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SENATORS GET |!
U.S.-GERMANY
PEACE TREATY1
Will Have Month of Recess
to Study It
Over. , \
APPEARS LIKELY
TO BE RATIFIED c
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facts nun Austria <tnu >
Hungary Also Said c
To Be Ready. d
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By ROBERT J. BEXDER. ?
Hm United States-German peace, ?
treaty, framed by the administration
as a substitute for the long:- \ h
contested Versailles pact, has been j ^
concluded. And as a result of yes- j a
erday's Initial conference between ! b
President Harding wnd Secretary '1
c
Hushes with members of the Sen- I fl
ate Foreign Relations Committee i u
on the new document, it seems s
likely to be ratified by the Senate j i
after It returns from it month's re- ( 1
cess.
By that time, too. negotiations'
between the United States and,
Hungary for a separate treaty are
expected to have been concluded and 1
Informal reports here last night
told also of he signing of the,
United States-Austrian treaty at
Vienna. Thus, within a month the i j
final establishment of tne unnea j
States on a definite basis of peace
with the ccntral powers will be
well on its way toward completion.
Explained to CeMmiltee.
The President yesterday called j
In Republican members of the Sen- I
ate Foreign Relation* Committee,
und explained the document to' ^
them. Later Senator Hughes went i<
t?> the Capitol, to explain the j d
treaty's purposes to the full com- ? '
mittee. both Republicans and Dem- s
o^rats. To the credit of their per- '1
snasive powers, initial contact of 8
these two administration leaders r
with all factions in the Senate appeared
* ? have won a rery general *
support. J
Only Senators Borah and John- j *
son, original irreconcilables, appear
to be strong doubtful factors. John-'*
son was not in Washington for J
either the President's conference or ^
Hughes' expdstlon. Borah, who c
did not attend the Harding confer- v
ence bat did attend the confereacej
with Hughes, wished to analyze the
new treaty terrah wiorc Hucuua- I
mg the documeru. } f
The peace treaty?for such ia the
document offered by the Adminlstra- j c
tton as a complete substitute for P
the Versailles pact, now definitely |r
discarded?meets the demands of the *
Irreconcilablea In that it la a separate
pact, baaed on the Porter-j1*
Know peace resolution embodying n
terms of that resolution almost
verbatim. It also appeases that ele-~i ^
inent. including Democrats, which \ t
has favored embodiment of ?.?- j ^
nomic provisions of the treaty of
Versailles.
Fellows Versailles Pact. i t
It specially stipulates that provl- 2
sions of the Versailles document 0
in which this government's interests
are Inextricably bound up, shall ^
be recognized by Germany. A fore- 1
cast is these dispatches. this protec-! a
tlon covers approximately 80 per ja
cent of the economic provisions of I"
the Versailles treaty, the exact lan- j
| ffuage of which is not repeated be- j F
ttuse of a blanket provision cover- |
Ib&T the whole.
That the pact is no protocol and. J
Bo "treaty or amuy ana commerce. . ^
s had been forecast in some quar- t
ters administration spokesmen t
made clear V is the substitute a
peace treaty, so Ion? awaited. It j,
was stated it will be submitted to i v
the Senate and German Reichstag j,
for ratification and. pending ex- 8
change ot such ratifications, the! *
status between the United State* n
and Germany will remain techm- J
rally the same. Interchange of
diplomatic representatives and the,
rrsumption of formal relations gen-j
erally must await ratification by the j ?
Senate. Commercial treaties will j r
be a matter for future negotiation, i
President Harding felt that with !
the signing of the pact, particular- j r
ly if there were a favorable re-1 r
action In the Senate to the docu-1 n
ment, the uncertainty would be re- j(
moved and there would be no need j c
of the Senate abandoning recess' n
plans in order to ratify the treaty, j
As a result the Senate and Reich-j
staff will debate the measure slmul- K
taneously after the return of Con- ( t
Kress, because the Reichstag con-11
venea September 20.
TImc to Stmdj It.
Senators. now advised of the
treaty terms, wil have a month's
opportunity to think them over^dlscusa
the prov's?ons with the folks
back home, and be ready for a decision
when they return to Washington.
Democrats Will discuss
with their leaders, both in and out
of Congress. the advisability of
making a flgrht. But, at preaent it
seems the treaty wfll pass tha Senate
without prolonged debate. The
treaty principles are broad and the
manner In which they are to be
carried into effect will be the aubject
of further deliberations In
many instances.
