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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
HELIUM WOULD HAVE
PREVENTED DISASTER
TO GIANT DIRIGIBLE

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The ZR-2
disaster could have been avoided by
the use of helium, non-infammable
ident of the Aerial League of America
The United States government, he says
has spent more than 100000 900 in the
production of helium.
'tOf course. helium gas is not abso-
lutely essential to the success of
dirigibles," Mr.. Woodhouse stated yes
terday. All that has been done with
dirigibles has been done without
helium.
But the fact remains that whatever
the cause of the tragedy may be, 1t
could not have happened if the dirig-
ible had been inflated with helium.
Even if the dirigible had buckled, as
it is reported as having done, the air
ship could have landed without loss
of life if the hydrogen had not
ignited.
THE apparent buckling in air could
have been the result of the other
causes and could have followed the
ignition of gas if the escaping gas had
been ignited by the power plant or the
radio apparatus. The photographs OF
the ZR-2 show the cars and power
plants extremely close to the gas
| bag.
This was done TO gain efficiency in
construction by having the weights as
close as possible to the frame of the
| dirigible, and to increase the mobility
of personnel and thus facilitate oper
ating the raft"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
Hungry Hoosier Hunters Still
Stand at Federal Pie Counter
Many Picked Good Pums But Others, Detected and Sad
Return Home-Reporter by Accident Lands
Best Political Job In Washington.

the board and that he would appre-
ciate it if the board would elect Nc
Cue as its secretary. Chairman Las
ker said he would be glad to oblige,
and please have McCue come right
away
Soon McCue arrived and sent in his
card to Lasker, who glanced at it and
put it in a pocket. Then Lasker start
ed toward the room where the board
meeting was to be held. In hallway
he met Clifford w. Smith busy young
scribe seeking news for the press as
sociation he represented. Smith want
ed to interview Chairman Lasker, and
Lasker said he would see him later
in the day. He asked for and re
ceived Smiths card, which also went
into the chairman's pocket.
Selects Wrong Man.
During the board meeting the ques
ton of selecting a secretary came up
Continued on Page Six
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
WRECK OF zR-2 FAILS TO DESTROY FAITH
OF NAVAL OFFICERS IN RIGID AIRSH|P PLAN

gas Of this type has been assured to
fill the envelope of a ship as large
as the lost ZR 2.
Plans for the ZR l call for an air
ship Of slightly smaller size than the
ZR 2 a length of go feet, diameter
about so and gas capacity of about
100000 cubic feet. Her total cost is
estimated at s2,500,000
While designers of the ZR depart.
ed somewhat from the structural lines
of the Zeppelins, the naval designers
laid their plans for ship incorporat.
ing the latest developments of the or
iginal rigid builders, the Germans, of
whose plans more than 100 were filed
here for reference.
Doubt Explosion
Still without details as to the cause
| of the ZR disaster today naval aero
nauts were loath to accept the hydro
gen theory advanced in early dis.
patches from England They were
rather inclined to believe that some
Continued on Page Thirteen)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
BLAST KILLED MOST
MEMBERS OF zR-2;
SAYS CREW OFFICER

HULL, Eng, Aug. 25.-Most of the
British and American members of the
crew of the Inflated dirigible ZR-2
were killed by the explosion which
followed the buckling and swapping
of girders amidships, declared Flight
Lieut. A E. Wann, in command of
the craft as navigating officer at the
time of the disaster, in a statement
to The Associated Press today.
Lieut.. Wann said the ship had run
beautifully at 60 knots an hour and
that he had reduced the speed to so
knots when there came a violent
cracking sound. He thought several
of the girders broke. The whole thing
happened in five seconds
There was no sign of any wrong
when we passed over Hull" he added
but everything happened afterward
l was in sole control at the time"
Sails Perfectly
Before the moment of the acci
dent" said Lieut.. Wann, whose injur
les are not serious, "the craft had
been sailing perfectly. She had been
passing through various difficult tests
and the speed had been reduced wher
WAllC tIosollS Tue DlCdu
tuary of the Humber, | heard the
grinding and cracking of girders, anG
the airship pitched forwa rd, nose
down, from IAN even keel.
"As soon as humanity possible.
emptied the water ballast to enable
the craft to resume it's normal posi-
! ton, but at this instant a tremendou,
explosion occurred. The great shil
seemed to halt for moment
Thrown Into Car
"The concussion threw me down il
the navigators car, where / wa
| pinned by the wreckage. The section
of the craft in which l was riding
remained above the water after tn,
ship plunged into the Humber, and
was rescued after being imprisone,
! for Is minutes. That is all | am abl
! to say"
I Lieut.. Wann denied local report
that he had heroically plunged tn
! ZR-2 into the river rather than ol
the shore, which was crowded b.
thousands of spectators. The disas
t ter occurred SO quickly, he said. tha
/ any such action was impossible.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
LEACH KILLS BROWN
AS ELIMINATION OF
old GAMBLING FEUD

