New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1929, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 COMHON COUNGL UNABLE TO AGRFE ON 2 TAK RATE Special Committee of 10 Moets Today to Lop Mill OXf Finance Board's Recommendations DISCUSSION OF BODGET DEVOLYES INT0 WRANGLE Alderman Bartiost Relioved to Be Sole Champion of 38 Mills Budget —Mayor Pacncssa Takes Fling at School Department — Alderman 3uda Regiieh to Oriticism of Coun~ cli—Nale Defends Home Owners. This afternoon at § o'clock, @ ecommittee of 10 common council members will meet to review the 28- mills budget recommended by the board of finance and taxation and endeavor to cut st least one mill from the estimates. Tonight at § o'clock, the commit- tee will make its report to an ad- journed meeting of the council. In- dications are that the 28-mills tax will have only one supporter, Coun- ellman Donald L. Bartlett of the third ward, On the council's *pruning” com- mittee are Alderman David L. Nair, Walter R, Falk and J. Guastave John- son, and Counclimen Clarence H. Maxon and John A. Larson, republl- cans; Aldermen John F. Maerz and Frank Zapatka, and Counclimen William W. Greene, Frank L., Con- lon and Samuel Sablotsky, demo- erats. Lengthy Debate Over Budget .. The common council voted ap- pointment of this committee at the February meeting last night after a prolonged discussion which at times bordered on personalities, and was at all times vigorous. As had been expected, the achool board came in for a generous share of eriticism for high education costs. Debate opened when Alderman J. Gustave Johnson of the fourth ward introduced a resolution to have the budget referred to the finance com- (Continued on Page Two) LION NEARLY MILLS LUCY, FAMED HUNTER Big Game Specialist Walks Into Fierce Black- Maned Beast Nairobl, Kenya, British East Africa, Feb, 21.—{M—Jack Lucy, famous English hunter widely known among Americans, who stalk- ed big game in East Africa, is in & serious condition at a hospital from & horrifying mauling by a llon. Lucy, who was out with Cornt and Countess Balbo on a hunting expedi- tion in Kilimanueza, Tanganyika. was stalking through a donga when he walked into a full grown lion. The beast was of the black-maned variety, sald to be the fiercest of lions. Lucy did not have the faintest chance for action, as the lion sprang instantly and struck him down. It mauled him ferociously on his left side and probably would have killed him outright had not another mem- | ber of the hunting party named Padlar arived on the scene. The lion turned on Padlar, but was shot dead at close range. (J. P. Lucy has long been known as a big game hunter, being & specialist in lion hunting. In 1927 he returned to England with 280 lions @s his total bag at that time). BOMB IS FOUND IN MAIL AT NEW HAVEN Infernal Machine Address- ed to Bridgeport Paper Timed for 3 p. m. New Haven, Feb. 21 UM—A me- chanical device with a clock move- ment, and which the postal authori. ties said included an explosive, was found in a mail chute at the post office today and it was immediate- ly plunged into a pall of water as a precautionary measure. The clock device was timed to cause an ex- (Continued on Page 4.) Times Have Changed Some in Leadville Leadville, Col., Feb. 21 UP— Leadville, in its heyday, one of the wild and woolly mining towns in the west, aas 80 re- formed that one of its justices of the peace has gone to the poorhouse and the other has not had a case for two months, John Griffin, elected last No- vember, was admitted to the county infrmary after he testi- fied his income for last month was only $3. He attributed the slump in business to the recent campaign by federal officers, which resuited in the Indictment of most of the town officials and several residents on charges of conspiracy to violate the pro- hibition laws, NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929, —EIGHTEEN PAGES SCHUPACK BLOCKS |Coast Guard Needs Four Years to VER RETURNS TO CAPITOL FOR INAUGURAL (oo semows 1 crmos e Prosident-clect Hoover and M. They were met by Dr. Hubert Work au. MERIDEN LAWYER'S | SPEECH RESENTED Exchange Club Members Olfend- od by Remarks on Washington W00DS ISSUES STATEMENT Attorney Irving G. Smith Claims Herald Misquoted Him But Head of Club Says Newspaper Account ‘Was Accurate. l President Herbert Woods of the New Britagin Exchange club today said that “members of the club with whom 1 have talked have espreased’ & strong feeling of offense” at the address on George Washington de- livered Tuesday night at a