. The Omaha Daily Bee
.VOL. 51-NO. 215.
OMAHA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1022.
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TWO CUNTS
Third Party
Is Opposed
By League
00 Nonpartisan Delegate! to
$ait Concnlion Vole to
Pick Candidates From
Regular Partici.
Victory for A. C. Towiilcy
Lincoln, Feb. 22. (Special Tele
tram.) After a short, sharp fight,
2(H) delegates to the annual conven
tion of the Nonpartisan league re
fused to endorse the third patty
movement and bowed to the advice
"f A. C. Townley, father of the
league, who in an impaioncd ad
dress thij afternoon urged the organ
iation to remain within ttie old par
tic in Nebraska,
iic rrwiuiirin, providing mr a
KF"ds o(f" policy, was presented by
BD. Keam of Broken Row, chair
In of the Nonpartisan league, who
ll'inurti ne ngncci me intra piny
jfreement at the Grand Island con
I ntion.
The K eani resolution, in addition to
calling for divorce from the third
party, provided for precinct election
of the nonpartisan dclegatej on Au
gut 25, these delegate to convene
At a county convention September
1, and there to endorse candidates
in any of the three partic they be
lieved were most sincere in support
of the league program. These en
dorsements ar to be tent to Non
partisan league headquarters at Lin-
uht.
Nieweddie Opposes Plan.
C F. Nieweddie of Madison led
the fight for third party endorse
ment, declaring that the nonpartisan
league, branded as the third party,
would escape the league odium
w hich he asserted existed.
"I'm a Townley sucker and have
$500 worth of Townley soap wrap
pers bought and paid for," John
Boclts of Merrirk county said, "and
I'm still for the league principles.
Rut I want to see these standards
carried in a new form and think en
dorsement of the third party is the
best way."
1'. F. Loomis of Elgin declared
entering a third party would be what
Wall street wanted the nonpartisan
league to do. lie declared the
American Farm Bureau federation
was born in Wall street and was one
of the methods of that famous street
to kill the league.
Busy During Recess.
On motion of Ream the resolution
was laid on the table and a two-hour
recess was announced. The "steam
roller" began working and when the
. convention opened again the rcsotu
" tion went through without a dissent
ing vote.
There wag another short fight
when in the adoption of the league
platform for the coming election
Nieweddie objected to a plank en
dorsing elimination of party circle
on all state and county officers,
eliminating the congressmen and
United States senators. '
"Wc must have Hues of distinc-,
tion." Nieweddie said.
Others declared every candidate
should run on an individual platform
and the plank was adopted. The
platform adopted which must be en
dorsed by candidates receiving the
league support follows.
Harry Lux was chosen state man
ager to succeed Jess Johnson, re
signed. Johnson told the delegates
the league had 50,000 paid up mem
bers. Warns of Trap.
For three hours Townley stood
on a chair this afternoon and 'by
ciraw'ing on a blackboard and ad
vancing one argument after anoth
er urged the Nonpartisan league to
fight clear from fusion with a third
party.
Townley declared the third party
was a trap of reactionary politicians
Jo wreck the ' Nonpartisan league
and referred to the advice of Sen
ator Hitchcock's newspaper, the
World-Herald, to nonpartisaners to
join a third party as proof.
"When newspapers like that,
sworn enemies of ' progressive
policies, offer such advice beware,"
he said. "Anything they want
you to do is to further their reac
tionary interests."
Townley admitted the Nonpartisan
league in North Dakota made a mis-
(Torn to Fax Tiro, Column One.)
League With Third Parly
at Heart, Edmisten Says
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 22. (Special
Telegram.) "At heart the league is
with the third party, was tne com
ment of J. PL Edmisten, third party
chairman, tonight, after the Non
partisan ieasrue refused to endorse
the party. Edmisteh refused to as
sign any reason why J. D. . Ream,
C. A. Sorenson and other league
members, who signed the third party
agreement at Grand Island, today
conducted a fight against the league's
endorsement of third party.
"I have not deserted my ' own
child." Sorenson said when chided
on the refusal of the league to en
dorse the third party.
Baptist Church Parsonage
at Beatrice Damaged by Fire
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 22. (Special.)
The parsonage of the First Bap
tist church, occupied by Rev. A. O.
Brovles and family, was damaged by
fire to the extent of $500. The blaze
started in an lipstairs room from an
overheated stovepipe. The loss is
covered by insurance.
