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I The Weather .11 r' i L ' '1WWtM,' V ' , . .vl:; v, v.V MC?; - V; . 'iW5K Have ,ym .secured,. tftat.nl v r ; Generally f-ir dd Saturday, .-l;t; , li 1 1 H . gSgff-LT, jfeStW- ' iV 1 , , I . a. A 11 Av - Member for " the r. ChwhbeTOf ' f r.MMm- 'MIlK MS n 'AK - ST" -' 'f, VOL. CVII- No. 171. TREATY IS SIGNED TEXT IS AlL RIGHTS RESERVED ASSET FORTH IN PACT ifoDE AT VERSAILLES riauses Relating to League of Nations Optional wun me United States THIS MADE CLEAR America Assumes None of the ' . i Obligations as to commis sions or Boundaries WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. The treaty with Germany, wmcn was signea 10- ijav in Berlin, was made public tor night by the state department. It puts nto force me euuiiuum;, icyaiauuiioi 71'UtflrV Hn'.l it I U 3 Vtlltri w T S0&.ir Aio ,f the unratified treaty of- Versailles, but pp-virfes specifically that the "nited States snail noi d douhu uy the covenant of the league of nations - br other enumerated pans ui me Versailles settlement. The daclarations or me peace resoiu- fjon are reaiiinnra in ine u raLjr auu t contains m aaaition a DianKei pro- fision that any benent wmcn migni aTrue to tins country unaer me Ver sailles rart IS to be regaraea as or full force. Germany's renunciation of j,.' overseas possessions jointly to the Me five" powers is reamrmea. as -are e military clauses or the Versailles treaty, the sections relating to pria- reparations, finance, economic Mttipment. commerce and aDrogation of all ih"r existing treaties between the two countries. In disassociating the united States from the league of nations the docu ment provides not only that this gov ernment "ill not be bound by the cov enant, but that no action- of the league shall be considered as placing an obli gation upon America. The United State? a'so stipulates that it will not be bound by :the sections of the Ver- saI'es treaty relating to the boundar ies of Germany, to - poll ril - readjust ments in F.wrope. to jthe settlements af fecting China. Siam, Liberia, Morocco, Egypt. Turkey. Bulgaria or Shantung, or to the establishment of an inter national labor organization. in a state department statement Is sued to announce the signing f the treaty, special mention was made of the reaffirmation of this- government's share in the renounced German over seas possessions, tne statement declar ing that this provision .' confirms the rights of the United States with re spect to Yan and other former German overseas possessions upon an equality with the other powers." The department's statement re viewed the treatv in detail, emphasiz ing that any advantage which might have been sained bv ratification of ther treaty of Versailles Is fully preserved under the present instrument. Re garding such further settlements as may he necessary between the two na tions, the statement said: "It is understood that diplomatic re lations will be resumed upon the ex change of ratifications of the treaty, and the negotiations can be under taken with respect to commerce and other matters through the ord'.nary diplomatic channels." Administration officials are under stood to feel, however, that commercial questions between the United- States and Germany are as fullv covered as eems nerepSarv for the present by the reaffirmation of the financial and eco- lomic clauses of the Versailles treaty. In that connection there is a provision in the treaty reafnrmlne: the present attitude of this government toward the reparation commission by declaring that the United states r-'ssrved the r'&ht to participate in the commis smn's deliberations but would not be hound to any such participation except us own decision. The text of the treatv follows: "The United States of America and ermanv: Considering: that the United State3, noting in conjunction with its co "elligerents. entered into an armistice B'ith Germany on November 11. 1918, in 'Mer that a treaty of peace might be oncluded- ' "Considering that the treatv of Ver- ailles was sierned June" 28. 1919. and came into forr according- to the terms r its article 440. but has not been rati- e0 hy the fnn.j cut Considering that the congress of e I nited Static j .i.i ution. approved by the President July which reads in part as fol 'Resolved, hy the senate and house represents f ir-oc f U TT-ll.J tw u rica in congress assembled: mat the state -f Ttro- ,m .ri. v een the imnoriol na-wman .rtwarn nt and the United States of America '"the 10jnt .... m a, 3 e(i Ar)r" 6. 