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I '\fjl^'fekted to the ISflftbgress of fcfeeatfer Endicott TIMES Broome County's Leading Weekly N PWS paper ENDICOTT, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1931 Phone 1371 Within Single Hour Cause $10,000 Damage to Home & Garage dy Subscribed As Endicott's Total for National Red Cross Grows 3 DAY NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN FOR $10,000,000 f OR RELIEF FUND STARTS ;To'day .niarks.the begin- : ~^gl$£-a, IhfceeSflay oppor- XyKfiiiui ^K ^f Endicott citizens *^%$i&r bit for the Red * c;Cr'ofeur£'ite heroic, attempt ^ to. lepen the suffering of .^thousands. of our fellow [ l^p^tcjrnien in the great i.^^pug1it^sti!icken areas of ^||^tm#.'$10,tHM),000 is iyiS^{goaI- 6f, ; thejiational or- ^gan^attqn. vThat seems\ a ^!tr'(^efio!o!ua.'sum. of money fri-f-nr^ .^.j-jr-r^ftcyar'.:'-' ^11. ;^t™ |„ |..pe,Qple>'in. v f an area spread pf'O ^er'iSX-- ; states, the sum | Ipo^itrlfUng in proportion y^Mjp^e^i^^ •• to be accom- f &^t ,&>ai<;iift Ijus accepted no quota, ^Hndniieea*, mono. Th© measure of £>Endic6tt's. generosity in times of i;^8tire'?^?^w^^l\feys:'vb'een found to rS;te5ptopqfdonaie t o the need. John p^iBarton/Esiyne,. chairman of the ^' : A^e,Ti&tt,-JSed; Cross characterizes *^e*&wfen& situation in the 'drought-affected states, as a dis- J f hisi»^i.*''Ferhaps Endicott has tw [-.B^IiB^oMcash, hut its citizenry f ^;iaVnlwayS; .j^ilting to share -with i;^otHew :{leas ^Yp.rtunate. ^ii '^sthe ^rppbTter fox. the Endi- \<>'t <&tt-TTmea i !was securing th e data ;^fd,r ?.^j8 'urticle .ffriim Dr. W. T. fi*^b>OT6n,;*5pikiienfcan.tho, chair w DR. SMITH JELLS OF FIRM UNION DISTRICT IN 1888 Fires naturally became the top ic of conversation in the village last night. Among the many eve ning visitors at the Times office was Dr. Julian Smith,.one of the vilage trustees. As the talk cen tered around th e recent conflagra tions and the modern methods of fire-fighting he recalled the old; days of'Union when the only .weapon- -against—the- flame-demon was an old hand-pumper engine 1 . ' \Back 1n 188$?' he- reminisced, \I was working with my brother who was postmaster here. The postoffico wa s located on Main street a little west of where Louie Alexander's place is now. A s I was locking things up for the night, I happened to glance out of the .window an d saw a burst of flame from across the street i n the bam of th e old Cottage House Hotel. At that time the barn was very close t o the Hotel ond other wooden buildings and I fig ured that the whole block'was go ing' to be wiped out . I turned in the alarm and ran to the tire sta tion where a bunch of us grabbed onto the old hand-ppmper and dragged it down t o the. corner. At that time the only source of water that we ha d was from a cistern across the street from the sta tion. It had t o be pumped thru a. long length of hose from the ' tank to the pumper and then onto the fire. By the time we got to the flro the flames were sweeping high :into the air arid, ieyeryone,' 1 *£WHatSi2 'ttWi'X-t..:The>*Bed hjghtmto the air i . . . , •^oftil?£aft 'd^ifttt&^ —, „_,. , here's $,#^oiM%8^^ •-'f^^-e ^iiHe -of^ndicptt. V .. -\ « .. 4'Tc^y;-vTa^^e\begSmirigi'o£ the - fe>amp\Srmi ^ia:?ataX o'elpck- this- ^priun^tfi^ocol'chairma^* i AhaBrsofi, Teported subscriptions ^ '.J^resident_Hoover .. l hRs: endorsed -' vthfepriseiii campaigti i n no. un- ^ -his recent ra^ ~dio\(mess«ge'td-the nation he said, ^iia*.unthinkable that any of oar ^-pebplff^ahould- be allowed to suf- ^fer ,'frtm. hunger or' want. The vf.heirt of the nation will no t per- ~»miiyit.--li^-is-to-the heart of the jj/nSaon'-that I am' appealing. I 'jurjjrd of my fellow country men to contribute promptly and in accordance with their means.\ B ^ .Alfred. E. Smith in a similar ap- peal'said: \There is no institu- ;-;tlori' in our country that th e Am- ^ T ',erican people point to with great- rr ;er;<sprice than th e American Bed gjJGrOss—disaster to any on e section fsoPQu* country should b e the con- ^ee ^*oi\ us all . The Bed Cross g'ieanvdrive the wolf of hunger from .