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IN
PHONE RATES
Privately Owned Lines Apply
to Railroad Commission Fer
Higher Rates

columbia. Feb. 22-Due 20 dam
ago from Y.cct aId ice and rains Of
recent weeks. many privately-o n
ID telephones throughout the state
have applied to tho railroad coIu-
mission for Increase in rates. clailn-
ing that they cannot. under the
present charges. afford to make tn"
repairs necessary. y statement IS
sued by the railroad commission
Yesterday afternoon nla'<e-; mention
uf these petitions and at the same
,ilnc atatc3 tbat they ars being de-
mjcd.
The railroad commission IS ad
Using thee privately owned phone
companies that they cannot grant
increases. especially at this tine.
Wheu tn" legal status Of the rail
road commission and the telephone
rate questions up III the air.
with proposed legislation pending
in the general assembly. There
are bills in the legi stature to fix
telephone rates. and tic railroad
commission states that it does not
know exactly how TO proceed until
these matters arc disposed Of, and
pending tbe outcoine Of the situa-
ton, no alterations in telephone
rates can be considered.
The co1nn,iSs ion states that many
Of the privately-owned lines Of the
state have suffered heavy damages
in recent weeks, due 10 the storm
conditions They are claiming.
states the commission. that their
expenses are high and their reve-
nues short. ana they cannot re-
build thcri Ines and repair their
exchanges.
The commission has tried to be
Sair III matters pertaining TO the
telephone systems Of the state
says the commissions statement.
but it cannot DC blamed if the
pri. ate exchanges do not continue
10 provide service to their patrons"
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GALLO, A LIVE
LANGUAGE

London, Eel. "A knowledge
Of Gaelic will be q paying accom-
pIishmcnt now that most OF the
commune a ions from the Irish
Free Stat" uill oe transmitted, Is
is expected. in that language.
a translation Office III Fleet
Street already announces that it Il
prepared 10 handle all business
conducted in Irish.
An Irish tax collector told rep
reseptatiye Of the Daily Mirror that
it is very difficult 10 collect taxes
in ireland At present. Cnionists,
Sim Fcincrs an1 Natienali;ts in
variably tell hin: Sure. We'll
pay it to The Free state"
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Columbia Feb. Ca bill by
Representative Leopard, OF Iickcns.
~ pat buckashops out Of busl-
ness" as h" described ii. was passed
BY the House on second reading to-
day. The bin would impose q
heavy tax on dealers in cotton,
grain, stock and bond futures. Ihc
bill originally called for tax OF
$50. but All amendment by Repro
sentative Sapp was adopted by the
House to reduce this to $3.50. ara
an am"ndmrn Thy Rcprcsentativ"
Williams. Of Florence, exempted
t!ir operation az the license IN cgs"S
" h.4,c actuiAl sales were made.
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ENGLAND'S
TROUBLES
India is in a State of Unrest.
and Turmoil Over Govern
mental Acts
India, Jan. 10

.Ahn,eda bad. India. Jan. TO-
Moliandas K. Gandhi warned ts&
British government in the meeting
Of the Indian National Congress
juGt held here of danger that it.
would aIcniatc the people of India
ly its present policy.
Think betimes and take care
what you are doing Three hum
drcd ard fifteen millions will ,Gs
your enemy" he said let Gandfi
vas speaking as the leader of the
,nodcra,es of the Congree. Glad
only in 3 lion cloth. Gandl1i v4.s
the central figure among the 1000
people. including many women,
ho attended this 3Gtll annual seq
sion Of the Congress.
Resolutions we're adopted con-
demning the recently inauguratcd
policy of the British government
which was characterized as a pol
icy of repression" reaffirminS the
Don-cooperation movement and
calling for more National Eolua-
tecrs.
Besides voting the suspension of
all other activities and -sconcentra-
ton upon civil disobedience," a.
cabled at that time, the congress
appealed to all its supporters to
quietly and without any demon
stration offer themselves for ar.
rest by belonging to the volunteer
organizations to be formed through
out the country"
The congress called upon all
students Of IS years old or more
to join the Nationalist Volunteer
Corps but stipulated that they
must sign pledge promising to
remain non-violent in word anu
deed" They were required also to
cndeavor always to promote the
unity Of all races in India. to
sign pledge asserting their belief
il swadeali Guse of home goods
oniyp and to use 'land-spun and
haDd-Noven cloth only.
Gandhi's passionate dislike of ti.f
caste system in India was incor-
porated in a demand that the Nat-
iODal Volunteers Should promise TO
endoavor to remove the EVIL of
untouclability' and to come into
personal contact ~iih and render
service TO the submerged classes.
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FRANCE CANNOT.
PAY IT'S CLAIM
Loucheur Secs No Way to
Meet Debt to United States