1917, is hereby declared "'Se. 2: Thr, t . i. I fat; mailing tins aecia1 tin as a part of it there are ex- Press v ,f Am. rrserved to the United States Pr'oa and its nationals nnv nnrl HI teDaro.r I'uvnegeB, indemnities, orations - j Hh tk vantages, logemer huV r,ght to enforce the same, to under 'r they have beccime entitled Mem. x- terms of the armistice ltnsinn. J-i aJ-o. any e.- hich r modincations thereof,- dr 1X)ssesi'Pre aca-uIred by or are in'the Wrip, V 1 tne United State .of 5 tha '"s" oi us participation 'ijv, 1 TO wnrcn its nationals itied; ' eDy. becme rightfully' en- 'rsanu , n' unaer the treaty of if ., nave h Aon plmil o tm 't'ed a "ni- r to which It ,1s enJ Mn. ' Ono of the nrlnclDal allied and I VaTAj - (C -ontinued on Page Three v.i a , ur iu wmcn ll is STATEMENT - m -. . . ... . . ' ' . ' -nT.' ' . .i i - . - ' - . . -. , - - . - , . . . Afiff f 7 Threatens a Strike Of Nation's Farmers XORK, S. C, Aug. 25. J. S. Wan namaker, president of the Ameri can Cotton association, Ja a speech to an agriaultnral meeting at Tl rsah, near here today said , that congrreaa amends the ted trarf7eem net so as to provide more liberal credits for farmers at" lower Interest rates,' he would caTT a national convention of -farmers to discuss the ad vtsahllltT' i of ' nation-wide ajBrricnltnral strike; : Mr. Wannamaker, said . SO farm 'orgranisatlons . have pledgred them selves to co-operate In sneh a. 'con ference. ' President Wannamaker reiterated his charge that the federal reserve : board employed, paid publicity agents, paying; one as much as 15, OOO rear, to put out propaganda Apposing agricultural credits and favoring ' denatation. WILL BE PUT THROUGH THE SENATE Country is Sick and Tired of Controversy and America's Anomalous Position ByDAVIl L.WRENCB (Copyright, 1921, by The Star.) . WASHINGTON, Ausr. 26. Thursday marked a milestone of progress in the Harding, administration. Congress has cleared u: half the job of the special session and set the senate finance com mittee to work , on a tax bill Presi dent Harding and Secretary Hughes have finally disposed of the trouble some treaty situation which for the last fwro and a half years has been provocative of so much partisanship and has. delayed domestic . reconstruc tion. . : . The-6nxufa,!of :' the HardlAg7:admin- istrajtloA'for the making of Weae -with the central piSwers hai : Aindergpne many shifts and changes but the Dem ocrats are joinlns with the . Republi cans "In saylns the treaties will be rat ified if for no other reasons that" the country is sfck and tired of controversy and is impatient to have a proclama tion of peace issued ending America's anomalous status in world politic. This assurance from all political fac tions that the treaty with Germany will be ratified means a greater moral effect to the signing o fthe pact than J would otherwise obtain.. Business men. who have been waiting for a clearing up of relations with Ger many will go ahead with their plans feeling confident that in this case at least the signing of a treaty by the executive branch of the government is tantamount to ratification by the senate. It makes all the difference in the world when the executive and legisla tive branches of a government are "of the same political complexion. Indeed this treaty was, negotiated in absolute secrecy and the whie house admits the United States government requested of Germany that secrecy be maintain ed. But the, Republican majority stood with the administration and the . Dem ocratic minority found it difficult to criticize their political opponents for following a course pursued by the pre ceding. Democratic administration. About the only persons who aerive any satisfaction out of the town of affairs are those who are proclaiming the the ory that both the Democrats and Re publicans are very much the same when in power and that the differences are mainly those of "ins " and "outs " FRIENDS OF A LIBERAL "DRY" LAW ARE PLEASED Glad of the Stern Way Senate Met "Drys" By DAVID IAWRESCE WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. Friends of a! liberal Interpretation of the prohi bition laws are pleased over the stern way in which a practically unanimous senate dealt with the efforts of the extreme prohibitionists to pass a law enabling government officers to search automobiles or other property without a - search warrant, - Some say this spells the doom of rigid" afforcement methods. The true significance of the controversey is that congress -at last, is trying to follow the' will of the people in abolishing the saloon and distillery, but preserv ing at the same time the personal lib erty of the home and a citizen's possessions.