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The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
Three Shifts of $50 Men Each Work
Under Direction of Maj. Patton
In Tottering Structure.
TANGLEDDE m THE CENTER
Many Homes Share in Widespread Mourning,
While Brave Workers Continue
Searching for Victims

One hundred and two identified dead; more bodies per.
haps still in the ruins
So stood the count Of lives crushed the Knekerboeker
Iheater calamity when eepess officials charge of e1eavatns
the roofess ruin paused early this morning to check the list Of
killed and wounded.
Like black pail spreading the increasing porteut
Of the most appalling disaster in the Capitals history rolled with
tangible force the saddest Sunday on record
DEATH LIST GROWS
Developing fashion uagcaly different most
from the tronged desolate Eighteenth
Columbia road showed mounting
ulations placed dead
30 With nishtfa the figure
TO the list until il passed the mark.
And there thought be broken
of balcony and roof
Investigation Demanded
"Sucor" Saturday night and YESTERDAY
sembsnce order began
injured another slogan gained force Investigation"
The Board Of District Commits will
formulate plans for complete inquiry promised by chairman
James F. Oyster
VIII Impanel Jury Today.
The Commissioner Charles Keller will select
committee the possible
Announcement of this appointment also made
by Capt. Oyster.
coroners jury will be mpanelled by Ramsay Ncyi,t
this morning at the District The probably be
conducted in blanket ~
There possibility that it the
stated yesterday inquiries be initiated by M
District national Legislators follow the moI
considered And
the New years most poignant tragedy will make
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
City Expected to Creep
From Snow Blanket Today
Several Street Car Routes Will Attempt to Fur.
nish Normal Service This Morning.

Washington is expected to creep
from its snow blanket this morning
following six hours of sunshine
yesterday, coupled with marked
moderation in temperature The
blizzard swept on yesterday. stun
ming the District and blockading
business activities for sixty hours.
Traffic on the Cauital Traction
Company was opened on the main
lines last night at 9 o'clock, follow
ing a complete blockade of twenty
fou rhours. Movement or cars on
the Washington Railway and EIec-
trio. Company will be resumed on
the busiest lire sthis morning, Of
ficials announced last night.
VIII Help suburbs.
In spite of the holiday, District
forces were kept working through
out the day yesterday. With the
melting of the snow most blocked
sections were partially cleared.
Heavy forces were continued at
their stations by the two traction
companies.
Regular movement sof the bread
and milk wagons of the District
were predicted for this morning
and the suburban sections were
promised their first offerings of
food and milk today, by officials of
bread and dairy companies last
night.
Continued amelioration in the
weather today is expected to prac-
tiGally release the sixty-hour block
ade on the District by nightrali.
Weatheriofficials dccarcd las. night
that although the warmer weather
of yesterday would be continued
of yesterday wouIdI he continued
today in all likdiaood. tie skies
would be kept cloudy and chances
foA heavy thawing of snow were
sli Mi This will precluIls all i,nssi.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
H. M. CRANDALL
CRIEF-STRICKEN
Orders Six Theaters Closed
For Day Because of
Disaster.

Overwhelmed by the Knickerbock-
er Theater disaster and bowed with
grief by the catastrophe, Harry NJ.
CranGall yesterday issued m order
to lis executive staff that out OF
respect to patrons ALI: those of his
own organization who lost their
lives, as well as to the general pub
lie, there should be no performance
in any Crandall> Theater yesterday.
The order was at once communi-
Gated to> the house managers Of the
six Crandalf theaters, in some Of
which audiences already had assem-
bled. Those already admitted to the
Metropolitan, Avenue Grand, Apollo
and York theaters were advised from
the stage that no performance would
be given in any Crandall house, and
at the Savoy and Ninth and e street
houses attaches were posted at the
entrance to convey the same infor-
nation to prospective purchasers Of
tickets.
TAe Crandall theaters were all in
spected by the police al II building
inspectors yesterday and without ex-
ception were granted immediate per-
mission to open. 1t was purely by
reason Of his heartfelt sorrow that
Mr.. Crandall refused to permit any
of his houses to give a performance.
Mr.. Crandall, A. E. Bethel and
Barry Bulkley, president. vice pres
ident and secretary of the Knick-
erbocker Company. respectively; Jo-
seph P. Morgan. general manager
of the Crsndsll enterprises; Nelson
B. Bell, John J. Payette, George A.
Crouch and all the other Crandall
executives have worked without res
pite since Saturday night, bepdinS
every energy and resource of the
Crandall organization to the work of
tescue at the knickerbocker
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
rslysed by Calamity.


