ARREST FOR PASTING "FIRE-THE-JAP" LABELS

Chief of Police Irving Ward this morning issued orders to his sergeants and patrolmen to immediately arrest any person caught posting "Fire the Jap" labels.

For the last three days telephone poles and sign boards of the city have been literally covered with the flaming red label, "Fire the Jap." It was not until yesterday when several serious fights culminated from the small offensive labels that the chief of police took the matter in hand.

"This sort of thing is offensive," said the chief this morning. "The Japanese sailors are our visitors and we should show them the courtesy extended to our boys in Japan."