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GRAND JURYVISITS SCENE OF DISASTEFive Separate Investigations into Cause of Catastrophe under Way, and Arrests May Be Made within Week Congress to Probe Deeply into Responsibility for Big Lois of Life.$105,( in 5 AlleiWASHINGTON, Jan 30—Search for bodies in the lums of the Knickerbocker theatre was abandoned today The death list totals 108, including the bodies taken tiom the death cratci and xhe victims who died in hospitals All have bedn Identified One hundred and thirty persons are in hospitals Of this number, little hope l^held for the lives of twenty-five victims of Washington’s ipost appallingjragedy May Make Arrests Soon.If Inj Con ShifArrests m connection with the Knickerbocker theater disaster HW be mad© before the coronei s Inquest to be held a week, from tomorrow, it was indicated tonightUnited State* Attorned Pevton Gordon* who was present when Lie toronr'e jurv was gwwn in ton ght at a local undertaker's establishment, refused to deny or affirm tl a; bis office is contemplating Immediate acttou, but it was learned Jn offi clal and authoritative quarters else where that no time would b© lo*t in maklnjc proBeout!o«3Ftre Separations.Five separate ms estlgations have been begun A few minutes after th© Senate met toda Senator \rthut Capper of Kansas introduced resolution It asked tue Senate to undertake an inquir The Capper resolution requested that the investigation not only should tend to place respond bill tv for the catastrophe but should probe into rumors that there exists coliuslon among constructois and hulld'ng inspectors to evade the lawIn the House Representative Rjan. of New York, sponsored a resolution directing that a special commission composed of an architect engineer and builder Investigate thr collapse and rewrite the district budding codeFind Concrete DeterioratedConstruction engineers who inspected the walls of the Knickerbocker late todav stated that the concrete had deteriorated They demonstrated that, when struck with a hammer the concrete 1r. places was faulty Under some of the tests the concrete proved of such ftbbv texture the* said that it crumbled almost in ones hands - investigation* Included thoselaunched b the district comroisslon-«r* the federal grand Jurv for the District of Columbia and by tha District Coroner D J Pomwj VofttThat Congress propose® *o p^obe deeplv into the causes, immediate and remote of the crash that ho*? th-own the capital into the deepest mourning was Indicated earlv in the dav In both brancea of the. legislative body pledges were given That complete and AUtnmaiv congreaaion-Independent Offices Bill Carries $377,474,622 for Former Soldiers.WASHINGTON Tan M —Tlia In dependent Offices appropriation bill carrying a total of $494 804 238 most ol which is for use bv the Veterans* bureau was passed to dav b he House and sent to the Senate For the bureau the bill ap propr'ated $377 474 62- and the onlv change in t-hia foature was the elimination of the piovlslon which would have 'muted the minibei of camps at which training schools might be established to Camp gher mam OhioSom© of th© items making up the Sli/DOOO.OOO appropnalioti for the Shipping Board came lr. for slvaup attack the House defeating l“l to It?, a Democratic motion to recoin nut the bill for tl»e,purpo3 of le-strlctJng the board s advertising expenditures *to SoOO 000 fTn audi-I on to 5^00 00'i tairitd for udver tislng the boatd ha.*« available $S0G 900 I him giving it $ 1 700 000 foradvertismgALLEGED MEAT BURGLARS ARE HELD FOR HEARINGL nder covei of the suow storm earlj Sunda*- morning two men bungiiized Hvmarf Cohen meat market at 141 Halleit sneet Civil lev Kobeski or i2 liestent avenue na taken uito cult;odv as he vjs ledvird the place with v bug filled with hi the pol cc ai’.esiedat action would be taken to prevent !mea-tj •L^al ^ wo .idany possible slip on the part, of lo iConstants KoJieski of the same adcai authorities in fixing the blame where It mav belongOther Business Dropped rhe federal grand jmv mm,ted trhehave ic-e^C'dpmimen irscene of the catastrophe The in quiry made into the transactions of Charles W Morse ew York ship builder with the United States Shipping Board was suspended Declarators were made bv the t m ted States Attornev Goidon and PftrAman McQuade that the granddress Ka is alleged to com pan lid the other mar. fiom the m'ukoL Both held n MC bondsLeon Smith of 6 4 W uei stir** was arses ed vesterdav chaiged will theft from person He js alleged «o have stolen $lu ftom John Me Donald a M atei street lodging ho tea InmateJohn Ri/zo of 169 Church Street was t'iken into cu*tod voMerdav on a v' am ant alleging .isssiilt upon1 ollotfcliiW ag i the Smg !b 10*11 oi the c } emhrn'leered cl'oi irip ;nmnasrelast mgin the pending will he Now Je Two : yestai dr Judge peiior c ) 1921, of $590 $627 tc an exte The I The A Club $ bUH Bo* ’1IIhe S Maltha ?o0 000 da in age Accoi ran Na200 foes»u eet card ii is uual because ha mine cornpla Tillie foi a, i qear it street mages f ami he house*,on Pen plaint i house The cal m Tilld ;Hu trip hr since i uM 19 w Inch gi lev etmakes possibl mcmbt on i tone i in quel lt;i alt; k*« iniuie-vv i n d o v si indir tableOl urtlC stint £ b ratio* I amm« fen dan and lit offedeWEI
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Tue, Jan 31, 1922
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