St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 30, 1928

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TUESDA MAY 29, “Wake |7NO, GUSTAVE, IM GoING ON A VISIT TO Some OF. MY SOUTH AFRICAN PROPERTIES. WHILE I'm “AWAY T'VE ARRANGED MY ATTORNEY WILLETT ros THAT YOU,IN WHOM 1 HAVE UNBOUNDED FAITH, SHALL HANDLE MY @ IF ANY OF -, THE BROWNS G a 3 BOTHER You GOODBYE} = 7] GUSTAVE AND . = re 1 SHOT Him: ‘ ve lynched him. T. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1928—29 PAGES. GRO SEIZED, LYNCHING: IS REPORTED AT ATER, MO. |: 1 Band Takes Prison- Who Killed Man in Game, From and Constable. TC OVERTAKES CAR OF OFFICERS ..... Being Eocosted 4 my Jail at Mar- | | ], Mo., When Abduct- | aby Party. i to the Post-Dispatch. iRSHALL, Mo.. May CLOUDY, SHOWERS LIKELY, SLIGHTLY WARMER TONIGHT THE TEMP PERATURLS. 1) is ps DS 4 me *K2 Ms5r9 —eacia forecast vicinity : Partly th uhdershowers: slightly tonight. Missouri: Part- and probably local th undershowers; slightly ‘warmer tonight in and south por- tions; cooler. to- | morrow tions. Sunset, «sunrise (tomor- row). 4:37. rkansas — Tonight fair; tomorrow ness. Stage of the Mississippi, 13.4 feet, a fall of 0.7 LIQUOR PRICES IN HOUSTON o0.— | | Home masked men forcibly took | § Wilson, a ‘from Constable Price Thomp- Send City Marshal Balléw , ‘Jast night about five miles middle-aged Ne- | | Spec of | | othy J. Crow , of Marshall and are reported | | ion, is reassured hip liquor will not His body. er has not been found. P Wilson killed Romeo Logam an- we Sister yesterday. | Officers thought Negro friends f highly respected ‘Ballew and a “A tourist Btake him ‘Thompson, empied to get his car in pean, a sbopworker, took Wilsor m Ballew and Thompson, who re bringing him to the county here. The fact that Logan was by Negroes in 60 UP FOR CONVENTION Brew Sold for 50 Cents a Bottle, Smugeled Whisky for $8 to $12 a Pint. ial to the Post-Dispatch HOUSTON, Tex., May the agent of Democratic conven- be molested by local officials dur- | Ber Negro, in a gambling game | '& the gathering—but The Texas liquor law makes pos- | session of more than a quart of in- led to the theory that Wilson | by members of . his Little was xnown of taken h race. Mixon, who arrived in Slater re- Mississippi. Thompson following the fatal and decided Marshill jail. way iy from had ar- ted Wilson ting of Logan, to the about half ! toxicating beverage evidence of bootlegging. and sub- jects the carrier to less than one year nor more than two years in the penitentiary. The situation has | extent that prices have jumped at A ee here, a’ ' bcar currying the masked men | mio stop. who was driving, at- fen four of the masked men th revolvers drawn jumped on running board and demanded | Negro’s release. ih handcuffed when fficers’ car. A report early nat Wilson's anging to a tree wed to be unfounded. arriving here oming reported he saw'a this afternoon this | body ting from a tree beside the | ransas were unable | Utah fhway. but officers | TRIBUNAL SET UP Ww NEW SWEDISH LAW ie Safeguards Agreements Be- tz Employers and Employes, Restricts Strikes. Wthe Associated Press. MS Organizations and the Bs "STOCKHOLM, May 36.—New la- laws to uphold collective agree- mts between Swedish employers femployes and for the establish- it ofa labor tribunal have been pied by the two chambers of Swedish Riksdag. The first law safeguards agree- § between workmen and eni- rs. It also applies to cases re the Government is involved. agreements are binding both the labor organizations and on ir individual members, ing the agreement, the work- emi- | "S alike are forbidden to de- "e Strikes, lockouts and boy- inspired by a dispute about "Validity or interpretation of the rvements. The labor organiza- furthermore, are obliged to 7% prevent their members from Mg any steps in this direction. “pathy strikes and sympathy =™OUls are ollew, except where reverse | nt in ahead of them and forced | Ranki | | ng Republican Senators a nd | way carrying Lieut. Luetzow Holm ’ ! i ; | | body had been found ; | Coolidge. south of Slater | each | | Watson of Indiana, | Wyoming, Phipps of Colorado and ‘of New ! chine. arapid rate. Home brew is now 50 cents a bottle; imported beer. $1 a bottle; corn whisky, $1.50 to $3 a pint; smuggled whisky. $8 to $12: gin, $5 to $8, and wine, $3 to $5. 