Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1928, Page 1

WEA' (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight and THER. Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle south and southwest winds. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 79, at 8:45 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 54, at 6:30 am. today. Full report New York Markets Closed Today. on page 9. Neiags b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news 3 Yesterday's Circulation, 107,587 En po red_as seco office, Wa No. e WALTER JORNSON WILL PILOT NATS 50,845. Washington Veteran Freed by Newark for Re- iurn Here. WILL REPLACE HARRIS IN ROLE OF MANAGER Star of Two Decades on Mound Awaits Only Formal Con- tract Signing. "Waiter Johnson will be the manager| of the Nationals next season. That the veteran who for two decades atarred on the mound in a Washington uniform will return to the Capital as team leader in place of Stanley Harris, | recently deposed, became assured about | noon today when President Paul Block of the Newark International League club announced he would gladly re-| Jease Johnson from the managerial con- i tract Walter signed last year and which has another season to Tun, pro- | vided Johnson got a chance to better himself. | The question of whether Johnson was | available for the position was ail that | stood in the way of his appointment, and, now that this has been removed. only the formalities of agreeing upon terms and signing the binding papers remain before Johnson is officially in- stalled as pilot of the team with which he earned undying fame as a pitcher. Griffith Gives Terms. “Johnson will be the manager of the ‘Washington club next season, provided he can obtain his release from Newark. ‘This was the statement made by Presi- dent Clark Griffith early this afternoon, following a noncommittal stand taken earlier in the day whea he stated merely he would consider Johnson's applica- tion for the berth, provided the latter were free to make it. ‘That Johnson will be at liberty to negotiate for a transfer to Washington from his Newark affiliations was made clear in an_ Associated Press dispatch from New York sent out at midday, ‘which read: “If Walter Johnson is offered the 'management of the Washington Amer- ican League club, Paul Block, owner of the Newark club of the Interna- tional League, to whom Johnson is under contract, will not stand in the way of the transfer. it was learned at Block’s New York office today. 21 Seasons Here. ‘There is no- ~but that the assured _appointment of as field leader of the Wash- ing ill be heartily indorsed by a great majority of the Capital base ball enthusiasts. ‘The entire history of base ball re~ veals no instance of where an individual player -attained greater popularity than that enjoyed by Johnson as a result of - his efforts in a Washington uniform during 21 seasons. His sterling qual- 1ities, both off and on the field, so en- deared him to followers of the pastime that his fame spread throu t the breadth of the land. And when he so dramatically appeared on the pitching mound to assure Washington of victory against the New York Giants in the final game of the 1924 series, after pre- viously having been twice defeated he was_ established ‘as something of a national idol among sports followers of the Nation. Mention of Johnson as a possible manager of the Nationals was made early in the past seasop before any- thing more than intimation was obtain- able that Harris might not be retained in the position he assumed with the start of the 192¢ campaign. Others Mentioned. On Tuesday of last week when Presi- dent Griffith finally settled the rumors anent Harris with announcement that he had been relieved of his duties. the name of Johnson again was brought to the fore, along with those of sevcral others including First Baseman Joe Judge. but it was not until yesterday that it became known there was more than a possibility of Johnson assuming the managerial reins in Washington. This was furnished in the form of a atory from Coffeyville, Kans., where Johnson had gone to visit his family following a sojourn at St. Louis, where he covered the world series for a news- paper syndicate. Johnson now is on his way to New ‘York to confer with President Block and after officially canceling his con- tract with the Newark club will come to Washington, where he will con- #ummate his negotiations with Griffith and be officially installed as manager of the Washington club. $1,000,000 GERMAN EMBASSY PROPOSED Monumental ~Structure Opposite New British Edifice Is Being Considered. The German government has under consideration plans for the econstruction of 2 monumental new home for its em- hassy here, on a site at Massachusetts avenue and Thirtieth street, opposite the palatial new British embassy, now being erected near Observatory Circle, it was learned today from authentic sources, While details of the contemplated new