The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1925, Page 1

— - float 10,855 pounds on the wa- “Lowest last night . WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Friday; much change in temperature, not. THE BIS ‘OK TRIBUNE (mom ESTABLISHED 1873 DIRIGIBLE CRACKS; 15 Dims in Hope COMB SURFACE OF OCEAN FOR MISSING SHIP Navy Will Abandon Further, Nonstop Hawaii Flight Attempts HOLD OUT HOPE TODAY Empty Gasoline Tanks Said to Be Capable of Floating Craft ‘SEES HALT IN Northwest Man Reported Safe Washington, Sept, 3—()—Among those rescued from’ the Shenandoah disaste) s reported to the navy de- partment," was Walter Johnson of Minneapolis, an enlisted man. He was the only man in the reseued list central: Northw and the I from the ing Minnesota STATE CRIME Veteran Detective States Post-Harvest Danger | | Is Reduced | uthori- cies has ween lo i police ase ties aad definitel : z eliminated the I. W. W.! San Francisco, Sept. 3.— nace in North jDakots and ha aan a iy reduced the al post- (AP)—Search for the miss- forrest crime. wave chronic in this ing naval seaplane, PN-9 . L, C. Glarum, official in the Number 1, and crew which: Northern National Detective Bureau, 2 a 4 sa i stated here. disappeared in Mid-Pacific) “the Northern National Detectiv Tuesday afternoon, after rid-' Bure: a newly formed Bismare! ing along on the high hope of reaching Honolulu on a rec- ord-making flight, continued today, after over-night re- ports to naval headquarters from searching ships and air- craft brought only routine messages. The Navy withdrew from further attempt to make aj} nonstop flight to Honolulu from San Francisco when an- nouncement was made here, yesterday abandoning the, projected take-off of the huge, PN-9 Number ‘2 which was; scheduled to start for Hono- Julu today. Hold Out Hope Empty gasoline tanks, probably caused the plane to despair of reaching Honolulu, became their hope of rescue when the craft was forced down. It was estimated by the plane-builder that buoy- apey of the empty gasoline tdnks would be sufficient to! ter, the weight of the plane; without fuel. H The missing PN-9 Number, 1 was in the air about 23 hours when it dropped out of sight. The skill of Commander John Rodgers, in charge of the craft, caused navy of-! ficials here to remain hopeful that the missing commander and crew were still alive. Financier Dies at Locust Valley New York, Sept. 3.—()—Edward R. Stettinius, a partner in the bank- ing firm of J. P. Morgan, died at his) home in Locust Valley early today. The cause of death, which occur- red at 3 a, m., was anngunced as em- bolism, a blood clot on the brain. The offices of J. P. Morgan & Com- pany were closed today except fori the transaction of urgent routine business, He was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1865. a ROME NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED FOR PUB- LISHING ERRONEOUS ITEM, Rome.—Reformers who urge that. newspapers be forbidden to print gruesome details of crimes or sen- sational news, tending to influence legal investigations or trials, won & signal victory recently when the "Prefect of Rome exercised the pow- ers vested in him under the Fascist Press Law to suppress an important newspaper which asserted erroneous- ly that the perpetrator of a sensa- tional crime had been identified. An edition of the Tribuna, one of Rome's leading evening newspapers, was seized and the next day the pre- fect announced the suppression had ‘been caused by the paper’s publica- tion of a statement that a criminal who had brutally killed a little girl had been found. This, the prefect explained, was untrue and its wide- spread publication, he asserted, tend- ed to frustrate the ends of justice. ——_____—_—_—_—_-* | Weather Report ! eo » 55 96 Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . . 65 Precjpitation to 7 a. m. . 0 Highest wind velocity .. 10 Weather Forecasts For Bisntarck and vicinity: tonight and \Friday; not change in temperature. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Friday; _ warmer in northwest portion tonight. General Weather Conditions _ The pressured is bm aier the Ohio Valley and over the Canadian Pro- vinces while higher pressure prevails over the middle and southern Rocky Mountain states. The weather is generally fair with erate: #. high Fair much ‘te tures in all sections. rnera aes ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Li Official in Charge She ee corporation organization of — which was promoted by Glarum and Larry Byrne, former chief of police of Minot. Sees Crime Halt | Small communities in other years have been ‘prey to nomad bands of harvest field workers, a large pro- portion of whom are criminals with police records, Glarum pointed out. Local police 1 tion has been in- effective in coping with — gre: bandit raids to lack of org: zation, he said. 1 addition to supporting