Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1929, Page 1

v WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair, cooler tonight; tomorrow fair. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 95, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. . ™« of the Washington Railway & Electric Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 96,333 Sunday’s Circulatien, 106,473 No. 31,156. vost office, Entered as second class matter Washington, C. D. HAM ASKS EQUAL FARE INCREASE 10 AVERT ‘DISASTER' Washington Railway & Elec- tric President Cites Com- petitive Routes. * VALUATION FIGURE CREATES ARGUMENT Traction Official, Hartman, Bowen and Clayton Clash Over Significance. ‘The Washington Raliway & Electric Co.’s petition for an increase in fare, occupied the attention of the Public Utilities Commission as the fourth week of the hearings on the carfare case openéd today. The company's first wit- mess was its president, William F. Ham, who, after qualifying s an expert rail- way man, enteved testimony to the effect that the valuation of his com- pany was $19,210,899.39, Most of the morning was given over to arguments among Mr. Ham, his counsel, S. R. Bowen, Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman and Willlam McK. Clayton, counsel for the Federation of Citizens Associations, as to the exact significance of the figure. ‘The figure was reached by adding to the commission’s valuation of the com- pany’s properties in 1914 the net cost of additions and betterments to date. Mr. Ham stated that this must not be taken as the company’s own estimate of its value, and Mr. Clayton endeavored to have this remark stricken from the record. Equal Increase Is Urged. After argument, however, Mr. Clayton withdrew the motion and the figure now is in the record, with the qualification that it is not offered as evidence would be in a valuation case. Mr. Ham's early testimony was di- rected to the proposition that his com- pany and the Capital Traction Co. are direct competitors and that any fare increase granted to one company should Be granted to the other or there would be disastrous consequences to both. The Capital Traction Co. originally asked for the increase, but Mr. Ham's company later joined and asked for the same increase. .The rates asked for are 10 cents cash and 4 tokens for 30 cents. The rates now in force lret: cents cash and 6 tokens for 40 | cents. Bowen Calls Ham. * 8. R. Bowen, vice president and gen- | eral counsel of the Washington Railway | & Electric and the Washington Inter- urban Railway Co., announced that he ‘was ready to proceed with the presenta- | tion of evidence as soon as the hearigg opened this morning. eH called as his first witness William F. Ham, president %f the Washington Railway & Electric 0. Responding to questions by counsel for the company, Mr. Ham told in co siderable detail of his experience as street raflway accountant: ‘He said had been in the street railway business since 1895. Prior to that time he was employed by a steel company, which since has been absorbed by the United States Stecl Corporation, and he was | particularly connected with the sale of steel rails to electric railway companies. He told of his first experience with a ;:reet rallway company in Brooklyn, . Y. Mr. Ham said he came to Washington in 1899 as controller of the Washing- ton Traction Electric Railway Co. and later went with the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co.,, when it took over the former concern and its subsidiary companies. He was elected president ©Oo. in 1918. Mr. Ham said that he had been a member of a committee of street rail- way accountants all over the country which promulgated a classification of accounts, which was adopted by the street railways of the country, and has been used as the basis of the account- ing systems adopted by various public utility commissions and by the Inter- state Commerce Commission. From 1905 to 1912 he said he was chairman of the classification committee of the American Street Railway Accountants’ ‘Association, which co-operated with the Interstate Commerce Commission in making interpretations of street rail- way accounting systems. ‘When Mr. Ham had comvleted this | “~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | SECOND KANSAS CITY BLAST WRECKS GARAGE Owner and Son Arrested in Probe of Apparently Incendiary Ex- \ plosion Following Tragedy. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, August 19.