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jr ,$ . r4 \ - . ? * ? ' . ? t ... -/ T V ^ - * "*e& ' * # - * V t==n The Union |)aily Times ~j PDCCQ ^ ^ probably tomorrow. No ' | DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Ert?blUh?<W? IMP?ConwrUd -totL Uoico tully Time. Oc tob<T 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY | Vol. LXXII No. 1290 Union, S. C., TiMsday^j^Eon, January 31, 1922 , ~ " 3c pw Copy TRAVELING MAN . VICTIM OF HOLDUI Two white highwaymen worked clever ruse last night on the Asylui road and obtained $100 from a trave ir.g salesman. W. B. Newell told o: ficers that he was coming to Colun bia in his motor car and was stoppe by two men who pretended to be i need of a pump. Ho said he accon modated the strangers and his gei erosity resulted in a holdup which cos him $100. Mr. Newell said he was a travelin salesman from Greensboro, N. C. H said he was near Smith's branch o 4U? A J ?! Q.OA vnu a.-)tviuiii IUUU at o.ou u LIUCK wuu he was hailed by two men who w$i riding in a fine car. The men aske for a pump to force air into a tir and when the needed appliance ha been offered to the strangers a gu loomed up and a holdup was in prog ress, according to the story told b Mr. Newell. The highwaymen too the booty, ooarded their car and race toward Colonial Heights. ' City and county police were notifie and a detail of county officers wer north in search of tl.e robers. Mi ' Newell described one bandits as bein short and stout and the other as bein tall and slender.?The State. GifFord Pinchot Addresses Agricultural Conference In an address on "A National Foi est Policy" before the Agriculturi Conference at Washington, D. C., o Thursday, January 26, Glfford Pinchc said: ?\t? : ; vvuui i xauii) ii\J iuuu ? the town. It tagfes more than half th woo<f^onsumed in America to suppl the farms that produce our food. Th farm industry is the greatest singl user of wood. "The farmer finds it harder an harder to get building lumber at res sonable cost. The reason is cleai Five-sixths of our virgin timber i gone. Two-thirds of all the statei with 80 000,000 people and more tha four-fifths of the farm values of th country,' depend for timber on the fe1 remaining states which still cot moi than they consume. Within ten yeai the entire country will have to depen "Moreover, what we can not suppl at home we' can secure abroad. Fa more than half the nations of th world are dependent for timber sui plies upon forests beyond their ow boundaries. Even Mexico is an inr porter of timber, while the Canadian! if they should give us all they hav< could meet our needs for less tha one generation. "The demands we make upon or forests are gigantic. More than ha! of all the lumber used in the worl is consumed in the United State Meantime, we are replacing by growt only one-fourth of what we cut, an our remaining supplies are dwindlin to an early end. It is clear that w must grow what we need, or go wit! out. "The 460,000,000 acres of timlx land which remain, if they produce fifty cubic feet per acre per yea could almost meet our present need Rut they have been so mishandle tho* ir> cubic feet is all'they gro\ while our population is increasing an the uses of wood are multiplying. i higher Standard of living alway means a larger use of wood. "The public forests, national an state, are reasonably well handled, br they furnish less than 3 per cent ( cur lumber, and can never suppl more than 20. "Farm woodlots, scattered in sma tracts outside the lumber regions, wi nlways help the farmers, but can n< grow the vast quantities of saw tin ber we must have to live. They are i little danger of devastation. "The nrivatelv-owned commercii timber lands which contain most o what timber we have left are bein devastated more rapidly and con pletely than ever before, to the ii calculable injury of the whole nation "When a house is on fire, the fin thing is to stop the fire. Replantini fire prevention, andthe saving of whr timber lands still remain on the pub lie domain and Indian reservatior are each of great importance, but th first thing is to put an end to fores devastation. "Since the states which do not hav forests must depend on those whic do, this matter * must be handled b the nation itself. A national la would become effective everywhere i once, while if saving our