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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-11-30

closing part of the Sunday school.
The enrolment is sixty. The Christ
mas exercises are always good at
Sasebo, for the pastors daughter is
organist, and has attended Christ
ian school.
At church twenty-one were pres
ent The membership Is twenty
four resident members. Sasebo
church is like a family, old and
young together. The pastor has
lust celebrated his completion OF
thirty years in the ministry. He IL
Just sixty. His sermon was on
brotherly love. After the service we
all exchanged New Year greetings
Among others 1t is very polite to
say, please treat me the year as
you did last year." When l started
home it was raining so 1 had to put
up my "bat umbrella" that is, my
foreign umbrella, which at first
sight years ago reminded some one
Of the wings of a bat. @i
At the corner / met the young
man who had come for his Bible
lesson. He went home with me and
had a lesson which sent him on his
way rejoicing in some measure at
least. Scarcely had he left when
the pastors daughter came bringing
some homegrown eggs, which we
much prefer to the fishy ones we
often get at the market. 1t was a
real gift from them for they have
only two hens!
After a hasty lunch, a doctor
came for his Bible study. Before
we began the pastor came for a few
minutes, and while he was talking
the owner of the house came to the
door. This doctor was once one OF
my high school pupils. He now
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-11-30

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orders of army officers, directing
their commands above the swirl of
the storm that came through the
opened roof way. were not unusual
to men who knew the ways of war;
The acetylene torches. cutting their
feverish way through girders that
pinned down the victims, were more
than slightly likened to the hated
flame throwers" of other DAYS.
At the first aid station, impro-
vised hastily for the emergency in
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
were other scenes that were not
unfamiliar to men who had fought
at Chateau Thierry and the Ar
gonne. Doctors summoned from
their beds were working against
time and all the untoward circum-
stances in their endeavors to save
the lives of those who were car
ried to them in ever-increasing
numbers. One had to use but little
imagination to visualize a dark
cned village in Northern France
during the stirring days of 1918.
White-capped nurses, administer
ing the blessed anacsthetic that
gave surcease to pain and allowed
the physicians to work upon the
injured, fitted from stretcher to
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
TANKER and BARGE.
ADRIFT IN STORM.
Naval Craft Arethusa Help
less When Towing Lines
Break.

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. 2s.-Seventy
men on board the navy tanker
Arathusa are in peri tonight. their
ship. with her tail shaft broken.
being adrift of the Carolina coast
in a northeast gale.
Four men on the barge S II. Nc
Donald. and four others on the
barge Catonsyille are also in peril.
All three of these ships arc drift
ing at sea. according to radio ad-
vices received here tonight
The Arathuss. which broke down
last Monday of Cape Fear. was
picked up yesterday during a Ter
rihc gale when the coast guard cut
ter Pamlico managed to shoot a
line across the helpless vessel A
second inc was sent to the vessel
from the cutter Yamacraw.
; with the Arathusa in tow the
Pamlico and Yamacraw started up
the coast. but the towing cables
were parted early this morning and
the Arathusa was at the mercy Of
the storm.
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Injured Youths, Quick To
Rescue, Tell Tale On Cots

Two boys who were among the
first to escape from under the
fallen ceiling of the Knickerbocker
Theater lie side by side in Emcr-
gency Hospital and talk over the
scenes of the disaster.
Harold II. Levy, James II. pa
wilson and Joseph Shrebnick. stu
dents of the Georgetown University.
who reside at the Phi Alpha Fra
street. were sitting in the center of
the balcony, four rows behind the
boxes. When the ceiling fell they
wcrc>>all three buried beneath a
large slab of plaster. Levy fell out
in the aisle.
81 lay stunned for a few seconds
and then the awful means of the
people pinned under the debris
brought me back said Levy 81
looed the aisle stairs and saw ahead
of me Il hole of light and crawlcd
up to, it and then crawlcd back
again to tell the boys. We tore open
the plaster and found we were out
side on the eSge of the roof. so then
We went bac and rescued a family
of three and eNtricated several men
pinned under the chairs and plaster
lone mans begging me to extri-
cate him. l can never forget" Levy
said shuddering. He was pinned
down by al iron girder and it was
impossible to move him
After the firemen arrived they
still continued the work of rescue
on the shaking part of the balcony
remaining. THE firemen stood in
the alley below" Levy declared.
"and threw up lanterns and hatch
cts for us to use in the rescue? /
was trying to get a woman out by
chopping a chair, and a dreadful
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HORROR OF FINAL
MOMENT DSTORTS
FACES OF VICTIMS
First Doctor on Scene
Paints Vivid Picture
OF Disaster.

