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WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: at 2:20 p.m. yesterday; 58, & lowest, at 3:15 a.m. today. Full report on Page 4. Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. b S Member of the Associeted Press The Assoriated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 86,514 “No.. 28,242, DIVERS EXPLORING ZR-2 IN HUMBER FOR BODIES; Entered as_second-class matter post _office* Washington, D.’ 44 DEAD, 16 AMERICANS ‘ OnlyF ive Saved in Tragedy Over Hull. MEN IN GONDOLAS TRAPPED IN FALL Disaster Casts Pall Over Britain—Two ' 2R-2 Disaster Ascribed To Breaking of Girder, Cutting Airship in Half ; By the Associated Press. - e alloy, catiing halves. airship Aun explosion of cither hydro- gen or petrol o urred imme- the structure, e explosion | it Ix deciared, was not the caune of the beezking up of the air- » ‘The brenk occurred in the part of the airship where n girder wax strained when she was first brought to Howden. The girder had been rveinforced, however, and the ship found to be per- was said. orities here n re- | murding the cause of the break. Americans Found. By the Associated Press. i HULL, England, August 25.—Divers| began at dawn today to explore the: fire-twisted wreck of the dirigible; ZR-2, which last evening exploded! above this city and fell into the Hum- ber, carrying with her more than forty of her crew. Ouly one American, Nor-| man O. Walker, a rigger, and four| British — Flight Lieut. A. H. Wann, Ernest Davies, airman: H. Bateman, scientific assistant, and Waiter Potter, mechanic—out of forty-nine survived the disaster that in a twinkling changed the trial cruise of the airship into & ghastly tragedy. ! paring the hours of darkness that, followed the collapse and destruction of the ZR-3_ tugs stood by the wreck- ( age, and Keen eyes scanned the water for any bodies that might ‘have been! Gislodged by the tide that flowed over | all that remained of what was Yes-| terday Great Britain's mightiest dirigi- | ble. which officials expected to turn| over to the United States Navy today. | Tt was believed that the ruins of the aerial dreadnaught held the bodies of fourteen American and twenty-six British officers and enlisted men, who engaged in the final test of the ma- chine. Hope Given Up for Missing. All hope that there might be other survivors of the disaster given up during the night. The wreckage fell only 200 feet from shore, and the six carriages, iu which most of the airship personnel was riding, sank im- mediately to the bottom of the Hum-’ ber. The men. in the gondolas, it was believed, would have little chance to escape after the dirigible struck the water, as the ‘weight of engines and machinery quickiy od .structure beneath'the Wa here were at a losa-fo account for this greatest of peace-time air disasters. Residents of Hull who were watch- sug the ZR-2 when its cruise came to 2 sudden and tragic end declared that it seemed when the craft attempted to make a sharp turn during a speed 1est some of her girders buckled and broke. probably becaus€ of a strain too heavy for the structure to bear. Some members of the crew appear to have this same idea of the cause of the accident. Charles. Hagrison Brown of the Unied States Army flying force was eyewitriess of the disaster. 1 noticed,” he said today. “that the ZR-2 was moving in a pecullar man- | was Jier. the nose of the dirigible showing 2n unusual tendency to drop down. new at once that something was wrong. and watched the machine carefully. In less than two minutes the huge envelope broke in two and fell in_flames. 1 ran to the river- side, where I secured a tug and went 10 the place where the wreck had sallen. I put out a small boat and went into the gun cockpit in thé aft section of the airship. and then swam zlong the keel I secured the body of one man and turned it over to the Doatmen, but could find nothing else.” Esterly’s Body at Mortuary. The body of Lieut. Charles G. Little, one of the American officers, was to- day at _the Hull infirmary, where he died after being removed from the wreckage of the ZR-2. The body of Lient. Marcus H. Esterly of Wash- ngton. D. C.. another.American vic- tim, was at a mortuary, and both be- ing held pending an inquest which probably will not be held until at- tempts to take other bodies from the yuins have been made. Lieut. Little was identified by a fellow officer, who arrived from Howden. while identifi- cation of Lieut. Esterly’s body was effected through a wallet found in the clothing. officials today expressed doubt that many bodies would be re- covered unless they were Leld fast in the wreckage or were imprisoned in the gondolas. They said they feared the tide and the swift current of the Humber would carry them away. Large quantities of wreckage were