—A ter- rific explosion which firemen said was of incendiary origin, wrecked a new one-story brick garage building at Fif- teenth street and Forest avenue early today. The blast shattered windows a block distant and was heard in many parts of the city. ‘Willlam Klugman, owner of the butld- ing, and his son, Himle, were held by po?lce for questioning. No one was injured. Two weeks ago today three firemen ‘were killed in a drug store fire, and ex- plosion at Sixty-ninth street and Pros- pect avenue. An investigation of an alleged arson plot has resulted in the arrest of four men, two of whom are under indictement for first degree mur- der. The nLhedrs lrl:. held without bond on_State murder charges. D. M. Carey, accused of being the eader in the plot, committeed suicide Jast Friday, shortly before he was in- CHINA MOBILIZES MANCHURIA ARMY AS MENACE GROWS Extensive Troop Movement Toward Border Is Begun by Nationalist Forces. PLANS FOR DEFENSE ARE BEING SPEEDED | U. S. and Other Nations Will Be Notified of Intention to Resist Attack. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI August 19.—The Chinese Nationalistic government has ordered mobilization of 10 additional brigades | of Manchurian troops totaling 100,000 |men and now views the Shino-Russian crisis as increasingly serious.” The brigades will be assigned to duty on the northern frontier. Six brigades will be drawn from foreign provinces, two from Kirin and the remaining from | Heilungking, said an official announce- ment published by Kuomin, official Chinese news agency. Gen. Ho Chen Chun, personal repre- sentative of President Chiang Kai Shek, was said to be en route from Peiping to Mukden with orders from the Na- tionalist government to assume com- | mand of the entire military forces in Manchuria after conferring with Gov. Chianghsueh Liang. Charges Alienation Attempt. The official Kuomin agency also car- ried a Mukden dispatch which said the government felt that white Russians along the frontier “were carrying on surreptitious acts which were a menace to peace and order and possibly might cause hostilities between Chinese and Soviet troops. Chang Hseuh Liang, therefore, has orderea border forces Lo round up all white Russians.” C. T. Wang, Nationalist prime min- ister, was quoted as saying Moscow was trying to alienate the loyalty of the three provinces of Manchuria to the Nationalist government and charged that compromising proposals had been made to Chang Hseuh Liang. M. Wang's statement ended: “The government is compelled to take a firm stand lest Communism again plays havoc in China. We have had sutu- cient experience with Communist out- rages. ‘1he Nationalists must either take a firm stand or again fall into the clutches of the Communists.” Tafchung, semi-officlal Nationalist government news agency, issued a dis- patch purporting to be from Harbin stating: ~in view of the severity of Soviev gunfire at strategic points along the Manchurian border, the Manchu- rian authorities have decided to mobilize the entire provincial army for duty along the Sino-Siberian frontier.” b Russian Strength Doubted. The dispatch said further: “The Chinese don’t believe the Soviet will declare war against them, but rather think it will continue border hostilities in increasing proportions, hoping to frighten Chinese into negotiations in accordance with Soviet conditions. The dispatch continued: *“Moscow is unable to send an army capable of con- quering the entire Manchurian army, totaling approximately 150,000 men, the majority of whom have seen active service in the last few years.” The Kuomin Agency quoted Wang as saying the Nationalist government had telegraphed its Minister at Washington instructing him to “inform the Wash- ington Government and other signa- tories of the Kellogg pact that it is China’s intention to settle the contro- versy with Russia through peaceful means, in deference to the Kellogg pact, but should China’s right to self-defense be infringed upon, Cnina was ready to defend herself.” The foreign minister was quoted fur- ther as saying that his goverment ha recalled Chu Shao Yang, the National- ist government minister of finance, who was sent to Manchull to negotiate with the Russians, and ordered him to re- turn to Nanking and then proceed to Finland by steamer. The news agency interprets "this statement as indicating the Nationalist government's conclusion that attempts at further Sino-Russian conversations were “futle.” ‘ VANGUARD REACHES BORDER. Calm Is Restored in Manchull Area | Following Raid. TOKIO, August 19 (#).—Rengo news dispatches from Manchuli, Manchuria, today said the first of the large Chi- nese reinforcement armies which are being rushed to_the western Manchu- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) o FOUR MAKE $30,400 HAUL.| Long Island Residence Robbed of Jewelry and Cash by Armed Men. NEW YORK, Abgust 19 (%).