commercu forests were left to the individui states, it would undoubtedly be year before those states which have larg supplies of saw timber would take at tion. By that time it might well b too late. "Meanwhile, it is well to remcmb* that the forest is a crop to be grow from the soil, not a mine to be e> housted and abandoned, as the luir bermen dA, and that the proposal t take the U. S. Forest Service out c the Department of Agriculture is i fact a proposal to check the progrei of forest preservation in America." MUCH MONEY P FOR VETERANS a Washington, Jan. 30.?The indem pendent offices appropriation bill 1- carrying a total of $494,304,238, most f- of which is for use by the ^veterans' i- bureau, was passed today by the ;d house and sent to the senate. For n the bureau the bill appropriated i- $377,474,622 and the only chango in this feature was the elimination of a ?t provision which would have limited the number of camps at which trainK ing schools might be established to e Camp Sherman, Ohio. n Some of the items making up the | n $100,000,000 appropriations for the ^ shipping board came in for sharp d attack, the house defeating, 171 to e 117, Democratic motion to recommit ^ the bill for the pui*pose of restrict- ( n ing the board's advertising expendi- ( tures to $500,000. In addition to y $900,000 carried for advertising, the ^ board has available $800,000, thus giving it $1,700,000 for advertising. ( The motion to recommit, offered by Representative Byrnes (Demo1 crat) of South Carolina, a member o! ' the apropriations committee, would i ^ have eliminated also a section pro- i ^ viding for $50,000,000 for payment , of claims. An amendment by Representative ' Byrn8 (Democrat) of Tennessee, diB recting that not more than six offi- , cers or employees of the board should receive a salary in excess of $11,000 was adopted, as was an amendment n by Representative Walsh (Republi'* can) of Massachusetts, limiting such salaries to $25,000. n Mr. Walsh also got through an | e amendment stipulating that no part y of the appropriation should be used e by the board for publication of its e own newspapers, bulletins or periodicals of any kind. ;; TWOlllLLlON ? DOLLAR FIRF. n ie Superior, Wis., Jan. 31.?A specw taacular fire at the Ore dock haR been ^ brought under control after a loss es s timate at $2,000,000. a . H Lumber'I nd uat r y Fir.t Among Nation's Industries y - ?:? ?" Washington, Jan. 80.?Lumber and ie wood-using industries in the United >- States represent an investment of n $12,000,000 and employ approximately i- 1,000,000 people, being first among the nation's industries in the number of employes and second in invested capn ital and in the annual valu* of their products, according to an estimate re-. & cently made by Frederick J. Haskin, 1' the well known writer and economic d authority. Other students differ somes' what in the arrangement of these esh timates but no one doubts that, next to d agriculture, the lumber and wood-usg ing groups most vitally influence our e national life. And sharing with agrii culture the fact that their products are heavy, bulky and of prime neces!r sity wherever men live, lumber and id the wood-using industries are absor, lutely dependent .upon the element of s. t.ransnortation as nffectiner the cost of d their products to consumers, v, Within the past few months there id has been a spontaneous and nation^ wide demand for a reduction in s freight rates upontho products of tho soil and for the other fundamental d requirements of the public, including it lumber and wood products. Lumber>f men declare that the chief element in !y the cost of building materials is freight. The nation is waiting to start 1] upon a program of home building but 11 iii many places builders declare that >t freight rates have enhanced material,, i- costs to prohibitive levels, n At a conference of shippers in Washington December 14, last, a general committee was appointed to present the matter to the Interstate Comg merce Commission and hearings bex_ fore that tribunal are being held this week in Washington. Uniting with lumber are representatives of such or^ ganizations as the American Farm Bureau, Ohio State Industrial League, American Association of Nurserymen, National Canners Association, Illinois Dairymen's Association, etc. It is ex18 pected that the