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III
MOTHER, TWO SISTERS,
FATHER, ALL PERISHED;
&.BOY OF NINE SURVIVES
A Night of Shout, Confusion,
Pathos, Tragic Drama Inde
scribable At Least Three
Babies, Sound Asleep, A
mong Survivors Taken from
Ruins of the Knickerbocker
Theater at Washington.
( By Theodore
' Tiller
in Greensbord
News.)
WASHINGTOX. Jan. :!. No irint-;
cd -word nor photograph ever will tell the!
whole tragic story of what happened to-i
day and last night ut Eighteenth street
and Columbia road. j
Throughout tho world cncli night mil
lions go to see motion picture plays. The
Knickerbocker audience of last night
was typical. Today nearly lUO are dead
because a snow-storm put too much:
strain on a roof and tons of steel, con-1
crete nmf plastering fell on tho happy i
throng below. It wan the greatest thca-j
ter tragedy in real life since the lru-;
quois tire at Chicago, j
The orchestra was placing jazz, music
when the roof collapsed. Several of the
musicians today are dead: other did
not show up becnuse,f the snowstorm
and to that tiny may owe their lives.
Among the dead also are men and worn-!
on prominent in the official, business and,
sociul circles of Wnshir.gttotu life. i
Tragedy must run ail through this!
uceouiiting. Hring the scone in mind -to I
your own city and neighborhood, to yourj
own family ml that of the neighbors;
across the street, nu 1 one will tind the;
common touch.
I stood for hours fdav amid the
Kcenee of desolation. Tln-v meaning
soldiers, marines, policemen, rir. men
volunteers were still digging into
mil'
the
debris and finding bodies.
"We have taken out &J deail and Hire
are live more bodies in sight," said an
army colonel as he came from the
wrecked theater. That was early in tho
afternoon.
"Fourteen more bodies ai? in signt,"
ha id another a few minutes later. Thous
ands of persons, standing behind the
ropes, sighed and asked, "How long
will it last" For blocks around tho
theater rapes were strung. It was neces
sary, because through two or three feet
of snow there came to the scene men,
women and children from all putts of
Washington, gome there were who came,
because, of morbid curiosity; others had
friends or relatives whose bodies were
"buried beneath the tons of wreckage, or
laid on stretchers jn the improvised mor
gue nearby. Their faces showed no curi
osity, only cricf.
Procession Into and Out of Morgue.
Tho bund.iy school room, or basement
of the First Church of Christ. (Scien
tist) was the morgue. All day soldiers
and stretcher -bearer went in and out
with their lifeless burdens. No sooner
was a body removed from the church
than another was brought troin the thea
ter to rest in its place.
"There goes poor old Louis 1'. Sit ray -or,"
said the newspaper men lite today
as tho strctchcr-l-tarcM carried another
body to a waiting hearse. It was that of
Louis F. Strnyer, for many years Wash
ington correspondent ofThc Pittsburgh
Dispatch and a formiT'pt evident of the
Gridiron club.
Earlier they had taken away tin body
of Chauncey O. ttraincrd. correspondent
of The Brooklyn Daily L'agle. Nearly
all professions are represented in the
Knickerbocker death list.
Through the afternoon the bodies of
two girls, htrotched out, in the church
bnsemuut, boro tho tags "unknuwn."
They were of the high school girl type,
ono a blonde, the other a brunette, typi
cal "movio fans." Kusincss men,
young pages of tho house of representa
tives, law students, a bank director, army'
officers, government clerks, shop girls, a
former congressman, automobile sales
man all classes were among Ux dead.
The- same, classes- might havo boon rep
resented at any motion picture show,
anywhere. It was just a case of folks
who bad gone to a neighborhood theater
to while away a stormy night and there,
without, a moment's warning, had been
crushed by t-nns of steel and-i'oncretc and
til&atering.
The Rescue Scene.
