The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-24

den, reporting this morning that she
had OUTRAGED the elements and had
gained safety.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Navy de-
partment officials on being informed of
the explosion of the dirigible ZR-2
through press dispatches expressed
the opinion that not more than seven
or a dozen Americans were aboard the
big craft.
The officers and crew of the naval
dirigible ZR-2 on her fight from Eng
land to the United States were to
have been as follows:
Commander Louis H. Maxfeld, COM
manding officer, Washington, D. c.;
Lieutenant Commander Valentine n.
Bieg, senior engineer officer Bryn
Mawr, Pa; Lieutenant Commander
Emory Coil, executive officer, Marriet-
ia, Ohio; Lieutenant Commander R. E.
Byrd, Jr., air nayigational expert,
Washington, D. c.; Major P. E. Van
Nostrand. Army Air Service, Washing
ton, D. c.; Lieutenant Ralph G. Pen
noyer, navigator, Berkeley, California;
Lieutenant Henry W. Hoyt, watch
officer, Clearwater, Fla; Lieutenant
John B. Lawrence, watch officer, Lin
coin, Mimi; Lieutenant Marcus H.
Esterly, radio officer. Washington, D.
c.; Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson,
meteorological officer, Hyattsville,
Maryland; Chief Machinist Shine 5.
Halliburton, assistant engineer officer,
Macon, Ga; Lieutenant Clifford A.
Tinker, publicity officer, Westfeld,
Mass.
In addition two watch officers OF
the United States Naval Reserve
Force were to have made the trip
These officers are Lieutenant Charles
G. Little, Newburyport, Mass, and
Lieutenant Telford B. Null, Denver
Colo.
The non-commissioned personnel oil
the crew was composed of ten riggers
is mechanics and two radio men, as
| follows:
iggers-Charles l. Aller, Denver
| Colo; Arthur E. Carlson, Juliaetta
| Idaho; Hans Christensen, Newton
| Mass; James H. Collier. Oklahoma
| City, Okla; Charles w. Frank, Way
noka, Okla; Charles A. Heckbert
: Rockland, Maine; Maurice Lay
Greensboro, n. c.; Ad Pettitt, New
York City; Sylvester F. Shields, st
Louis; Norman o. Walker, Commerce
| Texas.
| Mechanics-Charles H. Broom, AT
lantic City, n. j.; Charles w. Cass
Jacksonville, Fla; Lester K. Coleman
Fort Worth, Tex; Robert NJ. Coons
| Greensboro, KY; Lloyd E. Crowel
South Carolina; James w. Cullinan
Binghamton, n. Y; Thomas d. DickeI
son, Summerland. Calf; Andrew E
Galatian, New York City; John 4
Hancock, London, Eng; Ralph Jones
Los Angeles, Calf; William Julius
Albert L. Loftin, Frank F. Norman
St Louis: William ]. Steele, Balm
bridge. Ind: Llewellyn T. Stevens. Al
lanta, Ga, and George WEIGH, Elgir
Ill.
Radio Men-John T. Robertson
Smyrna, Fla; John E. Waterman, I
Paso, Texas.
In addition TO the above, two chic
machinist's mates, William A Ru,
sell and William A. Lamkey, both o
Brooklyn, n. Y, were to have bee
included among the mechanics if tn
lifting power of the ZR-2 permitted
Commander Maxfield, who was I
have commanded the ZR-2 on its triI
is a native of st. Paul, MINI. Al
pointed to the naval academy fror
, Minnesota in 1903, he graduated wit
the class of 1907. He was one OF tn
lpioneers in United States naval avia
ton, having received his Designation
as an air pilot, heavier-than-a
branch, after training at Pensacol
during the pre-war period
: In 1917 Commander Maxfield wen
to Akron, Ohio. where he was a stl
dent in lighter-than-air craft and quail
; fled as pilot. For several month
during the spring and summer OF 191
he was in comman at Akron.
In August. 1917, he went to Europ
and was placed in command of tn
, United States naval air station a
Paimboeuf. His next assignment wa
, in the navy department, Washington
He was subsequently sent to England
where he has been the commandin
officer of the airship detachment :
Howden
! 1t was pointed out that as a navi
scout, the ZR-2 was the equal of Sc,
eral scout cruisers and that when pr,
vided with helium would have bee
j practically invulnerable. In this COZ
nection it is interesting to note tia
. the United States government, havin
? practical monopoly on helium,
: the only nation today in a position I
; have helium-filled airships.
/, Helium, besides being non-inflan
mable, is almost as buoyant as hydr
: gen. The navy's helium plant at F
> Worth, Tex, the only one capable {
= extracting the elusive element fro
. Texas natural gas, is in daily oper
!. ton. Naval experts say, howeve
! that more than 100000 cubic feet
4 helium are wasted daily and the
: urge that extracting be done at a
!, natural gas wells, since the proce;
does not injure the gas in any way.
By a simple Encouragement, II
navy department says, the ZR-2 cou
: have been converted into CONNER
: ial airship capable of carrying appro
imately 40 tons of freight and as mar
:, as SIS passengers on a single trip. ST
cost the United States governmel
: 100000, the building of the hang;
: at Lakehurst, n. J., another $4,000
: and the training of her personn
l. 100000.
Z Work on the Fri, sister ship, W.
: stopped recently when congress failt
= to appropriate funds for her compl
/ ton. Nearly all her structural mat
n rial is cut and formed, the fabric
D. being woven and prepared, six Libert