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NO. 5564.
WASHINGTON. D, C., SUNDAY. JANUARY 29, 1922.?FIFTJf-TWO PAGES
FIVE CENTS
ROOF CRASH BURIES KNICKERBOCKER THE A TER
A UDIENCE; POLICE FEA R 50 DEAD, 100 INJURED
The Weather
Snow today; tomor
row doodjr, warmer.
Details an pace fC
BUZZARD ABATES AFTER BURYING CITY
UNDER 26-INCH BLANKET OF SNOW AND
PARALYZING ALLTRAFFIC AND BUSINESS
f
+ *
Bureau Forecasts 48-Hour,
Spell of Relief From
The Elements.
i ANOTHER STORM
HEADING THIS WAY
I One Froen to Death and
Scores Injured in
Street Mishaps.
Washington's record - smashing
blizzard abated laat night at S
o'clock, leaving the District blocked
Hinder twenty-six inches of snow i
swept in by the twenty-eight-hour
storm from the Carolina Capes.
As all means at the command of j
the District authorities and business I
Interests were thrown into opera
tion in an attempt to dig Washing
ton from its blanket of snow which
paralyzed many activities of the
city, the Weather Bureau forecasted
a forty-eight-hour spell of relief
from the elements. * 9
Every available man and piece of
machinery already used during the
twenty-eight-hour storm werd con
tinueed at their stations last night
as the blizzard abated and signs of
a relleef were signalled from
weather officials.
All Records Broken.
While the District attempted to
|ght its way from the sudden and
nprecedented storm, the coast
fceeping hurricane continued its
ajlUcbltt aJkx*4-X&. the aoxth
fi?. demoralizing industry and
iness along the entire Eastern
st. The storm centereed off East
er n Maryland at 8 o'clock ast night,
rand was raoking northeastward,
speeded by a seventy-two-mile gale.
J which swept the coast and threw
{ *fcips to the ifercy of the sea.
The twenty-six inches of snov
| which fell during the storm broke
all records for the District, Maj.
Bowie, of the Weather Bureau, de
clared last night. This snow fall
was beaten during the three-day
blizzard In February. 189S. but the
amount of snow which, fell during
the period of this storm is unpre
^ cedented for that length of period.
I To4ay Will Be Warmer.
Today will be warmer and the
sun will shine during the after
noon, weather officials predicted.
However, no rapid melting was in
night, officials said, and the snow
blanket will seriously hamper ac
tivities in the city for another
forty-eight hours, it is believed.
While Weathr Bureau men would
not forecast for later than tomor
row, Maj. Bowie said last night j
I there was every possibility that,
f he District may feel the effects!
of a blizzard of even larger pro
portions developing last night over,
I Colorado and scheduld to sweep
' Eastward. If thin storm strikes
the District, it will not be of the j
proportions of the one which swept |
the city yesterday and Saturday, j
but added to the present conditions 1
may cause another serious block
ade in the District and th?* entire j
-Eastern section of the country,
.Maj. Bowie said.
Owe rrosea ?? Heath.
---One man wm frozen to death and i
?several score of Injuries through
traffic accidents and conditions or
the sidewalks and streets attribu- i
table to the storm, were reported by
police.
Business of the city was prac
tically suspended during the day.
Activities of the government serv
ice were seriously impaired, as
thousands of suburban residents
were unable to report to work.
Traffic on all street cars lln#s and
railroads leading into the city was
practically at a standstill up to an
early hour this morning. Many
t -lines of traffic had been ,blocked
sine* late Saturday night. Ave hours
after the storm broke over the city.
I'edeatriaaa right Saew.
City workers able to report to
duty were forced to fight their way
through the snow-piled syreets.
The snow In raaay Instances was
six feet high. Lanes worn through
the outlying thoroughfares were
soon wiped out bu the drifting
piles af snow. Throughout tn??
business section, forces of men were
able to clear the busy streets for
? traffic. Traffic on all street was
cnfined to one lana and an accident
to any of the vehicles, blocked
tnomnet for blocks.
