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I . ^ * IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THIS AND OTHER NATIONS POR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS jFfflE SOUTH What |? Taking Pise# In Ths South, land Will S? Pound In Brl#f Paragraphs Foreign? Beneath the flagstones of St. Peter's, iv here thousands of pilgrims come each year, lies the mortal remains of Benedict a v., wnose Denignant errorts, through all the years of war were directed toward poace and after the pacification of Europe and the world. The body of Viscount Bryce was cremated recently at London, after simple but impressive services. No eulogy was offered but the officiating minister in his prayer paid a tribute to the late political historian in calling him a "blessed and powerful peacemaker throughout the whole world, and especially between the nations of Great Britain and America." It is stated In Rome that the vitality that enabled Pope Benedict XV to resist death so long was the product of rigorous activity and plain living. The Bavarian government has forbidden the Communist prisoners of the Niederschoenfed Jail to hold a carnival which had been planned with the aid of tlielr comrades who are at liberty. The latter had donated one hundred thousand marks' worth of tobacco and candies and food. Elsa Anderson, the only Swedish *oman holding an aviator's license, was instanly killed recently when she attempted to descend to tho earth by means of a parachute. She fell, like a plummet, 2,000 feet, to the earth. The Cuban minister 1n Washington. , Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, has initiated diplomatic negotiation for the with drawal of American marines from Camaguey, according to a statement Issued at the national palace, giving the }ext of a message from the minister to President Zayas. BrJuuan Guiteras, secretary of publTcnehlth, heads the commission on arrangements for the sixth LatinAmerican congress, to be held in Havana November 20-96, it was announced rnmntlv flthor - ? *-? utVltlUCI O ai^L/I. Francisco Cabrera Saavedra, eminent Cuban surgeon, vice president, Dr. F. Maria- Fernandez, secretary. Dr. Emilio Martinez and Dr. Jose A. lx>pez del Valle, superintendent o of the Havana Board of Health. The meeting of the foreign ministers of France, Great Britain and Italy in Paris February 1, the calling of which was announced recently will be \ preceded by full exchanges of views between Paris, I^ondon and Ron^e with | regard to Asia Minor, the subject of the conference. In these exchanges an effort will be made to reach an agreement as to the main points affecting the near eastern question so that the Paris conference will be able to proceed on a definitely outlined pro gram. Washington? Acceptance by the government ot the offer of Henry Ford for the Muscle Shoals (Ala.) power and nitrate plants was urged before the national agricultural conference by James W. Morton,^ of Athens, Ga., in an address in which he detailed the conditions existing among the farthers of the South. A combination of French. Japanese, and, finally, British opposition to aritcle four of the Hughes "open-door" doctrine for China, has resulted In the quiet death of that article. Swinging into high speed, the arms conference has made quick work of the Siberian question, virtually agreement having heen marto nn ??.? ? ' . ^ vm kUO OUiC I C* I maintng issue of the naval reduction plan. Treasury opposition to a soldiers' bonus remains unchanged, but if there is tp be a bonus it must be provldod through taxation, in addition to taxes imposed by existing law. Secretary Mellon declares in a letter to Chairman Pordney of the house way* and means committee. Any attempt to provide for the bonus through the use of the principal and Interest of the foreign debt to thta country, he says, "would be futile as well as unwise." Investigation by the house agricultural committee of the crop reporting I bureau of the department of agriculture, with a view to "discovering the cause and instituting remedies for the inaccuracies shown In the reports of . ' the 19SI cotton crop," as published by thte department, is called for in a resolution introduced in the house by Representative Overstrect (Dem.) of Georgia.