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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-08
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FIXES UNITED STATES AREA
Contains 3,O2O,7sO square MIles,
GeOIOEical survey Reports.

WASHINGTON. Sept. s.-The area Of
the United States IL S,O26.7ss square
miles. according to the United States
Geological Survey OF this 2,973,77l
square miles is land
The southernmost point OF the country
Is Cape Sable. Fla the easternfnost point
iF Weat Quoddy Head. near Baatport
Ne. The westernmost point II Cape
Alva, Wash, and q small area Of Min
nesota Il the most northernly point eX-
copt Alaska.
These figures are results Of measure
ments and have tust'been complied.
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OLIVE THOMAS
STRANGELY ILL IN
PARIS HOSPITAL
Wife Of Jack pickford Has Been
In Institution Since Sunday
Frisnds secretiye.

PARIS. Sept s.---Much mystery Is
being maintained by the friends and
members OF the family Of Olive
Thomas. wife Of Jack Pickford. who
is in the American Hospital here suf-
ferinG from merourial poisoning She
was admitted TO the institution sun
day morning.
Jack Pickford Is a constant visitor
~ his wife's beside.
Olive Thomas has been married 20
Pickford for several years and has
been q moving picture star. following
her desertion OF she musical com ~
stage. on which abe wac widely
known.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-08
FIRE BLOCKS EARLY TRAFFIC
nas Lines Diverted Owing to BIaEs
on Duane street.

Tue early rush crowds found Cham
bers Street blocked to trafic.. with bus
lines diverted 70 other streets. by a
5000 smoky IRE Rt No. 10 Duane
street At 7 A. NJ. to-day. Tho blaze
was IN the second and third stories.
occupied BY the Surbrug Chocolate
Company. The building runs through
70 William stresL
During the half hour Chief Blnns has
his nnen At work, they had to swalloN
much smoke and crowds crossing
HroolEiyn Bridge mad a good view Of
an unusual spectacle
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New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Armed Bandits i'm Saloon
Routed by Bottle Barrage
Two Men Shot as Six Thugs Arc
Put to Flight bv the In
tended Victims

Twelve men armed with wine glasses
and near-beer bottles last night put to
rout six men armed with revolvers who
entered the saloon of Tony Digilio, at
West Avenue and Seventh Street, Long
Island City, with the intention of clean
ing out the saloon and the cash regis
ter. Two Of the twelve defenders were
seriously wounded
They were Pascuale Gricco, thirty
five years old, of 4o Fifth Street, Long
Island City, and Frank Miro, twenty
seven, of 88 Fourth Street, Long Island
City. Gricco was shot through the
breast and Miro in the arm and side,
Both were removed to ST. Johns Hos
pital Long Island City.
Tony was leaning against the cash
register at 10 o'clock. Eleven Of his
patrons we're sitting around the sa-
loon, some of them playing cards. Some
one remarked that 1t was dull night
An instant later an autom obile stopped
outside and six men filed in. Two Of
them, with revolvers drawn, moved to-
ward the bar and the cash register
Hands up," ordered a third.
Tony and his eleven patrons dropped
from SIGHT behind the bar and various
tables, and when they bobbed up again
they showered the six intruders with
a volley of bottles, glasses and cuspi-
dors. Two Of the bandits began firing
Gricco and Miro fell wounded. But
that didn't stop the barrage Of bottles =
The missiles flew so fast and with such
accuracy that the bandits retrea.ed and
made their getaway in the machine.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Conservatives Retain
Mine Workers. Control
Majority of Nominations Won
by Lewis and Murray i'm
Bitter FIGHTS

INDlANAPOLlS. Ind. Sept ol The
radical element in the United Mine
Workers Of America has failed in its
efforts to win the maj jority of the nom
nations for national officers, it was
announced here tonight. The board
Of international tellers announced that
President John l.. Lewis, conservative.
had been renominated by a vote of
e26 to 4s4 over Robert H. Harlan,
of Washington. Vice President Philip
Murray. of Pennsylvania, defeated
Alexander Howat. of Kansas, for the
nomination for international vicc-pr
ident, TAO to G67. William Green. in
ternational secretary and treasurer,
was renominated without opposition.
receiving the Endorsement Of 1,246 local
unions.
Each of the nearly 5000 local unions
has the right to make nominations.
The fight on Lewis and Murray was Bit
ter, and especially that in behalf Of
Howat.
"The radicals inside the organization
were assisted by extreme radicals from
the outside in the hope that control
might be seized by the radical elc
ment.' said the statement.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22

