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THFEC
MED
VOLUME
NO. 49
Kl'UKXK. OKECiON, TI KSDAV K T.XlN(i, FEB. 21, 19J2
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1EE WOUNDED '
I uLCCDUflT Mr
TONEWPACT
ISCERTAINTY
U. S. ARMY AIRSHIP, ROMA
Crowd of Strikers Fails
to Disband When
Told. Mayor Orders
Police to Fire.
hwltiokPt H. I.. Fob. 21. Joseph
latticea. a striker, was killed nnd sov
,nl persons wounded today when police
ijtO POl guns mr" "' ........... ...-w
.... -t,n. nonr the .Tensokeif Sninnine
wmpny mills here. .
Thf tint act wm ri-nu.
Firinr bv police into the mass of str'k-
mw from the front of .Tenekos mill dp-
iriiallv read the not sot. Tjiiickr. aid
Sn ordered to aim their riot v.nm into
A( crowd but tne sinners sum rciiiaeti
' Four Workers- Fall.
J. BP onirr i" ...... . --.
Vy was poured into the heiiilss Rtrk-
m, FOTir WorKern rriiiiijou iu
irnmi Jeers nnd laughter cave way to
.v.:.L.. anil ohniirs nf terror nnd the
ftfftfle scattered in a panic.
Th. afreet was almost oeserreu wiurn
ininute. - ,
i .t, air nn trw. irr-nnnd
Anwiii Uln- --
Jwfph Asspiienn war dead nnd others
iw roffering Trom nuner wounns.
ill urcnc of the shooting was near
At (pot where trouble broke out vprtj
At when strikers attacked alleged strike
brfikfrs.
In anticipation of further trouble the
nthon'HpR were prepnrine tn moot e--
.k If. a fAnnnn nnmmninVlltflil wfrln)
Owmmr Sam Souei and preparation
nf made to rush troops here immedi-
Cavalrv Patro's Vallev,
rVovidence. R. T-. Feb. ?1 .State env
Atitmi patrolled Pnwrucker vallev to
fcrfntWing attacks hv strMng text'l"
wrkfrs n eotton mills in the d'trict.
Tfcf farnlrv wni ordered wbe mill op
ntirfi attacked the Knight mill at Pon
tile. , .
torMxie puna will hA hrnirh t the
Tlllff Ii.t hattory 1, lOflrd field artillerr
KH mores. Governor $n Souei has or-
krfit to he ren.ly. Xearlv l.OOO work
mftrrvinc clubs end "'ones Hdvnnce
if Pontine mMI. . WpiIows- were
muhcd. doors driven in and. telephone
TffH "lt
PnMlTft eVnpd (be slreefs.
Strifri. nHtu1inc nmv wn:nen. flt
ttfkfii t1!!' Knieht eomnnv wh -it N"
tvt. T,fieoiors were driven from wnr!'
la. shiinnied with coal.
I BUB TO CRISP
Aiken. S H Voh 91 T,n,,.J hn
J"", lira. C. E. Monts and tlireo of
to AiWren bnrned to death in tholr
ae todny before the. cyeB of the hus
Jjad and father who made deaperato ef
wti to Oinu himself through a wall of
"ri to reiwne them.
Monta was so seriously burned bv his
oe attempts to pass the barrier of
"we Hat he was taken to a hosnital.
,,J deed are Mrs. Month. 35: Eiiuene.
UiClirenee, H; Eugene Duuoso .Monts.
4ttt
Wue WiU Aak Nations to
2are Minimum in Arms Need
Pll-3. T.U n. . .. . . ..!.
in i. ' canons or rne worn-
J"! be anked by the league of nation
"tion of armaments commission to
JTe their minimum land armament re
Pretnents.
TjJV.wnimission met here with Rene
"njnu who was at one time head of
J treoeh delegation to the Washington
eotlferenre, presiding.
"'Mrations for a general plan of land
jMment reduction and au attempt to
jwrer general principles nnd a hnsia
"i reduction, were started. The com
"Ml i will report to the next assemlilj .
u league early in September.
