Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1922, Page 2

“Why Smile?” Query Gets Varied Replies From Many Leaders NEW YORK, February 7.—A national humorous weekly has made public several statements from men of matienal promi- nenee in reaponse fo fts requent | for messages, atating “why you believe the ed States ahould smile at this time,” for use in | comnection with the celebration of “national smile week,” Feb- ruary 5 to 12 Among those who replied with words of cheer were Postmanter Gemeral Hayw, Sec- retary of Labo vix, Theo- dove Roosevelt Wiilizm 3. Bry: Woudrow Wilkon replied: “Y have no message teo a subject.’ IRREGULARITY SEEN | IN DIVORGE GASES Alexandria Lawyers’ Com- mittee Will Make Further Disclosures in Scandal. ¥rom a Staff Correspondent. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February Further disclosures suggesting the| | existence of evils in connection with| | the divorce practice here are prom-{ | ised by the committec appointed by the local bar association to investi- ! gate the divorce conditions when it meets next Saturday. They will be contained in the re- port the subcommittee which is con- ducting the examination will submit to the full committee Saturday. As was in the case of its first re- Port made to the committee last Sat- urday this second repart will pre- sent figures and facts, according to members of the committee, that would suggest an irregularity in the ‘ swearing to the residence require- ments of divorce applicants in a num- ber of cases. POPE PIUS XI CHOOSING HIS OFFICIAL FAMILY inued from First Page.) i | first blessing bestowed by Pius XI Continual conciliation, inaugurated by his predecessor; probable reconcilia- {tion of the state and church, which {have been estranged for so many ears, and an appeai to all the na- are said {sential aims of the Vatican policy {as will be conducted under the Such progress has been made by |present pontiff. Cardinal Gasparri will retain his this subcommittee In its serutiny of |, qTdE SEATE, Fon, TO eate the court records and In its tabula- | This announcement _ almost im tion of the history of each case filed | mediately after Pius XI had assum- for the last eighteen months that| members of the committee ant.cipate today they wouid be in a position next Saturday to make a fin. | full report of their findings. s ! previously had a newly elected pon- event. it is pointed out, the investiga- | tiff chosen his secretary of state be tion-of notations which have arousedfore the elapse of two or three days. suspicion in individual c: will pe| That the new Pope has decided to zreatly expedited. and although it is!exercise h difficuit to determine at this time: | When some of the cardinals, attached members of the committee believe | to what has become known as the they will be in a position to make a ncilables.” attempted to pe final report of the entire situation to!suade him not to appear on the out- the Bar Association within the next|side balcony. He listened to the a month or six weeks. guments for a few moments, and then e 1 said: Not to Express Opinion. i Members of the subcommittee i nt, as Benedict XV required signif hours for the appoint- twenty-four [t Anserts His Authority. plained today that there will be no| “Remember. I am no longer a car- opinion expressed in their final report } dinal. 1 am the supreme pontiff regarding the contents of the divorce | 1OW: records, nor will there be any recom- ! diplomatic corps and papal mendation. These will come later, | aristocracy were received in the Vati- “Our figures will speak for lhcmA[C““ ye: afternoon. His holi- one member of the subcom- | nes mittee’ Said today. 1 personally think ip, ex- | d by his entourage and escorted each member of the investigating! N . A irtee e e fully | eonvinced | by noble xuards in their striking red from the disclosures made by our uniforms and the Swiss tfigures and the information panyingithem that there is an exis ent devit_amd will decide immediate upon.its Tiext step toward bringing account those guilty of irregular fraudulent praciice regarding the ob- taining 8f dfvorces and-in making an effort to eerrect these conditions and remove the stain from the name of our fair city.” Wés. Baggett Denies. Mre. Mary L. Baggett. wio operites a rdoming house at 119 South Royal street. according to the figures pre- sented to the committee t Saturday. signedseighty domicile affidavits in a total of 340. as reported at that meet- ing. ‘stated today to The Star reporter that in all of her life she has never committed.an illegal act. She ex- plained that her house is of a size suf- ficeint to hold.at one time forty per- ich would have been neces- ording to the information re- ported at last Saturday’s meeting of | the - investigating -commitiée. Mrs Baggett declared that while she has rented rooms te many persohs who | were applying for a divorce she h: never failed to comply with the law and has not “knowingly” done an thing that eould be considered irreg ular, nlezahar&flym,", # .fi;&n..