ONM MlLY QAZiTTE
AST
Weather:
.Warmer
Local Cotton
171-2 Cents
VOL. XLIII. NO. 45.
GASTONIA, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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LEGION HEARS MANY
SUGGESTIONS FOR HONOR
TO THE SOLDIER DEAD
Memorial Highway Is One!
Suffffestion Monument to
Be Erected at Each End of
Road Hall of History or
Museum For Preservation of
Gaston's War Relics Is An
other Suggestion.
. i
Deciding that the proposed marker of j
- granite and bronze suggested by t lie -American
Legion in honor of 1 ho soldier j
dead from Gaston county was not siif- i
fieieut tribute, the uiassiuect ing f citl-l
eeus held at the courthouse Tuesday ev- I
- euing had two or three alternate rfhggcs- I
tions to offer in the stead of the bi jn.e
tablet. One was from Mr. W. T.
Rankin, suggesting thut one of tin' main
'. highways of the county bo designated a
1 highway in honor of the Gas-
too county veterans, lie tit. .1 instances j
of where this has been d me in Florida, j
part of the National Highway across!
Florida beingMi;t apart a-, u memorial l
road. A monument is at each end ol
the road, and along the n.id there is an
avenuo of trees, palms and poinscttias
alternating. He proposed that one of i
the, new (State roads through the county :
, be railed a Memorial Highway or iload
of Remembrance. i
County (Superintendent of iiducatioii
' F. P. Hall suggested that there be built I
a Hall of History in which shall be pre- ,
. served the war records a. '..I history of
Uaston county. This building should,
serve as a county memorial building. It ,
should be a museum of Gaston county s
war records and relics.
The War Mothers and Woman's Aux i
llironi'h Mesdnlncs A. A. Mc-,
Loan and If. C. Warm m l M
Tnrrcnce. were in fav.o' o
is, Marie
w untev er
k.-. 1 I
.,;l.l i.'s. In
iv. 1 ii.
m i ; , i cit.es
, ov.il. ng
form the memorial should t
added, however, that th-y .
see chimes in. tailed sum ".
Phillies are being erect. I mi
throughout Hie country. ..'
at six o'clock the,, w...iid :
the National Anthem.
Owing to the :act t ':::.! t -'
at the meeting w,c Inni-d
1 1 notes
:: t -nd:! m e
on a ' .unit
of other attraitioi::, c
decided to post pone Km
the memorial s:l n
and more represent
. could be lisrimbled.
t.vimmt
ring
Tuesday's Meeting Also Feat
ured by Splendid Address
From District Governor W.
B. Merrimon. of Greensboro.
I
,'ular .
Kb:
is l.y:
Two special foa'iues ot
luncheon meeting of the
wuni (Hub Tuesday were
Dint rift lloveinui V. 1
Merriinoii. of jr ensiiurn.
tie' n;
C.isti.nia
an ad.iress
C-Hu-k
and a wm l
ful exhibition of nuinoiy w.
II. Thompson, of New Ym
"The man with the mi'lion
ory. " The attend. in. e of .
guests was mole than one !
!y h
knov. n
k.
liar in. 'in
members an
hundred, a.n
the meeting was a most
lievnl'.c em
Other entertainment Jeetnns .. re a o o
by J. W. Watson and sele-iiotis by t he
Kiwanis quar'et.
Mr. Merriinoii, speaking '
of Kiwnnis in the Cu.iolii.n
compliment to the t Gaston,
the prominent place it l.a-j
work of the district since
f tl e ;
paid
i". tu
high
i Club for
taken in tliei
its orcaiii.a
ittemlaii.e at
held so. m in
iiiteriiai.'iitil
tion. He urged a Inge
the district ineetiie; to !
Columbia, S. C, and at tl
meeting in Tor.iato in done.
Mr. Thompson, whose fame a.s a mem
ory expert had preceded him Ir.im har
lot U where he has lu.cn '. or the past - ev
eral days, gave the tin!) :?cv.i al exhibi
tions of -his. most remarkable p-wer of
retaining names ami facts in memory.
The guests' wi
tables, fifty a
seated for the
side told Mr.
the fifty nun
re seated
; eacii t'il!
Iii.ii in en a
Thumps n
;,t Ins t ibt
t
Wl
mg
mg
hi"
ol
. Alt
persi
the I
, .Hie
n
;t
lies
iy '"ie.
