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o * & — -, , Better Arterial Highways Also Urged by Operators of | Many Vehicles. Owners of a combined flect of. be- tween 400 and 500 vehicles have aligned . themselves as a unit against the rotary left-hand turn and in favor of the standard Hoover method. According to them, the best thought in motor trans- portation practice today is devoted to | greater efficiency, combined with speed and safety, and this involves such re- duction as may be mede in unnecessary stops. It is their - opinion -that the Hoover left turn meets these tests, while the rotary left turn fails to measure up. ‘The questions you raise aboui traf- fic,” said W. D. Griffith of the Griffith- Consumers’ Co., ‘‘cannot be lightly an- swered, and in my opinion do not cover the entire field. There are other prob- lems at least equally vital as the method of making left turns. Washington is growing and is going to keep on grow- ing. You can bank on that and should bear it in mind when urging for or against any particular regulation. Urges Faster Movement. Success Attributed to Team- ‘work in Meeting Problems " Encountered in Air. (Continued_From Pirst Page.) were taken out of the St. Louls Robin {c |]nake way for the oblong 125-gallon ank. - Between the top of this tank, over which was spread out mattress bed, and the roof of the cabin there is about 2 feet clearance. In this small space, we had to take our rest during the long grind and get in what exercise with our lehx;f we could to keep from growing SEUT. As one or the other of us took the controls, we had before us the instru- ment board, which required constant watching to check the progress of our flight. The instruments on this board, ar- ranged very much like the dashboard of an automobile, are the tachometer, which gives the revolutions per minute of Old Faithful, our motor, the oil presser gauge, which would be the first place for us to note trouble with the engine, as indicated by the overheating; the temperature gauge, which registers “What we need now and what we ll‘e“ the heat of the engine; the altimeter, going to need in the future is means for more rapid movement of traffic, to- gether with better cross-town arteries of travel. With the present rules in ef- fect it many arterial roads running out from the downtown district, and every one of those established means just that much more interference with eross- rafic because of the installation of stop signs. Applying the reasoning used now, Washington's future expansion, with its consequent increase in motor vehicles will be met by the creation of more arterial roads, which will just that much more delay the cross-city movement. - “This seems to me all wrong. What we need really is less arterial roads and better use of those we have. Hold: ing cars to 22 miles, or even 30 miles, as a limit of speed on through roads is what is now preventing our obtain- ing full benefit of them. When cross- traffic is barred by stop signs, there is no reason why a speed of 35 miles an hour should not be permitted. If that were done, the flow of traffic would be accelerated by at least 100 per cent, and it would be possible to reduce the num- | ber of arterial streets instead of in- crease them. “From the standpoint of operators of | commercial vehicles such a plan would result in great savings. would expect our trucks to travel at such speed; they are not made for it and we don't want them to. But every unnecessary stop which can be avoided | which ~gives the distance above the | ground 1n feet; the air speed indicator, | which its names explains; the rate of | | climb indicator and the bank and turn | s thought necessary to provide | indicator, which makes it possible to| { fly in darkness or through storm clouds. | This instrument is lighted indirectly for | night flying. | "Our engine, of course, is the com- paratively new Curtiss Challenger’ pow- |er unit. It differs from all other air- | cooled engines in that it has an even | number of cylinders. Where most air- |cooled radial engines have an uneven number, this has two sets of three cyl- | inders or a double-throw crank shaft. | One of the scientific reasons for this | flight was to test out the theory of de- |sign behind \this engine. N0 exists in our minds today but that this | theory is O.K. i “Ship and Motor Stead: According to our log the first three entries show that we Were Cruising | easily at an altitude of 3.000 feet above | the earth with everything functioning smoothly. Taken every 50 minutes the: entrics _are: “Motor running well “motor O. K.,” “ship and motor steady,” with the revolutions of the motor con- | stantly at 1,350 per minute. Our air speed during this first an crucial period of the flight went down Not that We | gragually from 60 to 50 miles an hour. | | The temperature of the engine remained constantly at 65 degrees F. The weath- er was overcast. Our first contact with our refueling d | (Time is Eastern Standard.) WEDNESDAY. 9:39 pm—Left Friedrichsha- fen. 9:55 p.m—Sighted over Kon- stanz, Switzerland. THURSDAY. :05 a.m.—Sighted over Basle, Switzerland. :45 am—Heard over court, France. :30 am—Passed over Galen- tigney :ofl.m.—sumd near Besan- con. :10 a.m.—Flew over Lyon, ask- ing weather - conditions Bor- deaux region. :35 ' a.m.—Reported over Val- Beau- ence. 10 a.m—The Graf Zeppelin was reported over the Mediterrancan off Barcclona. he took chances I used up nerve power. Somehow, he always came back into the cabin safely with his never-falling cheerful greeting. Te come back, he would swing over on his stomach in this perilous position, put one foot against each rear stabilizer and reach forward cautiously until his hands found the entrance into the cabin.