Come away for a while from the emcr-j
geney morgue in a chnrch and back toj daghter of L. E. Jeffrie?, general conn
the theater whero men with acetlylencl sM of the Southern Railway, and former
torches pick-axes, and bare heads were j residents of this place.
digging for tho victims of a snowstorm- .
ami nature. i FORD HAS IMPORTANT
Hearses and the wagons of the under- QUALIFICATIONS IN PROPOSAL
takes are parked in the snowdrifts and "WASHINGTON, Jan. 3o. Two im
await more bodies. Ambulances fromlportant modifications of the original
the government's Walter Reed Hospital proposal of Henry Ford for the pur
clang their gongs. They are still run- j chase and operation of the Muscle
ning aliout, although the injured have all Shoals power and nitrate projects were
fieen removed and it is a matter now of contained in an official copy of the cn
thp lead. Red Cross nurses srve coffee , tract signed by Mr. Ford, which was
and sandwiches to soldiers, policemen and received today by Senator Harris, of
firemen tnho have had no sleep since yes-j Georgia.
terrlaj-. - Army officers, bidding C.enorull
John J. IVrshing, Commander-in-chief TO BEGIN ASCENT OF
of theui all. givfl terse orders. Tho dis - MT. RAINIER THURSDAY
Ifict comiuihsioncrs, who also did not! SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
slcc-n last night, are yet directing the 30. Ascent of 14.40S feet to the
uniformed men of the city forces. j
Stand -hack, Stand liack," shout the!
officers ill hundreds nurgo against the Jean and Jacques Landry, according to
ropft. Ilcyond these himdreils are thon- thefr announcement, in an iffort to ac
ands thoughtleMsly pushing forward. j compli.sh a feat which mountaineers say
Iusi.Uvthc theater, and Iieyond thej has not been attempted in winter,
view ot the ilent liut imshing rrowds,! -
things an happening that wring tin; Third Set of Twins.
hearts of the few that mfly pee. A bout
a hundred men are at their tragic tasks.,
TIkt work ovrr steel teanis of rouf
. (Continued on p0 uii.)
WASHINGTON IS DIGGING
OUT OF SHOW TODAY
Conditions in Capital City Are
Slowly Returning to Normal
Train Service Is Restored
Today Storm Has Moved
Out to Sea.
(By The Associated I'ress.)
WASHINGTON'. Jan. ."It.-r-Tho cen
ter of a storm which Hung a deep blank
et of snow over the entire middle Atlan
tic section of the country Friday a n d
Saturday, Washington was still 'digging
itself out of more than two feet of it to
day with the process of returning to nor
mal ways of living exceedingly slow.
Hut, in common with the rest of the sec
tiou whichs uffeered most fronr the win
try visitor which this time en mo from
the .south, the capital city had the assur
ance of the weather bureau that the
storm was moving snfelj seaward today,
with its center slightly north and east of
Capo Coil .
With Sunday passed, Washington re
doubled its efforts today to clear away
the storm impediments, restore an al
most totally lost contact with suburbs,
and to the street car routes which were
feebly resumed in some instances yester
day and insure something approaching
de'iidability in the. delivery of milk,
bread and other necessities. These func
tions were virtually paralyzed when the
city awoke yesterday morning to find it
self buried under the snowfall. Train
service north and south, seriously inter
rupted iu the morning hours Sunday,
hail been restored practically to normal
to-lay.
fieports from otner pu'.nts near t li e
ftorm center, including Philadelphia,
which with the entire southeastern sec
tion of Pennsylvania, was covered up
with mow to a depth of a foot and a
half, Baltimore, where, as in the rest of
Maryland, the fall was almost as great
as here, showed they faced much the
Silllll
oiulitions as Washington today,
with tho process of recovery still slow.
Trains through the Washington term
inal yards began to get back to routine
schedule today as a result of the work
of large forces of shovellers who have
been attacking the drifts.
Officials of the Southern Itailwuy de
clared today that regular fchcdules had
been maintained south of the Richmond
sect, on and that with the local situation
remedied their entire system would have
shaken off the effects of the storm. He-
ports that Southern Railway trains had i
been greatly delayed in Carolinas or fur- i
titer south were entirely incorrect, offi
cials say. !
NOTRE DAME STUDENTS
DISQUALIFIED FROM ATHLETICS
lliv The Associated Tress.) :
SOl'TH BKND, IXD., Jan. :W. !
Eight Notre Dame Cniversity athletes
today voluntarily confessed to Father
William Cany, chairman of the athletic'
board, an 1 Knuto Kockne, football
coach, that they had played in the semi- ,
professional football game at Taylor- ;
viile, Ills.. November -J7, li.'l, with the
Carlinville, Ills., team. They were im-,
mediately disqualified from further ,
athletic competition at Notre Dame. j
20. 5 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL IN BALTIMORE.
