Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1922, Page 3

e R THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,' 1922, / RN | 34 Charred Bodies Taken From Ruins. of Wrecked Army Dirigible Roma |SureRelief | . | FOR INDIGESTION : | o ey F”RNAGE IN RUMA ayton Men From McCook Field 'fi:fgéfgas?fiz‘:%}?éin EUNIRULS FA“_ED, [ _’?J;j ;\: ) B‘::::ns v ' | Hot water Col. C. de F. Chandler, U. 8. A, retiréd, who was In charge of balloon service in France during s Sure Relief the war, today received the fol- : lowing dispatch from Col. Berard, the French officer assigned with E LL AN s i “the Ameri ball 1 1 : = = France in regard to the wrecx ot |NO Explosion Nor Fire While | 2se and 75¢ Packages Everywhere of thq death of Dayton men' in the accident yesterday afternoon Giant Dirigible Plunged 1,000 ™ich resulted in the destruction of the giant dirigible Roma. men Lose Lives. i DAYTON, Ohio, February 22.—Of- i ficlals of McCook Field received word five W ivill mployes in the Army t he Roma yesterday. ” o S . Feet to Earth and Burst | vere civiian emploves in the Ar el e e Roma Was in Air, He Newest Book: - B in Flame The men previously reported gniss- Amerioanil asronsutis foomrsdes. ewes| 00KS . . ing and now reported dead are W. W. R e IR Is Informed. —for 25 centa by joining our circu- ———— Stryker, engine expert; Robert Han- Col. Borard is now vice president lating library. . RUDDER D' NOT con. Willlam OLaughlin, Thomas of & _bank. . Pearlman’s Book Shop DDER D' NOT RESPOND j ucriman, sne Charics W, Senuien BOARD "OPENS INQUIRY . D, Feariman Langley Field to install the Liberty motors in use when the ship capsized i L7 1 i and fell. Quick Shutting Off of Engines Be- [27G {0l 1, rack, superintendent i i |ot airplane bly at McCook Field, liged to Have Saved Lives of 11 |of airplane assemly o M Comechunic, 0“‘0‘ 45 Aboflrd escaped with only minor injuries. —_— By the Associated Press. C | NORFOLK, Va., February 322.— Flung earthward, presumably by l] _“Any Hooks Thorough Investigation Under ‘Way to Determine Real Cause ! AREFFORTS MUST GO ON, SAYS KAN L™ e NORFOLK, Va., February 22.—Maj. Gen. Mason M Patrick, head of the Army Air Service, made this state- ment at the Army base today regard- Committee Head Says Those Who Are Martyrs Would |""5,1%° P50 S0 | ave neara Wish U. S. Progress. s T s AL S aeNtE the Sontol g aramels regulating the altitude of the Roma. The disaster to the Roma and apall-| “The ship came down, striking hizh Ing loss of lite that ensued will be a | (A% CUFECIE MR, WHIER CIuI serious setback to development of|fire while the ship w: | lighter-than-air"craft in America, be- cause the nation is deeply stirred and ‘broken rudder, the giant Army air- ship Roma plunged a thousand feet or more yesterday, to strike ground at the Hampton roads Army base, capsize across a high-tension’ electric line and burst into a roaring furnace of blazing hydrogen gas. (Thirts-four men wers kel G Papers Print Long Accounts = 1 held ) 3 and Compare Details With d. The theory i the uirship was »re the d rous plunge e fire de artments fought the Those of R-38 ] will not forget, Chairman Julius Kalin | js report will be. mads a5 soon bs Read All the fames ,‘f?;‘r,‘,g;;" s, with chemicals, o § . i 4 2 of the House military committee de-|possible. A very thorough investiga- LATEST FICTION and by 7 p.m. the fire was out. Derricks | By the Assoclated Press. ‘ 3 - clared today. But, he added, the offi- ”:::n'fl b&l’nx madvlmh determine. if began picking up the wreckage a8| LONDON, February 22—News of| [ERRN 2 . : H |cers and men who perishea “are but|BoreIble, the gause of the terrible dis- : the flames were driven back. ere | oo