Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1922, Page 14

FOUDINABUNDANCE REPORTED N CITY Danger of Serious Shortage Due to Storm Passes as Traffic Improves. ‘There is plenty of foodstuff in the District and no fear of a shortage in this line should be entertained, ac- cording to food dealers and railroad officials. A prominent wholesale grocer stated he had made a canvass of a number of the chain stores and also inde- pendent stores in the city today and had learned from each that they have a good supply of food products on their shelves. In the wholesale gro- cerles also there are large supplies of stocks. Railway Conditions Improve. Following up this information, he got into communication with rallroad of- ficials and received information from them that the freight shipments that have been tied up are beginning to come in and that within a day or so everything in the way of freight shipments will be rolling in on sched- ule time. It was s of the Pe sTeatest ti ted at the freight office <vlvania radlroud that the up in freight shipments has been between Washington and Baltimore, but that some cars came in this morning, and reports along the line indicated that all will be moving before nightfall At the Baltimore and Ohio railroad freight office a similar report was made. Freight shinments from the south were a little slow coming in to- day, it was stated, due to the snow. There is not much perishable freight at this time of the year, s said, and the food products from that di- rection are not depended upon to any great extent by the merchants here. Plenty of Milk Arriving. There is a plentiful supply of milk in the city, it was reported by several of the leading dairies today. Al- though the milk shipments that come fn by the railroads are for the most part tied up, it was stated truck loads of milk and cream have come into the District from nearby points in Mary- land and Virginia. “There is plenty of milk and the public need have no fear of a short- age,” said prominent d er. BALTIMORE SLOWLY EMERGES FROM SNOW Train Service Near Normal and Bay Partially Opened—Schools Closed Until Wednesday. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., January 30.— Baltimore and its suburbs today were slowly digging themselves free of the snow biockade which had paralyzed local transportation facilities = for nearly two days. The Iroads re- ported a return to virtually normal condi sterday and the ice in the b public_schools were or- s d until Wednesday, await- ing a plete return of street car service Snow fell continuously from 7 pm. Friday to 6 a.m. yesterday, with a total - precipitation 265 inches. oll of only one life so the blanket of snow pped practically every ilo it took Similar conditior tidewater countie reported completely heavy snowtall. 450 MEN ATTACK | SNOW IN STREETS Downtown Section Will Be Cleared Up Tomorrow—Lack | of Help Causes Worry. | More than 450 men, armed with shovels, are today busily engaged in! clearing the snow from the streets in the downtown section of the city and it is expected by the superintendent of the street cleaning department that the prominent downtown thor- oughfares will be fairly clean of snow by noon tomorrow. No expense will be spared by the District in removing the snow and everything within the power of the street cleaning department is being done to expedite matter: Business Section First. First attention being given to F and G streets be of their dou- car lines ir narrowness. 1o depar < unxious to open these thoroughfares without delay so as to permit the resumption of traffic. nd gutt in the down- are today being cleared, sings at the more con- of the c sioners wetting prevailed in the . where roads were blocked by the All erc town sing ion o cro ted corne e Commi more about disturbed ent labor ar suttic to curry out this work than they are the cost thatt will necessarily be in- volved. The money for cleaning snow taken from the general street aning fund. of wkich there is re- ining today $110,000 to carry on treet cleaning until June 30 next. However, the Commissioners have been wred by Representative Mad- den, chairman of the House appro- priations committee, that he will see to it that they are given an emer- gency if it is found nece 3 Mr. dden discussed the matter with the Engineer Commissioner to- day and he needed no persuasion in the matter. He readily agreed that it is imperative that the snow be cleared without consideration of the ppropriation Wash Snow Down Sewers. Many of those engaged in the w clearing used reels of hose, hich they attached to fire hydrants nd with which they flushed the sewers into which the snow is being dumped It is beyond the powers of