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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
ROMA WRECKED BY A BROKEN RlJDDER
Bryan is Chief
Speaker Today
At Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Feb. %. Candidates
for a elective and appointivc offices
who have been nominated in the last
few years in the democratic primaries
VIII be nominated in the June primary
this wear as usual, if tho terms of Of
flee expire before December 3, 1923,
the democratic state executive decd
ed today The usual | per cent as
sessment OF the first years salary Of
the officers aspired to by candidate. to
defray the expense of the primary,
was ordered reduced to One-ha!f Of one
per cen after Chairman Rainey had
announced that the / Per cent assess
mems would pile up a surplus. There
is Il surplus in the treasury remaining
after paving for the las. primary, he
stated, and this. and the One-half OF l
per cent assessment this year will
care for the election in June. The
date for the primary Is set By law
for the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June, which this year Will
fall on the six;h.
Persons seeking appointment as
Judges f the county juvenile courts
a
The state for the first time liz history
must enter lie primary the committee
decided Heretofore the judges have
been appointed By the governor.
The offering of resolution defin-
ing the qualifications Cf u democratic
elector resulted in Il lengthy and hea.-
cd debate. The reso ution provided
.hat an elector should he white
should believe in the principles OF the
democratic party. and should vote in
the general election for party nomi-
lecG selected in the primary. George
Bassett OF St. Augustine Cbjec;ed tC
the clause. declaring elctors should
believe in the principles of the party
on the ground that the party had nc
definite platform. and led the forces
seeking to have it stricken out. Fred
T. Myers of Tallahassee and Col. Rob-
ert W. Davis OF Gainesville led the
supporters of the clause, and the res
olution ultimately was adopted with
out change.
Spectators at the meeting of the
committee included Governor Hardee
Frank E. Jennings. speaker of the
house of representatives, and william
Jennings Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan spoke briefly after ad-
iournment. rciterating that he would
enter no contest for Office. He declar-
ed he was lin Florida politics for good
and would go anywhere and do any
thing he could in behalf of the demo-
ratio party in the state if he were
called upon to do so.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
CONFERENCE OF BAR
ASSOCIATION MEETS

Washington, Feb. 22.-When the
conference of Bar Association dele
gates meets here tomorrow to con.
slider the recommendation of the
American Bar Association that here
after two years of college work and
three years in a recognized law school
shall be required as a condition of ad-
mission to the bar, there will be a
division of opinion as 10 the advisa-
bili;y of endorsing such move, ac-
cording to delegates who had arrived
here today. Between four and five
hundred delegates representing the
American Bar Association. the State
Bar Associations and Local Bar AS
sociations of the country. are expect
ed to be present when Judge Clarence
n. Goodwin, of Chicago, calls the con-
ference to order.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
PARK TRAMMELL
CANDIDATE FOR
SENATE RETURN
(By p. II. McGoWan.D


Washington, d. C., Feb. Ex-senator
Park Trammell has made the follow
i:!g statement declaring that he would
be a candidate for reelection to the
senate. Senator Trammell said:
THE people Of Florida have pro.
NOTED me in the public service step
by step from mayor Of Lakeland to
representative in the Florida le@isld-
ture, to state senator, to attorney gen
eral to governor. and to 4 seat in the
United States senate. No man could
feel more grateful than | do to the
people of my state for their repeated
approval of my public service and
their expressions OF confidence in ne.
In every Office | have been allied to
serve, from the humblest to the high-
est. | have. given all my ability ard
energy in an endeavor to promote the
General welfare ard good OF my state.
The people Of Florida. among whom
! have lived for forty odd years and
who have honOTed me in such HIGH
degree, know that | have held sacred
every trust confided to ne. The know
the character of public service have
rendered and in three state-widr e!rc-
tions have endorsed the record had
made and the policies | advocated.
Within few days | will have served
five years OF my first term in the Unit
Ci States senate. 1t is high priyi.
i'-c to represent the great state of
Florida in the senate. 1t is enc that
appreciate with all the appreciation
possess. In the long ago when a strug-
CLING young lawyer at Lakeland. keep
ing books at night for fifteen dollars
month and selling goods in the sur
rounding territC"y for small remun-
Grafton that | might make an honest
living while getting a start in my pro.
fession. | had hope that some dnv /
might prove myself worthy to reprr.
sent Florida and her people, whom
love and cherish with all nv heart. in
the United States senate 1t was but
the ambition of a poor struggling
young man. recently returned from
college where he had from his own
earnings betrayed his expenses. With
the passing of the years. with training
and experience in the public service.
by the will Of the people of M $ ate.
the gcal of my aspirations was
reached.
| now aspire to second term in
the senate. | will be a candidate for
reelection. Throughout my service in
the senate have been very much
gratitied to find that the people of
Florida quite generally approve of my
work in Washington From assurances
from all sections OF the state b. let
ter, in person and from favorable
press comment. | feel confident OF my
reelection by large majority in the
approaching primary am very CRATE
ful to the many thousands Of Florida
supporters who have assured me of
their support and to thousands of 9TH
ers who desire to see me re elected
and are giving me their support.
Should have opposition in this cam.
paign | expect to succeed as a result
Of the active and loyal support of
Great host Of Florida voters who be-
lieve | should be given second
term"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22

