The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1922, Page 2

1 : 5 . ,,.Wotlld take the whole of the day, om THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, (1922. U. S. SAILORS AND MARINES TAKE ACTIVE PART IN RESCUE Becond Assistant Postmaster Generel, Who with bis wife and two children pas b pear in the crash, was de- to-day as in a serious condi- Mom with only a fighting chance for recovery. Two House of Representatives pages ‘were among those killed. They were 6 Sproul, a nephew of Repre- seritative Sproul of Mlinols, and Cut- ler Laflin jr., both of Chicago. Un worked at night as a Knicxer- Docker usher. Col, Charles Keller, U. 8. A., Efi- gineer Commissioner of the District ef Columbia, took charge of the forces at the theatre site as the mili- tary gave way to the civilian forces. Biarines, rushed to the theatre a few hours after the crash Saturday night, were withdrawn before dawn and soldiers from Fort Myer, who nad , struggled through miles of snow Sat- urday might to reach the scene, began deaving. ‘Phe Walls of the theatre are stil! standing, although rumors spread over ‘Washington that these had collapse), Killing several soldiers. Building Inspector Healy at noon ordered the walls demolished, fenring a high wind would cause them to collapse, With the revised list of injured reachifig 182, other deaths are ¢x- Pected at the hospitals, where prob- aly twenty to thirty badiy maimed Victims of the tragedy are in critical condition. All dead and injured had been vs- mioved eurly to-day from the Chris- Bclence Church nearby, a large ture which for more than <bhsty-aix hours had served as a clearing house for victims of the dig- ester. ‘ At 3 A. M. the whole theatre had beech explored with the exception of mall corner in the rear, covered byea radiator. Captain Warren, Ar- filery, commanded that this be hauled out and the wreckage: wnder- Beath removed, even though the posi- tion was such as to preclude poss) bility of any bodies being hidden there. This consumed a long time When the squad was called off whortly after 6 A. M. it was stated there could. be no more corpses tn the ruins. Another relay was put on, Wowever, to clear out the remaining dis, with the prospect that this or penal ‘An inspection of the plans of the POF THE DEAD [fitter verestel wits ts atcgea wo bs N WASHINGTON |. aidan spa HEATRE TRAGEDY DUE RIEa aiceaten aa ibaa 1A ‘Tale’ Jan. -a: (Asoo | UEMN,” Williem Roydea Krein, af- jated Press).—The identified dead in lhe Knickerbocker Theatre disaster ported n-day are: Atkinson, Mary hel; Baker, Albert; Barchfeld, A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa., former Congres:- ian; Barchfold, Helen, daughter of |. Barchfeld; Beal, Joseph: W.° ell, Arcliie, formerly of Vineland, RK. J.; Bikle, Miss M. G.; Bikle, Wiliam G.; Bikle, Miss Francer; Bourne, Thomas R.; Bowden, Mra. Daisy Garvey; Buehler, Albert; Brainerd, Chauncey C., Washington pobre wt the Brooklyn le; Brainerd, Mrs. Chauncey C.; 4, Wilfred, North Adams, student at Georgetown Uni- Yeestty. Canby, William M.; Covell, Mrs. D. B; Crawford, W. N.; Crocker, W. M. ; Dauber, Vinson W.; Dorsey, Thomas 'M.; Dorsch, Miss Helen; Duke, Kirkland; Dutch, Mrs. Mar- Saret, Ludington, Mich. ; Hidridge, A. G.; Eldridge, Mrs. Al- fred G.; Eldridge, Guy 8., Sait Lake €ity, brother-in-law of Senator Smoot @f Utah; Ernest, F. H., Brooklyn, N. ¥.3 Farr, McC.; Farrand, Virginia, of Julio Bianchi, Guatemalan inister to the United States; Feige, Charies M., wife of Col. C, M. Wes- son, Ordnance Department, U. 8. A.: White, Ivan J.; A ease Pika Brooklyn (N. Y.), Georgetown; Vance, ur Leake get atl ve FRENCH SYMPATHY EXTENDED BY my OF ARMS DELEGATES Albert Sarrant Asserts Tragedy will Stir Emotion Felt for Dearest ry "iss, | of the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster Was extended to-day by Albert Sar. raut, head of the French Arms Con- ference Delegation, in a message to Secretary Hughes. The message fol low: “It ig with the most profound sor- row that I have heard the news this morning of the awful accident. that has plunged the city of Washington and so many families jato mourning. “This fearful catastrophe will move France with that deep emotion which felt is when misfortune overtaken learest friends. should have gone in person to present my sorrowful condolence ani! that of the French Delegation if I had not been confined to my room by ill- ness, ntiments to the he District families of of Columbia and the victims. “Accept, with the assurance of my very sad Somuilenioners the Mr. Secretary of State, sentiments, the expression of dcepest sympathy.'