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THE ST7MTER WATCHMAN', Est: CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 HARDING BITTERLY CRITICISED LaFoliette and Borah Denounce Executive Dictation as to Soldiers' Bonus Washington, Aug. 22.?After a continuous session of more than twelve hours, during which Presi dent Harding's course*-, in recently addressing the senate on soldier bonus legslation was vigorously debated, the senate reached an agreement on all provisions of the shipping board deficiency bill car-' rying $48,500,000, and upon ad journing art 11:15 t'clock tonight arranged to take a vote on passage of the bill reconvening at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Eariy in the day the senate elim inated, an amendment to limit sal . aries paid to officials of. the board and toniglk on virtually straight party votes it rejected three sep arate amendments offered by Sen ator Trammell, Democrat, Florida, designed to prevent employment by the board of a lawyer recently connected with firms having claims against the board. President Harding's appearance before the senate last month in opposition to passage, of the sol diers' bonus bill started a storm of debate in the senate tonight when the shipping board deficiency bill ' was being considered during which his course was criticized and de fended. The discussion was start ed by Senator La Follette,. Repub lican, Wisconsin, who1 referred to the resolution introduced in the house by Representative Cockran, Democrat, New York, .criticising the president for addressing one branch on congress on pending .legislation, and drew many sena . tors into the fray. Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, called attention to the "peace "without v:ctory" speech of former President Wilson to the sen ate prior to American entrance into tr.e war and his address on the suf frage amendment later. It would be a sad day for the republic, the Massachusetts senator said, when any one of the three (branches of the government could not confer, with another. Declaring it was not necessary "either to criticize or eulogize ? Mr. Harding," Senator Borah, Repub lican, Idaho, said that on the Ques tion of the bonus, "we surrendered our judgment to his dictation." If the president wanted a precedent, there were plenty, he declared, add ing that this did not change the* situation. Mr. La Follette assailed the pres ident for what he described as executive interference with the leg islative branch of the.-government. He asserted that the president was j brought into the debate to pre sent passage of the bill, and that . his action was without authority under the constitution. "It were well if that black page in the senate's history could be de stroyed and forever forgotten." Mr. LaFoliette declared. "It was re markable that alarm, should seize the president's mind when the sol diers' bonus bill was pending, and appear at the senate' to rescue che nation's finances from utter de struction." Mr. Lodge declared he saw "no reason for debarring the presi dent" from congress and Senator Knox, Republican, Pennsylvania, interjected: "And I see no reason why con gress should be debarred from the White House, jjs has occurred in the past eight years." Mr. Lodge also cited numerous constitutional provisions which, he said, gave the president full au thority to address either branch of congress at his pleasure, saying that it would be impossible for the president to speak to both houses if only one were |n session. Asserting that * he never had heard "such a violent denunciation of Wilson" as had been directed at Mr. Harding. Senator Kellogg. Republican, Minnesota, said he was unable to understand the reason for it. Mr. Borah explained that he was in full accord with the president on ?he bonus question, but that his criticism was aimed at the appear ance of a president whether Mr. Wilson or Mr. Harding. "I am unable to lind anything like it prior to tho Wilson admin istration." he said. "With tall due respect, 1 know of no more pitiable spectacle ever presented to the peeople than that of the senate in throwing down the bonus bill after it had been reported and the presi dent had come here to oppose it. It was because he came here that we surrendered our judgment to his dictation. "The Republican party had made a solemn pledge for enactment of bonus legislation. There was not an item in the president's message that was not-before us. We had made the bill the unfinished busi ness and had given the assurance that it would be rushed and pass ed. It would have be>;n passed if it had been put to a vote. "While I think the president right on his attitude on the bonus, the minute he left this chamber the till was dead as Julius Caesar. .\'u\v i Wished April, 1S50. 