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a m&i M&mimm Observer .North Caroline Fair NaadV aad Tseeaayi, MUd toltpcrs tare. ; ' ., : en your tap-fi Stud rn five days before SM'tr.tioa In order to avoid feinting Single oopj-t . ditfMMt ' i - ' JTEN PACES TODAY ? RALEIGHN, G. MONDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1921. you qciii.no. 150. TEN PAGES TODAY S PRICE: FIVE CENTS LITTLE ACTIVITY OVER POLITICS III : riATIQNS CAPITAL Washington Settles Down In to Summer Quietude With I , Coming Of Holiday HOTEL KEEPERS WAXING ; FAT. OFF JOB HUNTERS Plenty Of Complaint! and Much Xickinf Beeause .Of High - Bates; "Baby Cabinet B , , Meres In Expensive Zatinf ; Seal right On Over Frohibi ' ; tion Law enforcement 'The Km aad Observer Bureau, r 803 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON. - , (By Special Leased Wire.) f , . Washington, May 29. With Congress t taking a holiday from Friday afteraooa - till boob Tuesday ia order that It might gat ready' for Memorial . day and take part ia it, there has beea nothing of any stirring nature about the HULt At the Whit Bouse there u u same doles far niente atmosphere, for with an easy going Saturday. Sunday and its ' quietude, and Memorial day, ahead, 1 with all government departments shut tight and fast, .there mast perforce come a let up in the procession of offiee . seekers who daily make the executive offices the mecca of their visita to Washington. - There are so maay of these here on. the job of getting jobs thst the average ran of visitors to Washington have a hard time Hading hotel rooms, for thcrj ia a scarcity of them here straight along with convention delegates and office seekers crowding each other for space ia which to rest weary frames. y . Betel Rates Still High- And when rooms aro secured at hotels here it takes digging, down into h the jeana to tad the money Vto pay the - rates. There have beea many com plaints of high rates at hotels made to the Bouse district committee, these making their appearance at nearly every meeting. Representative Hays, of Missouri, s former member of the com mittee, has introduced a bill requiring the placarding in all hotel rooms ratei, requiring also that all hotel proprietors file with the district commissioners a list of their prices, no change to be '-' permitted without a notice, of 30, days to the Commissioner. , i ,i f ' . The. bill waa introduced at the solici latin of the allied travelers associa tion, which la asking Uniform hotel rates throughout the country. Here in Washington, where there is a rent com mission, authority, is -vested ia it to -.make hotel and restaurant rates, but the commission has as yet lot tackled that proposition, a report from it being that with the legality of the commission before the Supreme Court it does not car to go into the matter, for la many rent eases there bad beea appeals. Now that the rent commission has the o. k. f the Supreme Court, it ia the hope that it will take hold of the hotel aitua 'taon. As to 'houses and apartments high prices still prevail here, though, 'many many thousands of government employees and people brought hers by war business have vamoosed. 'A fra ' ternity of interests nmong the people who have places to rent here appears to keep the prices high in the air. Organise "Baby Cabinet.1' The latest fad here in official circles is whst is referred to as the "baby cabinet," recently organized, this being - composed of the principal assiatants to cabinet members. CoL Edward Clifford, of Illinois, unsuccessful spplieant far the position of Commissioner of In ternal Revenue and an assistant Beer) tary of the Treasury, being the prime movers. This "bby cabinet will out- " six the cabinet proper for there are various and sundry assistant secre ts ries. But as it is stated that the meet ings will be confined to monthly din- ' vers, and as the first of the dinners waa pulled off at the exclusive end ex pensive Metropolitan elub, they will hardly amount to much except to talk and indulge in eats. The purpose s Stated to be co-operative work in order to expedite business and for better ' acquaintanceship. Incidentally it is learned that Colonel Clifford has quit: an artistic taste, and that he is having his offices done ever in blue Harding ' blue" presumably and that there are tapestries and hangings and carpets to match the color scheme. Thst there is to be a real fight to have the matter of prohibition enforce ment taken from the Bureau of Intern al Revenue aad handed over to the De partment of Justice is being elesrly seen here. Senstor Penrose is active in the matter aad ia arranging for joint conferences of Treasury Department aad V Department of Justice officials on this matter, at the aame time placing the value of this before members of Con gress. It is known thst both Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Blair are in favor of turning the enforcement ever - to the Department of Justice and let ting that department tussle with the - matter. ' Bight now there is to be settled the question of who is to be the prohibi- tion commissioner, for all the indica tions are that Commission!