The evening world. Newspaper, July 17, 1920, Page 3

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, Euee 17, , 1920. LN: HOUSE HAS BAR DICTOGRAPHS TP 'Bou Author Chatting With Edison ONCAYADAN SOL, 2 MOREIN $3500 REST OFT INULS. LATINO ROBBERY | poe reas Thirsty Americans Get All Hooch They Want at Bor- der Institution, GLAD TO PAY BiG PRICE. Customers Buy Bottle Goods and Bring Into Maine All i Pockets Will Hold. “AE SAOWED ME THE wey ROS 3 0 Ane hunpe PLACE Te Comt FROM Prisoners Held in $15,000 Bail Each for Theft at Perth Amboy. j Relying on dictograph records ob. tained by placing the machines in the home of the suspects, detectives yes- terday afternoon arrested Louls and Ernest Ponghind at Perth Amboy {m- mediately after their indiotment for the theft o 6S, jatinu By Neal R. O’ Hara. hoa ie ‘ fou Hawtksed ON THE VOLSTPAD-CANADIAN | Chemical Company there. The jnen CLUB BORDER, July 17—Squatting | W°re erg edit eae abe fares on the dotted line that separates the | jai, Aight ti ate 000 reward for State of Maine ftom a state of mois- the arrest of the thieves. ture Is the greatest Uttle roudhouse| The robbery was committed Dec. 28, that ever threw away the key to the 1919, and detectives have bean work- front door. ‘The A f Ing on the cane alnce. ; e bird that built the! “Chemtcal analysis and other sclen: Joint 100 years ago certainly was! tittc methods resorted to by detectives loaded with nifty foresight. He must | were chiefly responsible In tracing ave seen that a century: later the |the $200,000 worth of platinum stolen United States would be theoretically | the Government last April, and jin the arrest of three men, one a arched, and that the Line House wouta be a great centre of business when euch an era came. And his dope was chemist, charged with the theft. Rob- ert E. Carter and Joseph Fredericks good. Wherever the original builder | of that house may be to-day, he $s were arrested last April when they attempted to sell “sponge” platinum to New York druggists, and Crone, A Ap < the chemist, at the Government plant Sow saying “I told you so" to hisiin Jacksonville when Carter is uald fellow angels or fellow imps. The Line House is in the midat of mountainous wilderness—fifteen miles | from Jackman, Me., and seventeen to have confessed that he had re- miles from Armstrong, Can.—and yet celved the metai from Crone. | When the possessions of the men it does as brisk a business as Capt, Churchill ever did in the days when were searched, 280 troy ounces, worth Broadway wus wringing wet with “ CAN ‘OU PAAKED 7 SrTrop RAINING 2” MELA WAY TO MAKE Ay GoYy's STO: AROLD approximately $150 an ounce, found in two rubber hot water bot- tles the men had been carrying In a satchel, Complaints of thefts of the metal brew, Boe the hootch fancier on his lind received from the Buroad DO You iknow wa rd) ca to Quebec, tt is ach ich Seven y= ty MOoOw MOCK ay trom Amerlea to Quebe, tt 8 the | Cisse, worth $1,000; from the Roe & rou own THOS last chance for a drink till he reach that grand oasis, 8 And for the travel- | her Company of Perth when that company sier & Hass! Amboy, Jo eae et ID. Hee, sbott to enter the United States, {eae & o iares wii Seaa| Le ns i pi nore came! MEE for A wedding present and 90 he POLICEMAN’S ARM t is in theo \a log SETBLOC ty Omnee eer i: OED CAG) ey eaving th tot to - iim theory th tat hanes rome nett eg rom'ie prasicmsin bony sna Rb A al wt oe» BROKEN BY AUTO je reaches the Mexican border. In} to ¢ nnd will charge that Carter In the former 400 prin- | it was a very nice note. i any event, be you a real traveller or|is accusing him in order to shield4 Ee eee a i “Bilaabeth and Joe : ; is q {the real thief, who gained access to oners felt the morning shock with aitsabeth and Joo were together! +4. rawad at Pistol’s Pi " a mere man with o thirst, it is a tke oautt . aL vio. | Ateat deal at Pat ey Driver alted a’ stol’s Poin! chance for ac Os fa comparative calm, but became el were at those parties which F é ft Se ne eS —_—-—_ | femtiy excited at the first of the two| mere phones, Pastis which every-| When He Drives On After ’ in the afternoon. trfends. Their friendship was sim Accident. “the statt booze expert, leaving] BRYAN COMES OUT | bor} the receiving hospltal coment, 4 > 16 ponies Ue | ply a fine feeling between an elderly Jackman, Me., in a st 415: tours'| maintained by the city was crowded | inin and*a young gir. He Was ola| Patrolman Raymond Ames of ¢ ing car, tuade' the peniuous tote the, FOR DRY CONGRESS Twente and eniben. Sock of| Man atm, Seat a, Was we San Se ey eee Line House bar late at night in a| i AE thom lasing Gunted in the exclte- | QUIZ GHAUFFEURS TO-DAY ON | Hospital in « critieal condition with ™ thundering’ rainstorm. ‘The poritoas| “If President Doesn't Enforce the INTERVIEWS ever, suffered more serious accidents. “MAN IN GRAY.” | hectured_arss: ontustenk ot the boayg y ‘ | fey? re = In his search for the “ yr | and 1 i ived it part of the trip was not in the chauce| = Law, Impeach Him,” Says |] TAOS. A. EDISON. arr Mr, Pa@ollng expects to question Sea | to-day when he was run down at Lex- of sues ting with Volstead enforcement Commoner Edita | Thre Girl sBa jt fay the chuuffeurs who have fg. (ington Avenue and 25th Street by an officers, but of slipping off the moun- | | —_ Ww |ured in the Elwell inquiry. These | automobile operated by Gabriel Guig- tuin road and being burted into the Special ening Wolrt.) —a 7 Tie ~ . include Bender, the driver who took | lone, nineteen, of No, 400 Bast 104tn Valley, ‘The Fregch-Canadian chaut- | | WINCOLN. iene oye [invention that world stop te rain for Out of Win OW or the Lewisohn party home, and Wal- | Street. Patrolman Edward Galvin, who feur, who understood no Ehglish but “bl cour Wem J. Bryan tn’ th HORACE WADE, ROY | AUTHOR, jus, and and. sitld | ters, the negro chauffeur, who says | was at Park Avenue and 125th Street, ; sie oe Presidential campaign is hinted at in That’ 1 S b C he took the “man in gray” to El- | stopped Gulgione, the police suy, at tne was as smart as they make ‘em im jn, tens net RROWAR Laces A | “What } u uowaYy ar wells home, Walters hus been gon- | Soint of a revolv arithmetic, undertook the round triP wich he says that the thing for th NTERVIEWS THOMAS EDISON t coy i ised in some of his statements, put eee ee eee, tweaty-auven, of journey for $12—§2 extra on account | to do Is to elect a Congyess that |, Ponti bits 6 ; tal] | t Sh th fedpaioode tiling al Bere ne | No. Webster Avenue, the Bronx, of the rain, And he earned his fare. | is If the President doesn't in | ‘ 99| thie a ie TH tho Weeclaor Xe: stulded, Pi senger Thoug Le ee ete a driving bie father’s automobile on’ Pie mi er A eee Sesame AND FINDS HIM “VERY JOLLY” | 20f:7s 00° “STS cea ane, i ROCKY ROAD. ries t atx : ' t Haart nm to run i 1a Question, ean journalist, Who was with Elwell | motorcycle operated by Herman Wohl, The pike from Jackman to the bor- es Issue with MeAdoo's proposal t nea, f inquved, | Went to Ask Guard a Question, |! and the Lewisohns, was questioned | twenty, of No. 1314 Brook Avenue, der line 1s certainly a rocky road to} teh Prenide yt prime CN a wh Wiel | “rm no picky Your Honor In yesterday by Mr, Dooling, who | breaking Wohl's leg and injuring Jeanne ac f Jaweta es for nutlon-Wide primaries fo: 7 . ’ : Pater A aauacovieal al Seedy » tailor was trying | Wanted to learn more about the man- | Goldner, seven, of No, 1415 East 166th Dublin, Thempeon, the guy that con! tent, He. alo oppose str Cox's | WWizard Forced to Admit He Can’t Invent Way! : pf a joke—onice. Tin 44 lor, 1 was ising) ver in which Elwell loft the party, | sorect, whe wan on the sidewalk, ostved ‘the roller comster, must Baye! sition) to ropen! xcesa Profits + nen la horse ce Oe USEF /and iC any of the