The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 3, 1925, Page 1

nen at Pe a IBOEING PLANE FLIGHT IS DELAYED! | c The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington The Seattle Star Kotered as Weather Fate tonights end Frida gentle northwest winds Temperatures Max M Tides TODAY ‘ nd Class Mat office at Beattie, W eet Ty under the Act of Congress March &, or Year, by Mail, $8.00 VOL NO, 163. SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1925. oa ~ Se 2 a TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. : i ‘| i a a ’ ke a | § SHENANDOAH CRASHES! * * * * % & * * & rs | |Scenes of Giant Dirigible on Visit to the Northwest Giant Dirigible Is : es... Wrecked in Storm! s+ b + “|| Home Brew Howdy, folks! Well, it will goon be time for the boys at the copy desk to polish up the old beadiine, “Hunter Shot by Mis- take.” ae ee | When a fivver ts knocked for A ba geal by a railroad train, you seldom | Duar it asking for a return match see PRRERE Whst has become of the okt-fa-| thiened girl who wes 40 cross-eyed fle tears ran down her back when! he crted? (CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, Sept. 3.—(By U. P.)—-Whirled thru space, twisted and tossed, until she broke into pieces, the giant navy | dirigible Shenandoah hurled 14 of her crew to their deaths early today near Ava, Ohio, and then feil a total wreck. Commander Zachary Lansdowne perished with his ship. In addition to the 14 dead, two are injured and four of the crew are unaccounted for. The remainder of the crew is safe. Death List Is Given; Yakima Boy Is Saved | HE see | | ‘The new Oxford bags will be very popular among university students this year, it is predicted. Well, you OH can say this in their favor—they wil! | give plenty of room in which to hide “cribs. THE FALL HAS FELL dead in the Shenandoah inaater ax reported by the United Preas, follow Members of the crew were scattered over an area of 10 miles ( radeut Commander Zachary lias the giant airship whirled and twisted in the air, tossing them “list: Commander Louln Han: |from the cabins swung beneath the gas bag. Texan : , Men were thrown from the dirigible like shot from a gun as it Aeut Lawrence, senior |twisted and turned, plunged and dipped in the grip of the gale. watch officer, St. Pa nn. Wel cilcasty days ore com, __ dent. A. R. Houghton, wateh | Those who witnessed the disaster from the ground described xin era our sorrow Rigger Everett Patten, oma: || the Shenandoah as “spinning like a giant revolving door” before ha, Neb. | * Co ‘Tél Warmer be Tomorrow! | Machinist's Mate Charies > ay a “Someone will invent/ a way to Bpmake milk synthetically,"—Henry | Ford. |she finally broke in two. | The dirigible finally reached the ground in four pieces—scat- |tered over 10 miles. First the keel broke off and fell, one part Broom, Toma River, N. J, Pilot James W. Cullinan, Bing. hamton, N. Y. PICTURE SHOWS GIANT DIRIGIBLE Shenandoah as’ x i 4 Ri Ralph T. Jeffray, &. ® * . te Mot ot ebalc and water for years leilled fn the wreck. See ak ce" “ || away—carrying eight of the crew to the ground with it uninjured. a Meleditter got off an old one | as Machinist's Mate © 3 Without keel, the airship careened in the storm Center All Efforts on this morning. He sald a friend of his was killed recently by a flask Mazzuco, Murray Hill, N. J jeatino P. |} Machinist's Mate Bartholomea, The men leaped to safety when | : ot lighting. ih mer Gtaee’ Or elton, } 4 ra ee tga | IS TOLD BY jearth nose first and the stern drifting miles away most | A of m Font: | s aq bghinis’s Mate Witla #1 | |and landing as it was almost lost to sight. ELLEN WHEELS | | eare or 0s irm en iio site tote. de kaduved } + People up early to watch for the coming of the ig : ae Oe Raymond Cole, great air cruiser saw her spin and twist and plunge One of the great institutions of Be ‘ A “Hicker daha #2) kseaxtny, Ht callie |in the gale, as if angry, vented its whims upon the Saaten (is matrimony. Not to Navy Chief Holds Up PB-1 Flight Until reeset Ne 3, ate |Ship Hit Big Storm About| ship, tossing it as if it were but a toy. my. eut cS. vy. Sheppard vi = . . Bention eee Rescue of PN-9-1 Is Effected imu LE. W. Sheppard, Wash Midnight | Firm, a railroad telegrapher at Belle Valley, O., Ow favorite kind of pleasing civiti! ena eeeesms mae cae in ae All the missing were: scoount. || racclit | saw the dirigible spinning on its tail above him, nose eget , DA RS, San yevery effort to find ssing plane."'