Mute testimony of the horror
which accompanied the collapse of
the Knickerbocke Theater roof
during the Saturday night perform
ance. was evidenced by the CHASTITY
and terrific attitudes displayed by
the bodies of men, women and chill
dren. extricated from the debris.
This wact was emphasized by DIR.
Charles II. McEnerney. who resides
at the Netherlands apartments, the
frs physician to arrive at the scene
of the catastrophe. He was enter
ing the theater, accompanied by
his wife. when tho collapse oc-
CURED.
Every dead victim of the dis
aster that I was called upon to ex-
anime. had the arms held rigidly
over the face. as II to ward off an
expected blow, while their faces
were drawn into a CHASTITY express
sion. as though in the midst of an
agonizing scream" said DR.. Nc
Enerney.
Horror Stricken.
These victims and the express
sions of those who were still liv-
ing describe a scene of horror which
can never be realized by those who
merely stood by the wreckage.
The suffering of the injured. the
heart rending means of the dying
mingled with the CHASTITY cries Of
those who were pinned beneath the
wreckaEe. was an experience such
as I have never before encountered,
and one which I shall never be
able to dispel from my mind
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
THEATERS CLEAR
ROOFS OF SNOW
Managers Give Prompt Re-
spOnse TO Order of
Officials.

The response by Washington the
atcr managers TO the Commission
crs' ruling that theaters should
put their roofs in order, at least
TO the extent of cleaning off the
snow. was prompt without delay
they enlisted portion of the army
of unemployed and put them to
shovellinS snow from the house-tops
instead of from the sidewalks. The
BclasCo Theater announced that IL
had passed the inspection of the
Commissioners office and was ready
to open the house to the public at
10 a. III. yesterday, except that the
blizzard prevented the stage equip
ment from reaching the theater in
time for the matinee performance.
r. F. Keith's Theater reported
that the ruling had no force against
II. because il had already begun the
cleaning Of its roof. long before the
order was issued. The blizzard hav-
ing prevented the matrons and ush-
ers at Kcith's from going to and
from their homes. Mr.. Robbins pro-
vidcd rooms and meals for them
at an adjacent hotel.
Persons holding Keith tickets to
shows they missed on account OF
the Indictment weather will have
their money refunded upon pres
entation Of the ticket at the box
office. it was announced.
Polls and the Gayety announce
their passage of inspection by the
maintenance of their normal sched-
ule. while I.ocw's Columbia and
Palace Theatcrs were ready on
time for inspection and open as
usual.
Tom Moore. of Moore's Rialto.
stated that as he had a pyramid
roof il was harder for snow TO
stay on than off and consequently
he did not object to the ruling.
He also took occasion to state that
he was having n well known archi-
tcct prepare statement for the
public setting forth the excess
strength in the construction of his
thcater. The Crandall thcaters
will open their doors to the pub
lie again today, Mr.. Crandall hav-
ing ordered them closed yesterday.
The Sunday night performance at
the Capitol Theater was presented
according to schedule" last night,
However. the huge snow mound had
been removed during the morning.
Although all snow had been re-
moved from the roof of the National
Theater prior to the night perform
ance. the management made the dec
la ra tion that our roof is absolutely
safe and capable of withstanding con-
siderable pressure-more than was
caused hy SATURDAYS snowstorm."
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TO GREAT CRASH DESCRIBES HOW TEATER HORROR STARTED
ABSENT MUSICIANS ALONE
SAFE OF II PRESENTDEA
Leader Natiello Loses Life-Brother's Right
Arm Torn OFF.

