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VOLUME XX—NO. 290
44 Lives Lost In World’s Greatest Airship Di: \ister
GIANT AMERICAN
DIRIGIBLE BURKED
AFTER EXPLOSION
Seventeen Officers and Men of
United States Navy Aboard
Lose Their Lives.
DISASTER OCCURRED WHILE
MAKING TRIAL FLIGHT.
The ZR-2, Recently Purchased
From Great Britain by the
United States, Was the
World's Largest Airship, and
Was a Sister Ship to the
R-34, Which Made Flight
Across the Atlantic in July,
1919.
Hull, England, Aug. 24.—Sev
enteen officers and men of the
United States Navy, and twenty
seven officers and men of the
British Navy, a death list totall
ing forty-four, met death today
as a result of the collapse of the
giant Dirigible ZR-2, directly over
the city of Hull, In the world’s
first great airship disaster.
ALL AMERICANS PERISH. '
Every one of the Americans on
board the 111-fated craft perished,
as far as hag] been ascertained up
to midnight tonight.
Only five men of the crew of forty
nine are known to have been saved.
American officers who started on the
Uip included 'Commandrir Maxfteld,
Lieut. Commander Coil, Unit. Coip
nmud#r UeiJLand Lieutenants Keterl 9
Qen. Maitland Killed.
British losses include the famous
war veteran General Maitland, and
all other officers on hoard excop!
Lieut. Wann, the commander of the
ZFMS. While flying a thousand feet
over the city of Hull spectators saw
the airship seemingly buckle amid
ships, then plunge downward over the
c'ty into the Humber river. One the
ory of the cause of the disaster Is that
the frame-work buckled and explo
sion of the gasolene tanks completed
the tragedy.
STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS
CAUSE OF DISASTER.
Washington, Aug. 24.—Expressions
of (loop regret were voiced by govern
ment officials toddy over the destruc
tion of the giant airship ZR-2, with a
heavy! Urns of American and British
liyes. .
Latest advices received by the Na
vy department Indicated that of the
seventeen member of the hand picked
American crew puly Quartermaster
Norman O. Walker, of Commerce,
Texas, survived.
•'lt Is a terrible thing," was the
comment of Secretary of the Navy,
Den by. He lmmedjbtely forwarded 1
to the British air ministry a message
expressing sympathy of the Navy de
partment.
Official dispatches to the Navy do
partmont did not contain any infer
mat bn upon which experts could bage
an opinion as to the cause -of the dis
aster. The theory most generally ac
cepted was that a structural weak
nesa* In the giant craft developed,
buckling the envelope.so as to bring
tho hot gases of the exhaust from the
engines Into contact with hydrogen.
Casualty List Incomplete.
lacking in official report ,i to the
•ailing list, recording the names of
the Americans on board the airship
at the time of the dlseaster. tho Navy
department ts tonight unable to pub
lUh a complete casualty Itst.
BURST INTO TWD
PIECES FKH.LOWING EXPLOSION.
London Aug 24.—The giant als-shlp
XK2. a dirigible balloon, purchased
by the United States from Great Brit
ain. bur** into two pieces following
an expiation over the city of Hull at
I 40 this afternoon.
The wreckage from the air giant
fell into the river Humber and the
ftiwt messages any that a number of
the dead and Injured I* tided in the
river
These include the body of Ensign
Marcus A*terly. which Id asautmed to
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF t|iE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELIEVE IRISH LEADERS
WILL TURN DOWN TERMS
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin, Aug. 24—The belief was ex
pressed here tonight in well informed
circles that the answer of the Dail
Eireann fco the peace proposals of
Premier Lloyd George would be a re
fusal of the terms, but it is believed
also that this refusal will be followed
by arguments seeking to induce Lloyd
George to continue the negotiations.
30-DAYS RECESS OF
CONGRESS BEGINS
Senate Resolution Providing
For Congressional Recess
Was Adopted Last Night by
the House, to Become Effec
tive at Midnight.—Anti-Beer
Bill Laid Aside.