(Bv Tim Associated Press. )
HALT! MORK, Jan. 30. Baltimore
and its suburbs today were slowly dig
ging themselves free of the .snow block
ade tthich had paralyzed local transpor
tation facilities for nearly two days.
Snow fell continuously from 7 p. in.
Friday to ti :. . in. yesterday with n to
tal precipitation of L'(i.5 inches. While
it took toll of only one life so far as re
ported, the blanket of snow gra'dually
stopped practically every activity in the
(ity.
Two Pages Killed.
Two House of Ib-prcsentatives pages
were among those killed in the Knicker
bocker theatre accident. They were La
verne Sproul, a nephew of Representa
tive Soroul, and Cutler Lnfbn, Jr., both
of Chicago.
JEFFRIES FUNERAL TO
BE HELD WEDNESDAY.
(Bv The Associated Press.)
SKLMA. Ala.. Jan. 30. Funeral of
'John Jeffries and Miss Elizabeth. Jet'
fries, victims of ofe Knickerbocker the
at re disaster in Washington Saturday
I night.w ill be held here Wednesday, ac
! cording to advices received from the
family today. Thev were son and
summit of Mount Rainier will be started
next Thursday by Jacques Bergue and
There was born on Friday, January
Jth, 1922, to
Hanna, twins.
Mr. and Mrs. James L. j
This was the third set j
vt twins torn to Mr. and Mrs LUmia.
SIR ERNEST SKELETON
DIED THREE WEEKS AGO
News of Death of Famous Ex-j
plorer Announced Yesterday
- Wireleis Mishaps Prevent
ed Earlier Announcement.
(By The Associated Fress.) nJIPL1
III' FA' OS AIKKS, Jan. ,'!0. MorcnlUil
than throe weeks elapsed between 1 1n
death of Sir Krnest Shackleton, the Brit
ish explorer, ami its announcement' tq
the world, made yesterday, when 1 h
body arrived at Montevideo. Th
lay, l.a .vacioiies, .Montevideo corn
resj
th-1
noniloiit writes, was described bv
tain L. Hussey, who accompanied
body, us due to a series of wireless mis
haps.
Sir Krnest died aboard the steamshi
Que. t, on which he was making another
Antaitic voyage, -while anchored off
: South Georgia island on January 5th
j His body was taken to Montevideo on
j the first leg of the trip home aboard the
! Norwegian steamer Professor Cruvel .
j Captain Hussey boro a death certifi
j cite made out at South Georgia island,
; rending:
'"i. Alexander Mackliu, certify to my
. best know ledge ami belief that the cause
I of dentil was atheroma in the arteries of
j the heart. Before death he had not suf
, fered an infectious or contagious dis-U-ase."
I This certificatew as signed by Dr.
; Macklin as surgeon of the cxK-dition. j
' The hodv arrived at Montevideo in an
, hermetically scaled zinc shell, covered
; withw Olid . i
! Captain Hussey told Na N'aciones' cor
respondent that the Quest arrived at.
i South Georgia island with her main wire
i less plant out of commission due to
' damage by heavy storms during the voy- '
i age, which otherwise was uneventful, j
Sir Krnest had been in the best of health
1 throghout the trip. The day before his f
, death he landed on the island to super-
; vise the purchase of provisions and re
; turned to the ship apparently well, Af- !
i ter supper he went to the cabin and I
talked with his companions.
At :l:;0 o'clock on the morning of j
January ." he felt sharp pains in his
back and called Hie doctor, wiio had)
j hardly begun preparing remedies when 1
; tho explorer died without uttering an-j
other word. j
i When asked why the Quest did not in
foiin the Falkland islands with her me
: nor wireless set. Captain Hussey said it
i was not sufficiently powerful.
FACE STARVATION
Drought of Past Two Years,
Together With War, Has Put
Jewish Population of Uk
raine Face to Face With Ex
tinction A Call fcr Help.