|| ed for this afternoon. | The inside of a first-class Francisco, Sept. 3—(By U.P.}—| Nearly 42 hours’ search of the|| ‘These included J. P. Anderson; || MEN SHOT FROM CABINS) up and helpless. onal Attempt of the seaplane PB to Ay | storm lashed Pacific today had failed | pilot Frank E, Masters, Akron, = | Girl telephone operators at Ava, O., looked out and ee & om San Francisco to Hawaii to-|to reveal a trace of the “ilo: R e ) allard A sf, Every flea firmly believes that he as wns ordered ruspended for the PNOA qnditta sy etre: ni abe, Ala pai eat ots | Hurled From Compartments | saw it only a few hundred feet from the ground Rie world. That's patriotism —The | Prism. Stanford E. Moses, flight project | the hunt continued Then, as they looked, came the final crash and | oN.6.9 the ship crashed, they sald, of. spe ‘ Be tee | |commander, here The PN-9-2, wister ship of the miss-'] riciany reporting present PLEASANT CITY, O» Sept they sent out the word that the Shenandoah was a x “Orders have been received from | ing flagplane, capsized last night in pe » f mt laced 3—By UL. P.)—The wrecked | wreck —f} LL GEE GEE, TH OFFICE Be the navy department suspending the| the bay here, after safely riding the he survivors will be | placed cntenes Fae . ‘ gas VAMP, SEZ start of the Boeing plane for the) ocean swells’ when it was forced | on the north bound Marlette i Saee Guar ditce: midaient, |The Shenandoah, which was built in 1922 at a cost of Th’ ex who says a work. ‘ present,” read Mose statement.| down Monday near the start of its || Vision passenger train ond trans. || storm sho r ¢ * leo 7 . 5 i fey girl van Hivé'an Wiaawouk || |The plane is now r but weather) flight. The craft sank in the wako|| ferred to the Panhandle division according to a survivor of the | $2,000,000, had left pee, N- J. yesiarday for a trip By hasn't priced permanent jeonditions in the Pacific are still| of passing steamers. Repairs will || at Newcomerstown for the East. || disaster, who would not have | thru the Middle West. It was her second attempt to invade }} wave intely, i unfavorable. Search for Commander | take several weeks, it was announced his name revealed, because of | the Mississippi valley, she having heen turned back by the % AT Rodgers’ plane is still progressing| Latest advices failed to shed light atrict censorship ordered by | wind storms during the summer. nal shia | vigorously.” on the fate that has befallen the Lieutenant Henley, who took Buffeted by the storm, the giant craft was blown from its course to the southeast. Another popular filling station is | Ink he lobby ot 4 \ manner f= | crew Saved When Craft Is This statement was Issued after | aviators, Moses recelved the following order ‘al officers declared the plane command after the disaster, The treacherous air currents | ‘SEATTLE MAN ON in ae |from Admiral E. B. Eberle, chief of | was of such construction that sinking | forced the nose of the craft Unable to withstand the gusts, the ship crashed, crack- Gee Gee refuses to worry Ish aval operations at Washington:|is not probable for some time, and| 4 downward, the survivor said. ing in two. bo . “! Sunk Off Vancouver Isle |» Pee te neater tee 5 ; s ; g wo. : : ; 4 i at being run down by an auto-| dons “Flight suspended for present. Use| (Turn to Page 9, Column 8) ou cone santaie Ales eal The first section shot upward, dropping the pilot cabin “let the insurance company| VICTORIA, B. c. Bent, 3 Ls, " — il 4 Sh great and the keel of the ship | Which Staaten a the SE Ge ett EN apm: Yr? axe says. “They've got|to prevent the sinking of the H. 3 S ttl M W k Lieut. Mayer Pilote @-| snapped,” he declared. Commander Lansdowne was in this cabin, e aft section, #5000 tied up in me.” ¢ pe aeentiare ceeleciey. afte ea e ourns rec y The front half of the keel | containing