Fire walls each two feet thick south
and north of the two story building
Prevented the flames from vweaping
into Armour and Company's store
house and the refrigeration plant of
the Morris Company, where fresh and
cold storage products to the value of
$75,000 were stored. Defective wiring
is given by Edmund B. Tutofbs. local
manager for the Morris concern, as
the cause of the fire. His early esti
mate of loss was from $35,000 to $50,000.
Hartford, Jan. 29 Deputy Fire
Chief Ramsden declares that the fire
was caused by "the careless use of
a match" by Charles Barberfan em
ploye of the company.,'''
JANIN TOLD
OLCHAK TO
SURRENDER
Sensation Caused By Re
port Admiral Had Given
Up.
i
London, Jan. 29 Admiral Kol
chak's surrender to Siberian revolu
tionists was authorized by General
Janln or the Uzeeho-Slovak army,
who WR3 placed in command of all al
lied troops west of Irkutsk on Jan.
19, by Kalchak's order, says a Har
bin despatch.
A profound sensation was caused
throughout the far east by the r
port that Kolchak had given up, says
the message, which was filed at Har
bin on Monday, and one Russian gen
eral has challenged General Janin t
a duel, while officers under the com
mand of General Semenoff have
formed, a league, the slogan of wbich
Is:
."Have Janin's blooi." General Ja-
nin's explanation is awaited, t It is
known that Czech reports on the sit
uation at Irkutsk which have been
telegraphed to General Janin at Vr-fchnle-TJdinsk
induced him to coneiil.