881. RESERVE BOARD A FINANCIAL TYRANNY, - I Pres. Wannamaker of I Cotton Association Says That Defla tion Policy Was Cynical and Crime Washington, Aug. 22.?Federal reserve board policies in connec tion with price and currency defla tion are "cynical, cruel and inexcus able" and constitute "financial ty ranny and commercial criminality" J. S. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, charged today before a joint con gressional agriculture commission. The board's methods, he added, are "heaping up gold in the United States at the expense of all civil ization." Speaking, he said, for agricultur al producers, the witness asserted I the federal board and bank'; were responsible for the general pri^e dtcline. The board's pressure still was being exerted upon "bankers who are afraid of their shadow, who may find all ther loam* called by ihe reserve banks any minute, and dare not disobey its orders," according to Mr. Wannamaker who asked the commission to rec ommend legislation for general re- , vision of the reserve board person nel He proposed that the personnel be composed of 12 members, nom inated from the various districts as representatives of industry in - stead of banking, who should be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate, further i he suggested that the commission reommend the instant reduction in fderal reserve rediscount rates, to a basis of 3 1-2 per cent on Liberty j loan collateral. "The federal reserve banking j system, created to serve the people, j by its administration has made the people servants or the system," he I asserted. "Its policy will require | the American people to pay with deflated dollars a national debt borrowed in inflated dollars." Price declines that have been ef fected lately, .he declared, would not help consumers, because "they have left nothing for agricultural producers to do but combine and reduce production so low in, the fu ture that' prices will give us some margin pf profit and let us pay pur. debts." . . "I heard as early as, 191S that plans wore being rigged to put on deflation," Mr. Wannamaker said. "This culminated in what was called a buyers' strike in 1920. We never had a buyers' strike, it was a buyers' panic, the result of unceasing propaganda sent out to make people afraid of prices, to spread the fear that prices were to go lower." "By whom was this propaganda spread?" queried Representative Funk (Republican) of Illinois. 'T'll first take up the case of the reserve board," continued Mr. Wan namaker, "and I'll ask the commis sion to ask that board the amount paid out for publicity during the last IS months for correspondence and the distribution of newspaper material." Senator Harrison (Democrat), Mississippi, asked if the reserve board had publicity men and Mr. Wannamaker replied that his im pression was "that they have and that they are well paid." Mr. Wannamaker put into evi dence statements and bulletins I which he said the reserve board j issued during last two years and | which he said clearly showed its ' purpose to bring about declining I prices. Prohibition Officers Work Without Pay Charleston. W. V., Aug. 24.? State prohibition officers recently laid of on account of lack of funds will donate their services and con tinue rounding up boot-leggers and seizing moonshine stills. They have arrested thirty violators of the law and captured eight stills and three thousand gallons of mash. ? ? o Suits Against Mexico Mexico City, Aug. 24.?More than a hundred and fifty temporary in junction suits have been brought by foreign oil companies against the government in the supreme court for hearing. what becomes of the greatest legis lative body in the world'."' Senaten- New, Republican, of In diana, suggested that the presi dent's speech had given senators courage to change their position, and Mr. Knox said In* took credit to himself when his views were changed by tin- superior argument of another. Later in the argument Senator Stanley. Democrat, of Kentucky, chided the Republicans for the senabble" and added: "You on that side are to be con gratulated. There was a time when you could not say too much or too ill about President Wilson. Now you make him the standard by which to judge the present occu pant of the Wiiite House." j "Be Just and Fear FORTY-FOUR VICTIM Details of the Destruc tion of Great Dirigi ble ZR-2 Add to j the Horror of Great Trag- ! edy of the j Air Hull. England, Aug. 24 (Ey As sociated Press) ? Sixteen officers ! and men of the United States navy j and twenty-seven officers and men of the British navy met death to day in the collapse of the great dirigible ZR-2 over the city of Hull. Only one of the Americans on board the ill-fated craft escaped, ! as far as could be ascertained at | midnight tonight. Only five men of the 4 9 who were making the trip in the dirigible prior to the vessel being turned over to the United States navy are known to have been saved. The American officers who start ed the trip included: Comndr. Louis H. Maxfield, Lieut. Comndr. Emery