destructi " ¢ Y i ; ; martyrs to the art they were engaged 2t DL C was scarcely more than the aluminum struction of the United States : 5 4 n, and would not wish their country to | */Lservice. | i For. Per Book - framewarks . and -t sbx Uiberyyjarmy dinkible Koma, Isithe feature . SR | il behind the progress made by the | ror “tne” famiics of nose o tort | PEARLMAN’S BOOK SHOP motors to remove. Within the wreck-| in London morning newspapers, : 3 ] other nations of the civilized world.” ' {peir lives and for the comfort of the e age luy the bodies, many of | which print lons accounts of the N , . # : i Shock to All Interested. survivors of the great disaster.” B G Shen o = o tragedy and pictures of the airship. % 7% “The destruction of the Roma,” Rep-| -“I have no idea what caused the 33 G Street Only t Side. = v e A e Similarity of the details with those . w resentative Kahn sald, “with the ter-| 3530¢04 Sa0g Capt WWelier, J, Recd Eye-witnesses who watched the ‘ of the destruction of the R-38, at Hull ” . A rible loss of life, i3 a terrible shock to [ Roma, in a statement given out at ;m“h ‘mw&hnw:\;e;: ’s‘?:r::l e huge: | last summer is widely remarked. Thé * . : > o T Basioas fiis Iscamat Nighiees | ine; Fubllio} Health Service Hospital as:en'rm:s::“ e“:a a bombing plane, | TIMeS says that while in the Hull i wd ’ : 2 i 5 ; than-air craft that this country owned. | "5 Souby if 1t will ever be known. SeIt A% Brel ; he Roma | ra8edy the people of the United 4 e 5 = “We have made terrific strides in|of course, we have our own theories, gaa sl;;])ged ;ot:::s;;;efg:t iab!ove the | States” and Great Britain joined in TV v - 4 Y A : ;ear;t years, eu:lecla.lly lrefillrldlnx the i but we are not certain which is cor- rove ng a a common Sorrow— x = & . & evelopment and use of helium gas.|rect. Army base “This time the blow has fallen on - G N T v ¢ This gas ls non-inflammable. It is| “Iknew that th v The explosion sent flames 300 feet inl Aierica alone, but England feels 3 > v : y . : hoped that we will be able to secure | the contro] of !hoegfii;:.z:ntjr?l‘“\)\!;xfi[v;‘! the air. as elght of her survivorS|with her and for her today no less ; " oo . e enough’of this substance to fill all of | possible to correc o leaped from the “deck” of the ShiP-|than she did when her own sons were ; 8 ; our lighter-than-air machines. Covired: ctitetier icavas diy Three others were dragged from the| nympered among ead ™ F N Y ; T hE e T ronlise that: the whole} AR T mass of ‘wreckage and flames. Regarding the investigation of the 2 i L ™ 2 ; country will be deeply stirred by this “The first intimation we had that Only those in the forward part of| R3y disaster, it Is understood. that . 4 s accident, 1 feel that those who perish- the operating compartment of the| the question of publication of the . 3 2 st o 2 : ed in the destruction are but martyrs | there was trouble was when we saw ship had a chance for thelr IiVeS. air ministry's report depends upon : e : . 1 |to the cause of aviation. The world|the nose of the ship down. We went Several were injured severely BY|the admiralty, to whom It must be re- o : - 3 S.A% probably will continue air flights not- | pack to see what caused it and found Jumping, but three came out practi-| ferred. The report has also been com- . ; > X : withstanding the djsaster. e cally unhurt and were discharged| mupjcated to the United States gov- 5 v " S v e Must Keep Pace With Others. the control was not working. from the hospital within a few hours | ernment, as the latter's representa- g 3 . e b 9 : b e forta il | “Everything possible was done to after the disaster. tives were associated in the investi- ¢ : e he chances are tha ighten the ship and get her on an L Lysa iy i ; . s G b o be made to prevent a recurrence of | even keel again. Capt. Mabry gave Up Only Short Time. ;| & . < > - such a calamity. 