~. The program of addresses at the national agricultural conference, which covered marketing problems in many phases, was interupted long enough to permit Chairman Anderson to deny the charge voiced in some quarters that the delegates to the conference were hand-picked. Secretary Weeks informed delegates to the National Agricultural conference. in session In Washington, that "If there was no Ford offer" he would "recommpnd to congress the completion of the Wilson jtlam at Muscle Shoals, Ala. * . . ? . wiUkw ] ' ' ? ~~? i The house declared Itself fa favor of the government exerting Its authority fa an effort to stamp out lynching passing by a vote of 280 to 110 the Dyer anti-lynchfajr bill. Seventeen Republicans joined 102 Democrats In voting in the opposition while eight Democrats and one Socialist, London, of New York, voted with 221 Republicans In favor of the measure. Investigation by the senate of the activities of "Persons, association, corporation and combinations, commonly known as the fertiliser and waterpower trusts,*' alleged to be attempting to prevent lease by the government of the Muscle Shoals project, is provided in a resolution Introduced in the senate recently by Senator Harris, of Georgia. Mr. Harris said he would ask for consideration of the resolution probably very soon. The machinery of the Washington conference virtually came to ^standStill while the delegates awarafcd results from President Harding's mb^e for a settlement of the Shantung controversy. The Southern Express company must pay taxes assigned upon it by the state of South Carolina for the year 1918, the supreme court dismissing recently, upon motion of counsel, an appeal which the company had brought jto have reviewed decisions by the courts of that state. The company contended that it had been deprived of taxable property in the Btate wnen the railroads were placed under federal control In December. 1917. Reduction In the wage scales of officers and men on shipping board vessels amounting t?) more than fifteen per cent and effective February 6, Is announced by the shipping board. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announces the offer of an issue of 4 3/4 per cent three-year short-term notes to the amount of approximately $400.000,000. The issue Is to provide for current expenses, the retirement of treasury certificates of indebtedness maturing February 16, 1922, and as a part of the treasury's program for retiring notes maturing May 20, 1923. The demand for onrlv nntinn on <? migration legislation that would further restrict entrance of aliens into the United States, was made recently in the senate by Senator Harris, senior senator from Georgia. Completion of the Musole Shoals, Ala., project has been recommended to the national agricultural conference by the committee on water transportation. No mention was made regarding the offer of any parties to the government to lease the plants there. Domestic? Colonel Paul B. Malone, now assistant commandant of the infantry school at Camp Bennlng. Columbus, Ga., and who served with great gallantry with the American expeditionary forces in Prance, first as colonel and afterwards as brigadier general, seemed overcome with astonishment when informed of press dispatches from Washington in which Ivy Henderson, of Chester, S. C., wds quoted as saying that he saw Colonel Malone shoot | n nuiuier uecause ne could not keep up with his command. Judge J. L. Kent recently denied the motion for a new trial of George Walker, 16 years of age, under life sentence for the murder of George Avery, 17, recently at Dublin. Ga. Thirty patients were removed to safety when the Lincoln hospital, a negro Institution, of Durham, N. C., was destroyed by fire recently. The loss was estimated at between $10,000 and $15,000. The origin of the blaze has not been determined. Complete confidence in the business outlook with regard to building in tbe southeastern section of the United States was generally expressed by speakers at the annual convention of the Southeastern Builders' Supply association, at Miami, Pla. The meeting of the fetockholdera of tne Mouineastern Express company at Birmingham. Ala., after electing directors. declared a 4.67% dtvtdend, which is at the rate of 7% per annum. The company was organized about eight months ago. The American Museu mof National History (New York City) reports that the tomb of a pre historic warrior, who apparently fell in combat, has been discovered in the ruins of a large Pueblo community dwelling near Aztec, New Mexico. It Is estimated that more than a hundred Chattanooga, Tenn., families have been driven from their homes by flood waters of the Tennessee river, all the motor vehicles of the city government being called into play to move the victims to higher ground. j The schooner yacht iris, owned by J. H. Jobson of Manula, Ala., was destroyed by fire while at anchor off Pinellas Point. Pla. Loss $35,000; insurance $10,000. Only the owner was on board during the fire. The opening session of the annual meeting of the Lee Highway association at Chattanooga.' Tenn., was featured by an address by former Governor Brough of Arkansas, who paid a glowing tribute to Gen. Robert Edmund Lee, for whom the highway is named. The contract covering the proposed | lease and purchase of the government's nitrate