Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1924, Page 6

- UNDERWOOD BILL ON SHOALS READY i Southern Senators to Push Measure—Norris May Favor Own Draft. | When the Muscle Shoals issue is called up on the Senate calendar Wednesday, it probably will be re-| ferred back to the Senate agriculture | committee for reconsideration. | Administration leaders are known | to favor such a course and are willing | 1o concede to the demands of the| Southern Senators to fix a time lfmit % for the committee to report. Since the adjournment of Congress, | the Muscle Shoals situation has be-! come complicated by the withdrawal of Henry Ford's offer, the prepara- tion of new proposals and revision of some of the other bids. Senator Curtis, Republican leader, | ®ald today it would be difficult prop- | erly to consider the question on the Senate floor and in view of the con- fusion over the issue, he thought it hrould go back to the committee. Underwood Has Bill. ator Underwood, Democrat, Ala-| who led the fight for the ac- of Ford's bid, will introduce bill, which has the support outhern Scnat This bill governwent ownership overnment or private op- prope v the pro- fertilizer and rogen ives. 5 planned to wood bili as & sub ris bill, which is Under- itute for the Nor- ow on the Senate wlendar. many respedts the two wvills are alike, but it understood 1at Senator Norris prefers his meas- - and will seek its passage. 1tirely new offer appeared to- Howard Sutherlund, ex- from West Virginia, who as ntative of Hambleton & Co.. and financiers of New York, oposes to organize a $50.000,000 cor- joration to lease the property at a early vental of 4 per cent of the ent’s investment up to May The corporation would op- government supervision fertilizer and chemlcals > power. offer the nd p and dis NEW GREEK LETTER FRATERNITIES 0.K.D National Convention of Col- lege Body Representa- tives Forms Two. as chap- | due s chap- Colorado ver. attended by representing 00,000 fratc - members in the United States. At today's sessfon exc fraternities was condems speakers urg «hould so expand coliege men us pos Bishop ¥ t L. cuette M ss in the rnities | many of Mar- this sub- d especially enroll ite last uzgle be- teous- ions are than accon the col aternity ber in the een righteous: ress. Dreams and often m important pilshments. he said. “We <ous prob] n e e conscious of the tremen- ng the burden | «f civilization,” Bishop Harris said. “And we are not foolish enough to think that a single election can stop this great natlonal movement. Tre- riendous fc must be enlisted if the traditions of our fathers are to Le preserved in America College Men Can Aid. zle, Bishop Harris and especially the could be a powerful In i fraternity influence He pointed out that the 200 dele- Kates present represented 500,000 frater- nity members in the United States, who comprise the choicest manhood of America heir ‘nfluence, he seid. mold make a new civilization bpuilt « a higher ideal of life, more jus- . integrity and honor. following officers were elected Chairman, T Connelly, | York; vice chairman, Henry Johnston, New York; , Dr. H. Sheridan Bakete, treasurer, William | V' York; tional ad- Tbhomas Arkle Clark, ecutive committee, Don John J. Kuhn, Robert H.| A. Bruce Bielaski, Harold Rtiegelman, A. A. Sharp. th t stru olieg. men GIRL CLEARS MYSTERY OF FLIGHT FROM WEDDING Message Tells Mother She Married Rival Suitor—Wants Trunk Forwarded. By the Assoctated Press. ! COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 29.— Mystery surrounding the sudden dis- appearance of Miss Jane Conley, pretty Columbus girl, on the eve of her wedding to Frnak A. Strear of T'hiladelphia, was cleared late tonight when she sent a telegram to her mother from Buffalo telling of her marriage to another suitor, ArthurC. (House. “Mr. House and T married Thanks- \stving Day. Will write later and tell you where to send the trunk,” the message read. . Strear, worn, nervous and disap- pointed, left for his home tonight just ‘a few hours before the telegram ar- ived. Before he departed, however, declared he would make no fur- ther effort to locate the girl who was {pledged to marry him Thanksgiving Day. Formal announcement of Miss Con- leys' engagement to Strear was made st August. Guests had been invited ifor a wedding supper at the Conley home Thanksgiving evening and Strear was there. 