Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1929, Page 10

GRAF RETURNS N RECORD TIVE Motors Good and Hull Untorn, Mechanics Find After 55-Hour Trip. o~ (Continued From First Page.) the following passengers have been ac- cepted: Lady Grace Drummond Hay, London. Comdr. Nashiro Fujiyoshi, Japanese haval officer. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl and Lieut. J. C. Richardson of the United Btates Navy. Sir Hubert Wilkins, Australian” ex- plorer. Joachim Rickard. Boston and Madrid. Nelson Morris, Chicago. William B. Leeds, New York. _ Carl von Wiegand and Robert Hart- mann, representing the Hearst publica- tions. Gustav Kauder, the Ulistein publications. Heintz von Eschwege-Lichberg, repre- senting the Scherl publications. ‘Yoshimatsu Enti, representing the Osaka Mainichi. Kichinai Kitano, Osaka Asahi. Herr Gessenheimer, representing the Frankfurter Zeitung. Dr. Heronimo Megias, Madrid, physican. A Soviet geographer, a Frenchman | and a Swiss also will be passengers, | but their namcs are rot available. FCKENER IS CONGRATULATED, representing representing the Passengers Honor Doughty Skipper of Giant Air Liner on Birthday. By Cable to The Star. § FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, August 10.— | Its sides literally rippling with pride— a gentle breeze causing an undulation of the fabric in much the same manner as a peacock preening himself—the Graf Zeppelin appeared over the field here today before the vast erowd on hand to welcome it, realized what was | Thappening. Words are inadequate to describe the warmth of welcome the Zeppelin re- ceived. Pride, joy and the unspoken | satisfaction of a national ambition once | again to share in the limelight of inter- national achievement were mingled in | the deep-throated cheers, which must | have been heard by those in the Zeppe- | lin even above the roar of the five | engines. 01d Records Recalled. | From the time the German dirigible | left the American coast until it reached the French coast at Oussant, in Brit- tany, early this morning, only 42% hours elapsed. Nor has any craft— steamship, airplane or airship—made any record approaching that now set by the Graf Zeppelin of making the trip | from Europe to America and return in 10 days. ‘The present flight, in the opinion of aeronautical circles in Priedrichshafen, has established definitely the claim that the dirigible can be regarded as the logical means of transoceanic communi- cation in the future. In making this return voyage in 55 hours, 24 minutes, the Graf Zeppelin slashed the previous time made by the U. S. dirigible Los Angeles, then the LZ-126 (more familiarly known as the ZR-3). in 1924, when she was piloted by Dr. Eckener to America in 84 hours to become the property of the United States Government. Graf Beat Own Time. The second best time was made By the British Royal Air Force dirigible R-34 in June, 1919, which made a re- turn trip to America. The R-34 cov- ered the return flight from Roosevelt Field to Pulham, Norfolk, in 108 hours. ‘The best time previously made by the Graf Zeppelin - was in _October last when it flew 'from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen in 68 hours, 46 min- utes. Another record set by the Graf Zeppelin on the flight just completed is for the number of human beings carried, there being on board the dirigible a crew of 42 and 22 passengers. Dr. Eckener Expreises Himself, Despite the insistence of the crowd that he broadcast a speech by radio, Dr. Eckener excused himself on the ground of physical fatigue and sud- denly disappeared from the airship's hangar immediately after the landing. Passengers on board the dirigible, however, before the ship landed pre- sented him with the following message of congratulation on his sixty-first hhl"t,hduy anniversary. The message said: “The undersigned passengers on the German airship Graf Zeppelin on its trip across the Atlantic Ocean and around the world congratulate today on his birthday their well tried com- muynder and leader, Dr. Hugo Eckener, rm-tested air and sea captain. “We wish him, especially, fortunate voyages and further successes, so that the name Hugo Eckener will become for all time the password for clever E:nnning and daring execution in the terest, rapproachment and friendship of continents and nations.” Dr. Eckener also received warm birthday greetings from Dr. Wilhelm Cuno, director general of the Ham- burg-Amerika Steamship Line. (Copyright, 1929.) e e g e b Japanese have established 43 cotton ! mills in China. ADVERTISEMENTS Bhawen rlf REC Bradley’s Pharmacy—7th & Md. Ave. N.E. — |2,500-acre reservation of Uncle Sam, | community of Lakehurst and the fash- iexcepl. in so far as it netted every By the Associated Press. NAVAL AIR STATION, Lakehurst, N. J., August 10.