two cabins, flopped around, brushing trees and dropped onto the farm of Hart- ley Hickle, four miles south of here, The rear floated 10 miles and landed at Sharon, O., with eight of the crew which trees on the shore failed when the} ables snapped, it was learned here The crew, saved by a fishing) nandoah Over Home City finally crashing at Sharon, O., 12 miles distant. There were four men in the cook’s cabin and 12 in the engineer’s cabin, fa Bilas Grump, the sage of Pump- | in Hollow, says that out in his neck | © the woods the only individuals | today ha use their heads are the wood- | boat and taken to Banfield, told of} of Graceful Visitor The latter jumped near the top Tace suicide keep out ‘of Morocco? YE DIAnY (September 2.) Up hetimes, and to hat, mig there play mt bill and did take 12 pen-wiper, mighty Win It not, albeit It comt me a iy lollipops, lve it to hi belt 1 di Ul Gee Gee says heavy under- Will soon be in season, and then I all have to scratch to keep Ii the summer only lasts a few) j Se a Pets tonger, we can use our white\| DIRIGIBLE ACCIDENT || WASN'T UNEXPECTED, innel trousers for our winter dark The French are still complaining Well, why don't breakfast, thenes | Smoking © shilling elgarro, and by | to towne, where did buy « new | 4 or two, and in the afternoon home, | did ask me for 5 pence with 4 after high bt Mer extravagance will lead us to fat’ Krave, ® double pox on such a|| cane with the ill-fated Shenan- many!” And no to dinne: doah. ASS which reached the scene at daybreak. Just before the patrol ship sank the crew took to the small boats and, despite a heavy swell, reached | safety aboard the fishing boat SEC. WILBUR SAYS ‘ASHINGTON, Sept. 3,—(By W U. P)—Secretary of the Navy Wilbur today said the crash of the Shenandoah was “not unexpected The navy always ‘has ‘feared the effects on its airships of the destructive local storms prevalent at interior of the times in the United States, Wilbur said Because of thin danger, explictt orders have never been issued to commanders of naval dirigibles to make flights, such attempts Sbeing left up to the discwetion of {| the commander, and this was the Queen City last October, Thrilling the world by making the first trip across the continent, the | famous “bag” arrived in San Diego |late on the evening of October 10 She left her airdrome at Lakehurst, N. J., the morning of October 7 | The giant ship was duo to start |almost immediately from California for Seattle, but various mishaps and bad weather conditions delayed the start until October 16. The long-awaited dirigible was | greeted at Camp Lewis early on the morning of Saturday, October 18, by | crowd estimated at more thdn 15,000, ‘Tremendous cheers arose as the eager watchers gained thelr first glimpse of the huge craft the flight was postponed until Sun. day. Sunday afternoon the long watch of many thousands was rewarded. Commander Zachary Lansdowne who met his death in the tr ly Thursday, had planned to fly over Seattle before mooring at the Camp | Lewis mast A heavy fog, however, blanketed | the city, shutting off the view, so thousands of eager eyos. She floated here and there, glinting in the bright sunlight, scintillating, dazzling: seemingly so close that the children (Turn to Page 9, Column 2) a ce Good Values in Used Cars Are listed in today's Want Ad Columns, Here js a special list- ing to you, | sa | LATH STAR SEDAN, $496 This Is a remarkable bargain, Motor, || alot, upholstery, tires, all pertact and guaranteed, Has double bump: ere nd rear, mo’ tor Ipe, apare tir oth as, Bea today onny te ‘Turn to the Want who Is to you Ad Columns offering this READ THE |} and dandy car neo "STAR WANT ADS FOR THE BEST BUYS IN GOOD USED CARB. @ e | Lieut. Roland Mayer Falling with the Shenandoah when the big dirigible crashed in a storm in Ohio Thursday morning, Lieut, Roland G. Mayer, a former Seattle boy, emerged uninjured, according to advices of the navy department, | 1t was a proud moment in \life when he piloted the lover his home city on ¢ | 1924, at the time the Shenandoah visited Seattle, Eis connection with | \the airship ran continuously from the drawing