'P Plans for Scrappinor
".raesnips Are Announced
Tivt: ... . .
ilir. - Announcement ni
to si-rnp a totnl nf twenty. four
Wil Jspanese nnrr was made
t"' naval minj,trT Momlai as Japan''
k" p ,nwar,-s placing into effect the
'"Won lrtr,5 limitation agreements
. ship to he scrapped, according tc
inncticement. include ten nhsnlelr
14' s,t battle cruisers now llT conrM'--mwroction
,nd eight capital ship'
Hkk 1' Planned hut keels for
" not yet been laid.
C. Cholmely Jones
Is Dead at New York
Cv' T"Tk- N". Y.. Fok 21. n. r.
Ir'!l I . "'"' f"" dircc'or of the
air li v '""iranre bureau, died here to-
v. :
w'o"- r""! . ""'" in ,,,-r
X'
iTjf" unonc her jewe' and mo
ax, r"'l r.g a packp of lore lettci
ha, "T " 17 rear old suit
'"i" th
ie window.
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few
I
This stnking photo.graijh shows the Roma, which carried
many men to death in Virginia today, -arriving at Boiling
Field, Washington, D. C, after a record breaking flight from
Langley Field, Virguiia.
Senator Brandegee Of
fers Reservation in
Committee. Adop
tion Is Held Near.
lty LAWltENCE MAUTIV
(I'nited Vt-ss Htnff Coi respondent)
WHHhh.ntt.11. I. C, Feb. 21. Adoption
of a reservation lo the four power Pa
cific treaty by the neunte foreign rela
tions committee became a virtual cer
tainty today.
Senator HmndeKee, Connecticut, of
fered a reservation in the committee and
en-suinjc discussion indicated that It would
be adopted, though some modifications
may be made.
The reservation prevents the United
States (tovernment oeinR bound by any
ajrreeinent under rhe treaty regarding
preservation of other nations rights in
the Pacific islands, without the specific
sanction and Approvul of congress. -
ICE FINDS WAY 10 IKE
TELL TRUTH; DRUG PUTS STOP TO 1IG
By ClIATU-KS K. TA'NTH
fl'nilod Press .Sniff Correspondent)
Dallas,. Texas, Feb. Science for
the first lime, has trir.niphe.d over the
cunning of criminals, Dallas authorities
and physicians believe.
"Twilight sleep," first produced to
make the pain of child-birth less intense,
was declared to have been successful as
n "truth serum" on persons in connection
with criminal cases.
Kd Smith, accused of murder, was plac
ed under the influence nf the drne. He
dnied killing a man. Police released him
when persons who identified him refus
ed to take the sconalimian test.
At Ft. Worth, .lohii . Miller, wound
ed in a battle between police and alleged
bandit, was placed under the drug nnd
police declared he answered questions
straightforwardly as to an alleged bandit
gang.
Smith was questioned at length. It
denied throughout any knowledge of the
death of Cottrell le, another negro, for
which he was to hove been tried todav.
Officers, however, were able to gain
from him statements of his movements
for the iast ten years. These were check
ed and found to be true. Today when
Smith's ease, was railed, -District Attor
ney Hughes asked the two witnesses who
had previously- declarer! 'they ,hnd seen
Smith kill liee.' if they would submit to
the acopaliminu test to check their ver
acity. They indignantly refused.
The drug, according to physicians fa
miliar with its use, tends to brenk down
the will power, and shatter" the mental
resistance of the criminal.
Fnder its influence a desire is created
to answer onestions truhlfully.
The wish to hide or evade is sub
merged in the greater desire to answer
and ty rnrerui questioning tne truth is
brought out.
Miller, until put umjer "twiliitht slcop,"
insisted that his name was John MoM're.
tne of the first questions asked him
after the drug took effecf'waH, "what Is
your name?'
"John Cornish 'Milter,' he mumbled.
Other facts which he revealed were
checked nnd found to be correct.
Bootlegging Boat Caught
By Airplanes Off Florida
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 21.
Attacks on bootleggers by land, 4
sea and air, in line with a cam-
paigii announced in Washington
by Prohibition Commissioner
Jiavnes. are In full awing todny. .
The first result was capture
of the RritiHU schooner Annabelle
bv 11 prohibition airplancH equip- J
p'ed with machine guns. The
schooner is alleged to have 11, a)
cases of whiskey aboard.
Bulletins
Washington. D. C. Feb. 21. An army
board of Inquiry to Investloats th" Roma
diaaster probably will bo appointed to
morrow. It was learneat tha war de
partment today. Maor General Pat
rick, chief ot the army air service, who
rushed to the. scene in an airplane.. Is
maklno, a first band Investigation oday.
att
lrtift,,.