American ritixens hold a variety
of claims ar*lnat Germany. total!n~
several hundred million dollara.
Tbeae are chiefly for damages re
sumnfr trom ut ignmirine warfare,
and include damacen for loaaes
of vessel* and Htm. . The claims of
the Lusltania victims. which have
been In the handa of the State Department
for many montha. are
probably the principal Item.
May Rntm furmmm fum'l).
Involved alao are several hundred
million dollara worth of property of
Herman clUaens sequestered by. the
American government at the outbreak
of war. and held since as a
lever to fore this Germans to make
suitable .settlements of claims. The
?-?y will be open for the restoratnam'9os
pags three. i :
?
Senators Pine I
As Dry Fight
Filibuster On Beer Bil
Trunks Packet
V&cat
CssgrvM refMMd at aMslfkt
far thirty days.
la aplte mt 4eteraiise4 tight
by the dry forces, the Haaae
pasee* the Jalat resslatlsa pravldlag
far a recess hy a rate af
1M ta 129.
With Its trunk packed for a
nonth's vacation Congress was
ompelled to-remain oh the job far
nto the night while a filibuster
aged in full blast against the
?ampbell-Willis anti-beer bill.
A tangled legislative situation has
eve loped, the outsome of which is
ifflcult to predict. The House,
rith its chores completed, stood
y and watched the Senate tussle i
ver the anti-beer bill.
The fate of the anti-beer hill is
inges upon the conversational enurance
of the rival factions en- i
aged in the filibuster. "Wet" Sen- :
tors piled their de*ks high witi
ooks and documents and prepared
o make a nigkt of It. Tney dela
red their determination to go on
libustering until the "drys" threw
ip the sponge and agreed to a reWORK
OUT PLANS
OF CO-OPERATION
IN RUSSIA RELIEF
I
Participating C h a* i t y
Bodies Meet With
Mr. Hoover.
Plans lor co-operation of the
rarious American charity bodies,
irhich will work through the Amercan
Relief Administration in hanlling
the Russian famine situation,
vere made at a meeting of repreentatlves
of the organisations yeserday.
under the chairmanship of
lecretary Hoover, head of the Euopean
Relief Council.
The organizations represented
rere the American Friends Service
ommittee, the American Red Cross,
merican Relief Administration,
ounf Men's Christian Association
nd Toung Women's Christian Aseolation.
Knights of / Columbus.
In
LRMtica. Jewish Joint Distribution
ommltl44 >ind National Catholic
Welfare Cutmcil.
Ic??U SanHn Flmt.
Information at to the situation In I
tussia was discussed at length and
L was considered -desirable to make
lear that inasmuch as the whole
iroblem was apparently beyond the
esources of private charity, the
rork of these associations woald'in
heir initial stages be directed in
riority toward children and in
nedical supplies.
it was decided that a further
meeting of the council would be
ield as soon as representatives of
he distributing organizations had
tad an opportunity for thorough
urvey of the situation in Russia, j
n settlement of complete co-operalon
and co-ordination of the above
kssociatlons, the following mem*
randura was agreed to by all:
1. The agreement between the
imerican Relief Administration ang
he Soviet authorities at Riga is
ccepted by the associations affllited
in the European Relief Council
Ill ?! <M.U?I11CB w III uc otturuiiis 1
o this agreement.
2. The director of the American
lelief Administration In Russl*
rill assign to the American Friends
lervlce Committee, which is now
onducting relief work in Russia, a
Eeflnite district of area of distribuion
in which the Friends' commitee
shall keep their own identity J
nd work according to their ows
deals, but always under the superision
of the director of the Amer
can Relief Administration In Rusia.
pursuant to and In conformity
rith the terms of the Riga agreenent.
Seek Co-operation.
Z. The director of the American
telief Administration in Russia shall j
ppoint on his staff at headquarters 1
- . Vf?.v..i?viTcn v IU "
mutually agreed) of any of the orranixation
members of tne Euro>ean
Relief Council. In turn, the
nember organisations who may be
epresented in Russia agree to furish
such representative^. The obset
of this arrangement is to secure
omplete co-operation and co-ordiation
(among the different organrations.
