MOUNT ABY. HOSTS CAXOLQf A.
GREAT AIRSHIP WRECKS
IN TERRIFIC STORM
WAS PRIDE OF AMERICAN NAVY
Cm* Vm C—h> That H CmM
Mi of tka »Wp. After
•faaanta tnr nvmi
of «ppro>la«atfhy 1JH* fMt
• tJtOO-fnot Iml. WW* tka
ktklid awhfakip. Tka prm
mmm aad twtethw m an groat that
I Wok* tka ahip ia tkraa aarttona.
CaMa Braka Away
*" .
TV* eoatml cabin, nwmg haaaath
of tka aklp proper,
n aakail to tka poand
at an altitude of aaaaraJ thou.
I faat. It carriad moat of tka crrw
ltl«u«d of tka control cabin, tka
fcw ai i l ion, measuring about ISO faat
and bearing htm mrrivora, fraa
kaflaenad for mot
finally «u landed
Ara |
The main nection, rarryin® Zft »ur
i craak which
I of tka ermw dhing thru
outer tmarlag ta tka graaad. A
of mm* U ar M (eat
in
TW aboard the now aartion had
a wild and thrilling ridt and landed
hwlir miles from the place *hm
cabin compartaunt crashed. 8er-,
«ral of th* off Iran had Jwt left tha
•aatrol rabin and war* climbing fey
Ac ladder Into tha rat-walk of tha
•Mp proper whan tha rabin broke
Suspended in mid-air and hanging
Irn a girder, they rrawlad or war*
ladbd to placea of romparathr* aafe
«r
One, not so fortunate, F. J. Mc
Carthy, chief rigger, was swept from
Ma perilous perch in the forward and
«f the noaa to the troond when the
■Mtortaas craft struck • tree. Ha ia
<B • Marietta hospital in a serious
eaadition
AM*
With three mn in the forward end
and three in the aft, the craft waa
to aafa altitude after
tree* arid at leaat arte farm
Lieutenant Conaiander C. E.
ah) and Lieutenant J. B. An
i directed the rdeaae of the hel
tmm cat and raaoline in ntk a way
Act the noae landed without aererely
tojarinir any aboard. The dead were
than taken to Belle Valley, a nearby
▼■ace. where they were placed in an
taproviaed morgue.
Hie men apparently were killed in
atantly. At leaat one man waa torn
la two. Other* had broken bone*
and akull* and were otherwiae mutl
The hodie* will he kept at
Valley until tomorrow, when a
of inquiry officially will eatab
i the cauae of death.
Ail board will be headed by Com
■andrr J. H. Klein, executive officer
ml the Lakehurat station, who ia en
l—to here today. Another board ia
•apeeted to investigate the cauae of
the accident and to determine what
dlapaaitton, if My, will be made of the
wwyd airahip.
Hm Shenandoah atortod from
lakehurat, N. J., late yeaterday after
tea and had aa uneventful trip until
It mud the Ohio Hirer Into Ohio.
While aa a Uae between Cambridge
aad Byeaville, liwllm westward, the
At encountered a
It waa unaMe to make any
•kip
, keeking to clear the
NciuImI mmA four nf
tha flw Motor* gilt M ipnd, tto
At thia point tha ahlp bagaa to
break apart. Tto aoae aaetion cont
ain) than atartad downward am tta
rroaa country flicht. Tto *—tint <s
Mn waa twia»ad off and dropped to
tto rroand wben mor«*than AftM faat
is tto air. Tto arm men aboard thia
aaetion wrre hi Dad inatantly.
Tto biff aartkon, carrying * effl
cara and m. triaaad abnot In tto air
for • abort time while tto crrm
fought heroieaBy to bring it ander
control. Tbia aaetion waa ao onreen
Ijr balanced that it aottlad to tto
ground, where it waa farther crack
TM mil* or U» mwl-nertlon IBH in
to a amall *rwt and three «tnl»'in
•kinned their way down to the ground
Ratlin Gunner Raymond Cole. who wna
making Ma flrat flight aboard the
Shenandoah, waa Mr Injured vim
the nud-Mrtkm fail. Ha may recover.