- John F. 4 Kramer will . soon be relieved of that position. The rumor - here for some dfya has been thnt soon after Mr. Blair ,,took over the job as commissioner a new prohibition commissioner would be - - named, the best bet being that the man who will get the job will be Newton Fairbanks, of Ohio, for, aa he is an Ohio maa, it ia the. feeling that Presi- dent Harding, ale of Ohio, favors his appointment It is reported that there will be' a place provided for Commis sioner Kramer when he makes his exit as prohibition, commissioner, nnd that he will be given a post ia Ohio la con nection with the Treasury Department, this, perhaps, to have something to de with the prohibition question. Georgia Fargas Ahead "North Carolina will have te look out (or its laurels as the big peanut pro- (Cofitlnned oa Page Twaj J3 Last Survivor 6f General Horace Porter Accom : panied Chief To Appomat tox Jo See General, Lee SPENT THIRTY YEARS . IN PUBLIC SERVICE Serred Under President Mc Xinley As The Ambassador v -' To ; Franoi . '; y ; . New York, May 29. Geaeral Horace Porter, last survivor of General Grant a military staff, and fvrmer ambassador to rrsnce.ied ehrly today la his g5th year . - M i Funeral services for General Porter, will be held Thursday, at the Fifth Avenue Presbrterian church. ' It is planned also te hold a military funeral which will be deferred at least two weeks, or until the arrival la this eouatrr of the general '4 eldest daugh' ter, Mrs. Elsis Porter Meade, who is in Switxcrland. Geaeral Porter's death had been ex pec ted for several days. He lapsed Into nneonaefonsness Thursday. Members ef his family, including his sister. Mrs. Jsmes Wheeler, his brother-in-law, Henry MeHarg, and his niece, Br. Jose ph ins Hindrup, were - at the bedside when the end came. - With Grant at Aneamattea. . Brigadier-General Porter,' ef -? the Union Army in the Civil War, accom panied Grant to Appomattox and was with his chief when Grsnt nnd Let discussed terms of ths tatter's surren der.' After the war, when Grant served ss Secretory of War, General Porter acted as his assistant. When Grant became President. Genera! -Porter ac eompanicd him te the White House as executive secretary, and remained during the first term of office. When Grant died, it was General Porter who organised the popular subscription that yielded 1 000,000 and built Grant's tomb in New York City, Altogether Geaeral Porter spent 30 years in public see rive as soldier, diplomat, scholar and pr.triot. A I'oa gressional Medal of Honor was swarded him for distinguished services la the Civil War. Ths Grand Cross of the Lesion of Honor fro France testi fied to his services as Ambassador at Paris. Ha received the degree of LU D. from Harvnrd, Princxtoa, Union and Willismn. ' , ' Born at Huntington, Pa-, April 15, 1837. the son ef a governor of Penn sylvsnia, he studied st Hsrvsrd and at West Point aad graduated into the regular army.' He fought, la turn, with the Union armies, of tha Ohio, the Cumberland, and the . Potomac Ha won six . brevets for bravery on many battlefields., At Chattanooga his bravery "attracted the ' atteatie wf General Grant who selected , him eg a member ef his staff and kept him by his side during ths remainder ef the war. . '. v ' Railroad Maa By Profession. General Porter was by profession railroad man. At 38 years of sge he re signed from the army end became Ties president of the Pullman Company. Later he was president of the New York, West Shore and Buffalo, and the SL Louis and San rraneiseo ran roads. During his business career of 24 years be waa a director in l rail road companies and unaneial insti tutions. General Porter again entered public life at the age of .60. President Mo Kinlev appointed him Ambassador to France in 1897 and he remained at that post for eight years. He became one of tho most distinguished tit the diplomatic com ia Paris, serving his country dur ing the period of wsr with Spain. His term