the de- partment to start work on the out- Iving districts before another day or so. In the meantime, the Com- missioners have appealed to the citi- zens to aid in the general work by i from he gutters in and in front of the sewers in their respective blocks. “This will afford the melting snow an opportunity to run off through the sewe REPRESENTED TRADE CLUB. W. Mortimer Crocker, who was killed in the Knickerbocker collapse, was the Washington representative of the World Trade Club of San Fran- 0. Calif, and the American Metric ation of New York. He was twenty-five years old, tho son of Mr. and Mrs William Q. Crocker of Wash N He is survived by a Anderson Crocker, et northw His funeral establisii- oise A. J. BARCHFELD, Former representative from Penn- sylvania, 1845 Calvert street. VINSON W. DAUBER, 1800 Belmont road. _— X-RAYS TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES Status of Victims at Emergency Hospital Will Not Be Known Until Tonight. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. O, MONDAY, .JANUARY 30, 1922.' SOME OF THE VICTIMS OF THE KNICKERBOCKER THEATER DISASTER THOMAS R. BOURNE, 1430 K street. HARR i Evpie s PRpYD LEWIS STRAYER, 1837 Calvert street. MRS. C. GEARHART, 1868 Columbin road. MISS M. L. FLEMING, 1861 Wyoming avenue. LONG AIDED RELIEF. Mrs. Marie H. Smith Was 70 Years of Age When Death Overtook Her. Mrs. Marie H. Smith of 1813 Colum- bia road, one of the victims of the theater disaster, was seventy years old and came here from San Francisco Extent of the injuries of many ofover twenty years ago. twenty-six theater victims now at Emergency Hospital will not be defi- nitely established until late this after- noon, when X-rays of wounds will be developed and studied by the surgeons at the institution. Until these examinations are com- pleted a technical_diagnosis of all in- juries sustained by the men, women and children at this hospital cannot be given, it was stated today.- Some of those who appear to be only slight- Iy injured may have serious internal complications which 'h@ X-ray photo- graphs will disclose, while the opposite State of affairs may be found to exist pther cases, It was said. I P Brobably be 7 o'clock tonight befqre the diagnoses have been com- pleted. It is possible that a number of operations will be necessary from the disclosures, officials asserted. Several of the injured who were taken to Emergency Hospital have been sent to their homes, as their wounds were not considered serious. Two died at the hospital. They were Miss Elizabeth Jeffries and Oskar G. Kanston. -—————— WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. Ernesto Natiello Had Been Orches- tra Leader Three Months. Srnesto Na!iello,h lc;ader of txhc ickerbocker orchestra, was in- :‘l::l‘l(er:;llled by the fall of the roof. He was leading the music at the time and was crushed under the falling mass. For three years he was di- rector of the Strand orchestra, dt Louisville, Ky, and had been in charge of the Knickerbocker Theater for only three months. His wife was in the audience at the time, but escaped with slight injuries She was accompanied by Vincent Dan- ®er, son of Mrs. Anna Dauber of 1800 Belmont street, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Natiello made their home. Young Dauber was so badly injured that he died soon after at Garficld Hospital. Mrs. Natiello was partially buried in_ the debris and severely bruised. She was rescued alive and taken to her home, only to learn of the death of her husband. The body of Mr. Natiello will be taken to Louis- ville for burial. _— COLORADO RIVER HEARINGS. Open hearings by the Colorado river commission will be held somewhere in the Colorado river basin in about a month, Secretary Hoover announced to- She had been prominent in relief movements for many years, having been vice president of the California State Association, president of the Women’s Relief Corps of Burnside Post, G. A. R, and a member of benevolent societies of the L O. O. F. She_is survived by a daughter, Mrs. H. W. Van Senden, with whom she made her home. THREE FROM GEORGIA. Victor Sturgis and G. S. Freeman Killed—Miss Upshaw Loses Limb. Victor Sturgis, onc of those killed, was the son of Guy Sturgis of Augusta, Ga., a deputy sheriff of Richmond county: another of the dead was G. Sidney Freeman, formerly of Rome, Ga., while. Miss Caroline Up- shaw, whose leg was amputated after she was rescued, was an Atlanta woman, the niece of Representative Upshaw of Gefrgia. Young Sturgis was a Student at Georgetown Uni- versity and Freeman was a member of the Knickerbocker Orchestra. MRS. McKINNEY INJURED. {Removed From Emergency Hospital to Home This Morning. Mrs. Helen C. McKinney of 1804 Ver- non street, who is employed in the insurance ‘department of the District, was one of those injured in the dis: aster. She was removed from Emer- gency Hospital to her home this morning. Mrs! McKinney has several ribs fractured, one of her ankles frac- tured and also is suffering from bruises. She was sitting in the bal- cony when the roof fell, and, With others, was thrown to the orchestra, being buried under a mass of debris. She stated she did not know how long she remained in the place, as she fainted a short time after the roof fell and did not regain conscious- ness for some time after. ——— Canada’s Pulp Exports. MONTREAYL, January 30.