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Evening star., 1922-02-21
BILLS
ARE SENT TO BALL
Ten Recommendations Deal
With Street and Park Sys-
tenn Development.

Seventeen pieces of District legis-
lation which the Commissioners be-
lieve should be enacted into law at
the earliest opportunity have been
listed and sent to Senator Ball. chair
man of the District committee.
Ten of these bills come under En-
gineer Commissioner Keller's jurisdic-
ton and deal principally with de-
velopment of the park system and ex-
tension of streets.
Five of the items on the slate have
to do with departments controlled by
Commissioner Rudolph, the most i'm
portant Of which are the new pawn
broker bill and the blue-sky security
law.
Urges Defining of Vagrancy.
Commissioner Oyster has two pro-
posed laws on the list, one to define
vagrancy in the District and the other
to provide for the licensing Of pri-
wate detectives.
The bills recommended for passage
by Col. Keller follow:
Authorizing the widening Of 1st street
northeast; to make survey and plan
OF proposed parkway to connect old
civil war forts; to amend the act rel
ative to payment of claims for ma
terial and labor on District buildings
authorizing the closing of a portion
Of Finey Branch road authorizing the
closing Of certain streets, roads and
highways in the District rendered use
less; authorizing the extension and
widening of certain streets in the Dis
trict; to vacate certain streets and
alleys in grounds of Walter Reed Hos
pital. and for the extension Of 18th
street through the hospital grounds; to
postpone for two years enforcement of
the law closing alley dwellings; au-
thorizing the opening of minor street
from Georgia avenue to 9th street north
Of Florida avenue; authorizing exten-
sion Of the park system.
In addition to the pawnbroker and
blue-sky laws, Commissioner Rudolph
included in the list the extension of
the Ball rent act and bill making
certain amendments to the license laws
of the District.
Evening star., 1922-02-21
FLAMING ROMA FALLS
OVER HAMPTONROADS:
MORE THAN 81 ABOARD
Giant Dirigible Meets Disaster in
ExPlosion--Four Badly Burned
Men Taken From Wreckage.

PORTSMOUTH, Va, February zl-BeIef that thirty
five or forty bodies still pinned wreckage the
roads Army base at z:IO this afternoon expressed
ss5 o'clock by officials of the public health
service which has taken charge of disposal bodies
and the rescue of the men pinned under the debris.
Ten have been taken hospital at the Army
base, the health service announced.
NORFOLK, Va, February 2l-The Army dirigible Roma
by the United States from Italy only
operating over the Hampton roads naval base The big
landed flames the naval base Soon
were taken off alive
The heat of the flames those near where
ne tell were unable to approach The four rescued
Catching fire in the air above the Army supply at
Zlo Pn the Roma dropped in nosedve into the Army
base nclosure almost directly in front of headquarters
the base.
The Roma which the largest semrgd arship in the
world sailing in southeastery direction wlen according
to observers, she suddenly burst into flames fell
os1oe the eaf'H he explosion occurred shortly after
Whether there life was not known during
the rst fteen minutes the big bag
brskly after striking the ground
-Four bodies of men the of the Roma
from the wreckage within few minutes How seriously burn
ed they were could not be stated at They hurried
the hospital at the Army base.
Reports from Portsmouth, which the naval base said
the Roma after sanng plunge OF hundreds of feet struck
crash sheet of fame eaped from the gas bag
passenger sung underneath dropped
feet to the ground below.
The Roma was flying low the warehouses the Army
supply base the time of the accident That trouble
noted by in the peighbohood, who wp of
smoke dart suddenly above the big gas bag.
The wp became dull reddish glare the bag burst
smoke above her. The Roma
nosedive warehouse No. the Army
vation
The collapsed and burning dgble settled the
alongside the Army base fire station Feen started fighting
the blaze
Calls immediately the hospital the naval base
for assistance also the hospital the Army supply base and
local hospitals Medical officers from the United States public
health service hospital the base the
Men taken from the wreckage of the big aircraft many
of them badly burned and otherwise hurt Some of the
sengers aboard the ship virtually unhur though all
shaken up
number of the jumped from the of the Roma
she fell Others caught under her. These believed
were killed almost instantly.
On the first checkng the Army base of the
from the ship the following named Reardon Welch
Hurley, Peek, Friedenbach, Chapman and Burt -.
Evening star., 1922-02-21
CARRIED 80 OR 40 PASSENGERS:
NAMES OF CREW REVEALED

