The evening world. Newspaper, June 18, 1920, Page 3

BUILDINGS ABLAZE; Engines and Hook and Ladder , Trucks Kept on Jump by Mysterious Incendiary, ‘CHERRY HILL IN TERROR Population Alarmed by Re- peated Calls for Depart- | ment in Early Hougs, | A firebug set six blazes on tho lower Hest Side early to-day, drove more than 1,200 persons to the Streets, caused several thousand dol- | Jars’ damage and kept eight engine and three hook and ladder compantes Tunning from fire to fire for several! hours. The first alarm came from William | and New Streets at 246 for a fire at No. 55 Rose Street, a five-story building housing sixteen families, 150 persons, All were driven out and the damage was $500. At 3.01 an alarm from New Bow- , ery,and Chambers called the apparatus to No, 27 Roosevelt Street, a six- story tenement with twenty families, 200 persons. The gas éonnections were melted in the cellar and holes had to be chopped in tho “hallway and store floors to put out the flames, which did .$1,000 damage. At 4.26 the firemen were called to No. 77 Roosevelt Street, a+five-story ‘building with sixteen families, 150 persons. A number of them went to the roof, only to learn they could not escape that way. Policemen and fire- men who heard their shouts went up and led them to safety, was $500. At 5.24 an alarm came from James Slip and Cherry Street. Forty per- sons were driven from No. 85 Cherry Street, a four-story building. The damage was $100. At 6.01 an alarm called the men under Deputy Chief Helm to No, 18 Hamilton Street, a five-story build- ing containing 150 persons, The dam- ,ago was $50. In every case, according to Deputy Chiet Helm, the staples wei, pulled from the cellar ‘doors ang the fire started ia the woodbin, In many casps the flamts had gained great / headway and cut off escape by the stairs, Firemen thought the person respon- sible for the blazes would quit after daylight, but at 7.40 another woodbin fire. was discovered at No. 15 Eldridge driving elghteen families, 100 to the Street and doing $150 a little out of the “zone” and was the quarters of Hook and {Ladder No. 6, which had been at most of tlre blazes. By this time most of the overworked firemen were “al jn” from inhaling the gas and smoke at the various fires, The Fire Marshal and police hegan a“ hunt for the incendiary, who they say undoubtedly is a pyromi of @ most dangerous type, Thay be. leve he was at each fire, and by the time the flames were under control hastened to some other point to re- 8 work, s the hundreds forced to flee hous ed ers had to ‘Tea ave adjoini emen and boats were kept busy alarms. Da foufd hundreds of p: the Cherry’ answerl .GUARD TROLLEY LINE AFTER RIOTS Police Absent When Belmar Strike Sympathizers Attack Car Crew and Injure Operator. Armed deputies to-day are guarding the Atlantic Coast Electric Ralhway Company line which uches at Bradley Beach and Belmar, N. J., following strike riots in which one of four oper- ators on @ street car rec da frac- € Peunty Prosecutor Sexton 0 find out where the the excitement was injured man, who was tak Hospital, Is said to b fight was fe not told the company, what they want TWO ROCKEFELLER Den TT Redcat 1,200 DRIVEN OUT) The damage MYSTERIGUS “WHO” GIRLS IN ELWELL MURDER CASE': men have | hous: WEERQ POSTMAN, . keeper took from Elwell's room and hid? Elwell during the races? the day before his murder? called “Pop”? with “Pop”? Elwell’s home? FIGHTS TO RETAIN CHILD. 3 which mother ca Another case Con: love for the p at she is not his wife, uled yesterday when Mrs. Katrina Paxton of Chicago applica in the Supreme Court here for a writ our reductions in: candies. more. eighth store! PEANUT BRITTLE Regular 6lc Pound Box Pound Box..... Kegular 61c ene gia These are three important witn in the tragedy, since all vi about the time of the murder and may be able tb fix the time the jayer inside fired the fatal shot. been forced to leave Lexington hurriedly? Who was the owner of the pink lingerie that the house- Thousands are daily taking advantage of But the op- portunity to enjoy superior candies at low prices will soon be offered to thousands Watch for the opening of our Still Continuing Our 20% Reduction Sale You can’t equal the quality or the prices of our candies x es Regular 36c Pound Box Reduced to BOYS ARE “ALL, IN” || sanrep PEANUTS A4 Mortis and Nelson Walked From Reduiee 32¢ Pound Gos “Reduced to “##C salt Reak Rummit tar Mank OLD FASHIONED CREAMS Panes Hegh Summ sO: MATH | k rt o7¢ Pound Box Reduced to 54c MILK CHOCOLATE PEANUT CLUSTERS . Reduced to MILK CHOCOLATE ASSORTED FRUITS Reduced to |". WOE THE PORTER ed the Eight of Them Whose Identity Might Help Police to Solve Puzzle. Ww" was the Kentucky girl over whom Dwell is reported to have Who is the Miss Ellis who was to have gone to Saratoga to visit Who was the “short, plump girl” who took luncheon with Elwell Who was the girl who {s reported to have left Elwell’s home after the murder, accompanied by a man with a Panama hat—the man she Wh were the two girls who witnessed the departure of the girl Who is Clara, the girl who sent the note to Elwell saying she had come to New York and was stopping at the Biltmore? Who are the three women who are said to have possessed keys to which would permit her to take her three-year-old nephew, Constant Lu- ‘ilermans 3d, back to Chicago i ant is the son ‘of Constant § a young woman to fight|Lucas Fliermans jr. of Chicago, sion of her child, whose | |father is reputed to be wealthy, and |now is in Holland, where he met the boy’s mother in 1914, ing with his mother «: No, 269 West 126th Street. The The boy is Iiv- 29c 49c 49c Miller’s Seven Convenient Stores Where Every Pound Box Contains 16 Ounces of Candy 640 Broadway 1440 At Bleecker 8 at 742 Broadway At Astor Place Broadway nal St tan Broadway slat Bt 120 NASSAU ST, Between — Byek man & Ann St». Broadway At Spring St. 1608 Browdway At 49th st which _ THE EVENING “WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE i FIREBUG SETS SIX Letter Carrier, Porter and Milkman - Who ) Figure In Elwell Investigation dicted him was without Jurisdtetto: because if was appointed only to in- quire into criminal anarchy and cer- tain charges against Assistant Dis- trict Attorneys of New York County; also, that the alleged false testimony of Henry was not material to any matter being investigated by the Grand Jury, Mr. Cockran contends aiso that the court in several of its rulings com- mitted errors prejudicial to Henry which require reversal, and that the Jury was improperly advised when it asked for imetructions. In case a certificate is granted, Henry may be let out on bail, pend- peal from his convict’on. MAKES PLEA TO SAVE HENRY FROM | PRISON Counsel Argues That at Grand Jury and Court Had Acted Improperly. W. Bourke Cockran, attorney for former Polloe Inspector Dominick Henry, who was sentenced by Su- preme Court Justice Weeks last Tuesday to serve’ from two to five years in Sing Sing for perjury, will to-day ask for a certificate of reason- able doubt. Henry's Pe 40 Famoys Brands of Men’s and Young Men's Clothes (Between Fifth Avenue and Broadway) Opposite Waldorf Hotel in the World NA BEN you come, into a United Candy Store, we endeavor to make your visit a pleasant one. It is our aim to render service speedily, and with the courtesy that you are entitled to. In short, we want the ‘“‘Happiness”’ that comes in every box of United Candy to make itself felt the moment you enter the store. 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