Leroy A. Brown. owner Of cigar
store and pool room at 404 North
Eighth street was shot and instantly
killed by Lon Leach, Pennsylvania
crossing watchman, at 500 Thursday
morning at Twelfth street and the
Pennsylvania railroad.
The killing of Brown ended feud
which has existed between the two
men for over a year.
The i'll feeling between the two men
grew out of a quarrel over a poker
game in gambling room run by
Brown upstairs over his cigar store,
Leach Under Arrest
Leach was arrested Immediately
following the shooting and placed in
the county Jail. He made full state
ment of the circumstances to Deputy
Prosecutor ]. B. Griffis early Thurs
day morning and later told the same
story to Coroner S. Edgar Bond.
Brown was shot under the left eye.
A SO calibre revolver was used. The
bullet went upward through the brain
and was located near the back of the
skull by Coroner Bond.
Howard King, 218 North Seventh
street, who was with Brown at the
! time of the shooting, could not be
located Thursday. He is said to have
been the only one to hear the words
exchanged between the men.
Threatens Leach
According to the story told by
| Leach he was standing in the door of
| his flagman's shack at the Twelfth
street crossing He said he saw
Brown and King approaching from the
northwest across the tracks.
| Brown came towards me swear
| ing and cussin' and said I'll kill you,
/ Leach stated.
"He reached for my signal flag
which is metal one, started towards
me and struck at me. I lodged the
blow and stepped back little in the
doorway and grabbed gun which
/ keep in a cigar box hanging on the
wall. Brown started towards me with
his. fists doubled up. and shot him.
| Leach stated.
| Leach Feared Brown
| Leach said he thought Brown was
a bad man and knew that he otter
carried a gun. He said he feared him
| Witnesses told Coroner Bond thai
| they saw Brown approach the flas
mans shack and start in it.
! Brown died instantly. The polio
: and coroner arrived on the scene ;
few minutes after the shooting. TIL,
body of Brown was removed to tht
Doan undertaking establishment fo
preparations for burial.
Demanded Money Back.
The feud between the two men il
said to have started a year ago las
July. Leach and man named Holi
day were playing poker in the div'
run by Brown. Leach stated. Durin,
CONTINUED on Page Nine)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU

WASHINGTON Aug. 25-The small
army of Indiana men and women who
came to Washington last spring in
quest of their share of patronage as
a result of the Republican victory has
now dwindled until mere handful
remain to take their places daily be-
fore the political pie counter.
Many of the job hunters received
their awards and went on the payroll
rejoicing. There were others. quite
a few, who grew tired Of being put
off, or who went broke, and returned
to their homes-not rejoicing.
The handful who remain are first
water optimists. They are confident
that eventually they will secure gov.
ernment positions. But each week
their clothing becomes a little more
shabby. Each month they find ii
more convenient to move into cheaper
boarding houses.
Lands Soft Snap
To those who have for many months
vainly sought the shelter of Uncle
Sans payroll the luck of one Clifford
w. Smith, Washington newspaper
reporter. who landed one of the most
desirable jobs in the federal service
without asking for it, in a manner alb
solutely unique in the annals of Ameri
can politics, is almost unbelievable
| This is how Smith became secretary
| of the United States shipping board
AS the board was about to go into
session one day not long ago the
telephone rang. Over the wire Presi
dent Harding said he was sending {
| young man named Frank McCue tc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
CAUSE OF DISASTER

