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Evening star., 1922-01-29

The Commissioners and the Dis
trict engineers will begin an imme-
diate probe into the cause of the
disaster and responsibility as soon
as the necessary steps can be taken.
Commissioner oyster said this morn
ing.
We are going to sift this to the
bottom" he said. An investigation
will be started as soon as We can
set the machinery in motion"
Regarding reports of considerA-
tion given to closing the house yes
terday because of the snow on the
roof. the Commissioner said that il
would seem almost criminal if any
one knew of the peri,ous condition
of the building and allowed it to be
opened.
Other Roofs Must BE Cleared.
The District Commissioners last
night. Immediately after the ca
tastrophe had been reported. issued
an order that no moving pictures in
the District would be allowed To
operate until the snow had been re-
moved from the roofs.
AT the same time. Inspector Sulii-
van, acting chief of police, notified
all captains in the various districts
to enforce this ruling. Coroner
hewitt announced that formal in
quest would be held over the bodies
of the dead to determine the cause.
and, if possible, fix the responsible
ties,
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Ignorance Is The Cause
of much sickness

Recognizing this have for made education
in real, specific hygiene the keynote of our work
With large and naturally susceptible but intelligent negro
and with uptod date milk laws to
efforts we have by educational propaganda
in Washington newspapers reduced the death both
white cooed people and placed the District of Columbia
well in the favored cities and
Our IL Health Rules, condensed into six teach:
L impure close air. day and night
all the light and sunshine possible into home
Drink plenty of pasteurized milk and cream None raw
l. Eat plain, nourshing food.
5. Get sufficient sleep by retiring early enough.
& Try avoid worry. Be cheerful. Think kindly Your
mind acts on your body :
If you tire easily-or losing weigh-and have
light cough-or hoarseness-do not lose time Sees
DOCTOR go Health Department Clinic 400 18th ST.
NV Tuesday, Thursday Saturday, "a o'clock Friday
evenings from 1909 o'clock. Examinations free.
Consumption be cured only in its early stages
+ ~ ~
Bulletin u Paid for~by the
Association for the Prevention Of Tuberculosis
Tslephone Main ss2 fI~ss Hotos1 szs II Street NV
Evening star., 1922-01-29
ASKS PULPITS TO URGE
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
Writer Points Out Need of Educat-
ing Parents as Well as
Children.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The many friends of the animals
would like to thank Mrs. Halstead
through The Star for her splendid
article of January Il pertaining to
the education of our young people
through the public schools in kind
ness to animals.
l would like to add that the parents
could stand a little of it, too.
Then why not have it given out
from the pulpit? Surely there could
be no more fitting place to preach
the gospel of kindness, consideration
and a knowledge of our obligations
to others, and practicing these is
surely the foundation of all religion.
Many times have seen little child
gather in his sheltering arms a home
less kitten and try to bring 1t in the
house, the mother throwing up her
hands and raising her voice in protest,
telling her child to put it out. When
her son grows to manhood and IS
lacking in chivalry and honorashe will
wonder why. She would be shocked
If we told her that she killed 1t in
the budding. So 1 say. let us educate
the parents also in this wonderful
study of humanity.
Indeed, / would like it to be heard
from the hilltops that unless we heed
the cry of these helpless creatures, we
cannot ever expect to have peace on
earth. good will toward men,"
ELIZABETH CLARK.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

offer was promptly accepted.
Because OF the seriousness of the
tragedy calls were sent TO practically
every hospital in the city for ambu-
lances and physicians and to every
police station for patrol wagons and
reserves.
Much difficulty was experienced by
both the tiremen and policemen in
their efforts to reach the scene. Seven
pieces of fire apparatus and one police
patrol wagon were reported disabled
en- route to the theater.
Both vehicles of No. 10 engine COM
pany became stalled within fifty feet
of the companys station, Maryland
avenue between 18th and 18th streets
northeast. Firemen and nearby resi-
dents worked hard to get the engine
and hose carriage out of the deep
drift snow. and finally the company
was Obliged to report out of service
Other companies reporting out or
service soon after receiving the calls
were Nos. 8. 20 and "a engine COM
panies and Nos. 4. 5 and truck COM
panies.
Hundreds of Anxious Inquiries.
Telephone lines leading to police
headquarters and places of BUSINESS
in the vicinity of the theater We're
relatives and friends of persons
thought to have attended the per
formance making anxious inquiry as
to the identity of injured persons.
In many other instances Inquiries
were made by persons, members of
whose families had not returned
home, the delay causing anxiety. 1t
was not until late in the nigh, that
hospital attendants were able to give
much definite information. the ply
Sicians taking care to dress the in
juries before consuming time record
ing names and addresses,
Detectives Sweeney and Messer. on
duty at police headquarters. were
sent to the theater by Lieut.. Tle M
mons. They soon telephoned for ad-
ditional men. but the department WAS
without means of Transportation for
them. Police officials reaiiz zed what
il meant to be without automobile;
in good working order. and ii is
probable that an appeal viii lie made
to Congress for money !or the pur-
chase of a sufficient .numoe: of such
cars for use of members of the force
detailed at headquarters.
Evening star., 1922-01-29
WILL ADDRESS zIONIsTS.
DR.. Baer Epstein to Tell of Work
in Palestine.