! The whole future of food supply in
: Kast'in Europe is being imperilled by
he present state of uffairs that threatens
the extinction of Jewish colonies of farm
-. its in Ukraine that have been estab
lished for more than a century, accord-;
I ing to cables received by Lionel Weil, of
I (loldsboro, Chairman of the American,
i Jewish Relief Committee for the State
' of North Carolina. j
i These colonics are in the heart of the.
j great wheat belt of Europe and the Jew- j
ish farmers there have supplied food :
I from off the soil there to all parts
Of I
! Russia and Eastern Kuropo during tin
j past hundred years. The l;yid they till
I covers 12,",000 acres and contains :'.ti
1 villages. In addition to raising wheat,
! the farms have also nrrvyl as agricultur
' al schools for the entire Jewish popula
; tioit of South Russia.
Today the draught that has continued
without, abatement for two years, com
bined with the revolutions and counter
! revolutions, the numerous civil war and
I pogroms threaten these colonies with ex
I tinction, according to the cables. If
- they arc destroyed and the tenants com
pelled to flee, prominent economists pre
dict that these famous heat pro-lcring
areas will be so disorganized that one of
: the most important sources of food sup-,
ply in Eastern Kuroin? will, be cut. off
t.r a number of years, which will mean,
a continuation of the present misery and
i distress. j
,' Fifty thousand dollar has already,
, been contributed toward the relief of the
colonists in an effort to prevent this ca
tastrophe. But this sum has been found;
to be entirely inadequate to meet the;
nce.1-4 of the farmers, according to the
cable dispatches. j
Agent of the Joint Distribution Coir,
mittee in Eastern Europe are striving,
. to obtain mire funds for this work. They,
predict that if the colonists are allowed'
to scatter and starve it will result in j
1 other p-rfs of Eastern Europe facing a;
I diminished food supply with its horrors!
for many years. The cable report sj
stated that tlie present prospects lor a
seasonable year ;u 1!2J were very bright,
but that if the farmers were not kept on
their land, this outlook would mean
not liing, for ro one can take their places;
for in-inv rears to come. Food and '
clothing to ti l- th.m through the winter
are needed if th-y are to be expected to
to nble to till the soil when spring
eomes.
Following receipt f the cables, Mr.
Weil wnt word to, all the local chair
men under bini to speed up the work of
raising fnnd.t in their State in order that
the South may be able to Bond its nhare
of supplies o these farmers in the t"k-
raine.
I It ii estimated that $K0.000 will to
the minimum needed to provide the
pnbniit.t with food nntH harvest, 'needs
(Continued on pugo six)
CAPITAL CITY IS
SATURDAY NIGHT'S HORRIBLE TRAGEDY
. C. KROUT FOR FORGERY
Police Department Gets War
rant For Arrest of Krout
Charged With Raising $200
Check to $1,200 and Cash
ing It at American National
Bank Want Him After
He Serves Out Sentence Im
posed in Gaston Court.
Chief nf Police J.
yefterday from Chief
Kichmond, a warrant
i Walter '. Krout on c
I:. Orr r. ceicd
C. A. Mi. r v. of
for t he a rr- st of
urges of forgery.
1 In a letter accompanying the warrant
; Chief Sherry stated that he understood
Krout had been tried and convicl-. here
' for forgery and wanted 111.- warrant to
serve a-i u detainer for Krout when he
j h.lil completed t!ie sentence imposed by
j the local court.
j The American National Hank in liich-
"ion i
moni was tlie victim nt Krout s game.
so gave as aliases the names' of 1.
B. Dame, M. B. Daniels and Ben Hob
erts. Tho offence- with which Krout was
charged in Richmond was tlie raising of
a -t'L'UO check to .-fl.L'Otl, and cashing it.
Kurt her details of the Baltimore-affairs
in which Krout figured have also been
received by the police department.
two hundbedTekrFll
Local Sunday School Workers
Begin Week's Work Under
Auspicious Circumstances
Splendid Faculty of Six
Here Classes Meet Night
ly. Two hundred or ;o;.r - Sun I
. lu-nl
irkcrs gathered at Main Sue-t M.th
' church Sun, lav aficnii.oii at
i - for the organization meeting i
the (. it Cfasionia Training Scl:o
for Sun sclriol v.orke-s which will
continue through this wed;. Mr. .1. II.
Sep.-uk presided and tuned the inciting
over to Mr. (). V. Wooh v, it- ' I s- cr.-tarv
l of the Western North ureliu.-i Coi-.f-r
! once, who is to lie director of tin- sde t.
