Show BOARD TO PROBE LIBERTY BLAZE Causes of Fire at Schoolhouse Schoolhouse Schoolhouse School- School house to Be Inquired Into at Meeting i Tonight WRANGLE IN SESSION Two TTo Disputants Come to Harmless Blows at Meeting l of Board of Education 4 A complete investigation In with the public Invited of oC the fire which oc occurred occurred oc- oc the night ht o of November 7 at atthe atthe atthe the Liberty school chool was called b by tho the board of ol education at ft Its mooting meeting h f last t night after It accepted a motion of oC G. G M M. M Sullivan to table for tor forty eight hours the report made on the fire ire b by H. H D D. Bowman superintendent of oC grounds and buildings The Investigation tion will bc begin ln at a special meeting to tobe tobe tobe be held hold at 8 o'clock toni tonight ht v when hen all citizens are arc invited in to express their V views I e we The report of or Mr r. Do Bowman W was 8 the tho center of or a a stormy board meeting which wae waxed hottest In the corridor outside tho the board room before order was caled called V V. P. P Cram a citizen who had attended the meeting to protest against rebuilding the school on the thc same Rame specifications as were formerly former employed clashed with wih Joseph Linnel an employee of oC Mr 11 Bowman and tho the two came to blows before bystanders separated them them Mr lr Linnel said ad Mr Cram started tho the debate debate This Mr r. r Cramm Cam denied So far tar as a could be learned earned neither was wa hit hit After ACter his report had been submitted Mr Ir Bowman Bowma under tinder que questioning by members of or the tle board admitted that tho the Liberty Libet school had been built in city ordinance ordinance violation of or the city building nance which requires that in class C buildings no attic shall be constructed that does not have havo walls wals in iii its is attic reducing to 2500 square feet Ceet or less the floor foor space space in any Anyone one compartment compartment lie 10 lo contended contended however howe that even had the ordinance ordinance- been followed the fire nrc i would not have been stopped topped Cause According to the report of Mr Ir Bowman Dowman Dowman Dow Dow- man the fire re was caused b by a fumigating fumigating fumi fumi- gating candle cadle lighted in the Janitors Janitor's supply room at 7 O 0 o'clock tho the night of or the fire b by Janitor Janior Thum Mr Ur Ir Bowman said sall it i Is th the cu custom tom of ot janitors Instructed to fumigate buildings buldIn build build- buld- buld In ings s to light the candles and leave leavo them hem burning all al night and the janior janitor Jani- Jani lor tor or was WM not riot to blame blae in the present case Mr lr Bowman denied the statement ot of Fire Chief W. W II H. 1 By water to the te effect that tho the tile tilo roof laid in conflict with tho ordinances according to the chief was wa In a measure responsible for Cor tho the dely In sending in an alarm He said the roof was ws only partially tile tle and tho the tiles ties did not have havo anything to do with the fire He said tile roofs are aro recommended mended by b building authorities for such Buch types of ot construction In his report Mr Bowman contended that the fire fre has emphasized the desirability desirability desir desir- ability of or tho story one-story typo of oC school building construction In that lon Lion ton ho advanced arguments along alon the tho lines Ines Jnes of safety arety economy and utility Admitting that the J school was not fireproof ho contended that tho the building was not at fault faul since according to his information the fire Cro raged raed unchecked for tor two hours before It i t was discovered and yet et the Integrity integrity Integ- Integ Integ integ- rl rity of the walls wails wals was wa not destroyed He hie declared they arc entirely suitable for or use in rebuilding operations Mr Bowman took no position re regard regard- ard- ard ng the r report port to the effect that hat the fire department was wa slow in answering the alam He referred tho the answering board to E C. C Brown Drown J. J f W W. F F. W. W Gundry and Mrs Irs Geor George e A A. Hill Hillas Hi a as authority for tor the tho statement that the Cre fire department was slow in responding respond respond- ing but did not make it Il himself Fire Irire Calls Call Cited According to reports received from the residents of ot the neighborhood he had named Mr Bowman said Raid the alarm alar was turned in at and the fire Cro de department department department de- de from the tho Immediate neighborhood neigh neigh- arrived arved at 90 the tho apparatus from tho the central fire Crl station staton coming at 9 40 lie le said the records of tho the telephone tele phone hIlone I O-C O company P. P hc show that at t the f first r t O-C O P. P alarm was at MIO iu HI ana anu second second sec sec- ond end one three minutes later Proto Protests t have havo been made a against tho the rebuilding of or the school on the specifications sped sped- employed in the tho old one and the they will wi be te considered at tho the meeting of oC the to board tonight Tho The building was wa constructed with walls walla wald of or hollow tilo after aCter tho the city department department department de de- de- de of or mechanical inspection had protested against the tho use of ot that material material ma ma- and the elt city commission had pass passed t a special building ordinance ma-I ma I permitting Its Is use |