MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROMNA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Ut, 1921
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Hull, England, Aug. M.-bnMtm
offlcers mi toaa of Um United State#
and 27 olhm an I mm at tha British
navy met denth t'.day In the collapse
of th» rrvat dirigible ZR 2 over the
city of Hull.
Every onr of the A marie ana on
hurt tha Ill-fated craft perished, aa
far aa could he ascertained at mid
night tonight.
Only live of the 4ft who were
making the trip In tha dirigible prior
to the vessel being turned over to the
United State* navy an known to have
been saved. Maurice iMf, • Greens -
bom, N. C. man, chief boatswain's
mate was siyong those toit.
The British losses ln< lu led the fa
mous sir veteran, Brirmli'-r General
R. M. Msitland. and all the other of
ficer * on hoard except Untenant
Wann.
Afloat 34 Hour.
Starting fror» Howden Tuesday
morning cm a teat flight to f'ulham.
the big aircraft had been afloat for
34 hour*, at time* In bad weather,
and wan returning to the Put ham
airdrome at the time of the diaaater.
which constitutes the moat terrible of
ita kind in peace ttmes.
The ZR-2 which wai a aiater ahip
of the famoua R-34, the flrat dirigi
ble to cToaa the Atlantic, wan on her
Ana! teat trip prior to being accept
ed by the United State* navy and
taken acroaa the Atlantic by an Amer
ican crew eapecially trained for that
purpoae. She wan <K>6 feet long and
waa built to carry a cr*-w of thirty.
Her apeed was estimated at 70 miles
an hour. The American navy waa to
pay $2,000,000 for the craft.
While flying about 1,000 feet over
!)ul1, spectator* aaw the ZR-2 seem
ingly buckle amidship and plunge
ck>—.iward over the city and into
Humher river. One theory of the
cauae of the diaaater la that while
the ship'a rudder* wep being tea ted
the giant ahip took a sharp tum,^
buckle, and that the explosion of a
gaaoline tank completed the tragedy
of the air. The actual causa, how
ever may never be known. A rumor
had been afloat for aome days that
the ZR-2 waa structurally weak, but
this was stoutly denied by all in
authority.
Tana of thouaanda of apectatora
saw several men climb outside tW
balloon and drop from the falling
maaa, which waa enveloped in smoke,
»nd others Jump into the Humher, aa
the crippled craft came over the water.
As the dirigibla struck, the wreckage
above the water waa burning and
there was slight chance for any of the
men caught inside to aacape.
Tugs immediately put out into the
stream and brought aahore the Ave
survivors who were taken in ambu
lancea to hospitals. Among theae was
th« American quartermaster N. 0.
Walker, who died soon after reach
ing the hospital from burns he had
received. Lieutenant Little also was
rescued from the debris alive, but
succumbed to his injuries on reaching
the hospital.
•n rrncue lug punra another Ameri
can out of the water. Hf was dead.
Inside of hi* coat waa the name
"Commander Maxfield." Early re
port* were to the effect that Lieu
tenant Esterly had been saved. Un
happily thia report proved to be with
out foundation.
One member of the rescueing party
said that when they got alongside
the burning airship the pilot asked
for volunteers to board one part that
■till was almost intact. Jumping upon
the wreckage, the rescuers ripped
open part of the fabric, while parts ot
the debris waa pulled away by meana
of ropea. The task waa a hazardous
one because one of the balloons was
still AIM with gas and another ex
ploaion waa feared.
What Spectators Witnessed.
Among the wreckage an American
naval man waa to be seen hanging
by his coat to a girder in the frame of
the airship. It was believed he was
I dead, owing to th« peculiar position
of hi* body, which waa not recovered.
Another rescuer aaid that one waa
haaging on the tall pf the ship, ap
parently uninjured, while another
was found (losing in the water. Both
of them wen saved While the rea
mers were at want the balloon began
i to torn over and the reocae party had
to retm to the tog.