Washington,- Aug. 24—The senate
resolution providing for a congres
sional recess of thirty days was adopt
ed late tenight by the house, which
would operate to adjourn both houses
at midnight.
The anti-beer bill mas laid aside
by the senate, with but little possi
bility thnt a vote would be taken on
the measure before midnight. The
agrlcilltural credits bill# already
agreed to by the house, was sent to
the President for approval, after the
senate had tqnight adopted *he con
ference report on the measure.
CITY LEAGUE GAME
BE PLAYED TODAY
Brunswick fans who do not go to
Fe*rnandina today, will have an op-
Mi < sgi “ 9k.
ori the home mamond. the Methodist
Baraca and Georgia Veneer teams of
the city league being scheduled for a
bout at Norwich street park, begin
ning at five o’clock. The Georgia
Vteneer team is now the leaders of
the city league, with the Methodists
standing In second place. If the Meth
odists succeed in winning today’s
game, they will roll Ga. Veneer for
first place. As the league leadership
hinges upon the outcome of the con
test this afternoon, both teams are ex
pected to Pitt up a hard fight. A large
attendance is expected.
mean Lieutenant |Ksterly, of Washing
ton. D. C.
Thousands of people watched the
disaster in midair, and as the explo
sion occurred and the grout ship burst
into dames these p*n pie fled in every
direction.
Much of the wreckage foil over the
Victoria pier.
Three parachutes were *een to
leave the ship after the explosion.
Captain Swean, the British officer
commanding the airship, was unharm
ed.
A press dispatch from Hull says
that live men wertV/saved from tho
crew of forty-nine, which the airship
carried.
The airship was making its trial
p trip, having started jhssterday and
was expected to land sometime early
ithls evening at Fulham, England. A
i previous telegram had reported the
, vessel .is passing ovey Beverly. York
j shire, at 3:30 and headed for Pul-
I ham. where it was expected to arrive
j by 7 o'clock.
The ZR-2 recently purchased from
Great Britain and the hangers built
at Lakehurat. N. J , to house the giant
of the air. cost the United States In
the neighborhood of four million dol
lars. The trans-Atlantic Eight was
scheduled to have started tomorrow
but on account of test flights having
tug been completed the date was In
definitely delayed.
The Eft S was a sister ship of the
R4|, which made the‘flight across
the Atlantic In IS hours in July. 1919.
The specifications of the ZR-2 were;
Length (feet), 696.
Diameter (feet), S3.
Capacity (cubic feet), 2.700.000.
Engines, 6.
TetllhE** or maximum attitude,
(feet). 23.000.
Cnftfhut radius at 60 miles per
hour. 6.000.
Officer* ad crew (men), 42
Gasoline supply (gallonv), 10.400
Time crossing Atlantic (*out* 72.
estimated.
SLAYER OE PIERCE
COUNTY SHERIFF
DAS CONFESSED
Officer Killed Tuesday Evening
by Moonshiners While After
Escaped Convict.
MACE CARTER CAPTURED
AFTER ALL NIGHT SEARCH
Carter Immediately Confessed,
and Took All Responsibility
For Murder of the Officer Up
on Himself.—Carried to Je
sup Jail For Safe Keeping.—
Five Others Held at Waycross
After an all-night search through
the woods of Pierce county, a po-ise
composed of officials of Ware, Pierce
and Wayne counties, located Mace
Carter, ivho confessed to killing Sher
iff J. W. Roberson yesterday after
noon about two-thirty, when the sher
iff ran up on a still where Carter and
others, it is alleged, were engaged in
making a, run of shine. Roberson was
searching for Randall Thomas, an es
caped convict.
Carter immediately confessed to
the crime and toojc all the responsi
bility upon himself, although It is
thought that others are implicated in
the killing.
. Soon after the arrest of Carter, ne
and thq negro who was with him at
the time were carried to Jesuniforl
safekeeping. i
Story of the Crime.
Sheriff John W. Roberson was kill
ed about 2:20 yesterday afternoon,
when he and a posse of deputies went
to a swamp near Patterson to arrest
Htmdfflf Thomas, who was aecs<M of
stealing a horse and also breaking jail
at Jacksonville, and who was sup i
posed to have gone Into the swamp
and” joined forces with a gang of
moonshiners.