} Government officials estimated an
average attendanca of employes of
approximately seventy . per cent.
.District Commissioner Rudolph esti
mated attendance of city employes
at about eighty per cent.
Wei km Brave Weather
Stores, practically without cua
tomera on the usually busy Satur
day* were practically at a stand
still. Many employes were unable
to report. Stores were opened as
Usual but all in the downtown sec
tion were closed il 3 o'clock.
Government depsrtments released
'employes early ill the afternoon and
tb* streets were crowded by thou
*?ads attempting to foot their way
rne over the t. poery straits.
Many of the pedestrians on the
Crowded street* were women, of all
ages, who had braved the elements
te attend work.
Many accidents, a Urge majority
CNOW COSTS
0 CITY $30,000
Scores of Men Employed
Extra by Street Clean
ing Department.
Washington'* twenty-eight
hour blizzard will coat the
District hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in addition
to the loss of life and in- .
juries suffered by citizens,
^ it was estimated last night.
The storm is expected to
reduce District funds by $30.- !
000. Engineer Commissioner
Keller said last night.
Damage to buildings, ve
hides and property is ex
pected to run into the thou
sands of dollars. Hundreds of
automobiles / were ruined
through smashups. while
many were stalled in the
streets and badly damaged by
the elements.
The District maintained a
force of 150 extra men while
150 additional men will be
hired today and continued at
work tomorrow and until the
snow has been cleared. Col.
Keller said. The money will
have to come from the street
cleaning appropriation.
BLOC TO DEMAND
FERTILIZER IN i
SHOALS CONTRACT
Legislative Safeguard Is'
Seen as Protection
Against Trust.
The farm bloc in Congress is
preparing #to Insert in the Muscle
Shoals contract of Henry Ford a
section definitely providing for the
manufacture of fertiliser at the
great war plant.
The contract?In the present form
wiiich will be submitted In both
houses probably Monday or Tuesday
?does not mention fertilizer to au
thorities.
This means, some believe at least
a temporary victory for the "fer?
tilizer trust," which is said to have
opposed the Ford scheme because >
it believed he could manufacture ;
their product for the farmers much !
cheaper than the present price.
Ofestrnctlve Steps Feared.
. If there is no provision in the
contract, some fear fertilizer organ
izations will take means to prevent
Ford from manufacturing the prod
uct and forcing down the price.
Senator Harris, Democrat. Georgia,
who Is one of the leaders ia the
fight to include a specific provi
sion. told the United Press last night
he thought Congress would amen?1
the contract so as to provide relief j
for the farmers.
"It would mean $10,000,000 a year I
for the farmers of my State If Ford i
is permitted to manufacture fertil- j
izer." Harris declared. "Just think ,
what it would mean to the farmers I
of the entire country.
"The fertilizer trust has fought
the inclusion of this provision in
the bill.
Conateraetlng Influence.
"It would knock off 20 "per cent
from the present price of their
product. That means the farmers
of the nation would get that 20 per
cent to pay their mortgages, loans,
their doctor bills ^?fid all thllr
present heavy indebtedness. The
result would be a-counteracting in.
fluence against present depression.
"If the pnrfaion Is not Included
it meana<-J&g| ma/ manufacture
fertilizer iSfffFihen again he may
"The tim^Hh .eU&ig this ques
tion is rlght^MJfedB Congress?to
safeguard the^H^^B farmers this
clause must MuHded."
resulting to wome^prere reported
as the straets becaifljrjammed with
the home-gelng croaks.
>? Wire Treuble.
The snow was measured by
Weather Bureau officials as high as
twenty-nine Inches in many places.
The average, however, was declared
ta b? twenty-six Inches. Measure
ments were made largely In the
vicinity of Washington Circle.
There Is no danger of sleet, Maj.