results of the hearing will be made public within the next few weeks. c nr A T niTTTrno h WltAl tUl IUU I. CALL OFF STRIKE it jl Omaha, Neb., Jan. 81.? More than a x\ thousand striking members of the .g Amalgamated Meat Cutters and .e Butcher Workmen of North America .. voted to call off the strike. Shantung Question >r Has Been Settled n c- Washington, Jan. 31.?Much gratii "flcation that the Shatnung cotnroversy o had been settled was expressed at the >f White House which was efirst official n annoncem'ent that the Japanese and is Chinese had reached a complete accord. ONLY DRUGGETS CAN DRAW BOOZE Washington, Jan. 30.?Intoxicating liquors stored in government bonded warehouses can not be withdrawn by the owners for their personal use, the supreme court today held in a decision delivered by Justice McKenna, and dissented to by Justice McReynolds. Such liquor can only be transported from the bonded warehouse, Justice McKenna stated, to a wholesale druggist for sale to him for purposes not prohibited. The court in a previous decision hud held that owners could withdraw from private warehouse liquor for their own consumption or for the use of their family or their bona fide guests. Today's ruling marks wide distinction between private and bonded warehouses. Justice McKenna on this point said that "mere ownership was not the equivalent" to possession and declared that under the Volstead law, "there must be ownership, and possession in one's private dwelling, and that character can not be assigned Lo the bonded warehouses of the government." The cases before the court did not, he said, have the effect of depriving those who held warehouse certificates of their property without due process of law nod did it amount, he added, to the taking of private property for public purposeo without just compensation. Referring to the contention that tho prohibition amendment and the Volstead act if applied to liquor manufactured and lawfully acquired before the amendment and the law became effective would be void, as taking from property its essential attributes of the right to use it, possess it and enjoy it. Justice -McKenna stated that the court was "not disposed to trace the elements of the contentions minutely, as they were all answered by the former decisions of the court in the national prohibition cases." Referring to that part of the law which permits one to use lawfully obtained liquor in his home, Justice McKenna asserted that this right can npt |hs construed to extend "to liqoura not aor situated or tq put it mow pointedly, ah intention to make all bonded warehouses of the country outbuildings of its dwellings." Declaring he had been in disagreement with 4he previous decision of the court in holding that liquor in private houses could be lawfullj moved by owners to their residence! for consumption, Justice McReynoldf assorted that if the doctrine laic down by the court in that caae waf good, it would permit owners to withdraw liquor from bonded warehouses and he urged that unless the courl took that view it should "frankly' withtdraw its former decision. Ir the present cases liquor was entrusted to government warehouses as permitted by the statute he said, but th< owner "is denfyd the privilege of taking it home because that warehouse is not contributory to his dwelling nor adjacent thereto nor ar outbuilding connected therewith." The decision grew out of a consolidation of four cases, all brought against internal ."revenue collectors too compel them to permit the withdrawal of the liquor. In each cast 4 Iia \v* lirn n a<vninaf 4lta a! tuc uutiatuu wno a^ouiaw mc uwnri ui the warehouse certificate. POLICE BATTLE WITH NEGRO Boston, Jan. 31.?Sixty policemen armed with riot guns, battled agains Renzy Murral, a negro, who barri caded himself in a house. He woundet two patrolmen and two negroes an< only surrendered when the polic< broke the door' down. Shouts o "Lynch him" was made by crow< which roughly handled the negro be fore the officers hurried him away in a patrol wagon. Arms Limitation Conference Nearing End /u Washington, Jan. 31.?Virtual set tlement of the Shantung question an< final agreemet on the text of the fiv< power naval treaty, brought th< Washington conference today near thi conclusion of its labors. A plena n session is called for tomorrow to an nounce the