When tat mm tnm Hall the
ZU WM approaching the dty, com
IL
according
hue* cloud of
fmm the tail of the aircraft. It wm
thoofht the ZS-t wm Madhtf out ■
»mok* KTNi u H exhibition Vat,
to tho honor of thouMnda of apacta
ton, It wm mob that ahe had broken
into and *wm taking a tmnendoui
noaa diva which apparently weald
bring her down Into the thronged
•treete.
Populace Horrited.
Then then came a loud exploaion
and a great rraeh, fo'lowed by anoth
er exploalon, which wm accompanied
by the breaking of gla** In window*
on land, the whole hetng remlnlarent
of war time* when Oman wanhipa
bombed Hull and explosion* nhook
the whole town. Today'* ronruaaion
wa« M great that It wrecked winnow*
o*er an arm a mile aqua re
Som<' « pec t a ton M*ert that the air
*hip began to buckle before any flame
or exploaion waa aeen or heard. The
broken halvea of the ZR-2 nached the
water nearly a mile apart. The gen
eral opinion of the public of Hull ia
that the commander of the ainhip ac
'■ompliahed a remarkable feat of brav
ery in diverting the derrent of the
veaael ao that it fell into the water
natead of in the crowded atreeta.
It wm a moment of terror for the
populace when the <ii*a*ter occurred
People in the atreeta ruahed madly tn
cover, fearing that the maaaive wreck
voald fall upon and craah them. The
terror gave way, however, to horror
m the wreck plunged into the middle
jf the river near the corporation pier.
No Chance of Eacape.
During the fall of the ainhip three
mem ben of the crew were obaerved
making a thrilling parachute deacent.
They came down into the river, when
:h«y wen n-*cued by amall boat*.
All who jumped from the falling
craft loat their live*. They had no
hance for eacape, for the water waa
covered with burning gaaoline ana
the heat from the burning wreckage
wm ao in ten a* that even the roacnen
experienced the (faateat difficulty in
trawlen and amall boat* thronged
around the debria willing to render
any poaaible a**itance.
Immediately after the diMater,
' telephone moaMgea cane from dia
i"cea up to fifty milea reporting
hat the people had fait an earth
quake i
B«n Franklin u a Mason.
Few people realise how much of
Franklin's success sbrosd was due to
the fart that he was a Mason. It was
hack in 1784, two years after George
Washington wa* horn, (hat Franklin
was appointed as Deputy Grand Mas
ter of Pennsylvania by Henry Price
if Massachusetts.
Franklin was born in Boston in
1706, and was twenty-eight year* old
when this honor was bestowed on
hira. While the date of his becom
ing a Mason is not definitely known,
yet from recent discoveries it is
stated to have been some two yeara
before that date, after he had been
in Philadelphia some nine years.
It is probable that he wa* given
this honor on account of his being
known to Henry Price, as he could
have joined the Boston Lodge, which
is known to have met in King's Chapel
as early as 1720, on account of his
youth.
He was the founder of modem elec
tricity by proving the identity of
lightning and electricity by drawing
the lightning from the clouds when
he was forty-three. He was over
fifty when he set sail for Europe in
17(7, where his Masonic affiliations
stood him in good stead for the year*
he was oyer there.
When he came back in 1776 he waa
clected to Congress and served on the
committee which drew up the Decla
ration of Independence. At that
time he was Grand Master of Penn
sylvania, and on July 4, 1778, when
the Declaration was adopted, he was
over seventy years old.
He was a member of the convention
that adopted the constitution of the
United States when he was eighty
one years old, over which hie brother
Mason, George Washington, presided
and most of the members of that con
vention were likewise Masons.—Teaa
ple Tidings.
The right mummy hand of Pharoaha
daughter who raaruod Moms from the
water* of the NU« and an anctent copy
of Um Bible, knows u lha "Breechea
Bible," waa left to Bradley Polytech
nic Inatitate In the will of Mm late
Mt*. Assia E. ftrtirtriili.
TREATY Or PEACE
WITH GERMANY SIGNED
Pocu— t Ghw All bnportMt
Right* ml V«o»lllw Traaty,
WhiU Hin*t—ti«« Pari*
Dttlkf With Lmiw of
Nation*.
