Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1921 — Page 2

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SHIP CAPTAIN TELLS GRAPHIC WRECK STORY Declares Dirigible Was Sailing Sjpoothly When Suddenly Awful Crash Came. ONE AMERICAN IS SAVED HOffDEX, England. Aug. Si—•'The ship’s bach is bro4.cn. We are afire and falling. We " This was the Last m-esage sent oat by the ZB-2 whose wireless officer, Lieut. V. H. Wicks, remained gallantly at his post to the last moment, communicating with the airdrome here. Although facing certain death. Lieutenant Wicks sVnck to his post, t* was believed here, from the fact that his message was brokea In the middle. HELL, England, Ang. 23.—The most graphic stories of the greatest disaster in the history of the air when the ZR-2, world’s largest dirigible, exploded, burst In two and fell flaming Into the River Humber, carrying sixteen Americans and twenty-seven British to their deaths, were told today by Flight Lieut- A. |H. Wann, commander of the airship and Norman O. Walker, the only American’ saved.

"The whole thing happened In flve seconds.” Flight Lieuttenant Wann, lying in Hall hospital, said. "My ship was running beautifully at sixty knots as we swung over the city of Hull. Our tests were nearly finished. We hoped to be down soon. “I had Just signalled that the speed be reduced to fifty knots when suddenly I heard a terrific crack. I believe that several girders must have broken. The skip buckled and the explosion followed." WILL NEVER KNOW THE CAUSE. * “The cause of the explosion will probably never be known,” the commander •aid. “I was In sole control of the ZR 2 when the disaster occurred,” Lieutenant Wann continued. “I felt the forward car, from which I was commanding the ship, falling swiftly through the air immediately aJter the loud crack amidships. ••Then it rose sharply at a high angle, pulled the water ballast for the purpcae of leveling the keel. "Suddenly there was a terrific explosion which I felt and heard in the forward car. I think many men were killed outright by the blast, for they would have been inside the envelope amidships. “Some of the crevb-and officers jumped when the ship caught fire. I remained on board until we were close to the water. Then I Jumped, but was caught In the wreckage and pinned down for fifteen minutes. The flaming pieces of the ZR 2 fell out about me and I was btirn-d about the head and face. I lost consciousness and when I woke up 1 was in the hospital.” Norman O. Walker of Commerce. Texas, the only-American saved, told the United Press today: “No one will ever have a clear Idea