Tonight and Wednesday ron
cloudy cast portkm; nod-
Salem, Ore.. Feb. 21. Loon Ft. Ed
munson, Eugona attorney, against whom
the Laae county bar associaiioa institut
ed disbarment proceodir,s a few months
ago his teen disbared from further prac
tice of law in Oregon. Justice Brown, in
tha supreme court wrote and handed
down tho derision this morning Edmua.
oa is found guilty of the charges of
miscoaduct In his profession and con
victed of mlsdemanors involving moral
turpitude. Edmonson, it was charged,
had bee found guilty of violation of the
prohibition act.
Pawtucket, Ft. I. Feb. 21 Two fiiea
were kilted and a score Injured In a
......J l.iii LHiM. textile workers
and police hero today. Joseph Assuncan
. r ..... mi.ii .irik.r were Shot
ana an n'iiiini": ......... ------
. i i..nn M.hr;!! the notice led by
Myor Robert A. Kenyon opened fire
with not guns on ... .
which refused to disperse.
15
M'KEiE HIGHWAY
Work on the tipper SrcKcniic rood Is
expected to etart .Murch l,r. or sooner if
the weather permits. From 2!i to 110 men
arc tn be employed in the beginning and
JIK) later on.
Charles K. I.ind, of Hellinghnin, Wash-
hart the contrni:t and was Here u lew-
days ago making arrangements to begin
construction work. A few men have for
several months been doing preliminary
work. .Mr. I.ind has gone to Iowa for
a brief visit with his parent, whom he
has ojt scon for manr j-earc.
The road to be graded Segins t'A miles
efl-it of Kuecne nnd exteud ii miles.
reaching to a point two miles east of
the summit of the Can-ado. Four milca
will be blasted through solid Isva. The
east end of the road will he handled ofit
of Rend, but Kngene will be used as a
supply base for most nf the work.
The wiigcs paid will he K .20 per day.
Hoard will he furnished at $1.20 per day.
A iuantilv of army cols and other sup
p'.iei have already been purchased in
r.iiKcne. f..iloriTM are to be recruited hy
local employment offices.
E
On a bench warrant charging him
with statutory rape, Ben Chambers, a
railroad conductor was arrested last
night ir. Cotvallia and returned to Eu
gene today by Deputy Sheriff (eorge
Croner.- Chambers, who HveB on Second
avenue west, is a conductor oh tho En
getie-Corvailhj run. . He was takeu into
enstody last night by tho Corvnllis police
on arrival there. The grand jury had
investigated bis case earlier in the day
and the district attorney had asked the
judge for tho wurrant.
Bier Creek School Has
' Club' in' Camp Cookery
On Rig Creek in the heart of the Const
Range mountains, where triinsnorlntion
is by foot or horseback, is a little log
cabin school. Even tf tliey live in the
backwoods the pupils in this school have
ideas of modern methods. Todny the
teacher of the school. Miss in' Weltn.
has notified .1. it. .Swnn. county club
lender, that they have established a camp
cookery club under Iht - leadership and
that mucb interest is being minutest.
ROMA SURVIVORS
Washington. D. , Feb, 21. The of
ficial list of Horn a survivors, aa reported
to the navy tjjepartment by radio, in
cludes:
First lieutenant Clarence IL Welch;
father. W. . Welch, Pallllou, Neb.
Captain Walter J. Heed; father, Wil
liam F. Kecd, Kcarsdale. IS.
Major John H. Heardon; wife, Mrs.
John It. Reunion, 3(H) Elm street.
Washinirton.
Sergeant Virden Peek: father, How
ard Peek, 2304 Liifayette ovouue, Terre
Haute, litd.
Sergeant Harry A. Chapman: mother.
Mm. .1. It. Ward. 10'JO Frederick live
nue, St. Joseph, Mo.
Sergeant Joaeph M. Rledenbach: fath
er, (ieorge Riedenhrtch, 411 East Mar
ket street, Akron, Ohio.
Charles I. Divorak. Ray nurley.
Burton.
PORTLAND GRAIN
Portland. Ore.. Feb. 21. Wheat: Hard
white $1.20, soft white $1.25. white club
$1.2.. hard winter $1.21. northern apring
$1.23. red W a $1.20.
fists: No. 2 white $Til; No. 2 gray
$20.00.
