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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03

Those who witnessed the disaster
from the ground described the Shen.
andoah spinning like a giant
revolving door" until she finally
broke in two.
Scattered Over Ten Miles
The dirigible reached the ground
in four pieces, scattered over ten
miles. First the keel broke off and
fell, one part directly to earth in a
farmers barnyard and the other ten
miles away-carrying eight of the
crew to the ground with it, un-
injured.
Without the keel, the airship
careened in the storm beyond all
control.
Then a seam opened and the bag
broke apart, the forward half
dropping to earth, nose first and the
stern drifting miles away and land
ing as ii was almost lost to sight.
Tossed Like a Toy
People up early to watch for the
coming of the great air cruiser saw
her spin and twist and plunge as the
gale, as if angry, vented it's whims
upon the ship tossing it as If it were
a toy.
First, a railroad telegrapher at
Belle Valley, Ohio, saw the dirigible
spinning on its tail above him, nose
up and helpless.
Girl telephone operators at Ava,
Ohio, looked out and aw 1t only a
few hundred feet from the ground,
still fighting It's way.
Started Late Yesterday
Then. as they looked, came the
final crash and they sent out the
word that the Shenandoah was a
wreck.
Starting its tragic trip, the big
blimp cast off from her mooring mast
at Lakehurst, N. j., at 1902 p. m,
Wednesday, bound for a neighborly,
weekend visit to the Middle West,
where she was to have flown over
State fairs in seven State capitals,
The return was to have been made
not later than Monday.
1t was the second attempt of the
dirigible to invade the Mississippi
Valley. high winds having turned
It back once earlier in the summer.
Was on Way Here
1t was to have passed over Indi.
annapolis and Lafayette, Ind, today,
en- route to Scott field, st. Louis,
where 1t was to stop. The return
was to have been made by the way
Of Detroit, where it was to stop
again and moor at the new dirigible
mast built by Henry Ford at his
River Rouge, Mich. plant. Ford
was to have boarded the craft to
fly back east,
Passing over Akron. Sunday, Chief
Petty officer Frank Masters. listed
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
JUDGES ARE ABSENT
Fail to Discuss RemOdeling With
Commissioners.

When not single judge appeared
this morning at a conference ar
ranged by county commissioners,
with the jurists as special guests.
discussion Of remodelinR the court
house was postponed until Tuesday
The judges are against inserting
another tier Of rooms in the top Of
the present second floor. Judge
James A. Collins of Criminal Court
has issued an order forbidding 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
FOUNDRY FIRE
LOSS $4,000
Prompt Work Keeps Blaze
From Spreading.

Fire starting from an overheated
coke oven destroyed the foundry
section of the Peerless Foundry
Company, 1853 Ludlow Ave. early
today with an estimated loss of
$4,000.
Blaze was discovered shortly after
midnight by ]. p. OFT, sos Elm St..
night watchman. Upon arrival OF
first detachment OF fire apparatus
Battalion Chief Mckinney sounded
a second alarm. Prompt work by
firemen kept the fire from spread.
ing.
Structure, which was 75x100 feet.
contained patterns and machinery,
all Of which were destroyed. Clay
Sparks, secretary, said the loss was
covered by insurance. Eighteen
compaHles used ten lines in lighting
the blaze.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
1900 Retail
BUYERS here
Official Observance of Week
to End.

Out-of-town retailers who are
guests of wholesale firms here during
Buyers week reached the 1900 mark
today Clifford Dunphy, manager of
the wholesale trade division of the
Chamber of Commerce, estimated.
Practically all Of the sixteen houses
participating reported heavier at.
tendance than last year.
While buyers will continue to pur-
chase fall stock the rest of the week,
the official observance Of the week
ends today.
Several hundred buyers were
guests Of the wholesalers at Eng
lish's Theater, Wednesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
Twisted Mass
Tells Story
of Wreck
Farmer Says He Heard
Crash on Roof and
Saw Debris Land.
By l.. III. Merrick
rited Press staff CorresDondent

