Show GAVE FIREMEN A RUN Chief Chef Bovine Devine Devie Annoyed by False Alarms Aars Sent In InThe I InThe The emphatic a assertion of f a a tele telephone telephone telephone phone girl and the equally eqi ly positive tive statement ment of a business man manhave manhave have hav effectually stopped the investigation tga tion ton which was begun yesterday by bythe bythe bythe the fire department to learn the cause of or the frequent false fase alarms of fire fre that have been sent in Ia recently At t 6 yesterday afternoon a telephone alarm announced that there was a a fire fre on Main ain street near Third South Sout A hurry run followed to the address given At t the corner of or the street people who had gathered de Ce dared that that the fire was further further down and part of the wagons went on Oth Others ers era tr followed another direction wih with the result that the whole force was for a atme time demoralized d and separated throughout the city cily The investigation which was at once instituted d by b the chief brought to t light the fact that there was wa no fire fre In the neighborhood nor any cause cuse for alarm ala The central girl who sent in the alarm alam was interrogated and end declared Cm om m that tat the alarm alar had been sent in by b phone from a a number which is in a well wel known business house down town The Te proprietor was also questioned but was wa equally pos positive positive that no such message had been sent He stated that he was confident mt that there was no one in the vicinity of the telephone at the time The Te contrary statements of o the te tele tek telephone phone girl and the business man have have stopped the investigation which It U was as hoped hop d would result in bringing to light the culprits s who isho haye baye caused the he fire department so o much trouble Jt It I Itis fo is believed that small smal boys who have havea a mania mania for tor watching the engines run engnes turn in the alarms ignorant of the consequences There is a penalty of c 50 5 or fifty days in the city jail jai at attached attached t I to the crime of ot sending in a false fals alarm aarm and the firemen remen declare I that the offenders will wIli be vigorously I covery prosecuted in the event of their dis discovery discovery I |