1 feel, however,|orifre'to shut off all motors. The last Lieut. Burt, who with Capt, Reed | e Front row, left to right: Capt. W. J. Reed, who encaped with minor injuries; Maj. J. G. Thornell, former | (hat 50 long as the other natlons of) four were shut off. The forward mo- was the' principal ' pilot o commander, killed, and Capt. Dale Mabry, commander, killed. Back row: Sergt. V. C. Hoffman, killed; Sergt.|he world continue experiments re-|tor was running. It is possible that Roma, was one of these. He jumped|,fier the bj, s St 5 When 'the ship was only a few yards g ship hit said, “Our rud “' AAT‘:::_. ll’l":nrell snl. Sergt. M. i keep up to the i ~ Then the ohip wa "A’ civilian, Roy|der broke and the planes did not country will have to keep up position that he could not see the sig- rest of the world in that regard. The | roy."on' i gial. Beale, killed; Master Sergt. R. C. McNally, killed, and Master Sergt,|5arding flights in the air our °“""lme engineer was so thrown out of his 4 ey elen oseaped unhurt, as did|work. So far as I could see, there - R T B T Master Sergt. Peok. . The trip was|was no fire until we hit the ground.” R 771 > d B' 4 > I > L t the present tme, and It will be'pr ‘;‘;;J even‘Tg'e?m;:ugdfl;;&:;s{of::dons;: Hurleys first fight " “It was the 15t "Cop'p. M Gulney, commandant of oma ir g AWSNIP LOSt [ svers resse M | pitched into the ground in a nose dive Roma started to swing I didn’t know | the Army base, who witnessed the ¥ “I feel confident that, despite thel edjover ol“:rc::.; Sam B. Goft s wrong. 1 thought she|fall of the Roma, by “tB - y > terrible disaster to our officers andf ! ;n'yafl;i:gn:flm T 1 didn't know (ment. He satd” Mfl""fdf':l;l!ul"-':y n 1S @ in as on S | men, the matter of aviation will still{ “When the ship hit, 1 was thrown v til the ma- had inue to be taken up by those of O e L e ot Telinsd | 1o, o he DIE Eas bag o era/who. ate. in’ the aviation | L0 the uBper past of the cabin. X Tonight 8 P.M. MmO hs wrecked. She was sailing|' ‘s the Roma neared the scene of service, in order that the United{was shut in und got out only when a . o 2o e R e e a3 coming [lthe Siastai e s oA Lo, acene ot The dirigible Roma, which blew up | In which heavy losses of life occurred | States may be able to make progress [hole was burned into the cabin. Lieut. - Big Patriotic I o tvom ihe Langley Fleld. Welwas in trouble, other oficers at th yosterday over Hampton roads, was | follow S it of fiving and keep abreast| Welch crawled out with me. Both of g Stralght from Ghort time when we|base say, The big rudders scemed to 5 P ) July 21, 1919—Ten lost when diri- | of the improvements which are made | us had to Zo through flames to get to . o be working badly and the crew was the third big airship to be destroyed | gihlo expioded at Chicago and fell in | by ‘the various civilized countries of | safety. Service I} aiant know what was going on, | desperately “throwing oft mausst | [dentification of Charred and |!" 2 fPectaculsr mishap in the last|flames nto the llinols Trust and|the world.” | ““Sergt. Chapman, who was also in 1 el TeE st o A igansiics [ETURGRTIOR.OUGIATR A i teee monsse e e b s, o 150 ST | By Americas Famous Eeangetis || an even keel sutceeded for onl . 