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Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
Reserves Have Taken
Out 1O7 Bodies -133,
Injured in Disaster

Washington, Jan. 30.-Investiga.
tion Of the KnickerbOcker theatre
disaster by senate committee was
proposed in a resolution introduced
by Senator Capper Of Kansas, mem
ber Of the senate District Of Column
bia committee today. The resolu-
ton was referred to. the audits and
control committee. Senator FIRE.
linghuysen Of New Jersey supported
Capper's resolution, declaring that
investigation should be made a wide.
spread one Of the entire district gov
ernment. Frelinghuysen said he
knew from personal information that
many Washington buildings are fire
traps. The audits committee plans
to act on the Capper resolutions to-
day. The resolution cites rumors
that contractors have evaded build
ing regulations with the collusion Of
building inspectors.
Washington, Jan. 30.-A total Of
107 persons are known to have lost
their lives and at least 1873 others
were injured Saturday night when
the roof of the Knickerbocker
theatre, a movie house, collapsed
under the weight Of heavy snow
fall at the second show.
The above numbers have been re-
moved from the ruins at noon today.
Workers are still struggling with the
heavy wreckage to determine wheth-
er anybody or any victims are still
imprisoned in the debris. Brigadier
General Bandholtz, commanding the
federal troops in the district Of
Columbia, said it might be "a hours
before 1t could be said definitely that
nobody is left in the wreckage.
While the theatre holds 1000 and
normally Is filled only aboat 300 to
400 were in the house, according to
the best estimates. The crash swept
the supports out from under the bal
cony, apparently, and this hinged
down at an angle Of 40 degrees, add
ing to the tangled mass Of wreckage
on the floor below.
One Heard Warning
The theatre stood roofless to the
sky a moment after the first sound
Of the breaking roof gave warning
above the music of the orchestra.
There is only one survivor thus far
who has told Of having heard that
warning and saw the first powdery
handful Of snow sift down over the
head of the orchestra leader in time
to make his escape. From his seat
well forward on the main floor, he
raced for the doors at the back. A
great blast of air expelled as the roof
came down and hurled him out
through the doorway to safety.
Rescuers Fought Way
Firemen fought their way through
the heaping snowdrifts in answer to
a general alarm. Police patrols filled
with men churned and skidded
through the snow and in answer to
a summons marines came at double
time.
At the scene Of the disaster there
was wild confusion for time. Those
who first made their way to the audi
torium doors saw before them dim,
mysterious heap of wreckage family |
lighted by a string Of colored cleo
trio lights on the stage that still
stood intact.
Exploration Of the ruins went on
unchecked all day Sunday and last
night.
without regard to their own risk,
soldiers, marines, sailors, police, fire.
men and citizen volunteers had
fought their way beneath the wreck
age over practically the whole floor
space of the auditorium by this morn
ing.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02

KANSAS CITY MARKETS
Z & & & & & & & q & & & & q q I
IAssociated Pressl

Kansas City, Feb. Cattle T.
800, beef steers fair, active, strong
to 15c higher, top SO, fat cows
steady to 25c higher, best cows
$5.5 others $4.25 to SIS.
Hogs
Receipts 10000, 10c to zoe lower.
$40 to $500 top lights 80.
Wheat and Corn
Cash wheat, No. 1 hard $1.14 to
$1.23, No. 2 $1.12 to 1928; No. 1
red $1.1S to $1.20. May wheat
$1.O0%, July 9SAc. May corn 47%,
July 49Hc.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
ANOTHER BURBANK WONDER
iThornless Blackberry" Is Californi
Plant Wizards Latest

Santa Rosa, Cal, Jan. 30.-The
"thornless blackberry" is Luther
Burbank's latest addition to the plant
world.
The grief Of thorn-pricked hands
which makes blackberry pickers
somewhat hard to obtain, has been
eliminated by the wizard Of Santa
Rosa's" latest discovery.
In addition, Burbank declares,
the new fruit is larger and more de-
licious and the bushes are heavy
yielders.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
ANOTHER ROOF FALLS IN
But None Hurt In Second Washing
ton Crash

Washington, Feb. 1.-The roof OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad freight
depot at First street and Florida
avenue, N. E., crashed I'm late yes
terday. Eight men had just checked
out for the day, and 1t was believed
that no one was injured. Firemen
and policemen Immediately began a
thorough search of the wreckage.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
ORGANIZE FOR PROTECTION
fAaa0ciatad PrQaa1

Pittsburg, Jan. 31.-Sheriff Milt
Gould has announced that 0rganiza-
ton Of his STAFF Of 100 deputies has
been completed. This force will be
available to maintain order In the
mining districts.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
NO PLACE FOR
RED" LEADERS
ASSOCIATED Press1