burst into flames and fell like q
comet.
Members Of the official crew Of the
Roma are:
Maj. John c. Thornell. past COM
mander.
Capt. Dale Mabry, commander.
Capt. Walter ]. Reed. pilot.
Lieut.. Byron G. Burt, pilot.
Sergt. Roger B. McNally. coxswain.
Sergt. Lee NJ. Harris. chief engineer.
Sergt. Lewis Hilliard, engineer. -
Myron G. Field, engineer.
j. NJ. Biedenbach, engineer.
Sergt. Thomas Marlborough, engi-
neer.
Sergt. Billy Ryan. radio operator.
Sergt- Vergil Hoffman, rigger.
Corp. Irbey Huzion, rigger.
Corp. Alberto Floresa. rigger
Private Gus Kinkston. rigger
Private Marion Hill, rigger.
Private Thomas NJ. Blakeley, engi-
neer.
Private John Thompson. engineer.
Private Vernon Peek, engineer.
Sergt. Homer Gorby. photographer.
Sergt. Lico G. Loupes, photographer.
Evening star., 1922-02-21
Roma Presented to Army
With Elaborate Ceremony
at Boiling Field Dec. Fl

Elaborate ceremonies marked the
presentation of the Roma to the
United States Army at Boiling Field
on December 81. 1t was dedicated to
the service Of the United States on
that day at Boiling Field by Miss
Fcnrose Wainwright, daughter of the
assistant secretary of war, in the
presence of more than a hundred dis
tinguished guests. including Secre-
tary of the Navy Denby, Secretary Of
war Weeks and Maj. Gen. M. NJ.
Patrick, chief of the air service.
A small sized gale was blowing
across the field when Ambassador
Ricci of Italy delivered the address
of formal presentation to the United
States, Immediately after the christ
ening and later battle flag was pre-
sented to the Roma by Lieut.. Gen.
Giuseppe Vaccari. chief of staff of
the Italian army.
Is A large. number of senators and
representatives, mostly members OF
the military affairs and foreign ats
Evening star., 1922-02-21
BY the Associated Press.


NEWPORT NEWS. Va. February
21.-There were twenty-one in the
official crew of the Roma. according
to officials at Langley Field. In ad-
dition to these there were thirty or
forty passengers and enlisted men
aboard the officer of the station said.
Observers at Old Point Comfort
stated that the Roma seemed to be
well beyond the naval base when
she took fire and fell.
The list of injured are: Capt. Reed.
U. S. A; Walter A. McNaire of the bu-
reau of standards, Washington; Maj.
]. D. Reardon: Harry Chapman. mas
ter sergeant; Charles Dworch. master
sergeant; First Sergt. c. NJ. Welch,
Sergt Peek and Roy Burley. aviation;
Lieut. w. E. Riley died while being
brought to the U. S. Public Service
Hospital.
The Roma landed in flames at the
naval base and four men were taken
off her alive, but badly burned.
The Roma was sailing in a south
eaSterly direction when she suddenly
Evening star., 1922-02-21
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 2o.-Louis P. Lou
rheur. former minister of liberated re-
gions, declared tonight it was his be-
lief that France never would be able
10 pay a sou of her debt to the United
States. This statement was made at
Lyon at banquet of the industrial,
commercial and agricultural associa-
iions.
81 say plainly" declared NJ. Lou
cheur, that I believe we never will
be able to pay a sou to America. /
say it because there are Americans
here, who. hope. will cable my words
across the seas. We never can pay
the $4,000, ,O0O, 900 francs we owe Amer
ica, with the added interest.
Blames Customs Barrier.
America has all the gold, and we
never could pay in goods, on account
of the customs barriers raised by the
United States itself"
N. Loucheur added that David Lloyd
George. the British prime minister.
Evening star., 1922-02-21
GOES TO LoRToN PRISON.

John William Henry, former head
of the brokerage firm Of Lewis John
son & Co.. will serve his term Of six
years Imprisonment in the District
reformatory at Lorton. Va. Henry
was taken to Lorton today from the
District Jail, where he has been held
for several weeks, awaiting designa-
tion by the Department of Justice of
tho place of confinement.
Henry was convicted Of embezzling
stock certificates valued at $4,000,
which, had been deposited with his
arm Vf clients.
Evening star., 1922-02-21

PORTSMOUTH,, Va, February 21.-
Fourteen men were seen to leap from
the stricken airship Roma as it app
peared inevitable that she would
strike one of the buildings at the
Army base. Some Of them chung tc
parachutes while others leaped over
the side and plunged to the ground,
according to eye-witnesses.
The wreckage was still burning like
a blast furnace at ESQ o'clock, though
chemicals were being played on the
debris by the Army base fire depart
ment. According to witnesses on the
scene Of the disaster fully a half
dozen men are pinned beneath the
wreckage. The body of one man has
been removed,
Evening star., 1922-02-21
EARLY Star


The regular edition of,
The Starwill be issued at
/ o'clock on Washington's
birth d Wednesday,
February 22.
All advertising for this
edition must be received at
The Star Office before II
o'clock Tuesday evening,
at which time the Office
closeh
Evening star., 1922-02-21
WEATHER.