15 LEADERS OF CONGRESS BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENT Representatives and Dawes the Guests. the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May By 30.—Vire Wilson was | Presid: ‘nt Dawes and 15 Republic he left the |an leaders of Congress were break- sast guests today of President Ranking metnbers of headed com prised branch of Congress, by the party’s leaders. the group. The Senators were Curtis of Moses of New Hampshire, Warren of Fess of Ohio. The Hoyse inembers, headed by Speaker Longworth, were Tilson of Connecticut, Snel, York, Hawley of Oregon, Wood of Indiana, Mapes of Michi- gan and Johnson of Sout’, Dakota. ARMY FLYER BURNS TO DEATH, COMPANION HURT, iN ARIZONA — ae ee Commander of Flight From Texas to California Forced Down Near Douglas. the Associated Press. DOUGLAS, Ariz., May B. W. tien Corps, commander of a squad- ron of three planes en route from San Antonio to March Field, Cal., was btirned to death this morning as he made a forced landing four miles northwest of Douglas. A companion, Second Lieut. Henry Luebbermann, was thrown from the plane just before it hit the ground and was seriously in- jured, As the airplane struck the ground it overturned. The gas tank exploded and set fire to the ma- Capt. Baucom was caught blaze before he could free By in the Y are aimed to help a partyjhimself from a life belt. lich has no right to take action. JA labor tribunal is to pass on all | : collective | . and its judgment can-, Stions concerning the ecements be overruled. ee ee OLIVE STREET PAVING MAME WIDTH ON EXCH SIDE. rently Greater Breadth South | Merely Optical Musion, Engineer Explains. Many Persons driving on widened © &treet in its present half-fin- ~COndition have gained the ~ieous impression that the “Ment on the south side, now ce, is wider than the surface horth side will be when ted. This is an optical illu- _ the two sides are of equal ~ OF, rather, the car tracks aie exact center. { all depends on which side . * looking from,” Chief Engineer Horner. Yehicle surface is 76 feet * between curbs. and the double lake 16 feet of this, less «. thes, leaving 30 feet on each The sidewalks are 12 feet says Why—lI ve Lost Them Now, what is the next move? To place the address of the loser before the finder, of course. Finders look for losses to be adver- tised in the Post-Dispatch Lost and Found columns and 5t. Louis losers of lost articles know this. - The Post-Dispatch has been the lost medium in St. Louis for a quarter of a century. Call MAin 1111 jor en Adtaker for St. Louis and warmer east | in west | and north por- | 7:19; | generaijiy | increasing cloudi- | 30.—Tim- | . 6 of Chicago, advance} ; prima facie | a penalty of not | spread un- | | Casiness throughout the city to the Polar sea off the again , crew RELIEF VESSEL FINDS NO TRAC OF THE TAU Overland. ly cloudy tonight | tomorrow, | REPORT OF SIGNALS ‘Base Ship Forced to Turn Back Near Cape Barren, to Continue Expedition. | By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash.., | wireless message from an | Station this afternoon |. said Gen. Umberto Nobile’s base had been 30.—A Alaskan that ship. heard May .Citta di Milano, isending private ; seemingly signed by Nobile. | The Alaskan station reported the i'message might indicate that the |dirigible Italia had been found. | By the Associated Press. MANILA, May 30.