Medpokd Mail Tribune
The Weather
Marlmum yaatarday. 3u
Minimum today 21 A
Predictions
Rain.
T)lly HlxUrnili Yiutr.
Waehly Hfty-Klrai Xfmt.
MEDFOIID, OUEfJOX, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1922
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108 DEAD IN
II CRASH
13? INJURED
Extent of Horror Grows As
Wreck ot Knickerbocker
Theatre in Washington Is
Searched Fear Many of
Injured Will Die Senate
Demands Investigation.
WAHIUNOToN. Jan. JO. Tho
death toll front tho Knickerbocker
theater dtaaater of ftaturdny Mxht
Was brought la 101 tudiiy with thg
death In a hoapltnl ot Mia Mary A.
Forsyth, & resident of Washington.
At duybrrak thla morning tho
M-archera had explored nliinml every
portion of tho dehrla-atrewn struc
ture without finding any mora bod
! and It was bvlluved thai any ad
dition would coma from 4110 Hit of
Injured, avvvral of whom were In a
arrloua condition.
Colonel Chnrlna Keller. V. 8. A.,
engineer, rommlaaloner of the lllilt
of Columbia, took charge of the
forcpa m th thentar alto aa tho mili
tary gave way to the civilian force.
Proton la iH'uinmktl.
WAHIUNOTON, jn. 30. Invvatl
gallon ot the Knickerbocker theater
duuater by a annte comnilttea I pro
Pad In a rrm.lutliin Introduced by
Henulor Capper, republican, Kansas,
a memltrr of the aenate Iilstrbt ot
Columbia .nmndiH Under the rules :
V'"""1"" r',"",, 10 lh'l
audita and control committee.
Hupnortln thn resolution. Henator
Frvllnshuyarn. republican, Nw Jer
sey, aald tha Investigation should tx
"a W4dvrvad one of the enllr-t dis
trict government," ad
knew from peraunal
many building lu . Waahtitaton were
fire trapa, whb-h nilaht at any time
coat a orr at llvaa.
Two Houae I'mrca Killed.
WAHHINUTON. Jan. 30. r- Two
houan of reprraentatlvea page were
among thoaa killed In the KnU ker.
nw r inrn.i-r oiaiiawr. . j nay were
Lavernn Hproul, a nephew of llepre-
aentatlve Hproul of Iltlnola, and Cut
ler 1-aflln, Jr.. both of Chlcaao. Itf
lln worked at night ns a Knicker
bocker uaher.
WABHINOTON. Jan. SO. With a
total of 107 dead and 1S3 Injured re-i
moved from tho ruins of tho Knliker-
Wker motion picture theater nt an 1
early hour today, the rescuers stilt
were atruKKlliig with the heavy ; . , . . .
wreckage left when the enow-lude,, CO"t ' r.' ,
roof of II... structure collated dur!n! , Tno '"',nt cnmmltfo of tbo con
the showing of a comedy feuiurrf bill . f"r,nfe m mm t " 8:30 '"""""row
Saturday night. I afternoon to receive the rciorts of Us
Hrlaadler (teneral Handholtt. com-' naval committee of fifteen and the
msnder of federal troops In tho dla- Kar Eastern committee of the confer
trlit. In personal charge of thn roa-jence will meet a half hour later to
cue work, said It might be twenty j receive what may be final reports from
our nuura oeioro u couiu oe saia
aenniieiy mere were no moro dead
or Injured.
It was believed, however, that the
section now being explored would
yield few additional to tha awful lint
of dej and Injured, It being near the
rear and under tho part of tho bol
cony which held up when tho front
of It crashed upon tho theater pit be
neath the Impact of the falling roof.
A party of the rescuers curly today
had ben struggling for hours to re
lease from the part of tho wreckage
now being overturned, one man be
lieved to bn yet alive, although Im
prisoned under tho maaa for nearly
30" hours. Tho great weight of the
steel beama and concrete which
nun me root nave in many
"""",n:, "' ne rescue or victims
harrowlngly slmv and difficult.
Capital flowed In (irlof.
Tho capital city was bowed In grief
today to learn tho full extent of tho
tragedy with tho rooovery of victims
yetrtorday and last night. This waa
tho more intonsoly shared by the
rent of tho country bvcauito of tho
conslderabln number of visitors who
suffered in tho catautropho. Presi
dent 'Harding, in a fttglomunt Inst
(Continued on tge six.)
