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INLJ. -iVJ. offlce a Bridgeport, under act ct )879 BRIDGEPORT, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1922. THREE CENTS ON Subscription Kates; By mall Prepaid. 65 cents PAGES IB CENTS WEEK BY a month; for six months; t7.80 for one AVJEO 1B CENTS WEEK BY WASHINGTON DEAD NEAR 110; APPROXIMATELY 200 INJURED Scientist of World Wide Fame Succumbs on Fourth Antarctic Expedition.

BODY ON WAY HOWIE Famous Explorer Dies On Fourth Polar Trip Born in Ireland, and Sailor by Profession--Came Nearest South Pole. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay. Jan. 29 (Associated Press! Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer, disd January 5 on board the steamship Quest, on which was making another expedition into the Antorac- tic regions. Death was due to anlna pectoris mid occurred when the Quest was of the Qrltvlcksn station.

The hody was brought to Mome. on board a Norwegian steamer and will 'se taken by another steamer to Europe Captain Russey of the Quest will accompany the body home. Professor Gruvel and the other members of tha explorers iidrty wil continue tha expedition. Fourth Expedition. NiEIV YORK.

Jan. Ernest fhaeklc-tor. was born Kildee Ireland in I'-'TJ. His father was Henry ShacWleton, a physician. He -was educated' Imlwich College, and went to in tha Merchant marine service.

After retiring from this service he was made a lieutenant in the British Royal Naval reserve. As lieutenant, he n.coo.napanie.1 the National Antarctic oxpuflition in its quest for the South Pole IftOl. During 1M7-140I) ha commanded the" British Antarctic expedition which reached a spot ninety-seven miles from the South Pole. In 1914 ha again headed the expedition which was go-no for more a two years. Of Fnnw.

Ths explorer -was awarded 'King's Polar medal in Great Britain, and countless medals and from geographical in many other countries, for the ideographical data Tie (brought with hiu, from his polar expedition. Shackleton was an officer in the D'Hounneur. He was the author of several books, a member of the Arctic club in New York, and many other organisations aitl chubs in other countries. Pressure Brought to Bear to Bring About Chinese-Japanese Agreement. Four Independent Into Causes Under Way.

of Inquiries Disaster TOKIO IS HEARD FROM SNOW WEIGHT EXCESSIVE SIR ERNEST SHACKU3TON Cold Wind from Opposite Direction Turns Blizzard from Its Path. LITTLE INTERRUPTION Train, Trolley, Jitney and Wire Services Locally Are Practically Normal. BREAK DOWN DOOR AND FIND WOMAN OVERCOME BY GAS With three gas jets open in the room. Mrs. Eliza aged 39 years'of PI Foot street.

Xew Haven, was unconscious at the home of Mrs. May Davis. 1 4 4 9 Main street, yesterday morning. She was a to the St. Vincent's hospital and it was reported there last night that she is recovering.

The -woman says she does not remember having open, ed the jets. The husband of Mrs. Malone was held fof court In Xew Haven Saturday and she came to the city i the clay. Uite Saturday night she rented a room at the Davis home retired at about 2 m. lAbout an hour later Mr.

and Mrs. Davis detected the odor of gas and traced it to thn room of Mrs- Malonp. The door was bolted and Davis was forced to smash In a panel so that he couM slide the bolts. woman was unconscious in bed. HAS APPENDICITIS; PLAN NO OPERATION NEW YORK.

Jan. 29. Muratore. tenor of the Chicago "pera company, now playing at the Manhattan Opera house, is ill with appendicitis In his hotel apartment here, but his condition is not reported as serious. He was stricken late Saturday night after appearing 1 wit-h JTary Garden in "Carmen." He has been forced to cancel engagements scheduled for Monday anS Wednesday evenings.