meeting of the club by Attorney Irving G- 8mith of Meriden, During his talk Attorney Smith sald that Washington lled withont compunction, that he did not have the confidence of his subordinate of- ficera, that he was not a great army leader and that he was forced to get information about the country from any source as few persons in official life at the national capital cared to give it to him. Attorney Smith said last night in Meriden that he had been mis- quoted in the Herald account of his speech printed yesterday. President Woods today told the Herald that the article was accurate and truth- ful, Statement By Woods Mr. Woods' statement follows “Mr. 8mith came to the Exchange club upon recommendation. It is of course, impossible for our club and its speakers committee to in- vestigate the qualifications of those who appear before it. The mem- bers of the club visth whom I have talked, have expressed a atrong feeling of offense and the remarks made by Mr. 8mith have in no sense or degree the endorsement of the club.” Misquoted, Smith Claims Attorney Smith's statement in Meriden last night was as follows: “I had no intention of decrying ‘Washington, “but rather to empha- size the difficulties which he had to overcome. “In my speech, I pointed out that (Continued on Page 4.) ESTATE OF H. R. JONES INVENTORIED AT $14,647 Deceased Newspaperman Had De- posits of $6,604 in Banks and Rest Invested in Stocks. The late Harold R. Jones, assist- ant managing editor of The Herald, left an estate of $14,647.79 consist- ing mostly of cash and stocks, ac- cording to an inventory filed today in probate court by his father, Charles E. Jones, administrator. The cash holdings are represented by bank depo amounting to $6,- 604.29. They are:—Savings Bank of New Britain, $5661.30; Berlin Sav- ings bank, $4.386.2 Commercial Trust Co., $936 47; City National Bank, $69.10; Burritt Mutual Sav- ings banks $651.16. 8tocks make up the rest of the es- tate. They include 16 shares “3ristol Brass Corp., $528; 27 shares Lan- ders, Frary & Clark, $1,890; 1 Amer- ican Silver Co., $25; 4 Torrington Co., $332; 6§ North & Judd, $140; § American Hardware Corp., $355; 40 Scovill Mfg. Co., $2,480; 86 Fidelity Finance Corp., $86 6 Fidelity In- dustrial Bank, $90! 5 Community Bond & Mortgage Co., $16 7, Peerless Egyptian Cement Co., $150. Unvalued steck holdings include 125 shares of O. B. Herlth Mfg. Co., and 10 shares of Community Bond & Mortgage Co., common. An auto- mobile valued at $100 and cash on hand consisting of $123.50 are the other itema, G . i 0,"' e Doy gt 27 New Britain Boy Chosen Phi Beta Kappa Member HOWARD EDWARD HAUSMANN Howard Edward Hausmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Haus- mann of 217 Maple street, has been elected to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa society as one of the group of students from the junior and senior classes of Yale university. He will be graduated in June, ‘This is the third graduating class with which he is being graduated as an honor student, At his gradua- tion from Central junior high school in the June class of 1922 he won honors in studies and when he graduated from the senior high school in 1925 he was awarded gen- | eral honors which are given to pupils who have rhaintained an average of 85 per cent or three years at the also active in dramatics, having been leading man in Amphion club shows. He is among the younger students to be graduated from Yale. He will not be 22 until after his graduation. His father is general superinten- dent of P. & F. Corbin Co. The Phi Beta Kappa soclety in- cludes only students who have dis- tinguished themselves by exception- ally high standing in their classes. SNOW PLOW BRIGADE HURRIED INTO ACTION City Starts Fight With, Storm—School Sessions Suspended After waiting several hours in the hope that the snowstorm would cease, City Engineer Philip A. Meri- an {ssued an order at 10 o'clock this morning that sent all the city's snow plows into action. The engineer had previously con- sulted with Mayor Paonessa, who favored an early start in fighting the storm, and he had communicat- ed with the weather bureau at Hart- ford, where he recelved the 'nfor- mation that heavy snows are in prospect for the afternoon and eve- ning. The fall began shortly before 4 (Continu=d on Page 4.) Five Babies Born To Spanish Woman Madrid, Feb, 21 (M—El 8ol prints a dispatch from Olmedo, Valladolid, relating the birth of quintuplets, two boys and three girls, to a woman there, Sofla Hernandez Molpeceres. The five bables