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if THE WEATHER Rain- today. rising: 'h Thursday rain; cast to south winds. Temperature yaatarday ktaju. 48; gar pr w.ather report soe nzt last trr- "All the News That's Fit to Print." 'if VOL. LXXI No.

23,405. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1922. 1 WU lHiiN lO Kvw vrk WUhia MUs BMWkM GIANT ARMY DIRIGIBLE WRECKED; 34 DEAD, 11 ARE SAVED Victims perish when oma ursts into flames after falM: ft COLLAPSE OFR UDDER CA USES TRA GED YON SHORT TRIAL FLIGHT TiKV fll-POWER TREATY WILL BE REPORTED WITH Crandegee's Modification of the Compact Favored by Senate Committee. HARDING AND LODGE AGREE Lejal or Moral Obligation to Defend Rights of Other. Na-tlons in Pacific Excluded.

"MAY BE REPORTED TODAY Cemmltts Will phoos Brandt gs's Rtstrvstlon Btwn and 'a Milder Substitute by Pomirtnt. Special t9 Tht A York WASHINGTON. Feb. Four-Power Treaty, with reservation which will stlpulata that the Vnlted States as-otoe- no lerai or moral" obligation ta maintain the of other nations to the contract, and that may mdjujtment or agreement, arrive at i RESERVATION under the provisiona of Article I. or hall not be binding- on this Government tnUeas approved by Congrea.

wU! prb-bly ba reported out of th Forelxo Relation in the next few I aaya. It la possible, members of the Com-' mTttea said tonlrht. that the trrl aiay In the Senate before adjourn-BMat tomorrow afternooo. -Jt reservation, which. It Is said.

"Swa2dai JUa. accepted, and which President haa scread to interpose r)ctiooa to. If by so doing the it-. will be. aa one member of the fee expressed It.

"eased up," introduced in committee by of Connecticut, one of the rtf inal Leagua of Nation The reservation haa not bee approved by the committee, although It Is understood that it. or some ether reservation along- similar lines. wm commatfd ptwbably twelve of tho sixteea votes utb rommittee. Ta as submitted ta the Committee today, aead The Senate advises and consents. Subject to the following reservation which b) to be made a part of the Instrument of Ratification, to wit: Th United States understands that It assumes no obligation, either legal or moral, to maintain the rights.

In relation to the Insular ponsesnlona or Insula dominions, of sny at the ather high contracting parties and that the consent of the Congress of the United States shall be necessary to any adjustment or understanding under Articles I. or II. by which th United States Is to be bound In sny way and that there Is no obligation either le-al or moral to give such consent. lotaareas abatltate Favored. Tha Brandegee reservation would prob-sfcty have been approved today had not Senator Fotnerene, one of the Democrat- is members, offered a substitute which intended to soften the languas? of taa reservation drafted by the Senator from Connecticut.

The Pomereno suggestion Was favorably received by sev-yajif th-n members, and It is possible laat It may be the reservation which the Sommlttea will report to the Senate. Tha Fotnerene reservation, which will ba offered In committee tomorrow morn-teg. Is Very short, and has nothing in It about legal or moral obligations, although la the opinion of some Senators It is Just as sweeping as the Brandegee draft. In that Congress receives the right to' veto any agreement or sdjuatmrnt that may be reached by the representatives of tha signatory nation. Tha Pomerene substitute reads It Is understood, however, that the acquitment provided for under Article X.

and the undervtandlnff contemplated ttnder Article II. shall subject to the consent of th Congress of the United SUtes. According to reliable Information emanating from the Committee on Foreign Relations, the following Senators will -vote for a reservation along the lines Indicated in the Brandegee and Pomerene drafts: Lodge. Borah, trandegee, Johnson. Moses.

McCormlck and Wadsworth of tha majority, and Hitchcock. Swan-son. Pomerene, Pittman and Shields of th minority membership. Senators Mc- Cumber, New and Kellogg. Republicans.

