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The Democrat-herald., 1922-09-22

Poor Bonus Bill. who has been
making things warm for his
friends the enemy" at the ma
tons capital for a past good)y
number of moons. was finally,
on the 18th inst bumped 9? the
head by one Of those friends
whom Bill helped to elect to; q
very high and important Office
two years ago.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-09-22

Albert Peterson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
LODGE ACQUIESCES
in RESERVATION TO
FOUR-POWER PACT
President Not to Oppose
1t if Ratification Will
Be Facilitated.

The 'irFeconcilable" element in
the Senate demonstrated yesterday
that it is still alive and kicking by
virtually forcing acceptance Of q
drastic and far-reaching reserva-
tion to the four-power pact.
Senator Lodge. chairman of the
com mlttee, who announced the four
power pact to the world early in
December. after some hesitation,
yielded to the demands of the "ir-
reconcilables" and let il be known
tion.
Harding Not Opposed
President Harding was consulted
about the reservation. A copy OF IL
was submitted to him. Members of
the comTnittee who talked with him
stated that he adhered to his origi-
nal view that no reservations were
necessary, but that he would not
oppose it. il II were deemed neces-
sary to facilitate ratification of the
treaties negotiated by the arma-
mcnt conference.
The irreconcilable" reservation
Is the composite handiwork of Sem
ator Mccormick of Illinois, Senator
Moses of New Hampshire, Senator
BrandeSee of Connecticut, Senator
Borah of Idaho and Senator John
son OF California. 1t was laid be-
fore the committee yesterday by
Senator Brandegee.
Text of Reservation.
The text of the reservation is as
follows:
The United States understands
that it assumes no obligation either
n M sA As
rights in relation to the insular pos
sessions or insular dominions of
any of the other high contracting
parties and that the consent of the
Congress of the United States shall
be necessary to any adjustments or
understandings under articles 1 and
by which the United States is to
be bound in any way and that there
is no obligation either legal or
moral to give such consent"
Senator Pomerene. of Ohio, DEM
ocrat, proposed an amendment by
adding the words, ''it is understood,
however. that the adjustment pro-
vided for under article / and the
understanding contemplated under
article 2 shall be subject to the
consent of the Congress of the
United States"
No Final Action Taken.
Explaining his amendment, Sena-
tor Pomerene said:
TT means that IL there Is any
possibility of war. or anything of
that kind, the final decision will be
up to Congress"
No final action was taken on the
Brandegee reservation but canvass
of the committee. reservationists
said, clearly indicated that il would
Senate.
Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota,
erstwhile mild reservationist," led
the opposition to the reservation at
yesterdays meeting
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
Guard Battles
Miners; 4 Shot
Strikers Retreat from Fire
OF Seriously Wounded
Company Employe.

WELLSBURG, w. Va. Feb. 21.-
Four men were wounded. two Sc
riously. in a revolver battle today
between a guard at La Belle mine
No. 4, of the West Virginia-Pi
burgh Coal Company. and a score
of striking miners. The battle oc-
CURED on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road bridge at the approach of the
mine. about a half mile south of
here.
The guard felP at the first shot
fired. Seriously wounded, he poured
such q hot fire at his assailants
that they fed after three had been
wounded.
The wounded were Daniel Altman,
Of wellsburg; Ramon Estinoso and
Jose Geodoy, strikers->of Wellsburg,
and Samuel Seoul, striker. Of Wells
willie.
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Subcommittee Decide S
Sales Tax Only Means
Of Raising Revenue.
EXACT FORM TO.
BE DETERMINED
Secretary Mellon Sug-
gests Producers and
Wholesalers Tax.