died shortly after birth. Dr. Isidoro Villa, professor of obstetrics in the University of Valladolid, referring to the case, says quintuplets are extremely rare and that the case is pos- sibly the first in Spain. The average of such, he said, is one in about forty million. over during thelr | school. He was | lagy von thelr arrival ia Washington from Florida. IPERU AND CHILE END OLD DISPUTE Tacna-Arica Boundary Contro- versy Peacelully Settled lTROUBLE AROSE IN 1870 iUnder Terms of Agrecment Peru Gets Tacna Province and Ariea Goes to Chile—Contested Railway in Chilean Territory. Santiago, Chils, Feb. 21 (M—The Tacpa-Arica boundary dispute, bern 'ln war and thriving through ¢5 jyears on international strife, has been settled by peaceful means. Officlal announcement here today says that an agreement has been reached between the governments of Peru and Chile, the two coun- tries involved, by which the pro- vince of Tacna goes to Peru and ‘that of Arica to Chile, The boundary between the two provinces is fixed slightly north of the railroad leading from the port of Arica to La Paz, Bolivia. Thus |this railroad, of the utmost impor. tance to Bolivia since it is her sole loutlet to the Pacific, remains in Chilean territory until it crosses the Bolivian frontier. | The railroad from Tacna to Arica will be under Peruvian control, while a spur which is to be con- structed at Arica connecting the two lines will be under Chilean control. Kellogg Invited It The agreement is due to diplo- matic negotiations undertaken just four months ago, after resumption (Continued on Page 11) YOUNG ‘HUGGER’ GRABS GIRL AND RUNS AWAY Boy in Police Court Denies Guilt and Is Freed Positively identified as her amsail- ant, Paul Amenta, 16, of 196 High | street, disputed the charge of breach of the peace preferred by a young woman in police court today, and was let off with suspended judgment. He will be in charge of the probation officer by order of the court. The young woman testified that she was walking south on Wash- ington street about 8 o’'clock last night and noticed that a man was following her. Near Lafayette street she quickened her steps and he did likewise, and when she passed the Russell & Erwin gatehouse a short distance from the rallroad crossing she was seized in an em- brace. “Oh, you,” she exclaimed, thinking the man must be an ac- quaintance, but as she turned around, he hid his face in his over- coat and fled. The young woman told a man who happened -by, and he brought her down Washington street in a condi- tion bordering on hysteria, and had her tell her story to Supernumerary Oficer 8amuel 1. Cole, who was in front of the O'Nell Tire and Battery Co. station. The officer saw the “hugger” running north on Wash- (Continued on Page Four) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Snow, probably heavy this afternoon and carly tonight; Friday partly clondy, mot much change in temperature. WENACFD BY FRE 1053 15 $12000 Firemen Face Dillicalt Task in Main Street Buildings With Flames at Several Points CHANDISE DAMAGED BY SNOKE AND WATER Stock in Resaick's Jewelry Store, Robins Clothes Shop and Adler's Silk Shop Suffer — Big Noom Throng Held Back By Police I4nes—Storm Hampers Firemen in Battle, Damages estimated to be at least $12,000 wi uffered by the owners and tenants of the old and new Schupack Buildings from 338 to 348 Main street in a stubborn cellar fire discovered shortly before noon to- day. For more than an hour the fire department was engaged in a stift battle with the flames which, before they were subdued, had eaten their way beneath four stores and into the office of Attorney Irving I, Rachlin on the second floor. The fire started in the boller room beneath the shoe shine parlor of Joseph Reney in a spot near the furnace. Spreading from thers it ate its way beneath the jewelry store of 1. Reanick, to the south and the Robins Clothes Co. and Adler's 8ilk shop to the north. It was one of the most stubborn fire with which the fire department has had to contend in some time and only the hardest kind of a fight kept it from destroying the block. Almost total loss to the store and fixtures has been suffered by Jo- seph Reney in whose place the fire (Continued on Page 185) BIG DUKE VERDICT IS SET ASIDE BY COURT Federal Appeals Tribunal Reverses $8,000,000 Award Philadelphia, Feb. 31 (UP—The United States circuit court of ap- peals today set amde the $8,000,000 verdict aguinst the estate of the late James B. Duke, tobacco mag- nate, in the suit brought by George D. Haskell, president of the Bausch Machine & Tool Co. of Springfield, Mass. Haskell sued the Duke estate in the federal district court at Newark, N. J. for $45,000,000 under the anti- trust laws, charging that Duke brought a partnership contract with him for the manufacture of alum- inum in Canada and went over to the Aluminum Company of America. Haskell claimed he lost millions of dollars and sued for treble damagus. Both the Duke estate and Haskell took appeals to the appeliate court. from the action of the district court, Haskell appealed to have the §8.