Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1928, Page 5

~ HOOVER MESSAGE FIRST T0 ZEPPELIN Nominee’s Agent Breaks _ Through Lakehurst Crowds to Greet Dr. Eckener. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star. LAKEHURST, N. J, October 16.— Herbert Hoover, being a good engineer, at home with log jams and floods, got his man through the Zeppelin crowd here ahead of everybody else. As the skyfish with the sore fin sank wearily to earth Monday evening there was a big scnmmafie, blurred in the murky light, as sailors, Marines and E:Hce fought back the crowd, which d been without hot dogs and Zeppe- lins for two whole days, and seemed ready to devour the ship. Invitation to Visit Washington. A plump but fleet runner in a light suit suddenly shot around the right end. He was tackled once, but with only one down and 20 yards to gain, he reached She starboard chart room win- dow as the bow of the ship touched ground. Dr. Hugo Eckener reached out and received from him a long personal message from Herbert Hoover, touching on the international significance of Dr. Eckener's splendid achlevement and urging him to visit Washington. Mr. Hoover's trusted messenger was Edwin Emerson, well known author and Journalist of international reputation, of 118 East Eighteenth street, New York. He is an old friend of Dr. Eckener, and when the latter brought over the Los Angeles four years ago he ‘Was, as on this occasion, waiting at the chart room window ahead of everybody else. Dr. Eckener reached out, seized his hand in a steel grip and bounced the Z:P‘Eehn up and down about 10 Teet, Mr. Emerson, rather fright- ened, dangling out the window. Declared Champion Zep Greeter. “I see you are first again!” shouted Dr. Eckener above the uproar as he Tecelved Mr. Hoover's message. This, according to a careful search of all ex- isting records, makes Mr. Emerson the champion Zep greeter of America and .lbol.nh up kl.l‘x:g Hocver"s penplucltylin ways picl men of experience. In- I‘.Idenh&, Mr. Emerson is an old friend of Mr. Hoover as well as of Dr. Eckener, and Mr. Hoover summoned him to Washington and personally gave him the message, with an urgent request that he get it lletltl D;&Ecl*!lener'sdl&l‘nflg as soon as possible after the lan of the ship. He did. The man who took the message to Garcla did no more ‘workmanlike job. With the ship long overdue and thou- sands way behind schedule on food and sleep rations, the bored crowds were driven to talking politics. The news filtered around that the Steuben So- P - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1928. LANDING RAISES WRATH OF VISITORS Red Tape and Guards Com- bine to Anger Zeppelin Passengers. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., October 16.— Crossing the Atlantic in an airship is not in itself a particularly arduous ex- perience. It's when you land that the real work begins. E The passengers on the Graf Zeppelin found out about this. With indignant unanimity they said as the big silver fish settled on the land- ing field that there wasn't a thing to that story about their being airsick. They were still aboard then, thinking about cigarettes and a good dinner, and feeling chipper. Grilled Five Hours. Some five hours later they trailed wearily out of the improvised customs office in the hangar, looking, not air- sick, but “landing sick"—and plenty. “The crossing wasn't tiring, it was fun,” moaned Lady Grace Drum- mond Hay, British journalist with a title, “but this—" At 5:38 p.m. the Graf Zeppelin was hauled down into a mob of pushing, clamoring, enthusiastic welcomers at the Naval Air Station. Lady Drum- mond Hay thought it was fun. She ap- peared at the window, smartly dressed in black and white, gayly answering questions shouted at her. At 10:15 p.m., pale, hungry and tired, she autographed the last postcard thrust at her out of the mob, creot down a back stairway and departed for New York in a motor car. “I'm hungry,” she said—she almost sobbed it. “So are we,” cheerfully of the girl reporters. “ ing on nothing but ice days waiting for you—" Health Inspector First, “Haven't had any ice cream for a long, long time,” sighed Lady Grace Hay Drummond Hay. First of all, after they landed, came thé health inspector. He had to get through the crowd. He was late. It was well along toward 7:30 before he finished. No dinner was served aboard the Graf Zeppelin last night. Hadn’t they been talking all day about “eating dinner in New York tonight?” By the time the doctor was through with them the passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin—as they may inform you a week from tomorrow, an agree- ment they were required to sign for- bidding them to talk for publication sooner—were thinking rather favorably of the ship’s cuisine. But it wasn't dinner they got, 1t walk. Half a mile across the one &".'y, in )t{l:' Xgr{],mhad just indorsed man-American klatch ~this was big Dews. Prominent German-Americans bad been l-hlllh!nfwrolmu and it was noticeable that ither Hoover nor Smith buttons appeared on coat lapels. 