Stockholm, Jan. 31.-Emma
Goldman and Alexander Berkman
have been here two weeks trying to
get passports vised to Austria. Ap-
parently they will be forced to re-
main in Sweden as no country is
willing to admit them.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
SMALL GETS
TRIAL ALONE
IAssociated Press1

Waukegan, ILL.,, Jan. 31.-Judge
Edwards granted motion for
separate trial for Governor Len Small
and Vernon Curtis, banker, charged
with conspiracy to embezzle state
funds. Small goes to trial first.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
TAKING STEPS
FOR new LAWS
ASSOCIATED Press ]

Kansas City, Jan. 31.--A special
election is being held today through
out Missouri to select delegates to a
convention to frame a new state con-
stltutiOn.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02

Sweden and Finland are to be
linked By q wireless telephone ser.
vice.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02

Interest has been revived in Den
mark in a plan to build ship canal
froyf - North Sea to the Baltic.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02

Studs can be attached at various
points to new shoe trees TO stretch
shoas where they happen to pinch.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-02
RIVER GIVES HIM FARM
Missouri's Change In Course Adde's
500 Acres 70 Mans Land

waverly, NO., Feb. 1.-The Mis-
souh river, in changing its channel
just below waveriy In recent
months, added eight hundred acres
Of land to the large land holdings Of
StonewaIl White, at whites Island,
fishing resort four miles north Of
town.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
GERMAN PUBLIC
RESENTS ALLIED
MONEYCONTROL
Press Denounces Government
For Ignoring Reichstag in
Transaction.
By 8. d. wEYER.
international News Service.

BERLIN. July 22.--All German
public opinion, including even the
stauuohest supporters Of the govern.
m.nt, was stunned today by news
Of the governments acceptance of
tho Allies demand for control of
German finance. Such control is
described on gil sides as complete
guardianship"
Anti-government newspapers vio-
lently denounce the administration
for its individual procedure without
taking the refchstag into it's con.
fidence before the summer adjourn.
ment. These newspapers charged
that the government was respon.
sible for Allied financial control
without giving the representative.
of the people a chance to discuss
the question.
Coalition newspapers defended the
government, saying that without
acceptance of Allied financial >con.
troll the government stood no chance
OF getting an indemnify morato-
rum or a long-term loan.
Newspapers supporting the oppo-
sition pointed out, however, that
the government. even yet is without
decisive assurances that II will get
a moratorium or a loan.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
DUBLIN REBELS
ATTACK TROOPS
AGAIN IN HOTEL
Twenty Dead in Limerick
Fight-Foroes concen-
trate in Cork.
BY DANIEL o'CONNELL,
puEsssIIesAl sIsk klA
International News Service.

DUBLIN, July ~. - Fighting
broke out here today between Free
State and irregular troops when a
detachment OF irregulars attacked
the Four Courts Hotel. They were
driven off after an interval Of heavy
firing.
Twenty men were killed In the
fighting at Limerick. according to a
revised casualty estimate.
Eamon de Valera Is now reported
to be commanding the irregulars
from headquarters established AT
Clonmel.
Rebel troops are concentrating at
Cork. 1t is believed that there are
already several thousand irregulars
concentrated there-a sufficient
force to put up a desperate battle
against the regulars.
Conditions In Galway. Donegal,
and Sligo are still serious.
The irregulars who retreated from
Limerick. after firing mary build.
ings. were estimated 1T about 5000
in number.
Large portions Of Waterford and
Limerick were destroyed by shell
fire and conflasrations.
Free State stroops have captured
Castlerea after the irregular garri'
son was battered into submission by
a bombardment with Is pound guns
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
CAVEY WOMAN
IS ACCUSED IN
BROOKSF|GH7
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more man who instigated the In.
vestigation Of the attacks on Mrs.
Brooks, said she had not been in
Mt. Rainier for many months and
declared she could furnish alibis as
to her whereabouts on the dates OF
the attacks. She admitted she
knew Mrs. Brooks and that she
knew this woman had been run
ming around" with her brother-in-
law, Cavey.
Miss Bradio probably will face Nfs:
Brooks today. Mrs. Brooks de.
clares she can identify her attack.
er's voice.
Baltimore police arrested Miss
Bradio at 2 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. She was released last night at
IL o'clock under bond for her re.
Appearance in the Central police sta
ton today ..'.. .'.'
Garrison will make an effort to
arrest two other Baltimore women
sought in connection with the blind
ing OF Mrs. Brooks. These wonl-n
are Mrs. Cavey, and Addie Smith,
sister OF, Cavey.
= Baltimore police expressed the
opinion today that Miss Bradio can
furnish the key to the solution OF
the mystery.
The Disappearance OF the other
two. women 10 puzzling the Balti.
more police. Both are said to have
been at their homes several hours
before their arrests were ordered.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
FOUR ARE HELD !.
FORC0MP[|C|TY
IN SHACK DEATH
D. c. Police Take Woman.
Three Jailed in virginia-Ai-
legged Slayer Named.