found this morning to have been float- ed up the river by the tide, and little was visible outside of the hull of the a‘rship. A diver who went down early this morning- failed to locate anything material. ‘Maxfield’s Body Belleved Found. Men engaged in the work of sal vage reported at the American co sulate today that they had found a body believed to be that of Comman- der Louis H. Maxfleld, in charge of the American contingent aboard the ZR-2, several miles below this city. Immediately after the disaster John H. Grout, the American consul; Lieut. Pennoyer, who becomes senior offi- cer of the American detachment, and Naval Physician Taylor assumed con- trol of n{. situation for the Ameri- cans. They are co-operating in the work of recovering and identifying the bodies, and are preparing an offi- cial list of the missing. Lieut. Pennoyer today wired Lon- don .hat the next of.kin of the vic- tims of the accident had been advised. So far as has been ascertained, Mrs. Maxfleld is still at Ambrough, near Howden, where she and her husband fived during their stay there. " According to Harry Bateman, one of the survivors fo the ZR-2, Flying Of- ficer Wicks died at his post at the radio switchboard. He was actually eporting the ship's fall and its ‘relkln‘ up to the Howden radio sta. tion as he met death, Bateman de- glared. Hull People Unnerved. The people of Hull were slowly re- covering toddy from the horror of weosterday’s disaster at this old North gea port, which has viewed so much of man's attempt to conquer the air. Yarkness and the tide off shore cut off & view of the wreckage soon afcer the airship made her fatal plunge, but jnany of the townspeople kept to ths gireets nearly all night, too unaerved tu make any attempt to sleep. Hull's population nas been ramiliar w:h dirigibles ever since the con- | rted in England. Flights silong the east coast of such types as the R or R-3% were ordinary events and in ast {ueu‘" a numbe: of cralt bave cen It _in this vicinity. Then toco, (Coatinued on Eleventh Page.) , i | the ship. ction of this type of aircraft was| g, THREE MEN KILLED INWRECK 0F 72 RESDENTS 0F 0.0 Commander Maxfield, Lieut. Commander Bieg and Lieut. Esterly Mourned. ‘Washington today is mourning the loss of three naval officers well known here, who yesterday lost their lives in the destruction of the ZR-2. Commander Louis H. Maxfield, thirty-eight years old, though origin- ally a resident of St. Paul was re- garded as a Washingtonian by the men with whom he had worked for the past two years here before being sent to England by the Navy air service in 1919. He was an Annapolis man of the class of 1306. Three years later he married Migs Harriet Page of Norfolk, Va., who, with a daughter and son, i now reported on her way SRR R e i o man who headed a i1 " m 1908. which located an American «¢onsul after the Méssina earthquake, for which he was deco- rated by the Italian government. His fellow-officers ribute to him a quiet manaer, beneath which he hid an il- limitable amount of courage, carrying withal a satisfying store of judgment. His wife and children were to pre- cede him to America, and await here his arrival on the scheduled trip of the ZR-2. During his stay here he made many friends in naval and mili- tary circles, and was known as an ex- pert in both heavier than air and lighter than air machines. Previous to his departure to England in 1919 he aide in the lighter-than-air sec- tion of the naval air service. Bieg’s Mother Courageous. ‘When the news of the disaster reached Washington. Mrs. F. G. Bieg, mother of Lieut. Commander Valen- tine N. Bieg, senior engineer officer of the ill-fated craft and second in command, was in_the downtown sec- tion of the city. In the offices of The Star she received first definite word after initial dispatches of the loss of and she took the news like the mother of a fighter. & “I have been through this before,’ she said. “During the war I was un- der the same anxious spell. You need not fear of me fainting. I'm not like that” Mrs. Bieg_is the widow of a naval man, Capt. F. G.-Bleg, who compiled engineering works now used in the Naval Academy as text books. He died Lwelve years ago, while still in the service, and the son, Valentine, chose the same course as his father. He took engineering at the Naval Academy, but his specialty was trans- ferred from ships of the sea to ships of the air. He was but thirty-one years of age. His wife, Mra. Aileen Bieg, a bride of a comparatively short time, was Miss Barlow. She had been with her husband at Howden, Eng- land, and had just returned to this country. She was staying with Mrs. Ronald Barlow, her mother, t Haverford, Pa., at the time of the accident. Commander, Bieg’s mother’s city residence is 2238 Decatur place, although most of her time is spent in