United Press Staff CorresDondent
AMBRIDGE, Ohio, Sept g.
Andy Canary, 80, Slavish farmland,
the first civilian to reach the wreck
age OF the Shenandoah told a
graphs story today of the crash.
Mary, my wife, had just started
downstairs to put on the coffee, -
said Andy. Il stayed upstairs to
mind the kids. ~ --'~sys7'
Il heard a terrific crash on the
roof ofthe house. Through the win
dow l saw something crash in the
yard.
My God. Mary I called. An
airplane has dropped 1 had no
idea the big ship was around.
81 dashed into the yard. In
the wreckage l saw two forms.
saw another man under the
heavy iron. He was alive because
he was moving his arms.
Survivors Ask Aid
"I couldn't reach the men and in
the excitement l thought of getting
a doctor. In another minute 1 met
some men from the ship coming to-
ward me. CThese were the survivors
of the aft half of the ship which
had dropped some distance beyond)
They asked me If 1 had a tele-
phone. I had no phone and I told
them where the nearest one was.
They told me to go and get help
and l went to some neighbors and
spread the news"
just a few feet from Andy's
hOuse-in his very yard-lay the
wreclSage of the control, cabin
where most Of the men met their
death-a tangled twisted mass of
metal.
BlOod-stained fence posts tell the
story of the crash TO earth of the
death cabin that carried Captain
LansdOwne and his mates to their
terrible end.
Picture of Wreck
This scene-the devastated patch
of green corn where the cabin lay
through typical barn-yard,
down the h1iI to patch of trees
where another batch of wreckage
was caught-shreds of oiled six,
twisted aluminium frame, bits of
control apparatus, shattered car
tons of canned food, bits of
polished wood, tangled wire-pIain-
ly mark the course of the rear
portion of the ship to its resting
place on the hillside
Many of the gas compartments
were still inflated and the huge
section of the ship with its tangled
mass of metal front and rear.
rocked in the wind.
Ominous crunchings as the big
bag heaved before the breeze drove
thousands Of curious slghtseers and
souvenir hunters back again and
again. The big section had nearly
turned over on it's side after the
hour's rocking. but the name She
nandoah and the red. white and
blue star. the insignia of the air
| service, still were visible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
SUBMAR RINEIS
FOUND; IS dead
italian Undersea Craft Lo-
Gated.

By United Press
ROME. Sept. 3.-The ill-fated
Italian submarine, Sebatino Veneiro,
with fifty-five aboard, was reported
today to have been located in ninety
meters Of water Of Cape Passero.
The Navy department has notified
the families of the Veneiro's crew
Of their deaths.
The submarine was lost during the
recent naval sham wer and floating
oil Of Cape Passero indicated that the
sDot was har burial ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
Measurements of
Wrecked Blinnp
feet

LENGTH-6S0 feet.
GREATEST DIAMETER
20 feet.
GAS BAG c A P ACIT Y
100000 cubic feet Of helium.
LIFT CAPACITY-Approxi-
mately 20 tons.
MOTORS-Six Packards, 800
horsepower each.
WEIGHT-30 tons.
SPEED-60 to 20 miles an
hour.
RADIUS OF ACTION-4, 900
miles.
ESTIMATED COST-s1,25o..
900.
APPROXIMATE CREw-75
officers and men. n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03

Bu
CAMBRIDGE Ohio, Sept 3-Whred through space twist
ed and tossed by the winds until she broke into pieces the
giant naval dgbe Shenandoah hurled fourteen of her
to their deaths early today Ava, Ohio and then FELL
total wreck.
Commander Zachary Lansdowne perished with his ship
In addition to the fourteen dead two injured and three
of the unaccounted for The remainder
of forty-two is safe.
Grew Hurled From Cabins
Members of the scattered an area of ten
miles the giant arsh whred and twisted in the air. tossing
them from the cabins swung beneath the gas bag
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
RIO GRAND ON RAMPAGE
good Drives 500 From Homes in
Vicinity of Eel Paso

BU United Press
Ell PASO, Tex, Sept. 3.-Five
hundred persons were temporarily
homeless in Ell Paso and vicinity to-
day as result Of the Rio Grande
river breaking through its levees
after rise which exceeded that of
last month. A side current two feet
deep was running through the Mexis
can quarter here at 10 o'clock to-
day, five blocks from the river S
bed. Three outlying additions are
flooded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
Air Navy Has Two
Disasters

The giant dirigible Shenan-
doah was wrecked, breaking in
two over Ava. Ohio. In storm
early today. Fourteen were killed.
The air branch Of the Ameri-
can Navy thus Is confronted
with two major disasters.
a The Navy plane PN.9.1,
which attempted to fly TO
Honolulu. has now been miss
ing thirty-six hours, with five
men aboard and chances
of their rescue are hourly
diminishing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
PACIFIC FLIERS NOT
FOUND in 48 HOURS
Honolulu Gives Up Hope That Naval Plane Will Reach
There Safely.

val district here today that. despite
the efforts of airplanes. destroyers
and merchant ships, no trace Of the
missing fiiers had been found.
Meantime Honolulu dispatches to
the United Press said that the peo-
pie there had practically given up
the aviators as lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
Big LIFE Loss
is REPORTED
Typhoon LasheS Chinese
Ships.