‘m: A “similar "exp.aiati i who=e i s Stella Ben: 100ming house is located at South | Pitt street. who: according to the fig- ures reported to the committae last Sat had sworn to the affida ry garding the_residence requirements of | divorce appficants in fifteen of the 340 cases reporied. Both Mr&l Baggett and Mrs. Bensel | had no hesit in saving that the out- come of the investigation will prove they have been innocent of any false swearing_or_other irregularitie J. K. M. Norton. a member of vestigatling committee, was appointed a committee of one by the tend a hearing Thursday Va., on the Hall bill. Which proposes to amend the divorce law of the state. He will urge the incorporation in the : Milan a few months after his eleva- Hall bill of several amendments rafted | tion to the cardinalate is similar to by the local investigating committee, | the election of Benedict XV a short Which are intended to strongthen that |!ime after his reception of the red measure and which in the opinion of ! Pope Benedict's election was the local committee will bring wbout aclearly a special providence. and no nuch better situation regarding | doubt the same will be found true of aivorces for the entire state. il He is conspicuous for hi: {intelléctuality and learning. He has {hag experience in diplomacy. and the iholy see chose him for its first nuncio ito the newly liberated and united 1 Polish nation.” | guardstin medieval costumes. As’ the pontiff_moved slowly along 1l knelt. He offered his hand and i was reverently kissed; then he pro ed to €lementine Hall, where {others recelved tlLe papal benediction There was a touch of melancholy adness and disappointment to hun dreds of Americ the thousands of Italians in St. Peter's {square. when Cardinal Bisleti, dean ‘of the cdardinal deacons. appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s and shout- ed: “I bring you great joy. The words spelled consternation to tie Ame and a few minutes later. as Cardinal O'Connell’s automo- bile drew up to the large bronze gate fon the right side of the Vatican. it was realized that one more conclav had been held without American par ticipation CARDINALS TOO LATE. be to Rome for Coronation. By thie Associated Prexs ¥ PAR Febr; 7.-Cardinal Dougherty. Archbishop of Philadel- phia_und inal Begin. Archbishop their way, to Rame. v this § fo £yt on Ceamsnigl HAD board _the Bine from New York, after a stormy vovage. and arrived in Paris _this afternoon The two cardinals will leave tonight for Rome, where they will arrive Thursday night_in ample time f the coronation of Pope Pius X1 They bad hardly expected. on ng. that they would reach Rome in time for the election of the new Pope. Soon after his arrival in Paris Cardinal Dougherty telegraphed the new pontiff the congratulations and good wishes of the clergy and peopie of Philadelphia. He expressed al the pleasure of American Catholics in general at the choice of the new Pope. In a statement, later, Cardinai Dougherty said: “The election of the Archbishop of LRY: LOVE OF GIRL STAR ‘ RECITED IN LETTER! AGAIN MISSES EZECTION. (Continued from First Page.) v ! Conclave Would Await Arrival. aim and to! a_description of Sands to 5 i By the Associated Pre Sheriff Harris at Elko, The police were hopeful Constable| ROME, February 7.—For the second Berning's suspicions might prove cor- | consecutive conclave, Cardinal O'Con- as they have stated they believed | nell. archbishop of Boston, failed in sands could solve the enigma of Tay- | NS race across the ocean to reach lor's slaying. {Rome in time to carry out the duties § {of his cardinalate in the election of Find Seented Note. i From the moment the, Asso- scented no o) g jelated A scented note dropped from one | §ETCL (HES RO e Naples. bay tectives were making an examination | tion in Rome, Cardinal O'Connell was of his effects, according to the Los|fully convinced that the sacred col- d [he came. . butterfly monogrammed stationery of | As he disembarked from the steam- ia Pope. Press correspondent greeted of Taylor's books while police de-|until his-arrival at the railway sta- Angeles Examiner. It was on the | o8¢, would not make a choice until Mary Miles Minter. It read as fol-|er Presidente Wilson shortly after i 6 o'clock yesterday morning, the cor- . A i respondent " Informed him that the Jearest: great papal question was not vet de- “} love you—T love you—I love you. icided, and apparently the conclave X XXXXXXX XX iwas anxious for his presence. N B { “Well, if that is 80" said the cardi- Tiwiapy~ | PaL it is a great compliment to me MARY." land my country and people. It is a i TagE was two inches in|Ereat satisfaction to know that I height, followed by an exclamation will be in time at last. Eight years ago when I strained every nerve and resource to attend the conclave which elected Benedict XV, I arrived in point an_inch in height.” ary Miles Minter did not deny authorship of the letter, aceording to | Rome just an hour late, the Examiner. e Jate. 3 “di Tove William Taylor” she | trom ' New Fock: fommem, Laset sail said. “I loved him deeply and ten- | that they would wait foralS aKo. derly, with all the admiration and me this time, for it means somethi man’ to come thousands of miles across the ocean in wintry weather. {1 have had a feeling that my col- { leagues in the sacred college would Eive due consideration to my disap- pointments and tha pointme t of Catholic { The steamer President Wil - lowed the southerly route man faa a perfect crossing. This probably ac- counted for the splendid appearance of Cardinal O'Connell, whose face was rosy red, step buoyant and spirit { cheerful.’ Stops of one day each were jmade at the Agores Gibraltar and Algiers. Had one of these been amitted the cardinal would have been in time for the conclave. course,” said the cardinal, had. a lot of tourists ‘aboard’ wee wanted to visit these places, and the captain could not omit them for the sake of one individual.” Discussing. papal questions “he pointed out that he was.actually. a member of the conclave, although force of circumstances prevented his immediate presence. “I wish, however, that you would say in & loud voice to the American people that the Italian government has been most kind to me.” continued the cardinal.