Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1927, Page 6

LINDBERGH SMILES ATGREETING AT SEA Flyer Stands on Bridge as Planes Swarm About Memphis in Salute. (Continued from First Page.) droned great torpedo planes, forming in everincreasing number until he passed between the Chesapeake Capes of Charles and Henry and headed up the Chesapeake Bay for Washington. Monster torpedo planes circled and hovered over the ship, and then went into the offing and dropped to 10 feet i above the water, racing to cross the bows of the great ship. As each passed her prow, they zoomed up to a higher altitude—the aviator's sz one of their number. And-th in ever-ncreasing numbers, 1 flitting here and there, until 35 planes darkened the sky over the vessel, later 10 be augmented by a Navy and an Army dirigible. Memphis Is Sighted. The destroyer Goff, bearing news: paper men and photographers, head ¢ ing full speed out from the capes, had steamed but a short while when the lookout reported to Capt. E. D. Lang- worthy that the Memphis was sighted one and a half points on the starboard bow. There she appeared coming through the mist which hovered over . the horizon, growing more distinct as the two fast ships approached rapidly { from opposite directions. Quietly, with- out commotion, the signal boys on the bridge hoisted the vari-colored flags which announced the name of the de- stroyer, and the Memphis answered, and signaled for permission to come alongside. y Capt. Langworthy steamed his ship past the port side of the cruiser. Lind- bergh was on the port wing of the bridge with Admiral Burrage, com- ‘manding the United States Naval Forces in Europe. He waved a hearty welcome as the Goff passed by. When * he cleared the escort, Capt. Langwor- thy made a wide sweep as the cruiser’s speed cones dropped, the Navy signal that her engines had stopped. Then the Goff came between the escort and the cruiser, and stopped, closing in to within a hundred feet of the cruiser, 1 or in the language of the sea “in hail- ing distance.” Lifeboat Is Lowered. There was a shrill pipe from the Bo's'n’s whistle, and seamen scam- pered to the lifeboat to lower aw. In it climbed R, R. Blythe, Lindber personal representative, and F. S. H; ward, assistant suveyor of customs of the Port of Baltimore, who was to examine the declarations of the offi cers and crew of the Memphis, for Secretary of the Treasury Mellon had {issued orders that the flyer was to be 'given customs courtesies, which means that he will not have to pay duty on fanything he carries. As the small ‘boat moved between the two ships, in ‘a sea calmed by the lee made by the Memphis, the newspapermen hailed Lindbergh, and still cameras clicked and the movie men wound off fathoms of reel. » . Before the destfoyer had cleared the fcapes, eastward bound, a radio mes- isage from the press was sent to the jonquerer. It read: £ “The Press of the United States is epresented aboard the United States estroyer Goff by,50 correspondents #nd cameramen who extend a cordial Avelcome, The passengers and packages aboard, ignal flags flew aloft and the cruiser ®nd escort got under way. The Goff awaited the return of her boat, and ‘when taken aboard, she fell into the Avake of the little fleet, and the officer of the deck prosaically logged: “Sighted United States cruiser demphis, homeward bound from Eu- Topean station, with Col. Charles Lind- bergh aboard as passenger. Transfer- Ted two passengers and personal ef- fects of Col. Lindbergh aboard:” % So the Navy recorded in its log for future reference this historical event. Naval Airplanes Sighted. ¢ As the Goff fell in behind the col- tumn, the planes from the Naval Air Station were sighted, four of them @roning over the fleet for many min- utes, and as the vessel approached the capes they came in increasing mumbers, and out of the sky from most everywhere. Then the Goff closed in again on the Memphis, and mewspaper men asked for & sema- hore interview with Lindbergh, but e failed to answer. 