Roderick Teal Dies
Roderick II. Teal, 43, died at his
home, 2512 Corby street. Tuesday
after an illness ot six months. Mr.
Teal, an engraver, has been superin
tendent at the N. C. Leary company
for the last .10 jears, . - .
Disabled War Vet
Facing Prosecution
MM
Sinn Fein
Accept New
Peace Pact
W.EMcMahon
Shortage in War
Veterans' Fund
Hooches $1,700
Con McCargcr Clears Hiimclf
of Complicity jn Misuc
of Money Confessed by
Former Commander.
Ap-cemeut Between Free State
and Republican Leaden
Sprung on Anl FlieW
Meet at 11th Hour.
Hain in Sunflower
State Vut8 the Bath
T ubs in Commission
Elections Are Postponed
h Atwlal'4 rrtoa.
Dublin, Feb. 22, With dramatic
uddrnue, a peace agreement,
reached at the eleventh hour between
free state and rcpubliiau Icadcu.
was upruiig on the Ard Fheis or
national Sinn Fein convention, to
day, and the huge gathering of dle
that any delav
illiam Larl McMahon, former
commander of the disabled war vet
erans of Omaha, who faces a charge
of misuse of $1,700 in local funds,
tried to implicate ton McCareer,
former head of the local veterans'
bureau, in his recent dilemma, it was
statedby veterans yesterday.
.Mciarger came trom at. Loins
and cleared himself. McMahon de
nied making the charge when con
fronted by McCarger, according to
reports in a meeting held at the city
Hall 1 uesday night.
Commander Clare Young an
nounced yesterday that the shortage
had been raised from $1,563 to
$1 7l1fl M ilitrA llm thaf frta.
hon raised a $50 check to $250 aftf upon the country curing t ie coining
it had gone through the bank in or
der to account for SJUO shortage.
McMahon broke his word to his
buddies even after he made his con
fession. it is charged.
"If he had kept his word, there
would have been a tendency to
ward lenicnev," an official statement
said. As it is, members of the dis
abled veterans' organization are go
ing to push prosecution. ,
Our only purpose in exposing
McMahon is to regain the confidence
of the public," Young said.
If McMahon is to stand punish
ment, his wife, a former army
nurse, will take, their two babes
with her to the home of her parents
at Brainard, Minn., to live, it was
stated last night.
Jury Finds Striker
Guilty of Kidnaping
Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 22.'
(Special.) Martin Mullancy, a re
cent packing house striker, was
found guilty by a jury here today of
kidnaping James Estes, who came
here from Lincoln during the strike,
Estes testified that he was take
across the river here by a mob led
by Mullancy, beaten and forced into
the river. Later, at Fayne, he was
again beaten and forced to board a
freight train. He then returned to
Lincoln and reported the treatment
he had received.
The jury deliberated five- hours.
Mullaney's attorney said the case
will be appealed.
Denby Prepares List of '
Ships Under Construction
, Washington, Feb. 22. Secretary
of the Navy Denby is preparing for
President Harding a detailed state
ment as to the status of work on
various warships now under con
struction, it .was announced at the
White House yesterday.
When' the president bis had an
opportunity to study this data, he
will make recommendations to con
gress as to the course he believes
should be followed with respect to
scrapping vessels which under the'
terms of the navy treaty must be
converted or destroyed.
Miners Don't Want Rail
Strike, Declares Lewis
Chicago, Feb. 22. (By A. P.)
The United Mine Workers, of Ameri
ca do not want the nation's railroad
employes to join them in a strike,
John L. Lewis, president of the
miners, said today in an address
opening the conference of leaders of
mine and railway unions. Mr. Lewis
spoke of what he termed "the com
ing strike" of miners and said his
organization wanted only the full
moral support of the carrier em
ployes. .
Maker of Alcoholic
Cigars Fined $250
' Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 22. The
"anti-Volstead smoke" or alcoholic
cigar, has made its appearance in
Santa Barbara. Its producer, A. Del
Carror, cigarmaker, paid a fine of
$250 in police court, following a plea
of guilty to the charge of - having
liquor in his possession contrary: to
law.
A brass spraying device exhibited
elicited the explanation that it was
used to saturate the tobacco leaves
with liquor before rolling and wrap
ping. The -cigar -thus treated does
not contain a "kick" it was contend
ed in defense, although it was con
ceded that jt carried a heavy-freight-ed
fragrance, - - - - .
gale, impatient
might endanger the treaty with
lireat liritain, gave its unanimous;
approval and adjourned for three
months.