•f just what happened. I was with two Britishers at the extreme tail of the • ZR-2. When the explosion shook the 1 airship and she broke in two our half fell tail downward. “The three of us hung on and we floated down towards mid river almost like a big bird settling on the water. It almost was like having a parachute. JUMPED INTO RIVER HUMBER. “1 looked down and saw the water , rushing up at us and when we were . tk.nt thirty feet from the surface, I let go and dropped. I thought 1 would nevecome up, but when I did. there were tugs and boats already speeding to rescue work. The airship could scarcely have • been In the water thirty seconds before they were on the job “I feel fine, personally. I smoked a cigarette immediately after they pulled me out.” Thousands were gathered on the river front at dawn, watching the search for bodies of the victims. The ZR-2 was now Invisible, both halves being completely covered by the tide. Preliminary work of salvage was under way. A graphic eye-witness story of the dis- j aster was given by I*avid Pblppsen. who photographed the debris immediately after the explosion and crash. "I was standing at the quayside,”: Pblppson said. "The airship had Just j emerged from behind some fleecy clouds and was outlined against the clear blue aky. ‘lVhat a beautiful thing.’ I remarked to a bystander, without taking my eyes from the speeding envelope, far over bead. - ’’Suddenly a wrinkle appeared about the middle of the airship’s back, like a frown in a forehead. “It deepened and others followed and for two or three seconds they grew more pronounced. All of a sudden the whole structure lurched and nagged In the Biddle. LIKE EGG SHELL BROKEN OVER BASIN'. “Her nose and stern went up In the •lr. while a great spilt appeared In the bottom. She was like some huge, elongated egg “shell cracked over a basin with each end upturned for the yolk to fall out. “And from that gaping rrark did eome tumbling man, debris, blankets and bits of wood and steel, while we who were watching were petrified with horror. “Then two terrifie explosions rent the •irahlp still further. Fragments of the framework, men and all the details of the Interior mechanism of the great ship fell in a terrible shower. Out through the great gap in the bill they shot, turning and twisting In the air, striking the water with terrific force. “Meny things which fell were flaming fotai may bare been human bodies. It was hard to watch everything. “Then the airship spit In halves, separating, each half drifting, hanging nose upward, while 1 could see the gaping black Interior, still spilling men and loose parts. “The two parts hung drifting for another Instant and then the nose end burst Into pink flames. It was wrapped in a sheath of fire In a moment'9 time and the flames were” communicated to the tall end, though that was some distance away. "A terrible crash as the petrol tanks hit the water and exploded added to the horror of the scene and the surface of the Humbar was covered with a fume laden liquid which instantly took fire. The whole river at that point waa a blase es flame. "Meanwhile, the tail end Coated slowly down and struck the river farther east, juat clearing the flaming oil, which was rapidly spreading. "Then I recovered my senses and seising Bjy camera, started taking pictures. *’l oaw only one parachute descend. That waa almost Immediately after the first wrinkle appeared In the envelope.” Editor Will Become Benedict, Says Report Special to The Timc<. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Aug 25 Jhmes McKenna, formerly city editor of newspapers here and Muncle, now employed in the aane.raparky.eji au.£v*i,atJ!Jo newspaper, will ciahn Mias .Irene Baumgart of this city as his bride Sept. 8, according to announcements received her*.

Navy Still Has Faith in Type of Dirigible Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—1n cho absence of detailed Information on the oxplosion which wrecked the dirigible ZR-2 at Hull, England, Navy officials, tnelad ing Secretary Denby and Admiral Moffett. chief of the Bureau of Aeronautic*, declined to speculate on the cause of the accident. Both officers indicated definitely, however, that spectacular destruction of the big airship had not shaken thair faith In the type as an Important and necessary arm of naval warfare. The disaster, It was stated authoritatively, will not cause abandonment of the ZR 1. slater ship of the ZR-2, now partially completed at the-Navy hangar at Lakehurst, N. J. Construction of ZR-1 will continue. Admiral Moffett said, with the hope of completion In J uly of next year. It is even possible Congress will he asked to appropriate $1,000,000 needed to finish the job. an Item which was struck from the general Navy appropriation bill. Funds for naval aircraft development are In hand, however, to continue the construction of the ZR-1, but at a slower rate than desired by the deportment. The Navy Department announced that It had been decided not to hold an American court of inquiry into the explosion of the ZR X but that ns the ship was' under British jurisdiction, it would be left to the British officials to make an investigation. A court of inquest will be held over the dead Americans, however, accordance with naval customs, to establish how they met doath and that they died In line of

i duty. The confidence the Navy Imposes in the | practicability of the giant rigid type of 1 airship apparently Is due to the progress which has been made in this country In the development of a noniuflammable gas which is efficient ss hydrogen in lifting power. Helium thus far has been found only In the United States, which gives this country an advantage in the handling of the dirigible. The highly infiamiauble character of hydrogen coupled with the fa ( 't the British were forced to ue this element to lift their dirigibles is one of the reasons ascribed for the recent df< i sion of the British air ministry to bullj no more aircraft of the rigid type. NOT HELIUM GAS ENOUGH IN NATION. P-spite expressed confidence of Secretary Denby and Admiral Moffet In tbp rigid airship and intimations that the Navy Department would not permit the accident to the ZR 2 to change their plans for adding at least one giant dirigible to the Navy's air force, both acknowledged there was not enough helium gas in the United States at the present time to fly an airship of such proportions. The ZR 2 was to have been brought to the United Slates with hydrogen and probably would have used that quickly inflammable gas on her proposed flights across the country.