—Police today were seeking-four men who stole jewelry valued at more than $30,000 and $400_in cash from the home of leluhgm P. Weber, at Malba, Long! an Entering while Mr. and' Mrs. Weber were asleep, yesterday morning, the four, invaders intimidated the mald with' drawn pistols and forced her to lead them upstairs to the bedroom. There they awoke the Webers and forced them to open a safe where the %;;vels were. A ring was snatched from Weber's hand and a billfold containing $400 was taken from a dresser drawer. dicted. The robbers cut the telephone wires in the house before they left. BOY FORMS $18,000,000 SHIP LINE FOR COAST TO EUROPE TRADE Company to Be Incorporated at Seattle by Frank Mc- Keown, 20, Says Newspaper. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, August 19.—The Post In- Relligencer today said that Frank Mc- Keown, 20, has obtained support of financiers here and in San Francisco for an $18,000,000 steamship company. | gtates S| McKeown will incorporate the com- pany within a few days, the newspaper sald, refusing until then to name his backers. 4 f l His plan, McKeown was quoted as ing, is to establish a freight and . :gu steamship line between the d | sout) ‘WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. % (®) Means Associated Press. , TWO CENTS. HOOVER LEFT-TURN IS FAVORED BY TRAFFIC EXPERTSIN U. S. POLL Uniformity in Regulations Is Advocated in Nation-Wide Survey as Way to " Decrease Accidents. ‘Traffic experts who drafted the uniform traffic ordinance for the Hoover conference here several years ago are as firmly convinced today of the need for | uniform adoption by cities of the left-turn rule contained in the model traffic code, after ample study of the system in operation, as they were when the plan | ‘was promulgated for universal adoption. ‘This fact is indicated in a poll just completed by The Star in which answers | have been received thus far from questionnaires sent to each member of the traffic committee. Replies from 42 members in 18 cities and 13 States, received to | date, unanimously declare the importance of uniformity as a safety measure, and in none was dissatisfaction voiced against the Hooveér left-turn plan, which Wash- ington's traffic experts as yet have declined to adopt. Because of the vacation period, it circulated rumors that the National was impossible to obtain statements from all of the committeemen, but re- s came frofn coast to coast and rder to border of the United States and gave a definite forecast that recently Safety Conference was contemplating, or might be induced, to consider some new left turn method, are groundless. ‘The questionnaire sent to members of (Continued on Page 10, Column 1). NEW APARTMENTE 10 COST $6,000,000 DEBT DELEGATES . *MEET WITH BRITON Wardman Project on Calvert Leaders Study England’s De- mands, but Withhold Announcement. Street Will Provide for " 1,000 Families. Erection of a mammoth new apart- ment development, which will provide housing for approximately 1,000 fam- ilies, will be started shortly by the Wardman Construction Co. on the site on the south side of Calvert street, be- tween Woodley road and Twenty-eighth street, directly adjoining Rock Creek Park, it was announced today by Harry Wardman. Mr. Wardman stated that the new de- velopment, which will be just to the of Connecticut Avenue Bridge, will have a total estimated cost of approxi- almflly $6,000,000 for the land and The apartments, built in three units, will be on part of the site which was purchased about two years ago as the location for the national cathedral for the Presbyterian Church. After this national church project was dropped, so far as this site was con- cerned, Wardman again acquired the site and had plans drawn for the apartments, Small Portion of Site. The three buildings are to occupy but a comparatively small portion of the site, which consists of approximately 11 acres, leaving the remainder for land- scaping treatments and extensive lawns. ‘The buildings, each in the form of a great cross, are to be of much the same architectural style as the new, large addition to Wardman Park Hotel. They will be English in style, of brick con- struction with limestone ornamentation. ‘The apartment suites mrw be of for = keeping purposes and others will be furnished. ~The buildings will have apartment hotel features, with a large ing room and room service. Saddle Club Affected. The Wardman Park Saddle Club, now standing on the site, will be discon- tinued as a saddle club and after ex- Snowden. ‘THE HAGUE, August 19 (#).— announcement made tonight that British soldiers will begin leaving the Rhineland on Authoritative September 1. By the Associated Press. was ‘THE HAGUE, August 19.