Coit, Lieut. Henry W. Hoy, Lieut. Marcus H. Esterly, j Lieut. Comndr. Valentine N. Lieg I and Lieut. Charles G. Little. The American enlisted men who I went up with the craft from How- | den were: C. L Aller, Robert I Coons, L. E. Crowel, J. T. Han cock, William Julius. M. Lay, A. L. Loftin, A. I. Pettit. W. J. Steele, N. O. Walker and George Welsh. The British losses include th? famous air veteran. Brig. Gen. E. M. Maitland, and all the other of ficers on board, except Lieutenant j Wann, the commander of the ZR- i 2- ! Starting from Howden Tuesday j morning on a test flight to Pulham, j the big aircraft had been afloat for 34' hours, at times in bad weather ; and was returning to the Pulham j aLdome at the time of the disaster, j wdiich constitutes the most terrible ! of its kind in peace times. The ZR-2, which was a sister ship of the famous R-34, the first j dirigible to cross the Atlantic, was : on. her final test trip prior to be-j ing accepted by the tmited States! navy and taken across the Atlantic] by an American crew especially | trained for that purpose. She was i G95 feet long and was built to car- ' ry a <rew of SO. F-r speed was i estimated at 70 miles an hour. The I American navy was to pay $2,000,-j 000 for the craft? While flying at about 1.000- feet1 over Hull spectators saw the ZR-2 ; seemingly buc. e amidships and plunge downward over the city and into the IIumber river. One theory of the cause of the disaster is that while the ship's rudders were being tested the giant craft took a sharp turn, which caused her framework to buckle and that the explosion of a gasoline tank completed the trag edy of the air. The actual cause, however, never may he known. A rumor had been afloat for some days that the ZR2 was structur ally weak but this was stoutly de nied by all in authority. Ten of thousand of spectators saw several men climb outside the balloon and drop from the falling I mass, which was enveloped in I smoke, and others jump into the ! Humber as the crippled eraft came lover'the water. As the dirigible j struck, the wreckage above the wa ter was burning, and there was j slight chance for any of Cue men I caught inside to escape. Tugs immediately put out into the stream and brought ashore sur vivors, who were taken in am bulances to hospitals. Among these was the American quartermaster. X. O. Walker, suffering from se vere burns. Lieutenant Little also was rescued from the debris alive, but succumbed to his injuries on reaching the infirmary. A rescue tug pulled another American out of the water. He was dead. Inside of his coat was the name "Commander Maxfield." Eai*ly reports were to the effect that Lieutenant Esterly had been saved. Unfortunately this report proved to be without foundation. One member of the rescuiug party said that when they got alongside the burning airship the pilot of the tug asked for volun teers to board one part that still was almost intact. Jumping upon the wreckage, the rescuers ripped open par* of the fabric, while parts of the debris were pulled away by means of ropes. The task was a hazardous one. becaure one of the balloonettes was still filled with gas and another explosion was fear ed' .Among the wreckage an Am? r ican naval man was to be seen hanging by his coal to a girder in the frame of the airship. It was believed he was dead, owing to the peculiar position of tin* body, which was not recovered. Another rescuer said one was hanging on to the tail of tin- ship, apparently un injured, while another was found Moating in tin- water. Both of them were saved. While the res cuers were at work the ball.inn be gan to turn over and the rescue party had to return to the tug. When first seen from 11 nil the ZR-2 was approaching the city, coming from a southeasterly direc tion ov<-r the Humber toward Hull. When sailing oh an even keel above I Xot?Let all the ends Thou Aims't Sumter, S. C, Satu OMINOUS NEWS COMES FROM BRITISH INDIA Thousand or More Lives Lost in Riot ing in Malbar Dis trict?Fears For Women London, Aug. '25.?A dispatch from Bombay expresses the fear that more than a thousand lives have been lost in rioting in the Malbar district. British India. Anx | iety is felt for the English women and children in the outlying dis tricts, where railroad stations have been wrecked and cutting off mili tary aid. WAR LORD PARADE HELD E BERLIN Veterans of World War Stage Brilliant Military Pageant Before Old Leaders Berlin. Aug. 25.?To the strains of "Die Wacht Am Rhine" thou sands of veterans who fought dur ing the great war marched before General Ludendorf, Prince Eitel Friedrich, Count von Waldersee and General Von Der Goltz in the old Berlin stadium yesterday on the occasion of memorial services for the fallen. It was a brilliant spec tacle and designed to revive the dying war spirit of the monarchists, the radicals charge. I the city, according to some eye witnesses, a huge cloud