There was considerable uncertainty at the Navy Department as to whether the United States or the British construction firm would sustain the loss of the ZR-2 The contract for the purchase of the ship by the Navy called for the payment of a lump sum of S2.OU<).OiO. If the ship be came a total loss after It was delivered to its Amerl'an crew and before arriving In the Ututed States this coumry was to bear one half the less of SI.OOO 000. As the ship was wrecked on a trial flight while In the hands of the British builders it is as sutned the United States will not be re quired to l>ear any appreciable portion of the loss. Secretary Denby said he did not care to dis-usa that phase of the accident until he bad received a full report, or learned whether the ship had l>een Insured. Lloyds recently asked the Navy Department if insurauce was desired on the ship for the trans Atlantic flight and was told none would be taken out. Whether the British buflders had the ship Insured for her trials is not known here It is possible Secretary Denby said, that some American money already had been expended on the ship. The transatlantic flight of the ZR-2 was set originally for today and an nooneement that she would take off from Howden. England, where she wt* built and head out to sea. was ma le by tbe Navy Department Aug. 4. Failure of the builders to get bt-.r in shape for her trial flights over England and discovery of faulty construction in the big bags supports or girders, caused delay. Weather conditions also tnterferred wirh plans for the trials and tbe ship, thoroughly overhauled, was not permitted to go up until Tuesday. —Copyright, Philadelphia Ledger Cos.

FRAME BUCKLED BEFORE BLAST OF EXPLOSION (Continned From Page One.) a board of inquiry. They began their offl clal Investigation immediately after their ariral. AH officials and representatives of the air ministry said they would refuse to speculate on the immediate canso of the disaster pending the official report. From stories told by survivors and the observations of experts, the ZR 2 was carrying too much weight for her framework. Several girders are believed to have broken under tbe strain, penetrating the fuel tanks. The petrol flowed out and was ignited by the motors, causing the violent explosions. Reconstructing statements of eye-wit-nesses it leema clear, that the hull first began to buckle ominously about midships as the ship turned over tbe river and some air officers said that she must have encountered a sudden air pocket which cracked the hull by subjecting it to a sudden twist. The British air ministry was In sol# charge of the craft when #he was wrecked. She had not yet been turned over to the United States Navy Department. Her final and fatal trial flight was being made under the direction of British Air Marshal E. M. Maitland and Lieut. E. H. Wann of the British air service. Commander L. 11. Maxfleld, United States Navy, who was to have been In charge of the dirigible on her voyage across the Atlantic, was on board as an official observer and "learner.” The presence of mind of Lieutenant \Vann averted what would have been even r greater disaster. The ship began to buckle and "hump” while she was over this city. Instantly the Commander turned her toward the Humber, knowing if the blazing craft fell upon Hull, 11 would be a calamity for tbe city. The horror of the disaster cast a pall of sorrow over all England. COMMANDER SAYS GIRDERS BROKE. “The accident happened with terrific suddenness,” said Lieutenant Wann “Suddenly there nag a violent crack, I think several of tho girders must have broken. Then come the explosion. The whole thing happened In five seconds. There..was no sign of anything being wrong as we started to pass over Hull. I was In sole control of the ship. “It all happened very quickly, but from what I saw and heard I think one of the girders in the fore part of the framework must have gone first. The petrol tank was evidently penetrated by the wrecked girders and exploded. Fire broke out at once, enveloping the gas bag and sending up much smoke.” All the stories agreed that the 7.R-2 first bnckled and then blew up. There was no sign of smoke, fire or exploaion until after the cfaft'4 back broke, and she began to fall. Harrison Brown of the United States air forces, who was an eye of

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the disaster, was one of the first to rea<-b the wreckage In the river. ’The first intimation that 1 had that something was wrong was the peculiar movements of the ship,” said Brown. “I saw her nose go down and 1 knew something had happened, for the craft would not attempt a landing over a city. 1 kept staring at the dirigible and it must have been less than two minutes after ward that I saw her break clean in two The parts shot downward into the Hum ber As quickly as I could 1 procured a tugboat and made for tbs wreckage, which was still smoking and steaming 1n the water We put off a small boat and rowd to the after cockpit, which was partly on the surface of the river and nartly submerged I went overboard and swam up the wreckage, thinking there might be helpless wounded men whose lives 1 could save 1 found one body and swam back to the boat with it. I went back a second time but could not find any more bodies , I think a number of the victims were pinnd under the water. They never had a fighting chance for their lives."