3 The Goff joined the Memphis in lat- jtude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, Jongitude 75 degrees 17 minutes west, or just 35 miles due east of Cape enry. nFom‘ destroyers left Cape Henry hortly before noon, picked up the ‘Iemphls and started the escort. They ©ame crashing through the Atlantic 8t 25 knots, stirring up great white swakes, which were first sighted by the Sookouts. The destroyers Worden and Brooks had the starboard protection, While the Sands and Rueben James had the port protection. A stiff east- erly breeze was blowing, which stirred up a choppy sea, which sent the little #couts bouncing and bobbing up and down as they steamed ahead. ‘When the Goff went close to the Memphis Capt. Langworthy mega- phoned that he had passengers and personal effects of Col. Lindbergh. In 6ne of the packages was the National Guard uniform, on which the spread eagle emblem of a colonel had sup- planted the two silver bars of the eaptain, an increase in rank bestowed upon him by the Governor of Mis- wouri since he made his famous flight. It was just 3:22 o'clock when the wari-colored signal flags on the Mem- phis went aloft, signaling “land ho,” @nd it was then that Col. Lindbergh saw again his native shores, 48 the Cape Henry lighthouse appeared over the horizon. The Memphis and her ort slowed down, but the Goff ed through the escort, and ugain assed close aboard, and Lindbergh was given a mighty cheer. Then appeared craft of all descrip- tions, each flying the signal flags ZBH, the int ional seaman’s lan- guage of “Welcome.” To each in turn, as it came within signal dis- tance, the Memphis responded for Lindbergh XOR, or thank you. As soon as the Memphis and her ‘escort passed the line marking the ssage from the Atlantic Ocean to Chesapeake Bay, they turned right &nd headed slowly northward, the es- cort to carry them as far as the York River, while the Memphis steamed during the night alome. The Goff de- tached herself and proceeded into the naval operating base at Hampton Roads, there to drop her passengers, and the planes and dirigibles game time returning to their their duty well done. Guests at Luncheon. The members of the press were the guests at luncheon aboard the Goff of Capt. Langworthy, who, together with fthe other officers, made every effort {to aid them in their work, d are seamanship in puiting his vessel o close aboard the Memphis in the open sea. The other officers of the Iship are: Liet dr. B. F. Perry, executive office . (junior grade) D. 8. Evans, Lieut. (junior grade) J. D. g\'om and igns S. B. Colt, . M. Heddens and T. C. Southerland. The Navy arrangements for meet- ing the cruiser at sea were perfect both ab the Goff and in the planes, the arrangements being c: 31 out by Lieut. F. C. Denebrink, on duty at the Navy Department, who @ccompanied the Washington mem- bers of the press to the operating e and who went aboard the de- with them, =w h's OF MARCH W Mrs. Inez D. Keck Honors Flyer by Writing Spe- cial Music. Navy Band Rendering Piece for Public First Time Today. “The Capt. Lindbergh March,” com- posed by Mrs. Inez Demontreville Keck, wife of Assistant Treasurer Willlam W. Keck of the American Security & Trust Co., has been ac- cepted by the Navy Band, which is playing it for the first time in public along the line of march this afternoon and at the reception to Col. Lindbergh tonight by the Minnesota State So- ciety. ' Mrs. Keck composed it during the past week. I'riends stated that she had fragments of the work under course of preparation for months, and that upon the val of the trans- atlantic flyer in Parvis, the idea was conceived of co-ordinating scattered fragments and composing them into a single march. - g The march is described as a lively and spirited piece of work, with an THE EVE OMAN COMPOSED f MRS. INEZ D. KECE. excellent marching cadence. Mrs. Keck is a native of St. Paul. She came here about 30 years ago. when a vyoung g however, and since then has been a resident of Washington., She resides at 1352 Mon- roe street. Lindbergh Briefs Besides Mrs. Lindbergh, one other woman was permited to go to the Washington Navy Yard to greet the transatlantic flight hero. She is Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, a member of the official congressional reception committee. “This was a man’'s achievement,” was a phrase used effectually by Miss Mabel T. Boardman, head of the Washington woman's reception com- miftee for Mrs. Lindbergh, in stem- ming the demands for membership on that committee. An airship winging its way from the Statue of Liberty to the Eiffel Tower will be one of the features of the fireworks display to be given to- night at