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. e — WEATHER. (U. S_ Weather Party cloudy tonight; creasing cloudiness south winds. 62, at noon today. am. today. Full report on page 27. ‘Temperature—Highest. Bureau Foracast.) tomorrow in- and warmer; gentle ; lowest, 48, at 1:45 WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Slar. service. Sunday’s The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Saturday's Circulation, 104,324 Circulation, 111,979 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @h =3 ¥ntered post office, Wa as second class matte: 3 shington, D, « WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, y OCTOBER 15, 1928 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOOVER ASKS HELP OFBAY STATEVOTE IN“CRITICAL TIVE" First Speech on Trip to Bos- ton Is Plea to 7,000 at Springfield. MAIN ADDRESS TONIGHT TO STRESS ECONOMICS RVide Radio Hook-Up to Carry Re-| marks Over Nation—Returns to D. C. Tomorrow. BY JAMES L. WEST, Assoctated Press Staff W - HOOVER TRAIN EN ROUTE TO| {BOSTON, October 15.—The Republi- | pan party needs the support of every foyal Republican at this time, Herbert Hoover told a crowd of several thou- $and at Springfield today. oc iter. TO CHINESE DEAD, TWO WOUNDED AS TONG GUNS BLAZE i Laundryman Siain While He Stands in Pennsylvania Avenue Store. COUNTRYMEN IDENTIFY VICTIMS AS “NEUTRALS” One Dies in Hospital—More Than Score Held for Questioning. Police Seek Gunmen. Gunfire shattered the quiet of lower Pennsylvania navenue late yesterday aft- ernoon, and when detectives raced to the headquarters of the Hip Sing Tong, at 325 Pennsylvanla avenue, they found one Chinese dead on the floor, another mortally wounded, and two dthers shot. In the course of this first political #peech in Massachusetts, he said: “Our ‘party has presented to the country a | record of seven and a half years of | Calvin Coolidge. To the people of | Massachusetts that should. in itself, be a commendation, and it presents more | than a record. It presents a program | of policies that is based upon a sense b! responsibility for their execution. I} grust that you will give to that pro-| gram your most earnest consideration,” | Welcoming the Republican presiden- tial candidate to Springfield. Mayor Fordyce C. Parker declared that “Mas- sachusetts so far is all right and safe, | Bs is Springfield, for Herbert Hoover.” | Calls Hoover Right Type. He added that Hoover's “type is the ype of man that this community de- | e io have as President of the coun- | Ty.” | The crowd which was banked for| Blocks behind police lines on the out- skirts of the city, cheered this senti- fment as it did the message from the | Republican nominee, who spoke from a | stand_built beside the railroad track. | Mrs. Hoover and members of his per- sonal party appeared with him. ! _Hoover left his special ‘car to walk | the short distance from the track 1o Lhe stand. After he returned to the car be spent a few minutes shaking hands with men and women who crowded Eound the rear platform despite the fforts of a highly excited police cap- in to keep them away. » p Recalls Other Visits. ; “T appreciate your coming here at this ime in the morning to give me your reetings, and I do thank you for the generosity of your reception.” Hoover | said. “It is always a great pleasure to come to Springfield. I have been with pou on previous occasions and on vari- pus missions. I have always had a fine welcome 1in this city. “You wll not expect me at this| fime of the morning, with a large and | fmportant delivery to be made tonight, fo address you on political matters, but Four coming here does evidence your Interest in this campaign and this plection. | “This is a time when we have be- ore us some of the most vital issues f qur country; it is a time when the epublican party needs the support of every loyal Republican. Our party has jpresented to the country a record of | seven and a half years of Calvin Cool- ddge. To the people of Massachusetts hat should, in itself. be a commenda- | ion, and it presents more than a| Fecord. Called Critical Time. “It presents a program of policies | Ehat are based upon a sense of respon- | sibility for their execution,” said the | candidate. “I trust that you will give | 1o that program your most earnest | ‘consideration and that the Republic- | ans of Massachusetts will not fail in| Rheir registration and