Officera and an want a Snot their
work wtth coolneaa. doing their beat
to right the iU| to a level keel dar
ing the atone and after the break
up. Rnrrtnn art hrod In their praiee
for the Marnier in wUrk the crew em
docted itaelf. There waa no dieordcr.
directed and when they rraehed to
earth (Mr were thrown through the
outer covering or acrambHng to the
ground on their own accord.
Col. G. C. Hall , United Statea
Army iibeii ler aboard the Shenan
doah ,waa among the aur»Uwa who
were carried acmae the county in
the roee of the (hip He waa next
to the laet to leave the control
cahin, being followed by Liet. A. B.
Anderaon, who probably had the a»oet
thrilling experience. He grabbed •
girder when the control broke away
and finally managed to atradde it
Hia back waa to thnea who were api
m the noee and he waa unable to torn
around and crawl up the girder to
a more aafe position in the bull. A
rope waa thrown to him by Lieut.
R. G. Mayer. By reaching over hia
ahoulder Andrraon managed to turn
arnt-nd on the girder and crawl to
the noee with the othera aboard tkia
*ect ion.
Anderaon refuaed to talk about thia
adver.tore and Lieutenant Mayer told
of it only after Lieutenant Command
er Roaendahl had told him it would
be all right. Lieut. Mayer la the offi
cer who ia credited with the reepcxtai
bility for the aafe return of the Shen
andoah when it broke away from ita
mooring maat at Lahehurat on Jan
uary 1«. 1914.
Realised Plight
Lieutenant C. A. Bauch was in the
main section when it crashed to tbe
ground. He says there was no undue
hurry or concern aboard. The iren,
he said, hurriedly realised their pre
dicament and did >very thing they
could to stri the iMp. RauCh has
a nasty cut on the leg which he sus
tained when he was thrown from the
ship when it crashed.
F. E. Masters, of Okron, O., aviation
pilot, hun* to a girder until the ship
was within a few fast of the ground
and jumped to safety. Had be stay
ed on the girder until it crashed he
undoubtedly would have been killed,
as the girder above the one on which
he was hanging piled on toy of the
om he was riding.
"I thought ay and bad cuass." be
said, "but had no particular sensa
te. When it was all over I saw the
on a naarby knoll
looking over the wreckage and eon- [
gratulating each otter on their safe
* Masters, on the srhedoled retain
trip to Lakeharst, planned to jump
by parachute from the Shenandoah
aa it psasid over bla home city—Ak
rnn—where he expected to risH bis
wife and week-eld eon.
itwM at tW i
UfcoMrat. M. J.
rrrwkm of tho Zoppoltn L-tt and Km
British B-CI rlaaa, of
• rory rlnao duplicate I
Iki «m tit* firwt r%M i
in Amrrv*a Ms bondi
frmt in lon*th, with a
motor of 7*. 7 loot, abo rnntatnod 19
(u rvlU orith a capacity of 2,1 If
mMe foot Hot pomor pbnt ronoiat
nl of iix MM IwfMfmwr Packard on
cinm, eapahlo of driving ber at a mn
m am *p*mI of »l*ty mil** an ho«r.
Tho Shenandoah «n eompWtod in
tko nimmor of IMS and bor toot
(lirkta w*ro Tory *ati*frtory. WWW
attached to hor mooring mart at
Ukoknrit on January 12, 1924, th*
■<hip was torn lona* m a rfotont gala
whil* only a *k*l*ton rrrm m board.
The whole moor in* flltinf and
wrenched o«t of the ship, the for
ward gas bag waa ripped and tha fal
lowing om wan punctured, but tha
craw had four of tha six engines rua
ninr within two minute* of tha hraak
away. Koal aad water were nhurt
to raatara bar trial and aha weathered
the atona without further strwrtural
daaift and waa again hnaa»d in her
•had after a few howrm.
