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Evening star., 1921-09-24
WRECK OF ZR-2 WILDLY
FORESEEN IN DREAMS
Officers and Wife CT Ricse- Saw
Disaster in Visicns.
They Say.

HULL. England. S. pt"'nhe" i.--Th">e
vii" believe III dre;.sr:S VII ind sub
, Jert for reflection n several remark
abb. visions force ,s:;a" t,ie deStruc-
ton @: the cirs'ip IH-2. Hh;ch came
, to t|r .,fiit-r.cail uiiict Is attached to
tn. How'd 1 ;.IT force. and to Chi ef
Ri.s"r Shields " ':.. " u" is IN Amcri-
ca.
'T,tran times IN TIE SIX w.eks ure-
,trdIE2 t'ic H. iit@l ;ri4l lr.p Lieut.
!. iliamI x. 'Ca:lrr nf TIM Medical
'nirs or. aihrd that th- airship Was
W.'scii- 81. .ra ora. "f III" G~"a:ts vivid
!y Pictured a.,ii-si l." exact crcum-
s,2nc.s .4;f. jsGia- i!t- actual disaster.
Taylor. by t'ir H#A, WAS in Hull on
th- day -! The catastrophe and saw
tn@ ZH-- meet Ee:' fate. " his dean
ne &a" n-r SpiI; in 5r-n and Lurt a.
Gown Just Us few Gays late: 4:
actually happened.
Lieut.. j. l.. Lawrence asa. !:raIsi.G
th2 [ The It-. was wrecked Shields
WAS al" q ti.nsc selected To rr,lz ;:,.
trial trip on Ia, i,!:: ::irs.ip hut WAS
saken iit after boarding. her. owing TO
an earlier accident. and Nur.ran -.
Walker took his place. the latter be-
Ing tae "niy American survivor after
Ia wrc.l-
Mrs. Shields wrote TO her husband
.r"n! ,hc ihitcd States shortly before
tfc airship'.: trials saying THAI she
dreamed that III" IE-2 was wrcci *, d
and in!pio..n= her husband no; 10
make the trip.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
CEN. DAWES BANS
MOVING CONTRACTS
Warns Department Heads
They Must First Cal! for
U. S. Transportation.

Discovery that contracts for NOV
ing government departments were
being let to outside firms. when there
was ample government transporta-
zion available, has brought an order
from Brig. Gen. Charles ii. Dawes,
, chief of the bureau of the budget
centralizng motor transportation un
der general system. instructions
have been issued TO heads Of depart
ments and independent establish
nents that they must not cNpend pub
lie funds for hiring private transpor-
tation until it is made known that all
che transportation in the hands OF the
Government is fully employed.
Bids Are Recalled.
In Il statement from the bureau OF
the budget it WAS said that in one
ease when the call for bids for NOV
ing was discovered they Were recall
Cd and the move was actually exc
cuted by calling in assistance from
other departments. thus saving the
5000. Such occurrences are com
mon, not only in the District OF
Columbia. but in the country at large
well. the statement said.
The plan calls for central control
in each coordination area. of all auto
II ohile and truck transportation
While each branch of the government
may have its Own service. the central
control officer will be responsible for
its efficient use. Will he required 10
Keep informed as to the work being
performed by all of the vehicles in his
Iarritory. and is authorized to use the
vrhicies of one branch of the govern
r5eut FOR another branch when neces-
say.
Fixed Assignments Handicap.
II was also pointed out that a gen
c"al survey of the motor transport
situa ton throughout the United States
rrEeals the fact that the rule of abso-
WIT" fixed assignments of moto;
vehicles. TO executive departments and
dependent establi ishTents OF the
federal government. is a handicap il
the handling of the motor transport
problem from the point of view OF
the general government.
The order details the method to be
followed by the transportation contro
officer in each area for the proper
Abusing, grouping and economical use
of all motor truck transportation in
his territory.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
WORK STARTS NEXT WEEK
ON NEW MARYLAND BRIDGE
State Roads Commissioner Says All
One-Way Structures Must
Eventually Go.

