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 a VTR 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 ...51c 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) . . .. ,1