to the police yesterday by experts of
the American Tin Can Company who
examined fragments Of tin found in the
debris. 1t was thought from various
peculiar blotches found on the walls
Of the Assay Office that some infism-
mable liquid had been used in the in
fernal machine.
The tin experts declared the pieces
formed five cans, three Of five-gallon
capacity and two that hold three gal
Ions each. These cans. according to
their story, contained picric acid or
some other chemical and were arranged
about the bomb to be gnited when the
explosion occurred. The tin is being
prepared for chemical analysis to de-
termine the nature of its contents.
The first sample of what appears to
be piece of q she'll found in connec-
to investigators yesterday by a member r
of the real estate firm of Horace S. Ely
& CO.. Of 21 Liberty Street. The frag-
ment is about four by three inches and
appears to have been part Of the nose
of she'll
1t was found on the fifth floor of
So Wall Street shortly after the dis
aster.
Detectives were sent to Paterson
and Bayonne, n. j.. yesterday to run
down clews bearing on the owners Of
the horse and wagon.
Little Importance is attached to the
claims of Peter Finnegan and John
Haggerty, Brooklyn horseshoers, who
think the two front shoes are their
work. Haggerty said he placed a
straight mark near the end of each
shoe as his identification mark. The
rclice say the marks on these shoes
are not straight, but form IN angle.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Settlement of Haytian
Trouble Expected Soon
Knapp Conferring With Officials
of Island Will Report ON
Withdrawing Marines

From The Trtbune's Washinnton Bureou
WASHINGTON, Sept 21.-An AMIGA
bic settlement Of the financial Difficult
ties with the Haytian government,
brought about by the Withholding of
salaries of various officers of the island
for alleged nfractions of the treaty
provisions, is expected to be reached
soon through the good Offices of Rear
Admiral Henry S. Knapp, U. S. N, re-
tired, who is now at Port-au- Prince as
the special representative of the United
States government.
Secretary Daniels to-day received
his first report from Admiral Knapp.
1t said the American official expected
to confer with the President of the
island to-day Minor officials of the
Hayti government already have been
seen by Admiral Knapp. American
Minister Blanchard and American Fin
ancial Adviser McIlhenny have held
several conferences with the specially
designated naval and diplomatic rep
resentative
Admiral Knapp's mission is not only
to iron out any differences that might
exist between the American officials
assigned to the island and the present
authorities of the black republic, but
to study and report on the question Of
withdrawing the American marines
from control there.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Bomb of TINT Weighed
SO Pounds, Says Expert
Beveridge Declares Explosive
i'm Wall Street Blast Was Set
OF by Time Fuse

tint, and not dynamite; deliber-
ate act, not an accident"
This is the opinion of Victor Bev-
eridge, vice-president and general
manager of the j. Roland Kay Com
pany, 18 East Forty-hrst Street, an
expert in explosives, as to the cause
and manner Of the Wall Street dis
aster of~last Thursday.
He estimates that between thirty
and fifty pounds of INT were set off
If it had been 200 pounds of the ex-
plosve, as others estimated, Mr..
Beveridge says, the damage would
have been four times greater. He be-
lieves the explosion was that of three
packages of INT loosely bound to-
gether.
Mr.. Beverdge served as an expert
in explosives with the British armies
in France. In this capacity he viewed
no less than 10000 explosions and
participated in many raids on enemy
positions.
He was one of the experts early
sought by the police. and made a
minute inspection Of the scene of the
disaster soon after the explosion oc~
CURED. He yesterday rendered an
extended review of his findings. In
concluding his report he says:
The explosive was set off by time
fuse set .afre by the driver of the
death wagon, with probably one
minute delay action, time sufficient
for him to get around the nearest cor
ner and into safety of one of the large
Office halls
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Grand Jury Invites
All Who Saw Blast
TOCive Testimony
Four Witnesses Questioned,
Including Young Woman
Injured by the Explosion,
Who Tells ofDeath Wagon