BALTIMORE. Md. September pa
Work on replacing the bridge over
the Little Patuxent river on the
Washington boulevard. which col
lapsed Wednesday. will be started
about the middle of next week. ac-
cording to an announceme by the
state roads commission today. The
new structure. which is to be two
way concrete bridge. is expected TO
lie finished in about thirty days. The
road of the mile-and-a-h half detour.
which the public will have to use
meanwhile. is in good condition.
John N. Mackall. chairman of the
commission, said that while he con-
sidered the collapse of the bridge no
fault of the condition of the bridge.
he favored the replacing of all of
the existing one-way bridges on the
state roads system with two-way
concrete spans.
The one-way bridges belong to the
old system" said Mr.. Mackall. land
every one of them will eventually so.
at once. Our plan is first to replace
those that are, in the worst condi-
ton. The bridge over the Little
Patuxent was in good condition. 1t
was true that it ratified when ma
chine went over it, but all of them
rattle from the time they are lrst
built. About thirty days ago a truck
struck it and caused some damage.
but repairs were made. and when the
accident happened Wednesday the
span was entirely safe and in good
condition.
There are between twenty and
twenty-five of these fashioned
one-way iron bridges throughout the
state, and while five of them are
slated for discard this fall, it is stated
all will go eventually. as the appro-
priations for the building of new
ones are secured.
The one-way bridges that are to be
replaced with two-way concrete
bridges this fall are: On Post road
in Cecil county. over Northeast creek
on same road, over Principle creek. in
Cecil county; on Rising Sun road. over
Conowfngo creek. and on Camp
Springs road. over Hensen's branch.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
HALF BILLION EXPENDED
TO AID THE UNEMPLOYED
British Government Relief Fund
Unparalleled in Any Country.
Winston Churchill Says.

iy The Associated Press
LONDON, September 2t.--More than
half a billion dollars has been e.-
pended By the British government in
relieving the. unemployed since No.
ycmb"r. IL. 1913, Winston Spencer
Churchill. secretary OF state Tor tie
colonies. .tolG a delegation which visit
ed hin! Yesterday. This expenditure
Ia: said. was unparalleled in any
country in. the world.
Members of the British cabinet will
consider IN" unemployment next week
and Will attenpt to reach q final de-
Cision relative to measures to lie
taken and Mr.. Churchill said he had
every reason to believe special as
sis:ance would be giveii in areas
where the problem is exceptionally
acute. lie expressed him self as heinz
hopeful that the whole question
would be solved satisfactorily
Evening star., 1921-09-24
VICTIM Of DOUBLE
SHOOTING MAY DE
Woman Wounded by Former
Chum Sinking Rapidly.
Motive Mystery.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 24.-Miss
Mildred E. Hanan. daughter of the
late Alfred P. Hanan, shoe manufac-
turer. who was shot early yesterday
chum. was reported by surgeons to-
day to be sinking rapidly.
Peritonitis was said to have SET in
as result of one Of the three wounds
inflicted as she was leaving the apart
ment of L friend in Brooklyn with
John S. Borland.
Motive Mystery.
The motive-or motives-back of the
shooting remained somewhat cloudcd
in mystery. The theory of jealousy
because OF Borland's attentions to
Miss Hanan, advanced by the police.
was repudiated BY Borland. by Miss
Hanan and by Mrs. Laws sister Mrs.
NJ. f, Dittmar. in San Francisco. They
expressed the belief that she had been
temporarily deranged by use of drugs
and liquor.
Mrs. Laws. who committed suicide.
blamed high life" and liquor. which
she said WAS driving her crazy" in a
letter to Miss Billie Williams. a friend,
which was found in her handbag But
the letter limited at truth" back OF
these causes.
Miss Hanan admitted she had quar-
relied recently with Mrs. Laws.
though she did not give the cause of
the quarrel. She said the quarrel had
resulted in Mrs. LaweS leaving the
Hanan apartment. where she had
lived.
Says She Was .Eiend."
And Mrs. Dorothy Gottschalk, before
whose home the shooting occurred,
told ot dinner with Mrs Laws the
evening preceding the tragedy. at
which Mrs. Laws declared every
time I have anything sweet in life
it has been taken away from me-"
Then she cried:
Il have been a fiend. a fiend"
Miss Gottschalk said Mrs. Laws de-
MED, however. that she was in love
with Borland. or jealous of his at
tentions to Miss Hanan.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
PREPARE POOL AT zoo
FOR 25-FOOT PYTHON,
SOON TO BE EXHIBITED

A. twenty flve foot python,
weighing nearly 200 pounds, will
be the next acquisition to the Ma
tionaf Geological Gardens. A spe-
c;aI glass inclosure, with a large
pool at one end, is now being con-
structed in The lion house for
the monster, who has arrived at
New York from India, where he
was captured. 1t Is hoped to
have him on exhibition to visitors
by the end of next week.
This python. obtained by wild
animal dealer in New York, is
said to be one of the largest ever
captured. His diet will probably
consist of an occasional small pig
or duck. Another python, in the
zoo collection for score of years.
has attained weight of 100
pounds.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
HOUSEBOAT BURNS.
Fire Spreads to Other Boats-In
cendiarism Thought Likely,

