Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1921, Page 11

: _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25: 1921, 1 —_— 7% FVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25; 1920 - 1 [ y > 4 ° . Y ° 3 -~ : ‘ , 7 ucrirea isastier o - asis ra ver bDriiain,; durvivors 1e ow \Ulraers ofJ Airsni s . A i { s Ived a bi ts had b de Ly the framework which had settled on AIR BUREAU, NOT DISCOURAGED. [D- C. Fliers Escaped Fate |teur'd.* bickiing of strueturmi pesces | payments, haa bveen made vy the DIVERS EXPLORING ZR-2 | Gameyar i, 2t 2 - 2 . T iy Of Other Memb of Crew | 882" which carried the 350-horse- |struction. It was estimated at the historic sea monster that ‘*‘.d e i “ i p mbers power engines. Navy " Department that these pay-| [N HUMBER FOR BODIES |tured into shallow water and pe HOPES TO BUILD MORE BIG SHIPS By Absence in Test Flight|[ The report of July 18 describing the |ments might total $1,500000, or ished A S y structural weakness said the ship was | three-fourths of the total cost. Un- Tugs, motorboats and small era 'o i [ L able to stay aloft more than four|der law and by naval custom no ma- (Continued from First Page.) all kinds darted in and vut umnnz:‘ ! < s hours while the crew made an exami- | terial or vessel ever is considered to wreckage, carrying searchers, pho- | C s 1 Attitud T, . nation, + undeter- | Ssrauyp the Jurisdictlon of the de- | during the war Hull was in the path| tographers and hunters of curios. | “From a_ causs as undeter- ¢ t it . been y in raiders on their way to ' ongressiona ttitude Toward Further Tined,” the feport sald, ~iwo Inter | bassed. Ly epettons of compleied | Eom s o meias rerivr and deatrue, Atrship's Log Found. mediate transverse frames and an in- | prescribed tests and formally turned | tipn, and she<took -her share in the _ One of the most impartant recover- termediate longitudinal frame buck-|over. Under this .rule title to -the p.?msmnem at the hands of the ter-|ies by the nea‘r(‘:ll’:"fl \\\:nu:lh: ‘}?g 3:1 Ted just @ft of frame seven.” ZR-? would be considersd’ o have | man bombers. the ZR-2 1 is believed this will 1 Repairs were immediately made|been wholly with the British owners Thousands Line Pler. e ey and’ structural parts similar to thoss | todsy, naval oficials.said. = SoLEhilot surhy s " which had failed were strengthened,| A clause in the purchase comtract| Tatently it was the thought o e s, a subsequent report sald, suggesting |provided that, in the event of lo war horrors which first entered peo- | formal evidence will be heard before that the damage had been caused by | the ship during her filght to the Ui D o s anane | Eacor et B P ORR ATt overloading one section during the | States each party to the..contract | {he BTeat shin In the SRy und Wiet| Tt was e e progressior 'i;)"a!:lfn"flll"'g;mgxi ‘:u&f:’-_ would Assume half the cost of €0n-|\(omen and children to become hys-|up on the Shore of the Humber that Happened in Five Seconds, Appropriations Awaited Because of Ac- British Flight Commander cident—Causes for Wreck Advanced. Wann Declares. While no lane of ships was planned such as was posted 10 aid the NC boats on their transatlantic flight two Despite the loss of the ZR-2 before actually becoming naval property, terical the streets and then rush | the log book was found by the dock- 5 f the entire ship was made at the i e : . officers of the naval bureau of aero-| years ago, the battleships Uik on % 4 o homeward in the hope of getting out | master, together with other of the ¢ T R 5 3 , Ohio, time of these irs to determi e ship' - HINKS GIRDERS BROKE nautics confidently hope the Navy| Wyoming and Arkansas and the oiler r : 2 G whether other "":uom h" 'b‘:; TRANSFERS CONSUL WALSH. (of harm's way, as it appeared at first | ship's papers. ’ 2 Brazos, 4 the big dirigible would fall upon the RO E o will be permitted to continue 1ts | Sran 'mm:fil:";u;fi‘::'ns',::;;:”fi,'; Ve iy Harry L. Walsh of Maryland, |city r fectl We P: rigid airship program. They