Unsettled Weather, with rain late to-
night or tomorrow; rising temperature
tomorrow; temperature above freezing
tonight. Temperature for twenty-four
hours ended at 2 pm. today: Highest,
63, at 3 pm. yesterday. Lowest, AZ, at
am. today. Full report ON page Z.
Evening star., 1922-02-21

CONTINUED on Page 2. Column
Evening star., 1922-02-21

Member Of the Associated Press
The Associated Press IL exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication cf all news dsr-1ehes
credited to It OF not otherwise credited In this
paper and also the local news publishsd herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16

tions, quartet could devote itself
to the best in art, with no other inter
est to divert it from the pursuit of
it's ideal.
Mr.. de Coppet Immediately recog-
nized the value Of the suggestion and
set about finding the members. 1t was
no easy task. First, there was the
lack of monetary gain to attract; then
there was the entire submergence of
the individuality, and last, it was nee
essary to find four men of similar
ideas and training.
First Season in 1903.
However, the end was attained at
last, and the summer of 1908 saw four
men gathered together in Mr.. de Cop
pets villa, Flonzaley, to discuss the
preliminary steps toward the forma-
ton of what has since become the
foremost string quartet of it's time.
They were Adolfo Betti, an Italian,
who had given up his position as in
structor under Cesar Thomson at the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels; Ugo
Ara, also an Italian, who made the de-
cision to devote himself henceforth to
the viola, and who put aside his violin
as the first sacrifice upon the altar of
his ideals; Ivan d'Archambeau, the
'cellist, Belgian, from the Conserva-
tory of Luxembourg, and Alfred Pochon,
the Swiss violinist, above mentioned.
Although of different nationalities, all
the members belong to the Belgian
school of music, a fact which has ma
terially helped in gaining the unity of
execution and smoothness of express
sion that is characteristic of the Flon-
zaley art.
Only One Change Ever Made.
During the eighteen years of it's ex-
istence, the personnel Of the quartet
has remained the same with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Louis Bailly, the viola
player, who joined the quartet in 1917,
in place of Mr.. Ara who was forced by
illness to relinquish his position.
In all this time, they have remained
faithful to the high ideal which ami
mated them when they first took up
their work 1t was this devotion to
an ideal which prompted close friend
and admirer to. give them loving-cup
and to have engraved upon it per
Aspera ad Astra."
A limited number of tickets for the
concert are to be on sale at the Hurd
Drug store and at Schneider's and Bid
inger's Music stores. Single admis-
sion for the concert will be $3.50,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16

Kenosfa is looking forward to the
temperance here on Monday evening
November 9th, of the famous Flon-
zaley Quartet, which charmed large
Kenosha audience here last season and
which is to appear in an entirely diff
ferent program at the Elks' club audi
forum at the above date in one of the
concerts i'm the course of entertain
ments being sponsored by Mrs. z. G.
Simmons.
what is the meaning of 'Flonzaley'
people ask, when the name of the Flon-
zaley Quartet is mentioned
The word is a combination of Ital-
ian and old French, which may be
translated as 'brooklet"- ''flon" in the
Swiss Baudois dialect, meaning river
and ''Flonzaley" being it's diminuative
The origin of the name as applied to
the quartet was given in memory OF
the place where the members were
brought together for the first time by
Mr.. E. j. de Coppet, who was the
founder of the quartet. This place
was the name of the villa of Mr.. de
Coppet, situated near Lausanne, on the
banks OF Lake Geneva.
Gathered Galaxy of Musicians.
For years, Mr.. de Coppet had been
interested in chamber-music, and in
New York, it had been his custom to
engage string quartet for the sole
enjoyment of his friends. For this
purpose, he engaged musicians of the
highest rank. In 1902, his first viol-
mist was forced to relinquish his post
Mr.. de Coppet happened to meet Alfred
Pochon in Europe just about this time,
and proposed to him that he should
come to America and join the other
artists of his quartet.
Y Mr.. Pochon gave up his position at
the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
forthwith and came to America He
found, however, that the outside de-
mands on the members were detri-
mental to the best interests of the
quartet. insufficient time for rehears-
ais was the greatest drawback. There
fore, Mr.. Pochon proposed to Mr.. de
Coppet an idea which gradually devel-
oped into the present organization. 1t
was his opinion that if four men could
be found who would be willing to de-
vote their entire time to quartet playr
ing, who would be great enough IDEAL
lists to forego all thought of personal
interests, to be willing to work only
for the good of the quartet as an en-
tity, that herein would lie the germ
of it's greatness. Given such condi-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16
Police on Track
of Auto Thieves
Officers in Milwaukee Claim Arrests
Are Near in Move to Round
Up Big Gang of Crooks. y

