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The New York herald., 1922-12-17
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Sporting Firearms
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By PAUL A. CURTIS, Jr., sporting
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Very complete and exceedingly
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Fishing From the
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By WILLIAM RADCLIFFE
References to fishing gathered
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A Little Garden
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Our Unconscious Mind
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Hamlet
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Japan'S Pacific Policy

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The Russian Turmoil

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FOrty-Odd Years i'm
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The Genoa Conference
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Poland Reborn

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Far Away and Long Ago

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This is extraordinarily interesting review not merely of
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Oliver Herfod in the golden
the American Drama happily reflected the mirror of this
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The New York herald., 1922-12-17

The Daily News, Chicago: "These are the mo.
the stage that / have ever chanced to res
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characterized John Drew upon the stage
dotes of an amazing array of personages
charm in the telling"
Evening star., 1922-02-12

the south wall of the structure near
it's intersection with the Columbia
road wall where the curvature of the
latter wall would have no tendency
to cause the same to fail under its
normal load.
It is the writer's firm belief that the
Columbia road or west wall of this
theater was pushed outward by the
force of the roof as it collapsed; the
roof being higher in the center than
at the outside, the roof slab would be
appreciably wider in a horizontal po-
sition than in it's original position,
and since the eastern wall is more
rigid, the movement would be entire
causing the cracks in the adjoining
walls heretofore referred to. The
movement of this wall was undoubt-
edly simultaneous with the collapse
Of the structure, as result of other
preceding failures.
The testimony Of the architect for
this theater. Mr.. Geare, before the
coroner's jury can only be character
ized as of par excellence with his
original design. The steel chord in
the top of truss TIP is, under normal
loading in it's place in the structure, a
compression member, whereas exam
ination Of the ruptured piece of steel
said to have been inferior shows that
it failed under tension. The stresses
that came upon this member which
caused its rupture must therefore
have come upon it after it had be-
come dislodged from it's normal posi-
tion.
This report is submitted in a spirit
Of friendly and constructive develop
ment Of other reports previously pub
Evening star., 1922-02-12
FAULTY ERECTION OF MAIN COLUMN
BLAMED FOR RKNICKERBOCKER CRASH

ing on the east wall. There were
three secondary trusSes of approXi-
mately fifty-five feet in length. ex-
tending from the east wall to the
main truss and supported by it
There was one other secondary truss
about forty feet long extending from
the main truss and resting on the
west wall.
THE rest of the steel consisted of
ing from various points on the wall
and connected with the several
trusses. Itats important to state that
the girders which extended north
from the secondary trusses and rested
on the stage wall had bearing of
about three inches on that wall,
whereas all the trusses and girders
bearing of some seven and half
inches. This explains why when the
collapse began the girders resting
on the stage wall We're pulled off
their bearings before the trusses and
sirders resting on the outside wall
cleared their bearings This explains
why the roof collapsed over the or
This does not, however. explain where
! and why the break began.
IF one of the girderS or 1-beams
had broken. or had bent so much or
so far as to slip from its seat. the
probabilities are that it would have
discharged its burden without in
vOlving the rest of the steel struc-
| ture. If the main truss had brok en-
! or had bent so far as to slip from
! OF the I-beam upon which it rested
| on the wall and its heel would have
made a path down the wall. The fact
! is the plaStering on the wall was not
Evening star., 1922-02-12

as the column fell backward the
main truss freed itself from the con-
nection at the top of the column.
This connection consisted of six bolts
The greater weight of the secondary
trusses was connected to the east side
of the main truss, which caused a
swinging action toward the east wall
The falling roof striking the east part
of the balcony at an angle, crushed
the balcony at the point of impact and
drove the remaining part of the bal
cony against the west wall. The west
wall, being a circular wall and receiv-
ing the force from the inside, would
be driven outward along its total
length.
This wall shows crack of about
two inches at the top of the stage
partition wall and two other con-
spicuous cracks. The wall is out of
plum about five inches at the top at
a point over the front connection OF
the balcony. / think the masonry
shows up remarkably well to have
stood such a blow and collapse of
prised that the wall was not knocked
down. Several of the purlines or
small beams practically set on top of
the edge of the tile, which were not
even filled with mortar. These edges
did not break down.
"In the light of all the mute and
tragic testimony of the wreck itself,
1 am bound to conclude that collapse
was primarily due to the weakness
of the columns and to the fact that
the main column was out OF align
ment When the weight Of the roof
was increased by the weight of the
snow the detection of the column
caused it to give way, yielding at
the defective joint. Hence the dis
aSter
Evening star., 1922-02-12

