Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1922, Page 3

BLAME R WRECK ON DVERSTRESSNG Structural Weakness Led Buckling of Girders, Probers Believe. Sufficiently Accurate in En- gineering Practice. By the Associated Press. LONDON, the dirigitle R-33—lated named tical research committee incline Teporting that the accident to that the committee is of the opin and relieving the stresses saved dirigible on that flight. It is recalled among the the Observer on August 21 when the R-38 was unexplainal delaying its final trial at Howden, clared that there were defects in | ship which had been kept secret from four to five weeks. On August 2¢, Brig. Gen. Maitland, then of the air ministry, s corresondent of the As: id to that it is the weather, and . wezt!\er alone, that is delaying mat- ters." Insufficient Strength Margin. ‘The aeronautical research commit- tee's report say has been clearl R-38 had an that apparently established that insufficient margin strength to withstand either normal directly due to bad weather; it declares that the weather at the time did not con- maneuver stresses or those tribute to the accident. Other conclusions of the committee include that during her final flight the R-33 was not excessively loaded for normal navigation; that she was r ghan previous hat the provision ntrol surfaces this considerably w British rigid ship: of special powerful c ©f a new design accentuated ‘weakness, and that in the design calculations were made due to the aero-dvnamic forces which the ship would be subjected. Consequently. the calculations the design staff, taking specific count only of forces and moveme due to the distribution of weight and pressure, f buoyancy, including gas were misleading. From evidence the behavior of the ship in the I hour preceding the accident, tinues the report, sible that the proces far short in magnitude of an act failing stress.” The committee concluded that the existing methods at present used determining the scantlings of structural members of quirements laid down at the time the war for the R-38 were drastic and imposed too severe a task the designers, and necessary calculations fully were ca branches of engineering practice. According- to the report, sign SPECTAL NOTICES. PLANS CAREFULLY DRAWN Methods of Calculating Considered i February 23.—The buc- kling of certain girders amidships of ZR-2—on - her third trial wes sig- nificant as being the first indication of the existence of dangerous stresses, 1s the opinion to ivhich the aeronau- dirigible on August 24, last, when she met with disaster with great loss of life at Hull, was due to structural ‘Weakness. The report further shows that the action of the late Flight Lieut. Pritchard in steadying the ship ' London | requirements were made, Teaders of the committee’s report that | now last, fated Press at Howden: “You know, all sorts of stories and rumors are being spread | as to why we are refusing to take chances, but I wish you would say of stresses con- is not impos- of failure was gradual and that the final breakage was the cumulative effect of a num- ber of reverses of stress, falling not the the airsHip were inaccurate for the purpose, and ¢ declared that the terms of the re- that faulty ma- terial did not contribute to the ac- cident. The structure, it asserts, was designed with great skill and the executed by methods admitted to be sufficiently accurate in other 7 the de- staff considered the aerody- namic stresses to be less important OLD-TIME ARMY COOK DOOMED AS SCIENCE CALLS FOOD EXPERTS By the Associated Press. COBLENZ, February 5—The old-time United States Army cook who specialized _on baked beans and corned “willy" and, in war times in France, became famous i1 soidier circies for his meal-time call of “come and get it.” is soon to be an individual of memory oaly, Modern progress has pashed vhe old-fashioned army cook aside, and in his place will soon apj a white-aproned chap, witih cap to raatch, skilled the arts of the up-to- Domestic feature, according o re formed plans of the American forces in Germany, as part of ths educational and vocational tral ine system inaugurated some time ago. _. school for cooks and bakers has been established 1n Coblenz. Even all the mess oflicers and en- listed men performini tha <dutics of mess sergeants have been order- ed to take a course in_iraining. This has been arranged with a view of standagdizing and improv- ing the soldiers' messes «ver which class graduated cooks will reign supreme. i—__— to in all kitchen. nce is 0 b3 the than the static stresses, although the few calculations and observa- in | {jons of pressure distributions with the la model indicated a very large re- sultant in bending movements. LONDON, February 23.