and water-power projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., has been signed'by Henry Ford and returned to the war department by one of the Ford engineers. j At the request of the city council of Chicago, Mayor James L. Key of Atlantn, Ga., has submitted the proposition for the governmeht to legalize tho sale of "light wtnos and beer," to Atlanta's city council. The mayor puts it up to*coiytcil Just as the proposition came to him. rORT HILL, S. 107 LIVES LOST IN WASHINGTON 134 OTHERS ARE INJURED WHEN MOVIE THEATER ROOF COLLAP8E8. SOME SERIOUSLY INJURED Volunteers* Work in 8now and Cold for 24 Hours Taking Dead From' Heip of Debris. Washington.?Official police records placed the known dead in the Knickerbocker theater disaster at 107. Blimi* nation of duplicated names brought the final total down from the unofficial peak at 112 at which the toll of the catastrophe was placed. The list of injured stood at 134 with 14 listed as "seriously Injured." The official list, according to the> authorities, contained the names of all those whose bodies had been recovered up to midnight from the ruins. The volunteer workers, including police, firemen, marines and cavalry from Fort Myer, had practically concluded their search of the wreckage at midnight. The exact number in the theatei when the steel and concrete span of the roof buckled nnd fell under its three-foot load of snow probably will never be known. The stories of perhaps a hundred who got out uninjured have been reported. These account tor n few more than 300 in the audience that was roaring in laughter at a filmed comedy when the roof fell on them like a blanket carrying down . the front of the wide balcony in its [ crash. Normally, the theater has had every neiu mieu hi inai nour, ana nearly 2,000 persons was its capacity. The same unprecedented snowfall which brought death to the venturesome few, kept the many at home. Street car traffic had been abandoned and streets and sidewalks were all but Impassable with drifts. There has been no time as yet fo. official inquiry as to the cause of the disaster. The ruins themselves disclose, however, that the entire mass of ateel-held concrete that formed the roof had come down. The crash swept the supports out from under the balcony, apparently, and this hinged down at an angle of 45 degrees, adding to the tangled mass of wreckage on the floor below. The building stands in an acute angled corner at the 18th street and Columbia Roads, northwest, the heart of the most favored residence section of tme city. The narrow niche of the stage on which the screen was hung was backed into the corner angle while to the left from the stage the line of the auditorium runs in a straight line for some 200 feet down 18th street. This whole space stood roofless to the sky a moment after the first hissing 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 seen 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 do^s at the back. A great blast of air, expelled as the roof came down, hurled him out through the doorway to safety. Washington. ? The only known North Carolinian killed in the Knickerbocker theater disaster was Miss Nannie Lee Lambert, a native of Asheboro, who was a government employe working in the war department. Virginia Citizens Victims. Richmond, Va. ? William Lovick Schoolfleld, of Danville. Va.. who was killed in the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker theater In Washington. was the son of Mrs. James E. Shoolfleld. of Danville. Samuel Schoolfield. a brother, wired to relatives In Danville Informing them of the positive identification of the body. The mother, brother and two sistera of young Schoolfleld at present are in Washington, according to teleghaphic advices from Danville. Fully a dozen citizens of this state are dead with many injured. It Is known that a Norfolk girl had her arms torn from her body when the roof caved in. One Richmond man wws killed. His body has been recovered. Miss Elizabeth Jeffries, formerly of this city, who was injured internally, was taken to a hospital where she lat er died. Her brother, J. M. JefTries. also was killed. Their father was L. E. Jeffries, vice president of the Southern railway. Explorer Die3 on Ship. Montevideo, Uruguay. ? Sir Ernest Shackleton. the British explorer, died January & on board the steamship Quest, on which he was making another expedition into the Antartic regions. Death was due to angina pectoris and occurred when the Quest was off the (Jritvicken station. The body was brought to Montevideo on board a Norwegian steamer an?l wiii he taken by another steamer to Eu rope. Capt. L. L. Hussey, of the Quest will accompany the body home. ^ ^ " I ' ^ 0, TUSSDA7, JANTJAXY 31, STATE FAIR TO BE HELD WEEK LATER OCTOBER 23 TO 27 IS SET AS DATE8 