Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1922, Page 2

INSPECF DIVORCE RECORDS SINCE 1320 Alexandri‘a\Suboommittee to Report This Afternoon on Alleged Scandal. Correspondent. NDRIA, Va. ed by the Alexandria Bar Associatior to investigate alleged divorca evils in this city meets late this afternoon, it! wil] receive the first report from the subcommittee of three appointed by it a week ago to examine every di- vorce case on the records of the court from May, 1920, to the present time. This subcommittee, which Is com- posed of J. R. Caton, chairman; Keith Carlin and Commonwealth. Attorney Smith, has completed an examination of more than 250 cases, and has made a brief resume of the history of each case. Some Probable Irregularities. It is understood by those who are familiar with its activities that the subcommittee found some conditions which might arouse suspicion as to statements sworn to in these cases and that it will recommend a mor thorough examination to determine whether or not actual irregularities were practiced. B - At the general committee meeting this afternoon the Hall bill, Introduced in the Virginia legislature, providing for certain changes in the present divorce Jaw will be discussed, and it s stated with assurance that one or two pro- posed amendments to the bill will be suggested by tne committee and for- warded to the legislature. It also s likely that the committee will appoint one or two of its members to personally attend the hearing on the Hall bill Richmond next Thursday. ‘Period of Divorce Increase. 1t is pointed out by the committee that 1t has selected the period mentioned for the examination of the court records be- cause it was during that time that Judge Robinson Moncure has presided over the corporation court here and dur- ing which period, it is alleged, there has been a great increase in the number of divorces. The subcommittes in tabulating its findings during _its week's examination of the court fles will set forth the names of attorneys who have filed di- vorce cases, the disposition of the cases, the names of the applicants and de- fendants and the names of the persons swearing to the residence requirement of the law. R ¥ D. C. LACKS SNOW MOVING EQUIPMENT (Continued from First Page.) tinuously working from central busi- ness section to outskirts, open main streets and roads, supplemented by labor force clearing crossings at street intersections. Snow then re- moved from street shoulders by me- Cchanical loader, by trucks and shovel- ers; property owners required to clear sidewalks within six hours after snowfall. Sidewalk snow removed by trucks and labor from cartway. Snow carted to rivers and sewers at desig- nated manholes. Small annual ap- propriation for snow removal. Gen. erally inadequate. Cost paid by de. ficiency appropriation. “J. HAMPTON MOORE, Mayor.” Information Asked by Star. The telegram of The Star and the replies from other cities follow: “As a possidble help to Washington in caring for heavy snowfalls, please wire or ask your street cleaning su- perintendent to wire collect a sum- marized statement as to your policy in clearing snow from streets, ap- propriation available, kind of equip- ment found most useful, how soon after snow begins to fall work is commenced, etc. Thank: “WASHINGTON STAR.” ‘The replies read: “Pittsburgh, Pa.—Pittsburgh for- tunate in not having any unusual snowfall, and no specific appropria- tion for this purpose since 1914; ex- penditure for that year being $39,000. Expenditures since _average _$10, per year: $12,000 in 1921 for cleaning 152,000 square feet gutters and cross ing_and 104,000 square feet of board- walks and steps. Department has as i equipment one aBrber-Greene snow loader, three snow plows. rber- Greene snow loaders recommended. ‘Work commenced immediately upon aigns of heavy snow. ‘MAYOR W. A. MAGEE.” Plows Attached ta Trucks. , *“Akron, Ohlo—Heavy falls are in- freqneut and snow removal in Akron relatively minor. Generally, $10,000 1s annually made available for this and other work. Main thoroughfares only are cleaned. Chief reliance is placed upon plows attached to motor trucks; scrapers attached to truck gangs shoveling into trucks and gangs opening gutters, car stops, etc., are also used. Removal starts after one inch falls. “DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERV- ICB, Akron.” “Fort Wayne, Ind. —Heavy snow- 'alls, six inches or more, removed by cities from business streets in central district by trucks and wagons, paid from street cleaning fund. Also street railway company furnishes cars with- out cost to city after 12 midnight to assist in removal, in central district, city pays men to load same. “WILLIAM J. HOSEY, mayor.' “Dayton, Ohio.—Removal of snow taken care of by street cleaning fund. Expense slight. After three inches of snow has fallen snow plow is pushed through streets by motor truck. Snow is placed in manholes of large sewer. “FRANK B. HALE, mayor.” Tractor Plows Used. “Cincinnati, Ohio.)—In the event of a heavy snowfall tractor plows are used to clear the main arteries The entire force and equipment cf the department is concentrated in the business section. This consists of ash, mud, and sewer teams and about s three hundred men are used. The snow i{s dumped into sewer manholes that are equipped with flush valves. The expense comes out of our regular appropriation. No extra fund for snow. “GEORGE P. CARRELL, mayor.” ‘Cleveland, Ohio.