.ni.it ra
il' each
When he arose to
.1.
a mi
tion he promptly gave tin
of these men asj they !:
hands here and lucre, i. .
His next feat wav the m
list of Twenty art it hs.
folded and given the iinijo
I
up their
! in rjtatioa.
.in riin of a
1J. was biind-
end a number.
These were not fiivtn in numeri.al or n r.
but in a jumble, and wire written on the
b'ackhoar.l until the twentv spa -en ivcm
filled. He then prompt
gave the name opposite
number corresponding ti
they were called to hiai
checked off the list.
The third te-t w.n
and properly
ch number, or
each name,
at rand-mi
as
nd
pr.dably
I'. is ins
more
pres-
amazing than the othert.
en t who knew noon what
week they were born wcri
the dativ as. .for instance.
day o the
asked to name
March 1MM,
and with n'tatrmcut 's thought the speak -
er called the day of the week upon
Which this date fell. Mr. Tlinmp.ioii will
' be in Gastonia again v. ithi'u the next
few days for a stay of sumr time, during
which lie will con. but a campaign in;
mcaiory training similar to the one just
concluded in Charlotte. j
i
-HENRY FORD GIVES '
LIFE JOB TO MAN
INJURED BY TRAIN ,
NAl'OLKOV. O.. Feb. 22. lleenuse
he refused to sue trie Detroit, lole.lo &
Ironton Railroad, or to suggest a settle-1
ment for injuries received last Octolier.i
William I'iso, has been rewarded by
llrnry Ford, owner of the road.
I'iso was badly crushed and bruised
in a crossing accident while employed
by the railroad. Ford ordered him taken
to a hospital where he rcniaiwd until'
fully recovered. x '
Ford's representatives!. tl.cn male a
proposition to pay all his exienses "hil;
he was disabled, allow liim full pay withj
a bonus and gave him a life job as'
crossing watchman here: Piso accepted.!
; He liegins his new duties March 1.) at 'l lie appointed day none or the opera
a sabiry of $0 per dny foe an eight hour- lives appeared for work, so the mills
day with Sunday off. - 'closed down. The future will decidcthe
urn Runners
With The Boldness Of Bandits
Along lhe Coast Ur Ueorgia
i Federal Prohibition Agents Are Waging An Un
equal Fight on Illicit Whiskey Agents Who
Are Flooding South With Liquor From West
Indies Wildcat Traffickers Quick on the
Trigger.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Federal
prohibition agents in Georgia are waging
nil uneuqal war on rum runners operat-
ing along the coast, according to a report
to t oiiiimssioiicr ilaynes from (general
Agent Mack Overpeck and Federal pro
hibition agent F. I'. Flint-hum at Sa
vannah. The reuort describes the condition in
the illicit liquor traffic along the Geor-j
gia coast and the dangers encountered by ,
prohibition agents in combatting thej
nun smuggler who arc declared to be
heavily armed and quick on the trigger. !
It is reported here through what we
consider reliable information," the re-
port' said, "that at least once or twy,e !U
week boats coming from Bimini Island .
op elsow here, carrying from 200 to 2,
fipO cases of liquor are unloaded on nil
island in some one of the numerous riv
ers leading from the Atlantic in toward
Nnnunh
"The appiehen ion of those cargoes
of liquor is made extremely difficult
fr the fact that any one of maiiy isl
ands mav be used as a base, from which
to unload and distribute the cargoes. i
"It is an arkuow ledeged understand-!
ing that the crews of these boats will j
make a stubborn resistance against up- i
preheie i"ii . i'roof of this was shown j
in one instance not long ago, when Cap-,
ii ain I liarles 11. .osie, oil nourti i"q
,. ' Chanipy " was sh.it three limes when j
! at the v.iiei l. His crew at this time was j
composed of prohibition agents Freder-
i ick King ami t . W. Austin. The chain- I
i i iv .still shows the holes made by bullets!
from high power rirle.i in the hands of j
i the whiskey runners. j
! "Another favorite method of the run j
' in is in distributing their liquor direct
from the boats is to unload at the mouth j
of the harbor or rivers into smaller i
boats plying up the rivers to some
, of the numerous landings and unloading!
I'm liquor on automobiles which carry j
I the goo.li to its destination to Savannah j
1 under cover of night .
! "It may be remarked at this time i
I that Savnuah is more of a distributing'1
i point than a consumer, and by stopping '
'the distribution there it will have a
ma i ked effect upon
prohibiti in at other
j places .