—Canadian pulp and paper exports in December, 1921, were valued at $10,325,533, com- pared with $14,612,083 in December, 1920. Newsprint and all classes of fpulp show increases in volume over last year, however, despite decreased values. The United States took the Sreater part of all exports, MISS MARY ETHEL ATKINSON, 2233 1Sth street. ERNEST NATIELLO, Orchestra leader, 1800 Belmont road. MISS ELIZABETH JEFFRIES, 1767 Massachusetts avenue. MRS. CHARLES M. WESSON, 1521 Belmont road. H. G. KNEESI, 5501 Colorado avenue. STAR DISTRIBUTION LAUDEDBY PATRONS Many Sections Report It Was the Only Local Paper De- livered Yesterday Morning. Although delivery of The Sunday Star yesterday morning was greatly hampered by the storm and the de- lay in printing owing to holding up the presses for the latest possible re- turns on the Knickerbocker Theater disaster, The Star is being congratu- lated today from many parts of the city on the number of papers that' were circulated despite the handicaps encountered. Many sections of the city report that The Star was the only Wash- ington paper delivered vesterday morning. On thé other hand, there were certain sections of the city where, regrettably, it was found im- possible to make deliveries, notably Chevy Chase and other outlying areas where the young boy carriers were unable to break through the snow to reach the homes of their “customers.” No Complaints From Subscribers. There have been no complaints from readers who failed to get their. copy or from those whose paper arrived late. The general feeling through- out the city seems to have baen that in the few inaccessible homes, that were missed the paper was not ex- pected to arrive, and many of those who received their paper late have expressed their surprise that it ar- rived at all Most comprehensive plans had been formulated by the circulation depart- ment Saturday night to make certain that every delivery would be made promptly Sunday morning. Scores of extra automobiles were secured to as- ‘W. C. McKIMMIE, Burlington Apartments. {PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER DISASTER AT THEATER President Harding issued the fol- lowing statement on the Knick- erbocker Theater disaster: “I have experienced the same as- tounding shock and the same in- expressible sorrow which has come to all Washington, and which will be sympathetically felt throughout the land. If I knew aught to say to soften the sorrow of hundrgds who are suddenly bereaved, if could say a word to cheer the maimed suffering, I would gladly do it. The terrible tragedy, staged in the midst of the great storm, has deeply depressed all of us and left us wondering about the re- volving fates.” _— ROOFS FALL ON T STREET. Frame House in Anacostia Also Uncovered. A row of frame houses, from 1764 to 1780 T street, and also a frame house in Anacostia collapsed yesterday as a result of the heavy snow on the roofs. The houses on T street, all occu- pied by colored families, were badly damaged, but the occupants had got- ten out before the roofs fell. In Ana- costia the house occupied by Julia Mills, at 2573 Nichols aveénue, col- lapsed. The occupants, however, had been forewarned and left before the roof caved in. Inspector Sullivan, acting chief of police, 1ast night sent word to the police’ captains to. have members of their command call attention of jani- tors of apartment houses or other places where there is a flat roof to re- move the snow to prevent any of them' from falling in because of the extra weight. Ll COURT RECESS. The Supreme Court today took a recess until February 27. This is the regular February recess, during which the court prepares opinions in cases which have been argued during ments had volunteered to aid the car- 2 s t sist the regular fleqt and almost the.