organ- ization of voluntary vigilance com panies under the di A jutant General F merchant and banks in small communities h in cases imported ra a pre predations. of Glarum declared. Glarum, prior to joi ution ag nsient ing the Bis-; carck detective “agency, was Ber-/ tillon identification expert at state penitentiary. He served yeurs on the Minnesapolis detective | force. Both Glarum and Byrne have come in contact with many dangerous outlaws in the northwes Glarum’s biggest eatch occurred in 922, when Jack Caroll and Ray McConnell, bank robbers, were captured at nd Forks through a telegram intercepted at Minneapolis. The two ¢ att time for robbi ater : to five banks in the northwest. Served in France Byrne, during his tenure of office as chief of police of Minot, recovered 66 stolen automobiles, se’ 1 thou- sand dollars in stolen merchandise, and engaged in one notorious gun battle near Minot which ended in the capture of two harvest thugs, ac- cording to his claim, Byrne held rank of captain in the A. E. FP. during the world war, His company served with the U. S. Mar- ines at the time of the German ad- vance which ended in the battle of the Marne in 1918, Burleigh County Corn Promises Excellent Crop Burleigh county’s corn has been coming in fine the last few lays. Paul Brown is exhibiting in his store on Broadway some ex- ceptionally good ears of Squai Deal Golden Dent which he says will run fifty acre. The ears matured and should be prize winning ears. Those expecting to.show their corn at the State Corn Show in Bismarck should begin making their selections as early as pos- sible. This county should go over the top and capture some of the rib- bons at the next show. wHoD A THUNK IT? London.—High prices of tea may force England to become a coffee ' Manager Takes Over Interest | | this month. criminals,” | li of the most) drinking nation again. Two centur- ies ago coffee was the English na- tional drink. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS Search LUCAS STORE IS PURCHASED BY A. W. MUNDY’ of Mrs. Lucas and Dr. Kohler NO CHANGE IN NAME Popular Retail Establishment | Founded Twent) i Years Ago A.W. Mundy today announced the purchase of the A, W. Lucas com- pany store following his retur were completed. He pi ck of Mrs. A.W. 1 f . H, Kohler of Minne I Mr. last Januar he had extensive merchandising e Mundy came here 2 St. ie | from Paul whgre | He with the Golden! rs. For seven- teen years he was buyer and for the st eight years of his connection with that store, rated us one of the preatestsmerchandising units in the | Northwest, he was general superin- tendent. He announced today would be no change int store management, pme departments are planned. other buy established that there or s on ct with the best in all the great} ets of the country. A. W. Lucas store will twenty-sil brate its training like Mr. Mundy in the partment stores of St. Paul. Upon the death of Mr. Lucas, services of M the Mundy were secur-| ed. He we opportunities here and began a therough reorganization of the ore. Many improvements ave been installed since his arr Mr. Mundy has taken an interest in community affairs and is enthusias- tie over the development in store for Bismarck and adjacent territory. TORRID WAVE GRIPS STATE ‘The mercury registered 97 to- day at the Bismarck weather bureau observatory, the highest temperature for the month and the most intense heat reported in September for many years. No letup in the protracted heat spell which has held the Bismarck area in its grip for nearly a week was forecast by O. W. Roberts, lo- cal weather bureau, today. mercury ‘hit 96 yesterday. The watire state sweltered yester- day under a boiling sun. Fessenden with temperature of 101 was the hottest place in the state. Mercury marks in other sections of the state ranged well above 90. It was 97 at Napoleon. “I see no chance for cooler weath- er for a day or two,” Roberts stated today. No heat prostrations were report- ed in Bismarck. WHERE TYPEWRITERS GO Washington—Great Britain and France bought one-third of all Amer- iean typewriters exported last year. Twenty-five other countries bought more than $1,000,000 worth. Some of the typewriters went to, Peru, Egypt, Salvador, Siam, West Africa, Bolivia, Panama and Jamaica. DOGS GO TO COLLEGE Lincoln, Neb.