; "There are three or four main
rim. Is
leading from Savannah to the landing
places mentioned above. These landings
and roads will have to be watched when ;
information is received that a boat load ;
ed with liquor has cleared a port, and
whose destination is thought to be Sa
vaen.'ih. It i said that when boats I
17, 000 Operatives Are Idle
In Manchester Cotton Mills
(l!y The Associated I'rcss.) !
MAXCHKSTFK, X. II., Feb. 22. --So
far ns outward signs go this city, now
in the second week of ifs textile strike,
mi;ht be taking a quiet vacation. There
are no banner.! and no parades. In day- i
light holers the streets are peopled as.
they were not ifi normal times. The pic-1
tine theaters are doing unusually good
business. This is about all the casual
visitor would observe in a textile cily
with every mill closed and 17,0'H.) opera
tives out or work. Along both banks
of the Merrimack river the mills lie idle.
One of them, the Amoskeag, is lhe big
gest cotton. mill in the world, einp'oyiiig
1 ."i.iilll.l persons.
Yesterday there was a payday at flic,
mills, the last "l.ig pay"' until work is
resumed. In front of a huge brick
garage on Canal street the striking
weavers gathered in hundreds, cam
prising all t,he racial types of polyglot
Manchester a few "nates" ai they
rail the old Yankee stock. I'oles, Italians
and (reeks', but mare French than ,-in.v
other. There was no sign of worry or
hardship in that crowd.
A lang block away at the main en
train,' to the Amoskeag mills, a spiad
of "silent" piikets, men ami gir's, pa
trolled up and down. Inside the plant
wi re none but the clerical lafl. mer
s'ers and a few iii"ii recruited to keep
lh'"fiies gong. As these passed in -nd
out the gales they were not molested.
One of the girls confided that the
' if. v 'of peace had been . prescribed
. Jaiues Starr. In this strik - Stan
general., and his w ;rd goo '. I'o'icc
by
is
set
to watcli the pickets fratcrni.c
with
them as with old friends,
There is no ill. feeling between the:
police and the unions. Starr, -i vice-;
president of the 1'nited Textile Workers:
of America, savs Chief of Police Mealy j
s "a fine f. How. " The chief expresses .
similar opinion of Starr. The other;
day Jxith gave tangible prjof of iheir ;
Krntimeutj when a strike fund of n-nrly j
ifo.OtM) w'as taken to.iKilicc headquarters
and locked up in the safe,
If the polite catc'i Starr's pickets mis
Ix-having. they have the chief 'complain
to the strike organizer,
discipline. Should the
reason to complain of a
who exercises
st rikcrs have,
policeman. Starr ,
tells Chief H aly, who
takes proj'r ac- j
Hon. j
THe mill managements have little to j
.. i. ....,:.... i.. 4..'
iMtiitr o.tujiiMfii. iiit-iri n,miiii ivj
the siaiple facts of tiie case so far.
They announced, effective February 13,
a wage cut of 20 per cent and au in
crease in hours from 48 to 5-t weekly.
Are Operating
clear nt Bimini they are given port of
j entry as of Canada.
j "We think it cannot be expressed too
strongly that the agents slioul.l lie pro-
tected in chasing the whiskey runnel's
lwnts; as tiiey always have full crews of j
men ami 1 will not stop at any means i
whereby they make the escape'. They
i hnvi
verv fast running boat:; making it I
hard for the agents to come alongside, j
Observing an order not to shoot unless in I
cast? of self-defense, or if they are not !
attacked first, all they can d i to let j
the faster boats and crews escape. i
"The agent;' boats, equipped with a J
machine gun or riot gnus in the hands of ;
a crew of four or live Inen will have tile
desired effect on the runners. Then in '
most eases the runners will stay outside I
the harbor or rivers. J
"When this condition prevails, it goes!
without saying, that if they cannot make j
their deliveries of liquor, they will have '
to go out of bu inrss. The whiskey run j
ners have mad.' remarks on various oe-
I casons, that if lhe (iovernment should j
i arm fast boats they would have to stop i
I the traffic immediately". !
KU KLUX APPEAR AT
FUNERAL OF DR. LOCKE !
(By The Associated Press.) !
DENVKH, Feb. 22. Five white'
robed and hooded members of the Kul
Klux Klan appeared suddenlv at the'
funerll of Dr. Charles K. I.ocke, at
Fairmount cemetery yesterday, placed a
beautiful floral offering on the grave
ami disappeared-.