Sad Williams. Democrat, are understood to oppose reservations of any kind. Senator Pomerene agrees with the President's Interpretation of the Four-fVtwtr Treaty and dtx not think a reservation necessary, but. realising til at a rcwniuwi apix-ara ceiain or adoption. Is attempting to tnJrr the i i iki.

i k. a bio. The Brandegee reservation haa been submitted to President Harding. The President is said to have informed the Kens tors who conferred with him on the m.tl.. Haft Wr hj in rtf lh, nhlnfnn that the treaty rhould be ratified without reservation of any kind, i will Cantlaaed an rage Koar.

BROADWAY I.IMITF.D. Tea will tin I d.Unciir- on th Broadway. The srec'ally ertd erews sr distinguished as much for lhli curtesy aa tar hr efficiency. Il leavva New York Z.il P. f.

and arrives Chicago ii A. M. vr the Short Liar, tha l'eunsylvanla Rall- 14. Xx! MELLON BACKS UP HARDING ON BONUS Again Warns Ways and Means Committee That Treasury Cannot Stand the Outlay. SALES TAX ONLY SOLUTION Senator Calder Announces in Speech Here He Will Refuse to Vote for Bonus.

Sptcial (o TA Fork rime. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Secretary Mellon, appearing before the Ways and Mi-ans subcommittee considering bonus legislation today, relteratod his opposition to legislation because of the condition of the Treasury.

He agreed with the President, however, that. If bonus legislation were to be only way to raise therevenuc without embarrassing the Government and injuring business was through a sales tsx. sir. Mellon was asked to appear before the committee to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of a sales tax. The abnference was held In executive session.

He said that he was as much opposed to a bill without any provision for revenue as he was against a measure found the money by the taxation scheme recentl adv.mced by the committee or by Treasury certificates. Experts of the Treasury who were with Mr. Mellon said that a final retail tag would be objectionable In that it would be. hard to collect and would be obnoxious to the consumer. They urged that if a aales tax were adopted It be placed upon manufactured articles or on th Jobber.

ta 4 Per cent. Tax Favored. The proposal which seemed to "meet with the most favor of the committee was that placing a 2 to 4 per cent, upon specific commodities old by manufac turers or Jobbers. All iron and steel manufactured products would have a fixed tax. and so the tax would bo Imposed all along the line.

In some Instances It would be 2 per and the maximum would not exceed 4 per cent. Under such a plan, taxes would not be Imposed on food products and some articles of every-day household consumption. This tax. It Is estimated, would raise annually. The manufacturers' tax of 1 per cent, advocated by Senator Snioot did not appear to have much support In ihn committee.

This tax. Treasury experts estimated, would yield annually. The subcommittee Is not seriously considering any form of taxation than a sales tax. The hearings havo not progressed far enough to Indicate jimt what form th sales t.ix will take, but It can be said upon authority that the committee Intends to report a bonus bill carrying a sales tax provision. Opposition to sales tax is Increasing ro rapidly as to make It doubtful whether sufficient votes can t- obt tlneii In the Kules Committe for a special rule in Continued en Page Nine.

THE DIRIGIBLE Hughes, Mellon, Hoover, Smoot, Burton, Named on Foreign Debt Commission Specinl to The Xeic Fb. 'Jl. -Nomination for the Foreign Debt Funding Commission wen sent by 'resident Harding to the Senate today. In addition to Secretary Mellon, whose appointment was expressly stlpulatrdby the Funding bill signed by the President last week, the nominees are Secretary Hughes, Secretary Hoovrr. Senator K-cd Smoot of Utah and Representative Theodore Hurton of Ohio.

t'poti this commission will rest the duty of working out satisfactory arrangements for funding foreign debts amounting to mon- than $1 l.oisi.ooo.OOO. Initial rtf pa In the negotiations will be taken through diplomatic channels, it was Ind.eated at the White House, nd iiiFt.iAN i uk kkkp IT 11ANDV. iO.N'T KOHl i KT. Arfvt. rail Moil Famous Cigarettes A SbilMsg i I Quarter Hare.

Adrt. it will of one may in the each ALL and sad In wiW. tMfloJlj IU.I1WUVL' sf, Av-t ROMA, 410 FEET LONG, BUILT BY ITALY FOR THE UNITED STATES, Llcyd George Going to Paris Fcr Conference WHh Poincare iir T.tr Nrw York Ttm St-Il Calila to Til Niw Voa TlMO. IX)NIXN. Keb.