in their vote. It! §s critical to ghe Republican party that | it should be tontinued to be supported by that pillar of Republicanism—Massa- ichusetts. “I again wish to thank you for the| #ine good will of your reception; it is, feartening; it is strengthening and | i“" has been fine of you to come and | give to me your greetings.” e | i %000 GREET NOMINEE. Wloover Special Remains Only 15 Min- utes at Springfield. SPRINGFIELD. Mass,, October 15 (). »—Herbert Hoover made a brief stop here this morning and was greeted with heers by about 7,000 persons. His rain arrived at 8:25 and left about/8:40. “This is a critical time for Repub- Mcanism,” he said, “and the party is Wepending on Massachusetts, the pillar ®f Republicanism, to support it." ¥AIR BANDIT” SENTENCED. ®Man Who Attacked Pilot While on Flight Gets 6 to 10 Years. PONTIAC, Mich., October 15 (/).— Clarence Rene Frechette, so-called Pontiac “air bandit," d of hav- ing attacked Harry Anderson, airplane pilot, with a hammer while they were | fiying 2000 feet in the air above Pontiac several months ago, was sen- tenced today by Circult Judge F: 1. Doty to serve 6 to 10 prison. *The minimum term was recom- ended : The attack on forced landing, in which his plane was recked and both men were injured. Anderson caused a FLYER’S WIFE KILLED. gamily’s Plane Hits Wire in Mak- ing Emergency Landing. CHICAGO. October 15 () —A woman *aras killed when her husband's airplane erashed near ‘Waukegan, Ill., last night. fThe man was slightly injured, while a gmall daughter escaped unhurt, Mr. and M: V. N. Marker of Evan- n, 11, wera returning from a plea fre trip’ to Wisconsin. Their plane, ker was almest instantly killedy | day, explaining, however, that most of | the store for the same purpose. ing an emergency landing, struck a i)re and went into a nose di Mrs. From afirighted countrymen stand- | ing by the detectives pieced out a dis- connected story of a sudden invasion of the Hip Sing center by three or four gunmen, who opened fire without warning, then sped away. Coupled with outbreaks elsewhere in the country where bloodshed marked the termina- tion of the truce between Hip Sings and On Leongs, ancient enemies, police viewed the occurrence here as another chapter in tong warfare, and at once started a round-up of On Leongs, whose officials, however, disclaim any Tespon- sibility. And even from a Hip Sing source came word that the men shot down were not members of any group, | but were “neutrals,” who had simply come in to make purchases. One Dies in Hospital. Police recorded the names of the dead as Lee Ying Jee, 43 years old, laundryman, at 913 East Capitol street, and Lee Sue, 35 years oid, laundryman, at 125 Fifteenth street southeast. ~They recorded the names of the wounded as Lee Yen Deoo, 53 years old, laundry- man, 1216 Thirteenth street, and Lee F. Ong, 52 years old, 324 Pennsylvania avenue. Deoo is in Casualty Hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the right hip, while Ong is in Emergency Hospital under treaiment for a wound in his knee. Jee was almost instantly killed and Sue died in Casuaity Hos- pital. i But the mystery and uncertainty which shrouded the shooting, extend- ed also to these identities. { “And what difference qoes it make, anyway,” said one of the Hip Sing officials. “It's one name today and another tomorrow.” Charlie Lee Toye, in charge of the Hip Sing store at 325 Pennsylvania avenue, who styles himself as an in- terpreter, is said to have told police that he received a message from New York yesterday afternoon telling him tc “look out for trouble,” but he did not anticipate such an outbreak as oc- curred. Startled by Shots. ‘Toye this morning described to & Star reporter what happened yester- his Information had come from others in the store, he being in a, rear room eating when reports of pistol shots startied him. He was unable to_tell the number of shots fired, he explained, but was certain there must have been at least seven. It was explained by Toye that Jee | was standing at the counter paying | for his purchases when shot. The others were nearby, all having come to There were three or four men in the murder party, police were told, and one of them was armed with two pistols. ‘When they left the place they are said to have run in opposite directions, al- though the statement was made some of the Chinese that they crosse Pennsylvania avenue. It also was re- ported that. they were whisked away in a waiting automobile. Jee, first to fall and first to die, was | said to have given two names before he expired. As the result, Lee Loi, a young mem- | ber of the On Leongs, was arrested, hul.