\ “The government's am- Dbassador assured me that his country would place every facility at my dis- posal to make the journey comfort- ably and Speedily. The Italians have more than redeemed the promise and 1 am much touched by_.their courtesy and thoughtfuldess. I am told that even the King of Italy does not have a whole special train, his private car being merely attached to reguler, trains,” i) it inl i respect a young girl gives to a man | with the poise and culture of Mr. Taylor.” Taylor and Miss Minter met at Santa Barbara two vears ago. He was her_director. They later went| to New York with the company. New York Man Eliminate The wealthy young New York man who was reported to have left Los Angeles on the day Tollowing the murder of Taylor and who was enamored of one of the motion pic- ture actresses whom police have been questioning in connection' with ‘the case was located late last night by private detectives. According to these investigators he gave an.account.of himself which they say “practically climinates him from consideration in onnection with the case. He was located in a downtown hotel. Inter- est had centered upon him for sev- eral days, because he was said to be a rejected suitor of an actress re- ported infatuated with Taylor. Find Another Note. Among Taylor's effects were found two letters written in a well known achoolgirl code of straight lines and dots. One of these, deciphered, reads as follows: “I love you—oh, I love you. “I had to come down because mama remarked, that -1 always ‘seemed ta feel rather -happy after being out with- you.” So here I am. Camou- flage. . o s T am feeling unus-, ually fine—more camoufiage. see you later. God love you e tions of the world to restore peace | to constitute the most es-| ed the high pontificate is regarded as | ment of Cardinal Gasparri, and never | full authority was shown | ns mingling among ! Dougherty and Begin Will Go on | i{Cardinal O’Connell Had Expected | OF ALASKAN ROAD Declares Railway Cost Eight Times as Much as Territory. Gov. Scott C. Bone of Alaska, in an address today at the City Club re-|" marked that the government railroad just completed and in operation be- tween Seward, on Resurrection bay, and Fairbanks, 467 miles in the in- terior, with a brarch line to the coal flelds, had cost eignt times as much as Uncle Sam paid for the whole of | Alaska fifty-five years ago. “The purchase price under the treaty negotiated with Russia by Sec- retary Seward, tn 1867, involved $7.- 200,000, he said. “This was consid- ered at the time an extravagant out- lay of public funds, and provoked pro- tests in Congress and throughout the country. But Alagka has produced wealth approximating a billion dol- jlars In the half century that has in- {tervened, and Uncle Sam, in spite of his neglect of that northern country, has reaped big dividends on his origi- {nal modest investment. 1 $56,000,000 Spent. { “The appropriations authorized to date for the rajlroad aggregate fifty- six millions. It has been in course of construction for more than seven | years, the work having been sus- ipended during the world war. Its cost exceeds the original estimate by twenty-one millions. but this is easily | understood. in view of the abnormal conditions precipitated by the war.” ihe added. “The government has | demonstrated that it can build jrailroad, and build it well. “Tt is to be taken for granted that when Congress voted money to build | the government railroad it meant that Alaska should be developed. It assumed, no doubt, that policies of development would come hand-in hand with the building of the rail oad, but the world war intervened {and attention was diverted from Alaska and the manifest needs of the territory were compelled to walt. “Now it is fncumbent upon the gov- ernment to take immediate steps to turn its railroad investment of $56.- 000.000 to profit by consolidating Alaskan activities under one depart- ment and centralizing administrative authority and responsibility in Alas- ika. but with continued general su- pervisioh in Washington.” ! Tribute to Wears. In connection with his remarks on he railroad. the governor paid high ! tribute to Col. Frederick/ Mears, who | iis now bringing the great work to} ompletion. | The administration. the governor | emphasized. is committed to the de velopment of Alaska, and he believed that early legislation would be {enacted which would make devel-! opment possible. The President and Secretary Fall are making plans to visit the territory in July or Au-| gust and this will be the most mem- {orable event in the annals of the 1long-neglected territory. In com-! | memoration of the visit a golden| {sike will be driven at the point on| | the railroad where steel was joined.| inear Riley creek, in the Broad Pass' - i region. A large audience heard the addres: f Gov. Bone, who was introduced by | ohn Walsh, chairman of the rorumlh { committee. | |THREE KNOWN DEAD; 1 | a i Pper—Scene in the t and hix jur; i} Sitting— PLANS DISREGARDED IN BUILDING THEATER, pper—Left to W. Kelly, M. (Continued from_First Page.) he had not examined the nce the disaster ch plans go to the compute: He couldn’t tell who handl but said the records of the 1d show. you personally inspect {building?” asked the coroner. MANY ARE MISSING | “B 0 ki it IN RICHMOND FIRE | (0. sir. I haven't attempted.to ex- | e said. this 1 | amine the records in any way “Did you see the plans personally Dr. Nevitt asked. “I can't recall. “Do you recall whether any of your dinates appealed to you on any t in the plans?” “I do_not recall in this case.” Asked by Maj. Gordon if he had in- PR i {Austin of Fincastle, one of the vic ims of the fire, had come to Rich- {mond to attend the execution of Ed- !