Washington. D. C., Aug 2«*~ The
treaty between the United State* and
(•ermany, signed in Berlin ya*terd*y
on behalf of the President of the
! United Stele* bjr Ellin Loving Dresel,
' I'ummiMinntr of the United State*,
who had received fall power* for the
purpose, and on behalf of the Presl
<ktnt of Germany by Dr. Frtedrlch
Rosen, Minister of foreign Affair*, i*
in effect tl|* Versailles Treaty. All
of the important advantage* and
right* that would have accrued to the
j United fttatea under that treaty are
stipulated In thi* treaty. Nine part*
<>f the Versailles Treaty are taken over
liodily.
The elimination* are chiefly tho*e
dealing with the league of Nation*,
with whk-h it k* a**ured the United
, State* need have nothing to do; the
Reparation* Commission, in regard to
which it I* (perilled that the United
''ate* i* privileged to participate but
<annot be made to do no; certain •pe
nal provision* with respect to Chin*,
Siim, Liberia, Shantung and other
territories, and re*ervation* regard
ing the international organization of
Tabor under the league of Nation*. .
Allies Not DmrlM.
That the United States hu by no
mean* deserted the Allied and the
Associated Powers in the specifics-,
' tions of the conditions imposed on
Germany goes without saying, as the'
1 parts of the Treaty of Versailles
which are reiterated in the special i
instrument embody the principal'
terms imposed on the German Gor
■•mmcnt at Versailles.
President Hardin? said In his Ant
faessage to Congress that the Admin
istration would endeavor to carry out'
such portions of the Versailles Treaty
as are not inconsistent with the policy,
of holding aloof from political sngaga .
ments in Europe with which this coun
.wy'li ■■ —»— IM» Oil h
embodied in the Treaty signed In
Berlin.
The accordance of the treaty with
the provisions of the Peace Resolution
adopted by Congress on July 2 Is in
significant in comparison with the
agreement with the Versailles Treaty,
which has been so abused, but whoa*
terms {he United States now fln4s
that It can accept in its direct deal
ing with Germany. The benefits tftftt
it would have had as one of the allied
and associated powers it will now
enjoy under this trsaty.
Diplomatic relations are to be re
sumed on the exchange of ratifica
tions, and after that negotiations af
fecting commerce can be undertaken.
However, the treaty provides for the
carrying out of many obligations on
the part of Germany and takes care of
commerce to a large extent.
Wooden Ships Sale Attacked
in House.
Washington, D. C., Aug- 26.—An at
tack on th« poller of the United State#
Shipping Board for Belling $150,000,
000 worth of wooden boats for $450,
000 waa made in the Houae yesterday
by Joseph W. Byms, Representative
from Tennessee, ranking Democrat of
the Appropriations Committee. His
attack was delivered in connection
with the conference report on the bill
appropriating 148,600,000 as emerg
ency needs for the Shipping Board.
Pointing out that the last Sundry
Civil bill gave the Shipping Board the'
right to uae not exceeding $£5,000,000)
of any moneys on account of deferred
payments of ships sold last year, and
upon ships sold this year, Mr. Byms'
said that 215 of these ships had been
recently sold at a total price of about
M50.000, whereas the ship* cost $150,
<100.000 or more.
"There htfs been a great deal said
about the maintenance of these shipa.
Mr. Lasker stated in his hearing that
it cost him 1000,000 a year to main
tain those wooden ships down here
at Norfolk.
"I was informed only the other day
by a man who is in position to know,
rnd who I am sure is thoroughly re
liable, that it is only coating the gov
ernment 114,000 a month to maintaia
all theae shipa, or at the rate of |1.(1
a day for each chip.
"Mow I submit that In view of theae
facta if that is true it waa a waate of
the people's money at thla particular
time, of all times, to sell thoee ships
for ItJOO apiece when they cost all
the way from MM/NO to 9M0.00*
iptici"
CUmmU KMckk flay* TW N«w
fu Bill.