[ denied any connecilon, saying he was cooking dinner at 318 Pennsylvania venue, across tne street from the scene of the shooting, when it occurred. He has been here 18 months, coming from New York, ang has never been in cust Loi also was identified hy| street, Arrested at Station. Lai Yee, giving his address as 509 Fourteenth street, was picked up at Union Station with a suit case and held i for investigation. _Shick Lee, 35 years old, laundryman, 1207 H street north- | east, also was held on a technical charge | investigation. ! Police also instituted search for Lee Park, a member of the On Leongs, from New York and Chicago, but had not lo- | cated him early this afternoon. Park also was said to have been named by Jee. The arrest of Lai Yee furnished still another puzzle for police, inasmuch as he was identificd as a member of the Hip Sings, but had in his possession a | sheet of paper described as the “secrets” of the On Leongs. Offers Rivals “Secrets.” ] Yee was arrested this morning. At the restaurant at Fourteenth and Penn- sylvania avenue, where he has been! | employed for the last month, it was said he still had two weeks' pay com- ing. Quizzed through George Yoke, head waiter at his place of employment, Yee at first refused to give any expla- nation of his movements to Detective Ed Kelly, head of the homicide squad, and when Kelly threatened to keep him {in jall he presented the so-called “secrets” of the On Loengs, presum- ably as an “explanation.” Failing to establish any connection, Kelly decided to turn the paper over to the State De- partment for translation. Immediately after the shooting De- ! prohi Sang Lung, a laundryman of 125 D¢ WH REMEMBERS THE OLD CAMPAIGNS WHEN I USED Yo BE TARRED. ARD FEATHERE ABOUT TH TIME? \2’-\‘_*. } JHE W @ BUSIVES O FR IENDS N NEBRASKA LEANS TOWARD HOOVER Republicans, Protestants and D'rys Believed to Hold Balance of Power. G. GOULD LINCOL) Staff Correspondent of The Star. OMAHA, Nebr., October 15.—Nebraska is leaning to the Hoover-Curtis ticket in the presidential race. This is so not- withstanding a very pronounced senti- ment for Smith among the “wets™ among them many German-Americans, and notwithstanding an anti-Hoover sentiment also found among the Ger- man-Americans and among some of the farmers. It is so because the State is more dry than wet, more Republican than Democratic and more Protestant than Catholic. ‘The Democrats by no means have | given up the fight in this State. Indeed, they are making a stmenuous effort to swing Nebraska's eight electoral votes to Gov. Smith, and claim they will yet do so. ‘They point to the fact that Presi- dent Coolidge carried Nebraska four years ago by a minority vote; that is, the Coolidge total vote was less than the combined votes cast in Nebraska for John W. Davis and the late Sena- tor Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, running as an independent. The Cool- idge vote was 218,000 in round num- bers, while Davis had 137,000 and La Follette 106,000 votes. The Democrats say that they are going to line up the La Follette vote with them this year for Smith and defeat Hoover. Doubtless many of those who voted for La Follette four years ago will sup- port Smith now. But not all of them. Furthermore, there are many Democrats who voted for John W. Davis who will not vote for Gov. Smith. La Follette had a great following in the German- American group. His denunciation of the entry of the United States into the World War in 1917 was responsible, in large part, for this. Also, although Senator La Follette never injected the tion issue into his campaigns, he was regarded as a liberal on the liquor question. Predictions are freely made that the vote in Nebraska will far exceed in aumber that cast any other election, and that it may run as high as 600.000. Four years ago the total vote cast in the presidential election did not ex- ceed 463,000. Fear Woman Vote. ‘The Democrats are fearful of what the woman vote may do to them and their national ticket. They recall, for example, that their Democratic national committeewoman, Dr. Jennie Callfas, igned from the committee after