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Evening star., 1909-09-12

miles per hour being deemed sufficient
it is desirable to propel heavy appa-
ratus through crowded city streets.
At the recent test i'm Washington the
squares and turned four corners in one
and one-half minutes. Most of the motor
fire-fighting apparatus tested in this city
has been of gasoline motor type.
but it may he noted that electricity is
gaining favor motive force for fire
engines Alike to the other propulsive
forces, il makes possible a quicker start
than with horses and the same power
which propels the machines through the
streets can be used for the pumping ap
paratus when the fire is reached. The
fact that no fire is needed on the en-
CINE is an advantage, since 1t does away
with the smoke and noise that add con-
fusion incident 10 any fire alarm. The
chief claim for electricity is that if there
is no fire worthy of serious attention, or
maphap blaze that can be readily put
out with an eXtinguisl1er, there is no loss
of fuel and labor on the part of the fire
engine Under present conditions every
engine is expected to arrive at the fire
with its own fire blazing hot. and this is,
OF course, unnecessary with motor ap-
paratus of the type described Similarly,
there is possible much greater cleanliness
and neatness at the engine house where
there is no boiler, no coal or ashes TO he
handled and. of course, no horses to be
kept on the premises. Fire-figlltin,. autos
are to be had at various prices up to
$4,000 each
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initial motor-propelled fire engine Is
oronorncement of the greatest signifi-
rsnce. It constitutes in effect most
important step toward placing Washins-
ton abreast the most progressive cities IN
the country In the matter of up-to-date
municipal utilities. Although the average
citizen may not realize it. there is no held
Of endeayor where resource and inventive
skill are more persistently or more heav-
lily taxed to provide Improvement or
means and method than in the sphere OF
modern American municipal administra-
.ion. There is a continual demand In the
conduct of our large cities for inventions
and discoveries that will promote eff
cheney while saving time and labor.
Very naturally. no new force or inf1u-
ence which has appeared in several dec
ades has SO revolutionized conditions in
the municipal field as has the motor We
hicIe This was true in some degree
from the very advent of the horseless
carriage. but has been the case more
especially since the designers have eyolv-
ed motor cars especially adapted for pub
lie service. Among the classes of auto
mobile specifically designed for municipal
service may be mentioned the auto fire
lighting APPARATUS, street sprinklers and
sweepers. road rollers, police patrol Wag-
ons ambulances. dog catcherS wagons,
covered refuse wagons and dump carts,
as well as runaboutS for the use of en-
ployeS OF the street departments and
other municipal officials whose duties re-
quire them to daily traverse wide areas
in the minimum time.
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brace fire engines, chemical engines. hose
carts and special cars for the use of fire
chiefs in responding to alarms. There
have not been introduced into the United
States yet the auto ladder trucks and
other elaborate types of fire-fighting
equipment which are now in use in several
foreign cities. notably Paris. Berlin and
Hanover, Germany, but American invent
chimes and it will be but few years
ere they are In practical use.
In some Of our cities. such as Boston
gines have been in use for some time
there is the advantage of a quicker re-
sponse to alarms, but in some instances
there have been provided heavier steam
ers than could be utilized if the ap-
paratus had to be drawn by horses. and
thus the city has had the benefit of ap-
paratus throwing especially powerful
streams of water and consequently more
effective in serious fires. Most of the
cities that have adopted motor-driven
fire engines have also introduced the au-
tomobfle hose wagons, and in some in
stances there has also been provided a
unique adjunct in the form of particu-
larly powerful searchlight, which not only
serves to illuminate the highway being
traversed by apparatus en- route TO fire,
but is also of distinct aid in illuminat ting
dark localities In which the firemen must
work upon reaching the scene of blaze.
The past few years have witnessed the
evolution of a new class of automobile
fire-fghting apparatus that is in many
Evening star., 1909-09-12