Bowie said last night. Sleet is fall
ing to the northward, and this is
expected to seriously hamper wire
conditions. No wire trouble had
been encountered last night, local
telephone and telegraph ? officials
said. The snow was comparatively
dry. and this wpuld largely prevent
any burdening or straining of wires.
The weight ef the snow contained
approximately two inches of water,
and falling so speedily no chance
was given for welting or working
^rtrtrfn# off was given. Maj.
^aarie saM
Racing East-Coast Bliz
zard Disrupts Marine
And Land Trafficffi.
SHOVELERS HIRED
By THOUSANDS
Weather Service Broad
casts Warnings From
Virgina to Maine.
t ?~~
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.?Sweeping
up the Atlantic seaboard, from the
Virginia Capes to Maine, the win
ter's most severe storm held the
Eastern coast in its (trip tonight,
with record snowfalls reported
from many points, wires down,
transportation disrupted. an? hur
ried warnings being relayed to
ships ax sea.
The Weather Bureau here tl^s
evening issued the following storm
warning:
"Northeast storm warnings north
of the Virginia Capes to Kaatport.
Me. Central at noon off the Vir
ginia Capes, moving north north
east. Northeast gales tonight,
shirting to northwest Sunday, with
heavy snows."
The bureau announced a record
*v,?W for w?hington' and
vicinity blowing northeastward to
Ba timore and New York, whtrt a
e*pect.<r? ?r m?re m'eht be
Indications were that the bliz-i
*ard. as It Was designated by the bu-1
eau, would exceed anything slnet I
nhV- w?leh enveloped the East
in February, 1?J0.
"??w la New Kaglaad.
1?^0W predlcted 'Or New Eng. j
land and the vicinity of New York'
whe T?rr,OW' cea,in? ?">out noon, j
*n?n the storm center would have I
northeastward off ,he Maine
The sweep of the bllzzawj Ud th,
5
S-"-a ss
eo?aned'"to "the*18 b""ard ,va*
Welt!p: pL.i , ca8tcr" seaboard.
? u nn>Jr,v*nl* tnd western
"pfreTm"" Y?rk
'" of Tnow The?CCr"Jnal flUr"
eastward at N YorT dri??
setts. Connec,,cut and Massachu
blis?rtn hM,*8,.CarJy C*Ueh< "? ??>"
over in two ho'iTrs f8turm Passed
enro'ir.,!fand8 ?f un<""Ploycd were
Vork inrt' "Ik" ahovele? "? New
vwC nd other Cities. In New
6 nnn fmployment was found for
the fi,.rn; Philadelphia, which felt
the full force Qf the bl, cariy
work.8 had 3M0 mcn?
pan?iepi?ne and telegraph com
panies were rushing emergency rc
fh?r eanS? to vantage points along
?he roast. Probably no storm i!!
rte?l?ry|haS eVCP bee" mLt Vk-ith such
determined resistance.
Uoxlaesa Srrlnal, Hart.
ra.Tth?.hbli".*rd b"dc fair '? war
BUrtin. TirZ'rry P?caytlo??.
? rh ft h, , '"'"'a Capr8 ,ast
ventinJ .i st?PP"J trains. pre.
clal ?' ?'?<?" Offl.
Tthe S?u,h A?'?ntic
Phla with fun"fm Ktru, k PhlladU
noon. Driving she^f ?hortly after
a hi~h "heets of snow and
in that u made ,"reet t?Wc
dangeroui y 'xtr",,el>' difficult and
haS fXn 7?" t.han four '"C""
fall iHlii ? 2 ? clo'k. with the
day waned d'?Uy a* ???
lnH?^"hV.rC- Wa" enveloped
Quaicer cu ?ar"" tha" '"o
paniea w5iiy> ?nd, ,ractl?n com
ers ah w,th sweep
j n< Kallpoad. and their rl#?*r.
ternoon indicated the storm w?,
ported^?the itVrm *h^| ?not^pr^
fZT1.,.^?/^;? J?
r,rUl,?n.r ci^ Tfd
W*at?rn l!,n?e..d"ri<:UU1" ^
Bllaaard a. larreaae.