21. -There is good authority for stating that Premier Uoyd George intends to go to Paris on Saturday to confer with Premier Poincar on various matters affecting the relations between France and Great Hrltain in particular the question of the Genoa conference. SPLIT OF LEADERS nc of Delegates Forces de Valera and Griffith to Seek a NO VOTE ON THE TREATY Parish Priests Take the Lead in Demanding Long Delay Before Elections Are Held. IISI. hj Tli.

Ni-w Yor T.nw ompinj S--! Cable to Tnr N'tw TlMts. I 21. For the flr-t time since their historic duel In thea Iaii Arthur Griffith and Kanion de Vulra nu on a public platform In the Mansion House today. In a -ti'i tlicy were there to renew the conflict, but on this occasion Issue was as to which side should capture the organisation of Sinn Fein In view of the Imminent election on the traty. Nearly 3.000 delegates from all parts of the country were present to take part In the struggle.

It was a remarkable gathering of gray-bearded and young men in the green uniform of the Volunteers and others who In on crutches, casualltlcs of the late war. with a sprinkling of parish priests and not a few women. Bcme of them In mourning. After he dispute had stated again by de Valera ami Griffith, by uegrees the feeling to preserve the organization of Sinn Keln against the threatened upllt became apparent and a parish priest raised a storm of cheers by suggesting that both de Valeras resolution to by the Republic and Griffith's amendment. which woulu reengnlx-: the Kroe State, should be can-'celed.

Another priest urged that the pro-treaty and anti-treaty parties should ci-tubllnh their own electoral machinery and le.4e the Sinn Kiln organization aa a weapon to enforce the atrict adherent of the Id Itlnh i iovernnient to the spirit ond letter of the treaty In the framing of the Irish Constitution. The convention was flnully adjourned until tomoirow morning lo give the leaoers of tile opposing forc-ea an opportunity ir conferring with a view to evoling a bj.l.- whereby the convention could be adjourned for a period without dlNlslon. le Valera took the chair nearly half an tiour late. Wearing a heavy brown friexe overcoat, he stroke through the nail, which thousands of cigarettes and pipes were already rendering dim and Continued on Page Three. York Ii i-xptd that Secretary Huglies undertake these soon after returning from Iiim licmiuda vacation the "lrst March.

Although there is the possibility that or more members of the commission be sent to Kurope, it was said by Administration officials today that virtually all of the negotiations mill be attempted through diplomatic channels Washington, it has been stated at Treasury Department that the funding operation will be taken up with country In order of Jhe sise of their loans from this country. This would place the llritlsh negotiations first, "allowed by the French, Italian and Belgian. I'OKK COl'NTRY BAO a.l SAO R. frrsh eery ilay. klada from young pls trniorted seasonings.

Parcels Poet anywhere. 80c. pound. Has no equal. sib as Jatues.

FeU Usury. N. T. Aavt. SINN FEN BLOCKS List of the Dead and Survivors In the Wreck of the Big Dirigible THE THOHNKl.l..

Air Major JOHN' Service: l.tisley Field. I MtJor WAI.TF.lt W. VAl'TSMEIKR, I C'oat Artillery Corps; to Air Service; Rockwell Field, t'al. I Captain DA LK MAUItY. Air Scr- vice; ltncley Field.

Captain GKOKCtK I). WATTS. In-fnntry; assigned to Air Serine; Field. Cal. Captuin AM.KX I.

McKAFtl.ND. Air Service; MK'ook Field. Ohio. Captain FItKUKKICK It. IL'Hil-SCHM I IT.

Lieutenant JOHN It. Lieutenant A I. LACK C. BURNS. Lieutenant WILLIAM K.

IllLEY. Ueutenant CLIFFOltD K.8MVTHK. Ueutenant WALLACE C. Lieutenant AMHItOHK V. CLINTON.

Lieutenant HAItOLD K. HINK. DKAD. I Ms.tter THfc Ht'KVIVOIlH. Staler JOHX I).

ItKAItlHJN. wife. mother. Mrs. J.