Thomas Brennan, an iron mouldsr,
living at 1926 Potomac avenue north
west, Is held without bail In the Ar
lington county Jail. charged with
staying Mrs. Mae Copperthite at a
shack on Little river some time be-
fore s o'clock yesterday morning.
Four others, three OF them. women,
are held In connection with the affair.
The woman, with her year-old haby
clutching at her breast, was found
dead In a shack below Key Bridge.
Witnesses summoned before a cor
oner's jury by Sheriff A. c. Clements
yesterday afternoon gave testimony
indicating that the killing was the
outgrowth Of a drunken orgy that
began two days ago.
Mrs. Adelaide Rhodes, who is also
known under the name of~Rowe, Of
Rivershore, and Leo ]. Vaughn, OF
3616 @ street northwest, are held In
$40 900 bonds as accessories.
The police OF Washington have
been asked to apprehend John Rey.
nolds, a Washington timer. and
James Howarth. said to live at the
Soldiers Home. Howarth owns the
shack where the killing took place,
and II was testified that he and
Reynolds were there when brennan
is alleged to have struck the fatal
blow.
Bouisa Jones, colored. and her
son Tom. residing near the Howarth
shack, testified that they saw Bren.
nan attack Mrs. Copperthite. Mem
bers Of the party at the shack also
testified that Bremen had beaten
her.
Brennan did not make a state.
ment to the coroner's jury.
The Washington police last night
arrested Mrs. Alice Katie Hall, who
lives on a houseboat at the foot OF
Thirty-fourth street. She admitted
that she was at the Howarth shack,
II Is said, prior TO the free-for-all
fight that resulted in the death Of
Mrs. Copperthite.
James Copperthite, husband OF the
dead woman, has been given the
custody Of the child. He conducts a
fishing tackle and grocery business
on the Potomac river near Canal
road.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
7DEAD, 40 HURT
. IN TRAIN CRASH
NEAR L0CAN,M0,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, July "a
Seven persons were killed early TO-
day when the fast Meteor Ex-
press" Of the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad ran into an
open switch near Logan and
crashed head-on into the combined
Katy" and Frisco" special No. .,
which was standing on a siding.
More than forty were injured,
several probably fatally.
The dead are:
H. r. Rine, engineer, and Fire.
man Nealy. Of the Meteor" and
a man, wife, and three children,
all Of one family, as yet unideni.
fled. Two other children of this
family were badly hurt and not ex'
pected TO live. -
The Meteor" bound from San
Antonio 10 st. Louis, was running
about 45 miles an hour when II
struck. the open switch, Both loco
motives were demolished In the
crash and the track strewn with
wrcckage.
Most OF the injured passengers
were occupants Of two chair cars
on train No, East sc, Louis 10
Oklahoma City, which were tele'
sooped.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
PEACE DISTANT
AS STRIKE ENDS
ITS THIRD WEEK
Railroads and Labor Union
Leaders Continue
-"" unyieIding.
ny international News Service.

CHICAGO. July a2.-with pros
poets OF peace stili remote. but with
hope still existing that an early ad.
Justment would be reached. the
strike Of railway shopnaen entered its
fourth week today.
There was a belief in some circles
that the strike never would live to be
a month old. while elsewhere the
opinion prevailed that the wslkout II
destined to acquire considerable age
and strength before It is finally
ended.
The chief hope Of peace today cen.
tered in Washington. where Ben w.
Hooper. chairman Of the United
States Railway Labor Board, was IA
confer with President Harding In an.
swer to the summons of the Presl.
dent.
The pessimistic views Of the situa.
ton arose from the apparent unyield.
ing attitude maintained by both rail
executives and union leaders. BIN.
Jewell, head Of the strikers, emphati.
cally closed the door to separate
agreements with the individual rail.
roads when he refused to sanction
individual negotiations Of shopcratts
unions at st. Paul and declared that
there must be q national agreement
before any settlement is possible.
Danger of q spread Of the strike
to other rail unions was believed less:
ened as a result OF the decision Of
the grand lodge Of the Brotherhood
Of Maintenance Of Way Employees, at
Detroit, to support the stand Of e. +.
Cradle, president of the brotherhood,
against a strike.
Representatives OF 1000 clerks and
freight handlers Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad conferred
here today with W. L. McMenimen,
labor member Of the board, on the
question Of a strike. The clerks on
this road have voted strongly in
favor OF strike.
Announcements OF discontinuance
of trains came from all parts of the
country. 1t 10 estimated that an.
proximately 400 trains have been
taken off.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
4 Weeks Coal Supply
On Hand-Then
Empty Bins
osps1sA,. isaa. b. star oompsny.
ny CesmopoIitaa News Services.