—The de- signers made every effort to comply with the stringent requirements laid i loyed in the distribution 1 the stipulated performance was not ac- tually attained. When the airship was trnasferred to the air minist pearance of mili 'y he report, no marked ion the urgency, reduction that they it | now appeared lconfiistcnt with safety if the ship were driven at full speed at low heights. The committee expresses itself as satisfied that the factor of safety of the R-38 with regard to resistance of stresses was roughly half that of the R-33., BAG DECLARED FAULTY. Mechanic Doubts Safety of Rome in Letter Before Flight. DAYTON, Ohlo, February 24—Rob- ert Hanson, airplane mechanic, for- merly employed at McCook Field here, and who los§ his life in the | Roma disaster, doubted the safety of | the giant dirigible, according to a letter received by Mrs. Mary Rosen- acker, of Miamisburg, his aunt. In his letter, written Monday night and mailed Tuesday, while en route to the Ihnngar to board the ship, Hanson ; said the fabric was “in bad shape” !and that “the mechanics have to take .lhrpe trips in the Roma. ‘The letter =ay: in part: “I might { come home in this airship, but let me tell you I am not very anxious ne | to g0 that far. The fabric is in ibad shape and they can’t get a bag | from Italy until about July or Au- gust. But they are going to fly it just the same, and we mechanics have to take three trips before we go, so I hope we have good luck.” BURIAL IN ARLINGTON. Four Victims of Roma Disaster to Be Interred Here. Bodies of four victims of the air- ship ‘Roma disaster will be buried in Arlington national cemetery, to- morrow morning with the highest military honors. They will arrive here from Norfolk tomorrow morn- ing and be escortedato the cemetery by_troops from Fort Myer. Those to be buried are Maj. Walter V. Vautsmeier, Capt. Dale Mabry, Sergt. James Murray and Sergt. Lee M. Harris, all of the air service. SELD not bly de- the for the the it the of to by ac- nts o ast ual in of on GETS CANE FROM CAPITOL. Garrett Sutton Wall of Harrisbur, Pa., called at the White House vester: day and presented to President Hard- ing a walking cane made from ma- hogany taken from the old Pennsyl- valnla state capitol. The cane was silver mounted and was a personal gift from Mr. Wall to the President. SPECIAL NOTICES. re- THE WASHINGTON TITLE Company. —Pursuant to a resolution of Board of Directors, 13th st. n. , 1922, at 3:30 et R} consideration & The Washington Title Insurance Company, Company, INSURANCE a meeting of the stock- holders of The Weshington Title Insurance Company will be leld at the office of the com- on the 17th day of ock p.m., to take into proposed working agreement between The District Title Insurance Company, The Lawyers' ‘Title and Guaranty Insurance in regard to the business of said companies, and for such other business as may roperly be presented—E. L. SCHMIDT, H. | K7 PRADLEY DAVIDSON, W. V. COX. GEO, W. 2 LINK! H. G GEORGE F. Are born, HANE, B. F. GE! 0°Ce OR, Spend rm-u-lrd of our lives, Directors. Attest: A. H. LAWSON, Secretary. and_findlly die, “Neven e Hez .‘leu;:m‘.:::; o Ef:y‘ ebairs {Ree lks o) Centennial o Ren s altimore, Philadelphia FLOORS CLEANED AND WAXED BY electric machine. R. B. NASH. 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Our business is to make leaky SOUND. . Roofs R. K. FERGUSON, Inc.. 1114 9th St. Phone North 251.283, of after the disap- | says | of | although it | ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE |OF "NEED. FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS "IN THE NATJONAL CAPITAL. Wisconxin which furnixh FOUR MORE FIRMS FACE BANKRUPTCY Involuntary Petitions Filed Against New York Brokers. One House Suspended. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—Finan- cial storms in speculative Wall street which swept the brokerage firm of Kardos & Burke into bankruptcy hit fcur more houses yesterday. Involuntary petitions in bankruptcy were filed in federal court against: S. S. Ruskay & Co., liabilities esti- mated at $2,500,000 and assets at §1,- 500,000, J. W. Ball & Co., liabilities estimated at $150,000 and assets at $10,000. Rodney & Co., liabilities and assets not given. The New York Curb Market an- nounced the suspension of Rasmussen & Co. for alleged failure to meet its engagements. A steady :stream of failures for the last month let District Attorney Ban- ton to start an investigation of alleged last month, led District Attorney Ban- Of thirty odd firms gone bankrupt since the first of the year, twelve have been found by grand juries to war- rant indictments. Nineteen persons are under indictment. Complainants against the Ruskay firm presented claims of $11,000, which they declared the firm was un- able to pay. The firm has branches in leveland, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Bridgeport, St. Louis, Boston and_Chicago. » James W. Ball & Co. was one of the best known firms of betting commis- sioners in_the financial district, hand- ling