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The New York herald., 1921-08-25
NJ OF DIRIGBLES LIKELY TO GET SETBACKFROM ACCIDENT

ana that the riggers on watch are on
the alert.
An operator is always on duty in the
radio cabin and one engineer on duty
IN each power car. Two or three men
are always on duty in the keel to keep
the supply tanks 70 the cars filled with
gaEoline. The gasoline supply is checked
hourly and charted FOR the control car.
The engineering officer circulates con-
stantly between the power units watch
Ing their operation Orders from the
control car to the power units are trans
mitted by engine telegraph.
Meals are served al regular hours
Two cookers are attached TO two of .hs
power units. Hot coffee or chocolate
and a certain amount OF hot food can
be served.
In landing. effected al a set time as
determined between the ships officer
and the commandant at the landing
field by radio communication. the crew
are piped to landing stations and re-
quired to remain as motionless as pos
sible while the buoyancy and trim are
checked. BY radio the ships officer
then is given the direction and velocity
OF the ground wind, the temperature
and barometric pressure, all or which
enable him to make necessary landing
calculations.
Descending. the chips handling guys
are caught by the ground party. TIE
ships way is checked by shutting down
the engines or by running the engines
astern. the object being 10 place the
ship in the hands of the landing party
with no forward speed.
The ship is then taken into the ham
gar and secured the crew disembare
and ballast is put aboard 10 compen-
safe.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
LAKEHURST SORROWS
OVER TRAGEDY AT HULL
Hangar Looks Like Tomb of
500 Officers and Men.

In their wooden barracks on the
sandy, scrubby New Jersey plains near
Lakehurst 500 naval officers and men
spent a sorrowful time last night trying
to reconcile themselves to the loss OF
the ZR-2.
From Capt. Frank T. Evans, COM
mandant of the station, to the lowlies'
"gob" on duty. the men were almost
dumfounded at the catastrophe. Over
them hung the shadow OF the giant
hangar. the largest ever built in Amer
lea. that was to house the monster diri-
gible after her transoceanjc flight. Fitful
moonlight and scudding clouds gave the
hangar the appearance of q tomb. In
TERED within were the fond expectations
of the 500.
For weeks the men at Lakehurst have
been training for their delicate task OF
mooring the great ship after she ar
rived-pulling her down from the clouds
by main force OF husky arms, and guild
ing her gently under the round rooted
home that had been built for the gray
sky pilgrim.
This task OF mooring once done. the
Lakehurst men intended to do their
finest by the forty-odd men In blue who
had made the perilous voyage.
Capt. Evans doubted that an inherent
weakness in. the steel framework was
responsible, but believed that possibly
an accident in the air to one of the gas
bags may have caused the disaster. The
field for conjecture is almost limitless.
he pointed out.
Customarily. he said, one parachute is
carried aboard these big airships for
each two passengers or crew, but the
steel framework of the ship would cause
her to sink so rapidly after collapse
of the gas bags that It would be profile
matical whether the safety devices could
be employed in time
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
Three Miss Death Flight
Through Lucky Mishaps

Special Gable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Aug. "a.
T IEUT. Commander Richard E.
Byrd, Jr., who arrived Satur-
day to act in an advisory naviga-
ton capacity, intended to make
the trial flight on the ZR-2 to-
day, but when he was called he
missed his train in London and
was unable to make connections.
Major P. e. Van Nostrand,
who arrived recently, tried to get
aboard, but was overruled.
Lieut.. C. A. Tinker, the navy's
publicity man, was scheduled to
make the fight, but he was
swamped with the work of COM
piling vital statistics for which
so many urgent requests had
been made by the American
press and so he decided that he
could not spare the time and
stuck to his job here.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
Personal SerUice