Norfolk, Feb. %. Completely
wrecked by fire and explosion, the
Roma, the worlds largest semi-rigid
airship and the pride Of the Ameri-
can service, had yielded up today the
last of the dead of the disaster which
overlook her yesterday while maneuv-
cring over Hampton Roads and sent
here hurtlng downward to crash into
the network of high power electric
wires that wrought her destruction.
Recovery of the last body fixed the
toll of the disaster-the greatest in
the history of American aeronautics-
at thirty-four dead, eight injured and
three practically unhurt. OF the dead
thirty had been identified although
many of the bodies of those caught in
the interior of the ship when she
crashed were burned, blackened and
charred almost beyond recognition.
These dead included some of the air
services most gallant officers and
men, the list continuing the names of
Major John Thornell, commander of
the ship at her christening in Wash
ington last December. and Captain
Dale Mabry, her commander during
yesterdays Inflated flight.
Tampa, Feb. 22.-Capt Dale Mabry,
Tampa. second in command of Roma
and among those losing their lives in
the disaster, had been associated with
the big dirigible ever since it's pur-
chase from the Italian government,
having been sent to Rome last year
as a member of the company to make
practice flights nthe air-ship in the
assembling of it and bringing it to
this country.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
Government Investigation

Norfolk, Va, Feb 22.-Maior Gen.
eral Mason NJ. Patrick, chief of the
army air service, made a personal in.
spectiCn of the wreck last night Just
before dark He was accompanied by
members of his staff.
Immediately after his inspection
he proceeded to Langley Field and or
dered an immediate investigation.
Strict orders have been issued
against the survivors discussing the
cause of the disaster, and frankly Of
ficers from Langley Field are utterly
at loss to understand what caused
the rudder to tilt, making the huge
craft unmanageable.
Army officers today definitely estab.
lished these things
First-That the left rudder on the
Roma gave way when she was less
than half mile from where she went
down near the army base fire station.
Second-That there was no fire on
the ship until after the tilt began as
a result Of the right hand side of the
rudder going into an almost vertical
position.
Third-That the craft became un-
manageable as she swooped over the
base reservation, narrowly missing a
150-foot smoke stack of the Central
Heating plant.
Fourth-That the immediate cause
of the explosion with such force as
to wreck the entire craft and set her
on fire was contact with a net of 2200-
volt high power electric wires, less
than one hundred feet from where the
Roma crashed into a pile of railroad
car parts.
Fifth-That the Liberty motors,
which were being tested, were not
responsible for the disaster unless
something more tangible should be
learned than appeared today.
The point which the army board of
investigation which was organized to-
day, will decide is what caused the
rudder supports to give way.
There were two pilots in charge of
the ships steering gear. They were
Captain Walter j. Reed and Lieut.. B..
G. Burt, both of whom had been at
the wheels of the Roma on previous
trips.
Both Reed and Burt escaped with
their lives, Burt being unscathed and
Reed now being on the road to recov-
cry at the House Health Service hos
pital.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
Fl AMEc LEAP 800 FEET IN AIR.
WHEN GAS ICNITES, CAUSING "a TO
PERISH AND ONLY ELEVEN ESCAPE

an even keel again. Captain Mabry
gave orders to shut off all motors.
The last four were shut off. The for
ward motor was running. 1t is possi-
BILE that the engineer was so thrown
out of his position that he could not
see the signals on his dial.
Every effort to get the Roma on
an even keel proved useless and she
pitched into the ground in a nose dive
and turned voer on her side.
when the ship hit, was thrown
into the upper part of the cabin. |
was shu. in and got out only when a
hole was burned into the cabin. Lieut..
Welch crawled out with me. Both of
US had to go through flames to get
to safety.
Sergeant Chapman, who was also
in the cabin, cut a hole in the wall
and he and ReardOn "a major and
passenger who survived the disaster)
crawled out through that hole.
MY haZy recollection is Of being
thrown from one side of the cabin to
the other and of looking up the keel
where | saw men forward"
Capt. Reed said that it was a plaus.
ible theory to believe as had been
suggested, that the kitebox hung down
at the tail of the Roma so heavily
as to displace the balance and point
the ship into the nose dive.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22

