The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-29
HORNETS MIXED IT
WITH THE CHINESE
Chicago Suburb Has Memoir
ial Hour of Care-Fire-
man Solves Puzzle.

Chicago, July 29.-The fire depart
ment was called out yesterday to sub
due a swarm of hornets which invaded
Evanston.
For an hour the insects established
an impregnable barricade across Or
rington avenue.
After three hours of suburban ex-
citement the hornets were conquered
with a tank full of gasoline strapped
on the back of Arthur Mcneil, fire
man.
1t was about ten o'clock when the
hornets, with the gentle information OF
an army of aeroplanes going at full
speed, swooped down on top of the
laundry of Jim Lee, 1920 Orrington
avenue. Jim was ironing.
With the iron still in his hand he
stepped ont in front to ascertain the
having taken in the peculiarly inviting
structure of Jim's oriental costume at
one gratified glance, began investment
maneuvers.
Jim tried to catch the hornets be-
tween his hands and choke them.
Began to Disrobe.
After while it is supposed he
caught one No one saw him catch it.
But hastily dropping the iron. he be-
gan to take off his blouse In the mid
die of the process he changed his
mind and took off his shoes. This evil
IDENTIFY Offering little relief, he jumped
up and down in the air several times,
making weird remarks in the mystic
language of the east.
Then. regaining the customary stol-
idity of his race, he solemnly locked
J the door of his establishment, replaced
the key in the folds of his blouse and
started west at rate which should
land him in Pekin by o'clock to-
morrow morning.
While his retreat ended the matter
for Jim, it made no change in the sit.
Orrington avenue ordinarily is one OF
the most POPULAR traffic ways in Ev.
anston. but for once it was as
immune from traffic as Gault court be.
tween the hours of and 8.
Delivery Boys Finish.
Thomas Curzon, a delivery boy, who
tried to pass the rapids, made such a
against a viaduct pillar three blocks
away that other drivers were com
pletely discouraged. The hornets were
in undisputed control.
This endured for thirty minutes
then the fire department responded
| with profound eisure to a call. The
firemen appeared ready to turn in a
verdict of guilty withaut a hearing
Fire Marshal Carl Harrison, who or.
dinarily occupies the prominent fore
ground on all professional occasions
remained modestly behind the hose
! wagon.
"I'll fight all the fires that come my
way" he explained, but hornet fight
ing isan occupation for which l con
youth"
His men, as BELTS discipline, echoed
his sentiments. For fifteen minutes
they studied the landscape, then a
rash hornet precipitated action by try
| ing to make friends with the marshal
Gasoline Death to Pests.
The mahshal issued a call for volun
teers.
Then there stepped forth from the
white faced ranks Arthur Mcneil. He
saluted and volunteered.
He filled an extinguisher tank with
gasoline in a nearby store, and, cover
! ing his face and hands with mosquito
| netting, started up a ladder to the
whirling swarm. While he was still
FIVE feet away he began working the
| force pump attached to the extinguish
er. A thin line of gasoline spurted out
upon the hornets, and in thirty sec
onds nine-tenths of them had dropped
to the ground