- entire office force from all depart- MME. VIRGINTA FARAUD, Sister of Guatemalan minister. COL. CHARLES COWLES TUCKER, 2117 Connecticut avenue. MRS. C. C. TUCKER, 2117 Connecticut avenue. MRS. JOHN L. WALKER, 2109 18th street. A. G. ELDRIDGE, 1733 20th street. riers in_bucking the snow with their heavy Sunday loads. - Unforeseen Causes of Delay. Because of the theater disaster the regular city home edition, which was delayed to incorporate the latest news, was hours late in getting started . where ordinarily time would have been allowed to cope with the weather conditions. To hamper fur- ther the route agents, the entire news department of The Star, which was counted on to help facilitate the de- livery, was kept at work throughout the night and Sunday morning in cover- ing the great catastrophe. Owing to tie-ups along railroad lines, most of the out-of-town de- liveries were found impossible. The districts fed by the Pennsylvaniaand Baltimore arsy Ohio trains were sup- plied with Sunday papers,.but, since there were no -trains running south, subscribers in Virginia and certain other sections necessarily had to be omitted. —_— FUNERAL NOT ARRANGED. Arrangements for the funeral serv- 1ces for Wyatt C. McKimmie, eighteen- year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. O. A. M. McKimmie of the Burlington, have not yet been arranged. Young McKimmie, who was also known as “Jack,” was a student at George Washington University and was recognized as one of the most popular young men in his class. Dr. McKimmie said today that from the condition of ‘his body, it appeared that ‘death had come upon him in- [ DOUGLAS HILLYER, 2021 Hillyer place. C. C. BRAINERD, Viee president Gridiron Club. MRS. C. C. BRAINERD. BARRis - Ewike ] JOHN L. WALKER, 2109 1Sth street. SCHOOLS GLOSED; OPEN TOMORROW Commencement Exercises at Two High Schools Are Postponed. All publlic schools in the District were closed today while the janitors and engineers cleaned the heavy snow from the roofs of the buildings. Hundreds of children who were un- aware of the closing order plowed thelr way through the snow to their respective schools only to be sent back to their homes. The schools will be open tomorrow, it ‘was definitely announced this af- ternobn by the authorities. It was pointed out that the heat in the buildings has not been turned off, and the cars on virtually all the lines will be running by tomorrow morning, so there is no need to keep the schools closed for a longer period. Closing of the schools caused the postponement of the mid-year com- mencement exercises scheduled for today at the Western High School and the Columbia Junior High School. The exercises at Western will be held tomorrow morning at 11:30" o'clock, and at the Columbia Junior High School tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Miss Cecil B. Norton, general di- rector of the community center de- partment of the public schools, an- nounced today that all the community centers will be closed tonight on ac- count of. the closing of the schools. Special ‘programs arranged for tonight in the centers will be held in the future. s e DEAD IN ORCHESTRA. Threg Players at Knickerbocker Theater Killed. Members of the Knickerbocker Or- chestra felt the full force of the crash. Leader Natiello was killed instantiy, Oresto Natiello, his brother, lost his arm at the shoulder, and Joseph W. Beal of this city and G. Snyder Free- man, violinists, of South Bend, Ind., ‘were killed. . All the others in attendance were cut and bruised by falling concrete and debris. The orchestra was short seven of its members, tie-up. who had been kept away by inability to reach the theater because of the railroad 13 0., GGG TSELF 00T FROM UNDER HEAVY SNOWFALL Conditions Slowly Returning to Normal—Traffic Being * Re-Established. Under bright sunshine, which con- trasted strangely with the gloom of spirit overshadowing the city as result of the theater tragedy, Wash- ington today continued to dig itself out of the twenty-seven inches and more of snow which covers all as the result of the great storm. Danger of hunger passed away rallroads began o resume nor: schedules at Union station, while traffic over street car lines of tb city i8 being gradually r though it is not expected lines will ion morrow ni Falr Weather to Continue. The weather bLureau i d a pre- diction of continued fair tonight und tomorrow, with no expectation of cipitation’ unti thirty-six hours. 