B1 United Press
SHANGHAI. Sept. 3.-Lashed by
a typhon many small native ships
are reported today to have foundered
with considerable loss OF life, The
Chinese steamer Alu Annoy for
Chow, but her passengers are re-
ported saved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
War Memorial Trustees
Have Closed Conference
" Action on Dismissal
Recommendation Is Not
Given Out.
BOARD OF ACCOUNTS
is NOT REPRESENTED
Indianapolis Engineers Adopt
Minority Report, Urging
Appointment of DiSinter-
eSted Expert and Ask
Thorough Probe.

Just what action trustees of
the Indiana World War Me-
mortal will take on recommen-
cations that Walker G. Weeks,
Cleveland, Ohio, Memorial arch
itects, be discharged, was still
being debated this afternoon.
The Memorial board continued
It's session begun about 10 a. m.
at the American Legion Bldg.
trough the noon heur. No
word was given out.
At the meeting were Marcus L.
Sonntag, Evansville; Samuel B
Royse, Terre Haute; Robert Batten
Marion; Thomas B. Coulter, Vim
cennes; Howard O'Neal, Crawfords
vile; William p. Glenn, Gary, and
Evans Woollen, indianapolis. just
enough to constitute a quorum, to
gether with Walker & Weeks. Sam
Ashby and Paul Comstock, attorney
and secretary, respectively, Of the
board, attended the session. No
member Of the State board of ac-
conuts, which recommended the dis
missal, was present.
Engineers Divided
Meanwhile a divided report by the
committee Of the Indianapolis Chap
ter American Association of En-
gineers concerning action of the War
Memorial Plaza squabble was pre-.
sented the organization at lunch
con at the Board Of Trade.
E. w. Mccullough and Daniel B.
Luten presented the following reso-
luton, the majorit yreport:
Resolved that if the reports be
true hat the architects under con
tract to design the Indiana World
War Memorial specified a material
in which they were financially inter
ested they should be discharged and
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
HOT SEPTEMBER DAY
Thermometer Climbs With No Fore
cast for Change.

Indianapolis today decided that the
advent of September does not neces.
sarily mean the departure of sum-
NOR temperatures. when the ther.
mometer scared to SO at p. m. This
Is about degrees above normal.
The forecast is for no decided
change in temperature,
In Boston. Mass. overcoats were
popular, Today's Brooklyn Boston
baseball game was postponed on &C.
count of cold weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
BODIES OF CRAFTS VICTIMS
STREWN OVER 1O-MILE COURSE
Commander Zachary Lansdowne Goes
Down With His Ship and Is Found
Dead-Several Are Missing and
Two Are Injured.
Not Unexpected


WASHINGTON Sept. 3:-Secretary of the Navy Will
today said the crash of the Shenandoah mot
pected The navy always has feared the effects its air
ships of the destructive local storms prevalent at times the
interior of the United States Wilbur said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
Home Edition

(GCTIRRIN' THE DOPE"
~ Vedder Cards Column
of comment on sports, is back
on the Sport Page. 1t appears
daily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
Forecast

EAIR tonight and Friday; no
i decided change in tempera-
ture.
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
STARVATION IS.
. KILLING 1000
IN WEEK
Conditions in Yun-Nan, China,
Are Reported Worst In
Recent History

LONDON, Feb. 12.-A thousand
persons died during the last week
Of starvation in Chao-Tung-Ba,
China, said a Central News dis
patch today from Tien!Tpin.
Famine conditions In the province
Of Yun-Nan are said to be the worst
within the history Of the living in
habitants.
"Chao-Tung-Ba" Is not found in
records OF Chinese cities. Theirs
Is in the province Of Yun-Nan the
city Of Chao-Tung- Fu. It - .
short distance to the east OF Yang
Use Kiang and has q population OF
So, 900. It's principal products are
lead and silver.
The province of Yun-Nan has =
population of almost IL 900, 900. Its
area Is 146, 500 square miles. IL II
in the southeast Of China and Is
bounded on one side by. Tibet. Min
eral deposits Of gold, silver, lead
and tin make 1t one Of China,s
richest provinces. Some of the best
grades Of tea come from Yum.
Nan.
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
FOX KING
LAUGHS At
j. s. QUIZ
Books and Business All o. K,
Says Former Dentist,
Now Millionaire