His physician. Dr. Charles F. A. Jocke.

said tonight: "Mr. Muratore's i i at present is not serious. 1 a 1-f u'ill bo p'ole to sing by end of nppi-atinn is '-on- a a ono 1-0' i i i i i piav develop as a result of this Bridgeport escaped practically unscathed the fury of the severest snow storm the i A a i states have experienced since the blizzard of 1888, and which left disaster in its path as it passed over the Nation's capital on its way north. The was dissipated considerably by the counter effects of a driving i storm which sprang out of the "Nor' Bast" be- it reached this city, Saturday night. The snow fall registered her was between six and eight inches, but in some places small i were piled up.

not deep enough to halt traffic. The Connecticut coppany reported it had i difficulty In keeping its tracks clear and trolley services was i Capt a i James A. the traffic bureau of the Police a said a the snow fall a the going more difficult, hut he had received no reports that there had been any serious delay. Jitney service was reported regular. The New a Telephone service except in a few isolated cases was i and a i i a report was Issued from the offices of ih Western I'nlon and Postal Telegraph companies.

(Continued On 1'acc Two.) Communication Said to Make Naval Convention Close to Settlement. WASHINGTON, Jan. the Associated instructions from Tokio to the Japanese delegation brought n. final agreement on the Five Naval treaty one step nearer today, i moves were developing that seemed to insure i i a few days a final decision in Shantung controversy. The exact a of the Tokio communication was not disclosed, but it was understood to accept, with one or two reservations, the language of the fortifications ar- llcle, which is the only portion of the naval treaty remaining incomplete.

The Japanese government is said to approve definitely the plan for listing by name the Pacific inlands which are not to he fortified, but the reply is in such form that some discussion will be necessary. Pressure Brought to Boar. In the Shantung negotiations no outward change in the situation appeared, although there was evi- being brought to bear for a settlement. The prediction heard almost everywhere in conference circles was a day or two tell the story, i the odi! favoring acceptance of the settlement plan supported hy Hardlnff. Another faector of delay to i progress of the conference was partially overcome i day when the Italians received i tions from Rome, approving the proposal to prohibit i a i of arms and a i i into China.

The Netherlands delegation also i for word from on the subject, but it was said tonight that the decision of The Habile goverti- I I I I a I I I i i i i 1 delayed. As the various branches of the conference simultaneously a a conclusions, the drafting experts are i to put plishments of committees and subcommittees i treaty form peak of i load is expected 10 'come i this week, and it is not impossible that the i a i may work to delay the date of final adjournment. CHARGED WITH ATTACK ON YOUNG WOMAN, LYNCHED Revision of Building Regulations Probable as Result of Accident. a Bell. a negro, charged i a i attacked wom.in last night, was taken from i a by a of i i i men.

as he was i transferred to Jackson. for safe keeping and was shot to death. NEW POPE IS TO BE CHOSEN BY WEEK END Cardinal O'Connell of Boston Has Best Chance among Foreign Possibilities, But Consensus Is Italian Is Inevitable. LONDON, O'Connell of Boston, stands the greatest chance, amonr; the foreign cardinals, for election as pope, according to the Rome correspondent of the Sunday Times. WASHINGTON, Jan.

29. Four Investigations Into the Knickerbocker theatre disaster will way tomorrow. It will brought up in Congress In the morning, investigations were begun today by Engineer Commissioner Edward F. Keller for the. District of Columbia, and the.

Police department. A coroner's jury will be sworn in today. These two statements will receive primary consideration: Manager's Statement. By Robert E. Etrio, manager of the "theatre: "I called the main Crandall office Saturday and asked If we should not have the snow shoveled from the roof.

I was assured by .1 D. Morgan, our general manager, and by the architect o'f (he building-, H. TV. Geare, that it was safe." Congressman Frank Mondell, of Wyoming. Republicait floor leader, said today: "The question oj an Investigation into this a disaster undoubtedly, will be brought up when the House meets tomorrow." Senator James A.

Reed of Missouri, who was at the theatre shortly a the crash, said: "I have no there will be a Congressional investigation of the Knickerbocker theatre disaster (f, one should -be needed. In my opinf ion there is no doubt that tha collapse of the roof was due to gome structural weakness." Harry M. Crandall. president of the Cranaall theatres, said: "The Kniekerbocksr was the prize of our circuit, constructed at no limit of cost before the war, when the best materials and engineering brains were secured to make the house a model of theatre architecture and construction. The structure was subjected to and passed even municipal and govern- inspection and test." The theatre was constructed on the plan of the modern theatre style wihout pillars to block the view of the a i from any part of the house.