lished. The writer is in entire agree
ment with reports on construction
and design throughout. and the only
point of difference is the final analysis
of where and how the collapse orlgi-
mated This point, however. is funda-
mentally important of determination,
since it has a vital bearing on the
safety of other structures. The
reader will readily appreciate that II
preyious reports as to the cause of
the collapse are accepted as conclu-
sive. then the strengthening of other
weak parts of the structure as re-
ported would still leave the weakest
point unprotected. 1t is. therefore,
the duty of every engineer who has
a better solution of this problem to
make same known to the profession
for careful consideration. Construc-
tive criticism of this report is most
earnestly solicited.
IT is the duty of the profession and
the public to insist upon the employ
ment of competent technical service
in the design and construction OF all
its eneineering problems, and to in
sist upon the reliable supervision by
adequate assistants, properly compen-
sated, which will guard the public
against the unscruplous who place
the value of the dollar above that of
humanity.
Evening star., 1922-02-12

Faulty erection of the main col
umn in the Knickerbocker Theater
is blamed for the collapse of the
roof of that structure by Leo Sanders,
consulting engineer. of Oklahoma
City, Okla, now in Washington. Mr.
Sanders made an examination OF the
ruins with Senator Calder OF Ne"
York. himself builder and former
building commissioner of Brooklyn
and Senator Capper of Kansas. author
of the resolution pending In the sen
ate District committee to investigate
the disaster. MIR. Sanders IS sau
Mr.. Sanders scouts the Suggestion,
that the main truss broke and caused
the collapse, or that it bent 10 the eA
tent of causing it to slip from us wa
bearing. Evidence at the ruins, ne
contends. was that the truss was
jerked from its seat os sooueh' -
mendous force.
He places the blame directly on the
large column, which evidence shows
he contends. was not plump AT tne
time of erection. The evidence ne
cites is that the plasterer :trled u
make it appear plumb by haVihs
coating about two inches thick on one
inch at the top.
He also found fault with the 1oli;'
in this column, the upper ana io"e'
parts of which were not in contact
This caused. he asserts. weakening
of the column at the joint All th'
facts and circumstances. he say:
further, tend to prove that the large
column yielded at this point.
How Main Truss Rested.
1.-The main truss rested at poin
in the western wall about fifty Zee
from the point of the "" he says
ut extended in a southern direction
! parallel to the east wall. 1t was ap
proximately fifty-seven feet in length
The southern end rested on the lare'
column, which stood on the moor hoor an an
balcony. A girder or l beam SOM
twenty feet in length also rested OF
the large column and extended east
ward and rested on the small column
A subsidiary truss some forty fee
in length also rested on the smal
column and extended eastward rest
Evening star., 1922-02-12

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Col Anderson is chief of the con-
struction division of inland and coast
wise waterways service and engineer
in charge of concrete vessel construc-
tion in the War Department. He is a
member of the Society of Mechanical
Engineers, member OF the Society of
Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers and member of the Society OF
American Military Engineers.
During the war he was chief of the
construction. maintenance and repair
division Of the transportation service.
Col. Anderson received his technical
education at the University of Wis
consin, and for the past fourteen
years he has been engaged on inn
departments of the government in
Washington. He is recognized as an
authority on concrete construction.
Evening star., 1922-02-12
FOUR TO BE RETIRED.

Col George w. Moses, cavalry; Col.
Hanson 3. Black, Signal Corps, and
Maj. James O'Brien, infantry. under
treatment at Walter Reed General
Hospital and Col. George P. Howell.
Corps of Engineers. at Fort McPher-
son. Ca. have been ordered before
Army retiring boards for examination
for retirement
Evening star., 1922-02-12
Court Audi4uce Hangs
On attorneys Words,
Thief on His Watch
Secial pispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, February IL
You're not safe anywhere In
this town. Here's n lawyer
q lawyer. mind yOu-whO had
HIS pocket picked. what's
more, 1t was picked i'm the
police court, while the lawyer
WINS arguing n case. The at
tOrney Was defending Oscar
Matthew (BattifngD Nelson, the
pugfIfst, md he grew SO ex-
cited telling how Nelson went
into a house I'm response to cries
for help, and should have been
given a medal instead Of arrest
for disOrderly conduct when he
started a fight, that every one
i'm court except one industrious
pickpOcket simply hung ON the
attorneys words.
The DickpOcket, however.
hung on the attorneys watch.
and afforded another fl1ustrn-
tion Of how time can slip away
when your mind fs on other
things.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
CITY OWNED LINES
San Francisco Gives Example of What
Can Be Done When Service
Is Sole Ideal