A soldier bonus bill, to be paid
through a sales tax, Is being pre-
pared for presentation to a caucus
Of House Republicans.
The subcommittee on taxation OF
the Ways and Means Committee,
question of how to get funds for
day began work on the theory
that the sales tax was the only
means open for raising the neces-
sary revenue.
What foIm the sales tax will
take is to be determined.
The decision of the subcommIt-
tee does not mean that the sales
tax will be accepted by the full
Ways and Means Committee. Nor
does 1t insure acceptance of the
sales tax by the Republican caucus
or the House itself.
But II does strongly indicate the
course which leaders are expected
to advocate.
Mellon Suggests Plan.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
appearing before the taxation COM
iIlltCt,
wholesalers sales tax" as the least
undesirable form tho levy could take
Mellon said that such a tax. ranging
from . to per cent, would produce
$500, 900, 900 annually. 1t would ap-
Ply a: the source on producers
goods, and would be paid by whole
sslers in the case of importations.
Mellon suggested that the tax be
made to apply to specifically listed
articles. rather than to apply gen.
orally.
A Der cent manufacturers tax.
he thought, would bring in about
s250, 100000 a year. and a retail tax
a larger amount
The subcommittee abandoned the
idea that a bill might be presented
without provisions for raising rev.
tnue. Members thought this would
be impracticable. a view to which
Secretary Mellon gave emphatic
assent.
Sales Tax Foes Active.
Opponents of the sales tax. mean
time. are active in the House. Pc
titions directed against the tax. put
in circulation by Mid-Western Rep
resentatives. now have more than
seventy signatures from South
Dakota, North Dakota. Pennsyl-
vania. Missouri. North Carolina,
Washington. Iowa. California. Mich
igan, Ohio, Illinois. Washington and
Nebraska. Other signers are being
sought.
Leaders in the anti-sales tax
movement will meet today to pre-
sent the petitions to the Ways and
Means Committee. The petitions. de-
clare in favor Of bonus. but
against paying it through a sales
tax. They do not embody a pledge
to vote against such a tax, how
ever.
Discussion of the bonus occurred
on the floor of the Senate again yes
terday. when Senator Underwood, of
Alabama. Democratic leader. an
nounced his opposition. Underwood
was discussing a bill to give, dis
abled emergency army officers the
same status when retired as is ac-
corded regular officers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
VALERA CLASHES
With TREATYlTES
BEFORE SINN FEll
Conference With oil d s
Vote After Hearing
Griffith and Collins.

| DUBLIN, Feb. 81. - Eamonn De
Valera opened his attack on the
Irish treaty Immediately upon the
convening of the great conference
of Sim Fein in Dublin today.
As the mouthpiece of Irish ire
conCilables. De Valera was warmly
welcomed. AS the first step in his
attempt to line up the organization
against the treaty, he introduced a
resolution pledging that until the
Irish Republic has been recognized
internationally. it shall be recog-
nized that Sim Fein will continue
to oppose. by every means avail
able, the British domination at the
coming elections, and support only
candidates who refuse to take the
oath of allegiance to the king"
The convention was called to or
der. with De Valera in the chair.
Appealing for support of his mo-
tion, De Valera urged the continu-
ance of the Irish Republic. but ad-
vised that passive resistance" was
preferable to war.
Il would rather see the country
flooded with British troops" he said,
than that we should commit any
irrevocable act giving them the
right to be here"
Ireland is a ''motherland," he told
the delegates, and not "an illegiti-
mate daughter"
Immediately after De Valera spoke,
Arthur Griffith. president of the
Dali Eireann, opened for the de-
fenss. moving an amendment to De
Valeras resolution and asking for
the support of the pact. He de-
clared that IL the British troops are
still in Ireland It is because OF the
work of the treaty opponents. De
Valera knew. he said, that the Irish
delegates could not have brought
back a republic from London.
Seconding Gfinith's motion, Mi
chsel Collins told the delegates that
the Irish people were not enemies
Of Great Britain. but Of British ag-
gression. Friendship between the two
nations was imperative, he declared
owing to the propinquity of the
British Isles.
The convention adjourned without
reaching vote, and will meet again
at IL o'clock this morning.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
Roma Was Capital Ship
OF Lighter-Than-Air Forces
Shorter and Faster Than Navy Vessel, ZR-2
Which Was Destroyed Last August,
In British Flight.