also embraced the assembling ef the Peace Commission which signed a second Treaty of Paris on the same table upon which Franklin aad his col- lesgres after the Revolution signed tno first Trenty of Psris. - The long search through Paris for the remains of John Paul Jones, the American Admiral, was conducted by Ambtsssdor Porter. He spent six years and more than 35,000 of his personal fortune in this search, and when he found the body, he gracefully refused reimbursement from Congress. "Diplomacy," said General Porter at one time, "is not the science of representing hs broadest falsehood with the straightest face, nor shonld the word carry with it the demeaning idea ef craftiness, as many of out dictionaries define it. The profession has arisen to a higher plane." , General Porter elosed his career ss an earnest aavoeaio fi univnnai resee. At the age of 70 he represented . . , , the United States at tae seeoaa x-eaee Conference at The Hague. He marriel in 1863, Sophie K. McHsrg of Albany, New York, who died in 1903. They had three children. . Rare Gifts As Orator. Geaeral Porter possessed rare gifts ss sn orator snd sf ter dinner speaker. His wit sad ths brilliancy snd felicity of his public speeches ranked him among the foremost speakers of the country. - His mechanical tastes and power ef invention were marked. He invented the ticket box in use en ell elevated railroads snd most ef the ferries in this country. An interior mechanism mutt-' lates the tickets aa gthey are dropped urn u, waxing meir re-use impossuue. During his long military business and diplomatist career he found time to de vote himself te considerable literary work. lrV was' author ef "West Point Life" (1860); "Campaigning With Grant," and ha also contributed te num erous magaainea aad newspepers. ' He spoke French nnd Spanish fiuently aad was well versed ia ths literature ef those countries.- CHARLOTTE TO OBSf'RVK MEMORIAL DAY TODAY Charlotte, May 29. National Me morial Day will be observed hers to morrow by a ponde over Tryoa and 8eventh streets, ths latter leading to the cemetery, where Dr. Plate Durham will deliver the Memorial oration. There were 110 men of Mecklenburg county,, who mads the supreme sneri- ee nnd z of these men are buried In the two cemeteries here. Salutes will be fired ever the graves snd ths latter decorated with tags aad wreaths. Moo dF. ffiH fc blt holiday the city. Geh. : Grant's ORATOR AT STATE n I ' ; COLLEGE TONIGHT John Skeltoa Williams, former Comp troller of the United States .Treasury who will deliver the commencement ad dress at State College tonight REAL OBSERVANCE Must Make Sure Of Fulfillment Of Duties Growing Out Of. - War, He Declares' The' News aad Observer Bureau, 60S District National Bank Bldg, By EDWARD B. BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) Wsshington, May 89. Former .Presl dent Wood row Wilson has broken his long silence since his retirement from ths White House on March 4. It is Memorial Day that has btought a let ter from him, this sent to the editor of Stars and Stripes, a scldier periodical published here, sad : in it he d eel res S.. ".hall ' ant ha akin .ub wvivj. : -"'"-- - - to enjoy the full pride of the day's recollections until we have made euro that the duties that glew, out ef the war have beea . ruiauea. te toe most.", . . -v"-- n r " c .Ths fult text of hts letter Jss ' "M.mnri.l T)l has klwSVS been OUO ef eur most solemn . and. thoughtful anniversaries, wnen, wo recsiiea grei memories snd dedicst: 1 ourselves sgsia a iVm milntxninM and nurifiCStloB of the Nation; but this year it has aa added and tremeadous sigaineaaea Be cause the memories ted sacrifices of the great World War ire now among the most stimulating of ths recollec tions ef ths cay. "Ws celebrate the immortal aehleve aata of tha maa whs died in Francs on ths field aad .in the treaekee, far awsy from home, in. order that both eur ewa nnd the peoples serosa ths mi m I ah t ha delivered from - the ugliest peril ef all history. It is our privilege not only to indulge a high aad solemn pride ana gnei xor mc l.mM nt that mat struggle, but also to rededieate ourselves to the achieve ment ef the greet objects for wuien that wa wu fauehL Ws shall not be happy; ws shall not be able to enjoy the full pride or me oay a recollec tions until we hsve made sure thst the ttntlaa that s-rew out of the wsr have ben fulfilled to the utmost. Are we sure! If we sre not, snail we not soon take steps to do whstever has beea emitted I" "WOODBOW WILSON." r.t.!a Ttavld Sellers, now hesd of the morals