There Is only enough coal
on hand to supply each family
in the United States with q lit
tie more than one ton, accord
ing to average estimates today
by Government and other au-
thoritative sources.
II this supply were appor-
toned on tho basis Of normal
rates Of consumption, each fam
lily would get only about one
fifth Of q ton.
II your coal bin is empty, or
nearly empty, these figures,
based on rough estimates, will
interest you:
Total coal on hand, .ss, ,oOo.-
900 tons.
Normal consumption per week,
9,000,0 900 tons.
Normal domestic consumption
per week, 1,440,000 tons.
This means there Is only
enough coal on hand to last
four weeks, II evenly distrib-
uted.
The railroads, which require
about one-third Of the total coal
output, have about 10000, 900
tons in stock, or enough to last
about fifty days, it Is estimated.
With the total amount avail
able, apportioned on the basis
Of 16 per cent of the total out
put being needed normally for
domestic consumption, only
about 6,760,000 tons are avail
able for the 24,851 ,675 families
In the IInitad Ctates
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
Coal City Mayors
Submit Peace Plan
Ready for Miners
By International Newn Srrrice.

A plan for settling the coal strike
In the anthracite fields of Pennsyl.
vania has been worked out by the
mayors Of Scranton, Wilkes Barre.
Carbondale, Hazelton and Pittston
for presentation to John l.. Lewis.
head OF the United Mine workers.
Major John r. Durken OF Scranton
announced today following a confer.
ence with President Harding at the
White House.
Durken said he would return i'm.
mediately to Scranton to call q con.
ference OF the union leaders in the
anthracite field and would outline
the plan 70 them
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

The baby was born December IL,
1920, and at that time Miss Fontaine
sent Whitney a message reading:
''0ur little son born at 2:30 this
morning. ! am naming II Cornelius
Vanderbilt whitney Evan"
On whitney's next birthday. Miss
Fontaine sent him a picture OF her
self and the baby, who bears q strik.
ing resemblance to the young lover,
inscribed: From two who love
you"
On the inside was pinned a copy
Of poem she said they used to read
together from. She Indian Love
Lyrics. called "Lallia, to the Ferengi
Lovers" as follows:
"Why above Others tcds I 80 blest
And honoredf To be the chosen one
To hoh vo,t, sleeping a0ainst my
As may hold your only son.
POsIye nonths ago. thet wonderfui
night,
You pope your ne 10 me IN a kiss.
Have I done ,oen for that past de-
IN Tofsr~ to hove oivsn pos {Aa,
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
SEEN IN
RAIL STRIKE BY, WATSON

Prospects Of bettering conditions
IN the railroad strike are sncourag.
ing" II was said today by Senator
James T.. Watson Of Indiana. fol.
lowing a conference with Daniel
Willard, president OF the Baltimore
and Ohio.
II was announced Willard would
aai,,mcre on Tuesday, and seeI 10
arrange an individual settlement
with p. q o. employees now on strike.
as>6ther roads have done.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

in the legal structure Of the board
and not with the personnel, accord.
ing to these Cabinet officers.
The Senate stands ready to pro.
vide any legislation President Hard.
ing may. see tit to ask, Il was said
today by leaders at the Capitol,
Emergency Legislation to put teeth
In the Adninistration's plans 10 re.
snrded by some Senators as In.
evitable. ::
While II was generally conceded
that legislation to end either strike
was impracticable, II was believed
probable the Senate could be helpful
In passing upon whatever proposals
the Administration may have to put
forth for seizing mines or railroads.
the final court of last resort in either
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
TWO STRIKES To.
AID LABOR VOTE,
.LEADERSASSERT
Claim Union Ranks Are Turn
ing to Politics for Solu-
ton Of Troubles.
BY WILLIAM HARD.
Cosmopolitan Nova Service.

