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Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

bia and Baltimore the snowfall vras AZ
most as heavy as in Washington. So4,,h-
estern Pennsylvania and the region in
and about Philadelphia were covered with
a foot TO foot and half OF snow. New
York city and adjacent sections Of thai
state also experienced heavy snowfall
along the eastern Delaware and New
Jersey.
ThT coastal region had added TO the fac.
tor>or Of snow strong gales which o-in-
|ed Shipping The Hampton Roads dis
trict experienced heavy seals along its
water fronts, a forty-two nae gale. ana
dense mist Of snow and sleer which ken,
the area within the Virginia Cspes close5
TO maritime traffic and made NAVIGATION
extremely perilous 10 the few veases
moving.
Reports to the weather bureau toaigbt
indicated that gales which were strong
from Cape Cod to Cape Hareras d7rsns
the day would diminish before the end ~
the night as the storm center passed o,,-
over the sea The forecast was for
cloudy and unsettled weather over the
Middle Atlantic region tomorrow and
Tuesday with no severely cold weather.
Two new storms, however were r7,s1,-
ing toward the east and weather bureau
officials scanne dtheir charts ana re-
ports anxiously to see = the two dis
turoances might add to the general de-
moralization- They said tonight that il
was too early 10 ascertain whether ths
new storms, one over Texas and the. oth-
er over the northwest, would reach. tie
stricken region.
Taking warning from the theatre ca
tatrophe many apartment house and Of
nee buildings issued orders early in the
day for removal o. the snow from TIE
roofs. Many porches, however, collaos-
ed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
COnC|ave Cardinals
To Open Thursday
1t is Expected That the 261st
Pontif VIII be Elected by
Next Saturday.

Rome, Jan. 29.-(By The A. P.)-The
261st pontiff of the Roman church will
be elected by Saturday next, according
to the consensus of opinion as expressed
ny prelates here with the cardinals at
tached to the coaclave. They expect the
decision will be reached on the third or
fourth ballot. The conclave opens on
thursday and from present indications
the work of eiecting a new pope will be
carried on expaditiously.
do not anticipate sharply drawn
contest, which some predict" said a
prominent English ecclesiastic today.
Although there are naturally divergent
views among the cardinals. these differ
ences are not irreconcilable and I am
confident that the Sacred College will be
able to agree upon The successof of Ben
edict in relatively short time.
American and English church digni-
taries consider 1t a certainty that the
choice will fall upon an Italian. They
believe that the best chances lie with
Cardinals Maffi, Ratti, Lega and La
Fontaine
A prominent English prelate, who ask
ed that his name pe withheld. declared
it would be great mistake to elect g
foreign cardinal, as that would lead t
disappointment and dissatisfaction
among countries Ike the United States
Great Britain and France. all of whom
probably felt that they merited high of
fee whereas the se!e~" on of an Italiar
would be agreeable to ALL
This church official expressed tn
opinion that the new pope would con
tinue to observe the complete independ
ence and dignity Of the Vatican He add
| ed:
THE Vatican should be neither tn
subject nor the guest of any govern
ment, but should be scrupulously neatra
and unhampered."
Neither Trance, Spain Tor Austria
he declared would attempt to exercis
the right to veto the conclave's choic'
which these countries have heretofore er
joyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ORDERS INVESTIGATION

Washington, Jan. 29.-(By The A. P.)
Investigation of the collapse of the
Knickerbocker theatre roof was ordered
today by the District of Columbia board
of commissioners, the governing body of
the city of Washington. At the same
time orders went cut to close all thea
ters until the snow had been cleared
fl ON the roofs and inspectors had made
an examination of the structures
Officials said that until an inquiry
had been made the CireSt cause of the
collapse of the Knickerbocker roof
could not be determined
No man can tell at the present time
just what was directly responsible for
the, collapse of The roof" said Building
Inspector Healy
The inspector could not recall a previ =
Gus case Of the collapse of a building in
the District of Columbia directly as a
result of the weight of snow on the roof
It was stated that the inquiry would
be started as soon "z the rescuers at
work in the wreckage had made certain
that all of the bodies had been removed
The examination of the wreckage will
be made by Major Cary H. Brown, as
sistant engineer commissioner aided by
structural engineers from the building
inspectors office.
cCIdtOl Cdpp6Ig VI hdHSdS, d HeHlDcl
of the senate District of Columbia com
mittee, announced tonight that as soor
as the senate reconvened he would in
troduce a resolution calling for an IN.
vestigation of the Knickerbocker theatre
disaster and also of all large buildings
constructed in Washington since the be
ginning of the war.
Senator Capper said reports had CONF
to him that the building code of thu
District of Columbia had been violated t.
| a more or less degree during the rush o
construction following the increase II
the city's population after the declara
| ton of war.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
FORECAST OF BUSINESS
IN SENATE THIS WEEK