24, -2, . hall v ive 3 i i Dropped in Twenty Seeonds. | | rinmto or two, ax the ship again t1-| Blackened Remains Wll * [ o, s irme v marchss vo. tne | S, ien, balloon Aicron. in_wnich |$300,000 TO OPERATE Renges whiL marvived the. diamien) of Philadelphia Sergt. Peek. an engineer aboard the by the British for pur¢hase by the |Melvin Vaniman hoped to cross the s crawled out through that hole. ! s ed and began plunging toward the e B My Roma said ithat, !;e'g?e;e:&';mb;;’: eartf, narrowly missing the smoke- Be Difficult United States at a cost of $2,000,000, figu?&c.&?lm’xed shortly after leav- HELIUM GAS PLANT I x—’a{\’n»nharfém"‘fgge&tég"&“ (2L belng ev. dam B. Lol motor. in the por s = und. : n X e Liberty was running fine when | Stack &f the base power plant, but e Difficu oxploded over Hull, England, killing | '"§ the ground | o o0 o 1op in to the other and of looking up the and the noted singer . destruction of Zeppelin L-1 off Hel- goland. July 15, 1919—Twelve lost when we suddenly veered up and nosed|y;jiage electric wires which covered | By the Associated Press. forty-two, Including sixteen Amer- Sowns T Rwas o0 e think f'the spot where the Roma was de-| NEWPORT NEWS, Va., February 22, | lcans. TURNED DOWN | &t 5ot saia that it was & plaus- || Mr. Raymond Bartlett ible theory to believe, as had been stroved. Two sharp explosions were On January 1, 1921, the R-34, which 3 % : Ji h N. Biedenbeck, engineer, was - | —A stream of ambulances poured into 4 ) | British airship NS-11 fell into North suggested, that the kite box hung ng'lhlmfld .fl‘ . burned about the face and hands. He }',.“:' &eb 3‘-"::.:;‘.”;“2'1?7:13?3& ‘:I‘l:.la this city last night with bodles that|flew from England to Long Island gea after being struck by lightning. (Continued from First Page. down at the tail of the Roma 80 heavily At gl Olnrc: » said: “I didn’t see any fire. The ShiD | were caused by gasoline in the fuel |had been taken from the ill-fated|and back in the summer of 1919, the| June 20, 1914—Nine lost in col- 23 to displace the balance and point L E. { Just tilted up and started to nose dive. | fanice rst airship to eross the Atlantic, |lision of airship and airplane at|Army and Navy, each paving on the | the ship into ihe nose dive. Eighth and Jefferson Sts. N.W. 1t took about twenty seconds for us| “Afier the mass of wreckage had been | 3irship Roma, queen of the American A t | Vienna, Ary A oIt busis. The former plant, T ey to hit the ground and an explosion | sufficiently ecoled off to permit a search |air fleet. was wrecked in a gale while tethere: Six of the great peace-time diri- | i was asserted, is the main plant and EXPE Georgia Ave. Car Line Will followed. I was pi?neghdn;:r;;o thatlof the debris derricks began clearing| It was apparent at once that|outside her airdrome in Howden, Eng- g&}esa h:u‘t th¥ Count feep‘&eéu;. t‘}‘::e the muu-mmeh i:‘?;:\:;;ntth-é ‘l;l;‘::- CTED T0 MOVE. Bring You Here uld not get out. e c W away the hea: arts of the frams k bodies | lan 'man aviator,were wrec| n ac- | Owing to the shol = : Ibco‘:n me_and_the girders were all|and the l‘emovvz.l %f the dead was I:e"‘\,;\ :"(tliln;)ne‘evi:?::l‘l‘;“‘l:’“?fl“fl!fisle?“f”flr ll:lll:y B‘:‘(ore the ZR-2 disaster, the great- | cidents. They were Zeppelins I, II, priation it was necessary to close flflée Roma Was Scheduled to Go to Scott around. I waited for the fabric to Felt' Ship THt Up. e Ly e angled and | est number killed {n an airship ac- |III and VI, and Deutschlands 1'and |plant on November 30 last, after five 0 Go to Scof burn through so I could get out. All Qisfigured as to make them utterly|cident in peace times was twenty-|IL 7 months' operation, and after It had Field. the time I was afraid that the big gas| Albert Sloras, who was in the ob-[CISRERESE H5 10 GRS Lore acking | eight, the toll of the-explosion of the | The Germans lost sixty-six of the|turned out approximately 2000/ = ; envelope behind us would explode. “As | server's pit on top of the bag, said: “I|arms and legs, some were headless,’German Zeppelln L-2 over the|eighty-three dirigibles sent out dur-|cubic feet of the product. ';rx s is 8| BELLVILLE, I, February 22— ! | f happened, the fire reached the fab- | pare 2 B0 B O D rom the _ack and | others. torn and burned so terribly | Johannisthal -aerodrome on October |ing the war, thirty-four of them be. | little more than enough to fill &1 BA21 o) G, C. Hall, commander of the fiy- «| ric before the big explosion. If it had lide 4 T tried t back | that extreme care had to be taken in |17, 1913. = z ing accounted for by the allies, and | velope the size of the Roma, ing field at Scott Field, i not, I could never have gotten out [start to slide down. 0 g0 handling them. Some of the other airship accidents | the remaining thirty-two wrecked. |said. e 0 eld, near here, alive. I saw one man try a jump. T|down inside, but then I decided to come B Semper Crasned B e —— P TR 4 ot sliowing the plant | said the Roma had been scheduled to don’t know who he was or if he made | 5t forward again. By that time we o cloi e R epresentative | arrive at Scott Field in the near fu- @ safe landing. We hit right after| . Many people went from here to the TRAG DY DEPRIVES AlR gas_more expensive, Repi An overheated furnace : it the ground, and I was thrown out oo . xplained, as the employes |ture. A hangar costing $1,000,000 is A 5 e R o e e veina: tai Witasssed. the 2 EXPERTS | | D itions dirmen: | |smne T2 code v i mis st b e T TR al oge! . 3 el at is Iin Both ?ie,:lenb;fi: :mgaglaljfien:g:;: shock. finding of many bodies, some of them SERVICE OF TWO EXPERTS Recall Involuntary e he Zsserted, the helium is pass- | Roma on its trial trip from Langley ol conidifiph dheit e spoke of the gallan 3 he in-| Maj. J. D. Reardon, who was in the|taken out while the great ship was R Distress Si; ing through with the natural gas and [ Field to Washington, D. C, two 2 remained at their posts. Untll the In° o) cabin at the time of the accident, | still burning. Describing their ex- OnLey can never e recovered. months ago and believed the aircrare| CoMme overheated. Let our '“"'1“ ‘l‘“lf”s - the said that the work of the officers in some of the witnesses()gj. Thornell and Capt. Mabry Sepesuiifion of ;heod air ey It the helium is to be recof®red so|at that time to be perfectly safe. skill check your heater’s ‘wheels Atuck. charge was excellent. “Lieut. Burt and that they had to choke k fce was evidenced today whem | | st all lighter-than-air craft can be| Comstruction of the hangar has| hunger for coal and ex- Often Sailed With Tilt. Capt. Mabry were at their wheels,” the , declared the scene to have| Among Most Progressive Officers O e e e flled, the plant must be operated con- [ been under way for several months. and its ability to comfort. One of the survivors said_that the | major said, “the ship gave a duck and | been one of the greatest horror. , on her flight to Washington. | |tinuously. He pointed out that it|The large building, designed to house ave us inspect your heater Roma often sailed with a little tilt|I saw Lieut. Burt pull with all his|Soldiers and officers at the Army basé in Army Aviation. arrived with her colors up-" [ | ORONSY e months' operation to { smaller dirlgibles in addition to the ¥ _and that he paid little attention to|might on the elevation lever. He yelled [ who witnessed the disaster saw 8ev- ended, iying, without knowl- get enough of the product to fill the | Roma, is to be completed about Aug- and radiators. A O it ot the tail of the ship |out, 'She won't respond!” and then, ‘Cut [ Sa] members of the crew leap from| By the deaths of Maj. John G.