Steel trestles supported the roof and walls of the building, which wns built of concrete and a iron on the fireproof plan. It was built in 1917 and cost $150,000. Despite the fact that, in 1899 Washington had a snowfall of nearly three feet, thp District i i regulalions dn not provide ag'alnst the weight of so a a load of snow. The load on a roof Js hy experts in this a Trie sum of the i of the roof itself plus weight of the blow- Ing on roof plus thp weight o( snow. Snow Weight Excessive.

The average depth of snow in the capital at the i of the disaster was 2fi Inches. This would ma.kn the weight of snow on the roof of Ihe a about 20 to the- square It is a ir: per square foot snow load is provided against In i i in "Washington. Xo theatres were i In open in "Washington today until i roofs had ibeea cleared of enow and officially Inspected. Roofs of practically all the larger build- Ings were cleared orders by UIPI Police a The various Investigations are "sported to result In a. stricter i i code for the District of i a CAPITAL, AGHAST AT GROWING DEATH LIST, WATCHES RESCUE WORKERS CUT WAY TO VICTIMS WIN RE Barkeley, Kentucky Representative, Brings Out Numerous Victims.

FINDS A CRUSHED BODY With Superhuman Effort, He Frees Victim Still Alive-Not His Son. Other Disasters in American Theatres 'If the Pontiff IP to be a i er, no a i over be elected." says the Times correspondent. "For this rpfison a i a OX'onnel) bae the host chance. "But St. Peter's Chair has so long been filled by I a i a a i there is hope a other will lie chosen." Conclave Starts Thursday.

ROME. Jan. 2 3 i Associated 20 1st i of the a i lv elected by Saturday next, according- to the consensus of opinion as expressed by prelates a i i hero i the Car" dinals attached to the conclave. They expect the decision i be reached on the third or ballot. The conclave opens on Thursday, and from present indications thf work of i i a new Pope will be carried on e.vpedltiousfy.

"I do not a i i a i a contest, i some 1 said a prominent English crclc.iias- i a A there a a i views among- a i these differences are not iTpnonceialite. and I i a Srcred ('olles-p i I i i i i Benedict, in a a i short time. American and English dignitaries consider it a certa-tnty i (lie choice i a I a i a They believe I a be.sf eh.inres i i Cardinas Maffl, a i I.ftga and JjjiFontninc. A prominent English prelate, who asked that his name he i declared would be a great mistake lo elect a foreign cardinal, as thai would lead to i a i ami dissatisfaction among countries like HIP Stales. Great Britain and Trance, all of whom probably felt a merited high office, (Continued On Two.) TURKISH FLAGS AT HALF MAST IN HONOR OF POPE COXBTANTlNOPIiE.

a to established regulations, the i of Ministers ordered the a a i of Turkish flags on all i i i in honor of (he I PoPe Benedict. This first i i i i a i i i i i i i i fm- i i of a Christian of uf tb sovereign. WASHINGTON, Jan. the leaders in the work of rescue amid the ruins, of the Knickerbocker theatre throughout the night, was He presentatlve Alben W. Barkley, Democrat, of the first Kentucky district.

Those about him. striving frame-ally to dig through tons of. re-enforced concrete, broken steel girders and piles sncnw, while- piteous cries and shrieks for help from those pinned beneath the debris, saw in their tall, heavy-set co-worker only calm deliberate, fearless leader. They knew not that down in iis strove to keep baok a conviction born of fear that the next body, reached every time would be a his Mm-rell. In the street outside, hysterical, praying, Mrs.

Barkley waited--with what emotions only a mother can understand. Young Murrell had left for tho theatre only half an hour before tha roof caved in. "Word of the disaster quickly reached the Barkley home, a block and a half distant, and mother and father rushed madly to the scene. Dashes Into Buln Stationing his wife In a safe spot, and pleading with her to be brave. Representative Barkley dashed into the ruins and placed Jilmself at the head of one of the groups of rescuers.