point! North Atlantic to wireless tho srodins i Payments Made. United States consul at Manzanillo,| Early this morning thousands lined| The tramway system of Buenos Sailing Perfectly When We Pass-| that America already has a|er conditions to the ZR.3 hefore ire i . Although the ZR-2 had not been |has been transferred to duty in[the corporation pier to view the|Aires is the largest of any city in « ed Over Hull,” He Slyl- gigantic hangar at Lakehurst, N. J.,| tarted and while she was en route accepted formally..under the contract | charge of.the consuylae 4 Nuevo La- | wreckage at low tide. As the water | the world, there being about 350 miles , to this country in order to permit Pitohed Nose Down. By the Associated Press. completed at a cost of $2,000,000, and capable of housing two ships. of the size of the ZR-2, as well as other her to pick the best route. It is not thought that the Navy will endeavor to purchase from Eng- land any of her remaining rigid air- with the British air ministry, several redo. Mexico. . - receded it uncovered the twisted | of line in operation HULL. August 25.—Most of the|completed facilitie ships, but that construction in Amer. Eritish and American members of the| Although —appropriations were| ica will be undertaken it others are e - ZR-2 | Stopped before the ZR-1 was éom- authorized. 3 crew of the ill-fated dirigible ZR-2 pleted, most of the necessary dura- Expressions of Regret. were killed by the explosion which [lumin structural material is Mremfl'] Expressions of deep regret were ; 4 CO followed the buckling und snapping | manufactured and awaiting assembly. | voie by Fovernmont ofite ool 4 Thm Columbia Theater of girders amidships. declared Flight [ TUch of the envelope has leen fab-| oy exception over the total destron: - Co idship: cated and nearly all the material | U\ €X°¢btion over the total des = er Dot Lieut. A. H. Wann. in command of the { for her ' completian has been pur- | Hon Of | glant airship ZR-3 with a1 5 g 3 craft as navigating officer at the time | chased at a cost $f about a million | o0 ool Amcuicany andi Britisl Phone dolls ilives. Pride in the acquisition of the ¥ of the disaster. in a statement to the | dellars. | new queen of the air and hones of tro. a4 ette Franklin ol b S e e Hellum Gas Stored. mendous development in military and i 4312 : Vs aatal ip had run!. FOr months the naval gas extract- | Commercial aeronautics had lent in- : sho - - beautifully at sixty knois an hour,|{i"E Plant at Fort Worth, Tex. has|lerest to the planned-for transatlantic and that he had reduced the speed to] been storing helium gas, and suffici- | fight of the British-built air crui . 1ifty knots, when there came a violent cking sound. He thought several of the girders broke. The whole thing happened in five seconds. “There was no sign of anything wrong when we passed over Hull,” he ut everything happened aft- 1 was in sole control at the Was Sailing Perfectly. dent,” said Lieut. Wann. whose in- Juries are not serious, “the craft had ing perfectl: She had been through _various difficult . and the speed had been reduced, when. suddenly, while crossing the tuary of the Humber, I heard ding and cracking of girders, and the airship pitched forward, nose down, from an even keel. “As soon as humanly possible I emp- tied the water ballast to enable the craft to resume its normal position, but at this instant a_tremendous ex- | i “Before the moment of the accl-’ ent gas of this inert type has been assured to fill the envelope of a ship as large as the lost ZR-2. Plans for the ZR-1 call for an air- ship of slightly smaller size than the ZR-2—a length of 670 feet, diameter bout 80 feet and gas capacity of | approximately 2,200,000 cubic feet. Her total cost is estimate 000. While the designers ?;t“m'e”é”- dcparted somewhat from the stru tural lines of the Zeppelins, the naval designers 1aid their plans for a ship Incorporating the latest developments of the original rigid builders, the Germans, of whose plans