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The Bismarck tribune., 1922-03-18
SEE NO FLOOD

Fargo, March 1S-There are no
predictions of flood on the Red Riv-
er The cool weather prevents the
snow from melting any quicker than
the river can carry it away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
Nomination by President
Harding Prepares the
Way for Action
FRANCE CANNOT PAY
British, However. Let 1t Be Under
stood That They Intend TO Pay Last
Dollar.

Washington, Feb. 22.--With the
appointment by the President yester-
day of the RefundinG Commission,
created b. act Of Congress, this Gov
arnment will open negotiations inn
nlediatelv through diplomatic chan
ncls for the funding of the entire IN
debtedness OF European powers to the
United States.
The President nominated Secretary
Of State Charles f. Hughes, Secretary
Of the Treasury Andrew y. Mellon,
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah,
and Representative Theodore +. Bur
ton, Of Ohio, to be members of the
commission.
This was the first time in the recoI-
lection Of Administration officials that
the President has nominated mem
bcr Of the Senate who is to remain a
member to an Office requiring Senate
confirmation. It has been the Presi~
dents purpose from the outset to have
beth the House and Senate represent.
ed on the commission that is to deal
with the foreign debt.
AS soon as notified of their contir-
nation, the commissioners will meet
and in all probability will elect Sec
rotary Mellon chairman. Also invita-
tions will be issued to the foreign gov
crnments which owe money to the
United States and which arc rec0g-
nizcG BY tho Administration to send
commissioners TO Washington or 20
designate their diplomatic representa-
tircs here to negotiate with the Amer
ican commission.
Approximately $l1 ,0O0,000,0O0 i&
to be funded by this commission, in
Guiding unpaid interest. The commits
sion has no authority to cancel any
part of the foreign debt or TO rclicTc
the debtors of any part of the Interest
At present this Government holds
only demand notes of other govern
mcnts. with no fixed date of maturity
No interest has been paid in cash
on any part Of the debt. a few Ct
the governments have given additional
napcr for the interest as it came due.
Because OF the failure 10 collect inter
est on the foreign obligations and be-
cause Of the doubt as tn whether the
unpaid interest is to be COMPOUNDED,
there is some debate a 20 the exact
amount OF the debt.
It is we'll understood in Washing
ton that neither France nor Belgium
expect to repay America the money
borrowed by theta for the prosecution
of the war. No word has come to this
Government officially to this effect, but
for months semi-official spokesmen Of
these governments have repeatedly in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22

Below ran the high double wires Oh
the high power electric line. 1t car
mans nose, shod with its aluminium
ma snose, shod with its aluminium
guard, thrust into the wires, broke
them as the ship tiattened to earth and
rolled over, and next moment came
the noise of an explosion and the
flames burst out along the hull space.
Washington, Feb. 2l.-An official
list of the survivors, dead and miss.
ine in the Roma disaster was received
from Langley Field by the Army Air
Service last night The addresses,
however. in most cases were unaVall-
able. The list follows:
Identified Dead.
First Lieutenant William f. Riley,
of 526 East Eighty-siXth street, New
York.
Survivors.
Capt. Walter J. Reed, of Scsrsdale,
n. Y.
Major John D. Reardon, Washing
Continued on page six)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
Friendship Veterans Asso-
ciati0n Bring Out Old
Engine
DRAWN BY MEMBERS
Veteran Members and Others Ride in
Observation-Disclosures Was d
Member of This Company.

A large number Of persons this
afternoon witnessed the parade given
by the Friendship Veterans Fire As
sociation. Promptly at 2 o'clock the
parade started, and the historic old
hand engine, drawn by members OF
the association wearing uniforms SIM
liar to those worn III the days whcn
Washington was a member OF this
company, was the cynosure Of ali cy@:.
The old hand reel buckets also at
tracted considerable attention. The
uniformed men pulled the old rec! and
hand engine. The parade was the
first of it's kind given by this veterans
organization in many years, as here
tofore they Joined with various othc"
patriotic organizations III paradinS on
George Washingtcr's Birthday.
The procession was headed by
platoon of police, followed by three
hands of music-Camp Humphreys.
Alexandria Machine Gun Ga. /. I.D
and Alexandria Band. Then carae
Mayor Duncan and Julian J. Vii
liams of the Chamber ri conlr2crc".
NJ. p. Norris. veteran president ci the
association. aud A., =. Br2cEett. J. Il.
Mansfield. Ny. HAYWOOD ]. Edward
shinn and ]. Sid Douglas and otHers
in automobiles. The uniforms ot the
members rerc greatly admired By the
crowd that witnessed the procession.
In addition 10 the officials and vet
Grams in carriages. a number walked.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
IW CONGRESS-
YESTERDAY
Ft}U