Eighteen witnesses were present yes
terday in the Court Of General Ses-
sions to tell what they know of the
Wall Street explosion. Of this num-
Der it is said but four were heard
Judge William M. Wadhams and AS
sstant District Attorney Alfred j
Talley held long conference.
After the conference Judge Wad-
hams instructed the jurors to continue
their investigation. Referring to a
statement issued Monday night in
which District Attorney Swami said
the presentation of the case to the
grand jury would have to wait, Judge
that the stories of the witnesses would
be sifted before being heard by the
grand jury.
William H. Douglas, foreman Of the
grand jury, issued the following state
ment to newspaper reporters yester-
dav with request that it be published
The grand jury respectfully re-
quests that any person who saw the
explosion or who has any knowledge
bearing upon the cause, or who knows
the persons responsible for it, com
municate with the foreman Of the
grand jury in care of Edward Swami
District Attorney, 80 Franklin Street
New York City"
Before going into the grand jury room
Mr.. Talley questioned William L. Nor
gan, secretary to the Dittmar Powde
Company, of 102 West 130th Street
MIR. Morgan said that no wagon owned
by that company was routed below
Forty-second Street last Thursday
Mr.. Morgan later testified before the
grand jury.
Among the witnesses waiting to be
heard by the grand jury were Miss Re-
becca Epstein 79 Seventythird Street
Brooklyn; Samuel B. Wellington. for
mer president of the West Indies Trad
ing Company; John ]. Holmes. mes
senger for brokerage concern at AZ
Broadway. and Daniel ]. Nugent, a
lawyer, of 28O Madison Avenue.
Miss Epstein. before going to the
grand jury room, told of seeing dark
wagon with side racks and with dark
horse attached to 1t moving east on
Wall Street. She noticed the letter
I'D" on the front Of the wagon, and to
the right Of that she saw the letters
"N" and ct" She said that other let
tering was obliterated. She added that
the wagon bore a red flag about a foot
square, displayed on the rear. She i
employed by Newberger. Henderson &
Loeb. brokers, of 100 Broadway.
Miss Epstein also said the wagon
contained several barrels, apparently
full of lime, and that when it was in
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Hope Fades
OF Solving
Blast Plot
(CeatInued 1ren pass eae)

tlced marked nervousness among the
women and again assembled them in q
room where many electrical computing
machines are operated AS he was con-
cluding his address the fuse of one
of the computing machines blew out
| with q puff of smoke and squirt OF
flame. One Of his auditors tainted
in Mr.. Carrolls arms. Panic ensueG
among the others.
This is too much for me-" said the
bureau head after a semblance of order
had been restored. There will be nc
more work in this office to-day. &C
home''
W. H. Boyd, the new prohibition
staff at noon. At 1880 Mr. Boyd said
he had 2 o'clock appointment and
left the building. The quarters OF
the department were inhabited there
after only by Jackson" the negro
watchman. Just before 2 o'clock ar
agent . in the internal revenue Office
passed the door Of the prohibition
quarters and said:
What kind Of flowers do you like
Jackson?''
The watchman replied: "I'm afraid
flowers, boss. Would you just as soon
give me the money!"
Wagon and a Red Flag
In Bridge Street, between the rive,
and the Customs House, a long rec
wagon bearing the name of a ladde,
and scaffolding concern drew up just
before 2 o'clock. 1t had red flag or
the rear and in its bed reposed an omi
teet long and one foot square
M aoopor bod :
than Charles Matthews. an agent oil
, the Department of Justice, demanded
that the box be opened.
If the crowd that thronged Bowling
Green and the other streets near the
Custom House suspected that the bon
might contain bomb, there was moth
ing to indicate the suspicion AS the
box was opened, policemen and sailors
fought to keep several hundred people
back. Movie men trained their cameras
on the lid as it was lifted. An assort
ment of saws, augers and other cap
/ penter's tools was exposed.
/ Mr.. Edwards said after the hour set
in the warning had passed:
"Of course the card | received is
probably the work of an irresponsible
crank, but it never pays to regard such
messages too lightly. lost friends il
the Wall Street explosion week ago
1t might possibly have been avertee
had what appeared to be irresponsible
admonitions been needed.
ut is possible that the publicity
given this message has averted another
catastrophe. At any rate, it pays tc
take all possible precautions wher
I there is the slightest indication tha,
the forces of dissolution design against
society"
The conference to determine the ma
ture of the explosive was attended BY
John F. Dixon, chief inspector of the
Bureau of Combustibles Dr.. William
F. Doyle, in charge of the Bureau OF
Fire Prevention; Thomas P. Brophy
chief fire marshal, and members of the
bomb squad.
Fire Marshal Brophy explained that
an attempt was being made to deter
mine the nature of the explosive USED
in the outrage. He seid a report woulc
be made to Fire Commissioner Dren.
nan to-day. Commissioner brennan re
marked that "some interesting develop.
! ments may be announced shortly"
Pieces of Tin Examined
The theory that the plotters had in
tended to cause a general conf1agra.ior
was partly supported by report mad
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Limit Rents
By State Law,
Labor Urges
CONTINUED from page ene)

