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After dilfgent search by her reia~
tives she was located at this place
and upon the arrival of her friends
had taken refuge in the bathroom,
with the result here narrated. It Is
somewhat singular to note in this
connection that this woman carried
on an animated conversation with her
relatives through the locked door
from her point OF vantage on the
window sill. She had announced again
and again that II they attempted TO
force the door she would throw her
self into the courtyard, nine stories
below.
1t was mentioned In the early pafS
of this account that fremen had pro-
ceeded to the premises with life
net The courtyard Of the hotel at
the point Immediately below the win
dow from which the woman would
have thrown herself is extremely mar
row and would scarcely permit the
proper stretching OF the net. How
ever, the net was made ready for any
emergency. and was held In position
by eight f1remen, all of whom were
in danger, as 1t was conceded that
had the woman jumped from tne
ninth floor into the small area OF the
courtyard, she would have struck
|
unless she fell in an absolutely per-
feet manner and landed directly In
the center of the net.
The fire department has frequently
been called upon to rescue persoh9
who have attempted suicide by means
of gas This form Of rescue also
involves serious hazards from ehe
posi- ibility of explosions. Members
of the fire-fighting force have never
peculiar calls on the part OF the cltl-
zenry, though. of course II goes with
out saying that our men are more
interested in fires affecting the gen
eral population than in particular
cases.
In looking back over the records
of the rescue work performed py
members of the fire department. / am
struck with the uniformity of cour-
age displayed throughout. The cases
/ have cited are only typical Of num-
bers of others almost similar in kind
and degree, but only differing In 10
cation Some one asked me not long
ago whether what is known as the
rescue squad" did most of the rescue
work in the fire department, imply
ing that members of an ordinary en-
CINE or hook and ladder company
would wait for the rescue company
| DeIOTe attempting lHcSc Ao4Ot SA1o
difficult tasks. l think have set out
in this article and preceding ones
ample facts to Justify the claim that
! there are heroes, actual and poten-
! tial in every fire company, and there
! are 308 companies operating In Great
I er New York.
The fire lighting force Of the City
of New York is engaged in a service
devoted TO the interests Of the COM
munity, and there is little doubt that
within the personnel of our organiza-
! ton every one would measure up to
| the stature of hero II opportunity
| knocked at his door.
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THE SUSPENDED MEN SEEMED TO MARK ACELoNC SECONDS"

lon. An aerial ladder had been raised
to the fifth floor of the building.
where a woman was seen holding on
to the sill of the fifth floor and
standing on the Intel of a window
of the fourth floor. Just as the fire.
| men reached her she was overcome
and released her hold on the window
SILL Fortunately, for her, her body
was caught as she fell backward by
, the top of the ladder.
The shock almost threw Fireman
Hartmann from his position as the
woman's body had become lodged
between the top of the ladder and
the wall Of the building. Fireman
| Scanlon managed to move the ladder
slightly out from the building, which
enabled Hartmann to lift her over
the ladder. 1t was very difficult
matter to lift the heavy weight of
the womans body over the extreme
top of the ladder. After great exer-
ton, working amid dense smoke and
intense heat coming from the win
dows above and below, the firemen
managed to get the woman down the
ladder to safety.
1t should be recalled that Fireman
O'Leary, who made the first rescue,
was not on duty when he performed
this task. OF course, 1t goes without
saying that no fireman would hesitate
to perform a rescue simply because
he was on an off tour" but what Is
deserving of special mention in this
case is that the fireman did not wait
for the apparatus, which he knew
| would be on the scene in a few sec
onds; in fact, some pieces OF appar-
| atus were actually arriving at the
time. but rushed into the adjoining
| building. It required initiative. quick
ness OF judgment. and great deal
of precision to perform his task with
| out the aid of his comrades.
O'Leary relied on the assistance
given him by a few citizens whom
ne hurriedly picked out and of whose
| physical strength he was by no means
| certain. 1t is one thing to depend
| on firemen trained in the business
| and another to commander a miscel-
| laneous lot Of men picked or the
| street.
In addition to the ability OF the
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United States took so,ooo,ooo francs