of dense I smoke burst from the tail of the aircraft. It was thought the ZR-2 was sending out a smoke screen I as an exhibition but, to the horror of thousands of spectators, it was I seen that she had broken in half ? I and was taking a tremendous nose ? dive which apparently would bring I her down into the thronged streets. [ Then came another loud explo I sion and a crash, followed by an j other'explosion, which was accom j panied by the breaking of glass in i the windows on land, the whole j being reminiscent of wartimes ! when German airships bombed I Hull. Today's concussion was so I great that it wrecked windows over J an area of about a mile square, j Some spectators assert that the ? airship began to buckle before any : flame or explosion was seen or I heard. The broken halves of the jZR-2 reached the water nearly a mile apart. The general opinion of jthe public of Hull is that the com mander of the airship accomp lished ;a remarkable feat of bravery in diverting the descent of the vessel j iso that it fell into the water instead j Jof in the crowded street. I It was a moment of terror. People in the streets rushed madly to cov ler, fearing that the massive wreck 'would fall upon them. Terror gave way, however, to horror as the [wrecked airship plunged into the 'middle of the river near the cor j j-oration' pier. i During the fall three members of {the crew were observed making a ? thrilling parachute descent. They jcame down into the river, where (they were rescued by small boats, iAll who jumped from the falling ! craft lost their lives. They had no j chance for escape, for the water ;was covered with burning gasoline land the heat from the burning j wreckage was so intense that even the rescuers experienced the great est difficulty in approaching for some time. Barges, trawlers and i small boats thronged around the [debris willing to render any pos sible assistance. i Immediately after the disaster j telephone messages came from distances up to 50 miles reporting [that the people had felt an earth quake shock. Designer on Board. j Among those on board the air Iship were the designer of the ZR-2. j Superintendent Warren of the ; works where she was built, and Flight Officers Wicks and Mathe son. ! ZR-2 closely resembTed her sis ter ship, the R-34, which sailed iacross the Atlantic in July, 1910, i {although she was 41 feet longer and [seven feet greater in diameter than the R-.">4. Her gasoline capacity also uns greater than that of her sister ship, and she had a cruising ?radius of G.000 miles, in contrast \\i;h 4,900 miles credited to the R-34. It had been estimated that the ZR-2 would be able to cross the 3.200 miles t<> tin- American conti nent in from three to four days, 'whereas the Ti-:*4 had occupied nearly five days in her voyage. Brigadier General Maitland, who [met death in the disaster today, was ; one of the officers who made the trans-Atlantic voyage in the R-34. . He had been in charge of the trials of the ZR-2. I It was recalled today how the at be thy Country's. Thy God's ami rday, August 27, 1921 They Do Not Accept England's Offer of Dominion Status I But Do Not Re | ject It Dublin, Aug. 25. ? The Sinn Fein reply to Great Britain's offer of dominion status for Ireland is on the way to London. It is reported that they will not accept the terms of settlement laid down by Premier Lloyd George, but would not ut terly reject them. It is believed the truce in Ireland should be extend ed until an agreement is reached. IN WEST VIRGINIA _ j Governor of State; Calls on Federal j Government For Military Aid - j Washington, Aug. 25.?Governor j Morgan, of West Virginia, has ap- | pealed for a thousand Federal troops to be sent to prevent law Lessness by striking miners in the j Mingo Coal Fields, and the war de- j partment is hoiding the troops available. It has dispatched offi- I cers to Charleston to make an in- j vestigation. The governor said the | strikers are armed and are pillag- j ing the country, and he is unable to j cope the situation. -? o -fe Citizens Arm to Repel Invasion j I ! Logan, W. Va., Aug. 25.?Five ihundred citizens were under arms I at daybreak to repel the invasion of the crowd of men marching from Mannet to Mingo county as a pro test against martial law there. Re ports said that the men had seiz ed a freight train. The sheriff in sisted that the marchers should not pass through the county and assembled his supporters in front I of the court house to await devel opments. ?? ? ? Lodge Approves German Treaty Washington, Aug. 24.?Details of the new peace treaty between the United States and Germany were today laid before the senate for eign relations committee by Pres ident Harding nad Secretary of State Hughes at White House, and Senator Lodge will call a special meeting of the Senate Committee this afternoon to discuss the treaty details. The senators are said to approve the terms of the