Met at noon and adjourned at 4:46
y. nj until noon today.
Senator PoindcXtcr, designated by
the President under a standing rule
OF the Senate, will read Washing
tons farewell address.
Passed the legislative approp"ia
ton bill, carrying total of Sl2.I90,-
900.
Passed. BY vote of 80 to II. the
Bursum bill giving disabled reserve
and volunteer officers the same re-
tiremcnt status as officers Of the reg
ular army after rejecting motion
to recommit the bill by vote Of 10
to Is.
The railroad valuation bill was
made the unfinished business, and
Senator Cummins. its author, de
voted an hour to a comprehensive ex-
PLANTATION of the measure.
Senator Lodge gave notice that
after the reading OF George Wash
ington's farewell address today he
would call up the Iap treaty for
consideration.
President Harding transmitted a
supplemental estimate for $2OO,OHO
for the Rock creek and Potomac
parkway commission 10 carry out
provisions Of the bill passed Monday
for tho extension Of the park sTs-
ten of the District.
The erection Of statue Of t.dmuad
Burke on public grounds in this cit"
would be authorized by q resolution
introduced by Senator Brandegee. oi
To be members, with the Secretary
Of the Treasury. Of the world war
foreign debt commission the Pfesi,
dent yesterday nominated Secretary
Of State Charles L. Hughes. Secrc-
tary of Commerce Herbert F. Hoo
vcr. Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah.
Continued on page thrcc)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
NIRTH PLEADS.
FOR RACHANCE
FOR GERMANY
Chancellor Predicts Ruin In
volving Other Euro
pean Nations
BUDGET is WRECKED
Decline of German Mark Makes it I'm
possible to Estimate Resources with
Accuracy