treaty. Bible Class Excursion The.Bible class excursion to Bill; Sunday meeting should be run 01 Thursday, owing to the fact that thi Salvation Army has an entertainmen on Friday night and a very large num her of people ere interested in it and therefore cold not go on excursioi Friday. Many have already express ed themselves. You remember the entertainmen was postponed from last Friday nigh on account of excursion so by al means let's have excursion Thursday A. D. Cooper, President Salvation Army Advisor. Board. NO INFORMATION Hi : FOUND IN SKULLS ..: jR ; Bristol, Tenn., Jan. 30.? Declaring I that molestation j>y natives of the mountains had completely destroyed , everything of scientific worth in the cave near Benhairii, in which several 1 , hundred skeletons were found last i week, Dr. Ales Hrdlickn, expert from 1 the Smithsonian institution, today 1 , completed his investigation of the i cave and its contents. Hundreds of pertons have visited the cave in the past lew days, it isII reported by montaiiieers in that sec- 1 tion, and few left without carrying olT ] some of the skull* and other bones < found in the cave. H is claimed that 1 prior to Dr. Hrdlickp's visit hundreds j of human bones wer^ lifted out of the c cave by means of rojje and basket and I distributed among icriosity Seekers < who came from alt farts of the country to get trophies. t A drunken mountaineer was seen i riding his horse away from the cave i several days ago with a dozen or more i human skulls strung to his saddle bow < and another heap of 10 skulls was ( found by a newspapaif reporter hidden t under a stump i nth* woods near the i cave. ; 1 Accompanied by Henry Wood- i man of Bristol, Hrdlicka spent j several hours in thfe cave examining J the few fragments bones untouched t since the discovery. He declared in t his opinion the bonfe were those of Cherokee Indians carfjt there after the i flesh had decayed frota them. He said : examination indicated the bones hail j been there for aboift 600 years. lie $ left tonight for Washington. <. BIG BALL IAME I DEFINITELY BOOKED 1 Messrs. W. H. Pe^Jin and Paul Mc- 1 Nally have received, definite news to f the effect that the ball game between Rochester and Detroit clubs will bcs 5 played here Tuesday, March 21. The telegram from Walter E. Kap- | good, business mjw&fv of Rochester ! club, was received gfhday, definitely 1 i closing the date. The ball fans around' Union > <atn i iiiHn*t?.v? 4 l be called at an early date to decide what park will be used and ether necessary arrangemetns. ' Special Train to 1 Billy Sunday Moating r 1 There will be a special train operat- ? '* ed from Union to Spartanburg Thurs' day, Febrary 2nd, account "Billy" 1 Sunday revival meeting. This move' ment is in charge of the churches of the city. L It is desired thai everybody take advantage of this opportunity in ov1 der that it may be a success. Train will leave lTnion 6:50 p. m. ?return leave Spartanburg 9:46 p. m. i and arrive Union about 10:40 p. m. Three hundred of the best seats in * the Tabernacle have been reserved for ' this occasion and it is also assured 1 that Mrs. Ashley will sing especially for the Union people. Call at Southern ticket office imt mediately and get your tickets so you will be certain to get reserved seat at Tabernacle. ! E. I'. Spears, f B. F. Alston, Jr., C. C. Cooper, L. E. McAlpine, Committee. ?ICE COVERED SHIP ARRIVES t Plymouth, England, Jan. 31.?Covi ered from steam to stern with ice and 1 snow the American liner, Kroonland, 3 arrived from New York today after a f tempestuos voyage. 1 ? * - Death of Mr. J. A. Lancaster i Mr. J. A. Lancaster died suddenly about 12 o'clock at his home in Jones-.111.. T L,. ,1 vine. mr. utiicitsit'i uau uwn in I feeble health for some time but was apparently recuperating. He was in - Union last week on a business trip, i Mr. Lancaster was a member of e Sulphur Springs Baptist church. He e was 78 years of age. He is survived e by his wife, Mrs. Martha Lancaster; v four sons, A. B. Lancaster, of West - Springs; L. R., F. L. and John Lancaster of Jonesville; and three daugh ters, Mrs. Edward Holder, of Spartanburg; Mrs. C. I>. Haile and Mrs. y Reuben Coleman, of Jonesville. He n has one surviving brother, M. W. e Lancaster, of West Springs. He t was one of the county'# best citizens. rue runerai