FOR BIG EXHIBIT THI8 YEAR. COMMITTEE TO MEET LATER Spring Gathering of Fair 8oeiety to Meet in Columbia February Fifteenth. Columbia.?Dates for the next South Carolina Btate fair have been definitely set for October 23-27, according to D. F. Efird, secretary. Mr. Efird said that an effort was made to change the time this year so that the fair would be held one week later than usual, but as it is on a circuit and Atlanta and Birmingham were not willing to change their dates, it was necessary to keep the same week. The annual spring meeting of the fair society will be held February 15 in Columbia, probably at night as is the custom. At this time the new president, Robert M. Cooper, of Wlsacky, who was elected last fall, will take charge, and the vice-president, John D. W. Watts, and the new executive committee will go into office. The secretary and treasurer will be elected at a meeting of the executive committee immediately after the society's session. Members of the executive committee elected last fall are: W. M. Frampton; Charleston. First district: R. B. Cunningham, Ulmers. Second district: J. G. Gambrell, Ware Shoals, Third district: (V P Mills Ornonvlllo Fourth district, L. I. Gulon, LugofT, Fifth district; J. L. Mcintosh. Dovesville, Sixth district; D. O. Ellison. Columbia. Seventh district. Mr. Frampton, Mr. Guion and Mr. Mcintosh were on the committee last year. The executive committee of the fair will meet in Columbia for probably thre^ days at which time departmental heads will be heard and conferences will be held with the representatives of various civic organizations of Columbia. The society last fall adopted the report of the special committee that was appointed in 1920 to look Into the advisability of forming a stock company to take over the fair, this committee recommending at October meeting thtft a campaign to raise $100,000 be begun to put the fair association on its feet. This committee also recommended that Section 2 j>f the constitution be changed so as to rotate the members of the executive committee. Under this plan two members would serve for one year, two for two years, two for three years and one for four years. It was also recommended that the commissioner of -agriculture be ndded as an executive committee member. The report made by J. L. Mcintosh of Dovesville. was adopted, but other than that no action was taken, leaving the recommendations to be decided upon later. Members of this committee were: R. M. Cooper. Jr., of Wisacky, W. M. Frampton of Charleston, J. L. Mcintosh of Dovesville and W. A. Clark of Columbia. Will Reopen Bank. ' * Anderson.?The plan of James Craig, state bank examiner, to. reopen the People's bank was that all depositors sign and return a card stating that they will allow their deposits to a ? ? u m 4i? iciuhiu iu ui6 uiiak lur uu-3 yvnv, ine bank to pay 5 per cent. Cards to this effect were sent to all depofeitos, and they are being returned. The first aay there were amounts to $477,000, and today Mr. Craig says the card? have been returned in excess of $700,000. The bank has a deposit of $1,000,000 but it is believed that almost to a man the cards will be returned with the full promise, and Mr. Craig cays that he hopes to reopen the bank in .less than 15 days after It closed. Physicians Meet at Edgefield. Edgefield.?The convention of the Second district of the South Carolina Medical association was held in the court house here. There were about #0 physicians in attendance from Saluda. Richland. Tjcxlneton, Aiken and Edgefield counties. * Negries Rob Merchant. York.?J. B. McCar'er, merchant and farmer, was held up and robbed of $35 by two unidentified negroes at Ms store about six miles west of York. Mr. McCarter went to his store at the request of the neR-oes. who claimed they wanted to make some purchases. While he had his h?ad turned one of them covered him with n rev ilver and ne ether went httitr'i his pockets and secured the ;nonov Mr MrCarte/ did not know either of the robbers and there are no lues as to theli identify'. Accidental Shot Fataf In Oconee. Sen?ca?Otis Grant, lit years old, was accidentally shot a few days ago while on a hunting trip and died the ollowing day from the abounds. Young Grant and Grady Ellis, a brother-in-law, were |n nn automobile p'nnninR?for a hunt. While attempting to get out of the car. Grant let the gun come in contact with the running board of the machine, causing the 'gun to he discharged. The fond massed through tho muscle of Che right iTm and entered Ornnt'a side, causing a fearful wound. <f : , 1922. LAWMAKERS ARE MAKING PROGRESS 4 AFTER A HARD FIGHT 8ENATE FINALLY PASSES INHERITANCE TAX LAW. TAX PROBLEMS ARE DEBATED Revenue Measure Is Being Worked Out Slowly, But is Nearly Completed?Many Amendments. Columbia. The senate