Seven members Of the Knicker-
booker orchestra. because of being
snowbound. did not report for duty
Saturday evening.
They alone of the orchestra es-
capped either death or injury. or
the eleven musicians on duty. six
met death and the other fve were
seriously injured
Ernesto Natiello. director of the
orchestra. met instant death. He
was leading the orchestra in the
playing Of a lively air when death
swooped down upon him without
warning.
Begs sparfng Of Lost Arr.
Oresto Natiello. player OF the
French horn. a brother Of the Or
chestra director, was seriously in
jured. his right arm being torn on
at the shoulder. When taken TO
Emergency Hospital. he begged OF
the doctor to spare his injured arm
from amputation. not realizing that
the member was already gone. The
arm had been left in the debris
when the musician was dug out of
the wreckage.
please don't cut of my arm. ]
make my living with it," he
pleaded.
He was not told that a heavy
steel girder had been the amputa-
tor. So. complete had been the am
putation that there was nothing
left for the surgeon to do except
trim away the stub of a protruding
bone. He was kept in ignorance of
his broher's death.
The first reports following the
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theater disaster were to the effect
that Ernesto Natiello. the director.
had escaped with Injuries while
his brother Oresto Natiello. had
met death. Depending on this
early report. Mrs. Ernesto Natiello
visited the Emergency Hospital
yesterday 20 make inquiry about
her husbands condition. There she
learned the cruel truth. Her
brother-in-law. who Is unmarried.
was in the hospital. but her hus-
band was in the improvised morgue
at the church. She was shocked
to prostration.
Wife Barred 20 Neck
Mrs. NatieIIo had been in the
audience when the theater walls
caved in. She was buried in debris
to her neck. but fortunately no
heavy concrete or steel struck her.
Rescuers dug her out. She suffered
only a scalp wound and bruises on
her body. But while Mrs. Natiello
escaped serious injury. s-year-old
Vinson Dauber. who had accom-
panied her 70 see the movies, was
fatally injured in the seat a ther
side. The Dauber lad. a son OF
Mrs. Anna NJ. Dauber. lived at 1900
Belmont street at which address
the orchestra leader and his wife
also made their home.
The Natiello brothers. Italians by
birth. came to Washington three
months ago from Louisville. Ky.
where they had played in the
Strand Theater for three years
The body of the dead orchestra
leader will be returned for burial
G. Snyder Freeman a violinist
who was killed. came here with
his wife from South Bend. Ind. lit
tie more than a month ago. The
Musicians Union is assisting in the
arrangements for the burial Of the
six orchestra members killed and
is ready TO render any possible aid
to the five injured members Of ~
organization.
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Imprisoned Under Girder.
Dies 4 Hours After Release

Particularly saddening Was the
death of Scott Montgomery. chief of
account section. L. s. Veterans Bu-
reau. Fourth district. For hours he
had been pinned under a heavy girdcr
that the workers had desperately at
tempted 10 dislodge. Late yesterday
morning he finally found release from
his imprisonment and it was thought
that he would live. However. after
first aid had been administered ard
he had been removed to the hosp
tai. he lived but four hours
Montgomery had served during the
war as a medical sergeant and since
his discharge from the army had been
employed at the Veterans Bureau.
His body was removed to the un-
dertakinE establishment of Willis Il.
Epeare. ls0S ii street. Montgomery
had accompanied TO the knicker-
booker Theater Miss Veronica MUIR
ply, who also was killed. He lived
at 1894 Biltmore street
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screaming began. stopped. and
a man buried under the wreckage
said ] had been hitting him on the
head. could not use the hatchct
after that" he said.
Levy with Davidson. who suffered
fractured shoulder and severe
cuts about the head. and Shrebnick,
who escaped with only a nervous
shock, worked until carly in thv
morning rcscuing the victims.
silence Was Worst.
They all agreed that the most
narrowing moments to look back
upon was an awful silence of about
two seconds that followed the craca
and then the screaming and
monaing of the victims.
Henry L. Pearson. who came
down from Philadelphia saturday
for holiday and who was in the
thcater with two friends. is at
Emergency Hospital suffering with
possible fractuer uf the pelvic
bones. partial paralysis and nerv-
Gus shock.
Il heard the cracking an dsaw
the. ceiling separate. but before 1
could move an iron fell on me"
pearson said and nervously he
rubbed his hnads over his eyes as
If to blot out the memory of it.
Little Elizabeth Hayden, who was
taken to Emergency Hospital from
the disaster. was discharged yes
terday with her slight cuts ban
daCed. When her father called for
her he asked if she remembered
what had happened, and she lisped
The show felled in on me-" Her
mother and brother are among the
injuerd at Garfield Hospital.
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Pope's Requiem
Is Sung in Rome
Ancient Churches Filled With
MOurners of All
Ranks.