BANGOR. Me-. Feb. 12.-DoctT
Frank III. Gordon, who within three
years came from the obscurity OF
dentists office in the little town
of Lincoln into riches by selling 3d.
0000 900 worth of silver fox contracts
to investors throughout the United
States. paying a rs per cent divi-
dend to some Of them. laughed to-
day when told that his career was
under Federal investigation.
Federal men will find our books
o. K. and the silver fox raising BUSH
ness entirely legitimate" Doctor
Gordon said.
The country dentist who has be-
come q millionaire has established
twenty-five ranches In Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont.
I'VE are in our expansion period,
the Doctor said. 1T will be at
least five years before we will start
marketing pelts."
The $4,000 taken in has been
used for breeding purposes, he said.
In three years some investors
have received $4,000 on an original
Investment of $4,000. The plan, as
outlined by Doctor Gordon. Is to
sell a pair OF foxes for $4,000. The
fox company guarantees so per cent
production--at least one pup. Like
wise the company takes an option
on the purchase of the pup at $3.50.
The company has exercised this
option in every instance. The pups
have ben used for breeding. The
plan continues for tive years, when
the marketing Of pelts will begin,
according to Doctor Gordon. Small
er investors have purchased one
twentieth interest In pair of foxes.
paying 800.
Doctor Gordon scoffed at critics
who said that silver foxes which
bred in large numbers produced
pelts of poor quality, insisting that
quality production will produce
super foxes whose pelts will sell
at top prices.
This il the second investigation
Of Doctor Gordon's new industry.
The first gave him q clean bill OF
health. The new probe 10 by the
Dostal authorities. Conclusions
reached by the Federal authorities
In the second investigation will be
submitted to Washington. investiga-
tors said.
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
.ONDEN DIVINITY
HAS ESCAPED
ARREST
seIf-styIed God Of Japan Is
Believed to Be Shielded
Even by Premier Kato
BY LUTHER A. HUSTON.
TnternationaI News Service.

TOKYO, Feb 13.-Mr Kichisa-
buro limo calls himself the ''Onder
Divinity" or the God OF Onden. /"
just now, however, he is being
called many things far less dignified
and complimentary by the Japanese
vernacular press, by large numbers
OF the populace in general and by
certain Namiki in particular.
All honest Japanese always pay
their bills at New Year. It is u
disgrace to enter the new year with
debts outstanding. So, when the
God OF Onden" failed to pay 1900
yen which he owed Namiki at the
close Of 1924, Namilxi brought suit
to collect.
Namiki, however, made the mis-
take OF wandering near secluded
vale on the outskirts OF Tokyo.
While there he was attacked by
two men and very thoroughly
mauled. The two men were arrest
ed and declared to be hirelings Of
the so-called "Onden Divinity"
Guard His House.
When the police went to arrest
the God of Onden" after a war;
rant had been issued, his household
reported he was too sick to be
arrested. So the police placed a
guard around his house to await
his recovery.
Despite the guard and despite his
Illness. however, the divine" one
Is reported to have sneaked away
from his house to pay a call on q
former Japanese premier.
Not long after the former premier
| called upon Premier Kato, tie pres
ent prime minister. After that In.
spector General Ota, of the metro
politan police. was summoned to
the private residence of Premier
Kato.
This sequence OF events aroused
the curiosity of the Japanese news
papers and they sought an inter.
view with "Onden."
1t was granted.
divinity" is alleged to have made
are that nothing is easier than to
destroy the metropolitan police
board" and that II could ever de-
stroy the present cabinet If / were
| so minded. The government always
acts as / tell it," limo is said to
| have scornad the idea that he could
be arrested on any charge.
UncrOwned Premier.
|, Japense newspapers are now call
ing limo the ''uncrowned premier
, Of Japan and .crediting him with i'm
mensely powerful influence in high
official circles.
limo is the head Of a mysterious
cult which he rules with the we'll
known Iron hand" He claims
mystic powers and his followers are
required to call him Your Holt.
ness" He is said to have many
adherents, including prominent and
wealthy people, and to derive q
huge income through the use Of his
self-claimed mystic powers in giving
advice to government officials and
business men.
That the "Onden God" is not inn
mune from the lure of worldly
pleasures is indicated by reports IF
his lavish entertainments in the
gay night life of Tokyo.
It Is alleged that he spends 5000
to 5000 yen per month in merry
parties in the geisha district of
AsakuSa
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
COPYRIGHT HARRIS q EWING