members witnessed § Strong, fifteen, of No, 418 West modelled his thrill works att® that !ay” and asks: “Why remove the t to Stop Rain on 11-Year-Old one "(o tho Hawn On that «tum for me, Auy one/an attack on Elwell in front of thelscth treat, wae taken to Flower Sage road. For a State that depends on serie we remove the teordng j el con leave @ safe open in front of my} theatre, Mr, Figueroa added noth- | ite ia might with @ fractured lew, Canada for its hootch supply, Maine) “Under the beading of “Put Only Dry| Writer's Request. uN door and I won't toucitt. Burzlary | Ing te his previous wate. tt ¢osday Mcelved. when he ‘ell from an alte te has certainly been careless about! on Guard,’ he Remember that ——— mis ue of your) can jimmy tt right there und all I'M) | oees Federal offelals as saying that Orne te Seba aes EE AR - Keeping the roud in repair, Any dare-|no President, however wet, can weaken | By Horace Atkisson Wade. do will be to stand in my dooeway|thetr investigation fails to connect | tat, Street Between Filth and’ Madienn devil that takes the trip in his|the Volstead Enforcement Act without WOR Breer ® Seu . P ‘ und Ly, ns far ae you Lk Be- well with any illegal whiskey | Avent earch for the grog is king (the ald of a wet Congress, Bi mber| (Eleven-year-old author of “In the Shadow of Great Peril.” who is writing a ; . ii aa an THVGUIA. eulehinen Tet transactions in that district, whieh | oe Paul Revere rate with tho Western {ls that w dry Congress can by © two his impressions of New York especially for The Evening World.) Las olnwd ne WHR att pwoplita 1 . ~ includes Lexington, Ky, RIVERSIDE DRIVE "I ‘a [third vote impeach ar wet resident | Copyrigit, 1920, by T I're Publishing Co, The New York Fwente \ ae a 7 Union boys. Paul's midnight ride} ig py failure to enforce the Vol-| As I started for The Evening| thought he would. ‘There were no MR, EDISON'S FIRST INVENTION | Max Koti, ta 1 bas CROWDS WATCH FIRE never scared up the excitement that] Seng law violated. his oath of officv.| World ottiew yesterday, 1 did not real-| chains in the rood ty wiiel 1 Was A NOTE RECORDER, 1oIth Sta a dt | EMBARGO ON LONG ISLAND, Jo WATS the Line House jaunt stirred for ust) yy (s, ther vitally Importunt tol ize the day was to be recon Ses iitea ty ue a IA ol vee ue i ll conweclin ei Wage Wad Shipmenta| ‘The storage warehouse ofthe Midland Five miles out we were getting| elect a dry y se aiioieiaraele Tere Sityero ie ediy RHALWhun Hom aeent <u rne ators Hareb he Steet near beer, ‘Ten miles out and we fd-breakay te atirely wor MR. Pyare RaeoU ewer ear winders | Long Island Ratiroad Company| aswater Rouds, Edgewater, N. J., ‘ | ne Taland ‘oad Company aujogke were getting nearer, Fifteen miles Wh { renehed the office L was) 1) wa, color I Mead ar sanieatae | burned last night, The loss amounts to } uit of tle Nan announced 4 temporary embargo on : out and the friendly portals of the nit-an| srected by my flustered companion, MP Haisun thud Just come ot of | i, ltronzville| SN" hipmenea to tho Duahy Gallvery bout $100.00 Much linseed and lingeed Line House loom up like a red nose fontents of] ttoly smoke, kid," he started off [MVOFAtOTy, clneaxed fh Wt 1 ought in mittd | Yesdq in Brooklyn, There area tow | wae Sesto on an anaemic face. You enter the) (orement provision, and hin supporters | with ens what's on the BM of chemicals, He bent down a little the hondinat exceptions, including livestock, food. | started through spontaneous combuse Line House via the United States,|say It should, The thing to do ls [0] yramme for to-duy? . me, and seemed very, Jolly £ $10 wnd a pair of | Government freight, woodn, agricultural | ttrtes., throueh apontansous combase but you make for the bar on Can-|¢let * Congress that | will si)" ay don't know," I retorted, calmly do you trom? whom he sup | implement raying material and coal! yor Lee, West New York, Brentwood, adian