2.-'". there were a number of heat- arguments, and then Edwin Emerson |. historic made his dash. It used to hap- Pen that way when Herbert Hoover was manager of the Stanford foot ball team, alh 8 tie score carrying the Grover Whalen Gives Up. Grover Whalen, official greeter of the City and County of New York, was there with his high hat and his ornate | Lady mustache, but he gave it up and flew to New York. It now remains for Mr. Hoover to goal the The latter included G. Brunner, R. Leibert, P. Helman, L. Rieger, B. Schut- zer, E. Schoetel, H. Keck, W. Mosebach, P. Huertle and Dr. Klamperer. “The voyage also has shown the prac- ticability of the Blau gas,” said Mr. Brunner. “As we use helium in Amer- ica, the new Zeppelins being built for the Government will use the water re- covery system, by which the free hydro- from the engine exhaust is re- formed into water, as it takes up oxygen from the air, thus compensating for the burned fuel and solving the problem of keeping the ship level. As Germany must use hydrogen, it was compelled to develop the us fuel, which requires only air repm:mm for compensation. The performance of the gas is one of the .re:m technical triumphs of the voyage.’ ‘The two new American Zeps will be built on virtually the same model as the Graf Ze , but will be larger. ‘They will each be 785 feet long, with 6,500,000 cubic feet capacity. They will be capable of carrying 100 persons. Mr. Brunner and his associates all said em- hatically that there was no question it that the commercial practicability of dirigibles had been abundantly dem- onstrated and that the era of large scale air transportation of the goods and passengers had arrived. (Copyright. 1928.) LAND OFFICE CLERK DIES. Funeral Services for Miss Blanche Norris Scheduled Tomorrow. Miss Blanche Norris, clerk in the Land Office, Department of the In- terior, where she had been employed 24 ears, died at her residence, 1326 Co- n‘;nmb“ road, yesterday after a short ess. Miss Norris had been a member of Bt. Patrick's Catholic Church for a number of years and was a former member of the choir there. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Dawson V. Hammond of Walkers- ville, Md. Funeral services will be conducted in Bt. Peter'’s Catholic Church, Liberty- town, Md., tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Births Reported. The following births have been reported to the Health Department in the 1ast 24 hedre: Wendell R. and Ruth E. Turner. boy, d Evelyn Iseminger. boy. ind Grace LaChance, boy. P. and lvelynpfinhullrt. boy. mauist Willlam H. and Susie O'Neil. girl. Maurice P. and Jean er, gl Mprvin and Virginia Simmons, girl. s and Julia Webb, boy. Haitie Washington. boy. ¢ Winifred Poweil, boy. and Hattie Bower, boy. was a landing field from the ship to the han- gar, through sand up to their ankles, surrounded by a guard of eneregtic young Marines who kept them going at a dog trot. Room Overcrowded. No letters to assemble under; nor any nice, cool, roomy dock. hot, stuffy, badly overcrowded room in a corner of the hangar, with the Ma- rines standing guard. Passengers on liners can’t be turned loose until the customs men have gone through their baggage, hence the Marine guard. in a room. There were the reporters outside. Some times a reporter got in. Always he got out, too. Among those outside looking in were Drummond Hay’s confreres in an American news syndicate. “But Drummond Hay wants to no, . A Lady 'p | see me,” one of her American sisters in a'\e syndicate kept saying over and over a red-faced Navy petty officer. “Tell it to the Marnes,” his expres- said. “She did, but it didn't help. Dismissed at 10:15 P.M. ting up at 4 oiclock were getting up at 4 o' every morn- ing to look at the view.” “The food was . We had plenty of it. We were not air sick. Yes, Iused to work on the London Express. No, I don’t any more. No, I wasn't scared. Yes, I'm glad to be here. No, it's not my first to America. And I haven't any dinner.” “No, it isn’t crossing on a Zeppelin :.;nn 80 tough; it's when you get ere.” One week from tomorrow ask Lady Grace Hay Drummond Hay of London, England. She knows. ARG R A S e AMOS PINCHOT FOR SMITH Brother of Former Governor Chooses Democratic Nominee. NEW YORK, October 16 (#).