—The chief delegates of France, Belgium, Great Britian and Germany to the storm- tossed Hague reparations conference, met this afternoon in the apartments of Foreign Secretary Arthur Hender- son of England, to discuss measures to satisfy England on the compromised offer of her allles for division of the ‘Young plan annuities. An important entire morning session Brand Meets Stresemann. of what was expected to be a crucial day, after so many conference crises previously had been avoided, was taken up by a meeting of the financial ex- perts of the different delegations. This lasted until nearly 2 pm. At 3 pm. Premier Brand had & con- versation with Forelgn Minister Gustav Stresemann of Germany and then both went to Mr. Henderson’s apartment. No announcement was made after act the financial experts left their meeting. ‘There was nothing to indicate anything had been accomplished to make c(\mpromlfi of 60 per cent offered by Belgium and Jaj Chancellor Ph,m: to del . Mr. Snowden maintains the offer added only 20 per cent to Great Britain’s share of German It was noteworthy that yments. legates who met at Mr. Henderson’s were prin- successful in carrying forward the work toward ipally those who have early evacuation of the Rhineland. It was conjectured they might be discuss- | SENATE RESUMES AFTER VACATION Will Mark Time Until Tariff! Battle Opens Next Month. The Senate reconvened at moon to- day, ending its two-month recess, and decided to mark time by taking three- day recesses until September 4 when the fireworks over the tariff bill are scheduled to begin on the floor. ‘The 9pen!nl session lasted only about 2 minutes. As soon as the chaplain had finished the prayer, the journal for the proceedings of the last day the Senate met in June were ordered ap- Senator Watson of Indiana, Republican floor leader, made the mo- tion that the Senate recess until 12 o'clock Thursday. It was agreed to without debate and the members began to move about the chamber, extendl: greetings to colleagues who had just returned to the city. There were more than 30 members in their seats for the briet mm{onmllq of resuming the special House Recomvenes Sepiember 23. The however, were as Some mportant.dcbate Is_sniicipated some e ipat For more than an hour before 12 o'clock long lines of men and women were filing into the galleries. The House, having virtually nothing more to do on the program of the spe- clal session until the Senate acts on the tariff, is not scheduled to reconvene until September 23. Since an understanding had been reached 10 days ago between the Re publican and Democratic leaders of the Senate that there would be no business to transact until the tariff bill is ready to be taken up on the floor, many Sen- ators did not return for the opening today. It is probable, however, that they will begin returning to the Capital during the next week in preparation for the long, drawn-out battle over the tariff rates, beginning immediately after Labor day. The changes in the House tariff schedule as worked out by the hepub- lican members of the Senate finance committee were made available today to the Democratic members, and will be ‘made public to the country tomorrow. Study Administrative Features. Having completed work on the actual rate schedule, the Republican members of the committee will continue their de- liberations this week, starting this aft- ernoon, on the administrative features of the bill. Meanwhile the Democrats will be studying the rate changes agreed upon by the Republican members in preparation for the calling of the en- tire finance committee to report out the bill near the end of the month. ‘The new air-cooling apparatus in- stalled in the Senate wing of the Capitol during the recess was In operation when the Senate reconvened today. A similar system was completed in the House early this year. we WIPES OUT FAMILY, FIRES HOME AND DIES Michigan Man Kills Wife and Four Children With Gas Before Taking Poison. af some means for exchanging By the Associated Press. velopment, it is_stated. There will be Kovld rooms the club building, which will ha also a “the financing for the butldi were, Pa covering- first %flu three advantages against financial ones could secure & compromise all for '-‘h"flfe'ne even if without enthusiasm, ; Belgium. Stands Firm. jorical _denial made. politi- to accept, in today led his wife and four children with gas fumes and took his own life with poison after setting fire to his house here early FORD BUYS COURTHOUSE: Scene of Many of Lincoln’s Law Suits May Be Moved. LING old Postville courthouse, scene of . of Abraham Lincoln's law suits, has before the future President it after himself melon, with the ing named ever amounted to much.” ' cific Coast and rope with 8 or 10 vessels or 11,00 or 12,00 ton capacity, each with accommodations for S~ sengers. Whether the ships built or