Three hours and a half he forgot all fatigue and cold, though he had trudged four miles through the snow from the house of flea building to his home only a shori while before, as he brought out numerous victims, mangled but alive, and took turns stretcher-bearer when a dead body was Only one other similar accident in American history compares with that in whloh more than 100 persons were killed Saturday night in Washington. That was on November 6, 1898, when the roof of the Wonderland theatre in Detroit collapsed. Fifteen persons were hilled. Following are other accidents in American theatres that have resulted In heavy loss of life. Nov.

6, 1901. Klondyko theatre, Harley, Wisconsin, burned. Ten were killed. Dec, 3'0. 1903, Iroquole theatre, Chicago, burned.

A total of 602 persons lost their lives. Jan. 12, Rhoades theatre, Boyertown, burned. TTis death list totalled Dec. 26, 1918, panic in theatre in Calumet, in which 72 were killed.

30, 1916, 25 killed in theatre flr at Wallacetown, Vn. Nov. 14, 1920, 7 children tramped to death in moving picture panic in Manhattan. Nov. 28, 1921, fire in RIalto theatre.

New Haven, six were killed. LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED RED CROSS ON JOB, AIDS VICTIMS AND RESCUE WORKERS WASHINGTON. a 2 9 i workers of the district of i a a of the A i a Red Cross assisted the police, soldiers, firemen and volunteers all night and today in the Knickerbocker disaster. A call wa issued by the Red Cross a for gloves, woolen socks and sweaters for the relief workers and for a for ihe victims. An after roof of theatre caved in, a corps of physicians and nurses Dr.

William Earl Clark, chairman of the medica-1 section nf Red Cross disaster relief committee, were on a to airl. i i i i i and a Red workers supplier! the re lief i i i i i i coffee a food a a service that was established. (Continued On Two.) HARTFORDlOUTHS ARRESTED ON AUTO STEALING CHARGE a Paul. 16 and Rocc.o Donnelli, 20. both of Hartford, who are alleged to have stolen an a i in a Saturday evening, were captured early i i for the local pollen in i na they were i the city on a Meriden Middletown trolley, which they boarded a they abandoned the stolen fired a of shots at two men who chased lo Mertden from i and warled local police.

The Middletown police, who were notified from Msriden, captured I ho two and took from two 38 calibre They were then returned here and held i noon, when the Hartford police took a the stolen car back lo a i a POLICETlEijTENANT DIES FROM WOUND WEST N. Jan. 29, Police i a Charles Harms died a. hospital tonight from wounds received when he was fired by bandits who held up a messenger of the North Hudson National bank Saturday afternoon and escaped with a hag containing $21,000. NAVAL TANKER WITH 70 ABOARD IS ADRIFT NORFOLK, naval tanker Arethusa, with severity men aboard.

Is adrift on the Atlantic, ocean, according to Information received here. She was being towed by two coast guard cutters when the hawser parted In the storm. The a was carried rapidly away, and was lost to view. WASHINGTON, Jan. are names of identified dead in Knickerbocker Theatre disaster: Out df Town Victims.

ALDRICH, GUY 8., Salt Lake City, brother-in-law of Senator Reert Smoot. ERNBST S. engineer, Brooklyn, N. Y. FREEMAN, G.

South Bend, Indiana, violinist in KANSTO.V, OSKAR. his wife and two daughters, Helen Dorothy, aged, fifteen, and Anlyn, aged seven. 8847 North Winchester Chica.go. LEHMER, LEROJT AND WIFE, Mt. Vernon, New York.

MURRAY. JAMES The Plains. Virginia. SAMMON W. Kammerai, student at George Washington University.

SCOFIELD, W. Danville, Virginia. STEPHENSON. A 49 Franklin Boston. VANCE.

CAPTAIN R. H. Fredericksburg, former officer in British Army, and his i WALTEHS. I I A Brooklyn, student at Georget Medical School. DUTCH, MISS A A i Michigan.

Residents of Washington. ATKINSON. A E. BAKER, ALBERT. BARCHFIELD, A.

.1.. former Congressman from Pittsburgh, "BARCHFIELD, MIS.S, his daughter. BEAL, JOSEPH Musician in Orchestra. BELL, ARCHIE. BOURNE, T.