ROME. Jan. 29.-The ancient
churches of Rome were filled with
devout mourners from every sta
tion of life today They gathered
to attend requiem mass for the late
Pope Benedict Nv.
At Santa Maria Maggiore. one of
the most beautiful churches in Italy
and a majestic symbol of Christi
anity since the fourth century. the
famous choir and organ rendered
hymns during a special service.
Before the ruins of the Diocle-
tian baths limousines and stylish
four-in-hands were parked while
their owners, representing Rome's
artistocracy and many high pre-
lates. participated in the services
in Santa Maria Degli Angeli Church.
which is bull. within the ruins of
the baths.
Tomorrow the first of the last
three requiem masses for the late
Pope will be said in the Sistine
chapel of the Vatican. All the
cardinals, the Diplomatic Corps ac-
credited to the Vatican. patricians
belonging to the black nobility"
as the papal aristocracy Is called.
will participate
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30

stretcher in their errands of mercy.
Ambulances crowded their ways
through streets cluttered with
debris and the sight of these cars,
driven by men in the army o. d.,
served but to make the scene more
war like" The means of the in
jured, the pitiable calls for help
that came up to the frantically
working men who sought to reach
them, were not unlike those which
men remembered having heard
when dug-out had been hit di-
'rectly. burying the occupants.
Thus, in similarity of detail,
CHASTITY and almost eerie. were
there many aspects of Washing
toms greatest tragedy. which gave
to men a freshened thought of
"soldiering days" To those who
were not in France during the war,
il gave a more keen insight into the
horrors of war. for here indeed
were scenes that approximated the
conflict in Europe.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
THEATER DISASTER RECALLS
TUMULT AND HORROR OF WAR

Scenes of war were brought WV
idly to the minds of those who.
having been members of the A. E.
F., assisted in, or were spectators
of the rescue parties that fought
the elements and horror of Satur-
day night and yesterday morning
at the Knickerbocker tragedy.
Shattered and crumpled, the roof
of the plE yhouse, entombing under
it's tons of debris the scores of
dead and moaning injured, was
gruesomely reminiscent of the days
and nights of war in France. I'm
provised f1rst-aid stations, cries of
"stretcher here" pallid and life
less faces that had eyes that no
longer looked upon life.-all these
brought a recollection to men who
chanced to have been veterans of
'the war" of trying days of con-
flict. Of sudden and violent death.
Wire Entanglements.
Broken and intertwined strands
of wire that had held In part the
fallen roof. tripping and tearing
the clothing of the rescuers,
brought often a .smothered curse
as the hindered one thought again
of barbed wire entanglements. The
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
Ten Dwelling
Roofs Collapse
Several Families Escape In
jury When Snow Causes
Cave-In.

Unable to support the weight Of
snow. the roofs of ten frame dwell
inEs collapsed yesterday. No cas-
ualties were reported. however.
The roofs of nine dwelling from
1864 to 1859 T street northwest.
collapsed shortly after S o'clock
yesterday morning. An alarm was
sounded bringing several com
panies of fire apparatus TO the scene
but the occupants of the buildings
avoided injury by fleeing.
Julius Mills and his family cs-
capped injury when the roof Of their
two-story frame dwelling at 25S1
Nichols avenue southeast. collapsed.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
BRITAIN READY
GRANT EGYPT
full AUTONOMY
Foreign Office Says Pol
icy Requires Certain
Safeguards.

LONDON. Jan. .s.-Grcat Brit
aims readiness 10 grant Egypt Wv
tually complete independence was
expressed i'm n statement issued
from the foreign office. declaring
that as soon as the Egyptian and
British governments draft an agree
ment providing certain safeguards.
leaders here will ask parliamentary
sanction OF a bill providing Egyp-
tian sovereignty.
Tho statement is as follows:
There appears to be an 4mpreS-
sion in some quarters that Great
Britain has abandoned. or is about
20 abandon. her liberal attitude to-
ward Egyptian aspirations and that
she desires to make use Of her sp"-
"ial position in Ecypt To maintain
political administration system
there which would be incompatible
with the freedom she has declared
her Willingness TO recognize.
Ready 20 End Protectorate.
This Is not the casc The policy
Of His Majestys government both
during and since tho ABLY mission
to England has been founded -
well-defined ideas. while unwin-
ing to cede TO disorder or violence
what they are prepared to grant on
its own merits. His Majesty's rep
resentstives have explicitly stated
their readiness TO invite Parliament
TO terminate the protectorate de-
clared in 1914. 10 recognize tho "N-
istence Of Egypt as a sovereign
state. and to agree TO a const5fu-
tion providing an Egyptian parlia-
ment and the re-ests blishment ~
an Egyptian ministry Of foreign ar
fairs. as soon as they arc satisfied
regarding the following condition.
which they regard as vital 10 IN.
interests Of both Egypt and th..
British Empire.
Must Have Guarantees.
They must have full effective
guarantees:
Il. That imperial communication
TO which Egypt is essential arc as
sured.
-. That Great Britain retains
both the right and power TO afford
that protection 20 foreign commuui-
ties in Egypt which the covernmont
OF those peoples look 10 her TO SUP.
ply. and
-. That Egypt is safecusrdcd
against all foreign interference or
aggression direct or indirect"
Lord Allenby. high commissionsr
OF Egypt. has been summoned to
England TO report on the general
situation there as well as his com
munications with Egyptian leaders
in regard to the country's future
government
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
Rites for Vivian Ogden
Will Be Held ait 2 Today

