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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
Various Problems

It is a-serious problem as to what the commission would or could do if it were confronted just now with case of any serious proportions. If the complainants wanted to have the casss properly settled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26

REAL estate loans to suit you In amount.
 terms and interest," can pay back month ly or yearly; will take second mortgage.
 John w. Prude. 106 North Fist street.
 Bell phone 240. 10-se-tr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
WANTED-sITUATIONS

WANTED Position by milliner with five years experience; open for position for spring season. capable of taking charge of millinery establishment in small town;
 best references. Address K-1S, care Age Herald 1-25-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26

TAIL WITH ALAN HENSON.
 Ground floor, Steiner Bldg. e-e-tl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01

gether with the steam chest, was
blown off.
Lieutenant Morrison. the chief engi-
neer officer on board was instantly
killed and the others were badly
scalded.
Signals were at once hoisted for
assistance. and wireless dispatch
was sent to Rear Admiral Osterhaus,
on board his flagship Connecticut al
anchor off jamestown.
The destroyers Perkins, Sterrett
and Mayrant Immediately went y
the assistance OF the Walke,><fG
heavy southerly gale was bling,
but efforts were made to send lin.
on board the damaged craft. 1t was
then discovered that her starboard
engine was in commission.
The Wake steamed back into the
harbor and ran alongside the hos
pital ship Solace, on board OF which
had assembled the greater part OF
the medical staff of the fleet.
The wounded were transferred and
the Wake was sent to the torpedo
station for repairs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
kRUEGERS RETURN,
MISS OLGA TO MARRY
GERMAN ENGINEER
Fine to Be Home Says Judge Kruger to Star Reporter at
0uarantne-Never Knew He Was Deprving German
Prince of ROBIN at Berlin HOTEL.


Former Judge Gottfried Kruger, his
wife and three daughters, the Misses
Dorothy. Olga and Gretchen. returned
today, after four months tour OF
Europe.
They verified the announcement of
Miss Olga's engagement to Siegfried
Bergman, of Berlin, at whose home
the party stayed for a time.
The wedding Will take place in
Newark, although the date has not
yet been finally decided upon.
1T is fine to be home,s said fudge
Kruger to an Evening Star reporter,
who boarded the Kropprinzessin Ce-
ellie at Quarantine. 1--WE have had
bad weather. On the way over ii was
wretched, and 1t stayed with as dur
ing much of our automobile tou-.'
Illness Mars Trip.
The pleasure trip was further
dampened by the illness of Miss
Gretchen Krueger She was stricken
with appendicitis while at Carlsbad.
After prolonging their stay nr
three weeks OH dttount u W. I'll
ness, Mr. and Mrs. Kruger had her
rushed to the Hedwig Krankenhaus
in Berlin. There Professor Rotter, a
famous German surgeon. operated
upon her She left the hospital ten
days afterward. and the tour was con-
tinued.
When asked If he had enjoyed the
royal suite at the Hotel Adlon, Judge
Kruger laughed.
ibid we have it? Well, | don't
know. The rooms were certainly
wonderfully fine. I can easily believe
II was the royal suite, for there was
not better one In the hotel"
Prince Orloff wished this suite re-
served for him during the we.'S CT
festivity at Brandenburg. out It had
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Hit by Hammer,
| Woman Charges

Charged with hitting a woman on
the head with a hammer, Henry Hut
suski, 81 years old, of 1O7 Montgom-
cry street. was held in $1,000 bail for
the grand jury today in the Fourth
Precinct Police Court.
He had dispute with Mrs VIC
toria Polmoolka, AZ years old, in her
husbands shoe repairing shop at 1903
Charlton street. yesterday afternoon,
according to the police.
1t is alleged that he then struck
her with n shoemaker's hammer.
Plainclothesman Kaas. who was Sent
from the Fourth precinct police sta
ton, found Iiutsusld leaving the
shop. He gave chase and tripped him
up after running two blocks along
Montgomery street
T1?s. pclmmolka haa six stitches
taken In her head when she was re-
moved to the city Hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
RUNAWAY HURTS
TWO SCHOOLGIRLS
Ice Wagon Dashes Through
PupiI-crowded Street at
Noon Hour.

