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1 I Special Low Prices on Bed Sheeting Pillow Cases Tub ing Etc SI inch unbleached Perforel Mill Bed Sheet ings White Goods Sale Price 81 Ini'll Herford Mill Bleached Bed Sheeting White Sale Price i Inelv White Union Linen Sheet' in Very pretty quality 42 Inch Perforel Pillow Tubing Standard Perforel quality 49c 59 93c 35c 81x90 Regular $150 Sheets Reduced for White Sale $129 Pillow Cases Exceptional quality White Sale Price 39c Regular 35c 38 1 2x42 1 2 Very good quality White Sale Price inch pillow eases 25c Belk Leggett YOUR OR YOUR MONEY BACK TUB DEB DAKVilIK VA Kiatr The All American amily Swept Off Yacht Returned By Wave Mayor Helps To Remove Snow AT ER THE AUTO SHOW' NEWPORT NEWS Va Jan 31 Newport News has one of the most majors in the world in the person of Hidon according to West avenue residents The I WISH WE COULD GET ONE THOSE COUPES ALL CLOSED IN I CAN JUST see myself sitting THERE AT THE WHEEL ALL DOLLED UP I NEWPORT Jan Gor don Woodbury former jssistant Becrc tary of the navy was swept over the railing of his yacht Half Moon 40 Okies' off 'Capo Charles riday night tlT tvflM totitpnml hv 1 Un TH ih Ves and me GOING AROUND WITH MY POCKETS ULL PAWN TICKETS AND A WORRIED LOOK ON MY ACE a wave to tiled i i ri I zs 1 An I rrh on 1 1 i Jt II 1) IL A 1 1 HUI I ru 1 Ul I Ik 1 1 nil' ll III' yacht formerlj the Germania private I yacht of former Emperor William of Germany was towed into Old Point Comfort In a damaged condition Uy Ihp Standard Oil tanker Japan Arrow Several iiinnl'i'M of the crew also Were swept over the rail it was added but all but one were' rescued The Japan Arrow came up a few minutes later and got a tow aboard Mr Woodbury a member of the New York Yacht club stated upon ar rival at Old Point dock that Ills vessel ilny The miynsail compass jibboom ran into a hurricane about 10 ri ll dingey nil a lifeboat were swept away within a few seconds of each other An enormous sea struck the little craft some hours later carrying Mr Woodbury nnd tlie entire crew over board By clinging to the railing the sidelashes and rudder every one of the crew with the exception of John Stolvlg quartermaster finally man aged to crhwl abroad Mate Heer did heroic work getting several of us said Mr Woodbury After that if experience the crew some members badly bruised up all hungry and half frozen managed to cling fast to articles on deck until about 9:30 this morning when the Japan Arrow camo by giving the Half Moon a line and taking the tagged out i crew aboard All of the yachtsmenere comfortable at Old Point Comfort and tlie vessel itself will go to dry dock for general repairs Cf Al a it wMB mIo 1 jrudBo I was out on that avenue yesterday morning removing snow from gutters and drains after which he named someone on every corner to see that They were kept open The inajM1 had a large audience at our Theories times and when Manager fl Thom and Capt XV Hunter super intendent of public works came along Mr Jiiclen was offered a job on the street forces as first assistant helper the prevailing rate of pay i City forces were busy most of Sat urday night and all day yesterday keeping the streets open to pedes trians and traffic gnTrm ckylwa in better shape at noon yesterday after the heavy snow stormy than it has been at any time in years following a snow fall accidents have been reported in or near the city but 31 automobiles were stalled jesterdaj morning on the Stone highway between Newport News and Hampton according to Bohlk' of this city one of the first to get through the Old Point with a machine street car traffic was tied up Satur day niaht on account of the drifting snow but resumed yesterday morning Statements Made On Calamity In ''i'CapitalzvTheatYe WASHINGTON I) eb 1 The following expressions have been se in he Knickerbocker disaster REGINALD (JEARE architect ofitl building 1 am still investigat ing to determine thoroughly the cause of the disaster and have not yet leached a conclusion which I would be 'justified in expressing Mr Genre said that he believed the weight of the snow caus ed the roof to fall) In Construction Engineers Dif 3 fer as to Basic Cause of A Knickerbocker Disaster WASHINGTON Jan 31 What caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater to collapse? our theories are advanced by con struction engineers 1 aulty construction 2 Deterioration of construction material 3 Vibration caused by street cars handclapping music movements 4 The immense weight ot a great pile fsnow which hadaccumuiated near the center of the building Building inspection department ot pod ipeciflNHws fie thegbuiidiaapa sub mitted the construction engineer were considerablj more than ade quate The steel