South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
FIRE BUGS AND
CANINE TEETH At
k. AND F. DINNER
December Feed of Knife and
Fork Club Brings Two
Speakers of Note With
Timely Messages.

That fire waste and fire prevention"
with regard TO the residence, business
blocks. and factories of the nation,
are respectively. as much the destruc-
ton and conservation Of our natural
resources. as anything ever denounced
or undertaken by the National Con-
servation congress, or the department
Of interior at Washington. is the con-
elusive substance of the leading ad-
dress at the December dinner OF the
Knife and Fork club at the Oliver no
tel Tuesday night, Hon. g. j. Doyle,
OF Chicago. being the speaker.
I'VE cannot rebuild these houses.
blocks and factories without going
back TO our forests for the lumber.
10 the stone quarries and clay pits
for our stone and our brick, and 20
the iron mines for our raw Steel and
TO condemn fire waste and encourage
fire prevention, must become an integ-
eral part Of the nations conservation
program before that program can be
complete" he said.
Mr.. Doyle is a former fire marshal
of the state OF Illinois, ditto, former
secretary OF the state of Suckerdom,
and is now associate counsel of the
National Board Of Fire Underwriters.
He was preceded on the intellectual
side OF the menu by Rev. William T.
Dorward OF Milwaukee, who spoke on
F..
Floyd A. Deahl acted as POSTMASTER.
Talks on Canine Tooth"
The world is what it is" said the
Rev. Mr.. DOrward, because the be-
ginners OF new things have withstood
the worlds sneers and trudged along
10 their reward" The uncovered ca
nine tooth" he defined as that Visible
front toOth-"visible when the man
with a sneer lifts shat side of his
IN. f1 na no
is sneering at
He told of how Watts, and Bell,
and Fulton. and Pope, and John Red
man, Henry Ward Beecher, and Sal
mon p. Chase. along with hundreds
of others, now shining lights in inven-
ton, in literature, in theology, science.
Craftsmanship and law, have seen the
canine TOOTH" but failing to scare,
and forging ahead, they have at last
come TO their inches in the hall OF
fame.
Rev. Mr.. Forwards address was
long on humor, still full of useful in
formation. and valuable lessons. IAN
after-dinner speech" he said. lis the
art of saying nothing briefy'-and
then he defined mems clubs as "a
place where women cease TO trouble
and satan is at ease" He gave way
to Mr.. Doyle amid a thunder of APP
plause, having assured his audience
that as a clergyman, he was as much
against fire waste and fire proven
ton" as the next one, but was anX-
iOus for new light on how TO further
his cause.
Backs Policy With Figures.
THE preventable fires in the United
States last year destroyed 5000, 100000
worth OF property" Doyle said, Civ
ing weight TO his conservation pro-
gram. add TO, this the loss from
forest fires and the cost OF mainte-
nance of our fire departments, and the
amount will run up to 100000, 900.
He pointed out that the loss from pre-
ventable fires means more in dollars
than would the loss of the entire wheat
crop Of the year, or of all the gold
and silver mined.
The buildings burned would have
lined both sides of a street from Chi
cago to New York, and every IA feet
YOU would find a cripple, and every
three-quarters of a mile a corpse"
the speaker declared.
He then reviewed the anti-fire laws
Of Europe. where. especially in
Germany, to have a fire il a crime.
You must prove your innocence of
wilfulness or neglect in order to col
lect insurance, and escape going TO
Jail. besides taking care of the dam
age to the property OF your neighbOrs.
In consequence, according to the
OF Chicago, had fire loss last year
OF 100000 while Chicago had a loss
OF $4,000. 600.
The total loss for Illinois last year
was $4,000 600, while for Indiana ii
was II, 100000. and Ohio $5,5OO.0O9.
Ohio has a most stringent fire marshal
law and it's enforcement the first year
reduced the confiagration loss of that
state 90 per cent 1t used TO run
$10,O00,000 a year. The speaker con-
graduated Indiana on Its new fire
marshal law, passed by the last legis-
lature and expressed the hope that
at the end OF a years trial il will be
found TO have done as we'll as the
SIMILAR law did in Ohio.
Deals With Firebugs.
Mr.. Doyle dwelt quite at length on
the subject OF ''firebugs arson
trust"-and told of the good work be-
ing done TO suppress them in Chicago
and throughout the Sucker state. He
explained how some of them came To
visit South Bend and other points in
Indiana
Get rid of the 'firebugs' and by
careful construction. and the equip
ment of your buildings. cut out reck-
lesSness, and reduce the number Of
insurance premiums will come down in
proportion. but as long as present con-
ditions and present hazards maintain,
YOU must pay the bill.
The premiums YOU pay are what
make up the assets and reserves of
the insurance companies. and from
these assets and reserves they pay
your losses. 1t is what enabled them
TO cover the great San Francisco. Bal
timore and Boston fires. along with
scores OF others OF enormous proper
ffonc aud cover them dollar for