United States took 6o,oo0,oO0 francs
worth.
Furthermore, hand embroidery-the
most expensive of 1t done in Paris
wilfully increases average prices. And
each year, such hand embroidery
grows greater in quality and impor-
tance and more fine and beautiful IN
quality. But the gloves, after all, are
made in and around Grenoble.
So 1t is obvious that the mountain
villages have felt no pinch yet.
The first thing every American
woman buys is new gloves and new
shoes" they say in Main street of
Saline Martin-d'Uriage, where the
sewing machines work in the open
air, before the house doors, until cold
weather drives them inside.
Less than half the workers on
Grenoble gloves live in Grenoble.
Even the great houses give out work.
Contractors" practically without
factories, depend greatly on the viii
lagos. Although less important than
! before the war. their gloves are often
beautiful, while others seek to pro-
duce bargain lots-both kinds being
willingly picked up by buyers from
South America and other countries.
So in the villages they have no
idea that the United States production
threatens them with big cloud!
I have been hearing figures from
the consul.
In 1900 the United States total
glove output was $17.750.00o worth,
for gloves of all kinds
In 1923 the United States produced
| $40, ,000, 900 worth-last year.
Compare this with the correspond
ing increase Of Grenoble for the same
| period!
Of course the American-m made gloves
were produced from deer, sheep, kid.
calf, dog. fox, bear, horse. kangaroo,
hog, rat and other skins, as well as
cotton, silk and wool. But
There is vague unrest in the vii
lagos.
In spite Of their prosperity, the gen
L tie workers crave to be reas-
sured, when an American appears.
"Is it true, monsieur, that American
| house-painters work in chamois
gloves?' asks little Marie Bayard
II have been told So"
| (You see her worry. "Chamois" is
a Grenoble specially, although it Is
regularly sheepskin worked on the
| flesh side. like heavy suede. "doeskin'
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and other fancy names. small per
centage of Grenoble chamois Is real
chamois. but there are not sufficient
deer. chamois. doe or buck in the
world to supply one-tenth of the
gloves so calledO
"All Americans wear gloves. even
bricklayers!" continues Marie Bayard
with confidence. so, also, base ball
erS, an important and lucrative trade
American farm laborers and wood
choppers prefer So-called dogskin or
coltskin, which are really sheep
skin or thick lambskin. Is it true
that even employees of commerce in
America disdain to wear cleaned
gloves? 1t is pity. Real kids clean
beautifully"
Her brother joins in. These Bay
ards claim to be direct descendants
of the illustrious Chevalier Bayard,
the knight without fear and with
out reproach." whose ruined chateau
, is down Poncharra way. Today they
sew gloves in front of their Main
street door.
Monsieur. what is a corn -huskero"
asks the brother. Tourists in a motor
car told me that their gloves have
steel piece. We do not make them
in Grenoble. Who has that trade?
Naples?"
What Is Gloversville?" asks Marie.
we have worked on mocha skins
of Gloversville, soft and more vel
vety than suedes"
We hear of work gloves in Ameri-
can industries" interrupts the broth
er. steel frame builders all wear
gloves, and workers in g. dozen
trades! Automobile drivers--we know
all about them! They wear. fine
gloves from Grenoble. Although not
real kids, they are a branch OF the
| trade in which we excel"
But it's not true. is it?" butts in
Marie, that Sc per cent of the gloves
| made in America are mems gloves?"
| Low pink clouds faded to old rose,
over our heads. Cowbells went dong.
dong far below. We heard a dog
bark in a lonely farmyard two miles
distant. An eagle sailed through the
silent air.
rs it true, monsieur" falters
Marie, that American ladies are so
proud of their beautiful hands that
| they refused to wear any kind of
gloves last summer. Shall we feel
| the repercussion?"
Such is the first dawn of doubt
and worry in the villages above Gre
! noble!
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Feats MdAir Performed of