—Obie. The first trouble we really en- countered was about 3 in the morning on Saturday (July 20), when we had been up just four hours less than a week. The motor started cutting out and vibrating very badly. Red was asleep at the time, but awoke instantly, asking Obie what had happened. It was almost too dark to see, so Red took the flashlight, got his safety belt on and climbed out on the right-hand catwalk. The trouble seemed to be in the two lower cylinders. Checking it very carefully, he declared | it must be bad spark plugs. The motor seemed to run better for only a short time. Red had hardly returned to the cabin after installing the plugs when | the motor began cutting the second | time, and he feared the flight might be | over. After a conference we decided they couldn't be the plugs, as the cutting |out began shifting to different cylin- {ders. The noxt bet was to check the magnetos, although the oil-soaked con- t { hections to the plugs might have caused e trouble without short-circuiting. While checking these wires Red burnt | both hands severely, and thoughts of blood poisoning, which might have | stopped the flight, shot through the | minds of both Red and Obie. | Without waiting to treat these burns |at the moment, Red again went out to work on the magnetos. He began on the right-hand one, working off the cover to get at the breaker assembly. Noth- ing was wrong here. The last shot was now the left-hand magneto, and Red had to switch to the other catwalk. Although Obie feared the painful burns on his hand would hold up the work. a cheerful grin reas- sured the partner at the controls. Finds Wire Ground. No sooner had he taken off the cover | th means Juct that much less wear and | S'Came at 12:30 in the afternoon. a1 | than he found the breaiter pothis weve tear on the machine. operating trucks realize the importance of this, but I venture to say nearly every commercial car operator in the city will agree with me that the wear and tear on their fleet has increased fully 50 per cent in the last 15 years, and a great deal of this is attributable to the constant stopping and starting. This is my considered opinion based on ©of the 100 or so trans= we operate daily in portation units ashington. Circles Slow Traffic. E v that one phase of the portation proble by increasing the pe arterial streets so as to get the maxi- mum use of them, thus enabling a re- duction in their numbers with a conse- quent fewer compuls city traffic coupled with the creation of ' town arterial road free from which now slow things up on achusetts avenue. § Now the passenger car traffic which produces our two rush periods is in coming in n in the afte posite direction almos comparison. Machines moving on ars terial ways at the increased speed would largely negative its value if required to pull right to turn left. If, on the other hand, they were permitted to fturn from the left lane of traffic by the Hoover method they would not block traffic, and I favor its adoption as the standard left turn in the city, | With the proviso, of course, that pass- ing to the right as well as to the left be permitted. -In other words, when I sound my horn it is a signal to the car ahead to hold its course in our half of the street without swerving «I don't believe it is essential that there be country-wide uniformity. but I do think we should have one rule in | use throughout the city. I would favor stop signs at the six roads leading into} Washington, where boards would promi- nently display a brief digest of our traffic laws, as is done at Atlantic City. Folders giving the code more in detail could also be available, and I am sure the American Automobile Association and the Board of Trade would gladly assume the necessary expense of this. Thus tourists could become acquainted with our traffic rules, and I would then hold them to the same observance s/ our local driver: Couple these with | strict enforcement, particularly making | yunning a stop sign or a light an of- fense carrying with it a heavy fine,-and 1 believe the resuits would be good, and you know we have a police force that could make these rules work because it averages higher in intelligence than the force of any other city.” Carefully Considered. “We have considered this matter very carefully,” sald Harry Kidwell, general manager of the American Ice Co., “be- cause of its importance, in view of the large number of vehicles we operate, and we are convinced that there should be uniformity in the left turn rule through- out Washington. Personally I believe 2lso that there should, o far as pos- sible, be a country-wide rule, and I favor the adoption of the standard Hoo- ver left turn. We use that now where there are neither lights nor police and we would prefer to use it at all inter- sections, so as to secure uniformity. I realize the rotary turn has some ad. vantages, but it certainly retards traf- fic, particularly those trying to make ight turns, and it never would work all over the city at uncontrolled crossings.” “The question of left-hand turns is 8o interwoven with the matter of uni- form traffic regulations as to make a decision on the latter controlled in the determination of the former,” said the executive officer,” transfer and storage division, Merchants’ Transfer & Storage Co. here is in my mind no question that we should have one rule all over town. When that is done it will be relatively easy for drivers to learn what is expected of them. Because of the great value of uniformity I favor the sdngtlon of the Hoover left-turn method, as it is the only one which will work at both controlled and un- controlled intersections. “After consulting our various operat- ing heads we have reached the conclu- sion that the rotary left turn is a de- cided detriment to us and it seems probable, therefore, that it is the same for all other large operators of com- mercial flcets,” declared Herman Schul- teis, treasurer