—Amos Pichot, brother of the former Republi- can Governor of Pennsylvanla, yester- day announced his support of Gov. Smith's campaign in a letter made pub- lic. by Democratic national headquar- ters. Wmh{“tfi Pl"r'lnk Pl ‘Walsh, chA‘lr- man of ogressive League for Smith, Mr. Pinchot hailed Gov. Smith as a new foree in American public life, asserted the nominee had been frank on every important campaign issue, and declared the governor “has shown a re- markable knowledge of the subjects with which he has dealt in his speeches.” —_— In his annual report, Dr. Adam Leroy Jones, director of Columbia University admissions, urges the extension of the selective system of admission. and T streets saw this mai 2 ol - swing around Wash| quantity of mail addressed to various doopyy, as left, will Sosward the walk GRAF ZEPPELIN AT END OF LONG VOYAGE The big German dirigible landing at Lakehurst, N. J., after her 112-hour flight. ~—Associated Press Photo. DR. ECKENER TELLS OF DAMAGED FIN Commander of Zeppelin Re- lates It Was Just a “Little Misfortune.” By the Associatzd Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, October 16— Admitting he was “ because he had only about “eight hours’ sleep the whole time,” Dr. Hugo Eckener, skipper of the Graf Zeppelin, last night told of his “little misfortune” which caused a delay of more than a Sm;: of hours in the schedule of his craft. Dr. Eckener smiled a broad paternal smile at a half hundred reporters who surrounded the two chairs he used as a speaking platform while he apologized “for many misunderstandings” he understood had caused criticism in America. Finds Expression Difficult. His story, told with some difficulty and interrupted by frequent promptings by his first officer, centered upon the buffeting his ship had received between the Strait of Gibraltar and Bermuda. He would consent to the interview only after the Graf Zeppelin was safely moored to its mast. He told how four men—including his youngest son—worked with nothing but the Atlantic under them in viclous squalls to repair the damage done by the winds to the port fin of the airship. The son’s name, Knute, a helmsman aboard the Zeppelin, never would have been mentioned but for the presence of Dr. Albert O. Grzesinski, Prussian min- ister of the interior, who was a passen- aboard the ship. He urged the ather to “tell the ‘whole story,” and the name and ition of the son was pried from Dr. Eckener by reporters. Tells of Voyage. Knute is 24 years old and one of the youngest members of the crew. Dr. Eckener said the Graf Zeppelin had blau gas and gasoline sufficient for 65 hours of additional cruising when he arrived at Lakehurst. He explained that the' weather during the last week was “very hard,” and so he had to make a trip across the Atlantic of a “special kind.” Gasoline was used only during the first 12 hours of the flight. “As you know,” he said, “we had a little misfortune when we were exactly in the middle of the Atlantie. A all broke the cover of the port fin. Such an accident never happened before to ::u;lnmp and might never happen “First we had to cut the speed in half because the rear of the ship dipped after the lower cover was torn off and there was danger of the wind tearing off the upper cover also. The ship would then be without the ability to make a safe voyage, you see. Praises “Brave Men.” “The fact that we repaired the dam- age in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and came happily to America sign of the great safety of airships. The weather was very bad. “Four brave men climbed out there in a terrible wind and rain, and so rode/| on the girders with the Atlantic under them while they secured the loose ends of the fin fabric.” ‘The mishap occurred at 8 am. Fri- day, Dr. Eckener said, and the damage was repaired and the ship increased its speed to normal by noon. MRS. STEPHENS BURIED. Widow of Lewis C. Stephens, 69, ‘Was Active in Church Work. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 16.— Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie M. Stephens, 69 years old, widow of Lewis C. Stephens, who died Saturday night at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Craw- ford, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church of Hyattsville. Dr. B. P. Robertson, pastor of the church, officiated. Inter- ment was in Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Stephens, whose death followed a brief iliness, leaves, in addition to ford, a son, Lewis G. Stephens of Washington. Her husband died four years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Stephens came to Hyattsville in 1919 from Washington with their son-in-law and daughter. Mrs. Stephens, who was a native of FINDS MAIL DROPPED BY ZEPPEL Bernard Ricker, 13-year-old pupils of St Martin's School, at Lincoln road bag drop when the Graf Zeppelin made its ingion yesterday. He picked it up and found it contained a Washington, was active in work at the First Baptist Church here until her last illness, is aljf her daughter, Mrs. Florence M. Craw-|* 7 7 b Chicago Schedules Public Welcome to Graf Zeppelin Crew By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 16.