section of the Bureau ef N.viv.tlna ' nt tha New has been se lected by Secretary of the Navy Denby u uii aide, sueeeeaing unnninam Perey W. Joote, a native of Wilkes boro, who serred under Secretary Daniels, snd who goes to the command of the scout Rilem. Secretary Denby has added a marina corps side ia the person of CoL David Porter. Miss Emilis M. Bchults, of Gastoala, is ess of the young women snnouneed k tha Wnmen'a American Baptist As sociation ae being selected for work in foreign fields, and win go te fast vnina. In all twenty-eight young women have kaaa aaWtjuI. thaaa trained aa medical. evaagelistie, aad edaeatioaal mission aries. All will be sent abroad during the summer snd fall. St tha annual alee.tlnn of officers for ths ensuing yesr the Southern-Society Of WesliingtOB sieciea oam joger, fMnhiin. a tha North Carolina vice- president William L. Saunders, of Vir ginia, was ro-clcetrfl president of ths society, which is the Ir-'ing social or gsniiation ia Wsshington. '?"!?C1 ... . ... m .1 ToerS Will DC a mns inutling unia; tht In Cnnferlernts Memorial Hall of members ef organisations ef Sonthera trs here, the meeting being called to perfect plans for memorial services te Confederate soldiers to be held June 5. At these ' services Representative Lowrer. ef MiuisslppL will be the prin cipal spesker. ' ' Mrs. Adelaide worts wagiey, ana aer daughters, Misses Belle sad Ethel Bag ley, left yesterdsy afternoon on the "Three Rivers" best for a leisurely trip te .Baltimore, me vessel, waving n Innina in tha ftmum. visits a 'num ber ef points and .. reaches , Baltimore Mondsy. M" Bsgley and her dan gh tors will return by rail sa Moaday. Xf fi T!aratt. a' Durham, who Is preparing' to- take a trip abroad, ia ts ia Wsshington tomorrow arranging . viiM - for 'his oassDort. i While abroad he will look into matters. af fecting cottoa iatorests, being chairmea or ths couoa commisewn appoiaxeqi oy rUTarnor Morriaoa aader net el the Geaeral Assembly. . North Carolina vislrors te Wsshingtos today are: K. H. Lewis, ef Oxford; G. . . . r i . . . 1 uinrrsu, ox jsoreaeaa wji sax. anu WILSON CALLS FOR Mrs, AJberJ Ciartt ,m ma TALKS. TO. VIRGII1IAIISIN AN HISTORIC CHURCH President Pays His Respects To Members Of Parish Who Died In World War FOUGHT TO PRESERVE - RIGHTS OF REPUBLIC -1 ewHMMHWi.anmi.wnn . -. Exhprts Parishioners OTChnrch In Which George Washing ton Was Vestrytnaav To Go 7orth To Keep Sacred Prin ciples 01 Wf ht and Justice 7or Which Americans Fought Washington, May 29. In the historic Episefpsl church. of Pohick in Virginia, ef which George Waahingtea waa ones a Teetrymaa, President Herding .today paid ''his respects to 'members' ef the parish who gays their lives, te the na tion in the World War. After the services, et whleh hundreds from the Virginia countryside crowded into eld fashioned box pews, ths Presi dent addressed the gathering and ex horted the parishioners to go forth from the house of worship resolved "to preserve inviolate those principles of right snd -justice'' for which Americans had always fought Ths eeesaioa for ths President's wor ship . in tho pew once occupied by George Washington wae the unveiling of- a tablet in memory of three former parishioners of the church who serred in the World Wsr. r Fought To Preserve) Rights. While disclaiming any intention of venturing into a dissuasion of the cause of the World War, tho President de clared that "America fought to pre serve the rights of tha republic and to maintain the civilization in which we had such a part ia making, and ia that service ws have rendered tribute not only to thst eause but also to the high est idssls of bumsnity." Ia reference to the concord between the North end South which ths World War helped te achieve, the President asserted there was no longer any sug gestion ef conflict since "we unsheathed the sword ia behalf' of suffering humanity sad wars brought into a su preme sad sublime effort to save the civilization of the world." Ia that effort "we have found the soul' of Ameries, the chief executive continued,, and . ths .