Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers this afternoon, clearing to- night; tomorrow fair, not much change in temperature. Temperatures: Highest, 83, at 2:50 y: lowest, at 5:10 am. ull report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ch secora class matter Washington. D. C €l us office, No. 29710, Enten post WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITICN ¢ Fhening Star. as fast Star’ block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as the papers are printed “From Press to Home Within the Hous” s carrier system covers Yesterday’ ’s Circulation, 92,713 WASHINGTON, D. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, —FORTY-SIX PAGES. * P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SHIP FLUTTERS DOWN | IN 3 PARTS OVER OHIO; LANSDOWNE VI(‘TIM‘ in Command er and Aldes Crushed to Death in Control Cabin. Sections Far Apart Dead and Injured lnAirshipDisaster By the Associated Pre CALDWELL, Ohio, September 3.— The following is a list of the dead the Shenandoah disaster: Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, | ville, Ohio. Lieut. Green- Comul; Louis H Austin, Tex., executive officer, Lieut. J. B. Lawrence, St. Minn., watch officer. Lieut. A. R. Hloughton, Mass., wateh officer. George C. Schnitzer, J., chief radio man. mes A. Moore, jr., ncock, Paul, Alstor Tuckerton, N. Savannah, € | aviation machinist mate, first class. RIDE ON FRA(yVlENT OF AIR GIANT | IS DE'@LRIBED BY SURVIVOR‘ Dirigible Is Caught by Dreaded “Line | Squall” and Heroic Attempts of - Crew to Lscape Fail. By the Associated Press. CALDWEEL, andoah is no more. Ohio, September 3—The giant dirigible Shen- | It went down in three pieces here early today | and killed its commander, Lieut. Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, and | 13 of the officers and men making up her crew. Other officers killed were Lieut. Comdr. Louis Hancock, Lieut. B. Lawrence, Lieut. A. R. Houghton; Lieut. (Junior Grade) \ \V. Sheppard of Washington, The airship struck a line squall—a variety of storm most feared | by airmen—shortly after 5 o’clock this morning near this Noble County village while traveling at an altitude of 3,000 feet, en route from Lakehurst, N. T.. to the West | There was no explosion. The big ship simply met winds of a strength which it was unable to combat. After encountering the storm at the high altitude the ship headed heavenward to an alti- | tude of approximately 5,000 feet, when it suddenly came down again and broke into three pieces. One piece, 450 feet or more in | length, fell in a field about 1% miles from Ava. The control | compartment, in which the commander and navigating crew were riding, fell 50 feet away, and the third section, 150 feet long, | drifted through the air like a free balloon for 12 miles, landing near Sharon, N Voble County. MOST OF DEAD IN CONTROL CABIN. Most of the dead were found in the tangled wreckage of the control cabin. where a full creéiv was on duty, attempting to ride out the buffeting winds which resulted in the “complete destruction | of the giant of the air. Ambulances and other conveyances which carried persons and ithers to the scene immediately following the accident were trans- ]l(-ltl!\" the dead and injured to nearby towns. Those who met death in the unsuccessful fight against the elements were taken to Belle Valley, while the injured were scattered in the various hospitals of the community. The story of the disaster is one of heroism of the crew, pioneers in the mtert‘\ of the dev clnpment of lighter-than-air transporta- tion. is best told by Col. 5. Hall, United States Army ob- server '\lm’\rt‘ t fated ~\np “We were tr: g west at an altitude of about 3,000 feet when we encountered a storm,” Col. Hall said in describing the accident. “By changing our course a dozen or more times we dodged it, only to encounter the line squall, which sent us to an altitude of 5,500 feet before we realized what had happened. | SAVED BY CLUTCHING GIRDER. “We opened the valves to let out gas and lowered the ship and were drawing away from the storm at a 50-mile-per-hour rate, when the storm enveloped us and broke the ship into three pieces. I e imed to Comdr. Lansdowne: ‘Every one beat it.’ When the crash came [ was on the ladder leading from the control abin to the rear portion of the ship. As I started to fall 1 clutched a girder, to which I hung suspended, finall \\\mgmg my body over it and crawling 40 or 30 feet back into the ship.” " When he reached the ship proper, Col. Hall said, he found other mbers of the crew preparing to open the valves in order to ring about a descent. Here he found Lieut. Roland G. Mayer, loading officer, and Lieut. J. B. Anderson, aerologist. The latter, Col. Hall said, had made his way to the rear on the cat walk. All three descended safely el 2 e | existence interrunted. stood about al- Ship Couldn’t Survive. | catastroph. Soon after word of the Hall said the catastrophe was | disaster reached here the local Ay:er‘ vay attributable to any de; ican Legion post sent out a guard o way actihutable 1o any datecc R o e eteans stovd watch ship s MatSe ol adviceS, | gyer the room in which the bodies the navigators of the storm | were taken. would have saved the ship, he Due to the early hour at which the Since there were no meteorological | accident occurred, there were few, if stations in the vicinity, however, these | anv who witnessed the breaking up dvices were not available of the great craft. Alarm first was At the time of the crash, Hall|(aken when the ship, reported over said, four of the six engines which | Wheeling at 1:45 a.m., was not seen propelled the air monster were gOiNg over points farther westward on her full speed. The craft simply met air hich sh a not survive. | 4" currents which she could not surviv "1, Hall volced high praise for the Radio Operator at Post. vy of the dirigible. Even| Desperate efforts were made to lo- ‘mediitely after the crash. he said, |cate her, bu tto no avail, and the last the crew behavior was remark hle word known to have come from her feh man took the situation quietly.|crew was a cryptio radio message & himself as if he were on a | picked up by the wireless operator ttempting 1o bring at Fort Hayes, Columbus, which said und in the bestjonly “I am losing my seat.” Shortly afterward word was receiv- here that T ¥ Col. in no in the warning N 1er + ali ther eight men who made the perilous ride on the portion | TR et len, | avistion chief rigger. Ralph T. Jofiray, aviation rigger, Bartholomew B. 0'Sullivan, Mass., aviation machinist class. William H. Spratle; Venic machinist mate, first class. Charles Broom, Toms River, N. J., aviation machinist mate, first class. Celestino P. Mazzu Murray Hill, , aviation machinist mate. nes W. Cuilinan, ghamton, N. aviation pilot. Lieut. E. W. Sheppard, Washington, engineer officer. Seriously injured: John F. McCarthy, Freehold, N ation chief rigger. Gunner Raymond Cole, Lima, Ohio. 105 0F DIRIGBLE 1S BLOW TO NAVY Handicap Efforts to Build Up Aviation in Omahaz, St. Nebr., Louis, Mo, Lowell, te, firs e, will Service. By the Associated Press From fragments of brought in from man Navy Department sadly sought today to plece out the story of a tragedy whose full import cannot yet be as- sessed. Coming immediately behind the disappearance in mid-Pacific of the ndval plane PN-9 No. 1, in her at- tempt to fly to Hawali, the loss of the Shenandoah cast a shadow of un- certainty over the hopes of those naval officers who have endeavored to build upon practical lines the serv- ice of naval aviation. The Shenandoah was the only mili- tary dirigible in the possession of the United States Government. She was built upon lines of safety as entirely modern, and had been a rock of solid reliance upon which air officers had built up their expecta- tions of developing comprehensively the lighter-thanair model of naval aircraft. The most sanguine of the dirigible enthusiasts conceded today information sources the that her loss would greatly handicap | them in asking Congress for further appropriations for craft of that type. One Blimp Left. Since the cruiser Los Angeles can- not ba used for military purposes, the Navy has left only one lighter. than-air ship—a non-rjgid blimp now laid up at Lakehurst, J. The Shenandoah was the first rigid | airship to be lost by the Navy. The ZF whiclr broke in over Hull, England, on August 24, 1921, with the loss of 44 lives, still was in the possession of the British, who constructed her, and been accepted by the United States when she was lost. In the case of the ZR-2 it was found that structural weaknesses were inherent in the craft due to efforts to develope one that would go faster, higher and with a greater load than the German Zeppelins. The Shenandoah was built more two along the lines of the German Zep-| pelin, but the bumps and severe eddies encountered in the storm early today subjected her also to stresses