—Acting upon word from New York that Dr. Hugo Eckener, his staff and crew would visit Chicago as soon as repairs are completed to the Graf Zeppelin, a citizens’ com- mittee today pushed plans for a great public welcome to the men who brought the first ll.'ian!lc passengers safely to d. Soldier Pield will be used for a mass meeting honoring mbeskv a sallors and re will also public banquet. ZEPPELIN DAMAGE SHOWS PASSENGERS WERE NEAR DEATH (Continued from First Page.) have made history. May you continue to advance the cause of overseas com- merc"l:l aviation in other great achleve- ments.” RICHMOND EXPECTS ZEPPELIN. Eckener Declared to Have Ex- pressed Intention to Visit City. RICHMOND, Va., October 16 (#).— Richmond Chamber of Commerce offi- clals announced yesterday they had re- ceived a letter from Dr. Hugo Eckener, commanding the Graf that he was considering giant air liner to this city the next two or three weeks. Officials of the organization said that the letter was Souud in Germany, dated before the Graf Zeppelin started ts spectacular air voyage, and that while Dr. Eckener did not say- positively he would bring the ship here, he indi- c?lted he was seriously considering the plan, In the event the Graf Zeppelin is brought to Richmond, Chamber of Com- merce officlals said, a mammoth air- celebration would be staged in honor of the commander and crew. SCHURMAN SENDS GREETING. Dr. U. S. Ambassador to Germany Felici- tates Dr. Eckener and Crew. NEW YORK, October 16 (#).—Awsit- ing Dr. Hugo Eckener on his landing at Lakehurst was a message from Jacob Gould Schurman, United - States Am- bassador to Germany. “You have triumphed m?erhly over nature’s adverse elements,” the message read.. “You have also practically dem- onstrated the soundness of the theory you recently expounded to me in .our Berlin embassy as to the superiority of the airship over the airplane. in storms. Still more have you conclusively .estab- lished the feasibility of transoceanic commercial navigation, “It is a new victory for.German sci- ence and invention and for German ad- venture, skill, courage and endurance. * * I repeat my warm congratula- tions to you and your associates, in- cluding your son and the other brave rellom who risked their lives making Tepairs.” FRIEDRICHSHAFEN CELEBRATES. “Home Town” Populace Jubilant on News of Zeppelin's Safe Arrival. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, October 16 (#).—There was a “hot time in the old town tonight,” when word came of the safe arrival at Lakehurst of the Graf. Zeppelin. = All sleep was foregone and virtually the entire u- lace of this birthplace of the p was on the streets, celebrating the com- pletion of the voyage. Directors of the z%ppeun works held 2 banquet at which Dr. Hugo Eckener, his officers and crew and the construc- tors of the ship were all duly toasted in good German wine. The “hochs” of the dinners were punctuated by the clamor of bells from every steeple in town and were almost drowned out by the music of all local bands, reinforced by musicians from nearby communi- ties, who paraded the strets at the head of impromptu processions. GERMAN TENSION RELIEVED. Joy Reigns After News Is Received of Landing of Graf Zeppelin. BERLIN, October 16 (#).—Jubilation, pride and satisfaction reigned supreme throughout Germany as the news of the safe arrival of the Graf was greal ship might never reach its destination. Despite Dr. Eckener’s admonition days before the start not to worry in case the airship failed to arrive on schedule, or in case hours elapsed without a re- port of her position, Germans in all walks of mw' ‘uneasy, prenudt , admi that they feared worst. _Two groups, however, refused to faint-hearted. . One was composed populace of Friedrichshafen, who never "the points in the United States. Postmaster i e . 5185 B18%. PRGI0. They know of what stuff Eckener, Flem- ming, Lehmann, Von Schiller, Wite- mann and the others of the 1‘39,,?@' hours the | at 3 o'clock this.m if | lin’s arrival that any ) 40 ] 2 Course followed by Graf Zeppelin on epochal voyage. ZEPPELIN, BERTHED AT 3 AM., GUARDED AGAINST EXPLOSION Even Sparks From Nailed Shoes Feared. Wind Hampers Hauling Dirigible Into Hangar After Mooring. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., October 16.