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Evening star., 1922-03-18

courtesy of Engineer Commissioner
Charles Keller of the District of CO.
lumb!a, was concluded oy the Wrltel
on the 5th of February, and a con-
fidential memorandum report filed in
the Commissioners office the follow.
ing morning, but I decided that 1t
would be best, from an ethical point
of view at least, to withhold my ind
ings from the public until the cor.
oner's inquest had been concluded ana
portunity to express their views;
Gusset-Plate Collapsed.
''My personal investigation indicates
that a general collapse of the truss
sy stem and roof construction followed
main truss TIL from Its diagonal
bearing on the curved Columbia road
wall The immediate and specific
cause of that release was the bensiing
ported end gusset-plate which con-
nected the north end Of the lower
chord Of truss TIL with the inclined
end member or batter-post. which
connected the Columbia road ends OF
the upper and lower chord members.
That initial failure brought into ac-
tion a tremendous unbalanced force,
which. BY reason of the unusual con-
ditiens prevailing. at its point of ap-
plication, increased rapidly in magni-
tude until its destructive influence De-
came irresistible.
Over one-quarter of the normal
roof load and superposed snow was
carried directly by the main truss.
TIL. to it's diagonal bearing on the
Columbia road wall. and no inter-
mediate plate was provided under the
truss end to distribute that fifty-ton
concentration of load over the limited
area in contact. That unfortunate
omission resulted in an appreciable
distortion OF the relatively light steel
channel sections in the lower chord
Of the truss. Deeply rnst-marked
pressure lines across the .op of the
I-beam bearing on which the truss
was supported show conclusively that
the channel flanges had spread apart
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gusset plate finally failed by buckling
toward the east, under the rapidly In
creasing bending moment produced in
1t. the general collapse followed al
most instantaneously. Forces in ex-
cess Of one hundred thousand pounds
each. acting in opposite directions but
not in the. same straight line by rea-
son of the increasing inclination OF
the lower chord channel members on
their bearing and increasing bend IN
the guSset plate, soon produced: An
irresistible bending moment In excess
OF one million inche- pounds. which lit
orally twisted the steel channel sec
tions In the end panel length Of the
lower chord OF truss TIL through an
angle of about one hundred degrees in
a clock-wise. or right hand direction
and thus rolled the main truss off its
bearing on the Columbia road wall.
Pushed Wall Outward.
1.-The horizontal thrust of that tre-
mendous reaction, as practically the
entire roof started to fall. while in
determinate, was certainly IN excess
of 10000 pounds eNeEted directly
against the top of curved wall
forty feet in height and unsupported
laterally in length exceeding i3o
feet. OF course. that irresistible
thrust against the bearing beam was
only exerted until the wall cracked
and moved outward the few inches
to! free the badly twisted
truss end, but it was sufficient. and IN
view of the secondary thrust which
the same wall apparently received
from the collapsing balcony. 1t Is re-
markable that 1t survived the crash
with so little displacement and
cracking as we have observed apd
SO freely criticised -:
My hypothesis is confirmed and
in every detail by the pres
ent condition of the main-truss mem
bers themselves. by the, direction and
character .,!of'' distortion IN gdsset
plates at both ends of the batter
post. by the present condition of all
bearings and by the indicated direc..
ton OF fall of the trusses. and roof
construction. scoring the east wall
of the auditorium diagonally toward
the rear as each subsidiary trust In
falling released its corresponding
section of roof-slab In progressive
failure from the stage to the rear
wall"
Evening star., 1922-03-18
WILL EXTEND WORK.
Church Of Good Shepherd to Hold
important Meeting.

A special meeting will be held in
the Church of the Good Shepherd
Monday. at 8 pm. for the purpose of
forwarding and enlarging the WORK
of this church in Northeast Washing
ton. which is doing a large social
work in addition to its religious ac-
tivities under the direction of the
Vicar. Rev. c. s. Abbott.
Addresses will be made by Rt Rev.
Alfred Harding. bishop OF the diocese
of Washington, and by members
from the special diocesan COM
mittee appointed at the last conven-
tion to forward the interests Of this
important work. The members Of this
committee are Rev. Charles Warner.
Rev. ]. w. Austin, Rev r. l. Lever
ing, DIR. William C. Rives and George
B. Selden.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
PERIL goR eRETNA GREEN
i IN NEW MARYLAND BILL
Measure; would Interfere With
marrying Parsons" Requiring
= =. .nRegistration.
1i.e,e.tal !. , pfspatch to The Star.