Smith was nominated, declaring she would not support him. The Democrats start with the handicap that Nebraska is normally about 50,000 Republican. ‘While many of thé German-American voters will support Gov. Smith on elec- tion day, it is likely that this group of votes will be divided between the Demo- cratic and Republican national tickets. The greater number are expected to vote for Smith. Here old-time allegiance with the Democratic party and the re- ligious issue enter into the political equation. The importance of the German- American vote in Nebraska readily understood when it is said that the group has between 75,000 and 80,000 voters. It is estimated that 22 per cent of the farmers in Nebraska are of Ger- man stock. In the past the German- American vote has usually held the bal- ance of power in this State, where the election was at all close. Before the ‘World War a large part of the German- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) A Big Story! “The Tule Marsh .: Murder" i By tectives H. K. Wilson and Oscar W. Mansfield rushed to the scene. In- spector Henry G. Pratt and members of the homicide squad, of which Lieut. Edward J. Kelly is chief, later partici- pated in the investigation. ; Approximately 20 Chinese, believed to be On Leongs, were taken in the gen- ergl roundup, most of them being seiz- “®ontinued on Page 2, c'mr ™ Nancy Bare Mavity Begins in Tomorrow's Star can be | ‘Man, Girdling Globe | In 37-Foot Craft, | Reaches Gibraltar By the Associ ; GIBRALTAR, October 15.—Ed- ward Miles, who left New York 44 days ago in a 37-foot schooner designed and built entirely by him- self, arrived at Gibraltar today on a 27,000-mile trip around the world. Miles, who is making the trip alone, plans to proceed through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal. the Indian Ocean to Japan and then to the Pacific. His schooner, the Sturdy, was built in 20 months by Miles, who spent 6 months on the plans and 14 on the actual construetion. $10,000 ROBBERY OF STORE PROBED Signs of “Inside Job” Seen at W. B. Moses & Sons’. Watchman Bound. With indications that the robbery of the W. B. Moses & Sons department store, discovered late yesterday, may have been an “inside job,” and con- fronted with seeming discrepancies in accounts of the affair, headquarters detectives today again were questioning the two store watchmen, one of whom told of being overpowered by three burglars, and Policeman W. R. Ellery of the first precinct, whose investiga- tion disclosed the robbery. Meanwhile, after a preliminary sur- vey of their accounts, store officials announced that the total loss probably would not exceed $10,000, part of which was in the form of unindorsed checks. The loss is covered by insurance. Radford Moses, one of the owners of toe establishment, today expressed the opinion that some one thoroughly familiar with the store's method of operation was involved in the robbery. In support of this conclusion he point- ed out that the store at Eleventh and F streets apparently was entered with a duplicate key and that the robbers, after overpowering the day watckman, went directly to the safe room and opened the two safes con- taining Saturday afternoon’s receipts. ‘Three other safes in the room, gvhich contained nothing convertible into cash, were not molested. Time of Robbery in Doubt. Headquarters Detective George E. Darnall, who is investigating the rob- bery, is attempting to straighten out the versions of the two watchmen as tered. After the colored day watchman, Walter Rogers, had been released from a pillar on the seventh floor, to which he said he had been handcuffed by three robbers, he accompanied police to the first floor and described the man- ner in which the trio gained entrance to_the store. Rogers said he was summoned from the seventh floor, while making his rounds, to answer a persistent ring- ing at the Eleventh street entrance shortly before 5:30 p.m. As he was walking through the radio department in the basement, he said, two men stepped from behind a pack- ing box. One of them threw the beam of a powerful flashlight in his face while the other ordered him to hold up his hands. Then, Rogers said, the man with the light opened the door and admitted the man who had been ringing the bell, i Rifled Cash Drawers. _ With the watchman in the van, the intruders climbed seven flights of stairs to the