—There is no special appropriation. We take it out of the street appropriation when the snow falls. FRED KOHLER, mayor. In connection with snow removal, it is recalled that during one of the larg ‘snowstorms New York city, the chemical warfare di- vision was called upon for aid, and the snow drifts were fought with liquid fire, which, according to re- ports, proved successful. Use of the motor truck, as seen from the telegrams, appears to be of important service in virtually every city save Washington, D. G _— CALLS GREEKS TO COLORS ATHENS, February 4—A royal de- cree has been issued calling to the colors the reservists of 1910 and 1911, who are ordered to report before Feb- I order was not prompted by the situation in Asla Minor. Laden With Dynamite, Truck Skids Over Wall Without An Explosion ! ! WINCHESTER, Va., February 3~A metor truck loaded with morg than 1,000 pounds of dyna- mite" akidded on ice, plunged gper 2 retaining wa at ! | 13 aixty feet to the bottom of the hili. The dynamite did mot explode, but the negro driver, who is aald to have escaped un- hurt, has not been meem simce the accident. revruary +— SENATE DISASTER When the speclal committee appoint- INQUIRY INDORSED BY COMMISSIONERS (Continued from First Page.) | theater was Substituted for a plate beam after the building had been started. He added, however, that this would not mnecessarily account for the col- pse of the roof. According to Maj. Brown. the truss was used because of difficulty in getting the beam, but the truss was carefully designed and approved by the building inspector's office in the form of a supplemental permit. Discussing the broad question of building supervision, one District offi- cial called attention today to the fact that it would cost this or any other city a fortune annually to spend as much time or money in checking build- Ing plans as the bullder lays out in o drawing up specifications. Will Attend Inquesat. UnRed States Attorney Gordon, in announcing he would attend the inquest, sald his attendance there will, of course, prevent the beginning of the introduc- tion of evidence before tae grand jury. By the time the coroner’s inquest has been completed Maj. Gordon expects to have ail the detaiis arranged for the submission of the matter to the grand Jurors for their probe into the question ©of blame for the falling of the roof. This afternoon Maj. Gordon is in con- ference with the engineers from the Army and N; in reference to the jresuits of the investigations conducted by these officers. The prosecutor stated that he does not expect to have a writ- ten report from these government-en- gineers, and declared that the details of the discussion with these officers would not be made public at this time. In reference to a rumor that large cracks in the ceiling of the Knicker- bocker Theater were observed by persons in the audience some three weeks before the catastrophe and that a decorator had been called in by the management to repalr the damage, Maj. Gordon said that a lawyer had called late yesterday afternoon at his office and made this statement, giving the name of the man who is said to have made the repairs. The prosecutor has not seen the workman, but h asked De- tective Sergt. Pratt of headquarters to investigate the matter and to in- terview the person whose name was given to him. Maj. Gordon declined to make public the name of the decorator. The prosecutor explained that the decision to defer the grand jury probe until after the testimony had been heard by the coroner's jury was made both in the economy of time and to permit his personal at- tendance at the sessions of the cor- oner's jury. Some testimony not yet called ‘to his attention might de- velop there, he explained, which tailing the time of the grand jurors when the matter thus improved could be set before that body im a much shorter time. There will be no unnecessary delay, the prosecutor declared. ‘Thorough Sifting of Facts. Coroner Nevitt announced today there will be no economizing of time in the conduct of the inquest. There will be no speeding of the witnesses, he added, but every effort will be made to prevent unnecessary drag- ging out of the testimon: The coroner intends there shall be a thorough sifting of all t mony bearing upon the disaster. Not only will witnesses tell of the actual dis- aster, he explained, but he expects to have witnesses describe to the jury all about the construction of the building, and others to tell wh 1t anything, they know of shortcomings in its construction. “The investigation will be as thor- ough as it possibly can be,” said the coroner. Detectives Mullen and Pratt, who were assigned the task of summoning witnesses, today are searching for workmen employed during its cdn- struction, more especially the iron- workers. Coroner Nevitt is extreme- 1y anxious that the detectives should find men to settle the question of A short steel beam having been placed to the west of where the screen was located, & point, it is stated, Where & spectator reported noticing a sag- ging shortly before the collapse of the roof. Inspector Daniel superintendent of police, Sullivan, acting and 1n- tectives, are still engaged In efforts to obtain the names of additfonal witnesses who may be able to give important testimony. Yesterday afternoon Detective Fred- erick _8andberg, photographer “and identification expert of the police de- partment, took number of photo- graphs of the scene of the disaster, working under the direction of Army and Navy experts. His photographs, it is stated, will show praotically ortion of the damaged struo- ture, and in order to obtain some of them it was necessary for him to climb to perilous positions. MILLER BEGINS INQUIRY. Consulting Engineer of New York Revised Building Code of That City Rudolph P. Miller, consulting en- gineer, of New York, and a member of Secretary of Commerce Hoover’s com- mittee on bullding codes, today began his work on the investigation of the Knijckerbocker disaster for the Asso- ciated General Contractors of America., Mr. ller will not only attempt to determine the causes of the accident, but will also make recommendatio: for & standard building code. During 1914 to 1918 he was retained by the board of aldermen of New York city to revise the building code there, and New York's present code is the result of his work. Mr. Miller's expert testimony is