after an alarm. The committee took the stand that Councils should prescribe who could ride on the patrol wagon to fires, and therefore an ordinance will be prepared by the City Solicitor, Daniel S. Seitz, and will be introduced September 28, regulating the use of the patrol wagon and putting the policemen under the command of the fire chief during a fire. Police Chief's Order.

The exclusion of the electric linemen, who by orders of Councils are to attend every fire to cut wires in case of dangers or discussion. necessity, was what started Daniel W. Brubaker, president of control the patrol and policeman Common Council, asked under. whoga are when they go to fires. H.

G. Norton, chairman, said the fire chief was in control. Charles A. Garverich, chief of the fire department, then said that the chief of police had recently issued orders barring everybody from the wagon wagon is the only means of a lineman and reporters having been ordered of. The fire chief explained that the patrol wagon is the only means of a lineman's getting to fire at night.

H. W. Cooper then wanted to know whether the patrol is any good at fires. "It is if the police do their duty," said the fire chief. "Do asked Mr.

Cooper. Then the reporters thought they heard the following interchange of question and answer, though to-day the fire chief said that he had been migquoted in a report that printed it: Garverich Misquoted. "Whose fault is inquired Mr. Cooper. Not said Chief Garverich.

tell the policemen when I get to a fire to keep the crowd back, but they don't do it. I had to fight my way through the crowd at the last "'Isn't the wagon when it responds to fires supposed to carry rope and the officers put up a fire 'That's right," said the chief. "I'll tell you now that at the next fire if the crowd is not kept back I'll give instructions to the first company that gets the water turned on to direct the hose at the crowd." "Oh. you could hardly do that," said Mr. Morton.

"I'll be responsible for it," said the chief. "We will only have to do that sort of thing al one or two After some more discussion, D. L. Keister moved that the chairman be directed to have an ordinance drawn up and presented at the next session of Councils directing that the police patrol wagon answer all fire calls as a fire patrol, that the equipment the wagon shall carry shall be specified, as shall also the duties of the officers who 20- company the wagon and that it shall be fixed definitely who shall ride on the wagon. It was when a reporter for the StarIndependent went this morning to get from the fire chief a more detailed explanation of low the police have not done their duty at fires that he said he was misquoted.

He explained that at the fire in the Star Independent building, had last gathered Saturbefore the policemen arrived in numbers, and that while he was obliged to force his way through the crowds it was not the policemen's fault. To Stretch Fire Lines. "Have they failed to teen back the crowds at other fires The chief mentioned the Lyrie theatre fire. "But did you not say, Inst night that the, police do not do their duty?" "Did you say that at the next fire you will turn the hose on the crowd to keep the people back?" "Then you do not expect the police to do their duty?" But the fire chief didn't acquiesce in that seemingly logical conclusion. But, hereafter, he said, the police are going to stretch fire lines, which are carried on the patrol wagon.

T. J. George, chief of the police department, declined to discuss the reported inactivity of his of men at the fires. Fire He hadn't heard then Chief's correction of his reported sayings, and referred the had reporter to the Mayor, saying that he nothing to say. Mayor Meals said that the police will do their duty or that they won't last as policemen.

Logic Again at Fault. Who are excluded from the patrol wagon by the new he was asked. "Well, you can see the orders yourself. Chief George will show them to you." The first order stated that none but members of the department (the order was on the official letterhead of the Department of Police) should ride on the patrol wagon. The second referred to the first, and said it was not to be construed to prevent electric linemen from riding.

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