In Manhattan, one A. K. Fleschner, spokesman for the House Wreckers' Association, Inc., master anarchs, last week announced that 1,000 subordinate anarchs had enrolled in a newly organized Demolition Workers' Union, passionate rival of House Wreckers' Union, local No. 95, on strike.
Greatest anarch of his time was Jacob ("Jake") Volk, wrecker of Delmonico's, Vanderbilt homes, Chemical National Bank, et al., whose highest ambition, to wreck the Woolworth Building, remained unfulfilled at his death last month (TIME, March 25).
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