- ' ' ' ... Although the prohibitionists will re new their fight after the recess, they have little chance of winning. The climax- of the big fight has occurred and the liberals, have won. - - - Congress can look back on the first half of the special session with a feel ing of work well done because -so many minor bins were disposed of, but the truth ,1s the leaders themselves -will admit theyshould have llwn.iW dence to. the tax bill oVer the tariff The -senate finance committed , which has received both a tax anas, tariff bill from the house will next week give preference in its hearings to the reve nue measure. This -means tha.t fon; the return of congress the tax bill will have right of way and that - barring unforeseen delays it should be on the statute books not later than Nov" ber The tariff bill will? probably go - over ' until the regular . session of -Congress in- December. " r ' ' ' ANNOUNCED BY HUGHES TREATY - - ? " " "sT- - P Ptg . , . : -. . -. ... - v.- .- : 7 .. . -.. : . f- - . - - - r . J - A BATTLE AS YET IN GOAL FIELD WAR ZONE, BUT TROUBLE IMPENDS Officials Deny Clash During Thursday Between Their -Forces and Miners . TROOPS ARE ASKED Governor Morgan of West Vir ginia Appeals' to President Harding for 1,000 Soldiers CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 25. Re ports of a gun battle today between Logan county deputy sheriffs, said to number 300, and a large body of armed men at Blair, W. Va... were received here tonight. Efforts to confirm these reports through Sheriff Don Chafln, of Logan county, who was reached by long distance telephone, were unsuc cessful. When asked by an Associated Press correspondent whether there had been fighting at Blair today his reply-was: I can, not say anything about It;? we are not giving out any informa tion." He then hung up the receiver. Reports from Racine tonight were that several thousand marchers who left Marmet shortly after last mid night, avowedly bound for Mingo county to protest martial law, in force there, were still encamped alongside Indian creek just outside the town. These reports have given rise to the belief - here . that the Marmet marchers had no -part in the .reported Blair en gagement; Blair is 20 miles southwest of Racine and in order for.the marchers to reach there they would have to pass through Madison. Several resi dents of Madison reported tonight by long distance telephone that none had passed through that town today. Prosecuting Attorney H. W. B. Mul lins, of Boone county, who resides at Madison, reported to Charleston by tel ephone early tonight that he had been advised by passengers on a Chesapeake and Ohio train from Blair that 300 dep uties of Logan) county "were battling a large body of armed men' when the train' left that place. Mullins- adds that the passengers told, him that, the Inhabitants "of Blair' were preparing to flee wh-n . the train left. . Bialr is a mining town close to;th Boone county line.' It (s .said . to : be nepFj the. lew J mining towns in vUift inga -field yganrze-d by,i the.,- united M itte :-r kera'.- of A m'erlcaU Accerjjing to Xr Keeney, district-, president f the 'miners, the prtisident ,of the:Piair union had reported early this wek thst the "men there were "prepared for trouble" and had "dug trencheis in, the surrounding hi la t? protect thenis?Wcs from 'possible. attack-" - United.-;.-Mine. Workers, officials com menting on the . reported battle said that" if there had been - an engagement it was local and , not connected' with the MarmetBjLtuation .Tibr engage- in by men- from ' the . Marmet. camp. Several ' hours': after Prosecutor Mul llns" had . reported to. Charleston, Louis Michaelsoru. of Logan county, about eight miles from Blairr was questioned concerning the reported fight. He; re plied, by 'telephone that he was a mem ber of the party of deputies that re connoitered the vicinity of Blair late this afternoon. He declared there had been no battle there and that the only report of any shooting was that r.n airplane had been fired at. ' Dr W. P. Black, coronor of Kanawha county, and a Charleston newspaper le porter were held up and robbed this afternoon while en route to Lens creok, irt the vicinity of Marmet, Dr. 31ack re ported upon his return to Charleston tonight. . Ho. was proceeding to East Bank to hold . an inquest over the 'bodies of Chris Pettry and William Guinn. The bodies had been left on the ?orch of the home of an East Bank undertaker shortly after the marchers left Marmet for Racine. . While passing up Lens creek the doctor stated he was stopped and In formed that armed men on the march had lynched ar negro "because he knew toe much." Dr. Black said that tonight with the reporter he went to Lars cteek to investigate.. They were soon stopped, however, and forced to srive' up their money, the doctor said, quot lng the