ex. pected to_do much to determine t| yuse and responsibility of the dis- aster. Mr. Miller is said to be qualified for expert investigation b cause-of his long_experience in con- nection with building construction. He was appointed inspector of build- ings for New York in 1395 and has been connected with that city until recently as chief engineer and super- intendent of buildings. In 1916 he was appointed chairman of the board of standards and appeals, and late: did engineering work for the United States Ho\ulni Corporation. e s secretary of the nragrnfln: for the i At present committee on American_Soclety for Testing Ma- i terials, chairman of the executive comynittee of the National Fire Pro- Itecuon Association, member of the | American Institute of Consulting En- ineers, member of committees on steel columns and concrete of the American Society of Civil Engineers, director of the National Federation of Construction Industries. ——— FORD GETS LINCOLNPLANT DETROIT, February 4.—Represent. atives of Henry Ford today made the only bid for the property of the Lincoln Motor Company, at the ayc- tion sale held at directioni of Uni States District Judge Arthur 1':::1.: ‘The bid was $8,000,000, the lowest figure that Judge Tuttle will accept, according “to a previous announce- ment in court. ~. 4 lrepo'r( oh the bill of Senator Ball, o or Spector Clifford L. Grant, chief of de- | 00 FAVORS SHOWBIL Passage of Measure Making Removal Compulsory Is . Recommended. The House District committee, as its first business today, instructed Chairman Focht to make a favorable which has already passed the Sen- ate, carrylng strict penalties and providing for the removal of snow and ice from the paved sidewalks of the District of Columbia. The House committee made only one slight amendment to the bill as it passed the Senate. This amend- ment excepts the Capitol building and grounds and the Congressional Library building. Former Lawa Upset. Although three former laws re- quiring property owners and tenants to remove snow from their sidewajks have been upset by the courts, Cor- poration Counsel Francis H. Stephens still believes such legislation is 1legal and should be enacted. The District Court of Appeals, Mr. Stephens sald, has set aside two acts of Congress on snow removal and one set of police regulations enacted by the Commissioners also has been ruled out by the court. Mr. Stephens sald that even if he were convinced that it is the duty of the municipality and not the citizen to clean snow from the sidewalks, it would be an impossibility for the city to employ sufficient men to ciean aill | of tha sidewalks in Washington dur- ing the few days that snow remains. Dificulties in Wa: “What chance would we have of getting the money needed for such a glgantic undertaking many times a winter,” said the corporatjon counsel, “and, supposing we had the enormous appropriation that would be needed, where would we find enough laborers on_short notice te do the work On the other hand. Mr. Stephens continued, it is but the work of a few minutes for each citizen to clear a pathway on the sidewalk in front of his home. Mr. Stephens is hopeful that the proposed new snow removal bill passed by the Senate and reported fa- vorably by the House District com- mittee this week will become a law. ATTORNEY ATTACKS BILL. Points to Obstacles in Way of Snow-Removal Penalty. Leo Simmons, Washington attor- ney, in a letter to the House commit- tee on the District of Columbia, de- clared the bill of Senator Bal’ pro- viding for the removal of snow from sidewalks under a penalty for fail- ure to do s d which passed the Senate Thursday, “is abaolutely un- necessary and should not under any circumstances become effective. Mr. Simmons pointed out in his letter that more than 95 per cent of the property of the District, where sidewalks exist, was cleared of the snow sufficlently for pedestrians within a reasonable time after the unprecedented, snowfall of last week. I will venture to Ssay,” he con- tinued, *“that no other city In the United States has shown the spirit of the people of the District of Co- lumbla In their endeavor to be fair and reasonable; for mamy of them have not only removed the snow from the walke sufficient for travel but a great many have openged t! ters in the public streats, whil public roadways of the Diatrict and the parking walks (now nearly a week since the fall of the snow), in a greater part of the residential sec- tions, and in many places in the business sections, are yet glutted with snow and water, and wlil prob- ably remain so untll conditions of the weather remove the trouble. Mr. Simmons sald he walked from his residence in Washington Helghts to his downtown officé every morning during the snowy conditions, and had no difficulty, “except at street cross- ings and over the walks through the government parking and those walks abutting same.” “If the king should slip upon his own walk because of his neglect in not hav- ing the snow and the ice removed, should he punish everybody because of his fall?”” asked the lawyer. “‘Such an act,” he added, “would be similar to the law proposed by the Senate bill. VIt has en now nearly twenty years since our Court of Appeals held & law requiring an abutting property wner to clear snow from the street footwalk (over which he had no ntrol) for the henefit of the public repugnant to the Constitution and void. “The only difference between such law and the one proposed by the Sen ate is that they provide that in case a citizen refuses to remove the snow the municipality may do so and tax rivate property for the cost. If the fmmcz ‘would remove the snow at $2.80 per day for men and eharge for the actual cost of doing so there would probably not be 10 per cent of the property owners who would not feel it to their advantage to wait for the Dis- trict, becauss of the reduced price of labor used in the work; this {s plainly