Two schoolgirls were hurt by q
runaway ice wagon today at the
very corner where Policeman Schmidt
was injured Saturday saving wom-
an and her children in a similar ac-
cident.
Annie Sealen, years old, of 81
Broome street, Is in the Beth Israe
Hospital with a broken left arm and
injuries about the body, and Jennie
Vogel. 8, of 141 Prince street, is hurt
about the back. She was taken home
in the Fourth precinct ambulance by
Patrolman Fitzsimmons
The girls. hurrying home to lunch,
We're run down by the ice wagon Of
Jacob Cohen, of 27 Broome street.
His son, Max, saving on the reins.
yelled warning to them, and they
tried to escape from the path of the
runaway. They were struck by the
swerving wagon and hurled to the
road.
The pupils of the Morton Street
Public School had just been dis
missed for the noon recess, and hum
dreds saw the accident
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
| DEAD, 8 HURT IN
WARSE HIP EXPLOSION
Steam Chest Bursts United States Boat Wake Prepares
for Second Quarterly Test Off Brentons Reef Lighthouse,
Instantly Killing Lieut. Donald p Morrison, Commander.

NEWPORT n. l., Oct 1.--Lieuten-
ant Donald p. Morrison was killed and
eight men injured today by the ex-
plosion of the steam chest on the tor
pedo-boa destroyer Wake.
The accident occurred off Brenton's
Reef Lightship, while the Wake was
preparing for her second quarterly
trial. Lieutenant Morrison entered
the service from Missouri in 1902
The seriously injured were:
Lieutenant Robert l.. Montgomery,
Of the. destroyer Tanning; r. b.
Crawford, gunner's mate Of the des-
stroyer Patterson, the umpires named
to watch the tests, and the following
members of the Wakes crew:
j. w. Rumps. machinist mate. first
class; II. l.. Wilder, machinist mate,
first-class; d. S. Kelly, chief machin-
list mate; ]. Delaney, first-class fire.
man; W. L. Kraus, oiler, and f. b.
Conway, oller.
The Wake was In company with
several other destroyers when the
forward end Of the port turbine, to-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Crenated in
Burning Wreck

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 1.-Two
Pullman sleeping cars, four day
coaches and two express cars broke
away from a rapidly moving Louis
vile and Nashville train near Elk
mont. Ala, early today and plunged
down an embankment, then caught
fire and burned, but every passen-
ger escaped death and less than n
score received minor injuries. An
express messenger caught in the
wreckage of his car was cremated.
Flames spread so rapidly that oc-
cupants OF the Pullmans we're COM
PEELED to fee in their night clothing,
abandoning all their baggage.
It is believed a broken rail was
the cause of the accident.
Among the injured were w. j.
Walker, New York; Mrs. Bertha II.
Henney. of East Highlands. Cali
fornia. and a passenger named Bras
endurg, of Brooklyn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
GIBSON HELD ON
MURDER CHARGE
New York Lawyer Accused Of
Killing His Client, Mrs.
Szabo.

GOSHEN, N. Y. Oct. 1.--Burtor
w. Gibson, an attorney Of New York
city, wasi held for the grand jury
this afternoon on charge of muir
dering Mrs. Rosa Menschik Szabo,
his client. who perished in Greenwood
Lake last July.
The grand jury will meet next Mon
day.
Gibson has collapsed in his cell to-
day and is under the care of a physi-
clan. He is confined to his bed by
the doctors orders.
Or. Condict says he had nervous
chill and that he gave him some
ouinine. which Gibson declared had a
bad effect on him. The doctor says
he then gave something to counter
act IL.
In a short time Mrs. Gibson, who is
staying In the village to be near her
husband, was called TO the Jail hur-
riedly and spent two hours with her
husband. The curtains about the cell
Gibson occupies were drawn and the
doctor worked with him for some
time.
There were reports that Gibson had
tried to commit suicide and that he
had taken an overdose of morphine,
but no confirmation could be had of
either report and the doctor denied
them.
Gibson had stood the strain well all
day yesterday until the pictures OF
Mrs. Szabo were displayed to him and
DR. schultze had testified. Then he
began perceptibiy to weaken,
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already been given to the krue gers.
Judge Kruger had no facts to add
about the disappearance of Mrs.
Krueger's $4,000 diamond necklace on
June IL. the day they sailed He will,
however. start an investigation.
With Judge Krueger's party on the
liner were Otto Butz, a prominent
Chicago lawyer, and Joseph Theurer.
of the Schoenhaften brewery.
Chicago.
Meet Friends Thrice.
In England the Kruegers met Mrs.
Mary Feigenspan- stengel and her
daughter. MISC Ella Feieenspan. OF
Newark. Their paths crossed twice
more during the tour and they met
both in Paris and Carlsbad
Miss Olga Krueger was asked
whether her engagement to Mr.. Berg
mann had been the result of a brief
summer romance, but she said she
had known him for three years.
He is an engineer and the son of
thes head of the Bergman Electric
Works, one of the largest manufac-
turing plants in Germany.
The krueger party was greeted at
the dock by number of Newark
friends, including Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Henry Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Inglis
M. Uppereu. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Smith, Sd, William Kruger, George
W. Cross, former Mayor William III.
f. Fielder. MIR. and Mrs. William
Plum. Michael T. Barrett. Ernest
Hirschoff. Judge Krueger's secre-
tary; John S. Bell, general manager
of the Union Ice Company and for
mer chief Of the United States secret
service. and Henry Schnellbacher,
superintendent of the Kruger brew
cry.
The trip to Newark was made in
automobiles.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
LOSES ARM ON EVE
OF HIS WEDDING
Martin Smith, Manned by Train
in East Orange, in Crit,
icaI Condition.