HoWDEN, Eng. Aug. rs. - The
cause of the disaster to the ZR-2,
according to the best information
obtainable here, the base of the
destroyed dirieible, was the break
ing Of longitudinal sirder amid
ship, made of an aluminium alloy
cutting the airship in halves.
An explosion Of either hydrogen
or petrol occurred Immediately
after the girder gave way and
flames burst through the structure,
but the explosion it is declared was
not the cause of the breaking up
of the airship.
The break occurred In the part
Of the airshp where girder was
strained when she was first brought
to Howden. The girder had been
reinforced, however, and the ship
found to be perfectly airworthy, it
was said.
None of the authorities here
would venture any opinion regard
ing the cause of the break.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
DIVERS SEEK
zR.2 BODIES
IN WRECKACE
Only Five Of Crew Survive
Fifteen Americans and 70
British Airmen Believed to
be Dead.
TUGS WATCH WRECK
lRv Associated Pressl

HULL, Eng, Aug. 25.-Divers began
at dawn today to explore the fire.
twisted wreck OF the dirigible ZR-2
which last evening exploded above
this city and fell into the Humber,
carrying with her more than forty OF
her crew
Only one American, Norman o.
Walker. a rigger, and four British.
Flight Lieutenant A. H. Wann, Ernest
Davies, airman, H. Bateman, scientific
assistant, and Walter Potter, mechan-
ic, survived the disaster that in a
twinkling changed the trial cruise OF
the airship into ghastly tragedy.
During the hours of darkness that
followed the collapse and destruction
of ZR-2, tugs stood by the wreckage
and keen eyes scanned the water for
any bodies that might have been dis
lodged by the tide that flowed over
all that remained of what was yester
day Great Britain's mightiest dirigible
which officials expected to turn over
| to the United States Navy today
Look for Crew
It was believed that the ruins ot
Tie dSI uClO INC bO0lSI
| of fifteen American and 26 British
! officers and enlisted men who were
| engaged in the final test of the
| machine.
All hope that there might be othel
| survivors of the disaster was dis
| sipated during the night. The wreck
/ age fell only 200 yards from the shore
and the six gondolas in which mos
| of the airship's personnel was ridin.
sank Immediately to the bottom o
the Humber.
1 The men in the gondolas, it wa
| believed, would have little chance t
escape after the dirigible struck tn
water, as the weight of the engine
and machinery quickly carried n
ruined structure beneath the water
Experts here were at loss to accoun
for this greatest of peace-time al
disasters.
Believe Girders BuckIed
Residents OF Hull who were watcf
ing the ZR-2 when her cruise came I
its sudden and tragic end declare
that it seemed when the craft a
!. tempted to make a sharp turn durin
, speed test, some of her girder
buckled and broke, probably becaus
of strain too heavy for the structur
to bear. Some members of the GREY
appear to have this same idea of tn
cause of the accident.
: Charles Harrison Brown, of tn
!. United States army flying force, wa
, an eye witness of the disaster.
Il noticed" he said today, that tn
ZR-2 was moving in a peculiar maj
ner, the nose of the dirigible shown
an unusual tendency to drop dowl
, / knew at once that something wa
wrong and watched the machine car
i fully. In less than two minutes III
, huge envelope broke in two and fe
, in flames.
Goes to Rescue
Il ran to the riverside, where I S,
cured a tug and went to the plac
where the wreck had fallen. ! put OF
2 small boat and went into the gu
{ cockpit in the aft section of the al
j ship. and then swan along the kee
' secured the body of one man an
3 turned it over to the boatman, bl
could find nothing else"
: The body of Lieut.. Charles G. Lift
of the American officers, was toda
Continued on Page Nine)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
SMALL WILL REQUEST
RETURN TO OFFICE
CBy Associated Press)

SPRINGFIELD, H.. Aug. 25.-Gov-
ernor Small will be candidate for
reelection in 1924, Senator Richard
Meents. one of the governors closest
political allies and his spokesman in
the senate said today.
Len Small never quit under fire in
his life," Senator Meents said. Gov
ernor Small is under indictment charg
ing conspiracy and embeZzlement
while he was state treasurer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
IRISH SEND ANSWER
TO CABINET COUNCIL
(Bv Associated Pressl