which must have developed more hitherto unsuspected inherent defect. Relief Is Rushed. Every effort was made here to rush relief to the shipwrecked crew. Aircraft at the Anacostia station, the nearest machines in the naval service to the scene of disaster, were ordered to stand ready on notice to start for Ohio, with phy- sicians, gency relief materials. Navy recruit- ing officers at interior points were given similar instructions, and the officer in charge at - ttsburgh, Pa.. was ordered to proc ! immediately to Ava. rick, chief of the called at the Navy Service headquarters, volunteer to “give everything the Army " to the sister Service. Gen. Pa said planes, doctors and any Air needed supplies the Army had would { the as soon as of the ship on which Col. Hall found himself. It drifted for the better part f a half hour and covered a dis- ance of 10 miles or more before coming to earth. {Shades of Musketeers Lead Italians News Spread Quickly | To Duels; One Fought, Others Fizzle Intense excitment prevaile’ in the mining community where the ship fell. In an almost unbelievable short time news of the disaster had spread over the entire countryside, and roads were black with automobiles carry- doctors, undertakers, officials and the morbidly curious to the points where the various portions of the ship tell Each portion of the ship .as com- pletely wrecked by the impact with the ground and early arriving souve- nir hunters were making off with hits of the bag, splinters of wood and other portions of the mechanism. A volunteer guard finally was thrown around the debris and a request wired 10 Columbus for 50 men and 3 officers for guard duty At Belle Valiey, of the dead were under direction of Lfeut. Comdr. Charles R. Rosendahl, grief prevailed. Villagers, the drab routine of thelr By the Associated Press. VIAREGGIO, Italy, September 3.—The shades of D'Artagnan and his duel-loving musketeer compan- ions seemingly are beckoning to the field of honor persons of this ordinarily peaceful town who have quarrels of a nature that require settlement through feats at arms. So strong has been the revival here of the tradition of the duel that recently within a single day one combat was successfully carried out and three other meetings were arranged, Count Visconti di Modrone and Baron di Collalto crossed sabers to settle a personal difference. the na- ture of which is shrouded in mys- tery. Titled personages seconded both men. Aldo Nadi, fencing champion of Ttaly, was master of where the bodies being assembled ” .4 ceremonies. In the first assault Viscontl’s blade slashed Collalto's right forearm. The surgeons agreed the wound was not serious and the duel proceeded. In an- other assault Collalto again felt the saber of his opponent, which opened his right elbow. This dem- onstrated to the judges Coilalto's inferiority, and the bout was stopped. Sabers were put away, the duelists embraced, animated conversation broke the previous dignified silence. Honor had been satisfied. The three other challenges which followed upon the Visconti-Collalto setto did not zet beyond the stage of argument by the various scc- onds, who amicably arranged the disputes without having their re- spective principals test the swords- manship of their opponents. accepted | had not | medicine supplies and emer- | SHENANDOAH’S LAST TRIP OVER WASHINGTO = - | giant dlnglhle. “Illl‘h met disaster today, flying above the Lincoln Memorial. ER STETTINIUS | - DIES INNEW YORK | {Morgan Partner Was Muni-| | tion Buyer for France and Britain During World War. | | | i 1 ’ By the Associated Press. ) | NEW YORK, September | |ward R. Stettinius, a partner in the banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., died at his home in Locust Valley | early today. He had been in ill health for sev- eral years. In 1923 he underwent an operation for the removal of an abdominal abscess, and in February of this year he was under treatment again at a hospital for stomach trouble. Mr. a- | was taken ill again! but it was not be- | lieved at first that his illness was | of a serious nature. Yesterday, how- | ever, it became known that his con- dition was critical. The cause of death, which occurred at 3 a.m., was | announced as embolism, a blood clot | on the brain | The offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. | were closed today. except for the | transaction of urgent routine busi ness. Stettiniu a few weeks ago, Was Buyer for Two Natios