~The | been largest airship ever built, its silver envelope containing inflammable hydro- gen, was berthed today at the United States Naval Air Station after com- pleting ‘the longest commercial flight from Europe. Three other dirigibles, inflated with non-inflammable helium, huddled in the hangar Ttlose beside the Graf Zeppelin. Smoking was sternly prohibited, and in certain places no one was allowed except with rubber-soled shoes. So small a thing spark from a nailed heel might cause disaster. Berthed at 3 AM. ‘The mighty Graf Zeppelin, which {floated up from the Zeppelin works at Freldrichshafen last Thursday morn- ing with a crew of 40 men and a nger list of .20, landed here at :38 pm. after playing tag with elements over a zizzag course estimated at 6,300 miles, requiring 111 33 minutes. It was berthed after spending most of the night attached to a moor- ln! mast. other dirigibles in the hangar were the Los Angeles. and two com- paratively tiny non-rigid blimps. " Gropping iy Mo, ihe. dusk Tl away e Just years to a day after the arrival of Navy dirigible Los 'Angeles from the same -umn& point. Crowds had gathered for three days tnessing the arrival. was four the in | the others. As the great ible—now the it- est in the mfiflnd yet mon't:)“be eclipsed by three other ‘greater ships— o T greeting to the groundlings ky ship moved slowly and with muted motors to a 05t above - the towering with a roar like the trampling of celestial cavalry and-the strength of 2,700 horses represented the five Lines were and caught by the waiting hands of mare than 500 sailors. The ship was drawn deftly down and the gumpy bumper under the control cabin rested on solid crm\md. As the dirigible settled on American soll the enthusiasm of the crowd broke all bounds and’ police lines went down with a rush as the erstwhile patient moe to the winds and it the dirigible. Difficult to Restrain Crowd. State police were momentarily help- less but they struggled hard to restore order, and many & blow was struck be- fore the crowd was at last pushed back safely from the explosive wanderer of the unchartered highways of the sky. When the ship touched earth o sengers and crew grinned excitedly from the windows as they thought of res- taurant dinners and the pleasant foot- ing of solid ground. But they were due for disappointment. . Customs in- spection and difficulty in handling the Tl e g held pract ly incommunicado for hours, first in their cabins and later in that part of the hangar over to their customs service. Not until late at night was the last plece of baggage passed and the health of the last pas- senger certified. Then they s led away, some to homes and others to New York nearby points. They - uestioned by re- porters, mfl’fl?m were neces- gators are felolw townsmen, in many cases personal friends, whose careers are known to every schoolboy and whose und in instances fulness which have carried the: it of ave m out o 8o great was thelr faith in the Zeppe- tion even of the | home th speak otherwise than of “our Zeppelin.” | and P e, macema ) 4 | comme; g/// o . sarily limited by an agreement they had forced to sign that they would not talk about the flight for publica- tion for eight days after landing. This agreement was called for in a contract between the Zeppelin Co. and an Amer- ican news syndicate, which purchased the story rights of the flight. | same or less flurry than do steamer pa- | times smaller than DANGER WITHHELD Passengers Drink and Make | Merry Ignorant of Near Calamity. By the Assoclated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, October 16.— Passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin started on their air voyage with the trons—and so the trip continued. Pas- sengers were confined to quarters many of an ocean liner, but their days aloft were spent in much the same fashion—with simple entertainments in luxurious surround- ings, and perhaps occasional peril from which officers shield u:e‘:xm ‘While passengers sa compara- tive safety and comfort of. their cabin, { four members of the crew, including Knute Eckener, 24, son of Dr. Hugo Eckener, skipper of the air liner, under- took the task of climbing out to the tail of the ship in a wind and rain squall to repair a horizontal stabilizer. Drink Declared Quieting. Not once from the time of their de- parture at 2 o'clock Friday morning were the passengers so worried about the storms Eckener encountered that a ““fih drink” didn’t fix them up, he sal In tke squall that struck the craft Friday, and caused - damage that brought a request for a ship convoy, the passengers were held in ignorance of any real danger. Dr. Eckener said that if repairs had not been made quickly the fabric from both sides