San Francisco-The financial state
ment of San FRANCHISES public-owend
street railways, recently issued, shows
what can be done in the way of furn-
.shing satisfactory transportation at
reasonable cost when service and not
private profit is the object sought to
be attained.
These railways, taken over by the
people in 1912, have yielded returns
of $16,601 OFT, an excess of $5,876,358
over costs. They have charged a 5
cent fare since their organization.
Out Of profits the city has redeemed
1894 ,00G of the original bond issue, in
terest has been paid on the entir bond
issue and $1,500,000 has been spent
for extensions, leaving reserve fund
of more than $2,000,000.
The system for which citizens origi-
nally voted $5,500,00O, could not now,
according to the Bureau of Public
Works, be duplicated for less than
SS,000,0O0.
These results contrast sharply with
deprecated property, increased debts
and higher fares for practically all
privately owned traction lines in the
country During the period when the
San Francisco lines were making a
profit and charging reasonable fare
traction investments practically lost
all appeal with the public.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
DISCOURAGING RUMOR

A rather peculiar rumor has come
up from Chillicothe to the effect that
Camp Sherman is to be turned into a
manufacturing center to be used for
vocational educational purposes. There
would be no objection to this, but the
rumor further intimates that the Bal
timore & Ohio has laid off several
hundred machinists and will have all
repair work done at Camp Sherman.
This is only a rumor-that is, no
proof can be given as to it's authen-
ticity. 1t is sincerely hoped that it
will prove to be nothing more than
a rumor.-Dayton Labor Journal.
Officials of the B. & o. Federated
Shop Crafts in this city do not place
much credence in the above rumor.
The shops at Chillicothe are not very
extensive and never employed more
than 118 machinists at any one time,
and this force has been reduced near
ly one-half by the furloughing of fifty
or more men.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
WHAT ABOUT WAGES?

Our important men say publicly
that everything is lovely and picking
up. "All is bright ahead" But that
IS not what they say privately.
This country needs intelligent plan
ming for its own industries, it's own
Notwithstanding more con-
structive than merely helping rail
roads to put down wages, which is
about all the Government has done so
far.
We have entered into a treaty
guaranteeing to Japan and England
permanent possession of the enor-
mously rich Pacific islands that they
picked up after the war-taking them
from Germany. What about guaran-
teeing to American workmen the bet
ter wages that they picked up in the
war? Would that not be a useful
guarantee?
Or do our super-statesmen not
not know that distribution of wealth
through good wages is to prosperity
as important as irrigation of land to
agriculture?
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
SAYS PROFITEER CRUSADE is
FAKE

The "Big Five" packers, not the re-
tailers, are the gents who have been
skinning the American people, in the
opinion of John J. Walsh, district
chairman Of the Amalgamated Associ-
alton Of Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen, of New York. He not only
believes it, but he has been telling it
TO Attorney General Daugherty in
terms that can scarcely be misunder-
stood, even if they are being ignored
by that official.
"Your attack on the retailer" writes
Walsh TO Daugherty, CLOCKS like a
smoke screen to cover up the sins of
the beef trust and the friendly in
activity of your department. The
Department of Agriculture is in pos
session Of facts to prove that retail
prices advanced but 10 per cent in the
meat industry, while wholesale prices
advanced 20 per cent. We have
heard a lot about packers control of
the Federal government and this cam
paign of the Department of Justice
against the small shopkeeper is not
calculated tc dispel any illusions on
that score"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
LET US NOT FORGET