manager of the hotel had telephoned
| fire headquarters that a woman was
sitting on the ledge OF the window of
| bathroom leading from the ninth
| floor, weeping and moaning in a pitt
able manner and threatening that IL
any one attempted to enter the bath
room, which she had locked from the
inside. she would throw herself from
the window into the street. Battalion
i Chief Heffernan and Capt. Michael J.
| Manning Immediately made an in
vestigation OF this report, and several
| firemen were detailed to proceed to
| the premises with life net, life
| belts and roof rope.
On arriving at the hotel they pro-
| ceeded by the elevator to the floor
| above that on which the woman was
| located. life rope was fastened
| around Engineer Timothy ]. Fitz-
patrick's body and he cautiously
| worked his way out of the window
| in the bathroom on the tenth floor,
Immediately above that on which the
woman was seated. The work had
| to be done with the utmost care and
| caution SO as not to make the least
| possible noise or to be observed by
| the woman. 1t was generally con-
ceded that this woman was demented,
| and there was no doubt that she
! was ready to throw herself from the
| window ledge IL she suspected what
vas going on.
| Sometimes very small details inter
fere with the successful carrying out
| of a plan. In this case a screen in
| the bathroom window on the tenth
floor almost upset the maneuvers of
the firemen, for 1t was very difficult
| to remove the screen without attract
| ing the woman's attention. However,
| the screen at last was successfully
lifted out.
! The next serious step to consider
| was just what method to approach in
order TO forestall the woman's sui
cidal intention. Fortunately for all
concerned, she was looking down to-
| ward the ground and was attracted
by the people below. It would have
been impossible for Fitzpatrick to
have been lowered from above down
to the window ledge on which the
woman was seated as this would have
| afforded her an opportunity to carry
| out her intention. At this critical
juncture Engineer Fitzpatrick decided
| upon a bold though exceedingly
hazardous coup. Relying upon the
strength of his life line, he threw
| himself out of the window back
ward, literally somersaulting from
the tenth floor to the floor below. The
|
woman back into the bathroom where
she was promptly seized.
| X X
| An inquiry as to how the woman
4 \ had come to occupy this perilous
position on the window ledge re-
vealed the fact that she had been suf-
fering from a nervous breakdown,
and her family had been holding her
under restraint IN Brooklyn. fearing
| that she would do herself some bod
lily harm. She 'eluded the care Of her
nurse and relatives. however, and
| managed to engage a room at the
| hotel.
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to be- Dauphiny's safeguard. Paris,
TOLERATED, in their minds. as mere
distffbutor) would steal the exquisite
embroidery that gives Grenoble gloves
new voguei
Grenoble knows, OF course, that the
revers, or backs of cuffs" or gaunt-
let's of ultra-fashionable gloves are
hand in bright colors.
Some of the work IS done in Grenoble.
real idea how much of the most beau
tiful Is done by the embroiderers of
Paris-nor how this new work is
saving the Grenoble trade
A pair of Grenoble kid gloves is
made up of about "a pieces, each piece
being cut exactly to measure and
sewn with a precision born of long
practice.
Only two, three or. at most, four
gloves can be cut from one kidskin.
So. the consumption of kidskins in
Grenoble is greater than the home
supply. Quantities are imported from
Italy, Spain, Morocco and South
America.
Or course, there are two machines,
seen principally in the great houses.
One Is the famous Jouvin patent, now
become public property. Its use per-
mits cutting In rough form, with
snearS, at the cutters home. These,
he returns to the factory in piles of
six: and the Jouvin exact cutting ma
chine does the rest. The other is an
embroidery machine, with two to four
needles working simultaneously.
All the same, hand work and home
work so dominate the trade that the
mass of those who make the gloves
have only the vague. happy idea that
"all Americans are rich and elegant"
and therefore Grenoble will always
be prosperous.
X X u X
THUS, "the trade" puts the figures:
i In 1900 Grenoble made and sold
100000 pairs Of gloves. 1t is not
stated what the total value was.
In 1922 Grenoble made 10000, 900
francs worth of gloves, and sold them.
1t is not stated how many pairs this
total value represented. OF course,
the figures are uncertain.
Probably, 1923 did not more than
double the 1900 output. as high
prices reacted very seriously on bus
mess" Also, the great mass of it
I-some 96,000,000 francs worth-went
to foreign countries. Of which the
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fireman to perform such rescue work,
considerable coolness is essential on
the part OF the persons rescued. In
the foregoing fire one woman was
unable to assist the fremen in get
ting her out of the building; she had
to be literally lifted out by main
force; whereas. her daughter was
able to cooperate in her own rescue
work.
Strange as IL NAV SEEM members
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Of the fire department are at times
called upon to rescue persons against
their own will. Not infrequentIy,
suicides have had to be taken from
perilous positions on buildings, and
many an untimely death has been
prevented by the judgment and dis
cretion of members of the department
in performing this delicate duty.
A dramatic incident occurred at
Brooklyn hotel few years ago. The
Evening star., 1924-11-16
New Paper Source.