Sp6SfAf DfSDdtCQ 10 ne StdT.
:. BALTIMORE. March 1S.-"Marrying
parsons" and a repetition of the Elk
ton. Md. Gretna Green. will be pre-
vented FIN the future when the bill
favorably reported in. the legislature
yesterday becomes a law. The bill.
which was amended. represents a
Combination marriage" bill. includ-
ing provisions of all measures intro
duced so far aimed at marrying par
sons"
: Under the bill all ministers entitled
to perform marriage ceremonies must
register in the state, and whenever
the contracting parties in a marriage
are non-residents of Maryland, such
couples must wait forty-eight hours
before they can secure license to be
married within the state.
This, 1t is thought. will effectively
check ministers not recognized by
their respective churches from per-
forming; marriage ceremonies, and
will at.:the same time eliminate the
rush ffofI out -of-state couples to Mary
land. EAT thef same time the bill has
bAensdrawn so that whenever either
Of the couple is a resident Of MARI
land no delay is required.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
FINDS DOOR UNLOCKED.
Thief, With a "Thank You" En-
ters and Makes Rich Haul.

An unlocked door of the apartment
of Mrs Mary u. Marion at zoos Column
bia road last night made it easy for
a burglar to gain access to the apart
ment. Mrs Marion told the police that
numerous articles Of jewelry, liberty
bonds and $2S in cash were stolen.
She valued the stolen property at
Sites.
Julia Oscar, 1920 U street. reported
that her pocket was picked of q
pocketbook while on a street car at
Connecticut avenue and NJ street last
night. The pocketbook contained
only so cents, five car tokens and pair
of eyeglasses.
ANGUS Hoffar. 1928 9Th street, re-
ported the theft Of an overcoat from
a building of George Washington Uni
versity last night. A silk muff1er. hat
and several books also were taken.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
Could Readily Bend.

Could Readily Bend.
"Def1ection of the lower chord Of
truss TIL under its normal load re-
suited in: an appreciate fitting Of Its
lower chord members toward the east
on account of their diagnoal bearing
at the wall. and that fitting effect
was augmented on the night Of the
disaster by the unusual snow load.
whieh 'caused Slightly increased de.
fiectfons in all trusses
'The cumulative effect. of those
forces and Conditions tending to turn
the lower chord members Of truss
T.iI over toward the east on their
wall bearing was resisted only by the
one-half-inch gusset-plate at the end
joint of the truss. That plate was OF
adequate size to carry the load upon
it in direct axial compression, but,
owing to it's location in the center
plane. of the truss it had practically
readily bend or buckle to the right
or left between the members IL. con-
nected. The adjacent channel Sec
lions In both upper and lower chords
and batter post were fabricated with
at least one-Quarter OF an inch clear
ance between them at gusset plate
connections, and the cover plate on
nected with either chord. so there
was absolutely no provision made
against the bending or buckling Of
those critical truss-joints.
Hence, q truss load in excess OF
fifty tons transmitted through the
batter-post to the. diagonal wall
bearing as described above was prac-
tically~ balanced on q one-half-inch
knife edge that was slowly, but surely
turning over toward the east or In a
clock-wise direction on it's supporting
beam on the Columbia road wall. (See
sketch Of truss end). TS snow load
simply proved to be the T'straw that
broke the csmsvs back" and as the
Evening star., 1922-03-18
INSTALLATION PLANNED
OF DR.. ISAAC WARD
Boston Pastor to Take Up Work
in Fourth Presbyterian Church
in This City.

