Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-25 | Page 3 | Young Taft in Role of Fire Fighter

YOUNG TAFT IN ROLE I OF BF FIRE FIGHTER With th Roommate He Extinguishes Extinguishes Extin- Extin Flames in Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Van- Van Hall New Haven Ha Conn Oct OcL 21 Fight Fighting ing flames In Vanderbilt hall today Robert Alphonso Aiphonso Taft T son of the tho Republican Presidential candidate and his roommate Henry Heno Payne Dingham Ding ham tho the Yalo Yale quarterback prevented what would have havo turned Into an ugly blaze blazo for the tho firemen to quench q but buttor for tor their prompt work The lire tire started In the room next to theirs It Is occupied b by their classmates A. A B B. Gilbert of or Mount Kisco N N. Y and Wilbur Fisk Davis of ot Meridan who were absent at a recitation Young Taft Tall and Bingham ingham broke Into the room closed a n window which they found open which was fanning tho the flames names into a fierce blaze ze and poured water on the firo When the firemen arrived Taft TaCt and Bingham Bingham Bingham Bing Bing- ham had the tho flames well under control control control con con- and ond a swish front from tho the city chemIcal chemical chemical chemi chemI- cal engine completed their efforts Taft Tart leads tho cl class of ot Yale Tale 1910 in scholarship