Scotland Hack. Aug 1«—Urging
house Democrats to line up solidly In
caucus sgainst tha Rapublican Us
revi*lon Mil, Raprssentetlva Claude
Kitchin, Democratic leader, la • tale
cram to Representative Oimtt, of
Tennessee, acting minority leader, da
rlarad tha proposed repeal of tha •*
cee* profits tax and tha substitution of
tha It par cant corporation tax mean*
that the bl( "profiteering corpor
ation*" will ha raliaved of at least a
half billion dollar* in tax** which will
be paid by corporation* of smaller In
come.
Support of the bill by house Demo
crata, Representative Kltrhin added,
would "prove a fatal mi*take for
every individual Democrat voting for
It."
"The corporation* In tha United
State*," Mr. Kitchin (aid, "made net
profits from January 1, l#lfl. to Jan
uary I, 1021, in roand number*. 60
billion dollars- to be exact, 47 billion
dollar*.
"After deducting all the taxea, they
hava paid since January 1, 1911. in
<>me, excess profit* tax, and other
war taxea, they have a clear profit
left of 38 billion dollara, more than
four-fiftha of which wa* made by leaa
than 10,000 corporation* and more
than half of which wa* made by 1,021
of the big profiteering corporation*,
which include* the steel trust, the
Bethlehem company, the Du Pont com
pany, the various Standard Oil com
panies, the coal combine, the wool
trust, the meat packers, etc.
"Let our fellow Democrats bear in
mind alwaya that these same corpor
ations were filling their coffers with
these fabulous billions for the profits
of their stockholders, while our brave
hoys in Prance were spilling their
blood for the protection and defense
if their country."
"In the face of these ugly and *tag
gering facts," the Democratic leader
continued, "is It possible that any on*
f our fellow members can get the
onsent of hia mind, a* a matter of
right and ja*lice, as well as good poli
tics, to join in with the Republicans
. relieving thaaa big profiteering cor
poration* of hundred* of millions of
yiiNf, pullhi
lions upon tha snail and weak aaJ
non-profiteering corporations, making
from eight and tan par cent and lass
upon Invested capital, with a 15 per
cant flat rate will da, especially In
face of the further fact that the Re
publican* passed a tariff bill which
give* these same profiteering corpo
rations the power to exact yearly
from the people from three to five bil
lion dollars profits aixyvr !h- vorld
market price?"
1
Mnm|« by Wireless From the
North Pol*.
Seattle, Wash.—From the remotest,
moat Inaccessible spot on earth—th>
north pole—a wireleaa message will be
flashed to the civilized world, if the
plans of Capt. Roald Amundsen, dis
coverer of the south pole and famous
arctic explorer, are carried out.
Captain Amundsen's schooner Maud,
dh which he hoped to drift paat the
pole with the ice Aoeap was disabled
by a broken propeller off Cape Siberia,
after he had spent two years in push
ing around the eastward arctic paa
lage from Norway. The explorer left
his vessel and crew to await a break
in the lee and proceeded to Nome, la
ter coming to Seattle on a recent ship.
Will lastall Wireless on Ship.
The Maud has no wireleaa apparat
us, but Captain Amundsen expects to
install one when the craft is brought
here some time this summer to be re
paired and refitted. Captain Amund
sen explained that his party had been
cut off from communication with other
Human beings for two years, with but
one break—his trip out to Nome last
year.
The war was in its most critical
period when we left the world," he re
called, "and for months we speculated
id vain on the course of eventa. It
waa December, 1919, more than a year
after the signing of the armistice,
that we met a Russian trader who t6ld
us what had happened. Then I deter
mined we would carry wireless."
Captain Amundsen said he would
spend the qpxt year In the United
Stataa, probably moat of It around
Seattle, and would sail from this port
next rammer.
The last voyage tended only to con
firm his preview theories about mag
netic properties of the polar basin, the
explorer affirmed He miiuiij faith
in his belief that all ocean currant
running eorthenstwly from Cap*
Serdao would earry Mm pad the pole
and eventually into the Atlantis eesaa
"It will take time years—perhape.
10,000 SEC OLD VETS ON
PARADE.