ACCOUNTS AGREE THAT SHIP BUCKLED. All the survivors emphasized the suddenness with which the calamity occurred. This accounted for the heavy loss of life. Elaborate precaution* had been taken to provide safeguards for ttie men on board and there was an Individual parachute for each. But so quickly did the glrdars break and tho ship explode that the men wore cauglt unawares and only a few were able to take advantage of parachutes. Sergeant Bushhy, of the American air service, was another eye witness to this aerial tragedy. He was watching the flight, he said, when he suddenly noticed fire amidships. He had not noticed the sagging of tbe ship because of hls position. Immediately after flames ap- ! prared there came the roar of two almost Instantaneous explosidbs. The ship collapsed In the center and the wreckage began fulling with tho gondolas spinning around Uk" tops and a long comet like trail of smoko and fire ranging out be hind. According to the British district naval '.ntelllgonce office at this port the Zlt-2 was ),000 feet In the air when she buckled, caught fire and blew up. Despite her great height. It took the blazing wreckage less than two minutes to reaeh the surface of the river. ARRANGE TO SALVAGE WRECK. British aud American natfal officers conferred as to tho beat moans of salvaging the debris of the rear portion of the 7.R 2 which fell in the mud and was submerged by high tide. Divers were ready to explore the wreckage early this morning, w hen. unless the i tide had materially shifted the shattered j dirigible would again be visible. It was hoped lo reach the control car from which Comamnfler Wann leaped at tho last moment. Several bodies might be found in the car, naval officers said, after, conferring with Wann at the hospital. American naval officers superintended salvage parties which worked throughout the morning. At. 5 o'cloek this morning pieces of charred wood from one of the bunks built into the interior of Ihe envelope were found, testifying to the terrific heat of the explosion. Experts said they believed the buckling occurred in tho roar of No. 10 frame, where tbe ZR 2 buckled flvp weeks ago. The buckling of the ship at this point would have caused the bursting of petrol pipes, naval officers said. Petrol, leaking down upon the engines of the control of the ship, would have burst into flames and an instant later the petrol tanks in tbe car would have exploded. This theory of the accident was considered the most plausible by experts, especially as the control was known to have been wrecked. Those who saw the wreckage at close range declare none of It ever can be used again. It is a tangled, twistel, charred oiass of metal, cloth and wires.

Ex-County Official in Seduction Suit Special to The Times. RUSHVILLE. Ind., Aug. 25. -Chester Peck, former county recorder, is defendant In a slo,boo| seduction suit filed In the Kush County Circuit Court by Miss Madeline Cones es Groensburg. " The allegations set forth that reck promised to marry the plaintiff. Peck also is under SSOO bond in the Circuit Court on a paternity charge filed by the plaintiff in this action.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1921.