The sheriff arrested one of the al-
I leged moonshiners as he was coming
from the swamp and left him In care
'of one of his deputies. Stationing the
[others on the outskirts of the swamp
to watch for any that attempted to
escape, Mr. Roberson entered the
swamp alone. A few minutes later
several gur. shots were heard and up
on investigation the sheriff was found
face down In water strangling. He
died within a few minutes from the
time he was found, without speaking.
It is claimed that wounds caused
by shot from shells of two guns oft
different calibre were Inflicted In the
[face and back of the sheriff. This
leads to the supposition that Carter is
shielding someone who was connect
ed with the killing.
Immediately after the report of the
killing had reached Blackshear. a
large posse was formed and went to
the scene of the crime, and started
combing the woods for the perpetra
tors.
Sheriff Rogers, of Wayne county,
was called. p si>eclal train carry
ing him and his deputies and dogs
was run to Patterson. The dogs fail-*
. I
I .ike up the trial on of
the number of .people that had visited
the spot.
A still hunt was started, assisted
by officers Sweat. Hires. MoClintock,
and J. !. Coekfleld, of Waycross. and
Deputy Sheriff Warren, who later
Joined the party.
All during the night arrests were
made of persons found in the swamp,
they being carried to the Jail In Black
shear for safekeeping. Most of them
ace said to be connected In some way
with the illicit liquor traffic In that
section and officers believe that when
full statements are made by each of
them, that several mysteries now ex
isting In connection with the murder
will be cleared up.
Five of those arrested are being
held for witnesses were brought to
Wa.vcros* this morning. They are
Herman. Oscar. Clyde and John As
pinw-alt and Roy Carter.
A„ B. & A. DELAYED BY
DAMAGE TO TRACK
The A.. B. & A. passenger train
from Atlanta, due to hare reached
the city at 9 o’clock last night, did
not arrive until shortly after mid
night. the delay. It is said, having
been caused by damage to the track
as a result of the recent heavy rates.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1921.
The annual international congress of the Salvation Army opened at
the Lustgarten, Berlin, recently, with Catherine Booth, daughter of Gen
eral Beoth, act g in supreme command. The photo shows a section of
the huge crowd that attended the open-air exercises, following which the
Salvationists marched to their new Army headquarters to discuss "future
plans.
GERMANS FAIL TO
SIGN PEACE TREATY
Treaty of Peace Between Unit
ed States and Germany, to
Have Been Sgned Yesterday,
Have Been Signed Yesterday,
cal Point Raised by U. S.
Commissioner.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin. Aug. 24. —The treaty of
peace between the United States and
Germany, which was to have been for
mally signed on behalf of Germany
today, was not signed according to
schedule, it was announced tonight.
The delay in signing the instru
ment, it is said, resulted from an un
expected technical point raised in con
nection with the formalities by Unit*
ed States ‘Commissioner Ilresel, who
asked for the privilege of querying
Washington on the mooted point, be
fore final signature is affixed to the
document.
DETAILS SUBMITTED
TO THE CONFERENCE.
Washington. Aug. 24. —The details
of the peace treaty between the Unit
ed States and Germany were laid be-j
fore the Republican members of the
senate foreign relations committee by
President Harding and- Secretary
Hughes at the conference today.!
Chairman Lodge announced after the
conference he would call a meeting at
2 o'clock’ this afternoon when Secre
tary Hughes would give more detailed
information as to the treaty.
The terms *re. said to have met
with no opposition by the majority
members of the committee and it *a
| declared that all of them give to it
their cordial approval.
The President, It was stated, bop#
! for a formal ratification of th£ paw
iat an early date. It is explained,
I however, that he will not ask the
senate to forego Its recess inasmuch
las it was desired that the German
reichstag and the senate should con
sider the*treaty at the same time and
the German bodv dees not convene,
until September 20.
ONE KILLED. MANY
INJURED IN WRECK
■ Grand Junction, Colo.. Aug. 24.