DR.. Isaac Ward Of Boston, who was
received into the presbytcry of Wash
ington this week to become co-pastor
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church,
will be Installed In his new office on
the evening Of March 81.
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, moderator of
the presbytery, will preside. propose
the constitutional questions and make
the prayer. DIR. William NJ. Curry,
pastor of the Ninth Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia. will preach
the sermon. The charge will be given
to the new pastor by DR.. Charles
Wood and to the people by DR.. Joseph
T. Kelly.
DR.. Ward will begin his work with
the Fourth Church Immediately
preaching on April 2.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
BLAMEs tlNSUppoRTED PLATE
FOR KNICKERBOCKER DISASTER!
Architectural Il Engineer Declares Fifty
Ton Load Rested on Gusset Half Inch
Thick, Lacking Lateral StiHening.

Robert c. Walker, architectural
engineer Of this city and Salisbury,
Nd, believes that the collapse of
the Knickerbocker Theater was due
to the twisting of from the Columbia
road wall Of the main truss which sup
ported the roof.
Mr.. Walkers engineering report ON.
the cause of the disaster has been
in the hands of the District officials
for some time and it Is understood
has been made available to the grand
jury now investigating the holo-
caust He has just made. public a
non-technical statement Of his con-
clusions.
In brief. Mr.. Walker explains that the
end OF the main truss resting diagonally
on a steel beam in the Columbia road
W wal had been an ever-pressins source
disaster. due to faulty structural de-
failing and the concentration OF a great
load on d small part Of the end of the
main truss, and that the slightly in
creased load. due to the weight OF the
snow, caused the truss to twist of its
seat. precipitating the general collapse.
Mr.. Walkers statement is as fol-
lows: Z.
Main Truss Unseated
Out of the maze of expert opinion
and conflicting testimony emanatingi
from official and independent investi-
cations of the Knickerbocker Theater
disaster one outstanding fact seems
to be established to the satisfaction
OF all concerned. The general coll
lapse of truss system and superposed
construction was induced by 3 sud
den separation of the north; end of
main truss TIL from Its 1-beam
bearing on the Columbia road wall.
That is the first directly traceable
event, which is supported In. detail
by the material evidence and upon
which we can agree.
In AIax, nf 4 f,o In mn nd anani
Evening star., 1922-03-18
STUDY FOR PROFESSIONS.
Modern Students Turn Backs on
Salaried Jobs, Says Professor.

Present-day students tend to take
up courses leading to professional po-
sitions rather than salarfed ones,
c. Whipple. professor Of sani-
tary engineering at Harvard univer-
sity, told members Of the Washington
Society of the Massachusetts lnsti-
tute Of Technology yesterday.
Work Of the department Of naval
Of the institute was de-
scribed by Prof. William Hovgaard,
head of that department. who was a
guest at the luncheon.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
"STORY OF THE CROSS"
Special Lenten Services In Church
Of TRANSPORTATION.

Special Lenten services will be held
at the Church of the TRANSPORTATION
tomorrow morning and evening. A
feature OF the evening services will
be THE Story of the Cross" to be
sung by the junior choir. The senior
choir Of the church will sing at the
morning services. Motion pictures on
scriptural subjects will be shown At
the Sunday school at $50 am.
During the week preparations will
continue for Passion Play" to be
given by the Mems Club soon.
The st. Margarets Guild will meet
this evening. Next Friday evening
the senior choir. augmented by spe-
cial soloists and chorus, will sing Sir
John Steeness' cantata. "The Cruel
fixion"
Evening star., 1922-03-18
BEATING FINES SOAR.

.ssAN ERANcIsco.. March 1s.-The
cost o. WIFE -beatings q going to be
higher in, San FyapcissS from now on,
aecordihgifo SuKeEaor Judge Thomas r.
Gfaham, / AfteErhnAss atman $500 yes
terday for applying lighted match to
eyes hereafter would cost $3.50 each in
stead Of $3.50. IS heretofore, and that
kicks would be lSised from $50 each to
$3.50. and blows frem: SEQ to $500.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
Bro'on Derby GipeE q
Ton. Y. AssemblyMan
FOraMany Strike-Outs