I
4. Each of the distributing oranizations
is to conduct all rela- 1
ions with the Central Soviet auhoritics,
through or with the
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
Ofte Hetctli
THURSDAY MORNIN
The advertisements listed I
day's Herald will interest :
the greatest value for thei
Pa*e
C. H. Bready * Co 11
Capital Shoe Findings Co. 3, 8
ClafHn Optical Co - ?
Delta Tours S
Federal Employe /... i
J. M. Gidding * Co 5
Goldenbarg's 7
W. B. Hibba Co 11
Horning 8
Horn the Tailor 7
The Hecht Co 6
A. A. Houstnan '... 11
S. Kann Sons Co. 5
D. J. Kaufman ........... 8
C. D. Kenny Co. ...' .. 8
Lanaburgh & Bro 5
H. B. Leary, Jr 2
John A. Manry 8
Meyer's Shops f.. 2
Nat. School of Commerce . 3
, . \ ' . .
For Outings J
Blocks Recess
1 Delays Solon* With
I for Month's
ion.
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ccn without puu(e of the au'?jeM
bill.
Dtt* KtllM t* 1ft
Radical "drya" In the Houa? were
squally stubborn. They flatly re
111 ?/v nnnn tha (Unuta *a&> ...
olutlon. providing for a recess beginning
yesterday, until the 'Senate
gave its final approval to the anti- i
beer bill- There was danger from
a "dry" viewpoint, however, that if
the filibuster continue all night. I
Representatives and Senators with
their railroad tickets purchased
would quit Washington and breaU
up the quorum I nboth houses.
The Senate met two hours earlier
than usual yetserday In the hope
of cleaning up its affairs and going
home. Efforts to sidetrack the
anti-beer bill met defeat at the ir
hands of the "drys," who stead- p
fastly refused to agree to any proposition
Involving de'av on the
me-su-* Q"--f - P ' * > *- ^
souri, tpck the floor and spoke for
hours against uc ui>i. . t(
Karat Bloe Hratlve. tl
Toward evening the agricultural ol
bloc grew restive over the delay In
getting action on the conference re- 01
port on the 11.000,000,000 farm ex- n
port credit bill. They began to fear tl
that this important measure would
be caught In a legislative jam and d
that action would be held .up In- Pj
definitely. They entered Into a tem- 11
porary alliance with opponents of ?
the anti-beer bill. When the House
reported Its ratification of the report
on the credits bill. Senator
ivenyon, or lowa, movea to laice up
the measure. The motion was carried.
40 to 18.
"Wet" Senators heartily supported
the motion, regardless of
their views on the credits bill, because
they believed that with that
measure definitely passed, most of
the members from agricultural
States would lose interest In keeping
Congress on the Job. The credits
bill was then carried without debate
and without a roll call. .
Sfclp Board Bill.
In similar fashion, the -$48,500,000
Shipping Board deficiency bill was
finally enacted and sent to the
President. Senator Smoot. of Utah. *'
then moved to proceed to the confederation
of the bill to extend the ^
CONTINUED OS PAOH THREE. "
WASHINGTON MAN 1
iMflNr. vmmiK ak s
niuviiu iiviiHiuui m
AIRSHIP DISASTER .
" Jl
Two Others Among the "
Dead Formerly ?e- jl
sided Here. .?
to
O]
One resident and two former
Washington residents were victims Ul
pi
of the fatal crash of the great fl(
British-built dirigible ZR-2 ? the tk
largest In the world?which oc- ra
curred over the city of Hull, Eng- ^
l&nl. yesterday, and resulted in the pi
death of seventeen American naval
aviators, including six officers and n<
eleven enlisted men. pi
The complete list of dead as announced
by the Navy Department n<
together with their next of kin. 1* n<
as follows: r
Comdr. Louis H. Maxfleld, brother
A. C. Maxfleld. 627 Goodrich avenue, 01
St. Paul, Minn. On board and
misrtnsr. Ir
Lieut. Comdr. Valentine N. Bieg. b<
mother Mrs. F. C. Bier. 2238 Decatur cl
place. Washington. D. C., wife care
of Mrs. Ronald Barlow. Haverford. ol
Pa. Missing. m
Lieut. Comdr. Emery Coil, wlf*. ti
was with him. Missing. a
Lieut. Charles O. Little, father p
Henry B. Little. 227 High street. a,
Newberryport, Mass. Body recov- g,
ered. b.