\ithtf'door but the people must rv 'stahd behind the Re d Crosal'They ft; must provide th e means an d the ^•American Bed , CSroaa. will provide J\ flip.. WOTS.\ •• '<Ihi sterling character' and ^shrewd Wisdom of the leadership •*.^of (the American Bed Cross has •; % : bech amply vindicated by th e po- 2^jiUon' of ,Jts directors as express- j^ed'/hy th? chairman, John Barton :^/Payne. before' 'the Senate • yester- ; 5jdijyr''An organization that is con f.'.frontea-with«the stupendous task 5/'.%hlch^ow' challenger the Ameri- •^,cari:Red iCross needs 'both wisdom OTahd-'csurage in no minor degree •?i,States, Senate that it must refuse ;i'ito . ; enBblc &!it \to tell the United ^\ygovttramnrifc offer, of. ^25,000,000; ^•and-thatjts faith in,the American ^people'a'/ginerfasity' to' the extent ;3v;ol;ten millions of dollars is not i4 'at ?JiU?^dl» t ' ,r hed by the condition ^bf^conomic depression. The Am- ^exiMh^pebi^le^can' do' no less than f'-^^procajte?^ in the or- ^ganizition; ivliich pay«r it such a i|yujpr ^miF:hpinaie ; and refuses to ^allbWv*^;*^??*. °f mercy and •»si |toBr$oic become entangled -with ^•\^^litieatof -political import.\ jri;6V .a 'v.list o? those\ t i^hn i;pjedifed'more than one' qol - ^^it^er^flrst 'few hours this ^rjtor £<vDne jo the probability t^j^^unableflogefc a cmnple'te •^jfft?bf i^Hoaej-who will give sinaV> ^-li^tooun^-'none of tr- — •—'—»» r^iire.'spuDliihed x in' order ^oftSrasei^.Thej ch'iirman urges that S\all^tKose'5.who have made, their i ^tiMt^OlihuOl or bring their jKcontribati6ns%in at the earliest r ? 5 vriderson, Louis iSchl&iber^BiVO^^Huht, *5; E. |Bi^cey;^S^Ji%^ni.?5jDr. %i|feiMo«rej>*5;4.Hugh,-^.?puffyy TO PRESENT CONCERT AT ASSEMBLY OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ON MONDAY EVENING Choir of St. Peter and Paul's Greek Catholic Church \ \l 4on^t bglieve TVe^ever seen.\ men work 'any harder^ih my life thsa-we all .did: then. It was h'ard .Work prinipteg that old ban dle v and each group o f men would bbr'tuckered out in five minute'sV] but another gang would bo al ready b y then. It was BO hot that we were hardly able' to breath <at *B. Flames reached the sides of the hotel an d the building: next ?oor but the hose would be turned on them an d just when i t seemed as though the whole place would start blazing, they died down. \Finally th e old horn collapsed and the blaze began to subside a little. We kept the hose turned on the other buildings and they didn't catch bu t i t surely was a narrow escape.\ When asked whether or no t he could remember any of the other local men who were among those fighting the fire the Doctor -re called that all four of the charter members of the local hose com panies were there. Du d Merser- eau, King Spencer. Irv Barton an d himself. A fire which was, unfortunate ly, no t s o easily handled was also recalled b y the doctor. About 20 years ago, th e entire northwest block on the corner o f Maine and Nonticoke was completely burned down despite strenuous efforts of the fire companies to save the structures. Th e local companies were helpless t o save the build ings from th e conflagration which had gained a tremendous start and was; fanned by a high wind. A call was sent to Binghamton and the steamer was sent down from there on one o f the old trol ley cars which made a record run to the village. At that time a meat market run by Cal Connors arid Harold Whit ney's *drug«. store stood .on the spot (continued on page 8) . BILL FICGEBS THAT IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS FOR FIREMEN Gosh all fish-hooks. Two fires inside of an hour yester day. That ain't no joke no how. They ain't n u t h i n ' worse'n a fire unless it's two fires. You know it's a funny thing bu t every time we g o by the fire stations w e think what a soft job those guyB have got . Nothin' to d o all day but sit around waitin' fo r somethin' to happen. When you're a fire man you can't even go out to drum up business. But when a fire does came around you can't choose the time. jAn'^then they have ta :j^tltrp|\indi;go- Slippery lad- JI d%l^ership Jheh^d%eje^ 4 to down their -jaecks and into smoky places without knowzn' what's cpmin* down on their necks -niext.