the Washington Monument grounds as a part of the Lindbergh reception. In addition to Comdrs, A. C. Read and Richard Evelyn Byrd, three other distinguished flyers are to have places in the official reception stand at the Monument Grounds. They are Comdr. H. C. Richardson, who started on the Navy transatlantic flight in 1919, only to be forced down at the Azores. and Lieuts. Leigh Wade and Eric Nelson of the Army around-the-world flyers. The .semi-official reception com- mittee, which greeted Lindbergh at the ship today numbered 88, includ- ing high Government officers and leading citizens of “the District of Columbia as well as 22 members of Congress. As he neared Washington on the Memphis, Lindbergh passed the spot on the Potomac where Samuel Pier- pont Langley made his unsuccesstul attempt to fly a heavier-than-air machine on October 8, 1903. Lieut. Al Willlams, naval flyer and holder of the unofficial speed record of 302 miles an hour, has been invited by New York City officials to act as New York representative pilot in the reception of Lindbergh there on his arrival Monday. Every military unit in Washington will “stand by” for emergency call during the 45 hours Col. Lindbergh is in the National Capital. The welcome to Lindbergh inspired hitherto unknown bards in large num- bers to break into poetry with a re- WELCOME ROARED TO RETURNING FLYER BY 65 AIRPLANES tinued from Fi t Page.) the ship time and again, circied over Northeast and Southeast Washington and returned to their escort duty, while about 21 Nuvy and Marine Corps planes from Hampton Roads and Quantico carried out the same pro- gram on the port side of the vessel. Meanwhile the Los Angeles, able to throttle down to a speed comparable to that of the Memphis, held a course directly above the ship. The planes and the airship carried the Memphis through cheering throngs on the Po- tomac Park and War College point sea walls and the naval air station sea wall up to the navy yard and then their task was at an end. The Army, by its numbers and its perfectly drilled formations, bore the brunt of the reception. Nine Martin bombers from Langley Field, flying in a huge V-shaped formation, cruised alongside the Memphis while a thou- sand feet higher were 26 Army pur- suit planes, 21 of which were from Selfridge Field, Michigan. In addi- tion, there were 9 observation, 6 Army and 2 air mail planes. The air mail planes carried two of Col. Lindbergh's close friends. They flew to Washing- ton yesterday to participate in the welcome. The roar of the many engines in the skies was made even more penetrat- ing by the pursuit group, which now and then, on a signal from Maj. Thomas Lanphier, the commander, flying the leading plane, pointed their noses downward, and at a speed of more than 250 miles an hour dived onto the nine bombers and nine ob- servation planes, sending out a pene- trating drone that turned all eyes in their direction. Sky Appears Crowded. The large number of planes handled themselves perfectly in the air, al- though conditions appeared to be somewhat crowded, despite the fact that the entire sky was there. The Army pursuit planes took off from Bolling Field on information flashed from a radio plane, in groups of threes. Maj. Lanphier and his Pennsylvania avenue was a mighty roar of welcome this afternoon. A wave of deafening shouts, screams, cheers, shook the walls of the thor- oughfare as Charles Lindbergh and the proudest mother in America passed in triumph from Peace Monu- ment to the Treasury. The walls took up the echo and threw the mighty sound to the clouds. The boy who today is the idol of America went through it all with a wistful smile. His mother beamed. And Pennsylvania avenue, thrilled with warlike pageants and peace-time triumphs, experienced a new feeling of triumph as the conqueror of the clouds came along to receive his wel- come home from the first people of his country. It was a warm and genuine Ameri- can welcome that Charles Lindbergh got from the proud thousands lined in human lanes along Pennsylvania avenue. The make-up o fthe crowd spoke for itself. It was American to the core. It ever a typical American gathering descended upon one single city, Wash- ington is enjoying that invasion toda: And supplementing the out-of-tow hosts are the home folks from offices, Government departments, mechanics’ benches and all the other variegated lines of endeavor men use to get butter for their bread. . Elbow to elbow they stood along the line of march. They were all here. All classes and all types. With lunch boxes and ybungsters, reddened necks and tanned faces, anticipatwy smiles and umbrellas. Men who milk the cows every morning brushed against those who luxuriate in city apartments. Men with flashing dia- monds and flashing suits, men quietly dressed, folks who wear airplanes on their lapels and folks who believe that their presence shows the sincerity of their welcome. Start Arriving Early. They started coming early. The 7 o'clock alarms in Washington’s homes had scarcely finished their discordant morning chore before the Union Sta- tion started belching forth visitor: The rotunda of the Union Station 'is a bit different today than ordinarily. So few are carrying suit cases. Most of them are here for the day and the day onl. They carry parcels and packages, but very few traveling bags. ome of them took street cars. Swarms of them walked. Down to the Capitol, which shone a welcome as they walked from the station: | down through its grounds to flag bedecked Pennsylvania avenue, there to linger and loiter and while the time | away until the noon hour and its pa rade approached, | The walls of the route of march along Pennsylvania avenue were most solid masses of red, white and blue. Flags and bunting were massed in greater and greater profusion on buildings as the route progressed | from the Peace Monument toward the western end of the Avenue pre. | sent a climax at Eleventh stréet, where the largest American flag in the country, ordinarily hanging in the Post Office Department Building’s in- | per court, fluttered a triumphant wel. | come to the favorite son of the coun- | try today from a position over the | Avenue at Eleventh street, stretched | with lines from the Post Office Build- | ing to an upper floor of Building. of The Star flight were off first, and they waited in the air above Bolling Field until the remaining 23 planes had joined them. Then they struck out for Alex- andria. The Martin bombers, lined up to take off into the wind which then was blowing from the north, were forced sult - that Washington newspaper offices have been deluged. Included in the group of famous aviators who greeted Lindbergh here was Comdr. George Cook Sweet, re- tired, first naval officer to fly in an airplane under orders. Comdr Sweet, who made the first flight in a Wright plane in September, 1908, now lives in Waterloo, N. Y. Sometime during' the 45 hours he will be in Washington, Col. Lindbergh will make calls of courtesy at thé French, British and Belgian embassies, to express to the diplomatic repre- sentatives of those countries his per- sonal appreciation of the courtesies shown him by their governments and people. A din of whistles roared its wel come at Alexandria as the Memphis passed, with the crew lined up at at- tentlon, row boats and canoes and va- rious small boats and even the streets at Alexandria were packed and jam- med with crowds, and the Alexandria Fire Department turned on its siren, The first band to welcome Lind- bergh to the Capital was that of the Vincent B. Costello Post of the Amer- ican Legion, aboard a boat which the Memphis passed off Fort Foote 10 miles from Washington. The musi- cians were dressed in red and white. ‘William Mitchell, commander of the post, was believed to be aboard. The patrol boat 203, which was to proceed the Memphis as a signal, 30 minutes ahead, pulled into the escort squadron at 9:20 a.m. The patrol boat 144, Lieut. Comdr. 8. 8. Yeandle, aide to the commandant of the United States Coast Guard, reached the Mem- phis near Marshall Hall. Lindbergh, dressed in a gray suit, waved a hearty greeting from the bridge and smiled broadly. Col. Lindbergh wore no hat. The sun was shining brightly and the air hero appeared to enthuse to the prospect of a beautiful day for the great welcome ahead of him as he talked eagerly with Admiral Burrage on the bridge. The first private hoats from the Capital to meet the Mem- rhis was the Sea Sled of Carl Corby, which greeted Lindy below Mount Vernon with her shower of silver D as she slipped with the Mem- phis and the patrol boat 144. The _flagship of the escort squadron flew the Coast Guard and Navy