DR.. Baer Epstein will speak. under
the auspices of the Washington
Zionist district on the progress in
the work of upbuilding Palestine as
the Jewish homeland tomorrow night
at o'clock at the Adath Israel Syna-
gogue, 9Th and ! streets.
Members of the women's Zionist
organization, Hadassah, the Mizrachi
and Poale Zion are cooperating in
the arrangements for the meeting.
and the public has been invited TO
attend. Joseph A. Wilmer. presidek kt
of the Washington Zionist district,
will preside
Evening star., 1922-01-29

Continued from First Page.)
Herbert Nash and Mildred Nash, 1901
s street.
Mrs. Beuhler. 2467 18th street,
broken wrist and other injuries.
Crawling out without aid.
Henry Pearson, 1902 Belmont street,
V. T.. Monahan, 1S49 kalorama
road.
Norman l.. Gibson, 1882 BiItmore
street, and sister. Mrs. Haley, both
suffering from shock and severe
bruises at Garfield Hospital.
Margaret Cole.
Miss lnez Woodruff Of Iowa. Iives
Mt 21O9 18th street.
Mrs. Julius Mckinney.
Mrs. J. w. Murray, 2I28 18th street.
William A. Galloway, $3.50 10th
street.
Ed A. Williams.
John A. Margot.
Miss Marie Young, 1902 Belmont
street.
Christfana Thompson, fourteen years
old.
Inez Woodruff. 21O8 18th street,
right leg broken.
Leonard Theunissen, 1870 CoIumbfa
road.
Elizabeth Theunissen, nine years
old, 1900 Columbia road.
ID. G. MOnoham.
Margaret John.
Mrs. Hasen Buchler, l.I Portner
Apartment.
Mrs. Howard knessf. 52Ol Colorado
avenue.
DIR. Clyde M. Gearhart, 1868 Colum-
bia road.
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Meeting is POSTPONED.
New Date to Be Set for Wilson
Foundation Addresses.

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
meeting, scheduled for last night at
the New Masonic Temple. was in
definitely postponed on account of the
inability of one of the speakers, DR..
Louis Smith. president of Washington
and Lee University, to reach Wash
ington in time for the meeting. 1t is
thought that DR.. Smith left Staunton.
Va. for Washington and became
snowbound on the way
Rabbi Wise of New York, who was
to address the meeting. arrived in
Washington. but left again for New
York yesterday evening to return
when the new date is set.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