and in charge of trans- portation of Chestnut Farms Dairy. “We estimate that with the standard Hoover turn we would be able to speed deliver- jes so as to enable us to dispense with one complete delivery in the downtown section. While it is true that a great many of our tr%:umuon units oper- ate at night when the rotary turn is Dot in effect, we also have a large day on, with traffic in the op= negligible in | from Obie. | T had just dropped a note for some | sandwiches which I saw the boys on | the ground pick up. We took this as a good omen, because we saw how easy it was to communicate from ship to ground. In the excitement of taking off | and getting this flight started we had | forgotten completely to take on drink- | ing water, and the hot weather soon | *"Roused up by Red for our first con- | tact, the one thing on which the whole | success of our venture was going to de- ur partner, V. Chaflec, was waiting | fueling ship, piloted by o | Maj. C. Ray Wassall. | whom we call “Shorty, ory stops for cross- | there with the precious hose to 10WeT | time to time than 50 feet to us as the fueling ship swung into | position a few feet above us.—Obie. First Contact Success. ct, thanks to_ practice | over period of the week before the flight, was a perfect success. Shorty lowered the nose just behind the propeller and Obie grabbed it before the weight had | time to so much as touch our ship. It was easy, once we had the hose, to connect it with our main tank. The only hard part of the maneuver came ‘This first conta of gasoline as the hose was pulled up again to the “flying water wagon.” Following the refueling. when we took on 60 gallons of gasoline, we received our first consignment of food from the earth and 5 gallons of oil. This came to us in two aluminum cans, 3!3 feet The oil container we swung to the roef of the cabin over the pilot on hooks, in a position where we could drain it inty the oil tank of the motor. One thing which always pleased us all during the flight was the raft of messages which we always found in the food container. We must say that our wives were wonderful correspondents, and it was always cheerful to get gooa news from home. The messages from well-wishers out- side the circle of our relatives and triends grew in numbers every day. It became absolutely out of the gquestion to answer them individually before the end of the flight. In fact, we could not even begin to take aboard all the kind words and gifts which came up to us. What we need now is about three weeks’ vacation to acknowledge all this won- derful kindness and support. A question which soon came up for us was that of checking the engine and inspecting the plane. ~ Our teamwork for. the refueling stunt brought us to the decision to have Red at the controls and Obie handle the delicate operation of taking in the line from the refuelers. From experience we had learned in practice flights that one man cannot do both to perfection. For the inspection, we teamed up so that Obie took over the controls most of the time and Red was the guy who went out on the catwalk or slid down the tail of the ship outside. Jackson Checks the Motor. ‘To check the motor I would open the door of the cabin on either side and climb out on the 6-inch wide running- board catwalk, which ran forward to within 3 inches of the whiring propeller blades. The wind, far more than the height above the ground, made this perilous and difficult. For * protection there were two rods rigged as railing outside me, and I had a safety belt with a ring which slid along the lower of these rods. Once I was in position, it was not so hard to do the work, because old man O'Brine certainly did hold the ship steady. He knew one slip by me, stand- mean certain death. I had the utmost confidence in him at all times.—Red. One of the biggest thrills I got during the whole flight was when Red had to go out on top of the fuselage and slide back to the rear controls. This was even worse for me than when I could see him on the catwalk. He was com- pletely out of my sight and I could only tell approximately where he was by the weight of the elevator control. How he ever did it I don’t know. If showed us the error of our ways.—Red. | at the end when Obie got a good bath | long, swung down on a rope by Shortv. | ing there without a parachute, would | This Few who are not | pour after Red took over the controls |grounded in the base of the breaker- | | point housing. A small piece of wire | had worked its way into this place dur- | ing the preparations for the flight and | was washing around as the breaker | point rotaied. | It was a difficult thing to remove | wire, as the magnetos were running at high speed. but Red managed to fish the wire out, which was followed by a steady roar of the motor, every cylinder once more hitting O. K. Bad weather very early in the flight | threatened succ to ~ the venture. Ground fog swept over the field at mid- m can be solved|pend during the entire flight, I made night just as O'Bri 't mic rmitted speed on | ready to receive the hose from the re-|controis to Red rulrm::::"f&%n"d‘”:“;‘f,i | trick. | The ceiling above the field between , the ground and the fog was lower from l v ‘We decided o rely only upon our instruments for | the rest of the night. We flew by these | faithful instruments at an altitude of :fghto 7: l;??é abn‘ve the ground, although | this entafled a risk of ve [ e caca of striking towers or | The sccond night, under somewh: | similar ~ conditions, altho the. Tog s, ugh | lhli time was right d heguny | making it impossible to see any obstacl | or boundary light or the Rotary beacon, | we decided to climb thror % | ward to clear air. fee etz . Setle Down to Routine. 