—In Douglas county The| * for PN-9 Number One GIANT CRAFT BREAKS IN STORM in flight and while o onstruc doah was bait upon im ved H |Loss of Shenandoah and V Body Blow to Navy Air Service Department } yet be as Coming of the naval plane, the loxs of the Shenan the hopes of these naval up on practical T Shenand: was the session of the United States lines of safety accepted as ¢ of solid reliance upon which nd > 1 model of naval aircraft, Built at Lakehur e—__— —————__—_——— ye The Shenandoah was the only strictly military dirigible in the United States. The property of the Navy, it was equipped with machine guns and could be used for purposes of war, whereas its sister ship, The Los Angeles, was constructed _ in Germany and flown to the United States under an arrangement of the Versailles treaty providing that it should be used only for non-mili- tary purposes. While the Los Angeles has been in the custody of the Navy since its arrival here, steps have been taken by capitalists looking to its leasing for commercial uses. The doah, on the other hand, for extensive military tests in ¢ junction with units of the fleet. Machine gun armament was given her only a few weeks ago. near here John W. Welch conducts a college that gives degrees to dog graduates. Only the German police dog is eligible for a degree. The eearse requires six months’ time to complete. It takes 220 pounds of flowers to make a single ounce of essence of roses. This essence has a selling value of more than $10. QUEER ANSWERS GREET QUESTIONS IN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS; “MORGUE” DEFINED AS MORTGAGE Los Angeles, Sept. 3.—(#)—In: genious reasoning may at ti: serve in the absence of accurate in- formation, but it is not always a safe substitute. This was the gen- ‘alization formulated by Carl V. King, secretary of the Los Angeles civil service board, after going over the examination papers of a class of | f candidates recently seeking munici- pal employment. “What is a labor distribution sheet?” was one question. A can- didate, evidently relying upon his reasoning faculty rather than knowl- edge, replied, “One that is edited by the laboring class in the form of a newspaper and is distributed for the purpose of keeping their fellow- men enthusiastic.” To the question, “What is arson?” another candidate replied, “The; act of trying to poison a person with ar- senic,” Other questions and answers were: Q. What is a morgue? A. A piece of paper held against property for borrowed money. Q. What does habeas : corpus pe A. The red corpuscles in the blood. Q. What is ao kleptomaniac? __A- A person with a mania caus- ing him to lie unnecessarily. Q. What is a moron? A. A man who has more one wife. Answers found in the examination papers of another class revealed that the motor truck still holds mysteries for some, even in this mechanical age. “What causes heavy black smoke to come out of the exhaust pipe of a truck?” the class was asked. “It is the only place it can come out.” replied a candidate. “What is the Purpose of a fan on . motor truck?” was another ques- ‘ion. “To supply fresh air to the car- buretor,” was one answer. “Give a reason why a motor truck fails to start when cranked,” direct- ed the examiner, oii “A motor truck will sometimes ‘fail to start if the driver is too weak to crank’ it,” answered one job seeker. “If you found a man with a severe cut on the head that was bleeding freely, what would you do?” another class was asked. “T would put a turniquet on his weighs announced one student of first aid, than Built At Lakehurst The Shenandoah was designed on the basis of the German Zeppelin L-49 which fell in the Vosges during the war but all available aircraft information was utilized by a special committee of enginee appointed by the Mil Committee for Aeronautic ing the plans, so that it represents a modification of the Zeppelin 4 sign with many American ideas utilized. Built at Lakehurst, N. J., from parts made ut the naval aircraft factory in Philadelphia, the huge craft was placed in service in Sept- ember, 1923, as the ZR-1, its con- struction having required two year Subsequently, on Navy Day, October 27, 1923, it was christened the Shenandoah, an Indian name mean- ing, “Daughter of the Stars.” The following are its dimensions: Length, 681 feet. Diameter, 78 feet. Height, 96 feet. | Gas capacity, 2,115,000 cubic fect. Total lift, about 130,000 pounds. Deadweight, about 75,000 pounds. Speed, full, 60 miles per hour. Power plants, five 6-cylinder 300 horse power engines. Cruising radius without stopping, 4,000 miles, Rigid Construction The frame was constructed of Duralumin, an alloy of aluminum, copper and magnesia, which combines the strength of light steel with one third the weight. Within this were cells containing the gas and over «il was a cover of cloth fabric. Firht thousand gallons of gasoline could be carried on the ship. It was in- flated with Helium, the non-infi: able, non-explosive gas of whic United States has a virtual monopoly. From the day of its commissioning the aircraft has been used in flights to different: sections of the United States and in maneuvers at sea, ex- cept for brief periods when it has been deflated to allow the inflation (Continued om page three) ‘The Navy's aerial Leviathan, Shenandowh, formerly lapsed over Hull, Englund, in 1921, killing Washington, Sept. 3.