OF course all sorts of stories are told
about this remarkable man, some where
the laugh is against him and others N
which he is the hero. When first con-
nected with the Novoe Vremya his zeal
for the papers respectability aroused the
amusement of his colleagues.
But sometimes Souvorin has the last
word A certain lady in ST. Petersburg.
who used to give little dinners, to which
the literary and artistic worlds were in
vited, had Spuvorin at her table with
Tolstoi, then "a much younger man and
great talker. Tolstoi had just begun to
expond one of his social theories when
Souvorin opened his mouth to speak. The
hostess seeing this, said to him in low
tone, I'VE shall be charmed TO hear you
In a few moments, NJ. Souvorin. Souv,
orin sat quietly while Tolstoi talked anu
several courses were served. At last, the
great man ceased and the hostess. snlli-
ing at Souvorin, said, 4 believe you hau
something to tell u.s." Yes. madame,
was the Journalists rejoinder. But II $
too late now. / only wanted TO ask lot
some more Of those delicious green peas.
Il x
Like all successful men he has his
enemies. When his literary jubilee was
recently celebrated the press took very
different views of the event some papers
publishing long articles in his favor.
while others declared that it was not
worth while noticing a man who had one
merit-that Of keeping in with the powers
Evening star., 1909-09-12
Took Him for Tom.

AC EORGE MOORE. the author OF
~ Esther Waters likes to talk,
said a magazine editor of New York.
''about his own obscurity. For a great
artist he is. really. very obscure.
launching with me one day at Char
idge's, he said he had recently met a
young American girl whose warm praise
had pleased him much.
We think heap of your writings out
Kansas way. Mr.. Moore the young girl
said.
How jolly cried the novelist And
what story of mine do the good people
of Kansas like best?'
oh, ''Lalla Rookh.' far and away.
said She
Jimmy-What yer looking so gay about.
kiddo? Ier'n get licking when Yer get
home for going in swimming.
Petey-Oh. no. | told dad l had been
In swimming and got the licking before
left home. Now i can swim without any,
thing on my mind.-Chicago News
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ton and left il. II was Impossible to let
his likeness remain. as he and Souvorin
are not on speaking terms now. Neither
was ii worth while To spend money on a
new photograph for the sake of one man
So the photographed, who was consulted
advised the addition of an ample beard
The proposition was joyfully accepted and
Count Iyarof appears. incognito in the
address. with beautiful beard covering
his once clean shaven chin. and the croiio
made a great show al the banquet given
in the inde.atfSable editors honor
An early riser. Souvorin lives rather con-
trary 10 Anglo-SaXon ideas Of hygiene
for instance. he takes scarcely any exer-
else, and, like all Russians, spends much
of his time in hot rooms. He is often
10 be seen IN restaurants and cafes fire.
quented by artists and literary people. He
says tnat some OF the most important in
formation, and all the best stories he
mas got IN the course of long life came
10 hlm over the wine glasses and through
the fumes of the after dinner cigar
Copyright in United States and Great gritain
by Curtis Brown
Evening star., 1909-09-12
M UGH Interest Centered
Nl About New Fire Fight

M UGH Interest Centered
Nl About New Fire Fight
ing Apparatus for District of
Columbia-Automobiles Have
Revolutionized Conditions in
Municipal Fields Within Past
Few Years - Many Large
Cities Have Adopted Ma
chimes for All Branches of
City Work-Autos Especially
Designed for Fire Fighting
Can Make Speed of Twenty
Miles Per Hour Greater
Speed Would Be Dangerous
in Crowded Streets-Condi-
ton of Washington Is Ideal
for Motor-Propelled Appara-
tus.
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and that is the Strangest part of his
strange story. He just drifted into ii.
His father was serf On a large estate
in the province of Woronez, which be-
lonsed to an old general. The serf got
his freedom and went into the army
BY dnt OF hard work and bravery he
finally became an officer and retired TO
his native village with the rank Of cap
tain. He got his son into the Cadet Col
lege and was anxious for him to enter
the army. But young Alexis did not like
his profession. He left at the end of a
year, much to the disgust of his father,
who declared he would go TO the does,
and entered a university His father re-
fused to send him money and SO he De-
came a teacher in q small district school.
IndefatigabIe from his youth, he worked
hard every moment Of his spare time,
read, studied, wrote verses and sent MS
poetical productions 10 various news
papers, without having the satisfaction OF
seeing them In print. At last, however,
in 1853 he managed to get a short poem
published in a review, and in three years
he was in the midst Of a feverish whirl
of writing. producing stream of stories.
poems reviews and articles on art. lie
says that the time, which he then hated,
spent in the village school was the
foundation Of his success, for that was
when he laid up the enormous store of
miscellaneous and out -of-the-way knowl-
edge that helped him to be so versatile.
"A doctor must know medicine and a
lawyer the law he says. But jour
nalst must know everything and every
body who comes within his reach To
him nothing is common or uncean." In
those days he was much less conservative
III his ideas than now His campaign
against Russian nationalism led him into
disgrace. For one of his books he served
term of Imprisonment. On another oc-
casion his short stories and sketches SO
aroused the wrath of the nationalists
that they broke off all connection with
the papers he contributed to- In 1876 he
began his connection with the NovOe
Nremya. Next year he represented it at
the front during the Turkish war. He
has made. the paper what it IS, and IT,.
rs his opponents say, he sacrificed his
liberal opinions to the papers success he
has directed it with an excellent knowl-
edge OF his public and has made 1t a
power that no other organ published In
Russia can approach. When Souvorin
Evening star., 1909-09-12