| | cdie of the crew, the algnal of | | Roma alore, and a longer time to dll} ust 1 mext. til he heard a man yell that the|the motors!" One by one I heard the|the doomed machine while it was still = distress. | |the envelope such as the ZR-2 carried. O e R, I \ :r'-latt refused to respond to the helm. [ motors shut off and ther we struck. If [ high in the alr. One of these who Thornell and Capt. Dale Mabry In the The fiag halyard which kept .} B. l'IEATlNG ‘One of the mechanics in the crew of [the motors had not been shut off we |jumped had a parachute, but it failed | Roma wreck the Army air service is the colors in an upright posi- ; SEA SCHOOL GIVEN UP. lggs 0. the Roma who was rescued shortly would have hit the ground muchharder.” | to open. e, landed on 2 concrete | geprived of two of dts experts on w:: ::::m :::dte:. ;':,'fl.' (as ROMA’S FATAL FLIGHT g L e i e LA ot pavement and was crushed. it ¢! accoraing tolofs : - = Relial Over T CES. SPECIAL NOTICES. In the local morgue the thirty-four | ghter-than-air craft, & er halyard, thereby "inverting Many Trained Sailors Found tc|w. E. Gottlieb H. E. Hunt: SPECIAL NOTK SRR o e N s s S e FIRST WITH LIBERTYS! . : soier B %, Tagares ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I WILL X0T | SORR0FDATID, Cal., Fiborary oth aad many, among whom were & smatter- | rhe blow of their deaths will be LR T Be Out of Employment. be responsible for any debts made otber les March 3rd, Reduced rates and:in& of Army officers and men, seek- | overely felt in the personnel of the| | B el LT A 8 (G R S SO 1 SO R comea M et bl SRR o | | e Lot 2 | [ Dance Sad Deen Gteen Mondey Tn S0 BT I, oA S 917 S . ek — A = = -air PLUMBERS _OF LOCAL No. &~ U. A sible. ’v’vfi“&:cu:‘uln&sfl only after years of | | hills mear Bolling Field, but it Celebration of Trip With |for training former service men for Mecting of Wedneoday, Eebronry 22, postponcd Like Death Masks. study and experience, and they cannot | | was ascertained jater that the AT Ao B et tha Ainsilcan tisichant miesine has Jezal holigay. WM. B_HUNTER. 22 x These masks of -men for the most b easily replaced, = _ .\ o yigy| [ involuntarily because of the J o been indefinitely postponed, the Vet- WANTED TG BRING A VO Ponadeiphia. | Ges. W. Liakine, V. Erec. James' Moesis DALt 12y encrusted within 4 charcos!| jocall sont to bring the Roma to| | BAFUAS of the upper halyard. HAMPTON, V. February 22—The|erans' Bureau sanounced today. BMITH'S TRANSFER AND STORAGE C Woodward, Bec.; B. B Claughton, Treas. shell of blaokened fee K eaaora” | this country and were considered as Romes et 3oty metaliation of | Investigation has disclosed, officials TALTO GIFT SHOP, 715 9th ST. N. GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS FOR RENT: :lflug th?r naedmommr;‘ho o ‘u:'er“ among tite most progressive, officers CRACK P“- T ;Ag":y mo:n':_ : I‘r‘l Dlace of the Italian |#aid, that €o many trained seamen Bl wselut, articles. greeting carde, o8 taken In as part payment on Vitrslaa | 100 NiCT" Vhat death had come to | i Army aviation. el WELCH CRAC OT. ety ot os I e O fmimenas | 76 now out of employment that it We are unexcelled in paint- s T Nend celertns o Berson plangs. o Eruaich & Back | LU0 lnstantaneously. One body, the | Ml Thornell was & Batie of Toxs ShEhip. when_she was purchased by | would not be advisable at this time Sg PAPERAREIE Rl N SISITING STENOGRAPHER WILL BRING| AMF'T AGQTT' = | lorg lithe one ol an athiele: 1oy, o8 vag graduated from West Point with | Survivor of Roma An Air Expert|the Unlted States Army from ithe jtoj tralu former gervine mmen for che oliiediog.