men as remarking, "to buy to bacco for the boys." After turning over their money, the men -sermitted them to proceed but they, failed to And any. trace of a negro's body. Uport arrival at East Bank, Dr. Black found that Pettry had been shot through' the temple and Quinn seven times through the body. Pettry, the doctor said he learned, had been a miner at Enwrlght while Guinn ulso had been employed by a coal company. Ccroner Black stated that he bad ban Informed the men had been shot by "sharp shooters concealed along the line of march.", Several hours after the Marmet men began their march southward another body of men said to number 1.000 ar rived at-the mouth of Lens creek" and departed in,' the wake - of the larger gathering, according to reports reach ing here from.; Marmet tonight.. The contingent is reported to have come from the east, but it was .not learhod from what towns. . '. Governor E. F. Morgan ' late tonight announced that an army captain .vird arrived, here by airplane from Wash ington and had been in conference with Mm and other state officers. After the conference the governor refused t6 dls cuss the sltuatloiior to make a for.-nall statement. He did say, however,; thet he had received no assurance that fed eral troops would be sent here In com pliance .with his request to the war de partment today. ' ' .; c SBNATE1TO BEGIBT . AGAIN ' ATV I 'l -IPraUIRY INTO THE SITTJATIOJT WASHINGTON. Aug; 23 .Renewal of rrestlessness- in ;the - West , Virginia coal -fields, - manifested - in, the ' march of. alarge; band of armed mentoward the Mingo district, resulted today in an appeal from ' 'Governor.-. Morgan -.for the aid 1 of , L00 0. federal .troops and, in a decision by. the senate ilnvestlgating committee- resume its , inquiry - into con - - (Continued on page four . WILMINGTON, N. FRIDAY MORNING, Talked About K.K.K.; Beaten With a Stave MIAMI, Fla,; Aug- 4 25 Charged, with - saying he wished every ' Kb Klux Klan memberwas-ln the bot tom ot the ea, George Doty, Nas sau . negro, . Who ' has ' conducted a blacksmith shep;vati ', Peters,, nea here,; was , taken About ; five jniilesV fjromhis shop this afternoon" by "-five v unmasked white. , men . and . 1 beaten Writh a barrel stai e. , ' He was warn ed to sell bis effee n& "shop by sundown and leave the state by 9 "oclo)ck tomorrow, r WOMEN m -PLEASED QY PROGRESS HADE IN FIRST YEAR OF VOTE Nineteenth, Amendment Was Proclaimed Officially One Year Ago This Date lIND THEIR PLAGE - -X . New Citizens . Have Learned Good Deal About Both Par ties During the Year NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Representa. tyve "women leaders in political organ izations here expressed gratification to day over the achievements of the wom en of the United States during the first year of their . jjational. enfranchise ment. The 19th amendment to the constitution was officially proclaimed August 26, 1920. All agreed, that during the year women voters "everywhere hadbeguh slowly but surely to find rtheir place in the political councils and organizations of the parties. An awakened political consciousness among both men and wbmen-'and a. new dignity in political affairs generally were; amongj- the things accomplished by .womn;initJit sort time, they ' said. ' " ' . V?' ' Mrs.. Carrie Chapman ' Catt':,of" the National League of WomenVoters and the iKtlonal, .: American; Woman - Suf frage aiSQciattGji .said; that women have begun JoflrdlWWcHtts:; us airement oC-the affairs ther wo ddnv Jnanjt ppiticr4rtJes df 'the Scoun- - try. ;: , fxrj . ; -if, " . "While ourVprogr.e8s in - that direc tion has not been cmpletet": she said, "we . believe' Jthat rwe have . accom plished much in, jthat'idire'etion. -Mariy women have beea-:rs6'mewhat discour aged by the treatment they - received from the professional men -politicians in their -'localities'.-.' .While, wpmea have not been granted, j political equalldty and opportunity .''to";-take - their proper place in thei" political- ' -life- Of their communities in about-half the states, they have been, received, -wlthi' sympathy and understanding and accorded' full equality in the , political organizations in the rest. The women who are more experienced In poltldal matters, es pecially those who are engaged in suf frage work before the national en franchisement, find nothing discourag ing in the situation."-' .