ALBANY. March s1S@THA
business Of making Invsa In tEG
New York annembIy laat niEid
was interrupted by demOcrattef'
members OF New York city In
order to present n brown derby
to Assembiyman Louis A. Gu
Hfllier, democrat. who intro
duccd several bills this session
TINT failed Of adoption.
''The man who strikes out no :,
often II hereby rewarded" said
Assemblyman Michael e. Rel
burn. who made the presentn-
tiOn speech.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
| ,BiElBENEEtTS SCHOOLS.
|:would Provide $1@o,ooo for I'M
y ;:jpi.oyements iHa6aryland.

speefas .Dispatch. to The sisK
aGtldBERI.AND, ND, March 1s.-
Word$Mhs received Here Of the pas
sage 10" the. second raading file in the
houss:at elegatesyof bill provid-
ing for $1,0o0.00U for Improvements
to public schools of Allegany county.
The bill provides for bonds to the
amount of $1,000,000, or SO much
:tHereof as may be necessary for new
additions, repairs and addi-
tid3f&E grounds. -,
Tanthorized, the bill will benefit
praEtfcally every section of Allegany
cotsitfS.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
SAILORS FIGHT FIRE.
sattle Flames at Standard Oil
Plant Near Constantinople.

By the Associated Press.
CONSTANTINOPLB, March 1s.-
United tssltes torpedo boat destroyer
Sands were sent today to aid in fight
inf a frs In the Standard Oil plant, at
Beikoz, ON the Bosphorus. Ware
house No. 3 was destroyed. The re-
mainder Of the plant was endangered,
bus.the eA tanks were still intact at
Mstsadvices. There was no loss of
Rear Admiral Bristol directed the
fire fighters.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
GEN. FELIX DIAZ KILLED.
Tried to Escape Escort-Not Mex
lean Ex-President's Nephew.

NOGALES, Ariz., March, ia Gen.
Felix Diaz. believed at first to have
been the nephew of Porfirio- Diaz,
former President of Mexico. but later
identified as of Importance only in
Lower California. was shot and killed
when he sought to escape from a
military escort between Ortiz and
La Misa, according to a message re-
ceived here,
Evening star., 1922-03-18
ny REV. HUGH Il. STEVENSON.

THE DOWNFALL OF ISRAEL.
- I'd Kings, 17.1-1S.
Golden Text-"Righteousness
.exalteth a nation; but sin Is a
reproach TO any people. Prov
H.S4.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
DAY OF DEVOTION.

A day of devotion will be held in
st. James Church. Sth street between
B and c streets northeast. Thursday
March 80. Rev. DIR. Luther Joiner.
rector of st. Clements Church. Phil
ade1phia. will conduct the exercises.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
ST. MARGARET'S

Conn. ave. and Bancroft place.
Clergy
REV HERBERT SCOTT SMITH. d. D.
REV, FREMONT NEWTON HINkEL.
Third Sunday in Lent.
7:S0-Holy communion.
9:8O-Sunday school.
IL 1l:OO-Morning prayer. confirmation and
sermon by
THE BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.
4:30-Evening prayer and sermon BY
THE REV TH0N WILLIAMSON. Jr.
Holy Communion, Thursday and Saturday
(Annunciation) at IL am.
ALL WELCOME. ALWAYS!
Evening star., 1922-03-18
FREE INSTITUTION IN THE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

doctrineh and methods Of treating al kinds
and descriptions Of sickness , AND aise1;% 1,s1
VIM. M. Goodwin. l. B.. G. g.. Dist, Nat.
Bank bldg, i4O6 g st. NV. By appointment.
Evening star., 1922-03-18


shown near Of the
Loer-skecb hetnx sdion the main truss end after the
Evening star., 1922-03-18

.Sad bent up slightly, with a conse-
qiieHt eoncentration Of the truss load
on a decrea sed bearing area, long be-
fore the disaster occurred.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
ST. JOHNS CHURCH
Georgetown