purchased from the United —e. Radio Programs—Page 22 I.l'l&e ht either the delegal make n rters jeld any of reparal due her under the Young plan, accord- to ding whatever change nations remained firm in their by Henry 2ot o tancain| CORRESPON on Farm Board. ° Edgar Markham, who for more a M.l:l‘ been Press-Dispatch, Wi the St. the meet- the attitude - of the British the othe r four the | D8] htha. w!:mwlnc DENT NAMED. %am e&n‘ ~m: Markham Made Assistant to Legge than cor- today. . Firemen who broke into the flaming house found Mrs. Magdell E. Nielson and’ her four children, Niels Hans, 9; Bertha, 8; Paul, 6, and Bodell, 2, dead in the bedroom, Every gas jet in the house had been opened. Nielson’s body was found in the bath- Over the bodies of his wife and children the !uh:lr“. ll::d- ‘thr::".l‘; entered bat MW. n, mkedhhnhthhtiinnlphlhllnd ng | reac ; | eastern standard time’ Tu GRAF LANDS AT TOKIO; 'TRIP TAKES 102 HOURS; OCEAN PLANE HOPS OFF Swiss Youths Leave Portugal for New York. STOP IN HALIFAX FOR FUEL LIKELY Aviators, in Early Twenties, Started Flying in 1927. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, August 19. —A wireless message from the German steamer Werra this afternoon reported sighting the Swiss airplane Young Switzer- land about 175 miles due west of Lisbon headed toward the west. The steamg¢r, bound for Brazil from Oportg, did not give | | tion as latitude 3§.48 north and By the Assoclated Pre: LISBON, Portuffal, August 19.— | aviators, Oscar Luescher, took ear here, at 1:30 dard time in an attempt to make a westward | crossing of the Atlantic to New | York. | They considered it doubtful they | could reach the American metrop- | olis without refueling and planned | |to strike first for Halifax, Nova | | Scotia, probably stopping there for | more petrol. It was their inten- tion to fly by the Azores, not at- tempting to land, but returning to { Portugal if their fuel consumption was too heavy. | The plane was a Farman mono- | iplane of French construction, ! bearing on its fuselage near its | “Jungschweizerland,” or “Young‘ i Switzerland,” It was similar to that used by ¥ ichmen Bailly and Reginensi, Tecently flew from | Paris to Saigon, French Indo China. * Land at Alberca Airdrome. ‘The two aviators, with a third, Alfred j Tschopp, flew here last Saturday from Le Bourget, France, stopping twice en route. Previously they had flown to Le Bourget, France, from Zurich, Swit- zerland. The flight from Le Bourget with its two stops occupled two days, during which the flyers were not re- ported, leading to belief for a while that they had come to disaster. ‘They landed at Alberca Airdrome, near here, with so little ostentation that it was two days later before residents generally were acquainted either with their presence or their intention to begin | here a transatlantic flight. They con- ducted their preparations for their flight in secret, refusing to talk about them, with the explanation that it would be better to do and then talk than to talk and not do. Yesterday they let it be known to a few friends they had made here that they intended to begin their flight attempt this morning. At 3 am. they | Iy left their hotel and drove the 45 kilo- meters to Juncal, where they had moved their plane, and where their friend and mechanic, Tschopp, was waiting for em. En route they stopped at a restaurant iand bought food for their journey, vacuum bottle filled with coffee, & quantity of milk, 15 sandwiches, some eggs and chocolate. They also have with them an apparatus to distill sea water. Course Is Over 3,000 Miles. ‘The course laid out from Lisbon to Halifax, via Azores, was something in excess of 3,000 miles, of which about 950 miles represent the flight to Horta. It was their first intention to land in the Azores if they found their fuel sup- ply would be insufficient for the ven- ture, but when the government in- formed them the landing fleld there was not in shape for them to come down, they announced they would re- turn if that contingency arose. ‘The fiyers possibly are the youngest ever to attempt such a bold venture. Kaesar being 22 and Luescher 21. Their plane had a load of 650 gallons of petrol. It carried besides a small pneu- matic boat, rubber suits and apparatus enabling men to remain under water for five minutes. Neither of the two aviators has had much experience, both having made their debut in aviation in 1927. ‘The aviators received what they con- sidered a favorable weather report from the meteorologists. It predicted clear weather and winds to the Azores, but fog beyond, especially around Newfoundland. Plane Has 105-mile Speed. e onely e of Sork and pr up a small pi rk and present ltplo the fiyers, remarking jokingly they might need