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DANVILLE, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 30, 1922 PRICE: TWO CENTS Depot Fireswept Early Sunday With Loss Fully $40,000 KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE TOLL 108 Southern Passenger Station Destroyed By Fire More Bodies Are Believed Pinned Under Heavy Roof May Be 24 Hours Before Complete Toll Is Learned- -103 Are In Hospitals- Rescuers Frantically Strive to Release One Man Believed to Be Still Alive. WASHINGTON, Jan. a total of 107 dead and 103 injured removed from the ruins of the Knickerbocker Theater early today, rescuers were still struggling with the heavy wreckage left when the snow-laden roof of the structure collapsed Saturday night during the showing of a feature comedy. Brigadier-General Bandholtz, who is in charge, said it might be another 24 hours before the work would be completed.

It is believed, however, that the section remaining to be explored would yield few additions to the awful list of dead and injured. A party of rescuers was still struggling to release from the wreckage now being overturned, one man believed to be still alive although imprisoned for 36 hours. The death of Miss Mary Forsyth, of Washington, brought the death list from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster to 108. All the dead and injured are being removed from the Christian Science church, which served as a clearing house for victims. Little hope is held for the recovery OI Edward H.

Shaughnessy, assistant postmaster-general, who with wire and cmilaren were injurea in the crash. ROARS OF LAUGHTER; SCREAMS OF ANGUISH WASHINGTON, Jan. hundred and seven lives were lost in the Knickerbocker theatre last nign: when the roof weighted by more than two leet of snow collapsed, patrons of the nouse under Thing blanket of concrete, plaster and steel, according to unomeial but carefully checked records. of the dead, 92 had been identified at dark tonight. The large majority of the victims, both killed and injurresideats of this city, aled, were though many came recently from oiner places.

Exploration of the ruins (Continued on Page 3.) Injured Girl Rapidly Recovers Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mary Mrs. W. M. Lee, who was injured soyeral days ago witen struck and run over by an automobile driven by Bar-! Ramos, is recovering rapid gess her injur.es.

She was dismissed from is at her grandmothfrom the few days ago' hospitaling al er in the county. Mr. Ranios be given a hearing tomorrow morning in the mayor's court. Tragic Episode Of Catastrophe ophe (Ey George I. Manning.) WASHINGTON, D.

Jan. Little Miss Mary Vance, 12-year-out of Col. and Airs. H. Conroy daughter Vance, by a French mad, played tended the apartment in the Highlands about Hotel apartments today ignorant her father and mother the fact that Knickerbocker diwere killed in the Faster of Saturday night.

old, student et St. A 18 years in New Hampshire but Paul's College hospital there with bro now in 1 the Len arm. was informed today only his father had been injured. that retired officer of the Col. Vance, a president of a Lana Dr tish army, is in but little is knowle of the famiy at the Highlands where seemed to have no close they quaintances.

Et is said that Colonel Vance returned from Fredericksbury every week -end. to Washington to be no relatives in There appears America to care for the remains 00 deceased. Cablegrams have beer: the relatives in England and telto exrams friends. in Fredericksburg expected to arrange for the wh are funeral. Col.

and Mrs. Vance left their apartment for the Knickerbocker Saturday night, leaving little Mary Vance in care of the maid and the cook. Their failure to return was noted until Sunday morning. Still not the maid and cook and daughter knew nothing of the whereabouts of the Vances until the police, who had noted their residence from papers found Col. Vance's pockets, called to inform the family.

This morning little Mary Vance was told that her father and mother were slightly injured in the Knickerbocker crash, and is being prepared for the worst news tomorrow. Mrs. Woods, wife of Congressman James P. Woods, of Roanoke, who also resides in the Highlands, went to the Vance apartment soon as she read the papers the death of the colonel and his wife and took little Mary to their apartment for dinner and had her spend the rest of Sunday and today playing with the Woods children. Two other victims claimed by death In the Knickerbocker disaster were John M.

Jeffries, 28 years of age, and his sister, Miss Elizabeth Jetfries. 24 years old, both of Richmond, son and daughter of L. E. Jetfries, general counsel of the Southern Railway Company. They were found side by side, buried in the debris and it is belleved that they were seated together when the crash came.

Building Evidently Burning Long Before Discovery Is Made Is Total Loss- -Express Office Saved- Baggage and U. S. Mail Is Burned. Warehouse Damage Heavy In This Part boro, N. Pioneer wareReports reaching, here from Roxhouse; one of the largest brick structures in that town caved in on Saturday result of the heavy snow demolishing the building.