—The private radio station OPICM at Fort Mc- Kinley, near. Manila, announced that it had intercepted a message at 10:30 o’clock tonight from Sta- tion AF2BQ, Viadivostok, reading: “Nobile, heard your transmitter on | about 33 meters. Please go ahead.” The message, purportedly dressed to the was verv faint. 1928, by t BAY, base ship region, the Associated Press) ieettaiunionnes May Citta di Mi- | (Copvright. | KINGS | 30.—The in its night, unsuccessful ‘missing dirigible Italia and its of 18 men. The ship. which was buffeted by heavy winds and ice floes in th northernmost part of Spitzbergen, will go north to renew the search when the sealer Hobby arrives from Nor- land a hydro-airplane on which the | Norwegian flyer will reconnoiter the region in which the Italia may have come down. Reports of Signals Unfounded. The Citta di Miilanos’ crew said | | PONSTABLE SHOT BY MANN PARKED AUTO WITH WOMAN tor, Wounds Edwin M. Had Permit to Carry. ASSERTS HE MISTOOK . FROM NOBILE FALSE OFFICER FOR ROBBER Deputy, Who Has Chance Owing to Ice — Norway messages to Rome | ad- |; commander of the | missing dirigible Italia in the polar | _a revolver for i , a ‘ i robbe! lano arrived at Kings Bay at mid- efforts | , ile ' ~ le to obtain even a faint trace of the | Spending the ion $190,000 * . © » ' ; | tion. 'near the Diehlmann | reports published yesterday that a | | seal-hu inting ice-cutter |had received what was thought t9 from the Italia were untrue. No ste sbip | psn: | when Deputy , came up be signals from Amsterdam Islend | ' sealer on Amsterdam Island heard | Borah of Idaho, Smoot of | any such signal, it was stated. The crew of the Citta di Milano of interest on their trip to North in search of the missing The ship reached nearly 80 degrees latitude, but soon en- countered the ice edge and finally had to turn back near Cape Bar- ren. north of Vogelsang Island. When the Citta dai reached Kings Bay there was a heavy fog and a very cold north wind. Advent Bay and Ice Fjord, where | tg Ra t+ said that they had not seen any- porter at the hospital. | thing } the dirigible. ibeen a stickup in that vicinity cently. ‘road complained it ‘with motorists who parked there at lall hours with lights out and threw jrubbish on the lawns. Milano | | woman was siting on the man’s lap. The vessel will go south to} she will bunker in preparation for | a return trip to the North. It was! | snowing today and the cold was in- | tense. ing Alpine Chasseurs Start Search, on 30.—Capt. | io ; | By Baucom of the Army Avia- | | strong |}along the land to Wijde Fjord. the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, May wind piling floes up ice | bergen and blocking search by sea Ttalian ; ; ‘tion to search for Gen. troops, searching for the missing dirigible, Italia, were plod- ding over the snow and ice of the North today. Alpine Chasseurs, part of Gen. Umberto crew at Kings Bay. were from the supply ship, Citta di Mi- lano for a long trek over land to Wijde Fjord, on the northern coast of West Spitzbergen. They were accompanied by two guides. New Plans for a who formed Expedton by Norway. new auxlary expedi- (his companions have been approved | by the Norwegian Government. ‘at Svalbard. | for | two, ‘piloted by Capt. The ordi- trade steamer Ingefour, which is narily engaged in the coal has been taken the transport of one, navy airplanes. These Riiser-Larsen, | has charge of all the rescue plans, ‘and Lieut. Leif Dietrichson. |\whom accompanied ‘Amundsen on his polar expedition | ,and Capt. 1926. The Ingefour probably’ will be ready to leave for the North Friday. She is a ship of 6200 tons, strongly built and accustomed’ to force ahead through the ice. To Search Northern Area. Holm, a skillful Norwe- gian aviator, is now aboard the sealer Hobby with his airplane bound for Spitzbergen. He will search the northern section of Bpitzbergen, following out platis drawn up by Capt. Filiser-Larsen and the Ministery of Defense. It is thought that the outcome of his in Lieut. Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Nobile and | over | possibly | will be | who, | identify both of | Fioald | i the ~ i fice, ; | northern coast of Spitz- | woe. to Recover, Says He Iden- | tified Self Wheh Ap- | proaching Car in County. Deputy Constable Stocker of Centra] Township twice in the head by George 'Pomeroy, building contractor, when he approached an au- was shot night, tonrobile |County road and occupied by Pom- leroy and Mrs. Mckinney, °32 Oakland avenue. parked on a &t. Lollie e has a chance of recovery, at St. Mary’s Hospitat, One bullet and said today to which he was taken. tered left emerged; the other right temple the temple entered an operation. 1e brain. by the Si. LO Pomeroy, licensed | Louis Police Department protection Deputy After said he mistook for a highwayman. night in the Claytuva Pomeroy was released tolay | bond to answer any charge that may be brought} against him. Mrs. McKinney also was released after a night's deten- | Stocker jaii, Says He Identified Self. Deputy Stocker was wearing fis} | uniform when shot, ‘identified himself and he to Pomeroy Says De a police officer. The shooting o'clock on the ‘ occurred Bonhomme road. roy and Mrs: McKinney were seat- ed in the rear Stocker and his wife in a car. driven by friend, Henry Dammerman. “I was on the lookout for high- waymen and spooners,” Deputy Stocker told a Post-Dispatch re- “There had re- Besides, residents along the was infested lights The with all light. this the “I saw out. except car dome “As ‘Flip’ Dammerman slowed | cown our car, with a red-and-green police light, I jumped out, turned my flashlight | on my uniform badge and said,j ‘I’m a police officer.’ 1 was go- to tell them to put on their lights. “Next thing I knew the man in shoot—I'm a police of- repeated. But the man shot and hit me in **Don’t fired another ‘the head. ee |the car. Nobile’s base | landed | | Blay fescape, and Norwegian ' thought ‘nounced himself i'flashed a From Auto, that fellow Pulls “Then Man I grabbed the neck and dragged him out of | Instead of him helping car, as he said. [I took ear and made him 1 stood dp one run- to see that he mv wife stood on the ‘Flip’ drove me him to my to our inside. ning board other, while hospital. “After he shot me that of killing him on but 1 cooled off and thought: ‘What's the use!’ spot, that he officer and | badge was his | Stacker’s stagement as ani light on his corroborated by his. wife and friend, Vammerman, Both Pomeroy and Mrs. ney said they himuself serve the uniform, and-green light. said she exclaimed, “It's a holdup,” Pomeroy drew gis revolver and fired twice. Mrs. McKinney Mchin- and did not ob- badge or red- Mrs... McKinney | explained they were parked on the road, waiting for the overheated engine of Pomeroy's car to cool. After the shooting, Mrs. McKin- ney drove Pomeroy's car to her home, where she was questioned. Pomeroy, president of the Pom- eroy Construction Co., lives at the Hamilton Hotel and has an office at 6226 Oakland avenue. He is separated from hig wife, who lives at 7222 Moorlands drwW@, St. County. Deputy Btocker, father children, is 37 years oid, at 6334 Catalpa avenue, ‘ of and ?:ves VW eliston. tw oO Edwin M. | last | Louis i Stocker’s condition is serious, but | it was. | the | and will be removed | Neither pierced | calry | i acainst | at 2 | roawd | Pome- |} of Pomeroy’s car | which was equipped car fired a shot and 1 whirled | $0 With 9 | #round with a bullet in the head. by didn't to the} way, 1} the | an- | a did not hear Stocker | members of patriotic bodies, Loos CHIEF CEREMONY OF MEMORIAL DAY AT THE BARRACKS Citta di Milano Returns to | George Pomeroy, Contrac- Patriotic Societies ‘of St. Kings Bay, After Landing | Part of Crew for Search Stocker With Weapon He Louis Assemble There — Banks, Stores and Public Offices Closed. LT AE VETERANS OF THREE WARS IN PARADES Army Airship Drops Flow- ers on Monument at Big Bend. Road and Lock- wood Avenue. Out