Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1924, Page 7

¥ § curtains. i IR SECONDTRIAL 1S MARKED SUCCESS Ship Remains in Air Nine Hours Without Slightest | Sign of Trouble. By Cable to The Star and New York World. Cansright 1921 FREIDRICHSHAV. ptember 6. ~—The ZR-3 gave a nine-hour thrill unmarred by engine trouble to the American newsprper men who were ter first non-military passengers to- day. This trial flight, her second, consisted of a trip to Stuttgart by the way of Regensburg, Nurnberg and Munich and return. Four thousand people kept time to the music of a reichswehr brass band. | part of the reichswehr guard of honor of the ZR-3, as the craft soared into the bleak gray of the sky. A dainty funch was served, but no drinks ap- peared. Smoking is verboten. A radio recelving set amused the wisitors, who heard the speech of welcome made by President Bazille of the federal State of Ruthenberg. The| words came very distinctly over the ether. The dirigible will make a 36- hour flicht over north rmany and Scandinavia on Wednesday, her final European trip, before turning her nose toward America Many Verboten Signs. When the Zeppelin left her hangar here today she had the imprint of her German makers indelibly marked upon her—in precise little “verboten” signs distributed throughout the cab- ns, The ZR-3, the first Zeppelin to head for the shores of America, is 200 yards long, 31 high and 28 in diameter. From the inside she seems an enormous cucumber hollowed out in a miraculous fashion into a ship. Looking up at the ceiling, it is a mass of stream wires d thin gird- ers which form the keel of the hull They seem the covering for a new fangled industrial machine, not so much of the air as of the earth, for when one is wandering about the in- [ side of the ship in her shed he ha the feeling this structure w. never meant to glide off with th The dirigible is made heavy cloth painted with white aluminum paint go that gleaming in the early morning sun, it seemed to be all of metal. Sitting inside, the light shone | dimly as through smoked glasses. Everything Is Light. The crew of live in little tents of thin cloth between the wires and girders. The beds are of incredible | lightness and aluminum alloy is used | even for the clothing cabinets. The | officers’ mess room has a table of | hollowed wood big enough for six to sit around it on the bench neatly upholstered with corduroy. There is | an observation car made with a non- breakable substitute for g Forward is a corridor wit rooms and a kitchen. The pa gers' compartments are divided ch compartment tains four berths. Here is the “verboten” signs come in, for the passengers are warned not to| throw anything out of the windows. The forward motors. Maibach en- gines, hang free from the main body of ‘the Zeppelin in swinging gon- dolas. In each sits an engineer. Fourteen gas cells, made from the ! bladders of 700,000 oxen are stuffed | into the hull. The bags are inflated with hydrogen, although when the ZR-3 is delivered to the United | Stat, it is expected helium will be | used The German crew. headed Eckner, will deliver the airship. three Americans on the will be Capt. George Washington Btesle, Lieut. Comdr. Sidney Krauss and Maj. Frank M. Kenne TU. S. OFFICER IN PERIL. wash- sen- by con- where by NWarrowly Escapes Being Overcome by Gas on ZR-3. By the Assoclated Press, | FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, September 6. | —Enthusiasm over the airship’s ex- cellent behavior was the* dominant note here tonight when the giant dirigible ZR-3, built by the Zeppelin Company for the United States Navy had completed its second official trial, during whic the ship covered about 480 miles at an average speed of 60 miles an hour, remaining in the air $ hour- and minutes. Dr. Hugo Eckener, dircctor of the Zeppelin Company, and Lieut. Comdr. Garland Fulton, United Stat v, | were in high spirits concerning the dirigible’s behavior when they landed | this evening. They said a 30 hours’ duration flight over the Baltic by way of Berlin and Hamburg would | take place next week and they as- rted that it was likely that the| ZR-3 would start on her transat- lantic trip to Lakehurst, N. J., about September 20. American observers on the flight today were impres-ed by the ship's performance. All enjoyed the trip with the exception of Lieut. Carl Schmidt, United States Navy, who had a narrow escape from being overcome by gas while he was in- ecting the gas compartments soon after the ship started on her flight this morning. Schmidt climbed aloft | into the framework and, while mak- ing an inspection of the interior working, encountered gas which had Leen purposely let out through a \'.