/ will be lively. Precautions will be
taken to prevent the repetition of DEM
onstrations such as occurred during
the hearing on the housing bills last
winter, when landlords and tenants al
| most came to blows in the Assembly
chamber.
The plans are to have the Cities COM
| mittees meet Immediately following the
closing of Thursdays hearing to take
action on the measures SO as to have
ready the bills to be submitted for the
! consideration of the Legislature when
the session opens Friday morning,
Legislative leaders hope to have the
session wind up its affairs and adjourn
Friday afternoon.
Among the bills introduced to-day
were three by Senator L. w. H. Gibbs,
Republican, of Buffalo. One of these
would limit the rate Of interest upon
real property loans. Senator Gibbs
also introduced his bill of last winter
giving the Public Service Commissions
control over rate increases made by
telephone, telegraph, gas, steam and
electric companies. The bill would al
low the commissions to suspend new
rates pending inquiry into their justi-
fication
1T IS provided, however, that the
suspension must be for not more than
12O days. The measure is retro
active to the extent that, if passed, it
would give the commissions power to
suspend telephone rate increases made
since last December
There probably will be hearing on
the Gibbs measure Friday morning.
The supporters of the bill will be rep
resented by the State Conference Of
Mayors, which has taken up the battle
for the 1877 communities fighting the
telephone company's rate increase
To-days session of the Senate was
brief. Senator Henry NJ. Sage, of AL
bany, presided. Adjournment was
taken for the day after the introduc-
tion of few bills.
In the Assembly one Of the resolu-
tions recommended by the Lockwood
housing committee was passed, as were
the two bills passed in the Senate on
Monday night. The resolution urges
Congress to give building materials a
transportation priority second only to
that of food and fuel and also asks the
enactment of laws prohibiting the ex-
portation of building materials to for
eign lands.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22

ernor members Of the executive COM
mittee consider the housing legislation
recently adopted responsible for the
lack Of building operations and for a
vast mass of wasteful litigation. The
memorandum supports the housing
rec commendations of the Real Estate
Board, with the exception of that pro-
testing against the exemption of new
buildings from local taxation. The
such exemption. The association re-
CARDS with favor the proposal for di-
rect state or municipal aid in housing
construction. Investigation by the
Legislature is urged to determine
whether or not a conspiracy to control
prices Of building materials exists.
Following are the recommendations
submitted by the association to the
Governor and the Joint Legislative
Housing Committee:
"First-That tenements hereafter
erected shall not be assessed for taxa
tion for period of ten years from the
passage of the act exempting them
the land upon which they are erected
to continue taxed as heretofore.
'Second-That income from mort
cages on real estate be exempted from
the state income tax and that effort
be made to exempt such income from
the Federal income tax.
"Third-That savings banks in the
State of New York be urged to invest
the full legal percentage of their de-
posits in real estate mortgages. and
that life insurance companies be urged
to invest in such mortgages q large
proportion of the premiums derived
from this locality.
Local Housing Boards
"Fourth That local housing boards
be established in all communities hav-
ing population over 10000, and that
a general housing board be established
for the State Of New York to cooperate
with the municipal authorities.
'Fifth-That system of impartial
advisory boards be established in the
cities affected by the rent legislation
of last spring to settle disputes where
possible, to make recommendations to
the courts in all litigated matters, and
to establish standards and tests under
which the enforcement of the laws may
~ made more uniform.
'SiXth-That a commission be ap-
pointed by the Legislature to investi-
gate trade and material associations to
determine whether there are in exist
ence unlawful conspiracies to control
the price of building materials"
The memorandum is signed by S.
Fullerton Weaver, chairman; Douglas
L. Gilman. secretary; Benjamin Nor
decai, treasurer; Leo S. Bing, j. f. P.
Carpe nter Lawrence B. Gilman, Sam
uel A. Herzos, Stanley NJ. Isaacs. Fred
erick Johnson, f. Clifford Potter, J..
Curry Watson, Walter Wyckof. W. H.
Dolson, Frederick G. Hobbs, Edgar A.
Levy and Charles V. Palermo.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Wall Street Blast Tore Figure
From Crucifix i'm Bows Pocket