The army's wrecked ship was 81
feet thick and 90 feet high, while
the ZR-2 was So feet wide and 90
feet high. The Roma needed l.ls3.-
600 cubic feet of hydrogen to fill the
gas bag. The capacity of the ZR-2
was 2,720.o00 cubic feet But in
speed the Roma was expected to
outclass the navy ship. Eighty
miles an hour was the estimated
speed OF the Roma. while the ZR-s
had only a maximum OF IS miles
per hour. The army's ship weighed
5S tons when fully loaded. and 81
of those tons would have been made
up of crow. ballast. fuel. etc, and
could have included 100 passengers.
When first assembled at Langley
Field. the Roma had six l2-cylinder,
o0-horsepower. Ansaldo engines.
placed in pairs at the two ends and
the center of the ship, but these
were replaced by Liberty engines
ship at Boiling Field in December.
Difference i'm Design.
English aeronautical designers
patterned their ships to a great eX-
tent after the German Zeppelins,
which have rigid frames that do not
allow the gas bag to DEBATE, even
when empty. The Roma was built
by Signor Celestino Usuelli, a
wealthy Italian business man in
collaboration with the engineer,
Prassone. Col. Crocco and others.
who believe that the semirigid con-
struction. in which frame work is
only needed along the keel of the
gas bag, has all the advantages of
the rigid ship while reducing the
expense of construction and cor
siderably speeding up the work.
The Roma was designed origl-
nally for flying across the Allan
tic. This feat. however. was aban-
doned. as there appeared to be no
material gain in such a fight ex-
cept for demonstrative effect. ar d
the ship was knocked down and
sent to this country as freight.
While in Italy 1t underwent siren
uous trial flights.
Both the ZR-2 and the Roma were
bought by the United States gov
eminent so that the lighter-than-
air forces of this country would
process. The lessons that were to
utilized in the building of airships
here in America.
Carried IL Baliooaets.
The envelop of the Roma car
ried twelve gas ballonets and six
air ballouets- Each of the air
ballonets had its own air manifold
and two controllable exhaust valves.
Under the envelope there ran, for
practically the entire length OF the
ship. rigid triangular girder. the
arex of the triangle pointing DOWN
ward. The engines, together with
their radiators, were located on
cantilever supports, from the main
girder. The nose of the ship was
braced to prevent collapse when
travelling at high speed, this being
accomplished by forming the fore
part of the sirder or main beam
into the shape of a large braced
cupola. The main girder was con-
structed to provide for the suspen-
sion of a salon capable Of carry
Continued on Paoe fsoo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
Third Air Disaster in Year
Marks Army's Heaviest Loss
Explosion of ZR at Hull, England, Last Au
gust, Worst Disaster for u. S. Navy
Seven Perished in Crash on May Fl

The fatal crash at Norfolk of the
giant dirigible Roma" has brought
to the American army its greatest
airship disaster.
With a loss of 80 in the Norfolk
tragedy the disaster marks the third
grim monument to army and navy
air service experimental work that
mas been erected within the last six
months.
On August 25. last. the z Re-,
purchased by the American navy
from Great Britain for approx
mately s2,oOO.0OO. exploded and
crashed to. earth near Hull, Eng
land. with a loss of thirty-hve lives.
That was the crOwninS air disaster
of the navy.
On May % an army airplane-a
huge craft constructed as a hospi-
tai carrier-crashed during a storm
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
LOUCHEUR'S STAND
ASTOUNDS HOLLIS

PARIS, Feb. 21.-Utmost astonish-
ment at the speech of Louis Lou
cheur, in which the French repara-
-tions expert declared that France
'can never pay a cent to America" "
was expressed here by Henry F.
Hollis, former Senator from New
Hampshire and former member of
the Liquidation committee in Eu.
rope. s. 49,, ,...-
when Europe has been reorgan-
lied. placed on q production basis.
and Is again possessed of stable
gold currency" Hollis said, then
she will be able to meet every heed
and pay every debt. Europe needs
no special pleading or suggestion OF
bankruptcy.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
ABANDON PLAN
FOR NEW PARTY

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The progress
sive conference, called by leaders of
the railroad unions and attended by
representatives of practically every
liberal political force in the coun-
try, decided today that now is no
time to form a new party.
In adjourning 1t was decided that
labor and farm organizations will
80 into the primaries this fall and
attempt to nominate Congressional.
State and municipal candidates on
either the Republican or the Demo-
cratic ticket The results of this
experiment will be reported back to
another meeting, to be held here
in Decembr.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
PLANS FLIGHT -.
FROM FRANCE

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-A nonstop
transatlantic airplane flight from
France to the United States will be
attempted In April by Louis Gau-
bert. He is a one-armed veteran Of
the world war. He sailed for
France today on the steamship
Rochambeau, #'s ~
Gaubert, who lost his left arm In
an accident in civil NE before the
war, won the distinction In the
French air forces of bringing down.
on October 12. 1914, the second Ger
man plane destroyed. Since. the war
he has been engaged in commercial
iying from Roosevelt Field. Long
Island. ,.r. ...,,.,.-s.. .-,.,,s-,s,..,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
SHOTS SCATTER
MILL STRIKERS:
TROOPS ARRIVE
Pawtucket, r. l., Quiet
After RiOt-One Dead,
Eight Shot.