* REFUSE TO APPROVE PLANS FOR THEATRE my and Floral Park, L. 1., Board Demands Change. The Village Board of Floral Park, L. 1, ip congratulating itself to-day |(hat it took prompt action some time ngo to preclude all possibility of such a disaster in a moving picture theatre in Jericho Turnpike as befell the watrons of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington Saturday night. day, ‘‘the builder, John Carlson of Floral Park, having submitted the og! to the board and having been id that they Gid not meet with the board's approval. However, he went on with the construction. Then the engineer was employed by the board to make a specifjc report, which he did, stating that the building, if con- structed as planned, would be a men- ace to life and limb. “When the work was continued in spite of this an appeal was made to the District Attorney of Nassau County and he replied that he could find nothing in the Penal Code on which to proceed against Cartson. ‘The theatre is now completed save for some of the stage work an the placing of the seats. It will hold 1,000) persons, but the board Is determined that it shall not be operated as ix is! now constructed. Carlson, when he finishes the building, will have to apply to the board for a permit to give cinema exhibitions there an] this permit will unquestionably be refused, until the plans have been changed to make the structure a secure one," Sat Rallies, EAGLE EMPLOYEES Friends. WASHINGTON, Jan, 20,% The | sympathy of France in the grief ich has overtaken Washington as a ult beg you, the ex: | of; j ment. Alleged Weakness Found in Roof | FIRE IMPERILS 2 BABIES MOTHER LOGKED IN A ROOM One Boy ‘Liddle When | Discovered by Fireman— Other Carried to Safety. Mrs. Peter Cosomos locked her two}. little boys, Vito and Tony, in her apartment on the third floor of No. 98 Christopher Street at 10 o'clock to- day and went to her husband's coal and wood store at No. 236 West 10th Street to take him some hot coffee. While she was gone smoke began rising Into the apartment of Michaet Fortunato on the floor above. The Vortunatos heard the children scream~- ing Fortunato went down the fire es- cape. Tony, who ts two years old, came to the window and Fortunato | took him down to safety. He did not | see anything of Vito, four years old. | Lieut. George J. Forter of Engine No. 18 heard the commotion as he was passing the house and ran in, Mrs, Fortunato told him one of the babies was still in the burning apart~ Foster kicked in the locked door and groped about in the smoke until he stumbled over the uncon- | scious Vito. He was himself so ex- | hausted that he fell in a heap in the hall at the first floor with the little boy in his arms, Policeman Judge found them there and dragged them to the sidewalk. Vito was taken tc St. ' Foster refused medical attention. His uniform was burned in several ly and his eyebrows were singed off, The fire was quickly put out with | about $100 damage. _———— ‘CONGRESS IS BLAMED BY PEOPLE FOR ITS NEGLECT OF CAPITAL (Continued From First Page.) to the ‘Village Board, sald tox brood body to which to entrust the af- fairs of a city? Would a City Govern- ment responsible to thegpeople directly dare to leave Washington without a single penny to clean the streets after a snowstorm? * As much of the paralysis of this city is due to the snowstorm as any other factor. avenues too, Consequently automo- biles clog the tracks and get stalled and traffic ts tied up while a few hun- | dred workmen hardly scratch the sur- face of a snow-covered city. The Knickerbocker Theatre disaster 1s all the more horrible to the people who survive It because the fate that befell the scores entombed in the crash might have overwhelmed any- body. The theatre was one of the most popular in the city. Presidents of the United States at- tend it; diplomats, members of Con- gress, army and navy officers, officials generally and their families all have been there since the edifice was erected. Naturally this is an hour of MOURN