| Hathagastion typewriter to your office or lome: rates per 8 oo Z the class of 1910. He served with foipation h ! possibility of their finding berths on guaranteed. Doue... Address Box 21-H. Star office. 25 trappings of a parachute hung in 36th Infantry as a first lleuten- in Several Lines. ment of anticipation when the great. X = Spring days seem to have arrived; to the shoul- | the 5t : i dirigible rose from in front of her|leaving the government institution. TLadics Instructed FTEE. 1 orpiRa for the big ralus. Call us up. | Gers. yot the features, with their hol- pant 1o 106 and Jater B ey 1353, _First Lieut Clarence R. Welch of i Tangiay Fleld_ on Mon: Geo. Plitt Co., Inc 21 st You can make our hat in the latest style low ‘eyes, their relaxed cheeks, their | tain, of Infantry. 'n JAREEY. (0I5 popillion, Neb, who was among the|day night there had been s dance, €0. oy Main 4224-5 gor %he “hare cont of aterials. ‘We guaraniee| JOORICT AT) Roofor, 116 F st. nw. {grimly set mouth, suggested strange- | he became g S given in honor of the regular crew! LIVED IN WASHINGTON. the resnit. Classes daily, 11 am. 1o 3 p.m. Company. Phone Main 14. 1‘ those few authentic death masks|Corps and since had been actiVely | survivors of the airthip, is recognized | 8/Veh " 0na® i celebration of her gt dd ol . Zatest style lat s, Sona wi sopoiies. at| Distinctive Prin | Ly o e hich may. be meen. in | dentified with the Army air service. |a5 ne of the crack pllots of the |fight with ail American equipment, 7 o iy T prices. . flats' made to ting O heer i two or three American mu- | Capt W. W. Vautemeler, who was|army. He s a fifst-<class captive|which was to be embarked upon as|McNair, Roma Survivor, Employed 1010 F ST. & e¥ c Spacialty He served first in the Coast Attl-} ‘g was taking a course of study Walter A. - McNali {IPS, EXPENSES. ow lery Corps, receiving his commission|,, jighter-than-air craft and was in £, 5 twonty -one Florhda, by :‘nl-fa.“gsdugn;, S ets0. The National Capital Press HAD ONE NARR ESCAPE. as .aplt-'lnr |llll .t :l:gfl‘r;gngt l}:’zfl' n.Ag the f“m taking part of his cours ,HELPED PACK ROMA. year] o::z. o ::: :::m::r}:“{?-a xl Boston, by boat or auto, 7 days, 12101213 D — year" latel cthe} ™ = . 5 a : uda, 10 davs, $128.80: The St l-'é' Capt. Watts, Lost i Roma Wreck, | aviation section of the Signal Corpa‘ TIONED AT OMAHA Maj. Thornell One of Three Who | 175 o 1ren cmoloras ot the purasy 3 500 Bond building, 14th and New York a hop = . e T TR STA . of standards, in the airplane instru. = Busi c)—m_ 2y W. STOKES SAMMONS. in . Thrilling Descent Last Spring. EXPLODED IN AIR. h F Went to Italy. ment departinent, and.was at Lang. "y akrays,quoting Low Cash| o SO IMBSL g | cope eomes b, Meea ot e, s a3, John D. Baasdon Wa Listed | DES MOINES Tows, Febenary 25| 2, . 05,8 5 PR € vays ,quotin & . who was lost in . ; . John G. Thornel oma disaster g Prices S T WORK, WALL| Get Our Prices on Factory- [ih% fioms yesterday. thought ke had|Oficer Says’ Conthet With Wire| as Washington Man. victim, was the gon of District Judge | "“Fo Is & native of Houshton, Mich : o RD, 3 ___Made Window Shades lost M oo dork 1 & captive balloon Caused Blast. Maj, John D. Reardon, ‘whose ad-|A. B. Thornsll of Fremont county.|and the son of President F. H. M BOARD, etc. - Us ed F. O Ross Field, Calif. - v b dress was given by the Army air|He was one’of three United States|Nair of Michigan College of Mines. nrival acilities w escape at that| NEWPORT NEWS, Va, February < Army officers who went to Italy to|No relatives live here. Geo. M. Barker Co., In‘:l'.