passed the inheritance tax bill and sent it back to the house of representatives as amended in the senate, this being the first of the new revenue bills to get by the upper house in two years. The vote came after what may be termed a "wild night/' as opponents of the measure started off the night with an evident determination to prevent a vote. A (filibuster >as started and It looked as if it would be impossible to overcome the opposition but the proponents of the measure wore down the opponents and the amendments began to be adopted and the entire bill was given final reading. The passage of the measure ends a hard fight on the part of a number of senators to stave ofT the bill. Three important amendments were adopted by the senate. One was to strike out the retroactive .features so as to make the law take effect when signed by the governor instead of reaching back to 1921. With this amendment strlr-ken out Senator Christensen said it would be 1923 befor anything was realized to any extent. Another amendment to include gifts to colleges, Bchools and churches and such institutions for the tux was tabled and gifts to these institutions are exempt from the tax. Still another amendment was to make a gift or deed within two years of a person's death taxable. This was originally ten years as proposed, but was changed to two years. Another amendment offered by Senator Hart cut the fees of probate judges in half.' Several other minor amendments were adopted. Senator Moore's bill to amend the highway law so as to allow Abbeville county to use the automobile license fund and the two mill tax money for ordinary county purposes was referred to the judiciary committee upon motion of the senutor from Abbeville. Senator Miller's bill to require the venders of cotton, corn, tobacco or other commodity to disclose the name of the true owner thereof was passed and sent to the house as amended. The committee on agriculture amended the measure so as to make it read "upon request"' and Senator Harrelson offered an amendment to exempt tobacco warehouses from the terms of the measure. Both amendments were accepted. Representative Bryson's btlb to amend the present law so as to require the state flag to be displayed on the "inside" Instead of the "outside"' of schools and other state buildings was advanced to a third reading without objection. Senator Miller's telephone measure, a companion bill to the railroad commission bill, was also advanced to a third reading with notices of generaT amendments. This measure would put the telephone companies on the same basis as they existed prior to the order of the railroad commission in 1921, refusing to allow the companies to furnish interurba ntelephone service without additional cost to a regular subscriber. J. K. Humblln's bill to require telegraph and telephone companies to transmit intrastate messages over the shortest routes was sent to third reading without opposition as was Eugene S. Blease's measure to prohibit the exhibition of certain traveling shows and carnivals in the state. The bill would exclude all tented shows except circuses and carnivals showing at state and county fairs. The most extensive debate came on the bill to require the agreement of only three-fourth of grand and petit jurors in the trial of civil cases in the state, the bill being defeated by a vote of 48 to 33. Of special interest among the large number of new bills introduced were: A bill, fathered by Representatives Hughes, Edgar A. Brown, Ellerbe and Bukcingham, to abolish the present highway commission and create a highway department to be headed by a highway commissioner and a measure, of which Jesse S. Leopard is the author to ..create a state board of chiropractic examiners. The highway commission bill was referred to the ways and means committee, while the Leopard bill was sent to the committee on medical affairs. The bill Introduced last session by E. O. Harris of Spartanburg to define and prohibit the operation of pool halls was committed to the. ways and menns committee where amendments will be proposed to make it a revenue producing measure, carrying a tax on pool rooms. Representative Claud N. Sapp's hill to conform the prohibition laws of the state with reference to dispensing alcoholic beverages for medical purposes to the laws of the United States was tabled upon the motion of the author. [MES \ The Richland delegation bill, pra anting public service corporation* fr*m denying service to "a patron In case of dispute over charges demanded and providing tor the Investigation of the true charges, was also among the number of measures agreed to on third reading without debate and sent to the senate. This bill, which Was thoroughly discussed in the house on second reading provides that in the event any dispute