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The reply of TIE
Irish Republic cabinet 10 Lloyd
Georges letter of Aug. Is. in which he
denied Ireland's right TO secession and
declined 10 refer the question of the
relations between southern and north
ern ireland TO foreign arbitration was
received at the premier's official
residence at / o'clock this afternoon.
The reply was placed before the
cabinet council and with Lloyd George
presiding. discussion of the document
was in progress at 6s30 tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
DISASTERS FOLLOW
AIRSHIP NAVIGATION
CRv Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Aug. 25. - Develop
ment of airship navigation has been
attended by a series of disasters since
Santos Dumont first piloted his tiny
dirigible around the Eiffel tour in
Paris, but the death list in the ZR-2
disaster of yesterday exceeds that of
all other similar accidents by al
least 15.
The greatest number heretofore
killed in an airship accident was 2S
This was the toll of lives lost when
the German Zeppelin LIZ exploded
over the Johannisthal aerodrome on
October II, 1913
Ten persons were killed at Chicago
July 81, 1919, when a dirigible explod
Continued on Page Nine)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
BERLIN SIGNS PEACE
TREATY WITH AMERICA

Berlin. Aug 25-The peace treaty
bringing to an end the technical state
of war between the United States and
Germany was signed at o'clock this
evening, it was announced officially
today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25

Arrival Of Lesionnaires at cherbourg
and (beiow) Commander John G.
Emery lowering the American flag
in salute over the tomb of the "un-
known soldier" beneath the Arch of
Triumph, Paris.
Headed by National Commander
John G. Emery a group of officials of
the American Legion is now in France
for the purpose of visiting old battle
fields and unveiling several monu-
ments in memory of American boys
who died on foreign soil. Everywhere
the Americans have been received
with enthusiasm. In Paris they Wis
tied the grave of the unknown SOL
dier." whose remains were last year
buried with much ceremony beneath
the Arch of Triumph.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
Temperatures For Yesterday.
Weather conditions-The VIZ

Weather conditlons-The warm
wave continues to spread eastward
and the storm over the northwest has
increased in size. Variable winds pre-
vail over the central states, resulting
in sultry weather. Temperatures
range from 90 to 100 over the west,
with local rains.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25

For Indiana by the United States
Weather Bureau-Fair tonight. Friday
cloudy probably becoming unsettled
by night; little change in tempera-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-25
Weather Forecast
MooRE's LOCAL FORECAST

Partly cloudy, but mostly fair, ex-
cepting for possible local thunder
showers, continued warm.
The weather will continue generally
fair for the next u hours. but will be
followed by unsettled conditions, due
to a storm which is moving southeast
ward from British Columbia
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
in LINE FOR \ BABY

you once had second cousin who got expelled
from Cornell for hazing. If they find this
out
How old is this boyg" you inquire futilely,
Tor you know perfectly we'll that when the
time comes you will funk your exams
''seven-going on eight. He has bad case
of adenoids already, and will need his teeth
Strengthened in year or two. We require of
all prospective foster-parents their promise
IN writing to engage the services of specialists
when the time comes.'
And you would have liked a new flivver
this year! In your minds eye you visualize
your accumulated wealth in Liberty bonds
vanishing into the strongbox of the good, kind
doctor man, and discover that the Parsonage
is regarding you with searching glance that
pierces your very marrow. She senses this
is ne time to mince matters.
ITO rear a child" emphasizes the lorgnette,
involves a capacity for sef-denial of which
every one is not capable. Have you given
this matter due thought"
However, as you stink out with bowed head
In all unworthiness, she unbends sufficiently
TO say she will let you know if you stand any
chance to love and cherish and pay for all
the nose e-and-throat operations of the adenoidy
little boy in Massachusetts, But she never
does, and you discover some day, perhaps, that
the boon was given to a couple in Detroit,
who sailed triumphantly through every test
laid down for foster-parent as to Bnet,
Bertillon and Wassermann, with several
points to their credit through possessing both
town and country houses within prescribed
areas, likewise castle in Spain and a house
boat on the Nile.
Adoption, the legal procedure whereby the
natural parents of minor are relieved from
all parental duties toward and all responsi-
bility for such minor, was unknown to the
common law and is unknown to the law of
England even at the present time In the
United States regulation is by statute in each
state. In New York not until 1887 was the
right given to child to inherit from his
foster-parents. At the same time his rights
of inheritance and succession from his natu-
raj parents remain unaffected by such adop-
ton, the intent of the law being always that
an adoption should work an advantage to the
child.
Under the domestic relations law to-day
parent (or legal custodian) may, under GER
tain conditions, by contract in writing, trans
fer the custody, control, etc, to any one, sub
ject always to the right of a court of equity
to interfere in the interest of the child
number of difficulties are encountered bv
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