- 000,000 verdict trebled to $24.000,- 000, and the Duke estate took che case to the higher court to have the verdict set aside. In deciding in favor of the estate, the circuit court of appeals de- clared that Haskell had failed to prove any partnership agreement be- tween himself and Duke. The court stated that the trial judge st Newark should not have allowed the case to go to a jury. Charles Evans Hughes represented the Duke estate in the argument here last October, while former U. 8. Senator A. O. Rtanley, Kentucky, and Homer 8. Curamings, Connecti- cut, appeared for Haskell. Sixth False Alarm Sent From Box in North End Box 46 at the corner of Beaver and Lasalle streets was rung at 9:11 o'clock last night and the fire de- partment, on arriving. found that there was no fire in the vicinity, the call being the sixth false alarm from this box in the past two months. Sergeants Feeney and O'Mara ar- rested a suspect but released him after an investigation. The fellow had been drinking and was said to have been seen about the box, but he satisfied the sergeants that he had nothing to do with the alarm. In addition to the false alarms from Box 46, the department has answered two others from other boxes during the past two months, the first of the series having been sounded Christmas Eve. White Men and Bugs Shun Ginkgo Trees Washington, Feb. 31 UP—A specimen of the only plant in the world which has not devel- oped some insect or fungus en- emy grows in the capital. It yields a tasty nut, and is eaten only by Chinese. Why insects and the white man spurn the nut is explained by Dr. Willlam A. Taylor eof the department of agriculture, who says the kernel is sur- rounded by a “most abominable smelling and tasting pulp.” The nut is of foreign origin. Dr. Taylor says Chinese laun- drymen frequently are seen sathering them. The name of the plant, Dr. Taylor told a houss committes, is the Jap- anese ginkgo tree. Stop Rum Running, Admiral Says Billard Advises Congress Committee Ships and Personnel Cannot Be Ob- tained in Lesser Period. ‘Washington, Feb. 21 (M—Four years would be required to build up the coast guard to a strength that could prevent liquor smuggling, Ad- miral Frederick C. Billard informed the house appropriations committee in testimony made public today with the second deficiency bill. A plan for the gradual expansion of the coast guard facilities has been drawn up, Admiral Billard said, but in spite of the persistent questioning which led to a heated exchange be- tween republican and democratic committeemen, he declined to reveal the detalls of the proposal. Admiral Billard said he had sub- mitted the plan to the secretary of the treasury. He added that it cov- ered “additional resources for coast guard, covering several years in the future, which in my judgment will meet our needa.” “How soon, if that plan were car- ried out, would you be enabled to do as effective work as might be pos- sible in the prevention of amug- gling?" asked Representative Byrns WANT GITY TO PAY FOR STORM DAMAGE Belvidere Property Owners Sub- mit Bills Totalling $1,637 CLAIM SEWER WAS FAULTY Petition For Reimbursement For Loses Following Deluge On Febru- ary 1 to Be Considered By Coun- cil Committes On Claims. Property owners in the Common- wealth avenue district have fllnd claims against the city totaling $1.