3,500 feet altitude we | through” the fog into starlight, and e :‘gre ‘lrl(‘kled to death to have lights, [¢yen if they were in the wrong direc- Day by day we rolled alon = onously foward the former worid rodord of 246 hours, 42 minutes and 13 sec- Our first hundred hours w - tainly the hardest. Gradually. after about 115 hours, we began to find our task not quite so nerve-wrecking. This :nust have been partly because all doubt n the ability of our engine and ship faded away fo leave a rosy future. (Finally, Tuesday afternoon (July 23) at 2:01 ‘we equaled the former record We could see the crowd waving on the | Eround and we could see puffs of white whistles whe 7 ety batlding. erever there was course, we could not hear the was, coming up froi V. - tainiy dia cheer us " oY Tt eer An hour later we knew by the frantic waving of handkerchiefs, flags and other things that we had at last established a new record. At this point we really settled down to our task. Our hearts were light be- cause our faith in the good old Curtiss Challenger Robin had been justified. The messages from down below were wonderful and we never knew before we had so many friends. Told to Stay Near Field. We were now out to set a record which we hopg will last for two or three days, and,also we were de- termined to outlast the engine and ship. From this point on we were warned by Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, official -observer of our flight for the contest committee of the National Aeronautic Association, to stay at sll times within gllldmg distance of the field, because order to make the record official when we finally had to come down it would be necessary to land on the same fleld we took off on. On thing occurred to change our plans of outlasting the engine and plane. Our friend, George.Lea Lam- bert, so we heard by message, was killed in a most unfortunate accident. We could not stay up in the air much longer after this; we must land to pay our respects to his family. We had also notes from the ground asking us to take no unnecessary risks. would not have mattered so much to us, because we believed the ship still had several hundred hours left in it. The only failure in any respect was the loosening of the left stabilizer sup- port, and this we believe could have been repaired in flight. Well, here we are back .again, de- lighted to mingle once more with our friends, but simply overcome by the kindness and magnitude of our re- ception. (Copyright, 1929.) By the Assooiated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 1 nouncement that two noted woman avi- ise McPhetridge von Thaden, willattempt ise Thaden McPhetridge, will attempt to take the world refueling endurance time special delivery force, and it is this one that is adversely affected. We believe that there should be a uniform rile operating all over the eity, and from our experience we prefer the Hoo- ver left-hand turn method.” At a school i1t Birmingham, Englan girls are beling taught to type/to music, which is sald o create uniformity and -accuracy a5 well as io increase speed. flight_record away ts man_hold- ers, Dale (Red) d O‘Br:ne, was made by the tht. (el i e eles 0] n wi ::k:‘“m 'Belpuu:ld 10 and 20d hTyX:; they ex] ed, was being del by - their !oraxcom participation in {he" National Air Derby for Women, in which a score of feminine fllyers are ex- WOMEN PLAN EFFORT TO BREAK MEN'S ENDURANCE FLIGHT MARK pected to start from Santa Monica, Calif,, on August 18 for a race to Cleve- land, Ohio. The two women stated that to which is 420 hours 21}, minutes. Miss Trout twice has set solo en- durance marks for women, her latest, in February, having been of 17 hours 24 minutes. This was by Mrs. von Thaden, who set a mark of 22 hours. The latter also established a avomen’s altitude record, having soared to nearly 20,000 feet, only to have it surpassed by the approximate 24,000- foot altitude attained here by Miss Mar- vel of San Diego. lown on the ground, | whistles, but we knew what the message | STAR'S NEWS REEL GIVES RACE THRILLS Winner of Saratoga Handicap to Be Shown Fighting From Behind to Win. The first Evening Star Universal Newsreel which ‘will be shown, beginning today, in Washington, Maryland and Vir- ginia theaters, presents severzl death- defying stunts and brilliant spectacles. One of the most fascinating is the his- toric Saratoga Handicap race before a spectacular gathering ‘of notables and soclety folk at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., at the opening of the Summer meet of the Ascot of America. Diavolo, mounted by Jockey Maiben, captured the race in the fast time of 2:03 3-5 for the mile and a quarter. Slow to start, the son of Whisk Broom, 2d, after being six lengths behind, moved up gradually and after a decisive battle with Hot Toddy and Bateau at the last furlong pole flashed ahead. All of Race Is Shown. The handicap race is shown from start to finish, from the time the bugle blows for the parade to the post until Diavolo raced under the wire. Pictures of the gay throngs of gayly dressed women and prominent men cheering the horses on to victory are unfolded on the screen with all the fire and bril- liancy of the real race. ‘The welcome home of Capt. Lewis Yan- cey and Roger Q. Williams, who flew from New York to Rome in the Pathfinder, is (presented with the glamor and splendor |of gay crowds at the City Hall, New | York, where the flyers were greeted by Mayor Walker and Police Commissioner Grover Whalen. The flyers are shown greeting their wives in a happy re- union and on the steps of the beauti- ! ful St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where they attended mass, as well as in the of- fictal parade. Girls' Athletic Meet. One of the most brilliant athletic meets, in which two girls shatter rec- ords, is shown. Helen Filkey Warren is seen taking the hurdles for a new woman’s record in the 80-meter race in the national