—1ME DAILY
ALASKAN
GfTST 25, 1!>2I
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DIRIGIBLE ZR 2 EXPLODES IN TRIAL 43 KILLED
TREATY 10 BE
SIGNED TODAY
Washington, Aug- 24—IV.ii I-'iil
Harding and Secretary oi Stale
Hugbes reported to the members of
the Senate Foreign relation" eoiii
mlttee. with whom they r.mf-rr. d
this morning at the White h>«:ts.\
on the peace treaty between tli«
United States and Oerni ii y. The
treaty is to be signed today in I'er
lin.
BIO SW1Nl»LK KI.Nti
I'.VDKK AKI'.KSI
Chicago. III.. Aug. 24.—The au
thorities assert they have the mem
bers of one of the biggest of the re
cent swindles under arrest. Rudolph
Kohn, la vice-president of the Amer
ican Rubber Company, (lias \V.
French and his partr.er. John Worth
ing. the head of the mail robbers
trust and four others are under ar
rest. The Federal authorities de
clare these men represent a six mil
lion dollar swindle. The victims in
clude an Ohio manufacturer of au
tomobiles. who was swindled to tlu
tune of two million.
MILLIONAIRE DATIS
I NDEK AIJKKST
Chicago. 111.. Aug. 24.—A war
rant was issued for the arrest of U ]
W. Oavis, the millionaire president
of the Winton Automobile Company.
The warrant was issued In cornier-1
tiun with the Boud theft trust.
MANAGER ADMITS STEAL
ING KOI R THOISAN1)
Seattle, Aug. 24—Robert '.I. ll:ill I
was sentenced to six month J ill Wal
la Walla penitentiary. IV was for
merly manager of the Snoi'iutl iii ie
Lumber Company, and while in ''..a
capacity stole four thousand >l.»l ■ us
from the company. Ho plead'd I
guilty.
Bl'SHWELL THE LAST
FROM S.S. ALASK \
Eureka. Calif.. Aug. 24.—Tluv lasi I
body to be recovered from the S. S |
Alaska, was identified as that of li" •
W. Bush well, of Los Angeles, a cap
italist. Bushwell was at one time i
member of the Minnesota legisla
ture.
SAN FRANCISCO PROTESTS
TO CHAIRMAN LASKKR
San Francisco. Aug. 24.—\V h e :i
intimations of the removal of the
San Francisco branch of the Ship
ping Board to Seattle came from
Washington losal shipping inter t
In San Francisco lodged a vigorous
protest with Chairman Lasker of the
Shipping board.
Washington. Aug. 24.—President
Harding announod that he is in fa
vor of having Labor represented at
the disarmament conference.
Seattle. A<u s:«.—Ma loney. wUo
lias ln'Oii imlh't.d for t c nucder
lit>i s?: t <1; t:i > i:>s
M \ \ n: NOT i : \IIY
VasUinston. Au- -4.—T • l!i :
is s.-t and read . >r .1 > . t.> '• •
sin nevt Weilii 'ul littt l a r1"';
ate has before it tLe Kit
.
itss Importance.
Kill VS KKt'l.V TO I ! !?V>
T1H'RS!> \'. <"! . :-'M I
DnMtn. Ans. - 1.—
Ireland will tnai e »ii f!rt'. ■ 1 1.
for the settlemsat uf ti «■ Irlf \ f
tion will I;.' dellv- ri-il to l»l».vd
Gnw at liis i'ti. jI r«'s dem j
Thursday night or KruUy morning. .
MKlts- 1 II UllMrV; (.1 -
II \ISSII Till: Vi MI AT
Mason t'ity, lovvu, Auc. -•! Mrs
Ira fro'. II "i t X» ■ ^ 01 \ *0
rewived a proa1 [it lutituitii m »t 1 «•
yanked from t -■ pl.itN>' ■», 'iriudj
and dumped.
Sill KM ! • SIIMOI
MAN IN JAM,
the comity jail was #hoi and Killed ,
by dopiilj sheriffs today.