3 According to Mrs. Ellzabeth Con- ‘ley, Mrs. House's mother, her daugh- ter had ept company” with both ,House and Strear until within a week jof her wedding day. when she told {House that she was going to marry Strear. i Public Policy. From the Loulsville Courier-Journal. “That woman has torn up three relegraph blanks. Do you stand for | that? | “Yes, we have to let them tear up a few blanks” responded the man- ager. “Otherwise man a happy, home would be disrupte | threshold of | of means of transportation as when | Steam | tions had been asked, | steamship DIRIGIBLES THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON D. C. NOVEMBER MAKE WORLD COMMERCE ERA AS RADICALLY NEW AS THAT BROUGHT BY STEAM Experts of Navy Con- vinced of Suc- cess. CHEAPER, SAFER TRAVEL IS SEEN Giant Ocean Liners Rec- ords Dwarfed by Air Craft. BY PAUL V. COLLIN & o Is the world's commerce at the as great a revolution | navigation superseded the ancient ‘windjummers? " “What fs the future of lighter-than-air ships?” “Are they impracticable playthings— a disappointment in war and a fail- ure for commercial purposes?” These were some of the: questions propounded to an officer of the United States Navy while we were seated In the luxurious cabin of the greatest dirigible airship in the world—the | “Los Angeles”—as she soared miles an hour many hundred feet above the earth This mightiest airship ever con- structed had emerged from its han- zar at Lakehurst, N. J., before sun- rise last Tuesday, and paused upon the landing fleld until 9 o'clock, that her gas might warm under the rays of the morning sun. Then, soaring like a monster of the skies, the great ship traversed above somie of the most historic scenes of America—it- self making history which will rank with great events of the past. Cross Natio! Birthplace. Delaware and upon the scene of Washington's famous crossing. We rose an extra thousand feet when approaching the City of Philadelphia and sailed directly over the birth- place of the Nation, where, owing to the peculiar atmospheric condition: the great ship (equal to two city| blocks in length) sank 300 feet, as if to dip colors to Independence Hall We passed Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key had rejoiced to find that “our flag was still there.” On | Wwe went to the Naval Acamedy at| Annapolfs, in whose chapel lies the | Vody of John Paul Jones, who, when | his enemy believed him conquered, | had “just begun to fight” Then, on to Mount Vernon to honor the Tomb | of the Father of Our Countr: and to Arlington to honor the Tomb of | the Unknown Soldier, and, finally, to the Nation's Ca where “God reigns and the Government of Wash- ington still lives.” ‘The naval officer to whom the ques- did not walt until we had ended our journey, but answered promptly: “The cost of building the greatest in the world, the Levia- than—8$30,000.000—will build thirty dirigible alrships when the models are standardized. Each will have a capacity ngers—making | a total ing capacity of 7500/ first-class passengers me thon- | sands more than that of the Levia- han. We crossed looked down the | Have Greater Spee iy make the Atiant is making one “These 30 airships can two round trips @cro; while the Leviathan besides allowing plenty of time at each terminal port, They can be han-| dled by a crew of 30 to 35 men eacl or a total of 900 to 1,050 officers and | men, as contrasted with the Levia- | than's 2,000. With first-class fares at $300, they will attract the most | important share of passenger traf-| fle, and in addition they will carry | first-class mail and high-clas freight; they need not compete for| bulky and cheap freight. The saving | of more than haif the time In cross- | ing the ocean is of tremendous im- | portance to great enterprises. “With the economies of handling al- ready demonstrated, the dirigible air- ships will reimburse the cost of con- BUY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS, | ster ships WHE Nivd N DR wiigine Coolidge. struction, with vpkeep and operation, within elght months of their launch- ing. which takes a well managed steamship from six to eight years to accomplish “Now, that we have helium g absolutely non-explosive and so non- combusti that it is a fire extin- guisher—the airship is the safest means of travel known to man. The United States is the only country now Known to posse natus re- sources of hellum, and its monopoly is of importance bevond all possible cal- culation. Congre. undoubtedly, will protect this priceless monopoly by forbidding the exportation of helium, or by requiring its delivery solely to the Government, which would o li- cense its use as to protect American commerce and conserve American de- fense.” “How long will it be before airship | commerce will thus be inaugurated?” | mand 1 asked. England Already Busy. sngland six dirigibie today is building rships, twice the size this ship.” was the officer's “Each will have a capacity of 000 cubfe feet of gas. Ours on wh we are now sal has & capacity of 470600 feet. It is recognized that the larger the ship, the less per unit of investment will be the cost of operation “These have will of great English ships to use hydrogen in place helium, for they cannot share our helium monopoly. Hydroge ex- plosive, and