- sections' of ths nation 'are united in. tha sweetest eoa eord that ever united mea." ' ' Vlnrltsia's Gift to Union. ...Allusion wae made by. Mr. Harding to the fact thst be earns front Ohio which wss Virginia's gift te the Union when she gave up ths eld ' Northwest territory.' The tribute to the Virginians of Po hick who gave their Uvea in ths World War, which he said waa being given expression todsy in "ths Old Dominion, ths mother of Ststes," wss one expressed by all America. Te ths beys snd girls of the Sunday school emsa-whe had marched ia the church te witness the unveiling cere mony, the President directed attention. ''In a country like this where dem ocracy is st its best, whieh ef these children garbed ia ths Sams raiment," the President asked, "is the dsughter of the capitalist sad which of the work msnf ' "They srs just sons and daughters of democratic America," he answered. - TO DELIVER MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS AT ARLINGTON Washington, May 29. Leading tho nation in commemoration of its heroic soldier and sailor deed, President Hard ing tomorrow will deliver the Memorial day address st the amphitheatre of the Arlington National Cemetery. Exercises ia ths National Capital ia honor of the men who followed their country's flag began today, but the formal homage of ths states will be paid by ths chief executive, himself the son ef a veteran of the Union armies, who resumes a custom broken by the war the annual address of the Presi dent ef the United States in the midst ef the graves of the nation's deed. Cabinet officers, high government of ficials snd officers of ths Army aad Navy, with ths representatives of for eign governments, are to attend the eeremoniea at Arlington whieh are to be conducted by the Grand Army of the Republic. Prior to the ceremonies a parade of veterans and troops of the Regular Army will pass la review be fore the White House. Led by Lieuten ant General Nefsoa A. Miles, the march ing ranks are to inelnds members of the Grand Army of ths Bepnblie, vet erans of the Spanish-American war, the American Legion, 'ths veterans of for eign wsrs nnd the Kational Disabled Soldiers' League. In remembrance of the men who fell ia the World War, paper poppies, pat ten cd after the blood-red flowers of Flanders, have been made for distribu tion by school children. Besides ths official eeremoniea st Arlington, the graves of service men in other ceme teries is Wsshington and its eviroas are to be decorated with fitting exer eises by veterans aad patriotic organi sations. Immediate Action The Want Ad Columns bristle with imperative command in . many in stances fbey tell of conditions thn't must be met at oaee they voice the cry for things that must be brought about Immediately. Quick ia action, ths Waat Ads tell where jobs sre waiting for you, realty snaps for immediate inspec tion, buying chances for the ready purchaser, 'renting opportuaities for ths ejuick to act Want Ads are not for the drones, but the energetic those who de things today find them very eftea a ready reference ef chances that srs well worth while. Phone 127 eur Want Ad Maa will gladly call for year ad. - . . . SEVEN MEN OF AIRPLANE DURING SEVERE WIND STORM NEAR WASHINGTON AVIATION CHIEF CAUGHT IN STORM v General William Mitchell Had Narrow Escape From Death ' WhJleJnAir SINGLE SEATER PLANE - TOSSED ABOUT IN AIR an i i Amy -Officer Tells Thrilling Story Of Danger and Adven ture in Clouds; Plane Twist ed Out Of Control But He Manages To Bun' Before Wind Until Out 0! Storm Wsshington, May 29. (By the Also elated Press.) Brigadier General Wil liam Mitchell, assistant ehief of the Army Air Service end formerly in com mand - of all American air forces in France, had a narrow escape from death yesterday ia the storm in which the new srmy Curtiss-Eagle ambulance plane crashed with a loss of seven Uvea. Although he faced danger in many forms - on the Western front General Mitchell admitted today he sever had felt closer to death. than last evening when the single neater pursuit plane ia whieh he waa returning to Washington from Lsnglcy Field was twisted out of his control aad tossed at the merry of ths storm mors than 1,000 feet above the earth. Regains Central of Plan. That be finally waa able to regain control of hia plane and run before the wind until out of tho storm area aad reach Boiling Field by a round-about route that took him almost to Rich moad, Va., was ss much luck aa aay thing else, General Mitchell declared today. The officer told the story ia matter-of-fact manner, omitting many of the details bat it waa possible to piece together from his account and that of others who mads ths flight st about ths ssms tune thrilling story of dsnger and adventure in the clouds. General Mitchell left Wsshington yes terdsy morning, in company with several other machines, to review aerial maneu vers of the greet . oneentrstlon of army aircraft at Lsngley Field, gath ered there for tho army-navy bombing test to be conducted in June and July He waa flying