Faris. Feb. 20.-Louis P. Louch-
eur. former minister Of liberated
regions. declared tonight. it uas
his belief that France never would
be able to pay a sou OF her debt
to the United States. This statement
vas made at Lyons at a, banquet of
the industrial. commercial and ag-
riculturai associations.
u say plainly" declared M.
Louchour, that believe We never
viii be able 10 pay a SOU to Amefz-
ca l say it because there are
Americans: here. who. hope. viii
cable my words across the sea- We
never can pay the fifteen billion
francs we owe America. with the
added interest
America has all the gold, and
we never could pay in goods on ac-
count Of the customs barriers raised
oy the United States itself"
". j.oucheur added that David
Llpyl George. the British prime
minister had agreed to cancel
Frances dett to Great Britain on
c01d;tion the United States annul
Great Britair's debt Of twenty biz
lion francs.
Referring to the question OF rep
ara.ions. N. Loucheur said France
vas determined to make Germany
pay 10 the utmost.
''Eut what can Germany pay?
M. Loucheur asked Germany must
export in order 20 obtain gold. ana
the real problem is to determine
how far Germany can export With
ont flooding the markets.
Il thought the goods which
mi.;ht be imported here to the
least detrilnent to our country was
the goods that might be employed
in the devastated regions. Hence
the Wieataden agreement
The collapse of the exchange
rates and the rasaries in the vaSr
ues Of curvencies III the view OF
N. Louclleur. were the basic causes
OF the economic crisis. The col
aose Of exchange has caused tE.e
financial chaos in the Central Eu-
ropean nations which is the cause
OF the existing economic disorder.
the speaker declared.
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Columbia. Feb. 3l.-Judse Pc i
Toy. in thu common pleas ,urt
here today refused TO rcdu the
verdict OF forty thousand dV uars
granted 70 Mrs. Lydc Nc. uald
against Richard $. pcsportt in q
suit tor brc3ch OF p-omi' The
court held :hat tho plain With
whom The defendant had 1 as
wife for twenty wears was . least
entitled 20 a wiie's Shar ,he
tortuns recently left Mr., [ orte>
i.y his moth
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Columbia. Feb. -. ,.~Thc senate
apd huu>" today adopted the tree
corfcr"ucc report on the gasoline
TAX bill Tine comn.ittec provides
;or u Two cent tax on Sasolinc. with
it, combinations aud substitutes
aud no tax ON k"ro=cuc Ouc-halt
OF tbs. funds ar. TO be turned over
to til" stat" government TO? Use
IN tie general fund and opcrat
inS cNpcu>"s and onc-!lail TO bt. rc-
turacd to the counties tor use 90
tile roads The payments must b.
mad by the 2U;h OF each month
and penalties are provided for Nio
latiVu OF tho act.
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Norfolk. Feb. 32.-Colnplctell-
wrecked ly fire aud explosion. the
worlds largest semi rigid airship.
the Roma. and the pride of til"
huerican air service. yielded up
today the last de3d Of the disaster.
The recovery fixed tie toll OF the
disaster us the greatest i'll tho his
tory of American acrouauticS, at
thirty -four dead eight injured, /,
three practically unhurt. Of the
dead thirty have tccn Identified.
including some of the air services
most gallant officers and men.
Among the dead are Major John
ThOrncll. Comrlanucr of the EO-
ma. at the time Of the christening
in Washington last December and
Captain Dale Mabry. h"r colpuan-
der during YESTERDAYS flight. Ma
jor General Mason NJ Patrick. chief
Of the air service came here ycs-
tcrlay by airplanc and made per-
Sonal inspection Of the wreck dur
ing the night. and ordered an i'm
mediate investigations The officers
are At loss to account for The mis-
hap hat caused The ships rud
der TO tilt and thereby rendered
the craft unnanaGeabl
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Austrian, ucar,lin= Ncu spriut-

