Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1924, Page 6

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 17, 1924_PART 1. hnnd‘edovpno.\merica.mtheflooa-llIIIIlllllIllllllllIlllIl F uture Of Airship in U . S. Held to Rev()lve lmlll::.“ki;r:fi:fe?:-?:x-f:'er';":otoom“: Dirigible 220 Yards year-Zeppelin Corporation of Akron, are quarters for the crew—hammocks Ohio. Several members of the origi- [ ] 5 o slung along the center gangway. Long will Convey | [nal Zeppelin company have been About Giant ZR-3, Soon to Be Delivered| = rume ree s 80 Tons of Freight | |2ttt 5 S vl 2 Sl A seagull would find scant plck- Tho ZR-3, laxt Zeppelim to | |tions at Friedrichshafen. : — ings should it follow the wake of fver low in 2 Best E c [ g : ot - the Z1-3, for nothing on board when e e e aiuem. e e B ”, {5 3 ) s the ship takes into the air can be Ve hese plans include completed speci- . . 2 est Efforts of Germans . e | 7 : roard uthes iho e | | Nermiles fs mnetghin ot 8 | g P T S res “pan- G and 11th Sts. Service and Courtesy Established 1877 Put Forth to Assure 3 A ; All garbage and waste materials must | | n Atientic lineeore weighy mo | | Senger airship twice the size of the : 5 ‘ be retained. Bags are fitted under-| | more than m traswier. ZR-3, and surveys for the operation Ship S b b _ ath the backbone, between it and With a lemgth of GGO feet of a two-and-a-half day transatlan- Ip duccess. ek ? L % bottom covering, to contain such and a diameter of K3 feet, the tic service and a 12-hour New York- SRS 3 @ AR i waste. SIS A e of 2,400, | | Chicago run. The work on the trans- ¢ 3 N Now, as America appears to be go-| | 000 emble feet and a carrying | |2U20tic route entalled calculations , Yail; . . 8 : F : ing in for the commercial develop- 2 on some 600 theoretic flights worked Others of Type Failures; 2 ! s - ment of lighter-than-air craft, what | | of" which ane caiied wuseret | [©ut in conjunction with known Extraordinary Val i z g % e about their commercial possibilties? » s weather conditions over certain areas Industry May Come to > S In Germuny, before the war, they had | | eianm o ap® It can carry that | | [\ the North Atlantic. o % & 3 x been proved hoth practical and profit- freight For the New York-Chicago service ~nrron, Qhio. < \ 3 @ble. As long ago as 1910 there was It earvies a crew of 24 Zeppelin engineers recently visited 1 4 organized in Germany a commercial commander. snbscdiants i the United States to make a prelim- & airship transport company. From that [ | ceme Retmumen, - ensineem, | | Iy survey of the possibility of such BY OAMES B. WHARTON, ol Ty A - i dato until the outbreak of the war,| | uail-makersm radio operators, | | @ route. The result of this survey aul e e - : when all avatlable Zeppelins were| | took and " stevned—rnd oy vas the assertion that the Zeppelin e e e v 2 e W soreee commandeered for military uses, this| | sleeping necommodations for 20 m could maintain a 12-hour 16-—Airmen say ; : 3 : o e concern, operating five ships, carried | | Daasengern. schedule with about 100 per cent reg- e : : k % 3 3 out the following table without mis- Tin eruining cnpacity will be | | Ularity in Summer, from 80 to 90 per Ll Hirn tica hangs 3 sy . I hap to a single passenger: about 68 milex per ho The "nt in Winter, or an average yearly boniihe A ne e Eiant S RRIEY O ; Aggregate number of flights, 1,588; crossing of the Atlantic will performance of from 93 to 96 per . B duration of flights in_ hours, 3.167 take hetween 70 and S0 hours, | | cent efliciency. total mileake, 172,535 kilometers, or it 1 estimated. This is the way airship men talk 107,835 mile Number of passengers today, this year, when the ZR-3 is lnnl‘l]v’l\!nrvd. Zl,l ! S i) scheduled to rise over Lake Con- - five s however, had no regu- | gen s g - 3 s | stance and point her blunt nose to- lar routes. T wax not until after the | Fluing and gas 1s being blows off. | | Ward America, more than 3,000 mil war that the first regular daily Pas- | The disaster of the Dixmude, in the| 8Way. Yet it was but 24 years ago, o Nose . senger service was opened. 