a 8E 5 Pursuit plane, cap able of a speed of 120 miles sa hour. Caught la Midst ef Storm. "I left Langlry Field about 6 o'clock in the single seater, accompanied by Captain William Ocker in another 8E 5," said the general. We flew in forma tion and although it was already quite dark we expected to beat the storm owl. After a short.time we found that the low lying cloud ceiling waa only about 1,100 feet from the earth. We could see the storm south of Wsshington and appar eatly about over Indian lleail, Md. Almost before we knew whst. wss hap pening, we were caught ia the midst of it a terrific wind with hail and rain and plenty of lightning nnd thunder. As we crossed the Potomac the wind was coming out of the Aorth in great gusts, eausing my ship to twist and dip badly. Captain uraer was behind me, but we eould scarcely see a ship's length ahead of us. It waa like driving into a solid wall of black. "It waa apparent that we had our choice of three alternatives. One was to land at once, with practical certainty of a bad erasb, snother was to turn snd try to get back to a landing at Langley tleie, but in the storm thst course cn tailed a danger of missing the field snd being blown out to sea. The last si ternative waa to turn and run awsv from the storm and try to go around it or between two storm areas. That I decided to do. Ia the meantime my snip was being thrown into a succes sion of spinning dives, some of them 300 feet long, and it was during one of these that the problem of turning awsy from the storm was solved for me, for when I came out of it I was heading en toe return path. Barely Made Headway I estimate that the wind must hsve been blowing at least 100 miles an hour up there, for my plane, with the engine lull open, should have been doing 120 miles sn hour snd setually wss hardly making headway against the wind. I hare beea in some bad storms in the time I have been flying, I have seen a storm under me blowing trees down in its path, but I never was in such a storm ss that before, i "Ws recrossed the Potomac and raced almost back to Rirhmond, then out In between two storms, doubled back over Indisn Head aad reached Boiling Field at 7:20. Afjer oe arrived at is home, sftcr having beea in the air more than six hours during the day. General Mitchell learned that Captain B. 8. Wright, whs had started about the same time he did from Langlry Field in a Fokker plane, kad crashed at Rock Point Md., after dropping behind in the rare. General Mitchell left immediately for Rock Point by motor, where he found Captain Wright uninjured, but tha Fokker demolished.. It wss not until his return home st two o'clock this morning, after bringing Captain Wright bark te the city, that the General re eeired hia first information regarding the fatal crash of the big Eagle. GRAY HAIRED.VETERAN SENT TO PENITENTIARY U Statrsville, May 29. William Ells worth, the gray haired veteran who was convicted of breaking into Morrison's store, carrying concealed weapon, aad other offenses,' wss sentenced yesterdsy by Judge' Bryson to serve in the State penitentiary for three years, at bard labor. Judge Bryson stated that ke considered the verdict ef the jury erojpepjlv proper. .... , , . .. ., KILLED IK WRECK THREE HUNDRED ARMID MEN HUNT FOR SLATERS Of SHERIFF OuUtaueega, Teanu, May ' It-. Three hundred armed Geergisne are seoariag ths mountains sresnd Can chat In search ef twe men wanted la eoaacctwa with the killing ef Sheriff A, C. Catron, of Walker county; early Satarday when ha at tempted to arrest alleged whlakey Officers Declare Even If Bolt Had Hit Plane, Little Harm Would Have Been Done Washington, May 29. - Suggestions thahsthe wrecking of the army airplane, in which seven men were killed yester day evening, was caused by a bolt of lightning were scouted by army sir servlee officers who declared that there wae no record of lightning hitting a plane. . They said that even had a bolt struck the Curtiss'-Eagla it eould have done little if any damage as the light ning could not have affected a ground ing necessary to causs damage. Tho theory of some officers is thst sn unusually heavy blast of wind atruck the ship on .one side snd nnbslsncsd it, sending it into a nose dive from which it could not recover because of the short distance to the ground. Take Photograph of Wreck In preparation for the official ia quiry Lieutenant Paul C. Wilkina went to the scene of the accident today to tahe photographs of the wreck and to obtain from eye-witnesses snd others any possible information thst might bs of use ia