stand ard flag, known to the service as “the five spot of clubs.” The patrol bo: 203, after pulling Into the escort, signaled she would proceed and carry her red Burgee flag into the Capital as the official arbiter of Lindbergh. MUSIC VIOLIN AND PIANO RECITAL Fritz Maile, violinist, and Kvelyn Bissig, pianist, played a program st the Washington College of Music Just night. The opening number was tf Tartini “Sonata for Violin and Plano, followed by two movements of tha Bruch “Concerto,” in which the quall- ties of fine violin work were evident. Bissig chose the Chopin “Etuds in 2 Major” with its cello-like melodl: line, and the "Etude in ¥ Minor, which she played with careful atten- tion to phrasing, following these with that Jovely bit of tonal painting. "“To the Sea,” by MacDowell. Lighter numbers for the violin by Svendsen, Drigo-Auer, Cadman, Kreis ler and Hubay made up Mr. Maile's final group and gave opportunity for individualistic interpretations, of which he made splendid use. Dr. Christiani, under whose tutelage Mr. Maile has worked since his arrival in this country from Stuttgart, Ger- many, presented the young violinist in this program, - to shift their position as the wind direction changed and came in from the west. They had to use a short portion of the fleld and take off over the water. They went off one b one and until all nine were in the air when they snapped into a V-shaped forma- tion. The nine observation planes then followed and the Army's aerial reception committee went forth to wait on and welcome their distinguished colleague. Four torpedo planes, part of a contin- gent of more than 25 that went out to sea yesterday and greeted the Mem- phis, appeared in sight shortly after the Los Angeles pushed her shining nose up the river, These four planes were followed by four more of that type, and then came three Marine fighters from Quantico. Soon this number was joined by 11 Navy fight- :?‘l plall’lels fl'ol’flt Hl:lnplon Roads, and e aerial escort and greeting wi its height, ¥ sk As the Memphis prepared to dock at the Navy Yard, a white panel was placed on Bolling Field and the Army planes landed. The Navy craft, those of the seaplane type, landed in the river and the others followed onto the ground. dnaugurations Street Hawkers Busy. The street hawkers are here again. Airplanes, American flags, caps telling the oft-repeated tale that Lindy went from Nw York to Paris in 33% hours, knick knacks of all sorts are their weres. Crowds took advantage of the removal of the bars on the wall around the Botanic Garden. The low wall | makes a fairly good seating place. At | 10 o'clock few of these seats were left. | The weather itself was made fo- the day. Different from the blizzardy sort of climate afflicting Washington when other large crowds gather for during March, the | sun shone radiantly from cloudless | skies as though Old Sol himself was extending his warmth to the welcome. | Hotels Are Crowded. To estimate the number here at the outset is a precarious job. Hotels are filled. That means at least 25,000 visitors in town and a possible 30,- 000. Thousands came by excursions or regular trains for the day. Other thousands came by automobiles. From the sight of the crowds on Pennsylvania avenue as the noon | hour approached, however, it seemed that Maj. Hesse, chief of police, was not far off in his 100,000 estimate for visitors. If there isn't that many, it seems as though there is, which amounts to the same thing. And they all seem happy. The depth LINDBERGH'S ROUTES GIVEN - TO TWO RECEPTIONS TONIGHT Police to Guard -Cou rses to Functions by Press Club and Minnesota Socie_ty. Ropes Provided. Issuance of supplemental orders last night regarding police arrangements for the Minnesota State Soclety and the National Press Club receptions for Colg Lindbergh tonight, indicated that, as Tar as the police were concerned, wherever the hero of the day would move they would go first and chart his o Maj. Hesse's supplemental orders outlined the route of Lindbergh for the reception of the Minnesota State Hoclety at 8:30 o'clock at the Willard Hotel us follows: East on Massachu- wotts nvenue to Sixteenth street; south on Kixteenth wtreet to H street; east on H street to Madison place, south on Madison place to Pennsylvania ave- nue; thencs eant to Fifteenth street, then mouth