| Show W WORLDS lO f FAIR l THREATENED f rt BY fl FIRE f Ancient Rome HOlc Fair Japin I Ouo Quo Va ls anti nul The rhe Streets Of or Koine Joine A CONFLAGRATION PREVENTED D Si 51 Sy Hint the lire 1 nl the th Work orIc of o diaries s sSI St SI Louis Mo D o DC c aA 8 Itoh which save av this the Ut firemen mm a stubborn light and aM whisk which owing to t the Oi hi wind threatened time lie Ih slums entire exposition grounds Wi wai t in tie Ancient Rome Home on iii 01 the I lii h shortly after mid maid Hi fl he with Ith treat reat rt rapidity I r timid e Of Pair Japan ill all I or of QUO Relt und and The of ot Horn Plying ileo 11 cud nt Places NUN on the lie th root roof rf of LIsa t but b they th time fro without material the do nags A first IrAl was wai Immediately Tel fol lowed by I a R ond third thir and ant then n a at t 0 1 1 alarm aln Tte ie he firemen soon noon n had hall many hoRny streams on Ile ike buildings und the flit flie OI WM WA U tl r ad hl IU M we were in th tile riar if lit l on the thie pike op time the building that hat t w were re on nr nr fire they me saw now 1 a II i light tt sad nd on the tle for tor or admission After ler consider cn Ille lelay buoY thO Cr and found n It I pile pie of ot lighted newspapers In iii 11 time the of ot the Hoor They Tl the man Ial that thu I opened the door llor after lie hA gion Ilven what hll they the to 10 their HUM jues lions 1011 He lie le was tOken to the worlds full fait police station where he hie gave gae the name of If Arthur V Dunn a ii charge nun 1 eR 1111 ed against him hll of ot arson When hen hi sync wite 1 a hunt ing case lalO watch Itch mid amid 11 1 Indies ladlee hand bam bah were wel found aB It I IK is stated mated by iy 11 Jefferson guards that thal the lie lire 11 was fl or ot origin The Th who iho fIrst on the weno 1 01 leno declare they saw naw PW a I utah away aay from mm the Iho clace where shere time the blure Ille but thai they lot lost track of at him in the thu Persons with wih Ancient Home Hom city IY y that a 1 watchman whom they RH NH cotty hu been beau mis slug the III lIre fhe waa discovered anti and nil they Ih list hat ho hoW W burned The lire a IL lar large e number of or people to 10 time the vicinity of ot the thue worlds fair Ilir Iroll grounds 11 mid many wild were the Ibis extent of ot the Ih it wa wail Bs stated wily today tho the low Iou Ioe will not Ilot ex etc e Km KmIn In addition to III the tite Ih Iou loee of the build lug loge H a collet lion of ot oil oh paintings de Is d v aisi i In th the novel Quo adIe valued at It wew burned Jh were PAinted by Jan a artist und amid wore brought to thus n a booth of or John J od a as 1111 a a nt It time the palate l lt d time Ihl I police ilia lion und itutti nn as Ar whom he lu had Keen seu bum 1111 OUA out of ot tIle the Streets of ot Homo Jiamo Ju Jut just t lItter th thiA IhA tire lire wms dl Mo Mon le Ic Sir also I ita that the lie man bait um n by hy i n It who iio ran rams In III Inn nil d Tile Ilio no ne n to 10 wn mu loard IT where Dunn 1 w was r re rested ted A 8 lon I h the Ihl polite e antI And the Jefferson JeNerson their bel hellet ef that the tIre fire on th the pike to 10 till day which cl tally destro th the lf ot of Home flume and Quo un and partially destroyed Fair Japan on the flowery Bowery and anti Old St Louis Louie was IRS of ot in rend arv One suspect t hoe has been arrested A Ai 11 thur V Y Dunn 36 2 Years yearn Of ot nut who gives gleM his occupation as RI a walter lie He line hns been Identified by John employed us as alia a watchman n nt Rt the Moorish Palms as nl till this man lit hi sun saw 11 run rUIl from mm building in Iii which the fire tire una itna Us lUI raveled Dunn HUH in Hereafter on nil t i I I I Immediately opposite time the burned buildings anti and the Jefferson Kim ghouls id who made loathe the arrest ArroU say that hi ii lId not Rive III II n satisfactory lory ox ex of or hi lila In the build hl The guards 1111 fI attention was Willi attracted lo in Jer romo Fomo lob after tho the lire tire In iii tho Ihl lie Streets of or nome flome was VHS discover b h Ii H I t bright light which proved on In 11 to bo bp ft Il pile of ot burning newspapers mind straw Dunn told the on IM that he hull hud entered th building to 10 h the tire hut but could not 1101 explain why hr h hll he was WIS locked In HIP flit Ih f searched d 11 were Ire found In Dunn Dunns s possession In ho addition to 10 this the loss las of ot HIP tite build I logs Ings thick Is 19 to lie about R lOul a ii series lIerl of fit it oil paintings he ire of or sr nes tram from rr m the novel Quo Vadis Adl which the Ihl d 11 it 1 In lii tilt thi known UK us Quo adis valued alula nt Il were weme burned Th The paintings were the work of Julie Jims SIka the I ll h Ortist and wet Vert brought rou ht to 10 this under bonds bonda The Th lire Are as first In the tho I h Streets of ot HOI I by b guards Time The Th was AI hut but tho thu Flu sa Mi that Ihal It spread and IliaC they Ih found fauna traces of at kerosene oil nil I they Ihl were front from the build buildIng building I Ing by h the I hI flames II The guards first diet to 10 ex cx extinguish the time Ilam without time fire but hut the they had fire hose hOle trout from tro troth time the th plug lug to III the scene Kent of DI th the tire lire It Itu I Iwa u wa f fou id that Ihal th the hose hoe had bath h been n cut rut and was worthless The l II H s hum II ua Wa soon followed tolloW lI l by bya 11 a gene I urn anti part of at the tho fir fire fighting ability of ot this the Ih ell cli was 1111 called to 10 thu ul of the tho worlds air dp il ilm m mutt ni H It Is III believed lIeeel that a 1 t wRiter v named Alexander coiled Scot Scotty ty t I was s as tho th last seen scon of ot him hima IllS uan a juit just previous lo to tho the discovery discover of or I I the tue lire fire fir when he WAS 11 s asleep within n a afew few tew tact feet of ot H where litre It originated Two Japanese V r Muto IUlo and Ind J 1 Ku U were wre willfully burned burneti having hiatt b rescued by of this IIII world fair pollee lee force torce front from th this building In whIch h they were asleep u The St excitement I the Ihl Pike Ilk end amid many litany hundreds of M MIJ IJ were werf to 10 the th vicinity ot 01 the tho exposition grounds by b the glare I nf of the which was viable from noun nil all of ot the th city lIf for tor nearly nearl halt half nn Rn hour Three arrests were made by b thus lite po police police 0 I lice and amid Jefferson n guards on that the tho p persons taken In custody knew I of ot tho the origin ot of o the lire Ire but with lIh the exception of ot Dunn all were w rl released after being It 11 In Iii I also stated by persons perron who were on out the scrim soon eoon after litter the tire Oro alarm was ItOh sounded that there were two to dIe dis distinct dod conflagrations one In the of or Home anti and the other which was taa ob cb observed served ervel nt Ht about the th sume time In iii old tit bi t Loul Lottie The police arc nrc working 1 upon the hypothesis that thai there was wa an attempt to destroy several of It the eon con cessions by arrange arrangement meats ment |