solving what ia now s mystery, Statements of naval officers at Indian Head that the plane fell only n short distance caused surprise to army sir service officials who examined the per sonal effects of t!ie passengers which were -brought to Boiling Field todsy, A stick of shaving soap sad its nickel plated container waa found mashed al most as fit aa a knife blade. A heavy black leather band bag wss ripped and torn while a atraw hat which one of the civilians had -worn wns torn to shreds. Decorated With Highest Honor Lieutensnt Colonel Miller wae a na tive t Illinois and was appointed to the 'army from Missouri. He served hH the Spaaish-Amerieaa War. the Philip pines, where he won the Congressional Medal of Bf nor, aad in the World War. He was executive officer of the aviation division of the army when tha United States declared war oa Germany and later wss assigned to command the Mitehel Meld, Long Island. He ' wss 43 years old and is survived by a widow and several children The action whieh won for him the highest decoration within the gift of the American government took place on Tina Island, July 2, 1909. The Amerl eana were opposing hostile Moras and Colonel Miller, under heavy fire, with the assistance of an enlisted man, placed a machine gun in advance of its former position, ..bout 20 yards from ths enemy, in seeomplishing which be was obliged to splico a piece of timber to one leg of the machine gun s tripod, Former Member of Con grass Mr. Connolly was the Washington representative of the Curtiss Airplane Company and was born at Dubuque, Iowa, 44 years sgo. Be served in ths air service during the war with the rank of major. For a time he wss exec utive officer in command of Wilbur Wright Aviation School, Fairfield, Ohio, and he flew for Liberty Loans, Graduated at Cornell University in 1897, Mr. Connolly received the LL.D. degree in the New York Lew School in 1898 and afterwards took post graduate courses at Oxford, Heidelberg, and Bal liol College. He was a member of the 63rd Congress and was a delegate at large to the Democratic National Con vention st St. Louis in 1916. He was defoatod for the United States Senate in 1914 by. Senator Cumml.-. and then became interested in airplane maim facture. Ho also was a regent and mem ber of the executive committee of the Smithsonian Institution and had many business connections in lows Mr. Connolly wss a member of the American Legion and of the Aero Club of America, the Metropolitan Club, the Army and Ttavy Club, and the National Press Club. He was president of the Iowa mate Lodge of tiki in 1913 snd waa a member of the National Car riage Builders Association, of which he was president in 1908. Lieutenant Ames had served in avia tion for a number of years. He enlist ed in the British army at the outbreak of the war and Ister was transferred to the Ameriran forces in France. He Was testing snd engineering officer at Boil ing Field snd was regarded s an au thority in aero engineering and testing. He wss married about three seeks sgo. Lieutenants AlcDermott snd Penne- will were stationed st Langley Field, to which they recently were transferred from K el ley Field, Texas, for the bomb ing tests with the Navy next month. Their home addresses eould not be ob tained here. Mr. Batchelder was a former news paper man and wss a native of Attics, N. r. He was 41 yesrs old nnd one of the organizers of the American Auto mobile Association and had resided in Wsshington for seven yesrs, since the sssociation opened its national head quarters here. WILSON WAREHOUSEMEN TO STOP FRAUDULENT SALES Wilson, May 29. At a meeting of the Wilsoa Tobseeo Board ef Trade heM last Saturday it was decided to doubly protect the warehousemen ia the future that all baskets must carry, beside: the warehouse labels, a aumber anil that all warehouses will carry a certain scries of numbers. By this arrangement it is thought that fake axles will be things of ths past oa the Wjdsoxi warehouse floors. .SCOOT IDEA THAT LIGHTNING DID IT WORST ACCIDENT : .AVIATION HAS HAD One Of Few In Which All Of Passengers In Falling Plane ' Were Killed . tawa-aaa-aw-nwauaanmam .