Berlin. Feb. 22.-"The vital ques-
tion is: Will the world see. in time to
avert catastrophe, that the troubles
which stare every nation IN the tace
today are economic and not political
If this plain truth is grasped in time
and dealt with from a standpoint OF
common sense and business principles,
it will be impossible to begin the eco
nomic reconstruction of Europe. Fall
ure to see it and failure to act not
only make reconstruction Impossible
but disaster inevitable. 1t is a matter
of time. That is, think. putting the
situation conservatively.' The fore
going statement came from DR.. Wlrth,
Chancellor of the German Republic.
Forty-two years old, a bachelor, a
Catholic. man of tremendous phys.
ical power, big, ruddy, robust and
virile-he talks simply and clearly.
There is about him transparent nom
esty, freely conceded even by his enc
mics. Of wholly different tyne from
the intellectually profound and highly
cultured Dr.. Rathenau. the Foreign
Minister, DR.. Wirth vibrates with a
vigor that vitalizes the whole German
| Government.
The son of Mechanic, he himself
was teacher of mathematics. Neither
his friends nor his foes regard him as
a man of extraordinary ability. Nor
do they claim for him much initiative
or originality. What they say is that.
politically, he PLAYS straight game
and has clear head. He makes mis-
takes. but not from double-dealing.
"At Genoa" DR.. Wirth said. Ger
many hopes to convince the world
that the distressing and menacing eco
nomic conditions can not be remedied
by either force or politics. They can
only be solved by economic remedies.
1t is a mEtter of mathematics. The
world can not be made sound again
until the facts are faced with clear
heads and freedom from passion and
! temper.
''It is clear, think. to most thought
full men. that there can be no restora-
tion Of the health of Europe unless the
vanouished nations participate in the
treatment as well as the victorious na-
tons These are things that, if given
an opportunity. we believe we can
show at Genoa in way to convince
intelligent men everywhere who want
| the truth.
"The heart of the whole matter. Of
course. is renarations. Until sound
| solution of this problem is found and
q basis established that will hermit
GERMANY to pay without bleeding To
death we can not get or our feet and
CONTINUED on page six)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 22.-Thirty-four
men were killed, eight were injured
seriously and three were uninJured or
only slightly bruised when the giant
army airship Roma, with her crew
and number of civilians totallng 40
in all aboard, plunged yesterday
afternon from 1000 feet or more IN
the air to the ground at the Hampton
Roads naval base.
The accident presumably was caused
by broken rudder, and as the huge
dirigible plunged to earth it capsized
across high tension electric llne,
bursting into roaring furnace OF
blazing hydrogen gas.
Long after dark last night, many
hours after her fall, the ship was still
mass of flames from end to end OF
her 41O-foot mass. The fire led or the
100000 cubic feet of gas which dis,
tended the great bag for the flight and
made all attempts at rescue WORK 1u-
tile.
Barely dozen of those aboard were
picked I'D alive, and one Of these died
on the way to the hospital. All OF
those who survived the fire escaped by
jumping as the ship struck. The 9TH
ers, penned in tn hull of the fallen
bag, were burned to death.
The flames were finally brought into
submission by three fire departments,
who fought them with chemicals. And
then derricks began picking up the
wreckage, which consisted OF scarcely
more than the aluminium framework
and the six Liberty motors OF the.
once proud ship of the air. Within the
wreckage. lay the bodies, practically
all charred beyond recognition, But
before the night had passed 33 bodies
had been removed, accounting Tor the
last of those who were known to have
taken flight OH the fatal voyage.
Accounts of survivors and of eye
witnesses as to what had happened ap-
peared to agree tonight that the huge
kite-like structure of the stern rud-
der itself as Sarge as a bombing plane,
had slipped to one side as the Roma
drove along 1000 feet above the army
base.
She was making trial flight with
new battery of Liberty motors. They
were installed to replace Italian en-
gines bought with her in Italy. but
which have not proved satisfactory.
Installation was completed at Lang
ley Field two weeks ago.
1t was just before 2 p. m. when
those below at the army base at
Hampton Roads base, had their atten-
tion caught 6y the approaching thun-
der of the six motors and looked up
to see the Roma dip down from her
straight flight, They agreed that the
rudder seemed to have slipped bodily
down and to one side.
The ship sped steeply down. AS
she came closer. it was seen that her
crew were hurliRg out sand ballast
from the ports in the fragile fabric
that formed the covering of the space
between her keel and back. the living
and operating quarters of the ship.
The dipping blunt nose of the bag did
not respond. On the ship came. un-
checked in her glide earthward, head
first. Her commander could not force
her the few hundred feet that would
have dropped her into the waters OF
the bay and comparative safety for
her people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
ORAL TESTIMONY
INDIVORCEPROBE
Hearing to Start at 10
O'clock Tomorrow
Morning
Several Persons Requested to Appear
Before the Committee Making
The Investigation

The special cmmlttee OF seven
Alexandria Bar Association begin
ming at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn>
ing in the corporation court room
will hear oral testimony in their
probe of the alleged divorce evil in
Alexandria.
Aong those who have been re-
quested to appear before the commit
tee are Frank Stuart, local attor-
ney; Harvey L.:Cobb, reporter for a
Washington newspaper, Mrs. Mary
L. Baggett, Mrs. Stella Bensel and
Robert Luckett also have been in
vited to appear before the committee.
The committee probably will also
investigate a number of individual
cases. The work of the committee
it is expected will take considerable
time and when it is finally COMPLETED
a report of the findings will be
submitted to the Alexandria Bar As
sociation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22