} jmund Thompson. a negro who was|'"! { electrocuted at the state peniten-! tiary this morning. In the Fincastle | | party registered at the Lexington | were also J. H. Webb, L A. Crowder | and H. S. Cahoon. Mr. Webb threw a I mattress to the street and thenj| {jumped from the window, escaping with miner injuries. Vauits Believed Intact. The safes and vaults of the bank jand the brokerage offices are believed | to be intact. though they are buried | under._the debris. i1 The fire. once started. swept toward the Cary street section and it was only by concentrating all the avail- able streams on the rear that the | flames were prevented from making | their way to the Cary street whole- sale district. The front of the hotel | was practically untouched. So rapidly did the flames spread| through the rear. however. that all avenues of escape of guests in that { portion of the hotel were cut off and they were compelled to take to the | windows. The clothing of several { of those who jumped was afire and it| ! was only a matter of choice between the witness replied: r night. but that is all that T have done since the accident. All that I can tell you is by recolle ion." John I'. Healy, then took the stand. He suid he had records of the build- ing plans. and the names of the in- who served on the building. i pectors on this building were {E. G. Curtis and A. K. Selden. |were the general inspectors. There %o was J. R. Downman, inspector of structural steel, while T. L. Costi- gan was the computing engineer, the Witness said. The latter is not ‘mow with the building department. He is in the street cleannig department. “I am preparing a report now for the Commissioners.” the witness said. 'Asked if he could give any deduc- tions, he said he had made none. His dation and steel members. R. H. Davis. engineer of the build- ing department at the present time, is now computing the data, Mr. Healy said. “Tell the jury all you know about the foundation,” the coroner advised. “I have estimated the load on the foundation and on truss No. 11, the point of heaviest load as being about three and one-half tons per square foot.” the witness sald. "The unit bearing value of that sort is four- and one-half or five tons per square oot He said the plans could be produced. Mr. Costigan Called. Coroner Nevitt issued finstructions to call Mr. Costigan as a witness, and to have R. H. Davis bring the plans to the hearing room. “Do you know why the roof fell?” asked Maj. Gordon. “I do mot,” Mr. Healy replied. Do you know what importance should be attached to the amount of snow on the roof?” “That is _a matter of opinion,” the witness said. “What is the load?" “That it would support a dis- tributed load of twenty-five pounds per square foot. That is the mini- mum.” “Wouldn't jt hold a weight of 100 pounds per square foot?" “Yes, sir.” ‘Can you tel was?” “No man can.” “Have you investigated the walls?” “I have the walls. “Was the building constructed ac- cording to building regulations?’ Maj. Gordon continued. “So far as I know. The report on the steel has not been completed.” the witness answered. “Have you made investigation to determine whether the architect’s plans were carried out?" & “Mr. Davis is doing that now. ‘Beams Not Anchored. “Did you determine whether the beams were tied to the walls? “I left that to Mr. Davis, have talked with him and he has found that as a rule they were not anchored. The beams rested on bear- ing plates. There was no anchoring so far as we know.” “Have you determined what the size of the plates were?” : {probable death on the sidewalk or death by burning in the furnace in back of them, which was left those who dived to the street. The hotel | is four stories is height. Believes 12 or 15 Dead. | James J. Donohue. former manager | 1of the hotel, who was also interested in it at the time of the fire, said today that he ig strongly of the belief that between twelve and fifteen persons lost their lives as a result of the con- flagration. Samuel Ash, who was a guest of the hotel, is reported miss- ing. He was seen in the building last night. . Despite the fact that the ruins of the hotel were still smoldering this after- noon, firemen were searching amid piles of bricks to ascertain whether any per- sons were buried beneath a collapsed wall. It will probably be a day or two before the exact number of victims is known. Those reported as probably fatally injured are: John R. Cochran, fifty-three, lum- berman, New York. J. N. Hager, thirty-six, Boydton, Va. E. P. Howell, thirty-six, salesman, Norfolk, Va. Thomas Flagan, thirty-nine, press- man, Brooklyn, N. Y. George Cutter, forty-seven, man, Buckroe Beach., Va. James Folden, thirty-eight, travel- ing salesman, Patton, Va. B. G. Wright, twenty-six, Newport News. Elmer Diffenbaugh, thirty-two, drug- gist, Newport News. B.'H. Trice, farmer, Lexington, Va. Joseph Ebb, twenty-four, laborer, Fincastle, Va. Andre Galles, thirty, Buffalo, N. Y. J. G. Harivall, fifty-one, salesman, | Porttand, Me. st. Louis. A. H. Harrison, fifty-seven, artist, - UNIDENTIFIED BY NAMES. Navy Department officials say flleyl are unable to identify positively thel “E. T. Carter, U. 8. Navy,” who is re- ported miasing in the Richmond | hotel fire, for the reason that there 'aré. four men of that name in the enlisted personnei of the Navy. One of these men is Elsworth T. Carter, rated as fireman, third class, who en- listed at Hampton roads October 8, 1921, and is recorded as being at the Naval Training Station, Hampton roads. When he enlisted he gave his home address as Shacklefords, King and Queen county. At the War Department it is stated that the records show no officer or enlisted man of the Army named William Hamlin. The nearest ap- proach to that name is First Lieut. Winfield S. Hamlin of the air station, stationed at Langley . Field, mear Hampton, Va., and the départment has no information that he was in Richmond last night. I how much the load farmer, sales- clerk, dye-maker, ‘Did you determine the condition of the terra cotta?’ asked Maj. Gor- don. “They appear to be bedded in gon- crete. That is, the tile blocks are filled up with concrete at the end of every truss where there is a bear- ing beam.” There are five trusses, he said, one principal and four secondary trusses. The principal one ran in a north and south direction, and the secondary ones in an east and west direction, framed into the main truss. “What were these long steel gir- ders?”’ Maj. Gordon continued. “That is a system of beams, bear- ing in size in proportion to weight.' “Did you determine whether the plates were bedded in cement?” The witness said he made no investi- gation to determine this. “Were the trusses bolted?” . *Yes.” **Which is more secure?™ *That depends entirely on the method Boardroom of the Dixtrict buildi; | of bolting, A good bolt is better than | )nked Corporation Counsel Steph: spected the building since the col-¢ investigation was of the walls, foun-} right; Herbert » . Winter, R. C. Brown. a bad rivet.” “Of course, we all know that.” sponded Maj. Gordon with feeling. Evades Straight Statement. Maj. Gordon could not get a straight statement from the witness as to whether bolting is better -than riveting. Maj. Gordon had to give up this line because the witness sald he didn't know. He couldn’t tell the thicknexs of the roof, because, he said, it had fallen. Mr. Healy said he had “regular fleld men” and one supervisor. As to qualifi- cations, he said they were practical or_technical men. “Did vou find that the wall is plumb at the present time?" asked the coroner at_the suggestion of Ralph P. Barnard. “It is not,” the witness said. How much is it out?” asked Dr. Nevitt. “About five inches. That is the Co- lumbia road wall. “Have you any opirion as to th cause of the wall being out of plumb? 5. “I have none that would be a plaus- witness responded. Not Followed. Henry Davix, 1630 re- ible explanation. Pl Robert Irving 4 | street northwest. engineer and com- d the article in The Star last {puter in the building inspector of - fice for two and a half years, next called. Mr. Costigan was the computer in uesiif The present inspector of buildings,|1916. he said. This he took from the | | plans. The witness said he had a three- year college engineering course, and thirteen year's practical experience. ! Questioned by Dr. Nevitt, he said he ‘hud made a study of the plans of he Knickerbocker Theater and of ithe ruins. From the plans and observations he made, he said the plans do not agree =:hr' h the acluraldl;;onsnucflon. The SSes were o ‘erent_hei; al ! the “members" different. The Slans as submitted to the office had no dimen- sions, the witness said. “Is that unusual?” asked Dr. Nevitt. !pge;m is unusual” the witness re- Sometimes, he said, dimensions sent in latet, aa the builder cant put y ol e structural not_ been checked. o ey “Explain the difference: iplans and construction, P roun the ithe coroncr. i Truss Shy in Helght. 1 "’l'h_e plans submitted had no di- mensions,” the witness went on. “In checking there was no discrepancy. For instance, the main jruss, No. 11 scaled on the plans six feet six inches, but i measuring the truss on the |ground it was found the truss was six feet six _!nches over. That is, it was I not as high as it ought to have been. height.” i “When was that discovered?" “After the collapse, when we check- ed the plans,” the wit “With proper inspection it should have been discovered,” he answered to question of the coroner. Asked if the fan was added after the structure was completed, Mr. Davis said he didn’t know. “Do_you mean to say a permit was issued for lhohbuildinl without di mensions on the plans?” Ir. P e Pl asked Mr. would say it was, because the di mensions are not on the plans,” the witness said. Suficiently Stromg. The calculations showed that truss No. 11 was sufficiently strong to carry the lozd of the fan and roof. There were some overstresses, he said. He told the jury that he couldn’t put his finger ot the “member” that caused the collapse. Some of them were weak, but he was unable to tell which 1 one started the collapse. The south end of truss No. 11 rested on column No. 2, Davis said. The trusses were riveted to the columns, but there was no plate at the bottom of the truss. It is assumed that the fact that the truss was bolted to an jangle plate prevented distribution of 1 the weight. i The stresses seemed to figure outal- right, the witness said, but the method of connecting the various members to but I|the main pillar or strut was rather out of the ordinary. There was a weakness In the connections to this main column, he said. “How did the truss get off of that beam?” asked Maj. Gordon. “I can't tell you,” witness replied. “The average bearing on the beam, the number of inches in the wall, was about seven inches. ‘How do you reach that conclu- sion?” asked Maj. Gordon. “By marks on the beam and im- z‘e‘:slon- in the mortar,” the witness On the flange that carried the trusses Nos. 13, 14 and 16, the flange had a dip in them where the trusses fell off, he said. ’ p There wasn't any beam that had bearing or seat of less than three and one-half inches, he said—that i that he could find. “Well, they were all there, weren't