The effect Of the calamity was
paralyzing to thought. For hours
afterwsrd no one seemed able 80
appreciate its significance. Stole.
ism-speed-stillness on tho part or
the hundreds or observers. Til.
newspaper accounts were not much
more than series Of Iittlc horror
tales pieced together, or lists of
names.
In some sort tho same rSy~hoIorv
Is still aboard. Tho masses %
tragedy. pathos, COURAGEOUS srtio,
furnish enough stark realism To-
endless novels. The air is 6lIeJ
with score upon score Of stories and
sidelights, overpowerinC in tho az
rregate. Many of them would h.
scoffed in books of fiction. Strsr-o
and terrible arc the truths OF tbis
visitation.
Along every street. in cvcr,.
house. the word is always "Enickcr-
booker. Knickerbocker." and ,o.,-
are the dwelling I'm the Mount
Fleasant section which do moi share
In the widespread mourning.
Relief Work Goes On.
Since the roof and harco,,,.
crashed down upon the several
hundreds. smiling as they watched
cor1edy flm at 9 O'Clock, ther. has
been No pause IN relief work. nor
win there be until all doubt as to
rerla. ring bodies is removed.
MAJ George Patton. 4
from Fort Mver vext.,S,, -.
given charge Of the lahors Of rex-
cue. He immediately detailed th,ee
shifts Of $50 men each 20 nrohe
me steel and concrete-clnttered
moor within the tipsy walls. stand
ing stark against the sky with the
effect Of stage properties. hollow
and unsupported. The implements
that were pitifully lacking Satur-
day night. oxy-acetylene welders
from the navy yard. were brought
TO bear upon the tangled girders
and metal netting OF the plaster
ceiling.
Terch Releases BODIES.
Eeneath the fierce fame Of $500
degrees Fahrenheit the forS.ncs
and castings charred and broke and
the pieces easily were lifted fro
the hitherto frmly-caged bodies ana
injured persons. The navy Yard
also furnished carbide lights Nhich
pierced lividly the recesses Of tho
calamitous heaps Of masonry and
metal
Strict guard is being maintained.
though there has been but one Iooter
CoHtinSed ON Po9e TUo.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
Garments Littering Debris
Heaped in Pathetic Pile

Quantities of outer garments dis
carded by those who fled from the
scene Of disaster and also belonging
to those who died In the ruins. have
been collected by the police depart
ment for Identification.
As the rescuers worked among
the debris they found many coats,
'n-s and hats which had been taken
on by the victims when they en-
tered the theater. These were
thrown from all parts Of the houAs
to the center where a private was
49, 'oned to collect them. An ermine
muff, a purple turbsn, a mans rain
cUdI and a little girls red fur trim
med coat were thrown down from
the upper balcony.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30