17 Americans Listed in Crew of ZR-2 —All But One Lost

LONDON, Aug. 25.*—King George today sent to tbe commander-in-chief of the Royal Air Force a message conveying bis deep sjmpathy with tbe relatives of the officers and men who perished lu the wreck of the yB-2. The text of the King's message follows; 1 Balmoral, Aug. 23. Major General Tre nr hard. air marshal. Royal Air Force: I am shocked and grieved to hear of the terrible disaster which has befallen our airship It US. resulting In the loss of many lives of British and American officers, with whose relatives I deeply sympathize. (Signedl GEORGE, It. L, thief of the Royal Air Force. Tbe ZR-2 was known to the British as the It-RS. LONDON, Aug, 25.—The British idr ministry today sent the following cablegram to Washington: "The Srwrwtary of State for air and the air council gratefully acknowledge the message of sympathy received from ihe American Navy Department. They deeply deplore the sacrifice of lives of so many gallant American officers and offer their heartfelt condolence to the t nlted States Navy men and to the relatives and friends of those who were lost.” Special to Indiana Daily Timas and Phladelph'a Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Aug 23 Sixteen Americans, six naval officers and ten men aboard the ZR-2, were killed when the giant airship exploded and crashed at Hull, England, according ot the latest word reaching the Navy Department from the American naval attaches in London. With the exception of one enlisted man. f'hlef Quartermaster Norman O. Walker of Commerce, Texas, the fifteen lost made up the American complement on the fatal trial flight. Walker was picked up serloualy injured and is in a hospital at Hull. Only two of the bodies of the others, those of I.teut. Charles G. Little, of Newburyport, Mass , tnd Lieut. Marcus Esterly, of Washington, have been recovered, the Navy Depil tment was Informed. The list of the Americans aboard the ship made public by the Navy Department, together with the report that “indications are that all were lost with the exception of Walk#.’,” follows: Commander Louis 11. Mai field, commanding officer, Washington, missing; Lieutenant Commander Valentine N. Bieg. Bryn Mawr, X’a„ missing ;* Lieutenant Commander Emory Coll, Marietta, Ohio, missing; Lieut. Henry W. Iloyt, Clearwater, Fla., missing; Lieut. Marcus 11 Esterly, Washington, D. C., dead; Lieut. Charles G. Little, Newburyport, Mass., dead. RIGGERS. Charles I. AUer, chief boatswains mate, Denver, Colo., missing: A. 1). Pettit, chief boatswains mate. New York, missing; Norman O. Walker, chief quartermaster, Commerce, Texas, injured.

ASKS WRITTEN BRIDGE REPORT Commissioners Wish to Follow Statute. President Carlin Shank of the Marion County commissioners today directed that a letter be written to William J. Titus, bridge engineer of the State highway commission, asking that a report be made on the present condition of the Kentucky avenue bridge. Under the law, the State highway commission cannot examine a bride and make recommendations unless requested in writing by the com mission?™. The commissioners stated they favored the idea of having Mr. Titus make a survey of the bridge since there Is so much controversy over It. Engineer Donaldsot) of the State board of accounts is of tbe opinion the present structure can be repaired and strengthened for about $200,060. A nnv concrete bridge would cost about $750,000 and probably more. * The members of the county council have expressed themselves as being opBummer Colds Cause Headaches. GROVE’S Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by curing the Cold. The genuine bears the signature of E. W. Grove. (Be sure you get BROMO.) 30c.—Advertisement.

11l LL, England, Aug. 25.—The following revised casualty list In Ihe ZK-2 disaster was made up today: On Surboard. Dead, living. British 3* 27 5 Americans 17 16 1 LONDON, Aug. 25.—The air ministry today announced Identification of the bodies of Lieut Marcus Eaaterley. Washington. D. C.; Lieut. <'bnrb> Little, Newburyport, Muss., and Lieutenant Montague, a British officer, all of whom were killed when the dirigible ZK 2 exploded and fell into the Humber River yesterday.

