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OF COLLAPSE KILLS MANY
Florida Congressmen And Members
Of Italian Embassy Staff Among
The Injured
• Washington.—Over one hundred
persons have been killed and many
jpore injured recently in the collapse,
under the weight of two feet of snow,
ipt the roof of tho Kniekerboeked
theater, a motion picture house, to-
jcated in the heart of Washington’s
(fashionable northwest section.
• The identified dead In the catastro
phe are as follows:
{ Former Representative A. J. Barch-
field, formerly of PitUdrarg, Pa.; Mtss
jlelena Barchfield, daughter of the
(former representative; Archie Bell,
formerly of Vineland, N. J.; Chauncey
C. Brainerd, Washington correspond-
tot of the Brooklyn Dally Eagle; Mrs.
Chauncey Q. Brainerd; Wilfred Bros-
feau, North Adams, Mass., n student
At Georgetown university,; Guy 8. El
dridge, Salt Lake City, brother-in-law
lot Senator Smoot of Utah; Mrs. Guy
IS. Eldridgo; Oscar G. Vfnston, Chi-
«hgO, his wife and two daughters, Hel
en and Anylyn; Cutler Laflih, Jr.,
need 16, Chicago; Miss Nannie Lee
jLambort, formerly of Ashboroi N. 0.;
John W. Murray, Tho Plain's, Vs,;
iW. B. Sammon, of Wyoming, student
At George Washington university; W.
|L. Scoolfield, Danville, Vo.; Laverne
jSproul, aged 17, Chicago, nephew^ bf
Representative Elliott W. Sproal, of
[Illinois; C. E. Stephens, Boston; Lew
{Is Sprayer, Washington correspondent
. of the Pittsbnrg Dispatch; H. Conroy
Vanco, Fredericksburg, Va.; William
(Walters, Brooklyn, N. Y., student at
Georgetown university; Mrs. Virginia
Farraud, sister of .Minister Bianchi of
Guatemala; Mary Ethel Atkinson, Jo
seph W. Bfeal, William G. Blkle, Thom
jas R. Borne, Mrs. Daisy Garvey Bou
den, Albert Bouhler, William M. Can-
by, Mrs. D. H. Coveil, W. M. Crocker,
Vinson W. Dauber, Thomas M. Dor
sey, A, G. Eldridgo, Mrs. Alfred
0. Eldridgo, F. H. Ernest, McC.
Farr, Christian Feigo, John P.
Fleming, Mrs. Mary Lee Flem
ing, ThomuB 'Fleming, G. S. Freeman,
Mrs. Glydo M. Gearhart, F. H. Hall,
Douglas Hlllyor, William G. Hughes,
Daniel K. Jackson, MIbb Elisabeth Jot
fries, John M. Jeffries, Howard W.
Kneesi, L. L. Lohmor, Mrs. Leroy Leh
jner, David II. Lyman, Wyatt, McKijn
jnio, Julian MoKlnnoy, Ernest E. Ma-
tolllo, Mrs. Norman E. Martindale,
Miss Agnes Mellon, Mrs. Joan Mlrsky,
Miss Veronica Murphy, Miss Vivian
Ogden, D. F. O’Donnell, Mrs. -D. F.
O'Donnell, Miss Lois Pitcher, Miss
Hazel' Price, Mrs. Mario Russell, Mrs.
Cora C. Sigourney, Miss Marie H.
Smith, Victor M. Sturgon, Mrs. Ger
trude Taylor, William Tracy,- Miss
Gladys Thomas, .Charles Co.wlbs Tuck
er, Mrs. Charles Cowlos - Tucker, Ja
cob Unions, Mrs. Jacob Urdong, Louis
F. Vullyutlne, Miss Mildred Walforil,
John L. Walker, Mrs. John L. Walker,
Capt. William E. It. Warner, . quarter
master corps, U. A., and Miu 'Wil
liam E. H. Wa/nor; Mrs. Charles M.
•WosBon, wlfo ‘ 0^ 061. Q,.-M, 'Wesson;
ordnanco department, U. S, A.; Ivfin
J. White, Miss Margaret Dutch, Liv
ingston, Mafts.;; Misj( M-' C., Blblo;
Knees], Bon *of Howard KnoeSi; Scott
Montgomery, William A. Walters, D.
N. Wills'll, Jack Mofvinille, brother of
Wyatt McRl'niUc; Christlno-'Thompspn,,
Paulus Lamby, Miss M. E, Walsh,
Kirkland Duke, Esther Foster, Russell
Maido/; ;Mrs. Russeil. Maipes, . Mrs.
Carrie Parsou, Albert Baker, Miss
Francos Blkle, Dr. James F. Shea.