development are not as yet avail- able, it was intimated that the cost of the new German embassy would be in excess of $1,000.000. Negotiations for the acquisition of the site on Massachu- setts avenue, it was learned, were start- ed several months ago. The German embassy today econ- firmed reports current in realty row that plans for the new project had been under consideration for some time, but it was pointed out that definite an- nouncement concerning the new em- bassy awaits the return here of the German Ambassador to the United States, Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz and Gaffron, now in his native land. The Ambassador is expected to return to Washington late this month. While in Berlin during the Sununer, it was paid. the Ambassador planned to take up the matter with the German foreign of- [“Out-State” nd class matte shington, D. C WALTER JOHNSON. REPUBLICANS HOPE T0 VN MISSOUR! Opposition to Smith May Counteract St. Louis Wet Vote. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN., Staff Correspondent of The Star. ST. LOUIS, October 12.—Just as the Democrats are counting on St. Louis. the wet Republican stronghold, to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for them in Missouri, the Republicans are rely- ing for victory on the dry, Protestant, but hitherto strongly Democratic “out- State” to sweep the Hoover ticket to victory. The Republican leaders insist that there is an amazing state of affairs in rural Missouri and in Kansas City, the metropolis of the western part of the They assert with every confi- dence in the world that Hoover will come down to St. Louis about 75.000 votes in the lead over Smith, and that if the Republicans can get anything like a stand-off in wet St. Louis they swfiu.l';ul.n by & big margin in the entire To back up their claims they point to surveys which have been made by correspondents of hostile St. Louis newspapers, and to careful check-u which they themselves have made these districts. The rural districts, they say, are afire with anti-Smith sentiment. There are other wet spots in Missouri besides St: Louis, it is true, and a considerable German-American population scattered through the State, which may be expected to vote as does the German-American group in St. Louis. But, taking all that into con- sideration, I find the Republican lead- ers, shrewd politicians who are not in- clined to fool themselves, every whit as confident of carrying the State as are thgr l?m{lg:muc tl:u!4=n, e Democrats say that Missouri is normally a Democratic State. The Re- publicans counter with the statement that those days are past, and that in every truth Missouri must be reckoned 2 Republican State, particularly in Presidential elections. They base their claims on the election results in the last six Presidential campaigns. The Republicans have won in four and the aes:smcnu in only two of these con- ! Republican Vietories, In 1904 Roosevelt beat Parker in Missouri, and Taft, four years later, defeated Bryan by less than a thou- sand votes. Wilson won in 1912, when the split came between Taft and Roose- velt. Their combined vote was a little in excess of the Wilson vote. With the slogan “He Kept Us Out of War," Wilson defeated Hughes in 1916. But the last two presidential elections have seen big Republican victories, with Harding winning by 153,000 and Cool- idge by 76,000 over Davis. La Follette polled 56,000 votes in 1924, largely be- cause of his stand against the United States entering the World War. Fur- thermore, the Republicans have elected governors with considerable regularity. The Democrats, however, have today two Democr;nc Senators from this State, and of the 16 members of the House the Democrats have 12 and the ith this picture of past political line-ups, it m.fgh' be comparatively easy to forecast what is going to happen this year were it not for the cross-currents, currents which cut deeply into party | lines in the present campaign. € Currents Are Mixed. These currents are due to the wet issue and the church issue, w!}t‘h n:e farm issue mixed in, though to a con- siderably less extent than the first two issues. The Democrats are inclined to lay all their troubles he fact that " (Continued on Page 3, Column 2, . ATTACK “HOOVER” CAR. Smith Parade Spectators Damage Auto Urging Rival RALEIGH. N. C., October 12 () David Peebles and Harry Seawell, drug clerks and Hoover supporters, today were .;at!dg butM;vls:rEygun‘g men than be- ore Gov. Alfred E. Smith made his vi to Raleigh. s And all because they attempted to drive a car decorated with their candi- date’s banners in the Smith parade. A mob of spectators broke ranks at the curb, halted the car, smashed its head- lights, wrenched off a door, ripped up the upholstery, slashed a tire and plas- tered the body with Smith stickers. Sea- well and Peebles fled. i CHAMBERLIN IN PARIS. Plans to Continue to Berlin in Am- phibian Plane Today. LE BOURGET, France, October 12 (#).