Si <H AN ICS. Robert M Coons, chief machinist's mate, Owensboro, Ky , missing; Floyd E Crowe!, chief machinist's mate. South Carolina, missing: John T. Hancock, chief machinist's mate, London, England, missing: Ralph Jones, machinist's mate, first class, I.os Angeles, Cal., missing; William Julius, chief machinist’s mate. Lor Angeles, missing; Albert L. Lofttn, chief machinist's mate, Los Angeles missing; William J. Steel, chief machinist's mate, Baitihridge, Ind., missing; George Welch, chief maehlnist's mats, El gin, 111, missing; Maurice Lay, chief atsw Greensboro, N. Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Cos WANT BATTLESHIP AS FUNERAL BOAT HULL, England, Aug. 2ft. -Request that the United States battleship Utah com# here to lake home tho bodies of the sixteen American officers and men who lost their lives when the ZR-2 fell, a flaming mass of tangled wreckage Into the Humber River was made by American naval officers who are holding the court of Inquest over the dead. The Utah Is equipped with coffins, the American officars said, but If she is un able to come here in time to carry.home the bodies, they asked that destroyers be sent from tho Black Sea. The survivors have been taken to the air station at Howden. The bodies of Lieut, ('lias. G. Little and Lieut. H. O. Esterly wore embalmed during the day and made ready for iheir transportation homeward. Esterly was burned terribly. Little had been drowned. Divers who Inspected the submerged Wreckage during the morning, reported that the tide was so strong and the sands were shifting so rapidly omr the body of the lost, airship, that it was unlikely that any more bodies ever would be re covered. Thirty eight bodies still are missing. The city of Hull Is in deep mourning. All flags are at half must. It is likely that a groat public funeral will be held ill I.ond'Wi for the lost British and Americana r sailors.

posed to making a $750,000 bond Issue for anew bridge at this time if tbe present structure enu be repaired. Coincident with publication of a letter to County Auditor Leo K. Fesler, in which ho agrees with the county official's idea that the Kentucky avenue bridge over White River should for the lime being he repaired instead of rebuilt if a committee of engineers finds this practicable, Mark H. Miller, president of the board of public works, announced today he is Instructing Street Commissioner A. O. Meloy to close the bridge roadway to all vehicles weighing net more than 3,000 pounds. This does not affect street cars, tlio tracks being specially supported. City Will Oppose Big Electric Merger Opposition to the merger of seven Indiana electric power utilities into the Indiana Electric Corporation will be the attitude of the city of Indianapolis when the hearing on the petition for approval of Ihe combine opens before the public service commission at 10 o'clock Friday morning, Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby announced today. Mr. Ashby said h* w ill file an answer to the petition opposing it when the bearing opens. The city's objection to the merger is based "purely’’ on the proposition that it Is proposed to Issue more stocks and bond/ than the total value of the properties involved,” said Mr. Ashby.

SHOULD TEACH CHILD RIGHT FOR SAKEOFRIGHT Judge Condones Scaring of Behavior Into Children.

Making a plea that the child should be taught to obey law and ordtfr because it Is the decent thing to do instead of warning him a policeman or the reform officer would get him If he didn’t behave, .fudge Arthur Robinson of Superior Court, Room 4, addressed the teachers attending the annual institute of Marion County teachers at the courthouse today. Judge Robinson advocated the theory the child should be taught in both the home and the school that he should be “decent” because it Is tbe right thing to do. The speaker pointed out the fact that many boys and girls during the Boston (Mass.) police strike, committed acts of pillage and the like just because the “policeman was off of his beat.” “Train the child to be decent because It is the right thing to do and do not hold up to him that If he goes wrong the policeman will get him.” said Judge Rob- ! lnson. “Teach the lad tbe advantages of right living and In that way, both the home and the school will aid In eliminating so-called crime waves. "If the child is trained to realize the, advantages of doing the right thing lu his early years in the home, then the task of the teacher when be gets in school will be lightened. The same will apply when the boy gets out into tile world.'' Prosecutor William Evans addressed the teachers this afternoon. The assembly will close Friday.

REPORTS SHOW THIEVES TAKE ONE ‘NIGHT OFF” Two Hold-ups, One Burglary and One Attempt Make Light Showing.