Alexandria, Va, with relatives. N Educated in Schools Here. Valentine Bieg was educated in the local schools. He entered Annapolis at an early age and advanced rapidly. In his last letter home he spoke of notMication for examination to make his temporary grade a per- manent one. He was among the few selections for this honor in his class. Lieut. Marcus Herbert Esterly, whose body, according to reports, has been recovered, was the youngest of the trio of men from this city to lose his life. He spent only a short time here, specializing in radio work. He entered active service at the outbreak of the war. Commissioned an ensign in the reserves in 1918, he had advanced to such a stage as an expert radio officer that at the time of discharge for. reserve officers he was retained in the service. He was well ‘known in youpger circles of official life here. His wife, Mrs. M. E, Esterly, is now in _Youngstown, Ohio. . During his peroid of residence in this.city he lived at 219 T street northeast, | Lieut. Clifford A. Tinker, publicity officer of the ZR-2 organization, who was _not aboard the craft when the accident occurred, although listed as a Washington man, spent only & few months in this city. His native city is Westfield, Mass., where his, family oW is. S nLieuL Commander Richard E. Byrd;| another locally known officer who was to have “hopped off” on the transatlentic voyage, had been sta- tioned at the Navy Department here previbus to going to England to bring -back the ZR-2. He came to ‘Washington following the accident to the C-5. which was about to make the transatlantft flight with the N-C fiyers, but blew away in a storm at St. Johns, Newfoundland. He made the first two legs of that flight in the NC- d had been transferred to the dirigible C-56 just before its accident. e had charge of na tion frrep- arations for the transa tic flight. His family is not in this city. He is a native of Winchester, Va., and at- tended the V. M. L and University of Virginia previous to his entry in the class of 1912 at the X{n&m 2 }in touch with both Howden and Pul- Story of Plunge Is Told by Sole U. S. Survivor. RADIO MAN KEPT |POST IN DISASTER ‘Rush Jor Parachutes ' In Vain as Flames i ! Swept Ship. | By-the Associated Press. HOWDEN, England, August 25.—Nor- man Walker, sole American survivor of the wrecked airship ZR-2, today gave the Associated Press the first circumstantial account of the disaster which late yesterday destroyed the great super-dirigible and every American member of the crew on board except himself. Walker was seen at the Howden airdrome, near Hull, where he has just been brought after the terrible expe- | rience through which he passed un- scathed. He comes from Commerc: Tex:, and was a rigger on the ill- fated airship. He is of boyish ap- pearance, twenty years old, and of u | wiry bulia. | “We were all in the highest spirits when we left Howden on the trial flight,” he said. “We sailed over the North sea first and then started down the north coast to Pulham. A thick ! fog_developed, o it was found impos- sible to land at Pulham. In fact the fog was so dense we were more or less lost. although we knew the gen- eral locality. Flying at 5500 Feet. “We were flying at a height of about 3,500 feet, with the wireless Keeping. ham. The ship was behaving finely and there was not a sign of weakness anywhere. “We drove out over the sea again, and as the fog continued bad we flew along the.coast until Wednesday aft- ernoon, when we sighted land at Hull. We_then flew across Howden. where it was ‘ndefl to_land at 6:36 pam,, 80 we sailed over Hull again. We en- circled Hull twice, and ‘completéd without” b::unxn of the ship's . I was ceeding back to' the tail, dn reached the cockpit when th a_tremendous crash. ‘h! girders ;mlld-hlpa broke and the ship split in alves. “Both_the tail and the nose imme- diately pointed downward snd the halves started to descend toward the Humber. “I certainly cannot describe my sen- sation, but I thought my time had come.” 2 = Made Rusk for Parackute. “I made a rush for the tail to get a parachute, but 1 found two of my English comrades, Harry Bateman and Walter Potter, were already there. 