—They’re all “lighter« than-air-minded” on and around this even to Bossy and Dobbin. Elsewhere in the Nation aeronautical interest centers chiefly in planes, but this section of the Jersey pine country knows little more than the big ships of :he skies—dirigibles, blimps and bal- loons. “Dirigibling” around here is big busi- ness, requiring in addition to hundreds of sailors and marines the help of many civillan employes, and providing aero- nautical training for 180 members of a dlx:g‘lbu troop of Boy Scouts. e poultry yards still get a bit panicky when the giant shadow of the dirigible Los Angeles or the shadows of Army or Navy blimps cut through them, but the cows of the Jersey mead- ows browse on and horses in the flelds take no notice when the big ships pass overhead. Bucolic sophistication, this, as compared with the strained-necks of Broadway when the big ships go “uptown.” Although thousands from other sec- tions packed themselves into the reser- vation from the recent arrival and de- parture of the Graf Zeppelin, the rustic lonable Winter colony of Lakewood, nearby, took it all as a routine task, hotel and lodging house and taxicak driver many an extra dollar. The influence of the station goes be- yond the men. Army and Navy regula- tions ordinarily prohibit the carrying of civilian passengers in service craft, but Mrs. Maurice R. Pierce, wife of the cap- tain of tiks reservation, and other wom- en of the station and more than a score of the Boy Scouts have flown in blimps of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Co., which oc- casionally visit Lakehurst. And the youngsters know on what they ride. Under Chief Boatswain's Mate Alvin F. Starr, parachute instruc- tor for the station, the Scout troop was organized and now is working under practical conditions. “They have helped patch the big ships, rig them for flight, move them in and out of the giant hangar and frequently on the return of the Los Angeles from a flight they han- | dle one of the “spider lines,” a rope used in pulling the big craft to the ground. They speak technically, too. When the wind is blowing the length of the hangar,_providing favorable conditions | FORTUNE IN JEWELRY IS TAKEN BY BURGLAR \B!.Jtchinun Home Loot Value Put at $250,000 by Members of Family. | By the Associated Pre BEVERLY, Mass., August 10.—A for- | tune in jewelry was stolen early today | from members of the family of Sydney E. Hutchinson of Philadelphia as theyv | slept in their Summer home at exclu- | sive Beverly Farms. The loss wa< placed by members of the family at approximately a quarter of a million dollars. More than half of the loss was repre- senfed by a string of 150 pearls, each score valued at $1,000. Mrs. Hutchinson is the former Edith L. Stotesbury. ‘The $150,000 necklace and the bulk of the other loot was secured in Mrs. Hutchinson's bedroom, although the burglar also ransacked other dooms. Details of the robbery quickly were broadeast by the police, but no trace of the thief has been found. DEBS’ CASKET SILK GOES TO GRAVE WITH BERGER Brother Sends Cloth as Tribute to| Bocialist Leader—Wished by Party Figure. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, August 10.—From the ranks of the dead there came today a last tribute to Victor L. Berger, dead Socialist leader. A piece of red silk, symbolic of the regard Eugene V. Debs bore for the man who first taught him the princi- ples of Sociallsm and fostered his | progress as a party figure, was draped today over Berger's casket as his body was taken to Forest Hill Cemetery. On it appear in gold letters: “I say thou shalt be covered as Debs was.” It was the last wish of Debts, often | the presidential candidate of his party, that the silk, used on the casket at his funeral, should be saved for Mr. Berger's funeral. Fulfilling that wish, his brother of Terre Haute, Ind., sent 1t to city officlals and with it a tribute to the dead party leader. —_— In the first five months of this year the United States was the leading coun- try of the origin for imports into Greece, and second as a country of destination for Greek exports. EIVED HERE THE SUNDAY . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 11, .1929—PART 1. “DIRIGIBLE-MINDED" LAKEHURST CITIZENS KNOW THEIR BLIMPS Young and Old Help in Landing Big Craft. Cows and Horses Rather Blase Toward Passing Ships. for bringing in the Los Angeles, the boys say it's “down the hangar,” or ‘‘cross hangar” if it is blowing across the giant doors and blocking the “walking in” of the dirigible. A recent remark of David Wiley, 5- year-old son of Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, skipper of the Los Angeles, is typical of what these boys know. A flight of the big dirigible had been| Fri ordered one evening when Dave cam home and said: “The clouds are coming in from the west, Daddy, and the wind has shifted. Guess you're not going out tonight. PASSENGERS LAUD ZEPPELIN SERVICE Lady Hay’s Most Thrilling Moment Was Realization ~ of,Craft’s Speed. By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Au- gust 10.—Passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin, particularly those who hi made the previous crossing in her, ‘were enth: stic about the voyage to ledrichshafen. ““Compared with the previous eroufil and the Mediterranean trip.” said Lady Grace Drummond Hay, “this was an immense improvement, especially along the lines of comfort and provisioning, for me. It was merely like ntu::: aboard an ocean steamer. We coul get things hot when we wanted them and cold, even iced, when we wanted them cold. The service was far su- perior to the previous crossing. “The trip was the smoothest imagi- nable—there was no bumping and no rocking. I look forward to the rest of the journey not only with a feeling of absolute safety, but with the greatest eagerness. Our mascots evidently brought us luck.” Most Thrilling Moment. Asked what she considered the most thrilling moment of the journey, Lady Hay_replied: “That was when, some time yester- day, we realized what fast time we were making and how soon we should be in Germany. Just consider: Thurs- day we left Lakehurst; now Saturday noon we are in Friedrichshafen. That ad | certainly shows that airship transpor- tation is the coming thing. There was suppressed excitement among all of us when we realized we were on a VOy- age establishing & new record.” Sir George Hubert Wilkins, the noted explorer, sald he was heartily in favor of the 1930 North Pole flight projected for the Graf Zeppelin. “The voyage was @& magnificent demonstration of the thoroughness of the inspection of the Zeppelins ma- chinery before the take-off, of the ef- ficlency of the officers and crew and of the wonderful mavigation knowl- edge of Capt. Eckener and his men.” U. S. Hospitality Praised. “While on the trip which landed us at Cuers we assist in stimulating this demand. | most modern mode of conveyance. No ship for decades to comé will be able to make such time as we have now made. “All of us non-Americans were sim- fil_v overwhelmed by the courtesy and empire of the United States. Espe- clally are we indebted to the Navy Department for the assistance rendered. “So far as personal impressions are concerned, I get the greatest kick out of the fact that I bathed and swam in Lake Constance Wednesday a week ago, then bathed at Southampton, Island, Monday afternoon, and will bathe in Lake Constance again this aftefnoo Germany's oldest nhlpplnli | company gladly joins hands with the | ospitality shown us by the vast, rich | 'NATIONAL VOICE CONTEST WON BY JOHN HALLIDAY Pleasant Grove, Utah, Entrant| Leads at High School Orchestra Camp. By the Associated Press. | ‘TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., August 10.! —John Halliday, Pleasant Grove, Dtah, won first place in the voice eontest of the National High School Orchestra ! Camp here today. Second place went | to Alice Dilon, Kerman, Calif., who| yesterday won the solo champion- ship. Third place was tdken by Myrtle | Christianson, Racine, Wis. The winning group in the string en- semble contest consisted of Sven Reher, Cincinnati: Arlindo Cate, Greensboro, N. C.; William Heller, Lincoln, Nebr., and George Henry, a, Fla. Katherine McKee of Decatur, Ind., won the conducting contest, with Bernard Smith of Flint, Mich., second, and Mildred Faivre, Clay Center, Kans., ::'figus"" Reher, Cincinnati, tied for | dent. $60,000 DAMAGES ASKED FOR AUTOMOBILE HURTS Woman Seeks $50,000 From Con- tractor; Husbands Files Suit for $10,000. Suits totaling $60,000 were fled yes- terday in the District Supreme Court as the result of an automobile scci- Mrs. Rita Rabbes and her hus- band, Henry H. Rabbes, 1012 Seven- teenth street, are the plaintiffs and George H. Tompkins, contracting en- gineer, 1610 Park road, is named as defendant. Mrs. Rebbes complains that she sustained permanent injuries May 13 when struck by an sutomobile of the defendant, operated by his agent near Dupont Circle, for which ghe asks damages of $50,00. 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