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Feb. 2I.-
With the arrival of four companies
of Rhode Island coast artillery at
Pawtucket. following the most Sc
rious rioting of the New England
cotton mill strike. the city was
quiet tonight.
One man was killed by police
riot guns. eight more were shot
and many strikers and patrolmen
were battered and bruised by stones
and clubs in a battle at the gates
OF the Jenecks Spinning Com1nny's
mill early in the day.
Tonight machine guns were
mounted on the roofs of the mills
and each plant is under heavy
guard of militia units.
Three Likely 10 Dir.
Pontiac. guarded by two troops
Of cavalry. and Nataic. where the
machine gun detaChments and an
other company of coast artillery
are stationed. are equally quiet
following the disorders Of yester-
day.
The entire national guard Of
Rhode Island is thus in comma nd
Of the strike situation.
Three of the eight men wounded
are likely to die. il was said at the
Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket.
They are Jose NORM NOgueral. shot
in the neck: Joseph Diaz. shot in
left cheek and abdomen, and Tony
Regosa, shot through the chest
Dead Man Not Striker.
The dead man, Joas Assuncao. OF
Na1lnxr Falls 1aarnad q
not a striker. but a grocery-wagon
driver, who left his team in a mo-
ment of curiousity and was in the
forefront OF the disorderly mob.
Six persons arrested by the Paw
tucket police were arraigned in the
municipal court on charges of re-
fusing to uisperse. -Four, who
pleaded not guilty, were held in
$1,000 bail for a hearing March 6.
Two. pleading guilty. were fined $40
each.
Among those held for trial is
pretty Mary Almeida. of Pawtucket,
a 24-year-old girl striker. who the
police allege was one OF the leaders
of the mob.
Ordered to shoot.
The rioting began when a crowd
Of nearly 1000 infuriated men and
women attempted to prevent others
from entering the spinning mill
Mayor Robert A. Kenyon read the
riot act from his automobile. After
engaging in the preliminary fray
when the police attempted TO dis
perse the mot. <he finally ordered
the bluecoats to shoot IL neces-
sary." When the stone lombard
ment began. the riot guns swept
the mob.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
FEBRUARY CROP
PROSPECTS, GOOD

Promise of a good harvest for
1929 Is revealed in the Department
OF Agriculture's latest survey.
Decidedly good crop prospects and
increased acreases are reported for
early February in cotton, potatoes,
winter wheat. rye, fruit. livestock.
hay and pastures.
Deterioration of the winter wheat
crop Is reported in Kansas, and mar
keting Is generally slow for corn.
Wages are reported on the decline,
and farm labor Is exceeding the de-
marid. p
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between Washington and Langley
Field. with loss of seven lives.
The trial night marked the army's
heaviest loss up to that time.
But the Roma crash ,sirpasses
anything of its kind in the history
Of army air service experiments.
1t may result In Congress demand
ing a thorough Investigation and
report. with the admitted possibili- =
ty of ienying further approprIa-
tiops for lighter-than-air craft. un-
less. or until there Is sufficient
helium gas available to render
them safe from explosion.
Crew Trapped In Wreckage.
In report to the Navy Depart
ment Vbm Capt. L. II. r. Doyle. of
Norfolk. he declared that the heavy
death toll was caused mainly by
the men being unable to extricate
themselves from the burning
wreckage. Several bodies were
found charred beyond recognition.
The dirigible, according to Doyle,
vas completely destroyed. only the
framework remaining. This, of
course. would somewhat hamper a
thorough investigation of the dis
aster.
Doyle. however. declared that had
the ship fallen without exploding
the death toll probably would have
been small. According to survivors
Interviewed by Doyle. the swapping
or jamming OF an "elevator"-the
mechanism for raising and lowering
the ship-started the Roma on her
die toward the earth. The explo-
sion hn Said
tween the huge bag and a $4,000
volt electric wire near the ground.
The Roma in December had DEM
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
ARCHITECT PLANS
FOR WASHINGTON
MEMORIAL O.K.D
Masonic Delegates Plar
To Lay Cornerstone
November 4.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 81
Architects plans for the S2.5oO, ,0oC
temple to, George Washington, the
Mason, were approved here today
The cornerstone will be laid No
vember 4. the anniversary of the ini-
tiation of Americas first President
into Masonry.
Two hundred delegates from near
ly every State m the union were
present at the convention of the
George Washington Masonic Nation
al Memorial Association, which in
dorsed the plans. Louis A. watres, of
Pennsylvania, presided over the con-
yention in the lodge room of the
Alexandria Washington Lodge.
The temple will be erected in
George Washington Park. The tenn
pie will cost $1,500,00O. The
landscape gardening will cost $780,
900. Including the endowment fund,
$4,000, 900 will be raised for the me-
mortal.
The building will be 1eo feet wide
by 230 feet deep. In the center of
the building will be an atrium. 70
by 40 feet. for the memorial hall
proper, 81 feet, high. In this hall
will be a statue OF tseorge Washing
ten. A number of rooms for Masonic
purposes will surround the memoir
ial hail.
On the second story Of the tower
will be a museum which will contain
relics OF. the Father OF His Country.
The cash on hand for the fund TO
date is approximately 500, 900.
Pledges will bring the total to ST.
500, 900, 1t is estimated. t..
The delegates tonight witnessed
the exemplificationE OF the master
mason degree by Alexandria- wash
ington Lodge. ~ 49, ..
The last session of the association
will convene at 9:3o o'clock tomor-
row morning. At 2:3o o'clock a pill.
grimage will be made by the dele
gates to Mount Vernon.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
AMERICAN SEEKS
SOVIET CONCESSION

