Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness today fol- lowed by showers tonight and tomor- row morning: fair and cooler tomor- row afternoon. Highest, 83, at 5 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 70, at day. Full report on pa No. 1;160— No. 30,357. 6 a.m. yester- ge 9. Entered as second class matte post office, W D. r Washington, 2 C he WASHINGTON, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, Sy Star, 1927—110 PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. (P) Means Associated Press. 250,000 WILDLY ACCLAIM COL. LINDBERGH LINDBERGH LAUDS CAPITAL WELCOME AS BEST HANDLED Felt Right at Home on Land- ing—Praises Police and Soldiers. FLYER THRILLED SEEING OLD HOME AND SCHOOL Dignity of Washington Recep(ion‘ Endears City to Him—Won't Forget Monument Scene. BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. The Washington reception was wonderful. It was dignified, but it certainly made me feel right at homs, and I'm genuinely glad to be back. T said in Europe that 1 would like to stay a little longer and flv to various countries and study aviation, but now that I have reached home I'm awfully glad I didn't stay any longer. After all T am back among my own people. Paris was marvelous and London -and Brussels as well, and 1 ‘wouldn't for the world draw any com- parisons, but 1 will say this, the ‘Washington reception was the best handled of all. The police and troops had perfect control all the time from the moment I stepped ashore at the ‘Washington Navy Yard until I en- FLYERIS CALLED FROM DINNER BY INSISTENT THRONGS White House Affair Inter- rupted 10 Times by Cheer- ing Thousands. FLYER WHISKED AWAY TO TWO RECEPTIONS | | Feted by Press Club and Minne- sota State Society—Langley Medal Presented. | Hatless, and without a topcoat, Col. Lindbergh was whisked about Wash- | ington last night from a White House | dinner to a reception and then to an- | other reception. | He rode in a big White House tour- | ing car, its top down, with his mother beside him, a flimsy scarf around her | shoulders, | The evening's festivities started | with the cabinet dinner at the tem porary White House, which was at- tended by members of the President’s official family and their wives. Throughout the dinner Dupont Circle was filled with a cheering throng and Col. Lindbergh came out on the bal- cony at least ten times. Twice he was accompanied by President Coolidge and twice by his mother. tered the temporary White House on Dupont circle. .1 shall never forget as long as 1 live the scene at the Monument. Thousands of people greeted us. It did me good to see all the children; in fact, the children were the first on the job in Washington. Just as I was about to go to sleep on the Memphis at Piney Point last night, a large m tor boat full of boys and girls suc- ceeded by some means or other in locating my cabin, Good to BeBack In Capital They surely serenaded me with all the pep they could summon. I en- joyed it umtil it seemed it was going} to keep up all night, so I stuck my head out of the cabin and told them jt was the wrong bcat. But that did ot discourage them. They knew well enough I was on the Memphis. Eventually they departed singing and eering. ch\'ou %now it was 11 years since 1 had been in Washington. It tee]s’ good to see it again. 1 recognized a | Jot of familiar places immediately. l ‘was particularly pleased to pass my old school and the apartment house where 1 lived as a boy and where 1 used to look up at the big Capitol just across the park. .| by about 5,000 persons. pla i President and Mrs. Coolidge to be as From this dinner he was whisked to the Willard Hotel, where the Min- nesota Society held a reception in his honor. The feature of this event was a speech by Secretary of State Kel- logg expressing the pride of Minne- sota in so distinguished a son. Appears as Speaker. The concluding event on Col. Lind- | bergh's evening program was the re- ception by the National Press Club at the Washington Auditorium, attended Here he ap- peared in a new role in which he con- ducted himself very -creditably—that of a speaker. Starting in a light veiy. | he grew serious as he spoke on the future of aviation. At this reception e received the Smithsonian Institu- tion’s Langley Medal for aviation. The state dinner at 15 Dupont C simple and informal as possible. It | was enlivened by the great throng of veople on the streets outside. Throughout the meal, loud and en-| thusiastic cheers were heard. Most | of these outbursts were followed with calls such as “We want Lindy,” “Three cheers for Lindy.” “Come on | out, Lindy,” and various others. The reception on the Potomac River was just as wonderful