of respect to those who died for the country in war. St. Louis and its neighboring communities | Observed Memorial day today with | Parades, special memorial services | and tributes of flowers laid on | graves. Stores, banks, public and | business offices closed for the day. Aside from visits of former com. _rades, friends and _ relatives to cemeteries to decorate the graves ,Of war dead, the city’s observance Started at 10 a. m. with services on McKinley and Municipal bridges in memory of those who died at sea. The chief event of the 'day for St. Louis patriotic bodies was a program at Jefferson Bar- racks, starting at 2 p. m. parade. Spanish War Veterans March. | United Spanish War Veterans |held their annual parade down- town at noon, but the cessation of bisiness for the day left the side- walks clear and there were com- paratively few casual spectators. | There was a larger turnout of “the ‘| boys of °38” |number of years previously. 250 were in the procession, which | | mov ed from City Hall to the Eads | | Bridge Square at Third street, at way of Twelfth boulevard and | Washington avenue. Mest of these men. who were in 'the army 30 years ago, appeared | |in. civilian attire, ‘there were a handful-.wearing the 'old time blue dress uniform and) some in the modern khaki of e There was | /'Men Who Since Have Become as i ‘veterans’ organization. 'a drum and bugle corps at the head, clad in khaki. An interesting figure, follow- | ing this band, was Louis W. | ; Hahn, 90 years old, 1061 Garth avenue. ,\@ veteran of the Civil and Span-. * | ish- American wars. He was | wounded three times in the earlier conflict. He strode along erectly, the broad hat of the G. A. R. on his head, accompanied by two lit. | tle girls in white. One unit of the parade consist- ed of several nationdl and WU. S&S. iW. V. pest flags. Some of marchers carried small American tlags. Many of them had lunch |} baskets and a number were ac- companied by their children. Gen- |erally speaking, with a | this year than for a_ About | but here oan | ‘GERMAN WORLD : * ' parade in which | were to participate. the | ‘man War Veterans’ Association who fought with Germany during the ' come American citizens. they all marched | In good military formation, in col- | |'urmnn of fours. After disbanding downtown. paraders went to Jefferson racks by street car and automo- | bie. | Parades and ser.ices also were i'the features of impressive Memo- |rial day observances in East St. 'Louis and Webster Groves. Services on Free Bridge. the | Those whe lost their lives at sea | services | were commemorated in | recent years, the number of Civil Bar- | sponsored by Ladies of the Grand | |'Army of the Republic at the cen- ‘ter of the Free Bridge at 10 a. m. Brief addresses before a crowd of about 300 persons were made by Wilbur R. Henry. 89-year- ‘old Civil War veteran; Probate | Judge Holtcamp, Spanish War Vet- eran ,and Prosecuting Attorney | Schweitzer, representing the Amer- |ican Legion. | The ceremony was concluded ‘with the scattering of flowers into | Capt. ithe river and the national salute f 21 guns by two bmarine chas- ers. Similar ceremonies were held on ithe bridge at 7 a. m. by East St. | Leuis patriotic bodies. Khaki uniforms of ihe Worid |War. the blue garb of the Navy ‘and of the Civil War were brought ‘out for the parades in and around Louis. Four hundred veterans. Boy Scouts and others gathered at Sev- enth street and St. Louis avenue in East St. Louis at 9:30 a. m. and marched to the city hall plaza f° services. Civil War veterans rode in automobiles. Among the speakers at the city hall. John J. Bullington of the American Legion at East St. Louis reminded the assemblage of their patriotic duties. The soldiers and sailors whose memory was honored today, he said, had furnished the highest example of devotion to duty. Mayor Doyle gave the vetetrans an official greeting. ‘Services on Library Lawn. Carondelet’s observance centered jin memorial services at ? o'clock before the monument on the huwn war “Continued on Page 3, Column 3. ~. NO QOL 2 BREE RBA R EES %, 2 : * a . , ¥) Ke} —By a Post- Dispetch Staff Photographer. | MRS: JOSEPHINE MAHAR, national patriotic instructor of the G. A. R., placing a floral flag on the monument of Gen. Grant | in City Hall park. WAR VETERANS IN CHICAGO PARADE American Citizens Have Place in Memorial Day Line. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 30.—German World War veterans had a place Chicago’s Memorial day 60.000 persons The Germat veterans were members of the Ger- today in World War, but who have since be- Although the parade attracted the largest number of marchers ia War veterans able to participate was only about 400. A a nel CONFESSES HE KILLED GIRL KIDNAPED FROM TOLEDO HOME Cab Driver Admits Abducting 7- Year-Old and Strangling Her, Detective Says. Associated Press. O., May By the TOLEDO, 30.—Charles | Hoppe, 26, taxicab driver, confessed according to Detective | that he was the man who kidnaped 77-year-old Dorothy Sielagoweki from her home and strangled. her to death early yes- terday morning. — TAX BILL CUTS PRICE OF AUTOS Reductions at Detroit Range From $9.60 to $183. By the Associated Press, DETROIT. Mich,. May 30.—The delivery price of all autoniobiles manufactured or distributed in the United States has been reduced the amount of the automobile war tx, repealed when President Coolidge signed the tax bill. The reduction, which varies rfum $9.60 on the lowest-priced car to $183 for the highest, was an- nounced, through the national Au- tomobile Chamber of Commerce. | EXCHANGES CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY TOCK, grain, cotton and most. other exchanges of country are closed today in observance of Memorial day. Locally, the Stock Exchange, Merchants’ Exchange, St. Louis | Butter, Egg and Poultry Ex- change and National Stock- yards are closed, as also are banking inatitutions. It is a legal holiday. All will resume business as | late today, John Hovey, usual tomorrow. 200 YALE STUDENTS IN RIOT SK HELD —— Attempt to Storm Police Head- guarters—Trouble Started Over Noise of Dredger By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., —TJTwo hundred Yale hurling bricks and fruit, stormed police headquarters early today in an effort to rescue six of their comrades who had been arrested, but they were unable to break through the ranks of 50 policemen masséd before the entrarice. Bricks were thrown through thé windows of the office of the chief during one of the worst student riots known in this city. More than 200 students participated in the two-hour riot. Captain James J. White called in reserves from the outlying districts to whom he issued the order “send them to bed, or to the hogpital. or bring them here.” May 39. students, The trouble started when a ores) er machine, working in the street, disturbed the sleeping students in Fayerweather and Wright Halls. Some one huried a bottle which crashed against the machine aad the next minute students from nearly every window laid down a barrage of glassware. A rush for the campus then started and soon several hundred men streets. A squad was sent from police headquarters and Dean Clarence Mendel! appeared in an attempt to pacify the ring leaders. As a street car passed some one pulled the trolley pole off: a patrolman seized one student and §$ started with him to aren icone and the riot was on. The students closed. in a the police in an attempt to rescue the student and another of their num- ber was arrested during the ens - ing battle. The students armed themselves with bricks from «a nearby street construction job and stormed headquarters in the tast desperate effort to release their comrades. But the police reserves had arrived and during the me- lee in frout of headquarters two mohe students were arrested. The