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The senate
probably will turn this week from the
discussion of the broad international
question of funding the allied debt to the
heart Of the nations domestic subjects.
cooperative marketing. Leaders said
tonight that with disposition of the deft
funding measure, which is expected in a
day or two. motion would be made TO
take up the kuestion Of giving federal
authorization to the formation Of CO.
operative marketing orgs nizations.
Half a dozen sucn bills have been in
troduced in the past year but two of
them-one by Senator Capper Of Kansas
and the other by Senator McCumber OF
North Dokota-stand out as the meas
ures about which discussion will center.
Mr.. Capper's bill has been on the senate
calendar for ten months and. according 10
laeders. is the legislation most likely 10
be enacted.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
BRUNDAGE CHARGED WITH
THE EMBEZZLEMENr OF s1.71s

Danbury, Conn, Jan. 2s-Charles Il.
Brundage, former treasurer of the Con-
necticut Poultry association, who was
arrested in Hartford early today. was
brought to this city this afternoon and
released in bonds of $4,000 for appear
ance in the city court tomorrow He is
charged with em5ezzlement of S1,7Is Of
the associations funds.
Brundage owned farm here until re-
Gently and now lives in the town of
Bethel. While attending the as=ocia
tion's meeting in Hartford last Thurs
day he reported 20 the police that the
funds in his custody had been stolen
from his room In a Hartford hotel. The
association elected a new treasurer to
succeed Brundase, but took no formal
action in regard to the disappearance
of the money.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
Myrtle chaughnessy. Ruth shaughnessy

Myrtle Chaughnessy. Ruth shaughnessy.
Representative John A. Smithwick Of
Florida, Albert W. Sward, Martha
Strayer, Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Taylor, U. S. A, Leonard
and Elizabeth Theunissen, Christiana
Thompson, Eta Underwood, Caroline
Upshaw, Nathan L. Urdong, Alphonse
Van Poucke, Colonel C. NJ. Wesson, U. S.
A., Nancy Wesson, Miss MacLean White,
Edward A. Williams, Mrs. Juliette Webb,
Miss Inez Woodruff, Edward w. Will
liams, Miss Marie Young, Mrs. Joseph
Younger, Lieutenant Commander Ia
laski, medical officer of marine barracks
and his wife
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
MERCER SAYS NEXT POPE
is CERTAIN TO BE ITALIAN

Rome. Jan. 90 (By the A. P.).-Ths
next pope is certain to be an Italian. ao-
cording to a statement made today by
Cordinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, to
The Associated Press.
There is no need to indulge in vain
conJectures or to count the votes in ad-
vance" said the cardinal, but one must
wait the DEGREES of Providence, and
Providence for. the past five centuries has
ruled that the supreme pontiff should he
an Italian
The distinguished Belgian prelate did
not concur in the opinion that has been
freely expressed in Vatican circles tina,
never has a foreign cardinal had such
chance of being elected pope"
1T is against all tradition that a for.
efgner should be elected" said the car.
dinal THE next pope certainly will bs
| an Italian
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY
BY PRESIDENT HARDING

Washington, Jan 90 (By the A. P).-
President Harding issued the following
statement late today on the Knicller-
booker theatre disaster:
L have experienced the same astound-
ing shock and the same inexpressible sor-
row which has come to all of Washington
and which will be sympathetically felt
throughout the land. II I knew what TO
say to soften the corrow of hundreds
VINO are so suddenly bereaved, if I could
say word to cheer manned and suffer-
ing, I would gladly do it. The terrible
tragedy, staged in the midst of the great
storm has deeply depressed all of US
and left US wondering about the re-
volving fates"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
500 ARRESTS RESULT FRgM
DISORDERS IN CALCUTTA

Calcutta, India, Jan. 2s.-Five hun
dred ersons were arrested today after the
police and Gurkhas. armed with rifles
had charged through a barrage of brick
bats, slaves and other missiles in order
to disperse large public meeting held
by members Of the on-co-operative So
ciety. Many persons on both sides were
injured.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
FLAGS IN CoNsTANTINOPLE
HALF-MAsTED FOR POPE

Constantinople. Jan. 2s CBy the A. P).
Contrary to established regulations. the
council Of ministers ordered the half
masting Of Turkish flags on all public
buildings in honor Of the late Pope Bene-
dict. This was the first occasion in
Turkish history OF the Ottoman govern
ment officially taking part in mourning
for the death Of a Christian or foreign
sovereign
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
ShackletoIf, yfitish
Explorer, is Dead
End Came January 5 Aboard
Antarctic Bound Steamship
Quest.

