Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1922, Page 2

D] * < SELF SOVERNMENT URCED N HOUSE Theater Disaster Pointed to as Argument for Changed D. C. Conditions. Fointing particularly to the Knicl erbocker disaster as a glaring illus- | tration, Representative Breunan of Michigan, in a speech on the floar of the House this afternoan, advo-! cated the greatest possible extension of self-government for the residents of the National Capital. “The people of the District are ¢ titled to a government ol their ow which they can hold respc faflure to perform ufiicial said Representative Brennun. He paid particular attention to the | condition of the streets. pointing out that in his home city of Detroit, with a milion population, nine men take care of the public business. In De- troit, he said.fi a storm such as occurs red here would have been cleared away in twenty-four hours. Urges Central Offiei y c: id “The peopic of the District shouldy have one central official to whom they could make an appeal. and f he was derelict they should have an opportunity to remove him,” said Representative Brennan. g “0s nother iilustration, Mr. Brennan quoted the complaiut of the Comm gloners that they lacked authority to Tope off certain streets for coasting “the children should be allowed to coast and at the same time, it is inhuman ot to grant them and the public gen- | erally protection. Any ciiy ought to have officials with sufficient zuthority 1o act in ch emergencies.” Representative Brennan urged that! local authority should be vested in people responsible to District citizens who could act immediately in an emergency without having to ppeal to Congress and to bother the Senate with @ small local matter when the Senate was supposed 1o be concerned about 2 $10,000,000,000 foreign debt. TRIBUTE IS PAID TO TWO DEAD CORRESPONDENTS Writers Meet in House Press Gal- lery to Honor Brainerd and Strayer. More than 100 Washington corrg- spendents who supply the mews, not o‘:r'y everywhere in the United States, but throughout the world, gathered in the House press gallery today and paid tribute to two associates recog- duties, WAS KILLED INSTANTLY Mrs. Genivieve Mirskey Thought to ‘Have Looked Toward Ceiling as Crazsh Came. Mrs. F. Genivieve Wilson Mirskey, wife of N. Mirskey, conductor of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and the pianist at the Knickerbocker Theater since last August, when she came to Washington, was instantly killed when the roof of the theater | crashed. She. with otbher wembers of the orchestra, was playing for a comedy picture at the time of the disaster and was buried bemeath the steel girders and masonry thet fell into the orchestra pit. An all-night search by her husband and relatives failed to locate her, and it was net until 12 o'clock Sunday that the body was identified &5 that of Nrs. Mirekey t the Christian Seience Church, where it had been taken. The upper part of the body was maimed, which gives rime to the be- lief that Mrs. Nirskey looked toward {the ceiling just as the crash cawme, although it had been reported she crawled beneath the piano, which was instantly demolished, by the falling roor. Mrs. Mirs] ivieve Wilson. was born in Dubois, Pa. about twenty-six years ago. She was graduated from the Villa Maria Conservatory of Music at Erie. Pa. and wus considered by her many fricnds in Pennaylvania and the great number she had made here during her short stay as an accom- plished pianist. She was married to Mr. Mirskey five years ago this menth, having met him when he conducted an orehestra in Dubois. Mrs. Mizskey held the position of ianist in that orchestra, and made eral tours with the organization. Tcr mother, Mrs. C. W. Wilson, with the exception of Mr. Mirskey, is the only survivor. The body . is at prescnt in the undertaking estab- lichment of Tarry L. Slye, 940 F street. where it will remain untii to- morrow morning, when 1t will be taken to Rimersburg, Pa., for inter- ment. GEN. PERSHING CALLED FOR HELP OF SOLDIERS Telephoned Gen. Bandholz to Rush Troops to Enickerbocker From Fort Myer. Secretary Weeks today called on . Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, command- ing the district of Washington, for & detailed report of the services render- ed by Army troops in aiding in the rescue of victims of the collapse of fltle roof of the Knickerbocker The- a2l er. Gen. Pershing, chief of staff, was at the scene of the catastrophe about an hour after it happened and, seelng the urgency of immediate help, tele- phoned Gen. Bandholtz at Fort Myer i ¥, who was Miss Gen- nized as among the most able men of [ to order all available troops at Fort thefr day in_ the gallery, who were|Myer and Washington barracks to killed in the Knickerbocker disaster— ! 18th street and Columbia road at once. Chguncey C. Brainerd, representing: That explains why the soldiers were the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and L. W.|on hand so promptly and able to as- Strayer, representing the Pittsburgh|sist the local police and fire depari- |eration vesterday morning, the Dispatch. The memorial services were in charge of Robert Barry, chairman of the standing committee of correspond- ents. The eulogy of L. W. Strayer was given by Gus J. Karger of the Cincin- nati Times-Star: the eulogy of C. C. Rrainerd. by J. G. Hayden, represent- ing the Detroit News. Mr. Barry ap- pointed Arthur Sinnott of the Newark News and W. W. Jermane of the Seat- tle Times to write formal resolutions for the records of the press gallery on the death of Mr. Brainerd. Harry Hall of the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph was appointed to write resolutions on the death of Mr. Strayer. ‘A funeral committee headed by Arthur Dunn and Mr. Billings was appointed to attend the funeral. This will be accompanied by board of governors of the press sallery and is composed of about thirty of the most intimate friends in the corps of the two deceased mem- hers. The corps also extended felicita- tions to Paul Mixter of the Detroit Rree Press, who, with his wife, es- osped injury in the disaster, and to FHugh Nesbitt of the Kansas City Star, whose son escaped with slight injuries. DRAFT OF NEW REGULATIONS SOON READY (Continued from First Page.) storms such as the one just passed Yvas cited today by Building Inspector Healy. Only a few months ago, he said, new sidewalk sheds were built in front of commission houses on Louis- fana avenue between 9th and 10th streets. Surmising that firemen would walk on these sheds in fighting blazes in that block, Mr. Healy said the roofs were made to stand an additional ‘weight of sixty pounds to the square foot instead of twenty-five pounds usually allowed for snow. This, he said, made the strength of the roof practically eaual to a floor. The building inspector’s office learned today that snow, falling from the roof of the old Bijou Theater, 9th and Louisiana avenue, tore gaps {n the roof of the new sheds. ments so effectively in moving the bodies of the dead and injured from the wreckage and clearing away all debris that impeded the work of res- cuing parties. Secretary Weeks and Gen. Pershing are proud of the services perf by the soldiers under most trying cir- cumsf and want thelr com- mander, Gen. Bandholtz, to make it & matter of official record. When made, the report will be made public by the Secretary of War. MRS. ELDRIDGE BETTER; RELATIVES AT BEDSIDE Body of Husband Started for Home in Sait Lake City. The body of Guy §. Eldridge of 183% Biltmore ~street, brother-in-law of Senator started last night Lake City, his birthplace, in the family lot. He was kilied at the Knickerbocker Theater Saturday Y Mr. Eldridge was a brother of Mrs. Smoot, whose maiden name was Miss Alpha M. Eldridge. He was forty-two years old. Recelving his early educa- :\en in Slll! mm e City, he came east 0 somplete his studies, graduatl from Uclumbia Untversity, New Yo;’lf Before coming to Washington Mr. Eldridge was employed by the Win- chester Arms Company and by the United States Steel Corporation. Three months ago he aeccepted a position with the federal bureau of efaiency. Mrs, Eldridge. who accompenied her husband to the theater, was pinned under debris for several hours. She was_taken to Garflield Hospital. Her. condition is not considered serious. t | the certain word of our Lord Jesus \ = ) -~ s : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.