A. A. U. meet at Soldier Field, Chicago. In the same contest Betty Robinson broke the 100-yard dash record and is shown flashing across the fape just ahead of her near- est rival Speedboat thrills mark the great an- nual championship hydroplane races at Lake Tahoe, Calif.. where the fastest boats are seen churning up the water in rough seas Helen Wills is welcomed in New York | by large crowds after her return from | Europe with fresh laurels. At 23, she is the champion of England, France and the United States. The latest motion pictures are taken of Aristide Briand, the man of the hour in France, upon his succession to | the premiership recently resigned by | Raymond Poincare, who is now taking la rest from his arduous labors. Largest Herd of Little Horses. | Every lover of horses will be inter- {ested in sceing the largest herd of the | smallest horses in the world. Sixteen i hundred Shetland ponies were caught by the camera on their grazing grounds on the Western ranch. These ponies are not much bigger than dogs, one shown weighing bui 30 pounds. Deah-defying aeroplane stunts over the skyscrapers of San Francisco were photographed especially for The Eve- ning Star Universal Newsrcel. Lieut. T, J. Meyer of the 91st Observation Squadron. Crissy Field, looped the loop over the big buildings and did a dan- gerous tail spin over the hesart of the city. | PRESENCE OF STOWAWAY ON ZEPPELIN DOUBTED | Witness Not Sure He Actually Saw One—Graf Radio Makes No Mention of Him. By the Associated Press FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, August 1.—There was much conjecture at the Zeppelin works today as to whether & stowaway was _actually aboard the air liner, particularly as no mention of him has been made in any messages received thus far from the dirigible. A man who claimed to have seen the stowaway jump aboard the ship wavered in his testimony today and when hard pressed admitted that he was not sure he actually saw_him. For seven hours after the take-off nothing was heard directly from the Graf leading to fears that the radio might have been damaged when the stowaway was reported to have boarded the ship, but this fear was relieved when the first message was received at 10:30 this morning. ARMY TO UNVDERTAKE APPROACHES TO HOOVER RETREAT ON RAPIDAN (Continued From First Page) the President’s party first visited the camp the approach was so bad that the visitors had to leave the White House cars for flivvers. to go on by horseback. They were also forced to ford several small streams _and creeks. Since then. however, the State and county author ties have done some little work to im- prove the approaches and have pro- vided crude bridges over the creeks. Merely Tracks. The basic trouble is that the dirt roads were not built for. the traffic that the President’s sojourns at the camp imposes. The roads are little better than beaten tracks. With the Army Engineer School at Fort Humphreys fur- nishing instruction in road building, it was decided, this training might well be used to put the roads into shape. The move will be considered a proper function of the Government because the camp lies in the Shenandoah Na- tional Park. The approach will be one of the main entrances for tourist traffic. The plan will provide for a sturdier roadbed, widening of the roads and undermined by rains. There are two crushers on the job and an’abundance of rocks has been rolled down the mountain. These will be broken up and eventually will be used in building a macadam road. A Picturesque Spot. In the region about the Hoover camp is some beautiful scenery. Northwest 0. the camp, between Front Royal and New Market, is a picturesque mountain fishing _and camping ground. The President’s camp is a little more than four hours by automobile from ‘Washington. The preferred route in- cludes Aléxandria, Fairfax, Wargenton, Culpeper, Boston, Sjate Mills,”. Peol Mills to Criglersville. "It is also possible to go from Culpeper to Madison, Banco to_Criglersville. The Virginia State Highway Com- mission is working on only two jobs in the area, one northeast and the other southeast of Criglersville. Between Culpeper and Madison Hills, just south of the route to Hoover's camp, the roadway is being graded and leveled. Prom Washington, Va., to 8] 5 north of the route to the camp, the State Job consists of shortening the road. There are many dirt roads run- ning through this region in the Shen- joah Park, and a program of im- yrovement upon them has been planned conferences with State and Federal authorities. - The of the park development work Eventually they had | iraining so that the roadway will not be | Upper:_The big dirigible on the wing. Center: Projected route. Lower, left to right: Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander, and Capt. George Wilkins, noted explor- er, one of the passengers. TEPELIN I SEEN FF SPANH COAS {Winds Cut Speed of Graf to 50 Miles an Hour on Lakehurst Flight. ! ___(Continued From First Page) _ thers was no confirmation of this from the Graf Zeppelin itself. | | | | i | RACES TO ESCAPE STORM. | Graf Gets Report of Low Pressure Area Over Ireland. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, | August 1 (#).