Kaunioa Cmxm to • CIom; V«t
•rut IU4« to Awtoa to
Um lUvMwki SUad
Durham, Aug. 26.—TSt annual
parade of North Carnllna Confed
erate veterana, aaaambled here for
thair 1*21 reunion, ha Id today proved
tha moat apactarolar event of tta
kind In tha city'a hiatory. Tha pa
rada featured tha Anal day of tha re
union, which cornea to a eloaa tonight
with a grmiui ball.
TV parade a tart ad at Trinity Col
' lege and wandad Ita way mora than a
mile down Main (traat. It waa
■■d by (ieneral Jamaa I. Mftta and Ma
utaff. and (ieneral Julian H. Carr, com
mander in chief of tha Army of
Northern Vlrgtnia
Tha veterana n>da In autumobilaa
until tha hualnaaa diatrii'ta waa
reached whan they alighted to march
by tha reviewing aland. The parade
waa wltmoxed by more than 10,000
l>eraona.
Prisoner* at Newland
Gat Gloriously Drank.
Newland, Auic, HI.—Last Saturday
afternoon the citizens of Newland
were lurprtml to learn that the pris
oner* in the county jail vera all drunk.
It developed that Mr. Hunicutt, a dep
uty sheriff, had that moraine raptured
two men, a mule and buggy and Are
gallons of whiskey and had brought
the men and liquor aU over and after
placing the men in Jail delivered the|
liquor over to the jailed for safe-keep
ing. The jailer put the liquor aws_y
some several feet from the cells, and
at what he thought was a safe dis-|
tanre from the prisoner*. Just at
that time he received an urgent call |
out of town, returning in about ons|
hour, and to hi* surprise he found all
the prisoner* drunk and disorderly.
They had succeeded in getting one
gallon of the whiskey. In some man- i
ner they had made a lasso with a
broom handle and a itring tied to the
end of the handle and in that way bad
managed to gat one gallon of the
whiskey, which was sufflrtent^a up-set
Farm Owner* and Tenant*.
Washington. D. C., Aof 26.—Dur
ing the pant two decadt* Wf ha*
been a gradual decrease in *ne pro
portion of farms operated by owners
and a corr**ponding increase in the
proportion operated by tenants, the
Census Bureau announces. Of 6,448,
366 farms in the United 8tates in
1920, *,926,095 were operated by
owner*. 68,828 by hired manager*r *nd
2,464,746 by tenant*. State* in which
80 per cent or more of the farm* were
operated by owner* include Maine,
New Hampshire, Maaaachusetts, Con
necticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The proportion operated by tenanta i*
highest in the southern states.
Utah Resort Clo*»d On* Year.
Salt Lake City, Utah—Tillman D.
Johnson, United State* Diatrict Judge,
sustained an injunction recently which
will close the Ryan ranch, sis mile*
southeast of Salt Lake City, for on*
year, this being the first caae in which
section 22 of the Volstead act has been
enforced in Salt Lake City in connec
tion with prosecution of liquor law
violation*. The section provide* that
any place in which liquor is aold or
manufactured may be closed for a
period not exceeding one year through
the issuance of an injunction.
Went "Lord" One
George W. Christian, Jr., secretary
to President Hsrding, is reported to
have said to Lord Northcliffe at the
White House, when indicating the way
to the President's office, "Come on to,
Lord."
This recalls a story heard in Wash
ington in 1871—60 yean ago—when
the joint high commisaion to arrange
the treaty of Waahington was sitting
for the settlement of the Alabama j
clatana.
The President gave a luncheon at
the White House to the commissioners,'
the chainaan of whom waa Earl de
Grey and Rippon. The White House
Sutler eepecially instructed the negro
waiters to say, "My Lord," when
spoken to by his lordship. AD want
well until the Karl aabed what a cer
tain dish handed to htm to partake ef
waa.
"It la cold salmon, my Ood," said
the negro smllei.
Sis people www Injured by a bomb
thrown Into the streets of Betfaat by
Hm W»jr» of Um Craw.