they?” asked Maj. Gordon. “No, some of them had been torn out,” the witness sald. Questioned About Education. Maj. Gordon then asked the witness more about his emgineering educa- tion. Witness said he was educated at Delaware College and Lehigh Uni- versity, but he did not get a degreé. “Give the differences between the plans and the wutfmunn." asked f instructed | The truss was nine inches shy in| g at the opening of the hearing. artyn, H. D. F. Long, Dr. J. R, Nevitt, C. J. Gilbert, W. | i i | i | H ness testified. { the beams, i | i l j construction of the theater. | i struetion. - 7, 1922, LECTURE SUBJECT Paul Stark Seeley, C. S. B, member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., de- livered the following lecture at the Christian Science Church, Columbia road and Euclid street last night: “It is sometimes said that one must give up so much to become a Chris- tian Seientist, but this is now o [Christian_Science separates us from nothing but evil. It but asks us to surrender the fool's gold of false mra- 1 sense for the enduring riches piritual-mindedness. It lessens our affection for no one but exalt | purifies our love for ever Christian Scientist recognizing ithe more evil conditions of thought {wé abondon the more we gain of {true manliness, says in the werds of | the great sculptor, Michelangeld, “The more the marble wastes { The more the image grows ! “The world today, torn with disse ision, serife and ill-will, is hungry in lits heart of hearts for love, for the {love that is genuine, good and pure, ithe love that destroys hate, unites men jand expresses God. The idea of co- | operation is being born. Among state {nations, churches. employers, employes, {farmers and individuals we s right idea of human brotherhood s 1y but surely emerging, not without |conflict, but ‘with a definiteness that icause for encouragement. {are coming to see that in the final |analysis self-interest is to be found <‘onl)' the common interest, and that |we cannot have any endurr ¢1fhood" lapart from our brother. So momen- {tous is the step forward which man- ;khl(l is now taking that the breaking up of old beliefs of pride, selfishn ijealousy, hate, and so on {times to cause an icejam in the stream of progress, but under the moral force iof love the stream mov on. “And $0 to every interested in human betterment m th: the world needs vour co-operation nd mine. It needs brotherly co eration one for another, toleration and Kkindne: We need to be ever iready to recognize and to rejoice in ithe ®ood in those about us and to minimize the evil. against ‘going to the mat’ over ques- tions secondary in importance, thus retarding our own and others’ prog- ress heavenward. In the transition through which we are passing w 00 often good men condemn men. Those striving for the same ideals politically and religiously are too often separated by the devil's wedge of controversy and dissension and_their purposes thwarted by un availing conflict My friends, we are brothers. has made us so. Only as brothers c. we find true life, only as brothers can {we po true happiness, on brothers can we fulfil our Father's {purpose and fill our places in lov | harmonious plan. The efforts of the to divide Christians om. to bring among us dissension. ~strife and |war. But w e brothers. brothers inow. brothers forever and forever. The plans did not show any bearing | (Y in brotherhood is heaven. only et 08 L in' brotherhood is truth, and the one Plates. The size of the columns Werel 5aq to brotherhood is love. love that i sood Loewer—Coroner Ringold Hart, counsel. “The strut over column No. 2 not shown on the original plans, and the heights of the tru: were- less than on the origihal plans,” he said. assistant corporation caal istend Was{controversy. is deep. genuine, ‘He o he love God, not shown. They show eight-inch col- | nns, but no welght. | DHE S due “Are you talking of final Yo o asked Maj. Gordon L e “The final plans,” witness whomc hesbath: not “There were some dimensions on the architectural plans. There were no dimensions to show length or weight of steel.” “How did they issue a ‘permit_for {KING LAUDS WORK :_ur]rrli,onn-bullding as that?” asked Maj. | OF CONFERENCE AS “1 do not now, sir,” e wi!m»‘.-l(! AR PARLIAMENT OPENS plan | id_John brother w & he answered. Former Official Testifies. Andrew K. Selden of Clearwater, Fla assistant bullding inspector here in 1916, next was called. He said he was not employed now. { distressing situation is to be found in He said he made five inspections of | the condition of the grount. and the |aPpeasement of international rivalries adjoining biulding on the south of the Knickerbocker. That was the only kind of inspection that he did. He said he | was in the office since 1902, and before | that he was a builder in Tennessee, . |Tangements now making for the meet- His duty, he continued, waa o ex- |Ing of an international confercnce at amine the’condition™of the building on ! Genoa, at which, 1 trust. it will be the south, prior to underpinning. This | PoSSible to establish peace or he found o be all right. He testified | Pasis in Europe. and to reach he had nothing to do with the actual |Ment of many importa |arising out of the pre: financial and economic reconstruction. “Proposals will be submitted to you for the reform of the house of lords d an adjustment of the differen: Bren. | between the two house: liea. | , Among the bills for submission 10 - | parliament, most of which are pure- €11y domestic. is one relating to th Page.) {is carried on all over the world. For these rea! Maj. E. G. Curtis was the inspector of the building at the time of con- He