dead were nothing but charred masses
of flesh and bones.
Names of those positively identified
follow
Captain Dale Mabry.
Major John Thornell.
Master Sergeant r. d. McNally.
Tech. Segt L. NJ. Harris.
Staff Sergeant Lewis Hilliard.
Staff Sergeant Marion j. Belle.
Sergt VIM. Ryan.
Sergt Virgil Hoffman.
Corporal Irby B. Hevron.
Private Gus Kinston.
Private Vernon Blakely.
Private John Thompson.
Private Marion Hill.
Mr.. Stryker, McCook Field, Ohio
(civilian).
Robert ]. Hanson, McCook Field
(civilian).
VIM. O'Laughlin, McCook Field
(civilian).
F. Hartman, McCook Field (civil-
lam.
Major Vautsmeier.
Captain Dursschmidt
Captain Watts. ~
Lieut.. w. c. Burnes.
Lieut.. w. B. Cummings.
Lieut.. Ritry (killed in falD.
Lieut.. Smythe.
Captain Mcfarland.
Lieut.. Clinton.
Lieut.. H. K Hine.
Sergt M. j. Holmes.
c. ~ Schulenburg, Dayton, Ohio
(civilian).
There were four bodies which the
officers and men from Langley Field
were unable positively to identify, but
close friends will be called in this
morning. They are Sergt. Yarbor.
ough, Lieut.. Hall, Sergt. Georby and
Sergt. Schumacher. Addresses of the
dead now are being compiled from
the records at Langley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
RUM SMUCCLERS
SUCCESSFULLY
EVADING LAW
Report BOATS Twice a
Week From Binini Isle
-Reve,7ue D fic ers
Want Gun Boats To
Help Them


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hihiirn agent III Georgia are waging
an unnruaI war on rum runners ope-
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report l." COMMISSIONER ma h'9 iIoin
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the rivers 10 some of the numerous
landings and unloading the linuor
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ton to Savannah under cover of
night
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that Savannah is more of distribut-
ine point than a consumer. and bv
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il will have a marked effect uuon pro-
hibitjcn at other places
There are three or four main roads
leading from Savannah to the landing
places mentioned ahoy. These land.
ings and roads Will have to be
watched when information is received
that a boat loaded with liquor has
cleared a port. and whose destination
is thought to be Savannah. 1t is said
that when boats .laar at Dimini thev
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
Major Patrick's Statement

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 22.-Maior Cen
eral Mason NJ Patrick head of the
army air service, made this statement
at the army base today regarding the
Roma disaster:
From the testimony | have heard
so far it is indicated that the accident
was due to the controls regulating the
altitude of the Roma.
1.-The ship came down, striking high
tension electric wires which caused
the fire. There was no explosion nor
no fire while the ship was in the air.
"The board of investigation is TAX
ing testimony from all the men and
it's report will be made as soon as
possible. A very thorough investiga-
tion is being made to determine, if
possible, the cause of the terrible dis
aster which is an awful blow to the
air service.
Everything possible is being done
for the families of those who lost
their lives and for the comfort of the
survivors of this great disaster"
Pilots Statement
81 have no idea what caused the ac-
cident," said Captain Walter ]. Reed,
pilot of the Roma, in a statement CIV
en- out at the Public Health Service
hospital here, today.
81 doubt if it will ever be known.
OF course we have our own theories,
but we are not certain which is cor
rect. II know that there was trouble
with the control of the ship and it was
impossible to correct it after it was
discovered "The first intimation we
had that there was trouble was when
we saw the nose of the ship go down.
We went back to see what caused 1t
and found the control was not work
ing.
Everything possible was done to
straighten the ship and get her on
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
ROTARY'S MESSAGE