-C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922. KNICKERBOCKER PIANIST {ILLUSTRATING HOV% CLEANLY THE ROOF OF THE KNICKERBOCKER “FELL AWAY FROM THE SIDE WALLS AS IF CUT BY A KNIFE Natiopal Photo. PASTORS INVOKE FAITH AS CITY IS IN SORROW Federation Resolution Expresses Sympathy in Tragedy Which Has Afflicted Many. At 2 meeting of the Pastors’ Fed- ol- lowing_resolutions were adopted: “In the terrible community disaster that has brought death and ml: tune to many homes in this cit. the pastors of the Wuhln‘(cn[ churches. share with inexpressible sympathy in the cOmMmOD SOITOW. Many of those killed and injured were Telated to our churches, thus bring- ing the tragedy very close to all of us.; “La; age loses its power 1o ex- press to those who have been afficted the sense of our deep and tender sym- pathy. There is a sorrow and an af-| fection that “lies too deep for sound or foam. Once again, we are remind- ed that *n the midst of life we are in death. At such a time as this, we cry out of our anguish, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.’ ; “All. our poor, human reasoning fails us; the harsh word of the cynic, |or the told and repellant philosophy {of the materialist but serve to deepen |me mystery and %o involve us in in- penetrable darkness. Inexplicable as are the issues of life, has been given to mankind one word of hope and assurance. It there Christ, who declared Himself to be “The Resurrection and the Life/ the Spokesman of the Eternal Father ‘In Whom we live, and move, and have our being.’ “Where human reasoning fails, faith ‘begins, where the voice of man is si- lent, God utters Himself. The world's tragedies, ts sorrows and its disap- pointments, e but one remedy, and this is forever fixed in a living ;llhi o that in its extremity eries out: He slay me, yet will; 1 trust Him." Sorrow upon sorrow, tragedy upon tragedy, have been visit upon us during these strangely eventful years. “Shall we not hear above all the world's confusions and alarms the voice of God calling each one of us to better ways of living, a finer sense of His Fatherh and a truer ex- common brother- Mrs. E. A. Sh . it -i1n-1 pression of our of Guy 6. Biaridge: reammod o Iy | hood. Thus shall it be true again that morning from her home in Ashland, |we shall be able to say '-h:l'. “These Wis, and visited her daughter in Gar-{dead have not died in vain’ May His fleld Hoepital.. She was met at Union | peace, the peace that passeth all un-; derstanding, be the solace and sustain- ing assurance of our afflicted fellow citizens. "‘WABHIHG‘{"%N FEDERATION OF PASTORS. Charles F. Steck, Harry D. Mitchell, James E. Freeman, station by Mrs. Helen Shores Bavage, a daughter, who reached here yes- terday from Chicago and spent much time with her“Injured sister. Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge occupied ad- joining seats in the theater, and the|By wife knew of her husband’s_death and Capt. Oehmann of the building of-!jong before she was rescu fice expressed bellef that Yt was not{ later, while being treated at Gar- s0 much the weight of the snow as the air pressure accompanying the fmpact that caused the tear in the Toof. SOLON H. BORGLUM DEAD. STAMFORD, -Conn., Solon H. Borglum, an artist of nation- wide renown and head of a school of sculpture here, is dead. After an oper- ation for appendicitis was performed on Saturday it was believed Mr. Borglim would recover, but his powers of re- sistance were lowered by the effects of Pbeing passed while in France duririg the war, and the end came last night. . He was born on December 22, 1868, in ©Ogden, Utah, and was a brother of Gut- zon Borglum, himself a noted sculptor. His five colossal busts of civil war gen- erals, in the Vicksburg National Park, and his statue, ““The Pioneer,, ex- hibited at the San Francisco exposition ir 1915, were among his best kapwn ‘WO 5 CRAIG TO SEE COLLINS. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, January " 31.—Sir James Craig, premier of Ulstef, will visit Michael Collins, head of the Irish provisional government, in the Dublin City Hall on Thursday of this weelk, it was announced today, to resume the conference opened in London re-!erbocker Theater cently, at which an agreement was reached between them on various matters concerning Ulster and Sputh Ireland. It was expected that the railway situation., boundary questions and the position of the workers expelled from Belfast will be discussed. JANITOR'S WORK PRAISED. Oct ment house, 1840 Mintwood place, heaped praise today on Wooedson Jackson, col- work following the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater roof Saturday night. Jackson was cleaning snow from the front of the apartment house ‘when the roof caved in, and immediately ‘went to the scene and worked all night | dance by Columbia Royal in helping to rescue the dead and in- 3 from the debris. He is said to have carried out five bodies. L1170 R, fleld Hospital, it became necessary for the widow to give explicit diree- tions as to the preparation of the body for burial. DESIRES EXPERT INQUIRY. January 31.—{Representative Ryan Introduces Theater Resolution. Charging fn a resolution that the coliapse of the roof of the Knicker- bocker Theater was brought about by alleged faulty construction and that the horror would not have happened had there been proper supervision and inepection, Representative Ryan, re- publican, of New York yesterday asked for a prompt investigation by Congress. The Ryan fesolution calls for the employment of a committee of a competent architect, engineer and practical builder to make a report to Congress. The resolution cjaims that the same conditions exist to a certain extent at other theaters and public buildings in Washington. —_— BODIES TAKEN HOME. iMr. and Mrs. Lehmer on Way to Mt. Vernon, N. Y., for Burial, The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lehmer, who were killed in the Knick- catastrophe, are on their way to Mount Vernon, N. Y., their former home, for interment. Their home here was in the apartment house at 2151 Califognia street. Mr. and Mrs. Lehmer came to Wash- ington - four yeai ago from New York, the husband becomiag manager of the Indiana Flooring Company B 1% LR, PR R e City and of the Buflders Manufacturers’ Exchange. The couple are survived by a four- cupants of the Knickerbocker apart- | year-old ' daughter, Ruth, who has been taken charge of by Mr. Lehmer’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lehmer of Janitor, who aided in the rescue|Mount Vernon, N. Y. —— DANCE POSTPONED. The reception, entertainment and Arch Ghap- ter, No. 1, scheduled for tonight at the New Willard Hotel, has been in- definitely ‘postponed on aeccount of the deaths of Louis F. Valentine and John L. Walker, both members of the chapter, who lost their lives in the Knickerbocker Theater dissster, and 828 a mark of respect for others who &lso lost thelr lives in the accident. ‘The regular monthly meeting of the New York State Society, ied for tomorrow night,has been account the death of Ibert oG‘. Buehler, president of the soclety. ¥t Paul Langhorne, W. A. Morgan.” GIRL’S ESCAPE MIRACLE. Miss Josephine Lupton Taken Out Through Tunnel. ‘What is considered to be a miracu- lous escape from the Knickerbocker Theater Saturday night was that of Miss Josephine Lupton, 1719 Euclid street. When the report of the dis- aster was first spread, a friend, Jack Yeatman, rushed into the theater and called her name, and among the cries and moans of the victims he was able 10 hear her answering call. She