more than 100 filed here for reference. Still without details as to the cause of the ZR- disaster today naval aeroc nauts were loath to accept the hydro. gen explosion theory advanced in carly dispatches from England. They | Were rather inclined to believe that Some structural weakness de\'elola:d or that the girders and frames which jrere strained in the July 17 flight er {even beyond that which it normally | would have aroused. Latest advices to the Navy Depart. ment indleated that of the seventeen members of the hand-picked Amnerican crew on board during the test only one, Quartermaster Norman O. Walk- er of €ommerce, Tex., hud survived. London dispatches, however, put the American l0ss at seventeen, declaring “every American on board” was lost. “It is a terrible thing.” whs the com- ment of Secretary Denby as he re- ceived cabied dispatches giving details of the catastrophe. i Mr. Denby immeédiately forwarded to the British air ministry s -mes sage expressing the sympathy of the Navy Department. | g The Navy Department of the United States extends to the air minlstry and the British navy deepest sympathy i the appalling disaster to the ZR-: The message said; “We hope our early reports will prove exaggerated as to loss of life.” plosion occurred. ~The great —ship|falled and caused gasoiine or hoiin: New Dirigible Urged. seemed to halt for a moment and then |gen leaks. If passiien we o it dropped like a rock. The concus-|came into contact with the sxmera| F2F from being discouraged by the sion threw me down in the navigator's|of any of the six engines swong | i588ter. naval aviation officials im- ar. where 1 was pinned by the wreck- | beneath the great envelope an ex. | mediately prepared to seek authority age. The scetion of the craft in which plosion could readily have beeq | fOF construction of a new ship of 1 was riding remained above the wa- | caused. It was explained. e s e Unilad e tes ter after the ship plunged in e “We will carry on; buil and operate Humber. and I'was rescucd after be-| Structural Failure Seem. as many ZR-2s as may be aythorized ing imprisoied for fift minutes.| TRE report that the ship fell in{by Congress” Admiral William A, That is all 1 am able to say. two pieces however, tends to cause) Moffett, chlef of ‘the naval bureau of Lieut. Wann denicd the local report |yeiier in naval cireles that stoue aeronautics, said, “so that these brave that he had heroically plunged the| © that structural | men may not bave lost their lives in ZR-2 nto 'the ‘river. rather than on failures were the prime cause of the | vain.” ¥4 3 shore, which was crowde y thou-|disaster, brought about perh: Other aviation officers, while greatly ] s 5 sh s3nds of spectators. The disaster oc- | too sudden & 8trajn on l:umeap:'e:l}{' distressed. declared they had not lost 4 lvmg curred so quickly, he sald, that any |part. faith in rigid airships. They pointed ] : such action was impossible. Every member of the crew and|Out that Germany had built and suc- v : J Bmh passengers of a rigtd, it was said|Cessfully operated 140 ships of simi- ; s e 4 at the office of the e'r:m of the naval|lar design. many of only slightly less| |'@ 7% " 3 bureau of aeronautics, is equipped | Carrying capacity, while English con- ree with regulation ‘safety parachutes |Structors had turned out sixteen. % and life preservers. The combined| The only serious accidents recorded| |: With each acation Over? Replenish Your Needs From These Two O’Donnell’s Service Stores and Save g lWEEK-END SALE PRICES TOILET ARTICLES YOU KNOW =% outright by the force of the explosion | 83 to the cause of the disaster. The Centers Commander R. E. Byrd. Naval Officers Tell Why Lost {or stunnea betore they could fump [ODinion was expreased. however, that Lower: @eut. C. A. 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Face Powder.. 