The general feeling wa that in
preserving intart the party organi
sation something like a miracle bad
been worked.
The net result of the two day'
meeting of the Ard Fheis is to in
sure that no election can be held in
Ireland for the next three month.
and when it is held the msue will
not simply he for or against the
treaty nut to determine the juilg
mcnt of the Irish people on the ac
tual terms of a constitution in winch
the treaty will be embodied.
Supporters of the free state have
contended throughout that inc
treaty enables Ireland to frame for
itself a constitution eiving all the
essentials of freedom, but the repub
licans have denied this and have
quoted interpretations placed upon
the treaty in speeches by Trime
Minister Lloyd George and other
British cabinet minister.
Want Points Cleared.
All the obiections to the agree
ment raised on the floor today.
after F.amonn de Valcra had an
nounced its terms, emanated from
prominent republicans and, despite
Mr. De Valera's assurances that he
had carefully con.sjdcrcd every
noint and was quite satisfied with
Arthur Griffith's emphatic declara
tion that no election must be torced
i; n; porn. Kn, Feb. 2, Rain
here and in the water hed of the
.Nrniho fiver, (rom which the city
water supply come, waa received
with trjuitii'ir here, not only he
rau.e of i htnrlit to crop but lie.
fiue it mil wean an unlimited sup.
ply of water for Lmporia bathtub
F.nmoru hl been irtiully on a
ration .ytem as far at bath water
I went iiuf Ut milliner, with rei-
dent urped Uc'the exiting tup-
ply a friifi4llv at pottibie, At one
time a t ity ollii wl nggetec the ap
pointment of a "bath nib" inspector
to unit Kniporia hoiuci on Saturday
nightt and that no more than the
maximum allowance per bath estab
lished bv the nty water department
wan being ued. The Miggestion,
however, wat not carried out,
ltritlgc Goes Oul;
Mcrcurv Drops;
Cold Wave Duo
Omaha Hard Hit by Dirigible Crash;
10 of Dead Formerly Stationed Here
Husband of Omaha (Jirl
Killed in no Dis
as,. iu,,. Hoy
a
three months, the republicans de
cided to hold a meeting this evening
to insist upon clarifying certain
points thev considered dubious,
The point on which the repub
licans particularly demanded assur
ance was what the agreement meant
by the free state constitution to be
submitted to the electorate. Was it
merely the constitution as drafted by
the provisional government ..on its
own interpretation of the treaty, or
was it to be a tmai consiiiuuon
which the British government could
Mr. De Valera's estimate of the
effect of the agreement took the lat
ter view. However, the result was
regarded by leaders as showing there
could be no doubt that the rank and
file of both sides were overjoyed that
a division had been avoided.
Elections Now Off.
The British government's hurry to
pass an act of parliament supporting
the provisional government ana io
provide it with an elected parliament
which would replace tne uau jur
rpann and disestablish the Irish re
public,' has been rendered futile, it
was argued by those favoring the
agreement. The possibility that elec
tions could be held by British au
thority has now been negatived by
both sides, it was argued.
By the terms -of today's , agree
ment, Arthur Grifliith is as strongly
(Tarn to rmre Two, Column Two.)
McCormick Wedding
May Be Called Off
Chicago, Feb. 22. Announcement
was made yesterday that Harold F.
McCormick soon will accompany
his younger daughter, Mathilde, to
Switzerland, where she may be mar
ried to Max Oser, proprietor of
a livery stable at Zurich. If the
marriage takes place the couple will
reside in Zurich. Cablegrams from
that point yesterday said Oser had
opened negotiations for the purchase
of a villa. '
Conjecture about the age of the
Swiss horseman were definitely set
tled today as far asthe McCor
micks are concerned. It is agreed
he is 49, 31 years older than his pros
pective bride. i '
There are intimations that the
weddinz mav never take place. It
may be that Mathilde, who has been
brought up in Switzerland and has
never had an opportunity to meet
many men, young or old, may
change her mind, now that she is
mixing wfth her own people.
Man Held in Concord, N. II.,
May Be Missing Sands
Concord, N. H., Feb. 22. Chief
of Police Talbort arrested a man
here last night suspected of being
Edward F. Sands, who is wanted in
connection with the killing of Will
iam Desmond Taylor, the motion
picture director in California. The
man held here is said to fit closely
the description of Sands.