was pinned down well toward the center, but & natural tunnel en- abled Yeatman to crawl to her and extricate her before the-debris caved in abowt her. With only slight bruises, she hurried out and to her ‘home before the real rescue work started and she was not reported in the lists of infured. Returning immediately to thé scene of the catastrophe, Yeatman aided in the work of rescuing the impris- oned, it being he who extricated Caroline Upshaw and others of the seriously injured. e SYMPATHY IS EXPRESSED. Minister of Denmark Tranemits Message on Disaster. Condolences for all who suffered in the Knickerbocker Theater disaster ‘have been expressed by M. Constantin ‘Brun, minister of Deamark, in & mes- sage to the Secretary of State, as fol- ows: “Permit me to express to you on be- half of the Dsanish government the Drofopndest sympathy in the disaster whiclf befell the capital of the United tates “on Satu when, owing 1o the snow, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapsed, resulting in the death or injury of eeveral hundred people. “As a resident of this city since s number of years, I cannot but feel eep scrrow myself In this gedy, e s 3 ngs to you, together with the grief of the Danish government.” 3,000 MOORS SURRENDER. LONDON, January 31.—An fmport- ant suri of Moorish. tribesmen reported in & C::tnl :5';35"&-;-‘3 from Madrid nlulnal‘l:‘ull&m ‘These state that with 3,000 Moors, 1sid down their Krms. L BRIEFLY TOLD STORY - ‘ OF ARMS CONFERENCE (The Star is publishing daily a summar- ized stors of the developments of the arma- ment conference. By reading it each day Fou will keep ia touch with the outstand- ing events of the historic meeting.) An open session of the Washing- ton conference, to consider the naval limitation treaty, has been called for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, in Continental Memorial Hall. ‘The committee on limitation of armaments is to meet at 3:30 this afternoon, to pass finally upon the provisions of the naval treaty. Article 19, relating to fortifications | in the Pacific, was finally agreed upon by the naval subcommittee last evening. The committee on the far sast will meet at 4 o'clock this after- Chinese Eastern railway met at noon and may report to the full committee this afternoon. The Japanese and Chinese dele- gates met today on the Shantung question and mnnounced that an agreement had been reached on ail essential points relating to the question of Shantung. including the railroad. The two delegations will meet agatn at § o'clock for the purpose of drafting a treaty om Shantung. | | i i l noon. A subcommittes on the | | | i | | | | i WINS BRIDE IN EDISON'S FAMILY ! BY ANSWERING QUESTIONNAIRE NEW YORK, January 31.—When Thomas A. Edison formulated his famous and much-abused ques- tionnaire last spring he had mno idea that the only man who would answer it correctly would win his way inte the Edison family, but such is the case. Samuel A. Halsey of Newark, N. J. will tonight marry Miss Charlotte W. Hawkins, sister-in-law of Charles Edison, son of the inventor. The wedding will take place at the Charles Edison home In West Orange, N. J. CHIEF WATSON PRAISES FIREMEN’S RESCUE WORK Department Head, in Command of Forces at Knickerbocker, Thanks All Who Gave Assistance. Chief George Watson of the District fire department, who, because of his position, was practically in charge of the rescue work at the Knickerbocker ‘Theater, sald today it would be difficult fer him ly to express his appre- clation the men under his command and thanked all of those who were en- in the rescue work at the seat of the disaster. in a report to the Commissioners, Chief Watson took the opportunity to ise the men under him and in night, up to the present time. Chief Watson reports that he hdfd twenty-two pleces of fire apparatus at the scene in & very short time after the first alarm, and withheld very few engines and other apparatus for re- serve work. The danger of this, he said, was f{llustrated