1 knew there was only one chute for the three of us. Bateman had the chute and jumped, but it fouled and he hung to the tail of the dirigible. - “Both Potter and I started to run forward for other parachutes, but Just as I got in the keel there came an explosion of either a petrol tank or hydrogen, and flames immediately began to sweep the forward part of our half of the ship. “What was happening to our com- rades in other parts of the dirigible I don't know. Most of the officers and crew were amidships, either seated or lying in their bunk, when the girders broke. At least one man dropped throuzh the gap made by the break. Possibly others did, but prob- ably most of them rolled forward when the airship’s nose went down. Climbed Out on Fabrie. “I ran back to the tail to get away from the fire in the bag.. Bateman, Potter and I got into the cockpit. By this time the gas was becoming de- pleted and the ship was shooting down rapldly. The forward half had already beaten us toward the "9%'.' We couldn’t use a parachute the: ‘we were too low—only a few hundred feet up. “I saw we were going to land in the water, 80 I climbed on the fabric forward of the tail cup. I couldn’t tell how fast we were falling, but when 1 thought we were going to strike I' jumped. “I was surprised to find my feet striking the bottom. I had landed In four feet o fwater, near the shore. Both my comrades stuck to the ship and continued to cling to her as she struck. I menaged to scramble aboard the wreckage, and the three of us were picked up by a tug.” SAY WOMAN WAS SLAIN. Husband Arrested After 100-Foot Drop Into Mississippi River. MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 25.—Mrs. J. S. Moon, twenty-three years old, is dead and her husband, a taxicab own- er, rescued after a drop of 100 feet from the Harahan bridge, here, into the Mississippi river, was held on a charge of murder as a result of the fatal wounding of the woman as she ‘was crossing the bridge with her hus- band in an automobile late yesterday. According to the police, Moon de- clares his wife shot herself, and that | he then leaped into the river. Today’s News ~ in Paragraphs Secretary Mellon to wifhhold medicinal beer regulations until Congress acts on anti-beer bill. Page 1 Anti-beer bill set.aside as Co - Jotins Tor thisty-day recess " Dage 3 A. F. L. leaders criticise living cost as basis of wages. Pagé Democrats form new club in Montgom- ery county, Page 7 None of U. 8. officers feared mishap as ZR-2 started on death voyage. CFEs Page 10 One ‘thousand -lives lost in riots am natives in British India. Page 1’ Brotherhood leaders t ot sicike. balist: to T sontto s00.08% | 400, employes. Page 21 Italy resents French attitude hostile to former’s claim to Sasseno. .. to 2 23 MEDICINAL BEER 3|Large Mound of Shells ll.‘o“ Up Near.U. 8. Army Ordnance Depot. WILMINGTON, Del., August 25— Two men were killed and two injured TWO CENTS. * RULES WITHKELD Secretary Mellon and Mr. Blair to Await Congress Ac- tion on Anti-Beer Bill. Decislon to\ withhold issuance of medicinal beer regulations pending congressional action on proposed anti- beer legislation was reaehed today by Secretary Mellon in conferemce with Internal Revenne Commissioner Blair. The decision as to issuance of the regulations was made necessary by the action of the Senate in recessing last night for thirty day. without finally approving the Willis-Campbell bill which would forbld prescriptions fakes tne position tht since the = Gomgient. ana e aueation at lbue 18 88, and the question a fin final adoption of the measure did sot involve l:e use of beer medictnal- ly, there could be no advantage in promulgating the rules. ‘The Treasury believes, it was said, that ‘congressional action will come soon after the Congress reassembles next month, and it would be purpose- less to put forth the regulations un- der the circumstances. The trade would be put to considerable cost, ac- cording to the Treasury's view, if an effort were made to. operate under the' rezulations which the Treasury believes would be nullified by legis- lation. Few Permits Requested. The main factor in governing the Treasury's decision to hold up the beer regulations, however, was‘sald to be the lack of applications from; brewers to permit them to manufac- ture beer for medicinal purposes. ‘With no pressure heing brought to bear upon it the Treasury was de- clared to take the position that it mel brewers themselves were not desir- ous of obtaining the vegulations ! there was no necessity in making ' them effective unless Congress should determine that the use of medicinal beex was le, As a result of the Secretary’'s con- ference with Commissioner Blair Treasury officials belleved the medi- cinal beer question has been finally settled so far as the Treasury is con- cerned unless there should be a de- cided change in the congressional at- titude. . : Regulations as Prepared. The regulations have been complet- ed for some time and would have per- mitted physicians to prescribe as much as one case of beer on & single prescription, but with no limit on the number of prescriptions the physician might write. BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN; LOOT MAY BE $500,000 Two Masked Men Rob Mail Coach Denison, Tex. By the Assaciated Press. DENISON, Texas, August 25.