apparent when the fact is that many of the property owners during this last snow have d as much as $1 per hour for performing such work. “If this law is passed it will permit the assessment of private property upon the pure statement of one man that the snow in front of A's house had not been removed, while in fi the snow was not left in front of A’ house, but in front of D's. In order to assess A's property it would be necessary to have & proper descrip- tion of A’s land, and there is not one inspector out of fifty that would be competent to declde such a question, for the reason that, in order to do so, he must examine the records.in the surveyor’s office and, in many in. stances, the deeds the recorder's office. “Consequently, the number of in- spectors for such work would run into thousands, and such employes would have to be title examiners in order to perform their duties proper- ly. Futher, an enormous and un- necessary amount of litigatiog, would be created; for, at the time th - sessment would b are very great ti no snow or evide of what had taken place, and thé property owner ould be left at the merey, often v}nnfl with spite, of the inspector. “] am writing you this without any hope of avolding the effect of such a law personally, but to impress upon you the force of the situation, bear- ing upon the crime, ?r medit, continuous, of the refusal of Congress to allow the people of the District of Columbia to govern their affairs. PSS BLOCKS MRS. STILLMAN. Oppesing Counsel Prevents Court Orders in Divorce Case. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., February 4.—Counsel for James A. Stillman army. succeeded today in blocking, at least et temporarily, snother effort by Mrs Anne U. Stillman to obtain edditional expense money and the appointment of a commission to take testimony at Montreal in the Stillman divorce case. Motions to these ends were held pending for a week by’Bupreme Court Justice Morschauser, who upheld the objection of Mr. Stiliman's counsel that the affidavits supporting the ap- ‘were based on la:mw and cient s/110 KILLED IN JAPAN AS d | Maj. Etches Was Prominent otllurl D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1922. THREE SCREEN STARS WHO MAY HELP SOLVE|RADIO BROADCASTING : MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF MOVIE DIRECTOR. | ** By AMATEURS CEASES !l'c‘mpon.rlly Stopped, Department D Announces, Because of Interfer- ence With Other Services. Temporary suspension of radlo broadcasting by amateurs hecause of interference caused to other services was announced today by the Com- merce Department. However, the department stated, steps have been taken to provide for amateur broadcasting and new regu- lations will be made covering it as soon a8 800N a8 some dedirable plan can formulated. Radio broadcasting, the department explained, is a new radio service which has developed very rapidly in the past thiree months and now embraces gov- ernment reports such as market quo- tations and crop estimates, health talks, weather forecasts, high-class entertainment such as operas and solos by noted artists, instrumental music, lectures, sermons, news, phono- graph’ records, ‘reports of stolen auto- mobiles or other kinds of crime sent out by the police department, warn- ings of floods and educational talks. There is grave possibility, the de- partment declared, of this splendid service being greatly retarded be- cause of the large numbers of inter- ests desiring to enter the field, pro- ducing unavoidable interference be- tween the stations if_they are within a short distance of one another and operated at the same time, due to the inability of the department to pro- vide special ‘wave lengths for each transmitting station. P G — ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 4— The seven committees named recently by the chamber of commerce on the white way bhave visited practically every person on the seven Syuares cn which the proposed white way will be placed, and they report having met with considerable success. A ma- Jority of the business men and others on the squares on King from Fairfax to Patrick streets have signed, agree- ing to pay their proportion of the cost of installation. A8 heretofore stated, the cost of this will be about $12.000, of which 60 per cent will be paid by the Alexandria County Lighting Company and the remainder by the business men and others on that square. ra-| The asscssment against the mer- chants has been fixed at $2 a front foot. After the white way is installed the cost of illuminating will be borne by the city, and it is stated that this will be about $2,000 a vear. Mrs. Frances A. Harris and husband have sold to L. Morgan _Johnaton house and lot 11. section 5, Rosemont. Mrs. Maria Marshall and others have | £0ld to Horcce D. Ashton house and ! lot 1028 King street. i An entertainment was glven last night in the Young People’s building under the auspices of Grace Episcopal Church Guild. It was largely attended. | A card party and dance which was ! to have been given Fabruary 10 in Lee Camp Hall under the nuspices of { the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy has been postponed because of | interference with a dance to be given February 10 for the benefit of the hospital. | HYATTSVILLE. | HYATTSVILLE, Md. February 4 (Special).—Application of the Ches- apeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany to replace poles and string a larger cable in M d avenue has (lower left) ‘Wi VIVISECTION WINS AFTER WOMEN DEBATE “MAN’S BEST FRIEND” By the Associated Press. Belle de R:;er:. r;nu;!derf nand »hlon- ] e orary president of the, federation, NEW YORK, February 4.