\&o thankst They 'can have their' jobs and here's . ono tax-payer that ain't squawkin' about ho w much they get or how much they lay around. They earn every nic - kle they get . Yours, BILL RAJAHS. RUSSIAN CHOIR TO SING OLD WORLD SONGS AT MONDAY EVENING ASSEMBLY At a special assembly period program of the five day school of religious education to be held in the Central M E. church next Mon day evening at 7.55, a chorus composed of 40 young people from the choir of the Greek Catholic Russian church of St. Peter and Paul wiU render a program of Russian music This group will be remembered as th e choir which presented a charming an d delightful reportoire of Old World songs a t a recent meeting of the Endicott Womans Club. The organization is directed his higher education an d musical training in the city of Presor in that by Professor John Leszler, a native of Czecho-SIovakia, who received country. Since coming to the United States four years ag o he has KENNETH E C0MP- T0N IS INSTALLED 1.0.0.F, NOBLEGRAND Kenneth E. Compton was in stalled as Noble Grand of the Adelphic Lodge L O. O. F. last Friday evening. Other officials installed by Grand District Dep uty Frank L. Stalker of Amigo Lodge included; Past noble grand, Frank Slade; vice grand, Robert Van Inwegen; recording secre tary, Robert Armstrong; financial secretary, Ernest Fetch; treasur er, Earl Dyer; chaplain, Raymond Munn; warden, Howard Dobson; conductor, Robert K. Va n Inwe gen; right supporter to noble grand, Robert Lillie; left sup porter to noble grand, James Brooks; inside guardian, Raymond Compton; outside guardian, Orlo Warwick; right scone supporter to vice grand, William Johnson; left scene supporter t o vice grand. Berton Sisce; right supporter to vice grand, Arthur Brundage; left supporter to vice grand, Har ry Stiles. A banquet was served by the ladies of Carnation Rebecca lodge following the services with Past District Deputy Grand Master William M . Armstrong acting as TWO COMMITTEES ON AVIATION SHOW WILL MEET AT FIELD TONIGHT An important meeting of the general and finance commit tees of the Aviation Show to be held in the latter part of May in Endicott an d sponsored The members o f ths e choir' haye. received no individual training but have responded to the splejw Russian music Theif singing is entirely unaraanpanied by ^ *w\ th«\? BihTe CKfetinas^itoryy •\\\The EXCHANGITES SEE CLYDE R. POWELL DISPLAY MAGICAL POWERS WITH CARDS Exchangites 'were treated to; a modern exhibition ;of wizardy'' at their noon. luncheon in- -the Hotel Frederick yesterday when Clyde B. Powell, personnel- director of. the Endicott Johnson Corpora tion, displayed feats of magic for the members, causing cards' to disappear and re-appcar at will. Several minds were easily read and tho expediency with which tho cards they v h \ad chosen from the deck were named caused /Cer tain qualms among tho youths as to the-ability 'of the presdjgitator to .pirobb into*their* slcrot'affairs. Rope trick's .which ''\Hvnlled-'.ittje'; pntics of WO!', Rogers 4fnd v . isiirVl passed them in the question • of 1 \yhen is a knot not a KnbVVaVe. shown. The stunts'of: gambjers were displayed and cards were stacked with 'an agility ahd^'casnalness flushes in the otherg might have baflled even .pld man Hoyle had ho been present. Th e crowning touch of th o entertainment camo after' the, magician ha d left the room fo r a moment an d th e old est- member o f the organization stole; a few' cards from th e deck' which lay on