business office, and, after hand- cuffing Rogers to a pillar in the room, proceeded to knock the combinations from the two safes, he said. After they had rified the cash drawers, taking only cash and checks, they placed a chair for the colored man and left. The night watchman, Charles A. Chatham, 4129 Fourth street, says he he came to the store at 5:45 and rang the doorbell for Rogers. When he re- ceived no answer, he said, he waited 15 minutes and rang again. Still receiv. ing no response, he became alarmed and called Policeman Ellery. Together they climbed t indow on the to the exact time the store was en- ‘SMITH TO REACH SEDALIA TONIGHT !Sunday Spent by Democngtic Candidate at Birthplace of Lincoln. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 15.—The spe- cial train of Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential nominee, ar- | rived at the Tower Grove Station of the Missouri Pacific Railroad here at 11:03 am. today. GOV. SMITH'S TRAIN EN ROUTE TO SEDALIA, MO, October 15.—After place near Hodgenville, Ky., Gov. Smith was bound today for Sedalia, Mo., where tomorrow night he will deliver the first of two campaign speeches before re- turning to New York State next Sun- day to lay the groundwork for his final two weeks' drive for the presi- dency. An address at Chicago Friday night will close this week's speech-making for the Democratic presidential candi- date. After a two-day lay-over in Al- bany he will get under way again for perhaps one campaign address before starting on his six-speech dash down the Atlantic Seaboard. ending af New York City the Saturnay night before election. . En route to Sedalia, due to be regched at 6 o'clock this evening, the governor had planned a 2'2-hour visit to St. Louis, home of Senator Harry B. Hawes, a Democratic regional campaign man- ager, between 11 am. and 1:30 p.m. for a big parade and reception in his honor. A five-minute stop at Belleville, in Southern Illinois, for a rear plat- form appearance was scheduled before reaching St. Louis. - In coming to the border State of Missouri, the Democratic nominee also visits the home State of Senator James A. Reed, one of his opponents for the Houston nomination, and @ region that, as a rule, fairly boils in political de- bate in presidential years. This year is no exception. To Have Seclusion Period. Arriving in Sedalia, Gov. Smith will go into seclusion to work on his ad- dress, to be delivered tomorrow night in a huge closed-in live stock pavilion. Special trains are expected to bring thousands from all over the State fc hear the speech. ‘The nominee will leave Sedalia Wed- nesday morning for Chicago, stopping to greet well wishers at Springfield and Bloomington, Ill. Before reaching Chi- cago at 9:45 p.m. he will make another pause at Joliet, home of the late George Brennan, Democratic national com- mitteeman from that State, whose fu- .neral Gov. Smith attended shortly after he was nominated. ‘Three nights will be spent in the Lake Michigan city and Thursday and Friday are expected to be devoted to preparation of his second address of the week and conferences with party leaders. Leaving Chicago Saturday morning the Democratic special will head across Indiana and Ohio for the New York State capital. A tentative schedule calls for a visit of probably an hour in Indi#napolis. It is not known definitely what Gov. Smith's plans are for next week. In some quarters it is believed he may go into Ohlo for a speech, probably at Cleveland the latter part of the week, but the nominee has not indicated what he will do. As his train cut across Kentucky last night for the Mississippi River Gov. Smith carried with him inspiring rec- ollection of his trip yesterday to the Lincoln shrine on top of a little knoll two miles south of Hodgenville. Visits Lincoln Cabin, Going by special train to the Ken- tucky town, 60 miles southwest of Louisville, the governor and his party were driven by automobile to the log cabin birthplace of the Great Emanci- pator, stopping en route at the town square, where stands a huge bronze statue of Lincoln. He was escorted up the steps to the granite memorial now inclosing the well preserved log cabin, Sg"tnt htholl:‘sandkpenom were grouped about the little knoll and surroundin; hillsides. : ‘The scene of the man who rose from the New York East Side to lead the fight of his party to place him in the White House gazing in reverent awe at the crude little rural structure that gave to the Nation one of its greatest Presidents evoked low-voiced comment frem mony of those who lecked om: a Sabbath day visit to Lincoln’s birth- RAF ZEPPELIN NEAR GOAL AT LAKEHURST i | LOG OF ZEPPELIN || By the Associated Press. (Eastern standard time.) Thursday, Cctober 11. 