carried. First the roof. with its
heavy stone, wire and concrete, had
to be cut away to reach those who
were in the balcony. Then the struc-
ture work of the balcony had to be
cut through to reach those buried
in the pit of the theater
Every available tool was brought
into play. Axes. hacksaws, for which
every house nearby was canvassed,
and acetylene torches were used in
cutting away the fallen material.
When the rescue work was we'll
under way. Company K. 64th Infan-
try, on guard duty at the Pan-Ameri-
can building, was rushed to the
scene to assist the police and firemen
in extending a Gordon around the
ruins. A detachment of marines and
the members of the hospital CORPS
from Walter Reed Hospital also as
sisted in this work.
Volunteers in Danger,
Great difficulty was experienced in
keeping away from the ruins, and out
of danger Of the standing walls, the
hundreds of volunteers who came
from all sections of the northwest to
lend aid. Scores Of them brought
blankets, and from unknown sources
hot coffee was brought and passed
around to those doing relief work.
The ruins were described as resem-
bling one of the we'll known pictures
of a French cathedral after a heavy
sheliing. Covered with snow, which
fell in a continual downpour, could be
seen the projecting pieces of steel
and iron work, concrete and wood,
piled in a great mass. The moving
lanterns, the shouts of the rescue
workers and the cries and shrieks of
the wounded made a picture which
must be left to the imagination. A
description would only serve to
weaken the awfulness of the scene.
The Knickerbocker Theater. stand
Ing at what might be described as the
very heart of the northwest section,
was one of the most modsrnly con-
structed and beautiful moving pic
turs theaters in the city. 1t was one
Of the Crandall houses. Barry Buck
ley. one of the owners, was an
early arrival at the scene. He told
reporter from The Star the build
Ing had stood the most serve tests of
construction. Tho weight of the
fallen snow was responsible, he said,
for the crash.
Mrs. Dorsey Bush, day telephone
operator at the Garfield Hospital,
showed some good sense and quick
thinking when she was notified Of the
crash, She. Immediately got in touch
with nineteen city physicians, outlined
the catastrophe to them, and requested
them to 80 to ths scene immediately.
!, An idea Of the manner in which the
sicsims were caught IN the aAbeis h
Evening star., 1922-01-29
MANY AMAZING ESCAPES;
PTTIFUL SEARCHES MADE
Parents Fraatically Inquire for Chldren-Little Girl
Found Uninjured; Mother Dead-Hundreds
Scene All Night

As in all catastrophies. there were
many miraculous escapes last night
at the Knickerbocker. And there are
many who have cause today to be
thankful that for some reason which
seemed trivial at the time, they
changed intentions of going to the
knickerbocker.
Men and women who were rescued,
tell of how they sat in the balcony.
glance at the ceiling above showed
the roof parting. followed by a ter
rife hiss and the crash Of falling tons
of brick and mortor-how, when they
recover ed consciousness. they found
themselves lying under twisted iron
or scratch. ..-
Parents Search for Chlldren.
One of the most pathetic scenes
about the ruins as the work of res
cue proceeded was the search of a
father, or mother, for q missing boy
or girl who had gone to the
movies" Some of them. before the
lines of police and soldiers We're
drawn up around the ruins, had man.
aged to get to the pile of debris. Call
ing, calling hopefully the name of a
loved one, they stumbled about over
the wreck; needing. then passing on.
as some voice pleading for help came
from beneath the wreckage.
Then the women-the mothers, who
gathered outside the lines after they
were formed. Pleading with agon-
lied voices to be let inside the lines
they were kept out. a necessity in
this case to protect life from the
any minute.
Telephone calls to The Star office,
after news Of the catastrophe had
spread, were pitiful. One of them,
a plaintiff, childish voice, said that
Mama and papa went to the movies
tonight. Were they hurt?"
Another. from a nurse, said four lit
tie children were waiting the return
of their parents, who had gone to the
theater. Endless questions reached
The Star concerning the names of
dead and injured. A name would be
given, searched for in the first lists
received from the scene, and many
times the tragic news of a terrible
death was broken.
Then there were those who were
separated in the accident from those
with whom they had gone to the
theater. A husband. recovering con-
sciousness. was taken out of the
ruins, only to return to look for his
wife. who had been sitting beside
him. A little child, who with her
mother had attended the theater, was
taken away unhurt. Her mother was
found later in the debris, dead.
Representative Barkley OF Ken
lucky searched the ruins several
hours for his young son, who had
started for the theater earlier in the
evening. After hours of anguish, in
which he saw the mangled dead taken
away. he was notified his boy was at
home. The lad, at the last minute,
had changed his mind about going to
the movies.
Many Miraculous Escapes.
Many were the miraculous escapes,
Miss Marie Rhea, 1901 Rhode Island
avenue. sat in her orchestra seat,
her head sticking through the wire
screen. When rescuers sought to re-
move her she pleaded with them to
first rescue her friend. Mrs. r. H.
Covell. who was pinned by the debris,
Evening star., 1922-01-29

