Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 20

FIRE AT HOSPITAL HELDINGENDIARY Ann Aror Probing Blaze at University Building That Im- periled 200 Patients. By the Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 2 Belief of Harley Haines, dircctor of | the old University of Michigan Hos pital, that last night's fire at the institution was of incendiary origin has started official investigation of the blaze, in which 200 patients were rescued. Mr. Haines said he was convinced the fire was the work a firebug when flames broke out a short time Yawec In a hotel across the street. 1o which some o e patients had been removed Tk quickly extinguished. Firemen be lieved sparks from the hospital might have started the hotel blaze. Rescued by Quick Work. Many of the patients rescued owe their lives to the quick work of citizen and student volunteers who assisted in removing them from the burning institution More than 50 of the patients w ection of the building > before the roof caved in The use of a chain telephone sys tem aided in « t and student he Fire Departm inadequate. A maintained ord Unique resc hods adopted in removing some of the pa tients. A chute fire escape was used for sliding beds containing patien‘s to the ground, where rescue workers stopped them Taxicabs Used for Patients Taxicabs and other conveyances carried the patients to the new hos pital at the university and took others to private homes. The fire, it is indicated, would speed plans of the university to build an extension to the new hospital building to care for patients from the old in- stitution, which was built nearly 40 years ago. OFFICIALS A'NSWER SUIT. McCarl and Grant Reply to Pay Re- duction Protest. J. R. McCarl, controller genaral of the United States, and Lieut. Col. Ulysses 8. Grant, 3rd, superintendent of public buildings and public parks, yesterday filed an answer to the suit for mandamus recently brought &gainst them in the District Supreme Court by ‘Ernest A. Hind, former major in the Army and now a civil employe of the office of Col. Grant. Mr. Hind alleged that unlawful deduc- tions were being made from his pay @s a civil employe under direction of McCarl. The respondents tell the court that in 1918, while Maji Hind was in France, he was paid twice for a month's salary of $335.85, and a deduc- tion of 20 per cent of his pay was ordered to reimburse the Government, which was later reduced to 10 per oent. The officials say the method of . making deductions from the pay of oivil employes to meet obligations to the Government has been approved by the Court of Claims and by the DUnited States Supreme Court. They ask that the suit be dismissed. DECORATION BODY NAMED. . Army Group Will Decide Honors to Be Awarded. An Army board has been appointed to meet in this city for the purpose of Tecommending individuals who should be awarded decorations, as authorized by the act of Congress approved July §. 1918, and amendatory acts since that date. ‘The detail for the board is “Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach, Cols. Henry C. Fisher, Medical Corps; James B. Mitchell, Coast Artillery Corps; Willey Howell, Infantry, and Frederic G. Bauer, General Staff; Lieut. Col. Opan A. Hydrick, Infantry Reserve, and Maj. Shepler W. Fitz Gerald, Air Corps. Capt. Joseph N. Dalton, Adju- tant General, has been detailed as re- eorder of the board without vote. hotel fire was | LONDON, February 2 (#).—The influenza death toll has taken a big Jump—726 in London and other big towns in England for the week end- ing January 29, as compared with 470 deaths in the previous week. 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