later in the aight, when three alarms of fire were sounded in quick succession, and it was thought for awhile it might be necessary to call on some of the ap- paratus which at that time was at the Knickerbocker Theater. He $aid that this fortunately was not neces- sary. Chlef Watson reported that consid- erable damage was done to his ap- paratus and that it will take a litue outlay of money to pay for the neces- sary repair work to be done. Commissioner Oyster said he had oecasion to be with Chief Watson a greater part of Saturday night, and that he considered him an exceptional man. The im i ner commended bim not only for his eficiency, but also for his coolness‘and his courtesy. H f Ar. Halsey, who is now managar | of an Edison concern In this city, was one of the first lo get the fa- mous questionnaire jssued Febru- | ary of last year. Instead of ridi- | culing it, he answered it—listing, correct answers to every question® —and was given an A.A. grading by the inventor himself. e was given a job juggling figures in the | Edison factories, butvhe didn't stay at it leng. In his ivance he reached the post of chief of the | Dpersonnel staff, and met Miss Haw- kins, who was doing welfare work { in the plant. | ,Jt was here that Mr. Halsey ; | framed his own questionnaire of but one gquestion. Miss Hawkins | also graded him A.A. SEES IN THEATER CRASH BUILDING CODE VIOLATED Secretary Hoover Thinks There ‘Was Gross Disregard of Regula- tions in Knickerbocker Theater. Secretary of Commerce Hoover said yesterday it was inexplicable | that the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater could have caved in without there belng some gross violation ofl the building code of the District of Columbia. Efforts to work out a standard building code for use in all cities of the country which would prod- ably prevent such disasters as the Knickerbocker Theater collapse are being made by a committee of lead- ing arthitects in co-operation with ] the Department of Commerce, Mr. Hoover said. Standardization of methods of pro- tection and the calcuiation of stress and strain are being worked out, Mr. Hoover said. Adoption of a standard ‘building code, Mr. Hoover declared, should prevent such disasters as that at the Knickerbocker Theater. STRAYER WILL PROBATED. Newspaper Correspondént Left &-[ tate to Two Children. The will of Louis Y. Strayer, Wash- ington correspondent of the Pitts- burgh Dispatch, who lost his lite in the Knickerbocker disaster, has been filed for probate. The document is dated November &, 1910, and names| as sole beneficiaries of his estate his two children, Martha A. and Helen Z. Strayer. The will appoints Emma M. Jones of Akron, Ohlo, as guardlan of the children during their minority and names Henry er, also of Akron, as executor. The value of the estate is not given USED AS MORGUE FOR VICTIMS OF THEATER DISASTER. DEATHS IN THEATER HORROR NUMBER 96 (Continued from First Page.) rama road, who was suffering se- verely yesterday at Walter Reed Hospitgl from bruises to his hips and pelvis, iz reported today to be doing| well. John Prezioso, musician, of 435 M| street, suffering from cuts and in- ternal injuries at Emergency Hos- pital, was said to be doing very nice- ly_this morning. Miss Margaret Cole of 107 East Florence Courts, who is at Garfleld Hospital _suffering from fractured ribs, is reported to be also doing very nicely. Capt. J. H. Hills and his wife, who are at Walter Reed Hospital, are both reported to be doing well today. M. Pera Hill, also at Walter Reed Hospital, whose leg and pelvis were reported fractured, is said to be doing very well. Injured Woman impreves. Mrs. Beruard Bresslau of 1792 Columbia road, who is suffering at Garfield Hospital with both shoulders broken, is reported to be resting comfortably and not in any danger. Nathan I Urdong, 2312 20th street, who waw injured about face and arms, 1s said to be resting easily at Gar- field Hospital and recovering rap- idly. The remainder of the crash cases