Mr. Stettinius, through his opera- tions as purchasing agent of the Brit ish and French governments for muni- | tions and materials in the United | | States prior to our entrance into the | ! war, gained the unique distinction of having performed the largest transac- tions in the history of all business. Although the exact volume of these purchases has never been revealed, it }is known that chey ran into the bil- lions of dollars He inherited his interest in business from his father, who founded one of the first insurance companies in the West in the middle of the last century. He was soon recognized as a genius and stood in the first group of leaders who practiced and conducted modern American industry. The guiding prin- ciple of his business life. as described by his associates, was the belief that a business transaction that did not benefit both parties participating in it was bad business. He was born in St. Louis in 1865 and educated at St. Louis University, with | special courses of instruction in | Fra After a_brief experience in | business at St. Louis, he moved to Chicago, where his career began. He early associated himself with the Sterling Co.. which he later reorgan. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) LS a Syrians Massacre French Garrison In Fort at Suedla By the Associated Press LONDON. September Evening News correspondent at Jerusalem says it is unofficially re- ported that the French fortress at Svedia has been captured by the rebel tribesmen and the garrison massacred French airplanes afterward de- molished the town with bombs, said the report The Recent official advices from Gen Sari French high commissioner in Syria, told of the bombing of Suedia by French airmen. It was stated at that time in official cir- cles in Paris that the citadel, or fortress, of the town still was held by the French, occupied only the residential part. LANSDOWNE HAD ORDERS TO RETURN TO SEA DUTY| Shenandoah’s Commander Was to Relinquish Big Dirigible Sep- tember 15, It Is Understood. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK. September 3.—Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, killed on Shenandoah today, is understood to have told his friends several days ago that he expected to be relieved of his command of the airship after the Mid- western trip, to return to sea duty on September 15. The order for his trans- fer to sea duty was said to have reached him about a week ago. The order for his trarsference to sea duty was received with general re- gret at Lakehurst, N. J. where Comdr. Lansdowne had taken the keenest interest in the Shenandoah. ‘The commander was said to have look- ed forward with great pleasure to the trip of the Shenandoah to the middle section of the country. MINE SWEEPER SINKS. British Vessel Hits Rock Off Van- couver—Crew Saved. VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sep-| tember 3 (#).—H. M. S. Armentieres, a mine sweeper from the Canadian naval base at Esquimalt, struck a rock and sank at noon vesterday in Pipesteam Inlet, Barkley Sound. on the west coast of Vancouver Island. All the crew reached shore sarery, but the vessel is completely sub- merged. the rebels having | the | .S. MINE CONTROL MOVE IRKS LEWIS | Union Leader Scores Pro- posal, Laid to Hammond, for Congress Action. "BS the Associated Press. { PHILADELPHIA, Anthracite miners believe the push say John Hays Hammond, | an of the United States Coal fon in 1923, is trying to give the hard coal question, would take it into the halls of Congress freight- | ed with the burden of soft coal. John L. Lewis, president of the ! United Mine Workers of America, in | dealing along this line with recent conferences between Mr. Hammond and President Coolidge at Swamp- scott, issued a statement here night which is being reread today with special care for any interlinear meanings it might contain Mr. Lewis, openly avowing a con- viction that the present anthracite suspension of 148,000 mine workers had now been brought “into the | realm of political equations,” said: “Responsibility for the talk about | | nationalization lies with Mr. John Hays Hammond, who, according | Swampscott dispatches, has been | | haunting the lawns of White Court, pestering the President to breathe life into the recommendations Hammond’s defunct coal commission “It is_Mr. Hammond, and not the United Mine Workers, who proposes that the Federal administration shall cast overboard its policy of non-inter- ference with business. It is Mr. Ham- September 3.