should arise be tween an individual consumer and any public service corporation or company over the amount of a bill for gas, water1 or electricity, the consbmer may appeal to the courts. The measure would also require the public service company to continue its service uninterrupted to the consumer during the investigation of the charge. The abolition of the present state highway commission and the substitution therefor of a highway commissioner with limited authority is the purpose of a bill Introduced in the house by Representatives E. T. Hughes of Marion. E. R. Ellerbe of Latta and E. R. Buckingham of Ellenton, The bill was referred to the ways and IIIVOUO VUUIIU1IIOO UU IIIO UIUIIUU U1 KIT. Hughes, chairman of the committee. The measure la expected to encounter determined opposition once it reaches the floor of the house since plans are now being made to introduce a bill to eninrge the present highway commission. Considerable argument was also occasioned over the bill to require all persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of canning, packing, pickling, preserving, boxing or in any way preparing any food for sale and shipment to stamp, brand and label the package "South Carolina Product." The bill, of which Representative n. P. Carey of Charleston is the author, would order the food inspector to regulnrly inspect these foodstuffs to guar oiiico me cuiui tuiiiuiii ui nit; uieas* ure. The bill to require all railroads entering the city of Columbia to erect an "adequate" passenger station hero was recommitted to the committee on railroads. The bill Is fostered by the Richland delegation. The Barnwell delegation measure to take the supervision of the expenditure of the moneys collected under the two mill road levy from the hands of the state highway commission and to devolve this power upon tie various county authorities, was f.xed as a special order. The measure Is one of the numerous bills aimed at the state highway system carried over from last year nnd it is expected to come up for debate after the discussion of a general bill to abollBh the present state highway commission, which will soon be introduced by Representatives Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell and E. T. Hughes of Marion. The killing of the hill introduced at the last sesion by Representative O'Rourke of Charleston, to repeal the act allowing appeals from the decisions of city democratic executive committees; the passage to third reading of the Richland delegation bill to prevent the use of milk bottles owned and marked by one company or person by any oth?r person or company; the rejection of the measure to allow members of the national guard compensation of $3 per month after six months' service and tho introduction of a bill to permit persons unavoidably out of the state on the day of any primary election to cast their ballot by mail were the features?If anv features there were?of the otherwise unproductive session. Frequent requests from divers members fon- the passing over of various bills, so delaying the action of the house, excited some criticism during the session. Speaker Atkinson of Spartanburg pointing out to the members that the house's only hope of avoiding an extension of the session lay in the taking up and disposing of bills as they were reached on the calendar. Representatives R. B. Belser of Sumter and J. W. Hanahan of Winnsboro also voiced thair opposition of the evident program of procrastination. "The members of the house." Speaker Atkinson said, "should reflect that it costs the state something to meet here every day and should not delay the session by continually passing over measures that might as well be disposed of when they are reached on the calendar." "The house," Mr. Belser thought, "is not making progress." while Mr. Hanahan In agreeing with Mr. Reiser also took various members of the house to task for their too frequent absence from the sessions After a long delay Mr. Wightman moved to strike out the enacting words and hy a vote of 19 to the bill was killed only to be revived again on motion of Senator Pearca that the senate reconsider its vote and refer the measure to the Julicinry committee. This motion passed and the bill was sent back to the judiciary committee. Many of the senators said the bill was along the right line, but too full, of detail and cumbersome. They favored amendments, which are to be proposed. Three New Charters. The Farmers Fertilizer company of Sumter was chartered by the secretary of state with a capital stork of $10,000. Officers are II J. Hirby, president and treasurer; II. W. Harby vicepresident. The Ross & Daniel Insurance agency, incorporated, of Gaffney was chartered with a capital stock of 35.000. Officers are D. C. Ross, president; T. D. Daniel, vice-president. A