treaty and President Harding expects early ratification. American members of the crew of the ZR-2 recently had chafed over the decision of General Maitland not to permit the giant craft to leave Howden until sailing condi tions were perfect. Maitland was criticised more or less for what was considered overcautiousness. Like the ZR-2 the R-34 ended its career in disaster. She was cut in two by a violent wind and left a wreck outside her aldrome near Edinburgh in January, 192 1. This vessel had had a thrilling ex perience on her trans-Atlantic flight, and the collapse of the ZR-2 would seem to have afforded Gen eral Maitland some justification for his hesitancy in sending the Amer icans across seas with the ZR-2 in the face of weather odds. Thorough Inspection Made. In the construction of the ZR-2 it was thought that many of the serious defe*! - of the smaller ship had been remedied. The vessel un derwent daily policing or cleansing, then the engineers tested and re paired the six engines, the riggers inspected the controls, gas bags, valves, the outer cover and thin surface. Constant hull inspection on all dirigibles is necessary because of the breakage of small braces and wires. The outer cover fabric sometimes gets torn or blown loose at the joints and repairs were made immediately to prevent the holes from becoming larger. Gas bags were inspected by going over them with a leak finder, which register ed any trace of escaping hydrogen. The fabric in the ZR-2"s bags was very thin and light and when it cTiafed through it resulted in a loss of gas. lowered purity and lift red net ion. In flight the ZR-2 was op.-rated as far as possible along the lines of a sea-going vessel. The ship's alti tude capacity was 25.000 feet. The crew of the ZR-2 selected to bring her across the Atlantic to the United States included 14 officers, ten rigrsrors. it' mechanics and two radio men. Only a few of these were aboard, however, when the giant aircraft plunged into the wa ters of the I lumber today. Truth's/' OUR GET FOR BIG STRIKE l R. R. Brotherhoods I Will Take Ballot On j ! Strike That Will j Tie Up Trans j portation ! ? - i Cleveland, Aug. 23.?Strike bal-! lots for submission to 40 9,000 mem- I hers of the "Big Four" railroad I brotherhoods and the Switchmen's ', Union of North America were be- | ing prepared at a ir>int conference j here today of members of the ex- j ecutive committees, chief execu- j tives and assistant grand ctficei's j of the live organisations. When the conference adjourned [ late today the form of the ballot had not been definitely decided on. ' The conference will be resumed to morrow morning. In its present shape the ballot J j tells the union members of the un- i satisfactory nf gotlr.'ions held in the past few months between brother hood chiefs and railroad managers j at conferences held in the west, | southeast and east as to whether the railroads intended to a?k for further decreased wages, following! the 12 1-2 per cent, reduction! hnaded down by the railroad labor | board at Chicago. June 1. and now i in effect, whether the roads would seek the elimination of time and one-half for overtime and asks if! the members are satisfied to con- j tinue work under these conditions, j I Executives of the southwestern railroads did not meet with the ; chiefs. Chief executives of the five or ganizations have been in confer ence here for several days on the j situation and today were joined by j three members of the executive . ; board of each of the five organiza- j tions and several assistant grand i officers, about 25 in all. j Ealicts will be sent to 150,000 j active members of the trainmen's j I organization; 115,000 firemen; 80, I 000 engineers: 50.000 conductors! ! and 1*4.OuO switchmen, j When the ballot is completed. ! probably within a day or two, it ! will be sent to the active member : ship of the five organizations and l.a referendum vote taken. It was j estimated that it will take a full I i ; month or more to complete the j vote. The ballets for the referen-) i dum-must be sent to the members! J before September 1, under terms of j a resolution adopted at a confer j ence in Chicago July 1, of the gen ! eral chairman of the organization. , ? *? o Lexington Mob Finds Victim j Will Allen, Negro Who Killed ! Noah Frick, Shot to Death Near Chapin Columbia, Aug. 24.?Will Allen, j a negro who yesterday shot and j killed Noah Frick, a white farmer j of Lexington county, was today j lynched by a posse of between 150 ; and 20 0 men near Chapin. The negro was surrounded in a ! swamp and when tiring began he I walked out and surrendered. Of i licers tried to prevent the lynching I but the posse of men shot the ne : gro to death. His body was rid ' died. The murder of Mr. Frick follow ed some words between the two men yesterday afternoon regarding a bill for $2.50, which the negro said the white man owed him for cotton seed. The negro called the white man a liar when the bill was denied. Mr. Frick told him not to i talk that way in his yard, vvhere j upon the negro left and returning j lat-.