a siight leak becomes a source of peril. With these six mon- it is expected that there established a semi-weekl England and India, will be made in weeks @8 by be service between and that the voya three d not three steamer.” The officer nestness and voicing the aeronautic whom he is & recogn spoke with great ear- conviction, for he was concensus of opinion of experts of the Navy, with 1 equal On Reality’s Threshold. This aerial but upon the gigantic reality, of Tennyson astonishing assurance threshold of the words very recalled For T dipped into the future Far as human exe could see, d Saw the vision of the world, and all The wonder that would o wnils, Pilota of the purple twilight, droppl Down with costly bales Heard the heavers All with shouting And there rained n ghastly dew (he nat airs uavies Grappling in the central biue It was not # poet's dream that we were speeding through the skies in safety and delightful ease. It was actuality beyond ‘Tennysonian imaginatio: The mahogany-pan- Fr nmerce is no longer a dream, | wiere it eled cabin in which i -d_Pullman ¢ 1S feet wide, | with 24 berths, each much more com- { modious than ever seen upon a rail- | road, with a seating capacity for 48 | passengers To have a we rode was a of the htight was too absurd to suggest. There could {be no excuse for seasickness. There was far less vibration of the ship { than is ine able in an ocean steam- ship. There was, occasionally, & slight tilt forward or astern when the | pilot set the helm for the ship to rise or descend, but the inclination was merely a diversion. The wind was blowing stiffly against us, but the flve engines, with an aggregate of 2,000 horsepower, were so powerful that we were going uhead of our { schedule. After we passed \"]H“ldk]h] ia, Capt Jr., the y wva in com ter to shut down to continue with “loaf- {two and | engin only three. * speed of 5 Interior Compl interio interestir constr I8 at th | the offi | ai | At b communi- | cating, elect with each of the five | gondolas—two swinging out on each | side and one at the bottom of the gigan- { tic_body of the ship. | The combined control and passenger d beneath the main into three parts— | forward, the nav n or control room «s above described; second, the pas ngers’ qus thir galle complete electric cooking appli | across a hallway totlets for ladies | me Passing through a door at the rear end of the passagewas, the inquisitive | investigator iy led to the foot of a lad- lder made of durulanium—a metal light as aluminum and stre | g0 . too, is swur | ship, and is divi ters ; Ascend the ladder and e vas-walled body of the ship! ze of ribbed and trussed archite e works of a er the great Klein, | Wi curistened the “Los Angelea” by Mr his pace by clinging from wire to wire of the guys, or by the guard ropes of sashcord on each side. The sheath seen from the outside, covering the great skeleton of metal, is made of anti-fire-doped canvas. It serves to weatherboard the gas bags und water-ballast bags within. In this great body are the quarters for the crew, which include a model hos- pital room. . There are fourteen gas cells, with a combined capacity of 2,247,000 cubic feet. They are never fllled more than about 80 per cent, 80 as to leave room for the gas to expand under thé warming sun. The total lifting pow- er of the gas is 148,000 pounds, while the dead weight of the ship s 85 000 pounds, leaving a capacity for cafry- ing, gasoline, ballast, crew, passen- rs, provisions and freight to a total weight of €3,000 pounds. Phones Connect Gondolas. At many stations along the cat- walk are signal appliances communi- cating with and from the control room. All gondolas, as well as these signal stations, are also connected by telephone in addition to electric sig- nals. The entire ship is lighted lectricity. The control and passen- | ger cabtn will be heated from the e e exhaust A most Important addition to the mechanical equipment is an American invention which will soon be installed on the Shenandoah as well as on the | | It is 2nd is 638 feet long and | feet in diameter. From stem to it is supported by lattice beams m and wire, taut like the ds of the wings of an airplane. Must Tread Cautiously. Along the bottom, length—equal to two city blocks—runs {an s- plank” of metal, called the “catwalk It is well to tread with the softness and certainty of a cat. for a misstep s a plunge, probably, through of the large celiuloid windows in | the bottom of the ship n for ob- serving the earth. One may steady Established in 1900 Use Your Credit—Very Low Terms Women’s and Misses’ FUR-TRIMMED COATS Trimmed with the most expensive furs. The same models are being sold in New $10 to $20 more. Select your Coat today. 