The capture of another statewide
gang of automobile thieves is ex-
pected within a few days, according to
the announcement made by the Mil
waukee police today. Thieves have
been operating in Milwaukee, Racine
and Kenosha at an alarming rate the
past three weeks, there evidently be-
ing two at work, as that lumber of
cars disappeared on the same night.
For time it was believed that the
cars were being driven to Chicago and
disposed of there, but now the Mil
waukee police are of the opinion that
the fellows are driving them to their
own city, selling them to farmers in
the northern and western parts of the
state. The finding of stolen machine
at Sheboygan and another at Manito-
woe is expected to supply the clew
which will lead to the capture of the
entire ring.
The thieves appear in the rural
towns in the role of regularly ap-
pointed statesmen for automobile ag-
encies, offering the cars at prices con-
ceded to be ridiculous 1t is expected
the cars stolen in Racine the past few
days will be traced to some city in
the northern part of the state with
in a shor; time.
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MEET MOTHER GOOSE.
No Admission to be Charged to Hear
Mrs. Paulsen at. Rhode Tonight.

No Admission to be Charged to Hear
Mrs. Paulsen at. Rhode Tonight.
Tonight, at the Rhode theatre at
eight o'clock, is the time. set for the
grownups of Kenosha to renew Their
acquaintance with Mother Goose when
Mrs. Helen B. Paulsen of Chicago, will
show The in prose and figures, just
what Mother Goose meant in her
rhyme sayings.
Mrs. Paulsen is certain that Mother
Goose cant more than appears on the
surface of her words and SO she. finds
the counterparts of Simple Simon,
Little Jack Horner, Jack and Jill and
all the others in the world about her
today and tells just what's wrong with
their general outlook on life and how
remedy can be made.
thousands of pepole have become
intensely interested in this delightful
method of character building and it
is anticipated that she will create a
great deal of interest in Kenosha No
admission charge will be made for the
lecture which will be sponsored by
several of Kenosha's 1portant or
ganizations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. L. 7. Hamilton, of
Racine, visited relatives in Kenosha
last evening.
Miss Louise Thomas underwent an
operation at the Kenosha hospital yes
terday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs F. l. Morgan of Lake
avenue have left for Davenport, Iowa,
to attend the homecoming at st. AM
brose College.
The regular meeting of the Hannah
school parent-teacher association will
be held at the school Friday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.
The meeting Of the advisory COM
mittee of the Kenosha Service league
was held this morning in the offices
of the organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Simmons and
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. G. Simmons left this
morning for New York, where they will
spend the next two weeks.
The regular monthly luncheon and
meeting of the directors of the Keno
sha Service league, will be held Thurs
day at noon at the Elks club.
Word has been received from George
Stella Of Kenosha, now visiting rela-
tives in Italy, that he has arrived at
his native city of Troia, Italy.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Baptist church will meet Thursday af-
ternoon ct 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
F. Hansen of 562 Symmonds street.
The Ladies Aid of the Norwegian
Lutheran church will meet Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
B. M. Langnes of 829 Lyman avenue.
The Mission society of the St. PauPs
Lutheran church will meet at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Odelberg of 760
Newell street on Thursday afternoon
at $3.50.
Mrs. William Reagen entertained at
her home on South West street, on
Tuesday evening in honor of Miss
Beatrice Long, who is to leave Keno
accepted a position.
William John Frazier, Jr., was
christened at st. James church by Rev.
R. j. Smith. Miss Mayme Grosjean
was godmother and John Wattles was
godfather. After the ceremonial a
dinner was given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Frazier in Wilmot.
Applications for marriage licenses
have been made by the following:
francesca Savaglio, 178 Maplewood
avenue, and Miss Camilla Mary Rus
so, Pleasant Prairie; Daniel J. Thorn
as, 424 Edward street, and Miss Fran
ces Fliess, Somers; Otto F. Wieders-
berg, 3045 South Canal street, Chicago,
and Miss Hilda A. Goyke, Silverlake;
Benny Gentle, Laporte, Indiana, and
Miss Orlando Quintarelli, $50 Gar
den street.
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ASK KENOSHANS
TO ARTISTS TEA
Exhibit of Misses Balm and
Bacon to Open in Mil
waukee Thursday.
MRS. LANCE HOSTESS