—FPro proposed resolutions supporting posals that the New York City | the exemption of dogs from vivi- Federation of Women's Clubs op- lecllgn‘ n;)d }:n‘lge :3‘ eloquent ‘i}‘S 4 on their behalf. She then calle pose the employment of dos In | ypon George Arliss, who, after a vivisection wefe voted down by | ghort address, made the mistake to that organization yesterday, after say that dog was ‘man’'s best a heated debate. The point at issue involved that friend’? Mrs. William 8porbor, president of the Councll of Jewish old favorite of the debating so- ciety—"Is the dog or the cow the Women, took instant exception to his statement, asserting the cow best friend of man?” The rivalry between the cow and the dog held the place of honor. Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rocke- l threatened for a time to break up the meeting of the fifty-seventh feller Institute, was rushed into convention of the federation. Mrs. the debate, but sald that cows did not lend themselves readily to vivi- section, and that dogs did. as their blood, bones and nerves hore closer resemblance to those of man. CARDINALS AGAIN | FAIL TO PICK POPE | (Continued from First Page.) newgpaper. was virtually unchanged, while the last vote gave a strong ma- Jority for Cardinal Mistrangelo, Arch- bishop of Florence, many votes being lost to Gasparri and La Fontaine. Vatican officials, who, although not attending the concla: are reputed to be best informed. say all this is speculation. The officials, howeve: e unable to say whether four ba wires to be placed underground each were no alleys available along Mary- dinals sitting in the Siatine Chapel |members reserving the right to vote year. Representatives of the telephone { land avenue, hence the necessity for poles in the street. average one minute each In takin®|ror amendments on the floor, the |House District committee today or- company stated, however, that tae They said that the work for which dered Representative Fitzgerald of minutes each, as the ballot takers! s I ek I been refused by the city council. T. L. Gray, chairman of the cowncil's committee on highting, | was Ineistent that the company be required to place the cable under ground, declaring that the frlnchil&l grented the companv eeveral vears ago gave the town authoritles power' 1 i company was oniy required to remove House Committee Reports on | yore*tion e treets. "sha e _ | een done wherever there were alleys available in which they could be Bill for D. C. Workmen. | placed. It was further stated by the iota are being taken dally, o merely Underhill Threatens. Wi a permit was sought would improve the sorvice and was needed 1o serve seventy-five applicants in Bladens- lg?rg, Decatur Heights and Cottage 1 ate roqull to go to the lp."mmum_hlo to prepare a rlv?uble report on of the_ invalids to collect their bal-|his bill for workmen's compensution lots. 'The ;-nuhmlnm )!luylnz and an- |in the District of Columbia. nouncing of the result consume more | Representative Underhill of Massa- than twenty-five minutes, so that the | ., et who has fought the Fitz- to compel a part of the ccmpany's telephone representatives that there Some polnt out that the fitty car-| By a vote of 10 to 2, with several taking of one ballot requires more who are i1l consume about five A vote as to whether a permit should issue was taken, Mayor Rushe and Councilmen Owens and Morley | voting in the affirmative, and Councll- | men James. Gray and Gaseh in_the negative. The permit was, therefore, refused. The city clerk was instructed to notify the telephone company in Bal- timore that the mayor and city coun j cil would bear equally with the com- pany the expense of employing an | engineer to look into the situation. { and if the engineer's report agreed ' with the contentions of the telephone | company's enginecr, as outlined, the | permit woul issue; otherwise, lt’ would be denied. The council decided to advertise for i bide for the building of a pérmanent D R vateioti61to & | roadway and sidewalks in Carroll ey s e viaea Sor ' | A- Shepherd shows that the town has| ! hand 92. S i yorking capital to 4200000 was de- | *SAS% PRURES T been cuestsn by NEW YORK, February 4—The| ‘Previous to the vote on the bill, | the,council (o write the senators trom steamship Presidente Wilson, carrying {;anr&:e{n“zlve }'Jnd‘er:‘ml le;vad n gm,d offices in retaining village free - ell of Bostos ice that it an effor s made to re-| delivery of mails in Hyattsville. Cardinal O'Conn Syl to Rome. ;-\ the Fitzgerald bill, he would ask | “Tne souncil has adopted two ordi- 1s due at Naples late today, according|all real friends of workmen's com-| nances, one making it unlawful for to cable advices received here by |pensation tu leave the committee and | more than six persons to ride on thel agents of the line. She should reach break the quorum. He said he hated | fire department truck at one time,, oty t row at the I to take such drastic action, but that{and the other making it unlawful to | (3.: l‘t:‘l'lllcrel' '!g“flm“ OW at the latest,| he was fighting for a principle. make a subdivision in town without : = 1 of the councll, and de- The Presidente Wilson reached Oppose Underhill Threat. the SDRFOVE ool Gioneltar February 2 and stopped at| Representative Focht said that it|CIAFInE that no subdivision would be was the most sensational threat th d unless a plat of it was filed and fers, & rogular port of call yester. vall e s agents mald, i1 e had heard in forty years of legls. | SPPFOVed bY the town authorities. tive life, and he said such an a BELTSVILLE. t would be reprehensible. Although op- posed to the bill himself, he belleved S BELTSVILLE, Md., February 4 (Special).