charter was issued to the Sumter Rrokerage company of Sumtor with a capital stock of $500 $1.00 Per Tear. f' STREAM OF BODIES MEN FROM RUINS LITTLE CHURCH THROWN OPEN AND USED AS FIRST AID 8TATION. i Graphic Description of the Pitiful 8cene of Mangled Dead and Living Is Given by Eye Witness. Washington.?Recovered from the wreck and horror of the ruined Knickerbocker theater, a pitiful stream of mangled bodies, dead and living, flowed-all Saturday night and Sunday into the lower rooms of a Christian Science church a few hundred yards away. At the first word of the disaster, the place was thrown open to these stricken folk and the hundreds of others who came to search for their dead or injured. And as the full weight of the losses 'became known, the dead monopolized the space, crowding the injured in the all-too-small rooms. It was merely a first aid station for those taken crushed, but alive from the wreckage. They were carried on stretchers over the slippery pavement with lines of soldiers keeping the crowd far back. Doctors and nurses and women eager to bring their sympathy and cheer to the suffering or bereaved waited in the church. They tenderly washed away tho gray dust of the ^rumpled concrete, the grime and raked blood, blackened sometimes by hours of waiting pinned under the debris until the rescuers cut the victim loose. Bandages were applied and the injured were whisked away to hospital or home. But the dead lay long in double rows in which they stretched across the floor, lay until a tearful relative or friend, a husband or wife or father or mother, recognized the crushed form at last. Up and down these aisles of the dead walked those whose fears had drawn them here because of some one missing in the family circle. Women already weeping In cer imuiy 01 wnai uiey must nnn sooner or later beneath the kindly blankets that shielded the sleepers made the Journey of sorrow many times before they found what they sought. Men with working faces leahed to draw back the coverings and then gasped with short lived relief as they moved on to the next huddled form. Some of these seekers came with the dirt and grime of the wreckage upon them still. Some had passed through the crash of roof and balcony only to leave a dear one dead In the tangled mass. They had worked hours with the rescuers to find that one. only to return now and then for a hurried trip to the chamber of death. Eleven Husbands and Wives. Eleven times death struck down husband and wife, side by side. They died as they had sat to see the swift picturing of the film. But many other times it was only the wife or husband who perished and the survivor muBt make the terrible pilgrimage of recognition in the grim chamber of the dead. w The times when children were taken \5tere sparingly few. Usually the big theater has been in its earlier hours of a Saturday night the gathering place of a host of youngsters who come with their parents for the week's amusement. But the storm that wrecked the Knickerbocker kept most of the little folk at home that night. Up the long path, trodden through heavy snow, that ran from th? impromptu morgue to the Knickerbocker, struggled the stretcher squads, army and navy men chiefly. Commissioned officers of the military services held the doors of the church entrance, and with exquisite gentleness and sympathey sifted out those who sought their dead from others drawn by morbid curiosity. Above all there was quietness at the church in spite of the urgent and never ceasing Activity. Of the losers in the Knickerbocker disaster, neither the physically hurt nor the bereaved gave voice to their suffering, and it was the testimony of the first who reached the theater that the outcry there in the ruins was little and soon stilled. Died In Ruins. Some of the victims were alivo when the rescue work begun, but died before the saving hands could reach them.- One girl child pinned under a beam died with both hands in those of an arm'y officer who was those of an army officer who was directin her releagse. One man, pinned beside his dead wife whs freed from pain with hypodermic needles and survived the long night to a safe removal. A moment aft^r the crash. Father John Floerch, priest of a nearby church, entered the ruined theater. Knee deep in the snow that covered all for the benefit of the dying around him. he gave general absolution and the final rites of the church to the dying. Then he helped in the rescue work. , Notable was the speed of the Red Cross organization, whose local chaptors forced their way to the theater site across the city whose transportation lines had been paralyzed by the snow, and set up canteens for the workers, hospital facilities for the i wounded, nmbulances for the dead J and and the Injured who had to reach I