On lie eye of his wedding Martin
Smith. 80 years old. of a South Wall
nut street, East Orange, is lying in
the Orange Memorial Hospital. his
right arm amputated and in critical
condition through loss of blood.
A gateman found him early today
beside the Lackawanna Railroad
tracks, between the Walnut and Bur-
nett street crossing. His arm was
severed and he had deep wound in
the back of his head.
How he was injured is a mystery.
He may have jumped from thu west
bound 11:27 train or he may have
been struck either by thai train or
one at midnight, eastbound
He was to marry Miss Edna
Bridgen, of 20 Kayenkca street, Au-
burn, N. Y, on October g. She has
been notified and is hurrying to his
bedside. His father. Charles ]. sr'ith,
Of Reading, Pa. arrived in Orange
this afternoon.
Smith is a brakeman. He APPARENTLY
cid not lose consciousness Immediate
ly after being struck oy .he train
He staggered for fully $50 feet along
the track before falling.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
|Nabs Gould Car
| Thief with Loot

NEW YORK. Oct. Licensed Of
Participating in a systematic robbery
Of dining, paflor and private cars on
Railroads in the East, Of silverware
and other articles valued at approx
kmately $4,000, a youth who describes
himself as Rocco J. Naddeo has been
Earrested.
According 10 The police, IN a room
occupied by Naddeo in y Bowery
|hptel was stachel containing silver
|nare and letters taken from George
H. Gould's private car Dixie" the
|proceeds Of which robbery, It was es-
Minated. exceeded $1,000. The Gould
,ar was looted while standing in Jer-
PkY city railroad yards.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Veteran Dies
in R. R. Station

Stricken on a Laekawanna railroad
train en- route to this city from OK
ford, N. r., William B. Hollenbeck. o
veteran of the Civil War;. died a few
minutes after being taken from the
tram at the Broad street station Of
the d., L. & w. today.
Tie train pulled into the station at
1927 The veteran was carried to
the platform but was dead before
medical aid could be summoned Ills
body was removed to Mullins >
morgue at the instance of County
Physician Mckenzie
1t was thought at first that Hol-
lenbeck was one of "Grubb's Game
chickehs," who are having re-
union mis- afternoon at the Soldiers
Home. He was not, however His
regiment was the Ninth New York
Infantrf. His wife. Mrs. Mary Hol-
lenbeck. was with her husband when
he died
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
STEpFATHER GIVES Sl.55
TO FEED n Chill LDREN

HARTFORD. Oct. 1.--Mrs Rosanna
Nolan Green -Dowd, the mother of
twenty-seven children. each of whom
she AYERS she named without repeat
ing herself. had her third husband,
Frederick Dowd, in the police court
for non-support. Dowd may be some
stepfather. but, according to his
eighty-pound consort. he Is poor
provider
why, last week, she testified,
Fred gave me twenty-five cents at
one time. fifty at another. and think
be gave ine eighty cents Friday
night The court figured out that
this meant about six cents apiece per
child and put Dowd on probation
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
kHOUGHT SHE PULLED HER
fL3By'S LEG; WAS THIEF'S

NEW YORK, Oct. When Mrs.
Etta Demond. OF somers in West
lester county, saw a leg projecting
from under bed in her home she
hhoueht her husband was playing a
oke on ifer and gave it a pull 1t
proved to be the leg of thief. who
h terrified her when he crawled out
ron his hiding place that she tainted
lad fell 20 the floor.
she tame to her senses quickly. but
Il thief had gone, presumably
4ougn the window. as some jew4lry
had dropped in his haste to lget
4ay was found under the windbw.
kept only few trinkets.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
PAYS sl,4OO FOR BEING
KIND TO A STRANGER