—The Price Georges Coun- B t if the majority wanted to report ty Pomona Grange, embracing the those in the minority should ccept the verdict. Representative various subordinate granges in_the county, is to meet in Grange Hal than an hour and a half. Thus, it is|gerald bill at all stages, endeavoring ::Id by (?eue oflk".lnll. tdwot bl“loll“:! to put through his own bill for work- | e morning session and two in the . afternoon would be physically impos- | Pe"'8 compensation on a different sible in the time elapsed during the |Frinciple, voted to make the report on nhol‘l‘r‘m': Somevhe ciatin thi a the Fitzgerald Dbill, reserving all ets, . claim this was done in the case of Benedict's election, and |[/ENt8 to amend, including the right to substitute. that the cardinals are keeping to the letter of the rules in taking four bal-| An effort by Representative Zihlman of Maryland to have domestic serv- lots daily. CARDINAL O’CONNELL -DUE.: ants specifically exempted from the provisions of tne bill was defeated Should Land at Naples 'l'o;ai‘he or Tomorrow Early. AVALANCHE BURIES TRAIN Number of Others Injured’ Whon Snow Hurtles Down on Tracks. Medical Aid Bushed. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 4.—One hundred and ten persons were killed and num- ber of others injured when 2 rallway train was buried by an avalanche at Itoigawa station, according to a dis- patch from Nagano today. The victims were for the most part farmers, {orkmen lndadrl’nw:ly .!m- ployes, who were engaged in clearing i I SHOT tl:lrl‘llp::;‘ulaz nz‘: th;t he was bit- ly ] e Fitzgerald but he ‘would also refuse to brg‘alk ‘the quorum. _ Representati U bill ad not cirry out his "'(:e“'j“?‘.’h. effort to_substitute the Y :o: l.:t Fitsgerald bill E::u;:'l:l?.fl‘: 0 4. In insisting upon domestic se; being included under the provrlzf:r:: ? the bill, Representative Fitzgerald d that he was being gulded by the action of the Housekeepers' Al- liance. It was brought out that New Jersey. is the only staté which in- cludes domestic servants in its work- men's compensation law. y_track od- 1 rellef has been dispatched to the TO DEATH BY MOB. cene from Nagano. |N.m Seized From Sheriff and Dep- BRITON DIES IN VIRGINIA. Sties fand’ Xilled) o | By the Asnociated Press, MALVERN, Ark., February 4.— Harry Harrison, negro, aged about ;cmm. Wwas taken from the sheriff of Special Dispateh to The Star.\ {Hot Springs county and two deputles FREDERICKEBURG, Va., February!at the door of a train here shortly 4—Mai. Charles Hogers Etches, sisty- |Defors midulght last night by » party five years of age, died at his home |n‘ut masked men estimated to number lvania terday after a;200 and was riddled with bullets oo ,i','“n,&"';'}",m"'m Thonthe. " *iwithin & few yards of the rallway o reg B e station. tracted tuberculosis of the throat, from | The- negro had been accused of which he never recovered. He was a|frightening girls and women for some nguished officer of .the British | time, his offenses culminating yester- “he served !day, when he appeared half-naked be- fore an automobile filled with school girls. He was arrested this aftarnoon and placed in jail. Last night when it ‘Was_Frumol that there was talk of of the , lynching, the officers decided to take again engaged in fighting for the coun- |the negro to Arkadelphia for saf: try of his birth. Heé served through|keepins. They had just boarded the all the principal battles of the recent g’:h:n w:on they were overpowered by 0! conflict, and at its conclusion again re- turned ‘The negro was taken about twenty to his home in Spotsylvania. He of Oxford and an-officer | yards from the train and shot without Regiment. ceremony. Following the shooting the members of the mob digpersed quietly n_investigation - atelv bv the coroner. to the London Times. Yk 4 A o here February 16. The morning s sion will begin at 10 o'clock, and the afternoon session, which will be open to_the public, at 2 o'clock. t Dean P. W. Zimmerman of the Uni- | versity of Maryland, lecturer for the Pomona Grange, announ the pr gram for the meeting as follow Address, “A Report on the National Agricultural Conference,” B. John Black, master of the state grange; address, “State Legislation as Af- fecting Agriculture”; address, “State Legislation as Affecting Public School Mrs. Edgar T. Brown; vocal selections by student grango quar-| tet of the University of Maryland.' ‘A new county road law” and the “county school budget’ are an- nounced as important subjects to be | discussed at the morning session. Al basket luncheon will be served, and the Beltsville Grange will provide coffee and fruit for the visitors. —_————— " MOUNT RAINIER. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., February 4 (Special).—A spelling club, with L. Ww. fimau h as president and Roy Smith as secretary, has been organ- ized by citizens of Mount Rainier and Brentwood: The club is preparing to ssue challenges for contests with spellers in nearby towns. —_— YANKS SAIL FOR U. S. ANTWERP, February 4. —The United States Army transport Can- tigny, with 1,100 officers and men of the American forces in Germany from Coblens on board, sailed from this port last evening for America. ——e BERNHARDT TO ENTER FILMS LONDON, February 4.—Sarah Bern- hardt has accepted an offer of Amer- motion picture interests to act snow from the rail in Two Wars. - { | that the bridge has been condemned, | ‘s sories of:photoplays, according|d USHER’S NARROW ESCAPE. Absent Saturday Night First Time in Two Years. H Last Saturday night was the first time W. B. Shaw, a clerk In tho Post Office Department, had missed | attendance at the Knickerbocker Theater as an usher in two years. The snowstorm prevented him from getting there. He was congratulated by his friends throughout the depart- ment when he returned to work Mon- day. PLANS T0 LICENSE D.C. ARCHITECTS Bill Introduced in Senate May Be Considered With Theater Investigation. 