BRAINERD resentfulness . when the individual outbursts are many, but the criticism is all the more pronounced because ; Fleming, pe P.; Fiem-| Brooklyn Staff Holds Meeting to|the people in the national capital » Mrs. Mary Lee; ing, ; Forsyth, Miss Mary A.; ‘oster, Miss Esther; Freeman, G. 8. # Gearhart, Mrs. Clyde M. i Hall, F. #H.; Hillyer, Douglas, rae William G. x 3 Setrien, Vive Elizabeth, ; Knees}, a Howard K @:, Chicago; his ar in, ars. Pat Miss. Nannie Lee, Express Sorrow Over Com- rade’s Death. Sorrow over the death of Chauncey C, Brainerd, Washington nd Mrs. Brainerd was expressed at a Herbert F/ Gunnison, Vice President resolution, which was passed. Ad- have been pointing to the plight of their civic aftairs with even more in- sistence in the last two or three years than ever before. The people do not even have rep- resentation In Congress, The theory kson, Daniel K.; Jeffries, John|ent of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and|back of this has always been that the interests of the Government were ward W.; Kneesl, (son | mceting of Hagle employees to-day in|? manifold that the Federal Govern- Serta: Kanston, Oscar|the auditorium of the Eagie Building. | ment should run the national capital. nd Ragin two daugh-| Arthur M. Howe, editor, presided.| Much of the wisdom of this is ad- mitted, but it fs a fact that the Fed- + aged sixteen, Chi-jand publisher, offered an appropriate | eral Government is so top-heavy with its own responsibilities that it could Saye ff Ashboro, N. C.; Lamby, | dresses were made by Mr. Gunnison,| well afford to permit the population ul, Lebler, L. L.; Lehmer, Le Roy; | Harris McC. Crist, managing editor; | of this city at least a qualified voice McKimmlie, Wyatt; McKimmile, ; McKinney, Julian; Maine, Mr. Mra. Russell; Matellio, Ernest E.; indale, Mrs, Norman E.; Mellon, Agnes; Mirsky, Mra. Jean; ; Seott; Murphy, jeronica; vi [Ondine vray; orDomnet. >| OF PAST CENTURY Mra Carre? Pitcner, ats.| AND DEATH ROLL Hazel. rs. Marie, W. B, of Wyoming; ‘fashington University st ; ty Dr. James F.; Sigourne: irs. Cora G.; Smith, Mies Marie H.; in, Victor M.; tative Eliott W. Sproul of It Stephenson, C. E. Boston; Graver, Lewis, Washington corre- it of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Mrs, Gertrude; Tracy, ‘Thomas, Miss Gladys; 's see, Christine; Tucker, » Mre. Le Roy; Lyman, David| Clarence E. Hebb, James M. Wood Miss | = eee Morray, Jobs We T°) THEATRE DISASTERS Scofield, W. J. wille, Va; Sproul, Laverne, aged teen, Chicago, nephew of Rep- and others. No arrangements have been made for the funeral, but it is believed burial will be in Flushing. Grief was expressed by many public officials and other prominent citizens. Only Seven Exceed in Total Loss of Life That in Washington, Theatre disasters during the last century and the loss of life involved follow: 1816—Conway Theatre, Brooklyn, 296. 1881—Ring Theatre, Vienna, 100, 1887—Opera Comique, Paris, 200, 1881—Exeter Theatre, England, 200. 1887—Temple Theatre, Philadel- phia, 170. 1891—Central Theatre, Phila¢s!- ‘la, 100, 1893—Pike’s Opera House, Cin- cinnati, 80, 1908—Iroquois Theatre, Qaicaso, 617. v9et—narasiey Theatre, ihgland, in thelr own affairs. The building problem is ever so much more serious than it was. Doz- ens of buildings were erected during the war. The Government itself has seores of temporary structures where thousands of employees work daily. It was the common boast of builders how fast they could put up some of those box buildings. ‘This city has grown since the war, The responsi- bilities of city officials have multiplied, yet Congress only last week pared the District appropriations vitally and left the municipal government on a shoestring basis for the coming year. If a stieet has to be extended, Congress must pass @ law to that ef- fect. If 4 policeman’s pay must ve increased, the Congress must approve it. If tratfic is to be regulated, Con- gress must approve the regulations or grant the authority for the mak- ing of them. A busy Congress is supposed to manege the District of Columbia's detailed affairs and run the Federal affairs of the Nation be- sides. The District of Columbia has long suffered and has long com- plained. fhe Knickerbocker disaster may teach a lesson. The saving of other lives is involved in efficient municipal