—Two masked bandits held up and robbed the mail comch of Missourl, Kansas and Texas limited train as it entered 1 intl the Srepbera Toat TgHt resch haif s on M., K. & T. as It Enters Denison early today. . it mil#ton dollars. - —_— WILL CUT FREIGHT RATES. Railroads to Gulf -Ports Promise B~duction in Grain Charges. MOBILE, Ala, August 25.—Rail- road lines running to gulf ports have promised a reduction of 53% cents per hundred pounds on grain to those ports, according to information re- [ ceived by the ic bureau of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. The reluction was decided on at a recent conference of the heads of the various lines held at Chicago. The reduction follows the actions of rail- roads entering Atlantic ports south and from Baltimore making a similar reduction. 3 'TWO DIE IN EXPLOSION. depot at Perkintown, N. J., two miles bove Pennsgrov: = Daniel Wolf and e. ‘The dead William McGill of Peansgrove. The explosion d ca ;:.'3:: and Salvage : HE PLOT TO SLAY OBREGON; THREE UNDER ARREST ! 5 | Jesus Salas Lopez, Commander of Morelos Troops, and Two Others Held. By the Associated Press. AMEXICO CITY, August 25.—The dis- covery of an alleged plot to assassi- nate President Obregon resulted last evening in the arrest of Gen. Jesus Salas Lopez, commander of a small | body of troops in the state of Morelos: | Anastacio Saavedra and Fernando | GGonzalés Gomez. acqording to an an- nouncement by the “Mel of police of Mexico City today IRISH PEACE REPLY | | to Continue Parley. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 25.—The reply of the Irish'republican cabinet to Prime Mihister Lloyd George's . August 13, in which Mr. Lloyd George denicd Ireland’s right to secession and declindd to refer the questidn’of the relitions between soutitern and north- ern Ireland to foreign arbitration, was received at No. 10 Downing street, the prime minister's official residence, at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The reply was presented by Com- mandant Robert Barton of the Irish republican army. He was accompa- nied by Art O'Brian, president of the Gaelic League in London, and by Commandant Joseph McGrath. It was Commandant Barton who on August 11 brought the reply to Eamon de Valera to the prime. minister's orig- inal offer of dominion status to Ir land. It is learned that official circles here do not regard today’s communication as terminating the negotiations, al-| though the contents of the reply are being withheld pending a cabinet con- ference and an agreement between the Irish and British on a joint com- munique to be issued to the presa. TEXT LEAVES OPENING. i Dublin Expects Peace Negotiations tq Be Continued. DUBLIN, August 25.—The Irish're- publican cabinet's reply to the letter of Prime Minister Lloyd George of August 13 leaves “an unmistaKable opening” for a continuation of the peace negotiations, according to one who has seen the text. ‘It is intimadted that the note to the British government will develop ar- guments relative to the situation which will probably result in new ne- gotiations, and there seemed to be a disposition to look with optimism over the probability of renewed ex- changes between London and Dublin. Truce Exteasion Likely, ‘There is reason to believe that the truce in Ireland will be extended un- til an agreement has been reached. The Sinn Feln executive committee worked with Eanion de Valera and his ub{net yesterday in drafting the Irish reply. Members of this committee returned to their districts last night 'to ‘keep the organization active, but under in- structions that the Irish republican army must ‘not _break the truce. A large number of people are in town for the purpose of attending tomor- row’s public meeting, and the applica- tions for seats far exceed the capacity £ the hall in the Mansion House. WNewspapers, while not commenting KING CONSTANTINE ILL. Attack of Nauseag Followed by ‘Weak Spell Lasting 20 Minutes. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, August 25 (Greek Offi- cial’ Agency).—King Constantine, who is in Eski-Shehr, Minor, has suffered from gastro-in- testinal trouble for the last few days. At noon yesterday he had a severe at- tack of-nausea, which was followed by a weak spell lasting twenty min- utes. The king later enjoyed a calm sleep, however, his pulse was normal and he had no fever. 5 3 _Throughout the night King Constan- {ng fociiar woll and_ eheertal oIl dn 3 n‘;‘l'\od “mon to leave bed, but physi s, a8_a precautionary meas- B, Tefused -their -consents ; d awoke this morn-7| s ferat | be his_life ! Go GOV. SMALL TO RUN AGAIN Plans for 1924 Announced by One | -of 'Executive’s Allies. By the Associated Press, SPRINGFIELD, Ill., August 25.