—Racing to escape an on- coming stofm, the Graf Zeppelin, Ger- man mistress of the air, cruised south- westward toward Gibraltar tod fore setting out across the Atiantic on | | its second vovage to Lakehurst, N. J. | “The dirigible ! ft its hangar here at 3:25 am. and at 3:29 am. (9:29 pm Eastern standard time Wednesday) was released by its ground crew into the cool starlit night. It eircled the field | once, appearing like a great silver cigar |in the glare of the flood lights, and then disappeared in the west across ke Constance. | ““The departure was made in the face | of ‘weather reports which told of a low pressure area over Ireland moving in | the direction of Friedrichshafen. By | skillful maneuvering and forced rapid progress, Dr. Hugo Eckener, skipper. hoped to outrun and evade the storms the low pressure area was expected to set in motion. Carrles 18 Passengers. Aboard the Graf Zeppelin were 18 passengers, 7 of whom were Americans and 2 of whom were women, and its crew, the usual ccmplement of 41 officers and men. & total of 59 persons. In addition it appeared at departure a stowaway had succeeded in getting aboard the ship. 3 ‘Ahead of the giant dirigible lay a trip of probably more than 4,000 miles, which at an ayerage cruising speed of 70 miles per hour might be traversed in 60 hours. Dr. Eckener, prior to de- parture, however, calculated he would need between 80 and 85 hours to reach New York. which he planned to circle before berihing at Lakehurst. An 80-hour trip would bring the voyage to an end &t about 6 am. E. S. T. Sunday morning. Dr. Eckeners course from here lay over Konstanz, on the Swiss bank of Lake Constance, Basil, Besancon, France, Lyons, down the Rhone, and Southwestward along | the Mediterranean coast to Gibraltar. | He expected to travel from Gibraltar | | above or slightly north of the Azores, | varying his route according to the { weather. Quick Start Made. The Graf’s start fron. here was one of | the quickest of its year of life. The { crew went aboard at 2:43 am. and the | | passengers two minutes later. Removal |from the hangar, began shortly after 3 am. was accomplished without dif- | ficulty, the dirigible rising slowly and | easily once the ground hands released it. Its new motors hummed perfectly. It was the third start of the Graf Zeppelin for America, but of the first two only the first represented a success- ful ocean crossing. The Graf left here | on May 16 only to make an emergency | landing in Southern France, when four of its five motors failed. The first trip to America began October 11. last year. and ended 111 hours and 38 minutes later, October 15, at Lakehurst, after a tortuous stormridden journey. Despite elaborate precautions taken yesterday and today, a stowaway ap- parently managed to smuggle himself aboard the ship. It seemed to specta- tors that he had secreted himself on the runway in the hanger above the Graf’s shaft leading straight to the bottom of the dirigible. As the dirigible was pulled from the hangar he dropped straight into the shaft, apparently suc- ceeding in holding himself their until the ship was in_the air. ‘When the police saw what appeared to be a man jump into the shaft, they called to the officers of the Zeppelin, but Hans von Schiller, navigator, re- | | i | | | i | titude being expressed in the wor | capt. Wilkins, who sald, “So far as I !am concerned I feel certain we will| | sengers and the han ever, knew definitely whether he suc- ceeded in holding himself in the shaft, and the possibility was admitted that searchlights playing on the airship may have given the impression of a man | jumping. Two Fail to Arrive. | The 21 passengers who originally had | planned to be aboard the Zeppelin to- | day were cut to 18 when Allen Miller of New York and the “Mr. Channing.” | who booked passage from Bern, failed | to arrive. There had been one previous | cancellation which had not been re- | | placed by another booking. Among the passengers were Capt. Sir George Hubert Wilkins, Polar explorer; | Prof. Geogoire Gourevitch and his wife, Rene Froyssart Gourevitch, a Russian pianist of Paris, and Dr. Walter Speiss of the German ministry of traffic. Two | other women, Anna M. Wong. Chinese- American_movie actress, and Suzanne Boitard of Paris. attempted in vain to obtain passage, but were refused by Dr. | | Eckener, who said he needed the room | for fuel Mile. Boitard stood wistfully by the side of the Zeppelin as it left its hangar. | { hoping against hope some one would | | finally ask her to step aboard. Anna | | May “Wong presented to Dr. Eckener | |8 big wreath of Shasta daisies, baby's | | breath_and asters, which he suspended | from the bow of the gondola. She ex- | plained the wreath was an emblem of good luck in Honolulu. Carries Mail and Freight. In addition to passengers the Graf | | carried a large assignment of mail and freight, including a number of live baboons, four thoroughbred pigeons |from Miss Wong to her brother in | California, and other matter. Its larder was well stocked with fresh food. to be prepared by the new chef, Otto Manz, for the passengers. The passengers spent the night be- | fore the take-off in the hotel at Fried- | richshafen, making merry and dancing in anticipation of the trip today. DI. Eckener asked them to go to bed early that there might be no delay in de- | parture of the ship to await late ar-| rivals. All were confident of successful termination of their flight. Thelr at; o make America this time, but if you | wish to be doubly sure, wait until you hear we are past Lyons and Marsellles, | our only difficulties are right ahead in the Swiss-French mountains A crowd of about 1,000 including many tourists from across Lake Con- stance witnessed the departure of the| Graf, although only a few were allowed | inside the Zeppelin Co. grounds, where | a special permit was necessary. Even | fewer were admitted to the inside of | the hangar. where the greenish arc | lights gave a weird appearance to the | correspondents, friends of the pas- T crew. REBELS GIVEN TIME. Mexico Extends Limit for Surren- der of Arms 24 Hours. MEXICO CITY, August 1 (#).