-' Helen Varlck Bosweu, vlce-pf esident of the Republican county committee of New York, eaid that the-rapidity and ease with which women have become absorbed in the political side of life since the. passage of". the 19th. amend ment had caused amazement among the men and satisfaction among the women. In New York, state the women became organized into " the , parties within a few weeks of the actual grant-i lng of suffrage. "The benefit to the county and to women has been great.. We feel an assurance, a poise, a security In being a real citizen, -with all the functions of helping to create, and to maintain better government as our equipment in the political field." Mrs. Lillian R. Sire, president of the Woman's Democratic political league; said- that the biggest achievement of the year has been the educating of women and men to a new political con sciousness. - .. "The work of .introducing- woman's ideals Jnto -our political affairs is nec essarily slow,", she said, "but we are making progress every day and; a higher standard of conduct In politics and public affairs is being set up. - "We have learned that most of the political leaders are .not sincere with us. They will have to learn to take women- into their confidence and con sult with them more on political' porb lems of every nature' In order to get their point of view which is of value. "We have not found them to be grateful either. We are given house-to-house canvasslnr. for which we 'are well-fitted, and other political drudr gery to do but o far there has been no sharing of other political, responsibili ties. After, we have been of service and benefit to themthey try to avoid us for fear we wlllvexpect'them; to return the favor in kind." . Mary GaTrett Hay, chairman ef the New York cltv league ' pf-Women. Vot ers, saloT that It was . generally con ceded that the- presence of. women -at -the polls . has, brought , order arid. dljy-. nity; - ""'.' ' ' : "' v . ' 1,Women have - started a . movement for - better candidates,' (she said. "The ub'jjc js hardly aware of this aa yet but women are . throughout s tne coun try holding meejtlng, getting records, distributing questionnaires and -preach -lng -Jthev need formore ability and more honesty in public, office: , r - ' "They , have inade a- persistent effort to educate th electorate through citi xenship' y schools' and - courses A and through ihe dlstributionof "candidates' records-and-0HniopSi;.s,, -:v ' &-t- J, .-: -."If American? women', continue 'as they -have started, 5 they j will; rln ca'few years, bring. ' about .' s6me startling changes ' in legislation, election meth- Lpds and political.' sthndards . arid , they will accomplish this in - a ---quiet, and unostentatious fashtnn. AUGUST. 26, 1921. EAST CAROLINA SENDS FEWER STATE DOCKET CASES THAN THE WEST Supreme Court's Eastern Calen-; dar Largely Made Up of Civil Docket Causes LIQUOR IS REASON Monkey Rum Has Less Trouble In it, Say Raleigh Experts, ! - Than Mountain Dew By JULE B. WARREN' RALEIGH," Aug.. 25. The" fall ses sion of the supreme court will "open next Tuesday morning and ' appeals irom tne - nrst judicial district will come . up tor. consideration. There are seventeen cases from this district, all of which are appeals from judgments in civil eases, with one ex ception. The single state case comes up from Hyde county, where , a negrp is;, charged with the TO U T"fi fT of ' t vjrrr fother negroes. : All three were work ing for one of the lumber companies which operates in that county. . 'A case of peculiar Interest, Involv ing a new point in law, will come 'up xrpm iiQgCOmbe countv dnrine h fiOUQWing week. This Is a case-where a wnite man - assaulted a discharged juryman because the juryman had not voted with him in a civil action, and was fined for . contempt of court by the judge.? -The man sued a negro and thei Jury .-apparently . hellevefl th no. gro's testimony, in preference to that or . tne i wnite man. This made the plaintiff in- ?-the suit very angry and wnen tne case nad been decided and the Jury discharged, the plaintiff ap proached one member of the jury shook Ms fist in bis; tll&i I him and. finally assaulted him The judged held -that this, was con- tempt of court, and fined :hlm $250 for contempt. The man is now appealing and his- case- will come up during -the second week of. the fall term. On the . whole . there , will be fewer state cases from - the eastern judicial districts tnan- rrom the;west, according to guesses made today by the attor ney general's' -Office.'- Eastern .court business runs o civil casesrather than business, runs .f tjivft'easestxthter tjnati passed" and the -hill country districts are- reached,- th office.' of " thev attorney general nas wrk.lto - - " . rac sopreiwe- eour? ; The. only eTas.ia.iiflc4UoVistoBltlbn- fts rnlgm ation" of this condition offered for the dlqerence- In thevnatwre v of th cases from the east and west, is that -there Is a di ff erence In-the brand of whiskey used im these twd sectlotta 'of the state. The .monkey rum bf the east does "-not have as many fights . to' the quart as does the, mountaln dew of lthe',west. - Whiskey. ls .the moving -elefnentvln much, of the crlme,N according to com pilations of the . attorney general's office. - Arrests.