While waiting to be called as a wit
ness by the Grand Jury yesterday,
Cornelius Brosnan, fifteen years old.
Of 40l East Seventv-ninth Street. told
how the force Of the Wall Street eX-
p!osion had ripped the figure of Christ
from a crucihx he carried in his left
hand trousers pocket. He said the
cross was bent and that the figure was
torn from it, but that he himself was
not injured.
He is employed as a messenger by
Frank Edey, of 81 Broadway, and was
in front Of the Morgan Building when
the explosion occurred.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22

front of 81 Wall Street the driver. ap-
parently foreigner, left it and walked
hurriedly past her in the direction of
Broad Street AS she reached the cor
ner of Wall and Broad streets the ex-
unconscious. She described the driver
as being Of medium build about forty
years old, in need of shave and wear
ing brown ovcrall5.
Others who appeared before the
grand jury were William B. Fuller,
manager of the New jersey trans port
division of the Du Pont Powder Com
pany, and Durham Beden, OF South
Orange, n. j., owner of an automobile
that was wrecked in the explosion. The
inquiry Will be continued to-day.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Blast at Night to Save
Nerves of Day w orkers
Use of Explosives South of
Fourteenth Street Regulated
by brennan

A request to resume blasting on
the excavation for the Stock Ex-
change extension at Broad and Wall
streets caused Fire Commiss ioner
brennan to issue an order yesterday
that all blasting south of Fourteenth
Street must be done between p. m.
and a. m.
This ruling was made out of regard
for the strained nerves of employees in
the financial district. the Commissioner
explained. He said it would remain in
effect permanently, if it was found to
work out satisfactorily.
Evidence of the high tension caused
by the Wall Street disaster has been
received almost hourly by Commits
sioner brennan and the Bureau Of
Combustibles of The Fire Department
in telephone calls asking that experts
be sent to open suspicious looking
packages.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Industrial Situation Serious

LONDON, Sept. 81 (By The Assoc
ciated ressl.-Failing an eleventh
hour development, virtually every coal
mine in the United Kingdom will be
idle next Monday.
Even without the miners strike,
the industrial situation is serious. I'm
employment has increased largely in
the last month, due to many of the
WOODEN and cotton mills and boot fac
tories working part time, and the cut
ting down OF the stats at shipya.ds
and engineering and automobile works
as result of the falling off Of orders
and the feeling among employers in
other industries that owing TO the de-
creased output they are unable to pay
the present rate OF wages.
The cotton industry also is threat
ened with lockout, the Master Spin
ners' Association having decided to-
day to call a meeting to consider the
question of taking united action un-
less the strike of the Oldham spinners,
which began yesterday, was settled.
This means that the employers will be
prepared to lock out all the spinners
in the country.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-22
Bomb Threat i'm Two Towns
Letter Tells of Plots i'm New Bed.
ford and Fall River

NEW BEDFORD. Mass, Sept. o1.--
An anonymous warning that bomb out
RACES involving the city halls in this
city and Fall River are planned for
Thursday has been received by Mayor
]. II. Kay, of Fall River, according to
a statement by District Attorney Jo-
seph T. Eenney to-day
The warning, he said. was contained
in a communication which said that
on the city halls, banks and mills IN
each city.
Mayor Kay turned the letter over
to the Fall River police officials, and
Mayor Ashley Of New Bedford was mott
fed of j..