; He introduced Mr. M. W. Brabham. --f
; Nashville, Teiin., who mi.de a'i cxe- P- nt
address oil the imp i t;-iie.- of liainin;;
the young life of the i.atMii in ti e t
direction.
Following Mr. Hrabh.ni's aid'-',,
i vera I classes were organized a a I t he .'
; will meet for the tir-.t regain-- sois:en ,:t
I 7:l."i o'clock this evening. .Meetings will
be held nightlv through tins v.e- k aat
I 7:1" a u I continuing till with a lo
I minute devotional period from s:i." to
:L'o. The fa-.nlty is mm pose I of Mr.
' Brabham, Mr. Charles Van N-ippi n,
: Mrs. W. M. Waiker. K. v . J. .1. Ui --.
Miss Anna M. ilan.-'n and lie-.. Kmne t
Hightower.
Last niglii Mr. BrabhSm gave an in
teresting itlustrate-l lecture
-lO'A 1 ni
nmett.inr t 1. un-l( l.ein.f ,l..i-.- in S-i'e.
day school activities over the comitrv.
Sunday s.hool winkers from sdio--ls of
'all denominations are invite I to attend
these i -'asses. The tticllltv i or.-- of i
! ports and the mi-IiooI afl'or-i.. a-i i j i
1 t unity which is not often en.ioM 1 !-.-1
Sun-lay school workers.
HARDING ORDERS RECEPTION
TO OHIOANS POSTPONED
(Bv The Associated
WASH fNi ;T( A, .I.i ii . :
I'res--
--.)
I).
in W
tug
-ing
' t here is
ton today,
announced
tonight at
Washing! o
to meet iu
President
so much
-f grief
" rresideiit liar
iio-tiiom nu lit of
: nig ;.nt iv
a 1 it. l ,! ; oi
e at which
- I i I ' I Were
bir'hd.iv of '
the W
."hit
b-t:
a r sident
olis rvam
McKmlev
of (Ho
of the
The president
Ailes. chairman
in
lettc
to Milton 1'
aria i.gemi i. ' -
.t
th.
committees aid :
"While I have ieoU-l f
most ngreeab!-' ant!"--ip.-tion
ccption to be given tonight
Society, af which wr- were
happily remll th- memory
or-.vard with
1o ibe r- -by
the Ohio
to meet and
of the hit-
President McKiulev. I
t hat we would In st a n:
Ulli-it but feel
r ail our incli
nations if the reception w.-r post poin-il .
There is so much of grief in Washing
ton today, so nm-li of -j-rr-iw atlcn-ltng
the Knicki rboeki r theatre disaster. Hint
I shou'd prefer to ndt a social affair
while Washington is sufl i-ring from the
pn-si-nt shock.
"It is especially lu'eoming, as you
have suggested, to have the Ohio Socie
ty take note of its own particular shar
in the gna rorrow. and the caucel'ation
will In- a befitting -pr. ?sinn of 1h"
grief which has come fhriugb
and death to menils rs and value
a cident
1 friends
of the society.
DECIDES SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
WASIUXOTOX, Jan. a. The Su
preme Court today derided the lioundary
disputc jM-tweeu Georgia nd South C'ar
olirm," holding that where there ttre no
islands in the river tho line shall he mid
way between th the two statm at nor
mal flow stage and tLat wbere there are
islands the Hue shall be midway be-,
tweeu the islands and the So'ith (.Caroli
na -Shore. The islands in the Chnttaaga
j river were awarded to (Aurjia.
7
BOWED IN GRIEF WHEN FULL EXTENT
!: ffi ijt "? $ j;; -U Kf -"Jj :It v
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALENDAR
Monday:
.! p. m. Brick plant aub-comrr.it-tee
.
4 p m. Ca3t;n Ccur.ty Fair As30-
tiai.on .
7:-J p. m Community Chorus.
1 utfday :
4 p m Depailment of Traffic
and Tiaasp'irtaiion Affairs.
:
:
I
7:. 10 p m - Chamber of Com-
meuc G!cc Ciuh
8:.0 ) :n - Community Chorus.
Vedncsday :
7:30 p. m Textile Supei intend-
cnts: .
Tauisday:
4 p in. Bj.ud of Directors.
5 p m Cemmunity Service play
rch"?arral
7:.i0 p. m Pythian Band.