-r with his gun, shot Mr. Frick, [ who died several hours afterwards i in a Columbia hospital. Noah F. Frick Fatally Shot Newberry, Aug. 23.?Xoah S. Frick, a prominent farmer of Chapin. was shot and probably fa I tally wounded, it. is alleged, this 'afternoon at 4 o'clock by Will Al len, a negro tenant residing on Mr. I Frick's plantation about three miles j from the town of Chapin. The > negro has not been apprehended iat this hour, but the bloodhounds I carried to the scene by Sheriff Can non Blease are said to be trailing him toward one .of the large swamps in that part of the country. It is said that he is well armed and lias threatened to kill any one attempting to arrest him. Quite a large body of men are on the trail and there is danger of a lynching if tin- fugitive is caught. The trouble grew out of a quarrel, it is said, over a settlement for some fod der. Mr. Frick is a prominent planter of the county and is a man <>!* large family. He is about sixty years of age. Immediately after the shooting he was rushed to the < 'i Iumbia hospital and was alive at last repi rts. He was shot from the left side through the stomach. NO BEER REGULATIONS Washington, Aus. 2.V?Medical beer regulations will not he issued by tlie treasury pending the anti beer Legislation, according to n de cision reached by Secretary Mellon and Internal Revenue Commission er Blair. I THE TRUE SOU Exception Taken to Remarks of Senator = Reed About Rep resentative Volstead Washington, Aug. 23.?The sen ate va- requested today in a resolu tion by th* liouse by a vote of 181 to 3 to sake appropriate action concerning remarks of Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, during debate <>n the anti-beer bill la*-t week, which the house held were "improper, unparliamentary, and a reflection on the character" of Rep resentative Volstead, Republican, of Minnesota It is the first time ki history, so far as official records show, that the house ha7; taken such action. On two previous occasions, how ever, it censured a representative for making uncomplimentary state ments about senators and in both instances the offending remarks were eliminated from Th^ Con gressional Record by a house vote. The resolution, which was offered by Representative Newton, Repub lican, of Minnesota, was adopted after brief debate and was referred to the ules committee when it reacn ed* the senate. Mr. Reed made n? comment concerning it. Senator Reed's language as printed in The Congressional Rec ord follows: "Until the other day I never had the plea-ure of seeing the dis tinguished author of the Volstead act. His brief biography state? that he was born in the United States. I am. however, informed he speaks a very broken English. I do no. know what his ancestry may be but I do know that I have gazed upon pictures of the celebrat ed conspirators of the past, the counter-- nces of those who have led in fanatical crusades, the burners of witches, the executioners who applied the torch, of persecution, and I saw them all again when I looked at the author of the bill. "I have no respect for a man whether he be a member of the house or elsewhere, who proposes to whittle down the constitution of the United States, who tries to leave it. as does the amendment of house, so that an ofRcer can go into every building except a residence', who puts the d: covety of a bottle of beer above the constitution, who in the pursuit of his favorite pas ? time'of hunting somebody who may take a drink, is willing to destroy I that constitution which he held up i his hand and before Almighty God : swore he would maintain, protect, and preserve. "A man who thinks more of "get ting* a bootlegger than he does of preserving the palladium of human liberty is net fit to be in a legisla tive body and not fit to be a citizen of the Cnited States. I have more i respect :or an anarchist who, in his ignorance and blindness, stands up on a soap box proclaiming against all go\. rnment than I Lave for the man who will in this body or in the house of representatives swear be fore the Almighty that he will pre serve the constitution o: the Unit ed States and then employ the au thority and power of the people vested in him to preserve the con stitution for the purpose of de stroying that s?.; red instrument." i Divers Search For Victims i _ i - ? Hull, England. Aug. 2.".?Divers [began this morning to search fori ithe bodies of more than forty mem- | hers of the crew of the wrecked ZR-2 dirigible. Only one Ameri can and four British survive, ac cording to latest reports. A rigid investigation will be made to de termine the cause of t ?o tragedy. A great public funeral is planned I by the British government, j The actual c ause of the collapse of the ship is said t<> be the break ing of the longitudinal gird< rs jamidship. cutting the craft half [ in two which was followed by the j explosion of either hydrogen oi ? petrol. j ONE SOUTH CAROLIN IAN MISSING; j Wa hington. Aug. '.'".