Ouiet Today.
l'AW'ITCK KT, It. I.. Feb. 22.
lllackstone valley textile plants were I
quiet today under milituj-y surveillance.
State troops patrolleH the precincts of j
the Jenckes Spinning Company, where :i
bystander lost his life in a not yester
day and employes went to work unmo
lested. Part of the 2,000 Jenckes em
ployes are on strike, and efforts have
been made to extend the walkout.
Six companies' of coast artillery and
an ambulance unit are now on duty here.
Guardsmen wRY fixed bayonets pa
' trolled idreet intersections and the side
t walks around the Jenckes mill, permit
! ting afl to pass but none to loiter.
We would feel worse about the fact
thut librarians report that Americans
are reading fewer books if we didn't
know what kind of books they read when
they do. American Lumberman (Chi
cago. next move. I!ut Starr slates
his side of
the ca e without reserve.
"It is just a test of strength," he
said. "The mills need the production
and our people need the w.irk. Both
sides have strength. We have a thrifty
people and plenty of resources. We can
wait. But we will have no violence, no
rioting and no saotage. This strike is!
going to be conducted on American !
principles. '
According to Stair tin
is greater than the issue
go back to a nine hour
' ' mi American . ' '
i sue of
of wages,
dav, he sa:
iinirs
To
s, is
UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF
WASHINGTON OFFERED
FRESNO. CALIF., Feb. 22. Thomas
S. Wadsworth, of this city, today pre
sented as his contribution to the obser
vanec of Washington's birthday what is
represented to be an unpublished letter
which General Washington wro'e to Gov
ernor Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia,
on February 28. l2. The letter re
fors to some diflii-ulties in connection
with the administration of the American
i army. It is said to have been in the ar
cliivcM of the capital at iJi. hniond, Va.,
until May, 1 Slio, when, with the occu
pation of Richmond by the union army.
Captain Lyle Wadsworth. a brother of
Hi' liical man, took it as a suvenir.
The concluding paragraph of the let-
ter states:
"The present circumstances are such
:is render it in-xpedienf to order the
Virginia troops stationed, at Pittsburgh
from thence; that garrison will not bear
n diminution without endangering the
loss of the post, and the devastation
of the frontier in i aiisequeiice. There
can b-.' no probability that the Virginia
troops will lie incorporated with the!
regiment of Peniisylvajiia, and your ex-;
cellency will recollect that it i.s incon-1
siytent with the establishment of the
army to make men beltnging , to one
state count as nart of the quota of an
other, in consequence any reformation or
j new: arrangement of corps, whatever."
! The letter is signed;
i "Most obt hum Scr.
V
"G. WASHINGTON
MACHINE GUN UNIT
IS ORDERED FOR DUTY.
(By The Associated Press.)
PliOVIDENCF., l. I., Feb. 22.
A mobile machine gun unit of J10 men
from the 10:trd field artillery, mobilized j
here last night, was ordered into Paw- (
tucket this morning for strike duty fol
lowing receiofby the authorities of re-
oorts from the military already in that 1
city that the strikers were Showing signsl
of restlessness.
RADIO PROGRAM FOR
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
Wednesday, February 22, 1922
8:00 p. m. "George Washing
ton," by W. S. Diggs, of Hoover
and Diggs, Chairman of the Four
Minute Men of Pittsburgh, during
the war.
"Industrial Art," by Clara David
son, Faculty, College of Fine Arts,
Carnegie Institute of Technoogy.
Message from the Natonal Safety
Council. '
8:30 p. m . Instrumental and
vocal program by Ida Mae Claudy,
contralto and Phyllis Geraldine Gray,
piani?t.
Thursday, February 23, 1922.
8:00 p m "What Pittsburgh
Means to European Artists. Homer
Saint Gaudens, Ast. Director, Dept.
of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of
Technology.
8:00 p. m. "The Key to' Our
Troubles" by Mrs. J. E. Webster,
League of Women Voters
8:30 p. m. Program of instru
mental music selections, by the Car
negie Tech Stringers. Also readings
and focal eooj
BELMONT DEFEATS DALLAS
IN A HARD FOUGHT GAME
Win by Score of 33 to 27
Belmont Plays Bessemer
City in Charlotte Thursday
Afternoon Dallas Boys Put
Up Good Game.