it to help keep them afloat. The airmen both donned safety rubber | suits, in which they were \phed e e B O tmased that 1 was 3060 e est at it was miles from Lisbon to New York, while' their plane has an estimated range of 'l 3,750 miles and had speed of 105 miles hour. It their long hop should vrove suc- cessful, it was estimated they should 'h Roosevelt Field about 6 p.m. esday. picked ted FIRE SWEEPS TOWN. Low Water Pressure Handicaps 230-horsepower motor the name |2 | Mack, Detroit, Status of Air Ventures ‘The Graf Zeppelin landed at ‘Tokio, Japan, early today, com- pleting the second of its round-the-world flight in approxi- mately 120 hours. ‘Two Swiss fiyers, Oscar Kaesar, pilot, and Curt Luescher, backer and mechanic, took off early to- day from Juncal, Switzerland, on an attempt to fly across the At~ lantic to New York. The endurance plane, Spokane Sun God, having crossed the Na- tion and reached New York, com- pleted the first lap of its return trip to Spokane this morning, re- fueling at Cleveland and con- . tinuing westward toward St. Paul. Eighteen women in the air derby won a strike against a stop at Calexico, and started the second leg of their trip. 16 WOMAN FLYERS WIN STOP STRIKE Calexico Off San Monica- | Cleveland Schedule as Derby Is Resumed. By the Assoclated Press. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., August| 19.—Eighteen of the nineteen flyers en- tered in the first women's national air derby from San Monica, Calif,, to Cleve- land, who balked at continuing the flight from here today because of their objection to landing at Calexico, Calif., won their point when the race officials announced they would be permitted to pass that point without stopping. They took the air again shortly after 6 a.m. It was announced that the fiyers, in- stead of making a control stop at Calexico, would be permitted by the Cleveland race officials to fiy sufficient- 1y low over that airport to allow check- ers to read their plane numbers. The contestants then may land at Yuma,; Ariz., the change they had demanded, | or continue to Phoenix. Landing Room Lacking. Following a protest meeting last night, the woman fiyers issued a state- ment refusing to go “farther than this | point (San Bernardino) unless routed or through Yuma, Ariz, instead of Calekico, Calif.” The statement added : that the cause of the strike ultimatum | that Cleveland officlals had failed to designate the route within 24 hours of the start of the race. Informally, they indicated objection was made to the limited size and nature of the Calexico air fleld, which, declared, 'M“ana T in if th‘fymw:xg landed. TG tne ultimatum was telephoned | to Floyd J. Logan, air race chairman at Cleveland, he stated that Calexico had been selected as the route three weeks azo,c:lnd u:oh“' “we expect them to go ia lexico.” ¥ The situation then was put to Clifford 'W. Henderson, managing director of the national air races Cleveland, who announced after a conference with Logan that the concession of merely flying low over Calexico had been grant- ed to the contestants. Ninteenth Flyer Confused. ‘The nineteenth contestant, Mary -von reached Montebello, Calif. She reported that she became confused by other planes about hers and thought the field there was San Bernardino. jpon discovering her mistake, she backtracked to Santa Monica and planned to start again. Race officials were doubtful if she would be allowed to continue as a contestant, but possibly might accompany as & solo er. The race, with prize money of $25,000 at stake, and with practically all the porminent woman fiyers of this country competing, got under way at Santa Monica yesterday. All but one of the entrants” reached San Bernardino fot the first overnight stop. Signers of Ultimatum. ‘Those who completed the first day's hop and who signed the ultimatum were: Phoebe Omlie, Memphis, Tenn.; Bob- bie Trout, Los Angeles; Clair Fahy, Los Angeles; Thea Rasche, Germany; Edith Foltz, Portland, Oreg.; Mrs. Keith Mil- aland; Florence Barnes, San .; Marvel Crosson, San Blanche Noyes, Cleveland, Louise Thaden, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Nichols, Rye, N. Y.: Gladys Beach, Calif.; Ruth Margaret Perry, ©Ohio; Ruth O'Donnell, Long Elder, Los Angeles; Opal Kunz, New »York | tivittes Second Lap of Globe Journey Completed. MAY CONTINUE TRIP THURSDAY Throng at Airport Cheers Arrival in Japan. TOKIO, August 19 (#).