the table. On his return the performer succeeded in fibdlng more cards upon the purloiner than ha d been pur loined. Additional entertainment was provided i n songs an d recitations by ( A1 T McCay who recently has organized a local stock company which is to make its initial 1 ap pearance in a local theater this week, Announcement was made by Au'dley' Alien, chairman of the general committee, ori' th e Air Sh'owHo^be sponsored by the club instrument and i s tmtquely beau tifol an d harmonious. They wQl present two different 'groups' _,in the Monday evening concert; one of sacred songs and the other of Russian Folk Melodies. A num ber of th e selections have been harmonized an d arranged for the choral presentations from the or iginal by Professor Leszler him self. On<. of the songs of the sacred group is caled in the Rus sian, \Cherubic\, or in English' \Cherubims\ an d i s taken from the Holy Mass* with th e music written by Sarti, the noted com poser. The church with which the choir is affiliated is situated on the corner of Rogers avenue and Green street an d its membership is drawn from approximately 200 Endicott families. The pastor is the Rev. Father Hodobay. The assembly at which the choir will render a concert is part of the five da y school of religious education sponsored by local OAK ST. DWELLING AND MAIN ST. GARAGE ARE RAVAGED BY FLAMES KENNETH MERRTTT TO RECEIVE GOLD MEDAL TOMORROW v The presentation of 3 gold med al, especially struck for th e occa sion by the American Automobile association, t o Kenneth Mcrritt of the West Corners school will be made tomorrow morning at a gen eral assembly of the pupils. The award is in recognition of th e val or of the youth, who in th e per formance of hi s duties a s a school boy patrolman, saved another youngster from 'severe injuries and possible death at the risk of his own life when he snatched him from in front of a speeding automobile. The ceremonies will be conduct- by Two tires breaking out almost simultaneously yes terday afternoon about five o'clock caused damage es timated in excess of $10,- 000, only a small portion of which was covered by in surance. While firemen were bat tling a stubborn blaze in the home on North Oak street, occupied by Mrs. Maggie Parker and owned by Harvey Barnes of Af- ton, another alarm was^ sent in from the corner of Main street and Adams avenue for a fire in the Main street garage. Ap paratus was delayed i % Pa-! reaching this later cqnflag- 1 \ ration due to the faclt that all companies had respond ed to the first alarm, where two calls had been sen£.in. ed by Commissioner of th e trolmon, Lee J Loomis, and i t is expected that a large number of the parents of th e children from the district an d many visitors will be present. The boy patrol men of the school will attend the, . -. meeting in a body and join in re- ^ fire > n ^ Main street gar- ceiving the praise for a member | ™ s d »<»vered b y Malcom of their group. Young Merritt is the son , . Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bennett ofl 1 !™ 3 . y ° uths _P la y ,n f ^ went Union R. D. 2 and very modestly kept the news of the rescue from being known until it was called., _ . . . j|to the' attention of Edward B.l f ? nn ? d b * a str ° n S Endicott Deagan, an employee, who hear- o j|ing a noise on the roof, thought out to chase them off. He found that the flames had eaten fcfeeir way through the to p and were fanned by a strong draft from the large open door. Nine autos by th e Exchange and Aero Clubs, is scheduled for tonight 11 Furry, president of the ^-.^v, .... . in th e hangar of th e Endicott 11 Automobfie Club by adult w^-^-^f^^^^ nesses of the feat. Mr . r urry I . . . •> ^.j. w~\-» v- —«= w...^.~ ~- .— o*,~ —,. 11 immediatclv wroto a letter to thel ployees 8 1 ucceede<1 m removing studied under Professor S. a Kozmin, a nationally known musical H chairman Audley D. Allen. 