Organization
of New Party
to Be Held Up
Chicago, Feb. 21.-Orgnmxat.on of ft
national farm-labor political nlltaucv was
postponed today until the second Mon
day iu December by the conference be
tween the ,two groups' rvpreaeutativeH
here. Thu conference decided to await
the outcome- of the November eW'-Hona
before aoiutr ahead with the national or-
ganuutUou. Pending; formation of tht na
tional coalition however, the fanners
ami laborers will work together through
state organizations and wage the fight
in very state.
A committee of 15 waa appointed to
report at the December meeting on a
national organisation scheme.
Xo extended national organization will
be formed at this time, if the conference
adopts tho report of the committee on
organization. Thia cumnmtee reoom-
mends that each tttnte orgnnico by ttseii
and iu a form best fitted for that par
ticular state.
These state organisatlona will then en
dorse favorable candidates for congress
or file one of their member on either
of the old party tickets.
Thia plan is snid to be that of Arthur
C. Town-ley, president of the National
Non-Partisan league and reported leader
behind the United- Farmera National
Woo. no has decided thia action la the
most feasible. It is said, as a result of
hia experience in North Dakota. The
state organiration will be formed around
existing organizations, such as the Non
partisan league and the United Farmers'
National bloc, it is snid.
Day of Oratory.
Despite the variety of political onin-
ion and the breadth of vtew of noma of
the speakers, the meeting was unevent
ful. Farmer declared that a great per
centage of agricultural producers are
bankrupt and lack of assistance of
the present administration waa blamed
Socialist spenkera for the most part,
favored the federation like the British
labor party, with all units retaining their
identity, but all workine towards a com
mon end. Union labor speakers arked. in
tne main, concerted action in tne pri
maries either on the renublican or dem
ocratic ticket.
There were about "0 representatives
present. The entire day was spent In
"feeling each other, out." Every. brand
of political belief was brought out and
aired and the conference listened pa
tiently. At the conclusion of the sesHton
it Win evident, from the addresses .f -ttn-farmei'N,
(hut they are at sen regarding
any program, snid James O'Neill, social
ist deleiruto. New York.
Rewards Friends, Not Enemies.
''The tendency of the lalwr unions was
to merely concentrnte on the old policy
of rewarding friends and punishing ene
mies. Yet those who spoke in favor of
independent political action were warmlv
received. As near as I can ascertain, IVl
of the representatives here favor inde
pendent political action."
Closing the Monday session, W. TI.
Johnson, chnirman, president of the Bro
therhood of Machinists, declnred that it
was the purpose of thor meeting to take
some kind of action by the shortest
route," and to break Into the hold of poli
tics by the two old partlea. lln aaid the
quickest way seemed to be to invade the
primaries of the old parties, but ho add
ed, a definite program would he Intro
duced hy the committee appointed.
."More genuine farmers and worker
must be plneed in legislative posltlonH,"
Johnson declared.
Ife bitterly attacked the present ad
ministration. "It Is a notorious fact." .Tnhnston sa'''
"that not one piece of remedial, helpfu1
legislation looking toward renernl re
construction, tending to Iwneftt the whole
people, has been introduced by any mem
ber of oxmgress known to be in active,
eo -ope ration with the chief enerutive."
Bees Nothlna Beneficial
President Harding. Johnston said, "has
not sent to congress a single suggestion
that can be construed as being physically
or spiritually beneficial to tha people of
the I'nited States since taking office."
. Forces of reaction have gained control
and become entrenched In government,
he stated.
"Those now in control of the rovern
ment have sanetioned wholesale corrup
tion of the electorate hy seating in the
filll DIKE
(Continued on page all)
Armour. & Company Has
Busy Branch Store Here;
Future Is Held Promising
SCUFF CHAMBER
LUNCHEON SPEAKERj
Plan City Beaatiful ,,,,,
1',-aut.- l..v -ng F..;S-Mr,n are nl.-or
eoi,.-er,,.,l action f..r the ij.t.-nMtie !" -,fat,on
o the I-sn- county capita
Ther expect to work in coijui..- h
the 'city fi.un.-il. Ch-thlHT M "-""'i.'
sod other rnblic spinted b-U--'- It"
commercial a wli un nal ''" '
beautiful struts, psrk.. brm."
bous.-s w li be ,.mpanii! Ly !'
leaue. ltea'ity can w tl, gr.at a.hant.ge
he roniluncl with ntiiiry m o'ro" a.
material thine. """"' hn !" ' '
este.1 in making nt a more bvauuui
place in wbicb to Ute.