The blizzard, however, continued
ln<r'ncreaM Iln intensity and warn
fan ZeuM ?Ue<" th,t the sno""
n*ght whe M th">ughout the
" * ' *h*n an average depth of
pected * m'Cht be e^P^'ed.
w^r?n ,?on??cUcut towns which
wera In the grip of the storm early
b'fra,t"rK>?n- took heart when it
beMeved ,h tUr"ed ?ut sea. and
,h. e 1. l /y were ?> be spared
fuI1 force of the blizzard
Bridgeport reported that aside
fwm flurrie. and high wind, the
?torn had missed it. The Weather
Coal Mine Wage
Cut Is Ordered;
Threaten Strike
Union Leaders Declare
Operators "Cdtft Get
Away With It"
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 28.?Re
duced w^ges for coal miners, ef
fective when the four-State agree
ment expires April 1. was ordered
tonight by the Southern Ohio op
erators.
Cuts announced in bituminous
fields were made in face of strike
threats from international union of
ficials. ? In announcing the slashes
operator declared the check-off
system would bo abandoned.
"They will havo oo* of the most
bitter fishts they have ever had in
the State of OhiO," Lee Hall, dis
trict president of the miners' union,
declared # tonight, referring to the
reduction. "We are not going to
accept the cuts," he declared. .
Operators, however, said "the
scale s^t provides for higher wages
than those In other districts and is
30 and 35 per cent higher than
wages paid at the outbreak of the
war."
The public statement asserts that
the rates will provide a higher
wago, comparatively speaking, than
the reduced wages for some time
in effect in other Industries.
"They arc not going to sret away
with anything ljke that.*' Hall said.
"This reduction is between 30 and
50 per cent a day on all classes of
labor and we don't propose to
stand for *t.
"Track layers. water haulers,
timbermen and others placed at $4
a day in the scale are cut to $3.50
a day. In machine mining, loaders
are cut from 80\cents to cents
a ton and the same slash continues
throughout."
The smallest wage under the ne?.
scale will be for wall machinV
mining and cutting rooms. The
scale for these will be .05*4 a ton.
A wag* of 77 cents a ton is of
fered pick mine workers.
RUMPCOWERENCE
ASKS $100,060,-600
LOAN TO FARMERS
?
Immediate Aid Urged;
Price Stabilization
* Favored.
'-Demand for an Immediate Fed- j
erai loan of $100,000,000 to tide im- j
poverished farmers over the pres
ent emergency was made on Con
gress last night by the "rump con
ference" of President Harding's
agricultural conference. It la
hoped \o obtain this suiVi through
an amendment to Senator McCum
ber's bill providing for $5,000,000
for the purchase of seed for the
farmers unable to purchaae their
requirements for this year's crops.
The "rump conference,** composed
of thosp dissatisfied at the main
conference centered Its attention
largely on a program for immediate
relief. This program, aside from
the loan, calls for:
Stabilization of prices on wheat,
com.- cotton and wool.
Creation of a Federal agency to
limits profits on these four staples
by millers, elevators afid bakers.
Favor U. S. TUU1 Ownership.
Agencies to finance the marketing
of surplus food products abroad.
Restoration of the excess profits
and Inheritance tax to remove the
burden of .taxation from farmers
and oil other producers ef wealth.
Immediate, enactmeno of the Cap
per-Volstead co-operative market
ing bill.
Unified government operation of
the railroads with an lmny*dlate re-j
duction . of approximately 33 per
ceno In freight rates.
Eventual government ownership
of railroads.
Acceptance r>f Henry Ford's
Muscle Shoal8 offer.
The "rump conference" was
called by Benjamin C. Sfkrsh o the
Farmers' National Council and was
attended by approximately forty of
the delegates who were part of the
first conference.