—Clarence D. Chamberlin, Ameri- can_transatlantic flyer, landed at the Le Bourget flying fleld shortly before noon today with a few passengers from the steamship Leviathan, aboard which he had made the crossing. Chamberlin, who is on ‘a trip to in- spect various European aviation services, took off from Cherbourg Roads in an amphibian plane ly af 8 o'clock this mnminl%eu 10 to Berlin way of :m P B Mies WASHINGTON, COUZEN ORDERED TOSTAND TRAL N SUT FOR S0 Justice Stafford Denies Sen- ator’s Plea of Immunity for Talk in Congress. BY TAX CONSULTANT Constitution Relates Only to Free- dom From Physical Arrest, Is Court's Ruling. Senator Couzens of Michigan must answer the suit for $500,000 damages brought against him by Howe P. Coch- District Supreme Court for alleged slan- der in a speech made on the floor of the Senate April 12. Senator Couzens was served with a summons June 4 at Union Station as he the adjournment of Congress, through Attorneys Davies, Jones and Disbeen attacked the validity of the service, claiming that he was immune from service of summons in a civil case while attending the sessions of Con- gress and until reaching his home. Justice Wendell P. Stafford overruled the contention of counsel for the Sen- ator and held that the immunity men- tioned in the Constitution relates only to an arrest in the sense of a physical detention and not to service of papers in a civil action. Question of Privilege. To the plea of the Senator that his remarks on the floor of the Senate were privileged Justice Stafford ruled that such a plea could not be inte: in a motion to quash service, but should be pleaded in an answer and passed on by a jury in the trial of the case. Attached to the motion to quash the service was a copy of the Congressional Record, containing the remarks made by the Senator, on, which his counsel relied to show that the statements were uttered on the floor of the Senate and not at any other time or place. Judge Stafford held that he would not take judicial notice of the Congressional Record and repeated that the Senator should bring that evidence to the at- tention of the jury at the trial of the case, Charge Made by Cochran. Cochran claimed that the remarks of the Senator were meant to intimate that the tax it had been flmw of unethical conduct and had solicited the business of Senator Couzens when the latter was engaged in a controversy with the Bureau of Internal Revenue over the tax on his Ford Motor stock. Cochran was represented by Attor- neys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and George D. Horning, Jr. May Establish Precedent. ‘The Couzens’ case probably estab- lishes a precedent, and its final deter- mination will serve as a guide in the future in the opinion of William Tyler page, clerk of the House of Representa- tives, and a noted authority on matters pertaining to congressional procedure. A lg:n:h today of the House manual and Hinds'~ Parliamentary Procedure, which are invariably consulted for solu- tlons of knotty problems along this line, failed to disclose a single instance where a member has been haled into court for his remarks from the floor. Probably the nearest parallel to the present case was that arising in the Thirty-ninth Congress, in 1866, when @ member from Pennsylvania, Charles V. Culver. actually was imprisoned in a civil suit, and his attendance pre- vented at the regular session of Con- greul . The House thereupon forced his release, TENNE SSEE CHEERS Crowds Meet Train at Knox- ville—Parade Escorts Nom- inee in Chattanooga. By the Associated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 12. —After a preliminary early morning demonstration at Knoxville, where a welcoming delegation boarded his train, Gov. Smith came to Chattanooga to- day and was given a rousing reception at the Southern Terminal Station. Gov. Horton was on the reception committee, and a parade was formed to escort the Democratic presidential nominee through the downtown streets to the Memorial Auditorium for a big rally, and where it was hoped the New York executive could be persuaded to say a few words to the electorate of this political border State. Special trains had brought hundreds of out-of-town visitors to take part in the Smith reception and rally. A group of Tennessee Democratic leaders joined the Smith special train at Knoxville and accompanied him to Chattanooga. They included Senators McKellar and Tyson, Representative Samuel McReynolds, Mayor Ed Bass of Chattanooga and District Attorney Gen- eral M. N. Whittaker of Chattanooga. Knoxville turned out. a large crowd to greet. the nominee, but he was still in bed when' that town was reached. The crowd cheered and sang the “Sidewalks of New York.” but failed to get a glimpse of the governor during the brief stop. Gov. Smith will arrive at Nashville at 5:05 p.m. and spend approximately five hours in the Tennessee capital. It is expected that he will deliver probably a half-hour speech at the Ryman Audi- torium. There was not official an- nouncement of what his text would be, except ‘:‘l:nv‘.