—Gov. Small will be a candidate for re-election in 1924, Senator Richard R. Meents, one | of the governor's closest political ailies and his' spokesman in the sepate, said | today. “Len Small never quit under fire in | > Senator Meents said. all §s under indictment charg- iracy and cmbezzlement while he was state treasurer. FORMS 10 RESIST mated at 6,000 Go to Protest Martial Law. FEDERAL TROOPS ASKED; OFFICERS START PROBE Citizens Everywhere Arm, Deter- mined to Give Battle—Serious PATRICK POSSIBLE D. C. COMMISSIONER Seriously Considered as Suc- | cessor of Col. Kutz—Vet- eran Officer of Engineers. Col. Mason M. Patrick of the Engi- neer Corps, now stationed at Camp Humphreys, Va.. is being seriously considered for appointment as Engi- | neer Commissioner of the District, it ‘was reported in reliable circles today. It is not thought likely that the ‘War Department will transfer Eugi- neer Commissioner Kutz to other du- ties in the Engineer Corps until after jthe annual estimates of the District goyernment, now being prepared. are completed. - It im.- 'wa, however, that War Department officlals con- this office in the future. Patrick, _mas mentioned the most 5e] on, 18 one of the veteran o of the En- ginger Corpe and has an enviable ervice rd. Helpéd Hasse the Matme. His biggest peace-time undertaking isting in the raising of the batpleship Maine in Havana harbor some years ago. In that feat of en- snaerfll' he was associated with aj. Gen. Black. former chief of engi- neer: In. the world war he saw service abpoad, both with troops of the Na- tiopal Army and 2s an engineer officer in charge of road and bridge build- ng. At ome time during the war he was a brigadier general in the National Army and later was given the rank of major general. He is the bearer of a distinguished service medal for his work overseas. Native of West Virginia. Col. Patrick is a native of West Vir- ginia, where he was born on Decem- ber 13, 1863. He was near the top of the class in which he graduated from the Military Academy in 1886. He received the rank of colonel of engineers in March, 1916. Col. Patrick is known to many Washingtonians, having been detailed at the War De- partment here on several wccasions during his career. Capt. Edward M. Markham, for- merly ‘an assistant engineer Commis- sioner of the District, also has Leen advocated as a possible suceossor to Col. Kuts. It is undersidod, however, that Capt. Alarkhan would prefer to be left at his presen: post in Detroit. No official announcement has been made by the Secretary of War regard- ing the engineer commissionership, but it Is hardly likely that any change will be made before the end of Sep- tember. The Commissioners are now in the midst of their estimates to Congress, the biggest task of the year at the Municipal building, which will keep taem busy until September 15. Hearings on the District estimates usually do not before the House and Senate District commit- tees until December, 80 that a new engineer Commissioner designated in October would have approximately two months in which to become fa- miliar with the details of the est mates. CREW ABANDONS SHIP. Preighter CdMadian Importer in Sinking Condition. SEATTLE, Wash, August 25— Lifeboats from the freighter Cana- dian Importer are making for land from latitude 39.49 north, longitude 136.25 west, with the ship in a sink- ing condition, according to a radio messagereceived here today from the steamship Cordova. ‘The Canadian Importer was a Ca- nadian government merchant marine vessel and left Vancouver, B. C., Au- gust 13 for Adelaide via Auckland, ydney and Melbourne. The latitude and -longitude were given from a point about 623 miles southwest of the Columbia river. VILLA FLEES FROM RANCH. Will Ask Pederal Aid to Put Down Revolt. EL PASO, Tex., August 25.—Fran- cisco Villa has fled from his half- million-acre ranch at Canutillo Durango, to Parral, to enlist aid of the Mexican government in putting down a revolt among his followers, agcording to an officer of the Mexican army who returned to Juares today from Parral. — > ATTORNEY GENERAL ILL. Attorney General Daugherty is con- Clash Is Pending. By the Associated Press. { RACINE, W. Va., August 25.—A jcrowd of men, estimated at between 5,000 and 6,000, reached here this morning from Marmet, where they |had been in camp. Many of them jopenly said they were marching to 1 Mingo county, where martial law, de- |clared several months ago by Gov. | Morgan, is still in force. They were apparently without leaders and strag- {gled into town, although a compact body held to the main highway. Determination Expressed. While it was declared by some of the men who talked with citizens {here that the majority of the march jers were miners, determined to carr: out their protest against what the: termed “the mine guard system,” the !admitted that others were included in their ranks. One marcher said that a ot of “service men” were with them, {miners who had been in the world war. 5 Many of the men carried guns, and it was said that others had pistols, although numbers of them