Labor people here are taking po-
iitioal encouragement from .hese
strikes. They expect that these
strikes will greatly increase the labor
vote this fall. They do not expect
any great growth In any radical third
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

On your vacation you win want
timely news and thrilling fiction.
You viii insure your getting both
n you order the Daily and Sunday
Washington Times sent 10 your
mountain or sesshore resort. Nine
ty-flve cents brings u 20 you for .
month: $3.50 for three months.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

Let The Daily and Sunday wash.
ington Times be your vacation
friend and companion. Order n sent
10 your mountain or sesshore resort
-sb cents . month ar $3.50 for
thres months.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
PRESIDENT AND
HOOPER CONFER
ON RAIL STRIKE
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was confronted with these serious
conditions:
~ Successful termination of the
national coal strike Is entirely de-
pendent upon prior settlement Of
the railroad strike.
/ (D Railway service throughout
the country, through retirement Of
equipment, lack Of repairmen, and
shortage Of coal, Is being curtailed
to a point where II is highly dan.
gerous to the national welfare.
t9 Settlement of the rail strike
without speedy and firm interven.
ton by the Executive seems out
Of the question because Of the at.
titude OF a group Of Eastern rail-
roads. 3
~ Coal prices and prices Of other
necessities are beginning to soaS a.
an accompaniment to the turbulent
Industrial situation.
(6 Coal shortage this winter al.
ready Ia assured, and quick action
must be taken II the shortage does
not become an acute famine.
In many quarters, the belief was
expressed that the issue Of life or
death for the Railway Labor Board,
as II il now constituted, hangs oh
the Presidents conference with Ben
w. Hooper.
Thus far, President Harding has
consistently backed the board as
"the only agency OF government set
up by law" to deal with disputes
between the railroads and their EN-.
ployes, but there is serious doubt
as to how huch longer this policy
can be pursued by the Administra.
ton In view OF the boards signal
failure TO prevent the strike, or to
have It's decisions respected by
either railroads or unions.
Waf
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
Legal Structure Wrong.

President Harding has been In.
formed by several Of his Cabinet
officers that either the board should
be strengthened with such powers
as to enable Il 20 enforce its
decisions. The fault lies entirely
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
nv Cosmopolitan News serv,se

NEW YORK, July 22.-Cornelius
Vanderbilt whitney. who paid such
ardent court to Evan Burrows Fon.
taine, has never seen the eighteen.
month-old baby whose paternity In
in question. II was Harmed today.
The Washington times., 1922-07-22

party.g They are
most OF tnem
strongly opposed
to third parties.
What they ex.
pect and what
they claim--is a
great growth in
the labor bloc
inside the two
old parties.
T h ey claim IN
that the news
which comes to
them from the
8 trik ers is a
8 I r % n q proof
that the strikers
are turning to
The Washington times., 1922-07-22
NON-UN|ON MEN
START FIGHT IN
union STATION
Officer Of Seab6ard Air Line
Attacked by Band Of
Strikebreakers.

What officials of the Washing
ton Terminal Station have made
every effort to avoid since the
inception Of the railroad strike
trouble in the big depot-oc-
Cured last night, despite the
close watch kept by a greatly
augmented force of special po-
licemen.
Strike Breakers Rebel.
An official Of the Seaboard Air
Line was set upon by strike-break.
ers being shipped back. TO New
York, whence they came, as q re.
suit OF refusal to work In the Vir.
ginia and North Carolina shops on
arrival.
Complaints Of bad accommodations
and food In violation of promises
Of "the best" extended them by
officers Of the line eliminated in a
mass attack upon the Seaboard
functionary. whose name has not
been learned.
It was about 10 o'clock and the
concourse was dotted with travel
ers When the near.riot occurred.
Lieut.. M. X. Sterner, In charge Of
the night police detail, rushed his
men to the scene and the incipient
battle was broken up. No report
was made to metropolitan policemen
assigned to the station, and the
affair ended when the men were
put on a train for New York.
Denounce Treatment.
One Of the rebellious strike
breakers. giving his name as Jack
Myers, said that on their way up
from the South he and his com.
panions had been forced to spend one
night in the Fulton county, Va, jail,
sleeping five to q bunk In the cells.
The group numbered forty.five all
told.
This is just the sort OF thing that
Is to be expected from importation
Of scab gangs" commented Charles
A. II. Frazier, business agent for the
local shopmen who walked out. Men
who will accept such Jobs are liable
to go bad on their employers at any
time"
The situation between tho termi-
nal and the strikers remains static
today. both sides keeping an ear to
the ground for the conference
scheduled between Ben Hooper.
chairman of the Railroad Labor
Board. and President Harding.
I'VE have dug in and are ready
to stand the SIEGE" said Frazier.
The depot officials had nothing new
10 report.