The deputies claim that Box
tempted to i\s pt
\. \\ II.I. («!VK IN I
—^—
Panama 1 - d • ilrd that she will!
not resist I .<• atlOr: pt of < ,»u Rica s !
o«ni!>.iiiii(i of the dis;mi d terrilorv. j
known us the Colo Territory, a-'..trd
ed to il'.e latter country hv Just lit :
White.
« XNA'ilAX DP S I
l4tM :ay. Out Aiis. ••
Minister and military louder died at [
ills ii" 10 here today after a Itnu- r
inp Illness.
Seattle. A us. -'I — < n t'. • way to j
work this niornintc Hans 11. Olson,
the father for li - e children was kill-j
ed li.v an aiiiomo.. ie driven liy Rev. :
\V. J. Thompson, of Kent. The pn- |
lire say the aecident was uuavoida-'
Vienna. Auk. 2."».—1 lie ire t.v «•;
peace hetweep t ie 1'nited Sta s and
Austria was signed bj Atisin:! tada ■ .
"I Wish I Were Rich!"
Did you ever hear ;i fallow say lhal? Of < ourx
you Uitl. You've saiil it yourself 111:;:i> times. Uul
your wishing never Rot you anywhere. .11 you want
to learn how to swim you will get into the water
If you want to skate you will get on the ire. .Well
then If you want to In- rieh, S.W K Vol It JIONMV. All
of the big fortunes today are the result of a small
begin uiug.
$1.00 WILL OI'KN A SAVINGS At VOl \"T
Bank ©IT Maslka
COUNTESS MEEHAN
A recent portrait study of Countess
ii Negarole Meehan wife of MaJ.
?hrrles Mechan of New York The
:oiu>?e$s r^et the major during the
ir. v/nen t th .were engard ■) R~c
••o r, •••- k. They were married at
\'*e Vatican and blesswd by the c3jc
JCHN AIKWAN STEWART
John A kirnn S'ewart of N.w York,
\ho cn Aug " t 22 celebrated hi»
ay, it the patriarch
in bankers. He has been
1 . y ed in the business since
-ed the United States
Trust company in 1S53 and has been
t and chairman
)f the b o! trustees.
CitiOi i s..
sui si e
Seattle, A lie 25.—The Caitad-.
(i > .entti.eni freighter "Canadian ; n;
iHirtcr." bound from Vancouver :
\nsir;>l . is su 11 posed to ! .ive suit
• '11 hundred miles oil' the mmit:
<>l ihe Columbia Uiver. T! e Sealiie
>i<Miii8h:p Cordova »n a return vov
•• from Honolulu rescued a pai
• i' the crow, but or.e of t!.e Canadi
an's bout loads is missing The Cor
>1 ■ '■ .i is putting in to Astoria with the
i«- >-iii'd members of the sunki'ii ship
Vancouver. Aug. 25.—Twenty
r! >• are said to bf in the missing
1 ;c boat of the lost ship, the Cana
dian Importer.
Washington. Aug. 25.—Pre#!<b in
Harding and his advisers with tl •
i>er$ of the Foreign Rrluliou*
l ommiltee were in conference tod y
on the German I'eace yesterday -
ainrs Borah and Johnson were not
I'H >. at during the considera->oj: •>£
tlie treaty. President Hardiug hop<
to have the treaty ratified.
Mttll'KKS SAYS I.AltoK
IS FOR lMSAii.M VVi:\T
Atlantic City, X. J.. Aits. L'">. —
President Gompors of tlie \mori< ,
Federation of Labor is here to at
tend the Legislati-e Council meet
ing. In an inlerv;.3,v lie stated that
the American KeieiUtioit of Labor
1 America.! h.h-ir generally w.
.11 ; \or of disi uian.cn>
I!i:<>Ki:\ M ( iv SIM";
I'VriKNT ALL KU.I5T
Chicago. 111.. Aug. 25.—Mrs. '.'arv
Smith of this city, broke her net k
while bathing. The neck wi? reset
last Sunday and the patient after
wards underwent an operation for
appendicitis. The physicians say
that the patient will recover
Harding Signs Bills
Washington. Aug. 25.—The Ship
ping Board bill appropriating fifty l
million dollars for the expenses and !
the bill aproprlating a billion dol-j
lars for the farm export credit were I
enacted into law when the President i
signed both, today.