4 Registration and licensing of all arch- itects operating in the District of Co- lumbia is provided for in a bill intro- duced In the Senate yesterday and re- ferred to the committe on District of Columbla, where it prodably will be considered In connection with the com- mittee’s investigation of the Knicker- bocker disaster. The measure provides for the appoint- ment of a board of architects, to be ap- pointed by the District Commissioners, 1o consist of five men who have been in the business in the District for at least ten years. Taey would be ap- would receive a fee of $10 a day for eacn day of service. This board would ve relaulnfl 10 keep a roster of its licenses, and submit an annual report to Con- gress. Licenses Only After Examinatio All of those using the title architect or registered architect shall have au- thority of the board, according to the terms of the bill, and the board will ls- sue licenses only after examination. The act, however, would not prevent drafts- men, students, fuperintendents or other employes of registered architects from acting under his instruction. But tae measure does prevent the use of the word architect being put on plans made by engineers, mechanice or bullders. ‘The .fee charged is fixed at $10 at the time of appiication and not in excess of! $12 when the registration is granted. Registration must be renewed annually. PRAISES PROMPT ACTION IN THEATER SURVEY Writer Points Out Danger Threat- ened by Calvert Street H Bridge. To the Editor of The Bta: 1 wish to express my most sincere approval of the prompt action on the part of our board of Commissioners Iu ordering a complete survey of all the theaters and moving picture houses in the District of Columbia, in the interest of safeguarding the lives of our people and to prevent a rene- tition of the terrible catastrophe that befeil this city on Saturday night. It is an undisputed fact that many of our prominent theaters occupy buildings _ erected many rs ago, long befofe fireproof stiuctures came into existence, and while there is no doubt but that this type of building conforms to the fire regulations gov- erning our city, it is a question as to whether all are equipped with suf- { ficient danger exits to provide safe] conduct for the crowds that regular- Iy_patronize these playhouses. Many of our moving picture places are installed in.builaings and rooms | originally erected to accommodate | stores and other lines of business in- | terest. These were never intended as places of amusement nor constructed | with the idea of housing the great| number of Deople that visit these | places regularly. 1 feel that I may be permitted to call attention to the Calvert Street bridge, spananing Rock Creek Park. This bridge, | believe, was bulit along about the year 1890. it has since been widened, and was erecied at a time when the present heavy type of street car and_automobile iruck was un- heard of. Notwithstanding the fact ! i it is used very extensively to ac-! commodate the pedestrian and heavs vehicular traffic at this point. In| comparison with the modern briages | of ioday this one iooks like a mere shell. I do not wish to appear unduly alarmed and overanxious by referring | to these matters sc important to all, but_simply to call attention to facts as appear to me, in order that \Vlill-‘ ington will never again be called upon to participate misery as we through. CA in such sorrow and are now passing A. J. DRISCOLL. RAVAN CLUB HOLDS | 'SERVICE FOR VICTIMS ! i Memorial for Masons and Others | Killed in Knickerbocker Theater l Disaster. i Memorial services for the victims and | j all affected by the Knickerbocker Thea- er disaster were conducted by members of the Caravan Club at their regular weekly meeting at the new City Club yesterday afternoon. l (0L SHAUGHNESSY BURIED WITH HONOR Wife Wins Plea to Be Allow- ed to Attend Services De- spite Her Injuries. Funeral wervices for Edward H. Shaughnessy, second assistant post- master general, who dled Thursday at Walter Reed Hospital, as the result of injuries recelved in the Kniokerbocker Theater = disaster, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the chapel at 1300 N street. Mrs. Shaughnessy, wife of Col. Shaughnessy, suffering from five broken ribs in the same catastrophe, attended both the services at the chapel and the interment at Arling- ton national cemetery. Her body tightly strapped, she prevailed upon the doctors at Emergency Hospital to allow her to attend the services. The little daughter, both arms broken, was not ailowed to attend. Higl' officials of the government service, _including officials of the Post Ofice Department and scores of clerks, attended the services, the Post Offige Department being closed at 1:30 o'clock tkis afternoan in respect to sistant postmaster general. Cortege Met by Troops. Chaplain J. E. Yates of Fort My®r, officlated at the services at the chapel. When the cortege reached Arlington rational cemetery it was met oy troops and the band of the fort. and the interment was with full military honors, Mr. Shaughnessy having served as a colonel in the transporta- tion corps during the war, receiving the distinguished service medal. Four planes from Cleveland, part of the air mall fleet, which arrived at College Park, Md., early today, flew over the route to the cemetery, and sprinkled on the grave two bushels of roses in tribute to the memory of Col. Shaughnessy, who had always shown great interest in the air mail. Among the scores of floral tributes today was one piece from the tele- phone operators of the Post Office De- partment. Last fall Col. Shaughness; arranged an air flight for the girl and they never forgot it. Floral tributes came from Presi- dent Harding, members of the cab- inet, members of the House and Sen- ate, Post Office Department and other government officials, and from® vari- ous postal organizations, including the railway mail organizations. Dr. Werk ia Place of Mr. Hays. Dr. Hubert Work, first assistant postmaster genergl, headéd the list 1 of honorary pallbearers, in the ab- sence from the city of Postmaster General Hays. he other honorary bearers included ? Irving Glover, third assistant post- master general; H. H. Billany, fourth assistant postmaster general: A. Lasker, chairman of the Shipping Board; Judge John A. Edwards, so- licitor, Post Office Department; Wal ter H. Riddell, general superin raflway mail