A hnuseboat owned by Addison
Stalker. anchored at the foot of 7
street southwest, was burned to the
waters edge in fire early this morn
ing, Which is believed to have been of
inceadiary origin. The blaze also
damaged >tnc Maud S. an eighty foot
sailing boat. which was moorad aear
the houseboat, and a scow anchored
about ten feet away. Tae total dam
age to the boats is estimated at
$1,000. -.,r
The FIRE was discovered shortly be-
fore 2 o'clock this morning by HerSy
Day aud Policeman Lester OF the
fourth precinct. Before the engines
could arrive the fire on the house
boat was beyond control, but the
hreElen, succeeded in saving the scow
and the sail boat.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
SPANISH TROOPS BEGIN
! new ADVANCE ON MOORS
Forces Southwest of Me1illa Gain
Considerable Ground-Recapture
of Seluan Is Reported.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MADRID. September 24.-Spanish
FORCES engaged against Moorish
tribesmen southwest of MelilIa be-
gan new advance yesterday, it is
officially announced here. Columns
debouched from Zoco Ell Arbaa and
Nador and gained considerable ground.
There was rurnor in the .pourse that
Seluan had been. recaptured from the
MorOccans.
The Spanish troops operating on
the western shore of Mar Chica. a
lagoon lying southeast of Melil!a.
have occupied Mount Tauima and
Pozos de Aograz. about five miles
farther south. RebeIlieus tribesmen
have abandoned their positions along
Mar Chica, leaving many killed and
wounded comrades and valuable war
supplies.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
MOONSHlNERS' ANTHEM
DEDICATED TO DRY LAW
IS READ IN THE SENATE

The moonshiners' anthem-so-called
was read to the Senate yesterday
by Senator Stanley OF Kentucky. In
one city, he said, it had become the
national anthem.
at is dedicated to the eighteenth
amendment to the Constitution. and
reads as follows"
said Senator Stanley.
My country. It's of thee.
Land of grape juice and tea.
OF thee ] sing.
Land where we all have tried
To break the law and lied:
From every mountainside
The bootlegs spring.
My native country. thee,
Land of home breweiie.
Thy brew i love.
love thy booze and thrills
And thy Illicit stills:
TIL moorshinc runs in rills
From nigh above.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
N0TARlEs TO BE LIMITED.
Excess Number Believed Commits.
q. r. - stoned in District.

Limitation has been placed by the
DapaT tment of Justice on the number
Of notaries in the District of Column
bia. Investigation has been insti-
tuted by the department to determine
just how many are now here. and
the necessity for them. It was point
ed out that during the war there were
a large number commissioned, but 1t
is expected that investigation will
show that large number of them
have left the District.
be allowed to retain them until they
expire. but requests for renewals will
be- scrutinized to determine, the ne
cessitt of the notary in the district
in which he plans to operate.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
FOREIGN TRADE DROPS.

Decrease :r both imports and
domestic exports of the United states
for the month OF August as coln-
pared with Au%rst o: last year
IS shown in figures Il2de public by
III Department Of Commerce. I'm
ports for last InGnth totaicd SI9i.6.-
56t. against H5I3,1II.t&> for Angus,
last year. wh::s cxpor:s were $3,:5.
o5a.G1i. against SJ.a..s6.a"c fni
! August. 1871.
Crude materials for use in nlai,i.-
facturihs were imported Ia the value
of 5.1.5:5.1Si. while exports FOR IN.
same purpose t"taicd SfS.4S2.5t9
: Value OF f0odsjun> and food animals
: exported IVES SiG5.a.i,692 ard manu-
factursS ready Tor c0uGrmnticn e.
ported tf,'ai~i SnS naI -"
Evening star., 1921-09-24
EUSTACE ROCKWELL DIES.

Mrs. Sallie Straughn has received
word of the death of her brother.
Eustace Rockwell, formerly of this
city, which occurred September Is,
after a brief illness at his home in
ST. Louis. Mo. In addition to his wife
and Mrs Straughn, the deceased is
survived by a brother, Earnest Rock
well, and two sisters. Miss Emma
Rockwell and Mrs. Nettie Allwell of
Virginia. A brother, Charles o..
Rockwell, died in this city July %.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
DR.. HARDING 70 SPEAK.