Lieut. Marcus H. Esterly, wife I m
Mrs. M. E. Esterly, 242 Auburnlal* | c(
avenue, Youngstown, Ohio. Bodvjr,
recovered. I cj
Lieut. Henry W. Hoyt, mother i
Mrs. R. D. Hoyt, Clearwater. Pla. j al
Missing. |
F.allsted Me* Killed. t ol
The enlisted personnel follows:
Charles I. Aller, father H. L. AI- |
ler. 1200 Thirteenth street, Denver, r<
Colo. Missing. m
Maurice Lay, wife Mrs. Mabel R. tr
Lay. 400 Eugene street, Greensboro, vl
N. C. Missing. n:
A. D. Pettitt. wife Mrs Margaret *'
H. Pettitt. 326 East Thirty-fifth "
street. New York City. Missing.
Norman O. Walker, mother Mrs. "J
Mary H. Walker. Commerce, Texas. Ic
Died in hospital -ftcr being rescued. ct
Robert H. Coons, mother Mrs. p<
CONTINCEJ) ON PAGE THREE. ?
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G, AUGUST 35, 1921. l\
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>elow as appearing in to- er
ill' those who like to get to
t dollars. ?
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tl
Page pE
Chan. E. Miller. Inc 6
Alice Morgan S si
Hugh Reilly 3
Riemer & Co 11 th
Resorta ^ 8 tl<
Railroads A Steamboats ..2, 8
Seremea Motor Co 8 OI
Stag Hotel 8 th
Stetson Shoe Shop ........ 3
Stock Ex. Security Corp... 10
Swarjaell, Rheem 4 Henaey 10
The r. H. Smith Co 3 ra
Theaters A 8 si1
John H. Wllkins Co 5 *'
se
Woodward & Lothrop .... 16 (?
Washington Cadillac Co. ..8
Dr. Wright 8 di
V. M. C A 3 ad
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1'ADOO GIVES
INSIDE FACTS'
ON RAIL LOAN
Charges Administration
Badly Deceived on
Situation.
HARDING MISLED
*BOUT OBLIGATION'
loads Already Owe U. S
$1,444,000,000, He
Assorts.
The railroad* owe the governlent.
$1,444,000,000 yet " It Is proosed
to extend to them an addlonal
>600,000,000. according to
rilliam a. McAdoo.
This statement was mrde In a let>r
from the former Secretary o(
le Treasury and Director General
t Railroads to Senator A. O Staniy
(Dem.), of Kentucky, membei
t the committee Investigating the
mroaa siiuauun, who rcdu u on
le floor of the 8enate.
McAdoo declared that the "break own
of the railroads in the lattei
art of 1917 forced the government
j take control of them January
1918. In order to save the war."
Lint of Ckarrea.
He charges, briefly, that:
The $500,000,000 to be loaned
the railroads constitutes "add-,
ed investment of the t xpayers
money," an "added liability" and
an "added tax burden."
The government will have to
accept as collateral for this
"securities which In many Instances
may not be adequate to
protect the government.'*
President Harding must have
been misled Into making the
statement that the United
States is "morally and legally
bound to fund" the railroads'
debt to the Treasury.
Democratic members of the com
ilttee had sought t4 have McAdo<
jmmoned as a witness, but wer?
locked DJT ltie KepObllcans Stany
then asked him to outline hti
lews of the situation In a letter
hlch follows, in full:
My Dear Senator:
"Replying to your letter of th?
rth Instant.
"In or^er to understand the pro.
ssala of the President In Ma roesige
of July 26 on the railroad
robtem. it la >nec*ssary to ke^p in
ilnd certain fundamental facts.
'Brake Dnqf la UlT.
"The breakdown of the railroads
I the Utter part of 1(1? forced th<
rrtermnent to take control of then:
inoary 1. 181*. In order to save thi
ar. Immediate consideration had
i be given to the important probm
of providing for the customary
ddltlons and betterments.' includg
"motive power and equipment,
hlch the carriers had been obliged
i furnish each year during private
Iteration.
"These necessitated large and un
ual expenditures which had to be
rovlded for by the railroads them
'.Ives, notwithstanding the fact
lai tne government was tempoirlly
operating the properties.
"Under private control the rail>ads
procured the money for these
urposes by:
"(a) Setting aside a part of theii
st earnings, if sufficient for the
jrpose, or,
"(b) Appropriating a part of their
tt earnings and selling bonds 01
5w capital stock or both for th?
mainder, or,
(c) Selling bonds or capital strfck
p both, for the entire amount.