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This is extremely important; simce helium gas is too costly to waste in valving out to l:ssen the buoyancy of the ship, 80 as to make a landing. By conserving water ballast, the welight can be controlled without wasting any gas in landing. The captain tells us that leaving Lakehurst, we have av 63 knots—70 miles an hour, travs Why, the ship seems suspended space, nonvibrating and almost moving! I look down upon the world. It is a mosalc of softest greens, golden browns and toned reds and yellows. The forest patches are like the trim- med “knots” of an orlental carpet. How neatly the flelds are fitted to- gether in the mosalc! How velvety |are the grass-covered pastures with | their tiny animals! There are chil-| |dren’s toy houses, of course, but they | are interesting models in miniature. Humans may be there—as they may be in Mars—but from above they are so foreshortened as to be invisible. It is a beautiful but apparently un- populated world we ure secing. since aged ing. in un- River Like Brook. Those slender lines around the farms | are highwaye, on which crawl midget | |automobiles, suggestive of mothing more exhillarating than creeping { things upon the earth.” There runs| a silver thread glistening in the sun- | {shine. A brook? No,'a navigable | | river. How the diamond flash comes| {up from that lakelet! ! We are beholding a moving art ex- hibit of the splendor of the world Its glory outshines a Turner or a: Manet, in richness and briliancy of color, and the haze over all s like the tenderness of a Co such scene is possible when v close—like the squinting &t a nearby | fmpressionist painting. One must at least go to the mountain top to see, such beauty, but there one sees but | a single picture; we are getting new | plctures every minute, whils we .!ti enraptured In the heavens. A railroad train in the middle dis- | tance 1s a crawling “snake.” Behold | the impertinence of man! The en- gineer is swinging a banner of steam, as a signal of deflance and challenge, He is actually trylng to race us! The foolish engineer! ~Wasting coal agalnst our gasoline! Pulling thou- sands of tons, held back by gravita- tion, against our surplus power, with all our welght neutralized by sus- pended gravity! We glide upon the lair; the train grinds upon its steel | rails. It is not even necessary to start | our two stilled motors. The race to the swift today, and the ba the strong, whose reserve is | 1eash. is le to tll in Train. : track winds| Can Laugh at See how the railroad laround the terrain, dodging hills ard | | valleys to intain a practical 1o We in the air make a “bee-lin to | |our objective. Even with speed re-! jduced to a “loafing gait” of 55 miles| {an hour, we laugh at a train, though | its frantic effort might give it speed | | OSS{% Floor Electric Curling Irons .... & Bowman Table - $9.00 1 Electric - $9.00 & Bowman $3.75 -Ever” 85¢ .. $3.75 Electric Heating Stove, | $6.00 12 inches. . 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The hol- lowed log was sure to sink, the steamship could never flght a storm with boiling water, the locomotive could not corpete with & horse. Can an airship ever be more than a na tion's plaything? What will men of Tennyson's vision reply? (Copyright, 1024, by Paul V. Collins.) Practical Even in Love. From the Yale Record. The professor of mathematics and his flancee were roaming in the flelds when she plucked a daisy and, looking roguishly at him, began to pull off the petals, saying: “He loves me, he loves me mot. “You are giving vourself a lot of unnecessary trouble,” said the scholar. “You should count up the petals, and if the total is an even number the answer will be in the negative; if an uneven number, in the affirmative. PRIZES AWARDED AT BALL OF LANSBURGH EMPLOYES | Mutual Relief Association Is Host | | at Masque Event, Which =‘ Includes 500 Party. The Mutual Relief Lansburgh & Co., held its annual masque ball and “500" party Tues day evening at the City Club. Prizes offered for the best features were won by Miss Willlams, for the best_costume; the most comical, wo by Misses A. Sanford, L. Haden, M Hall and S. Reichert; most origina! Miss Allen and Mr. Huber, and mos | cleverly designed, Mrs. Ridgway. Th: judges were: Mr. Elliott, Mr. Ing mercer and Mr. Tucker. Among the guests present wer Sol Lansburgh, Henry Lansbupgh | Charles Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs: It B. H. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Ralp! Goldsmith and Mr. and Mrs. J, F. M. | Tyer. e committee in chargd o the arrangements consisted of Bad- ley W. Holmes, general chairman Mrs. B. Worthington, tickets; Mis | Aurelia Worsham, prizes and Bin | games; Miss Hazel Doorty, 3 | party:” J. Fred Huber, booster; M S. Hall. refreshments; G. White an 1M, Marris, public and Garre: Tucker, technical. 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