I a he first game played in the state
championship con.te: t the Belmont boys
came off victors over thn husky quint
from Dallas by a score, of .'M to 27. It
was one of the hardest fought and clos
est games played on the local court this
season, both teams keeping almost in a
tie all during the game. The first half
eiyled even, ? and l'. Dallas went a
hctad in the beginning of the second half,
and the U. S. H. boys won the game in
the 1,1st two minutes. There was not a
goal made that the winner did not have
to put up a hard fight t(t win. The
game was referred by Air. Joe Harnett,
of Gastonia.
lioth the visitors and the home team
were ably supported by an enthusiastic
crowd of rooters, the largest crowd of i
the season coming out to see the scrim- 1
mage.
Thf winning of this game enables the i
home boys to keep in the championship j
funning. They will now play Hessenier
City, who won Tuesday afternoon in ;
their contest with Kings Mountain, the !
game to be called in Charlotte Thursday !
afternoon at ;!:.'lo o'clock at the V. M. j
'.A. The victor in this.gi will then j
f pitted against the winner in the,
:( . ''te-MoorcHvillc match. '
lie. i. niit has not played ifcssoiner City i
this yea i and the boys are expecting a j
hard fight ihiirs.lay. I
. Belmont ( :i I I beeper (ll. Urnwil I
(6). Hand (17), Harrison. lirnwn. M.,i
(. Dallas (27) 'Katchfonl (loi, IV j
sour (7), Holland (1), Tlimnbiirg (bi,j
IVour (2; .
CROP CONDITIONS ARE
REPORTED GENERALLY GOOD
(Bv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. The con
dition of the wheat crop during the lirst
half of February fiinei-d from " L'en-
erallv good" in the eastern section of!''"
the country to only fair in several of thei
middle western States, according to a re-'
port today by the Department of Agri-'
culture. Conditions in thej'ar western j
States were said to be favorable. The'
sfate of the winter rj . crap was report-1
ed as generally good. i '
The outlook for the 1H22 cotton crop
was sai
agents
I to be still uncertain, although
of tho depart ment reported
"some discussion ol increased a reag'1.
Indications were said to point to an in-:
creased acreage in the potato cro: in
Florida and other southern States.
Fruit trees were reported to be in!
generally goad loudition throughout the!
country, with the exception of probably
some damage to iieach buds in southern
New Jingland by recent low temp. r:c
t urcs.
"The supply of farm labor." the de
partment reported, "is plentiful and
generally excels the demand. Farmers
are employing as little help as possible
and are doing their own work wherever
they can manage it. Wag. s are reported
as getting lower. ' '
PARENTS OF
FILE
(Bv The
PHILADKLI
SLAIN GIRL
CLAIM FOR DAMAGE
Associated Press.)
HIA, Feb. 22.
claim under the State workir
en s
peiisation act has be; II h'd by the parents
rf Mildred (i. Ib'.kitt. stenograliher,
who was shot and killed with Oscar
Hosier, her employer, bv Hosier's wife.
The shooting ecciirred in Hosier's otlice.
Mrs. Hosier has been indicted ami
awaits trial on charges ot murder
Petition states that Miss Heekitt
killed in the course i f her empl
. and on the premises of le r eui
: sh.I that the parents are therefor i-
, titled to coin)uii!atin. It further states
! that (die ns-eived a week.
! If he claim is allowed, ai cording to
! counsel for the parents, it would .amount
i to $1.2t") and 1 00 for funeral, ex-
': pellses.
U. S. P. H. EQUIPMENT GOES i
I , TO DISABLED VETERANS
(Bv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON". Feb. 22. Dispen
i sirics of tho Public Health Service in
'twenty nine citi s throughout the coun-!
try, with their equipment, and personnel,
1 hav been turned ovpr tt the utilization
of the Veterans' Bureau. The bureau.'
in announcing the transfer today, said it,
won hi . "considerably strengthen the1
medical services offered to the
disabled !
was sai.l !
veterans." The dispensaries, it
will lie under the control of district
managers of the bureau, and additional.1
transfers of Politic Health units will be
made, it was added, whenever it appears!
advisable.
1. 1..