hundreds of large wagers on sport events and elections. Petitioners against Rodney & Co. presented claims of $2,420. Rasmussen & Co. filed assign- ment for the benefit of creditors late- ly, naming George A. McLoughlin as assignee. ) Later three creditors with claims aggregating less than $500 filed a pe- tition in bankruptcy against Rasmus- sen & Co., alleging the firm's action in making an assignment was an act of bankruptey. Thefts by an employe of the bank- rupt firm of E. W. Dier & Co., one of the first brokerage companies to crash, contributed tolthat company's difficulties, it was téStified today at a receiver's hearing, Willlam C. Briggs, manager of the firm's 5th avenue branch, declared the branch cashier and confessed he misappro- priated about $7,000. Application for an order to include in the bankruptcy proceedings Jay A. Greenwald, said to have withdrawn as a partner in the firm of Kardos & Burke last week, will be made today, the recelver indicated. Greenwald was said to have with- drawn without the consent of his partners. In an attempt to stave off the im- pending disaster, Mr. Burke, his at- torney declared, had invested $20,000 in the last two weeks and somé of his friends added $200,000 to the firm's resources, but this had been dissipated by withdrawals. Another brokerage firm, that of Higgins & Dias, was named in a peti- tion in bankruptcy filed by creditors with_small_claims. No estimate of the firm's labilities and assets ap- peared in the petition. Bernard J. Higgins and Samuel H. Dias are its members. DINE AT CITY CLUB. Protective Association Also In- itiates Many Candidates. A large class of candidates was in- itiated into Washington Assembly, No. 51, Artisans’ Order of Mutual Protection, last night at the City Club. The initia- followed the first annual banquet (‘rlfm:heongganltatlon. which was held in the banquet hall of the club. The ban- quet hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion with evergreens and potted Pl The program of entertainment in- cluded l‘)n.)cll and instrumental muslc; furnished by members of the Artisans’ Orchestra. Addresses were made by W. F. Voorhees, past most excellent ‘master artisan; Victor Ridenour, most excellent master artisan, and District Deputy Parkery all of Philadelphia. Larry Drennen, chairman of.the affair, responded. CADET CORPS TO MEET. A special meeting' of the Corcoran Cadl!pcorpl Veteran Associatlio; 1 fon ws‘ be held tonight at 8 o'clock, accordi to announcement aade by Maj. C. Eu. gene Edwards, of the organi. zations. . Details of the annual juet to be given at theé Franklin Hotel, Sat- urday, March 4, be discussed and other matters pertinent to the associa- tion will be taken up. A dance and package party will be given by Fidelity Chapter, O. E. 8. Masonic Temple tonight at o’clo MIRE STALLS AUTOS ON STREETS LINED BY FINE RESIDENCES (Continued from First Page.) it out. This put a heavy additional expense on the operation of the water department. Alton place is in a newly bullt u section and the street is a continu: tion of ruts and mire. Just half a square away is 40th street, the serious condition of which becomes apparent on crossing the car tracks.and going in an easterly di- rection. Evidence of automobiles having been mired there in the deep rute would easily bring a decision not to try to negotiate it. ‘Wisconsin avenue, whiie hard- surfaced, also is full of ruts and bumps down to Massachusetts ave- nue. No_ provision has been made for resurfacing it. Cutting through Cathedral avenue just north of the cathedral, The Star's representative stopped on 28th .street between Ca- thedral avenue and Woodley road. ‘The Commissioners had recommend- | ed the appropriation of $16,500 for paving this street, which lies just north of the Wardman Park Hotel. It was cut out in the bufeau of the budget. Both sides of the street are lined with fine houses, but no trav- eler who thinks anything of his car would try to negotiate it. Cars Stalled Many Hours. While The Star man was looking at the street a resident of one of the houses volunteered the informa- tion that automobiles ‘are stalled theré at night for mapy hours, the drivers apparently getting mired be- fore they realized the condition of the street. Connecticut avenue, norfh of the bureau of standards, is badly cut up. It is one of the feeder highways for people coming into and going out of the District. While it is a hard sur- face, it Is in a bad state of repair. New building operations going on in that section require the use of many heavy trucks, which only serve to make the holes in the streets larger and deeper. This con- dition prevails from the bridge to the District line, but the recom- mendations of the Commissioners for the improvement of a short stretch on the west side from Chappel road to Chevy Chase Circle, involving an appropriation of $58,500, was