government. fe Atop 8 Cold In One Dag. Take Lae Bromo QUININI tablets. ‘The genuine bears the io." Pd EW Grove (be sure pe have. Vincent's Hospital for treatmert. | The street car compa- | nies have plows to clean the tracks, | but nothing that will clean the broad | weather, too, for there were several {in his experience. Washington Crowds in Long Vigil Watching STORM-TOSSED | SHIPS, OVERDUE, REACHING PORT (Continued From First Pare) | cording to the thirty passengers, had |rough going. The vessel left Jack- sonville early Tuesday morning and made slow progress until Friday, when off Hatteras high seas, head winds and lee gales made going vir- tually Impossible, To add to the dif- ficulties the steering apparatus broke down for four hours and the ship drifted; Harry Smith,)Edward Walsh and J, Middleton, passengers, re- | ported. Mr. Middleton of No. 35 South Street was forced to change his stateroom six times. Mr. Smith, who with Mr, Walsh lives in Peekskill, changed his room five times. The courage and calmness of the ship's officers kept the passengers, many of them women and children, reassured. The Fort Hamilton of the Furness- Eermuda line, came in from Bermuda this morning with 127 sick passengers: who are getting better now—but yes- terday— Yesterday only six of them showed up for dinner. The ship itself showed signs of the bioken port lights, and a starboard |wave had smashed the companion door, flooding the dining saloon and | |the purser's office: The skipper, Capt. A. R. Francis, | said it was one of the toughest trips "They left Ber- |muda Saturday morning and rode through the storm all the way. Nineteen of the ships overdue are passenger vessels, six of which are transatlantic liners, including the are Mrs, Asquith and Col. Repington; the America from Bremen, and the Ryndham from Rotterdam. These three cannot arrive before to-morrow. | Reports are lacking as to the posi- | tion of the liners Pannonla from London, and Assyria from Glasgow; the Haverford from Liverpool and| the Hellig Olay from Copenhagen, Al- | though they should arrive to-day, of-) ficials of the lines could not definitely fix the time for their arrival. Most of the nineteen passenger ships are coastwise vessels, and these | are reported as encountering such heavy seas that they are being held to a speed of three knots. Among these are the Morro Castle and the Pastores, both from Havana and Central American ports; the Zulia, | from Venezuela, and the Ebo, from| the West Coast of South America, The Princess Matolka of the United States Line is returning to port with | a broken steering gear, wireless de- spatches from Capt. Kreilbolm to-day stated, Three tugs will meet the crippled ner off Fire Island late this afternoon, The steering apparatus was broken yesterday by heavy seas 100 miles east of the Ambrose Light. The boat was turned back and slow progress has been made with the propellers. There are 45 first class and 3858 sec- ond class passengers aboard, all bound for Danzig. On the second- class list are 812 Polish orphans re- turning home, URES MEDWTE. INSPECTION FAL NY, TEMES (Continued From First Page.) j demand for safety everywhere—in | the homes, in the theatres and on the streets, Hold-ups, murders, as- saults were only one form safety, he said. of un- New York's Butlding Code provides ample protection from such accidents as the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washing- Removal of Victims From Wrecked Theatre| TDE VIEW © KAGEL ano Her | SS | Le Wrecked Theatre Chrounited Be Some of Capital's besa Homes The cross marks the location of the Knickerbocker Theatre at 18th Street and Columbia Road. many of the embassies, homes 0: ' This is within a short distance of f Senators and Congressmen. ton, according to Charles Brady, Superintendent of Buildings in Man- hattan, “The Building Code requires a root | Carmania from Liverpool, on which SWMicient to support a live load of her, a pounds a squate foot,’ said Mr. Brady. ‘That figure is considere absolutely safe by building experts. “Snow is a comparatively light load, probably about ten pounds a square foot. And ice would have to be about a foot thick to weight around forty. Ice that thick is impossible, because it could not be formed except from the melting of seven or elght feet of snow —and that