Montevideo, Urngury, jan. 29.-(By
The A. P0-Sir Ernest shackleton, the
British explorer, died January 5 on the
steamship Quest. on which he was max
ing another expedition into the Antarctic
regions.
Death was due 30 ang na pectoris and
occurred when The Quest was off the
Gritvsken station.
The body was brought to Montevideo
on board a Norwegian steamer and will
be taken by another steamship to
Europe.
Captain L. Ppssey of the Quest will
accompany the body home
Sub-Commandar Frank Wild will as
sumo direction Of the expedition.
Sir Ernest Shackelton was born in
1874. He was a third lieutenant in the
British national antartic expedition in
1901, and in 1907-09 commanded an ex-
pedition which got to within 81 miles fo
the south pole. He made his third quest
of the pole in 1914.
The expedition in which he was en-
gagged when he died was to have cover
ed 10000 miles of uncharted sections of
the south Atlantic, the Pacific and the
Antarctic seas.
On board the Quest, a little 20o-tor
ship, Sir Ernest set sail from England
last September on what was to have
been two year voyage. Exploration
OF a petrified forest and the location o.
lost island-Tuanaki-th adjacent
waters of which had not been sailed fol
more than 80 years, We're OBJECTS of tn,
expedition. Also soundings We're tc
i have been takeT of the ocean plateau
surrounding Coughs Island, in an effor
to determine the truth regarding sup
| posed underwater continental connection
! between Africa and America
Sir Ernest, for his distinguished ser
| vices, was made a knight in 1909. Vari
! Gus societies throughout the world hon
! ored him for his work.
Sir Ernest was an Irishman. He wa
| educated at Dulwich College, and afte
graduation went to sea, choosing sailin
! ships. 1t was in 1905 he organized tn
expedition to the South Pole whic
brought him his greatest fame. 1t wa
this expedition that discovered the sout
Magnetic Pole. On the trip ShackIeto
| reached a point nearer the South Pol
than ever had been attained by any ez
plorer.
His 1914-16 expedition was on scier
tific surveys.
Sir Ernest married in 1904 Emil
!. Mary, daugh T. of the late Charl;
I Dorm, an old resident of Sussex. Tw
sons and a daughter were born of IL
union,
Available maps do not give Gritvicke
station where Shaclleton was reporte
to have died.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
.112BOD|ES SRECOVEREDFROM
THE EKNICKERBOCKERT THEATRE

Bodies of 90 of the Victims Have Been denthedMore lhan
Hundred Others Are Known to Have Been Injured
When Weight of Snow Caused Collapse of Root on
Steel and Concrete Motion Picture Theatre in Washing
ton-Crash Came While the Orchestra Was Playing
and Comedy Fin, Was Being Screened-About $50
Persons Were in Attendance-Detas OF the Iatasu0Ph
Given by Survivor.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
LATEST REPORT GIVES
107 DEAD, 134 INJURED

Washington, Jan. Soy The A. P.)
Official police records early today
placed the known dead in the Knicker-
booker theatre disaster at 10Y. Elimina-
tion of duplicated names brought the
final total down from the unofficial peak
of 112, at which he toll of the disaster
was placed last right.
The list of injured stood at 1874 with
IA listed as seriously injured"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES
UNDER TWO FEET Of SNOW

~enter OF Storm Was Washington, D. C.-Heavy Snow
fall Made the Streets Almost impossible of
Foodstufs Were Greatly Curtaied- Heavy Seas Were
Experienced Along the Water Fronts of the HAMPTON
Roads District-A AZ Mile Gale With Dense Mist of
Snow and Sleet, Made Navigation Hazardous.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
CABLED PARAGRAPHS
Bombs Intended For Assassination,

Cairo, jan 2s.--The police informed
Of plot to assassinate Abdel Khalek
Sarvat Pasha, minister of justice, last
night raided a house and found there
six bombs ready for use and also a num-
Der of pistols. several persons were ar
rested.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Human nature is the thing that
makes some men imagine they have
a perfect right to work less themselves
and at the same time work others
! more,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30
BIlEF.'TMEGRAMS