CRIME INCREASES AS
DUBLIN, Jan. SO. -(Dy Associated
Pretta.) British evacuation of Ireland
la proceeding moro Kpoodlly than was
anticipated. Each day noes a large
tin ni bor of troopo leave Dublin und
othor points, Doparturo of tho Dublin
garrison Is due to begin this week.
It Is taken for granted that tho new
Irish army will be established prompt
ly and green uniforms are bolng manu
factured on a large scalo.
It Ik noteworthy that the evoctia-
tlonH of thn DrKinh fins occurred every
TROOPS
EVCUAl
'Down With the Paper
Yell Crazed Member
Of Pontifical Choir
HOME. Jon. 30. (By the
Associated Press.) Suddenly
becoming violently insane, a
member uf the pontifical choir
toduy created a annua t Ion In tbu
Hlstlmi I'hapitl during tUe r-
uulcm maaa for thn lata Pope
Benedict XV. by shouting:
'.'Down with thn pope."
I la Insisted upon loading the 4
4 procoaslon cut of the chapel. 4
4 preceding tho cardinals and 4
4 somewhat rotiKhly tdbowug 4
4 Cardinal Vaiiiiuti'llt before be 4
4 waa dverpowered by the Swiss 4
4 guards and locked up. 4
4 4
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L TREATY
IS
Two Plenary Sessions to Be
Held Wednesday One to
Make Public Naval Treaty,
Other Agreement On Prob
lems in the Far East.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Hy Aao-
mod Press.) Two nlouary sessions,
AGREEMENT ON
N AVA
III
f h W,.hngion conference will be'ltute enter In football and regular
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after a meetlnn of the naval commit-
tee of 11 at which a final aRreemcnt
waa said to have been reached on the
A . .. . i I fortifications question, the only naval
UclliiB Hint lie I , . , . i
km.wleda. tht'U"e remaining; unsolved when the
luiiiiniuiMi wrni iuvo scssHin. :
I'nder the axriH-ment aald to have
been n'arbi'd by the naval committee
of fifteen today In taking up tha quns-
Hon of lorttflcatlons there will bo no
Increase In the fortifications In tha
Aleutian Islands, owned by the United.
gulM nnJ lhc Kurllo innii, owned'
by Japan. ... .
The first plenary aesslon will be
held In tho morning and the other In
tho alterniHin. One, It la understood,
will be-held to proclaim ta the world
the tent of tho naval treaty and the
other probably will deal with Far,
Eastern ntiestloua
It waa indicated,
however, that this mlaht not mean tho
fn pm,,R f the Washington confer-1
.,.. ,,,.U1U .,,.. haVB lo ho
, subcommittees
New Cattle Finance
Company for Oregon
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Formation
of a livestock company for handling 1
tho financing of sheen and cattle. In
Oregon and Idaho will be undertaken
shortly an a result of conferences of
woHti'tn boukors at tho war finance
.........
or,.o.uon. ii wu anuouuvuu iuu,
i.y managing mrecior i-.ttgeno wyor.
W. 1'. I'ollllian Of ltllker. Oregon,
Mr. Meyer said, had been discussing
th livestock needs of eastern Oregon
and southern Idaho with tho corpo-
ration and proposed to form a com
puny with an authorised cupital of at
least $7,250,000 to tuko caro ot those
states' needH.
Sweden Accepts Invite
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 30. The Swed
ish government has accepted tho Invi
tation received a few days ngo from
tho Italian government, to send ropre
Huntativos to 1ho Genoa conference.
THE BRITISH
fES
whore without manifestation, there
bolng no sign of either rejoicing or
regret. .
Tho transition from one government
to unothor has boon rapid, but crim
inals have done tholr best to tako ud-
vantago ot any confusion arising from
tho chango. Thero have boen daring
bank robberies and holdups through
out the country and oven in Dublin
city, but tho now government is deal
ing vIsorouHly with the criminul elo
mont,
OUTH
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AND
PIRHT TO
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UHlVILr.UHLL
STARS QUIT
Pigskin Cracks Confess Guilt
to Father Carey As Result of
Carlinvillo Scandal Eddie
Anderson, All-American End
Is Among Number John
Mohardt Exonerated.
BOUTH I1KND. Ind., Jan. 30. (By
Associated Press,) Eight Notre Dame
university athlete today voluntarily
confessed to Father William Carey,
chairman of lh albl-tlc board, and
Knute Koc.kno, football eoacb, that
they bad played In the semi -profession-al
football Kama at Taylorsvllle, 111.,
November 27, 1921, with the Carlin
villo, 111., team. They were Immedi
ately (Unqualified from further athletic
competition at Notre Dame.