A few hours later the Winstead warehouse gave way and virtually demolished. Several other buildings were demolished and it is further reported that some property holders paid as high as $10 per hour for the removal of snow from sagging roofs. Watts' warehouse at Reidsville, caved in on Saturday. At Martinsville came the report that while the snow over Henry county is deep, there have been no cave-ins. PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD WASHINGTON, Jan.

identified dead in the Knickerbocker theater catastrophe are: Former Representative A. R. Barchfeld, formerly of Pittsbuffib: Pa. Helen Barchfeld, daughter of the former representative. Archie Bell, formerly of Vineland.

N. Miss Nannie. Lee Lambert, formerly Ashboro, N. C. John W.

Murray, The Plains, Virginia. Onauncey C. Brainard, Washcorrespondent of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Mrs. Chauncey Brainard.

W. B. Sammon, of Wyoming, student of George Washington university. W. L.

SCHOOLFIELD, DANVILLE, VA. Laverne Sproul, aged 17, Chicago, nephew of Representative (Conunued on Page 5.) Klansmen Attend Mr. Rice's Funeral Robed members of the Ku Klux Klan yesterday afternoon attended the funeral services of James Temple Rice, whose tragic death on Saturday, when he fell through a skylight at Banner warehouse, has been recorded. The following inscription was found on the card attached to the floral emblem laid on the grave: be the Klansman's tie Of real fraternal love, That binds us in a fellowship Akin to that above. K.

K. When the graveside in Green Hill was reached by the Masons cometery had charge of the service, tour nooded and white-clad members of mysterious order appeared as though trona nowhere. solapproached the grave and einuly placed a scarlet Moral cross on the casket as it stood over the grave. The four members then formed a 01035, one standing at the head, another at the foot, and two al the sides. There no spoken word GL certain signs in accordance with he riuat were made, after which figures disappeared and the committal ceremony was completed.

It was the first time since the revival of the order that a funeral has been attended by members. The service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.

R.ce, parents of the deceased on Colquhoun street, was in of Rev. H. W. DuBose, D. of the First Presbyterian church, which Mr.

Rice was 8 member. The attendance was exceptionally large and at the graveside there was a large number of people who faced the inclement weather and by their presence gave expression to their sympathy and sense of loss. The following pall-bearers bore the body to the nwly-made grave: Bruce Davis, Wills Adams B. F. Plankenship, Rosser Bradley, Charles Brad.ey, Ernest.

White, Frank Carter and Beverly Ruffin. The following bore the floral designs: T. I. Cobb, J. C.

Blair, Harold Carter, Leonard Carter, Emmett Moon, Vernon W. E. Oakley, H. Giles, Garland Reynolds, Thurston Bendall, Lewis McCubbins, Hobart Luther. Luther Poindexter, J.

T. Posey, W. G. Talley, Preston Oslin. Herman Oslin, John Travis, Gosney A.

C. Crafton John B. McDaniel, Hi L. Ferguson, J. R.

son. W. L. Norton, Claude Cabbing, W. 0.

Dodson. T. C. Hurd. E.

Linkn. H. B. McCormick, Harvey Hayes, J. T.

Luther, J. D. Brown, E. P. Parham, Samuel Turner, Posey Ashworth, J.

T. Vernon and W. T. Ackers. Colored Gamblers Are Fined in Court Fines of $2.00 and costs were imposed on Leon White.

Algie Petren, James Richardson, George Hairston and William Swann, all colored. this morning in mayor's ON charges of gambling. 'The negroes were arrested Sunday night by Police Officer O. S. Mayberry at the home of Swann at Epps crossing after he had watched them for some time through a window.

All denied the charge this morning, stating that they had gone there for the purpose of paying a visit to Swann, whom say was sick. James colored. Was fined $2.50 for creating a disturbance. Will Motley, colored. fined $5 for failing to provide police protection at all entertainment.

Laticia English and Louise Williams. colored. were fined $5 for cree ating disturbance by hse of profane language. Wesley Smith, colored: fined $30 and costs for carrying concealed weapons and $10 fo rheing drunk. A piatol.

al razor and another dangerous knife were found on Smith's person. Reagon Russell fined $2.50 and costs for gaming. The Southern Railway passenger station, built 30 years ago, was totally destroyed by fire between five and fivethirty on Sunday morning when fire, apparently securing a hold in the space between the first floor roof and the high gable, spread both ways with a rapidity which lit up the whole town almost before the fire alarm was rung. The loss is estimated at about $40,000. The railway fund company derived carries its own fire insurance through a special from its revenue.