Let us remind ourselves once again
that it is only a little over year
since the press of the country was
urging every workingman to speed
up and produce a greater output to
supply wartorn world with needed
commodities. Yes, labor was accused
of loafng on the job, and while the
echoes Of these accusations were still
ringing the very ones who were shout
ing the loudest started to close down
their industrial plants until one man
out of every four is now out of en-
ployment and unable to get work un-
less he manages to elbow somebody
else out of job.
They were saying then that all the
workingmen in the country could not
possibly produce enough to supply the
world during the next ten years and
yet while they were speaking, plans
were we'll under way to discharge so
many men that labor would become a
drug on the market.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
MAKE THE MAKERS OF WAR
FACE THE CANNON-DEBS

Washington-Th destruction of
capital ships, agreed to by the dis
armament conference, "Will only
cheaper the next war, while leaving
it to be fought out with more deadly
weapons Eugene Debs said upon his
arrival here.
Debs' statement, the first author
lied one he made after leaving prison
breaks a silence which has been prac-
'ically compulsory with him since he
stepped from the prison doors Christ
mas day.
'I had not intended to do any talk
ing at all for a month";" he said. 81
have proprieties to observe and / do
not want to capitalize my present
'notoriety,' but the arms conference
might be ended in a few weeks and
then anything | could say would be
too late
"I will tell you what I think about
the arms conference" he spoke slow
ly. "In all history of mankind, no
people of any nation have ever de-
clared war on the people of another
nation, in respect to that inexpres-
sibly wicked and wanton human
slaughter called war.
"The people who are the victims of
war have never been consulted nor
considered. Modern wars without eX-
ception, especially the worldwide
massacre recently concluded, have been
declared and waged by the ruling
classes to further their own selfish
and material ends.
How 10 Stop Wars
There are two certain ways of
ending war and no others. The first
is to compel those who ale for war to
get into the trenches themselves and
have their own bodies disemeboweled
and shot into tatters. The other is
for the people to absolutely refuse to
go to war unless they declare it them
selves. In either case not another
disgrace mankind and shock and hor-
1ify the world
"To discuss disarmament without
reference to the actual causes of war,
such as the Washin, ,ston conference is
doing. is little more than a waste of
breath and the inspiration of hope
raised by the conference are fore
doomed to disappointment. Nations
are but composite individuals, as long
es they allow their ruling masters to
lash them into a frenzy of miscalled
patriotism and drive them into the
shambles of destruction.
"If all the battleships and subma-
rines and other equipment for naval
warfare were sunk to the bottom of
the sea, every modern nation could
almost instantaneously arm itself in
this day and generation for the most
disastrous and destructive warfare
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
LET'S Do 1T RIGHT

The administration is still urging
congress to grant the secretary of the
treasury power to settle the foreign
debts as he pleases.
is there a niger in the woodpile :?
The new scheme now favored by
congress is to appoint a commission
of five, headed by Mr.. Mellon, but to
limit rigidly what the commission may
do by explicit instructions.
This will cause more criticism of
the administration than some of the
plrdons recently issued
We believe that we ought to collect
a part Of the fifteen hundred million
OF accrued interest now due us. That
viii lower taxation far more than
Scrapping our sea defense.
We object to granting Mr.. Mellon
or any other person appointed by the
late lamented Boies Penrose power to
make settlement which congress can
neither amend nor veto.
Let the administration negotiate a
settlement in the regular way and sub
nit it to ratification or amendment or
rejection by the congress. That is the
constitutional procedure.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-13
IRELAND MAKES PEACE

Ireland's 700 years war has ended
in making Ireland a free state of the
British Empire and an oath of allegi-
ance to King George.
Ireland will be known as the Irish
Free State.
A governor general, who will have
the same powers as the governor gen.
eral of Canada, will be appointed.
Ireland will have power to levy
tariffs against all nations, including
England and Ulster.
Ireland will recognize the British
war debt and her own responsibility
for payment of part of it.
The Irish will claim allegiance to
King George as head of the associa-
ton of nations forming the British
commonwealth.
Britain will make adjustment for
past overtaXation in Ireland and allow
for damage to Irish property in the
last three years.
Ireland is given authority to estab-
lish an army in proportion to her pop
ulation.
Ulster may enter the Irish Free
State with full powers of an equal
province of united Ireland.
Interference with educational or re-
ligious liberties or endowments in
either North or South Ireland is pro-
nihited.
Safeguards to be established in Ul-
3ter for protection of the Roman Cath
olic population.
The conditions can be revised at the
end OF five years if Ireland desires.
The terms of the peace agreement
will be effective II months from De-
cember 5, 1921.