Laat October the Shenandoah waa
fhM a remarkable teat in the form
of a trann-rontmental flight, l.aa»iag
tha Lkehorst station oa Octabar 7 ahe
craiaed to the Pacific coaat and return
in 286 hoot, cowphtini th* roitvMf
trip of 8.100 mil— <fl» Ortob*r 26.
Including* a atajr of eleven day* on
the weet coaat, ahe vu away from
' .akehuret far 18 day*. Her actual
flying time between Lakehorst, Port
Worth, Texas, San Diego, Calif., and
ramp Lewis, at Tacowia, Wash., and
return, not counting the time consum
ed in locatinv the mooring matt thro
•he fog an two occaaiona. waa 238
•or*. 11 arinutea, against the fast
est express train thae between these
point* of Tft boars, M minutes, de
ducting time for connections.
Heliaai Caa
The Shenandoah was inflated arith
helium cat, which is non - in flammable
non-poisnnoue, and the nest lightest
ras to hydrogan. This gas, extracted
from the natural gas of certain fields
in Texas and Kansas, is not found in
commercial quantities sisewhere. It
is extracted by a government plant
in Texas.
The dirigible recently waa equip
ped with ten machine gvms, two hi
the after car and two in the forward
cabin, from which the airship waa
steered and one in each of the sis
power gondolas. This armament, it
was stated, was for use in repelling
airplane attack in time of war.
The aocceas achieved by the Shen
andoah in her transcontinental tour
nnd other teat voyages led to plans
for her use in a United States naval
expedition to the Arctic.
The plans as drawn up called for
atationing vessels fitted with moor
ing masts at Nome. Alaska, and,
Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archi
pfltyo.
It was hoped she wiaM he able to
reach the pole and her crew was eager
for the trip, bat after her storm ex
perience hi Lakehnrst, in which she
was torn from the mooring Meat,
plana for the Polar flight www aban
doned by order of PreeMent CooUdge.
When five af his fleck oT thirty
pore-bred Buff Orpington thicker*
died daring a recent heat wave. •
Milwaukee man attached an electric
fan to the henhouee light socket and
revived the other dying members af'
his flock.
A clothes moth lays 160 aggs and
her dooceedants are capable of de
stroying 100 raw* ef wool in a
Armm m Wm W«* ~ OfcU
Iimm mmd m Far Sm* m
AJaalad W Dr,
fiaM of tha aoath art Hard hit. Many
roaaaaunitiaa in ha*ln( to ■tint,
thfilm on watar to tidr ot«t
fnraMr fcMto Mil. of Sooth
Carolina, who haa krp hoainaaa ta
taraata ia tha annth. aaid today that
rv> imth a dry apvll had haan altnaaa
•kI ainea lttl. ttraaaaa an ill jhlj
up, traaa many yaara oM ana dyfcir,
and cropa have wttharad.
Sanator Mnauin, of Worth Caro
lina. aay* thdt tha wtoilaia half of
Worth Carolina haa aoffarad vary
grratly. Sonw coontiaa will harrwt
laaa than a half tha araraga crap.
Wcathar hurrau flffvm ahow that
tha drouth atrirhaa territory ia vary
npnttod. Raina aavad rropa in ona
rmmty, hot did not fall an adjoining
"■ountiaa.
part* of North Dakota, Iowa mm)
Wiaroniin Han ban dwriml by show
-r». Tha proa pact for rata In the
«n>tk ia batter than it ha* baan far
Tha pr«a»nt dry rpafl atartad back
in fdrMffjr, aaatbir rwonk ahow,
and than It waa MtM tkat tha wa
ter hi atraaaaa In aoothern atataa was
' -war than nana! at tkat iiaaann of
tha year. Tha aprmg and mmmmp
month* vara romparatiraly dry
Waataar baraau offiriala report
tkat a light fat] «f mow in the moua
taina of tha Math laat wtater baa con
'riboted to tha praaaat nitnation
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOB
LONG MOUTH
WmUmt Em*** Say* WitU
wmd Stan. (Mr Tfciag
mm* It U Nft Naar
Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 1.—Thara moat
V a atom in Texa* swaepta* aeroaa
the r°>f of Mesiro into thia aeetioa,
hefore thoaa lactiwi of tha aoothaaat
■"offering from tha moat diaaatroo*
Irought ia more than 50 yearn ran ei.
pert any relief.