Vienna. Feb. IA tnu'in. nj
White paper htr@ ircli.linG ncNs~
print with constantly increasing;
cost, led tn" government TO lnvcG'i-
Sate and inspectors found iaanH
large war"hoi,ScS filled With paper
OF all grades The mills. II Is
charged. hay. bccn storing their
output with >pceuIators doing an
cnurmou.' busin"ss. Tl., stocks are
said to hay. changed ownership,
Inauy tincs without y pound !ea;.-
iits the warehouses. The pap"r ids
been conil.catcd
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WHOLESALE
PRICES DOWN

Washington. Feb. 21-Wholesale
prices approa cbed slightly nearer
tie 1913 l.,vcl in January. accord
ing to information contained in a
Bureau Of Labor statistics issued to-
dav. Prices generally lest month
represented a decline over the same
month of last YEAR of sixteen per
cont
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MARY GARDEN
TO RESIGN

New York. Feb. 2l.- Mary
Garden intends TO resign as dircc-
tor of the Chicago Opera COMPANY
at tho close of the current season.
but TO continue With tn. company
rs IN artist. IIo%ari Potter. bcr
sccrctarv haa announced.
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.~~00-

Wa"lin:ton. Web. "1--An inv"G-
tigation of tho George Washington
Memorial Association charged Will
the erection here OF th" victory me-"
mortal bUiluinC. waS proro.cd in q
resolution introduced hy I;cpro:"nt
ativc Cndcrhill. republican. OF Mas-
sachuscttS.
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JOHN D. APPROVES

Chicago. Feb. e1-Sixteen year
old Mathilde Mccormick. has OBJ
tained the approval Of her pro
posed marriage to Max Oser. the
Swiss riding academy head. from
her grandfather. John u. Roche
fcller. Sr., family friends said to-
ti4r
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DE VALERA AD-
VOCATES STRIFE

Dublin. Feb. Eamopu de Va
lcra. in opening The national con-
vrntjon of Sim f'cin"rs pleads for
tho continuation of the struggle for
the republic Abiding to III" pc3-
Siblitv fl split he sal dthat If It i
necessary lur fhc party TO divide
i; would be better fVr Ireland to
ilnvc two :lruIies. cach r"ldy in ih.'
"vcnt or III" coun;lEs liberty Is me
paced to help tl.. otliv, than for
oue army divided in itself
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indianapolis. Fob. ,22.-Hanfor'l
MacN.iIcr. national commander Of
The Ar.cricna Legion. in q lncssasc
on Washington; birthday. deciar-
cd that the men 3nd women OF The
legion draw renewed inspiration
iron! til" memory Of Washington to
carry "a Our work 10 serve IN
prac" a3 well as in war as cou :
Structlvc cit tiZeIis.
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DIRECTOR WAR RISK
INSURANCE DEAD