Friday:
4 p m -Gi:l Scouts.
7:.:o p. m. Chamber of Commeice
Cic-C' Club.
8:30 p. ri Community Chorus.
v v :- tf t v ?
LOYAL SUPPORT OF
CITY'S HUSIC LOVERS
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L'el tie :i-l.'int;me ut' thit
week- of
reul musiciil tre;it.
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGER STATION AT
DANVILLE IS DESTROYED
I Wv'il.l li. 'A.. Jan. '!. The
yo,:heni b:ii:wav n.-- iiyei -tati-m was
d.-sl roveti l-v tir.- at ."i ii 'clock thi- morn-
my with a I
I uii-liiio -.n--i:i
-acin- t-
of abfiit .ftii t,ii o.
riittel, firemen hiu-ci
The
ed ing
oflicc
a-l. Miming express
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starte-l from elec
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a rapidity which
1
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thn
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and I
when
lit 111
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;id to dig (oil the tire
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of mail.
I'll
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ote.l t h'-i r ff or' - t -.i
o'lice. Main- avxi--tv U-ing
s containers -e n ra I a ids
I e wa' Is a re ,-tn-lirs t in?
i.i and will !;ao to he re
ii.g th. -
pr.
felt tor h
aw. -iv Wl
!e
hull
iiug I- a
iiiint.
I...
dav '
and I
road
i" enii
of
1. 11 1 V-'
( "it i;
i -1
a!
kt
Hg'iiV "'
dint of
::,pi.er-
:t " ' the .-'
laird work
ni.. wa-
et r.-ir tr
of tanks an.
reume I thi
I 1
:. It
t!
a - i ii:;
a e- in.-.
rapidly and the
i- In ing hourly
pen; -! t
lliiliirn. -The
m.
from the
l.ae done
laid a-; I :
a or (Holts to dis'odge i;
-itril car tracks :i'ipear to
-i noil- ! "iiaue to the recently
tic paving on Main sir-ct.
WORI
D WAR VETER N
CANNOT BE FOUND
i: UKSTEK.
Edwnr-I ti. Ma
veteran w ha r- ee,
pita here fir-tn an
who vi-st.'i -lav" a
N . V .
J;
11.
!.-ard. tie-
it I ' reci.vel
att:i--k of
-k.d i-oli-i
-..oi Id war
d in a low
in. in sia ii'i-l
ai-l in re
could not
i-overii.g his-l isch
1 i'i''1
te found today.
At b'-'-l ( ro-.s lii-.-. !.piarter it was said
that yi s'. r-Iay Shepp.ird w-k- d for nioii
ry to pay his passage to Baltimore. He
said Ids bride, who left R-'x-hexf er on Fri- j
day eight with her sister, for Peters- j
burg, Va .. hcrf ormer home, h-id wired j
him to ni.-et lu-r at the Y. W. t". A.
there. The tiffire declined to furujsh
him with fun-is.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, cloody tonight; Tues
day unsettled, probably raia ia west aadi
south portions. , 4
CHORUS MOST HAVE
Three-fold Investigation Of The
Collapse Of Theater Roof Has
Been Ordered By Authorities
Brigadier General Bandholtz Says It Might Be
24 Hours Before It Could be Definitely Said
There Are no More Dead or Injured in Wreck
age - Most of Dead Are Still in Basement of
Christian Church - Search of Debris Continued
Through Night and Day by Forces of Volun
teer Workers - Exact Number in Theater
When Steel and Concrete Span of Roof Buck
led and Fell Under Its Three-Foot Load of
Snow Probably Never
CAPPER INTRODUCES RESOLU
TION TO INVESTIGATE DISASTER
(By Tim Aaaoiritttea t'rciin.1
WASHIN'dTON, Jam luvcsti-K.-ition
ut' tin- Knickerbocker theater di
iistcr liy n r-cnutc t-iiinmittci- is proponed
in :i renihitinu introilincil today h.v Scii
titiu Cajipcr, Kepiililyie.'in, Kauis, a
m-iiilier of tho tienato DUtrict of l.'uluni
1 ia Kimmittcc. Under tho rule! the reso
lution vt.-iH referred ti the au-lits nn-l
cmiti'.-l committee.
ttupjiort int; the retdlulion, .jetiator
Kii'lini;liuyHen, Itepulilic.-in, Xow Jersey,1
said the inveHtigati-iii should ho n ,
' widespread nm- of the entire District1
jfuwi iiiiicnt, ' ' addiii); that he kiiciv from
pcr-Mial knunl.-ilne that many Injildins
in Uahintiin wore- "tiro trap" which;
miiit at ay time cost scorces of lives."