Thia waa the opinion today of C. f.
Von Herrman, lataornloyiat in charge
"f tha United State* department of
agriculture weather bareau hare, who
*aid that local rami, alight ia nature,
hare no aignifirance aa harbinger* of
relief. ,
ni prncni inrrr IS no inoicaiioa
of m a slgiht disturbance hi the
Lone Star state, where all the pndf
ration in this aeetion originates. Mr.
Von Hairman alao said that Septem
ber, Ortober and November are the
driest month* of the year, especially
ihe two latter. December, he sakl, is
recognised as the wettest month and
•herefore be can aee no praatise of
real relief before that time. If De
cember runs true to form, he eontino
ed, reHM should come then, hot at the
nae time he called attention to the
fact that July and August alao are
eery wet months ordinarily, hot did
not run true to form this year.
Although the drought in existence
now is described by Mr. Van Herrman
as the moat disastrous in BO years, he
■fid not mean that K Is of the longest
duration, aa there have been several
since 1171, first year of the operation
of this bureau which rlral this in
length.
Fanmars hi Hartford Will !
' Plaat Maay Paaaa Traaa
Ahoakie, Sept. 5.—Cuaaly Agent
Agent C. A. Roae expects Hartford
county farmers to plaat not teae than
MO peeaa tMaa this falL Ha la tak
ing or dais for traaa now, and aince
be announced the paean campaign
about a weak ago, mm than have
been ordered. In moat inataiwee. Mr.
Roae says, the orders are for small
asounta, (ha or six to the peraoa.
Many farasers la the coanty set oat
peeaa trsee last year, and good re
sults have been obtained la moat all
partly due the mhil of Interest hi
the paean campaign hi eastern Care
Stamp hi Tobacco Price*
Or Eastern Carolina Markets
Wmmmn AMmJ
on mnrt marhat*. THa 4mnm a# I
eaata • pmm* ta npMmd In many
ifffn aa Mm* to the poor
—«*• >*t*rime» J
fl!^>oor quality t4 tha drat <>«*■
ing> would not aeaaant tar tha «Mf
of I to • eanta « poniMt in tha (nt
prim paM thla fmr, M ri—parad
with but your, it la rWlarad, ami
It ia for tkb raaaon that Eaatara
farolina papun. Hha tha Klnaton
Fraa fim, ar» arfrtainr fainn not
to rank their tobacco on tha — h«<,
Tha ftrat ml mtem4 pi ImhiM an
liaarrihad a* "vary common," bal
from tha Meonrf turlng on thru tha
'talk tha tobacco crnf ia «alA to ha
aa Una aa any mr crown In Kaatarn
North Carolina.
mpni l« i.fftl imiWlHIIil at.
Reports to Cmft Rim, rh)*f of
the division of market* W the »tat«
d*p*rtmnt of agriculture, show the
average prim for August far tb«
Fairmont market to hawe (Ma*
lll.ff, while th» anraft at Clark
ton droop*4 ta IMil. Tbaaa mark
eta npatid at the same tac aa tba
Sooth Carolina bait, so that theaf
ann|n may ha taken aa • fair
Index of the way the pahaa row,
li ^n f nary reports prftaa
from the Eastern Carolina tobacco
Market indicate that faiTiri havs
heen greatly disappointed by the km
price*." laid Mr. Rose.
"The tale* hare been heavy, the
quality and price* low. The yield
will be greater thia year than last."
While the quality of the tohaccr
mM ao far ia aaid to be aorry. It la
dsrlared to be hotter than laat yeae
because of the dry weather. Laat
year the wet weather mad.' the to
bacco worry. The body la heavier
this year, and the yield will average
around KO pound* aa acre, which ia
above the average for Eaatern North
Carolina.