By noon yesterday a temporary ticket office had been built of rough lumber in the subway and while no tickets could be sold as the supply had been consumbed the travelling public was permitted tickets on the trains without paying the excess. to buy The fire, Danville's third serious fire since ning of the month, was fought under begingreat difficulty. The city fire engines had to forge their way through deep snow at a slower gait than under normal circumstances, and while all the departments made all the haste they could, some time elapsed before the West End and the Northside ers on which the city has to rely for pressure streams, could pumpget into action. Farmers Feel Effect Of Snow "The Human Fly" to Scale Burton This Afternoon Permission has been granted by the management of the Burton hotel to George G. Polley, "The Human Fly' to climb that building this afternoon at 5 o'clock.

Hundreds gathered on Main Saturday afternoon to witness the feat but were disappointed owing the fact that permission had not been granted the young dare-devil to scale the walls. All arrangements have now been completed and it is assured that the thrilling performance will take place this afternoon. After reaching the roof. Polley will do a number of harzardous acrobatic stunts, including standing on his head on the very edge. He will then ascend the dome and go to the top of the da flagpole.

It was said this morning that Polley had been refused permission to climb the dame as it was considered in too bad a condition as the slate roofing was very loose at places. On the contrary the "fly' says he is going to the top of the flagstaff some way no matter what happens. Will Choose New Pope Thursday ROME. Jan. 30.

Preparations were begun today for the convening A Thursday of the solemn conclave at by which cardinals of the Roman Cath- to olic church will choose a pore to suc- field, ceed Beneatet. well The farmers around Danville are feeling the effect of the snow. To them the heavy covering is by no means a disaster, as it is good for the earth and gives promise of good crops. All farm work is suspended and the people in farmhouses are compelled to remain in. They are spending their time bringing in wood and tending the stock.

J. H. Warren, who lives near Danville, who had urgent business here yesterday, braved the' dangers of a badly snow drifted road. He removes the rear wheels of a wagon. which are larger than the front wheels, and attaching a wagon tongue to it, he harnessed two pound mules, and with one of his friends, came to Danville.

The snowdrifts in places, he said today, were taller than the average man. The straining mules brought the strange conveyance, with the men seated on it, safely to town, but it was a rough trip, he said. Reports from the Danville and Western line are that in the mountain country of Patrick, west of Danville the snowfall was not quite 03 heavy as it was here. Train service has been uninterrupted except for a slight derailment at one point on the line. Wedding License Issued Jeffries was crushed about the chest and 1: is thought he died instantly.

His sister, however, was alive when was found. but died five hours later at the emergency hospital. Both Jeffries and his sister identified by their luther, who went to the scent when he heard wha had happeLed. He said he knew his son and daughter had gone to the theatre and when he heard of the crash he rushed the scene. found his son's body in the improvised, hospital and at Science morque round from the corner of the church, hospita land his daughter had been given first aid at the church, then rushed to the emergency hospital.

They were found at 6:30 Sunday night. Miss Jeffries died at 11:30. The family was formerly from Selma, where the interment will be made. No further arrangements for funeral have been completed. Jeffries connected with a real estate company and his sister made her debut in Washington society two years ago.

Mrs. Annie E. Penn Buried This Morning The funeral of Mrs. Annie E. Penn, who died on Saturday evening in Staunton, was conducted at eleven o'clock this moring from the home cf Mrs.

Kate Penn Bass on Broal street. Rev. J. Callaway Robertson conducted the service. The pall-bearers were: A.

D. Starling. A. M. Aiken, J.

H. Schoolneid, George G. Temple, W. B. HIll, Eugene Withers.

Julian Meade, George Mar. tin. J. C. Watson and Frank Talbott.

The flower bearers were: J. N. Wyllie, Julian Jordan, C. B. Davis.

R. Beerman. E. B. Withers.

J. E. Over. bey. P.

H. Boisseau. Williamson, Hartley Penn, J. Graveley, I. Pritchett, C.

I. Booth. Hunt Wimbish. J. B.

Anderson, W. T. Cousins, W. B. Jordan, Kvle Jones, Dr.