4 pluipment s fitted into a compact | aainet these, so far as naval fles L ¥ , purchase of a Smali, $1.00; Iarge..l i :fi Sanitol Tooth Paste.. - ; undle not larger than a satchel and | Indicate, was the wreck of an early o = i Vat o i ” e y provided with a hook and hanmdie. If | German Zeppelin over Lake Constance P . tube of the fa Melba[’!’o:lel Waters, all odors Ho'x;bl‘gants 1deal and Quelque I-‘l;;: ] "a"g'; threatens, a member of the :’:"’g“‘:'; I ;‘"“;‘ the masiinefor L mous— Carter’s Ko-Ko-Nut Oil Shampoo, 50c alcum ... ]pd ........ e —f |crew has but to attach the hook to|the British R-34 when she ran afou B 5 S *s 1'Ori o e P his life belt and leap over the side|of her hangar. 0. D. Sh: Wood'’s Pro.ffss{gnal Cold Cream: A Coty’s 1'0rigan i pisd to safety. Officers infer froms late| Official dispatches to the department Cream 11b, 78¢c; V21b...oeennnniiinn Pompeian Face Powder... 5 reports of the disaster émz many | did not contain any information upon | . b Mavis Talcum— Palmolive Soap, dozen cake .89¢c lded of the crew Iiyst have Been killed{Which experts cauld base an-epinion Bpe; Nostrand. “Large, 79¢; meditm...... El Rado Depilatory...... 49c and 89¢ Goodyeu Mol standing by awaiting orders to pro- |teen compartments might be dismiss- | remote. ceed to their sea stations along the |ed at once. Construction of these sec- Buckling Cause Remote. Explosive Element projected course of the ZR-2, were |tions and the other precautionary = f 5 t (1] e . released for other duty after the|measures taken in designing the ac-| Another possible cause of the ac- receipt of the news of the wreck. tual containers of the gas, it wascident, but considered remote, in- e i ————— o bt i St e OO Williams’ Talcum . 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All $5.00 models...... .$3.79 Ry e e s en if the ZR-2 had been filled with Gem Safety Razor Set— H gty % the explosion, with re-| 36,98 510.98 $1.00 outht v 69c e Fashionette, Venida and Glemby Hair | Mavis Extract (small size). Nets. 2 for 28¢; dozen.......$1.35 | ‘War Tax Not Included i ible loss of life, would still have occurred, because, from the S reports thus far received, it Is ap- parent. Navy officers said today, that the aceident was eaused by breakage ' ° of the frame, which resulted in u ga oline leakage. Even if there had been no dydrogen used. the gasoline leak- axe would have ccaused fire Just the same, the experts in the Navy De- All R e partment and bureau of mines said| emaining tod Anocther Lot of the Popular Kitchen Knives Fine Tempered Steel Carver, Butcher - Knife and Paring Knife. All with sturdy s 79¢c Hairbrushes Pro - phy - lactic PENETRATOR backs. Small size, 88¢; medium, 98¢, and the % large, special at.. WEARWELL., Sub- stantially Built Hair- brughes, of splendid qual- C ity .. The well known HUGHES IDEAL Cushion-back Hair- brush, a special value " in this sale at........ Reductions on genuine Thermos Bottles: ]’}II\' .Mms—‘\'ickebfln- $2‘79 sise .......... % Same Style. Quart Size, $3.98 m;\‘; an:—Gr-en fin- $l 98 size 5 Sty pl:’l‘—Bm“n fin- $1.89 Same izic, Quart Size, $2.95 = o “Why Pay More?” I ot onion. | 1 S s $2.49 1 No. 1502 Alarm 980 ection- Same Size, $3.60 |g{ Clock . o Lunch Kits con- | Box of o \ c1snlcfp. M e $ 1.98 ox. 8 3{3‘: ::r:;;; . ::‘:’?ff:e $2.9 8 ance price. 520 19 50, $6 1 | | ]l Further than this, it w; explained that there would have to be consider- (= €M uble change in the mechanical struc- ! ture of the balloon in order to use — helium gas economically. The present | system with dirigibles to deflate | c Then they -desire fo Some down M O f d A ough allowing a certain quan OB sas torescape. e wa Al e ens Xxioras with helium gas, i o '\\ «ll('(:. handrioll“de 1 ce woul hav e ‘ovid- - ER e L e L NOTHER time, when The bureau of mines has been work- . % ing on helium gas since 1918, making you don’t have to R Aepastmenta. “The Tnited Btates “mak [3 h,” ; depastmonts. ite = Das prac ically the world supply of make a ; “pee.c y 'g i X 5 80N n Canada Ll Icl:El'yr.h b;\l"'lht;‘ United sell shoes! “Tri-wear ! a any Sountry in studying s sconomic ure. Oxfords have been great buys .. 