HUU DISASTER WILL BE SET -
DAVIDSON COLLEGE GLEE
CLUB HERE MARCH 10TII
College Musical Aggregation
Coming Under Auspices of
Spinner Management.
j Tl. Gastonia High School Senior Class
! am . li n e that they have oht;dn'l the
. H.-u id .on College (ilt'e Club tn give an
, i n! rta iniiieiit in the high school audi
' lorii.n. on Friday liighC March lo. The
. lull is making a spring tour of all near
i by linns and the lis-ai highs art? having
them Ii. ii- in order to raise money for
the publication of their year book, The
Id-"-' Spiiiii. r.
i This year's entertainment will be the
j lir t that the I a vidsoniaas have given
! here for the past several years. T Ii e
management states that they have lieen
1 pra.'ii. -ing daily since the fall exainina
i t ions' and that this year's concert prom
: ises to be the best that they have given
in quite a w hlle . '
W. NEIL DAVIS WILL
BE IN SHERIFF'S RAGE
j U . Neil Davis, well known chicken
'man. . x sheriff and present toroiicr of
; Gallon county, has a card in today's
'Ga.tte aiiimuiieiag himself a candidate
! for election to the ollice of sheriff of
'Gaston county sub.je.t to the action of
the Democratic primaries. Mr. Davis is
j the third entry into the sheriff's race and
i Dame K'liiimr has it that there w ill In- at
i lea mie more entry if not still more.
! LONDON PRESS COMMENTS !
j ON ROMA DISASTER
' Note Similarity Between Fatei
I of U. S. Array Dirigible and
That of R-38 at Hull Last
Summer.
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, Feb. 22. News of the
structloij of the I'nitei) States II rill V
dirlgible I! oma is the feature in Loudon
morning newspapers, which print long
accounts of the tragedy mid phtures of
t he aircraft .
Similarity ol the details with those of
the destruction of the IMIN at Hull last .
summer is widely remarked. The Times
says thai while in the Hull tragedy the.
people of the I'nited States Jill. I Great
Britain joftied ill n common sorrow.
Tlii time the blow has fallen on Am
eric;, uloue, but ICiglnild feel with her
and for her today n less than she did
when her own sons were liunib -red a- I
moiig the dead . "
Regarding the in vest igat ion of the II
"S d. Mister, it i.s understood that t h e
(pi.stioii of publication of the air mill
istry's report depends upon the admiral
t.v, to wlcmi it must be referred. The
report has also been 'communicated to
I nited State.! Government, as the
latter 's representatives were associated I
in the investigation.
ORANGE, TEXAS, GROCER
TARRED AND FEATHERED
(By The Associated Press.)
OKANGK, T.as. Feb. 22 - C
.. Johnson, 2", a itrocer, was taken
'. c.
from
his store last night by two masked men
land after a e.i;;t of tar and feathers was
'applied he was dumped naked into a
-street, in 1l;e heart of the bu jli"ss sec
I tion. The driici in' the car did no' slou
down tor him to alight and .1 nhii-oni f"ll.
in juring net a mi . lie walk.
.1 to (he
and as!;. l
postotl'n-e, i iiaif block away,
(o be tak.iy to a hospita I .
Johnson is unmai i ied and
has lived
c had n it
h.
six months. lie said h
c ; ' lied to lea lc tje city .
He made
at'r. k .
flVr! to account for He
THE WEATHER
North Carolina (air and warmer to
night; Thursday cloudy an warmer on
the coast. ,
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Strict to Good
Cotton seed . .
Middling
17'ic
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Washington's Birthday
Message
i IS-. The As. iafed Press. )
INDIANAPOLIS. l.ND., Feb. 22.
Ilaufard Mai.Ni.ler, national
c'linm.iiidor of the American Legion
tod.iv gave out the following mes
sage on Washington's birthday
I n the day when every Ameri
ca n win love, his country and re
sjiccts in privileges of citizenship
and its institutions honors the mem
ory of the founder of this republic,
the na n and women of the American
Legion draw renewed inspiration
from the memory of Washington to
carry on our work and to serve in
pcn.v us well as in war as construc
tive citizens. . .
"His high devotion to th prinei
pliit we like to call American and
(plcndid fajfu in his fallow . nieB,
AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICA
Chairman Kahn Declares That
34 Dead Officers and Men Are
Martyrs To Cause of Aeronautics
Last of Dead Recovered From Wreckage Today
List Stands at 34 Killed, Eight Injured
Three Are Unhurt Investigation Under Way.
(l!y The Associated
Press.)
NOK.'OI.K. VA., Feb. 22. Com
pletely wrecked by (ire and explosion, the
Itoina. the world's largest wmt rigid
airship and the pride of the American
air service, had yielded up today the last
of the dead of the disaster overtook her
yesterday while inantievering over Hamp
ton Koads and sent her hurtling down
ward to crash into the net work of high
power electrict wires that wrought her
dest ruct ion.