The eight men were:
Eddie Anderson, Mason City, Iowa,
all-Amorican end.
Chester Wynne. Orlnoque, Kas., all
Western fullback selection of several
football writers, and star hurdler.
Roger Klloy, Chicago, star varsity
end, captain of the basketball team
and atar track man.
Lawrence Shaw, Stewart, Iowa, var
sity tackle and western champion shot
,lUtt,.r
Harry Mara, Huntington. Ind., sub-
Robert Thelan, Fort Madison, Iowa,
,ul)Uuw varsity fullback.
u-i.h AdH.n low., aub.tituta
varsity back.
Dick Selfert, Carllnvllle. III., substi
tute end.
The ptayere exonerated Gua Dcsch.
roemlKT of the American Olympic
It-am aud John Mohardt, ail-American
back from taking part In the game.
Myag ,ht ne,ther WM Jn mf w,y
Impllcuted In the affair.
CARLINVILLK. Ill Jan SO Mr
Anderson declared he has not said
h ,,, hred ,nd pad th No,w
men BBd ,hat far as he
could say they did not receive any
moll0.. e aald alt he bad done In
,no pai(t W,B t0 nandIe ,he club.,
flnanco. ,.,d th.t n8 had iUllo ,-.
Bon.i tuuch with the Dlavers.
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HASTENS 10 WIFE
JACKSON'. 'Minn., Jam SO. A. C.
TownU-y, president of tho national
non-partisan league, was released
from tho Jackson county jail here
today after serving a ninety-day sen
tence for violation of tha state -?plon
JJr8 e
act. Townley immediately left
Paul to visit his wifo, who Is
111.
JACKSON. Minn. Jun. SO. After
serving g 00-day sentence for violation
of tho stute espionage act. A. C
Townley. president of the national
nony1"'""" 1UK. ' b released
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Town,.y hn8 proved to appear at
ra,go. N. D.. on February 6 to answer
lr ,-Vluru-., rr rnmnlli-IK- In lh .1.
legod embeizlemcnt of 13000 by J. J
Hastings from tho Scandinavian
American bank of Fargo. Hastings
Is a former officer of tho bank and is
being sought
T, N.Y.
XEW YORK, Jan. 30. Six -thou
sand women and girla employed in
shops In the lower Fifth avenue dis
trict were ordered on atrlke today by
tho Ladles v.alat and Dressmakers'
union as a protest against a propos
ed 25 percent wage reduction.
Tomorrow and IWdnesday, union
leaders said, the remainder ot the
40.000 workers affected by the wage
reduction proposal would be called
out.
Yuklma lUvcr Frown Over.
YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. SO. The.
continued cold hna frozen over tho
Yakima river botwoon Harrison and
Pomona so that .persons may now
walk across the stream In safety. Tho
hummocks of Ice on tho surfaco are
aro about fourteen inches thick.
The river at this point has not boen
frniion over "for nhnut ten years-
OWNLEY RELEASED
6000
DRESSMAKERS
WALK 0
One May Be Successor Pope Benedict
n'-' - tU! YT K:
hCJ ; "Oil
C&faUziAl Cabmerc
Here are four cardinals mentioned as likely successors to Pope Benedict.
Cardinal Pletro Maffl la archbishop of Pisa; Cardinal Merry Del Val la the
present cardinal chamberlain; Vlncenzo Vannutelli la dean of the college of
cardinals: Cardinal Gabrlere is the oldest cardinal in the college of cardinals.
w LLARDBATTERY EA SECRECY
SERVICE-STATION
The Willard Battery service eta
tlon and electric shop at Sth and
Bartlett waa entered by thieves Sat-
urday night somctimo after 10 o'clock
and approximately $1,000. worth ot
automobile accessories and office
fixtures were stolen.
The stolen goods consists of one
Burroughs adding machine, ono
check protector, half dozen spot-i
lights, half doien electric horns, one
Elsraann magneto, epark plugs,
assortment ot switches and four new
Willard storage batteries.
Entrance was gained by "jimmy-
ing" the lock. from the front door of
me esianiisumeui win a crowoar ana
the loot was .carted away in a car. I
It is not believed that the work was
that of local thieves but C. L. Brown,
proprietor of the Klectrtc Shop re
quests that local garage men and ac
cessory dealers bo on the alert and
report to the chief ot police any at
tempt to dispose of the stolen goods
lo them.