- 627.90, for damages resuiting from the flood which followed the heavy rsinfall of February 1. ‘They argue that the damage waa caused by faulty construction of the storm water sewer In this district, and they ask permission to be heard before the claims committee of the common council. Counciiman John A. Larson, chairman of this comm!t- tee, will call a meeting, probahly early next month to conduct the ‘n- quiry sought by the claimanta. J. J. Kilbourne has submitted a bill for $113 for repair to an burner, Included are the follow- ing items: New motor, $35, new control $48, transformer $21, six hours labor §9. Mrs. Mary A. Kiett of ¢98 Com- monwealth avenue, asks reimburse- ment for expenditures as follows: Cleaning out cellar $15, whitewash- ing cellar $10, three bushels of po- tatoes §3, total $28. The largest hill submitted has been sent in by C. J. Hickey of 471 Com- monwealth avenue, who asks $894.70. Its 28 items include: Clean- ing out cellar, loss of preserves, lom of Christmas tree decorations, dam- ageé to sutomobile and to radio, damage to heating equipment, loss of fertiliser, destruction of automo- bile equipment and accessories, damage to children’s toys. loss of baby carriages, medical bills, ‘e- puirs to house, and loss of a gar- (Continued on Page 16) TWIN GIRLS SHOT BY RAIL POLICENAN Lackawanna Officer Then Puts Bullet Over His Own Heart East Orange, N. J., Feb. 21.—(#— Margaret Bowes, 20 years old, was instantly killed and her twin sister. Frances, seriously wounded when they were shot early today by Peter J. Mooney, sergeant of the Lacka- wanna railroad police. After shooting the girls, Mooney shot himself over the heart. Frances and he was rushed to the Orange Memorial hospital, both in a serious condition, In Mooney’s pocket was found a note, written in pencil, in which the sergeant said that: “Murder is the only way I can prove my love for this girl.” Beveral letters giving conflicting reasons for his act, and a bottle, from which most of the liquor had been drained in an effort to brace himselt for the shooting, were found. He stopped the twins several blocks from their home at 29 Hollywood avenue, while on their way to work, and shot them down. Taxi Man Returns Bag With $22,000 New York, Feb, 21 UM—A bag containing $22,000 n negotiable bonds was returned to its owner to- day through the honesty of a taxi- cab chauffeur, Louis M. Bogen cf Riverside Drive told police he had left the bag In a cab but had no idea of the chauf- feur's identity. A few hours later Henry Griffo, the chauffeur, turned the bag ever te the police. Copyright. Harrie & Bwing ADMIRAL F. C. BILLARD. of Tennessee, the ranking democrat on the committee. Not Under Four years “If that plan were approved and the necessary funds afforded, I should say in about four years.” (Continued on Page 11) CRUISER TRENTON RUSHED T0 CHEF00 Warship Called From Manila by Reported Shantung Uprising CHANG STARTS FOR SCENE Chinese War Lord Heads for Center of Anti-Nanking Hostilitiee— Thousands Reported Starving in Shensi Province. Maniilh, Feb. 21 UP—The light cruiser Trenton left Manila today under orders to proceed to Thefoo, owing to a reported uprising In Shantung. The Trenton, ordinary speed, Monday morning. proceeding under is due at Chefoo Shanghai, Feb. 21 (M—Reliable informatfon at Dairen, Liaotung | (Japanese territory) today said that {Chang Tsong-Chang, war lord and former military governor of Shan- tung, left that city yesterday for Chefoo, Blantung, center of anti- Nanking maneuvering. Chang's whereabouts heretofore ! has been something of a mystery. He was accompanied to Chefoo, it was said, by Ataman Semenoft, and three other Russian generals for. merly assoclated with the White Russian army in China. Only meager reports were avail- able here from the Shantung centers but it was belleved the situation there was developing rapidly. Chang Tsung-Chang was one of the most powerful of the old north- ern war lords. A series of reverses last summer preceded his flight to { Port Arthur and later, it is believed, to Dairen. Nationalist troops were never able to capture him. His return to Shantung might be (Continued on Page 11) ASTOR ESTATE AGAIN SUED FOR $39,000,000 Ashleys Bring Action as Heirs at Law in New York Federal Court New York, Feb. 21 M—A new at. tempt to recover from the estate of the first John Jacob Astor $39,000.- 000 alleged to constitute a trust made in 1815 by John Nicholus Emerich for the benefit of descend- ants, with Astor as trustee, was dis- closed today through a complaint filed in federal court. The plaintiffs are Thomas 1. Ash- ley, Willlam O. Ashley, Owen G. Ashley and Thelma Ashley Prince, descendants of Ann Emerich Ash- ley, a sister of John Nicholas Emer- ich. An action begun a year ago by heirs of Christopher and Valentine Emerich, brothers of John Nicholas Emerich, set forth that Emerich, a partner of Astor in various enter- pises, had created the trust for the benefit of heirs of Christopher and Valentine. First Complaint Dismissed The complaint in that suit was re- cently dismissed by Federal Judge Thatcher who held that the plain. tiffs had not sued as heirs at law and next of kin of John Nicholas Emerich, although