service; George W. Per- kins. jr., executive secretary to the Postmaster General; Ralph V. Sollitt, Shipping Board: M. J. G American Railroad Association; F. Egge, superintendent, alr mail service; Willlam M. Mooney, chiet clerk of the Post Office Department. and E. R. White, chief clerk, office of the second assistant postmaster gen- ers included G Van H. Moseley. Lieut. Col. W. I Keller, Capt. W. L._McMorris, Maj. £ G. Bliss and_Col. E. D. Peck, all of the United States Army. and Capt. David 8. Barry, jr., United States Ma- rine Corpe. EMBASSY ATTACHE, HURT IN CRASH, MAY DIE Nobile Tomasso Assereto, Italian Legation Secretary, in Serlous Condition From Pneumonia. Nobile Tomasso Assereto, third sec- retary of the Italian embassy. who wae injured in_the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater a week ?o. was reported in a serious condition today at Emergency Hospital. follow- ing development of pneumonia fro his long exposure in the ruins. fignor Assereto suffered a multiple fracture of the pelvis and other wounds, but until today had been re- ported resting comfortably and on the road to recovery. In his weakened condition pneumonia was not easi warded off, however, and the grav of his case now Is admitted at the ospital. Other patients at Emergency Hos- pital from the theater catastrophe were said to be getting along “fairly ell” today. Dr. Clvde M. Gearhart and Mrs. E. H. Shaughnessy are at is institution. n.‘Cm'\dlllon of the Knickerbocker in- jured at Garfield, Walter Reed ard Naval hospitals continues good, it was ascertained. BUILDER CALLS ATTACKS ON INSPECTOR UNJUST — Gen. W, Twenty-Five Years of Dealings With Office Convince E. M. Dulin That Force Is Inadequate. That criticism of the office of the Howard Omohundro presided, and, after calling the rames of those ifasons | killed or injured in the catastrophe, | turned the meeting over to Rev. David | Ransom _Covell of the Trinity Com- | munity House, who acted as master of ceremionies during the remainder of th | afternoon. Those Masons lost in_the wreck were Daniel K. Jackson,' Fred- | erick H. Ernest and Louis F. Valentine, while the injured included Dr. Charles M. Gearhart and James H. Michaells. | ‘The wives of Messrs. Gearhart and Vel- cn_;!'xlxe were n]s‘u killed. . e ceremonies opened with the sing- ing of “Nearer, My God, to Thee 5y | the whole assemblage, followed by the reading of the burh ntences by Rev. ’ Covell, who also conducted the prayer, The Scottish Rite Quartet, composed ! of William Atherholt, Pope, Carl Kerr and J. Walter Hu phrey, with Harry G. Kimball at the plano’ then sang “Still, Sl With ee."” In the address Rev. Covell deplored | h the lack of care in the construction of | £ the building, “if such be the cas and declared that “human careless- ness is the worst thing 11 life.” He stressed the lesson to be learned by the living from the tragedy d im- portuned all to always be prepared to mect similar fat ect to the memory of those: T who died in the disaster, the club,; through Samuel Zirkin, chairman of the committee on arrangements, an- nounced that the dinner to be given “Call Me Henry” Lansburgh, past 11- lustrious potentate of Almas Temple, had been postponed until February 24, when the same program as already announced would be carried out. TRIBUTE TO MISS DUTCH.{ Theater Victim’s Associates Pay | for Sending Body Home. Moved by a spirit of practical sym- pathy for Miss Margaret M. Dutch, one of their number, who lost her life in the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater, of the adjutant general’ i the expenses of g her g;dy,to her former home in Luding- ton, Mich., and all expenses attending ! her burial. Mies Dutch had been employed inioe subscriptions to a political news:. e statistical section of the mail and :‘;cord division since March, 1918, hav- ing volunteered her services during the world war. At the time of her eath’ she resided. at 1740 Buclid atrest. < b building inspector of the District as a result of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster is unjust, is the opinion of E. . Dulin, for the past twenty-five years a builder in this city. Mr. Dulin says that as a bullder. coming into contact with the building inspector's office, he has had great op portunity for observing the treme dous task with which the building in- $pector has been confronted. ‘Mr. Ashford, acker and Mr. Healy and their assistants have been the inspectors with whom I have hi dealings during the twenty-five years of my building operations in Wash- ington,” he said. “I feel I would not have done these men justice if 1 did not, at this time, commend them for the tremendous task which they have been asked to perform for the citizens of Washington. “Qur city has grown, and we ecitizens have not done our duty to see that the bullding inspector’s office been equipped with additional orce to handle the great progress ot bullding in the last fifteen years. Mr. Dulin sald the office has been tremendously handicapped by lack of an additional force to cope with the situation. He galled attention to the fact that the fiejd force has but five assistant inspectors to cover the vast territory, amé that each is assigned to one-fiftl territory In the District. ould be sick, or on leave, there no relief for the office, without h: g to take men jpectors havi ut a ~for transportation If this is '1'.[’ h;‘. sted that the inspector's 1 s e ! ught to be doubled to ten o tanis and. two fecld engineers. The force inside the office, said, should at least be doubled in every department. OFFICIALS ARE INDICTED BY CHICAGO GRAND JURY CHICAGO, January 4—Indictments aghinst seven officlals and former offi- clals of Chicago, charging violation of the civil service law through sales paper backed.by the city administra- tion and tickets to a picnic given by litical faction headed by Mas: g ‘were returned um Hale Thom) 1S Y podmnty grand jury. .