1 1 ^tional headquarters of the club\ aU bnfc belore ^ nmoke directo r whose fame i wide-spread I I Preliminary plans wi n be dis- llf ot recognition of the youth's'? v er-powered them and it became chuKheA._nnA JfdlL'b* held in Cen- 11 enssod and reports will be 11 bravery and an answer was semtt ^^^^^^^J^ 0 ^^ 0 ^ tral Methodist church on Fehru-|\ made on the p^^^ o £ ^ e \Wk t o the effect that a medal l ^T?™^.!? 1 ^;^?.-??- *™ r ary 2nd, 3rd, 4th , 5t h and 6th. 11 ii The evening programs in add!-' 1 Chmt«ChiId?pwai'T>e given by iho Primary \department of the ' First Baptist church'.nhder. the di rection o f Mrsl Fred Bleshl On the same evening Cbristma* Cor-, ols will he sting b y the Junior' choir of the First Methodist church. They wjll be directed by Mrs, Ernest- Keeler. On Wednesday evening an Eas tor Pageant, '\The Resurrection' will be presented under the sup ervision of Mrs. Clark Eldredge. The costuming and decorations are to be i n charge of Miss Isa bel Widger an d Mrs . Edward SchiebeL Miss Lois Saylor will direct the music. The choir of the Central M. E. church will present a musical pro gram on Thursday evening which will be directed by Harold Stev- The programs a s announced have received much - favorable comment and i t is expected by those in charge that large audi ences will greet each asembly pe riod. toastroaster. Other speakers of the evening were Grand Warden Clifford H. Clark, District Deputy Grand\ &Iaster Frank L. Stalker, and Rev. George H. Wilson*. PARENT-TEACHERS QUOTE ARTICLE ON MENTAL HYGIENE The following exerpt. ^quoted from \Difficulties in Child -,JD «£el- opment\ by Mary' Chadwick, ? is among the many articles sent by the Committee on Mental Hygiene of the National Parent-Teachers' Association to the Endicott asso ciations. Its publication is in ac cord with the policy of the local units in desiring to pass on to lo cal mothers the benefits derived from their club affiliations' with the nation's foremost hygienists. Do you label your children? \It is b y no means rare to find that children in a family each re ceive a distinguishing, character istic label by which they ar e known, such .as the clever one, the artistic one, the pretty daugh ter, the stupid hoy, the good or iutughy one. This label i s felt b y the child to be inexorable or un changing as fate. It must be lived up to, an d this part must h e played whatever happens. People would show surprise, th e child feels, should the reputed brilliant ope of the family say something silly, and imagines that the fam ily would call whatever this one said clever. The stupid one. would npE dare t o make a Joke; even should one. occur to him. The un musical daughter must not' com pete for musical honor at . home; neither ca n sh e whose fingers ar e reputed clumsy take np dressmak ing or embwidery ,-3 ,even,.\if, %ho may long .to jdp.>sov-. .The-naughly : one ialsp '1 e'cls.'.thaV\'.his 3 or .her.'lot *(cohtmue8 r on \p^lge 'Wv-* 4 ' - ; >'^',.' 1 ' / VESTAL SOCIETIES ORGANIZE FOR RELIEF\ WORK The organization of a Welfare Association fo r the Village of Vestal was completed on Tuesday evening when representatives from .the organizations of the community met i n the Methodist parsonage to discuss the subject. Officers for the group were chosen as follows: William Para dise, president; Rev. Harold Swales, secretary. A finance committee wa s also chosen. This will consist of Mrs. Newton Stod dard, Charles Barnes and Mrs. Harry Clark. An unemployment register is being maintained for the unem ployed of the district and wilLbe under the supervision of' Mr . Paradise. It was stated .that, \all who need assistance along \this line should apply to hi m at once. The different societies sponsor ing the Welfare Association - ar e listed as follows: First M ; E. Church, Ladies' Aid -Society, Men's Bible class, filling Work ers class, Parent-Teachers Units, Sshool Teachers, Daughters of Veterans, the American Legion and their