Cardinals Dougherty of Philadelphia
and Begin flQuebec sailed for Havre on
La Lorrai1aeS at.jnoon Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

With prisoners acting as instructors
and caretakers,~ an ice Skating rink for
children has been opened in the rear OF
the county jail, Manchester, y. H.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Richardt Westacott, who has been the
American vice consul in London since
1897, died. in London Saturday. He was
born in Boston in 1s49.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

An explosion, of a/stil1 in the basement
of a house in the Borough Park section
Of Brooklyn, set fire to the building and
burned an unidentified man to Geath
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Right Reverend MeIitios Me-
taxakis Ecumenical Patriarch, Of
the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Patriarch, whosis head oftthe
Greek Orthodox Church the, world
over, was in this country when he
elevated to his hixb position
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Rats and mice are migrating IN
swarms fro m the Russian famine area
and Budape st is now overrun with them
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

AboIitions Of Pulque, the national drink
of Mexico,sis planned by>President OBJ
RECON.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Mrs. Mary C,;owder, mother of Major
General Euocll II. Crowder, died IN
washington.t aged SS years.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

TIL. KinxE Tom farm, a landmark in
Charlestown,I r. L, for almost two CEN
turies, wastSdestroyed by fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Henry n. Weaver OF York Beach, Me-,
and HaroAi W. Eager of Manchester, n.
H, were appointed prohibition agents
by Commissioner Haynes.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Discovery of! the first blue caterpillar
known to biology has been reported to
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of eScience.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Jacqueline Lebaudy, daughter Of the
late Jacqu,s Lebaudy, self-styled "em-
peror of the Saraha," has been married
in Paris gEto Roger Sudreau.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Antonio r., Barcelo, president of tie
Porto Rican senate and opponent of E.
Mont Reity,i governor of the island, sail
ed for home on he steamship Ponce
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

The Interstate Commerce Commission
issued an order prescribing the account
ing methods to be used by the railroads
in making returns of excess income un-
der the. transportation act.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

Suit for 100000 brought by Frank
P. Spealman, former Snowman, against
Jack Dempsey, worlds heavyweight
boxing champion, has been settled out of
Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-30

TIE front rows Of The balcony were
ground 20 a twisted mass Of ruin in the
faiL There was 10 wood in the struc-
tue i was al steel and concrete. but
the enormous weight OF the balcony was
ifscf sufficient % wind the tortured
h-ans Into fantastic shapes
Here again chance played a part in
reducing The number of victims The
front rows % the balcony. four or FIVE
trrs cse1. were known as "reserved''
JQa.s They were priced above the sue
Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-08
OFFICERS PR0BINC G
MYSTERY ATTACK
ON GIRL

The district attorney S office, acting
in conjunction with the city police has
/; mystery on its hands today in the
investigation of the brutal assault made
Monday night on Miss Pauline Scifert,
II year old El Centre girl. The stories
OF Miss Seifcrt and of Virgil Berretta,
her escort of the previous night, are alb
solutelv conflicting and according to
Mr. Bitler cannot be reconciled upon
any basis making both of them true,
Young Berrett;, is being detained by
the sheriff s office and it is stated that
Il complaint will be sworn out by the
Young woman s mother and filed this
afternoon.
In the mean time new theories are
being developed which serve to confuse
rather than to clear the case.
1t is stated by those who were first
to see Miss Seifert after she was found
in the automobile that there were I'M
mistakabe evidences of an epileptic
attack and that her state of uncom-
sciousness was to be attributed to that
rather than to violence. 1t is suggest
ed that perhaps Berretta and the girl
were together and that when she was
seized with the attack to which she
may have been subject the young man
became frightened and ran away.
Naturally, the girl herself would have
no recollection of events following the
attack This is but one of several
theories which Mr.. Bitler is running
down and is bringing to bear upon the
problem some new evidence which it is
hoped may clear the matter up In any
event, Mr.. Bitler states that the cir
cumstanees surrounding the mystery
are so serious that he feels it Il duty
of all the officials concerned to do
everything possible to get the case
fully, = cared up.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-08
PLAN MONU MENT
in HONOR OF ~
LOCKWOOD 1O1