Hearfaar* Beg:In Tomorrow.
"First of ^11 we must rehabili
tate the farmer, and to stave off
more suffering the government
should make $100,000,000 In loans."
Marsh said: "With thousands of
farmers impoverished, these loans
should be made on personal securi
ty."
Marsh said that approximately
600,000 farmers were represented at
the second conference A campaign
to forc$ Congressional Action - on
this program will be started in the
Middle West within ten days. Marsh
said.
Hearings will te started before
the House Agriculture Committee
tomorrow.
Hearings also will be continued
before the Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry.
Bureau, however, countered with
warnings against undue optimism,
promising that the bllszard was
likely to prove severe for Copnec
ticui and the rest of New Eng
land once its full force was felt.
Ships at sea were hurrying for
safety, either southward out of
the Mth of the storm, or for shel
ter. No accidents had been re
ported to the government wireless
stations late this afternoon. The
storm, however, would sweep east
ward out to sea after touching the
eastern parta of New England, the
Weather Bureau said.
DEAD AND INJURED INCLUDE
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
#
First Body Taken from Ruin* That of
Mrs. D. H. Covell of Eighteenth
Street. Northwest
x.
KNOWN DEAD. *
Mr/. D. H. Covell, 3409 Eighte#ith street northwest.
Two unidentified womefl.
KNOWN INJURED
Miss Bostley, 1654 Euclid street northwest, badly injured; taken
to home of Dr. Bvrnes 1864 BQtinore street northwest.
M. E. Cartney, University'of Maryland; badly braised.
Mrs. S. Richardson, 181s Vernon street northwest; injured
about body.
S. Richardson, husband of above, same address; severely in
j jured.
Attache at Italian Embassy; back believed broken.
J. H. Goydan, 700 Tenth street northwest; injured about head.
James Curtin, 3643 Ontario Road; badly hurt; conscious, of
Florence, Mass.
Martha Strayer, 1837 California street; injured about body, {
deeply buried under debris.
Mrs. Raymond J. Bowen, 1949 Biltmore street; critically hurt,
may not live.
Miss Nell Maria Rega, 3409 Eighteenth street, injured about
limbs and body.
Nathan Murray, 3313 Twentieth street northwest, critical con
dition. v
Alphonzo Van Bancarcke, 500 East Capitol street, severely in
jured about head.
D. H. Covell, 3409 Eighteenth street, minor injuries.
Mrs. Charles Goon, 3311 Eighteenth street, injured about arms
and body.
Mrs. William Crocker, Courtland Apartments, seriously injured.
John Klemnw, 1538 A street northeast, a musician in the or
chestra, was taken from the ruins badly injured. .
THOSE REPORTED MISSING:
Miss Anna Parker, 1833 Ontario place northwest.
Mrs. W. O. Bailey. 1833 Ontario place northwest.
Charles Wihlan, 3463 Ontario place.
L. W. Strayer, 1836 California street.
Thomas M. Eastwood, manager, who lived over the theater.
Mrs. Thomas M. Eastwood.
William Crocker, Cortland apartments.
Bread and Milk Routes
Kept Open on 80 Per
Cent Basis.
Danger of a famine ?r outbreak
Of digease through blockade of the !
1'istrict for the last forty-eight '
th."^ , "0rmw"*vert*d trough
the timely break in the blixsard la.t
night. District officials reportad.
Food channel, were Kept open in
?o" 'ntancea throughout ycster- '
day by strenou. effort, on the par, ;
aL Merchants. business mcn
and government official?.
Bread and milk deliveries wer
continued during- the twmtv
reportInat fa"ed '<?
Milk Dealer. Relieved.
wagon, had become ,u?Lj il u,
the ^rcnakSnV?ofUth2K "ictloI?- With
be.Uved. drfve^V't?- ?? "?t
release stalled vehicle, ...... .l" I
tain aim.,,, a i?o Tta"
??on "? ?"k routed today .