Wyatt Mckinney Burlington apartments
Julian Mckinney 1921 Adams Mill road northwest
Scott Montgomery 1874 Biltmore
Mrs Norman E. Martndale. s6ss Adams Mill road.
Miss Agnes Mellon, 1887 Belmont northwest
Mrs Gene Mirsky chastleton apartments.
Miss Veronica Murphy 1860 California
James w. Murray. The Plains. Va.
Natieo
leader.
Ogden s1a street. as years
tilted by friends through bank deposit slip
D. F. O'Donnen Columbia read
Mrs. D. F. O'Donnel, 1881 Columbia
Mrs Carrie M. Pessou, Calverton apartments
Lois Pitcher, 1910 Kennedy street, Chevy Chase. Nd
Miss Hazel Price Beverly identified father.
Louis H. Price, of the Finance Department.
Mrs Marie Russell, a47s Eighteenth northwest.
W. B. sammon George Washington University student
street northwest, formerly Kemmerer, Wyo.
w. L.. Schooheld, Danvile. Va
DR. James Shea South Hadley Falls Mass, residing
Calvert northwest; junior medical Georgetown University
Mrs. Cora c. Sgourney. Connecticut
Miss Marie Smith, 1873 Columbia road northwest
Sproul nephew Representative Sproul Illinois,
page in the Senate; Sixteenth northwest
Clarence B. Stephenson Calvert northwest.
Lewis w. Sayer, correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch
1887 California northwest
Victor M srss foreign service student Georgetown
University.
Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, zoos Hobart street northwes.
Christine Thompson old ITO Euclid northwest
Miss Gladys Thom Lamont northwest found easped
of Miss Esther
William Tracy Rhode Island northwest musician
Charles cowes Tucker of of Donald
Tucker attorneys aII7 Connecticut northwest
Mrs c. c. Tucker. Connecticut northwest
Jacob Urdong .sIa Twentieth northwest.
Mrs Rose Urdong, agra Twentieth northwest
Louis F. Valentine. 1860 Columbia road northwest
Mrs Louis Valentine, 1860 Columbia road northwest.
R. H. conroy Vance. Fredericksburg Va
Mrs. R. H. C. Vance, Fredericksburg, Va.
Mildred Walford, 17a7 Riggs place
Capt William E. R. Warner, Quatemaster Corps On
tario road northwest.
William E. F. Warner. asr4 northwest.
Mrs. Charles M. Wessne wife of Col c. M Wesner. Ord
Department 1921 Belmont
John L. Walker, aIoo Eighteenth northwest.
Mrs John L. Walker, Eighteenth northwest
William Walters medical student Georgetown University
northwest formerly from Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ivan White a6 old, Portner eploye of
the Shipping Board.
Elizabeth Wise 1918 northwest.
Marsh hrst missng) I46 Famont northwest
Mrs. Arnold Hague 17a4 Eye northwest
Mrs. Davis address unknown.
Irene Mesky, address unknown.
William H. Scott 4oe Eighth street southeast
Cutler Lasslin. 1858 Ontario road northwest
Daisy Garvey aIae Eighteenth northwest.
Bernard Danzanskv Ninth northwest
Miss Margaret Dutch. Euclid northwest
employe formerly residing in Luddngton Mich.
Daisy Garvey, aao Eighteenth northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
Child Hospital Has Be1v;
Red Cross Wants O\ hans

Through Admiral Willard II.
Rrownson, L. s. N, chairman Of
the board of the Children's Hospital.
Thirteenth and w streets northwest.
:h~t institution announced last night
that twenty-eight beds were open
for occupancy to casualties from
the Knickerbocker crash.
Mrs. Nieman. 1901 First street
northwest. announced the readiness
OF the American Red Cross. womcn's
Club. of which she is an ofYicial. to
take care temporarily of children or
phaned by the tragedy.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
List of Injured