"The usual practice was to resort
i large measure to the sale ol
>nds (short-term obligations in*
uded) to raise the new money.
'The United States was under n<
bligation whatever to advance
oney for such capital expendilres.
In fact, the Federal control
et. approved March 21, 1918, ex
ressly retruired that in even
greement between the Unitec
tates and the railroads it should
e stipulated that 'the United States
?.?, u/ ucuuviiuiib iloni me just
>mpensation (rental to be paid?th<
lilroadp) or by other means and
targes, be reimbursed for the coal
! any additions, repairs, renewals
rid betterments to such property
ailroad property) not juatl]
largeabie to the United States.*
Best Prolti fa History.
"In pursuance of this act the di?ctor
general entered into agreeents
(known as the standard con act)
with various railroads proding
for annual rental or compenition
to the carriers equal to th<
terage of the net earnings of th?
iree best years of their history
amely, from July 1, 1914. to Jun?
>, V917. These rentals aggregated
>r all properties under Federal
>ntrol approximately $940,000.00<
er annum.
"In these contracts (section 7) \\
as expressly agreed that th?
nited States should have the rlgh
? frnm
/ ?? fv>? OUVII icniais an
nounts required to relmbursa th<
nited StKtes for the cost of iddi
ons and * etterments made thi
operty of the company not justly
largeable to t?ie United States, unss
such matters are financed or
herwlse taken care of by the commv
to the satisfaction of the dlctor
general." The director Renal
agreed, however, not to deduct
it additions and betterments lr
ich a way as to prevent the railads
from paying the fixed chargea
iey had theretofore regularly
lid.'
"After sufficient allowance fot
nch fixed charges the director genal
was free to deduct each year
om the rentals due the railroadi
ie amounts rdvanced fnr 'aAAi
&ns and betterments.' even if such
ductions should compel the railads
to reduce ->r defer dividends
i capital stock, unless, of course,
ie railroads financed such 'addions
and betterments' to his satis*
ction.
"To Relieve Fears."
"In order, however, to relieve
ilroad stockholders of apprehenon
as to how this power would b?
;ercised, the director general connted
to the following provision
ection 7-A standard contract):
" 'The pow#r to deduct the amount
ie by the company for the cost ot
Iditions and betterments not justly
r*fTOrtJW> ON FACNB TSK.
i
I LITTLE DO HUSB
RESPONSIB1
'SWINDLE BAND'S'
i LOOT NOW F1GUREE
: NEAR S50.090.00l
Seizures Startle U. S. Of
ficials ? Washington
Man Tells Story.
CHICAGO, Aug. 94.?Selsure o
19.050,000 in securities, discovery o
the hiding: place of $10,000,000 mor
in signed promissory notes, th
raiding of a safety deposit vaul
wherein many more millions ii
valuable papers are believed to b
hidden, today* startled even th
Federal officials who have bee:
delving into the frenzied flnanc
of John W. Worthington, and hi
aoie panner, v^iibi ico *? . r icuvi
Federal officials now believe th
gang's loot wil come to nearl
950.000.000.
Revelations of operations of th
swindle trust revealed these nei
developments today.
A deal by which the America
Rubber Company a mushroom con
cern backed by the gang, woul
have built a 95.000.000 plant at th
expense of the citizens of Centralli
111., was bared.
Thirty-Oae Victim. Now.
Coal mines near Carroll. 111., ste?
plants at Lorain. Ohio, Arms in Car
ada and England were discovere
to be implicated. The list of cor
j cerns either victimized by, or work
[ I ing with. French has now ri?e
from seventeen to thjrty-ona.
Some of these Arms are reputabl
concerns; some are not. Some c
[ the securities recovered are ger
uine: some are forged. TSbe line o
demarcation between them is s
light that Federal officials will nc
i know for weeks just what the
? have. ?
Securities worth $9,050,000 ol
? tained from twenty-seven firm
1 were taken from a safety deposi
' vault at Cleveland today. The rie
* curities were in the hands of Elmc
Gerber, one of French's secretaries
^ Gerber is under arrest: he ha
| confessed his share in the afTaf
I and mav vc a government witnesi
A. A. Davies, secretary of th
Ideal Tire & Rubber Company.