ing devil, quietly smoking cigar and
perspiring freely, his great coat thrown
back and his horns shooting out from
his head in the most Satanic manner pos
sible. The gendarme reflected that only
an inhabitant of the neither regious could
conveniently get so near that stove, and
he could not find the voice to ask ques-
tion for some time. At last he timidly
asked the apparition's "ame. The "devii'
burst into a fit Of laughter that sent the
gendarme fat on his face, and the peas
ants across the railway line as fast as
their legs would carry them. Don't be
a fool, man cried the devil I'm only
in fancy dress and came in here to keep
warm 1t was Alexis Souvorin. who,
although seventy-five years old, was 60
ing by train TO ball in Moscow, dressed
as his Satanic, ajesty.
Journalist, dramatist. publisher and
bookseller. NJ. Souvorin, proprietor and
editor of the Novoe Vremya, is one of the
most extraordinary men in Russia today.
His buoyancy is not confined to playing
practical jokes in lonely railway stations.
He is the hardest worker in the empire
Despite his great age he writes like a
young man. All his articles, books and
plays are brimful of vivacity. The bet
ter feelings which now exist between Eng
disappearing people and Russia are. in
a very large measure. due to his energy.
He translated books by English and
American authors into Russian and edited
others When they were ready he could
not flnd publisher to bring them out.
Nobody will read stuff written in Eng
land and America was the verdict. So
he printed and published them himself
and, founding large booksellers stores In
the principal cities of Russia, sold them
and cheap reprints of Russian favorites
at such low rate and advertised them so
well that people fiocked to buy. 1t was
he who paved the way for the Anglo
Russian entente. In the old days Rus
slams thought Anglo-Saxon was only a
synonym for glacial indifference TO every
thing but shop keeping and whisky drink
ing Now. they have a great liking for
English and American life.
Evening star., 1909-09-12

COUVORIN, Newspaper
- King and Politician, Ac-
tive as a Boy at Seventy-six
AS Keen for a Practical
Joke as ANY of the Young
sters-He Took Over the
Novoe Vremya, Russia's
Leading Paper, When 1t
Was on the Rocks and Made
1t a Power by His Unaided
Efforts-Poet and Novelist as
Well as Editor and Business
Man.
Evening star., 1909-09-12

waiting room, for the huge stove tnere
was red hot and they had on their sheep
skins. From time to time. however, one
Of them went in to warm his hands and
feet.
Suddenly an old man rushed out quicker
than he had moved for years, screaming
Mother OF God have mercy on US. The
devil himself is sitting here" At that
moment the man who sells the tickets,
sorts the mails. writes the peasants love
letters and performs the various other
duties Of wayside Russian station. told
the crowd that he had just sold ticket
TO a man who certainly did not come
from this world. SO strange was his look.
He had no sooner said this than woman
ran up. declaring that ghost with horns
Evening star., 1909-09-12