Mobile Tomasso Assereto. third
secretary of the italian Embassy,
1895 California street, at Emer-
gency.
Mrs. Batenan Adams, address
snkscwn, serious fikeysaf injuries,
frscturea arm and ankle, at Car.
2eid.
June Bergman. Fl. of 1921 BiIt-
more street. injured arm.
Mrs. Beuhler, 24s7 Efghteenth
street. broken wrist and other in
jurses. Crawling out without aid.
Mrs. HaEen Buehler, III Portner
apartment, Mt Emergency.
II. J. Bowen. 1919 Biltmore street,
badly injured
Mrs. Mildred (R. j. Bowen, 1910
Biltmore street, leg broken, at
Emergency.
Mrs. Bernard Bresslnu, 1872 CO.
lumbia road. both shoulders broken;
not serious, Mt GARFIELD.
Miss Sadie Bressiau, 17g2 Column
bia road.
Mrs. n. J. Brown. 1910 BiItmore
street northwest.
Joseph C. Bruce, 1919 Hobart
street. native of Milford. Mass, arm
is badly xashed, contustons; at
Naval Hospital.
Elliott limbaugh. 1854 Biltmore
street. shock and bruises.
Gilbert Caplan, 1715 Eighteenth
street northwest. lacerations Of
head, at Naval Hospital.
VI. f. Cnstney, address unknown.
Mrs. Mary Chalmers, - Grafton
street. Chevy Chasey at Emergency.
C. Claflin, Naval Hospital.
Miss Margaret Cole. 1O7 East
Florence courts. lacerated ankles.
James A. Curtain. 81, 248: Ontario
road, of Florence. Mass.
r. VA Dod-on, 1880 Montague
=. n. Dedsen, father Of above.
1880 Montague street.
}. L. DurIand. :1oe Eighteenth
street. cuts and bruises.
Mrs. ,. L. DurIsnd. 200 Eigh-
teenth street, shock, cuts and
bruises.
Mrs. Guy EldridEe. 1874 Biitmore
street. pinned under debris for ave
hours, condition not serious, at Gar
field.
Miss Mary Forsythe. 1907 Belmont
street northwest. suffering from
shock; condition serious, at GARFIELD.
Miss Ruth FOuts, 1880 Belr,out
street, removed from balcony at
q. 10.
william A. Galloway. 3a2e Six
teenth street.
DIR. Clyde NJ. Gearhart. 1865 CO.
lumbia road. both legs badly in
jured; fay have to he amputated.
DIR. Gebhard. dentist. severe in
Norman L. Gibson, 1S3: BiItmore
street, and sister. Mrs. Haley. hoth
suffering from shock and severe
bruises, Mt Gsrheld Hospital.
Hugh Glenn, 1855 Calvert street.
Moe Gold, 1515 Eighteenth street,
fractured jaw, at Emergency.
DIR. Custis Lee Hall. 1769 Columbia
road, fractured arm, and his wife.
dislocated shoulder. fractured arm
and cuts about head, at GarAeld.
Ivy Hamilton, At Emergency.
DIR. L. e. Hayden, 1s3: Btltmere,
hi. wife and two chiIdren. n boy and
girl, condition not serious; ut Gar
field.
warren Helphen, 21Sl Calvert
street.
Mrs. Douglas HilIyer. :021 HilIyer
place. pinned under debris, hut not
badly injured, at Emergency.
Capt. J. H. Hills. injured legs; at
walter Reed.
Mrs. J. II. HILLS, wife Of Caps.
Hills. U. :. A.. and daughter Of Col.
Creagher, U. s. A.. badly hurt.
Capt. Hills. while imprisoned, di-
rected the rescue Of his wife.
NJ. Pera Hin, address nskhown,
leg and pclyis fractured. In .ers-
ovs condition Mt Walter Reed.
Miss Helen Hopkins. 1870 BiItmere
>treet. cuts about the head, not
serious; at GarAeld.
Margaret John.
Grant kanston. s. :51e Seven
teenth street. Injured about head.
Continued on Pa1c Ttco.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30

Continued on Pane T.eo.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30
DEATH TOLL IN TF1EATER HORROR REACHES 1O2
AS D. c. OFFICIALS ORDER FULL WRECK PROBE
AND RESCUE WORK CONTINUES WITHOUT STOF
List of Dead in Knickerbocker Tragedy