' ! think the timo his come whi n tome
e-.iiiinit lei; of ('oii(;r.-M should lc ap
pnnile 1 in inquire into the whole suli-ii-et
i f tlie enforcement of laws in the
l'i-iiriet of Columliia. " Senator Kr lin-
i. n -.-ii divlari'd. For one thing there;
i- .i !.iity of tiatli.' hiws ,-ind their ml
iniiii-tratinii."
I' w:n stated that the nudits commit-1
tie planned Pi act to-lay on the Capper;
n -ii.u! ion, which follows:
" '. h- n-as. the tragedy at the Knick-,
Mini, ker ttlietaler last Mntnrday evening'
r. iiilti -I in tin- death of 1 i citiem mid .
the -, riou.t injury of many others, has
profoundly .-.hocked the people of Wash-;
ii. ion an 1 tin- oi.tirc nation; and, j
' In ie;i.s, the explanation tlml snow,'
alt hough
uas the
the roof
ali-l.
of I
traordinary (piautity.
chief cunt,
appeals t-
of
the col lapse (if
unsatisfactory ;
" W in re: s, it is currently reported
that .nil tact. n s and builders, especially
during and since the world war, have
ignored, evaded or treated lightly the
rules mid regulations provided in the
I. ui!. ling code of flu- District of ('ahiiii
le:i, i spi cia liy those sections which make
mandatory ptovision for assurance a-L-ainst
sii.-ii a terrible calamity as has
just oecit-. red ; and,
"When as, it ha b. en persist iitlv
rumored that contractors and buildeis
-a ti lioiue I I i save money on tin- t ie.
lion of I'.'M.letices and building stun
t'ir.M have acted in collusion with in
-.-.'o'- of buildings cinidoyed by the
Iii-' i i-t of ( 'sdiimbia ; and,
"Whereas, it is the imperative ! ill of
tne Senate of the I'jiited Sttates to
kao-.v all tiie fals relating to this in
(Xciisalde tragedy rind also to learn
what, if any. truth there is i-i the re-
! atel assertions that tic- safetv a I'd
h-ai!
d.-nt
b- en
of thoiiKinds of citi.eiis and re.-i-of
the District of Coluinbia have
leopar-li.ed bv the actions of care
-s contract ors, builders and building m-
e-'tori.
" Ib-solve.l. th.1t the Knate t'niimit-
on the District of Columbia, be and
reby is authorized and directed to
make a s. a r. h inr; investigation into the
Knii ki rbot kcr tragedy, including the
operations of builders, contractors and
building inspectors. espiciaMv in relation
to s'rtiet ires erected during and nince
the world war.
"Itcs.dvc-l: Tlia! the commit te.- be
authorized to employ such exm-rt and
usher help as may in its- judgment be
iie-ihil to obtain all the facts connected
ni'h this disaster.
" lb solve-1 : That the exner.se of the
investigation be defrayed from the cun
; ingent fuu-1 of the United States Se
nate. ' '
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Cotton
t u-! f
tures closed steady.
.Ii.lv I.Tfi-l-f.
Manli 16.14
(Motor 13.24 :
I May 1.V91
lVeember 13.10.
TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET
Cotton Seed
.....45c
....... 16ic
Strict ta Good
Middling
IS REVEALED
Will Be Known.
(l(v Tho AssoeiatfHl Press.')
WAHUN I'OX, .Inn. .it). With a to
tnl of 1"7 d.ad an-l liid injured removed
from the ruim of the Knickerbocker mo
tion picture theater, up to an early hour
today, the rescuers wen; still struggling
with the heavy vvrek.'iKu left -when tho
siio-.v -laden ronf of tile utructuro collap
sed during the sho.ving of a comedy fca-tu.-e
bill Saturday niht. Brigadier ien
eial I'.iiiihollz, c.mmandant ot Fwleral
troops in th District, iii personal charjro
of the rescue work, :iid it might lw an
other -I hours In-fore it could bo definite
ly .said there were no moro dead or in
jured iu the wrotk.-iKo of twisted steel
and coiicreto which remained to be clear
id away of tho mass that was 'hurled
doivi. without waruiiiK on thte pleasure-
xei'kniK hundreds below.