Pius Names J. J. Swint
Auxiliary Bisbop
Rome, Feb. 22. (By A. P.) Pope
Pius today announced the appoint
ment of Monsignor John T. Swint.
of Weston, W. . Va.. as auxiliary
bishop of the diocese of. Wheeling,
W. Va.
Fifi's Father Dies
Richmond, Va., Feb. 22. James
Brown Potter, father of Mrs. Fifi
Potter Stillman of New York, died
suddenly torfav at ihr linmf nf
Frank Powers, in West Hampton,
a suburb of Richmond. Mr. Potter
came here from .New York last
ugh)
UnuMjal February Showers
Benefit Nebraska Wheat
Spans of Klkliorn Bridge
Washed Out.
An cMraordinary piece of Febru
ary weather came to Omaha and a
large part ol .ohraska l uesday nigut
and ycterday. Shower accompanied
by vivid lightning and heavy thunder
boaked the ground here and else
where. The temperature was like
June, the official thermometer reg
isteiing 5 at 6 yesterday morning.
"Snow and cold w ave tonight." was
the government weather forecast.
The cold wave flag was hoisted this
morning and the temperature fell 25
degrees, reaching 24 at 10 yesterday
morning.
The rain was general throughout
the state, except west of North
n. .. .. - 11".-
i'latte, wnere mere was snow, win-,
ter wheat was greatly benefitted and
the condition of the ground was im
proved for spring plowing.
A great deal of damage was done
by rising water in the streams.
Six spans of the bridge over the
Elkhorn river at Elk City, Douglas
county, were washed out, according
to information telephoned by Oscar
Talcott, road overseer, to Lou
Adams, county engineer.
The high water following the
heavy rains, broke tip the ice and
sent it down against the piling of
the bridge.
Another bridge, over the Tlatte
river, west of Valley, was reported
yesterday to be threatened by the
water and ice.
Cold Wave in Northwest ,
Chicaco. Feb. 22. (By A. P.)
The northwest and upper Mississippi
valley today were in the grip of a
cold wave, accompanied by heavy
snow and sleet, which was seriously
hamnerine transportation and com
munication system. Upper Wiscon
sin and Minnesota were cut oft trom
all telegraphic communication with
Chicago early today and meager re
ports dntting in over crippled wires
indicated that many towns were
completely isolated. At the same
time a new record for maximum tern
perature for February 22 in Chicago
was set when the thermometer soared
to 58 degrees at 10 a. m.
Heavy Rain, in Kansas
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 22. Rain
in amounts runninu as high as an
inch in central Kansas was reported
by the government weather bureau
here.todav Rain has tallcn in the
Texas Panhandle and as far west as
Dodge City, Kan.
From southern Kansas came re
ports of high winds and damage to
crops and outbuildings.
Many of the points where it rained
had had no appreciable moisture for
three to eight months. Wheat and
live stock growers say it will be of
immeasurable value.
wV.i-
.4, per han. mote mti-
,) mcucii py i uc ocatter to
tne army airthip, Roma, than anv
other city.
l or, tit least W of thoe killed
were hUHcned at Foil Omaha with,
in the laM year and had manv
friends in the c'ty; one of the Idled
was the husband of an Omaha girt
and the family of one of the injured
live in Omaha and I'apillion.
Maj. John Tbomell, not long ago
in roniinand of Fort Omaha, is
among the dead. Hi brother,
Jowpli, i a ehemi't fur the Council
Rluftt waterworks. Maj. John
Keardon, who surereded him in
command ot Fort Omaha, is anion,"
the survivors.
Former Ft. Omaha C. O.
First Lieut. J. K. Hall, reported
among the missing, was command-',?)
in e oncer at l-ort Omaha for a few
months last year.
Capt. Allan McFarland, dead, was
at Fort Omaha before going over
.sea and was sent back here fol!ov
ing the armistice.
First Lieut. William L. Kiley,
dead, aNo had many Omaha friends,
made during his days at the army
post here.
Others of the dead who were sta
tioned at Fort Omaha in the last
year were Capt. Ddlc Mabry. Lieut.
J. C. Burns, Lieut. Wallace C. Cum
mings, Lieut. Ambrose V. Clinton,
Lieut, Harold Hi".' (missing) and
Capt. D. Dursschinidt. .