1In the meantime is being made by the muni individuals to ciear the cit cumbering snow Especial attention today throughout ti the heavy snow off reports were circul city today that various build crashed in, but inves nothing more than unt at lea was being a fallen water last night rai of laborers at work at va along their line Soldiers Clear Snow. morning was made by the railroad officials for the aid of soldiers to assist the small force of laborers in clearing the sno from the tra Union station and out throu ards. A short time later se soldiers hovels in About the onl iced last night ards was from ous poi ipeal removing th inconvenienc in the terminal switches becoming clogged with snow. This was soon remedied, and for the most part everything ran at normal The greatest blockade to the pas- senger trains was between Wask ton and Baltimore. At some it was stated there were high d of snow which tovk some time to re move before the trains could get through. At noon to the trains of the and Pennsylvania ning on time, from the south stated that Baltimore and Ohio Iroads w that the r were gradually get ting back to schedule tim It is thought that before nightfall all of the trains operating in and out of the Union station will be on schedule time. Not All Car Lines Open. Traffic over the street railway is gradually being resumed, althouxh it is not expected all of the lines w be cntirely cleared of the snow Lef tomorrow night. At the office of the Capital Traction Company it was reported cars wi being operated today over the Navy Yard and Georgetown lines, and out l4th street to Colorado aver Bevond Colorado avenue the Toud had not been opened. The Tth s line was operating from the barn South Washington to 1ith and U streets. The Florida avenue line from Sth and F streets northeast to Tth stre and Florida avenue was not in opera tion, while the line from 1ith and ( streets to the Chevy Chase loop at the Calvert Street bridge also wus closed, as was the New Jersey ave- nue line to the Union Station. The 8th and F streets line was open today and all the lines of the Capital Traction Company to the Union § tion were being operated, with the gxception of the New Jersey avenue ine. nes It was stated it expected the iChevy Chase line from the Calve Street bridge loop would be open this evening. W. R. & E. Lines. On the Washington Railway Electric roads the Georgetown and Mount Pleasant lines were in operation {today. A shuttle car was being operated on 9th street from the wharves to Sth street and New York avenue. The 11th stry line as far south as 11th and F streets, also was in_operation. and i Efforts were being made today to {open the Columbia line from 15th | street ana X avenue north- {west to 15th reets northeast It is expccted the 9th street . will also be in operation this ning. The North Capitol street is still tied up and it is not known how soon cars will be operated there. The suburban line cars are at a stndsti and it was not stated just how soon the cars will be able to operate. The Georgia avenue line was com- pletely tied up and patrons of that line walked to 1th street and used the Capital Traction line to g downtown today. As a result the c pacity of the cars of that company were taxed. The bus line operating out 16th street did a thriving busines: v as well as yesterday in _carrying passengers to the section of the city traversed by the vehicles THREE FROM ONE HOME. Practically Entire Family Wiped Out in Disaster. Practically an entire wiped out in the Ki Theater disaster when family was kerbocker the father, sister and brother of Robert M. Flem- ing of the utomobile firm of Ster- rett & Fleming were kill t the Fleming home today, 1861 Wyoming avenue, it was said nothing would be given out concerning the three dead. Thomas Fleming was the father of Miss Mary Lee Fleming, John I ]Flemlng and Robert M. Fleming. All except Robert M. Fleming met death in the accident. All the members of . the Fleming family were very well known in Washington, having residsd here all their lives, ——————— MASS FOR G. U. STUDENTS. Requiem mass for Georgetown Uni- versity students who lost their lives in the Knickerbocker crash will be sung Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 10th and G streets northwest. Rev. Father Nevil will conduct the mass, which has been arranged for by the George- town Union, a student orgamization of the university, of which Stanley C. ‘Burke is chairman. Among students who perished when the roof of the theater caved in Sat- urday night were Wilfred Brosseau of North Adams, Mass., and Victor M. Sturgis of Atlanta, Ga., both taking the foreign service course: Dr. James F. Shea and William ?uu, ‘medi- cal students, and Ivan J. White, law school student. SWABIANS TO SING. The Schwaebische Liedergruppe, an ensemble of singers from the Royal Opera, Stuttgart, will give a concert of Swabian folk-songs, etc., at Concord Club Hall, 314 C street, Wednesday evening, 8 pm., for the benefit of its District_relief committee. The Metro- politan Male Chorus of New York will assist with songs in Englisa, Latin and German. The group, ten in number, and each in national costume, is led by Karl the song composer.