Thieves In the city apparently took a "night off" last night as only two holdups and one burglary and one attempted burglary were reported to the police. W. 11. Thompson. 2309 Ringgold street, was crossing the Belt Railroad at Ringgold street, early today when tbrea men ordered him to throw up his hands. He told police two of the men "covered" him with revolvers and the third searched him The bandits took a billfold containing $65, Mr. Thomps- a snid. When the police arrived, no trace of the hold ups could be found. Two negroes, armed with revolvers, early today Jumped on the running board of a machine driven by John J. Logs don, 905 Cherry street, ordered him to stop the car and stand up while they searched him. Mr. Logsdon told the police he was driving slowly along the boulevard on the west side of White River, south of Washington street, when the negroes stopped him. II? said sl-' was taken from his pocket. LOOT TAKEN VALUED AT *265. While L. S. Shafer and his family were away Sunday afternoon, two fur coats and an automatic pistol were sto len from his home fl told poll *e the value of the loot was $265. Mr. Shafer said he found on a table under a key to the house a newspaper elipplnc telling of burglaries In the elty the night before. Fred Beeler of Friendswood appeared at police headquarters and reported his grocery at Friendswood broken into Saturday night. Merchandise, including canned good*, candles, tobaccos and (nrdware amounting to S2OO was taken. Two would-be burglars were frightened away from tbe rear of the Hacker Broth era bakery, 330 Virginia avenue, at 2:30 a tn They had Just broken In a rear door when a light was turn'd on in the next building SCREAMS. BUSHES NEGRO OUTSIDE. A young negro walked into the home of Mrs. R. 11. Miller, 2236 North Pennsylvania street. In the afternoon while gU was resting on a bed in an upstairs room. She told motorpolieemen. who Investigated. that the door to her room opened and the negro stopped - Just inalde the door and told her to lie still. She said she screamed, jumped up, ran to the door and locked it after pushing the negro outside. Tbe negro ran and escaped before neighbors who heard Mrs. Miller's screams could get Into tho house. Three Liberty Bonds valued at $l5O. a gold watch. $35. and a suit of men s clothes valued at $33 were stolen from the home of Darby Muryau, 2833 East Michigan street, while he was away. He told motor policemen that the burglary occurred between 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and 5 o'clock lu tbe afternoon.

MISS WILHITE JOINS FACULTY Will Teach Home Economics at Butler. Miss Ida B. Wilhite of Vincennes has been added to the Butler College faculty in the department of home economics, Prof. J. W. Pxitnam, dean and acting president of the institution, announced today. This appointment, which ia the most recent of a large number of additions to the Rufler faculty, practically completes the staff for the coming school year. Miss Wilhite, who Is a graduate of Purdue University, will begin her duties this fall. The curriculum of the college has been considerably enlarged am! will include several new courses which ara especially attractive to modern students. Chief of these is a course in foreign trade and a study of the history of the World War, Prof. A. B. Anthony, who came to Butler this year from Leland Stanford University. will instruct In foreign trade while the World War course will be in charge of Trof. W. C. Harris, for several years head of the history department at Bntler.

DANCE PROCEEDS TO AID DISABLED Event to Be Given in Tomlinson Hall Saturday Evening. A dance, the proceeds of which will go to a fund for the erection of a chapter house to be used by disabled veterans of the World War, will be given by the Disabled Veterans of the World War at Tomlinson Hall Saturday evening. Sept. 10, according to an announcement made today by Wayne Johnson, commander, and tSanley Scott secretary of the local organization. Commander Johnson said that there are about 100 disabled former service men in Indianapolis every week for treatment and examination and that tn some Instances they are compelled to remain here for several days in oi;der that the examinations may ho completed. Many of these men are ill and have no place to stay until the time for their departure arrives. The War Mothers and the American Women’s Overseas League are cooperating in the movement to build a chapter house. At a dance given at tbe Lain Business College recently moie than SSOO was realized for the fun. Connie’s orchestra will furnish music for the dance. t

NEW FINANCIAL DEALINGS NEAR $50,000,000 MARK C. W. French, in Chicago Jail, Pictures Self as Man of Integrity.