That the work of Misses Harriet and
Edith Bacon, ,Kenosha artists, is con-
tinually gaining wider recognition is
evidenced by the fact that they have
been invited to exhibit at the Milwau-
kee Art Institute by Dudley Crafts
Watson, director. The exhibition will
open Thursday afternoon, and it is an
ticipated that it will be visited by
thousands of art devotees during the
time it is on view.
A reception and tea will be given in
honor of the opening of the exhibition
from three to six o'clock Thursday
evening. Mrs. A H. Lance will be Ke-
nosha hostess, and will be one in a
group of hostesses from other cities as
follows: Mesdames Charles Norris
William M. Chester, A. j. Rogers, AL
fred w. Gray, Walter Bartlett, William
Quarles, Fred Scott, William Stark
Smith,, Foster McNary, Oliver Clyde
Fuller, Nathaniel Greene, C. R. Gilman
Edith Adams, Stuart and Edwin Whit
comb, all of Milwaukee; Mrs. Ebert B
Hand of Racine, Mrs. E. R. Bowler of
Sheboygan, Mrs. Henry Youmans of
Waukesha, Mrs. Ben Hooper of Osh-
kosh, Mrs. Clara Proudft of Madison
and Miss Florence Patterson of Bur
lington.
Urge KenOshans to Attend.
There is further note of interest
occasioned by the fact that Mesdames
Greene and Whitcomb are former Ke-
noshans, Mrs. Greene having been Miss
Hattie Cole, and Mrs. Whitcomb having
been Miss LAME Palmatier.
Mrs. Lance is urging Kenoshans to
show their appreciation of the wrok of
Misses Balm and Bacon by attending
the exhibit. Although most Kenoshans
interested in art visited their recent
exhibit in Kenosha, they will enjoy q
visit to the Milwaukee exhibit equally
we'll since great many Of the pie
lures have never been shown here
owing to the fact that they have been
on view in New York and Chicago ex.
hibits.
The collection includes landscapes
portraits and garden .picturs. Miss
Bains painting of garden flowers has
elected high praise from critics, while
Miss Bacon's portrait paintings have
been much admired by critics and lay.
men. Both have pictures depicting
scenes in Kenosha, in Florida, in Mas
sachusetts, in Spain and in France.
The hostesses for Thursdays tes
have issued general invitation, ask.
ing all persons interested in art and ii
Miss Balm and Miss Bacon particularly
to attend and enjoy visit to the ex
] hibit and q meeting with the artists.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16
SOLD MOONSHTNE /.
TO FIGHT WOLF
Superior Woman Tells officers She
Took to Bookkeeping to Keep
from Starving.
tBy Associated Press Leased Wire,

Superior, visa tale of the sale of
moonshine to keep her baby, her in
valid husband and herself from starry
ing to death, was told by Mrs. Iver
Johnson, a frail, brown-eyad invalid
woman, when police and prohibition
officials raided her residence yesterday
and discovered jug containing a pint
Of alleged moonshine. Her plea for
charity was refused by local authori-
ties, she said, because her husband,
weak and unable to work. was incapaci-
tated by gunshot wounds received in
Chicago during the recent street car
strike there. She told Of acute suffer
ing, of cold, of fruitless attempts to
find work to keep her husband, her ba-
by and herself from starving and final
ly how the ready response to the sale
of moonshine offered a way out. Her
eyes filed with tears, as propped up in
bed she told her story and asked the
officials to be merciful. She is to be
charged with unlawful possession of
Intoxicating liquor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16
No Auto Licenses
Before December ]
(By Associated Press.)

Madison, Wis,-Requests for 1923 au-
tomobile license plates will not be re
ceived by the secretary of state until
after December 1, A. J. Cobban, in
charge of the automobile division, an
nounced today. He has been receiving
orders for licenses which he says his
department will not be in positions to
handle until after the first of next
month.
The 1923 Wisconsin plates have a
white background with red numbers
printed on them. Nearly 100000 of
them have been made by prisoners at
the Waupun penitentiary for distribu-
ton during the coming year.
No change will be made by the 1923
legislature in the license laws for the
coming year.