Alfred H. Schn.ff. of the rniversity nf
Oreiion. whose pi'-turee are being exhih-
ited in the Chamber of Commerii-, has
;accep(cii an iiiTitat'oo to address llie"
Th'irMiay noon chamiicr Inn. tn-.m. .Mr.
S-tiroff will expla n to the buine.M mu
'the commercial el'le of art a well as Hr
tartislic. Surrounded mifh lufi lienutifu!
sestern pe-ntinas the artit will copdnrt
'a lct'ire v. hi'-b promisiii to tie mot in
Utrnetie as well as iofere.liiir.
J The exh-.hit is be.ns opei.wl daily to
.th. pnlilie ail thin week from 2 mull II'
; o'clock.
Van Wye Brings Family
; i in ii. (e Van W'.iek. who operates the
' unto tage line between Kngene a.'ld
l!.,-eluirg. returned la-f ci-eiiiig with ln
w.l.. and rtrWIren from Kv-rett. Wa-.li-iriiton.
While there L- arrang-d for a
liiigc pS'seiiger nu'o, vhe h will be pot
on the K".'l'irg run wiiluo a few weeks.
The H n'-on Six car now being n(d t
lo be rr ved s-ou by a Cadiiisi; Eight.
Meats and Meal Pro
ducts Are Distribut
ed in Carload Lots.
Mav Erect Own
Building Later.
This !a No. 40 of a series rf more
than u score of articles on Eugene
and Lane enmity industries written
by a member of The fiuard repor
ter inl staff in eollahorntlon with
Eugene Chadwjck. secretory of the
Eocehe Chsmber of Commerce.''
11ii-s srerieit. written fron in
spect Ion of p ants, and personal'
interviews with their manager,
represent the widest surfey ever
made of local industrial establih
ments. Each one shows how valunhle
tiip ind'Ctry is to the eommunitr.
wby it merits home patronage and
at the same time cm fain informa
tion not general 1 v known, Heid
theie srtirles end KNOW El'flFNE
AND LANE C)t;NTY BETTK1L
By H EfAlEIt MAX EY
A carload lot di'i ibntor of meats an1
meat products in ligne ij. tb ArtnoitT
A company brflnf-h of the Pftrtland on,!
f-f the great riHfnaily known organira
lion. The bran- h i1rtis to ttecome a un'
in if"!f and h"n business increses t.
erect iu own permanent wholesale h?uie
in thia city to serve the territory of ,
out h western Oregon.
The Eugene brunch, located at Flflb
and Oak streets in the Oregon Electric
depot, was organized August , 11121. !
snd Is managed by Frank H. Johnson, a i
graduate of the Cniveraity of Oregon in i
HMO. The local branch employs six em
ployes, one d-live-yman( one stenograph-1
r. two salesmeo, a warehouse man and ,
nans iter. The annual payroll exceed
$0.01 g).
The territory from Albany to T)una
muir. Cel., and aloo Klwniaflt Falls dis
trict is covered by two salesmen, Paul
O. Pirtle and J. J. Stever.
The brsnch conducts a strictly whole
sale business and its meal products are
ohipped from Armour A company's mnin
wrjttern plant at Spokane, Wnshington.
Frefh meats are shipped daily from the
Pnrtlaid cold storage bouse of Armour
company. Byproducts, soap and am
moitia. etc., sold here are shipped from
the Chicago plant.
The locsl hrniK-h of Armour and com
peuy buys gss, butter and poultry an'
' a vslustile market for the fsrmers ir
his vicinity. The parent crmpniy pah'
Tiore thsn two million dollars for pro--luc
nnt year. The companv alto nt
nn a distributor for Iwal produce of thl
Vind arrd dispenses with broker and com
mission men.
Eugene mar reasonably expert to eer
fhe day In the near fu?ure when Armoiif
company will erect a l.rge whoiefsl
plant in this city that will be one of th
Mgcret distributors In southwestern
i Oregon.
