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Posted inDaily News Politics

Congressmen In Near Fist Fight

Mills and Rankin Separated by Action of Colleagues

SCRAP OVER IMPEACHMENT

Kentucky Democrat Calls New York Republican “Dirty Contemptible Scoundrel”—Vote On English Probably Tomorrow.

Washington April 1 (AP)—A near fist fight on the house floor resulted today from an argument between representative Mills, republican, of New York, and Representative Rankin, democrat, Mississippi over procedure in the impeachment case against Federal Judge English of Illinois.

Calls Harsh Name

After Mr. Rankin had demanded that a quorum be present when debate was resumed, Mr. Mills walked to the democratic side of the house, apparently to urge the Mississippian to withdraw his motion, but Rankin met him half way on the double quick. Other members, convinced that a physical encounter was threatened, kept them apart.

Posted inAviation Daily News Travelers' Tales

Airship “Norge” Nearly Ready For Flight Over Pole

Oslo, Norway, March 28—(AP)—Preparations for the Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight in May are nearing the final stage. On a hill just outside Oslo a mooring mast nearly one hundred feet high has been erected for the airship “Norge,” in which the flight is to be made. The dirigible, constructed in Italy, is now being inspected by Captain Roald Amundsen, who arrived in Rome for that purpose last Friday, it will soon be brought from Rome to Oslo.

The auxiliary vessel “Hobby,” which was used in the Polar flight of 1925, has left Trondhjem for Svalbardi (the new Norwegian name for Spitzbergen), with equipment or the expedition, consisting of material for the mooring mast at King’s Bay and hydrogen for the airship. A hangar has already been completed at King’s Bay.

Posted inDaily News Local Histories Sports

Turks Urge Women Not To Walk Like Males

CONSTANTINOPLE—Turkish women are exhorted by the Constantinople daily, “The Republic,” not to adopt amidst all their new western practices, the Anglo-Saxon woman’s “soldierly stride.’’ The sheet devoted to women, a recent innovation of this newspaper, lays down the following rules as to the proper method of walking for the ladylike:

“Do not drag your set, but slide them gently along the pavement. Do not waddle from side to side or move your shoulders or swing your arms. Take short, dainty steps —a long stride is unlovely in women— and above all, don’t rush. Keep your eyes on a high point directly ahead of you and appear to see nothihg.”

Posted inDaily News Immigration Labor & Unions

Over 175 Women And Children Are Burned To Death At New York Fire

Hurl Themselves From Upper Floors of 10-Story Down Town Fire Trap

Bodies Piled By The Score In The Street

Blaze Started in Triangle Shirt Waist Co.’s Plant

Worst In The City’s History

Chief Croker Blames Municipal Building Department

New YorkYork, March 25.—A fire that spread like a spark in a powder train, trapped 2,000 employes of the Triangle Shirt Waist company, on the eighth, ninth and 10th floors of the 10-story loft building at Waverly place and Greene street, at 5 o’clock this after noon.

More than 175 lives were lost. The police figures at midnight were 150 dead and 75 injured. One hundred and fifty had been taken to the morgue up to midnight. There were at that hour still 12 bodies on the ninth floor, according to Chief Croker, who was directing the work of removal. Three victims had died in St. Vincent’s hospital; three in Bellevue and one in the New York hospital. There were still a number of bodies in the basement and sub-basement of the structure, but it was said by the chief that it would be impossible to tell before morning just how many as the sub-cellar was completely filled with water and the cellar was waist deep. The water was being pumped out but this was an all night task.