The Washington times., 1911-10-16

the members of Consress when they
come hero.
''I always have believed this question
should be. given moro than ordinary
consideration, and II there Is anything
can do In this relet tion. you NAV rest
assured that / shall give 1t my best en-
deavors."
Messages of Sympathy.
Letters and kilograms Offering sympa-
thy for the bereaved families began
pouring into Chief wagner's office this
morning.
George w. Horton. chief Of the Balti-
more Fire Department. wired as fol-
lows:
Accept my deepest sympathy in your
terrible calamity"
r. w. Plugge, secretary Of the Wash
ington Tobacco Company. wrote the
following letter:
I'VE wish to express through you our
appreciation OF the efforts which doubt.
less saved the adjoining properties, and
while we regret the pecuniary loss. we
feel more deeply the loss OF lie and
the physical suffering of our brave men,
families is extended through you. God
alone can assuage grief" u o,,
er WAGNER as follows:
You and your men have d,eaas the nears'e,, u
your sad bereavement In the race OF
this sad lesson, would a great Govern.
ment hesitate to provide a ful! pension
allowance for the @ sorr9w,ng fatbor wtSow who sho
fell in the discharge Of a public service
and those who must be visited by like
calamities in the future? went home
from the fiIe sick at heart, 49,.
realized for some time that Just such
an emergency as the present one might
come up at any time and that there
would not be enough money 10 pay tne
widows Of firemen and policemen in
time Of urgent need.
DR.. Jaeger's Request.
Realizing that a serious calamity
might occur at any big fire. and that
medical and surgical services are otten
necessary, DR.. Henry w. Jaeger, resi-
dent physician at the Casualty Hospi-
tai. today asked Chief Wagner to have
the hospital notified immediately In
case of all two-alarm fires east OF Sew
enth street northwest. ~,
This will enable ms to arrive at the the
earliest possible moment" wrote pr
Jaeger. "and be in a position to render
any necessary aid and transport injured
persons to the hospital"
will bear the bodies of Capt. Timothy
j. Brown and Private Michael A.
Downs, when the double funeral for
the two f1re victims ID held from st
Dominic's Church at o'clock to-
morrow morning. No. 4 Engine Com
pany, of which the two men were
members. will attend in a body. ant
seventy members of the department
including practically all of the Off,
GERS. will accompany the bodies to tn,
grave. Flags on all the station house,
Will remain at half-mast until aftel
the services.
Pallbearers Named.
The pallbearers for Captain Brown
will be Captain Sullivan, truck. No. 8
Captain Rossiter, engine No. 10; Captain
Hollohan. engine No. IA; Captain Nc
Connell, engine No. 12: Captain Hanlon
engine No. %, and Captain Mclean, en-
gine No. Is.
The pallbearers for Private Down
will be Capt. M. F. Lanahan. Privat
G. w. Cecil, Lieut.. T. Bulkley, Privat
M. d. Murphy, Engineer c. Weitzel. ant
Assistant Engineer G. d. McAuliffe.
Orders have been issued by Chic
Wagner relieving all the members o
No. Engine Company from duty to
morrow morning so that they can at
tend the services. Men from other en-
| gine companies will temporarily ma
the company.