?? HnuU,
badly impeded duHn. the *
ty-elght hour,. Channel for" i
North and We.t wer.Jem ' th"
most of the time a?d It *? bTlU
that food from the? ,?urr? "
Pled with auplle. alTearf^ .. u"
u!ri:a" ? rrh.r
problem facing themJtrtc^dJri'jIf
the nlxt forty-eiirht h?. , '"P i
Ships in Delaware Bay
Wireless Calls for Help
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Jan ?_j
One I 'l! "'"" ?"U? ^r help.
wa,e 7o"ed~ ?'h"
choragc by lack of fuel " Th,8
in distress ware the
steamer Catherine and the^!!
Woodmansee. Both asked ?
diate aid. d imm?
The Catharine, loaded .hi, -
went ashort at Shlpjohn, Del
The Woodmansee radioed *h?.? k
wa, out of coal off Sto?? Pi^ she
a brakewater. The tug c.? ?"r
Port Richmond to go to 1.. 1
the distressed ve.?T, F.a, . of
n.ionbd.m?ra"sed .hipp,nB ln? r~';|
baiutobsamoa
TO RULE NATIVES
E 8PNP^^.CI8C0- J?n. 58 ?Can,
f; ? Un,t?0 8tat5r?K*
'? in San Francisco preparing .
sail for Samoa, whera k? ?f.. toI
over hi, new J,, '*H
the islands. . ?">vernor of!
Samoa' is reported to he i. .
unsettled ?Ut, ju,t ,t a, T*ry
to agitation against Am?? 1 aUe
?moH th. aaUvaik Am*rlc*? rule
FAVOR EXTENSION
OF BALL RENT ACT
TO OCTOBER 1, '23
District Commissioners
Suggest Several
Amendments.
Recommending amendments de
signed to make the landlord's posi
tion more equitable the District
Commissioners Friday went on ,
record as favoring the extension of1
the Ball rent act. A difference of'
opinion existed as to what period '
of extension should be recom- >
mended and a compromise of
eighteen months, or until October '
1, 1923, was decided upon. The!
Commissioners' report was for
warded to Senator Ball, chairman i
of the flenate District Committee, i
Tl?^ report includes an amend- !
mcnt suggesting striking out a sec
tion of the law which prohibits the
tearing down or razing of any j
rented property used for rcsiden- ;
tial purposes unless equivalent
rental property Is. constructed. The
Commissioners also suggest 4 pro
vision whereby tenants cannot ap
peal to the rent commission to
break the terms of a lease already
agreed upon.
Favors In* rattiest ion*
As to the personnel of the rent)
commission the Commissioners sug
gest to Congress that there be one
member representing property
.owners, one representing tenants,
ami one the public. ^They further
suggest that the Commission's at
torney speak for the public rather
than the tenants.
Personal investigation of each
case is recommended, and It is
urged that the force employed by
the Rent Commission be Increased
to make possible personal visits to
the premises in question. A provi
sion to enable the owners to get
rid of objectionable tenants is also
recommended. Further the Com
missioners believe that bona flde
purchasers should be able to get
immediate possession of the prop
erty if they wish to occupy it and
give evidence of such occupation.
The report of the District Com
missioners follows a public hearing
held on January 18, at which a
number of owners and tenants tes
tified. The original request for
such a report came from the Dis
trict Committee of the Senate. The
Senate ha? under consideration the
Pomerene bill, extending the Ball
rent act for two years.
In their report the District Com
missioners point out that the ex
tension undoubtedly would tend to
defer the time when Washington
will have enough houses to meet
its needs. They argue that if the
law wer? not extended rents would
Increase, and with increased rtnts
would coine increased building
They state, however, that a abort
extension is neces?ary to pptvent
unscrupulous owners from demand
ing exorbitant rents at thl# time.
kallipolis Grotto
Elects Its Officers
Officers ele-;' ad at the knnual Meet
ing of KallipoJis Grotto ^May
were: Marshall W. Pick Wing
monarchHenry J. Gompers, chief
Justice: William 8. Jacobs. mas?er of
ceremonies: K. W. Ubbv. secretary!