"It's a great life" mumbled
Ned, the Knickerbocker Horse,
as he munched a lump of sugar.
did you notice the gentleman
who gave Us the sugar?" he
asked his harness mate Pete.
Sure" said Pete, formerly Of
Wild West Show. ''He was
sweller than the ringmaster.
"Ringrnaster, indeed" snorted
Ned. Don't you know a real
gentleman from a show one?
Real ones use liInousines, but
love horses-know that motors
can't take our place when it
comes to personal service. Why,
| know when my people leave
for Newport and Southampton
and / know when they're
home again. You'll find Service
a great life, Pete-delivering ice
for health and comfort instead
of being all for show"
This conversation might hare been ope--
heard on the Avenue tohtie the driccr
aCds getting the big crystdl-cIedr blocks
Of Knickerbocker Ice into the sertice en-
trance of q club.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

helium gas might be shot away without
destroying the airship.
Even so, with the use Of hydrogen the
ZR-2 was regarded as safe from acci-
dent. Every precaution was taken at all
times to prevent ignition of the inflam-
mable gas. The exact details or what
occurred to cause the explosion there
fore are eagerly awaited by navy Off
GERS who have been dealing with lighter
than air activities.
The military intent of the ZR-2 was
for observation purposes in connection
with the fleets. There were numerous
advantages in an airship of this type
that the heavier than air craft do not
have. First among these was the ability
Of an airship to remain up over long
period and remain stationary. Air
planes, in contrast. have to be kepo at
flying speed, at not less than forty
miles an hour, If they are to remain In
the air. Their radius is limited. too, by
the fact that they are unable to carry
sufficient fuel to remain up longer than
ten to twelve hours at the longest. Even
at that the smaller, faster scouting air
planes are able to carry little more than
five hours fuel supply.
In time of war 1t would have been the
policy OF the navy to send the ZR-2 or
an airship of similar type out on a scout
ing expedition or place her in some po-
sition of Importance where she would be
able to guard large area. The results
of the observations then would be re-
ported back to the fleet by radio. There
was a secondary but highly important
purpose in contracting for the ZR-2. 1t
was the possibility of airships being
used for the transportation Of freight.
1t had been the intention Of the navy
officials to send the airship on a cruise
across the United States to various East
ern cities and then to the Pacific coast,
partly for exhibition purposes and partly
for the collection of information as to
costs OF operation.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
COMM. BEG SON-TN-LAW
OF WOMAN GOLF EXPERT

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.--Licutenant-
Commander Valentine n. Bieg, who lost
his life In tho accident to tho IRE. was
the son-in-law OF Mrs. Ronald II. Bar
low OF Philadelphia, sevoral times rum
ner up for tho women's national golf
championship. Whenever here he made
his home with her at Haverford, a
suburb.
Mrs. Barlow said tho news OF the ac-
cident was great shock to her daugh-
ter, but that sho had received IL like
q navy mans wife"
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

sengers in great comfort and two tons
OF freight. The Air Ministry figures that
this ship could leave its base here with
this load and mako a nonstop flight to
Egypt and return in forty-eight hours"
Defects I'm R-34 Avoided.
Various defects in the R-34 were
avoided in the design of the newer air.
craft, which was forty-one feet longer
than the earlier ship and seven feet
greater Ia diameter The IR-2 had a gas
capacity of 2,700. 900 cubic feet as COM
pared with R-34'5 10000, 600. a total
horsepower OF $1,000 az compared
with the R-34's 1880, and cruising
endurance OF 5000 miles at speed OF
sixty miles an hour. The R-34 at her
full speed had a cruising radius OF a
little more than d,900 miles.
a. complete comparison Of the two
alrships follows:
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
BIZ the Associated Press.

HULL. England. Aug. 24.-The British
losses include the famous air veteran.
Brig.-Gen. F.. NJ. Maitland and all the
other officers on board. except Lieut..
Wann, the commander of the ZR-2.
The following British officers are
known to have been on board for the
flight:
AR Commodore Maitland Lieut..
Swan. Lieut.. /. c. Little, Lieut. II. $.
Montague and Flight Lieutenant
Thomas. Col. Campbell. the designer.
also was aboard, as were Flight Lieu
tenant Pritchard Of the Air Ministry
and two representatives OF the National
Laboratory of Physics at Teddington.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
II AMERICAN DEAD
ON CASUALTY ROLL
Continued from First Page.

Petit Served in the Mexican cam
paign.
w. J. STEELE, machinist. 26, Green
castle. Ind. His widow. Mrs. Joyce
Hannah Steele. is an English girl TO
whom he was married at Leeds JU4y
4. She is now on the Atlantic cross
ing to America.
\. o. WALKER. rigger, 30. of Com
merce. Texas.
GEORGE WELSH. machinist, 80,
Bridgon, Canada. Served in the Mex
lean campaign.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
BuiIt as Service Airship.