to I street to enter the Willard ut the I* street entrance. A | aetatl of 60 policemen will guard the ¥ wstreet enfrance to the Willard. Parking Plans Announced. Farking restrictions for tonight at this point were announced as fol- Jows. Varking prohibited on both aides of I siresl between Fourteenth and Fiftesnth streots after 7:30 p.m. No moving traffic permitted in the sams hounds after § o'clock. ‘The nourth wide of I* street will be roped off at the curb from Fourteenth to Kiftesnth stroet, nnd the south side will be barricaded similarly with the exception of 100 feet at the F street entrance to the hotel, “The public will be confined to oc- cupancy of sldewalk space on either #lde,” the order reads, “and extraor- dinary precautions will be taken to prevent any breaking out of the lines and rush to Col. Lindbergh when he arrives or departs from the hotel.” Route to Auditorium. The route the Lindbergh party will take to the Natlonal Press Club re- ception at the Washington Audi. Ltorium, beginning at abput 93f, o'plock tonight, will be: South on Fourteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue, west on that street to the Treasury and around the north roadway of the El- lipse to New York avenue, thence to E street and Nineteenth street, turn. ing there and stopping with wheels to the curb. A detail of 50 policemen will be in charge of arrangements there. The po- lice arrangements at that point were announced as follows: Rope will be stretched at the curb line along_the north side of E street between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, and all persons not holding tickets to the auditorium will be con- fined to occupancy of sidewalk space. Special Guards Assigned. Special guards are assigned to each ; entrance and exit of the building. With the exception of 100 feet in front of the E street entrance of the auditorium, the rope barricades will extend the length of the block be- tween Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets on the south side of E street. Police will be on hand to guard the return route from the auditarium to the temporary White House, which Il be as follows: East on E street t6 Eighteenth, thence north to Mas. sachusetts avenue and west to the temporary White House. | Assistant _Superintendent of Police Charles A. Evans is in general super- vision of details for both receptions. Son o ceras Jor both receptions: BE AFRAID to be careless! The value of your securities is guaranteed only by their safe keeping. RENT A BOX. FEDERAL-AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK of sentiment displayed in Washington today, it is gafe to say, has not been felt in town so widely since that great and glorious day when the Natlonals won the world championship in the base ball realm. The best answer to cynics regard- ing_the cosmopolitan trend of affairs in Washington today is to simply tell them, “Take a stroll down Pennsyl- vania avenue.” Their eyes will give them the answer. Committee Gives Lindbergh’s Routes Along City Streets Following are the routes an- nounced today for Col. Lind- bergh’s trips through Washing- ton tomorrow: Tomorrow at 1:15 o'clock: Route to Arlington—East on Massachusetts avenue to Eight- eenth street, south on Kight. eenth street to Virginia avenue, east on Virginia avenue to Sev- enteenth street, south and east around the Tidal Basin to Fourteenth street, south on Fourteenth street to and across the Highway Bridge to the Mili- tary road to the south gate of the cemetery. Returning — Through Fort Myer and Rosslyn across the Key Bridge to M street, east on M street to Thirtieth street, north on Thirtieth street to Q street, oast on Q street to Six- teenth street and north on Six- teenth street to Walter Hospital. — VING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE J1, 1927. "|LINDBERGH TO HEAR PREMIER |FLYER GIVEN HEARTY WELCOME BY TYPICAL AMERICAN CROWD Throngs of Visitors Join in Deafening Greeting as Aviator and Proud Mother Pass in Triumph. “B0SS” OF FLYER ARRIVES AT CANP P. L. Stewart of Peoria Joins Horde of Motor Tourists Here for Event. One thousand tourists from all sec- tions of the country, inciuding Lind- bergh’s “boss” on the air mail route between Chicago and Peoria, arrived at the Potomac Park tourist camp early this morning. P. L. Stewart of Peoria, operator of the