Mary Ethel Atkinson 1898 Eighteenth northwest.
Calvert
Miss Helena Barchfed daughter Representative
Barchfeld.
Joseph w. Beal 1883 Chaplin street. musician.
Archie Bell. northwest IS
ploye of the War Department
William G. Bckle 1889 Nineteenth street northwest
Frances Bkle 1859 Nineteenth northwest identified
with her dead father by Mrs Catharne Watts
northwest, a sister.
Randolph A. Bourne aoa7 Hiryer place northwest
Mrs Daisy Bowden, Eighteenth northwest.
c. Branerd correspondent Brooklyn Daily Eagle
vice president of the Grdon Club New Hampshire
northwest.
E. Brainerd, aose Hampshire
wned Brousseau Adams Mass, foreign
a Georgetown University
apartment Portner, IS years
William Candy, 1898 northwest old
Mrs B. H. Covel Eighteenth street northwest.
w. M. Crocke Courtand apartments
Vincent Dauber old 1900 Belmont northwest
Thomas M Dorsey asa4 Seventeenth street northwest.
Miss Clara Dorsch, 1856 Euclid northwest
Kirkland Duke, 1919 Riggs place
A. G. Eldridge 1888 Twentieth northwest
Mrs A. G. Eldridge Twentieth northwest
Guy Elddge 1874 Bltmore street broher-naw to Sena
Reed Smoot of Utah.
Ernest manager Washington office Die
ograph Products Company Offices 4oz Evans Building
Sonora Virginia Faraud sister of Madame Perone of the
Guateaan Legation identified last evening by the Guatealan
Minister Dr. Jules Bianchi
Company 1854
Christian Fieg 6s old Eighteenth musician
John Flemng DID, 1901 wyoming
Office
Miss Fleming, a years. old, Wyoming
Thomas F. Fleming, 1861 Wyoming father of John
and Mary Fleming
Esther Foster 1913 Lamont street northwest.
G. S. Freeman, asa7 Connecticut avenue musician
Mrs Clyde M Gearha 1868 Columbia road wife of Dr. Clyde
M Gearhar, who lost both feet by amputaton.
Clyde M. Gearhart jr, o-year-od of DR.. Gearhart
Oscar D. Grant, address,
Mrs. Oscar D. Grant, NJ address
Oscar D. Grant, jr- years old, address
Douglas Hiyer Hilyer place northwest
William G. Hughes, 46 DID, Champlain
Daniel X Jackson a7o1 Connecticut broker.
the Evans Building.
Elizabeth Jefeies, 1867 Massachusetts,
John M Jeferies 1867 Massachusetts, northwest
Aulyn Kanston, old, as16 Seventeenth
Dorothy Kanston old a5I6 Seventeenth
Mrs. Oscar 6. Ksnston, 25I6 Seventeenth
Oscar G. Kanston, 25I6 Seventeenth
Howard Kneess s3o Colorado avenue vice president
of the Semmes Motor Company.
Cutler Laf in the Senate Belmont
Miss Mamie Lee Lambert Bancroft place;
clerk
Leroy Lehmer California street northwest.
Mrs. Leroy Lehmer, California northwest.
David H. Lyman, 1918 Tweny-6rst northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-30

CoNtinEcd on Po0e Ttoo.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-31
France Gives Starry Flag That
Paris Saw as L. S. Entered War

WASHINGTON, May 3o.--As n SOU
venir of Americas participation in the
World War, President Harding to- day
accepted for his countrymen the pres
cntation by Ambassador Jusserand of
France Of the American flag which was
displayed beside the French tricoor on
the Eiffel Tower when news came of
Americas entry into the struggle
The historic flag. also displayed at
the celebration of the Marne victories S
at the Trocadcro Palace in Paris in
September, 1918, was presented by the
am mbassador on behalf of the union of
large French associations for national
growth. 1t was first displayed at a
celebration Of Americas entry INTO
the war held by that organization on
April 90 1917 the same day upon which
it was unfurled from the Elfel Tower
The flag will be preserved in the Ma
tional Museum here.
"As a souvenir of what was done in
those momentous years" Ambassador
Jusserand said in his address of pres
entation, "this will be preserved from
generation TO generation and will con-
| tinue fresh in the hearts of every free
dom-loving inhabtant of the earth
lic NcIcIiIolS III VIE FIdSl ISOOlH OF
the White House was attended by the
Secretary of War, General Pershing
and high officials Of the army, navy
and marine corps.
Recounting in his address that the
first salute given the American flag in
European waters was that accorded the
thirteen-star emblem flown from John
Paul Joncs's ship, the Ranger, by a
French fleet at Quiberon. NJ. Jusserand
declared the unknown" flag of that day
was "now respected all over the world
Five years ago" he said. when the
fight was again for liberty and the
forty-eight United States decided tc
throw their mighty sword on the scale
a thrill Of enthusiasm and gratitude
went through the heart Of every
French man and French woman from the
furthest trenches to the remotest noun
tain hamlet. Richer in stars than that
Of Paul Jones, but representing the
same impulse. the flag of America was
hoisted when the news came at the
top of the Eiffel Tower side by side
I with the tricolor of France. devisec
for us by Lafayette during our owr
revolution, and was saluted with 101
guns.
"This same flag, displayed also or
common effort and the common victory
was brought to this country by Marsha
Foch with the papers testifylng to its
authenticity. ! count it as one of the
greatest honors that could befall me
to have the privilege. of presenting il
to the justly admired chief Of the
New-York tribune., 1922-05-31
No Poppy Contract
With Veterans, Says
Dugout's President
Mrs. Edward McVickar Also
Denies Senior League Is
Paying Girls SIS Day
to Sell tue War Flowers