Engineer Douglas Armstrong was kill
ed and twenty five passengers injured
Berlin Greets Salvation Congress
A. B. & A. ENGINEER
FREED OF CHARGES
,W. H. Mullen, Recently Taken
Into Custody by Federal
Agents on a Charge of Vio
lating the Mann Act, Ordered
Released by District Attorney
Turner.
W. H. Mullen, an engineer of the
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail
road, who was arrested here Wednes
day evening of last week as he step
ped from his engine, and turned over
to federal agents to answer an al
leged charge of violating the Mann
Act, was released from custody in Sa
vannah yesterday, following an inves
tigation of the rase by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney W. D. Turner.
After investigating the matter fed
eral authorities found that no action
could he pressed against the engi
neer in federal court because the sta
tute of limitations operated to make
the charges, void. Although Multan
readily admitted that he baa another
living wife from whom he haa not
been divorced, bigamy chargee could
not be recognized by the federal court,
and District Attorney Turner ordered
him released from custody.
At first things looked pretty bad for
Mullen, but hl second wife, to whom
he is not legally married, stuck loyal
ly to him despite the grave charges
under which he was being held, and
when the engineer was released he
declared his love for her, and will
very probably take steps to make
their marriage legal.
Mullen is a non union locomotive
engineer, and it la charged that the
case against him was worked up by
members of the Brotherhood of Loc
omotive Engineers. If this be so, and
the Brotherhood persists, the, charge
of bigamy may be pressed against
Mullen in New York, where his sec
ond marriage is said to have taken
place. It is more than likely, how
ever. that now he is immune from ac
tion in the federal courts, he will be
allowed to go hia way unmolested. It
is not probable that he will return to
Brunswick to resume his former po
sition as an engitdkr on the A.. B £
A. *
In the wreck of a Dehver & Rio
Grande westbound passenger train
thirteen miles east of here eirly to-
Fay, according to word received here.
FUND FOR OPERATION
OF U. S. SHIPPING BOARD
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. ,24^ A bill carry
ing an- appropriation m forty-eight,
million, five hundred thousand dol
lars for expenses of operation of the
United States Shipping Board until
January 1. next, and two hundred
thousand dollars for expenses of the
disarmament conference was sent to
tiie President tonight, when the sen
ate and house adopted the conference
report on the measure.
TWO MORE BODIES
FOUND IN RUINS
List of Known Dead as Result
of the Brown House Fire at
Macon Now Totals Six.—On
ly One More Known to Have
Been in Hotel Remains Unac
counted For.
(By Associated Press.)
Maecn, Ga., Aug. 24. —The numbfcr
of dead in the Brown House fire hor
ror was brought to six Wednesday
morning when two partially charred
bodies were taken froip the ruins at
7:15 o’clock, a few minutes after the
crew of workrrien had renewed their
work of excavation. The bodies were
lying fdde by side, about 60 feet to the
rear (5f the front of the Brunner Drug
store, burled in several feet of debris.
The bodies have not been identified,
but the fact that a card case, contain
ing the name of Harry Turnipseed, of
Hampton, was found be%ide one of
the bodies, leads officials to believe
that the body Is his, while it is gen
erally believed that the other body
K, U A. A-h.te. of lh hot g another
missing' railroad iftsn.
The remains were take immediately
to Burghard’s parlors, where an in
quest wiwll be held tomorrow mortf
ing. Coroner Lee Wages announced
this morning.
Hope of finding any more bodies in
the ruins had about been abandoned
when the convict gang quit work
Tuesday night, but a few minutes af
ter they had renewed their work
Wednesday morning, one pf thb work
men struck ah object that refused to
yield to his shovel and by carefully
digging around it disclosed the charr
ed and burned head of one of the vic
tims.
L. Hightower, of Macon, a news
botcher. Is the only persop known to
have been In the hotel at the time
of the lire remaining unaccounted for.
