Show Wild Willi iiO WAS S Kansas City World The Tho responsibility fur for loss 1099 of ot life liCe In lit he the theater rests reeta upon the city administration and especially upon the mayor says the th Chicago Tribune The I disposition to suspend the ol ot ordinances extends to all 1111 depart I ments of ot the city government and It vas wae the tho Immediate cause of ot the he loss of ot I life Ife In hr tho the theater There ore are ordinances concerning thu tho I constructiOn of ot theaters the and their equipment to protect every Iler person In III every theater th Had the provisions of oe these hose ordinances been compiled l with there here would have hn I I been bee II no loss Ise bt bf life lito In n tho the Iroquois Iro theater Maly of be th thu w Ire tI re rc not com complied hed with be bet I muse nute e the tho th building care I ul l or corruptly that some of ot Them them hem might for a u consideration on bu Ie die dis disregarded f regarded LI Pueblo Ju Chieftain The gnats facts already disclosed show nil an ash amazing luck lack of 01 precaution and a R w II rising pricing disregard of ot obvious and I my 1111 measures of safety Such once on of the th part of or owners Op u und and nd could have 11 I only 1111 resulted r from Irom roni the lax enforcement of It the ordin ordinances ances by b lii 2 and others whose duty uty It was tuns to protect tho the public tut JUI the Iho he vigilance of lr the tho police poll co and the tho t en ene energy n ergy e r ot of Mayor Harmon and alI I tha 1153 th city ell of or Is III commendable and 1111 1 It la Is to bu bl toped hoped that enough of It wilt will be ho perma to ensure the tho lives of oC Chicago theater heater goers for many man years to core conic City Star StarA A Chicago alderman Introduced n a 1 resolution lu III the Chicago city council to o forbid turbid tho the acceptance ot of free tree passes j from roin theaters and free transportation from rom street railways and steam rail roll rollend railroad road rend companies Ills His motion mollon to adopt he tho the resolution r was defeated although h he ic declares that the acceptance of ot such favors was to yield to tn small bribes 08 1 Tinder the Influence of oC such Ilich calamities h as 18 s that which befell last lit In n Chicago mens men conscience become quickened d Hut But It does not nol denote u strained quality of oe virtue to see lIec that he the Chicago aldermans view was the therile rile Irue one Oue It would 1 be better hetter for tor muni municipal cipal government everywhere It U all nil civic cle would 1 manifest nicer scruples against accepting favors from those hose tho o whom they must control contro Portland Oregonian The Tho burden of ot protection therefore th falls alls upon who have been ii h ctr ge se to tl see lice that careless persons obey ow ho the tha laws that have been for tor them Perhaps a n greater guilt than managerial laxness at Chicago t has hns been official laxness There was wai Ill ample pow power power er cr ut ul the city administrations I disposal to have required compliance nt lit the Iro with every eler ordinance whose whoRe vio vin violation 0 lation brought death to souls In lit every city cly this warning war ing should be I heeded i Kansas City I A wooden theater with plenty of ot ex ox exits x xIt its It with every known device e to tu prevent or heck check lire Ire with an nil asbestos or ur steel curtain to cut ore oft the singe from tho the auditorium Is n good deal sitter safer place than a fireproof structure filled with combustible material and without Pro pre precautionary cautionary appliances and n Ten persons have hao been killed by pane or by suffocation In theaters where on Has lias actually lost his life h b by lire fire fir The Thi great real point IK Is I after till all to prevent ont lire fire thereby preventing panics ana and to furnish such means ot or egrets egress as nM to re reduce reo reduce duce the tho danger from tram panic to the ruin min minimum imam St Paul Globe 1 Just now there Is he great grent vigilance and anda a n disposition to be severe eHe In n few months month every eer community will fall into the old apathy and amI Indifference and lire fin will continue to claim Its victims until another shocking catastrophe shall Hhall ai alt provoke the general A Int humor human sensibility to revolt Should not om olle think that nn ago age anti n II people 11 lle called Itself civilized would woul 1 put nn as end to this thin savage and criminal recklessness with I life once for tor sill all |