Now that the plars lor the erection
Of the temple to the memory of George
Washington the Mason have been APP
proved bv the twelfth annual meeting
of the George Washington Masonic
National Memorial Association in ses-
sion here, it is proposed by some TO
Law the cornerstone Of the editice,
which will cost s2,OOO,OOO. November
4, which will mark the anniversary OF
the initiation of George Washington
into Masonry. The making of Wash
ington Mason took place in Fred
ericksburg, Va, November 4, 1852: by
Fredericksburg Lodge No. i. The
event, therefore, would mark the lIOtk
anniversary Of Washington being a
Mason. 4 definite date. however, will
be decided later by the Board OF Gov
crnors.
The association voted to have d. j.
Howell G. Son Of Alexandria immcdl-
ately start boringS and sounG!ngs or
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
X Of G Mass Today

The annual memorial mass for
KNIGHTS CT Columbus vas celebrated
this morning ~ o'clock at St.
lIarv's Church. Solemn regular
mass was celebrated by the Rev. T..
! Sweeney. St. Alovsisus chaplain,
of the Washington chapter The
Rev. John Callahan will deliver the
sermon at the services. which will
be under tic auspices Of the Wash
irCton chapter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22

timated that they have nothing with
which to pay.
The most significant statement
which has come t: the notice of the
Washington authorities in that con-
ncction was the interview with Louis
Louchcur, former Minister of DeVas-
tatcd Regions of France. in which ne
candidly notified America that France
could not pay and need no longer dis
guisc that fact.
British sDokesmen, on the other
hand. have let it be understood from
the outset that they mean to repay the
last dollar borrowed from the United
States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
THIRTY -Four of Roma
Crelu Dead in Wreck
Eleven Members Escape With Lives by
Jumping as Giant Dirlgible Strikes
Ground at Norfolk Navy Base
PROBABLE ACCIDENT TO RUDDER

Evewitnesses Say Steering Device Slipped to One Side
Million Feet of Gas Burns-Three Fire Departments
With Chemicals Fight Flames-Derrlcks run frame
Awav to Allow Removal of Bodies-Burned Beyond
Recognition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-22
Cornerstone of Temple
May Be Laid Nou. 4
Date However is Left Entirely in Hands of
Board OF Governors OF
Association
INTENSIVE. DRIVE IN APRIL

George Washington Masonic National Memorial Asso-
ciation Arranges For Charter-Pilgrimage to Mount
Vernou This Afternoon and Wreath Placed on Wash
ington's Tomb-Brthday Celebration Tonight at
Elks' Hall Will Bring Twelfth Annual Session to
Close.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18
TURNING OF THE TIDE.

Signs have been multiplying to show that
business is improving at a gait that will reach
normal sooner than some persons anticipate.
First came a gradual but continued improvement
in the steel industry, followed closely by an
improvement in the stock market which has car
ried many securities to figures almost double
those of six months ago.
Now comes announcement by the interstate
commerce commission that net railway earnings
for February were more than $47, 100000 COM
pared to a deficit of more than 100000 in
February, 1921 and announcement by Secretary
of Commerce Herbert Hoover that exports dur
ing February were greater, even at reduced
valuations, than for several months.
The railroad figures are of particular inter
est because they show that both passenger and
freight rate reductions are not far off, and re-
auctions of that kind will speed business re-
covery generally immensely. The Esch-Cum-
Minis law provision guaranteeing railroads re-
turn of six per cent having expired, the interstate
commerce commission can now set any rail rates
it sees fit to, although it will probably continue
to base them on a return of approximately six
per cent on the investment.
While it is unlikely that American world
trade will strike its gait until European economic
adjustment. whether by the Geona conference
or those to follow, only inconceivable laundering
at Genoa or after can check the improvement
already started. The turning of the tide is a
sample of what might be, and ought to be, if the
politicians abroad have sense enough to be
statesmen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18
BETTER THAN CAL0MEL
Thousands Have Discov.
cred DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets are a Harmless
Substitute.

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tsblets-the
substitute fcr calomeL-are a mild
but sure laxative, and their effect
on the liver is almost instantans-
Gus. These little olive-colored
tablets are the result OF DR.. Ed.
wards determination INTO TO Great
liver and bowel complaints with
cslcnel.
The pleasan. little tablets do thu
good that calomel does, but havt
no bad Selects They don't injur,
the teeth ike strong lqfids o,
calonel. They take hold of tn
trouble and quickly correct Il
why cure the liver at the expense
OF the teeth? Calomel sometime
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Headaches. "dullness"> and that
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18
FACTS VS.. GUsH.