A. BRAINERD, A Washington Correspondent of Brooklyn Daily Eagle. BRA'INERD, MRS. c. c.

RRESLAU, BURN1E. RROUSSEAU, Adams, student at George Washington University. BU.EHLER. ALBERT. COVALL.

MRS. B. H. CROCKER. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, W.

M. DALE. MRS. MARLINE. DORCH, MISS CLARA.

A VINCENT. DICKLE. WILLIAM I. DORSEY, THOMAS F. DUKE.

KIRKLAND. ELDRIDGE, GUY S. ELDRIDGE, A. G. ELDRIDGE, MRS.

A. G. KRNEST. P. X.

FARR. L. M. FTEGE. CHRISTIAN, Musician in Orchestra.

FLEMING, JOHN P. FLEMING, A LEE, sister of above. LAMBERT. MISS A I i.EE. FOSTER.

MISS ESTHER. A MISS AGNES. GEARHART. MRS. CLYDE QERHART, MRS.

M. AND SON. HALL, MRS. VERA. HILLYER, DOUGLAS.

HUGHES, WILLIAM G. JEFFRIES. JOHN M. JEFFREYS, MISS ELIZABETH. KNESSI.

HOWARD G. LAMBY. PAULUS. LYMAN, DAVID. McKIMMIE, WYATT.

MELARTINDALE, MRS. GERTRUDE. MIRSKION. MISS AG.VES. MONTGOME.

MRS. GENE. I M. SCOTT. (Cautinned On Page Two.) With Unknown Number of Living Still Entombed Under Debris, Police, Firemen and Soldiers Struggle 1 ally to Reach Them--Whole City Given Over to ing Those Still Under Ruins and Caring for Close, 200 Injured.

By GENE FOWLER. WASHINGTON, Jan. the capital, stunned by- disaster, watched fearfully the ever-growing list or dead and dytejfi; -rom the entangled struts, supports and beams of the bocker motion picture theater. The total number of known dead in the Knickerbocker theatre 3 disaster was close to '10 at midnight. This includes 84 whose bodies were recovered from the rains and taken to the improvised morgue in the basement of the Chrtst- an Science church, and 24 others who died in local hospitals.

Search for Diplomats. Search is being' made for three said, speaking calmly and cooljr: "Forget About Me," "I am dying, I will be In 'ew minutes. Just forget about 'I aklng me in an ambulance. I tat'- '1 id you to put me In an ambnlanow. forbid you to put me in an ambulance.

I will appreciate It, nen. If you trill please go away immediately and let me die. services required in where you can save a poor soul. Leave me at once." The man closed his In death. Bremen worked all night with -heir picks and shovels.

Despairing- ly they endeavored to remove I concrete of the inner shell ot -the ceiling-, roof and walls that had suddenly beneath the -j of pounds of the mow tJ street; and ronfs of the citf. Soldiers from Fort Sty. crs were detailed i torches to cut through the twlMad mass of steel and aid in the rescue! Could Xot See VicUnis. luside the buckled walls of theatre, the early arriving rescuers reported that they were unabte a single member of the aiidt- II 'iice when work began. The eeilinjf had literally enguifi-u' the crowfl; variously estimated at between 800 and 1,500 persons.

The wide spreading- balcony, extending- half of lower floor ol the Ill- fated auditorium was sheared away as though by the scythe of death. were seated in balcony were partly protected fact that tho debris was mostly under them rather than over them Peculiarly enough, although tho walla are bulged outward, a window was broken in the theatre, ersons prominent in the Diploma corps who are believed to be among the unidentified den it or the 'ruing the Knickerbocker They are Madame Virginia l-'e- rand, ulster of Dr. Julio Bianchl. Guatemalan minister to the Unites States. L.

M. PRICE, Attache of the Venezuelan legation. TOMASSO ASSERTO, ot Kmhnssv. Believe All Bodies Out. Offlcers in charge of the search Jor bodies in the ruing of tha Knickerbocker theatre announced at 11:45 p- that they were con- vtnced all bodies had been removed, crumbled so The 'body of Dr.