Jfcjwp* Ourran. treasurer.
Pickering and Compels will b?
delegates to the supreme council *?
don In IlUaop ia Jum.
3 BODIES AND 15 INJURED
TAKEN FROM RUINS; POLICE
AND FIREMEN WORK INSNOW
$ ?
Infantry Summoned from Fort Myer to
Help Maintain Order, as Fifth
Alarm Reinforces Firemen
V
TWENTY AMBULANCES ON SCENE
Panic Follows Spread of News as Streets Are
Roped Off to Hold Back 10,000 Frantic
People?Guards Ordered to Shoot
From 150 to 500 persons were entombed under tons of
snow and wreckage when the roof of Crandall's Knickerbocker
Theater, Eighteenth street and Columbia road, northwest, col
lapsed at 9:10 o'clock last night.
Shortly before midnight fourteen injured persons had been
removed from the debris and estimates of the dead ranged from
fifty to 100. Police stated shortly after 10 o'clock that at least
100 were dead, but it was impossible to corroborate this.
Police Reserves Called.
Five alarms for fire were turned in in rapid succession. and potior
reserves from all precincts were requisitioned to aid in the work oi
rescue.
A crowd, estimated at from 3.000 to 10,000. lined all streets
adjacent to the theater and overwhelmed the first police arrivals The
Seventy-first Company, Sixth Regiment of Marines, was placed on
guard duty at 11 o'clock with orders to shoot at the first -ign 01
disorder or rioting. Soldiers from Walter Reed Hospital also were
used to keep back the frantic crowds.
Within a few minutes after the weight of snow on the roof of the
theater caused the collapse, nearby physicians opened their hom?i to
accommodate the injured, many of whom were assisted out of the
"wreckage by volunteer workers. Householders threw open their home
and provided blanket? and wraps for the injured.
BOMB MYSTERY
MAY BE SOLVED
NEW TORK. Jan 2??Important
developments hi the Wall street bomb
explosion mystery are expected with
in the next forty-eight hours by De
partment of Justice ofllctols
New evidence brought to this coun
try by Dr. Paul Altendorf. the Burns
operative, who assisted in the 'ar
rest of Wolfe Llndenfeld. at War
saw, is regarded of such importance
that William J. Burns, chief of the ?
Bureau of Investigation of the De
partment of.Justice, hurried to New
York to take personal charge of the
work of running down new clews
brought here by Altendorf. Alten
dorf wis engaged In making a se
ries of investigations resulting from
information secured from J^indenfeld.
? He is being secreted by Depart
ment of Justice agents.
BUILDINGS CAVE IN
AT DANVILLE, VA
DANVILLE. Va.. Jan. ?8. ? The
thirty-eighth-hour continuous snow
storm stopped this morning at which
hour the official precipitation was '
twenty Inches. A heavy thaw set in
almost immediately. . *
Edmondson's tobacco warehouse,
at South Boston, caved in under the
weight of snow, carrying three of
its walls and crushing eight auto- |
mobiles. It was one of the largest j
houses in this section, and the lo*s.
uncovered by insurance, la $75,000. :
Acree's warehouse room also caved
in. also that of'the motor company,
damaging twenty automobiles. Part
of union warehouse roof also went
in. Others were saved by prompt
shoring. '
Street car service. abandoned
Thursday night, was. resumed* for
the first time tonight, after three
army tanks, dragging plows ?nd
graders, cleared the track.
All warehouses were ordered
closed and vacated by the author!- 1
ties this morning, owing to
ging roofs. Farmhouses in rural
sections are isolated.
Two Feet at Purcellville.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va.. Jan. II j
?Snow, which started falling here
yesterday noon, hsd reached a
depth of thirty Inches tonight, the
heaviest since the bllssard of 'ff.