iiness. All right for her, but how about the
baby?
Il is grave responsibility, this sending out
child to home, where the youngster may
prove, through nobody's fault, q round peg in
a square hole 1t should be borne in mind that
most children become available for adoption
through poverty illegitimacy. The investi-
gators seek to find out the course Of the pow
erty. Simply because there was large fam
lily and the hard-working father died, leaving
no one to provide? Or WAS the father drunk
ard, of long line IT drunkards and ne'er-do-
wells? If the baby was born llegitimate, was it
because its mother was feeble-minded and ought
never to have been allowed at large? Or was she
, merely young girl led astray by the man
she expected to marry? In every case effort
is made to ascertain the heredity on each side,
father as well as mother, and deduce the prob
able degree of intelligence to be looked for,
everything considered.
In the matter of heredity, emphasis is laid
not upon the degree of education of the parents
how much or how little-but their standing
among their own associates; smart and ca
pable, or shiftless and no-account? The family
of professor naturally seek a child who will
college in days to come, while child of even
sub-normal intelligence may pass perfectly
well among simple people in a farming COM
murity.
And how do most cases of adoption work
out? The records Of the largest of the child
placing agencies which in the past twenty
two years has been instrumental in the legal
adoption of over 800 children, show that out
of all these cases there has been only one
abrogation that is TO say, the legal procedure
whereby annulment of former adoption is
brought about, permitted by the agreement
of the parties concerned, with the consent of
the Surrogate. Foster parents may ask for
abrogation the ground Of vagrancy, truancy
or disorderly conduct the part of the child.
But the happiest outcome in adoptions gen.
orally is the fact that foster-parents come to
regard the little one as if it were, in truth,
their own flesh and blood, and become blind
to it's shortcomings. The baby girl, desired
for her rosy cheeks and blond prettiness,
turns into drab enough little lass, who wears
huge spectacles and gold contraptions on her
teeth; but when she comes home quivering
with suppressed excitement because teacher
gave her A in 'rifermatic," her parents
think her truly beautiful!
Likewise, it matters not that the cherub
with angelic smile develops into a freckle-
faced, cat-chasing little demon, the terror of
the neighbors; for long before he has shed
his first teeth "Fadder" and "Mudder'' have
quite forgotten that the stork didn't bring
him, like other little boys, in the regular
way.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
MARTHE LESNER'S AWAKENING

French colonists. We want to see homes
founded. That is the best means of assuring
a prosperity which is too often lacking"
She blushed and didn't dare to look at him.
She had expected to find herself in the pres
ence of some ruff-mannered parsonage per
haps an old man, and she hadn't recovered
from her astonishment. The cordial voice rat
tied on with a frankness in which there was
perhaps touch Of irony.
at is a good example to follow. Doesn't it
tempt you?"
"Not in the least" she assured him.
Zone can do ones duty anywhere" the sec
retary added. His voice had become grave
She took her leave without offering him her
hand. He conducted her to the end Of the in
terminable corridor.
the Seine. 1t a spring day, clear and
mild. The stream flowed in a scintillating
mass, rejecting the golden rays of the SUM-
The trees on both banks were beginning to
bud. Their little green leaves opened in the
light as if with hands greedy to seize it. And
the old buildings, in their robe of grayish
stone, seemed to be rejuvenated.
Marthe was not in hurry to go home.
sudden change had come over her and she
wasn't able to analyze it's causes. She had
got up that morning with her will firmly fixed
and her reason in accord with her will. She
had weighed everything for and against She
had ardently desired to have the matter settled
as promptly as possible. But when she came