“ 2 For. producing 100% R e e ath or serious Injury when | 22— Lieut: Burt, who rushed, back to| SeEvice ns,of this"Clty: b Sa8 Jearhed | supervise the packing of the ship| During his stay here, voung Mco G0 N X aves 197 b TL M. s0m CbE s ot Wiom paicep, |he cable securing the captive bal-|1angley Field yesterdsy despite serl-| for several months being stationad [Sicn I£ Was purchased by fne United [Rate 1ived w'o Sl ectrical— loon to the enrth parted while &€ an | oug injuries sustained when the Roma |at Omahe, Neb., until January of this 4 e We Do It.” BVRON S ADAM S, Farwrans, | Fhs as vilve go the captve bal |1, 708 SN by DM Lohls| 0 Sontusany o Eanciey Pl = 1¢ ‘was con! P Iy e Do BYRON S. ADAMS, I3 |joon’ b2 “immediacely, Soense by | S e s ol SCIENCE TALKS z L apt. Wa u ship was doing nicely until she | disaster. Special N°§‘°,el_ e . Cushions for Church, |nave Dicn taken in sumclent time to "m"m"'n:x'".nflfzflzfl“mm;" o dise ARSREor SO A e 5 2 1 sai 2 fTo_All Owners of Theaters, -HoMsoR Roaz. We make all iaan | BSVoRl jivward to” an aititude: of (20,008 200k Dlace tn the ir, ne saic: | RITES FOR A. L. CHENEY celebrated scientist ref: to codliver oil said that Hotels and Public Halls. s Factory, somroximately 15,000 feot When it X Fhe flight of the Roma was'the feat Pl D2y *| Nature had given the world a ready-made food”. 610 B st. n. Main had reache! lofficial ‘test of I D erty . - We ot g e el BLECTRIC WIRING | s Boitttus Saiise ot e et e G 0 ik rviows WEL B Skt vt Mekibos ’ ; emergency cal J 3 S % 2 v ) ‘ Col. 8883, mh22e * | valve and the escape.of the gas.al- R e Church Tomorrow. _ SPEEDY DELIVERY rm_to .the | Tevsst prices scend. 5 ; : ' g o rectriesl| . ROOF TROUBLES st : ol e et e R el o il mo ime e mn; 3 regulations of the _Ele_ctflcal Pl h Tt h < 1;:3 ‘::-e:t-az’_}m- So: sesely, t?g‘?t‘ a NEW GAS BAG SOUGHT '”:u:: at;-rw s h e A You will lose no uLne in "mi * Engineer of the District Of | ffeatag ana Bootins Berie v — 0 %] oalized the impossibility of & safé : 'ATED ROMA p 1y M ! called-for delays in the arriva « : 2 F - street nosthwest, early Monday morn- f handise if you get & ‘Wash. Loan & Trast|landing and jumped off in & pgra- 3 of your mercha you g . Columbia. Grafton Sag. S0 | chute, 3 - BY ARMY AIR SERVICE ==, v be held from McKendree A 3 D be Babit of msing w40 Bag J.C. Harding & Co., e Nl Heatias and Reafing Bxverts 3 Yoars.' { d - facilitate the transfer of your . - Mthodlst Eplscopal Ctiurch tombrrow | jg richest Norwegian cod-liver oil, elaborated in a scien- i - .00} AR TER SMOKER Arrangements for the purchase |afternoon at 2 o'clock.’ Mr. Cheney was | .. “biggest packages” Give us a ! 709 12th St. N.W. f QUARTEBMAS OKER OFF | Arre oo e for the Moma | formerly. ehief of the personal tax| GHIC Mpanner, very much as Nature wraps up each glgbule |fi 7185 P ; Franklin 7694. S The smoker ofythe officers of the| were suddenly halted today fol. |office and was well known in this city. | of hytterfat,. Scott’s & t unlike 3 B & T 7 = £294 Roofs 80U Quartermaster CBrps) of the Aemy.| lowing the accident and steps will |Jor a time he was dditor of the Oyster .. -k o 8 1B no € cream 1n Co! Y, “Phone us to move” - ‘whicl tomorrow for the - * Pllot and. coun! e laf 180~ l’fl‘mihfe. ‘ 3 e e Navy Cioby hee b | Hetaken tomorray, for Ut oitn, ||Bay. Pliol snd cennied the ate fhes |ibuit many it easier than they do other fats. Rof indefinitely. postponed, .owing to the| Jtallan firm wasexpected to exe- + o published & volume on. his Scott’s Emulsion is-concentrated nourishment Mercharts’ Transf accident to the Army airship Roma. | ‘cyte. g 1 Memoirs”, of the late former . o - b ol =_———-_._=___-_ ey - ::";:“am:‘;‘": D e sty My witel mhel” keep the body strong. Give it a trial. I & stofage Co. ‘unders Mr, Cheney 2 -of ‘& new- daughters, Mrs. R. 8. Clinton bie, .aad 'Mies Mabel: C. 920922 E St. N.W.