R. B. James, M. O. Nelson, R.

J. Jones, Captain Wooding. R. Fitzgerald. Albert Patton.

L. N. Dibrell, B. V. Booth, Dr.

J. M. Robinson, Judge Withers and Miles Puryear. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mrs. and Mrs.

E. A. Raney announce the approaching marriage of their daughter. Miss Isabelle Clifford Raney. to William Clyde White, the wedding to take place in the early spring.

Chains for pneumatic and solid tires. All sizes. Wilson-Meade Motor Co. 1-27 BandR3t Trolley Service Is Reestablished Tracks Cleared by 5:30 P. M.

Sunday--Danville Is Digging Out of Bad Storm Another Caves in. For the first time since Thursday night. regular street car service was re-established on Sunday evening at 5:30 p. m. at which time the North Danville route had been re-opened and the Holbrook depot line da had been cleared of snow, which prevented the operation of cars.

This. after re-establishment 36 hours of of great service physical effort on the part of the street car company's force assisted by army tanks which providentially were in Danville just in time to be of major service to the community. These tanks dragging road machines, removed the hard packed snow from beassistance of plows it was possible to tween the tracks and with the further restore something like normal conditions. C. G.

Holland, president of the company, who devoted his time to the street car situation from the time the snow storm blockaded the community, said this morning that the loss to the street car would be several thousand dollars. Not only was there a complete lack of revenue during the time of suspension but there were additional expenses in connection with clearing the tracks. Mr. Holland stated today that the thanks of the street car company and also of the citizens were due to Captain Ashby K. Raine who commands the tank outfit in Danville, and also to the men his command who at an early stage of the tie-up proffered the services of the company and its street equipment free of charge to the car company.

Captain Raine sustained a. severe injury yesterday. He was driving one of the tanks up North Main street hill when one of the iron doors slammed to and caught one of his fingers, so mutilating it that he may have to have it removed. Mr. Holland in a statement today said that in behalf of the car company he thanked the public for its indulgence during the unavoidable delay in service.

It was explained today that the task in front of the street car company on Friday morning was no small one. The number of automobiles and motor trucks which were abroad during the storm packed the snow tight down in tire car tracks making it more difficult to remove. Danville began the task of "digging (Continued on Page 5.) Chains for pneumatic and solid tires. All sizes. Wilson- Motor Co.

1-27 BandR3t Patronize Patterson. We are as near you aS your telephone. Phone 996. 1-28RB2t Lovick Schoolfield Is Theatre Victim Danville Man Killed in Crash, Also Mrs. A.

G. Eldridge, Known Here As Hattie Elsom, R. M. I. Student.

wedding license has been issued the clerk of the corporation court Lindsey Wharton Cook, of Schooland Bessie Maude Cook, Cascounty. Storm Moving Seaward Now (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. Vachington is digging out from under more than two feet of snow which fell during Friday and Saturday. Fair weather followed the storm.

which Weather Eureau officials said was moving safely seaward with the center near Cape Cod. Street car service is being restored and trains are sail to be running practically again. One well down Danville man, and a young woman who received her education here were victims in the catastrophe at Washington when the roof the Knickerbocker theatre caved in last Saturday night. William Lovick Schoolfield. son of Mrs.

J. E. Schoolfield, was one whose dead body was removed from the bris. Mrs. A.

G. Eidridge, whose deal name appears with her husband as among the dead will be remembered in Danville as Miss Hattie Elsom. She received her education in this city at the Randolph- Macon Institute and had many relatives and friends here. She was a cousin of Mrs. John P.

Swanson and E. T. Estes. Lovick Schoolfeld was among the first be taken from the scene of the disaster. His name was first sent out W.

S. Schofield and until yesterday evening it was not realized that it was the Danville man. Samuel Schoolfield, who with Mrs. J. E.

Schoolfield and the two Misses Schoolfield are in Washington, telegrpahed to relatives here, yesterday confirming an early suspicion that "Schofield" might be and that in the immediate confusion there had been an error in the transmission of the name. In his tele(Continued on Page 5.) William Macleod Raine's Best Book Starts Today On Page Pass" Is a Western Story Of a New Type and a Thrilling Novel For Lovers Of Swift Action, Vital Men and Women, and the Clamor Of the West. Raine's Great Novel Deals With the Coming Of Oil to the Cattle Country. Engineer Charley Baker Resumes Run After Engineer Charles W. Baker, a wellknown railroad man on the Southern, who in November, 1920, was terribly injured in an engine explosion, has again taken his cab and is making nis runs.