-.. SHIP STRIKES GROUND ' WITH TERRIFIC FORCE . sta-w-a-WMae 1 Two Bepresentatives In Con gress Saved From Death Be cause Sickness Prevented Their. Return In Army Air ship; Had Just Crossed Po tomac From Langley Field Wsshington, May 29, (By The Asso- - elated Press.) Seven men, five ef ths srmy snd two eivillsns, were killed ia ths wreck ef 'an army Curtias-Eagle ambulance airplane near India -Head, Maryland, 40 miles southeast ef Wash ington, yesterdsy evening in a tcrrlte wind and electrical storm. The dead arei Llent CoL Archie Miller, U. S. A, M. H, Washlacten. Maariee . Connolly,, of DabaSue, j Ioe-aj feranei member ef the Hones el stag rosea UMtss. A. G. Batchelder, of WaaUagtoa, caairmaa ef the board of the -Amerlcaa Automobile issi elation. . , Llent Stealer M. Ames, of . Wsshlagtea, pilot ef the wracked plans, - Lieat Cteveiaad W. McDsnaott, Laagloy Field, Vs. ' - .' Llent J oka M. PenuewlU, Long, ley Field. Vs. . , Sergeant Mechanic Richard Bless. snkraas, Washlagton. ' Worst Wreck la Aviation Army air Berries officers said ths acci dent wss the worst ia the history ef aviation ia ths United States, either military or civil, and thst it wss oaa of ths few ia which all ef the passen gers in a falling plans had beea killed almost instantly.. , The ship struck ths ground nose first and the force ef impact was so great that ths big 400 horsepower Liberty motor la the front end ef the craft waa torn 4rom its fchasaii- surf thnm back into the cock pit oa top of the pilot and the psssengers. All of the bodies were badly raultilated. ' Ths Curtlas Eagle was returning front s trip to Lsngley Field, near Newport News, Vs and had just crossed tbs Potomac river when it ran into the storm which bad passed ever Washing ton an hour before. Ths sxset esuse of the accident probably never will be known, as those in the machine were dead when witnesses from Morganton, a village near Indian Heed, reached the scene. "SJ.'sJ . Investigation Is Ordered. An official investigation of ths ac cident will be ordered. At thst in vestigation it is possible an inquiry , will be made into the general design snd practical use by ths army ma-' chine, the only one of its type ia the srmy air service. Air service officers said todsy that when the plane left Langley field it was apparently ia per- ' feet running condition and had beea functioning properly during' several hours ia the morning aad afternoon. Captain De Lsvergne, air attache sf " ths French Embassy, who made the trip in the Eagle from Washington, said tonight that in his opinion ths Eagle wss unbalanced. "The machine was badly balanced, Captain Ds Lsvergne ssid. "It had small motor,- of only 400 horse-power. The weight waa too much, tbs pilot could not eontrol it I destined to re turn in it and earns back by boat" ' Sickness Saved Them. Representatives Campbell, of Kansas chairman of the House rules eommittet, and Walsh, of Massachusetts, who went -to Langley field in the Eagle, also re turned to Washington by boat Mr.' Campbell said tonight the element of safety had not entered into their de cision not to return la the Eagle; thst boh of hem were sessick snd ths air if) the elosed plsne wss bsd. "If the ship hsd beea open ws would have returned in it," said Mr. Campbell. ' . I suggested to Wslsh that ws return by boat. He was sessick and I didn't feel very steady. We hsd been mors than two hours at' sea in a Martin bomber observing bombing experiments. Un the wsy down to Langley field, the sir was rough snd very bumpy, Ws bad a wonderfully good pilot Bs would run into sn sir bsnk like it wss a hill side and then ths machine would , drop, sometimes more than 100 feet . Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant chief of the Army Air Service, whs ac companied the Eagle to Langley Field, and who had an exciting battle with the . storm during his return flight, said Lieutenant Ames, piloting the Eagle, was regarded as one of the best pilots . in the service snd that his ship wss ap parently in perfect condition. No Concern Fes? Safety. We felt no concern for his safety, said 'lie General, and when 'ae Eagle . circled over the field a eon. !e of times before straightening out on the north erly course for Washington it wss run ning perfectly. We waved good-bye from the "field, expecting that the big ship would be in Washington before we -were resdy to leave Langley." The Eagle left Lsngley Held about 4:30 p. m. yesterdsy. Ths time ef the wreck is placed at 6:25 p. m., the hour st which a watch carried by Mr. Con nolly was found te have stopped. Nsvu officers' st Indian Head, . who saw ths plane go down, declare that Pilot Ames . ried to bnngWia machine down before the full fores of the storm struck but thst he was prevented from" making a .. nnding st tha first sttempt by a grove of trees. Ths sirship sroesed ever the, trees safely aad sppesred. to put ea .(Cestjaaed ta I Tyej r- . t,. . ... .1
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