lying across her friends lap. Both
were removed. Mrs. Covell was
dead.
street. was sitting in her chair in
the balcony. She saw the roof cave
in and ducked under her chair. Her
act saved her. She was dragged from
the debris little injured.
ChiId Screams, "Motherv'
Ernest Budd. of the Avalon apart
ments, was an eyewitness. He was
seated in the balcony and happened
to glance up at the ceiling. He saw
the center suddenly give way. He
dived under his seat. Then he heard
child scream Mother" Then next
thing he remembers was waking up
to find himself lying near what was
the 18th street entrance to the thea
ter Mfr. Budd brought out five women
himself before Official help arrived.
George Brodie. twenty-five years
old. of 1928 Euclid street. said he en-
tered the theater about $3.50 o'clock
and at that time the house was two
thirds full. Il grabbed for my hat
and coat, and the next minute found
myself fiat on my face with some-
thing weighty on top. 1 laid still for
about five minutes when ] noticed
at the side of me a girl with AN arch
or pillar resting upon her. l tried
to pull it off. but couldn't move it.
Then ! started working my way
slowly in some direction--l think the
middle-and with four other fellows
we saw a hole with a light shining
was on the street, but l don't know
how got there. l stayed around for
a while and helped several others, who
were apparently uninjured, out of the
place. 1t was frightful sight with
In. nothing but means, cries and
darkness"
Mr.. Brodie received slight bruises
about the body.
Crash Reaembles Earthquake.
The Misses Harrison. proprietors
of a millinery store at s471 18th
street. were eyewitnesses to the
catastrophe. They were standing at
their window when they said they
heard terrific noise. They thought
their building shook and believed 1t
the street it seemed to them as if
the doors of the theater were blown
open. There was much confusion
among the people. who We're appar-
entity in the lobby of the theater. 1t
was shortly after this that the crowd
began to assemble and the two ladies
opened their shop to take care Of the
injured. Several women were cared
for in the shop. but they refused to
give their names. They were later
taken away in ambulances.
Frank Lazarus, proprietor of the
National Sport Shop. at 2464 18th
street, was one of the first persons on
He heard crash, he said, like an au"
tomobile smashing into building.
When he reached the door Of his shop
people already were fighting their
way out of thetheater. many Of them
with blood streaming down their
faces. Mr.. Lazarus supplied hack
saws and pliers with which the early
rescuers worked and turned over his
shop to care for the dead and in
jured. .
The rendering of first aid to the in
jured was handicapped by the fact
that the drug stores in the immediate
neighborhood were closed. and it was
impossible to obtain medical and
surgical supplies
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Killed by Horses Fall.

Speciai Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON. Va, January 2S.-Con-
rad clemmer. aged eighteen years. is
dead at Middiebrook. as the result of
injuries received when his horse fell
with him as he was riding home from
Christian Endeavor meeting at his
church.
injuries which caused intense suffer-
ing, until his death q day later. His
funeral was held at Mount Herman
Lutheran Church and vas largely
attended. h 4
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Destroy $4,000 Gallons.

UNION HILL, n. j., January Is
Spectators came from miles around
today to watch United States mar
shals pour 1900 gallons of whisky
and seven barrels of wine into the
cutters here. The liquor had been
seized at various times during the
past year at Jersey City, Hoboke Ell
and Union Hill.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

stored chairs. The entrance was on
18th street The balcony. of the horse
shoe type, similar to those in other
theaters in Washington, reached al
most to the middle of the audience.
Besides the screen. a large stage was
also constructed. as we'll as an orches-
ira pit A pipe organ alternated with
the orchestra in providing music.
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Missing.

ALBERT G. Buehler. Portner Apart
ments.
Mrs. Clyde NJ. Gearhart. 1865 Colum-
bia road.
Mrs. Charles c. Tucker, 2117 Com
neeticut avenue.
Norma Haley. $40 Biltmore street.
Eleanor Haley, $50 Biltmore street.
Evening star., 1922-01-29
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
WHEN THEATER COLLAPSES
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
of hysterical women and Of those
actually injured were heard for
blocks, away.
Rescue work began Immediately.
Those who had escaped by a miracle
Joined the police reserves and fire.
men, who reached the scene within
fifteen minutes after the crash There
was no light. The binding snow
made the work more difficult. And
above everything else came the cries
of the injured, many Of them COM
pletely buried. and out of sight be-
meath a mass of timbers.
Injured Carried to Homes.
Police, f1remen and volunteers car
ried the injured first into houses and
stores nearby. Every residence be-
came dressing station. Doctors
throughout the city responded to
hurried calls. All available ambu-
lances were sent, but many were
unavailable. having broken down
during the day in tho snow. After
they had reached the scene, and
when the work Of rescue was well
under way, the entire field hospital
unit from the Walter Reed Hospi-
tai, with it's fifteen ambulances. was
dispatched. Trained soldiers Joined
the ranks of the rescuers.
Torches, candles and flashlights
were brought into play. Pickaxes.
iron bars, hammers and saws were
taken from the fire apparatus and
the rescuers began hacking away at
the concrete and wood. One by one
the injured were pulled from be-
meath, carried to the street and given
attention there or put into ambu-
lances and rushed away.
Last Sacrament Administered.
Although the standing walls were
condemned Immediately by the police
and all those around warned, the
rescue work went on. Three Roman
Catholic priests went about and adj
ministered last sacrament to the
dying.
The heavy wire screen. which in
such buildings retains the plaster Of
the ceiling. accounted for the saving
Of many in the audience. Some OF
the rescued were found with their
heads sticking out of debris through
holes in this screen. In turn. 1t re-
tarded the rescue work. Many pris-
oned beneath this screen had to wait
for men with saws and other instru-
ments to cut them out.
Rescue Work DfAcult.
The nature of the collapse made
the work Of rescue difncult. First
20 fau ros .thA roof and fhe era Sh
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Rescue Work DiAcalt.

