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The Lamar register., 1922-12-20
PUBLIC TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. George II. Turner. whose
address Is Holly. Prowers County. Colo
ed october asth. 1880. and recorded
December 30th. 1870. In the office of
the Clerk and Recorder OF Prowers
County. Colorado. in Book l2s at Page
SIS of the records of said County. con-
veyed TO the Public Trustee of said
County the following land in said Coun-
ty. to-wit:
Lots One ~. Two 90. and Six
go, In Section Two t2), Township
Twenty-one (2l. South. OF Range
EoT,y-six tis). West OF the Sixth
in trust to secure the payment OF four
principal notes of even date with said
Trust Deed for tho aggregate sum OF
Oct. IS, le23. s250.00 on Oct. IS. 1928.
S25O.O0 on Oct. IS. 1924. and f250;0O on
Oct. %. 1925. payable TO the order OF
from date at the rate OF seven per cent
per annum payable annually;
And Whereas. Default has been made
by the said srsntor In said Trust Deed
In the performance OF the covenants and
conditions imposed upon him by the
terms OF said Trust Deed in this. to-
pay said principal note for $4,000 when
due and has failed to pay the interest
due on said principal notes on Oct. IS,
1891:
And Whereas. The legal holder OF the
indeht ednAss represented bv said note
has filed with said Public Trustee no.
ltCe ana demand IN WritinEs utClhrinE
said default and eiectirg to declare the
whole debt represented by said note
and Interest thereon to date Of sale due
and payahla, and demanding the sale
OF said land under said Trust Deed
Now Therefore. Public Notice Ia here
by given that. pursuant TO said notice
election and demand. and under and bv
virtue Of the authority vested in me
nv said Trust Deed and the law. I. =
Russell Msyfield. Public Trustee Of said
ProwerS County. will sell the above de-
scrihed land for cash. at public auction.
to the highest bidder at the west front
door of the County Court House. In La
mar. In the County of Prowers and
State OF Colorado, on Tuesday. the 2eth
day Of December A. d. 1922. at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon for the purpose
or paving ssid note. interest TO date
OF sale and the expensese Of this sale
and win give to the purchaser Thereon
a certificate of purchase therefor as
provided by law
Dated Nov 20. 1872.
J.. RUSSELL MATFIELD.
Public Trustee Of PTowers County.
Colorado.
First Pub. Nov. 81, 1928,
tsSs Pse.. pso, ~, 1879.
The Lamar register., 1922-12-20
OF REDEMPTION
OF SCHOOL WARRANTS

onics Of Treasurer. Prowers County.
Lamar. Colorado. November 90. 1879.
Notice Is hereby given that I will re-
deem at the office of the County Treas
urer OF Prowers County. Colorado. all
School Warrants as follows:
The Lamar register., 1922-12-20
NOTICE or REDEMPTION
OF COUNTY WARRANTS

Onlce OF Treasurer. Prowers County
Lamar, Colorado, November 2s. 1922.
Notice Ia hereby given that VIII re-
deem at the office Of the County Treas.
urer OF Prowers County. Co4oreo9. an
The Lamar register., 1922-12-20

Interest will cease on the above war
rRnts December 20. 1922.
j. RUSSELL MAYFIELp.
County Treasurer.
First Pub. Nov. 2e. 1899.
Last Pub. Dec. 81. 1922.
The Lamar register., 1922-12-20

Interest Will cease on the above war
rantB December 20. 1912.
J. RUSSELL MAYFIELD.
County Treasurer.
First Pub. Nov. 20. 1879.
Last Pub, Dec. 81, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
Survivors Tell
Of Plunge in
Burning Graft
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go back aown inside. put then | de
clded to come out forward again. Bv
that time we hit the ground and !
was thrown out on the ground" Flores
was burned about the hands and is
suffering from shock.
Kay Hurley. civilian and engine
expert. was aboard and suffered a slight
spraln of one arm and burns about the
hand' The trip was Hurley's first flight.
1T was the first time | had ever
been up, he said. 'and when the Roma
started to swing didn't know anything
was wrong. I thought she was acting
all right; I didn't know different. Il
was not until the machine hit the
ground that realized she was wrecked.
She was sailing along smoothly and
she was coming straight from the Lang
ley Field. We were up only a short
time when we fell"
One of the mechanics in the crew cf
the Roma. who was rescued shortly
after the big ship hit, said: Our rud-
der broke and the planes did not work.
so far as could see there was no fire
until we hit the ground"
Colonel P NJ. Quincy. commandant
OF the army base, who witnessed the
tall of the Roma, bore out this state
ment. He said he did not see any fire
until after the big gas bag had landed.
Sergeant Peek. an engineer aboard
the Roma, said that he was tending
his motor in the port rear engine boat.
The Liberty was running fine" he de
ciared, "when we suddenly veered up
and nosed down. was too insane TO
think much of anything"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
Control allure
WreckedROna.
Survivors Say
Nose Began Settling and
Grew Could No, Right
Her Before Rolling Over
o" Wire That Igniicd Gas
DENLY Badly DiscouI aged
Secretary Opposes Expcnd-
ing Funds for Any New
Bags; May Block Zeppelin