Recovery , of
toll of the di
the history of
at thirty four
the last no.ly fixed the
lister - the greatest ill
American aeronautics -dead,
eight injured and
three
thirty
practically unhurt. Of the dead
had been identified, although
many of the bodies of those caught in
the interior of the ship when she
cratthed were burned, blackened and
charred almost beyond recognition.
These dead included some of the air
service's most gallant officers and men,
the list containing the names of Major
John Thorn. II. . onuiiiimler of the ship atj
her christening in Washington last De
cember, and Captain Dale Mayory, her
commander during yesterday's ill fated
flight. '
Air service men from l.nagley field,
the home station of the craft, Ix'gan
shortly after dawn today the clearing up . . The chances are that efforts will bo A
of the wreckage of the warped and blist-!,n.(. to pi event a recurrence of such ft -ered
skeleton and at the same time ,.iamitv. I feel, however, that so long -preparations
began for the official in-1,,., the other nations of the world cou-
quiry. Major General Mason M. Pat- fj,,,,,. experiment regarding nights in the v
rick, chief of the air service, who came! llir our 0,V11 Pountiy will have to keepv
here by airplane yesterday as noon ns,lp t(, t)ll, rtHt f tni, worj(1 in ,hat nw
word of the disaster was flashed tot Kr, . The thing is altogether toft
Washington, made a personal inspection Hll(.iting at, the pre.eut time and it, will
of the wreck during the night and or-1 probably be several years before wtf ran
dered an iiumediate investigation. U,.t back to n normal basis. I feel con-
Oflicers at Lnngle.v field still were nt ' n,,.t that despite the terrible disaster
a loss to account for the mishap that'to lUr (,ffi,.,.rs und men the matter of
caused the ship's rudder to tilt and ; aviation will still continue to be taken '
thereby rendered the 410 foot craft to-
become ii n manageable.
Possibility developed, howeven, that; Tinted states may be able to make pro
flic inquiry would take notice of reports . ,,, j the art of flying and keep a
that the bag of the Homa, constructed in; brenst of the improvements which are
Italy, was rotten although officers at the
field declined to discuss such reports.
In connection with the forthcoming in
quiry these developments, some otlicers
said, had been established definitely:
"First, that the left rudder of 1 ho
Homa gave way when she was less than a
half a mile froyi where she went down
near the Army base fire station.
Second. Hint there was no fire on the
ship until after the tilt began as a re
sult of the right hand side of the rudder
going into an almos vertical position.
Third, that the craft became unman
ageable as she swooped over the base res
ervation narrowly missing u loll foot
smoke stack of the Central Heating
plant. i
Fourth, that the immediate cause of
. , . i e a ... .
I lie explosion wnn siic.n loree ics icra
wreck the .ntire craft and set her on the
lire was. contact with a net of 2201) vol
tage eleitric wires, less than one hun
dred feel from where the Homa crashed
into a pile of railroad car parts.
Fifth, that the Liberty motors, which
were being tested, were not responsible
f.r the disaster unless something more
tangible should be learned than appear
ed today.
The point which the army board of in-ve-tignlion.
which will be organi.ed to
day, will decide is what caused the rud
der supports to give way.
There were two pilots in charge of the
ship's steering gear. They were Captain
Walter J. 1! 1 and Lieut. It. G. Burt.
both of whom had been at the wheels of
the Hupia on previous trips;
Burt et-aped iiucafhed and Heed :.
..i the road t i recovery at the public
Health Sen ice hospital.
Of the injured superintendent -ff l'm
sfiuction Charles Dwira.k. of McCm.k
field, on.- of the past-cngcr on tlie Homa.
is in a serious condition at the Public
Health Hospital. having swallowed
flames and is also suffering from the ef
feet- ofg.is fumes. The others are ex
pf.-ted t i re. aver.
WASHINGTON
aster to the Homa
Feb. 2
and appi
-The .lis
ling I ss o
From McNider
particularly thoKe who served with
him in America's first battles for
the the rightful integrity of our
country, form a firm foundation
for our future endeavors to uphold
the Government Washington and his
Continentals created for us.