^ concern now in receiver1
r hands, said an agreement had bee
. h French to handle $10
000.000 worth of notes of his con
T*e n^te8 now are in th
hands of R. D. Swarf. Cleveland re"
estate man and brother of Mn
Charles W. Hawkins. arrested her
with her husband on charges e
conspira^v with ^rencb.
Another Raid la Akron.
A deputy Cnited States marshs
la?t nieht raided a safety depos'
vault in Akron, Ohio, rented b
Charles K. Strobel, Akron rea
estate man who is at liberty on $5.
000 bonds in connection with th
rase. There are believed to hav
1 been $8 000,000 worth of notes i
. the vault.
Arrest of Zebulon W. Davis, mil
' lionaire manufacturer, of Clevelan
and Canton. Ohio, was awaiting dc
livery to Col. John V. Clinfn, Arc
assistant district attorney, of $500,
000 in notes said to have bee
' slgrned by him.
Alva Hershman, confessed mam
ber of .the French organisatloi
' who is now doing everything in hi
power to trip the "wizard of fl
nance." went to Milwaukee this al
f ternoon with a secret service op
i erative to get these notes. No wor
had been rcccivcd from them u
to mtdniffbt.
ANDS KNOW ABOUT 1
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FORGOT TO L
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j- uy 1 j i
P^Lms
1st _
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1 L5AVIN(
Judges Will Meet ?(
I Tomorrow to Pick ^
.Miss Washington ^
All Photographs Will Be
- In Their Hands on Fri- Li
day Morning.
With Mir oae <"t KMalalac
, la nlilrh pk*t(*ffrapk? mmj b e
( ' aubmltted to The Hfnili by a af
plraata for the honor of be In*
j namrd -Mlaa W a?hl?*1on" the
e board of Jod*ea will meet tomor- tire
e row nomlng and be* in the 4lf- mis
t flcolt taak of aelrrtlRK the Dlan
trlet** at beautiful and attractive
daughter. A
e No picture a will he accepted $75'
e after 12 o'clock tonight and f{re
n order* to have photograph* taken
at Baehracb*a will aot be la
tied by Thf Hrraid after n< on | *
8 | today, aa they ran not he dfvH- wai
I. oped la time.
e j Every detail of the plaa far
the selection in complete. The f 31
1 Judgea will fft all of the pie- A
i tares Friday morning; aad will 000
e : Imaaedlately begin the proreaa soli
v i af elimlaatlafc all hot the more rell
prom 1*1 MK eaadldate*. Theae will Mm
n I he re^neated to appear la peraon woi
j proh hly Friday aftera*oa, or ing
d j Saturday moralafc, So that a de- noi
elslon can he nnnouaced San- ?nd
t day, to allow the fortaaate
Tonne woman safflcleat time to ^
make her arrancemeata for the bu?
trip to Atlaatlc City. _af
?] sai
I- CONTINUED O.N PAGE MSB. ^
; U.S.C. 0FC. AGA1N a
~ | the
: SLAMS CASH BONUS r;
'i! ! an
,f i Hoi
j? Three-Fourths of Soldiers
" bos
y Who Would Get It Never ??
the
J* Saw Fightinar. Is Claim.
It _ i
!* In a new attack airalnst the ?>ay- J
,r fnent of a cash bonus to former serg
^ice men. the Chamber of Commerce pai
lr of the United States estimates that it eat
s. wduM cost more to curry out the ?vc
e maximum terms of the proposed t|l<
a ?tr
g cash bonus than the government g
n has paid out in pensions during: its at
- entire existence. up<
' According: to the organization's ^*n!
* statement, the pension bill of the JJJ
s United States up to June 30, 1919, ^
e amounted to approximately $5,800.- ity
'f OM AAA. vhiia thp maximum cost of the
the proposed bonus is placed at $6,260,000,000.
This latter figure in- 1
eludes the estimated cost of carry- ^
y ?ngr eat the provisions of the bonus I the
il bill. < C
- . The statement also asserts that cro
e nearly three-fourths of the veterans ere
? who would share in a bonus saw no
fighting whatsoever, and that nearly ex[
>- one-half of them were In the service roo
d but alz months or less before the <"?
|t arralstioe. ,,
Copies of the statement have been ,W
sent to the President, members of
the Cabinet. Members of Congress,
business men in every state in the
'* onion and organizations affiliated C
' with the national chamber. wit
8 The Statement says that since the AVI'
armistice the government has al- kill
" ready expended for former service dur
men. injured and uninjured, nearly mo
d II.500,000.000. or an amount equal to ptr
P the minimum cost of the proposed tal
caah bonus. mo!