No definlto clues have yet been
found as to the Identity ot the cul
prits but it is believed that a number
ot persona took part in the robbery.
E.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 30. Baltimore
and Its suburbs today were slowly dlg-
Ing themselves free ot the two days'
auow blockade. The railroads report
ed a return to virtually normal condi
tions yesterday and the ice In the bay
had broken up enough to allow a par
tial resumption ot navigation.
Snow fell continuously from 7 p. m.
Friday to 6 a. m. yesterday, with a
total precipitation of 2G.5 inches.
O. A. C. to Enter Team
Pennsylvania Relay
CORVALL1S, Ore.. Jan. 30. Oro
son Agricultural college track team
wilt enter a four-mile relay team in
tho 28th annunl inter-collcglato track
meet at tho University of Pennsyl
vania, April 28-29, in Philadelphia,
cnth Ti,h -ho win nn,.a
are Ray Dodgo. Walker. Swan. Graves
and 81ms. Men oIbo may be cntored
in tho javolln, high jump and hurdlo
and distance medley relay, ...
R0BBEDUFS1000, POPE'S ELECTION
2 INCHES S NOW
BALTImOR
drimaJ Vknnutellt
TO
30. (By Associated
Press.) Final preparations were be-
gun today for the convening on Thurs-
day ot the solemn conclave at which
the cardinals of the Roman Catholic
church choose a pope to succeed Bene-
diet XV.
Thn ,aK, .-i,,..,. .romnnti win
t nrnt..dp, h thrnA .olmn .nllinm
.. h r, -.hirh nir hi.r
,h,. mnrninn. wi.h ih. -rrtini. r-
j ticipating.
The beautiful and historic Sistine
chapel in which the conclave will oueet
l.trH hn fiti th ih. mr
.,.. .hfh tha -arrti,,... win .it
while the balloting proceeds. Minute
instructions have been given out for
the performance ot the ceremonials.
It has been prescribed that all prelates
excepting cardinals will wear black
gowns.
All those who will remain within
the Vatican when its doors are bolted
at the beginning ot the election have
been summoned to meet In the Sala
Regia. adjacent to the Sistine chapel.
on Thursday to take the oath ot
secrecy, and the sacred college has ap
pointed a commission to, examine the
credentials of members and attaches.
This commission also is charged with
selecting guards tor the conclave, and
the appointment ot barbers, plumbers,
plasterers, carpenters and other atten
dants. Do vices have been Installed at the
entrance of tho court yard at St.
Damaso, so that any articles needed
may be setit inside, but their operation
must bo only in the presence of two
witnesses. These devices are in the
form ot cylinders placed vertically.
Opening one of the vertical sections.
an objoct may be placed within and
transferred to those In the court yard
by revolving the cylinder until the
opening is on the inside. This method
ot communication will be allowed only
between 9 and 11 o'clock a. m. and 5 to
7 p. m. Any communication, whether
of word or object, must bo in the pres
ence of the two witnesses. No refer
ence of these communications must be
made to members ot tho conclave, and
uuy violator of tho rule of secrecy is
subject to excommunication.
A platform on which the stalls for
tho cardinals are placed has been
erected. The stalls are covered with
dolicately embroidered tapoBtry. An
altar la placed agaln&t tho notod mural
painting of Michael Angolo's "Last
Judgment," and on the altar are six
great stiver candlesticks. In the center
of the platform there is on Improvised
!torab at 'hlch absolution will be given
no mree solemn requiem masses,
Prince ClUgi is marshal ot the con
(clave. . -
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- ROME. Jan.
Charlie Paddock, the
Fastest Human On
Feet, to Quit Track
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 30.
The decision of Charles W. Pad- 4
dock, "the fastest human," not 4
to run this season, as he baa 4
4 completed his course at the Unl- 4
4 veralty of Southern California, 4
baa given his fellow athletes 4
among the Trojana "the cinder 4
path blues." . Paddock says 4
4 golf will be bis future aport.
Idaho Senator Declares if Big
Bankers Have Way Debt to
America Will Never Be Paid
Senate, However, Rejects
Amendments.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. The
most powerful financial Influences In
the United States and abroad intend
that the $11,000,000,000 owed the
United States by the allied and asso
ciated nations shall never be paid,
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, de
clared today In the senate.