Mrs. Bourdon. 3O0 dm Street. Washington. D.

C. Captain WAI.TKI! father. Wlllla.ni J. Keed, Scarsdale. Y.

Lieutenant CLAHKNCK H.WKLCH; father. W. V. Welch. I'aplllon.

Neb. Ueutenant BY BON T. Bl'BT Jr. Sergeant VIBIKiN T. I'KKK; father.

Howard Peek. Lafayette Avenue. Terre Haute. Ind. Sergeant HARRY A.

CHAPMAN: STRIKERS SHOT DOWN! IN PAWTUCKET RIOTI Police Fire on Mob Fighting to Bar Textile Workers From Mills. ONE KILLED, SEVEN INJURED Troops Rushed From Providence Now on Guard Other Strike Centres Quiet. PROVIDKNCK. U. Feb.

21. A fatal early-morning lint In Pawtucket. the estahllahment of National Guard unit In three troublesome strike centres and mectine of the State Hoard of Media tion and Conciliation here were the day's outstHiidlng developments In the textile sltuntlon In Rhode Island. Thn Piiwtucket riot In which one strike sympathiser was killed, two critically wounded and five less neriously hurt by riot gun fire when a crowd came to grips with the police Bt the Jtrukes Spinning Company plnnt. led to the Immediate dispatch of four const nrtlllery companies to the Hiackstone Valley city from Providence.

The Vonnsovket and Iiast Greenwich companies were under mobilization orders toniRht. Their ultimate destination is believed to be Pawtucket. "With the exception of the disturbance at Pawtucket. quiet prevailed throughout the Hlackstone and Pawtuxet Valleys today. At Pontlac and Natlck.

where trouble was exi-ei Tenc. yesterday, two troops of cnvalry and a const artillery company were In complete control. When the troops arrived at Pawtucket they found only guard duty uwaltlng them, as the siriku sympniiuv qui' te i i lo Immedliitely attr their encounter v. itti the M'lii Tonight gnnrdeil the Jenekes mil lr. the plant of the J.

P. Coatcs i ompany and the Tanmrnck mill as a I ri cHuttun against (Kisslble disorders tomorrow. The mills expect to operate on Hi" holiday. The Hoard of Mediation and Conciliation, appointed to hear both sides of the Mrike controversy with a view to arriving at a settlement, declined to make t'Ublic Its progress today. A statement issued after the meeting said: in view of the occurrences, today In the mill KoetlonH of Ilhode Island, the board of mediation fe Is that it should f'ontlnued on Page Ten.

KMIKKRItnCKKH KII.I.. Mroari-vny i 42d lt. Mm. It. V.

Ilnwkawnrlh an nnuneen Mnll'iee the Danaiint. Wdlnndija and Haturrtays. Today, 4 to 0 t3 P. M. To-.

Say. AdU Scrgeant KtXIKIt B. Mc- NALLY. Master Sergeant Ml'RRAY. Sergeant LKE M.

HARRIS. Sergeant LEWIS HILL1ARD. Sergeant MYRON G. FIELD. Sergeant THOMAS YARBOROUGH.

Sergeant BILLY RYAN. Sergeant VIRGIL C. HOFFMAN. Sergeant SHCMAKER. Sergeant HOLMES.

Maater Sergeant HOMER GARBY. Sergeant HKVERON. Private KIN8TON. Private THOMAS M. BLAKELEY.

Private THOMPSON. Private MARION HILL. Civilian STRYKER. Civilian HANSON. Civilian O' LAUGH LIN.

Civilian MERR1MAN. Civilian SCHULENBERGER. H. Ward. 1.A20 Fred erick Avenue.

St. Joseph. Mo. Sergeant JOSEPH M. HI EDEN-BACH father.

John niodenbach. 411 East Market Street. Akron. Ohio. Corporal ALBERT LORES.

Civilian WALTER A. McNAIR. Bureau of Standards. Washington, D. C.

Civilian CHARLES DWORACK. Mc-Cook Field. Ohio. Civilian RAY HURLEY. National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.