respects more interesting than any of its
predecessors. This group is made up of
auto chemical fire engines and such ap-
paratus Is intended especially for com
batting fires which are i'm the incipient
stage and before the flames have gained
such headway as to require great vol
whole theory of the chemical fire engine
is that of ''the ounce of prevention" and
obviously IT is highly important that such
a machine reach the scene of a fire at
the very earliest possible moment. This
being the case, the automobile is the ideal
means to the end.
Many of the auto chemical engines are
not. in general appearance, so very differ
ent from an ordinary touring car, while
others have specially designed bodies of
unusual length. In any event there are
two large tanks charged with fire-ex-
tinguishing chemicals and several hun
dred feet of hose. as we'll as hand gren-
AIDES. tarpaulins. pixies. axes scaling lad
ders and all the other paraphernaiia
needed for fighting the flames by the
most approved up-to-date methad. On
the front seat of such machine there IS
room for the driver and one other fire
man. while the rear portion of the body
affords space for at least four or five ad-
ditonal firemen. Some Of the auto chemi-
cal engines when fully manned carry
eight or ten men
A representative model of the auto
Evening star., 1909-09-12
Jon of Serf Now the Most Influential Man in Russi

that be. no matter what they did One
of the latter class repeats a story in con-
nection with the jubilee, which though
1t should be taken with grain of salt, is
very characteristic of Russian ways A
certain political party wished to present
Souvorin with a congratulatory address,
embellished with their photosra phs. They
did not want 10 spend any money on it
and. therefore, decided to give him A
group which had been taken last year for
a very similar occasion. But included in
the group was a certain Count Uyaroff,
who has since duarreled with the fac
Evening star., 1909-09-12
HE announcement

He announcement
BY Commissioner
West that automo-
bile fire : fighting
apparatus will be
adopted In the Dis
trict of Columbia,
and that the $500
now available will
probably. in pur-
suit of the new
policy, be used for
the -purchate OF an
Evening star., 1909-09-12

took it over the paper was about to be
suspended for lack of funds. Souvorin
had no money and none of his friends
could lend ii to him. After much trouble
he found man willing to advance $13.-
000 This was Baron Leopold kronen-
berg, "A Polish banker, and. thanks to
him. Souvorn was able to keep the jour
nal above water just at the critical mo-
ment His own energy and versatility
did the rest 1t is A wonder that one man
rould do even in fifty years all he has to
his credit and do it we'll, with a freshness
and fervor young men may we'll envy
and 8 humor too often absent from Rus
sian writer's work in these pessimistic
days.
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on his head had passed her on the plat
form and walked into the waiting room.
After all had expressed their astonisll-
ment and declared incidentally that they
were not afraid. it was decided to call
the Sendarme to investigate. Though he
did not like the job-Russians are the
most superstitious people in the world
he went to the waiting room. followed at
a safe distance by the peasants. True
enough, there was a very orthodox look
Evening star., 1909-09-12

y a bitter night
last winter several
peasants were wait
ing for a train.
with true Russian
patience, at a small
railway station not
far from MOSCOW.
Most of them pre-
ferred walking up
and down the plat
form to being
roasted alive in the
Evening star., 1909-09-12
RrADrToF1e1I TIE Ft ENe1r1r No IA

chief must make a trip from his down
town headquarters and like as not, lie
may be summoned to another part of the
city before the first fire is under control.
For such whirlwind da shes an automobile
is all but necessity. and that this is
coming to be recognized is indicated by
the large number of cities that have
adopted them.
In several cities not only has there been
provided special higf-speed for the
use of the chief Of the department, but
cars have also been secured for the dep
uty fire chiefs as well. The machines
used by the field marshals of the fire
fighting force display the greatest variety
of design. In Salt Lake City the chief
uses motor cycle. in a number of COM
munitieS light two-passenger runabouts
are deemed sufficient. and from that the
list ranges all the way to the extra pow
erful touring cars. which are in service in
several of our largest cities. The Chief
of the New York city department has a
big crimson car that is capable of a gait
of sixty miles per hour.
Speed is, of course. an important con-
sideration in all fire department autos.
Many of the machines are provided with
motors that can be run at four speeds,
namely, seven, ten, fifteen and twenty
miles per hour. The highest speed is used
only in emergencies, rate of fifteen
Evening star., 1909-09-12