of plans for her construction until she was dashed to earth in Ohio, Mayer graduated from the college of engineering, University of Wash- | (Turn to Page 9, Column §) ® y PULA ANE (Cth OF U. S. MANY IN PAST FEW YEARS AVAL disasters affecting the sea fo of the United States have been frequent for several years, Tho following list does not include small mishaps, merely the major accidents: February 26, 1921—U, 8. de- ntroyer Woolsey sunk by collision off Panama; 16 killed. March 23, 1921—U, 8. naval tug Conestog® vanished in Pacific; 48 dead duly 27, 1923—U, §, 8, Hender- son, carrying President Harding, rams destroyer Zeilin in Admiral: ty Inlet; no casualties, ptember 8, 1923—U. S, de- oyers Delphy, 8. P, Lee, Chaun. coy, Fuller, Woodbury, Nicholas and Young crash into Point Hon- da, off California const; 22 killed. Jou 12, 1924—Gun turret on U. 8°8. Mississipp! explodes dur. Ing target practice off San Pedro; 48 killed. September 8, 1925—-U. 8. dirigi- ble Shenandoah crashes at Ava, O,, in windstorm; 14 dead, Not Stop Crusade SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.—"This ‘ disaster shall not be allowed to divert the navy department from its deter- ‘mination to continue the adyance- | ment of American aeronautics,” Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of |the navy bureau of aeronautics, de- clared here today when informed of the Shenandoah tragedy. “Woe must go on, As a nation our | hearts Ko out to the families of those | men, but citizens of the United States | must not be discouraged. Such accel dents are bound to happen as we try |to find our permanent place in the | sky, ‘The men who died gave thelr lives for the advancement of j Aeronautical selence, for the furthers ance of the nation's air supremacy,” Admiral Moffett said he had not been officially notified of the trag- ody. “The accident was of such an un- usual nature that we must have a (Turn to Page 9, Column 5) From this point confusion reigned, altho the men stuck to thelr posts until it was seen there was no hope. Ropes wore lowered in a vain effort to anchor, one member of the crew said, and some men tried to slide down them to safety, One man jumped from a forward | section cabin as the half bag float- jed southeast and landed in a tree. He was seriously injured. Seven others stayed in the compartment, and of these only one was injured. They finally landed at Sharon, OFFICIAL LIST OF s | CASUALTIES GIVEN An official check up of casualties in the crash of the Shenandoah showed 14 dead, two injured, three missing and 26 known uninjured, at 11 a, m, the navy department an: nounced. Tho story of the tragedy was told by Lieut, W. L. Richardson, chief aerial photographer of the Shenan- doah, who escaped uninjured. “We wore up 8,000 feet and ¥ was in my bunk," he sald. “Wa were caught in a squall. We imme (Turn to Page 9, Column 4) Peers, [the ftaltare. id ine Shenandoah Hovered Over City Like a Phan- ware uninjared of a small hill and none were in- i tage Pet The vessel was doing patrol wo! ' e'T)raama* Cg ea eee The giant airship floundered Jured, ‘The cook’s cabin, in the : TODAY'S jon the Neda yal - Marais thd tom Craft of Dreams; Now It’s Twisted Mass around in the storm despite meantime, had dropped and no one lisiand when she struck an unchart- ——____ role he. officers was hurt. “Mr. Waffle. . le : >i peste let, Barclay . ETSC q 7 herole efforts of the 4 Waffle ed rock in Pipestem inlet, Barclay | BY H, F, KRETSCHMAN What seemed to be a huge sllver: (Turn to Page 9, Column 5) At this point the crew apparent- ; is in confer. sound, and sank within an hour. All Seattle mourns the loss of the} wrapped cigar—larger than any cigar 3 ly was trying to make the Shen- aga “ and is said to be practically unda 1 an Ohio wind storm e nea aochbid were shut off, Then a freakish up- it tomor: aged. Efforts to salvage her are al-|day, for just about all Seattle saw! The huge craft tung like a phan: NAVAL DISASTERS * ; fy path PAHO thetieleere seutlon. j 4 ready being made by the 8. S. Tees,|the giant airship when ft visited the| tom in the-sky, the focal point for Chief Says Disaster Will i 3 P nt f