3 belief of German airship men, was| in 1900, that the first clumay Zeppelin © The Zeppelin Rigid No. ) oW 5 2 The Bodensee, callcd the German | due to the fact that the commander | ToSe awkwardly over this same Lake is the 1 rship to be delivered to } : name for Lake Constance, ran a daily | of (he ehip probably was foreed by | Constance, to be driven slowly along ot et o s route between Fricdrichshafen (on| ngine trouble to rise and blow off | at @ rate of but 13': miles an hour Uheallis fundan the Kermeori the Swiss horder) and Berlin in five | was during an eloetrical storm. Ordi- | by its two paltry 16-horsepower fae edn navdeq ovar ey % ¥ A s DNcigRnGics narily an airship commander does not | engines. hree each to wnce and i o ? he fare was about 80 marks, thelfear a thunderstorm. His speed us- | (Copsright, 1924, in T anada and Great Sihac e s nneland | { : 4 present chare for a first class rail- | yglly cnables him to escaps or hiv| Britai by Nerth American Newspaper Al- SRl B S way ticket hetween those two points, | ship serves as « lightning conductor. | liuoce. ANl rights reserved.) o to the State: | which requires 16 to 18 hours for| huring the war many German ships | . - is attached itself to t.ese 2 o G A the best trains to c f & S ; 5 3 3 e best trains to cover. The Boden- | were struck by lightning and nev . : . 2% » e nERantmever| Will Tax Foreigners iy half “| them "r\.x\ n:-l see made SO trips. harmed. disaster. or h simp e < L 1 = = teriorated and hav on serapped 3 3 § ' 8 4 Costx Not Prohibitive. Fumes Biz Menace. | 1y Cabie to vr;'i'q-.\;‘r:;h:"fl! ew York World, ne exploded. with great les of 1 3 B 3 A sister ship, the rdstern, was| Gasoline fumes n the engines ANTINOPLE, August 1 H Elnd -'”"l’: fr‘ 1o 3 ! ) built in 1919 to he put upon the Fried- | constitute a greate menace than - city authorities propose to exict “"“"“.:'l .\‘(' l'” - \:' l‘h- h 3 4 ® et 24 i 4 5 richshafen- rlin route, but soon u{r.h,\drnu. 1 gas, although the faet is ax from foreigners visiting e Medit can. R TR 3 B EA r her completion the Interallied|little known outside of technical air- | Constantinople on business, Despite 3 4 | Commission on Control put an end | $hip circles. A spark from the mag- | a protest Ly the Turkish Chamber of iz Money Involved. Yo YU b 3 to airship operations by the Germans. | n€to is apt to ignite these fumes, if | Commerce, the proposal is likely to ap judement one would 5 3 o S ; 2 The prevalent belief that airplane €Scaping in any quantity. The Ger-|pe accepted. A foreign business man | W the . ZR-2 0 3 g 4 or airshipy traffic ix prohibitively ex-|mans have always heen aware of this | ctaving beyond a certain time will erica’s share of the aerial war | W 1 v ®: R a false one. Uumerous air- | peril and the Maybach concern, which | only be granted a visa to leave Tur- Prize. might casily 2o the way o 4 k } 2 ! - are being operated profitably | has built the engines for the ZR-3. is | key after paying income tax here. athers. Oniy—it probably wou't, ¢ 7 2 3 i 3 in Europe today. There are no airship | now working on a new kind of ml-‘ the' Eood reason that there's a [ A f RO T lines : present moment as only | burning engine of the Diesel tvpe of cold eash ¢ rned. An 4 : the ever tried a lighter- | The ZR-3 engines are said to be fore- i e n ORTedGoens | 2 2 B | than- But the airship|runners of this new motor. Hats Snpplfmt l"ez- npHent spelin - Corporation), with | A b lines operated by (ermany before| Although actual airship construc-| By Cable to The Star and New York World " A1 Zeppelin concecn e aliies forbade the traffic averaged | tion at the Zeppelin plant, excepting | ! {ConEEREINaE) nking upon the suc- per cent annual profits for the ZR-3, has been discontinued | CONSTANTINOPLE, August 16.