in many ways as it was as 1 drove through the streets of Washington. Of course, one of the greatest thrills I had was meet- ing the President and Mrs. Coolidge, and being able to tell them later, at the temporary White House, the " story of my flight and the reception come the Memphis did some of the prettiest flying I ever saw in my life. It gave me a real thrill to see these fiyers doing everything that the greatest fiyers in Europe were doing and doing it equally as well. Both the Army and Navy planes were out at 6 o'clock this morning. They came | z00ming down over the deck and got up half an hour later to go on deck to see them. Many Planes in Ai re must have been 50 planos_ln e oy the time we reached Hains Point. The guns at the Army War College were booming out their salute by this time and we were responding. All nlong the Potomac the banks were lined with people and I had a busy waving to all of em. ““;e\\'afi gi:l%‘l to see the Marines stand- ing on the docks at Quantico and I gave them a wave of my hand as I fooked at them through a pair of glasses. As T Admiral Burrage, merican_naval for A ers. who returned on the Mem- phis, and watched all the' wonderful aviators, 1 felt exactly like a man Who had been fed on bread and water for a weck and then had a banquet set before him, It certainly would have been fine to have been up there e e goon as I can, T want to get up there with them. I can hardly fait to start flying again. and am anxious for the time to come when % will be unpacked. my Dl Fared the Navy Yard dock, 1 had a fine view of the Mayflower, the President’s white cht, which was anchored very near the spot where we landed. There was a very enthusiastic crowd of people on board. First Glimpse of Mother. The gangplank was ju hout to be put aboard the Memp! when 1 caught a glimpse of m: mother—the first time I had seen her since she left me just before 1 hopped off from New York three weeks A way made through the for the car she dr few minutes the plank was in place and Admiral Burrage escorted her on board. My mother and T went into the ad- miral's cabin, where we were alone for a few minutes. Just afterward the admiral and his staff came into the cabin, where they were presented to my mother. She thought I looked fine and fit. I told her I had a very good trip coming across on the Mem- phis. Then we parted and I went out 10 meet Secretary Wilbur, Secretary Davis of the War Department, and Postmaster General New, whom I was particularly glad to see, because I am atill in the Air Mail Service. Understand, now. I have never left he Air Mail Service. I am just on ve. Then we left the ship and got nto the automobile to go out of the vard. Just hefore the autoniebile drove away the crowd and the news- paper photographers yelled to me to tand up and 1 stood up in the auto mobile. 1 had already been photo graphed when 1 left the ship. 00d on the bridge with Vice o commander of the ces in European Occasionally the crowd turned to song. ‘“‘America’” times, as was “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” ‘In the crowd, at different points, there were groups of young college students, who gave their col- lege yells with a long, loud “Lindy” at the end. The cheering and ealling and sing- ing was easily heard within and was commented upon frequently by the President and his guests, all of whom enjoyed it immensely. Appears Frequently on Balcony. Nearly a dozen times during the afternoon and immediately before the dinner, Col. Lindbergh stepped out upon the little iron balcony on the second floor of the residence to give the thousands outside an opportunity to see him. Each time he bowed and waved his long right arm in acknowi- ment of the acclaim. On two .such occasions he was led to the Walcony by the President himself, who from all appearances very. willingly as- signed himself to a back seat the moment his hero, gilest arrived at the temporary White House. On one ©f Col. Lindbergh's visits to the balcony, he was accompanied by_his mother. On two occasions, just in advance of the President and his guests going into the dining hall, Col. Lindbergh yielded to the calls from the outside, and, excusing himself, left his hosts and their guests to bow and wave to the crowd. On these occasions he was attired in evening clothes. The demonstrations in front of the temporary White House were unlike anything of a like nature ever exper enced by White House attaches. Di cussing them later, these attaches said that they have witnessed all sorts of cheering and yelling crowds about the White House on many occasion but nothing like this occasion. It w: noticed also that with each succeed- ing appearance of