-?The unae-.l j counted for enlisted men in the ZR- | ? 2 tragedy include Id >yd E. Crowell 1 < of South Carolina Albert Loft in of ' Lake Gharle.? La.. Maurice Lay of I Greensboro. X. C. Robert M. Coons of ?wensboro. Ky. The only Amer ican survivor reported to the navy department is Xorman O. Walker of Comnit rce. Te: as. Panama in Mourning ! ma. Aug. 2f>.? President Po? s signed a dec ree declar ing '?public in mourning for a in consequence of the aw the United States of the disp territory to Costa Rica. GERMAN TREATY SIGNED TO-DAY j Berlin. Aug. 25.?The peace; tr. n.v bringing: to an end the toch-j nical state of war between the I I~riir?---- States and Germany will bei signed at 5 o'clock todav. j THRON", Established June 1, 1866. VOL. LIH. NO. 4 IRISH CANNOT " Sinn Fein Parliament Holds Secret Session to Discuss British Proposal Dublin, Aug. 22.?The Dail Eireann held two secret sessions today to consider the question of ". hat shall be its reply to the Brit ish government's peace offer. It adjourned tonight without bavin? arrived at any decision, but will meet again tomorrow in private, simultaneously with the gatherings of tiie Sinn Fein executive commit tee, which is somewhat similar to the national political party com mittees in the United States. There is little likelihood of there being any public session of the Bail Eireann until Friday, by which time its reply may have besn sent to Mr. Lloyd George. Secret sessions, the friih Repu iiean parliament to draft the 'Sinn Fein reply to Britain's peace pro posals began here today. The pub lic meetings last week and :*ub\:e juent conferences between Eamonn D Valera and his colleagues were believed to have laid the ground for an early reply. The presence of Harry J. Belaud, who represented Mr. De Valera in the United States after the Sinn Fein chieftain had returned to Ire land was considered as important and his arrival yesterday, was look ed upon as significant. There have been indications that a certain amount of dissension ex isted in the rank and file of the parliament over the attitude, to be taken toward the British offer of dominion status for Ireland and it appeared probable today that many members would speak on the question before final decision was reached. Press comments by Dublin news papers would set m to reflect a de sire on the part? of the Sinn Fein not to utterly reject British*, offer, but rather to obtain from Prime Minister Lloyd George a statement giving details of the government's oifer. Objections have been made thW Ireland, because of her geo graphical position wouid n<3tv"be "-' given the same sort of dominion government that is enjoyed by Can ada or Australia, and it has been held that the prime minister should ? define his exact position in this respect. Organs cf the Unionists have been urging acceptance of the government's proposals or at least the submission of them to a plebis cite in Southern Ireland. The attitude of Ulster up to today had apparently been unrelenting, so far as making common cause with the Sinn Fein in attempting to reach a settlement with Great Brit ain was concerned. It seemed the decision of Sir James Cra-g to stand aloof during negotiations be tween F lblin and London had net been reconsidered. The week-end passed quietly in this city but it was marred in BeLast by the explo sion of a bomb. o *? o Rioting in Belfast Rife and Revolver Firing Sun day Night Belfast, Aug. 23.?Sharp rifle and revolver firing followed Sunday night's bomb throwing. 5trett lights were extinguished to conceai the identity of the rioters. BIG DIRIGIBLE ON TRIAL FLIGHT Howden, England. Aug. 23.? Manned by American and British aerial officers giant dirigible ZR-2 purchased from England by the United States, began trial flights. McAdoo Says Hard ing is Mistaken Former Director General of Railroads Says President . Does Not Know What He Is a'king About "Washington, Aug. 24.?William G. McAdoo, former Director Gen eral of the Railroads disapproves of the administrations railroad funding bill in a letter to Sen ator Stanley, of Kentucky, who re quested Mr. McAdoo to express his views when the Senate Commit tee refused to hear him. Mr. Me Add says President Harding is mis taken in the belief that the country is "morally and legally bound" to fund seven hundred and sixty three million dollars the raihvads owe the government. Fraudulent Liquor Books New York. Aug. 2 4.?E-amina tion of two thou and five hundred liquor books issued by government to wh lesale liquor dealers disclose that eighty per cent are fraudu h-nr. internal revenue asrents decid ed following an investigation which v ill "involve persons high in busi ness and social life."