- for violations.- of "-the prohibition laws go hand in hand. with the number.'.of. arrests . for " carrying concealed weapons; simple assaults and larceny. The, counties' which have the largest number of "whiskey, cases, like wise have .. the largest number of vlo latlohsof these other laws.. The easterns-part: of the state does.- hot have as many whiskey. "cases as do the . western- counties, and. even those countless which have many violations of the prohibition laws, do not run into crime as much, as. do those from the western part of the state. ' . . The equalization board today began hearing the appeal of the Cannon Cot ton mills 'from - the valuation of the Cabarrus county commissioners, and of the Tallassee Power company from the. values placed on its property.7 The power company! case, came.- up first: There is a double-barrelled scrap In this case, one of the fights -being be tween the counties of Swain and Gra ham over the -division of the taxables belonging to the company, and . the other an appeal of the company Itself from the $3,400,000 value placed on it for 1920. Former Governor T. W. Bickett Is appearing In behalf of the power com pany, and contends that the basis of value should bethe horsepower rather than the cost., T?e- development cost a great deal more than Its horsepower development, would Indicate. He con tends that the horsepower value of the development is around $1,300,000, and that there should be a substantial reduction. The Cannon Cotton-mill" is appeading from the value placed on its property I by . the commissioners of Cabarrus; who this year raised the values from nine million to 19 million dollars. Decision in both of these- cases, will be made sometime during the next few days. Unless .lt rains some time in. the near future or the people of Raleigh re duce materially the: consumption of water during the next f ew days, this city will, be face to -face with a water shortage that will assume serious; pro portions. Water-In the Impounding reservoir showed a new low. level Tues day, "when it .was six feet and eight Inches telow the spillway. The pre vious low record was recorded in De cember, 1919 when -the water was seven feet and six Inches below j the spillway. . . - TIDEWATER FARMERS TO 3 EE A HOW POTATOES ARE CURED ROCKY MOUNT. Aug. 25. Definite plans for a large delegation of farm ers'" from" several ' of. the. -tidewater, counties, including Pitt, Beaufort, Cra ven, Lenoir, and Onslow, to visit Rocky Mount and Nash county and Inspect the modern " sweet potato .storage .. houses here and In the county' have .now bjen perfected by -District . Agent, C. -- F. Mc-. Grary, of the 1 tidewater district, i a .t't operation - with v George - D. Burroughs of. the Nash county farm bureau Dis-ttict-Agent E.' W. Galther and Secretary; ichain-bliss of the ' Rocky Mou jtt -cham ber of -commerce. .-. " -.v - : ' ' The'-large delegation -.telll-' malft '' the tripj in, automobile sa.ndlwfir. be enter f'. tained by the .- "chamber V of ; ioinmejie d u ring their stay: here.' After -spending Monday- on the Ihspection'v tour, 5 ihe visUing farniers winxonttnue TieIrtrin Tuesday .' to. KaieighA wnere.uieyw ur;n attend' .the , farmer' i conyentioa - which opens, that"day " ' ' . - f " i OLDEST SALVAGE WORK ON WRECK Parts of Wreckage Ten Miles From Hull HL'1,1,, England, . Aug. 25. The. bodies of most of the men killed when the Ill-fated ZR-2 broke in two above Hull Wednesday after noon and plunged into the H umber river, still remain amid the tangled, 'debris of the dirigible or else have ' been carried awny lff the swiftly moving currents of the turbid stream. , Salvage operations were attempt ed for awhile today,-but they were unfruitful In- recovering from the wreckage any bodies, some of which are' believed to be inside tae gon . dolas. Likewise searches up and down the river, in md-stream and along the shores, met with no suc cess.. - Portlens of wreckage from the big balloon, however, were found in the water ten milesdistant from the point where she took her fatal plunge. -'..,- AIRSHIP PROPERTY OF BRITAIN, OFFICIAL VIEW This Government Likely to De cline to Replace ZR-2 By a Similar Purchase WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Technical WtleMoj to determine the cause jof the, collapse of th ZR-2 will be left "as- a matter of ' course" to the British air ministry, Secretary uenny said today. Only in case heavy