New York, Fob. 21.-Coiouei
Clolneiy Jones. former director OF
the bureau ofHwar risk insurance.
died at the Presbyterian Hospital
today OF heart trouble.
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Chicago. Feb. 3I.--Jolln l.. Low
IL president of the United Mine
H'orltcrs aSl,cd the coal operators
OF the crntral competitive field 70
meet With union officials at Clevc-
la11,l on March IND for waSe
conference III order that they might
avert the impending strike.
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as the long list Of officers AMI men
who were burned TO death in the
ship came in Pending full official
reports, however. Secretary Weeks
and air service officials had DO COM
nent to make Immediately on
receipt of the ncws Major General
Patrick. chief OF the air service,
left for the scene by airplanc.
Unofficial reports indicated that
failure of ruddcr coutro1 had caus-
Cd the Roma TO become unman-
ageable thousand feet in the air
ami to plunge earthward where she
struck high tension electric wires
which. wcr thought TO have ignitcd
the hundreds Of thousands OF cubic
feet Of hydrogen gas which filled
the, great bag. Pending detailed
accounts from survivors, officers
here accepted this as the proba bic
cxpIa nation Of the disaster.
With several officers Of the ship
and some of her. skilled mechanics
among the survivors, it WIS hoped
that fun information would he
available When the navy rigid
British. airsl1ip. ZR2, came to q
tragic end through explosion in the
air during trial trip in England
evidence of the cause Of the smash
bad to be sought in the wreckage
for there were no survivors who
could tell what happened. In this
case. it has since been ascertained,
the buckIins Of portion of the
frame work resulted III destruc
ton of the ship.
Naval officials laid emphasis, in
talking of the Roma's description,
on the point that had it been pos
Sible to develop a sufficient supply
Of heliunl. the new nDn-infiammable
gas first produced during the war,
TO fill her great. bag, todayS ac-
cident almost certainly would have
been far less terrible. at least
there would have been no fire after
the crash. it was said, and it was
The terrible heat of the blazing
hydrogen which apparently brought
death to more than so men. But
SO far only sufficient helium has
been produced to initiate the naval
blin,p CT. mere pigmy ship Of
the air beside the Roma. CT made
her trial fight carried by the new
gas during the first days of tue re-
cent arms conference. iourueyiug
from Hampton Roads TO Washing
ton and back.
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HENRY FORD'S BID

Washington. Feb. 21-The invsS-
ti.:ition OF the offer OF HeurN Ford
for Muscle Shoals project VIII be
concluded this week Ly tho houS"
military committee, Chairman X nm
announced
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Aviator Turner to Have Preliminary

Columbia. FEB. 2t.-Roscce
Turner. aviator. who has flown In
MANY parts Of the state. and who
was arrested here a month ago. on
a charge by the federal government
of having in his possession 4 stolen
airplane. WAS taken 20 Saranraa
Yesterday afternoon. to face n pre-
liminary trial Since his arrest he
has been in the county Jail here.
not being able to furnish the 81.
500 bond fixed by a Ual-ed states
commissioner.
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TO INVESTIGATE
FREIGHT RATES
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Issues Order as to
Southeast