no" 'Dc 'ffbpno'7 Woshfn0ion bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l-Reports or
the disaster to the airship Roma re-.
ceivcd By the Army Air Service to-
night SAID that tho arship developed
trouble IN hcr horizontal control or
eleVat'ng planes, which prevented the
crew from rghtng the ship. AS the
giant bag dived nose downward II
struck high tension wire, carrying
$500 volts Of electric current and
toppled over, burying her passengers
beneath. The hydrogen bag ignited
and the airship was immediately on
veloped in flames
ihc Roma was making Ter -rst trial
trip after having new Liberty motors
installed Under the command of Can
tain Dale Mabry, she left Langley
rlcid, Virginia, at l:3O O'Clock, and had
been IN the air little more than half
fouf when the accident occurred. AS
she hoateo over the army base at Nor
lolk the trouble with her vertical con-
lfol planes was noticeable while still
some hundred feet in the air Efforts
to control the huge bag were unavail-
ing, and when about 200 feet above the
army base the nose Of the ship gradu-
ally descended. Contact with the high
cottage wire was sufficient to turn the
giant balloon slightly on her side and
ignite the hydrogen bags, and she
crashed to the ground amid the flames
Assistance immediately was sent to
the scene of the disaster from the
naval air station at Hampton Roads.
Captain S. H. R. Doyle, commanding
the air station, sent naval surgeons
and all me available naval personnel
to the Norfolk base, but the intensity
of the flames, which spread for some
distance beyond the crumpled airship.
intcrfered with the rescue work. The
Survivors were removed to the Public
Health Service Hospital at Norfolk
where later the bodies of the dead
also were taken.
Officers Fly to Scene
Only the briefest reports were re
ceived by the army ar service until
late tonight, when the list of missing
and survivors was obtained by tele-
phone When the first news of the
disaster was received at army air
service. Major General NJ. NJ. Patrick,
chlef of the air service, LETT at once
IN an army plane for Norfolk His
pilot was First Lieutenant l.. Matt
land. MAJOR W. G. Kilmer and Cap
tain St. Claire Street attached to Boil (
ing Field air station here, also went /
to Norfolk in an army airplane, and J
the navy seaplane, carrying newspaper
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22

fight, but changed his plans and came
to this city to conduct test flights with
the new 170-foot army dirigible airship
bullt here for the government. News
of the disaster reached Westover when
he landed after second successful
two-hour fight in the new dirigible.
1t is the first dirigible to be equipped
with a gear transmission system for
propulsion of its propellers and to be
built with an all-closed car for its crew.
The system, new invention, permits
reversing the propellors to facilitate
landing and makes possible the throw
ing OF both twin motors behind one
propeller or the throwing OF both pro
pellorS on one engine in case the other
is crippled.
These according TO the aviation Off
cials here. not only add safety to dirig-
lble navigation but will permit greater
maneuverabillty in the air, especially
III landing. They will be used on ali
army and navy ships to be built here
by the government, it was said
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22