finan-l cial loss should fall upon the United States as. a result of the disaster he said, would a request vbe' made for permission. to assign representatives of the Amejrlca naval department to the hearlng;sT ' . ' - ' I' The secretary's -statement was -ao-. cepted t here as formal annouriceraeiit that the United states consiaerea we aJxslilp entirely, the property of 'the i auiauiu . cuui 'so be embodied In specific clauses of the Hlgh v offlelals' -of thet tlfepartment -Iet it become Jcnown today that they were 6ppbsedto Replacing the ZR-2 through the purchase of 'a similar "type ship from a 'foreign government at least until 'American : Tesoueeflii'and talent had been given- ft fair; trial. -.. .. The ZR-2, eonstruotion.r -vof .which was authorized by congress when the purchase of -.the ZR-2. Iwas -approved, was to -. have followed- ileneral the Zeppelin principles whlcft.naval ex perts hold, ..have been- thoroughly tried. British constructors departed ma terially from the yZeppellnf eatureft It was said, in turning out . the- Ship which collapsed yesterday. ; .'- -r - NAVY NEEDS A SEMI- OR A NON-RtGlD TYPE, LIKE ZR-3 WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. In express ing keen regret at the loss of their bi other of fleers of the air rn the wreck of. the navy's great rigid airship, the ZR-2, officers of the army air service said . today that their llghter-than-air program would-be continued. Tactical needs', of the army, it vas said, demand the development and cp eration of. a" semi-rigid and non-rigid airships by the army. -The army has r.o rigid airship of the ZR-2 type. The work of laying out the-parts of tne army semi-rigid airship purchased from Italy recently is now going rorwird at-Langley field but her actual assem bly has not yet been begun. The Roma, as this ship Is named, w'lZ be inflated with hydrogen . gas. Hy drogen -ships, air service of fleers assert ed, are ordinarily safe, if the purenoss of the air Is preserved and the pres sure maintained, but ships inflated with' this . gas are liable to collapse or explode should the gas come in con tact with fire. A c . ; WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 Virginia, North and So.uth. Carolina and Georgia: Generally . fair Friday and, Saturday; little change In temperature.- Florida:- Partly , cloudy Friday and Saturday. Extreme northwest Florida, partly cloudy weather1 with thunder showers 'Friday and probably Saturday. Alabama, Mississippi: Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, probably local thundershowers in extreme south por tion; little change In temperature. Tennessee - and Kentucky: Partly cloudy. Friday- and Saturday, probably local thundershowers Saturday; little change In temperature. . Louisiana: Friday and Saturday partly cloudy, ; scattered thundershow ers in south portion. Arkansas: Friday and Saturday part ly cloudy. East and west Texas: Friday and Saturday generally fair. Winds: .HatUras to Key" West, fresh northeast winds and partly - overcast weather Friday. . - East Gulf: - Moderate east winds, partly, overcast weather, probably lo cal rains, Friday. ' West gulf : . Moderate east and southeast winds, partly over cast .weather Friday. ' Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Fresh, pos s Jly strong, northeast- winds , and partly overcast weather Friday. OLDEST MAN: DIES AFTER HE HAD APPLIED A "CORJf CURE" - PORT YER ' FlaAyg. 25i J. R. Brown; -9Byears old, who, was men- tloned ' in Florida. ; newspapers . several days jago as -the probable- successor 'to the honors tot- longevity in this state, followlngc the -death v bf '.It' centenarian, died athIs'home near here today. He n.sed .a, "cornrcure" , in treating an ail ing toe"-- The", toe ,i became - Infected and gangrene set In, necessitating the am putation jjf his; leg, which hefaljed to survive. .? HOPE OF FINDING DAILY IN THE STATE. BEGINS OF ZR-2 IN NOT MANY BODIES ARE BELIEVED TO BE HEAR WHERE DIRIGIBLE FELL Strong Tide Was Setting in When the Great Airship Met With Its Disaster TASK IS HARD ONE British Are Getting In vestiga tion Started Into the Cause of the Tragedy - 1 HULL, Eng., Aug- 25. (By.Assoc'lv ed Press). Efforts to salvage ths wreck of the ZR-2 in the widespread mouth of the Humber river, in the hope; that more bodies of her crew migiitj beT recovered from the twisted debris; of the giant airship, were resumed wtij lew tide today. . All Hull, it seemed, watched from thet quays along the river, which pours ii- self out, chocolate colored, to the sea. Thousands of persons stood yatiefx:.' for- hours watching while the salvage men struggled with the difficult, task" of running steel ropes under ihe wrecicl of the airship for the purpose of to--. lng to pull it from the jrtuddy -uottom., with the incoming high "tide. ' During the late day admlralty-offl- cers went out In a tug to Inspec'the. ." wreck, while small salvage craft uv . the air department were gleaning what' theyjcould from the parts of the ZR-34. projecting from the water. The Araer-I lean air officers, anxious to recover trer bodies of their comrades; also inspect- . ed'. what .