We wish to acknowledge the receipt of a
copy of speech for Albert ]. Beverage, in re-
Atty an insidious and uncalled for attack on
Senator New made by woman, Mrs. Allan T.
Fleming of Indianapolis, at Terre Haute on Sat
urday night. We don't think much of it. We
don't believe it will hurt Senator New particle
and we doubt whether it made any votes in Vigo
county for Mr.. Beverage.
I'VE need him." (Beveridge) says Mrs.
Fleming, because he understands the COM
mon people having been a working man
himself. We need him because he is de-
voted husband and father, with sweet
young daughter and manly young son of his
own whom he loves. Do you not feel he is
better fitted to care for the interests of our
little girls7 With young son of his own
who adores him, and in whom all the future
hopes of the father are centered, can you not
feel, he is more capable of caring for the in
terests of your son and mine. We need Mr..
Beverage because he believes in clean poll
tics, square deal. and government OF the
people, for the people, and by the people.
1t is too bad that Mrs Fleming didn't have
Mr. Beverage by her side when she gushed SO
beautifully about his being workngman. What
a hit it would have made had she been able to
lift up his hands and show the callouses on the
palms thereon. We fear that if Mrs. Fleming
expects to get the glass of fashion" into the
u S. Senate on his record as laboring man she
won't get him very far. We believe, too, that
the interests of our little girls just as safe
with Senator New an with Mr.. Beverage. Does
Mrs Fleming mean to insinuate that Senator
New does not believe in clean politics and a
square deal. Does she intimate that Mr.. Bev-
eridge has any mortgage on government of the
people for the people and by the people?
We cannot speak for Terre Haute. Lake
county is too far away from Vigo and has its own
ideals, but we believe that Lake county is
cminently satisfied with the kind of politics that
Senator New stands for. We believe that Lake
county likes Senator News kind of square deal
He has done lot for Lake county and Lake
county people and they going to send him
back for the second term to which he is entitled
Facts go great deal further than gush and
Senator News campaign is being conducted on
facts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18
The Passing
Il S-h-O-U

THERE is always somebody
WHO, to fit his own particular
.4taoh
,s.x.r,o~ - .v.rv law
WHEY nan !. using
-,
At ~. o,bsr end Of the wire.
~ .
THE way prepared for u
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18
MAKING AMERICANS PAY.

The tide of travel from America to Europe
this summer, it is generally predicted, will be the
heaviest for many years. Europeans know this
and are preparing accordingly. The tourist, and
especially the American variety, is fair game
for hotelmen and shopkeepers the world over.
He expects to pay well for having the tcmerity
to venture far from home. But the business OF
exploiting the stranger within the gates ought to
stop there.
Reports are heard of proposed taxes on
tourists of countries that plan to make the yisi-
tors pay directly for the privilege at the rate or
so much day instead of trying to induce them
to remain as long as possible There is talk OF
taxes too ,on businesses that cater especially to
travellers and of course these will be passed
along to the ultimate consumer.
That the depreciation of the currency of
continental countries will enable visitors to live
luxuriously at low expense, is the most common
excuse for these tourist taxes But if reports arc
true, in many instances prices have been raised
accordingly. No matter what happens the big
crowds are going to Europe this year. But II
they return with tales of extorton there will be
fewer victims next year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18

AND what has become
OF the old-fashioned man who
ALWAYS used TO have
HIS tintype taken
WHEN he got of on a drunk
HAPPINESS lies all about Us
1T we only keep our eyes and
EARS open for it and yesterday
we
EXPERIENCED the great JOY OF
discovering
THAT a romantic colored lady
WHO lives not far from here
HAS named her cute little
DAUGHTER Hernia name
which
WE suppose she ran across in
HER reading.
A man roars about his personal
liberty
WHEN he is down town but
WHEN he is at home and his wife
TELLS him he can't 70 out
WELL he can't 80 out that's all
there Is to IT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-18
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