The nature of the collapse made
the work Of rescue difncult. First
to fall was the roof, and the crash
brought down the balcony. This
made two separate layers of debris
through which the bodies hRd to shs
Evening star., 1922-01-29
List of Injured.

Continued from First Page.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-11
F|L|bUSTERIN
SENATE ON SHIP
BILL PROBABLE
Democrats Plan Long
Fight on Admins
tratiOn Measure
To Use Same Tactics as Pur.
sued Against Dyer Anti
Lynching Bill = Anticipate
Many Attempts to Amend
and AffiX Riders-Secret
Polls by Both Parties

Washington, Dec. 1O.-Senate SUD-
porters and opponents of the admin
'stratlon bill today measured their
strength and aid their plans prepar-
atory to the beginning tomorrow OF
debate on the measure. EVERYTHING
pointed to hard and long fight pos
eibly continuing with Interruptions
until the end of the session next
March
The general belief is that filibus-
tering tactics, perhaps similar to
those employed so effectively by the
Democrats recently against the DYER
anti-lynching bill, will be utilized.
but no definite announcement has
come from Republican or Demo-
cratic opponents.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, one of
the Republican opponents, early last
week prepared some amendments to
The measure. including proposals for
Tree tolls for coastwise shipping
through the Panaman Canal and
Tor regulation of railroad rates by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion on a long and short haul basis.
Senator LaEollette, of Wisconsin.
who is looked upon as one of the
strongest Republican opponents, is
expected to come forth before the
debate gets far under way with a
number Of other legislative propos-
ais in the way of riders" to the bill.
The supporters of the measure
plan to fire the opening shot in the
form of an extended speech by
Chairman Jones, explaining the
measure in detail, outlining the
changes made by his committee. and
presenting the necessity as seen by
the administration for it's passage.
Possibly in order to obtain non-par-
tisan support. Senator Ransdell,
Democrat, Louisiana, who. as q
member of the commerce commit
tee, voted yesterday to report the
bill. will follow soon after with an
address urging enactment Of the
legislation.
Both sides in the fight have taken
Informal and secret polls since Con-
gresS convened last month, but lead
ers were agreed today that several
Of the changes made by the com
merce committee, such as elimina-
ton of the Madden amendment. at
tached by the House. had brought
some uncertainty as to the stand of
several senators.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-11
FRENCH STAND ON
PREPARATIONS NOT
CONDUCIVE TO AM|T\
MEMORIAL SERVICES
At BOW DOM FOR
PROFILE. WOODRUFF
Especial to Kennebec Journal)

Especial to kennebec JournaI
Brunswick, Dec. 10.-Following the
custom of Bowdoin, students gather
ed in the College Chapel this after
noon Where memorial service was
ncld for the late Professor Frank L.
Woodruff, for IS years head of the
Greek department of the college.
President Kenneth c. NJ. Sills con-
d%cted the services, which followed
the regular orders of the Sunday at
tcrnoon exercises. The anthem bv
the college choir were II Heard A
Voice from Heaven" by Harmon.
with James L. Mitchell, former
member of the class of 1928 of Bow
dom. and now a student at the Har-
ward Law School, singing the BARI
tone solo part.
"Mr. Woodruff's character was bui1t
o patient conscience, a liberal
spirit and a most Kindly heart" said
PRESIDENT Sills I'm all his teaching
he was most painstaking. Whether
his class in Greek consisted, as in the
Sood old days, of all the freshmen, or
whether, as in these latter times, it
was composed of one or two, he
brought tho same enthusiasm, the
same friendly and personal interest to
his task. In my own undergraduate
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