Mr. Roes «aid be had not had op
portunity to vi*it any of the Market*
except in the southern tier of coun
ties, and he had found the price* di»
uppointing there, while reports tram
other asction* were to the ianr ef
fect. He indicated that be would go
into the situation further, with m view
to lietei lining why the tobacco Mar
ket has sluMped.
Rocky Mount Sals* Average
$15.25 ,
Rocky Mount, Sept. i.—Total sales
on the local tobacco Market far the
first week of the ensuing season,
which opened Ikieaday, aggregated
1,4N|(7 pounds at an average price
of tIS.Zf par hundred pounds, accord
ing to official figures obtained from
Secretary E. G. Johnson of the to
bacco board of trade today.
The figures apply to sales includ
ing yesterday's offering*, as follow
ing Its regular custom the Market
suspends actlvltfsa Saturday. The re
port shows that $226,222.21 was plac
ed in circulation here during the four
days for which the market operated
this week.
Association Hw
Raleigh, Sept. 5.—The Titawi
Grown Cooperative imoriatkw will
do murk of it* own iwhyln hostess*
during the nnln( mm and will
handle a iaryr proportion of its ra
-nrdtaig to the ililMi—
this wash in tha Tri-SUte Tofc
Grower*, the official organ of
T°fcAwiJ,lS £*Lk
Kmatnn. Sept. 5,-Ti)W«o pricaa
timmtud. The official rmpurt tar tto
weak of Erneat W«-bh, urttt itatia
' tirian, 'bowW an »mf« of IB.21
rwita a pnund. Aalm totalled
rtoa »«ond*
W»bfc aM baym' Unto far |M<
•ffarinr* wrr» th» ww aa to* aaa
,—l^nf La J aa* —mIm
™ n •*• K J r n»T
nd mixed much inferior tobacco wKfc
goad.
REYNOLDS IS BIGGEST .
PAYER
mstu. Mm Itj*. '
hMfh, Sept. 2.—Although if
proximately »0,000 persons fUed Mi
virfual income tai nt«M, oear am
third of Ik round total of |i,M|N
individual Imom tax umnanti of
t».e federal government m this state
far 1924 waa against the incomes at
!»** than 100 persons, it is ■hows by
the records of the internal revenna of
' fleer of tkt state nnib public hare to
day by Collector Gilliam Gria»—i.
Of the MjOOO persons who filed ro»
turns, however, only about half had
to pay income tain, nearly half t4
the number filing return* claiming
rxemptiona So th^ir iwcuasss.
The lanrest single tax waa aaaaea
fd a rain at W. N. Reynolds, of Win
<ton-Sa>em. brother of the late K. J.
Reynold*. Hi* tax was $24S^H. Al
though this waa a decrease of abort
126,000 over his tax of the preview
year, it indicated a larger hiu—i W
i-anae of the lower in ton tax rata.
Bowman Gray, of Winston-flal—l
another official of the R. J. Rsyaoldi
Tobacco company, came second with ■
a tax assessment of S214JM9. The
third largest was that paid by Charles
A. Cannon, of Concord, whose tax waa
SI 12349.3* H. S. Richardson, of
Greensboro, came fourth with a tax
of $M,4M.
Others in the order of the amount
of tax paid were: James A. Crap, of
Winston-Salem. fM.9M.12; Mrs. Gra
ham Kenan, of Wilmington, $77,271,
Mrs. Sarah E. Mm rials, wife of for
mer Governor Cameron Morrison,
,292; and Jeanette Cone, of Greens
boro, with a tax assessment of ISI,
^79. The only other tax of more than
S50.000 was that of 9M.4M, as. seesd
against R. E. Laasater, of Winston
Salem, an official of the R. J. Key.
nolds Tobacco company.
Between two and three hundred peo
ple paid from $5M to SI000 and sev
eral thousand paid between 1100 and
$500. The greater number of indivi
dual tax amounts, however, ware ta
the single and double digit class la
dollars.