Dr. George T. Harding. jr.. brother
of the President, will give the address
at the commencement exercises of the
graduating class of the Washington
Sanitarium Nurses Training School
in Columbia Hall, Takoma Park, Mon
day night, when twenty-one will be
graduated
DIR. H, w. Miller, medical superin-
tendent of the institution, will pre-
sent the diplomas. The baccalaureate
sermon was given today by Elder A.
G. Daniels, president of the General
Conference of Seventh Day Adven-
fists.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
FICKP0cKETS AT WORK.
Steal Watch end Railroad Passes
Yesterday. u.

Pic!ipockets yesterday afternoon
succeeded in lifting watch and chain
from 3. C. Easteriing. 1885 Columbia
road. and Sc in currency and several
railroad passes, from the pocketbook
of Mrs. B. r. Dahlgrsss. 3S0S 22d street
northeast Mr. Easterling was riding
on Capita! Traction Company car
when he discovered his loss.
Mrs. Dahlg-es' pocketbooh was
picked while she was in a store.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
BrOadyvay Linaited Extra
> Fare WfthAp0vvn.

There is no extra fare now from wash
ington or; Baltimore on the Broadway
Limited, feaving Wash. 3:03 PM, arriv-
ing Chicago 9:55 am. Penna. System
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Among Turkish women of the high
class It is the fashion to dye the. finger
nails with gold. reds, blues and other
bri ght eoiors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-20
Daniel w. Cony Heads
Abenaki Council, X. of G.

Concerning Daniel w. Cony who
was recently elected grand knight of
the Abenaki Council, Knights of
Columbus, of this city. the Portland
Express of Monday evening had the
following dispatch
For IL years Daniel w. Cony.
who has been elected grand knight
of Abenaki Council, Knights of Col
umbus, Of this city, was a travelling
salesman and covered every section
of the State. 1t is said that he has
visited every city, town and planta-
ton in Maine, and is therefore
pretty well conversant with the peo-
pie Mr.. Cony was born in Augusta
80 years ago and is the son of the
late Roger Cony. respected citizen.
He attended Cony High school here
and the University of Maine. was for
two years The manager of the store
of the Direct Importing Company in
this city and for the past year has
been engaged in the general insur-
ance business. He is also the chair
man Of the Democratic City commit
tee of Augusta. He married Miss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-20
Shaw Files Bankruptcy
Petition in WatertOwn, Mass.

Hollis NJ. Shaw of Watertown,
Mass, has filed petition for bank
ruptcy. according to advIces re
ceived from that city, Monday. He
is listed as having no assets for I'M
secured debts His liabilities are
listed s from Mrs. Audrey Hichborn
of Augusta, conservator of the Eliza
Stanley estate. $4,000; Memoir A.
Will of Pennington, $4,000; Fred
Fl. Daggett Of Pennington, $l2 800;
G. O. Sturtevant of Pennington.
81 | 900
The Stanley item is doubtless the
outcome of long litigation, which has
been running for year. These
were the figures specified by the
Master in Chancery, Harold Z. Cook,
and he found over 1900 to be due
from funds of the Stanley estate
from Shaw II will be recalled that
it was a suit by Mrs. Hichborn. who
was CONSERVATION of the Eliza Stan
ley estate to rescind contracts and
recover back certain properties that
had been turned over to Mr. Shaw
by Miss Stanley The Master in
'-lltittIN touiiN ltit Gum vi oNti
S1I 900 to be due from funds of the
Stanley estate. An appeal was made
by Shaw in the decision and the case
went to the law court.
According to the records in the
office of Clerk of Courts Charles
Jones, no decision mas as yet been
handed down from the law court.
In the petition for bankruptcy
Hollis Shaw gives his occupation as
laborer. He is married and has three
children, Dorothy, eyed about four,
Shirley, aged abont three and Hol-
lis Jr, about ono year old.
The other creditors are listed as
living in Pennington. Mcssrs VIII
&, Daggett conduct a grain and feed
store in Strong. having residences at
Pennington. Mr. Sturtevant carries
on an electrical supply store in
Pennington. Daggett is coming to
Augusta this Tuesday on business in
connection with the matter. He says
that Shaw does owe him as we'll as
VIII. it being in connection with
certain deals they had. relative to
the Union Light &, Power company
of Union. so-calIed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-20
Routine Business
Before City Govt.
at Monday Meeting

