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Show I THEATRE TOLL 108; PROBE WANTED I DOZEN OMRS AT HOSPITALS LIKELY TO DIE I Assurance Given of Ex haustive Investigation to I Place Blame for Horror I ONE UTAHN IS KILLED President Harding and Oth- ers Call off Receptions L Out of Respect f WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (By the 'Associated Press.) With the search H for dead under ihe wreckage in the H I Knickerbocker theatre suspended to- H lay ln the belief that all bodies had H been recovered probability that thu H , death toll of 103 would be further aug- H ! mented centered around a dozen or H more persons reported In critical con- H dltlon at various hospitals. t, Assurance that an exhaustive inves- r jtigation would be made of the disaster, H I not only with a view to fixing blame. H : but also of determining whether other H Lhealri ind public buildings In Wash- t Ington are unsafe in event of heavy l ) mows such as that which caused tho H collapse of the building Saturday nigh: I wTs given today by leaders In congress mi BJ well as officials of tho District of H Columbia. INQHRY rXPERTVKI N L n Inquiry has already been under- H itaken by the commissioners of the District of Columhia, while rn the H j seriate a resolution -aii)p.g for an in- H I vestigatlon by a senate committee was -M f'i Introduced by Senator Capper. Repub- H I lean, of Kansas. Representative 1 Mondell, Repuhllenn leader of the house, announced, however, that tho house would not undertake to lnve.stl-gate lnve.stl-gate the cause of the dlsastnr until the Dlstlrct of Columbia agencies havo concluded an inquiry 1 Secretary Hoover declared a lesson had been taught at great sacrifice and announced that an effort to work out I a standard building code for uso ln all 1 ' cities of the country as a means of pre-' pre-' venting similar eatortrophles, was be-inir be-inir made by a commltteo of leading irrhltect.s in connection with the com-merce com-merce department. SOCIETY l MOURNING As a result of the heavy loss of lives and consequent deep sorrow. . soctal activities In the capital have been practically suspended. President and Mrs Harding an-nounced an-nounced they would cancel a reception H I Which wos to have been given tonlirht i. the Ohio society In commemoration Of the birthday of William McKlnley. iA dinner which Attorney General jH . Daugherly had arranged to give Wed- jH ,ine3day evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harding has been postponed. B ' Wild rumors that the walls of the 1 I Ill-fated theaire had ccllpsed on res- ' , cuors. killing many, spread throughout (the city today. Additional excite- mm ', ment :in caused by reports that roofs Of a nunibivr of apartment houses and buildings had collapsed under the i weight of the snow, A such rumors l mU I proved unfounded t 1 v.i 1 it i n i - nir While the best available Information I ! was that the dead numbered 10 1: El j was considered likely that rechecks of ftH I the death lift might alter the total KL I slightly. Among these was E H. Shaugnessy; Chicago, second assistant iH ! po-t majster general, whoso condition. I mM i however, was reported at noon as ini- I proved. The corporation owning the Knic- I mW 1 kerbocker announced that in respect I. to the dead the six other theatres be- t I longing to tho corporation would re- P mi miiin closed today and tonight Mo- P j tlon picture houses open today held k m scarcely a handful or spectators de- I spite prominent advertisements in the H morning papers that the biuldlngs had H been inspected and approved after the H I removal of the weight of snow. H i Representative Mondell In announc- t- H ing that no Investigation would) be (; H in ids In the lower house said the Dis- ISil t r j 1 of Columbia committee would Ei now.-.er. keep In close touch with the situation. A feeling reference to the death ol so many clti-ens was made by the Rev. H Jcrm.s Shera Montgomery, the house 1 chaplain, ln his opening prayer. iH ) Among those prominent on the list of dead as It stood today was Former I Representative a. J. Barchficid. form- crly I'ittsburg and Mrs irgin: . I Farraud, sister of Minister Blanch! of ; Guatemala. Most ol the dead stlM B j lay early today ln the basement of BjH j the nearby Christian Science hurch, IHJ to which they were removed for iden- 1 tificatipn Many of the fatally Injur- mM .d also were taken there later to H SWell tho total of victims. PAGES ARE KlLd.Eli Two house of representatives page- were among those killed ln the Km 1 HJ orbocker theatre di istor rin: wen m Layerne Bproul, a nephew of Repre- HJ scntatlvo Sproul. of Illinois, anil i"ut- HJ ler Iiflin. Jr., both of Chicago. 1-af- H lin worked at night as a Knickorbockci H uaher. PROBE IS I'KCKK Investigation of tho Knickerbocker theatro disaster hy the Senato com- Hi mlttc Is proposed In a resolUtli n Intro- mm uuced today by Senator Capper, Re- HJ publican of Kansas, a member of tho HJ Senate district Of Columbia commit HJ tee. Under the rules the resolution was referred to the audits and com re" mi committee. Supporting the resolution. SenalQj iH I (Continue, on Pag', Two i THEATRE DEATH j TOLL GROWING Some of Victims Display Great Heroism; Girls Found Asleep 1 Continued from Plage One ) I Frelingh uyyen. Republican, Now Jersey, Jer-sey, said the Investigation should be a "widespread one of entire district government,'' adding that he knew from personal knowledge that many , buildings in Washington wore "flre-trapa" "flre-trapa" Which might it any time cost scores of lives. |