—()—From sources, the pectations of developing comprehensiv is it appe ‘Lae She G2 which col men, aikehurst itions of fated NAVY DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES PROBE INTO CAUSE OF CRASH ON EVIDENCE NOW AVAILABLE aluable Supply of Helium Gas Is | fragments of information vy department sought to- hose full import cannot tragedy the disappearance in Mid-Pavific in her attempt to fly of uncertainty over endeavored to build s the service of naval aviation, ible in the pos- was built upon had been a rock It up their ex- y the lighter than air y military d rnment. mA | The most sanguine of the dirigible enthusiasts conceded today that her loss would greatly handicap them in ng congress for further ap- | propriation for craft of that type. Since the cruiser, Los Angeles, ‘not be used for military purposes, ‘the navy has left only one lighter- than-air ship, a non-rigid blimp now Haid up at Lakehurst, First Dirigible Loss The Shenandoah was the first rigid airship to be lost by the navy. |The ZR-2 which was broken in two over Hull, England, on August 24, was in the possession of the Brit- ish who constructed her and had not been accepted by the United States when she was lost. In the case of the ZR-2 it wa: found that structural weaknesses were in the craft, due to efforts to | develop a craft that would go faster, higher and with a greater load, than ; the German Zeppelins, i | | Feared Storm | Washington, Sept. 3.—(®)—It_ was | the fear of just such a storm as over- came the Shenandoah which led the rtment to refuse to send the dirigible into the mid-continent during July or August. For that reason the trip was deferred until this month, when danger of heavy wind and electrical storms had passed. Commander’ Lansdowne himself, Secretary Wilbur of the navy said to- day, was allowed to fix the time of the flight and to arrange the course. his was in accord with a policy of never tng peremptory orders to officers in the dirigible service. Helium Loss Great Along with the Shenandoah, the y apparently has lost a precious navy na | supply of helium. The Los Angeles has been tied up while the Shenandoah engaged in maneuvers with units of the fleet off the Atlantic coast and the west- ight because insufficient heli- available to inflate both simultaneously. The loss of in today’s disaster is ex- pected to mean that the Los Angeles continue idle for some time. THE ENGLISH OF IT Vevey, Switzerland.—Folk here had a good laugh recently at the expense of an Indian rajah, The rajah had a habit of walking along the pro- menades and distributing money to anyone who looked as if they need- ed it. So when he met Princess Vic- téria, sister of King George, the ra- jah pulled a 5-frane piece from his pocket and offered it to her. The princess was very much amused, but aecepted the money. ONE GALLON SNAKE JUICE New York—Raymond L, Ditmar, curator of the Bronx z00, has sailed or South America to perfect an an- ti-snake serum, taking with him a gallon of rattlesnake juice, collected m_ snake killings . all ' over the try. The gallon of juice is suf- nt to kill all the people in New Yerk City. 2 1921, with the loss of 44 lives, still! it was thought | NO FLAW IN CRAFT, CLAIM Philadelphia, eptember (®) No fault in’ construction or mismanagement while in’ the air caused the wrecking of the virship, was the opinion explained here today by commander Ralph D. Weyerbach er, builder of the Shenandoah ACT TO VOID STATE FIRE, TORNADO LAW Olsness Seeks to Force Minot School District to 1 With State CLAIM FUND INSOLVE Commission Aims to Replace Old-line Insurance Held by Boards A test of the st aitet fire and tor- nado insurance law is expected as the result of a case filed today in the state No.1 to gi policies 2 Hd line insurance out state insu he brief by school district sets forth that it is an appeal from the order of the low- fer court. sustaini the state's de- murrer to its petition for a writ prohibiting ¢he insurance commis- sioner from cancelling its old line insurance policie d issuing new] ones on the state insurance plan. Claim Insolvency schoo] board alleges that the; fire and tornado in ance func doin 1919, is unal ' furnish insurance 3 prudence demands and belief th stat. inado insurance fund is insolvent. The present old line policies. on buildings controlled by the board will not expire until January, 19 The state contends, however, Olsne said, that they were illegally renew- ed after the state insurance Jaw went into effect in such a manner as to evade the provisions of the state insurance law which requires all public buildings to be insured by j the state. The court order was sought by the school bourd following Olsness threat to cancel the old line insur- ance on the buildings and his de- mand that the board pay $11,500 into the state fund as premium’ on the state insurance which he proposes to issue. INDIA SIN FOR IRRIGATION OJ Et Bombay, India.