HoBOKEN, oct. Every steam-
shin pier n New York harbor is being
watched ,or two thieves who stole
81 400 from an unsuspecting Chicago
man, John Lange ON Saturday after
noon. which prevented him from sail
ing for Germany aboard the Koenigen
Luise of The North German Lloyd
line
Lange said after meeting two
strangers dne complained of feeling
n and asked Lange TO hold his wallet.
When the stranger recovered he
slipped his hand into Lange's pocket
to get his wallet Instead of his own
he got Langs's pocketbook.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Montenegro n eeffvviia
Ind Bulgaria. Eager
br ConfIict with
Turkey.
TROOP TRAINS LEAVING
FOR FRONTIER TOWNS
n,,s;ness Houses Closed and
Street Railway Sers'ce GUS
pended, Employees 6e'ng of-
aa,sd 70 Join Regiments.

.,.stria Oct. liking
nFa,teyegrp, today or
E'cno'as a,a, ,,,dbilization of the
oereu w go 90 ar,nv according to a
! dispatch received hef o'A ''''''e' =
cETTINJE, Montdegt9. Oct. la
council OF war We Ical9d today by
. the king. All Ugh military an-
&thorities OF they try We're pres
lent. and II is EN- led fhat in view
o3 the strained 81 ionl in the Bal
kans a similar de& lon FIN regard to
mobilization will ~ rehched as in
servia and Bulgaria
BELGRADE, servh. Oct L.
T'roop trains were leking the capi-
tai ali night long for Fi$h and other
garr9son towns neal the Turkish
Many business housF In this city
have been compelled , CLOSE on ac-
count of their employees naving been
ordered TO join their sgbments. The
street railway service 20 has been
suspended.
Owners of automobif{ throughout
Seryia have been ordeet to surren-
der them Immediately the military
lanthorities.
EONSTANTINOPLE. pct. l:-Ihe
kiecfsion Of the Rulra % and Ser
In rovernrne,7ts to bceed with
he nobilIzation of the armies has
Failed forth very little pmeni mere.
II 3.
|5fr5 Tenl Gazette is omy news
paper OF import tanee eiel " 'ne
matter lt SAYS
ss.'.'Alls Als have no heiie1 4s i'Astsf I
hood OF war, but shouif' preAh ous
the responsibility VIII WIN oul-
1garia. Turkey VIII knoUno 70 p'o7
serve her honor
~ special council OF nls,ers WAS
called today and Is stiif teinB.
a BERLIN, Oct l. baiNan
lstates have not yet ser an ultima
tum to Turkey on tbs question OK
| reforms In Macedonia, far as ~
3known here, but such step IS e1-
)pected to be taken veryPoriy
/ Financiers here professI peiieVe tne
bowers will be able at be last mo-
ment to intervene succeI fully
The effect of the Bal n Crisis on
peculation was particu fiy marked.
s strong upward M cement hao
deen in force and the'ourse was
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Police Heads in
Secret Confab

Chief Corbitt this afternoon hastily
summoned The police captains of the
city 70 a conference In the police
board rooms.
Il is believed the mteting was the
direct result Of Chief Justice Gum
niere's supplementary charge to tire
grand jury yesterday. in which he
said that vice tiourished openly in
this city. with the connivanee Of the
police department
Chief Corbitt was asked II there
was any significance in the sudden
meeting, and replied that there was
not that IL was simply the ordi-
nary conference OF police captains
which was postponed from yester-
day.
The session was held behind closed
doors.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
MISS HELEN TAFT AIDS
GIRL VICTIM OF HUNT

BEVERLY, Mass, Oct Il Miss
Helen Taft used one OF the Presidents
automobiles as an ambulance today
when Miss Pauline Proctor, the IL
year-old daughter OF James Proctor,
was thrown from her horse when rid
ing with the Myopia Hunt Club.
Miss Proctor was severely shaken
up, although no bones were broken.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
ADMIRAL I HANscoM DIES

PHILADELtHIA. Oct. i-Rear
Admiral John Forsyth IJanscom, q.
s. n, retired. Eiyil War veteran and
a pioneer navel constructor died at
his liome here last night He was
40 years old ADMIRAL Hanscom was
q member of he naval construction
hoard that reyeIulionized the build
ine Of baltieshiis mere than decade
asos He was ratired Ia 1904.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Deported
in Special Car
LspeeIal TO the Newark slar. ]