As soon as jhe two additional bodies
were brought to the surface, workmen
renewed their, digging, und ft is be
lieved that bodies that ma>
be burled in the debris will he recov
ered tomorrow
J. A. GASKINS IS BOUND
OVER ON TWO CHARGES
Following a preliminary hearing In
justice court, with both Justices
Reach and Courvosier sitting as com
piling magistrates, J. A. Gaskins,
well-known Brunswick citizen, resid
ing at 1605 Reynolds street, was yes
terday afternoon hound over to cUy
court on two charges, that of havfng
unmercifully whipped his 131-year old
daughter, and wife-beating.
The warrants for the arrest of Mr.
Gaskins were sworn out by bis wife,
who alleges that she was driven from
home on July 4, after being whipped
by her husband. The second warrant
alleged that Gaskins had unmercifully
whipped tbeir 13 year old daughter
on August 13th.
Tbt trial of the case* occupied two
days, a large number of witnesses^for
both the state and the defense having
testified. The character of tho prose
rotor wax made an issue in the trial,
and a great deal of salacious testi
mony was introduced. Hearing of the
cases attracted much attention, the
small court room having been crowd
ed at all sessions.
Attorney Robert W. Durden appear
ed for the prosecution, while Attorney
Powell repfesented the defense. \ Both
made able arguments. (After sum
ming up the evidence, the magistrates
announced their decision, binding ov
er the to city court on both
charges, and fixing bond at SIOO in
each case, which wax promptly fur
nished
SHOWERS
'RICE FIVE CENTS
FEDER.L OFFICERS
SENT TO NEW YORK
FOR HOOTCH PROBE
Special Federal “Bootlegging”
Force is Operating With
Successful Results.
EXPECT NET TO CATCH
MANY PROMINENT PERSONS
Agents Report Evidence Has
Been Found of Three Big
Whiskey Rings, Operating in
the Belief That They Are
“Grandly Immune From the
Law.”—lnteresting Develop
ments Expected Soon.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 24, : —A special
“bootlegging” force sent to New York
by the department of internal revenue
has found evidence of three big and
separate whiskey rings, operating in
the belief that they are “grandly im
mune to the law.”
This assertion was made today by
Howard Kircack, head of the special
flying squadron, which was given to
the public.
Special Agent Kircack said that so
far the investigation has disclosed a
most extensive web of organizations
for this purpose. Evidence already
uncovered by the investigators, he
added, is considered sufficient to
cause the indictment of about one
hundred and thirty bootleggers.
The officer declared in his state
ment that he expected to see caught
in the dragnet “persons high in busi
ness and social life of New York, and
high and low offlcaU of past as wall
Most Interesting and unusual de
velopments may be expected is indi
cated before the investigation is com
pleted, the special force being still
busily engaged In the work and un
covering new evidence constantly.
STEAMER ATLANTIC LEAVES
FOR FERANANDINA 9 A. M.
The steamer Atlantic will leave its
dock, foot of Mansfield street, at nine
o’clock this morning for Fernandina,
with the All Stars baseball team and
about one hundred Brunswick fans
aboard for the Journey to the Florida
city, where the baseball rivalry be
tween the two teams will be settled
for this season, in a double header to
be played this afternoon.
The locals were victorious In the
two games played here, and are con
fidently expecting to annex at least
one, if not both, of the games to be
played today. Krupp will twirl for
the All Stars in the first game, and
Walker will probably be in the box
for the second. Excursion fares aiu
in effect for the trip.
EFFECTS BE MIRACULOUS
Memphis, Aug. 24.—The effects of
the coming disarmament conference
upon business and industrial prob
lems will be little less than miracu
lous if the assembly is viewed in the
proper frame ojf njlrnl by the Ameri
cans, Comptroller of Currency Cris
singer declared in an address today.
HOBOKEN PIERS
SWEPT BT FIRE
The Bodies of Five Hundred
American Soldiers, Awaiting
Shipment Home, Were Re
moved to Safety When De
structive Fire Swept Water
Front.
(By Associated Press.) * *
Hoboken. N. -J.. Aug. 2g.—The
bodies of five hundred American sol
dier dead, brought here from the bat
tle fields France and awaiting shljp
ment to their former homes for bur
ial. were removed in safety todgy
when a destructive fire swept the ar
my water front reservation here, de
stroying many pier*, and five or sU
adjoining army storehouses and bar
racks