Married Omaha Girl.
Sergt. Roger C. McNally, killed,
was the soii-iu-law of Mrs. Thomas
Jones, 4f?06 Harney street. He mar
ried Miss Mabel Jones i.. 1919 and
then re-enlisted. He met he'r while
he was stationed at Fort Omaha dur
ing the war.
"On each of the 10 trips the ship
has made, he was a member of the
crew." said Mrs. Jones Tuesday.
lie was com
missioned by Gen
eral Mitchell of
Langley field to
w rite a book on
the construction
of the ship." Mc
Nally was a mem
ber ot tne crew
which brought the
Roma to the
United States
from Italy.
Mrs. Jones will
go east to be with
her daughter.
Burial of McNal
ly probably will
lL
1 'I
Maj. John Reardon, until January
16 commander of Fort Omaha, who.. Lieut. Clarence Welch of Papil
la numbered among the aurvivora. I hon, who escaped with injuries.
Woman Charged
With Fakins Bis
Jewel Robbery
$ ,v..i.A ,.ltm&
Holdup of Dinner Parly Sat
urday Night Declared a
"Frameup"' by Police
Two Men Arrested.
Two Below at Ellsworth.
Ellsworth, Neb.,' Feb.' 22. (Spe
cial Telegram.) After a decidedly
stormy day with a snow fall of about
three inches and a high northwest
wind, the thermometer early tonight
dropped to two degrees below with
strong indications for one of our.
worst winter nights this year. This
is an extreme contrast lrom the
spring weather of yesterday. Stock
in this section is now well fortified
with good shed protection and plenty
of feed so stock will not suffer.
President Authorized
. to. Revive Patents Treaty
Washington. Feb. 22. A resolu
tion authorizing President Harding
to revive the patents treaty of 1909
with Germany, which was suspended
on account of the war, was adopted
today by the senate- By the treaty s
provisions, only an order by the
president is necessary to restore the
full force of the agreement, but
President Harding asked the senate
several days auo to give its advice
and consent to such a course.
Genoa Meet Postp-roed
Rome, Feb. 22. TJS' Genoa con
ference, according to newspapers,
will open March 15 or 20 instead of
March 8 as originally announced.
The delay is said to be necessary in
order to complete preparations.
Liquor Disguised as
Grapefruit Seized
Passaic. N. L. Feb. 22. Twentv-
five thousand dollars' worth of
liquor masqueraded as crane fruit
was seized here last night by police
while it was being unloaded in the
Erie railroad vards from a freieht
car loaded in California.
There were a few cases of crane
fruit in the car. but not enough to
fool the plain clothes men, who also
seized two vans on which the cases
were being stacked.
1 he name of the consicnee was
withheld and the evidence civen to
t federal authorities.
R. C. McNally,
be in Philadelphia-.she.said,
Sergeant - McNally walked 400
miles in Alaska to enlist in the world
war in 1917. McNally was attached
to the Department of the Interior,
serving as a school teacher in Alaska
and made the long walk to Seward,
the nearest recruiting station. When
discharged at the end of the war,
he re-enlisted in the air service in
which he was keenly interested.
Son Escapes.
There w as gladness in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Welch, Papil
lion yesterday. When they read of
the disaster Tuesday they feared for
the life of their son, Lieut. Clarence
Welch. Tuesday night they received
a telegram telling them he escaped
with injuries.
Lieutenant Welch's brother, S. B.
Welch, lives here and is a Union
Pacific employe. Lieutenant Welch
was a clerk in the employ of the
Bankers' Realty company before he
entered training at Fort Omaha in
i y 1 7. .
Major Thoriicll - was a son of
Judge A. B. Thornell of Sidney, la.
He was the officer who brought the
giant airship from-Italy to America.
He was 36 years old and is survived
by his wife and small daughter. He
has three' brothers and three sisters,
all residents, of Iowa. They are:
Mrs. Ray Barnes and Mrs. Elizabeth
Adams, both of Shenadoah; Mrs.
Homer Stephens, Clarinda; Joseph
Thornell, Council Bluffs; A. V.
(Turn lo Page Tkk. Column Two.)
Bischoff Released to
Aid in Locating Assets
Chicago, Feb. 22. Steps to apply
the meager assets of Raymond J.
