Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-06
FIRE CHIEFS WILL
CLOSE CONVENTION
Delegates to Leave After Ses-
sion at the Hotel Astor
Tonight.

The forty-hrst annual convention
of the International Association or
Fire Engineers will end tonight in Z
blaze Of glory at the Hotel Astor, New
York. And there will be many vet
Grams of hot fights at the blaze. which
viii not be of the false alarm type.
They know how to extinguish fires,
do those daring fellows. and do not
believe in leaving an important blaze
until the "wetting down" process has
been so thorough that there win be
nothing left to rekindle.
The final business session closed
Yesterday with the selection of New
Orleans as the 1914 convention city,
and the election Of these officers:
President. Thomas Haney. Jackson
vile, Fla; first vice president, Hugo
Delphs, Lansing, Mich; second vice.
president, Harry /. Marston. Brock
ton. Mass; secretary. James McFau.
Roanoke, Va, and treasurer. George
Knowfock. Mansfield. o.
Last night the fremen and their
wives were entertained at the Jardin
de Danse, atop the New York Thea
ire So many of the regular patrons,
attracted by the visiting fire lighters.
sweled the attendance, that Ii was
necessary to open the new ballroom
down stairs to accommodate the over
flow. Eight extra acts were added to
the Jardin's vaudeville program.
This is the line of refreshments
served the ladies':
Chicken Salad
Lobster Salad
Chicken Sandwich
Ham Sandwich
Tongue Sandwich
Ice Cream
Apollinaris
Petits Fours
Demi Tasse
But as to what will be handed around
tonight at the Hotel Astor, when tho
firemen, unattached. assemble no man
knoweth, unless Fire Commissioner
Joseph Johnson knows. and if he does
he won't tell. He should be in the
know however, as he has sent Out
the invitations, with an r. s v P.
appendix. The commissioner, snii-
ingly alleged, that the menu was still
IL the hands of the printer. and
laughingly added that New York was
| determined to prove a good host
| The heroes and the horses came in
for unstinted praise and applause all
along the line of march in the big
parade late Yesterday afternoon, the
| honor men, those who have Won
medals or have been placed on the
merit roll for special deeds of daring
in the saving of human life. and the
Life Saving Corps" receiving par
ticular attention. The welcome to
the veteran fire horses was rousing
one.
| Each of the horses is still in active
service and each was labeled with his
age and the number of alarms re-
| sponded to. Among the Oldest were
Baxter, % years, 4.352 alarms; Atchin-
son, "a years, 1,054 alarms: Abbot, 81
years, 1880 alarms; Brentwood, q
years, 6.174 alarms; Accident. % years.
1900 alarms, and Atwood. "a years.
| 141S alarms.
Among the floats was one which
showed a new machine for cutting
steel bars with an acetylene flame
This was constructed as a result of
| the Equitable building fire, in which
| Superintendent Giblin. of the safe de-
\ post vaults. was imprisoned and held
/ by the bars. which had TO be sawed
| by hand.
| Another float was devoted to the
dead fire heroes and was labeled I'm
| Memoriam"
An interesting feature of the
parade, and one that was commented
upon, was the fact that the officers
of the Newark detail saluted the RET
viewing officers with the left hand.
while the New York officers saluted
with the right. The reviewing stand
was to the right of the marching
hosts. 1t may be. and doubtless is
true. that the New York department
regulations call for a salute as given
| by the New York men. but 1t is fact
| that the Newark men performed the
feat in correct regular army style.
4 The Jersey City officers just passed
| the proposition up. They didn't salute
at all.
In saluting a superior officer or
other distinguished parsonage the
military rule is to salute with the
hand furthest from the person to be
saluted Otherwise the saluter might
not be able to see the one saluted or
vice versa. So Chief Moore. of New
ark, won the bet when he wagered
hat that Captain Michael Durkin and
his officers were right. and Captain
William Garfield. of the First Resis
ment. settled the question in the
chiefs favor.
The Newark firemen made a splen-
did appearance and created a fine in-
preston, being the recipient of many
cheers as they marched along. The
Newark boys were dined at the
"Parisien" restaurant, Eighth ave-
nue. and Fifty-siXth street, after the
parade.
Major Jacob Haussling. Fire Com
missioners Weber. Burke, Lagay and
Stratton and Secretary Charles s
Smith were among the Newarkers
who reviewed the parade and visited
the exhibition in the Grand Central
Palace.
They were free in their expressions
of appreciation of the Newark boys
showing.