The most extensively adopted Of all the
different kinds Of fire department automo-
biles are the machines for the use Of
chiefs of departments. In the average
city the chief of the department aims to
have his headquarters centrally located,
but it is imperative that the direct head
of the fire-fghting organization shall be
present in person at every large fire, and
this frequently necessitates long trips in
limited time. A fire in the suburbs may
merely summon the apparatus from an
outlying engine house, but If the blaze
threatens 10 become serious the alert
Evening star., 1909-09-12

chemical engine recently constructed for
use in a New England city consists of
a four-cylinder forty-horsepower automo-
bile carrying two thirty gallon tanks and
200 feet of 134-inch hose. The machine
has a speed Of forty miles per hour, is
equipped with storage battery and mag
neto and has capacity for carrying TWEEN
ty gallons of gasoline. 1t is figured that
with two machines of this type a score
of firemen can be hurried to the scene of
a fire in the shortest possible elapsed
period of time, and that in a majority of
instances the fire can be either entirely
extinguished by means of the chemicals
or at least gotten SO well under control
ere the arrival of the heavier apparatus
that there will be very little for the lat
ter to do.
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Souvorin did not choose journalism
Evening star., 1909-09-12

All forms of power have been drawn
upon to provide motive force for self-pro-
PEELED fire-fghting apparatus, and today
we find in American cities gasoline. elec-
trio and steam motor cars in this serv-
ice, whereas the forms of apparatus en-
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lIl

WARSAW, September ).
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The growth in the use of automobiles i
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-02
SOCIETY
A Merry Party.

II ever there was Il group 10 which
the appellation, "bexy of beauties,
might h" applied with correctness. II
was "A party of Missoula girls who.
under the chapcronage of Mrs. Hough-
ton and T. 4. Stephenson. attended the
club dance Thursday night and. at the
close of the party. joined in delight
full supper at Ye Olde Inn. In the
party wer" Misses Ethel Wilkinson.
Marjorie Ross. Ruth Grenough and Lee
Thompson Their companions were
Messrs. McI.arrn. Mccullough. Nc
Cormick. Morton and Greenough. The
party MAS the hast of the season for
some OF the participants and was end
ed at an early hour. with genuine re-
greet that the summer seasons end
had come. Thcs" girls have had Il
happy home vacation this year ana
their return Ia school in IA few weeks
will break up one of the merriest.
happiest groups that Mlssoula has ever
mothcred. And they are pretty girls.
too.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-02
OFFICER USES GUN
IN CHASE
FLEEING PICkPockET LEADS
SPECIAL OFFICER CLARK A
MERRY PACE.

After an exciting chase Of over twn
blocks by Special Officer Jimmie
Clark OF the Northern Pacific railway.
during which number of shots from
the sleuth's revolver were featured, a
man who gave his name as George
Harrison is languishing at the county
jail facing II charge of attempting
to pick the pockets of n man who
was sleeping in the depot early yes
tcrday morning.
According Ia the story told 10y "A
man who was in the depot at the time.
Harrison attracted attention to him
self by his peculiar actions. He
seemed to be rather drunk and sat
alongside nf Il. Lasley. II stranger in
the city who had come here to regis
ter. and slyly began To go through
the mans pockets. The actions were
noticed by the man on watch. but he
Was not sure what was up and did
not interfere. While making one at
tempt the wouldbe pickpocket was
forced tn desist in the work, as his
victim partly aroused. and in so doing
a quarter fell to the floor. Still the
man on watch did not interfere. The
next attempt was made while both
Lasley and the other man were dog
ing but the rough action of Harrison,
awoke Lasley, who grasped him sleep
lily by the arm.
Harrison jerked away and started
throuh the door and down Railroad
street. But "Gumshoe Jimmie" was
on the job and started in pursuit. As
Jimmie says, his legs are pretty short
and he Mas losing out fast on the
fleeing pickpoCket, So he brought his
artillery into action and fired two
shots. These. however, only served
to accelerate the mans speed and he
was fast disappearing from sigh
another pot shot. the bullet striking
the ground near the feet of the pur-
sued. who at once gave up the chase
and stopped. He turned and started
To walk towards the officer, at II"
same time placing Il hand in Il pocket:
but upon orders from Clark at o1e-
placed them in the air. when he had
approached Clark he showed himself
to be very polite. as he thanked the
officer for not shooting him. Al this
time Night Chief Pete Mcdonald ar
rived and took the man To the county
Jail.
The victim. Mr.. Lasley. declares his
intention OF remaining in town to teS-
tify against the man