Mr. Baker, who lives at Spencer, N. was on the day of the accident in the of the engine drawing No. 5 when. soon after it left Spencer, the boiler burst.

The engineer received the full force of the of live steam in the face and was terribly injured. He was treated hospital for weeks and it was feared for some time that he could not -urvive. He has, however, made a winning fight and after a long convalesence he is now running between Spencer and Monroe. Va. WEATHER FORECAST For Virginia: Parly cloudy tonight; Tuesday unsettled: probably followed by snow in extreme southwest portion.

The subscription party given by the Danville chapter of U. D. C. will he held on Tuesday, January 31st, 3:30 p. m.

at the Elks' club. The at players will please bring their own cards and card table covers if desired. Those giving sandwiches wil please have them at club by two o'clock. 18 FIRE CALLS DURING MONTH Danville's fire 109s this month promises to be the heaviest within a similar period in the history of Danville department. A study of the fire alarm record shows that since January 1, eighteen calls have been answered.

From Sunday a week ago until. yesterday, monetary eight loss runs is had probably been more than $200,000 taking into consideration large fires and a number of smaller ones affecting residences. At 12:50 o'clock yesterday the firemen were called out by alarm No. 28 to the home of Alex Green, 829 Vallev street where a slight blaze was put out. This street is behind Gay street and the firemen had great difficulty in driving their engines through the snowy streets.

Dynamiting Fish In Smith River The authorities of Henry county are investigating the wholesale dynamiting of fish in Smith River, some distance above Martinsville. Several times recently quantities of dead fish have been seen floating down the stream, and it was at first thought that they had been poisoned. Since then it is reported dynamite has been freely used to catch tish. this resulting in their wholesale destruction. Efforts will be made to punish those responsible for the offense.

Phone Patterson your drug wants. Delivery anywhere in city. Phone 996. 1-28RB2t. The fire appeared to have its inception over the dining burned, destroyed, white the and ticket colored omewhich waiting rooms, the baggage room and the entire superstructure, including the tower in the middle, which burned like a beacon.

The firemen after fatting to work concentrated their efforts at saving the extreme northeastern wing of the building and by hard work actually prevented the express office from being damaged by fire. The flames were eating their way swiftly to this structure, which is connected with the mail building by a shed. For some. minutes there was anxiety over the city gas holders, few yards away, although it was said today that had the express office burned, there would have been no danger. Little could be saved from the building which appears to have burned for a long time before anybody connected with the establishment became aware of fire.

Ticket Agent Moody had just time enough. to seize his hat and some of the money and made his exit as the roof began to fall in. Firemen entered the ticket office, however, and saved several boxes of money and turned these over to authorized persons, About $25 appears to have been destroved by the fire. A negro porter seems to have been the first to NOtice the fire burning in the roof and eating it way through. At abous the same time a traveling man was In the restaurant eating a hasty when red hot embers began to tall through the ceiling.

Within the next few minutes the flames burst through and once the shingle root vas 190- nited, the fire spread rapidly. There is reason to believe that the fire. was burning as early as Saturday evening. E. A.

Cole, a former ticket agent at Danville, who happened to be here. WaS watching workmen removing snow front the tepot roof on Saturday evening. He remarked at the time that it was strange that one section of the root should have NO snow upon it. He observed that water wats running freely off this section. Ho now realizes that fire must have been smouldering under the roof at that time a sullicient to create heat, melting the snow.

When fire alarm No. rang and the Patton street department turned into the snow -littered street. the lower end of town was already brightly Illuminated. The engine bucked its way through the snow as fast as it was possibly to drive A naturai pressure stream was laid and coupled up after the fireplug had been dug out. Water was being thrown when the West End and Northside equipment arrived and hooked up with power streams.

Three streams were played on the now brightly burning mass. Call men came as expeditiously as possible, but it was hard for them to make good time tramping and running through the snowy streets, some of them from distant points. It remained for the comparatively small fire force of station men to wrestle with the fire, which quickly enveloped the 200 foot long building. The fire burned itself out by about half past six o'clock, leaving only the longitudinal walls standing one of these being so badly warped by the heat that it is feared that structure cannot be rebuilt unless the walls are removed entirely. The loss in the baggage room was very heavy.

There was an unusually large accumulation of luggage, due to the fact that there had been no train (Continued on Page 5.) Life Ins "Buy from Bass.".