— (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) last | to| of | FRAN[}E PICKS DEBT BOARD PERSONNEL; CAILLAUX AT HEAD TFour Senators, Four Depu- | ties and Two Bankers Named by Paris Cahinet. | FAMOUS BANKER, SIMON, ONE OF COMMISSIONERS Will Sail for U. S on September 16—“Gentlemen's Offer”” Receives } Approval of French Government. Br the Associated Pre | PARIS, September 3.—The French |cabinet today named the debt commis |sion which to to Washington |under the leadership of Finance Min |ister Caillaux. The commission will |consist of four senators, four deputies and two bankers The personnel of the commission is Senators Berengzer. C‘hapsal, Dausset and Dupuy: Deputies Auriol. Lamou |reux. Bokanowski and De Chambrun the banker, Simon (Maurice Simon is {controller of the French treasury), and |the finance ministry expert, Andre | Moreau-Neret The cabinet approved M. Caillaux's | proposed “gentlemen’s offer” to Amer- |ica and adopted his and Foreign Min- |ister Briand’s recommendations as to |the personnel of the commission is &0 Publisher in Party. | J The party, which will sail with M ‘aillaux on the liner Paris, leaving ew York September 16, includes the ou anding financial authorities |in Parliament, and M. Simon is one |of the most competent banking ex |perts in France. Paul Dupuy of the | senatorial section of the commission is |the owner of the Petit Parisien, the {most widely circulated newspaper in | France. His wife was formerly Helen | Brown, an American girl Marquis Pierre de Chambrun, in go- | ing to America with the debt commis | sion, will be, o to speak, going home | Although of French descent, he American by adoption, as Congress | has conferred American citizenship on | him along with his brothers and other desrendants of the Marquis de Lafa vette. Marquis “Coming Home.” Marquis de Chambrun lived in Wash ington in his youth. His brothers, Jacques, who is a general in the French army, commanding a_district |in Moroaco, and Charles. who is French minister to Athens, were both born in | Washington. | " Marquis de Chambrun and his next |.\'nunsz brother both were married in the United States. The marquis is one [.,r the rare persons boasting an thentic double citizenship, | the few Americans of nobie birth | a member of the sion to the United States when the first war loans were made to France. He is a member of the group of Left Republicans in the Chamber of Depu au and one of He Joffre; Viviani Prague Mission Coming. PRAGUE, ber 3 () mission plans to States the end of The Czechoslovak legation at Wash | ington _early in July informed the State Department that its government | had formally acknowledged the debt obligation to the United States. The | Czechoslovak reconstruction debt is about $80.000,000, and $11,000,000 is | due for expenses for transportation of | Czechoslovak troops from Siberia to | Czechoslovakia in 1919-20. Czechoslovakia, Septem The Czechoslovak debt ail for the United eptember. 1500 FAMILIES LEFT DESTITUTE IN FLOOD Water Racing Through El Paso i Streets as Troops Fight Torrent. By the Amoclated Fress. + PASO, Tex., September 3. —Five I hundred families in South El Paso and three suburban additions re homeless in the worst flood ex | perienced here since 1897. | is estimated at $400,000. | water ower El Paso as a result of a canal | break which occurred late last night! Infantry and Cavalry contingents from Fort Bliss are patrolling the streets and aiding in strengthening dikes. The Red Cross is providing | shelter for the homeless. Although the crest of reached here early today, expected to be maintained through- out the day. Mr | By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y., September 3.—The brain of Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gard- | ener, left to the Cornell Brain As- | sociation, arrived yesterday at the Cornell College of Medicine from the hospital in Washington, D. C., where it had been removed at her death several weeks ago. Dr. James W. Papez pronounced the organ to be an excellent specimen, normal, well proportioned and excel- Igntly preserved. The brain weighs 4 . Gardener’s Brain, Fine Specimen, To Be Compared With Professor’s 1,150 grams, exactly the same weight as that of the brain of Dr. Burt G. Wilder, Cornell scientist, which was added to the collection upon his death | last January. The two brains will be studied side | by side to prove or refute the theos in which Mrs, ested