Show FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS USELESS RUNS Is Called Out by False Alarms Several Times During Yesterday I I POLICE WILL INTERFERE Heavy Penalties Are Provided by Law for Persons Guilty of Offense Yesterday as on omi every ry day lIay for tor Lh the thelast thelast last ton lon days the fire department r re responded re- re lt to a number of useless calls and the tho police department has now joined with the time firemen In iii an au effort to locate oU mid and arrest the miscreant who Is responsible for Cor the time alarms There wore were four Cour U useless alarms yesterday yesterday yes yes- oy making time the department travel nearly eight miles an and taking time tho firemen fire lre- men from hea headquarters quarters for over OVel two two hours altogether At 1217 o'clock yesterday afternoon a cull call was wa answered an an- at Twelfth South on and Second West e t streets at o'clock one at 39 North orth Main street at r Oi o'clock on elm Capitol Hill and amid at 1003 o'clock last night at Third South between Third and Fourth East Enl streets Alarms Telephoned In The fhe last call roll reached fire headquarters headquarters head head- quarters over tho Independent ent telephone tele tele- phone Idiotic an and it IL was waa thought that It Il cam from Mrs E. E L L. L Gra Grays Gray's 8 resIdence at I East ost Third South The rime call wa was answered promptly and anti time firemen wel ere met at the time front door of or th tim Gray home b by Mrs Gra Gray who declare 1 that she sue knew of or no fire and aull that no alarm ha had been sounded from her item house or over her telephone There Thero is a ell city ordinance i providing in inas as a punishment for one ono convicted of ef f turning in a false alarm of oC fire a aCIne afine afine fine CIne of oC and lays days In lii the time city jail As a second offense the tIme misdemeanor mis mis- demeanor may be punished with a fine of oC Captain and amid Acting cUn Chief W. W r T. Ayland Ayland Ay- Ay lan land yesterday ester a called on omu Chief of Police Police Po Pu- lice Pitt and enlisted the efforts of the police department in an effort to lo locate ho- ho ate cate the time party part responsible for tor turning turn turl lug ing in the tIme alarms If he is captured the thc department will make ever every effort to punish Ish him Said Acting Chief Ayland Aland last night night- I I suppose that the alarms have havo be boon been n turned In b by persons or a n person who vimo wanted to tim see ECO the tIme apparatus in action However If Jf the tho parly party realized the ti-ic wear and tear on om time the machinery every ry lime tIme a a. call is answered the tIme time timmie the time department is away from rota headquarters and the thc present ever lIan danger er in making malting these runs there would be he le ies less s curiosity and amid certainly there would IK hf less manifestation of that curiosity |