Bischoff, the "back o' th' yards"
Wallingford, towards payments of
Ins millions in debt to credulous in
vestors, were taken yesterday by the
Central Trust company, receiver,
which petitioned for permission to
seize all assets. Bischoff and mem
bers of his family were given until
Friday to show cause why the as
sets should not be taken.
The petition mentions cash
amounting to $4,000, first mortgage
bonds worth $14,000, an apartment
house and three automobiles, worth
perhaps an addition $75,000. This
is all in sight so tar, but the attor
ney for the trust company has hopes
of relieving assets totaling $250,000.
In order that he may assist in
salvaging as much as possible of
the wreck, Bischoff, who has been
held prisoner in a hotel for several
days, was released from custody this
afternoon.
British Budget Will
Provide Interest on Debt
London. Feb. 22.-(By A. P.)-
Twenty-five million pounds sterling
will be provided in the next budget
estimates to cover six months' inter
est on the British debt to the United
States. This announcement was
made in yesterday's parliamentary
papers.
Senate Passes Bill for
Expenses of Congress
Washington, Feb. 22. The legis
lative bill carrying $12,490,000. for
expenses of congress next year was
passed yesterday by the senate and
sent to conference. It was the third
of the regular supply measures to
get through both branches of con
tress. j. i
B.r The Auorlatni Pr.
Long Branch. N. J Feb. 22.
Mrs. Sarah II. Robertson," who Sat
urday night reported lo the police
that she had been dramatically
robbed of $50,000 worth of jewelry
at a dinner party she was giving at
her home in Deal, stood tonight
charged with faking the holdup in
order to obtain the insurance money
on her jewels.
In custodv also was John Bailey.
a Long Branch youth who was al
leged bv the police to have told
them that he had been offered $1,000
to invade Mrs. Robertson s home
and "rob" her. Samuel Gaam, a
telegraph operator, was arrested on
charges of having entered the con
spiracy and aided the supposed rob
ber. He was released on JIS.ULKJ
bail
The same , bail alo .was set for
both Mrs. Kbbertson and bailey, but
ncithfr could get any one to free
them when they faced the magistrate.
"Pistol" Only Pip Case.
Mrs. Robertson underwent a long
grilling by the police, who placed
before her their charges that the
elaborately. described pistol used by
the "bandit" . was only 'a leather
pipe case and that the bag of "jew
els" she hknded over contained only
tissue paper. She steadfastly main
tained her innocence of the two con
spiracy accusations lodged against
her. . .
Harry C. Faber of Bclmar, who
was one of the guests at the party
Saturday night, was quizzed by, the
police, who quoted him as saying
that a month ago he was approached
(Turn t Pure Two, Column Four.)
Coast Guard Cutters
on Trail of Rurrf Craft
llJLj
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BAG OF ROMA
WAS ROTTEN.
IS REPORT
Chief of Air N'niie $a lit
rMipttiiiii Indicate Tl'tfjt
rdy IHip lo Arcidi'iit to
Control..
last of mi)ii:s Alii;
taki;n mom wiuxk
31 Dead in Cranli itliin
Met Terrible Death in
Bliiin Furnace of
Hjilrogeti (las.
Noimik, Va . 1 cb. .'.'.-Complete!,
wrecked by lue and explosion, the
Koma, the world's largest semirigid
aiithip and the pride of the' Amer
ican air Krviic. lud yielded up today
the List of the dead of the disaster
which octlook it vcMcrd.iy while
maneuvering over Hampton Road
Atu rnt il Inirlinc dim invar., to
1 crash into the network of high-
power electric wires that wrought i'
destruction
Recovery of the l.tt body fixed
the toll of the disaster the greatest
horn.er rort vmaha officers killed
in the crash. Left is Lieut. J. R.
Mall, who for a period commanded
the local post. Right is Capt. Allan
McFarland. who commanded the
Ninth balloon company at Fort
last year.
Casualty List of Roma
New York, Feb. 22. Increased
liquor smuggling has caused United
States coast guard cutters to be put
on the trail of all rum craft plying
between the Bahama island and Canada,-,
Capt. Reed, commander of
the New York "base, revealed, after
he had received a radio stating that
a tug, with 2,200 cases of whisky
aboard had put into Portland, Me.,
for "repairs."
Federal officials assert they have
determined beyond a doubt that a
vessel cannot profitably haul Canada
whisky to the Bahamas for sale, and
vice versa. They have come to look
with suspicion upon all such coast
wise traders a nondescript fleet of
tugs, schooners, converted . yachts
and fishing craft and to confiscate
their cargoes upon the slightest evi
dence that they are meant for Amer
ican consumption.