of the fin would have been ripped off by the wind with probable result that the zeplpelln would have been out of con- trol. The chsengen denied they suffered, from air sickness throughout the trip, although a petty officer of the crew de- clared that during the worgt of the squalls which struck them®in mid- ocean, the zeppelin pitched so that her nose described arcs of 150 meters. ‘There apparently was no shortage of food. The Graf Zeppelin arriving at Lakehurst with its larder equipped for weeks of further cruising. Eckener Sleeps Little. Eckener said he was “somewhat tired” because he had only about eight hours sleep since the Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen. The success of officers and men of the crew in keeping whatever worry there might ha; 55 inelr dppearin y their appearan upon their Lmrture from thé¢ Trans- atlantic Air es at Lakehurst. Lieut. Commander Charles E. Rosen- dahl, captain of the United States Navy's Los Angeles, only pas- senger who was aware of the serious- ness of Priday’s accident. He requested Even Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosen- | 1S dahl, U. 8. N., commander of the Los Angeles and “official observer” for the American Government on the flight of the Graf Zeppelin, was muzzled by this contract. He met reporters with Dr. Hugo Eckener, the Graf Zeppelin's pilot, after landing, but prefaced his rather perfunctory remarks with the statement that what he could say was limited by the agreement he said he had been “required” to sign. Some of the reporters covering the landing firotefited to Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics Edward Warner, asking how a Government of- ficial could be “gagged” by a purely commercial contract, but he disclaimed any power to alter conditions. “Comdr. Rosendahl is an officer of the United States Navy,” he said, “and was official observer for this Govern- ment on the flight, but his position on board was that of an invited guest, and if he found it necessary to make any promises he naturally had to keep Considerable irritation was evident among Navy officers, who felt that it was presumptuous on the part of any commercial organization to limit the of a Navy officer. Many of em were extremely outspoken about the matter, but none would permit his name to be used. After the Graf Zeppelin was ground- ed it was walked by the landing crew to the open doors of the hangar, but a°'12-mile cross wind was blowing and it was decided that under these condi~ tions it would not be safe to try to shoe-horn the great ship in beside After the pasengers were taken off and escorted under to the custom room in the hangar the ship was walked out onto the fleld again and attached to the stub mast nearby the high mast. Await Favorable Wind. ‘There it swung, with a skeleton crew aboard, until 3 o'clock this morning, when the wind died. Then a landing crew routed from its bunks walked the ship neatly into the hangar, where it stretched from end to end, a proud cock of the air with the Los Angeles for its hen and the two blimps for her eggs. ‘The officers and high officials among the guunsers slept long after their lengthy and stormy voyage, to rest for the arduous business of a New York welcome today. Because of the news monopoly con- tract and the forced agreement of the passengers the conversation of the air voyagers was limited, but one important ¥1m of information was forthcoming. t was definitely established that the Graf Zeppelin, which was built as a ship largely by popular sub- scription had been leased for two yea to a Spanish company planning trans- atlantic passenger and mail service be- tween Spain and the Argentine. The lease carries with it an option to buy, but it is understood that the Spanish company only wants the ship for use unur it can build air liners of its own. As the Graf Zeppelin lay in the hangar, its silver flanks rising almost to the vaulted roof, persons on the ground could plainly see the damaged portion, from which the fabric was torn by the storm while over midocean. Prepara- tions were made today for quick repairs, which probably will be made while the Los Angeles is out of the hangar on a projected training flight set to begin some time today or tomorrow. DAWES SPEAKS MONDAY. NEW YORK, October 18 (#).—Vice President Charles G. Dawes will make his first campaign speech for Hoover here next Monday, Thomas C. ond, president of the New York Young Re- publican Club, announced last night. ‘The address will be at the headquar- ters of the club’s campaign eamm‘lnee. 1,500 Frauds Found Among Registrants In New York Area By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—More than 1,500 alleged fraudulent registrations at a Manhattan polling place in the seventeenth assembly district were reported yesterday to George Z. Medalle, special assistant attorney gen- eral, by his deputies and special investigators. guard | pp, J only woman aboard the Graf, stepped from the fine toothed comb.” et ALL ENGLAND SHARES ZEPPELIN MESSAGE Radio Announcement of Arrival at Lakehurst Relayed to Hundreds of Thousands of People. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 16.—Newspapers today said that the broadcast from Lakehurst, N. J., of the arrival of the Graf Zeppelin was the clearest radio relay that had been heard in England, although atmospheric conditions drown- ed out the announcer’s story before the airship was moored. Hundreds of thousands of British lis- teners-in heard the drone of the diri- gible engines ,the cheers of the crowd | and |.n‘ band playing “Die Wacht am ein.” In an editorial, which was typical of | ot{:dm printed this morning, the Times said: Dr. Eckener’s cautious navigation give solid cause for satisfaction. The experi- | ment will be of the greatest practical value to the science of the air and Ger- many may justly be proud of it.” —_— RITES FOR C. A. COVERT HELD THIS AFTERNOON | Funeral services for Charles Austin Covert, who died at Herald Harbor, Md., Saturday during an attempt to | rescue a friend, was overcome by gas a well, were conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in Arling- ton Cemetery with milif honors. Mr. Covert served in Fleld Ar- tillery during the World War and prior to then was a member of the United States naval forces during the occupa- tion of Vera Cruz and also was a mem- ber of the American expedition that oc- cupied Haitli. He was a member of the Stewart Walcott Post, American . He is survived by his widow, Mrs. An- nabelle Covert: a son, Charles Austin his mother, Mrs. Fannie An A. Anders and Mrs. Claude A. Wolfe of Philadelphia_and Mrs. J. Irving Buck and Miss Helen Covert of this city, and a brother, Willlam B. Covert, of this city. Mr. Medalie issued a call reputable lawyers to assist him in the search for evidence to furnish a basis for prosecution. BRANCHES Sixth and C Sts. S.W. W, Bii¥ gl A X 3 Correspondent me “The achlevement and the success of | -5 TEPPELIN DISASTER (RADIO BEST WISHES HAMPER ZEPPELI Passenger Declares Dirigible Groped Way When Bearings Were Crowded Out. BY DR. F. L. CLASER, of the Wolff Bureau, an News Agency. LAKEHURST, N. J., October 16 (#). —Through great volumes of messages from aerial hand shakers that swamped her’ radio and seriously hampered her in obtaining essential weather data, the Graf Zeppelin was obliged to grope her way across the stormy Atlantic, Dr. H. Brandenburg, director of the division of aeronautics of the German ministry of transportation, who was a passenger, declared on her arrival. In spite of the overloaded receivh set, he said, Dr. Hugo Eckener, by wel coming such weather reports as could be sandwiched in between the greetings, managed to maneuver her so as to aveid the large unfavorable storm areas of the Atlantic north of the course si:e followed. Many Difficulties Presented. “The radio service presented many difficulties that were unavoidable when the airship was assailed by so many messages which were well :aseant, but which should rank after those whic: are required for the safety of the au- $hip,” he said. “While the airship is in flight onlv such messages should be admitted as concern the security of the flight—that is, primarily messages about the weather. “Radio greetings to a traveling air- ship should be avoided. An exception, of course, should be made for the good wishes sent by the governing heads of countries or for inquiries sent by their governments.” S Sleeping Declared Comfortable. Dr. Brandenburg said- one could m better in the Graf Zeppelin's than in a railroad sleeping car, and that the Zeppelin's provisions for the. comfort of her passengers ap- proached those of an ocean:lner. “It seems that there is no airsick- ness aboard the airship,” he said. “My im] of the possibilities of the airship have been strengthened by the incident of Saturday morning, AT . The y of Dr. Eckener and his excellent crew were, of course, additional elements for Ger- Dr. Eckener and Crew Praised. “Dr. Eckener (the commander)_is: the ition of composure. The at- titude of the crew—among them Dr. Eckener’s young son—who made out- side repairs on the damaged fin at about 600 meters’ altitude in a pouring mnm and whipping wind, working at Marri ! lage licenses have been issued to the w. 47, this eity, and Helen - iver ; Rev. B. J. A ey b al'Rev. Joseoh A. s, v 32 and Mary M. 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