said that they were without firearms of any kll’lljd. ipon reaching Racine they spread themseliues dver the town and in ad- jacent fields, where they breakfasted. A number of wagons accompanied them, in which they garried provi- stons. & Just who this food was for was not determined, as scores of the marchers patronized stores and res- taurants here for their breakfast. They were cheerful and those who talked with townspeople were almost & unit in saying that they proposed to see their plan through and that the march would end at the Tug river, on the Kentucky border. Detafls of March Withheld. Details of the march from Chief ]Mxrmel ‘were withheld. It was said by some of the marchers, however, that they had been on their way the most of the night. 5 Inquiry failed to reveal just how long they expected to stay in Racine, but at 10:30 am. the column had not reformed and there was no indica- tion that they were in haste to re- sume the journey. Racine is on a state highway which leads from Mar- met through Boone and Logan coun- ties into Mingo. 1f the marchers had heard of the preparation being made to receive them at the Logan county line, as re- ported from Logan this morning, they said nothing about it. CITIZENS RISE IN ARMS. Thousands Organize Along Line of March to Check Invaders. By the Assoctated Press. LOGAN, W Va., August 25.—About 500 Logan county citizens were urnder arms here at daybreak prepared to hurry to the Boone county border, where, according to(advices received at the office of Sheriff Don Chafin, a party of men marching from Marmet to Mingo county, as a protest against martial law there, were about to cross the boundary.’ There was no direct information as to the number of the “invaders,” as they were called, but the sheriff and other county authorities said they ‘would take men through. Neither was it known just where the marchers were. They were said to be the more radical ele- ment of the men who for almost a week have been in camp at Marmet, near Charleston, with the announced intention of moving on Mingo, as soon as their plans were perfected. Traveling in Automobiles. ' Alarming reports began to reach Logan soon after midnight. They were to the effect that a number of men had left the Marmet camp and crosséd over into Boone county. They were traveling in automobiles, the re- ports said, and reaching the Coal Riv- er division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Blair, had seized a reight.train. 2 ‘h:remru were rather vague so the public was concerned, and eir first information that Sheriff Chafin was calling for assistance was conveyed to them in the screech of fire whistles. Many men quickly re- sponded, assembling at the court house, where it was explained to them that they might be needed to prevent the marchers from passing through the countys » Automobiles were ' commandeered and ‘a force organized so that it could move quickly to any point along the Boone county border. They were then instructed to wait in the vicinity of the courthouse and be subject to instant call. Unecertain of Mov. t. “] can't give out a word of infor- matio; said Sheriff Chafin when questioned at his office. “I don't know just where. these men are, but 1 have been informed that they pro- pose to march through Logan coun- ty, snd.we are not going to allow it. I have a good force, but, of course, I am unable to say what the develop- be.’ Soon l{ler it became known that miners from the Paint Creek, Cabin Creek and other coal fields in south- ern West Virginia had been called to a meeting at Marmet, near Charles- ton, it was reported here that the men proposed to march across Boone and Logan counties intp Mingo coun- ty, as a protest against the mainte- nance of martial law there. Sheriff and - citizens generally, de- not be al- 1 | i | THOUSANDS MARCH (ONMINGOAS ARMY Unorganized Invaders Esti-| no chances of letting the Since U5 GERMAN PEACE TREATY 1S SIGNED, ENDING WAR STATE Signatures Affixed to Long i Pending Pact in Berlin at 5 P.M. TECHNICAL POINT CAUSES DELAY FROM YESTERDAY Dresel and Foreign Minister Rosen Act for Respective Governments in Simple Ceremonies. Germany and tes was signed here at {o'clock this evening in simple cerc- peace bet United St een 5 monies The peace treaty brings to an end the technical state of war betwecn the United States and Germany. The delay in signing resulted from an unexpected technical point raised {in connection with the formalities as jarranged by Ellis Loring Dresei. the | United States commissioner. and Dr. Friedrich Rosen, the German for- | €ign minister, Tuesday. | The ceremony of signing was to {have occurred at noon yvesterday at | the foreign office, but it poned at the reque: f M i who asked the priv ! the Washington governme | mooted point. { At both the i American comm | foreign