When such a cargo leaves St.
Johns, N. F., or Nassau, in the Ba
hamas, word is flashed to every coast
guard station along the Atlantic, As
soon as the vessel crosses the Amer
ican three-mile limit, a coast guard
cutter trails it until it reaches port.
Rail Labor Board to Draft
Rules for Telegraphers
. Chicago, Feb. 22. Hearings on
rules to govern railroad telegraphers
were concluded today before the
United States railroad labor board,
which will draft rules covering points
on which the roads and their em
ployes have been unable to agree.
The telegraphers had no national
agreement during federal control,
separate agreements' on roads or on
a regional basis governing the men,
as was the 'case with the train serv
ice employes. . E. J. Manion. presi
dent of the Order of Railroad Tele
graphers, declared bis organization
had agreements with 21 roads at -the
present time. He filed . copies of
these agi-eements in support of 'his
argument to retain all favorable pro
visions of past practiced ' " ":
The Weather
. . Forecast. "
Thursday snow and cold wave.
Hourly Temperatures.
S . m 59 1 p. m -. .84
i. m 39 S p. m its
1 a. m M I p. m.. St
. m 4.1 4 p. m il
. m H-l ft p. m
14 a. m..... M a p. m.. ....... .30
It 1 . m... .,.,.. !
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Washington, Feb. 22. The air
service issued today a list of dead
in the Roma disaster, with home ad
dresses as follows:
Maj. John G. Thornell, Sidney, la.
Mai. Walter W. Vautsmcicr, Free
port, 111. ,
Capt. George D. Watts, Indianola,
Miss.
Capt.' Dale Mabry, Tampa. Fla. '
Capt. Allen P. McFarland, In
dianapolis. . '
Capt. Frederick J. "Durschraidt,
Derby, Conn. i
First Lieut. John R. Hall, Kings
ville. Mo. .
First, Lieut, Wallace C. Burns,
Brandon, Miss.
First Lieut. William E. Riley
acw lork.
First Lieut. Clifford Smythe, Chi'
cago.
First Lieut. Wallace C. Cummings
Springfield, Tcnn., address of wife,
400 South Ivy street, Monrovia, tal
First Lieut. Ambrose V. Clinton,
Savannah. Ga.
First Lieut. Harold K. Mine,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Corp. Irbey B. Hevron, Elwood,
Ind.
Priv. John E. Thomasson, Ben
tonsville. N. C,
Priv. Marion Hill, Newton, III.
Priv. . Gus Kinkston, Louisville,
Ky. . ,
Master Scrgt. Roger C. McNally,
Fhiadelolna.
Master Scrgt. James Murray, New
York. .......
Sergt. William J. Ryan, Brooklyn,
N. Y. .
.Staff Sergt. - Edward M. Schu-
macker, Red Bank, N. J.
Staff - Sergt. James M. Holmes,
Ashland, ,Ky.
Sergt. V. C. Hoffman, Eaton Rap
ids. Mich.
' Master Sergt. Gorby, Raymond
Citv. W. Va.
Technical Sergt. Lee M. Harris,
Langley Field, Va.
Staff Sergt. Louis Milliard, Cold
water, Kan.
Staff Sergt. Marion Z. Bcall, La
Platta, Mo.. , v
Sergt. Thomas Yarborough, Sel
ma, Ala.'
'Priv. Theron M. Blakely, 561 Scv
cnth avenue, San Francisco.
Civilians.
Walter W. Strykcr, McCook field.
Dayton, O.
, Robert J. Hanson, McCook field.
William O. Loughlin, McCook
field. . ' '
Charles' N. Schulcnbcrg, McCook
field. ' .'
T. H. ' Harriman, McCook field,
Dayton, O. . ' .
' - Survivors.
The survivors- with their-known
addresses follow: ' ;"
Charles.- W. Dworach, McCook
field, Dayton, O.
Walter A. McNair, bureau of
standards, Washington, D. C. -
Maj. -John D. Reardon, Washing
ton, D. C. .
Capt. Walter 'J. Reed, Scarsdale,
N. Y.
First Lieut. Clarence H. Welch,
Papillion, Neb. i ,
Master, Sergt. Harry .A. Chapman,
St. -Joseph, Mo. . ,
Corp. .Albert- O. Florcs,' Norfolk,
Va. . ' .. .