soil, That part of the house! j) nt can do if Congr seating myself ina chair and begin- for rallrond une, The embarko ix duo Clittade, and _ Hdyewater’ tought” the a. e " ve d eto reste wipe hands in st ni p ere are cara al ‘ 4 reaide: on American territory is given up) neneeen, ereiene ning to reid a wUber. oe kere paihiongs and realdents on Riverside to a fireplace and reception room. | National t} "When T tell you UH simply 1. Pa ud f if the if y sity alainat tip onleaee 5 aze. But you get your reception in the ¢ to attend. the <|you off your feet. Ctow could It wey face, | Sunined up and ; eS ( coimay Wald ite ih eloeina thal bar, +} knocked off my feet when Vin sittl de H r t rt vor ‘ n Kotla! gtrevts to provide t yard room. 5 We’ . to see Thomas mu be r ei 5 1 ‘ 4 tot biaeeiiag | ‘The barroom, where thirsty Amert- | down We'ro going to see, ‘Thor t ric Aut | ido mal | o = » > ea a ushumed of my how 1 ” ve i vt (You Wen't He Suspected of Pleke cany slake their thirst, is the size of} G TO OHIO. A slo i ‘ to fe: Re rf jy tore | a Tenis Patbonaei a hall bedroom, It has a length of] HAYS GOING T' e | « ue fe yo8t1 1 U anh tr hd z Heater fier) ——— friend continue 4 ' , ' , only 10 feot, over which a torrent Of) wity pegceed to Chicano Atter| Aree i i x yours in hooch pours all day and night. There | Harding Setiavati | true ; "1 Dey was heard by penitentiaries, is only one barkeep who works at| wij it Hare chairman of the ¥ And so this, folk cause 0 , Hsieh Seek wenttita mutiente Kt ‘Helle= 6 widen, were given one time, but he fs busier than a cor- | ypiican National Committer, will | my story for you te hry an t Nors ae ae “ lock this morning. Sten ena bd net player playing his tune on the |tond a meeting of the executive com-| Nearly two hours later f Sey Hh Sartre the ti 0 Re RWeDL the water sick the. HockeE Of m mun In the Wage cash register keys, mittee of the Nattonal Commitive at|oft a street car In West ‘ ase Not take HARM CNery, a “isa Wie N led alten thee niee Se ita There ix only one danger that | Columbus, Onto, nest Tuesday morning, | J,, having chan ged ae o nar + about fuctor _ ears ended victim disappeared just ee tain aa {t waa announced here to-day at th aim then from the train to & ear.) t i ‘ aya ihe toa threatens the service {hat the Line fi Tiuarters of the ‘National. ¢ a eeeaw ipatoresine the vial I new them wil Wy tional tend to) WANTS HYLAN ENJOINED, ES BUSIN intel dante sata: tie Case waa a "Teaiune House is willing to give. There now | - and SAM LOW Cutst Couck ew enihoe bay) Gly USINESS i is a law on the statute books against | | Aster aang es Tish es 4) plants BI Mr, William M ft, Mr. I Order Follows Barrio of Reporter yy non 0 w 1 t art, ext building any euch line houses to-day. | Ue? 08 md a Week at ChicaKa FINDS EDISON PLANTS A BIG) ae eatin rus wil us while ‘eam Hima ree } ir ua). AWAY TO ESCAPE nw soit i ty, gut want to, Bi No building permit can hereafter be! —— | CITY IN THEMSELVES. = u 4 MI : MMe the wo BIG RENT BOOST K 7 su y P given for any structure whose roof is| #100000 Warr Memorial For Mock=) 4) is a bik | Mself. 1 wast H rye been with Mr t ' , . $40 i ; 7 ; | away 1 into a small ottce, Wt vith . Latted States Ave it Observers cehome masthead can Ay two Rages, | ‘THe campalen 0 ralve $190,000 v9 Woe met by Mth W li ae ea \ hiousis e! TOLD TO STOP LIQUOR SALE. kich) ci eller ‘Turn Deen Coaiaseniel whore m: ad cal wo fla | : Mods rn . w inven y t ior wnat ial Cou- provide a memorlal wing fo Pe iwa wore hore: A. few mnuin wha Stock } mployaes t | Con ONCE LINE HOUSE DISAPPEARS eee nee iil be. laun Se ee anil THRE LL x 1 Jermes Proxeeutar Empl ‘ * in Brussels J IT IS GONE FOR GOOD. #, with the of every Seal ks ihehea Bee PRCA ate isa \ Vhirtenn #4 (Qui am He wa an tenes jo long 45 this Line House stands ( tion of ile Th gate and we wal wea ns : vty A , aaa Nitin 4 i aw it Is, I 4 gfe from the