BOTH HOUSES PASS PORT PROJECT BILL Democrats Fail in Effort to Have Hylan Appoint Two Commissioners. MILLER WILL APPROVE Senator Straus Breaks Away From Party, Calling Plan Essential to Cheap Food Supply. Special to The York Time: AUiANY. Feb 21. -Defeating all amendments offered by the opposition.

the Senate ami Assembly after long debate today, passed Oovernor Miller's Port Authority bill by very' large majorities. The te In the Senate waa 37 to II und in the Assembly 07 to 47. Only one Republican Senator. Smith of Klchmond. voted against the bill.

One Senator. Nathan Strsus Jr. of New York, and four Democratic Assemblymen voted with the Republl-cens In aurport of the measure. The four Democratic Assemblymen were G. T.

Cross of Sullivan. Samuel I. Koaeman of New Yoik County. Wallace H. Sidney of Schoharie and Frunk Taylor of Kings County.

Moth In the Senate and Assembly an 'ffort was made by the leaders of the Democratic minority. Senator Walker and Assemblyman Donohue. to have the bill providing for appointment by the Hoard of Kstimate of two members out of the three on the Port Authority Commission from this State taken from the inance Committee In the upper house and the Committee on Ways und Means in the lower house for debate and final In the open. In both houses the motion was voted down. In the Senate by a vote of 34 to 14 and in the Assembly by a ote of At to In tht; upper house Senator Smith of Pdchmond offered a series of amendments substituting lines leading over Maten island for the proposed Oreen-ville-Htiv Kldgc tunnel, which under the Port Authority plan are provided for as the principal connecting link between the New Jersey terndnals and the lng lsl-Hnd side of the harbor.

These were defeated kImi, by a vote of 34 to 14. The bill now go to Governor Miller. Contlnn.Hl on Page Klght. FLORIDA nnd SOt'TH trains nally. ALSO KRAIIO.Wtl) Kl A dll DA I.IMITRD 0:20 P.

M. Seaboard Air I. In. 143 W. 4Ud 81.

Wlll'arraiig all details. Advt, BURNED AT NORFOLK Survivor Says Roma Often Sailed With a Tilt NORFOLK. Feb. 21. -One of the survivors of today's disaster said that the Roma often sailed with a slight tilt, and that he paid little attention to the initial lift of the tall of the ship until he heard a man yell tliat the craft refused to respond to the) helm.

Then came the crash. WAITS FOR A FULL REPORT to Take Charge of Army Investigation. AIR MEN NOT DISCOURAGED Effect of the Disaster on the Future of Military Aviation Is Doubtful. Fpecial to The Xew York Times. WASHINGTON.

Feb. According to Information reaching the War Department today from Iangley Field. Virginia, the home station the dirigible Koma. something went wrong with the box-kite elevating planes at the stern of the giant airship, which are used for vertical control, the pilots in charge were unable to keep the nose of the dirigible in the air and It plunged Into a high-voltage electric cable, which Ignited the hydrogen Inalde the great gas bag simultaneously with the collapse of the craft. The capacity of the Roma Is 1,100,000 cubic feet and the flames from the Ignition of its great cargo of gaa not cmly rendered it impossible for the of leers and other passengers, pinned within the wreckage, to escape, but made it difficult to Identify the bodies of those taken later from the wreckage.

The Roma left I.ang!ey Field base at 1 :30 o'clock this afternoon for Its Initial test flight with newly installed Liberty motors. The big airship had manoeuvred over Hampton Itoada and waa approaching the Hampton Roads Naval Base. when something went wrong with the vertical steering planes. It was Impossible, nccordlng to the stories of aur Ivors, to keep the noae of the Koma In the air. The Roma kept heading downward, its nose struck the charged land cable carrying 2.3O0 volts of electricity, the craft collapsed and was destroyed by the explosion and fire that followed.

The accident occurred at 2:10 o'clock. There were forty-five passengers on board, according to Information given headquarters of the Army Air Service in Washington tonight by officers making verbal report by long distance telephone from headquarters at Langley Field. This preliminary oral report stated that there were eleven survivors, thirtv-four were missing all re garded as having lost their lives that the injured had been taken to the hospital of the Public Health Service, near Norfolk, and that all the bodies had not been recovered. This report stated that the only body recovered that had been Identified up to 8 o'clock tonight was that of First I.leut. William E.