1. Shaw, xpert in e bureau ol B :lli'nes. :xp!:lnn:d pleodny that the pro- a," season atv$9—and tomorrow you men may duction plant at Fort Worth, Tex. is ¢ 4 just getting into operation. He point- have what’s left of the summer stocks at $3.95 ed out that the frightful di ster to i the ZR-2 occurred during a trial. palr! I Doth the Aty and Navy departmenta : Bealdent probably seruited Trom preats At Tth St. Store Only Open 8 A M. Tomorrow age of a gasoline l‘on‘ueclliml and ",lfl:l'ld g o 2 e ens "bf&""figdjufi'e.'n"n??m;,-geg Of course, less than 200 pairs now remain, sizes badly broken. But el tho.SMcia) reports Aus mocsived, it ‘most every man’s size here in one style or another. Included are Black b e L T L e and Tan Calf, Black and Brown Kidskin, some.Cordova‘?s, .Modlfiec,:} O hecrn o the Kavy Dephrtment when | English and French lafits, also 'Con’s'ervatwes. Besides the “Tri-Wears S L I o e B several hundred pairs “Short Lines” other good styles at same $3.95 price, e Lo b i e Friday at 7th Street Store only. “Why Pay More?” :l’\‘ to inflate the ZR- They said also | “Last Words Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia. 3-0z. : 25C GREATER Edmund Burke Ear and Uicer "~ 150 CIGAR hat the structure of the balloon would hayve to be changed to use helium gas. The officers of the bureau of aero- nautics, Navy Department, explained that they have not yet been able to bottle A rich full - bodied " From the **Clean-up” _Roge Fluid Extract Cas- 25 get a sufficient quantity to inflate a digestion. Tablets, 25¢; 500 A real smoke for amoke—a | cara, 3-ounce bottle.. C rigid airship. Liquid .....cccoiiieeenes :o‘?u:u;zltrm Sc—a value seldom equaled. .. 5 (o4 Box of 50.......$2.40 Box of 100......$4.75 0. D. Quality Tissue Toilet Tincture lodine, 2- ] 25C ounce bottle . Best Grade Castor 0il, 4-ounce bottle .... 190 Turpentine, pint bottle SHE 5 20C Best itcl azel, pint bottle ..... 25¢ Short lines of “FLORS- ¢ Al remaining genuine White HEIM” Oxfords, formere “China” Buck Sport Ox- ) ly $9.75, now............ 5595 fords mow ............... $595 Other “FLORSHEIM” Oxfords, All remaining' Men's White Nu- including fall and winter $7 35 lg;c'k d.:dowuite Canvas $395 xfords now............. g SAILING AT HIGH SPEED | WHEN EXPLOSION CAME LONDON, August 24.—Harry Bate- man of Halifax, one of the physical lahoratory assistants on the ZR-2, talk- weights, now .. e S Deodorizers X Tlle Famom EL DALLO Dobell’s on, l {!:l‘:llwt ‘r'a‘exfi’}'e"“:‘i“"m".‘fiu > - Ofl of Citronella; A pint bottle C at Hull after ., sald: o %I was seated In the tail of the ZR-2. . S R mosquitoes; 3-qunce @ SeidH She first flew over the Nor(h sea, and to- Mg 4 bottle 8 \C Wi m. She was in perfec ly- i P”Vfll‘fi IJ@I - > ing condition until 5:30 o'clock this even- \\ /5 S50 4 l!:,gwcondllit::‘untll 5::3 o'cmk t:ll ml } sl-zs uart PR ship were being tested wi the vessel < was proceeding at high speed. . KU'W Powdered Milk; 1-1b. tin, ldc; 24 Ibs. assume that a girder broke amid- “Foot-O-Scope“ » . stis: S s O’Donnell’s Cigarette Prices ships. After a few short shocks the Wonderful Machine RN (RS Straights end supply- at this price. Box of 50, $3.30 | Magnesia ............ #hip began to fall and the petrol tank exploded. I saw smoke afterward up forward about the ship, which began to hats, all colors ........ Vanilla Extract, 35c o 2 B ‘small size. oy . R A = H ‘ 3-ounce bottle fal. nose downward, toward the Hum that X-Rays your feet in Large size of 150 . 83C | . CAMELS—PIEDMONTS— 3 for 50c Pure¢ Gum Cam- $l 25 “immediately after the explosion T was your shoes. Makes exact T - -1 CHESTERIELDS~. phor, per 1b. : . thrown into the cockpit at the tall of $ - Pkg. of 20, 17¢ - Carton of 200, $1.60 the ship. I then attached myself to & fitting an absolute cer- parachute and jum) ‘board. The . rope of the parachute, however, had tainty. caught in some wires and 1 was unable to extricate myself. She ‘with two other 1 was picked up from :. taken t 1b, Jc; 20 ibs. sf‘;: 51.00 Hat Cleaner ". 15¢ G the water