lawmak- away snolda I It was even cleaner tA how 4 guy and urted « \ at let CIN ; eis funieoadecand theta thalon) wig Rockaways who gave thelr I] gasoline ulley were the small spo NTOR SHOWS HOW REC- A W " ; ' bite ‘it Hel? is gs ci Yoog t eam ; INVE \ i me \ and worry they have. Wherefore it be- and. those AEVER I RC WOH | Cp taslAAN AAA BIACES: ORDS ARE MADE. in Mt tention ‘ linkter ot eer spin a hooves the Americun summies to ao _— |__We then:enterad a met ft Wo were talking at the en w es A Eitan Ad a aby 5 W something for the cause, if the wets Robbers Victim, surviving Wire, via time clock, the laboratory w ‘ f \ ut Onve take} gel al Onvd bocunies the prop can’t get booze for the United States, | Pies thtat I leurned, is ‘ards are “made, a ne sou, oth ¢ ‘ 180 employees at ‘his retail they can at least provide water and a| Edward J n aixtyy wound iene orked at th cot yet ihe re : _— aa hinent in fave “tme: 0 Pr 7 home, 852 Kast 29th ' I sits ‘ ) Hidiwon owed me the wity ihe ‘ receipt of | entebl t u sive) (heurnene: ke Ruerd RATER er iue ae avons witch My. Iauisoh bas INSPECT 15,103 ALIENS. |) und it nis || se ocmpault oh Watters thirty tongues of flame. Or the firat| HrOokiO. Hospital to-di} Tavented:.” |instrume Mr, Wilson that ho would be te escape from an alleged pre thing they know, some modern Carrie K halite ita writen don yal Mvst. then. Mr on’ avy ateet | pa Authorities Here to receive aesintance from him! Cone tanal who had given Ua nat Zen a 2 a et sen” Nation will be hurling @ ligated torch | jon were he butt, of a /entered and naked me to come with |dipped Mh | h 7 a Busy Wee ' ' Pease Lojuimp in rental | bestheswoen’ Peles." ates! through the door which will wreak | shoteun: POR. Eanes ed him, and he woon| has made hi nthe ution , rs fine 1 TOI PAR DED ED eee MILLER’ more damage than it Sosa palihais Buln hae oe cil Rr the presenes of q| steel 4 Bea Yoauld Y f Shek: WHO SraeRe A Teavan ettengel’s frends, prominent In order to avold a congestion of tnun who: le 1 to be at nity u ce i ; W w . \ os Haniy waciotkera iol the Guana SEVEN CONVENIENT STORES traffic at the bar no mixed drinks are | Mrs. TAllian while tt ty he is H ia vet pire Noa H 1 ow 1 Y r ie ; : spike Nisa #44 ioninee “ % Thu guished ge i nj Ani miable shop) Wtrlet, had car- T Astor bianca, served there, You can get Canadian He ty. Th 0 nor ne : ete ein ance nator ttoie lathe 1440 roadway” d beers, rye or tch whis- | STAMBORD, Conn, Mr AoW 1 ‘ K i ' watts keys, or even a oad of pallid sarsa-| io, to-day and 4 ene Fen 1a ‘ r ‘ he re i rent increase, but without avail, Vasc! Sr” oo parilla, It does seem as if carrying Auclaw, fae tt mre ‘ PA NCE ; | can " emurkuble move by nan and sarsaparilla were ks Vending sn0W= | Pee I nut is Niel shalt i Valy ; , oR aK¥|| tte syed Kad wealthy. wexohuny le yo, Cop — terday, war not her's as Wood. 1 kind face and a Ik was wooutede, und T i Stas ehteatee || Digiraeild (Contiaued on Fifth Page. her sister, had asserted, personality. He looked just as 1 asked Mr, Kdison if he could make ap Fran ‘ J woe pe ‘And Admiring Some of His Inventions “THAT'S A TERRIBLE cHicacol’ INVENT A Gaal Or! WAFFLES” FOUR EARTHQUAKE ou SHOCKS NB HOURS ROCK LOS aNeRLES| SEE MYSTERY (Continued From Firat Page) Women and Ch Children Hurt, Walls Cracked and Windows Broken. ave. fact that Elwell had them. The Dis- trict Attorney's office wants to quer tion this youm, woman and her bus band, but e understood to be at present outside the Jurisdiction of both a {AN 1 » the off rele an nada OL Oi Rt A number of women have been fovere earthquake shocks followin® gougnt into the case thus far by de~ eaveh other Intervala for elt goription only. In some of these in- hours yeater and last night, stances the inveatigatora know the created great excitement through Dames but have withheld them from Las Angeles and its suburbs, caused PUDication as a matter of fatr play. damage