offic i technicality ldid not afrect lacter of ti dquarters of the 1 the German v id that the ich involved the delay contents or char- ax both govern- tr d me reach. a full accord on the | official text some days ago. German ;Hilu_)rs had becn summoned to the foreign office for a discussion of the |treaty, Lut the conference was po: iponed’ ponding receipt by Commis {sioner Dresel of a reply from Wash- l ington. ! Although the point which was referred to washington i saii to be of minor technjcal importance, Commissioner Lresel preferred 1o obtain a ruling upon it from the American State Depari- { ment. | The signing in Vienna of the pes reaty between Sustria and the U ed States was said 10 be a mere co- incidcnee with the date on which th German peace treaty was to have ibeen signed. as it was declared that either German nor American officialy here had been informed of the sig- |ing of the Austrian treaty. X“TECHNICAL POINT” CLEARED |Officiels Hear Failure to Reveal TIs- { sue Delaying¥Freaty Signing. i By the Associated Press. The “technical point* which yester- ! {day caused a postponement of the sign- |ing of the treaty of peace between the | United States and.Germany has been i taken care of. it was said today at the | State Department. Officials declined to say what the point was, but described it as of minor imporianc The general expectation of officials here was that the treaty would be sign- ed Quring the day. and this expectation was strengthened by the Berlin dis- patch saying that the pact would be jsigned at 5 p.m. Berlin time. It was announced yesterday that the text of the treaty would be made public im- mediately the department was ad- ivised of the signing. | The State Department, it was said, |has entered into communication with the Austrian government with respect to the making public of the treaty between Austria and the United States, which was signed yesterday at Vienna. The Austrian treaty is believed here to be similar in its gen- eral nature to the treaty with Ger- many. AUSTRIA SIGNS TREATY. Secrecy Attends Negotiations With United States. VIENNA, August 24.—The treaty of peace between the United States and Austria was signed here yesterday after- noon, Arthur Hugh er, American commissioner in Vienna, acting for the Washington government, secrecy at- tending the preliminary negotiations. The terms of the treaty are being withheld for the present. It is under- stood that the government does not de- sire public discussion of the treaty pend- ing its ratification by the for affairs committee of the parliament. e com- mittee will meet Saturday to prepare the ratification of the treaty for consid- gration by parliament when it reassem- Formality Lacking. ‘The ceremony of signature was devold of formality. Mr. Frazier, accompanied by Secretary Shoecraft, arrived at the foreign office at 12:57 o'clock. They went immediately to the chancellor's bureau, where they were received by Chancellor Schober and a few other offi- clals. The document was in readiness and was signed at once. A brief and informal exchange of con- gratulations followed, Mr. Frazier ing the occasion marked a vital step in the restoration of peace and expressing the hope that it would have a great moral as well as material effect upon Austria. = Chancellor Schober, with ill- concealed emotion, voiced deep gratifi- cation upon the restoration of relations with the United States. SENATORS LEAN TO TREATY. Little Prospect of Long and Bitter Fight Over German Pact. The new tréity with Germany laid before members of the Senate foreign relations committee yesterday was received by them with some expres- sions of uncertainty but with a gen- eral show of approval, A first impression of approval was voiced by republican and democratic committeemen alike, and although final decisions were reserved there ap- peared little prospect that the treaty would lead to a long or bitter fight when it is submitted formally for ratification. Its submission is ex- pected as soon as the Senate reas- sembles a month hence after the con- gressional recess. Among the first to express a fa- . vorable opinion from the democratic side was Senator Hitchcock of Ne- braska, who as senlor democratic member of the committee led the fight for ratification of the Versailles treaty. Declaring he had received a “very favorable” impression of the newly negotiated past, Mr. Hitchcock said he saw no reason why it should not be ratified promptly. Similar views were expressed privately by other democrats, although none would talk for publication. Among the republican members of - the committee the only enigma was presented by the attitude of Senators Borah of Idaho and Johnson of Cali- bsent from Chafin, who has at-his command a|fornia. The, latter is al well fl:rmhed force of deputy | Washington and Senato!