Corner Of and Potomac Streets NV.
REV, JOHN 3. MOSES. Rector.
Third Sunday in Lent.
1:30 am-The Holy Communion.
9:45 am-Church school.
II 100 Awakening prayer and sermon
Preacher. the rector.
1:3O pm.-Evening PRAYER and address.
Tuesday, 3:l5 p.m.-Chiidren's service illus
wednesday, p.m.-Evenins prayer and ser
mon. Preacher, the Rev. Charles L. Nc
Allister.
Thursday, 10 a.m.-The Holy Communion.
Friday, p.m.-Evening prayer and address.
Ss tur,iay (the Feast Of the Annunciation) },
m I. m Thu Holy Communion
Evening star., 1922-03-18

Holy communion ............... 500 a. m
Church School. Observation-Disclosures. 1000 a. m
Holy Communion and Sermon. HOO 9 IN.
SERVICES DURING LENT:
Thursdays, Holy Communion. $50 Am.
Iupsdara and Prida vs. .. ! 90 ID m
Evening star., 1922-03-18
ST. THOMAS ,s.e s.eRTEESTn Ranag; G'1,,.

s. A.
8 daily-Even song with address.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
EPISCOPAL.
Church of the Ascension

18th and Massachusetts avenue.
Rev. d. Wellington Curran in charge.
Connecticut western news., 1922-09-14

MT. and Mrs. Edw. AtwateT and Miss Maud Atwater of Springfield visited MT. and Mrs. s. G. Camp on Saturday.
 Miss Elizabeth Camp spent Sat urday and Sunday at Monterey, with her grandparents.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Lyles and sons and Mrs. Joslin have returned from spending a few days motoring through the Catskills.
 A corn roast was held at Twin Lakes one evening this week, and attended by forty-five of the young people, who report an unusually good time. ys 1& +'-.g
 The Rummage Sale given by the Woman's Union of the Pilgrim Church at the Town Hall on Wednes- day of this week was largely att. tended and proved very successful. Miss Rosa Gangloff is entertaining her sister from Thomaston.
 Mrs. Louis E. Allyn and little son Walter Graham have returned from Fairview and are spending a few days with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Walter c. Goggin.
 The New England Body Go. has changed it's corporate name to The Canaan Lumber Go. The Company has also bought in all outstanding common stock
 Miss Florence Hicks spent Satur- day at Elmwood Farm, the guest of Miss Marion Dover.
 MT. and Mrs. Miles Rood of Tor rington spent Sunday in town. Miss Lotta Buckbee was rendered surprise party at her home on Monday evening in honor of her birthday.
 Wanted-A small load for New York or vicinity. J. W. Morris, Tel. 163-3.-adv.
 \ An automobile owned by Warren Peirce of Canaan collided with car driven by William Cahill of New Marlboro on Main street in Great Harrington Saturday night. MT. Peirce was summoned by Chief Oschman to appeargin court Saturday on, charge ofsviolating the automo- bile e-faws.-Berkshir Courier. ....
Connecticut western news., 1922-09-14
Restores Jewelry and Cut Glass

Mrs. G. A. Haynes, Mass, says: "I used Jiffy-Brite on: some old jewel ry that had become ,tarnished and was delighted to see how thoroughly and quickly it restores the original lustre. No other silver polish that know of could haveS.done it. Some cut glass ware inlaid with silver was cleaned just as satisfactorily. Jiffy- Brite removed the tarnish from the silver and brought "a sparkling bril- liancy to the cut glass" 35c and 65c. Sold and Guaranteed by G. L. Par sons & Son: R. T. Farnum.-
The Colorado statesman., 1922-08-12