"The ZR-2 has been built primarily
for 4 service airship. 1T has an arina-
nent or fourteen Lewis guns. one one
mound automatic gun and racks Tor lour
5e0 mound and eight 230 pound bomps
one Lewis gun is mounted IN the very
stern Of the ship. Another shoots down
IN" !, - ,o,nder Is mounted not unlike
cun on a warship. on top. on torreil
tha+ raises or lowers II 50 il can fire
straight up and practically on 2 straight
line The gunner's pit is carefully pro-
tecfed 10 that the blast OF air will not
Interfere with his work.
"The ship as It is moored to-day Is
sos feet long. with diameter ot -
feet. It's gas capacity is 2,T50.0o0 GU
bic feet. and this gives It total lift
~ oirhty-three tons. six $50 horse
mower Sunbeam 'Cossacl' engines pro-
dnce a combined horsepower Of 2,100.
Normal speed is figured at sixty miles
~ hour-ten miles an hour faster than
~ R-34-and It's maximum speed Is
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

Seen in flight the ZR-2 closely re-
sembled the R-34, but her improvements
were concealed amid a bewildering con-
fusion of aluminium girders. rows of gas
elene and water tanks, acres Of fabric
gas bags and a miscellany of guy wires,
control valves. pipes. swivels and hinges.
A telephone system connected up the
entire ship. so that Commander Max
field standing at the wheel in his cabin
would have had every part under his d.
rect and immediate control. Comfort
able hunks were provided for the off
shift of the officers and men, instead OF
hammocks. as provided on the R-34
Warm meals were made possible by a
system of cooking over engine exhaust
heat.
Electric lights were freely provided
and the ZR-2 had been equipped with a
device to enable her TO anchor" at a
mooring mast and replenish her gas
oil, water and fuel containers through
huge feed pipes.
The ZR-2 was to have been protected
all the way across by six weather ves-
sells, each carrying q special staff OF
forecasters.
In the handling of these huge dirig-
ibles every precaution thar human eff
cheney and experience can suggest Is
observed habitually. When the ship is
Rd5Seu, Jueiieu ana DdudslNui q tdItlut
lift and trim Is taken and charted.
The charts are placed IN the control car
50 that tho navigating officers may re-
fer to them during flight. The crew
then is taken aboard sufficient ballast
to compensate their weight Is dis
charg d, the engineers make final test
and the flight command is given.
The ground party mans the handling
guys. and under the direction of an ex-
perienced officer tows the ship to the
taking off point. Here the ship is again
weighed off to make a final check Of
lift and trim, and IL satisfactory the
release order is given.
In fight the ship is operated so far as
possible along the lines Of seagoing oper-
alton, orders being given and watches
maintained in a similar manner. Nor
mally on duty in the control car are
the captain or the first lieutenant, the
senior navigating officer and his assist
ant and an officer OF the watch. who e.
lieves the commanding officer when re-
quested. lie is required to make fire.
qucat tours OF inspection along the keel
to see that the gas bags are in proper
position. that valves are functioning
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
BONDS.
PITTSBURGH.
CHICAGO.

10000 Ind Brew 6s... &C 63
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
PRESIDING ELDER HAS
.3OOXI5O MILE DISTRICT
Copers FiUe Counties Which
Touch Three States.

HooNER, Aug Probably the larg-
est presiding elders district in the VI.
2. Church South is that in the Okla
homa Panhandle that Is presided over
by the Rev J. o. Peterson Of Hooker
1t covers five counties that touch the
States of Texas. New Mexico and Kan
sas and Is 800 miles wide, east and
west. and $50 miles long, north and
south. 1t contains eleven appointments,
each of which the presiding elder visits
once in three months.
The possibilities OF this district were
told 20 the Board of Missions recently
n session at Louisville. KY. by Mr.
Peterson, and the board agreed that
It's secretary visit the district soon to
determine what financial assistance It
should receive this year.
''The secretary viii have a view OF
the big outdoors" said D.. Peterson,
who was In Oklahoma City recently
m his return from Louisville. Il ex-
lect TO drive with him in my car over
lhe entire region.
1T is not unusual fo- me to drive
so miles TO an appointment" con-
hnued tho presiding elder, who was
klaced on the district by the Western
oklahoma annual conference last fall
AT first used to jitney. but soon
found that the winds OF that prairie
upland were too strong fo- that. so ]
iraded for n closed car and long drives
now are not at all uncomfortable"
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
PAPER FIGHTS LIBERTY
TO PORTUGAL'S LEPERS
Public Contact With Healthy
Persons Protested.

