Show Residents Driven From Apartments By Raging Flames Flee Into Cold AirS Air ir S of Early Morning Morning- 5 Partly Clad Fire Tire early Tuesday morning spread through the Harris apartments Fifth East street gutted seven of 21 apartments and caused damage estimated estimated esti esti- mated at it Two firemen were injured while whileS S fighting the blaze None of the residents residents residents resi resi- dents of the building was injured although al al- al though a number suffered minor hardships when forced to n flee into the cold early morning air attired only in sleeping garments All available fire lire fighting equipment equip equip- equipment ment nent in Salt Lake Cit City was rushed to the scene of or the blaze Firemen off duty were called for the emergency emer emer- gency gecy and nd either took part in fighting fighting fight fight- ing the fi fire e or manned city fire sta sta- sta- sta J Damage to the building estimated at and to contents of apartments apartments apart apart- ments believed to be was covered cov coy ered tied by insurance according to W. W A. A Walker manager General Alarm The first alarm of the fire was reported reported re rc re- re ported at a. a m. m Five minutes later latera a general alarm was sounded Eight hose bose and two truck companies answered the alarm The equipment was manned by 40 city firemen Thirty Thirty Thir Thir- ty men off oU duty were called into action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion during emergency ncy The fire started in the Uie basement of Df the apartment house A defective flue leading from the furnace in the basement b became came overheated acco ac according ac- ac ac- ac co cording dIng to Battalion Chief Davis S S. S Mills of the fire department After an ah investigation Fire Chief Chiel Wolter Walter S S. S Knight reported the primary primary mary cause calise of the fire was wasa a smoldering smolder smolder- ing lag joist in the flue He lIe said that tenants tenants' told him they had smelled noke earlier in the evening but Continued on Pare Pace Two S 1 x a L I w S Vt J i II H. W W. Carter fireman who was va burned in Salt Lake City's s apartment apartment apart apart- ment house fire lire Tuesday BLOOD NAMES r NEW SENATOR Continued from Page Paie One Ont made H it unfinished business for lor Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day afternoon r Received appropriation bills to enact en en- act proposed budgets and referred them directly to appropriations com com- Received favorable committee re report report report re- re port on ore two traffic bills by Representative Representative D. D Salt Lake making drunken driving and run hit driving felonies if a fatality is 11 in in- Passed a house bill providing pensions pensions pen pen- for old of the state mental hospital Passed a house bill eliminating the the present legal grading of eg eggs and allowing the state board of a ture turc to make its own grading Passed a house home bill extending the period for redemptions of shares In water companies from 60 days to two years Passed d a senate bill allowing the fish and arid game gam department to bo borrow hot bor- row ow up to from other state stal departments for fish and game prop agal a- a gal gallon on projects Received resolutions to allow va val valuation of ot property on on basis of ot use use income and fair lair market value The tobacco tax bill in the sonata senate was the center of ot consider considerable argument ment mont opponents of oC the measure striking at a resultant increase of ot price in working mens men's smokes The Theauthor author Senator Ward C C. C Holbrook Holbrook- Holbrook Holbrook-D. D. D Davis described the proposed levy as a luxury tax The vote was 15 against pasc passage ge to third reading six for and two mem mcm bers berg absent abs and not voting Passage of cC the school amendments to third reading calendar was wa mark marked d by only one negative vote voe by br Senator Wilford Day R. R Iron who iem remarked ern that get out out- of politics they will find themselves in sectional or factional fights Senator W W. D D. D Hammond CD D. D Grand placed a question mark after aCter his vote and said he did not know why his measure which a also o would affect the state superintendent of public instruction had not made equal progress The senate vole on the miners' miners hour eight-hour day bill was accompanied by considerable debate There seemed to be a question as asto asto asto to whether mine op operators and labor unions had agreed on whether a lunch period would not be considered a part of the hour eight-hour period un un- To allow time to determine If Jt there has been an agreement Senator Julian M. M Bamberger D. D Salt Lake allowed withdrawal of at his amendment amendment amend amend- ment merit which would have permitted elimination of oC a half halt hour for tor lunch when computing the eight hours un un- n d. d |