Riley, whose wife. Minnie H. Riley. Uvea at fcUat Klghty-alxth Street. New York City.

Ueutenant Riley died at the hospital to which he was taken. The other bodies recovered wero so badly-burned thut they were unrecognisable. Official were informed that the Roma, at the time of the accident, was under command of Captain Dale Mabry of the Army Air Service, who lost his life along wltn most of the members of his A phone message to Air Service orfl-cera In Washington tonight from an officer at I-anglcy Field stated that Ueutenant Hvron T. Burt Ray Hurley of the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics, and Sergeant Vlrden T. Peek of the Air Service, who were fortu- Continued en Page Two.

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NURED SURVIVORS TELL OF DISASTER Officers Coolly Remained at Their Posts of Duty Until the Roma Struck. EXPLOSION FOLLOWED FALL Flames, Eating Fabrjc, Opened -a Way for Some Impris- oned Men to Escape. pedal to Tht Ktw York Timst. NORFOLK. Feb.

Zl. Lying on cots in the United States PubUo Health "Service Hospital, where they were taken after the Roma, soma of the eleven survivors tonight told of their experiences In the coll a pee and destruc tion of the giant dirigible. Several of the survivors more dead than alive. Soma wero swsthed In bandages, some had' their faces smeared with cream to relieve them of Intense suffering, while others lay asleep or unconscious. Even those who were sble to talk were suffering from shock.

Major J. D. Reardon. who was in the control cabin at the time of the acci dent, said that the work of the officers in charge was admirable. Lieutenant Burt and Captain Mabry were at the wheels." the Major said The machine gave a duck, and I saw Lieutenant Hurt pull with all hi might on the elevation lever.

He yelled out. She won't and then. Cut the One by one heard the motors abut off, and then we hit. If the motors hsd not been shut off we would have hit the ground much harder." When asked If he had seen any flsme; Major Reardon said that he had not. Corporal Albert Florea was in the observer's pit on top of the bag.

I feJt the ship tilt up from the back;" he said, and start to slide down. I tried to go down Inside, but then I decided to come out forward, again. By that time we hit the ground and I was thrown out on the ground." Florea waa burned on the bands and Is suffering from shock. Engineer Was Planed Dewa. Joseph N.

BledenbecX engineer. burned on the face and hands. In spanking of the accident, he said 1 did not see sny fire. The, ship Just tilted up snd started to nose dive. It took about twenty seconds for us to hit the ground, and an explosion followed.

I waa pinned down so that I could not get out. The fabric waa burning above me and the girders were all around where I was. I waited for the fabric to burn through so that I could get out. All the time I was afraid that the big gas bag behind us would explode. Aa it happened, the fire reached the fabric before the big explosion.

If it had been the reverse. I could not have gotten out alive. I saw one man try to Jump. 1 don't know who he was or even if he succeeded in making a safe landing. We hit right after that.

We were too low for anybody to make a safe Jump." Biedenbeck also spoke of the gallant way in which the officers stood at their posts. I'ntll the Instant of the crash the officers were at the wheels. The survivors a peculiar curiosity to know what tho wreck looked like. As It waa described by others they listened with Intenae Interest, asking questions about the debris. What of the other boys? Did they get out?" one aaked.

When one of them waa told that the few in the hospital were the only survivors, he gasped, and exclaimed. Awful." A Vernon Peake. another survivor, said that the Roma waa behaving beautifully, unC! she had trouble with her rudder, but nobody on board thought there was any dangar. We knew we were dropping," he said, and we thought a soft spot wss being picked out for us to Isnd on. it was not until Lieutenant Burt shouted that the elevation lever would not work.

Contiaaed ea Page Two. Ueerfoo Farm Baasages are better bacaaea ef choicest materials and dainty preparation, Made at tha Fans" at ateuUboreuglu AavU HITS HIGH TENSidil. WIRES i Hydrogen Ignites in Norfolk Fjight and-Rames Sweep Huge Structure. i. FEW SAVED BY i LEAPING Vd 1.