arrangement* nave not 1, been announced yet. a 1 ' . Schwab Comment* On Tariff Bill t Washington, Jan. 31.?No tariff bill t 'will build a foundation for prosperity 1 unless it provides for an American . valuation, Charles M. Schwab declared a letter read before the National lr Association of Manufacturers TarifT convention here today. iL. FINAL FORM OF j TREATY REACHED; Washington, Jan. 30.?The text of j the five power naval treaty, to carry j into effect the capital ship settlement,! the limitations placed on auxiliary I warcrnft, and the "status quo" agreement regard in:; Pacific fortifications, tvas pt into final form today and will be placed before the world at a plenary session of the arms conference on Wednesday. Final agreement on the fortifieaLions article, for weeks the only provision of the treaty remaining incomplete, came after Japan had suggested and other powers had agreed that i ,hc American Aleutian islands, which i ire a part of Alaska, should he in-' :luded in the area in which no further "ortificntions or naval bases are to be ?rected. As accepted the provision pledges he powers to maintain in their present status the fortification of the Phil-| ppines, Guam, the Aleutian islands ind varios smaller Pacific possessions >f the United States, Formosa and )ther Japanese islands stretching to -he north and south from the princi-j lal Japanese group, and the British! lort of Hongkong, together with a, lumber of British islands lying to the southeast. The Japanese mainland, lapanese Sakhalin, British Singapore] md the Hawaiians do not fall under' he prohibition. Although at first regarded by the American delegation as a part*of the \mcrica nmainland for all the purloses of the treaty the Aleutian f-roup is said in American naval cir:les tonight to have little strategic /alue in any of the naval plans of the general hoard. The Japanese on the >ther hand are understood to have aken the position that the archlpe'igo, stretching out tiom the Alaskan nainland toward Siberia, might be:omc a potential factor in the Far Eastern situation if it became the lite of an American naval base. Among the Japanese islands listed is falling within the "status rjuo" jignificanee is attached in naval :ircles to Formosa and the various islands chains which stretch away to the southward from thtr main JapIjiMtaMppiiiJfci wnuUi h* waters, in the opinion of many navel experts, that the most potential ' ipnnese naval bases could be developed. The belief that Japan might in lie fture desire to build a great naval establishment on Formosa and might also fortify the Loochoo and other, groups in order to bottle up the Yel- j low sea and the Sea of Japan has long j been prevalent among naval authovi-! ties. j ? Rodeheaver-Matthews Concert Music lovers of Union had a rare treat in the concert given in the High school auditorium last evening, and! the adienee showed their appreciation ir. the close attention and the rounds! of applause given the performers. VT . l>swlnU,w.. U., . - mi. nvuviicoui IIilZi 41 IIIUM >yill|>?thetie and well trained voice, and the playing of Mr. Matthews was remark- j able. Taken all in all the concert was of! a class that goes only to the large; cities, and those who missed this j performance failed to hoar something i unusually lovely and uplifting. A neat sum was realized from the! performance for Grace Circles. ? Four Miners Killed in Explosion i Pienville, Ky., Jan. 31.?Four mil.-, ers were killed and two injured sori- j os!y and two are missing as a result of an explosion in the I.ayton coal mine, according to reports received, here today. London Newspapers Express Anxiety London, Jan. 31.?London ne-.vspe ' pers discuss with considerable anvetv the beginning of "civil disobedience"; day in India, under the -plans laidi down by M. K. Gandhi, non-Coopemtionist leader. Auxiliary to Meet The woman's auxiliary of the Episcopal church will meet with Mrs. Paul McNeil on Wedensday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Earthquake Reported Washington, Jan. 31.?An oarthquake of the greatest intensity prob ably 2600 miles south of Washington was registered at Georgetown seizmographienl observatory today. Tremors became so pronounced as to throw registering needles off the scale. The quake was pronounced "enormous" by the officials. Interest in Choice Of Pope's