N-a.hinston. Feb. 21-Inves'isa
ton OF the entire structure Of class
freight rates in tho southeast WIS
Instituted today by order OF the IN
tcrState ConIlncrce Commission y
hearing is to be announced later.
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Norfolk. Feb. oo.--The investi-
CATION Of the crash Of the Roma a.
the army base yesterday will begin
today with the arrival Of officers of
the army air service from Wash
ing:on. The number Of dead is
thir.y-four. all identified. OF The
eleven survivors eight are in the
hospital. Que critically injured.
Army officers who survived the
disaster declared that the wrcck
Was the result Of the collapse Of
the clcyating rudder.
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Wa.hin9ton Feb. Nomina-
ton OF Secretaries Mellon. Hoover.
Hu,hes :. Senator Sluout aud Repre-
sentative Eurtnn as members of th..
allied d,,lr commission Is hc sent
~ tn" s,c;l:ttc to, ~
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N"w York. Feb. 2l-D. X. Lacey,
stat. treasurer of North Carolina.
is reported to be slowly recovering
from thc break down he suffered
Il week 40 His illness is attri-
htt,d I" oV.,rN "riN
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Newport News, Va. Feb. q
Enco1lfirmed reports that the bag
Of the semi-rigid dirigiblc, Roma.
destroyed yesterday with the loss
Of tllirty-four lives, was ip 6imsE
condition at. the time Of the fight
are to be investigated. by board
uf inquiry.
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Mon GomerE. Ala. t'el'. e.
Coz. Thomas T.; kilhy in q state.
mont today taroc"d She proposal Of
Henry Ford for Muscle Shoals, pro-
vidcd the rights OF The stat" q:
Ala bam :,~c adequately safeguard
cd. He opposes acceptance Ul the
offer Of the Alabama Power cont
pany for Muscle Shoals. but bc
lieveS tho Ford proposal should be
SO amended as to release the Cor
gas steam plant and tbat this
plant should be sold 10y the gov
ernment to the Ala abaula Power
Company. He wants the state pro-
tectcd in the mater ri taxation
and safeguards against a monopoly
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!'awtuchrt, l.; t., Feb. .-l.--Jo-
Sepll .tSsuncan. y icNti." strike
>y1lpa;hizcr. Was hillcd near the
JrucAc's shipping company plant,
when tn. polio" discharged riot
gun. ait"r the mob refused to dis
p.r.e. TWO others wcr" seriously
wounded Mayor Kenyon rt:td The
riot act Ia the crowd.
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Canton. Ohio. Feb.

Canton. Ohio. Feb. 80 Thrs"
men were hil,'i"d whom y tunnel
hcin" dug Under the c:ur TRACKS
eavrd in ono was :'c-cu~J alive
'f'l. .t:lnr tmo are boHnv"d t" h'r'.
l,.,n crushed rn death
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WEEKS SUBMITS
ALA. OFFER
Bid of Power Company Before
Congress-Alcans More
Delay