RECOVER SECURITIES CHICAGO. Aug. 25—Charles W. French, known to his associates as a "financial wizard" and declared by Federal officials to be the “great swindler of the century." sat In his cell here today and proclaimed hls own “unques tioned integrity.” Meantime, according to Assistant United States District Attorney John V. Clinnln. the web of evidence that involves French and a score of his henchmen in questionable financial schemes that may reach the huge total cf $50,000,000 was being woven tighter, French painted himself as a financial "Moses" who sougftt to lead ailing concerns out of the wilderness of business depression. He insisted all hi* transactions were legal and blamed hls troubles on a group of "powerful finan- ! ciers who roswjtod his success In the j flotation of huge business projects.” ! FLOATED *26,000,000 IV BOGUS SECURITIES. Confessions from two more of French's alleged associates, according to Cliniun, deiailed methods by which more than thirty business firms were enticed into floating $20,000,000 in fake securities. The confessions were made by Elmer L. Gerber of Cleveland, and Charles Strobel of Akron, Ohio. Mosi of the firms involved were said to be Ohio concerns. Discovery of further bogus securities used by French and hls associates tn their operations Is expected at Milwaukee. Alva W. Harshman, who was French s agent there, according to hls own confession. already has uncovered more than $1,000,000 in securities of doubtful value I HsrsUman has promised to turn over j other papers that the Government exi pools will be productive of additional vali uable evidence.

Federal agents unearthed an entirely new list of alleged conspirators, involving twelve more prominent business men of tho middle west. This was found among the personal papers of French, confiscated in Milwaukee along with $31.00.000 in bonds. These papers also revealed that the alleged arch swindlers had used the names of such prominent men as Henry Ford and H. J. Firestone, multimillionaire automobile manufacturers. In several of their alleged ‘'wildcat” schemes. With recovery of the band's Milwaukee "ciiche," Federal agents now hold $.32,000.060 worth of bonds, including $9,000,000 worth recovered in Chicago. The "cache” of $10,000,000 more has been located and stops are being taken to confiscate all. Thousands of these bonds are genuine, but agents charge that many millions of dollars worth are either spurious or else forgeries.

MANY MARYS MAKE MERRY AT ANNUAL PICNIC Three Hundred of the ‘Grand Old Name’ Meet at National Gathering. By M ABEL WHEELER. "Every dog has hls day" ’tls said. Yesterday the orphans had theirs and today "Mary" has her s, meaning no disre sped to orphans. Mary or dog. However, today was the Mary picnic at Garfield Park, and It was a merry Mary picnic. There were about throe hundred species of Mary! blonde Marys, red haired* Marys with raven locks. Marys with bangs, Marys with shorn locks. Their looks, politics .religious beliefs or family trees did not flgu re tn their picnic registration, everybody n town was eJigbie to go, provided her name was Mary. It didn't really matter whether you had any last name or not, plain Mary was all the Identification appendage needed There were Mary Pickford curls present and no doubt Mary of contrary fame, but the lamb who made Mary famous, didn't figure largely in the festivities. There was a “Mary" little committee hi charge of arrangements beaded by Mrs. Mary Baity, and including Mary Aldridge, Mrs. Mary Morrison. Mrs. Mary McDermott and Mrs. Mary Keeler. The Mary reunion Is an annual affair and prior to this year has been held lu Noblesvllle, although It would seem that Marysville would be more fitting and proper for such an event, but nevertheless for seven years the army of Mary’s has been gathering at Noblesville each summer. It is tbe national gathering of the Mary Association of the United States. The Marys gathered at 11 o'clock at tbe Garfield Park pavilion to get acquainted with Ihe raw Mary recruit*, for there were quite a number who joined the party for the first time. At noon they ate lunch, which perhaps was the most important event of the day, a'nd there was a “merry" display of food. Following the “eats" an impromptu program of informal talks and readings was given, preceding the serjes of stunts and contests which were so be conducted later. The whole party conceded that “Mary Sunshine" had been one of the biggest factors in making the day a huge success, for one member tersely put it that It would have been “Mary Christmas for the reunion if it had rained.”

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