The Washington herald., 1920-07-21
Schwab Satisfied with Business;
Irish "Liberty Bonds" Distributed;
Enlarging Madison Square Garden

chasers in all sections OF the coun-
try.
The distribution of the bonds is
conducted from the rear of the
third floor Of the building. De-
parting postmen stagser under the
weight of the mail sent forth from
this main headquarters of the
American committee on Irish inde-
pendence. A score of professional
organizers have been out in the va
rious States working up the de-
mand for the certificates. Included
are T. A. Cannon. T. A. Ryan and
Ernest G. Gardner. who were
trained in the drive business" by
selling United States Liberty bonds:
u. G. Walsh, of the war Camp Com
munity Service, and Maj. "Dyna-
mite Mike" Kelly, of the Sixty
ninth regiment. New York State
National Guard.
II was explained to the writer
that the expense of gathering in
the fund will run from 21 to per
cent. or around 100000. Beyond
this expense, IL was further stated
that not a penny of the funds could
be touched without the consent oi
the national congress of Ireland.
When will the Dali Eireann
hold its next session." was asked.
That we cannot tell" said one
of the young men in charge of the
headquarters. Il suppose they will
get together whenever that is pos
sible under present conditions In
Ireland"
The cash realized from the sale
of the bonds is on deposit in three
American banks. The identity of
the banks was not furnished to the
writer. The trustees of the fund
are President De Valera himself,
James O'Mara. both in this coun-
try, and DR.. Fogarty. who is now
in ireland. The certificates sold
range all the way from $40 bonds
to $4,000 bonds. A John Noonan
from Dublin was in charge of this
headquarters.
Garden to Seat 10000.
Il am going to make the Madison
Square Garden the greatest indoor
sporting theater In the world" said
Tex Rickard, the promoter from the
Southwest, when I asked him at the
Hotel Biltmore this afternoon for
his plans. Seating capacity is the
first thing that I shall tackle. Ny
architects are going into the vast
structure tomorrow to carry out
an idea of my own. By running
the balconies down toward the CEN
ter of the Garden, intend to pro-
vide comfortable seats for not less
than 10000 people"
That is a capacity increase of
1000. for the largest crowd ever
jammed into Madison Square Gar
den is around $4,000. During the
horse shows there have been seats
for less than 5000. For a ten-year
lease from the New York Life In
surance Company Mr.. Rickard pays
s:,500.000.
Because / have been Identified
with prize fights does not mean
that / purpose catering exclusively
to that sort of entertainment in
the Garden" he said Further, i
have not schemed out all that l
propose initiating. make 1t
rule to get room for the crowd and
then I know that l can plan enter
tainment on a gigantic scale. Every
tradition and sentiment associated
with the old landmark will be pre-
served"
The late Stanford White was the
architect of the Garden, which ac-
tually proved to be his grave, for
he was shot and killed on its roof
by Harry Thaw. June 25, 1906. The
Garden was formally opened in
June. thirty years ago, with Ed
ward Strauss Viennese orchestra
and a ballet under the direction Of
Leon Spinoza. stockholders in the
original building company. included
the late J. Pierpont Morgan, D. o.
Mills. Charles Lanier and Adolph
Ladenberg. II covers the entire
block bounded by Madison and
Fourth avenues and Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seyenth streets.
lCopyrixht. 1920. by Public Lsdger Col