crew had been Grilled by the Italian
builders until they knew every kink in
the articulated skeleton Of tbe c,.of+
celestino Csuelli. the wealthy JtaI;on
business man who constructed II 70.
gether with his assistants in tho ,,n
dertaking. Colonel Crocco and tho an
glneers, De Mobile and Prassone. wore
on hand while the ship made triaI
TiSntS' with the Americans helping the
Italian crew. ''''e '''0
On March 10 Of last wear with +ho
American flag huttering from her stern
1ol 'qe nrst time. the airship ascended
over rome She was at last part Of
Ht e4e N'll1aIy equipment Of the United
9tates. Aboard we're Robert Under.
~ooo Johnson, the American Ambas-
S@uor s AT kome' Brigadier General
Evan NJ. johnson. the American mill
tary attache; several members of +ha
embassy en- personnel, Major John G.
1horneli her new commander his aids
and about fifty Italian officers
Inc transport Mars. with the dis
mantled, debated airship resembling, a
couple of circus tents "on the spool y
IN her hold, sailed for Norfolk from
Genoa on May %.
=, She was put together here once more.
'he same silvery giant that had flown
over Rome. and arrangements were
made to place her in commission ON
Decem Der q. On that day the Roma
was flown to Washington. For five
hours and half the army airship
plunged about high above the earth
oucklng head winds in what probably
was one of the most thrilling ether
voyages IN the brief history OF aviation
Secretary Weeks, Secretary nenbv
ana kolando Ricci, the Italian Ambas
Saoor' with others, waited for three
hours IN the raw, cold northwest wind
IHat pleW over Boiling Field Miss
tonrose Wainwright, daughter of the
Assistant Secretary of War, was there
with bottle Of liquid air with which
TO perform the christening ceremony.
It had been planned that these and
other guests of distinction were to be
taken TOR flight over Baltimore.
Inc christening ceremonies were hast
ened. The boat ride over Baltimore
was abandoned Major General Pat
rick, chief Of the army air service
ordered the Roma back to Langley
Fleld and the safety Of her hangar rs
soon as she could be refucled Then,
with the wind on her tail with it's eel
lular rudder, the Roma went home.
making the return trip in fraction Of
the time required for the Journey TO
Washington.
The characteristics of the Roma
were:
Capacity. 100000 cubic feet.
Gross weight, 81 tons.
Fixed weight, IS tons.
Disposable lift, 10 tons (crew, fuel,
BALLAST.
Length, Alp feet 6 inches.
Beam 81 feet inches.
Height. 90 feet inches.
The envelope had twelve gas COM
oartments and six air balloonets. A
CHARACTERISTIC of this airship was that
each of the balloonet divisions had it's
'wn air manifold and two controllable
exhaust Calves.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22

at the Grand Hotel-our substitute
tor an embassy residence-we were
soon back in our automobiles on the
way to the city
throughout the voyage | was struck
oy the extreme courtesy and friendli-
ness OF the Italians, who had antci-
pated every possible wish or want. II
must have been hard for Signor Usuelli
and Signor Mobile TO make this fare
well voyage in their beautiful creation
with which their names will always
be connected as designer and con
structor; but they were proud and
happy that it was to be in the service
OF friendly and sympathetic nation
And IN common with all their country
men they were happy and proud in an
other circumstance Of the transfer
After the first trip, knowing the re-
sponsive spirit Of the generous Italian
people, | suggested to Secretary
hughes that it would be a graceful
act on the part Of our government ia
retain the name of the dirigible. To
TINS Secretary Weeks responded favor
ably and on the 2lst of April, the
"nata e of Rome, Secretary Hughes
cabied TO me the welcome news:
War Department will retain Italian
name OF airship as tribute to Italian
genius and skill"
Compliment Appreciated
That had not overrate0 the impress
sion that this complement would pro
duce is shown by the letters that fol-
low, and with which | close this all
TOO pale reflection of the beauty and
wonder of cur unique experience.
"Excelercy:
The decision taken by the govern
ment of the United States of America
10 preserve the immortal name of
homa TOR the dirigible constructed by
TINS establishment constitutes the
highest honor and the most ambitious
satisfaction that the Italian tech
nlclans could have expected as the
crownlng of their work.
In the name of the entire personnel
OF this estab ablishment | express to vour
eNcellency the most lively gratitude
and request you to be so good as to
interpret our sentiments to the gov
ernment OF the United States.
With deep respect
he Director Of the Establishment.
ING. UMBERTO MOBILE.
Constructor of the Roma.
Rome, April %. 1921"
Translation
MINISTRY OF WAR
Superior Aeronautical Command
.a ROME, Apri, 25, 1921.
ITO His Excellency. Mr.. Underwood
Johnson, Ambassador of the United
States.
u thank you, Mr.. Ambassador. for
the courteous letter which announced
to me that the United States Of Amer
'ca, represented by you near our royal
government, have decided to retain for
the dlrigioe ceded by us the glorious
name of Roma. | am further grateful
to you for the Aattering expressions
which cement the friendly bonds be
tween the young American people and
Italy, which, ancient teacher of law
and science thus collaborates with the
vigorous and prosperous activities or
the nation wnich, beyond the ocean, is
first on the road Of civilization.
The two aeronautical industries bid
far to unite in fraternal exchange for
the development of the human wing in
the heavens of the world.
THE General,
superior Commandant of Aeronautics,
"a. DE SlEBERT."
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
Lieutenant Hine Formerly
L;rcd is Briduoport. Cam,