—One of the largest irrigation’ projects in the world, a one mile long and 170 feet h, is nearing completion 100 miles and from Bombay. This dam will form a lake 18 miles long and 40 miles in cireum- ference. Its waters would cover an area 15 miles square to a depth of 143 feet, or enough water to irri- gate 1,000,000 acres. Water from this lake will be car- ried out to farms by two canals, each ‘onger than the Panama canal. Rainfall at the site of this dam is but 40 inches a year, but the lake will extend to a district where the rainfall is more than 240 inches a j year. { CUCKOO! CUCKOO! Berlin.—A forester recently found a grown cuckoo in a tin can, former- ly used as a nest of firetails. The forester believes that the cuckoo \ egg was laid in the nest and hatched by the firetails along with ‘their brood, but that the cuckoo grew so fast ‘that it could not get out ‘through the small opening in the can, The firetails were still feed- {ing the cuckoo when it was found. FIVE SWIM CHANNEL New York—Five men have successful in swimming the Engli Channel from Dover to Griz, a tance of 20 miles, They were Ca tain Mathew Webb, an American, in 1875; William Burgess, Englishman; John Sullivan, Americas; Bnrique Tirabocchi, an, Argentine, and Charles Toth, an American. The Ar- gentine made the fast time of 16 bows and 30 minutes. been CANADA EXPORTS GAIN Ottawa, Can.—Canadian exports last year totaled $263,414,526 more than her exports, The Canadian Na- tional Railways, now starting the third year of government ownership, has not been able to earn enough to pay arrears of interest accumulated on loans, These total about $131,- 000,000. bas esensiareneomer id . Appoint French Debt Commission + ) ! 1 | * | LATEST EAD SHENANDOAH BREAKS IN 3 PIECES OVER OHIO TOWN DURING ELECTRIC STORM When Hit .by Wind Squal! Wheeling, West Virgi Giant Air Liner Disintegrates Shortly After sing Over REPORTS = PLACE DEATH TOLL AT 15 Captain Lansdowne, Commander of Death Dirigible, Crashes to Death When Shenandoah Collapses in Mid-air _ Caldwell, Ohio, Sept. "he giant dirigible Shenandoah is no more; it went down in three pieces here early today and killed its commander, Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lans- downe and at least 14 of the officers and men making up her crew, h{landed in a corn field four and The ai The following i e Lt. George G. Schnit Lt. KE. W. Shep dames A. Moore, mate. or, Ti Ralph T. Joffrey, St. Loi chinist, first class. Wm. H. Spratley, Venic Charles H. Broom, To! mate, first cl; Celestino P. M chinist mate. ing and probably dead. John F. McCarthy, Ry ' EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS | tea oa Belle Valley, Ohio, Sept, 3) including Commander Zachary Lans- downe and Commander Hancock, were killed in the crash of the giant airship, Shenandoah, near here earl today, according to information as sembled he Seen In Distress The Shenandoah, which y morning had circled over Cambridge apparently in distress, apparentl was struck by a windstorm at that point und drifting southward, broke into two sections, One section landed at Ava, a vil- lage about five miles north of here.| Some time later, the second portion| of the dirigible came to earth near Sharon, five miles souh of Belle| Valley was no ly this o far as is known, there! as xplosion, The ship apy ently was having trouble and unable successfully to combat the strong wind which was blowing. Trapped in Cabin According to C. L. Archer, opera- tor of a gasoline station here, who} said he had visited the scene of the crash, 13 dead were found in the control. cabin of the ship which fell near Ava, Archer said that the major portion| of the ship, about 600 feet in length,| had landed two miles east of Ava.| The control cabin, according to Archer, landed about a half mile east of the ship proper, and it was here that the 13 dead were found. SHIP COLLAPSES Cambridge, Ohio. Sept. 3.—()— The naval airship, Shenandoah, broke over a small village near here this morning, according to reports here. ‘One section is reported to have half miles south of Pleasant City. The other is said to have floated away in an easterly direction, A severe wind and electrical storm raged in this vicinity last night. Sighted at Wheeling The great ship was sighted near Wheeling, W. Va. on the way to Ohio, shortly before 2 a. m. today. Maintaining its scheduled 30 miles an hour, it should have passed over Zanesville, 70° miles west, shortly before 4:30 a, m. The crash probably occurred short- ly after four o'clock this morning at Ava, approximately 50 miles from Wheeling. There was no exact ‘information from Ava, however, as ambulances were just beginning to bring the dead and injured to this city. hile one portion of the giant ship dropped to the ground a mile north of Ava, near here, the other did not descend until it had drifted 10 miles further south to Sharon, near