LISBON, Aug. IA campaign is being
conducted by the SecuIo. the most widely
read newspaper in Portugal, against the
freedom allowed to lepers in this coun-
try and the effects of their contact with
healthy people. Portugal has the sad
privilege of possessing the greatest
nunlber Of lepers in any European
country. Steps are already being taken
TO at least reduce the danger of con-
tagion inside the hospitals.
Foreigners who visit this country are
shocked at the sight of lipless, noseless
lepers of both sexes begging in the
streets or selling toys and sweets 70
roor children. The SecltIo asserts that
one leper boy is employed milking the
cows in a dairy. These facts, added TO
statements made by leading physicians
as to the danger of contagion, have so
alarmed the population that 1t is
thought that public opinion viii force
the authorities to adopt strenuous
measures.
DR. Hermano Medeiros, director OF the
Lisbon Hospital. recently placed all the
lepers in that institution in separate
pavilions and even surrounded large
area with wire hedges, beyond --rich
.he lepers are now not allowed to pass.
The result was that nearly all OF them
asked to be discharged, and In compli-
ance with the rules they were allowed
10 go. The director suggests all lepers
be segregated.
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
SEE SAVERS MONEY
ATRADE REVIVER
Bankers Say Increased Buying
Power of Deposits Totals
a Billion.