cut out by the House appropriations com- mittee. It was approved by the bu- reau of the budget. This stretch is only one side of the avenue for a distance of 1.2 miles. r— 605-607 7th St. _new suit. \ A B View of Nebraska avenue, between Alton place and Wisconsin avenue, This is a District water department truek, which had been mired for several hours at the time it was caught by The Star's cameraman. This stretch is about 300 ynrds, and it is mecessary to travel It in order to get from Alt avenue. Alton place and the streets in the section east of Wiscons! deep contrast to the fine, mewly built homes bordering the streets. i —-—-—_-‘ Where there is a persistent cough or general run-down condition, there Scott’s Emulsion is a positive help. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. EISEMAN’ Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special Put your odd coats to “use by matghing them with éur special Trousers and thereby’,s’aving ‘the ‘price -of an entire We have hundreds of pairs to choose. from, making it asys to find just ‘the pair you need. Plain or fancy blues, grays, browns, greens, tass; in-all materials, such as wor- steds, serges, cashimeres, ‘tweeds, hefringbones, etc.. And what's most interesting, these are not regular $465 “Trousers, but are usnally priced about town at $6 and $8.50. |cost of the place to the main highway om enue are just rivers of mire, SENATORS WILL GO 10 MUSCLE SHOALS Agriculture Committee Au- thorized to Investigate Pow- er Projects There. The Senate agriculture committee was authorized, under a resolution adopted today by the Senate,to go to Muscle Shoals, Ala., and investigate the power projects there which the government desires to dispose of to private interests. The resolution, by Chairman Norris of the agriculture committee, was amended in the Senate to increase the inquiry from $1.000 to $2,000. and to authorize any senator, in addition to agricultural committee members, to go to Muscle Shoals with the committee. ~Martin Denies Report. Thomas W. Margin, president of the Alabama Power Company, testifying today before the House military com- mitted, denied that the power com- {)a]ny was controlled by British capi- al. Mr. Martin's statement was made preliminary to an explanation before the committee of the option for pur- chase of the Warrior steam plant and accessories which the company claims, and which it has notified the War De- partment it would exercise in the event Henry Ford's offer for purchase and lease of the nitrate and poWer projects was accepted by Congress. Referring to the option, Mr. Martin said the government “demanded” that an agreement be written into the contract which it negotiated with the company for construction of the ‘Warrior plant, so that the contract- ing party would purchase that prop- erty “on a fair value basi after its Wwar use was ended. Mr. Martin explained that the in- itial plan of ~organization by the company was to develop it with British capital, but when the war in Europe came, in 1914, the company found itself facing a large indebted- ness, with its securities held abroad. | and a new financial plan was made. Entirely New Plan Adopted. “The English plan was subordinated by an entirely new program,” he said ‘Since 1914-1915, the company has been entirely financed by Americans.” Consideration was given to the pro- posed sale of the nitrate plant yes- Bet. F & G Sts. terday by both the War Dep: and the House military affairs com- mittee. . - Secretary Weeks received the. draft of the offer by Frederick k. Engstrum of Wilmington, N. completion of the operation of the nitrate plants under a proposed fifty-year lease. Silver and R. F. Farm Bureaus, advocated Henry Ford for a 100-year the outright purchase of the Muscle Sh WASHINGTON'S HAIR RED; FIRST PRESIDENT ALSO BAD SPELLER - CALLED By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 24— Albe Bushnell Hart, professor of gov- ernment at Harvard Universit addressing a Washington's birth- day celebration here, declared that the first President of the United gnored 'Wash- States had red hair. “Although it has been by posterity,” he declared, <ngton had red halr, covered his wig.” ‘Washingtol r said, remarking: ‘He never learned to accept the canons of spell glue der.’ elling, preferring spelling was de- < yold of embellishments, the pro- w' and window ‘win- by to flson dam rtment C March final for and The military committee hearl Gray the _projects. Bower, Washington, representative and assistant, respec- tively of the American Federatio who _enthusiastically | proposal do se and of by DRAFTING DESIGNS TRADE MARKS ARTHUR CORNELIUS Fiction Just Out For Rent—2Sc a Book G. David Pearlman 933 G St. N.W. “Any Bouk Supplied” in a2 magazine? | Fiction? Here are 7 stories by such authors as William @ Fashion? 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