they had said they were descendants of his broth- ers. In today’s action the plaintifts sue as heirs at law and next of kin and assert they are acting on behalf of all Emerich’s heirs. In defending the Astor interests against the preceding suit, counsel for the defendants held there no proof of the trust agreement, al- though the plaintiffs contended its existence had been confirmed in old papers of Emerich's. The defendants are Charles A. Peabody, Jr., the Farmers Loan an1 Trust Company, and Willlam Vin- cent Astor, all trustees of Astor estates, PRICE THREE CENTS BELATED WINTRR (LASES DONN IN EASTERN STATES Heaviest Snow of Season Falls From Dixie North o Canadian Line TRANSPORTATION SLOWS UP IN MANY SECTIONS Northwest Gales Predicted for To- night With More Snow and Frees- ing Weather—14 Inches Reported In Teanessee — New England Points Also Report Being Snowed Under, By the Associated Press. A belated winter made up for lost time in the east today. From Dixle northward to the bor- der, and from the Atlantic coast west through Pennsylvania, snow fell through most of the night and con- tinued piling higher'during the day. No serious transportation tieups were reported, but as the storm continued some systems were slow- ed down and snow plows worked overtime to keep the way openm. Northeast gales were predicted for tonight with continued snow and freezing temperatures. As much snow fell in New York city as there had been all winter and In other places it was far deeper. Ten thousand shovelers were called out in Manhattan to dis- pose of the half foot of snow that was constantly augmented from the sky. Nashville, Tenn., reported 14 inches of snow, Charleston, W. Va., had 12, Philadelphia seven and Har- risburg eight. It snowed dily in Albany N. Y., and other upstate points, and New Jersey and the New England states got their full share of the winter's most widespread storm. New York, Feb. 21 M — The heaviest snow storm of the winter struck New York today. : The metropolis has been singu- larly free from bitter weather and the snowfall has been almost neg- ligible, but early today Old Man Winter let it be known in emphatic terms that he was not yet prepared to abdicate in favor of Mims Spring. The snow starfed to come down heavily after midnight and by 8 a. m., the weather bureau reported that & Inches had fallen. The fall for the entire season up to this morning was only 6:8 inches. The weather bureau mald there was every indication that the anow would continue all day. The storm started in the south, the weather bureau said, and swung northward with great rapidity. At § a. m. it was snowing as far south as Baltimore, as far westward as Pittsburgh and Erie and northward at Portland, Me. There were indi. cations of high winds later in the (Continued on Page 4.) R — ROBBERS RING BELL AND TIE UP FANILY Three Youths Escape After Looting House of Queens - Contractor New York ,Feb. 21 (P — Three youthful robbers, gaining entrance to the home of John Mercogliano, building contractor, in Richmond Hill, Queens, by the ruse of ringing the door bell, held up the seven members of the family and escaped with $4,000 in jewelry and cash. The robbers drove up to the house in an automobile last night and one of them rang the bell. When the door was opened the trio swept into the hall brandishing revolvers, One of the men took a coil of wire from his pocket and tied the hands of all the family, except Mrs. Mercogliano, &nd a relative who had a baby in her lap. One man pointed a revolver at the group, another cut the telephone wire and another then forced a member of the family to open & small safe. The combination was called out by the contractor, who was {l] in bed. After taking the jewelry and cash found the the trio warned the family against spreading the alarm, and departed in their car. One of the women managed to hold the severed ends of the tele- phone wire together and the police were summoned. Bedridden Woman Sees Fire Menace Checked Called out in the height of the snow flurry at 8:54 o'clock this morning, Engine Compan- ies 3 and 4 and Ladder Com- pany 2 prevented the spread of a roaring garage fire at 239 Clinton street. The building, a small struc- ture, Is about 20 feet from a frame dwelling in which an in- valid woman, bedridden for 14 years, watched the work of the firemen. The structure afire was almost totally destroyed. Chief W. J. Noble and Deputy Chief Eugene Barnes directed the work of the men. Ladderman Joseph D. Tynan stepped on s nall while working en the reof