—The | time limit for the surrender of rebels through Mexico, which expired Wednes- day night, has been extended 24 hours | 50 8s to enable insurgents in the more | isolated sections to learn of the pro- | posed amnesty. To comply they must | turn their arms over to federal army headquarters and be given a safe con- duct home. Fully 5,000 rebels have surrendered since the government announced its sponded “Oh, we haven't time to take him off.” None of those watching, how- amnesty and it is estimated that only a few bands remain in rebellion. Crime and Europe, and especially can Newspaper Alliance h which will begin in of August 4 daily thereafter. To be continued How Europe Handles out as examples for the manner in which they handle crime and criminals. The Star and the North Ameri- of foreign prisons and penal systems and the results will be given in a series of eight articles, the first of The Sunday Star Criminals England, are often pointed ave made an investigation NEW JUROR CHOSEN FOR SNOOK TRAL Case Nears Opening Argu- ments When Alternate Takes Place in Box. By the Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 1 (#).— Speedy selection of a new alternate juror in the murder trial of Dr. James | H. Snook. made necessary by the sud- den fliness of one of the regular panel seated yesterday, again brought the case to the point of opening arguments just before noon today. Newton L. Tracy. a railroad shop foreman, who was the second person examined, qualified. Both the State and defense waived their peremptory challenges and Tracy was sworn. He took the place of the thirteenth juror made vacant when Mrs. Parry Cassady. selected yesterday as the alternate, re- placed Mrs. Helen Lunsford, the regular juror, who became ill. Tracy was taken by a court bailiff for a quick inspection during the noon recess of the places connected with the case that were visited yesterday by the other members of the panel. The opening statements were set for the afternoon session, with Prosecutor John J. Chester, ir., leading off for the | State and E. O. Ricketts presenting the outline of the defense’s testimony. Stricken Suddenly. Mrs. Lunsford was taken ill suddenly last night. Mamie Weir, a registered nurse and special bailiff in charge of the woman jurors was called into court and reported that Mrs. Lunsford was “very ill” and that she suffered through- out the night from hemorrhages of the throat and nose. ‘The delay caused a postponement in the opening statements which had been scheduled for the start of today's ses- sion. As a result the staiements probably cannot be made until after- oon. Despite the two-hour intermission, only a small part of the crowd that jammed in to hear the first real action in the case left the room. and virtually everyone who had been fortunate enough to get a seat at the start, held it through the recess. Testimony Near. ‘Testimony drew near today in the first degree murder trial of the former Ohio State University professor who confessed the hammer slaying of his co-ed mistress, ‘as the jury turned from examining places that will figure in the evidence to the work of determining Snook’s gullt. 1In charge of county and court officers, the jurors were taken on an inspection tour late yesterday immediately after they were selected and sworn. Five and one-half days had been spent in seat- ing them. Mrs. Cassaday, the alternate juror, also made the trip. The jury was led ilrst to the spot where Snook met the girl on the night of June 13, then to the rifle range, where defense counsel declared they held their last tryst and where the girl was beaten and slashed to death. and from there over the path to Snook’s wanderings after the slaying. Go Over Route. ‘They were taken over the Scioto River Bridge, where he tossed the girl's hand- bag. which Snook said he believed con- tained & pistol before he attacked her: | thence to his former offices in the Col- lege of Veterinary on the university campus and then to his home. The tour also included the apartment building where the couple held a room as man and wife and finally ended at the hotel, where they will be held under guard until verdict is rendered. ‘The jury will hear the evidence un- der protest of defense counsel, who challenged the “array” with the con- tention that no one could be found in in County who was not blased mews'mper accounts of the investiga- . al Judge Henry L. Scarlett permitted the introduction of newspaper files over that period. but ordered that the trial proceed, with the statement that he believed the jurors as open- ‘minded as any that could be found. Continuance Denied. Another defense request for a con- the ground that Snook, tinuance, -on suflefl% from the ¢ effects of an exami- paraiso IFIVE CONSIDERED ASG. 0.P. LEADE Final Selection Not Yet Madef White House Reports Re- veal After Rumor. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Pive men are under consideration for the office of chairman of the Republi- can national committee tp succeed Dr. Hubert Work, it was revealed at the | White House today. The names of the five, however, were not made public. This , dnformation was forthcoming following the publication of & flat state- ment that Claudius Hart Huston of Tennessee was slated for the chairman- ! ship and that his appointment as chair- man had the approval of President Hoover. The selection of a new chairman of the G. O. P. committee probably will be made in September, when the na- tional committee will be cailed to me in Washington for the purpose of elect ing Dr. Work’s successor. The selection certainly will be made only with the approval of the President Choice Not Yet Made. No denial was made today that Mr. Huston is one of those seriously being considered for the chairmenship. In- | deed, there is strong reason to_believe | that 'he is to be the choice in the end. Emphasis was merely laid on the point that so far there had been no final selection and that the question of a choice was still under consideration by the President and other leaders of the Republican party. Others who are believed to be under consideration for the chairmanship are Secretary Good of the