Shea was the last thousands taken out, at about 9 o'clock to- that burled night. No living person was found the ruins after 1 o'clock this afternoon, when a man whose body was badly broken was rescued. He died a few hours later at a hosplta.1 Consternation 'resulted at the day progressed because of the circula. ion of false rumors to tha effect that cries and moans were -hearo coming from the riuns. One rumor was to the effect that five persom had been trapped in a room which had been blocked off and made inaccessible to the rescuers.

In every instance the rumors wen: investigated by officers. and found to be false. The condition ol the- ruins was such, the officers de- Those clared. late this afternoon, that no person could live under them. Bilil Entombed Under Debris.

Agonized cries, echoing faintly from the of fallen masonry and twilled superstructure ot the building, indicated a several persons are entombed by tiie debris Officials estimate that eight nre mprisoned. Frantic efforts were ing made to save these unfortunates In two instances, the were located beneath a mass of mal a I'nable release i rescue workers Passed to tlit victims made with picks at torches. Through these tubes warm milk and are being administered- The of severely i estimated at more a a hundred An are believed to have been in i ways. Is a city of clanging ambulances hurrying surgeons and nurses, grim faced citizens and i i incident? attendant on the most appalling theatre tragedy since the Iroqnoif fire. Soldiers on Guard.

The exclusive Mt. Pleasant sectioi Is military control. Constant ly gathering crowds, held back bj Midlers from Fort policemen firemen and volunteer rescuers, give an impression 1hat all Washingtoi hns gathered there. Frequently 'om fringe the swaying crowd that is not per milled to come nearer than a dead line one block and half from a side of the wrecked playhouse, then starts a cry. It Is but another rel stive or friend who struggles to cape the vigilance of the military outposts.

Despairing Relatives Wait. Men with tears streaming from their eyes are among the watchers. Many of them have been their since tho hrst news of the. collapse of the room of the handsome edifice in Washington's official residence district traveled like a sinlstar breath of tragedy the city. Wives, daughers, sons are among tho miss- Ing.

Medical men. most of whom have been working since tho collapse the film house at 9 2 0 o'clock last evening, are in attendance. Nurses from Walter Reed hospital aid the tired physicians and surgeons there. Many of these nurses were sum. monert while on relief.

There Is no faltering here. Officers of the military, themselves fatigued to the point of exhaustion, bark their commands hoarsely. They literally their men to renewed efforts to extricate the bodies of the, dead and particular ly of those yet living from the bled mass of material that was cata- pauled on the heads of a helpless audience last night. One, hospital was established in a nearby candy store. The spirit of the men who were dragged the i in a conscious condition here.

Hospital I anxiety. I were a i ready in lift onr 0 i of a a i a i Her cpn-J stretcher. Onrt of his arms had i i i i robust due to her been amputated by a falling beam. determination not to iuit The blanket of tragedy, white the heaviest snowfall in the record since the iata i30'a, had fall- en straight down. Bolt rpriKlit.

I). Bassett Prudigan, a volunteer rescue worker, late i afternoon Uncovered a man who sat bolt tup- right in his seat. The debris had formed an arch over him (Continued On Page Two.) POLICfPRlViT $15,000 BURGLARY IN CENTER OF CITY A $13.000 burglary of furs from store of Blenner and Slegle. furriers at i Golden Hill Street' 1 was frustrated early Sunday morn- I by the arrival of. Patrolman Daniel a The burglars evidently had- a lookout posted at Main street and' Golden Hill, who saw the approach of the policeman in time to give the The patrolman found a en- trance window smashed.

The pro- i prietors were notified and upon jl their arrival It was discovered that worth of various kinds of fur coats, had been piled, up by the burglars ready to be taken away. That the burglars wers familiar with the store was evidenced by. the 1 fact that they fail ul to touch wlres i of a burglar alar system which wolud have been sounded by a "per- I son a i i a with the inside'Worjt-j ings of ihe store. Some of the wires.) are close to the smashed window and only skilled hands would avoided them, the police s-iy mmlARDT IS SERIOUSLY ILL; EXPECT RECOVERY' PART'S, Jan. Sarah Bernhardt Is seriously ill with influ- in her Paris home.

She has forced to cancel her part in the gala performances on the Molelre tri- centenary. The i Issued by her physician says; "While htr ffi-pr gives rise to a.r» no fears for theij.