■m wijs confusion for hours after
the ibrafili while police, firemen, ma
rines, .from the nearby barrackB, and
Sgljl&re from Wfdter Reed ^Military
hospital, stroVe tq‘burrow beneath the'
. mass df debris and rescue those bur
ned ynderneath.
Scores* liadbeeh removed from the
edges pf the dqbris and lnirried to bos-
piitaia, but police engaged for 24 hours
• in battling tho worst snowstorm to
visit Washington in a decade w.ere un*.
able to check lip on the number of
those taken to the hospitals or on
whether any or how many, had died
. after reaching the hospitals.
Pass Bond Issue In Bainbrldgp
Bainbridge.—Citizens of. Bainbridge,
recently, braved rain and freezing
weather and successfully put over a
bond election, authorizing the issue bf
$50,000 school bonds. This follows an
issue of $30,000 school bonds voted
laBt summer. The funds will be used-
in the erection of additional buildings
(or the high school. Only seven nega
tive votes were cast, in the recent elec-
m
WEST POINT MILK STATION
IS NbW BEING PLANNED
Committee Prepares To Spend Flood
Refund Money To Aid Babloo And’
Ybung Children
EXPLORER DIES IN ANTARCTIC
Many Taiao Of Heroism Linked With
Nome Shackleton In Sooth
Polar Regions
Atlanta.—Plans to establish a mUk
station here to be called the West
Foist milk station to supply babies
mod young children with mflk at coot,
and to give milk to those who are lq
needy circumstance*, wen outlined
recently at a meeting In the chamber
of commerce of the committee, recent,
ty -appointed by Mayor Key for the
purpose of deciding upon a (tea of
spending the West Point flood refun,
amounting to approximately $2,600.
The committee had requested ear
gesttons as how to speed the money
fg>m every person In Atlanta and the
milk station suggestion came from
Mrs. Ida Howell MoAtley. The plana
of the committee* are to have the
elation perpetuated by eubeerlptlone,
After the refund committee has heard
plans as to how, whore to construct,
and as to ho^ to operate the station
after completion, the comtnMtea will
ask Maycir.Key to appoint a governing
committee to oo-Qpbrate with those In
terested ia the movemenL The may-
|nKa committee will have complete
charge and responsibility of the sta
tion and the spending of the fund and
the collection of subscriptions In pdfr
- pointing the station.
] Attorneys For DuPra Plan Fight
i Atlanta,—-Frank B. DuPre, the "gray
'overcoat” bandit, condemned to be
hanged on March-10 by a Jury of $la
peers will not resign himself to de&th
on the gallows as long as there Is a
single glimmer of hope Left him. This
was the statement ojt H. A. Allen, at*
; ton»ey for DuRlreT who filed motion for
new trial Immediately after Judge
Henry Matthews, of Macon, had pro
nounced sentence. The motion will
be hoard by Judge' Matthews In Macon
on February 18., "I cannot tell at this
time on what grounds‘I will base my
motion for new trial,” Attorney Allen
said. “I will not be able to tell until
I have examined the transcript of the
evidence. However, we will do every*
thing in our power to save this boy’s
life. If. the motion for new. trial is
overruled, we will carry the case to
the supremo court and then to the
governor if necessary.”
Butts Pen son bt*8 To Receive $7,480
Jackson.—Tlie- 76 pensioners in
Butts county consisting of 37 widows,
36 soldiers and two disabled soldiers,
all of tho old class, will receive $7,480
this year. The roll has been approv
ed by Pension Commissioner Lindsey,
Last year pensions, Including the old
and new classes, the latter being paid
for two years received $19,156. Show
ing tho''Tapid dohth rate of Qonfeder.
ato pensioners, the roll at present con
sists of only 75, as compared with
162 at ono time. About 40 pensioners
.of the new class will, have to. wait.un
til later before b.eiug"'paid.
London-—flir Earnest Shackleton fa
dead.
The noted English explorer died
aboard hi* ship, the "Quest/’ upon
which he was ea route to the south
polar mgiood with a body of scien-
ttsta.
The aftjlgps to London telling of
BhaoMeton’S death .state that a Nor
wegian steamer is bringing his body
to Montovedio, from where it will be
sent te England.