‘:t woulld m!‘lnupo& some campal ues of ar interest to this section. The auditorium, capable of seating more than 5,000, was nearly filled when Radio Programe—Page 44w’ "™ " it Lk L0 SR ran, Washington tax consultant. in the | as leaving to return to his home after | and | D. @, "FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1928— XTY PAGES. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. IS CONDITIONY ALL. IN' A. NUTSHELL, PEPCO TO GUT RATE ALMOST ONE GENT Electric Costs Will Be Re- duced Jan. 1 Under Profit- Sharing Plan. A substantial reduction in electric current rates, which, it is estimated, will cut the domestic primary schedule from 5.9 to 5 cents a kilowatt hour, will go into effect’ January 1 as a result of the profit-sharing agreement entered into four years ago between the Public Utilities Commission and the Potomac Electric Power Co. ‘The amount of the cut was estimated today by attaches of the utilities com- mission on the basis of the power com- pany's prospective prosperity for the current calendar year. Under the prof- it-sharing agreement, the company di- vides one-half of its earnings in excess of 7', per cent on its valuation with consumers, the company’s share going back into its coffers and the consum- ers getting theirs in the form of a re- duction in rates. ‘The excess profit thus far this year, utilities experts have figured, will en- able the company to split a melon amounting to approximately $1,100,000 with its consumers. The public’s quota of $550,000, it was said, will allow a 5- cent kilowatt electric rate next year. ‘The reduction likely will be applied to the different schedules of rates, as has been done in past years, but the house- hold rate probably will be ‘cut lower than the various commercial scales. SWITH ON ARRIVAL = The detalled rates, however, will nof be worked out until the latter part of next month, when the company will be in a better position to indicate more accurately its excess profit for the year. This will be done by representatives of the power company and officials of the commission. ‘The profit-sharing agreement has been a boon to both the company and its consumers. The theory of it is that the more current used, the lower the rates will go. Thus, as the rates have dropped from year to year electric users have increased consumption largely through the use of electric refrigerators, cleaners and other appliances. In the four years that the agree- ment has been in effect the domestic primary rate has been cut from its um of 10 cents a kilowatt hour 1924 to 5.9 cents a kilowatt hour thi: year. The initial reduction was from 10 to 7.5 cents. the rate charged in 1925. The following year it was lowered to an even 7 cents. In 1927 the rate was 6! cents and on January 1 this year the present rate of 5.9 became ef- fective. PHYSICIAN BEATEN BY PAIR IN OFFICE Knocked Unconscious by Two Men Who Ask Him to Make Emergency Call. By the Associated Press. UNIONTOWN, Pa, October 12— Slugged by two men who appeared at his office and asked him to make an emergency sick call, Dr. H. G. Ralston was in a hospital today. The physician was weak from loss of blood and it had not been determined if he suffered a skull fracture. Dr. Ralston, 35, was in his apartment, adjoining his office’in the Citizens’' Bank Building., when the two me nappeared early this morning. They asked that he visit a woman who was seriously ill. As the doctor turned to a desk to take the address of the woman both men attaced him with blackjacks, render- ing him unconscious. hen he recov- ered he summoned Dr. R. H. Jeffrey, an associate, and the latter rushed him to the hospital. Detectives could find no motive for the attack. They said the case was much similar to that of Dr. Harry Dapper, Pittsburgh, who was murdered by an unidentified man while accom- panying the assailant to make a call on a woman said by the murderer to be seriously 11l SRR QUAKE SHAKES CORINTH. Man Killed, Panic Is Among Population. ATHENS, Greece, October 12 (#).— The City of Corinth was shaken by a severe earthquake this morning, uuaerxg Caused killed by s falling bifck. [Surgeon Removes | Own Appendix; Says He Feels Fine Operates on Self to Prove That “Shock™ Is Due to Anaesthetic, Not Knife. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 12.—Dr. Robert Meals, young Hollywood surgeon, who three days ago-removed his own appendix, today said he felt well enough to get up and walk, and “I would do so now instead of waiting the necessary 10 days it I thought it would be safe.” Neither economy, necessity nor de- sire for publicity prompted his self- operation, the doctor said. Rather the operation was an experiment to verify his previous conclusion that the “shock” which most patients suffer from oper- ations was due largely to anesthesia rather than the operation itself. This theory, he said, had been cor- roborated. v Such an operation has been per- formed only two or three times before in surgical history, doctors said. So reluctant were hospitals to be the scene of the experiment that Dr. Meals said he was refused permission to carry it out at two of the larger institutions here and consent to enter a third was given only after a promise that there n 6.) SUBMARINE SINKS WITH 43 ON BOARD French Submersjble, Missing Three Days, Rammed at Sea by Greek Ship. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 12.—The French sub- marine Ondine, overdue for the past three days, was sunk by a Greek ship off Oporto during the night of the 3rd of October. She had aboard 3 officers and 40 men. The Ondine, which was 600 tons, left Gherbourg on an endurance trial run October 1. She was last heard from on October 3 by a Spanish wireless station. Her position was then given as off Cape Finistere. The Ondine was due at Bizerta. the seaport of Tunis, on October 9. When she did not arrive the French naval authorities began a search for her in the hope that she might have met with some accident which inade it impossible for her to give her position. ‘The Prench ministry of marine in- formed the Associated Press that a Greek cargo boat. which recently docked at Rotterdam reported having sunk the submarine. The Ondine was one of the modernly equipped. small submarines on which the French naval administration has been spending much time, thought and money recently. She was of 600 tons surface displacement and 765 tons when submerged. Her length over all was 216 feet. She was of 16 feet beam and had a mean draught of 11'; feet. She was driven by two sets of four- cycle Diesel engines on the surface, supplemented by electric motors, which made 1.200 revolutions per minute on the surface and 1,000 when the boat was running under the water. She was launched on May 8. 1925, having been built at Havre. Three sister ships have CONVICT’S PAL FOUND DEAD NEAR BRONX PARK John Hennessy, Partner of Man Held in Hospital Shooting, May Be Victim of Revenge, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 12,—John Hen- nessy, pal .of Edward Ryan, escaped convict, who was captured Monday in the Bronx after a gun battle with po- lice, was found dead near Bronx Park this morning with three bullet wounds in the back of his head. Police believe he was killed' in an automobile and his body taken to the spot where it was found. They were not ready to say whether it was an act of reprisal by Ryan's friends for prob- able treacl 3 Ryan has been identified as the man who shot and killed a hospital Fordham Hospital a few weeks ago and as one of four men who last August paymaster and been turned out from the same ysrda.' 1 GRAF ZEPPELIN HEADS FOR U. S. BY BERMUDA; DUE MONDAY MORNING | | CHURGH FIVANGES SHOW ADVANGES | Episcopal Council Treasurer Reports $1,534,303 Def- icit Wiped Out. The work of the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church not only has been placed successfully on a budget arrangement, which has re- sulted +4n three yearly surpluses, but a deficit of $1,534,303 which had accumu- lated in 1925 has been wiped out com- pletely, Lewis B. Franklin, treasurer, announced this morning at & joint meeting of the Houses of Bishops and Deputies at Memorial Continental Hall. Members of hoth houses rose and sang “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow,” led by the presiding Bishop, Right Rev. John Gardner Mur=~ ray, when this announcement was made. In his annual report read at the joint meeting Bishop Murray said that the National Council had decided against a proposal to change its headquarters from New York to Washington. After a thorough study of the situation, he said, it was decided to remain because New York City is the center of an area hav- ing the largest church population, and the move would result in the loss of many intimate personal contacts. Nazareth Gavel Presented. The joint business meeting of the two houses was preceded by a ceremony at which Bishop Murray was presented with a gavel made by orphans under the care of the Near East Relief at Nazareth in a carpenter shop which is believed to be directly across the street from the shop of the father of Jesus. The presentation was made on behalf of the Near East Relief by Right Rev. Wil- liam T. Manning, Bishop of New York. Before the joint session invitations were given to the House of Deputies to hold the General Convention of 1931 in Denver and Minneapolis by the deputations - from those dioceses. It was decided to leave the place of meet- ing to & committee composed of three bishops, three presbyters and three laymen. At the 1925 convention, when it was | decided to take immediate steps to wipe out the rapidly growing deficit, Mr. Franklin told the convention, pledges were given amounting to $1.417.650, which have been kept so faithfully that $1,432,000 in cash or negotiable se- curities now is in the hands of the National Council, with