testified that Maj. Cur- tis had charge of the construction. He was excused, and Thom: ran, 1063 Potomac street, was c He 'said he had been for twenty. years a structural iron worker. and 2 worked on the Knickerbocker Theater | torqo mnment (of the for two and one-half hours as signal- | (T29¢ corporation. man for the engineer. He left because the boss carried him to another job.” | The approaching end of the coali- cadd . Donaldson, 1257 iith street.!tion government. which has ald he has no occupation now, buttrolled Great Britain's destinics since has been ronworker by trade since | early in the war, was seen in the re- 7. He worked on the theater. | arsembling at noon today of parlia- Told Not to Break Walls, Ument for what is rezarded on all o 2 { sides as its last session. Those two beams over the stage; General interest. however, was less and one toward the balcony bore one | taken with any specific subject which or two inches on the wall. In moving | might come before the two houses both the foreman said to be carerul |than with the question of the dura- not to break the wall, the witness|tion of life of the present parlia- said. “Me and Charlie Fitts were on|ment, and the government's tenure of the end toward the Columbia road |office. end. and I told Mr. Wallace that ‘111 ‘The newspapers of all party never put my foot on that building |ations, except the few defini any more’ When I got my money 1|porting the government for eft because I didn't like those walls.|time. have been cudgeling the ad- 1 told Mr. Wallace, Mr. Wagner's | ministration for its alleged delin- superintendent, and he laughed at me. ! quencies, each party organ having it That beam rested right over the|own grounds for attack. Accusation stage. 4 tof extravagance and failure to The witness said he was employed | grapple with the question of mna- by Pat McDonald. He said he didn't!tional economy were among the forc say anything to McDonald regarding | most, while others arose from the but Willie Carpenter was | discontent regarding Ireland. therd and heard him. { employment _situation and s He said he stayed on the building, | minor matter: and did come back later. The uncertainty of the The inquest then was recessed for|parliamentary future is emphasized luncheon. by political writers in_the morning et ! newspapers, some of whom take the | view that such dissatisfaction with | l[AmRS Iu MEEI SR One writer declared that_the gov {-ernment’s attitude toward Ulster had {so strengthened the supporters of {morthern Ireland that an almost com- plete withdrawal of the conserva tives from the coalition was pos i sible, forcing Premier Llovd George | Such _headlines as “On 'the Brink and “Under the Shadow tion. today. the government will to resign. belief. Coalition Contrel Near fMili- veral immediate an early date that its resignation not general. Another White House dinner confer- ence, to consider the administration’s | legislative program, has been ar-| ranged for tonight, with members of the Senate and House republican | steering committee in attendance. The conference, it was assumed by congressional leaders, will follow | along the lines of the one held sev-| eral weeks ago, at which an agree- ment was reached on a number of matters connected with the legisla- tive program. . Probable Topics at Conference. Among the subjects which leaders considered would be discussed are the soldier bonus, the tariff and poseibly are indicative of the genera today or tomorrow keen jnterest. 3 Thé Times' parliamentary spondent credits Mr. Lloyd with the desire to parliament, but thinks the hous and make efforts to prolong | session. He sa: no unforeseen troubles arise, ‘homogeneous, smaller, majority.” “On the other hand. the conference. Members of the Senate invited to at- tend the gonference included Senators Lodge, Massachusetts, the republican leader; Curtis, Kansas, the republican ! proposed 3 Tilinois; Wads- , Fernald, Main Kellogg, Minnesota; Frelinghuysen, | New Jersey, and France, Maryland. List of House Members. The House members who will attend were announced as Reppesentatives Mondell of Wyoming, republican lead- er; Longworth, Ohio; Dunn, New York; Darrow, Pennsylvania; Ander- son, Minnesota; Nolan, California, and Green, Vermont. John T. Adams, chairman of the re- Publican national committee.' who par- ticipated in the conference of last month, also was invited to attend the one called for tonight, ” budget, and intimates that economic conference to the government conference, approval.” the correspondent adds. As reg: time passage of these measures wil of the affairs the government certainly will do its utmost to hastem them, l delay 18 ineyitable. B % | " {are owly men | We need to guard | see | {and suspicions. and in the improve- | ment iment of conditions under which tradey have le; ms 1 welcome ar-| a fair| international | con- | 1y sup- | ng | the | be revealed at! This extreme view was | _of Dissolu- which top the political columns | commons may adopt a critical mom:l| rds Ireland, there must be at least two bills, one establishing | terprises in this city and Florida. His the Irish Free State and the other | father, Dr. W. K. Bulkley, attended conferring indemnity for acts com- mitted under martial law. How much take cannot be foreseen, but in view | United States consul at Budapes: al- though if the bills stir up controversy o B TARSTIAN SUENCE NCLE SAM KIKS A The federal goverament, through cretary of tHe Treas"y Mellon, to- day requested the Public Utilities Commission té’ consider & reduction in certain of the charg&S of the Chesapeake and Potomac M\ :lephone Company for service to Uncle