— g e Upper: A remarkahle picture of the As a tule of thumb, airship men de.|under pressure of the interallied| OWing to a heat wave the Turkish t : S ZR-3, whowing its structurnl rexem- = clire that <hip line will pay|commission of control, research and|government doctor at Adana a few constriction of air or blance to a fish. Thix, taken fro; { as great a paying|development igning has gone on. | days ago published instructions to the far type for v ontineatal OF | gne xtern, sxhows the tail fins and 3 g v in weight of fuel | It is ssume that the y population to wear hats instead of the tiantic mail or y Eenal ; The bulk of the Zeppelin, as 7 . ZR- mple, has a use-]laid by which they fez. The fez, it is stated, is too hot ot s g large as~ @n ceean liner, be “ ful hifting capacity of 43 tons. It Dbeen powerless to bring to fru and does not protect the wearer from s treaty DR v sy Ty Gt 7 in their own country, will now the sun on Qli CONRRDL ia 55 «ewer: There are no 5 - ; Atlantic flight so that after al cor permitted to construct a e REA Mkis paswes - i b puolin s xLows the latest development Sae i) oot } | operat expenses (even profitsy, niturd that o wreat an indes UL Comdare. j g {50 3 | {are paid out. it still has 10 tons to| " " 0 industry that was organized B : rily for the development o | L = = | . ? st ! ' aliaviaticn —=would saght sror | ST SRR T o neerned » : Al s o T ‘ e We Examine Your Eyes IL has chosen the ODIY |y 4 transatlantic fight, such & cross g the a transatlan : pects of such an airship . ZR-1 H and ise one——affiliation z HET wads M 3 2 FRect 4 i R-3 and s 4 Rnatc. jot] e nas ibeen 4 il 1 i 4 { While still a very rough caleulation, corresponding industry of | Englishebuilt. ship modeled 4 L S nguEniealica « most neutral of the allied nations. | Zionelin, crossed over to New 4 < figu cost 4 i A ely §£1.500.000 to build. D 2 Amerien Takes the Lead. ;olfnj‘ 'l'inam\i :_.d‘:;fv(.&(:m:;. h % ; ¢ | ey '_{’ I:m”l g '[“_: ‘\:"'"“ : ! v ™ X A good chance for those S Vg T i led- | 45 an_indication of what n SReEiient orin g teiicasnila their eves examined free of richshaten, on the shores of Lake |3 commonplace o 160 transatlantic 2 charge. A scientific exam- The ship will o e A . Ohio: that the | o carrying ssengers e N - X beeominis American- | RFOPETLY Upon e Tt 3 ination by our graduate g5 that (the n Zeppelin will | 500 vacht, to take the ¢ E of first- optician, Dr. Rose, will de- R sresent M ver, or s HE ; the in- 25 { termine the condition and tmentally fitting that it should 4 : <o, for dinand von Zep- ip; foribelian nao i St pe e o give immediate reliei to service Men’s F urnishings and Boys’ Clothing Sale Men’s High-Grade Shirts ]_ 05 Woven Madras, also Rayon (fiber silk) stripes. The well known Waverly shirts that are cut full, well made and fit just right. r o for twe years under con- ction. acquits hersclf on her non- stop trans ptic flight. The stake, not the novelty of tl 3 the reason for the interest w hich le ship’s performance is awaited on the voyaze scheduled to start within 1,200 Men’s Neckband Shirts in Sizes 131/, to 171/, — Sale of 1,000 Prs. Men’s Onyx Silk Socks 98¢ Pr. Samples and Irregulars of $1.50, $2 and %2.50 Grades All silk, with silk tops. Full fashioned : some with Pointex heels. Colors: Black, navy, gray, tan and white. Sizes 94 tc 114 Sale of Men’s Summer $ 1 .4 5 Cotton Pongee Pajamas fives urine ‘”l“';‘:;?;‘x (\":.:r’”(n‘ wr'\-t{, Iasobabl dmoniuit s 0 L5 an g IR - expenses i k those sufiering from eye o apinion of Zeppelin official siz 1 cousnes % a volunteer officer in the Federal [e - a regula < At 4 oridl Cerviea coult § i strain and nervousness Army | Service of euch distance an 3 5 - : vith airships, the e 2.0 p 7 caused by defective vision All of this makes it quite apparent | ;i pe nearly