Naturalist* declare that the crow la
• •octal bateff, and therefore, a lover
of hie home. Tha adult crow, it ap
pears, la seldom Han aioae. After
the young crow ma tea ha doee Mat
chance his abode. Early la April
tha nows bat in *• build tha new
aeats of the community and to repair
tha old ones. Thaaa nests am com
posed of scaffolding of dry bramrhw
and a bad of graaa or lama, bark
and mats. The various material*
are cemented together with clay. uod
he Anishisd aaat la Maed with wool,
far, hair or moan.
Nothing, it would seam, is more re
mark ah U in bird nature than tha
' 'vinion of tha parent crow. Tha
community mounts guard over the
neat until tha young arc ready for
Klfht After tha young birds hare
left the nests, the different communi
ties or tribes domiciled in the aame
region assemble with every evidence
of systematic organisation. Their
meetings act held before the dawn,
and the meefcng-piare la a deserted
spot where perfect secrecy can be
observed. During the session msny
distinctly different cries are heard,
and in them naturalists have pro
fessed to see the rudiments of a lan
guage. The parley ended, crows
scout the country, presumably to
mske sure that the way is safe, and a
little later the tribea set out to forage
for the first meal of the day. Toward
the afternoon the foragers collect in
groups, seek shelter, and rest and
sleep, hidden in the leafage of tall
trees Their sleep over, they act oat
again and forage and feed until
evening, when they assemble for the
night parley. In the midst of their
debate the chatter ceases suddenly,
and in silence, with great rsution. the
scouts set out to rrconnolter for the
night. Assured of safety, the individ
uals of the diffrrent tribes wing their
silent flight to their nocturnal hiding
places.
The search for food is the crow's
chief business, although his lore for
glittering things csuse him to wander
from his ordered road when attracted
by the gleam of some object at a dis
tance. If the object of his curiosity
can be transported, he takes it.
The crow is easily ta—ad, hat tha
proceaa demands pateeace. Many
crows talk as distinctly as parrots.
Pliny the elder notes a case where a
crow slighted in the Forum and sa
luted the Emperor Tiberius and his
two sons, "calling them by name."—
Exchange.
Pardon and Paroles Gran tod by
Morrison.
Asheville, Aug. 26.—Governor Mor
rison today paroled Jack Reed, of
Buncombe county, who is serving 12
months sentence for violation of the
prohibition law. The only condition
t the parole was that he give bond of
11,000 to appear each month before
the judge of the Asheville police court
«nd show a record of good behavior.
Berry Dockery. a negro, was parol
ed in order that he may cars for his
mother, who is 94 years of age. He
was sentenced in 1914 in Madlsaw
county on a charge of second degree
murder and had served Ave years of
■ seven year sentence.
L. A. Bartlett of Mecklenburg, was
vroled after he had served six
months of a IS months sentence for
violation of the prohibition law.
3. M. Anderson, of Columbus conn
ty, was paroled on a promise of good
behavior after he had served six
•onths of a IX months sentence on
charge of violation of the prohibition
law.
raa pardoned. He had served IS
ontha at a two yean sentence on a
charge of theft of an automohll. Ha
is only 17 years of age and the pardon
mi well recommended.
Governor Morrison announced yea
lay that hi the futon* ho would
only hoar petitions for parjgsa during
the second week of each month.
Ortfon Horn* for Vatorui.
Portland.* Orefon.—Through tW
xtmbiiwd effort* of the Aturiem Lt
(ion, Pout No. 1, the DaddW Club
utd the Maaonir build tar coauatttee,
i horn* ia Mnf prorlded for dtaahled
war veterans ta two reworated mt
iencea, located eloaa to Um IwRt of
tK» buataim aection and owed by the
Maaonie ordor. It wfli ha know* aa
the Crafon ExS•rrtco Mea-a Ctab.
Mot* than U00 paaamfaw »"•
•rried hi a total of 611 IU«trta from
the Trmeh aviation field at Bo*r«et
lurinx Jaly Thirty thooeaad powxfc
if Merchandlw and MO pottada of mB