- The ship Meterologlst Hussey, In a
message-to The Daily Mail, Bays: -
"Shackleton called Major Mactdin,
the ■hip’s snrgeen,- who wan on watoh
and complained of a pain-In Mr hack,
Ha immediately collapsed and died in
Ithree 'aleftMr without saying Any
thing lie never prevleustg complain
ed of. fflneea, hut said that he felt
Ured.*»
The Onset n 200-ton craft sailed
from London, September 17. to make
A SP.OOa-mile cruise oi small islands
In the Antorctlce. Although the small
est ship ever used in such an under
taking; she was'equipped with com
plete hydrogmpMo surveys and sound- {
ing*, and was to take data on flora
and tanna and geological structure. |
On.,October 6 the Quest put. in at
-Lisbon after going, through a storm
which taxed her to the utmost. • It
yaa remarked that in ’ her crew of
eighteen^ there was'not andhblobodied
seaman, all bf the men being special
ists and a few familiar with the oil
used for fuel. r j
The ship reached Rio Janeiro Oc*;
tober 28, and laid up three weeks for
reports, .whence,.she If ft for South'
Georgia and the Antarctic. i
Shackleton was 47 years old, and
for twenty years had been under the
spell of the far-southern seas. "I go
;exploring because I love it, and be*'
cause It’s my job,” he told friends ’
before boarding the Quest. j
Sir ^ Earnest commanded the British ,
Antarctic expeditions of 1907-9 and
1914-15.
Having,; with Captain Scott and Dr.
.Wilson in 1902‘ [opened the way to
ithe south pole, ho stood seven yoarB
later with 97 miles of it, with no
obstacle except -sheer ' starvation" be
tween himself and his great objective.
,He' did,- however; find tho tracks of
Scott's 111-fatod expedition to the'pole!
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Rules Of Warfare Subject Matter Of
New Meeting—To De Members
Of New Commission
Farmer I? Hold; Murder Charged
Summerville.—Will Farmer, young
mountaineer, charged with the killing
Washington.—The" groundwork for
another international conference to
rewrite the. laws of . war'for the sub
marine and- other -new* agencies of at
tack on land and sea, has been com
pleted bj; the arms-delegates.
Under 'a resolution adopted by the
armament • committee...pxqp.nrationB for
ion.
Charred Remains Of Youth Found
Bolinger, Ala.—The finding of the
Charred body of a young white man
wired between two pine trees has stir
red: the entire lower section of the
county, and appeals have been sent to
Governor' Kilby asking that a reward
be offered for the arrest and convic
tion of the unknown person or persons
whom urdered the man. The body
has not been identified, but it is be
lieved, probable that It is that of
Drew Connor, who, had Jieen missing
since iChfistmas; No mbttyevhos been
during a party at the former’s home
recently, was held without bail after
n preliminary hearing here, and will
be tried at the March term of Superior.
court. MIbb Tumpy Smith, sister oi
the slain-youth, wa-s the principal wlt- :
i netSB, testifying that her brother was
shot down boforo lie had^ tinie. to. de
fend hlniself. Farmer refused to make
a statement.
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Pllchep Defends Decatur Regime
Decatur.—Declaring that reports
circulated in this city for some time
past that the annual audit of the city’s
finances would show that the present
administration had increased the lia
bilities, of the town by $32,000, are un-
-founded, P. P. Pilcher, city manager,
recontly stated that the completed
audit shows that Decatur is better off
by $6,296,16, as compared to all assets
and liabilities, compared with last
year. •
Woman Is Badly Biirned
Atlanta.—Mrs. B. E. Williams, age
30, -was reported recovering from
burns received at her home recently,
when her-clothing caught fire from
an open grate. Her back and limbs
were burned, physicians stated. He*
husband suffered burns about the
hands.when he attempted to aid her.
Adams is Found Guilty
Griffin.—The jury in the case oi
i Charlie Adams, Jr., young farmer, of
Pike- county, chadged w-Ith being ac
cessory before the fact of burglary in
connection with the burglary of the
place of Gossett & Sons, returned a
.verdict of guilty.
Thoniasville Plant Destroyed By Fire
Thomasville.—Fire recently destroy
ed the plant of the Thomasville Va
riety company. The building is esti
mated to have been forth $76,000, and
is nearly a total wreck, it is believed
Part of the loss is covered by insur
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New York.—A woman bdndit entered
a Seventh street butcher, shop, felled
Mrs. Rebecca Bell, the widowed pro-1
prietor, with the butt of a revolver, |
took $240 from Mrs. Bell’s stocking ‘
and escaped. Mrs. Bell was found un-'
conscious an hour-after the holdup. 1
She said the woman ordered two chick-!
ens, arid - that when she turned her
back to prepare tliem she felt a re
volver at - , the back of. her head. The
robber threatened her with death if
she made outcry, she said, then
struck her down Vwhen she turned
about
Thomas Found- Guilty Of 2° Murder
Concord, N. C.—“Guilty of murder *
in the second degree,” was the cerdict
rendered by the jury in the case of
O. G. Thomas, charged with murder in 1
connection with.the killing of Arthur.
J. A1 n. The verdict was rendered]
just ] r^e .hpurs after-the case was!
derive 1‘to the jurjr.. Judge J. Bisi
Ray, ; iding, adjourned court-until i
- -y when sentence will be
Thomas heard the ver-^
ittle change of countenance."
ad that an appeal will be
new trial.
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