GIANT hi
BURSTS OVER NORFOLK, 1;
20 BODIES ffi RECOVERED
Craft . Purchased from Italian Government
Meets Disaster When Tail Strikes High Volt
age Wires Short Distance Above Flying
Field. Intense Heat Radiates from Wreck.
cc i ni i.nra win. iptntl ljillffl totlflV
from Ho 10 .Ki liniiy n.n'ia .-i "
wlin tho iriivnit diriRibla Komn, purohnsod from tlio Italian
, 1 .. -VT P.ll. "X7n
govonimimt, cxpioaoa nenr iNonoiK,
.. 'Advioos to Kovcriiment officials said woro (load. Jia
natchoa dim-t from Norfolk, liowovor, placed!, the total cas
ualties an low as 28.
Tho Komn, said to "navo boon filled with inflammable .in--stond
of llolium rah for a noeed tost blow np nlwut.twQ hours
after leaving tho aviation bnso at LanRley field. The great
pas ba was ifniited by strikinR electric wires over the army
base near Norfolk, according to a dispatch from that city,
:i .n.llr. nomnta . lAmtlUul.
IIIUU l 1 UUUUl llfi' t,viy.w...yl v
Norfolk; Vn., Feb. 21. Forty nrmy
fivers and civilian observers were report
ed killed todnv when the huge govern
ment dirigible Romn exploded near Nor
folk. This estimate waa made by Ser
geant. Peek, one of the survivorn. At
four p. m. the wreckage was still burn
ing. Twenty hodlea have lieen removeit.
Nine severely injured men were taken to
a hospital whero on Tieutenan V. II.
Reilly died. r
Cnntnln Mnvbreo. In chnrge, was hum-
etl to denth.
Other estimnlea of the dead made nt
the army base where the dixnster occur
red ran as low as VS. The Ilomn. pur
chased from the Ttnlinn govern'uent, hnd
heen aent- nn from T.nnu ev lneul. vn..
tne n trial spin In which It waa expected
to mnko itn mtiea nn hour.-.
The explosion waa caused bv the bag
alrikinr electric wires over the army
base. While crulslutr low the rudder be
came entangled in the wires carrying
2.100 volts noil the e-innt hue 'united.
A deafening explosion followed, nnd
the ship plunged to earth.
Tt was reported the non-inflammable
helium gas was removed and stored as U
waa the cniv gas of too himi in the conn
lev. and nrd'nnrv dirigible gaa aiibstltuted
for the trial trip.
Was Flvlnrj Too tow.
Officers at the neuiv hssc nenr here
expressed the belief the prent ale cro'ner
become uninrinagenble while flvlne low.
to.ilera nt the base observed it an
nroachfog. pot- far from the ground
where the tail hurst Into flames.
Two men were son to lesn from the
lmeln mnsa nod dron enrth-vnrd.
The hnee ijesff n'onired to t:o rotted
Tt rn reported the rudder ot tho sir.
hie. tammed sod thet- the fstl of th"
enft touet'e.t hlph volfsge eleptrlc wires
nr.. the fteld.
The Ttoroa horned ffeecelv after strttr.
tnr the rronod. radlaflni. such Intense
hent that the rescuers could not approach
It
Elnht Survivors Listed.
The war denei-tment at 4'iri announe.
ed a list of eleht reported stirvlvor. hut
t several Instances first names were not
-leu.
Tt, p.t folWnr
Contain Ted T,lentenan Ttreon T
vtorf niorrlan. Welch.
W'edenherch, - ITnrley, . TeeV.
Chanmnn,
An nttemnr waa to he made he the
Ttoma to smanh tVe world's record for
soeed w'fb s d'elalhle. TiSnelev ftt4 of.
fleers eonfh'entlv evneeted file shlo tiv
mnVo fK mtten on hour on the fr'n. T'
scolder took nlaee -two hon-s nfae!ths
ship left her hsnrse nt Tley . Field. -la
Second ntssster
The disaster to the noma I" the sec.
and that has n-rtstren an air ernt.er
hnllt for the Foiled Slates hv a forel-o
Government w'thin six montt-s. Th 7-rt-2
hnlt for thia coontr' he Oreat Ttrlt
sin blew nn over TTnll. Fnrlsod -dth -'o.a
nf fl2 Uvea on anensf 2. 1IV?1. At
the time nf the 7,Tt-! disaster the Poms
-aa at'tl In course of eo"tnietlon. Hoth
the Unma and the 71-S were ont
.vrowtha of the Oerman Zeppelin type nf
airship.