Col. Lindbergh the majority of those who had been wait- ing below for a glimpse moved away, but there appeared to be no thinning in the ranks. Each departing crowd was replaced by a new one. Guest L Small. The dinner in Col. Lindbergh's honor was no different from the usual run of state dinners given by the President, with the exception that the number of guests on this occasion was smaller. Besides Col. Lindbergh and his mother the only guests were the Secre- of State and Mrs. Kellogg. . the Column cre. ntinued on Page 5, was sung several | - the | “The people of France and the people. of Europe asked me to bring back one people of France and the people of Europe for the people of America demonstra back with you this message from France and Europe to the United States of the President’s address yesterday after receiving the Distinguished Flying Clfi. merica. A COURIER RETURNS WITH TIDINGS OF GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP Zessage . . . ‘You have seen the affection of the| d to you. On your return to your country take Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, replying to Washington Star Photo. COMMONS T0 ACT | Strained Relations to Be Dis- cussed in Parliament—Rus- sia Sees Class War. By thie Associated Press. LONDON, June 12 (Sunday)— The strained relations between Great Britain and Russia owing to a sequence of events, starting with the Anglo-Russian diplomatic bre: followed by the assassination offhe Soviet envoy at Warsaw, M. Véikoff, and reaching its climax in a new reign of terror at Mgs¢bw, will be the subject of a pgrliamentary dis- cussion soon aftér the House of Commons regs€émbles tomorrow. Britis| itical circles are deeply stirred the Moscow executions and in"the political clubs and week end gatherings of all kinds where in- ternational ‘affairs are discussed, the subject of Russia is again on every- body’s lips. Reports and Rumors Rife. The Sunday Express’ diplomatic correspondent says that Europe is full of reports and rumors, alleging mobilization by Russia of all reserv- ists to the age of 36 years, but neither British nor foreign diplo- matic circles are inclined to attach credence to these alarmist stories. New revelations of the conditions under which the British diplomatic ; mission at Moscow attempted to carry on relations with the Soviet government were made in an inter- view by Sir Robert Hodgson, late British charge d’affaires at Moscow. He added his voice to the British government’s denials of the Soviet charges that the British mission was engaged in espionage in Russi Sir Robert declared that the Sovie government state political depart- ment employs “most abominable ures of compulsion” to induce ians to act as their agents. One he instanced was that of Louise Koch, a maid servant em- ployed by the British mission, who, he ‘alleged, at the commissariat of foreign affairs was threatened with life imprisonment unless she acted as_informer on the British charge and with death if she revealed to him that she had been approached | by Soviet officials. Charges Called Ridiculous. It was unnecessary, said the charge, to deal with grotesquely surd allegations, such as the alle- ion that Vice Consul Wait (Continued on Page 2, Column All Today on Reposing aboard a Navy barge gayly bedecked with flags, the Spirit of St. Louis will be towed from the naval air station at Anacostia to Hains Point shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, where it will be anchored for the publio fo view until sunset. The barge will be tied up close to shore, but no persons will be allowed to hoard. Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding the air station, said the plane will be so situated that the public, riding by the point, will be able to obtain an excellent view of it. 1 thought there were enotigh pho- tographers and movie men in Europe, but 1 never saw so many together at “Wontinued on Pege 4. Column 4. Inasmuch as a large number of au- tomobiles is expected around the point just to see the historic Lindbergh rlane, it was helievad last night that 3 Spirit of St. Louis Will Be on View Barge at Hains Point parking would be prohibited in that particular area, and police would keep the traffic moving in order to prevent a jam and give every one an oppor- tunity to see the ship at close quar- ters. 4 Comdr. Wick said last night the situation of the air station made it impossible for his command to handle a large crowd of automobiles, and therefore the move to place the plane near the point was determined upon and_approved by Col. Lindbergh. Lieut. S. W. Callaway, officer of the day at the air station, last night said | ho had received no word from Col. CRACKED