—With a journey of 6,880 miles across two continents officially logged, the great German air liner Graf Zep- pelin was safely housed in the hangar at Kasumigaura Naval Air Station at 5:07 am, Eastern Standard Time, today after a run of 101 hours and 53 minutes from Friedrichshafen. Five hundred Japanese blue- jackets brought down the silver queen of the air on Kasumigaura Field at 6:27 am. Forty minutes later they stowed her safely away | until the start of her flight of 5,420 miles across the Pacific Ocean to Los Angeles, next stage of her flight around the world. ‘The Graf will probably start for the Pacific coast of America on ‘Thursday. This flight over the waste stretches of the Pacific never yet traversed by an airship, marks the third stage of the globe-circling Graf’s journey. Together with the run across the American con- tinent from Los Angeles to Lake- j hurst, the Zeppelin must still fly nearly 8,000 miles to her goal on the New Jersey airfleld from which she set out on August 7. Round of Festivities Begins. A round of entertainments and fes- the lavish tradition of given to the engines in the i- gaura hangar. ~ While immense crowds of excited Japanese broke ggain and again through and military cordons, Dr. Hugo Eckener and Admiral Takarabe, Japa- nese minister of the navy, exchanged formal felicitations on the fleld. ‘The passengers, all of whom were well and in-good spirits, went through a brief cusoms inspection and then boarded a train for Tokio, 40 miles away. The Japanese ceremonial meal, traditionally extended to visitors, was served by airport and government of- ficials before they left. It consisted in dried chestnuts, dried cuttlefish and saki, national alcoholic beverage fer- mented from rice. ‘The officers and crew of the Graf were distracted from the strain of four days and six hours of contant effort and responsibility over the heart of Europe and the wilds of Siberia by an entertainment given by the command- ant of the airport. They relaxed from the tension of the flight from Fried- richshafen by dining and watching the dancing of Geisha girls, professional Japanese entertainers. . Engines Get Attention. Meanwhile, the staff of American, German and Japanese engineers, who had been waiting to go over the Graf’s engines and replenish her stores, si- lently got to work to prepare her for her transpacific fiight. Before landing at ‘Kasumigaura field the Graf made a courtesy flight over Tokio and Yokohama to satisfy the curiosity of the people. It was a spec- tacle never before witnessed in the Orilent, not even in Japan, where mod- ernization has been so rapid since the middle of the last century. No airship as big as the Graf ever cruised the skies of the Empire of the Rising Sun. Three Navy blimps are the nearest approximation to her ever seen in Japan. a trick of fate the Graf was stowed away in a hangar built from German reparations payments. Dr. Hugo Eckener probably will make another flight over Tokio before start- ing across the Pacific. The German Los Angeles; City: Amelia Earhart, Boston: Neva Paris, Great Neck, N. Y.; Vera Walker, Los Angeles, FIVE PERISH IN FIRE. Several Are Injured as Flames Raze Little Rock House. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August 19 (#).— Five persons were burned to death and several others injured or burned in a fire in a house here today. Explosion of a cooking stove started the fire, w] trapped the vic- tims in their upstairs rooms. The house was a 14-room frame structure and the blaze spread rapidly through it. embassy e: ted him to pass over the twofold dge which marks the en- trance to the imperial palace as a ges- t the Emperor. ure of courtesy to The dirigible, fresh from a fjaunt across Eastern Europe, Siberian tundra and Asiatic mountain land, arrived over this city at 2:35 a.m., Eastern standard (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Strike Called in Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, August 19 (#).—Ad- vices from Rosario toady said that labor unions there had declared a general strike, to take effect at’6 a.m. Wednes- day morning and to last an undeter- mined len of time. Omnibus con- ductors have not adhered. 1| PAJAMAS TO MAKE STREET DEBUT IN FIREMEN'’S LABOR DAY PARADE- It Covers Men’s pajamas are to make their first public appearance in the streets of Washington in the firemen’s annual Labor day parade with the official sanc- tion of . He G. Pratt, superin- tendent ’:t"‘pfl.h:‘q o Pratt Sanctions Array for 65 Citizens’ Band Members, If Enough. 1 shirts carefully concealed 50 as to de- lude the human eye. Phillips modestly admitted that he wanted the bandsmen noticed in the rfldemdflwuthi pajama uniforms ':;medlyfinbmnyw.m-u ‘The pajamas will be all hues of the rainbow, he explained, and the mcn would make a perfectly modest and comfortable appearance. 'z"mhmzmuuun:nm. can't a) especially when they conceal more of the human form than the dress 6f the average woman. So far as the law of decency is obeyed, he ‘said, pajama attire-is not under the ban in ‘Washington. -