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HE CARES AND!
5y Darling.
GLAC, MO XES 1
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ILDIERS' BODIES
AVED AS FLAMES
SWEPT ARMY PIER
ner Leviathan Afire.
Barracks and Stores
Burned.
EW YORK. Au|. 24 ?Shifting of
*inu c?uy [oniK'ni navea me r 11 Hsboken
water front from what
:ht have been the most serious
flagration in its history.
s it was, damage estimated from
D.000 to $1,000,000 was caused by
f which broke out on Army Pier
5 and rapidly spread in all dilions.
at one time setting the forrd
portion of the Riant U. S. S
iathian, largest ship afloat, in
me*.
djoininp on Pier No. 4 were 5.flag
draped caskets of American
lier dfad. awaiting t ansfer to
it'ves or nearest of kin. For a
# it looked as If this pier, too,
iild be consumed, but a slackenof
the wind blew the flames
thward toward the Leviathlan
I Pier No. 6.
Coffins Rushed ? Safety.
X the height of the danger alliances
rushed the coffins to a
ety zone, surrounded by American
liers from Thirteenth Infantry
rack?.
'he army transport Wheaton.
ich has brought the soldier dead
m France was towed out into
Hudson and anchored.
io one was injured during the
> and one-half hours of fire
hting, that brougtn nut every
lilable piece of apparatus from
boken. Jersey City, and surround Hudson
County cities. Fireits
from New York lined the
ter front pumping streams into
blazing piers.
FirebMla Save Bis ftkfp.
t was feared first that the Lethan
was a total loss. From th?
nhattan side of the river th#?
nt funnels could be 6een ap ently
the central point in a
ildron of flame. Firel oats how?r,
which worked their way into
i pier slip, saved her from deuction.
to threatening was the Are that
one time soldiers were called
>n to remove the mall from the
Ited Statea po?tofTic*?, which
med directly in the path of the
nea.
ipartment dwellera in the vicinfled,
taking belonging^ with
m.
Army Store* Runiri.
*ona of army atore* on Tien 5
1 6 are a total loaa although
diera worked frantically to aave
m.
onsiderable panic attended the
wd of aightseera who had ffathd
near the Thirteenth Infantry
rracka. In which was atored a
in tity of ammunition. several
tlosions occurred. The barracks
f caved in and showered sparks
the spectators.
ob Fires 1,500 Shots
Into Body of Negro
'OI-T'MBXA, 8. C.. Aug. S4.? Ey?
rnsKi at the Irnfhlng today of
II Alien, nerro. who shot and
od Noah Krick. white farmer.
Ing a dispute over 12.5*. stated
re ttJh 1.500 bullet* were
mped Into tbe neirro. He wai
ten from a Kherlff'a posse by a
b o1 130 farmers.
44 LOSE LIVES
AS AIRSHIP ZR-2
FALLS ABLAZE
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Terrific Explosion Rends
Dirigible, Near Hall,
England.
ONE AMERICAN
AMONG RESCUED
?. /
Gen. Maitland and Com
x mander Max field
Are Killed.
(Byscial C&kb to Tte WuM??a ?M
ud VKited Iitv]
LONDON. Acs 24.?The ZR-I. the
ran tic airship co&*lmfto4 t?lr the
United States Navy, lie# fta tto
Humber River, near Hull, a ml?1
and appall lnc wreck of what vm
the creates: dirialLle the world ha*
ever yen.
Of the forty-nine off!cere and Ben
on board, only five?four Rrltiah and
one American?survive to tail tftt
tory of the mid-aJr traped y wtUch
came at the cloae of the final teat
flight before she was to sail fsr
America. Seventeen Americana, aeI
cording to %n official statement by
tne tir-iush air ministry were &Miro
the ZR-2 and of these all hat Norman
Walker, a rigrger. perished
Twelve lU4lr? rnl.
Brie Gen. *8 M Maltlaad. the
British ah marshal, and Comdr.
Ix>ui? H Maxfleld, the American of1
fleer who was to have commanded
the ZR-2 In American service, wer*
tmoni those killed.