The Ttoma. however, waa much entail
er than the Zrt-2.
Ita gaa volume wn 1.100,000 ctihle
feet while that of the 7.H-2 was 2.70,000
eublc feet.
Witness Tells storv.
A grsohic account of the disaster was
glvcri hy K. ti. Potter, an employe al
the armr base, who waa wafchipg the
Home flvTng over the base and saw tlie
airship fall.
"Tlie lioma waa sailing along nicely
at aberit 2000 feet up. I should judge,
when something aeemed to go wrong," he
nam.
"The big ship began to teeter about
aa If he steering apparatus had col
lapsed. Then he started to come down,
nose first.
"She came ttlowlv nt first, and I saw
men on t'te ship throwing things out
bars. ! guess.
"As she came faster, mnre things were
thrown n-i. then f aw two men leap
from the ship with parachutes.
"tlv thi time thev loomed, 'her were
too close to the eround for their para
chute. ia cateh the sir.
"When the ship nrared the "ground, the
rear end b:t soie hiith powed electric
wires and Immediately there waa a crash
and a wall of flame shot Into the air,
huti teeda of feet.
"The nan who were taken ont alive
toe laged to get clear of the airship and
lump away from her before the enpln
sion."
five men woro killed when tho Ttoma.
giant dirigible of the American air fleet
exploded over Hampton' UoBda thln.aft
eruoon. the navy department waa advised
In a radio message from tne naval op
erating base at Hampton Boada. ,
The Homa waa scheduled to leave
Washington aa soon aa weather oudl
lions would permit for nn exhibition to
the rnelfio const. Te waa to follow the
route heretofore followed by nlrp'anea
In transcontinental flights, passing
through Wheeling. Columbus, Peyton,
Springfield. Ohio. Indianapolis, Bt. penile.
Denver and Tina-Atigelea. .
The big craft had a capacity of 1,100,
000 cubic feet. Ita length waa J2B
meters, approximately 400 feet.
' The noma was so constructed that It
could be anchored nt sen by use of
conical fabric anchors. .
Tt was finally purehnsed by the cnlted
Slates from tho Italian government on
February .1. ll21 and delivered on
MnreJt 0.
The bla- death tolll was caused mainly
hv men helnr nnnhle to extricate thorn
selves from the wreckae. Cnpttiin T. H. .
11. Povle. of Norfolk, i rcpor'ed to the
nnvj department late today. Hnd the big
shin fallen without exploding. It la not
believed the loll Wnnld hnvo been large,
he anld.
Ho said s'veni' bodies were burned he
vnnd recognition The dirigible waa rom
nletelv destrovert only 'he ghastly Iron
frame work remaining. Ilovle anld. The .
electric wlrea which the bl gaa bag
struck ln the fall carried 2S org) volts.
Tovle sld survivors believed the
hrck'na: nf en "elevator" used tn raise
nd lower the slitn. caused . It .to . dive
down nnd strike the wlrea.
Wife Divorces Husband
On Grounds of Cruelty
i On grounds nf cruel and Inhuman
! treatment, Flnlao K. Havls has boeB
1 granted a divorce from her hnshnnd. ie.
tor rtnvis, hy ,'imgn tt. v: wKinwortn in
circuit court. The connle were married
August 7, 1017. The plnlojlff la lven her
hack her maiden name. Flolse Whltakcr.
She alleges that her hnshnnd frenuentlv
cursed her and nevused her of Intimacy
with ither men., ,
JOHNSON WIIL RUN
Corvallls. Ore.. Feb. 21. n. W. John,
aon of Monroe has announced his will
Ingness to be a enndidnte for the house
of renresentatlvaa on the republican tick
et. Strong pressure bee been brought to
hear on Mr. Johnson for the past month,
but he Insisted that his orchard, btisinesa
waa too exacting that he could not spare
the time. He finally gave his consent
aft'
Wss to Have Come West.
Washington, U. ,', Feb. 21. Tliirty
People are all alike, we're all hnman
an' have our honest i-nnvictions an' be
liefs, 'rept a tew republicans that used
t' bo democrats. We're nllus woudereil
it tlouify rord, with all bio wealth an'
genius, could put a run down hotel on a
poyiu' basis. - "' ' ,