Sam. i Correspondence from Secretafy” Mel- lon reveals the fact that the geweéral supply committee of the governm\ht and representatives of the compa | failed in volunt conferenc srell('h an agreement on the issue. The comm ing on telephone | ago, has postponed | ing the out effort to have the company. The substance of the government's request is set forth in the followinz excerpt from the correspondence filed with the commission loday: Regarded U. §. Reservation. “That when two government T vations or parts of ne Teserv; ceparated by a public street. a connection by a governme nt-owney duct or tunnel through such stre <hall be construed * * * as consti- tuting ‘the same government reserva- hui That it is the sense of the commit- i %ee that in view of the demonstrated | avnual carrying charses on wire mil lage and the economics resulting from | the handling of government wire in ca- {bles of considerable size. a reduction of at J r cent in the Bre Wllowed on groups of sion, which held a hear- rates two ast 1 be more n twenty lines from the mileage rate of $18 per mile. here naems 10 be some difference relative to the A b en representatives of v anif this committe nd, ihe time spevified for filing ! hrief by the gevheral sujp ymmitte | T tilitie { ry 5. it is obvious that nfeeynce must be at an and if geemed advisab of fite | company opinior betw any furthe early dute it.is sugg { Letter of Phone C:om In a letter to the geueral supply { cemmittee of the governwmwent, dated the " telephone company | February | - ha ¢ eqvefully oneidered your origi leser of January 12 und on two separa¥e OC- sions its representatives have watde rtain prope to the (-umm!lb“ with respect to the points raises The company has tried to meet 1hes objections r d by the committee 1o our charges for service and has ¢ d certain reductions. which | to be more than liberal. o of February 2 yo B greater reduction in mile for groups of conductor {than that offered you by the rep entatives of the company in confer- lence, on the grounds that the carry- i rges on this type of telephon. i ¢ less than the rates pre- | seribed. T question was vers ! thoroughly discussed with the men ibers of the committee, and it see unnecessary to do so further. othe i tha cmphasize again our positio | With respect to rate-making in gen leral and to mileage charges in par {ticular. We do not know nor have w. based rates for specific classes of {service on the costs involved. To d: {50 would mean the abandonment ot ! our obligations to the telephone pub ilic as a whole. This proposition ha: {been repeatedly recognized as bein {sound in principle by utility commis sions throughout the United States 1" “The company. therefore, has 1 | alternative other than to express it { regret at the refusal of the commitire { to consider the liheral concessions w offcred. We have at all times ex- erted a special effort 10 co-operat: with the various government depari- and in our recent discus: ned backward to n Y point of view of the committee.’ we 1 $386,506.32 Phone Bill. ! nce from the 1 ual cost of gover: ervice in Washing st September. at $3s6 $103,332.96 is 1o Khe correspond ury \gives the an i men: telephone {ton, as of i 84 Of this tota central office messawes. The next {1argest item 98,701.44 for station nd tie-1ine mileage and footage. The governmeut’s annual charge for serv- cetiomns and removals why the governm $95.000 3 year for mileage rege to theé company, another art of the correxpondence from the ry tes . widely scaffered units of the Aministratiwe organizat es the extemsive use by th nt of tie-linex and branc extension lines cariying _anmua charges of $12 per quariar of a mile or fraction thereof. amouning in ag- e to over $£98,000 per annum, that the question of befier con- | structed telephone stem ipvolving {the consolidation of smaller “boards would result in considerable . econ- omies but for the mileage and foot- age now charged.” R. W. BULKLEY EXPIRES. Death Believed Hastened by Knick- erbocker Theater Disaster. Wells Bulkley, prominent tan and interested with his | brother, Barrs Bulkl A1l theaters of this city. died winter home at Pa heart disea ned. at- by the his death tending phy | Knickerboc er here anuary 2X. His brother, notified of ! his critical condition. left for his bed- e and reached there before his ath. _Mrs. Bulkley declared her husband had been ill only ten days. | Mr. Bulkley was widely known in business and_social circles of this believ I i i In these circumstances the | | premier's speech. which is expected | is waited with | corre- George end the present| of! the “The premier will be quite glad if| and | will bring the session to an end in | the hope of securing for the next! government he desires to lead a more | h ibility th woieer foresees the possi ty that the house matters connected with the armament | ¢ commons D proioretthe venaanl until the time for introduction of the ! India, { Egypt and other questions of foreign | poiicy, such as the Cannes supreme | Council meeting and its offspring, the ; at Genoa, will form topies upon which ‘members will put searching questions “Fhe decisions of the Washington universally indorsed as' they are, will be all the firmer for a definite expression of parliament's city. Fe was one of ‘the owners of |lhe Metropolitan Theater and con- | nected with other entertainment en- President Lincoln. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. R. W. Bulkley; a son. John Bulkiey, a preesent position of Irish|daughter, Mrs. Harry Brisner of 1205 1i19th street, and a brother, Bags, Bulkley of 1213 17th street. ¥ P‘;.mml arrangements have not oeen made.