Caldwell. Paris, Sept. 3—(#)—The French Cabinet today named the debt commission which will go to Washington under the leadership of Finance Minister Caillaux, The commission will consist of four senators, four deputies and two bankers, personnel of the commis- sion is: Senator Berenger, Chap- sal, Daussett and Dupuy, De. puties Auriol, Lamoureux, Bokan. oa and DeChambrun or. the inker Simon (Maurice Simon is controller of ihe'French). and the Fimance Ministry expert, Andre Moreau-Neret. Seen at Cambridge Almost an hour before the ship was broken into two sec- tiona, she had appeared over Cambridge. For approximately three-quarters of an hour the big craft was seen to circle over the city. While the ship was over the city, a windstorm came up, ac- cording to observers, and the craft was said to have turned Ill, machinist mate, first cla s River, N. zzuco, Murray Hill, James Cullinan, Binghamton, N. {rn Fourteen officers and enlisted men,| (} | ‘| defect in the ship. . hip struck a line squall, a variety of storm most feared by airmen, shortly after five o'clock this morning near this Noble County village, of 3,000 feet, en route from Lakehurst, N. J., to the west. The Dead a list of the dead in the Shenandoah dis- while traveling at an altitude , Executive Officers Commander Zachary Lansdowne, Greenville, Ohio. Lieutenant Commander Louis Hancock ustin, Texas. B. Lawrence, St. Paul, Minn., watch officer. Lt. A. R. Houghton, Allstone, Mass.. . watch officer, ckerton, N. J., chief radio man. d, Washington, D.C Jr, Savannah, Ga. aviation machi engineer officer. ; First Class Everett P. Allen, Omaha, Nebr., aviation chief rigger. Mo., aviation rigger. Barthclomew B. O'Sullivan, Lowell, Mass., aviation ma- tion machinis tion ma- ation pilot, mi: . aviation chief rigger. No Explosion There was no explosion. The big met winds of a strength which it was unable to combat. Af- ter encountering the storm at the high altitude, the ship headed heav- enwards to an altitude of appro: tely 5,000 feet when it suddenly me down again and broke into three pieces One piece, 450 feet or more in length, fell ‘in a field about 1 1-2 miles ‘from Ava. The control com- partment. in which the commander and navigating crew were riding, fell 50 feet away and the third sec- tion, 150 feet long, drifted through air like a free balloon, for 12 . landing near Sharon, Noble angled wreckage of the czntrol cabin where « full crew was on duty attempting to ride out the buffeting winds which resulted in the com- plete destruction of the giant of the air. Ambulances and other conveyances which ried physicians and others to the scene immediately following the accident were transporting the dead and injured to nearby towns. Those who met death in the unsuccessful fight against the elements were tak- en to Belle Valley, while the injur- ed were scattered in the various hos- pitals of the community, Cite Heroism The story of the disaster is one of heroism of the crew, pioneers in the development of lighter-than-air transportation. It_is best told by Col. C. G. Hall, A. observer aboard the ill-fat- were traveling west at an altitude of about 4,000 feet when we encountered a storm,” Col Hall said. “By changing our course a dozen or more times, we dodged it, only to encounter the line-squall ‘which sent us to an altitude of 5,500 feet before we realized what had happen- ed, Open Valves “We opened the valves to let out gas and lowered the ship and were driving away from the storm at a fifty-mile per hour rate when the storm enveloped us and broke the ship into three pieces. “I exclaimed to commander Lans- downe, ‘Every one beat it’ When the crash came I was on the ladder leading from the control cabin to the rear portion of the ship. “As it started to fall, I clutched a girder to which I hung suspended, finally swinging my body over it and crawling 40 or 50 feet back in- to the ship.” Start Descent When he reached the ship proper, Col. Hall said that he found other members of the crew preparing to open the valves in order to bring about a descent. Here the found Lieutenant Roland G. Mayer, leading officer, and Lieutenant J. B. Ander- son, aerologist. The latter, Col. Hall said, had made his way to the rear on the cat walk. All three descend- ed safely. Col, Hall said that the catastrophe was in no way attributable to any- Meteorological advices, warning the navigators of the storm would have saved the ship, he said. Since there we: logical sree these advices were not avail. able. At the time of the crash, Hall said, over partially on her side he drifted southward in the mod- erately strong blow. Shortly after the “first section came to earth at Ava, doctors and (Continued em page three) four of the six engines which pro- pelled the air monster, were going full The craft. simply met which she cou curre aurying - (Continued on page three) not