Successor Rome, Jan. 31.?Interest in choic1 of a successor of Pope Benedict is increasing as the time draws near for the assembling of the sacred conclave' whice is set for Thursday. * TRAIN SERVICE BEING RESUMED Washington, Jan. 30.?Bright sunshine and thawing temperature did mueh today to restore normal conditions in Washington and the Middle Atlantic section buried undcr'Satur day's severe snow storm. Forecasts of the weather bureau! were for a continuation of the favorable temperatres and it was generally; believed that tomorrow night would! see a complete resumption of the ac-! tivities suspended in many cases since | the storm began Friday night. The bright sunshine in Washington although helpful in removing the snow scorned to contrast strangely with the | deep gloom of spirit hanging over the ' city ns the result of the. Knickerbocker j theater disaster. j All danger of a food shortage in the j capital passed away during the day as train service was resumed. Normal' schedules were resumed by trains on { the Pennsylvania and Baltimore i Ohio at noon and the railroads enter-1 ing the city from the South reported ' complete service. Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern railawys asserted first reports of delays were exaggerated. Street car service here was not so quickly resumed. While many lines wero opened up today the two traction companies serving the city stated that P. would be late tomorrow before some of their cars stranded since Friday night in otlying and suburban sections cold be released and the lines cleared for traffic. Alarmed by the theater catastrophe apartment house and business office owners continued to give much attention to clearing roofs of snow and nearly every hour brought rumors of the collapse of some large building. All these rumors, however, proved false. Reports from Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities in the path of the storm also told of rapid restoration of normal conditions. Heavy seas, however, still were being experienced in the vicinity of Hampton Roads with several vessels in Hampton Roads still in danger. Mrs. Elizabeth Charles died at the home of her daughter, Mr*. W. S. Gregory, in South Union Saturday, January 28, at 4 o'clock. She was laid to rest at the family burying ground near Kelly's Sunday afternoon. The funeral services were hold at the home at 2 o'clock, being conducted by the Methodsit minister. Mrs. Charles was 83 years of age her last birthday. She was a woman much loved by all who knew her. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Bud Davis, of Texas; Mrs. Mary Shebert, Mrs. Lester Knox, Mrs. Alice Knox, Mrs. Gregory, J. D. Charles and A. T. Charles, of Union, and numbers of grand children. This good woman has lived a life that should be n fit example for any one to follow. She has been a member of the Bethlehem Methodist church since her girlhood days. Mrs. Charles has scores of friends who will join the kindred and loved ones in mourning her death. It is hoped that her good deeds may live and so shine in the life of her children and grandchildren that the good works of this good woman may never be forgotten. Final Check of Death Toll in Theatre Catastrophe Washington, Jan. 31.?While le city began the burial of its dead the {-.tuhorities poshed the investigations of the Knickerbocker theatre Hisaste '. Final check by police showed the death total from the crash to be 1 >5. Of the 133 injured, t>2 remained in (he hospital with a dozen reported to be in a critieal condition. Reductions in the t< tal death list results from a tentative elimination of eight names for which the police were unable to fun1 any address, one was erroneously v ported dead, and one duplication Death of Miss Daisy Millwood On January 22nd I was called to Whitmire to condct the funeral service of Miss Daisy, daughter of J. M. and Bell Millwood. After a lingering illness covering several months she died last Satrday, January 31st, aged 24 years, three months and 17 days. She said she was prepared to go. She was truly a faithful daughter to her parents. She is survived by her parents and vwo oromrrs, r.a ana win, i-nree sistors as follows, Mrs. John E. Baldwin and Mrs. Luther Moss, bath of Union, and Miss Effice, at homo. Funeral services were held in the