police were pelted with fruit and eggs. After the officers got the upper hand the students started a march to the campus. They were herde@ through the campus gates which were then locked, A detail of 20 polleemen patrolled the streets around the campus for several hours but ne attempts to’ renew the riot were made. In City Court today the six stu- dents were released until Saturday in the custedy of Prof. Tweedy of the Divinity School Gordon B. Tweedy, a ron of the lined ad FIRE WRECKS GARLAND’S STORE; LOSS IS $575,000 Broadway — ‘$75, 000 to Two Buildings. FULLY COVERED BY INSURANCE = a2 35 Fire Companies Fight — Whole Block Threat ' rat. ened for a Time. Te Thomas W. Garland’s stock of women’s garments, filling two ad- joining five-story buildings at 409- 13 North Broadway, was piied to- day in the ruins left by tae spec- tacular fire which wrecked the in- terior of the store last night. The owner estimates the loss in stock and furnishings at more than $500,000, and the Fire Chief ‘exti- mates the damage to the beildings as exceeding $75,000. The cause of the fire, which was discovered: -at 10:40 o'clock is as yet undeter- mined. Buildings in the entire: bloc bounded by Broadway, Sixthr-Be+ cust and St. Charles streets were menaced by the fire. which was fought by 35 companies in the view of an immense crowd. Traffic’on Broadway. Locust and Olive streets. and on street car lines looping thereabout, was tied up for hours. Many holiday strollers viewed the place today. A Negro porter, cleaning the first floor, first smelled smoke, and go- ing to a basement door, looked down and saw a mass of flames, He telephoned for firemen, then ran to the fifth floor and called the night watchman. The two left the building without some of ~ their clothing and other roe which they kept theré. Water Played From Rota. Flames leaped to upper in the “next few minutes. + giéw was seen for miles. and brought motorists from parts of the city and from East Side. A general alarm the strongest units of the city‘ fire-fighting force-to the surrouné- ing streets, until there was room for no more apparatus, a street side, firemen crashed tif he windows of stores fronting om, the street, and dragged in lines of=hose, which they played from u Win- dows and from ‘roofs, on the land buildings across the alley. Across Broadway. firemen smashed a plate glass window of Nugent's store, and entering... Jn- stalled a searchlight on an upper floor, which played upon the and smoke on the other aie y the street. The Chamber of Communes building, south of Garland’s, ana the St. Regis Hotel, to the |were among the buildings gered. Streams were poured en their roofs, and those of ‘Uther structures. : Firemen today continued to,send streams of water into ther -etil! smoldering embers. Alt Uncertain as to Cause,” Garland said today thaj,. thought it likely the fire had ed in an old elevator in the ment. through a possible de the electric wiring. Fire Chief has not e@cepted this theory, and has not offeréd any definite one of his own as to the cause. ance. He said he based mate of the value upon daiis.jn. véentories. He gaid the plans for the store might on whether the walls are It appeared today that the — eould be used in rebuilding. * floors were burned through, —- cept for jagged edges which sti}! supported a few shelves and cases of goods, drenched and smoke- stained. The Sixth street wing store, which has been » Ae atin shoe and hosiery department, and for certain parts of the tk of bridge with the Broadway and its contents, were not professor, was one of. the. ax ar rested. Blaze Virtually All Night . Attacking the fire from the Sixth einen. . 4 ~ et © ee ee eee ee ee ef pete Re lly a ~*~ Sith i - * ~~ A ae ae te —_ ~~ a wee aie . ge ee ee ore kw 4 e~® & &, theo - » @ ep - Jey ey? aes oe hw a. * stethe ag % . ‘ . ' : ee —— POD Re ent Oe ah gt He i ©? © - “ 5 ’ Sa ® bes auee ~ i * ~ oh + © « ” ae,