CALEXICO, March s-A movement
has been started here by A. M. Schcnk.
pioneer capitalist, to eroct monument
at some suitable spot in the valley, to
the memory of Charles Il. lockwood,
I" the Father of the Imperial Valley
whose death in Los Angeles last week,
while not unexpected, nevertheless,
was shock to so many hundreds of his
friends in the valley.
''It would be a most fitting thing,
said Mr.. Shenk, 'to build a noble
monument to the memory of G. r.
Rockwood---a monument that will tell
all who come to the valley the story of
the genius who made il: of the man
whose foresight and skill whose deter
minatioa and tenacity of purpose, con
quered every obstacle and won from
what seemed time and again sure de-
feat; magnificent victory. He was
one of those rare characters who re-
fused ever to acknowledge defeat. Al
ways close friend and intimate as
sociate III those early days / watched
his work and personally saw the dis
couragements that would have APPALLED,
less determined man. Yet smilingly
pcrsevcrently, he kept ut the obstacles
and with tndamted and splendid cour
age overcamc them.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-08
HOURS FOR ELECTION
NOT FAVORED
BY VOTERS

The announcement that the city
elections to be held on the 10th day Of
April, between the hours OF s a. m.
and p. m., has not been received with
favor by many voters who are ques-
tioning the authority tor such a de-
parture from the former custom of
opening the polls at six Il. m. and hold
ing them open until seven p. IN. of the
same day.
1t has been stated by the city clerk
that the change is due to a new pro
vision of the election laws which is
municipal elections at which city Of
ficials are to be voted for in cities OF
the fifth and sixth class the polls must
be and shall remain omen on the day
of such election between such hours as
the board of trustees may determine,
but not less than eight consecutive
hours, such hours of opening and clos
ing to be specified in the notice OF
election, otherwise such hours shall be
the same as those provided for general
state elections.
Those obiecting, argue that the hours
will inconvenience men who work from
seven a. m. to five p. ~. and good
many are seriously obicctng to thu
arrangement on that account. As to
whether it will he better for the clec'
tion board or not remaits to be proven
| There will he shorter hours and az
earlier count will be possible, but Tho
rush during the shortened period, es
pecially when there is to be but Que
! polling precinct, is bound to make the
day strenuous.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-08
LABOR
SECRETARY IN
CALEXICO

CALEXICO, March Sc. j. Hen
ming, of Washington, u. c., assistant
secretary of labor, in charge of immi-
grafton matters, is in Calexico today
making an inspection of the Calexico
office.
Secretary Hcnning arrived last night
from Yuma, where he was met and es.
corted 70 Calexico by ". A. Brazie, in
spector III charge Of the local office
President l.. NJ. Hutchinson, of the
Chamber of Commerce. was host at a
banquet at the Cosmos cafe last night
with Secretary Henning and the local
immigration and customs chiefs as
guests of honor. Places were laid for
fourteen, and a special menu and pro
gram Of music was prepared by the
management
Secretary Henning goes from here to
San Diego and will then go to San
Pedro and San Francisco, and from
there to Portland and Seattle, and will
continue his way back 10 Washington
along the Canadian border, stopping at
every immigration port of entry on the
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-08
CONTINUE SEARCH
FOR ASSAILANTS
OF JEWELER

Chief of Police Boucher of Calexico
and Chief Rivas of MeNicali, con
tinued their search today for the un-
known assailants who shot and serious
~ wounded George +. ID. Williams,
well-known CaleXico jeweler late Mon
day night.
Suspects, rounded up in Mexicali,
We're put through Il severe questioning.
Several arc still being detained for
further quizzing.
The condition of Mr.. Williams, vie
tim Of the Shooting remained practi-
callv the same today. Dr. l.. c. House,
physician in charge of the ease stated
today that the injuries are of such a
nature That it is impossible to predict
the outcome of the case.
An X Ray photograph is to be taken
this afternoon, to determine whether
the spinal cord was severed or merely
injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-08
America To Refuse Bid To
Genoa Farley Today, Report

Il course, it is pointed out, would not
involve any active participation by
this country.
In the reply to the Genoa invitation
this government probably will set
forth it's views regarding the confer
encc. While the United States holds
deep sympathy for any sincere effort
to remedy economic situation in Eur
| ope, it is held that the proposed worl;
of the Genoa conference is solely OF
European concern.
The underlying and fundamental OBJ
lection of the United States to the
Genoa conference is said to be the
opinion here that the large military
forces maintained by the various ma
tions constitute probably the greatest
contributing cause of the economic
plight of Europe and the drastic re.
duction of these forces is the first req
uisite to remedying the present Euro
pean economic ills.