, Bridgeport. Conn. Feb. 21~First
lieutenant Harold IIinc, listed as miss
ing IN the wreck Of the airship Roma.
was resident Of this city. He was y
son OF 4, ". lline, of Boston A
brother r. Paul Hne, is secretary Of
the the Berkshire Fertilizer Company Of
r. Lieutenant Hine was graduated from
bowdoin College in 1911 and was asso.
Grated with his brother in business
mere until he enlisted in air service
IN the war He was Commissioned a
second lieutenant at Arcadia Field, Los
Angeles ana was made first lieu
tenant IN the balloon service at Brooks
Field, San Antonio. V'"'
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
Roma Cost I. S. 100000:
Carried Passengers i'm Italv

The fatal trial fight of the semi
lgid airship Roma was one of a series
oi tests by which it was hoped to
establish finally whether this kind Of
nghtef-than- craft was superior to
me rigid type, of which the Zeppelins
we're the best examples.
Italy designated the great sky
roving monster for bomb-carrier.
had she been completed before the
end of hostiltes with austvia she
would have Joined fleet of four
smaller seml-rigid ships which were
housed in hangars in the Pc valley.
ABOUT thirty kilometers from Fcrrara.
making nocturnal sallies across the
frontier to drop tons of explosive in
enemy territory But the armistice
was signed while she was only par
italy completed.
Ihe United States army had an air
service observer with the Italian forces
IN the Po valley. This observer. re-
porllng on the work Of the semi-r rigid
airships, SAID: Every evening. regard
less OF weather conditions or fog, these
dIriglbes started out for a trip into
enemy territory carrying much greater
ioads of bombs than were carried by
sQuadrons of airplane raiders. and re-
turned successfully with the morning.
Dirigibies Maintained Schedules
In every instance the dirieibles.
without q serious hitch in the schedule,
started on and returned from their
mission IN 100 per cent of force. In
comparison with this record. in prac
tcaIly no raid participated in By six
or more airplanes did all the planes
seturn to their base the same dav.
lsually one or more was delayed for
Gays or weeks. due to forced landings,
at fields near the front lines"
Reports like these stirred the enthu-
slasm OF the American army air ser
vice.
The Italian government ordered the
Roma completed despite the ending of
the war, and for time the big airship
was engaged in passenger service that
vas almost IS uneventful as the daily
trips of ferry boat. The Roma was
kept in hangar at Ciampino
hen negotiations were begun be
tween Italy and the United States for
the sale of this the largest semi
rigid airship in the world. and the deal
was closed when the American govern
ment offered approximately 100000,
Army experts at Washington estimated
at the time that it would cost Sl.25O.-
600 to duplicate the Roma.
Early in 1921 Major J. G. Thornell
started for Italy with a detail of air
service men to bring the Roma to the
United States. With him went Captain
Dale Mabry, Lieutenant (now Captain
Walter J. Reed; Sergeant J. NJ Bied- /
.nbach, Sergeant V. c. Hoffman, Staff +
sergeant NJ. j. Beale. Master Sergeant (
Il. A. Chapman and Master Sergeant
Z. c. McNally. All of these, excepting
3eale and Chapman, were aboard yes
erday.
At first it was proposed to fly the
nip from Rome to Norfolk. When this
plan was vetoed the ship WAS dis
na ntled, packed and placed aboard the
onited States army transport Mars for
'bipmeent to y.e United States. Before
MIS- howevesz the expert American
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22

through the air after the big bag OF
the machine blew up.
1t took only thirty minutes to de
stroy the Roma, but it required five
/ hours to remove the dead bodies from
the wreck of the big ship.
The Roma fell near thickly popu-
lated spot of Norfolk County. There
were scores of homes within few
blocks of where the ship fell and wom-
en- and children rushed to the scene
| eager to help. The homes were thrown
open for the care of wounded, but there
were only six men alive who needed
attention. They were hurried away to
the public health hospital just a short
distance from where the Roma fell.
Women who came 90 the scene bent
on rendering assistance were made i'll
by the sight of headless and armless
bodies. Many Of them screamed and
were taken away by relatives; several
tainted, but the army doctors were too
busy caring for the dead TO render any
help, and they were turned over to
friends.
Graham Dalton, employed in q ware
house near the scene Of the wreck. WAS
an eyewitness of the disaster. In de-
scrlbing it he said:
I'VE were standing just outside a
" ''N- >''S'NSS ~ A'Cii W. SdN tic INOIlH com
ing from over Oceanview way She ap-
peared to be in trouble.
The ship looked as if she was about
to turn over. She was up several nun
dred feet then, and it looked as il they
suddenly shut off the engines. The
machine started drifting slowly toward
the ground. 1t struck against the cleo
trio light wires and there was an
explosion.
All Happened In Second
1T all happened in second &c
member seeing one man leap. His para
chute didn't work and he hit the pave
ment and lay still. When the explosion
occurred the whole thing seemed to
buckle I'D and in a second everything
was aire.
cone man jumped and when he hit
the ground his clothing was all atire.
Some men working in the yard rushed
out and tore all the clothing off him.
but he was burned almost to death.
81 saw another fellow crawl out from
under the wreckage. His clothes we're
atre. He crawled on his hands and
knees as far as a puddle of water He
tell over into the water and turned
over and over, trying to put out the
tire. When We reached him he was
covered with mud. One of the bovs
started to rub the mud from his ewes
with handkerchief and the skin
peeled off with the mud"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
tenant Burt
Stru high cevirei
His First Trip Aloft Ends in Disaster