during her lifetime, that wom- an's mental capacity is potentially equal to man's. Mrs. Gardener was a member of the United States Civil Service Commis sion. Damage | is racing through streets in| the floor | the flow is | Gardener was so inter- | ‘PNHUNT FUTLE BUT RODGERS' SKILL LESSENSFEARFORS No Word Received of Lost Plane From Craft Scour- ing Pacific. SEARCH WILL CONTINUE; ONE RAY OF HOPE FOUND Gasoline Drums Capnble of Keep- ing Aircraft Afloat, in Ex- perts’ Opinion Secretary Wilbur the proposed San Fr: flight of the naval postponed indefinitely. tod: el plane ordered co-Hawali PB-1 3 naval seaplan September Search for PNO ecord-bre after overn quarters from air ! sages of Without word fear that the missi crew of four men might naval officers today had e: the field of conjecture in sur g wha happened after the plane was f down by lack of el The most favo was that the pl cessful landing 300 miles off 1:45 Tuesd area and craft by tine carch which to allay plane and its be found mes upon nc plored ble theory advanced ne had made a the ocean less than he Haw coast at drifted out of the search was beached on some and point The X withdrew from further attempts to make a non-stop flight to Honolulu from San Francisco when uncement was made here vester bandoning the projected take-off the huge P i, which was scheduled to start for Honolulu today One hundred and fifty drums of gasoline were t Lahaina. the island base, frc 1 the air forces | were under to condu he search of the area in which the big seaplane disappeared Empty gasoline tanks, ably caused the plane’s crew spair of reaching Honol their hope of rescue when s forced the p the which prob. to de became he craft by ne bu of | be on plane The air abou out of The skill of Comd in charge of th officials here to re the missing commander were still alive wou pounds water, the of the t fuel PN-9, No. ours whi weight in the wa NAVY COUNTS ON RODGERS. Officers Say Flight Chief Can Bring Crew Through Safely. HONOLULU, September 3 () Confidence of Navy officers here Comdr. John Rodgers continued shaken last night kness_su ceeded day and the Navy plane PN-0 No. 1. remained unaccounted for. ‘Comdr. John will bri through,” it was dec commander of the m praised for his re ity and courage exhibited | was in charge of the Pearl Afr Station here Aside from tha the situation brought | sudden ending. tr | of the attempted { flight from San | Harbor was not | The PN-9 Na. 1 at 2:55 p.m. Monday, Pacific time flew safely through the night Tuesday morning ran into high which held her back and forced a travagant use of gasoline to pusk Then she ran into rain ships previously stationed to protect the seaplane from seeing her. and | finally, her gasoline gone, was forcec into the ocean after she had signaled | her passing of the U. S. S. Aroostook 1,800 miles from the California coast That was about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday un Harbo personal elemen about by seaplane to Pes non-stop ancisco happy one left San Franci Silence Surrounds Plane. Rilence has surrounded the seaplane. | “From daybreak to dusk today all | available ships, of all types, joined in seeking the seaplane in an ocean a | of some hundred s re miles n eastward of the 1 nd of ai. faster ships went around in cve | ducing circles, starting with a circum ference of nearly 200 miles, reducing to one of 35 mile: Navy officers de. | clared they would not abandon hope of | rescue until “‘every drop of water in that area has been searched over.” | “When forced down the aviators had been in the air more than 23 hours, and if they were still alive last night they must have been very uncomfort | able, bobbing about in a heavy sea in an unstable craft much less comfort- | able than an open boat: probably with- | out sleep and almost without food The searching airplanes were forced ! to retire with the coming of darkness, and even the patrolling submarines slipped back to a meridian closer to the protecting islands, but the aireraft tenders and the destroyer = Farragut { continued their hunt, cutting through | the shadows with their searchlights. since Tchitcherin to Resign. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. STOCKHOLM, September 3.—The | newspaper Stockholm Tidningen has | received confirmation of the report that Georges Tchicherin is resigning as Russian minister of forsign affairs, owing to i1l health. (Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Dafly Wews Oo.)