2 am—Graf Zeppelin left richshafen, Germany. —Passed over the city of | Fried- .—Passed over Basel, Switzer- 4 am.-—Passed over Franco-German frontier. 7:25 a.m.—Passed over Lyon, France. 9.05 a.m.—Passed over Mediterranean at Ste. Marie Delmar, France. 1:50 p.m.—Passed over Barcelona, Spain. 3:15 p.m.—Passed over Tarragona, Spain. 17°6:40 p.m —Passed over Sastellon de la Plana, Spain. Midnight-—Passed Gibraltar. Friday, October 12. 2 am—Sighted 50 miles off coast of | | Spanish Morocco. § | 6:17 a.m—Sighted 150 miles north- east_of Madeira Island. 8:30 a.m.—Passed over Funchal, Ma- | deira. | 10:30 a.m.—Sighted 60 miles west of | Madeira. ! 2:40 p.m.—276 miles west by south of Horta, the Azores. Saturday, October 13. 2:30 am—1000 miles west of Ma-| deira, heading for Bermuda, | 6:25 am.—1,800 miles due east of Charleston. 8. C.. proceeding slowly | while repairing damaged horizontal fin | '9:30 a.m—1.000 miles from Bermuda, { still going slowly | muda. | 12:31 pm-—Radio messages report | damage repaired. 11 p.m.—100 miles northeast of Ber- muda. i Sunday, October 14. | Noon—80 miles east by north of Ber- | muda, changing course to southwest- | ward to avold head winds. 3:55 p.m.—Sighted 62 miles east of St. Davids Island, Bermuda. ! a 25-mile northwest wind. | 8 p.m.—25 miles west of Bermuda, 11:20 pm—150 miles west of Ber- muda. Monday. October 15. of Lakehurst, N. J., 300 miles off South Carolina coast. | 7 am—Reported approximately 100 | i %ind and wesather. 1*9:05 a.m.—Reported about 55 .miles | | southeast of Cape Henry. i 9:45 a.m.—Sighted off Cape Charles, | | Va,, at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay. 10 am.—Sighted over Cape Charles, Va. | north, northwest. | 10:40 a.m.—Sighted at Eastville, Va. | 10:35 a.m—Passed west of Wacha- | preague, Va. Coast Guard station, pn northerly course near Chesapeake Bay. | | Washington. | 11:30 am.—Reported passing over | Cambridge. Md. ! { 12:21 p.m—Passed over Washington. | { 1 pm~—Passed over Baltimore. 2 p.m—Passed over Elkton, Md. | p2i10 pm—Passed over Wilmington, | | Del. PRESIDENT SENDS ECKENER GREETING | {Replies to Radio Message to, White House When Craft | Passed Coast. { President Cooldige at noon today sent | messages of congratulations to Dr. Hugo Eckener, commanding officer of the | Graf Zeppelin, and to President Von | Hindenburg of Germany upon the suc- | cessful voyage from Germany to this country of the Graf Zeppelin. The President’s message to Comdr. Eckener was sent to Lakehurst, N. J., ! and it read as follows: “It gives me great pleasure to con- gratulate you on the success of your voyage and to assure you that your ar- rival is welcomed as a symbol of the advance in air transportation which has been so ably furthered by your own efforts and those of your compatriots. sage from you and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin upon crossing the coast line of the United States in this first trip by airship with passengers and mail from Germany to this country.” Greeted by Eckener. The message mentioned by the Pres- ident was rl%ioed to the White House las the huge dirigible crossed over the shore line off the coast of North Car- olina. This greeting from Comdr. Eck- r follows: m'e'AL the moment of reaching the American coast line on this diversified very interesting initial crossing of ;:Ssengeyrx and mail from Germany to America, in which we had as a com- rade an experienced friend, Lt. Comdr. Rosedahl of the U. S. Navy, the com- mander and crew of the Graf Zeppelin beg to extend to the President of the Unoted States their most respectful greetings.” Congratulates Crew. The President’s message to President Hindenburg follows: “I wish to congratulate you upon the splendid achievement of your com- patriots in accomplishing the voyage from Germany tg the United Statey on the Graf Zeppelin. This flight has filled the American people with admir- ation and has marked another step in the progress of the development of air communication.” President Coolidge manifested a keen interest in the Zeppelin and made fr quent inquiries at the naval commun- ications office regarding its progress. e Radio Ai’r um:—i;age 31 DIRIGIBLE CIRCLES CITY AND GOES NORTHWARD AFTER 106-HOUR FLIGHT President Joins in Greeting to : Mammoth Air Liner, Thousands Crowding Roofs and Streets. 