at’ the Emergency Hospital were re- ported on the road to recowery b Supt. Sandridge. None had been dis- charged since yesterday, however. Virtually the same situation pre- vailed at the Naval and Garfield hos- pitals as at Walter Reed and the Emergency with regard to condition of patients, it was ascertained today. Most of the wounds, both external and internal, are beginning to heal, and the nerves of those shattered by the terrible shock Saturday night are becoming assuaged. Broken bones have been set and put in plaster casts and splints; heads, limbs and torsos have been bandaged where necessary, and unless complications from blood poisoning or similar incidental causes develop virtually all of those now in hospitals will recover, minus, in sev- eral instances, & leg, & finger, an arm or an ear. DOUGLAS HILLYER RITES. ‘Funeral 8ervices of Theater Victim Held Today. Funeral services for Douglas Hill- yer of 2021 Hillyer place, one of the victims of the Knickerbocker Theater crash, were held at 9 ani today at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church. Father Kirby of Catholic University offici- ated. Pullbearers were Arthur Hellen, Albert W. Howard, A. D. V. Burr, H. K. B. Peachy, Newton Brewer and Gould Lincoln, friends of Mr. Hillye: Following the funeral services the body was taken to Mount Olivet cemetery, where it was placed in a receiving vault for interment later. Mr. Killyer was widely known in ‘Washington as an amateur golfer and tennis player. He was secretary of | the District Tennis Association and the Dumbarton Club. His mother, Mrs. Adele D. Hillyer; his wife, Mrs. Imogene Hillyer, who was also in the crash, and one child survive him. FOUR IN_FAMILY KILLED. Xleven-Year-0ld Grant Kanston Sole Survivor of Disaster. Theater List of Dead Checked With Officials Mary Ethel Atkinson, 2233 18th street. 7 Former Representative A. J. Barchfeld of Pennsylvania, 1945 Calvert street. Mrs. Elmer Barchfeld, daughter-in-law of former Representa- tive Barchfeld, from Pittsburgh. - Joseph W. Beal, 1488 Chapin street. Archie Bell, 2111 Bancroft place northwest, thirty-five years old. Employe of the War Department, a native of Vineland, N. J. William 1. Bikle, 1639 19th street, fifty years old. Miss Frances Bikle, sixteen, 1639 19th street. Thomas R. Bourne, 2027 Hillyer place. Mrs. Daisy Garvey Bowden, 2129 18th street. C. C. Brainerd, correspondent of Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and lvice president of the Gridiron Club, 2039 New Hampshire avenue. Mrs. C. C. Brainerd. 3 ’ Wilfred Brosseau, North Adams, Mass., student at George- town Foreign Service School. Albert Buehler, 121 the Portner apartment, previously re- ported missing. William M. Canby, 1838 Calvert street, Woodward building, representing Middaugh & Shannon. Mrs. B. H. Covell, 2409 18th street. W. M. Crocker, Congress Hall Hotel. Vinson W. Dauber, ten, 1800 Belmont road. Thomas M. Dorsey, 2524 17th street. Miss Helen Dortch, 1656 Euclid street. Kirkland Duke, 1719 Riggs place. Margaret Dutch, 1740 Euclid street, apartment 60. Home in Ludington, Mich. Was employed at War Department. Mrs. Alfred G. Eldridge, the Nelson Apartment, 1733 20th street. . A. G. Eldridge, 1733 20th street, organist at St. Margaret’s Church, identified by friend. Guy S. Eldridge, 1824 Biltmore street. Is brother-in-law of Senator Smoot of Utah. F. H. Ernest, District manager of the Washington office, Dictograph Products Company, offices 402 Evans building, 1926 | Biltmore street. McCarthy Farr, 1884 Colembia road. Christian Feige, sixty-eight, 1010 18th street. Miss Virginia Feraud, sister of the Guatemalan minister, 2800 Ontario road. i John P. Fleming, 1861 Wyoming avenue, thirty-three years !old, assistant examiner in the patent office. w | Miss Mary Lee Fleming, 1861 Wyomiag avenue, twenty-six years old. ‘Thomas Fleming, 1861 Wyoming avenue, identified by name ‘on watch and date, 1872. Miss Mary Forsyth, 1802 Belmont street, died at Garfield Hospital this morning. ] Miss