Roy Hurley Of the eleven survivors, ul
IN an alrshp before He
happened until just struck the earth
We were sailing along all right thought all of a
sudden heard men and fire broke all Then
was Jolt was knocked my back.
and about They like they suddenly crazy
If the thing
IF We fire the did anything
We had not been the long when
real adventure for me and enjoying It, had nothing and
hat is why l a alive, guess
The Roma appeared to be before
"fe according TO H. NJ Iley
&sp come down He he certainly
- Inc big Tying He declared
uH all OF sudden Her "hrunk'
lays he snapped
Sic all ablaze
Inc explosion which after the Roma
WINDOWS IN residences distance from
me also believed
horribly muated condition of
Of the big flying craft.
The Roma fell almost army supply base fire head
quarters and within minute after rolled
streams or She
'nere not particle of her
was extngushed Only the metal
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22

Goes TO Husband by Plane
Captain Reed, who was saved from
fhe wreck VIZ, but slight burns. is a
son-inlaw of H. c. Blackinton. one of
the principal officials of the Furness-
Witty Steamship Line. His wife was
at Langley Field when Captain Reed
few away in the Roma. She was
waiting for him to come back when she
got news of the burning of the Roma.
Then she insisted thet she be taken
10 her husband in aIi airplane. S,v-
eral army officers few over from Lanp-
icy fleld TO where the Roma was
wrecked. Mrs Reed went with them
she found her husband in the public
neaIth hospital with just a few minor
burns on his hands and face. "I'm
ready to go home he told her, "if
'ne doctors say So He was required
70 wait for further examination bv
army doctors.
The collapse OF the huge dirigible
was witnessed by dozens Of EMPLOYEES
OF the army base. Within q few minutes
alter the craft struck the ground me
rescue work was under way. But
those pinned underneath the burning
mass were beyond help, and before they
could be eXtrlcated their bodies had been
charred beyond recognition.
Leap With Parachute
Practically all the crew and passen.
gers were in the passenger cabin amid
snip when the explosion occurred. and
before there was any time for coherent
action the framework of the machine
had caved in on top of them.
Lieutenant ". h. Riley, of New York
ci'y member of the official crew,
Gmped from window of the cabin
HIS parachute failed to work properly
and ne struck the street pavement on
his head. His neck was broken and
ne dled before reaching the hospital.
Another member Of the crew leaped to
safety, escaping with minor injuries.
1t was 2;l0 o'clock this after
Don when the Roma struck the pile
II pig iron in n mass of flames. Half
an hour later she was total wreck.
she burned so quickly, soldiers from
the army base who rushed to the
scene, were unable to get to the craft.
ne ire was so hot it drove fremen
twenty feet away from where they first
stood to pour water on the flames.
Spectators say the flames reached 100
feet in the air. Others say they saw
particles of burning clothes and
scraps from the Roma s bag hurled 200
feet in the air
Even caps worn by the crew of the
Roma caught fire and went hurting
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22

One Of the survivors said that tAe
Roma often sailed with a little tilt. and
that he paid little attention 70 the
initial tilt Of the tail Of re snip Until
ne heard a man vel thai ths cras. re-
fused TO respond to the helm.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
Air Chief Changed Plan
To Take Trip on Roma
Major W estorer Tries Out Ne,p
BiimP at Akron Instead; {;
Departs to Conduct Inquiry

AKRON, Ohio, Feb 21-Major Oscar
Westover, chief of the balloon and air
ship division of the United States Air
Service, left here tonight for Langley
Field to conduct an inve vestigation into
the Roma disaster to-day.
Major Westover was to- pave been
passenger on the Roma on to-day's
New-York tribune., 1922-02-22
Two Remarkable Trips in
Roma Described by johnson

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