HoBoKEN. Oct. THE first ex-
elusive deportation car will reach
here tomorrow attached to a fast mail
train. The car is on its way from
Portland, Ore
In custody OF government immi-
grafton inspector viii he eleven aliens,
all public charges, who have not
been in the United States three years
Ten of them have been declared IN
sane and one is suffering from tuber-
culosis. They win be deported from.
here.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01

GENEROUS MAN ABUSED

WOODBURY.. Oct 1--Bor some
months residents have been going to
an artesian well on John Wagner's
farm and getting water free. all they
want OF it. The well Is located In
Wagners sweet potato patch. He Is
ready to dig his crop and finds that
The patch is badly depleted Wagner
has given notice that only The water
IS free.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Fall May Cost
Painter His Life

AS a result Of falling two stories
from a ladder while painting house
at 11S Orange street today. Matthew
thinner. 19 years old. painter, of
100 Orange street. lies at St Michael's
Hospital suffering from fractured
skull, broken ribs and injuries about
the arms
lie may recover.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
MEXICO ASKED TO STAY
EXECUTION OF AMERICAN

wAsHfNGToN. Oct 1.-The state
department today requested the Mex
ican government TO stay the execu-
ton Of ]. n Carson, Of Kingsland,
Tex, under sentence TO be shot at
Tampico, Mex, pending fun In
vestigation of the charges against
him. Carson's alleged offense is not
known 10 state department officials,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Bruce Brown
Hurt on Course

RACE COURSE. Wauwatosa. Wis,
Oct BRUCE Brown, driving his big
Fiat down the back stretch of the
Vanderbilt cup automobile course
about noon, overturned and he and
his mechanician, Tony Scudelari wee
injured seriously. Both we're taken
to hospital At o'clock both were
unconscious
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
Ortie E. McManigal, Who Con
feSSed, Enters the Courtroom
Grinning; Scrutinizes the Ac-
cuSed and Then Pleads Guilty.
--
PRES. RYAN'S CASE FIRST

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, 4.
NTATIONED within rail the small
half space charged completely in
Mcnamara dynamite plots"
Albert B. Anderson today 4#
Judge No J.
the United Frank M.
M'MANIGAL PLEADS GUILTY
At the Orte E. McManiga pleaded guilty
A
ttheir
Brophy Brooklyn II,
men
COURT SEPARATES CASES
to
but be tried ogeher
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that's the idea.

Just write your little want ad. on the
Want Ad. Bunk published on the IN.
send this in and the results afe aston
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Want JObg
Send IN an nd. eightarn words or under
on he Want" ad. bfhk printed on the
classified uage; we " do this for three
= strictly free Q large.
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ss..7b % california,

yia NsshinRton-sunset Route, until October
q pess91SlsTN conducted tourist fieeplng
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-01
FItty-four Indicted.

Fffty-four men we're indicted ID
February. but John J. Mccra
Wheeling. W. Va, never has been i
Gated and the Mcnamara brothers Il
In prison in California
The court-roonl, which prehs
weeks viii be the scene Of the
has long been ready Every
ton has been taken to secure
The windows Of the small ra
aa,ted an An entsids oosner ..
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-07-26
Man Allowed to Give Self Up.

Harrison.-After hung jury had been announced Thomas Cantrell, charged with killing his half-brother, Rube Cantrell, pleaded guilty and was given three months in the state peni- tentiary in the cirucit court here Upon his promise to return to receive sentence, Cantrell was allowed by Judge Reed to go to his home. Can trell also requested that upon his re- turn and acceptance of sentence he be allowed to report to the warden of the state penitentiary at Little Rock with out guard to serve his sentence This request was also granted. Cantrell, who is 52 years old. was charged with first degree murder, it having been al- legged that he killed Rube Cantrell, aged 29, IS sequel to a quarrel over the wife of Rube Cantrell.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-07-26
CITY INCREASING FACILITIES
improving It's Fire Department to
 Conform With Growth,

western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Little Rock.-Following out the ur- gent recommendations made by the Ire prevention committee of the na. tional board of fire underwriters in a report on the hazard in Little Rock one year ago the present city admin lstration, working through the months since that time, has at last perfected and outlined definite plans to comply with these recommendations
 After a disastrous fire in the mid. dle Of the winter of 1911 the commit. tee made a complete investigation in Little Rock and published a report. In line with certain of the recommends tons the city council appropriated $4O,OOO to pay for the purchase of new apparatus and equipment. This was the first appropriation made for the lire department within five years.
 With the appropriations of $6O,000 more for the construction of a central fire station and headquarters build ing by the council the present city ad- has credit for SlO0.00 to be spent in giving Little Rock ade. quate fire protection as soon as the plans under way are completed and realized.