Funeral services will be held at
. o'clock today for Vivian Ogden.
"a wears old. one of the Knicker-
booker victims. at the undertaking
establishment of Martin v. Hysong
Company. 1900 n street.
Miss Ogden. who Is a native Of
Louisiana, Mo-. has been living with
her mother at 1921 Mount Pleasant
street and had been employed as
secretary by II. H. Shelton, an at
torney with offices in the Munsey
Building. After the funeral services
the body will be taken to Louisi-
ana. Mo.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30

by crawling through this labyrinth
to safety. Among these was w. L.
Peters. who. with Wilfred Brous-
seau. a student in Georgetown Uni
versity. had attended the theater
with two young women.
Miraculous Escapes.
We were seated well up toward
the front of the theater." Peters
explained later. Suddenly half the
picture on the screen was cut off,
| glanced up and saw a mass
which proved to be the balcony
within few feet of our heads.
I called to my companions TO drop
to the floor. We all did. and the
two girls and l were able to crawl
out before the backs of the seats
were crushed in"
Brousseau. however. was struck
down by chunk of concrete and
fatally injured.
In this section there were some
miraculous escapes along with the
tragedy toll. Mrs. Ida Clarke, or.
Ranist in the thester. had just
finished playing her first number
and had reached an exit a few Sec
Onds before the crash came. She
was unhurt. AS she went out, how
ever. the orchestra filed to their
places. Ernesto Natiello. the dl-
rector was struck down as he took
his place, dying later. At the hos
pital he moaned in his half-de-
lirium:
Pleads for Lost Arm.
Don't hurt my arm. Don't hurt
my arm. l need it in my work.
need it to conduct with"
But the arm was gone.
The first violinist. Walter Chl
was struck down fatally and
moaned as he was lifted from the
the rest" He was taken across
the street to a toyshop. where he
died a few moments later.
Through the night, and the day
following. the hill of devastation
presented its hard. rugged surface
to the tired and desperate men who
tried to pierce it with picks.
sledges, hack-saws, crowbars and
acetylene torches. Now and then
there was a cry for water piercing
the subdued mufmurings through
out the CHASTITY place. Captains Of
Marines. of infantry and of the
navy Joined with privates to rush
buckets to the needed spot. Lean
ing over a crevice made in the re-
sisting surface were doctors. hy-
perdermic syringes in hand, wait
ing to inject the soothing fluid into
the arm of a suffering victim.
Following the doctors came nurs-
es. who made their way over the
rugged, deathly pile with band
ages, hot water bottles and other
first-aid materials.
Work of Rescue slow.
Gently as the jagged surface
would permit, grimy firemen and
soldiers would lift a helpless form
to the litter. and slowly across the
deathly pyramid a small band would
make its way to the doorway. half
clogged with debris.
Once outside, the lights in the
theater lobby transformed the
ghostlike group. Then the cry for
the ambulance
"Gangway, gangway"'
A clang Of bells, a roar of mo-
tors, and the crowds moved back
to make way for the vehicle of
mercy.
Through the horrible night few
women cried or grew hysterical
as one by one-with a slowness
that was maddening-the PROSTATE
forms of victims were carried to
n =
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
SIXTEEN TFIEATER DISASTERS
SHOW TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL
Iroquois, Boyertown and Conway Horrors
Worst in America

Other disasters which the lives
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-09-02
Must File Expense Accounts.

The secretary of state has ap-
prised candidates for all offices in
the Wisconsin general election to
be held next Tuesday of the pro-
visions of the statute requiring
that financial statements be filed
before Saturday, Sept. :. The
statements must give all disburse-
ments and all receipts of funds
used in promoting their candidacy
Again on September 10, financial
statements must be filed with the
secretary of state. Personal cam
paign expenditures are limited for
all candidates, although there are
no requirements governing leagues
and societies.