from the use of intoxicants by
students.
1.-THE only cases Of midshipmen
drinking occurred before Christ.
mas, and the reports on the four
students involved in these have
been in the possession Of the
Navy Department since that time,
it was pointed at the Academy
headquarters.
In addition, it was stated that
three midshipmen were dismissed
for drinking over six, months ago.
From time to time during the
existence of the Naval Academy
under all superintendent, there
have been sporadic outbreaks of
drinking, but these always been
drastically dealt with. and at no
time have they ever taken on the
appearance Of an orgy, being
merely individual attractions of
discipline, it was said.
The Naval Academy regulations
are very drastic in regard to in
toxicants and make drinking or
possession the grounds for instant
dismissal Very few midshipmen
care to jeopardize their careers
Admiral Wilson has been active
in enforcing this order, with the
result that during his administra
ton drinking among the student
body has been reduced to the point
where it simply becomes the act
of an individual once in a great
while, who is invariably dismissed
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
BUR APPROVES DISMISSAL OF FOUR DRINKING MIDSHPMEN
Fire Chief Risks Leg
To Save Fireman
On Ladder

DURHAM, N. c., Feb. H.
Fire Chief Frank Bennett prob
ably saved the life Of one fire
man, and serious injury to him
self, when he thrust his leg
through the rungs Of an extern
sion ladder which had slipped
and begun to telescope, early
this morning, when fire Quilted
three stories and threatened an
entire down town business block.
With a man above him and
one below, Chief Bennett was on
an extension ladder reaching to
the third story. The ladder
connections loosened in some
way and the topmost section
began to slide downward. With
out hesitation, Chief Bennett
thrust his leg through the lad
ders. the limb acting as b wedge
between a rung of the top lad
der and that Of the lower. The
two firemen on the ladder hur-
ried to the connecting point, re-
lieved the pressure and took the
chief dwon. The leg was badly
bruised. Damage in the blaze
amounted to $4,000
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
COLD STANDARD
IS BRITISH
GOAL
Opponents of Such Action
Say It Will Make England
Subservient to U. s.
BY InternatIonaI News Service

{ LONDON. Feb. 12.-Great Britain
will revert to the gold standard at
the earliest possible moment, Win
ston Churchill, chancellor of tho
exchequer, told the House Of Com
mons today.
Agitation in England regarding
the gold standard has been sec.
ond only to that over international
debts. The Right Honorable Mon
tagu Collet Norman, governor Of
the Bank OF England returned re-
Gently from the United States.
where he was said to have con-
ferred with Treasury Department
officials and New York financiers
on the advisability of England re-
turning to a gold standard.
British opponents declared tina.
the gold standard would make
Great Britain subservient to the
United States because OF America
having control Of the worlds sup
ply of gold.
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
There Is No Orgy of
Drinking at Academy, "
Saws Admiral Wilson

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. ~
There is, or has been, no orgy of
blinking among midshipmen at
he Naval Academy" Rear Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, superintendent Of
That institution. declared today in
commenting on recent press re-
sorts that a number of midshipmen
we're involved in the investigation
II liquor conditions in Annapolis,
how being conducted by the Anne
Arundel county grand jury.
LAS a matter Of fact" he con-
hniied, this institution has been
lor some time past extremely free
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
LECTURER-MIsSlO NARY
FINED FOR PARK VIOLATION

Convicted OF violating q park
regulation while in the sylvan
Theater Tuesday night. George
Salay. Rumanian lecturer-mission.
airy and singer Of folk songs, was
fined S26 by Judge Schuidt IN
Police Court today. II he fails to
make telephone connections he win
serve twenty-five days.
Sumner Benedict. buyer here
from New York, who was arrested
at the same time by Park Police.
man Thomas Fogarty. was in court
was forfeited.
The Washington times., 1925-02-12
RIGHT TO GIVE RAILWAYS
BUS PERMITS IS UPHELD

Frank H. Stephens, District Cor
poration Counsel, today declared
that the Public Utilities Commits.
sion was vested with authority to
grant street railway companies per-
mission to operate motor bus lines.
A copy of his opinion has been
sent to the Senate District Com.
mittee in response to resolution
introduced by Senator Copeland OF
New York The Senator yesterday
criticised the commission for gram
Ing the Washington Railway and
Electric Company permission to run
a cross-town bus line.