twice the siz 4 % : @ being made by airships. A 5 3 nd evesight. that none of the circumstances or|yp- % d way points everywhere being . jestg: ditions that surrounded the de-|“URt g vet it s s cached by connecting airplane lines g 3 Don’ fail to take ad- ery of the c‘ ve .;ll:;;r :r:rl\‘n‘r‘st;‘t eighth of a mile long. ” For L'xn at 'h*:xu"' *’ llhlv\l;‘ l"ht air- 9 % | vantage of this opportu- ply in case o b is more dependable than the air- i SR The Zeppelin company is juH’ Plane Bird, Dirigible is | nd its safety factor greater much interested in its success as| As the ship takes the air it resembles | —— Ssiby feany ot ite £at cotae vl Navy or any one else. It has|nothing so much as a giant fish. As the | his radio is such t ther | has greater ability to cope with un- en careful never to mention that|lines for the airpl: were taken from | .ot b may | favorable weather, vas build 7 under man- | birds, so those for light an-air craft | pe able to get I e s lles treaty. The |Were taken from the s ¢ : S| ombustion Danger Slight. rom what already | lateral and vertical w : i : e Genzer Wof lzas combustion There is no doubt that | of @ fish, while its red body T 3 3 hydrogen and not helium is concern. regardless of | fainted a silver color, scems like o scaly | g n B used) is ulmost negligible It is on tances, has lefr | 3sh B . ¢ . v . when irship com nsure the safe| ©On first appea e - impos- | by 4 10 rate v alunder enemy fire, that its to the Navy De- | Sibh clumsy. Oniy CXPEFt | windmill overside stateroom. | contents are a serious meni Vitaliitof polnts ont the - foot of | mare comfortabl @ railway | narily, the onl = in | Structure does on i 2 nd 2 i % delivery will go | B0 to realize The 1 instructions, data | BiNeeTing oroblem of its making is ex- | and charts which will give the Navy | Pressed by the statement: lts weight is 1efit of the cxpe e the Ger. | that of a tiny fi . e (:_,‘(:f,d D Eheir extonsiva | ETeater than that of an ocean i of lighter-than-air craft before | theIe's where the difficulty comes. Eve S ot thing must be so very light, yet trong. Its outside, instead of the steel | = . e Otherx O Ships. | Blates that « hip has. is but thin sail- Beautiful New Bungalows Aed{felargy Dr. D. L. Rose | venr cinmes are : It Jther point of contrast | cloth, its framework the lightest i - it e faction or New T e i were | alaminum, Gt floors—theougmoat the | On Owens Ave., Hyattsville, Md. wreveigi Eyesight Specialist | Poattively Guaram o them built es or any | control cabin—pirwood no thicker tha . Filled o teed to Glve Satis- Cihe llick. Ther wese mocy | cigar box mater 2 = All advantages of the country with all the Promptly A“\"J‘"h“d Glasses Free. ¥ | i ich had borne service to | Sarrounded By Walk conveniences of the city. v aguinst the allies, e adceol J 918 F St 9 Jewelers and From fore to aft, or from head to = fa T nAnCed (he DilATeSS | tail (it can better b described in the DESCRIPTION N.w. Opticians “tliey were ihandedl oserl s rms"'lff"-“l""' f\il)j:;k\.\;s:{ \:_‘{'ul"l "If‘ Hardwood floors, open fireplaces, h.-w. heat, tiled bath, nt' grave \Tnespleie sessmerond €0 (e Bagkbono ol 0., built-in tubs, onc-picce sink, clectric lights, wash tubs in cel- by the German commander | poiy A I wouls ot lar. Lots of shade. who delivered the ZR-113 to the| . French with the words walk. Onelther Lt Sousienin HiconEratulate head to tail, stand huge cans of oil, | U UHere's your sh congratulate | pogoline and water. Runways lead Toeish :x hn:~ = : |'-Ir“\ .'3\3 ?r: 2| two on either s and one at rear. former ene bllot, ope ¥ ¥| Even when the ship is filled a man | . . frash it o its tomorrow P s i e Attractive Prices—Easy Terms cidemtally. - that =~ <hi) Wasn't|hirteen gas compartments do not smashed, but it soon deteriorated and . alkalcnE el . S e A B S Sample House Open Daily and Sunday one stands in bow, oting ix an