of a minor nature to a number Otters have not been Wentified at all, of buildings and injured several men, "Mb the “woman tn gray” who {women and etstidren was mysteriously mentioned In the The first’ tremor hook mortar "St few dayd after the murder, from walls and plaster from cottings, Whether there 14 any connection be- tween her and “the man In gray” open question. MOTHER TELLS OF ELWELL'S WEDDING PRESENT. A new name was brought into the long “directory” of the case to-day through the finding of a check made payable to Miss Elizabeth Clarkson. It was signed by Elwell and, according to the girl's m Mrs. Robert Ly Keon of Midwood, Tivoll-on-Hud- it was a wedding gift from the sending four person maz hovpital with minor in the walls of reported after to the receiving injuries, Cracks a fow buildingd were the ad and third A plece of coping at Market and Main Streets struck a flre alarm turning in an alarm. Plate windows"were broken in the earthquakes. The people, se qiiukes, box, Ines later frightened from offices, son, stores and homes, gathered on vacant Whist expert, who was an old friend lute dw the seniden . of the family, Miss Clarkson was asone rhea acid Gistricts OF iiurried last October to Willan May- whtown in the centre of street in- new Washburn, No. 62 Bast 79th terse etions, or, when too busy to Street, a young Harvard graduate stand sUll, walked down the centre und former United Stites Army offlcer “oh tha atiweta. in France, where he was wounded, . The wedding took plac t the A water main was reported broken home of the bride's Mrs, Prank in Til Street, between First and Sace A. B. Washburn, No. t 79th od Streots, in the heart of the buai- Street. and the geremony was per- hess district. A part of the retains {yrmed by aa ORR oate ing wall at the entrance to the HIN members of the two families wore Street tunnel, used jointly by the Pas Present. There was a small recop- cifle Hleetric Railway and the city, | {0m afterward, to which a few close caved | | AE her heme at tol Busine in many establishments! Mrs, Clarkson told an Ever on-Hudson Was brought to a standstill after the rlor of the tHendship between and third shock, and thirty minutes later | the crowds were still gathered In the ana BA toe sireats, elther fearful of returning to| for a The $200 check was work or interested In learning the exe| sent to her with a note saying Joe | didn't Know what in the world to give GIRL SAVES 100 “ NPERLED BY INCENDIARY FRE | a gh, Families Roused From Beds Flee Over Roofs From Burning» Tenement. Rose Beekman, 2A. Mt ling outside the door of her parents* awoke at day to find flatnes ¢facke sixteen, apartment, on the second floor of No, 78 Chrystie of “Fire!” filled the hallways of the elt. with half dressed men, hildren Street, Her cries story building women and ch Many of the hundred of more ocw cupants went down fire escapes or to the roof, but enough remained to_ form a bucket brigade and put out the flames. When Policeman George Ostar of the Clinton Street Station had deen called in to look over the situation, he sald Rose had beon for- tunate in waking when she did. On the stairway Janding of the seo- ond floor had been placed a quantity of burlap and newspapers. The cone tents of a one gallon can of kerosene were poured over them. The fire had spread the walnscoating and stairs, and in a few minutes would have gone up the stairway to every floor, The police and firemen sald they had never seen a more delibe erate attempt to burn a building, No member of any of the seventeen familles could suggest a reason for the firebug's work, No one has been dispossessed, and they are all on good terms with the landlord, A fireman was detailed to remain on guard until the Fire Mashal completes his inves- tigation. During the rest of the night few in the building tried to sleep. They sat at windows, in chairs In the halls, or on the roof.