Twelre bodies h%ve been recovered
from the shattered framework of
! twisted and welded steel the
river. Those of the sixteen American
victims wi'l be embalmed and
sent to the United Ftatea
i The cause of the accident mar
] never be known. although It 1*
claimed a steel girder buckling under
the tremendous strain impoaed
; upon it. cansed the collapae of the
! r??nt frar^e and brourht about an
* explosion which tore the hu*e aerial
I structure to pieces.
?(alenrat by Ministry.
An official comunlcati^n issued bjthe
air ministry late today says.
| "The air ministry regrets to an|
nounpe that an acident occurred
while the ZR-2 was flying over
| Hull at about 5:65 o'clock this afternoon
which led to the Alp's
I crashing into the river.
"The cause of the accident is not
Know, Knfi owinj 10 m? ltd UUt
: none of the r*yal air force per
sonnel n? stationed in the vieflnlt
t of the disaster, great difficulty
Is experienced in obtaining informstion.
Representatives of the air
ministry have been Instructed to
proceed immediately to Hull."
la Air Thirl} Heart.
For thirty hours the ZF-1 bad
sailed the air lanes above England
and the North Sea. Wireless reports
from her officers told of her
"splendid work" In the air. The
trip was coming: to an end and tb*
IZR-2 had reached s point directl>
I over the city of Hull, eagerly fol'
lowed by the eyes of thousands wfco
gathered on Victoria Pier to sec her
.maneuvers when there wag a tre
i mendous explosion, shaking the enI
tire town, sweeping pedestrian*
from their feet, crashing the plate
glass from shop windows snd sending
the shock of its det< n^uoB full;,
fifty miles.
The stupifled spectators saw th'
i great bag. which had just emerged
I from the cloud*. burst arunder ana
fink into the river. Two lilti*
1 white clouds separated themselve*
from the falling ship. Th se ware
the parachutes which were to brln^
the survivors safelv to the earth
The other men droppel srith the
seething wreckage Into the rieer.
Boata Attempt Retrae.
As the tangled steel frame struck
j the water scores of motor craft
1 and row boats put out from shot,
j in a mad attempt to effect a rescue
! of the imprisoned men. But the
(dirigible at this time was sending
I hundreds of feet into th* air a
i dense volume of blue smoke ami
flame from the surfa?*e of th?
water?a furnace in which many of
those who have survived th? explosion
were dying.
Ll*t of <>A?*er? on IImH.
The following officers were
.aboard: American ? Comdr. L H
vi-.vA.u i .....t r??i.
Ineer Lieut. Comdr. Coil, first off
cer: Lieut Ecttriy. wirelcfi officer,
j and Lieut. Hoyt and Lieut. Little.
British?Flipht Lieut. A. H. Winn,
mho commanded th*? ship and was*
responsible for it. despite the presence
of his superior air commodore
Brig. Gen. E. M. Malt land; Flight
i Lieut*. 1. C. Little. U. S. Montagu*
Jein Pritchard and G. M Thomas,
who was captain of the R-3S. Altogether
there were forty-nine persons
aboard.
The ship. whi^h was being operated
hy the British. wa? not yet
American property. According to
the contract it was not to be American
property until it was safely tn
the United States after its lea trip.
Main Girder <;ave Way.
H. Bateman. of Halifax, a sorvlvor.
says he was at the tail end of
the ship taking photographs of
rudder experiments when the shin
took a sharp turn to the right from
the center of Hull toward the
Humber River, and one of the main
girders of the ship failed to tmko
the strain.
The first Pl^n of the mishap to
the thousands of watchers below
wan a huge black cloud of amok*.*
followed by a t^rrlfBc explosion. To
(hose below it seemed as If the
back of the ship was broken.
Bat em an hung on to the tail of
the ahip until it alighted on thewater
when he was rescued by the
crew of a tug.
Five men. so far are known to
have been saved. At 6:10 p. m..
twelve bodies had been brought |o
land.
' I.lrat. KaMerly** Vte4y PmM.
Among the dead who ha*t l>?an
; identified are IJcut. M H. C?-istr V *
of the* I" n 11 ed State* Navy nn?'
f.ieut. Montasrue. * Rritiah iHoir.
The other bodies have not
Identified.
f Capt. Wann wm rti?*??er
testa r.*h*n ? < ***?! ht>i*p**ued.
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