At midnight tonight there will be flashed out from international
Rotary Headquarters Chicago the following wireless message
to all clubs throughout the world
"On this its seventeenth birthday anniversary Inter-
national Rotary asks:
"1S THERE ANY PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT,
COMMERCE OR INDUSTRY WHICH A PRACTICAL
SPIRIT OF MUTUAL SERVICE WILL FAIL TO
SOLVER"
To which might be added Washington Birthday reminder that
in this day and time have learned that the great First Pres
dent at heart ROaran placing service above self for his
country, his state and his family.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 22-Burt discov-
cred soon after the rudder support
gave way that he could neither ele-
vate or right the ship. He and Reed
used their levers in every way, and
yelled to the mechanieians to cut the
motors off. 1t was apparently their
intention to land the ship and every
emergency appartus was brought into
play.
But when the Roma hit the electric
wires and second later crashed into
the pile of car material, the explosion
came, sending sheets of binding
flame 500 or 900 feet in the air
The Roma was going at reduced
speed as she came in a northwesterly
direction over the army base reserva-
ton. When first seen by eyewit-
nesses on the ground, she was making
only thirty or forty miles an hour as
near as they can tell
1t all happened so quickly, and the
survivors are so badly shocked that
those who can talk are unable to es-
innate the speed, according to army
officers.
How eleven men managed to es-
o"PS AiOAi ehO hiooo VI liaiiiOo anu gas
fumes with their lives, three of them
practically unhurt, is considered an
act of providence.
Practically all Of the forty-fve men
on the Roma were amidship.
When the cabin of the ship-that
part in which the men were riding
under the great bag-was wrenched
loose from its support, it was hurled
into the ground and more than twenty
bodies were found piled abong the
girders and supports all in a tangled
mass.
AS the flames enveloped the ship.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
FLORIDA COTTON GIN

jacksonville, Feb. 22.-The local
Chamber of Commerce announced to-
dav that a concern here had informed
it would begin Immediately CON
struction of cotton gin to hadle the
staple produced in this section. 1t
was stated that Duval county farmers
this year will plant large acreage
of sea island cotton, feeling that there
will be freedom from the boil weevil
at least for one year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS

The Gentry-Futch Undertaking
company is enlarging two of the three
windows on the west side of their
building on Main street, in order to
admit more light to the new consulta-
tion room which they are arranging
book of their office.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
MAccLENNEY TROUBLE

Jacksonville, Feb. ga. S. Crews
of Stake. state attorney for the
Eighth judicial circuit said here today
he intended to investigate the trou-
ble at MacClennev last Saturday
which prompted Sheriff Rowe Of
Baker county to telegraph Sheriff
Merritt of Duval county for help but
which Sheriff Rowe several hours
later said amounted to nothing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
MIAMI STORM

Miami, Fla. Feb "a holt Of
lightning struck the building housing
the generators of the Miami Electric
Light and Power Company during a
storm early last night. burning out
two of the generators which reduced
the company's production capacity
from 5000 kilowatts to 1000 kilu
watts
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22

Giant Airship Was On
Trial Trip When Ca
tastrophe Occurs
Only Those In Forward
Part Of Operating
Room Had Chance For
Lives = Seventeen or
fcers, Only Four Of
Which Will Survive
Wreck
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22

the cries of the wounded and dying
could be heard for hundreds of yards.
The eleven men who jumped out Or
were dragged to safety by re5cuers
were scarcely safe before the cries
ceased because death had ended their
sufferings, so intense was the heat.
This was evidenced by the fact that
everybody was not only scared. but
literally baked and cooked almost be.
yond recognition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22

Newport News, Va. Feb. 22.-Ofi-
GERS and men from Langley Field last
night positively identified thirty out
of the thirty-four men burned to death
aboard the Roma. Among them was
Captain Dale Mabry, brother of DR..
]. Hughes Mabry of this city. Captain
Mabry made his home in Tampa, Fla,
but had been stationed at Langley
Field for some time. Most Of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-22
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight ard Thursday except
showers in extreme south portion.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-08
LODGE PROGRAM
AT new BOSTON

Aledo, July 8.-Following is the
program for the session of the Mer-
Ger county Royal Neighbors Of Amer
lea association, which opens at
New Boston Tuesday morning at
o'clock:
Reception and registration Of Wis
itors.
Song-America.
L Prayer by chancellor.
Roll call of county officers.
4 Reading Of minutes of our last
county meeting.
Roll call Of camps in county and
reading Of reports and number
present of each camp and appoint
ment of committees.
Selection of next meeting place
Election and installation of new
county officers.
Adjournment for dinner.
Call to order-1:30 p. m.
Introducing Of supreme officers
Address of welcome by Sarah
johnson.
Response by Media Steele.
Memorial service by New Boston
camp.
Reports of committees.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Good Of the county.
Regular closing Of county meet.
ing. Class adoption by New Boston
officers.
Address by DR.. Hada NJ. Carlson
supreme physician.
Question box by supreme officers
Flag salutation by Aledo camp.
Song. The End Of a Perfect Day
by Pearl Crosse.
Regular closing.