All traffic is paralyzed.
30 Inches at Fredericksburg.
Pl'RCEIXVILLE. Va.. Jan. S3.?
Nearly two feet of ?now ha. al
ready fallen here. All activity In
the country is blockaded The sosds
are impassable In places. The
Washington and' Old Dominion
Railway service is badly crippled.
Wbt JfUtati)
"TASKS your indulgence,
Jn view of the storm,
for delay or failure in de
livery of your paper this
morning.
Extraordinary effort has
been made to serve you.
I by employment of addi
tional men and motor
trucks, but delay has been
unavoidable.
.
And so your indulgence is
asked by The Herald.
Mrttti RnpH Off.
Shortly after the arrival of (lie
police Columbia Road was ropiti
oft from Btltmorc street to Eight
eenth street in the belief that th
north wall of the playhouse, which
swayed perilously in the mind
would crash in on the wreckage.
Police snd flrtmni, dtsregardmt:
the menace of the swsying wall
worked in the piles of mortar,
bricks and concrete to dig out the
dead and injured.
One of the first of the injured
taken out wag a small bo>. hardly
more than 12 yearn old. He *m?
pinned from the waist down un
der twisted wreckage hut retained
consciousness. He was unable to
speak, however, and his name was
not learned. * (
Ambulances from Emergency.
Casualty. Fibley and George Wash
ington hospitals were pressed into
service snd several ambulant
from Walter Heed Hospital brought
army surgeons and doctors to lend
aid
I^pite the bliuard. some of tt?
escaped nftdience estimated that ;?t
least personi* were in the thcu
ter. Others placed the sudlence *?*
high a. 1.5M. Police were inclined
lo accept the estimates a* nearer
the truth N ?ne <?f the ?tta< hc> ?C
the theater could hf located to gi*e
official estimates oC the number of
ticket* sold.
Rescuers were hampered by the
swirling snow. Hundreds of jack'*
vert belnk used to Hfe the (kiwi*
l?argr portion* of the fallen roof
remained Intact, making it neces
sary to dig with ptckp snd crswlsi*
to get to those imprisoned unde
neath.
Two prilaas. the Rar.
Walsh, of St. Thomas' ?*burch. snd
the Rev. Willlsm ('s rroH. of g?
Paul's Church. administered the Ism
rite* of the Catholic church to the
dying who could not be reached
Kneeling in the know and wreckage
the two priests alternately prayed
and gave their strength in llfti4?
beams from the Injured.
Pew Hake Keeape.
A small number tnaaaged to es
cape before the roof crashed The
biggest part of the audience werr
atll down in. front, and few were
abU to take advantage of the mo
mentary warning given by the roofs
supports wnen they gave way.
The flrat body to be taken from
the ruins was that of Mrs B. A.
Covell, ?2. The ,next Victim wan a
10-vear-old child. The child was
crushed, and believed fatally hurt.
The roof first began to give sway
from the balaony. It swung down,
almost touching the heads of the
frightened patrons, seemed to hesi
tate a moment In its deadly drop,
then buckled and fell on top of fke
orchestra seats
and women aefpamed and
triad to Jump from Oteir spat*. but
the falling roof caught most of them
Then, as the feound of crashing snd
wrenching timbers and girders died
%Vay. a sunned silence fell over the
st*ne.
Several persons psssing on the
street came running toward tlie
theater when they heard the noise
of the crash. 8000 the smothered
moans and shrieks of the Injured
ould be heard coming from under
the wreckage. .
Two children. Francis and Jack
Duncan, 14 to* 12 years old. resper
lively., who h%J gone to the work
theater without their parents, are
believed under the wreckage
The theater ts 0f brick. ba? s
capacity of !,#??. and wir? con
structed in 1919. * Fire apparatus
was kept in gprepa ration to mqc
quickly at the first sign of #ec baf
Ceaftaaed *a Pa#* Two.