-was left of the dirigible thaH was to have .taken them to the United. States. v?, .; -The ZR-2 lies on a sand or mud b&r.' ' about half .way ,in the mouth of fhet river, three-fourths of . a - mile from stfore. The- water., at- low t?de here 1 about four feet deep. Spybent a"ft-l twisted' Is the,.kelet0n " frame - whih' pro jecta from 'the-nsyrf ace, that, despite the, shallowness j of the ymtex a.lor . tide, - UUwJtej inove the .wreck- beeause of its great -weight with clinging mud and the rlySr rfitttrffig; swiftly on either side. ; . ' -; This after noon, one salvage boat trai working assiduously at the wreck, hv the more elaborate apparatus ' which was expected.) ad not yet arrived. O'd river men shook their heads skeptical, ly and. declared It will be no qhort job to remove the great. bulk of metal. Meanwhile, a lightship has been sta tioned alongside the wreck to warn traffle of Its danger. -River men are !r cllned to the opinion that ' pot many bodies will be found in the debris, bu will more likely- be found up river, as the tide, which .was beginning to fl-w when the.- disaster occurred, runs' strongly for several miles up stream. it is understood the bodies of the ;waf Americans already found will be em balmed and aent home. Tomorrow t? coroner's Inquest on the bodies recov ered will be held, but it is not .expect ed the inquiry will develop into any- thing sensational in the way of a v.ir dict pending the official inquiry In. the cause of the disaster. It gensr- f. ally known that the calamaty was pre cipitated by the collapse . of a girder1 but nobody In authority has yet ven tured an opinion as to what caused the girder to collapse. FIRST DAY'S INQUIRY BRINGS LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ON WRECK LONDON. Aug. 26. (By Associated Press). Official investigations made today at Hull into the ZR-2 disaster , failed to produce results either mini mizing its extent or throwing light on . the reason why the big airship sud denly broke In two and fell with a ma jority of the crew Into the Humber river. All hope v has ' been abandoned that there are other survivors of the ca tastrophe than Norman O: Walker.laii American rigger, and Flight Lieut. A. H. Wann. the commander of the tlr craft, and three other British members ot the crew. The air ministry and the admiralty are omitting no efforts in salvaging the wreck and investigating the "cause .f the collapse of the dirigible. The sal vage work will continue throughput the night at Hull, although It admitted ly is oirncuit ana dangerous. It Is presumed that a number of the officers and men of the crew of the-i:.l-fated craft, Including General Alaltland, may have been imprisoned in -the gon dolas by the explosion and met da"i there. They are belieyed to have bein resting in the gondolas at the time of the disaster, as they had an engage ment to attend a dance ltt Hull, arrang ed in "their honor, Wednesday nLjht. This was to "have been in the nature of a farewell gathering for the Amer icans. A report that the. body of Com- mander Lewis Maxfleld had been found, turnedout to be inaccurate. ; , The inquest Into the disaster,:' which has been fixed 5 for' tomorrow is expect ed to be merely a formal opening in- quiry, 4but the'goverhment has. lost no time In arranging an investigation ln.o the cause of -the . wreck.', '.- The; air mln- ' istry:has convened a court' which will open at Howdehj Saturdays Major Gen eral Salmond,- who will preside over the f.niirt. is in command, oti th rova.r mir force. With htm. will. be. six other air ' officers. - There is a general desire that the United States should' be represent- A ed on this court, and therefore the air ministry has Invited the American na sal attache at the embassy here to des-" Today - officers y of-, the air ministry " were at-Hull making preliminary in vestigations and. gathering all possible . data concerning -the;. catastrophe. Ti ministry announces that after the court ; -at How.den lconclu4es its. Jnqulry, - rur-. ther' Investigations r .will ipt - made . .p to , the full technical aspects of the case "by the : "accident investigation " ub-c-u-mlttee : of the- - aeronautical - research ' committee- . DEAD 1 - ? 1A - i -7 "? 4 r y r-. 3 K