Whilmire Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. E. G. Ross, assisted the writer. The burial was at Union. We can all sympathize with the family. D. W. Garvin. i INVESTIGATING THEATRE DISASTER Washington, Jan. 80.?The poss I bility that tho number of dead in the Knickerbocker theatre tragedy might be less than 100 was seen tc night after the police had completed a re-check of all names in the earlier casualty lists and had made a thorj ough inquiry covering undertaking ; establishments and hospitals. As a J result of their investigations it was said that the death list so far as definitely ascertained now stood at 95. Ton names in the lists heretofore given of the dead were tentatively stricken out pending more definite knowledge of these persons^ TY.e ten had been listed as "address unknown" and there had been no inquiries by relatives or friends for such persons. They were:. V/. N. Crawford, Albert Baker, E. H. Hall, 1'niilus l*nmby. L. Tl. Lehler. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Maine, D. N. Walsh, Miss M. K. Walsh and a Mis. Davis. Washington, Jan. t>0.?Investigation of the cause of the Knickerbock or theater disaster, which caused the death of more than 100 persons, was begun today by several agencies of the District of Columbia government with the probability that the senate and house might also undertake exhaustive inquiries. The senate is expected to act tomorrow on a resolution by Senator Capper (Republican) of Kansas, calling for an investigation of the catastrophe by a senate committee. Despite the announcement by Representativ Mondell that the house would not authorize an inquiry until district officials have concluded their investigation. Representative Ryan of New York, charging thac the collapse of the roof was due to faulty construction and would not have occurred had there been proper inspection, offered a resolution proposing an investigation. District of Columbia commissioners declared they would go into every ence of several hund-ed, not only for the purpose of fining th^ b'ame but of also guarding igainst possible recurrence o* su li calamities. Col. Charles Re ev, engineer commissioner, after m.tki . * a personal survey of the wrc k ;ge. declared he believed the cave-in was caused by a defect in material al so:v< rmm cf the roof's --a; h->wev r, I . j that it w . t determine any defe. . Plans for no / Colonel Keller asserted, indicate th^at the capacity for weight was greatly in excess of any requirement in h calamity like Washington's Building Inspector Halj al-m wn| of the opinion that plans for the j struction of the roof were sound and practical and that the necessary test4 following construction had been r Primarily to an investigation f> 4 federal grand jury went to the seen of she tragedy and examined t wreckage today. Witnesses will Iwfnl'P tlli? '111 V U'itKf.Ilt rtaVl J i it was said, m an effort to fix blan i I>. .1. Ramsey Nevitt, Dip', r t of j Columbia coroner, declaring be .could spare no effort in placing rt -i r.M bility, requested lVyt >n Gordon, trict attorney, to ask the war Uef? " : nient to assign expert engi' the task of determining' the eau< of the roof collapse. Mr to,re (said he would seek such assistai c Convinced that all bodies 1 n j removed from the debris, the ?< ? 1 for dead was halted today by otitic u. .. ! in ehargo of rescue work which had I gone on continuously for 40 hours I The last body was removed from the i wreckage late last night. Inspector ! Mealy ordered the wall of the theater razed at once as a safety precaution. Unfounded reports tha? the wall had collapsed, killing men in the rescue party, were ?pre ad broadcast today, causing much excitement. Careful rechecking of the dead inI dicated tonight that if no more of the injured died the death toll would be | 103. Reports that three additional : persons had died were unverified. A dozen nersons in hnttnitnla. however. were reported in a criticat condition today, although E. H. Shaughnesay, second assistant postmaster genera), was said to be greatly improved. More than 100 prsons sustained injuries of more than a minor nature and were taken to hospitals. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Open Close March 16.40 16.42 , May 16.15 16.20 July 15.80 16 80 ' October 15.40 15.41 December 15.24 15.28 i N. Y. Spof 16.70 Local market 16.50