Esther Foster, 1713 Lamont street. ! G. S. Freeman, musician, 2827 Connecticut avenue. | Mrs. Clyde M. Gearhart, 1868 Columbia road. Douglas Hillyer, 2021 Hillyer place. William G. Hughes, 2503 Champlain street. Daniel K. Jackson, 2701 Connecticut avenue, broker in the Evans Building, and a brother of E. Hilton Jackson, well known local attorney. Miss Elizabeth Jeffries, 1767 Massachusetts avenue. John M. Jeffries, 1767 Massachusetts avenue. .hLOahr G. Kanston, 2516 17th street, died at Emergency Hos- pi S Mrs. Grant Kanston, 2516 17th street. Aulyn Kanston, nine years old, 2516 17th street. Dorothy Kanston, sixteen, 2516 17th street. Howard W. Kneessi, 5201 Colorado avenue, vice president and | treasurer of the Semmes Motor Co. Cutler Laflen, jr., 1321 Belmont street, from Chicago, worked at Capitol. Miss Nannie Lee Lambert, 2111 Bancroft place. Native of Ashboro, N. C. Was in the government service. Lgroyco'bd:me, 2151 California street, manager Indiana L] Y | Flooring Mirs. Leroy Léhmer, 2151 California street. David H. Lyman, 1718 21st street, about sixteen years old. Wyatt McKimmie, Burlington apartments. Julian McKinney, 1821 Adams Mill road. Mrs. Norman E. Martindale, 2633 Adams Mill road. Miss Agnes Melicn, nineteen years old, 1437 Belmont street, identified by sister. Mrs. F. Genivieve Wilson Mirsky, the Chastleton, 16th and R streets. = Scott Montgomery, 1824 Belmont street, died at Walter Reed Hospital. Miss Vercnica Murphy, 1860 California street. * _ James W. Murray, The Plains, Va. Ernest Natiello, 1800 Belmont street, orchestra leader. Miss Vivian Ogden, 3121 Mount Pleasant street, identified by D. F. O'Donnell, 1731 Columbia road. Mrs. D. F. O’Donnell, 1731 Columbia road. 4 3 Mrs. Carrie Newsom Pesson, apartment 500, Calverton apart- ments. Miss Lois Pitcher, 3910 McKinley street, Chevy Chase. Hazel Price, 205 Beverly Courts, identified by father, Capt. Louis H. Price, of finance department, U. S. A. Mrs. Marie RusSell, 2475 18th street northwest. W. B. Sammon, alien property custodian office. Young Sam- ‘mon was son of prominent Kammerer, Wyo., attorney and student at George Washington Uni ity. W. L. Schoolfield, thirty-one, Danville, Va. James F. Shea, 1919 Calvert street, medical student at George- ‘own, from South Hadley Falls, Mass. Mrs. Cora C. Sigourney, 2701 Connecticut avenue, secretary to Harry W Laverne Sproul, sixteen, 2001 16th street, nephew of Repre- sentative Sproul, worked at Capitol. Mrs. Marie H. Smith, 1813 Columbia road. . C. E. Stephenson, Boston, 1929 Calvert street. - Lewis W. Strayer, Washington correspondent of Pittsbur; Dispatch, 1837 Calvert street. Victor M. Sturgis, G. W. U. vocational student from Atlanta, The entire Kanston family, with ofic | Ga. exception, Was wiped out by the Knickerbocker Theater catastrophe Mr. and Mrs. Oslar G. Kanston, 251¢ 17th street, were killed, and with then two ghildren, Helen Dorothy 5t01 and Aulyn Kanston. Grant Kanston eleven years old, is the only one ot the family left. Mr. and Mrs. Kanston were fron Loujsville, Ky., Mr. Kanston being : graduate of the University of Chicag: Law School and an expert accountan: He came hers in November to fill a po sition in thesvaluation bureau of tht Interstate Commerce Commission. BODY TO GO TO GHIO. Theater Victim. Funeral services for Mrs. Winifred Hasmup Gearhart, wife of Dr. Cly@e M. Gearhart, and who was killed at the Kaickerbocker r, were helc ‘Theate this morning st 11 o’clock at Gawler's ishme Rev. W Chi The body Will ‘be taken this svening to Sidhey, Ohfo, for burial in the fam- B Gearhart s survived by he es at E-menc.;hl?:pnn ous_injutl ‘her mother, Mrs. James Hasmup Hanmw fi‘.l‘c'n:,‘ohl' and %; 3 , Ohio, 2 n.m?mm of Ohio. o9 i Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, 1605 Hobart street. William Tracy, 501 Rhode Island avenue, a trombone player ‘n the orchestra. Miss Gladys Tohms, 1713 Lamont road. Christine Thompson, 1710 Euclid street. Col. Charles Cowles Tutker of Donaldson & Tucker, of