girders holding the roof were to lie four times as strong as necessary to hold the roof plus an additional pound per foot snow or rain The concrete material used in the roof was required to be two a nne hnlf times as strong us was necessary for the same purpose Whether or not the budding was erected according to specifications the building inspectors ar" unable to state It was pointed out today that oof Crash structfon in the city at the time tills building was erected it was consider ed probable that the inspector was on the job only a small part of the' day and that the eoncreb' may have been mixed Jn the prope proportion or hu it may have bean vei bad ly mixed Engineers who inspected the ruins of the theater this morning stated that the concreted in many places showed and unusual deteriora tion Some of it had crumbled almost like powder an ditwas possible to break off chunks with'the hand Con crete engineers state should increase in tensile strength live years vibration theory is given lit tle credence by engineers of the dis trict of the experts of? the Bureau of Standards jtcsldehts of the neigh borhood state that the passing of street cars over the' tracKS at Elgti eeMilujftW'ttgjn nd cause nh w4mntfiiiawtsrtirartcffi in the1 houses Engineers state that this might be a'contributlng factor but would not likely be "a determining fac tor in the weakening of the roof or the collapse of the roof It is generally bfelleved that a huge pile 'of snow which had' accumulated near trie cent of the roof was a ma jor cause of the disaster One spec tator Saturday declares that snow was piled in a mound by swirling wind to height of eight foot Such a mound would ex a pres sure of approximately twenty five to the square foot: The roofs RANK WAGNER builder tlie Knickerbocker Theater I am utterlj' at a loss to account for the oc rurrence know af no reason why It should have happened? Jf it is posJ iil'l to termine thq pending inves 1 igaf i6n sRnbi have 'that jresulti I oiiid not'af'this time venture more than a guess which would serve no useful purpose and to my mind would be altogether unbecoming We know that the weight of the now must have been a contributing factor but to what extent I can miy make a guess which would have no value The pending inves with the small force permitted the building inspector it is virtually im possible to check construction against specifications Due to the large amount of coh of all buildings in Washington are re quired to have a strength capable ot resisting an extra pressufe of rain or snow 'cf? twent IivgpOunds to the square foot Pinchee orfeits Her Bail Newsome Will Leave Gilmer Bros II Newsome who has had charge of tlie Gilme rinterests in Dan ville since 22nd 1918 has tendered his resignation to that con cern with headquarters in Winston Salem and will leave here to morrow for Iittle Rock Ark where he will represent the Richmond Ho siery Company lie will indve his family away from Danville as soon as the present school year has terminat ed Mr Newsome sent a telegram con taining his resignalion the day before yesterday and said that he was firm in his decision to avail himself of an offer which meant larger remun eration at a time when he says the Gilmer corporation wns about to re vise salary lists Mr Newsome has been with the Gilmer concern for the past nine years and since his advent to Dan ville has established with members of his family numerous warm friend ships with people of this community The local store' developed along commercial lines under his adminis frytiqn 'J 'r'fci nt "addiViori 'to tlie staff of Gilmer Brothers is Keele of woo will have sn ipervision of the stocks of merchan dise and the 'sales departments 'A 0 a urther Steps To Check lu The Associated Press) NEW YORK eb 1 Seventy five policemen have been to spe cial duty with the city health depart ment enforcing house heating and rules in an effort to check spread of the influenza epi demic 0 SPIRITED CHATHAM 11TEC I ION DY' PERRY 1 Notwithstanding the warrior of snow a large body 'of farmers gather ed at Chatham Monday Jan 30th to cast their ballots to elect delegates for The purpose of selecting a'direc tigation will fix the responsibility if it can be fixed and I am ready to aid in that in ny waj in my power lUIlRYvM: CRANDAIJ President heCrahd'itl Amusement Company owners of the Knickerbocker Theater the investigation which we are conducting is not yet complet ed and the engineers in charge have not yet made a report it is my per sonal opinion that a faulty Veam caus ed the fatal rave in of the roof" JOHN District Build ing We have reached no conclusion as to the cause of the col lapse of the Knickerbocker Theater Men are going over the plans of the theater and