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after the collapse. Since 10 O'Clock last
night no additional bodies had been
recovered and the rescue parties, with
the aid OF hacksaws and every other
kind of equipment. had gone TO the
bottom of the debris.
The walls OF the theater were torn
down as a measure of safety to the
neighborhood. Inspection showed them
to be unsound. although not in immediate
danger of collapsing.
All the bodies have been removed from
the First Church OF Christ, Scientist,
which has been temporary hospital and
morgue. The bodies all had been iden-
titled. The next three days will wit
ness a hundred or more funerals of the
victims. Only few of the bodies are
to be sent to other cities. Most of those
who lost their lives were residents of
Washington and lived within a few
blocks OF the theater.
Many wild reports concerning the
tragedy spread over Washington to-day,
stories that the walls had fallen and
rumors that a score or more bodies had
been unearthed from the debris, but they
were groundles. The day was one of or
dery checking up Of what had happened
on Saturday night and of preparing to
fix the responsibility for the disaster.
The resolution introduced in Congress
by Senator Capper (Kan.), was sensa-
tional. 1t limited at a conspiracy on the
part Of builders and contractors in
Washington to ignore the fundamentals
in the erection of buildings. He called
upon the Senate Committee of the Dis
trict Of Columbia to make sweeping
investigation.
Text of'the Resolution.
Here is the text of the resolution:
Whereas the tragedy at the
Knickerbocker Theater last Satur-
day evening. resulting in the death
of 100 citizens and the serious in
jury OF many others, has profoundly
shocked the people of Washington
and the entire nation and
Whereas the explanation that
snow, although of an extraordinary
quantity. was the chief cause of the
collapse of the roof appears to be
unsatisfactory and
Whereas it is currently reported
that contractors and builders, espe-
cially during and since the world war.
have ignored, evaded or treated
lightly the rules and regulations pro-
viCed in the building code Of the Dis
triot of Columbia, especially those
sections which make mandatory pro-
vision for assurance against such a
terrible calamity as has just occurred,
and
Whereas it has been persistently
rumored that contractors and build
ers, determined to save money on the
erection OF residences and building
structures. have acted in collusion
with inspectors of buildings employed
by the District of Columbia. and
Whereas 1t Is the imperative duty
of the Senate of the United States
to know of all the facts relating to
this inexcusable tragedy and also to
learn what, II any. truth there is in
the repeated assertion that the safety
and health of thousands of citizens
and residents of the District Of Co
lumbia have been jeopardized by the
actions of careless contractors. build
ers and building inspectors. be 1t
Resolved, That the Senate Com
mittee on the District of Columbia
be and hereby is authorized and di-
rected to make searching investiga-
tion into the Knickerbocker tragedy,
including the operations of builders,
contractors and building. inspectors,
especially in relation to structures
erected during and since the world
war
Resolved, That the committee be
authorized to employ such expert