BERLIN. Feb. 21.-Negotiations
between the Soviet government and
an American named French. who
Is claimed to represent the STAND
ard Oil Company. concerning the
Baku Oil Fields. are reported to
have ended without result. The
negotiations were begun at Radek.
French. now on his way to- War
saw. hopes to enter Russia to con-
tinue the discussion on concessions
The Russians are said to prefer CIV
ing the concessions to America
rather than to the British.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
RESCUE SURVIVOR
OF SUNEEN SHIP

PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 2l.-Cspt.
N A. Smith. of the fishing smack
Caldwell H Colt. which foundered
February 1e. of Dry Tortugas. was
picked up-by the steamer oriente,
according to a wireless message re-
ceived here. Eight other members
of Colts crew were drowned. ac-
cording to the radiogram. r. b.
Brooks, another member OF the
Colts crew. was picked up Saturday
by the steamer Acosta and taken
to New Orleans.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22
Members of Crew Trapped Under Gas
Bag and Burned to Death
Beyond Help
SURVIVOR DESCRIBES CRASH
Throwing Out Ballast Fails to Check Swift
and Tragic Descent Over
In Striking Ground

NORFOLK, Va Feb a1-Thyour lost their lives when
the huge drgbe Roma fell in flames army base
this afternoon
Eleven Of the crew of foryfv terribly injured
Three unhurt
Only the metal frame remains of the great aiship known as the
largest of its type in the world.
Members Of and
the blazing bag All but of dead are eharred
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Vertical Control Fails.
The accident occurred shortly af-
ter . o'clock this afternoon, less
than an hour after the great semi
rigid ship had left its hangar at
Langley Field. Just re-equipped
with Liberty engines in place OF the
Italian type it originally had. the
Roma was receiving its first tryoUt
since the change.
At 2:le the disaster came. Just
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-22

The thirty -four dead whose bodies have been recovered
follows: VINO were '-''''o '' f'e'0'
Ma. John G Ihcnen. former commander of the Roma
Capt Dale Msbry Commando Of the Roma
Capt Allen P: Mcfarland % d. student.
Capt Frederick Fred i H Purrsehmidt, uIn student
First Lieut. Wallace Wall G. Burns, 's student.
First Lieut.. William E. Riley. student
Rls Lieut. Wallace cs%miass Sn,das Sud: student
First Lieut.. Harold K Hine. student
Master Master s ssst KOgs. Roger MsN,y MsSIx ns;st s9sassr
Master sergt: Homer Gorby photographer.
serst Marion ]. Beal1. member of
seret. Thomas A. Yaraborough, member of crew.
Sergt. William J. Ryan, member of crew.
serst Virgil c Hoffman member Of crew;
s: ss1E m:s M Hses e% on S
Corp. Iryey Heveron member Of crew
private Ts ThSeen n Biateisy, % member. Of
Private John E Thompson. member of crew.
Fise@a eivi.ns"wes from Mecook Field Dayton Ohio,
and Langley Field special duty.
SIyker
oIaughln
Herman.
Eight Are Injured
Capt Walter ]. Reed, second in command of the Roma,
formerly of Scarsdsle N. Y.
Maj John D. Readon student. formerly resided 1as6
First Lieut.. Clarence H. Welsh student, formerly OF
Sergt Harry Chapman passenger formerly St Louis Mo-
Sergt Joseph NJ Redenbach passenger formerly OF Akron
Corp Alberto Flores member Of crew stree, nortbu. ,
city making tests for Bureau Of Standards, Depen. of
Three Are Unhurt.
Lieut. Byron T. Burt , pilot Of the Roma, stationed at
Private Peek formerly of Terre Haute
Ind now stationed a. Langley rieS .dv;.o, c,,.
for Ae1on.utie., Mecook Field Dayton, Ohio