,a PS Co , sailed
i lit ; morning. She
. . : i st of seventy
_ • c ;:rs!f)isists and the
i ii m. Mrs. K Mott, r.
TIarron Mrs. M. U.
». Mary u Smith. Es-j
allies: Mrs. W. K. Polly,
and Earl Polly, and G. ,
ii, x. .1. .\ug. :r..—Two of
l'l.-r* at the Hudson
nipht. Four hun
biulies of returned American
>!<! v. i had just been return
ir is country, were saved
or - t'- heroic work of fireman
lean !.t ion men who lent their aid
to the rescue,
' :>'JS iyi'LAY
Mrs. Angus McLay, oldest daughter
of the secretary cf agriculture and
Mrs. Hrnry C. Wallace. Her home it
in Detroit.
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London, Aug. 25.—The new Amer
ican dirigible ZR. 2, exploded over
Hull yesterday at 5:45 P. M. Thr
l»iB airship broke half in two and
half of It fell into the Humber riv
er. The big dirigihle was on her
I trial trip and the trip was underUk
j en late yesterday in preparation for
the trans-Atlantic trip to America.
The machine had been in the air for
many hours. It was reported at the
air station at Howden. that only
two were saved. They were said to
have descended in parachutes. There
were fifty on board, all except the
| two were reported as killed.
London. Aug. 25.—The bis Dnigi
hle built in England and on her Snal
try out before being brought to this
country had fatal explosion near the
town of Hull, England. Twelve
bodies have been recovered from the
wreckage, but the exact number of
dead are not as yet known. Seven
teen Americans including five com
missioned officers were aboard the
dirigible when she started on her
fatal trip. Ensign Marcus A. East
erly of the American Navy is one of
the dead. The explosion aboard the
dirigible wrecked many ot the stoie
fronts in the town of Hull. Com
mander Louis H Maxwell, who had
been designated by the American
Navy as the one to bring the hie oir
ship across the Atlantic, and Uriga
dier S. M. Maitland. the British air
marshal are supposed to hava been
aboard the airship at the time of the
explosion.
The big ship which it was expect
ed would be able to cross the Atlan
tic was six hundred and ninety-five
feet long.
London, Aug. 24—Forty-three of
those aboard (lie ZR. 2. dirigible, are
known to he dead. Six of the men
on board are alive, but are badly
burned and shocked. E. H. Bat«
man. the British mechanic, said that
one of the muin girders of the ship
had failed to stand the strain and
when it broke the girder pierced the
gasoline tank and the explosion re
sulted. Rateman hung on near tho
rudder with his clothe* afire but
when the after part of Hie ship fell
into the river he was saved from
burning to death, and from (frown
ing by being picked up. The des
cending ship seeded to take a nose
I dive and the fr;.nie work buckled
-
reeded in leaving the falling *hip.
but it is believed that all of these
. who used them were killed.
' Atlanta, Aug 25 —Llewellyn Stev
ens, a machinist's mate on the ZR.
J 2. which exploded in England de
clared in a letter to his parents of
this place which they received yes
terday. that he "hoped to fiod" that
he would not have to go up in the
airship because !«•> girders of the
airship had shown signs of buckling
in the trinl flight. Stevens in his
letter told l'.is parents to say noth
ing of what he had written them.
Howdcn. v J'.p 2.V- The cause of
the disast.r to the ZR. 2. dirigible is
given as the breaking of a longitud
inal girder amidships. The girder
was made of an aluminum alloy.
When this girder broke it cut the dir
igible in two.
TABLET TO DEFENDERS
OK VERDI \ DKDT'WTKD
Verdun. Aug. 25 —The members
of ihe American Legion today dedi
cated a tablet to the defenders of
\ 11 dun in the city hall.
Berlin. A us. J" —The treaty of
Peace ticuvi'tl t e I'niiPil Slates and
Germany was sisned at five o'clock
this afternoon.
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