A N English paper mill is trying out
"A wheat straw as q source of ma
terial for paper making. While we
have, Of course, had straw paper.
still this is different proposition.
The danger Of this raw material Is
fermentation In storage
Evening star., 1924-11-16
Alpine Peasants Who Make Gloves
Imagine TheyHave Great Monopoly
BY STERLING HEILIG.
GRENOBLE, Dauphiny,
Southeast E'ranCe).

November 4, 1924.
OOK at your gloves. If they
are suedes, Of an ultra-fash-
ionable sweet cream" tint,
4 unmistakable, inimitable, be
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"HE THREW HIMSELF OUT OF
THE WINDOW BACKWARDS,
LITERALLY SOMERSAULTINC
TO THE FLOOR BELOW"
Evening star., 1924-11-16
BY JOHN KENLON.

MONG the methods employed
~ by fremen to rescue persons
"A from burning buildings none
4 4 is more spectacular or fraught
with greater danger than the
Evening star., 1924-10-03

dependence or the honor" OF the con-
tracing states. They also provided
that the parties should conclude a
special agreement" in each individual
case. Notwithstanding the limited
scope of these treaties for compulsory
arbitration, the Senate insisted they
should be called special treaties,
and not agreements, and they fell
through on that technicality.
Secretary Root. in 1908. and Secre-
tary Knox. in 1911. submitted add
tional arbitration treaties negotiated
with foreign powers. including con-
yentionS with Great Britain and
with France which We're of broad
scope. But there were numerous OBJ
jections on the part of the Senate
In the case of the Root treaties, the
provisions made IN Difference to the
Senate were accepted and the treaties
were approved. In the case of the
Knox treaties, with Great Britain and
France, the Senate amendments were
not acceptable to the Taft admins
tration, and the treaties remained
unratiiied.
One objection by the Senate on that
occasion has particular application
to Immigration. which figured SO con-
spicuously in the recent discussions
at Geneva. The Senate conditioned
It's approval or the hnoX ITedlleS
with other reservations, on one
which withheld from the operation
of the treaties any question affecting
the admission of aliens into the
United States. The Senate also ac-
cepted any questions involving the
maintenance of the traditional atti-
tude of the United States concerning
American questions commonly de
Scribed as the Monroe doctrine. or
other purely governmental policies
In March. 1928. Secretary Hughes,
replying to Senator Lodges request
for Information relative to President
Harding'S proposal of Amc rican entry
into the World Court called atteu-
tion to the record of the Senate on
arbitration treaties. Mr.. HugheS :
pointed out that lit would seem to
be entirely clear that until the Sen
ate changes its attitude. it would
be "a waste of effort to attempt to
negotiate treaties" providing for an
obligatory jurisdiction of far-reach-
ing scope.
Copyright, 1924
Perfumed cigarettes is the latest
vogue among the fashionable women
in London.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
WASHOUTS OF MUD
IMPEDING TRAFFIC
Engineer Commissioner Is
Seeking to Correct Condi-
ton on Connecticut Ave.

Engineer Commissioner Bell today
is trying to find some way of pre-
venting future waShouts of mud from
newly graded land at Connccticut
avenue and Harrison street, which
interfercd with street car and We
hiCular traffic on that thoroughfarn
following the heavy raIn few days
ago.
lie has already discussed the prob
lem with G. T.. Hunt, engineer OF
highways, and j. +. Gordon, sanitary
engineer. Mai. Bell and Mr.. Hunt
explained today that the area i'll
question is a new fill. the surface
of which is still raw and loose.
Such conditions. he said, correct
themselves gradually as the earth
settles and Il growth forms on tor
of it. According TO Mr.. Hunt. there
was a natural valley in that vicinity
Evening star., 1924-10-03
ASKS SUIT DISMISSAL.