it will lie several daj's be fore the investigation is completed DR RAMSEY" NEV1TT Coroner The jury is conducting its investigation but nothing definite can be announced at this time v' a MAJ PEYTON GORDON' United States Attorney for the District of Columbia It is impossible for me to say at this time what caused the And Wife Does Not Understand Hus Solicitude for Mrs Sullivan NEW YORK Jan Mrs Helene Sullivan whose penchant for getting others for pinching her caused her to get on a charge of conduct last Wednesday has forfeited bail and disappeared When her case was ail ed yesterdaj' before Magistrate Hurns in Washington Hc ights tlie' de fendant did not answer Mrs Sullivan comely despite rath er generous outlines lost the role of heroine in which she was self cast by trying once too often the trick accusing innocent men of taking lib erties with her In the Costello The atre oil YVashington avenue she re tcentlj slapped the 'face of Romano Benncto editor of a Spanish maga lii's information 5lrs Sqllivan oiice threatened a priest saying she would have him unfrocked lie lias also an anohyniQgS' threatening letter which he would not discuss 'Magistrate Harris told Mr Snow den he would issue a bench warraip for the arrest and the bonds man could bring her in if lie found her She has not been seen since she called on Mrs Wehnmn in Brook lyn riday When arrested she had a room at No 3605 Broadway Manhat tan She left there that day taking all her belongings 1 He Kills a Wolf tor to represent Pittsylvania in Tobacco 'Marketing 'Association The voting was spirited throughout the day Hundreds of ballots were receiv ed bj mail from those unable to get to the county seat In order to ar rive at the result the work of tabu lating continued throughout the night? The following candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the order named were declared elected: McCormick Warren NocllC Ashworth A Cox II Neal AV Blair Cock's Payne It Carter JIAdams I 11 Terry Harper 'A armer AV armer 'Harvey Carter Owen Coleman Jeff With His Gloves On MINNEAPOLIS Minn Jan 31 Using only his gloved hands Arthur Lener Minneapolis killed a large timber wolf within the city limits to day He slew the animal by grasp ing the hind legs and crash ing its head against an iron railing i when it attacked him He collected I $730 bounty erson Yeates Orrel The last named delegates will join in AVith Henry ranklin and Patrick to constitute the irst District Pitt sylvania is designated District 2 The election of directors will take place eb 2nd A guaranteed relief for tlia: cough our 1 role in emulsion with creosote At 1 13RBIC Knickerbocker collapse and for that reason it is also impossible for me to place the blame or fix: the responsi bility This office is doing everything within its powers to speed the grand investigation of the and to bring those who may be responi le for the great calamitj' to hoofofreight DEPOT COLLAPSES WASHINGTON Jan The roof ot: tlie Baltimore and Ohio rail road freight depot at irst street and lorida Avenue crashed in late today Eight men had just checked out for the day and it was ueiitved that none was injured iremen and police immediately began a thorough search of the wreckage 5a The snow had been practically re from the slate roof it wa syl but Jt Avas posible it was added that the supporting brick piers and oak beams had been weakened by the cent storm But little freight Was accumulation of snow fro mthe re thefe at the time and the damage it was believedwould not be excesive Thu crash came just unexpectedly as in the case of the Knickerbocker theatre the roof giving away sudden ly and coming down'Avilh a deafen ing crash A great mass of debris filled the interior of the structure which is 400 feet long and 40 wide and one story in height zineand had him arrested charged with pinching her leg Mr Benneto proved he was entirely unaware that either Sirs Sullivan or her leg was anywhere near him "Then camo otli er persons whom she 'had accused of similar misdeeds to testify Airs Sul livans specialized in such accusations AA'heri Magistrate Oberwager order ed her arrest last AVednesday Charlee A Snowden' of Tin ton avenue the Bronx Superintendent the Sunday school of St Luke's church stepped forward promptly mrnished $luO cash bail and left the court room with Mrs Sullivan Now Mr Snow den is out $100 Mrs Snowden his wife for twenty three years Is openly displeased by what the hus band refers to as his 'food Samari "I never heard of this "woman until the matter came out ill tlie newspa said Mrs Snowden yestet day "I understand it at all Air Snowden" knows I would never have approved his doing anything of that which Mr? 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