speciaI Despatch to THE NEw YoRK HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Profits aggre-
gating approximately $1,000, 100000 now
await collection by depositors in savings
banks OF New York and other sections OF
the United States.
This huge sum represents the in
creased purchasing power of savings de-
posits now as compared with year ago.
II is in addition TO between $50. 900. 900
and $100.000,00 in interest earned by
possessors OF savings accounts in the
last year.
Between $4,000, 100000 and s3,0oo.-
100000 was on deposit a year ago re-
ports TO the Comptroller of the Currency
show. That sum has now been enlarged
almost a third, so far as purchasing
power goes. as a result of the steady
decline in commodity prices during the
last year as shown by reports to the
Department of Labor. Purchasing power
in this case means paper profit, but
the profit is far more certain than usual
II can be realized with little trouble by
possessors of savings accounts.
Stocks. bonds, shares In power plants,
manufacturing concerns utility compa-
nies and industrial organizations gem
orally can now be purchased at prices
far below those of year ago.
Millions of women bank depositors are
share profit taking bank records indi-
cate.
Thousands of depositors who do not
invest in securities are expected to begin
spending for homes. automobiles, fur
niture clothing and other commodities.
which they can buy lower by far than
year ago.
This double economic reaction OF paper
profits of the bank depositors Is expected
- 90 far r6 h1C
manufacturing and the reduction of un-
employment. II is one of the factors on
which business men and Government Of
ficials are banking to bring a business
revival this fall. This revival is now
forecast in many circles.
The flow of new capital into securities
and industrial stocks and the increased
demand for commodities are factors
bound to have far reaching effect on
the general economic situation, officials
say. Coupled with the Governments
cash payments to the railroads, the
steadily increasing demand of foreign
countries for American made goods and
the general return OF commercial conf
dence, the economic outlook is becoming
clearer every day. according to officials.
The general price level now is about
SO per cent. above that OF the prewar
period of 1913.
The decline in retail food prices has
been least in washington than in any
other big city with the exception Of
Charleston, S. c., according to Labor De-
partment reports The decline for some
other cities is recorded as follows:
Forty per cent. Detroit, Minneapolis,
Omaha and st. Paul; 80. Butte, Louis
VILE, Portland, Ore. and Springfield, III.
3s. Denver. Kansas City, Milwaukee,
Peoria 81, Buffalo, Memphis, Salt Lake
City. Seattle: So. Mobile, Rochester: 80,
Chicago, Columbus. Ohio; "a. Birming-
ham, Manchester, New Haven; 33, At
lanta, Baltimore. Fall River, Savannah,
Scranton 32, Bridgeport, Newark. New
orleans. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Provi-
dcnce; 81, Boston, Cincinnati. Dallas.
Houston Jacksonville. New York, san
Francisco; 80, Los Angeles ana NorioiK.
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
Business Troubles
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following petitions in bankruptcy were
filed Monday in tho United States District
Court.
DoRF LUGGAGE sHoP-InvoIuntar petit
tton against Nathan Schreibesdorf. trading
as the Dorf Luggege Shop, 233 Broadway
and 1856 Broadway and 206 West Forty
second Ctreet. leather goods. In behalf OF
three creditors. r. Ruchman. who claims
81 900; S. Stark. SG6. y. Getz. $ila. Sam
uel ". Habernan Is attorney for the petit
FLINT & CHESTER. INC. Jesse w. Enrich,
receiver. with bond Of $1,000. The
liabilities arc estimated at 100000 and
the assets are approximately valued Mt
$4,000 The receiver VIII continue the
business until the appointment OF a trustee
RECENT CLOTHES, INC. Allan u. Emil.
KoHLBERG & co. INC, Robert p. Ste
phenson, with bond Of $4,000.
JoFoRDE, INC. involuntary. dealers in
gowns and hats, ? East Eighth street, by
three creditors, with these claims: Rufus
r. Livermore $500: Josephine Rush, Inc,
SEQ. ". Nevin, $500. and Howard Rush.
have admitted inability to pay tn debts
and willingness 20 be adiudged n bankrupt.
Barber q Gibhoney, 165 Broadway, are at
REGENT CLOTHES, INC. involuntary. re-
tailers of mems clothing AZ 40 Nassau
street. BY creditors with these claims;
Martin Lebschutz. s1.62T; Irving Won-
borg, 500, and y. Brownsteln, S246.
Transfer Of property during insolvency is
alleged by the creditors. Liabilities are
BENJAMIN II. Feinherg, 752 Broadway Is
attorney for the creditors.
r. & o. TIRE COMPANY. INC, involuntary,
dealing IN automobile tires and accessories
MT 233 West Forty seventh street. submitted
by Thomas q. O'Marn, rs treasurer and
vice-president,. glves liabilities OF s7.0ll,
with asests OF si.56Z, The assets include
debts duo amounting 20 81 .31T. Robert
Q. Moore of go West Forty-second street
Is attorney for tho bankrupt company.
REGENT CLOTHES. INC, second In
voluntary petition by three other creditors
with these claims: r. Benjamin, 81 i55
y. siegel si05 and T.. Fine. $50. Shame
q Welnieh. 200 Broadway are attorneys
for the second group of petitionlng credi.
tors.
RECEIVERS IN BANKRUPTCY.
The following receivers ~ bankruptcy wor,
arpc inted Monday hy Judge Hand III the Fed
ural District Court
Aaron Schneider, receiver for Nnthai
schreibesd1rf. trading as the porf LuRgaE,
I Shop 233 and 1856 broadway and 200 Yves
Fnrty-scrond street with bond ~ sH 600
MiTcHEM TEXTILE CORPORATION. deal
crs IN cotton goods, ~ Bond street, show
| liabilities of $i6,038, with assets OF SGT .351
included in the assets debts due ag
4 pregntlnE si0,s05. stock worth se,539. an,
machinery, &c, vnlued AZ $500.
MOSDACHER CO. shirts. Ill Leonar,
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
Test Case of Betting Odds.

DETROIT, Mich. Aug. THAT betting
odds published by him represented his
personal opinion as to the merits of the
various horses named. and that he was
privileged under the Constitution to set
forth his opinion, was the contention OF
Louis Grosscup. manager of the Wolver-
inc News Company. IN an appeal for re-
versal of a jurys verdict before Judge
Wilkins IL Municipal Cou-v ro-ray.
Grosscup was convicted of v.o'ation of
the law forbiddiag sales of betting odds.
He had invited the conviction in order
to produce a test case for the higher
courts, where the case will be taken
should the appeal be denied
The New York herald., 1921-08-02
Wilson-Downey Affidavits.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.-The Cleveland
Boxing Commission to-day completed It's
affidavits in reference to the Johnny
wilson-Bryan Downey contest here last
Wednesday night, and copies were sent
to the New York State Boxing Commits
sion. which meets tomorrow.
Copies also will be sent to the Ma
tionai Boxing Commission and other
state bodies not affiliated with the Ma
tlonal Commission. The Cleveland Com
mission reversed q decision of Referee
Jimmy Gardner and awarded the bout
and middleweight championship to
Downey.