“41\'(‘. Some of the fumes got into his lungs, but the lieutenant rapidly descended to fresh aair and after half an hour was quite all right again. TO BRING FIRST AIR MAIL. ZR-3 Expected to Carry 250! Pounds on Trip to U. S. The first regular transatlantic air| mail will be brought from Germany | to the United States on the new air- | ship ZR-3. When the ship arrives at | Lakehurst, N. J. American postal| offictals will be on hind to receive a | large quantity of specially forwarded | mail and expedite the transmission of the letters and postcards to their destination German postal authorities have { nortn other ve fof | of pilot balloons at frequent i formation will be transmitted to the i second ship, which will combine the| Round-World Flyers’ Planes Will Be Given to Smithsonian Growing Exhibit, However, Has Already Taxed Accommodations—NC-4 Stored for Lack of Space. Gift of one or both of the American round-the-world plines to the Smith- sonian Institation for 2 permanent his- torical exhibit is hafled with enthu- siasm by officials, a though the ques: tion of housing the gift raises a real problem. The famous NC-1 first to make the fi lantic, is 1z of the navy y: space for it plane. the ross the At- in some corner :<e there is no’| New ational Museum. the cum building, or the aircraft building, a structure of corrugated iron near the main Smith- sonian building. Of the four Dourlas cruisers which started on the world fizht. only two t, the other two having been ctively, in Alaska and at sea near Iceland. The surviving two are 1 Washinzton Tuesday, but h the fiivht to the Pacific “oast and then wil be returned here Itimately for uncounted thousands of ‘ourists to see—if display space can be_found. Collection Already Started. The United States, without special ald from Concress, or at least without the aid which exverts consider es- sential, a'ready has the embryo of an important collection of airplanes and accessories. It could be made the rreatest co'lection without expense, officials here assert. ¢ old Museum building there is, as a matter of primary interest, the original Langley pline, a pioneer in aviation, as well as three models, built in 1896, one beinz gas-propeled and se planes actual- 1y 2] vn, some with disaster to the flyers. The original Wright plane, of 1909, which convinced the world of the achievement of flying as a_praatical art, also is in this building. There are, besides, the first De Haviland; the JN-4 biplane, used for _instruction; two French planes of 1917, a Caudron and a Voisson, now virtually “an- tiques” so rapidly have improvements been made; the original Lillienthal glider, tried out years ago on Long Island; the Emile Berliner helicopter, built by a Washington man, and vari- ous models to show the development of aircraft. One of these models was. built to illustrate the ideas on fly- ing held centuries ago by Leonardo da Vinci, a wing-flopping type. In_the aircraft building is the Spad and 45 west, and the third at 44 north and 57 west. The last ship will act as a radlo relay for the in- formation accumulated by the two| 1s. most northerly ship of the| will make hourly observations s and will take T air by means | inter- Four times each day this in- The three weather conditiof soundings of the upy vals. data with its own observations and, | in turn, will send the result to the| first nated as “primary ob-| t Weather Reports. station vessels also will pick up weathsr reports from the ships at Sea and any other available source, in- cuding routine weather forecasts which will be sent from the Navy Department. _ The Annapolis station | will_be used for communication with the ZR-3 from the time the airship is within range. In connection with the arrival of the ZR-3 emergency landing fields will be tablished at Boston, Mass.; Mitchel 1d, L. I, Langley Field, Va., and Parris Island, S. C. Each of these will be prepared to receive the airship on short notice in the event that circumstances prevent or make undesirable the voyage direct to Lake- hurst. The Navy Department yesterday officially requested co-operation of radio users to the end that the least sible interference in communication vith the ZR-3 might be experienced during the flicht. On other hand, it was suggested that - ateur opera- tors might furnish valuable assistance in listening in for reports sent from | these planes used by Brig. Gen Mitchell at the} tront in France; a full-sized seaplane, the F-5-L, much like the NC-4 used on the transatlantic flight; an aero- marige scouting plane; the De Havi- land used in the first flight from Mineola, Long Island. to Nome, Alas- ka: the T-2, which was the first planc to make a non-stop flight across the United States, flown by Lieuts. O. G. Kelly and J. A. MacReady, in 26 hours 50 minutes and 3§ 2-5 seconds, on May 2, 1923; a Fokker machine, captured from the Germans; another Spad used at the front by American aviators and riddled with bullets in air combats; an_early Martin bomber, a Le Pere type plane, a model of a dirigible, a models of the NC-4, and various types of airplane engines. Naturally the impending acquisition of the planes which will have been | the first to encircle the globe rouses | in offlcials immedlately concerned a | more decided desire for adequate | housing. They have now enough ex- hibits to Sl 40,000 square fect, or & building the size of the old museum As it is, some of the valuable planes are suspended In air, so that other | =xhibits may be accommodated on the floor, ang this arrangement is perilous to priceless possessions. Ald to Inventors. The NC-4, last displayed on the Monument grounds, is believed to be deteriorating in storage, since no re- pairs to wings and other parts are being made and may not be made for an indefinite time. The Navy Depart- ment may be able to build a hangar for it on the Smithsbnian grounds | out of the department's own fungs, but this is problematical. A definfte program in Congress is declared to be the only feasible