It was believed, however, that the sec
tion iiitv. beiiij explored -would yield few
ad-lit ioi,s to the awful list of dead nnH
injury, it bein ne;r tho rear and under
Die a i ter part of tho balcony which hold
up when tin- f,-oiit of it crashed down
to the tiua'er pit under tho impart of thn
fait 1 1-;; roof. A party of the rescuers
early today hud been Ktrugglins for
I' ours
v r.'c kv
belii i
pris-oii
t v ix
' '1 li ¬
t i r I
e from the parat of the
ivui-j overt uriieil ono tnsn
yet, alive, although im
t ho mass for nearly thir-
ce II iw
I to Ii,
d in. -I-T
miirs.
jre.it. vv
ight of the steel beams
;i'i l .
roof
o.i-Tcte which crashed with the
l ave iu in ir.y instances made tho
of vi-liiiis slow and tedious.
i esc ue
Ta- dipital
today t-j h-,.1
traced.-, with
vester-lav and
(ity was -bowed in grief
n the full extent of the
the recover' of victims
hi.-t night. This was tho
naire
conn!
1-er i
tr-.p!
iii-ait
hint
r. i -.v
intensely shared by the rest of the
y bcenu- of th:; considerable num
.isit. rs who suffered in the catas
I'resiu. nt Harding, in a state-
la-
t night, said the tragedy had left
tie "game inexpressible sor
e!i Ian onto to all of 'JVashing
I which will be sympathetically
v, ': I
whi
!:r
t in in-;
t lire.
.' ., id
hout the land.
fold investigation of the
iii cuuiJtances of tlie collauso
tn. a '. r roof wan in prospect to
la a.l.lition to an exhaustive in
ordered by the board of comtuis
s ot th;. District and another to
r'- d immcilii'telv by the grand jury
iter (
Sciiaf
poor, ot Kansas, a member of
District of Columbia commit-
aim. line
ma eii".
lint as soon as the Sen
w.nild introduce a resolu-
at
tl.'ll
tragi
a n I
I li
tea:; ling t.-r nu investigataion of the
'! he Senator suid he had re-i-oi's
that the building codo of
t .': h.'el b- eti violated in more
few ill-stances during the rush of
Di.
n-tru -tio'i resulting from the rapid in-
cl ea s
pollination here alter the war
I '.d.ir.'tion
lid.vai-t
11.
s-ihaughnespy, sceon-J as-
i-f:i!lt pes
mollg tile i
jured. was
to la y at tl
I'.tister general, who -wa a
urteen listed as seriously in-
ttii making a fight for life
Walter Heed ho.r)ital. His
wife and two
jured, bat le-t
iiighters alse "were in-
;o iiPitoiK.'y, Among
ttios" prominent on the list Of rieaa as
1 it stood was former Representative A. J.
Peirchtiehl, formcriy of IMttsburgh. and
! Mrs'. Virginia FarramU sister of Minis
ter Bi n! hi, of Guatemala. Most of the
I'e.i-l still lay early today in the base-im-iit
of the nearby tliristian Science
chur-ii to which they were removed for
identification. Many of the fatally in
jured also were taken there,' , later to
swell the tutal of victims.
The death toll from the Knickerbock
er, heater disaster of Saturday night was
brought to DS today with the death in
a li'ts'pital of Miss Mary A. Forsyth, a
n sident of Washington. '
Hy daybreak this morning the searcb
ers had explored almo&t every portion of
j the debris- strewn structure without find-'
: ing any niore bodies; The' list of deal .
still remained at ,107 and it was to
. lieved that any addition jtouM omo
rn the iist of mjiuetl, several oi.
whom were in a serums condition.
Colonel Claries Keller, V. S. A en
gineer
coniinissione'r of the District or
t olumbia, took eharge of the force at
the theater sito as theniilitsry gave war
to the civilian forces.' Marines Tn-h, t
totbe theater a few hour uf' -r t' .
Ci'ash Paturday night -wrero m ;
(CuuUuuod ta pa 2-)
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