Mrs. Edward McNickar, president. of
organization mad a contract with the
Veterans of Foreign Wars to sell pop
pies on The streets during Memorial
Day, or that there was ground for
charges Of unfair competition made by
the veterans.
at is not true that the Senior League
is paying young women S. day to sell
our poppies,' she said, "and we have
done nothing which was not intend ed
to further the interests Of the injured
soldiers. We made 100000 poppies q,
the Dugout. which the Senior League
kindly offered to sell for us. If any
other organization had done so we
would have been glad to CO. operate with
tract, even by telephone, with the Vet.
Grams Of Foreign Wars. | see the
newspapers say that the veterans con
tracted with our boys. Of course the
boys were in no position to make CON
tracts. 1t cost 81, 600 for raw material Is
for the poppies and the boys at the
shop could not undertake contrac,
of that sort"
The Senior League, whose head is
Mrs. Roland Hinton Perry, issued &
statement as follows:
"The Senior League will make q
public statement Of the results of the
poppy drive as soon as the returns are
in from the sale of the poppies made
by the Dugout disabled soldiers and
the Service Star Mothers League.
THE Senior League wishes only well
to the American Legion and the war
veterans and hopes all will be success
full to preserve the romance Of the
poppy.
'All funds from the sale OF the pop
pies for the Senior League viii be
turned over to Mrs. Edward McVickar
president of the Dugout.'
A copy Of the letter from Acting
Commissioner of Charities Christophe,
j. Dunn, giving the Senior League per-
mission to self poppies was also made
public, showing that the permission
was granted with the understanding
that all monies derived from the sa lie
of the poppies, with the exception Of
their cost, are to be paid over to the
Dugout."
New-York tribune., 1922-05-31
10000 Germans at Fete

twenty thousand Germans of the
Northeastern Singers Association held
their outdoor festival yesterday at Dex-
ter Park, Richmond Hill. The results
of the three-day singing contest which
has been in progress at the 18th Regi-
ment Armory, Brooklyn, were an
nounced and prizes were awarded.
The component associations were di-
vidcd in three classes, according to
size, and there were representative
groups from New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut Delaware
and Maryland DR.. Erich Krasker was
present representing DR.. Otto l.. Weld
feldt, the recently arrived German Am
bassador to the United States. -
The winners in the first class were ::
Philadelphia, first; Newark, second, and
Hudson County, N. j.. third In the
econd class the Bronx was first, Eliza
beth, N. j., second, and Queens, third
IN the third class Perth Amboy was first
Atlantic City, second, and Lancaster
Pa, third.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-31

nation, which at a most perilous hour
came to the rescue, and to do so on
this day of commemoration.
"All things, we know. come to an
end; such will be the fate of the friend
ship between France and America-the
DAY when the stars shall fall from the
sky or from the flag of the United
States"
President Harding, in few words
of acknowledgement, told Ambassador
Jusserand that the flag presentation
meant renewed commitment of lib
erty-lovlng France and liberty loving
America to the liberty to which we
have jointly contributed"
"lt is rather curious coincident."
the President said, referring to his
weekend visit to the Naval Academy,
that | stood yesterday before all that
is mortal of John Paul Jones, who
gave expression to American inde-
pendence at the same time that France
gave recognition to the flag Flags are
measured only by what they represent.
Probably it adds little to the beauty
of the stars and stripes and their won
derful coloring to have been saluted
with the love and affection and rever-
ence of your republic. but it does add
much to that for which the flag stands.
1t means new tie, new bond Of af-
fectlon between your republic and ours,
1t means a new assurance shat the
cordial affection and respect OF the one
republic for the other will endure as
YOU have suggested for all time to
come
The President assured Ambassador
Jusserand that the flag would be
placed in the american Treasure
House of Souvenirs, to be preserved
as one Of the richest heirlooms Of the
war
New-York tribune., 1922-05-31

of the speeches are placed are 81 feet
long 81 feet wide and 90 feet high.
four Ionic columns separating each Of
these halls from the central hall. The
colonnaded entrance to the Memorial
Hall is 45 feet wide and a. feet high
The movement for the construction
Of the memoria! was begun in 1902. and
in 1910 the late Senator Shelby NJ.
Cullom, Of Illinois, friend Of LincoIr,
introduced in the Senate the bill for
It's erection.