Instinct. inside, close to the mooring pivot, 1 ] wain menae the secure|the whole has the appearance of a Unhl 9 P M. anes of 3 under the | Skeletonized cone—or perhaps as the | is that neither America nor any | Whale looked to Jonah. | nation has been bred to air-| The forward portion of the un-| o . ships. The ter-than-air craft js|derstructure, which is fixed to and| s a product of Germany. Germany is|Ccommunicates with the main bod; OWNER AND BUILDER the only natien that employed dirigi-| i$ the control cabin, containing all| S bles during the wai the devices for the piloting of the HY&ttSVllle, Md. The piloting of airship is said | Ship. Then comes the radio roon o Lo an instinct. One must be con- | with a radio that has a reach Phone Hyattsville 202 After 6 P.M., Hyattsville 147 - tly aware of the harmony of |approximately oy aolle every portion of the huge creature,|DOWer being generated by a It is an art, the German pilot says,| mill overside, The strength of rather than a science, It takes a hill- , 2an o time to accustom him- | b 8cIf 1o the plains. The analogy seems | 300 suits. Plain colors. blue, tan, white, lavender and pink. Low-neck style: finished with silk frogs and ocean pearl buttons. Cut full and well made. All sizes. Men’s Shirts :1.15 Regular $2 and $2.50 values. Rayon (fiber silk) Stripe Woven Madras Shirts. Neckband style, neat stripes. zes 1375, 14 and 1412 only. Paials Royal—Main 1'loor. BOYS’ Regular $3.95 to $15 Grade ) - 7 1 Two-Pants Wool Suits 56.4 One-Pants Serge Suits Two-Pants Novelty Suits to fit the operation of a Zeppelin. | The navy. however, the ad-| vantase of having built and operated | the Shenandoah. 1 w1 Change-of-Ownership Sale it is because of | & 1339 F St. N.W. H. W. TbPHAM » 1339 F St. N.W. Good serviceable school It de Decauss of il i NE of Mother’s big problems today is suits. Sizes 7 to 13 and 15 e ertiied 5o i e e i e K St Bl S aiiy SEE s e T0., ) c -grade luggage stores in other ci Mr. Roun- i i iffer= e Bar take active charge of these premises as soon as the present stock is disposed of. { frocka, All ghfldren Lke s.ometlhml d‘fifl: Following this sale. this store will be hnown as the “H. W. Topham™ Branch of the ent, something the other little girls haven't H. W. Rountree & Brother Trunk and Bag Co., Manufacturers. seen. Wouldn't you like to be able to | o o ch_anze the eoh?r of the old dresses at Our Entire Stock of High-Grade making the garments ook ke new? Now ¢ TRUNKS—BAGS—LEATHER GOODS j e CLOSING L *$1,000 BELOW VALUE OUT A 10% TO 50% REDUCTIONS : Fast-Dyes or Tints 1 % b by owner: elec. " Never before has there been offered to you » guar- large 5 rooms ; : ol - anteed method of fast-dyeing woolen, cotton, linen, Lo e o Trunks X Traveling Bags Brief Cases & oot R EHics oo ol Holas tiee {5 by moat 7e2177; feet. & Suitcases p —~ Fitted Cases + . Ladies’ Arm Bags delicate pastel shades. It costs only 15 cents a caki Price, $6,250.00—$500 Cash Hat Boxes ‘,a" Week End Cases Vanity Cases and you will be pleased and surprised with the §50.00 Per Month, Including Interest =l Jewel Cases certainty of results. You simply can’t go wrong Ehang I EE e e d War #f you follow plain directions. Twenty-four shades e ’ qlardr ObeTT’ u,r:“ks ~ to choose from—brilliant fast colors to pastel tints. p.fé’k"éfi.,oi;‘ = H L White RIT removes the old colors—thus giving L flhe G - ! q % a new opportunity to fast-dye or tint in any shade el r and 2 you may choose. Ivory Novelties to 17. Famous Lamm Kool $ 1 45 Wash Pants S Regular $1.95 to $2.25 valucs. Also Genuine Belgian linen and linen crash. All sizes up to 20. Khaki and Daytona Wash Pants C Regularly $1.25. In good grade materials. Cut full, with watch pocket. 15 cents is the price of New Improved RIT. Your jocal Drug, Department or Notion Store will 9UPPly you. Prove.its value today. Open 8 A.M. Monday, Boys’ and Men’s Dept. Palais Royal—Main ¥loor,