"The American Legion stands
for America and for the defeuderst
of America. It is our aim to instill
in our organization, and through it
in l' America, a vital ense of civic
righteousness iu dealing with the
intricate and ever increasing prob
lems before us which shall guaran
tee to posterity an unswering and
exact fulfillment of thq, principles
whereof the founder of our eounrr
gave lis uch wjse aud high ex
ample. " '.
BACK TO
life that ensued will be a serious setback,
to development of lighter thnn-iiir craft
in America, because the nation is deeply
stirred and will not forget, Chairman
.lulios Kahn, of the House Military
Committee declared today in a state-.'
ment. But, he added, Hie officers and
men who perished "are but tnurtyrs to
the art they were engaged in anil would
not wish their country to fall behind tlm :
progress made by the. other nations o
the civilized world.
"The destruction of the Roma," Rep
resentative Kahn said, "with the terri
ble loss of iff is a terriblo shock to all
those interested ill nerial navigation.
The b'oiiia was thu lurgest lighter than- t
air craft-that this country owned.
' Wf have msde terrific strides in rc-
rent years, especially regarding tho. de
velopment and use of Indium gas. This
gas is mm inflammable. It is hopt'd
that we will be able to secure enough of..'
this substance to fill all of our ighter
than nir machines. .
"While I realize that the whole coun
try will be deeply stirred by this acci
dent, 1 feel that those who jieriahed in,
the destruction are but martyrs Jo the
cause of aviation. The world probably
will continue air flights notwithstanding
the disaster.
up
l the
., ,v t,w, 0f 0r officers who are in
nwi uou ncrtice in urucr ium i
order that y tho
improvements
made by the variomi civilized countries
of the world. " -
Itidativcs have not been allowed to
view- the blackened and charred bodies,
most of which are burned beyond rec
ognition. There are IS or 20 widows
at the (lying station us a result of the
accident . .
Woik of identification was alow, thoi
officers ami men from Lnngley field nof,
completing their task until short ly. bet t
'ore daylight. Identification was
tablished by icars, teeth and hair, irt'
some instances. Efforts to identify tlm,
four remaining bodies continued. rr
Three watches taken from the charred .
ami water soaked clothing after mid-"
night were still running. Others , had
stopped at the time of the accident, aev? .
of them registering 2:10 0 el'jck. '
exact time tiie explosion is said- to i
have taken place. '
Blackened torsos are till that remaiin
of some of the bodies. Others lie iu re?
pose as if petrified. Klill others are so
badly broken aud twisted that there is
no h .pe of getting them within a regula
tion coffin . '
As woik of identification dragged
through the night and into the mornin(t
hours there was one mail who stood sto
ic:, Pv by, never shifting his po:;itijn,
lle.eas Dr. J. H. Mabry. of Newport
News, the on'y relative of any of tho
Ifonia vi' fiius who.has thus far seen thlT
r.ll.alis.
lie was looking for his brother. Cap
tain Dale Mabry. Man after man was
identified or sent back for a later exam
iiiation. Th' last body brought in prov
ed to Is' that for which he was waiting.
NKWPOKT NEWS, Va.. Feb. 22.
(ifli.i r; ami men from l-angley field ear
iy today had positively identified of
the .:( men killed ill the explosion of
lhe army semi rigid airship yesterday
The list of the identified dead fol
low s :
Captain Dale Mabry.
Major John Thornell.
Master Sergeant 11. D. McNally.
Tech sergeant L. M. Harris.
Staff Sergeant Ia'wIs Billiard.
Staff Sergeant Marion J. Healle.
Sergeant William Ryan. ' v
Sergeant Virgil Hoffman.
Corporal Irby I!. Hevrou.
Private tins K button.
Private Vernon Blakeley.
Private John Th nnpsoii.
Piivatc Marion Hill.
Mr. strvker, MeC'ook
field, Ohio,
(civilian ) .
Robert J. Hanson. McCook field, O.,
( civilian ) . '
William O'Laughliu, McCook. field.
Ohio. ( civnau) -
F. Harrinian, McCook Hold,
Ohio,
civilian ) .
Major Vaiitsmeire.
Captain Purssclimidt. -
Captain Watts. '
Lieut. W. 0. Hum -to
Lieut. W. B, Cumiuings.
Lieut . Riley.
Lieut. Smythe. V .
Captain MoFarlaml.
Muster Sergeant Murray.
Lieut. Clinton. . '
Lieut. H. K. Hiae.
Sergeant J. M. Holmes..
C. Schu'euburg, layto, ()., (civ
ilil'H) . . ..
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