One Lieutenant Breaks Meek In Jump--Other Victims Buried in Wreckage, a SAFE HELIUty GAS REMOVED Rescuers by Intense Heat Commander Mabry Stuck to Wheel Till Death CameJ fascial fa Tha A'sis Fork fiaM. Feb. i lln, the sreateat disaster that aver befell American military thirty -four men died this afternoon when tha army dirigible airship Roma plunged a thousand feet and crashed to earth In flames near the Hampton Roads army base-Only eleven' of tha forty-five men aloft with bar were and some of them were tsrrlbiy hurt Throe wars slightly Injured. i w'ti Tha breaking' ef. tha rudder with Its vertical -cntrola, affixed in box-kHe aabion to tha; stern, to belle-red ta have been tha original cans of tha disaster.

Its mora horrible phase cams Just as the stricken craft piuaimeted Into tha aartbv Tha metal clad nose struck hUn-tenslon eleetrie bowar wires. and with a flash nd snathe-steigiUa wag Ursd from stem. to Only those WTkws fortunate feostUons In the car enabled them to take the desperate nasard of A leap before tfl flames ran with lightning- speed through the aga ha. more than two New City Blocks fonv had much chance for their Uvea. Tha thirty-three who couldn't Jump died.

An officer fcrok hi neck in a' dire to earth and was dead before could be got to a ho pltaL jf K. Captain Dale Mabry. commandant cf the Roma and principal pilot, died with his hands on tha wheel. Ha stuck ta hi post to tha last. The clothes were found burned from his body and tha flesh from his fingers, bat the fingers atni grasped the wheel of the aircraft.

Ma ay Officers Aaeeag Dead. The crushed, misshapen mass "that thudded onto the field was; a funeral pyre of atxh beat! that the agonies of those who were not killed 'in the crash must have been mercifully brief. Tha bodies wars burned beyond recognition and the slow work of listing tho victims was carried out partly by a process of elimination and partly through noncomhuttible objects that 1 the aviators had carried la their pockets. That list when It was completed showed that two Majors, four Captains and seven lieutenants were among tha lost. Horrified watchers, soma of them veterans of gallant affairs abroad, rushed toward the blaslne- vrackin.

Blistering heat halted them in their VBecks, Some had associates among the Ill-fated crew. Others were actuated by all the traditional daring of the service but tboee wall of heat were bevand human penetration. Not until three fire department, mobilised at breakneck Teed, had exhausted their chemicals rnd tho twisted aluminum meialrork was losing Its red glow could any one' -approach. Then there remained only the gruesome Job Of extricating ch bodies. Tht fir burned in th wreckage nearly five hours and It was not until o'clock that It waa entirety exUna-Uibed and the service men could penetrate far enough to take out all the Tb work of examlnlnjr the debris was completed shortly after 9 o'clock with the total number of dead off lei ally placed at thirty-four.

Things might here been different bad the Roma's gas bag. with Its cubical rapacity of 1.100.000 feet, not been filled with hydrogen. Non-lnflammeble helium; was the levitating gas used when tha Rome, which wss bought frornJh Ital--isn want Tier fb-st trtsl' flight here last December. But -j Jt had. been planned ta sewd the ahip th largest seml-rigM airship la thSWorld-r on a Spring crul aver th country to demonstrate bar Ctnoat to ere -tha At lantic.

In her bag harne th whole -available supply i heliosa an th United States. Flylraj official wanted that for i the Spring Janrjey, so they pmipsd it Into tanks snd substituted hyd rag 3ai C-Trl. to ree I4ey Ker. ij The occasiori for today flight that was to prove so tremendous a blow to tighter than-alr flying was a ta test ths Liberty motors which been Installed, to replace, the Italian motors. 1 which I functioned poorly In the cc'i that marked ths brief r-Ut cember.

v- jtirl' '3 In charge of Captain Del Mabry. with a full complement of officers and tnen and a few civilian guests, the bugs craft went aloft from Langley Field at ISO. o'clock In tha arumooo. it was lust forty-nine minutes later that ah lay in ruins, with moat of tho who had gone up In gay hoUday mood dead In the Th whole story was compressed fr.ta th last mlnuts oc so. In that Urn a.