FITTING DISCOVERED AS NOTED PLANE IS UNPACKED Place—Spirit Successflly Nearly 12 hours Memphis docked p to New York in an Army airplane. The story of how two huge boxes on the “top side” of the Memphis were converted into the sleek, com- paratively small monoplane that blazed the first airway across the At- lantic from New York to Paris, oc- cupies a distinct chapter in the Lind- bergh day program of events, When a picked crew of Navy me- chanics, working under the direction of Lieut. George R. Henderson, chief of the flight test section, layed down their tools last night and pronounced the ship airworthy, they were a tired but happy crowd. At 12 o'clock noon yesterday they were keyed up at high pitch ready to| receive the two heavy hoxes and| plunge into the honored task of mak- St. Louis Assembled. ing their knocked down contents look | like the world-famous ship that it is. | It was not until 6:20 o'clock, however, that the fuselage, minus rudder, flip- pers and supporting wing struts, was rolled out of the bungalow-type crate that the British Royal Air Force had provided for it at the air station. Work of Assembling. A few minutes later, nearly 30 sweating, puffing blue jackets, bear- ing the 42-foot wing on their shoulders, trudged from the Air Station dock to seaplane hanger No. 2 and put their burden down The mechanics pitched in, tackling the rudder and elevators first, and soon were on a fair road to success. Of course, there were many wires to join, bolts to fasten, cotter pins to put in place and tubes and fuel lines to put in shape. This took time. But the big delay came in the discovery of a cracked fitting, one of the metal joints that hold the top wing down to the fusels Lieut. Henderson would not let this go by, and much time was spent in trying to find a way whereby | | 1 | “(Continued on Page 8, Column 3. POTOMAC SCENE OF BRILLIANT FETE Flyer Pays Tribute to Na- tion’s Shrine as Planes Roar Welcome. The peaceful old Potomac, where history often has been written since the early days of the colonies, basked in glory once more yesterday when it formed a brilliant gateway through which that sterling young American, | Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, returned to his native soll—and the waiting arms of his mother. New York has its Statue of Liberty | to warm the hearts of home-coming | Americans. But as this returning | conqueror stood on the bridge of the | Memphis he beheld across the waters of the Potomac the shrine of the Father of His Country at Mount Ver- non, the lofty peak of the Washing- ton Monument, the stately dome of the Capitol, and the portals of the Lincoln Memorial. What more could a young Ameri- can, approaching the shores of his homeland, ask to stir his heart and make him glad that he brought fame to his country by his history-making flight to Europe? From the time he first was met by destroyers and airplanes off the Capes Friday until he walked down the gang plank at the Washington Navy Yard at noon yesterday, Col. Lindbergh was beholding along the banks of Maryland and Virginia evi- (Continued on Page 12, Column 2,) Two Pages of Pictures | Lindbergh, directly or indirectly, that | | the pilot would visit the station tomor- | row_to inspect the work of the me. | chlnics Who assembled his plane. | Lindbergh Reception Pages 6 and 7 w | Around the City—Page 42. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—44 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. D. A. R._ Activities—Page 19. Spanish War Veterans—Page 21. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages| 21, 23 and 26. Schools and Colleges—Pages 22 and 24. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 32 Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 32. Army and Navy News—Page 33. Radio News and Programs—Page 34. Serial, “Two Flights Up"-—Page 35. Girl Scout News—Page 35 | 35. PART TWO0—12 PAGES Editorials and Editorial Featur: Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 10. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- c—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 and 6. Reviews of Spring Books—Page 7. Veterans of the Great Wa Page 9. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— | Page 9. Army and Navy Union—Page 9. Fraternal News—Page 10. District National Guard—Page 11. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures, The Rambler—Page 2. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—16 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lighta of History. FLYER WILL HONOR | Pur in AR HEROES TODAY Has Four Afternoon and Tonight. Morning “His Own.” Four engagements, including two tributes to the World War veterans, appeared definitely on Col. Lindbergh's program for today. At 1:15 p.m. he will leave the tem- porary White House to lay a wreath on the Unknown Soldie: Tomb at the Arlington Cemetery. From there he will visit the wounded war veterans at the Walter Reed Hospital. He then will attend the vesper service of the ited States Flag Association at the Capitol at 5:30 p.m., where he will be decorated with the association’s highest award the cross of honor, by former Secretary of State Hughes. Missouri Society Aff: Tonight at 8:30 o'clock Col. bergh will be the guest of the Mis- scuri State Society at the Washington Hotel. Col. Lindbergh had declined this invitation on account of the rush of engagements, but later reconsider- ed and accepted. After breakfast this morning with the President and Mrs. Coolidge and | his mother, Col. Lindbergh will have the morning to himself and to spend as he pleases, according to what could be learned last night. Not until 1:15 o’clock in the afternoon will he again give himself over to receiving the adulation which has marked his every step since arriving here yes- terday. At first it had been planned that Col. Lindbergh would take a quick trip to the Naval Air Station this morning, where his plane, “The Spirit of St. Louis,” is being assembled. ‘Whether he would carry out his plan rests entirely with Col. Lindbergh, it t night, and he may not self until he wakes up this morning and examines the program that has been prepared for him. Like- wise, his attendance at church with his hosts, the President and Mrs. Coolidge, was entirely problematical. He may decide to accompany them to the Metropolitan Theater on F street, temporarily serving as a meet- ing place for the congregation of the President’s church, the First Congre- gational. If he attends these services, which begin at 11 o'clock, he probably will occupy a car with his mother, which will follow the President’s car. Visit to Arlington. At 1:15 o'clock this afternoon, how- ever, Col. Lindbergh again will be- come “public property.” Accompa- nied by John Hays Hammond, chair- man of the citizens’ reception commit- tee, and escorted by a detail of motor yele police, with the possibility that a military escort also will be provided, he will leave 15 Dupont circle for his trip to Arlington, where he will lay a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and to Wa]ter Reed Hospital, where he will visit the wounded sol- diers. ‘The route from 15 Dupont circle to Arlington will be east on Massachu- setts avenue to Eighteenth street, south on hteenth street to Virginia enue, east on Virginia avenue to Seventeenth street, south on Seven- teenth street to the Tidal Basin and the John Paul Jones statue, east around the Tidal Basin to Fourteenth street, thence across the Highway Bridge and to the south gate at Ar- lington on Military road. After brief ceremonies at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the party will retur: ‘Washington through Fort Myer #ind Rosslyn and across the (Continudl on Page 4, Column 8) Engagements This Lind- | (CONTINUOUS OVATION GIVEN HERO AS GUEST, OF NATION’S CAPITAL President Leads in Paying Honor to Youth Accorded City’s Greatest Welcome, MOTHER SHARES TRIBUTE FROM JUBILANT THRONGS \F lyer Appears on Balcony at Temporary White House—Hailed by Crowds at Two Receptions. A tired young soldier tumbled into bed last night under the roof of the President of the United States after a welcome home such as has been accorded few other individuals in the history of the world. Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh—25 years old, slender, blond and curly-haired—had been clasped to the bosom of an exulting i’)\atxon whose heart overflowed with pride in her blue-eyed Viking oy. _ Never before has Old Glory floated over quite such a scene as Washington witnessed at noon yesterday. Frequently enough in the last crowded century there have been triumphal processions and pageants of victory along old Pennsylvania avenue. Presi- dents and generals and kings have passed over that historic road amid seas of gold lace and sounding brass, every rooftop alive with cheering throngs. The street has echoed to the weary tramp of victorious legions home from the wars. Sacred, flag-draped coffins have gone down to the Capitol. Modest Boy Center of Celebration. But there was not much in common b scenes of the past and the event of yeste ferent. The symbolism was different. respects to no military hero, no famous st The object of the celebration was a modest country boy, unheard of a month ago, who in 36 tense hours had written his name eternally in the history of his country by a; endurance, skill and courage. et T O The