New-York tribune., 1922-02-01
Crash Victims
Are Buried as
Inquiries Open
First Funerals for o. Who
Died in " h ingto
1hcater Held: Memorial
Services Also Conducted
Another Building Falls
b. & 0. Freight Sheds Col
lapse, With $4,000 Loss:
Calder Asks BroaderProbe

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-Washing-
ton TODAY held the first OF its many
funerals for the niAety-seYcn who per
shed Saturday night when the roof
os the kn;ckcrbocker motion picture
theater collapsed under the weight Of
snow, and memorial services ws.n an
nounco0 by a number of churches and
other ORGANIZATIONS. Social functions
and business conferences ceased in
honor os the dead, and the theaters,
again IN orC~ation. sheltered mcarer
audiences. while hospital STATS contin-
ued 20 treat the more than sixty in
jured still confined. a number of Of
hc.al and unofficial invest igations also
got under way today and others were
announced.
Meanwhile, late to-day. another
building. orc Of the long sheds OF the
freichf de0ot of the Baltimore & Ohio
Avenue collapsed two minutes at =
eight men who hid been employed in
It during the day had checked out. No
ore was injured. Damage TO the shed
end 10 the frcicht il con tanned was
estimated at 1000 The structure,
orc of tho walls OF which gave away
t a believed. due to the effects Of
melting snow on the sloping roof, was
built in 1904. Firemen ard police i'm
mediately began an investigation.
Shaughnessy Is Improving
Edward Shaughnessv. Of Chicago.
second Assistant Postmaster General,
who was one Of the most critically in
5ured ~ the kni 6crbochcr collapse,
was reportd steadily improving to-
night. Nis wife and two daughters also
we're injured.
The funerals to-day Included that Of
Julio Bianchi Guaternalan Minister
under tho Herrera regime, in st. Paul's
Roman Catholic Church. Her body VIII
&c sent 10 Ventura, Calf, to rest be-
side that Of Ter husband.
Secretary Weeks sent flowers to tho
antilles residing here OF the seven War
Depa rtmert employees who were killed
in the catastrophe and personal letters
# coincidence to those not living in
he city.
Memorial services we're held to-day
IN the press gallery of the Capitol by
tho Washington correspondents for L.
". Straycr. OF Tire Pittsburgh Dis
patch and c. c. Brainerd, of "rhc
Brooklyn gle and the law class of
1924 at George Washington University
reid similar services in honor Of two
&c Its members who also were killed.
Georgetown University, five of whose
students we're among the dead, an
nouuced that its memorial service
would be held tomorrow in st. Pat
rick's Church. st. Paul's Church an
nourccd that requiem mass would be
sand Friday for all the dead, and &
number of other churches made sim
Lar arrangemerts.
The City Commission to-day turned
over it's Investigation Of the disaster to
Colonel Charles Keller. Engineer Com
m ssionor. and the Building Inspectors
Office The Federal grand jury and the
Cororers jury visited the ruins Of the
thcater to-day, and ii WAS announced
would conduct thorough stigations
20 dcternine If possible the cause Of
the accident and whether any individual
was to blame. Pavton Gordon, District
Attorney, requested the War Depart
ment 20 assign several army engineers
to assist the Coronor's jury in its in
qulry.
Senate Resolution Referred
Tne Capper resolution, proposing an
inquiry into the disaster was referred
tonight by the Senate to its District
OF Columbia Committee at the request
Of It's sponsor, who SAID the committee
desired to make q survey OF the in
ouiries already ordered and to deter
nilnc further the scope Of the Senate
Investigation.
Senator Calder. Republican. New
ork, urged that the inquiry be broad
ened So as to determine wn;.t additionaf
building codes should be adopted to
serve further safeguard He said
the present code was adopted years ago,
before the present "wido-s spauncd thea
ters came into vogue
Numerous messages of condolence
and sympathy continued TO be issued
TO-DAY hy organizations and societies.
Among those was the National Catholic
olfare Council, which extended its
sympathy to the bereaved families ard
those who were injured.