War Depart- ment, Postmaster General Brown, George Woodruff of Chicago and Ralph Williams, Republican national commit- teeman from Oregon and at present & vice chairman of the committee. James Francis Burke, counsel for the national committee, and Representative Frank- lin Fort of New Jersey, secretary of the committee, have been*mentioned also for the place. ‘There is no law nor any general cus- | tom even to prevent a member of the | President’s cabinet from also holding the office of chairman of the national committee of either party. But there is a distinct feeling that President Hoo- ver would not look with favor upon & member of his cabinet holding the of- fice of national chairman of the Re- publican party. Enough Work in Cabinet. A cabinet officer has enough work without running the national commit- tee, which has become a year-round job. Furthermore, the holding of the | office of national chairman, a strictly political office, by a Government of- | ficial sometimes has been subject of | criticism. It would appear, therefore, { that if the chairmanship is to go to { Mr. Good or to Mr. Brown, there is | likely to be a change in the cabinet. {In some gquarters it has been suggested | that Mr. Good may step out of the cabinet to become national chairman: { that Mr. Brown would be transferred to | the War Department and that Walter | Newton, one of the President's secre- tarles and a former member of the | house from Minnesota, would be made | Postmaster General. Or Mr. Brown | might be made national chairman, and { his place taken by Walter Newton, | Jeaving Mr. Good to continue as Secre- | tary of War. | In the past members of the cabinet | have served as chairman of the Re- | publican national committee. The last |'instance was Will Hays, Postmaster | General under the late President Hard- | ing. Claudius Huston and Representative J. Will Taylor of Tennessee. regarded as Republican boss of the State, ap- | parently have buried the hatchet. It is eported that Mr. Taylor recently stated | that if the honor of having the chair- manship of the Republican national | committee was to fall to Tennessee he { would be satisfied with the election of { Mr. Huston. In the past the two have | been political enemies and even as re- ! cently as the pre-convention campaign {last year they were at serious odds. A | couple of Huston men were slated to be | delegates to the Republican national | convention. much to the wrath of Mr. | Taylor. But the matter was finally | ironed out by the withdrawal of these | candidates for delegate. i Native of Indiana, ! Mr. Huston is a native of Indiana, where he was born 53 years ago. He | entered business in Chattanooga as & young man and his home has been in ‘Tennessee ever since. He has had wide business interests and is a man of con- 'Riderlbl' wealth, He served as Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce from 1921 {to 1923, when President Hoover was Secretary of that department. Mr Husion was chairman of the advisory {and financial committee of the State | Republican committee in 1920 when { Tennessee was carried by the Republi- cans for Harding. when the “Sold | South” was broken. Up to that time | Tennessee had gone Democratic con- | sistently in national elections since re- | construction days. It swung back to | the Democratic column in 1924, giving { its electoral votes to John W. Davic against Calvin Coolidge. But Tennessee wen® for Hoover by almost 40,000 votes last vear. ‘Whoever is chairman of the Repub lican national committee will have give & good deal of his time to the work and be at headquarters in Washing.won an appreciable amount of time. This is | one reason why it is believed that Mr Woodruff, Chicago banker and business | man, may not be willing to take the job, even if it goes to him. Mr. Huston is Teporied to have so arranged his business affairs that he can readily take on the work of chairman of the na- tional committee. The selection of a man from a South: ern State to head the Republican na- tional committee, it was suggested t day, might be good politics, particularly if the G. O. P. is to make a serious bid to hold onto the ground which it gained in the South in the last campaign. A number of Republicans were elected to Congress from Southern and_border States, districts which have hitherto been uniformly Democratic. Another congressional election i o be held next year and both parties will strive to win these seats in the House. The Repub- lican national committee is expected to | co-operate closely with the Republican congressional campaign committee. Mr. Huston is not a member of the national committee. But membership !in the committee is not an essential to being selected as chairman. Dr. Work was_picked from the outside, for example. If Mr. Huston becomes chair- man, Representative Taylor will con- tinue to hold on as national commit- teeman from Tennessee. 1t is likely that the man chosen to head the Republican national commit- tee at the meeting of the committee in September will be called upon to man- age the presidential compaign in 1932. nation Saturday. is unable to attend the told the court that his condition is not sessions was denied. Physicians had serious. . “Mr. and Mrs. Melvin T. Hix, parents of the slain co-ed. will attend no more sessions of the trial, 1t was announced last night by Boyd Haddox. their attor- ney. Haddox said the decision w: reached because of the physical condi- tion of Mr. Hix and the strain he had been under during the first five days of the hearing. when he sat throughout the proceedings with his wife just in front of the railing that cuts the spec- tators off from the courtroom proper. —_————— Eggs from the United States appear in the markets ok Buenos Alres, Vals Havana London..

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