Sergt. -Joseph . , M. Bicdcnbach,
Akron, O.,
t . yninmred. '
Rav Hurley, McCook field, Day
ton.- O. .-, ' . . . . ...
First .Lieut. ; Byron ' T. ' Burt, jr.,
New York. . ".
Sergt . Birden T. 'Peek, 2304 La-
B a. " rr- .
layeue avenue, xerre Haute, lna,
.Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 22.-Maj.
Gen. Mason M. Patrick, head of
the army air service, made this
statement at the army base today
regarding the Roma disaster:
"From the testimony I have
beard so far it is indicated that the
disaster was due to an accident to
the controls regulating the altitude
of the Roma.
"The ship came down, striking
high tension electric wires, which
caused the tire. There was no ex.
plosion 'and no fire while the ship
was in the air."
Washington, Feb. 22. Appoint
ment of a board, beaded by Maj.
Davenport Johnson, to inquire
into the Roma disaster, was an
nounced today by the army air
service. Other members are
Majs. John II. Jouctt and Joseph
T. McNarry.
in the history of American aero--nautics
at 34 dead, 8 injured and 3
practically unhurt Of the dead, 30
had been identified, althngh- many
of the bodies of those caught in the
interior of the ship when it crashed
were burned, blackened and charred
almost b'eyond recognition
These dead included some of the
air service's most gallant officers and
men, the list containing the names
of Maj. John Thornell, commander
of the ship at her christening in
Washington last December, and
Capt. Dale Mabry, its commander,
during yesterday's ill-fated flight.
Blistered Skeleton.
Air service rien ifrom Langley
field, the home station of the craft,
began shortly after dawn today the
clearing up of the wreckage of the
warped and blistered skeleton and at
the same time preparations began
for the official inquiry. Maj. Gen.
Mason M. Patrick, cliief of the air
service, who came here by airplane
yesterday as soon as word of the
disaster was flashed to Washington,
made a personal inspection of the
wreck during the nialTt and ordered
an immediate fnvestigation.
Utticcrs at Langley field still were
at a loss to account for the mishap
that caused the ship's r;:iider to tilt -and
thereby rendered the 410-foot
(Turn to Pare Two, Column Two.)
Disaster to Be Sctbaek lo
Development of Airships
Washington, Feb. 22, The dis-
aster to the Roma and the appalling
loss ot life will be a serious setback
to development of lighter-than-air
craft in America because the nation
is deeply stirred and will not foreet.
Chairman Julius Kahn of the house
military committee declared today in
statement, iiut, he added, the of
ficers and men who perished "are but '
martyrs to the art they were en
gaged in and would not wish their
country to fall behind the progress
made , by the other nations of the
civilized world."
Nieola Declines to
Form Italian Cabinet
Rome. Feb. 22. (Bv ' A. P.)
Enrico De J'icola, president of the
Italian chamber of deputies today
declined the king's invitation to form '
new cabinet to succeed the
Bonomi ministry.
Signor De Nicola told his majesty :
e believed former Premier Orlando
would be the most likely person to
succeed in the formation of a new
government, whereupon the king
summoned Signor Orlando for a
conference this afternoon.
Portugal Political Crisis .
; Passes Without Blooshed
'Lisbon, Feb; 22. (By A. P.) The
political crisis has ended without
bloodshed. It apparently has resulted
in' the overthrow of. -the republican
guard, which had.. been carrying out
partisan propaganda ever since the
assassination of ' Premier . Sidomo
Paes in. December, ' 1918.
The government will return to the
;;;j;;jj eapital and the chamber of deputies
win meet iwiKjrrow. - . - . .
Graphophonc Company
Receivership Denied
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 22. Judge
Morris in the United States district
court late yesterday granted a dis
missal of the complaint, with costs to
the petitioners, for a receiver for
the' Columbia Grapliophone Manu
facturing company. At the same
time the court denied the applica
tion for receivership on the basis of
statements tiled by the defendants.
Aged Men Leave Almshouse
. .' 'After Rej'uvcnatio.n Movie
South Orange, N. J.. Feb. 22. Re
juvenation, a movie illustrating the
joys of boyhood, was flashel on
the screen at the Newark almshouse
here.
Today six men ranging in agfl
fro'ni' 70 to 80 were missing and
officials of the institution said they
believed they had run away into tl
hills.