~
The regular monthly meeting Of
Monday evening at City hall with
Mayor Sanford L. Fogg presiding.
The roll of accounts No. ., aggrc-
eating s17g,649.SS, was presented and
passed.
The resignation Of 1. Sturgis Randall
as a member of the board of aldermen
was received and accepted. the board
expressing regrets at the necessity
of such action
An order was introduced and pass
ed authorizing the negotiating of
loan of $4,000, to be expended for
the construction of sewers about the
city.
The Central Maine Power Co. was
granted permission for the erecting
of poles for the transmission of light
ing power for the public auto camp
at Capitol Park.
An order was introduced in the
common council for the purchasing
Of an auto police patrol, the cost no.
to exceed the sum of $500. This or
der was referred to the committee
on police without power to act,
The street commissioner was au-
thorized to rebuilt the street leading
from Water street to the Girls Com
lumbia street.
An order was introduced and pass
Cd authorizing the mayor to bieniaily
appoint a police matron to be under
the direction of tbs city marshal
with a salary to be the same as is
paid the police officer. the same to be
paid when engaged in active duty.
The street commissioner was or
dered to repair the sidewalk in front
of the Colonial theatre.
In Joint convention Mayor Fogg read
an invitation from William Is. Will
hanson. manager of the Augusta OPP
era house to attend the opening for
the season of the Augusta Opera
I house on the evening of September
| &c. at which time the feature pic
ture, Holman Days King Log" will
be presented. The invitation was ac-
cepted, AT this time also it was vot
ed not to issue any more cab drivers
licenses without first giving notice
Of a public hearing on the same.
The board Of aldermen resolving
| into a meeting of the municipal Off
! GERS, Mayor Fogg stated that the T.
y. T. explosives that have caused the
citizens of Augusta such alarm in the
past had been removed to a spot at
North Augusta about three-quarters Of
mile above the Hill fish hatchery.
in secluded part Of the woods. and
! that a building for the storing Of
| the same had been erected, He asked
the board to accept this arrangement
as a temporary storehouse for the eX-
posives, which request was readily
agreed to.
The members of the city govern
ment attending the meeting were:
Aldermen Williams. Howcs Cote.
Withee and Gedney; Councilmen Hill
! ton, Chase. kinsman. Douglas.
Knowles. Dutton and Hussey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-20
"AMERICANISM"
Subject Of Interesting and Profitable
Lecture Given by Miss Charlotte
Fraser Monday Evening at ~"
Building Under Auspices of Nation
--a1 M G T IL

DO you read the constitution as
YOU should" DO you RESPECT the
flag as YOU should" IF not, you are
not a true American said Miss
Charlotte Fraser.
Miss Fraser is here under the
auspices OF the National w. c. T.
Z. and Monday night she gave
Very interesting lecture on Amer
lcanism" in the Assembly hall at
the ~" She is especially fitted on
this subject AS she is Scotch by
birth and on one OF her trips to this
shore she came by Storage and
came into this country through the
usual channels at Ellis Island.
In her lecture last night Miss
Fraser gave an account Of the emf
grant who CONES to this country.
telling Of the different things which
he encounters in the process OF be
coming an American She said
that about the only way to reach
many of these people is for the
women of city to actually go to
the homes of their new citizens and
teach them by example. The per-
son in the home who carries the
most influence is the mother and
she is the one who should he taught.
TO this end and that the people who
desire it may have some instruction
on the fundamental principles of this
important work. the w. c. r. L. has
been giving course along this line
which will fit young men and wom-
en- for a career as social welfare
workers, Soon, through the same
association, there will he a CORE
spondence course given for the same
purpose.
Miss Fraser told Of the confidence
which the foreign born have in the
social worker. AS an illustration
she told of an actual happening.
One day foreign born resident OF
the United States came to her and
laid her 1S-months- old child on the
desk In broken English she told
that she had nursed the child as long
as she had the strength and that
now she gave it to Miss Fraser to
care for as she thought best After
considerable work, she AT last got
prominent New York doctor to ex-
anime the baby. He said that the
cHiio was III pdh toiullioil iIofH
tuberculosis of the spine and that
the only way to save it was to OPP
crate Miss Fraser told the mother
and with the consent of the parents
the operation was performed and
the child will eventually recover all
though it will take some time as
seven of the vertebra We're removed
and at the present time the child
has TO wear brace
This lecture is one of series
which Miss Fraser is giving through
out Maine. She is to be in this State
for a month and there is no doubt
that she will do an immense amount
Of good
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-20
RED CROSS NOTES

The Augusta Chapter. Red Cross
has recently received notice that the
Clean Up Squad Of the Veterans Bu-
reau will be in Augusta from Sep
TENDER 10Th to October LIST.
All eX-service men who wish to
meet them with regard to the ad-
justment of their claims want TO re-
member to bring their discharge
certificate and all letters they may
have received which have any refer
ence to their claims to the Red
Cross office. 31S Water street, during
R11is time.