'DAMAGED LEFT STABIL-IZING FIN, WHICH GAVE ANXIETY, VISIBLE |Ship Reaches American Coast at 9:45 AM. After Stormy Voyage—Due at Destination This Afternoon. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. October 15.—The Graf Zeppelin passed over Philadelphia’ City Hall at 2:40 p.m. BY the Associated Press WILM LMINGTON, Del., October 15—The Graf Zeppelin passed over Wilmington at 2:10 p.m. She was following the Pennsyl- vania Railroad line. Out of the murk of low-hanging clouds. the Graf Zeppelin, larg- est airship in the world, on the last leg of a 7,000-mile trip across the Atlantic, hove into view above Washington shortly after noon today. | Amid the din of whistles and the drone of thousands of automobile | horns, the giant dirigible circled the city, flying low, passed over the 10:30 a.m.—900 miles due east of Ber-| White House, where President Coolidge was waiting to welcome her | with a wave of the arm, and then pointed her nose toward Balti- more and was on her way again to the Naval Air Station at Lake- | hurst, N. J., where late this afternoon she expects to discharge the | first passengers carried aboard a dirigible across the Atlantic. Sighted Here Shortly After Noon. The Graf Zeppelin was sighted from Bolling Field at 12:25 this afte her. rnoon, and six planes immediately took off to welcome and escort The big, gray form of the dirigible loomed over the northeast 6 p.m—Passed over Bermuda, flying | end of the field from the direction of Marlboro, riding high and low and making moderate speed against easily at an altitude estimated to be about 1,500 feet: ‘Three planes loaded with photographers and a group of three pursuit ships took off to meet the dirigible and escort her during her at | journey over the National Capital. B. Bayley, Lieut. Bushrod Hoppin and Lieut. Dale Fisher. 4 am.—Sighted 430 miles southeast the photographic plane were Lieut. H. R. Angell, operations officer Bolling Field; Lieut. Louis Merrick and Lieut. D. M. Myers. The pursuit pilots were Lieut. E. Pilots of In less than ten minutes the mist-shrouded, cigar-shaped Levia- than of the air had move® from the far eastern outskirts of the city | miles east of Cape Hatteras, battling } to a point directly over the heart of the ctiy. Circling the Wash- ington Monument gracefully, the dirigible nosed back over the city, giving thousands of spectators in the downtown streets the thrill of their lifetime. President Coolidge Watches Dirigible. President Coolidge was shaking hands with visitors when th= airship. ! "10:15 am.—Hog Island. Va. Coast| Word that the Zeppelin was coming into sight reached him. He Guard Station reported passing of Zep- | quickly disposed of his visitors and with several secret service men pelin, which changed course ‘slightly to | accompanying him hurried to the concourse in front of the Execu- | tive Office and taking a position in the crowd that was already | gathered there watched with interest the movements of this giant The Zeppelin's course took it diagonally across the front grounds | 11:18 am—Sighted over Crisfleld, | of the White House at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. i southern Maryland, headed west for | making a turn to resume its journey northward while above the | State War and Navy Building and its swing around carried it through It started the Monument grounds before its nose was pointed into the direction of its destination. When the Zeppelin had passed over front grounds of the White House, President Coolidge then hurried to the rear grounds, where he stood watching it until it was out of sight. Mrs. Coolidge had gone to the roof of the White House some little time in advance of the Zeppelin's arrival and it was from that point that she saw it circle the White House grounds. Appearance Here Is Sudden. The great air liner was here before the “man in the street” knew about it. From the rooftops a few. who had received advance infor- mation of the change in plans of the ship’s itinerary saw it when its great bulk became visible’amid the gray in the east just back of the Capitol. But in a few minutes