Auxiliary, the Grange, Home Bureau, the Firemen and their Auxiliary and the Town Board. ' It was- also announced'that the serving of warm ilunfches/'at-noon to th e children of. tho /school would be supervised' .by 'these groups;- dUrci &ri£;.orgah);:ayo'ns5', assuming charge, each Week. > jThp ''serving hoxt'.week^ win -be- junder 'the'it'di- rectipj£s Jl of,, the. ^Parent-Teachers .Unit; •a'uo ^*6n7the :.foB6wra'g; •'•'week by the Legion Auxiliary.? * . ''... ' -MembeiB.,qf the ^.two corar.ll ^fa- me ^j wn fci, be -pre- mitteesvwhich ^ will meet to- \ \ sented to Kenneth is of a disttnc night .are: »„\oil Soaked -Boors anxT\ ratters, .of Ge&eral committee: A'ndley 0. Allen, Edwin A. link, Jr., Ralph. Gardner, Dr. Frank Moore, Harry E. Stab ler, E. B. Furry, Stuart L . Newing, Edward Russell, Geo rge W . Johnson, and Theodore Jtforse. The Finance commit tee is composed of Earl Brown, chairman; George W. Johnson. Claude Brown and E. B. Fur ry. RED MEN BREAK UP PEACE PIPE, START OUT ON WARPATH, Blood-thristy grunts and Ughs\ emanated from the wig wam of the Oneactah tribe of Red Men a t thejr weekly con clave in the wigwam on Main street last night. Muttered threats against \Heap-big pale face\ an d scowling visages boded ill for the inhabitants of the com munity. Spirits Were roused to fever pitch and* a grand climax came in the fortn of an impas sioned crash as the great chief arose majestically, to his feet an d raising the pipe of peace over his head hurled it to the floor. \War is declared. Pale-face beware'\ he grunted. Tomahawks were raised over heads an d blood-curdling war- whoops and the tom-toms made a mystic chant to which the painted warriors danced. \Pale-face long time'rim^6ji]pdrtunity Valley. Red skins- want urn back. Declare war. Break jieace pipe.\ When the 'chieftains, and war riors grew tired from their long dance a- Council was called. The big Chief'spike, \We have big valley all our own for 45 great suns, pale-face Come, take away,\ tiv e dark bronze in color, ap proximately the size of an Amer ican half-dollar, an d is suspended from it s fastening by * shield- shaped red, white and blue ribbon. On the front is a full-bodied raised portrait of a school boy patrolman, standing erect, one hand elevated in a \stop\ attitude. The Sam-Browne belt,' distin guishing feature of the organiza tion, is well in evidence an d the whole depicts the typical speci men of wide awake American youth from which the Patrol is assembled. O n the front of the medal in raised relief is also shown the Triple-A emblem, three A's\ in. an oval. The reverse side of the medal is engraved with laurel leaves an d other emblems Of praise an d courage which form a wreath about the cap tioned words, \awarded fo r dis tinguished service in protecting the lives of children.\ The organization of the local branch patrol wa s accomplished by the co-operation of th o Endi cott Automobile Club and th e Parent-Teachers Units of the community. The work of th e youngsters has been splendid an d although this is the first instance of an actual rescue of school children th e presence of the pa trolmen and their direction of the pupils have saved many others from injuries o r fatal accidents, The following schools have well- organized and uniformed patrols. West Corners, Loder Avenue, Broad Street, Henry B . Endicott, George F. Johnson, North Side, Hooper and Vestal. he gestured with his tomahawk \wc get u m back, ugh?