air line on which Cdl. Lindbergh was a pilot before he flew to fame, motored all the way here, anxious to be among the first to glimpse the light-haired youth who was cne of his best pilots and who took him up as one of his first passengers after he had com pleted his training as an aviator. Cars from the four corners of the Nation were parked at the camp this morning. Men and women from Florida, Maine, California, New York, Ohio, Texas and virtually every other State in the Union mingled, united to Join in homage to the transcontinental and transoceanic flyer. Tourists were also on hand from Cape Town, South Africa; Australia, and Canada, em- phasizing the international aspect of the esteem which the young flyer has won. Troops of Boy Scouts from Staun- ton, Va., and McCall, 8. C., were pre- paring to aid in the direction of traf- fic and patrol the grounds, and Scouts from various other points were mus- tering to assist them. Most of the visitors, mindful of the crowds in the city for the day and anxious to assist in relieving traffic congestion, plan to leave their ma- chines at the camp today. o A halibut weighing 124 pounds was caught off Plymouth, England, re- cently i visit of Col. Lindbergh, had |Pilot Gets Bigger “Kick™ From Lindbergh Than From Presidents and Potentates By the Associated Press. Capt. “Bill” Luckett, Potomac River pilot for 47 years, got a bigger “kick’ out of being assigned to guide Lind- bergh's transport Memphis up the winding river tuday than he did.from showing the way to Presidents and potentates. Reminiscing, Luckett recalls that he had piloted the presidential yacht Mayflower on its maiden trip to Wash- ington in October, 1902, and directed its path on every Potomac trip except one since. “I rememb . King Albert o. Bel- gium, the Japanese prince, Lord Bal- four of England and Viviani of France,” said the 73-year-old pilot last night, his wind-beaten face wreathed into a smile. “But this Memphis trip was the most memorable of my experience, be- cause it makes me proud to be an American, to be associated even in- directly with that boy, Lindbergh, His mother is a real American woman, just as he is a real American boy. It is not so much what he did as the way he made a clean, complete job of what he set out to do.” Baltimore pilots stationed at the Capes had volunteered their services in taking_ the Memphis to Washing- ton, but Capt. Bill was chosen at the suggestion of his friend, Capt. Lackey, commander of the Memphis. Though not listed .1 any Government roll, Luckett has come to be considered a regular pilot for Government boats on the Potomac. Even before advised of Capt. Lackey’'s radio suggestion, he had_counted on serving in the honor of Lindbergh. “When the Navy officials finally told me I was wanted on the bridge of the Memphis, you bet I was happy,” he said. Capital Smashes Telephone Record With 615,000 Calls Made Yesterday One of the many manifestations of the fever heat to which Washington has been raised by the arrival of Col. Charles A, Lindbergh was indicated by officials of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., who this morning announced that a new record in telephone connections was made yesterday with the completion of 6 000 connections in and about the city. with the expectancy of the total ris- ing higher tod: Operating officials of the telephone company in anticipation of an increase in the number of calls during the nged for a reserve force of 150 additional operators to take care of the rush, but even this added force proved al- most inadequate to yesterday’'s ac- tivity, The only*other occasion which ap- proached the extraordinary record made yesterday was the Saturday during the world series of 1925 b tween Washington and Pittsburgh, when inclement weather forced the calling oft the fourth game and in- terested fans anxlous to learn of the decision made the former record of 600,000. According to Charles T. Clagett, general superintendent of the com- pany, yesterday's total is also 50,000 above any day of this month which has shown a_ steady increase until the peak reached y rday smashed all former precedent: Screen Doors ‘That Will Not Sag or Warp s S Wovdmard & Lathe o the Spitit of the Nion’s Capital Recognizes and Salutes The Dauntless Courage the Rilot of -6p irit of St. Louis” loNEL CHARLES LINDBERGH