way to meet the need. Much more benefit comes from the afrcraft displays than the gratifica- tion of tourist interest, it is stated authoritatively. Inventors and stu- dents come to study the old models which offer suggestions for develop- ments of the greatest importance. Lack of housing space, however, prevents the accumulation of a repre. sentative display, many gifts being available that are not made. Ther. are no racing planes in the exhibits, for instance, as well as other types which should be on hand to round out the progress of alrcraft from the beginning to the present. U. S. Makes Many Records. The United States is maKing so many world records with planes. and have such historical value, that an urgent. need of fore- sight by Congress in housing them i eniphasized by Armiy and Navy men as well as Smithsonian officials. The ; corrugated iron building now con- | tainivg_much of the display costs about $14,000 annually for upkeep | and is neither adequate nor in keep- | ing with the Federal Government's | prestige. | Nearness t othese epochal events | and developments perhaps makes many persons fall to valug the planes at their true worth, but future generations, with the same Derspec- tive we have on Columbus’ voyage, ! or the first steam locomotive, will condemn this age severely if a short- sighted, niggardly policy deprives, them of exhibits that now may be so readily obtained, especially, say officials, if the planes finishing !h»' thrilling first air trip around the | world are not saved. | HELD FOR ASSAULT. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 6.— Jesse Davis, colored, of Washington, is under arrest here on a charge of | assault preferred by Harry J. Schou, a taxicab dfiver of Washington, and is also chafged with refusing to pay | for being hauled from Washington to Travilah, this county. According to Schou, Davis not only failed to pay his fare, but attacked | the driver when asked for the mone: Mary Grigsby and Annie Jatkson, young colored women of Washington, who, it is said, were with Davis on the trip out from Washington, are | the air cruiser. vl = also being held for a hearinz. | CANNING —we are ready to supply you everything needed for canning. Quality of the highest at moderate prices. HOUSE FURNISHING DEPARTMENT—2d4 Floor Mason Fruit Jars—Porcelain Tops BITTER CAMPAIGN AT END IN MAINE Political Battle Most Strenuou: Pine Tree State Has Known for Years. By the Asanciated Press. PORTI.\ND, Maine, September 6.— The busiest and most strenuous po- litical campaign that has been staged in Maine for years was concluded tonight, with Democratic and Re- publican rallies in many parts of the ate. Both of the candidates for zovernor spoke the closing words of the campaign in their home. citles State Senator Ralph O. Brewster, the Republiean nomine addre: a rally Here, and William R. Patiapgail he Democratic candidate, speaking 1 Augusta. D.,C, SEPTEMBER 7, 1924—PART 1. For the Republicans the State was pretty well covered with out-of-State speakers. Semator James Wads- worth of New York spoke tonight In Parmington and Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, Was a speaker at the Portland meeting. The only outside speaker that Mr. Pattangali has had has been Senator Underwood of Alabama. He came here to talk exclusively on the Ku Klux Klan, to which Mr, Pattangall ‘has devoted much attention. He con- cluded his tour with addresses at Augusta and Gardiner. Both gubernatorial candidates have been mpealgng almost daily since the campaign opened and there are com- paratively few persons in any part of the State who have not had an opr portunity to hear them. Good Riddance. From the Londog Mail. Muricl—I hear you've broken off| our enzagement to Dick. Alice—Yes, he wgs becoming a nuisance—he wanted to get marrie . [pEE MUSSOLINI DISCUSSES CONDITIONS WITH 'KING Tells Sovereign, Back After Vaca- tion, of Developménts in Crisis. By Cable to The Star and N (C ight, 1924.) ROME, Scptember 6.—Premier Mus- solini talked this morning for an hour and 20 minutes with King Vic- tor, who returned to Rome yesterday. There is no doubt the subject of the conversgtion was fhe general situa- tion at home and the soverelgn, who has been away from the capital for over a month, received a detailed ac- count from the head of the govern- ment of the crisis which in no sense s yet near a settlement. A Naples paper today hints at the possibility of closing the pourlia- | mentary session, but the rumor does not appear to-be true, for Mussolini 2 few days ago stated clearly parlia- ment’ would be reopened regularly at the opportune moment even {f the op- position continued their present pol- iey. The king leaves tonight for Naples, where tomorrow he will review the Italian fleet from the royal yacht Archimede. About 100 ships, which recently partook in the inaval maneuvers under Admiral Acton, are anchored in the harbor of Naples, and the review tomorrow wilj be the most important held since the war. PN M - Real Praise. From the Los Angeles Times. A wholesale hardware company had sent letter after letter to a delinquent retailer trying to collect a long over- due account. At last their ultimatum came. and he paid up with the following ex- planation: “Thanks for your wonder- ful system of collection letters. 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