Ing almost daily for which the dress
form was a great convenience.
Here are the details of Elizabeth
Browns wardrobe, which required a
cash outlay of S10S.34. A conserva-
tive estimate places the cost of equiv
alent ready-made garments as good
In quality at $210.
After pricing coats in the stores
and finding that she could not buy
one of the quality or kind that she
wanted for less than $50, Elizabeth
decided to make her own winter coat
with the aid of the dress form. She
bought tan broadcloth and good lining
material and made it herself for
total outlay of $24.61. A blue voile
dress with a slip, was next attempted.
Commercial hemstitching for trim
ming was S1.S5 bringing the cost of
a very useful dress up to $11.09. A
tissue gingham dress came to S6.33
including organdie for trimming and
also hemstitching; another gingham
dress made out of scraps and rem
nant cost only 10 cents.
Dresses for Social Affairs.
A dress of pussy willow taffeta and
georgette crepe served for informal
social occasions. The investment of
SIG for materials produced a dress
that could not have been bought ready
made in the same quality for less than
S35. Similarly Elizabeth's business
dress of serge and crepe de chine
would have been priced at $40 or
more If made of the good fabrics for
which she paid $3.50. Her evening
dress, which was of taffeta and silver
lace, cost only s21, although it was
modelled after one seen in store at
much higher price.
This wardrobe, augmented by two
made-over dresses for which new
materials had to be purchased. bring
ing the entire expenditure up TO
S10S.34, Is not elaborate. 1t is suffi-
cient for the particular needs of the
wearer, who remarked in this connec-
ton that because of having variety
of clothes this year she had been able
to attend many enjoyable social af-
fairs which required more than busi-
ness clothes.
Without the aid of the dress form
1t is doubtful If any business girl in
the time at her disposal could make
so many garments. Elizabeth, at any
rate, did not believe so; in addition
to her other activities she made ten
dress forms for other girls, holding
meetings at which more than fifty
altogether also learned how to make
the forms and were enabled in turn
to demonstrate this convenience to
others.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-08-12

winter. Here are a few worth not
ing:
Sliced Green Tomato Plekies.-Slice
peck of well developed green toma-
toes, also slice one-half dozen good
sized onions. Put a layer of the
sliced tomatoes in a large Kettle or
jar. sprinkle with salt and add
layer of onions, repeat until all are
used a cupful of salt will be sufficient
for this amount. Let them stand over
night. In the morning drain, add one
quart of vinegar, one cupful of brown
sugar, two sticks of cinnamon and
tablespoonful of cloves tied in bag
and cooked with the vegetables; when
tender but not mushy, put into small
stone jar. pour over the vinegar and
when the pickles are cold add one
half cupful of grated horseradish and
q tablespoonful of mustard seed. If
the roots are too small to CRATE put
them in whole. Cover with a weight
and keep the jar we'll covered. These
pickles are best for serving with
meats If not too sweet.
Tomato catsup.-Take three dozen
ripe tomatoes, three red peppers hot
ones), six onions, all chopped fine.
Add two teaspoonfuls each of cinna-
mon mustard, and one of cloves, all
ground. To three cupfuls of vinegar
add one cupful of brown sugar and
three tablespoonfuls of salt. Cook all
together for two hours, very slowly,
then put through a sieve, reheat, bot
tie and seal.
Spiced Peaches-Take three pounds
of sugar, three cupfuls of good vine
gar, one ounce of cloves, two sticks
Of cinnamon, boil all together, then
add seven pounds of ripe firm peaches.
Let them heat through slowly, then
when tender remove to the jar and
boil the sirup until quite thick. Pour
boiling hot over the fruit. Cover
tightly and tie a cloth over the jar. 1t
is not necessary to seal them.
Tomatoes With Macaronl and
cheese.-Scald one pint of cream over
hot water, add one-half pound of good
cheese cut In dice and when 1t is
melted add four tablespoonfuls Of but
ter and dash of salt and paprika
Arrange macaroni well cooked in a
wreath around five baked tomatoes
and pour over the cheese mixture.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-08-12
MDNyHhNM @
g Question:

Tomato rubbed into the hands will
remove fruit stains.
Hard water may be sOftened with
borax, lemon juice or an oatmeal bag.
Three level tablespoonfuls of
Drowned -four will thicken one cupful
of liquid for gravy.
Black specks on mirrors are quite
easy to remove. Dip a flannel in
either spirits of wine or turpentine,
and rub the specks. Afterward polish
the glass with powdered whitening.
To remove oil stains on carpets
dip a rag in petrol and begin by rub
bing around the outside edge of the
stain. Work around and round to the
center. AS soon as one portion of the
rag becomes dirty, change to clean
part.