enough money from other sources on hand to pay in full. The deficit was in the accounts of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, which is maintained by the National Council. Urge Armistice Rites. Although the National Council has kept rigidly within a budget, Bishop Murray said, it has been at a consider- able sacrifice of both foreign and do- mestic missionary endeavor since it has been necessary each year to lop more than $200,000 off the estimated mini- mums. The financial status of different, departments of the church was repre- sented in separate reports. It was reported to the House of Deputies that the House of Bishops rec- ommended the discharge of the com- mittee on an Order of Deaconesses, which action would be a severe set- back to the desires of Episcopal women to secure more recognition in church affairs. The bishops also recommended that the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice this year not only be observed with special services in all Episcopal churches, but that efforts be Imade to unite all Christian churches | in community services on that day. Japan Held Bulwark. Declaring that Japan “stands as the last bulwark between Russian bolshevism |and Chinese chaos in the Far East and the disintegration of Western civiliza- tion,” Dr. Rudolph B. Teusler, director of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, in Di 'DETOUR MAY CAUSE S TOTAL DISTAN Ready for By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 12 (6:30 United States over a southerly her past Bermuda. Lakehurst, N. J., by way of Ber: Passengers The wireless station at St. learned that the passengers we: ship. The Azores are approxi Madeira, and it was not expe: At, least five ships reported was not thought that she woul day morning. Log of Graf Zeppelin By the Associated Press. ‘Thursday, October 11 (Eastern stand- ard time): , Germany. hl:’:en'l a.m.—Passed. over city of Con- tance. 3 3:33 a.m.—Passed over Basle, Switzer- land. .4dn.m.~l’|ued over Franco-German frontier. 17:25 a.m.—Passed over Lyon, France. 9:05 .—Passed over Montelimar, France. 10: —Passed over French coast and out over Mediterranean at Ste. Marie Delamar. 1:50 p.m.—Passed over Barcelona, Spain. 3:15 p.m.—Passed over Tarragona, in, 6:40 p.m.—Passed over Castellon de la Plana, S . Midnight—Passed _Gibraltar, Priday, October 12: 2 am.—Sighted about 50 miles off coast, of Spanish Morocco. headirig west. 6:17 am—Sighted by steamshi Gloucester Castle about 150 miles north- east, of the Island of Madeira. 7:54 a.m.—Motor vessel Dagomba sighted the Graf Zeppelin northeast of Madeira. 8:55 a.m.—Advices from the Azores state the Zeppelin passed over Madeira at that time, REJECTED SUITOR By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD. Ill, October 12.—A re- jected suitor was sought today as the kidnaper of Anna Domino, 19, who was forced into his automobile last night as she was returning home from work. ‘Witnesses said the car was Peter Scifo’s. Scifo repeatedly has asked Miss Domino for her hand, only to be refused. A few hours after the kid- naping & posse discovered James La Rosa, a friend of Scifo, driving the car in which Miss Domino was taken away. He was taken into custody. she was seized, witnesses said. Strands of hair found in the rear of the car indicated there had been a struggle. Four men and a woman were in the car when Miss Domino was seized, police were told. GENOA HAS CELEBRATION. Columbus Honored on Anniversary of Discovery of America. GENOA, Italy, October 12 This city celebrated today the ann versary of the discovery of Americ by its native son, Christopher Columbus. A solemn Te Deum was celebrated this morning and Archbishop Minoretti laid wreaths at the house and at the monu- ment of Columbus. All public buildings and many private dwellings were decorated with Italian and American flags. Tonight the pub- lic squares will be illuminated for open- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) air concerts. | By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, October 12.— The buzzer in John Havelka's apartment sounded: and a terrific explosion rocked the ilding. buflaveln didn’t hear. He was dead. They found him seated in a kitchen chair. Four jets of the gas stove were wide open, and there was a brief note addressed to his wife in St. Louis. ‘Tenants had com) ed of smelling gone to investi- Jjanitor ahicago Man Dies of Gas: Neighbor's Ring| At Door Sets Off Charge in Room _ doorbell button at Havelka's apartment. | The electric spark leaped in the buzzer. igniting the gas which filled the small kitchenette. A side of the room blown away. The janitor, Carl was hurled several feet and ‘Windows nearby were shattered. by tenants rushed in alarm street in their night clothing. lice found this note st 1 4 T a nasium ictor A !grnm these posies,” it said, “to that I love you wh:; #r indicates that Dr. Hugo Eckener, instead of goin Although the dirigible apparently was planning of the Azorges. sharp lookout was being maintained there for the SOUGHT AS KIDNAPER |: The girl screamed and fought when | rigible Dodges South to Ma- deira to Avoid Head Winds HIP TO FLY CE OF 6,300 MILES Generally Favorable Weather Férecast, but Local Storms Likely—Lakehurst Reception. p.m.) .