\ A chor us of. approval greeted his speech. \Take um hunting-ground back\' they demanded. And so started the drive for (continued on page 8) NEW METHOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF . IS SHOWN BY TRAVELING ARTIST A novel method o f unemploy ment -gelief has been discovered by Winfield Bliven, an artist -who re cently, lost his position as illus trator fo r a large company in Philadelphia when business be came slow following the depres sion. \Utilizing his\ talents Mr . Bliven has traveled from town to town, With paper and pencil as his only tools. , At five minute sittings he draws very life-like crayon sketch of his subject and has found that busines is even more brisk an d lucrative-than when he was work ing on a salary. On Wednesday he .took u p a stand in the local fire-station and sketched off port raits of th e various fire-men, po- licet£and\fc chance\ - visitors. _Both have posed fo r the talented artist are Dave Lewis, tax collector; Jack Wilson, Earl VanEtten an d Leon Coleman of the police force; Gimmic, Ed, Curlee, Dick, Sam and several other of the firemen and the list of portraits is grow ing with each passing minute Mr. Bliven says that each man has a natural talent fo r some phase of work an d that the only solution for unemployment is the application of the man to the work that suits him best. He adds that some field is always op en despite th e apparent shortage of jobs. He has traveled in near-, ly .every country of the world and i made portraits of kings and princes. . Occasion'aly he -gets a\ \position and stays with it until slack times Or the-roving -feve\r tho. building and the tongues' ejiT. fire^whichjeaued,. _from,_tho' j *oof were tinted \with colors from\' the different. ewnBustibT-- materials stored within. — . The dwellings on either aide* were menaced by the flames bad lines of hose were played onl the roof and aides o f the btiildingr- Firemen succeeded i n keeping- the blaze inside the garage to^he rear portion and away from thirty bar rels of o n kept near the Main street entrance. The smoke with in became so thick that the use- of gas-masks and p.owerfujE search-lights was necessary. Dam age to th e autos inside the buil^ ing was confined to destruction of the tops and body of the cars and although tons of water were poured upon them they. were, af terward driven out -Under their own power. The total damage t o tho garage and its contents was estimated at $8,000 o f which only $2,000 was covered by insurance. Of the three cars within-only one, that belonging to , James <ColBmt, was insured. The others, one of which wa s the property of Fred Yeomans and the other belon--* . ing t o a person unknown by the garage officials, were not.'insured. The garage building, is- owned by Theodore Beagell of Bingham ton and ha s been Ieas.ed with the option of purchasing by- • James Bailey and Donald Donlon-. wh o were conducting the business. Malcom Deagen, who discovered the fire, stated that he heard,no explosion as had been.previously\ reported an d that he had* no (idea of the origin of the conflagration/* Due to th e fact that the -VfUmos.\ are thought to have started^'noar the ceiling it i s believed tbit de fective wiring may have been the, cause of the fire. . ^> The tons of water pouredr into: the building made a . miniature river of Main street and^combin^ ed with the snow- and iefceovered ' the sidewalks and roads • \n\ the'vi 1 . cinity with a coating '-of \\'slippery Damage irt the. .horned on^'pakW street wa s considerabl^..friUK'Jt6e'-'' water used in- snbofting'jtt^;iIa»ea'\' which had mkde'-^of J. the •'hp.per/',' story a flaming \}torch ahobtlri'- < crimson tongues \high\t\in't<& -.tii> twilit sky . Furaitwe>was^1tastily removed from' theVhu'^^Sr ^and the destruction to* the\?- building> was confined to the. upper;' r floors and the roof which .was „*almb'st entirely demolished. _ The SfurnJ- turc was badly damgaed in ban- - dling and from the water poured on it . The first alarm for the fire was cent in from the south side of the railroad tracks over which it was impossible to lay the lines of hose so a second alarm was- sent from the corner of Franklin and Oak' stxets. This brought out the entire local fire department and caused ithe deloy ..of the appear ance- of the trucks at the jHaln street .fire,_it- wjis, said. 3 Traffic was tied up. in all direc tions as j a. long Btring of' work-
