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LP Da SH SME REE PETAR still maintained there at an early hour. PAJAMA-CLAD MAN HARDING AND WIFE The blaze apparently was of much} CHASES INTRUDER the same nature as that which oc- x curred of the Treasury toof during INTO ARMS OF COP F office hours three months ago. This anmeeessnns 1 was extinguished without heavy dam. * ; © | age, although a threatening blaze re-| Alleged Burglar Explains sulted from the burning of much scat- He Was Seeking Place to Sleep. A youth who gave the name of Eppa Laspiro, No, 874 Murray Street, Cliff- side, N. Y., was held without bail in the Coney Island Court this morning on a charge of burglary The complaint was by Max Golin- sky, No. 2866 Weat 23d Street, Coney Island, who said he was awakened at 3 o'clock this morning by the sound of footsteps on the ground floor, He went down, he said, and found Laspiro groping about with a lighted candle, Laspiro jumped from the window | and fled, pursued by Golinsky, who, in pajamas and bare feet, chased him four blocks to 29th Street and Mer- folding and some of the new structure. root INU, S. TREASURY = ee, FOREST FIRE MENACES tenis Sparks Blown Near White House as Firemen Battle Menacing Fire. Rabbits Driven Ont of Woods Beek Refuge With Chickens. CAPE MAY, N. J, May 3.—A forest fire along the Delaware Bay shore yea- terday afternoon for a time threatened several Villages. The fire was not un- der control until late at night Forest fires have been burning for Wo days near Balleplain, 26 miles north of here, doing thousands of dollars’ damage, but were reported under con- trol to-day, Rabbits and other game driven out of the woods by the flames INVESTIGATION STARTS. Blaze Second on Roof in Three Months—Secret Service Active have sought refuge in the villages, ‘ Active. Some of then have been feeding with} Mmald Avenue, where Patrolman Ed- a the chickens in the yards ward Fahjer caught him, “] wasn't in that house to steal anything,’ the boy told the court “T ran away from home Friday night and I have been sleeping on the beach, I haven't had any food for two days. I had a key that worked on the door of that house and I just went in to ——_——»—-- ASKS $200,000 IN SUIT AGAINST KU KLUX KLAN WASHINGTON, May 3.—An in vestigation into the cause of the mysterious fire that swept the roof of the United States Treasury early to-day and caused damage estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000 was or- New Offeans Man Charges OMmcialn Plotted to Rain Him, é FORT WORTH, Texas, May 8.—Suit] and a place to sleep.” ' cen aceite toi aia fo alba for $200,000, alleging Ibel, was fled in agit “a i vice 0} - 1 red a * e } | GWtry into the Mase, Which was thel nice nice by Ac W, bane CP oNeS KINGMAN IN CHICAGO second in the Treasury Within three] Orleans, and formerly of Fort Worth, WORKING OFF DEBTS months. Sasse ehatees that after he became . a member of the otganteation Klan itGaGe: ay be Trecey A. ings | fictula tried to force him to discha cnonas ae ie i gree En employe, “He refused, hy dectared,| an. member of A Kood family In New and asserts that the defendants“ ork State and until a short time ago mediately conspired and confederated successful business man, was thought ruin the plaintiff, both ih reputation and|by friends to-day to be somewhere in in fortune,” the city seeing a way to pay $19,000 he Police believe the fire was started by a kerosene burner in the drafting room and that an explosion of chem- feals in the blue print room hurled the flames in all directions, For a time the fire assumed men- acing proportions as the flames leaped high in the air and cast a threatening glow on the White House, while sparks wafted across to its sutround- ing terrace, ‘When discovered, about 1.45 A. M.. the flames already had gained eonsid- erable headttay and were soaring to a height of thirty or forty feet. Five alarms were turned In, Gaining im- petus from a dull, rumbling explosion which firemen belleved was caused by building materials stored for use in the present work of raising the roof of the structure, the blaze cast a bright glow on the night sky over the entire downtown section before it began to subside under the effect of water from a dozen hose lines. The White Houge and Washington Monu- ment stood out in sharp relief in the fant: tic light of the flames. Awakened by White House attend- ants, President and Mrs. Harding dressed and ftom a window watched ' the firemen battle the flames in the : nearby structure. When checked after about thirty minutes’ effort, the flames had burned entirely through one section of the ‘ superstructure which tops the section ] of the building that divides the court : and had spread to parts of the central $ portion of the roof, Unofficial eatt- ‘ Tates, however, place the damage at not more than $75,000, although it is not known whether this adequately took into account the possible damage from water which it was believed might be considerable in the court sec- tion of the building. immediately un- der the central blaze, ‘The new roof structure in other por- tions was said to have been only slightly damaged and not burned through, which would reduce the dam- The Onspinattions FIFTH AVENUE AT 38™ STREET In the May Sale—Women’s TAILORED SHIRTS & HANDMADE BLOUSES Specially Priced 3.50 ENTIRELY HANDMADE LINGERIE blouses with real filet lace and hand drawn work. CHAMBRAY tailored shirts in tweed colors with checked gingham Bab collars. COLORED DIMITY blouses with Bab collars; white or self pleatings. la ania to owe on falee release of chat- tel mortgages. Spurning offers of help from fe Kingman recently sald: work, day labor perhaps, to pay back that $19,000 but I'll pay.” DENOUNCES DRUGGIST FOR MAD-HOUSE HOOTCH Jndge Also Imponen Heaviest Pine for 500 “Sanehin: Culkin, of Oswego, sitting In the Bro Bidinger was Woods of having # “gunshine® 5 powerful Hyman Block, t “Tam imposing the GOTHDALE Brogues Men’s Shops— West 38th and 37th Sts. — Street Level you for selling this crazy boone,” sald Judge Culkin, “You are mixing a noble profesaton, grading 0 tlons p ing eras harmacy, with the most de- bootleg@ing. The concoc- t by your kind are driv- nm who must Have a drink almost It is madhouse Hquor.”* — LUTHON AND PARRATT HELD ON NEW CHARGE Regondo Sutton and Burt R, Parrot, President and Vice President of the Pacific. Minerals and Chemical West 421 Street, already under Indictment f: nd larceny, Were re- arrested y on new Indictments charging false statements in advertising ‘The ne windiétments charge e value ef the st 0 4 F company, They were Judge Nott in the neral Beasions and released original ball, $25,000 each “It will mean enjamin Bidinger, ‘ote at No, 581 onx, by County used by Detect: for street or sports, town or tee *10,0 Same quality last year was twelve dol- lars. Genuine Scotch grain with full wing tips, shawl tongue and rubber inlay 8 THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 19 B. Altman & Gn. 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