Washington. Feb ~. An
no,1nce,uent Ly Sccretary Weeks
today that he woulG ask congress
tomorrow for acr"ptanc" or rcIcc-
ton OF tho Alabama Po"cf CON-
pany's offer to purchase and lease
the Muscle Shoals. Ala. nitrat" ana
wafer power projects. submitted to
him last Tuesday added TO tl1e pos
eibilitiea Of further delay in COP
c,.e>s on consideration Of Henry
Ford S offer for h" sam" proper
,iea The Alabama rOnpany* Of
fer. it VAS said. probably wnnld
he referred to the military affairs
committee Of III" house and 3eri-
cultural committee OF thc senatc.
both Of which arc Engaged in IN
ycstigatin2 the Ford proposal.
Cha air,nan Kahn announced TODAY
that The house body would conclude
it's study uf tho offer submitted by
the Detroit manufacture before
undertaking hearings on tile new
proposal, but would not report
thcm separately to tho house.
The plan ju recommending &C
ceptancc or rejection Of the offers
10 the full membcr:hlp Of the
house. the chairman said, would be
TO prepare q joint report on all pro-
posals congress might receive. In
this ,napncr, it was explained. the
Ford offer would remain in thf
committees hands preventing &C
ton by tho house until oil the pro
posalS tho war sccr..2.'. might SUI
nit were thoroughly :,,.-e>;'i::tt ii.
Mr.. Kahn said he cN2ccts'' :"
conclude ihc bearings on Ar.
t'urd's offer this vcc% a'hl World
Immediately begin an cxa;'1'E:H ION
Of that from The AlabItla i"wcr
company which Secretary Weeks
Indicated today. WAS considered a
better offer in some respects than
that Of Horny Ford.
Tie house committee today inter
roSatcd j. =. Jammitt: vice pi'eSi-
dent Of the Air Ni;ratcs corpora :
ton. a subsidiary of the Amcrican
Cyanamid cc,9pany Of Maine. who
strongly defended tho rights OF the
former concern to purchase nitrate
plant NJ. at Muscle Shoals upoa
as favorable tcrlua aS the govern
ment might accept from other pr'-
vatc enterprises.
He submitted a contract signed
by til" corporation and var Dc
parttncut officials under dat" "f
June s. !.tS. when il was arreed
to build t]le plant aud which con-
tanned q section extending option
al subsidiary to buy til" property
in. the event it vas sold by the COY
crq;n:1lt.
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Washington. Feb. 2i.-The dis
aster today a; the Hampton Roads
army base to the arny's ItaHan
hull. airShip. Roma largest craft
Of har. type in the world. east Slooaa
over the var and navy departments
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Erie. Pa. Feb. 21.-Thrce broth
crs. Charles. William and Joseph
No1naS were drowned in the bay
here Nhen the ice broke.
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the fabric before the big explosion.
If it had not. I could never have
gotten OUT alive ] saw one man
try jump. | don't know who hs
vas or ;f he mad" q safe landing.
We hit right after Ihat. We were
too low for auyhod$ to make
safe Jump.
Both Eicdenhcck and Major
Reardon spoke OF the gallant way
the officers remained al th"r posts
t-nti, the instant OF the crash, tho
officers st the wheels struck.
One Of the survivors said that
the Roma often sailed with a little
tilt and that he paid little atten-
ton 10 the initial lift Of tho tail
of the slip untii he heard a man
Yell that The craft refused TO re-
spond to the helm.
Several eye witnesses watching
the Roma soaring above tho army
base. shortly before the death
plunge Of the giant dirigible claim
they saw uisps Of smoke darling
out Of the side of the huge gas baG.
a moment later the volume Of
smoke increased and soon became
4 ytllovish glare. 4 moment later
the hugo blinlp "hiricd downward
and collapsed near the army base
fire station in mass Of flame.
Firemcn immediately began
fighting the blaze which burned
f1crceiy.
Calls we're sent to all govern
inert hospitals in Norfolk and
Portsmouth and rescue parties we're
Immediately organized to aid those
who had not pcrishcd in the fatal
plunge.
Several of The victims. it is be-
lieved. were Instantly killed and
their bodies charred beyond recos-
milton by the furnace like tornado
OF fame.
One of the mechanics III the
crew of the Roma. who was rescued
shortly after the big ship hit. said.
Our rudder broke and the planes
did not work. So far as could see
there was no fire until NC hit the
ground.
Col. +. N. Quincy, comnlanda:l:
of tic army base. who witnessed
the fall Of the Roma bears out this
statement. He sau I've did not see
any fire until after fhe liS gas baS
had landed on the ground.
AS the Roma nearcd The scene
of the disaster it was apparent
that She was in trouble. Other off,
GERS q the base said The big r,ld-
ders seemed to be working badly
aud The crew was desperately
throwing Off ballast. Their efforts
70 put the big airSEip on an even
keel succeeded FOR ouly minute
or tuo as the ship a.sin tilted ard
began plungine toward the Garth
narrowly missing the smoke stack
of the base power station hu; fail
cd to clear the net work Of high
:olting wires which coy cred the
spot where the Roma way destroy
ed. Two sharp expln.ions were
heard Just before the fjretncu be-
gan fighting the flames. but il is
believed these were caused by ga3-
oline in the fuel tanks.
After the mass Of "rcrkose had
been sufficiently cooled off to per
nit a search, of the debris derrichs
began clearing away lie heavy
parts Of the fralpe work and the
removal of the dead vas tegun.
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Washington. Feb. 22.-Frivate
Ohm L. Thompson. OF Bentons-
Vile. \. C.. is in he Iist Of dead in
the Roma disastcl, os given out by
the air service.
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,1S;t!,,;r * nl~rslH = .i"l. vat'-h :
l.. so:n,Erd< else work.