Secretary of the Interior Work to-
day asked the District Supreme Court
to dismiss the suit for mandamus
brought against him by Louisa Voss
of Wisconsin to compel him to enroll
her name as member OF the Menom-
inee Indian tribe and to permit her
to share in the property and privi-
leges of the tribe. Secretary Work
points out that the Menominee is not
a sovereign nation, but the tribe is
under the guardianship of the United
States and resides in the Wisconsin
reservation.
Mrs. VoSs was not born within the
reservation, he states. her father be-
ing a white man, but her grandma other
possessed Indian blood. She was new
er received by the tribe as a member,
II is said. and the only time she ac-
Evening star., 1924-10-03
RANGERS TO DESTROY
1900 HEADOF CATTLE.
Infected Herds to Be Driven Into
Big Trench and Slain in
Epizootic Fight.

By the Associated Press
HOUSTON, Texas, October 3.-Six
Texas rangers were ready today to
destroy 1900 head Of cattle, either
inflicted with the foot-and-mouth
disease or suspected of being carriers
OF the disease germs. 1t was plan
ned to drive the animals into a big
trench 20 at a time and then shoot
them.
Included in the stock marked for
destruction was heard of $50
thoroughbred Brahma cattle, in
Evening star., 1924-10-03

tually resided in the reservation was
under permits of employment such as
is given to white persons. The moth
er of the applicant married a man
outside the tribe and was not re-
ceived into it at the time of her death,
the Secretary states.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Delegates to Congress Named.

Prof. Samuel McC. Lindsey OF Co
lumbia University, New York City;
Leon NJ. Estabrook of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Miss Katherine
NJ. Lenroot of the Children's Bureau,
Department of Labor, and Mrs. NJ. &.
Nigel of New York have been desig-
mated by the Secretary of State as
United States delegates to the Inter
national Congress on Social Economy,
to open at Buenos Aires, Argentina,
October 26.
Thirty-three widows of soldiers Of
the war of 1872 are still on the Gov
ernment pension rolls
Evening star., 1924-10-03

prior to the grading operation, ano
the drainage was carried by culvert
under Connecticut avenue.
When the fill was made pipes were
laid in and catch basins provided at
the source of the pipes. These basins.
Mr.. Hunt continued. will not carry off
the drainage from Il heavy rainfall
as well as when the natural valley
existed
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which the first outbreak OF the
disease was discovered six days ago.
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Barriers Value Uncertain.

Mr.. Hunt said he doubted whether
any barrier erected at the Connecti-
cut avenue end Of the area from
which the washout occurs would do
much good. The engineer Of high
ways explained that the condition
complained of is not peculiar to Con-
necticut avenue and Harrison street,
but is likely to occur for time fol-
lowing the grading OF large tract
of land in any section.
Maj. Bell. however, said that he was
giving the situation careful consider
alton with Il view TO correcting it if
possible.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-03
DISCUSS U. s. SEIZURES
British House of Commons Brings Ip adriatic Question and Postpone nicnt of Debate k Granted.

London. March 3.--The question of the seizure of liquor on the liner Adriatic last month was raised in the house of commons today but post . poncd by request Of the government.
 Niscotmt CurZon, conservative for Battcrsea. asked the foreign minister whether his attention had been drawn to the seizure of S6 barrels and cases of liquor aboard the Adriatic by agents of the treasury in the United states; whether this seizure was in accordance with thc treaty recently signed; whether he was aware that British ships had observed the Ann crican law in letter and spirit and that ships of other nations, such as France and Italy had not been mol ested despite the fact that the GUS tomary alcoholic beverages were sup piled as required, and whether he would make representations regard ing this apparent discrimination against the British.
 Niscount CurZon. in accepting post ponemcnt of the question, asked if the government would press on with ratiiicationl of the liquor treaty. Premier Macdonald replied that the subject was belnE pressed.