the word spread and rooftops and streets became alive with humanity wildly waving greetings to the passengers and crew. The ship dipped and rolled as it swung out over the northeast section of the city, then turned and pointed straight for the White House. Damage to the left “flipper” or stabilizer of the dirigible, which gave the world some anxious hours during the long flight across the Atlantic, was plainly visible to the watchers who lined the streets and rooftops. It was a long gash about midway of the stabilizer on | the port side and the torn fabric could be seen flapping in the wind. Only a small crowd of spectators was on hand at Bolling Field this morning—all hoping that the ship might decide to make a brief landing at the field. All officers and men of the station were under orders to stand by during the visit of the air liner to Washington emergency. The visit o ! mation had some difficulty in overtaking it. | An Army fleld ambulance was posted on the fleld ready for any f the ship was of short duration and the pursuit for- ‘The pursuit group 1 wish also to thank you for the mes- ] planned to accompany the blimp to Lakehurst. Thousands Crowd Streets. | SRR th northwest.s s Thousands lined the streets for & ;myfl oyt o view of the huge dirigible desplte the | ™z message received at Washington short notice of the decision of her com- | ¢rom ¥he Zeppelin said: mander to abandon the sea route and | “Graf Zeppelin crossed coast line six proceed leisurely up the Eastern coast. | miles north of Cape Charles at 10:10 ‘asl ., = l, 101 .’ i Tatest information from the Grat | " The ship was sighted next at 10:55 | Zeppelin indicated that Capt. Hugo jt glided over Wachapreague, Va. { Eckener expected to land at Lakehurst | .mm, d].?[.n:ehwesh of lh(e S T about 4 o'clock. |~ Following the line of esapeake While the Zeppelin was passing over Bay, the Zeppelin passed over Crisfield, the city, telephone exchanges through- | Md., heading in a westerly direction | out the city were so deluged with calls | with the apparent intention of crossing | that the service was paralyzed for a few | the bay and continuing to Washington. minutes. No word had gone out that] At 11:30 the Pennsylvania Rallroad the Zeppelin was coming over except reported _the ship_passing_over_Deals through the Navy Department and to { newspapers and press asoclations, and | (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. the flood of calls of persons to neigh- | | bors and friends telling of the big ship's | arrival came unheralded upon the tele- phone exchanges. First information that the Zeppelin } would pass over Washington came from the Coast Guard station at Hog Island, Va., which at 10:22 reported that the ship had changed her course and was apparently heading for Washington. The Navy Department received its first word from the huge airship after it Teached American soil shortly before noon, when Lieut. Comdr. Rosendahl notified the department that the ship would reach Washington shortly after noon and requested permission to pass over the city. Naval authorities said this permission was granted. Reaches U. S. at 9:45. The big Zeppelin cast its shadows over American soil for the first time at 9:45 this morning, when it was sight- ed over Cape Charles. a short distance out from the shore line, accord! to word received by naval authorities from Rear Admiral Guy Burrage, comman- dant of the fifth naval district at Nor- folk. The message read: “Following from Cape Henry, large rigible passing east northeast about 15 milen navih of thia station, rppar- s a Zeppelin Pantry Thought Depleted to Champagne, Caviar By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, October 15.—With the Graf Zeppelin Overdue, it is prob- able that the 60 persons it carried had to subsist on champagne and caviar during the last hours. While Dr. Eckener carried fuel sufficient for 120 hours of flying, it is thought that his commissary department calculated on only 100 hours at most. Food rations for the trip had been carefully estimated on the basis of 734 pounds of balanced food for each person for 100 ° hours. ® The drinking water - ply, which was carried in the form of ice, to be melted as needed, had also been carefully restricted to keep down 3: total load of the airship. Experts last night thought that some of the plainer foodstuffs were probably already exhausted,