disregarding drains and the pitch of the roof. “All plans for theatres have to be submitted to the Bureau of Buildings for O. K., and all construction is under the supervision of our inspectors.” pS lae oadSee aaA NURATORE RUSHED TOSANTARUM FR QUICK OPERATION (Continued From First Page.) ution was made upon the pleas of Mrs. Muratore and Harold F, McCor- mick, financial backer of the opera company, after a bulletin issued at 19 o'clock by Drs. Locke, Aspinwall Judd and Reve Bourden, the latter being the patient's family physician. Mura- tore spent a bad night and his con {dition this morning was not even favorable as it was during the night. Dr, Locke, assisted by Dr. Judd, ar- ranged to perform the operation at noon, Many friends of the tenor visited his apartment last evening and this morning to make inquiries as to his condition. Among them were Miss Mary Garden and Mrs. Jessie Basker- ville, one of his life-long fileuds, who remained at the apartment all night, Owing to Muratore’s illness the opera to be presented by the com- pany to-night was changed to “The Love of Three Kings,” Edward John- son singing the role in his place, Un- til he recovers the Muratore roles will be sung by Mr. Johnson, Rie- cardo Martin, Forrest Lamont and /Wlysses Lappas, the new Greek tenor, Muratore was stricken in his part- ments at the Ritz-Carlton yesterday qatarany his appearance in “Carmen” jaturday, night against the orders ut! his doctor. He had been advertised |to appear with Mary Garden, and be cause of reports that she and he w at outs he insisted he would not foil though he was Ill ~ THE CAVE MAN | Gilbert Chesterton says if the cave man could have in- vited his chosen bride To a feast of potatoes with | plenty of good butter on them “The heart of the maiden would have melted even as | the butter on the hot po- | tato.” In other words, there would have been no need for a club, could he have taken her to CHILDS. poco. ssf sausage with ew FUNERAL DIRECTORS, When Death : Call ‘Columbus 82 00" . FRANK £. CAMPBELL. “Dhe Funeral Church” ‘inc. LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. NOR ABOUT KNIGKERYOCKEN TRE, ENING, 2, TORTOIBE SHELL WITH MONDS) | REWARD, AL BYRNE, 14 WALL 8T,, TELE- JAMEB PHONE RECTOR #140 diamond pin wet_in_ plati- wine i ‘nth, either in Pomerania Btatign or W. J. Jacks a Room 4900, $50 reward » Church si diately. 8, 2 ing catafalque draped in the purple Papal colors and surrounded with candelabra, This catafalque was a MANY AT MASS HERE| FOR POPE BENEDICT ; — es | eProduction of the bier on which the |body of Pope Benedict rested in St ‘Catafalque Draped in Papal Colors | Peter's Cathedral last week. | Repl Nearly 100 priests and 300 acolytes s Exact Replica of One at attended. ‘Mn the place of honor St. Peter's. Rome. among the lay congregation were the Consular representatives of . Italy In the presence of a vast congre-|Great Britain, France, Belgium, Hol gation which included official repre-|land, Denmark and several Spanis}; sentatives of several foreign nations | and of the municipal Government of | American countrie: New York, solemn pontifical requiem mass, the highest mass of the church, Re was celebrated to-day in St. Patric Cathedral for the repost of the ca of Pope Beneditt XV. The celebrant was the Right Rev. John J. Dunn, Auxiliary Bishop Archbi Patrick J. Hayes off! | ciated ¢ the sermon. | Bishop Dunn was assisted by Fathovs Daniel Burke, Joseph F. Rummel and Joseph Condiga, The sub-Deucons were Monsignors James J. MeGran GANDY of St. Peters and William Livingston of St. Gabriel's. Mer. Lavel's, Ad 11 Chancellor, assisted the Archbishop. vt. on page Before the high altar stood a tower. Welcome! White Rose—laden with all the fragrance of sunny Ceylon—is waiting. Rose The all-Ceylon Tea SEEMAN BROTHERS, Inc., New York . Proprietors of "White Rose” Coffee Every article of china and table crystal in Ovington's is subject to a discount of 10% to 50% during January. 45 Powe Place Plates at discount of 50% N addition to dinner ser- vices, tea and breakfast sets, you will find in Oving- ton’s customary January China sale many fine sets of plates, from the foremost potters of the world. These rare plates, for the remain- der of January, are priced at 20% —30 % —40% and 50% less. 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