Senator Borah aald he was satis
fied that if the debt commission was
given authority ta extend the time of
the payment of Interest at its discre
tion no interest would be paid for five
or ten years. The resnlt would be,'
he added, the United States wonld. In ';
fact, be making additional loans to
the debtor nations at an additional
cost in taxes to the American people.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Prepar
atory to a final vote on the allied
debt funding bill, the senate today
rejected 44 to 36, an amendment of
fered by Senator Johnson, republi
can. California, providing for con
gressional approval of the bond con
version agreements.
The Simmonds amendment which
would have provided for semi-annual
or annual payments ot interest wss
also rejected 39 to 42.
Next the senate voted down 44 to
33, an amendment by Senator Reed,
which would have prevented the com
mission from extending for more than
two years the time for beginning in
terest payments.
Portland's Fighting
Attorney Dies As
Admission's Granted
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30. Lee
Roye Keeley, attorney, aged 35, form
erly of San Francisco, who figured In
litigation with the Oregon State Bar
association over his admission to
practice In this state, was dead here
today, just after a compromise had
been made under which the Bar. As
sociation had recommended his ad
mission.
The litigation began when permis
sion to practice was revoked as the
result of a dispute In which Keeley
became Involved with the state Indus
trial accident commission over a dam
age suit. Keeley carried his suit
against the Bar association to the
United States supreme court and last
week this was dismissed as a result
ot a compromise.
Bill Dllhoofer Near Death
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 30. William Dil
hoefer, catcher of the St Louis Na
tional league Cardinals, la in a serious
condition at St. Johns hospital here as
a result of an attack of typhoid fever.
BORAH PICTURES
BIG MONEY PLOT
TO QUASH DEBT
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT IN GRIP V
OF SECOND COLD WAVE, 28 BELOW
DENVER, Jan. 30. The weBt was
in the grip ot another cold wave to
day, the mercury falling to 2 8 degrees
below zero in parts ot Montana and
Wyoming, while sub-mercury tempera
tures prevailed in virtually all the
mountain districts ot Colorado. A
light snow full was general over the
region.
Forecasts for the next 24 hours
were for the coldest weather of the
winter In Utah, Arizona, western Col
orado and west New Mexico,
SIR ERNEST
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News of Famous Arctic Ex
plorer's Death Delayed for
Three Weeks By Wireless
Trouble On 'Quest' Heart
Trouble Cause Ship Lands
at Montevideo.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 30. (By As-,
soclated Press.) More than three
weeks elapsed between the death of
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British ex
plorer, and its announcement to the
world, made yesterday when the body
arrived at Montevideo. The delay. La
Naclon's Montevideo correspondent
telegraphs was ascribed by Captain L.
Hussey, who accompanied the body, as
due to a series of wireless mishaps.
Sir Ernest died aboard the steam
ship Quest, on which he was making
another Antarctic voyage, while an
chored off South Georgia island on
January 6. His body was taken to
Montevideo on the first leg of the trip
home aboard the Norwegian steamship
Professor Cruvel.
Captain Hussey bore a death certifi
cate, made out at South Georgia island,
reading:
"I, Alexander Macklln, certify to my
best knowledge and belief that the
cause of death was atheroma in the
ramous Arctic Explorer
Sir Ermwt Sliackleton.
arteries of the heart Before death he
had not suffered an infectious or- con
tagious disease." , -
This certificate was signed by Dr.
Macklin, as surgeon of the expedition.
The body arrived at Montevideo in an
hermltically sealed sine shell, covered
with wood.
In Best of Health
Captain Hussey told La Nacion's
correspondent that the Quest arrived
at South Georgia Island with her main
wireless plant out of commission, due
to damage by heavy storms during the
voyage, which otherwise was unevent
ful. Sir Ernest had been in the best of
health throughout the trip. The day
before his death he landed on the
Island to supervise the purchase of
provisions and returned to the ship
apparently well. After suppor he went
to the cabin and talked with his com
panions. . . . .
At 3:30 on the morning of January 5.
he felt sharp pains in his- back and
called the doctor who had hardly be-
(Continued on page six.)
Sheridan, Wyo., was the coldest
point in the storm area today, with a
temperature ot 28 below zero, while
Billings and Havre, Montana, it was
26 below.
Precipitation tonight will be gen
eral throughout the Rockies, accord
ing to the forecast of the weather
bureau. Rain or snow prevailed to
duy over the stretch from Southern
California to southwestern Colorado.
Snow also (ell over the Missouri vui
iry. "
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