—Latest news from Horta directly to r the Azores, which he expects to Bermuda, is heading sharply for reach early this evening. By the Associated Press. Far out over the Atlantic. the dirigible Graf Zeppelin was west of the Island of Madeira this afternoon and headed for the course that probably will carry Thirty and a half hours out of Friedrichshafen, the huge air liner passed over the city of Funchal on the Island of Madeira with a good 3,000 miles to travel before hitting the American coast. At 10:30 a.m. eastern standard time the steamship Euclid reported the Graf Zeppelin about 60 miles west of Madeira. After passing Gibraltar early this morning, the big ship, which had planned to head for the Azores, began to swing south ward to avoid strong headwinds, and Dr. Eckener notified the Zeppelin station at Friedrichshafen that he planned to strike 'muda. Are Airsick. Michael was in communication with the Graf Zeppelin, and from messages picked up it was re exceedingly airsick. to fly south imately 600 miles northwest of cted that the ship would reach them before late tonight, if she should head that way. sighting the Zeppelin at various points between Gibraltar and just beyond Medeira, where the steamship Euclid made the, latest report. In view of the long southern detour made by the airliner it 1d reach Lakehurst before Mon- FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Oc- tober 12.—Dodging far to the south e Grat Seppeim 1oday was. headed e ral ‘was south of the Azores, vhm!:- to z'th the United States by Advised _after lea 2 a.m.—Graf Zeppelin left Priedrichs- : the Island of off the north. west African eflll.:dslfl. News of Dr. Eckener’s decision was re-- e!:i"d by the Zeppelin Works at noon ay. Now Expected by Monday Morning. In view of slow mom'mmlda by airship in bucking on flight along the Spanish coast to Gibral- tar, experts today estimated that dirigible would require 100 hours her trip to Lakehurst, N. J. This wouls mean that the ship would reach her American port.at 6 a.m. Monday, East- ern standard time. Weather reports this morning stated that new storms were coming on the Atlantic, and that the Graf Zeppelin would probably have to go out of her way somewhat to steer clear of the P | worst weather. May Cover 6,300 Miles. It was pointed out that because of the adverse winds the Graf Zeppelin needed more time for reaching Gibral- tar than the ZR-3 had needed to reach the Azores. With the detour made by the Graf Zeppelin it was estimated that her mileage to Lakehurst would mount up to about 6,300 miles. It was stated that because of bad weather there was no possibility for the present of getting into wireless wu'th with the airship from Friedrichs- afen. It was believed that by early this afternoon the dirigible would be,suffi- ciently south to profit by the eastern winds and that she would be able to communicate with the ships on the South American route. The Zeppelin company’s radio station was out of communication with the dirigible this afternoon. ARRIVAL IN U. S. AWAITED. Graf Zeppelin to Receive Great Wel- come at Lakehurst. NEW YORK, October 12 (#).—Graf Zeppelin, first Transatlantic airliner, today pointed her blunt silver nose to the United, States on a 3,700-mile jump across the water, after a trip of 1,200 miles mostly over land. After the airship passed over Tar- ragona, Spain, at 3:15 pm. (Eastern standard time), yesterday, and continued along the Mediterranean Coast, 3 hours ;and 25 minutes went by until she was | heard from again. Then advice came 1that she had passed Castellon de la | Plana, 110 miles from Tarragona, and 400 miles from Gibraiton, at 6:40 p.m. ' Indications were that the ship was bucking strong headwinds in making for the Atlantic at Gibraltar. The fact that she was not reported for hours after leaving Castellon hf“e experts no concern, since the ship might have flown south to the coast of Africa be- fore turning toward the United States or might have cut across Spain north of Gibraltar and between mountain ranges a gone over regions with which communication was slow -or primitive. - Four years ago today, another air giant, the Los Angeles, left Priedrich~ shafen, Germany, and was off the southeast coast of Nova Scotia at mid- night on October 14, 1924, but as a more southerly route was maped out {for the Graf Zeppelin, it was ti t i that her first landfall might be either | the Massachusetts Islands of Nantucket | or Martha's Vineyard. or the Long Is- | land shore some time Sunday. Passengers today had their first ex- perience at breakfasting in the air— unless they were too airsick to eat. The menu was coffee, tea, bread, butter and | 1