climax of the day’s ev Monument grounds at 12:45, wh Col. Lindbergh's breast the Di as the highest possible honor etween these picturesque rday. The spirit was dif- America was paying her atesman, no ruler of men. ents came on the Washington when President Coolidge pinned on 1§tmgu|shgd Flyin 1 Cross, designea 0 an aviator. h i came to “Lindy” alone. But in the minds of thoueu?:ilt: a\ihzl?v:li:? nessed the cerémony the Nation was paying tribute not only to an individual but to a type of manhood. ~This modest youth was symbolic of all his heroic predecessors who have carried the fla; into cloud and forest and frozen sea. It was a tribute to suc souls as those of Clarke, Kane, De Long, Peary and Roéers But there was something even greater than this. The winge& Galahad had brought back out of the trackless fogs over the North Atlantic the Holy Grail of international good fellowship, the whole-hearted admiration of the entire human race for an act of unselfish courage. He had given to all men a new pride in manhood and a new contempt for petty fears and bigoted jealousies, That bit of bronze was a tribute to the spirit of dauntless youth. Ig was a tribute to anxious motherhood. It was a tribute to clean living and clear thinking. It was a tribute to the triumph of youth over death. Crowd of 250,000 Is Jubilant, . Washington did itself proud in the welcome it accorded Col. Lindbergh. From start to finish there was no hitch in the progress of this historic event. The crowd of a quarter of a million jubilant men and women, gathered in the Capital from all States of the East and Middle West, was vociferous but perfectly ordered. Last night throngs about the temporary White House at | Dupont circle, where he was a guest of the President, shouted | insistent demands for his appearance. Again and again he re- ]sponded by appearing on a balcony and later, while the guest of the President and Cabinet at a state dinner, the yells of the im- patient crowd for “Lindy,” and the singing of America, led by a policeman, who kept time with his baton, brought his mother to a second floor window with Mrs. Coolidge while the crowd cheered thunderously. There were three central characters in the drama of the day— Col. Lindbergh, his mother and President Coolidge. It was the latter who expressed feelingly the thoughts of the Nation as he faced the retiring youth on the temporary stand erected under the shadow of the Washington Monument and greeted him as “conqueror of the air and strengthener of the ties that bind us te our sister nations across the sea.” He described him as “a modest American youth with the naturalness, the poise and the simplicity of true greatness.” Ovation Follows Brief Reply. Lindbergh in reply delivered a simple, brief message to the people of the new world from the people of the old, who had honored him as perhaps no other citizen in all history has been honored in foreign lands. The speech consisted of only a few score words. He said: “At every gathering, at every meeting I attended were the same words: ‘You have seen the affection of the people of France and the people of Europe for the people of America demonstrated to you. On your return to your country take back with you this message from France and Europe to the United States of America.’” A deafening ovation followed these brief words. But if this applause, or that of the thousands who had greeted him along Pennsylvania avenue, stirred his emotions they were kept under control by those same nerves of steel which had carried him across the sea. Throughout the day he remained the same “Lindy” he had been before leaving New York—quiet, composed and modest. He gave only occasional heed to the crowd, waving his hand and smiling now and then. Left Alone With Mother. The day was full of dramatic incidents. The U. S. S. Mem his, with Col. Lindbergh on board, came slowly up the Potomac yester- day morning, attended by airplanes, cruisers and many small boats which hindered its progress. Enthusiastic crowds, waving flags, lined the shores. At 11:50 the cruiser docked at the Washington Navy Yard and the hero’s mother, Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lind: bergh, was escorted to him below decks. They were left alone fo a few minutes of the sort of confidences that would pass between suchTaln1 mo(t:helr ind such a son. en Col. Lindbergh and his mother entered a Whit a_utomob:le and proceeded through dense, shouting crowdes ?v‘l?:cs; lined the ropes all the way from the Navy Yard gate to the Moun- ment Grounds. During most of the ride he lounged in the back seat of the car, talking with his mother or looking straight ——— (Continued on Page 4, Column §,) # 1\