Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1929, Page 2

GALLINGER STAFF -~ GIVENCLEANBILL Testimony of Voluntary Wit- nesses Favorable to Doc- tors and Nurses. Most of the testimony of a dozen or mors witnesses before the medical gervice committes of the Board of Pub- | lic Weltare at the District Building this morning was favorable to Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent, and the staff of Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital. All of the witnesses appeared voluntarily and with several exceptions testified they had found conditions sat- isfactory and the doctors and nurscs courteous and helpful. Rev. George W. Dow, superintendent of Episcopal ‘City Missions, who serves as one of the chaplains at the hos- pital, said that the psychopathic ward was very “gloomy” and he did not be- lieve that mental patients could receive the proper care "in such surroundings. He said the fault was with the building | and not with the attendants. Testimony Invited. W. W. Millan, vice president of the board and ex-officio chairman of the investigating committee, confined the testimony this morning principally to conditions since January 1, 1928. He permitted any one present in the room to volunteer statements either for or against the institution. Al witnesses who “gave favorable testimony were asked whether they ap- peared voluntarily and whether they had been requested by any one to com: Most of them said they came becau: they regarded it as a duty to tell what they knew about the hospital and not at the request of dny member of the staff. A jarring note in the testimony was furnished by Mrs. Julia Wittgenstein of 5021 Seventh street northwest, who sald that she had intended to place her husband in the psychopathic ward, but when she went over fo look at it animinutes after his ardval at the field. | attendant told her that if he were placed there he would be “a raving maniac_by morning.” Mrs. Wittgenstein said she took “one peep” into the ward and made up her mind that she “wouldn't put a dog in such a place.” The committee tried to find out the name of the attendant referred to, but the witness could not furnish it. George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, presented a file of letters which he has received in recent weeks relating to persons in the hospital. Mr. Millan laid before the board a letter from the Women's Medical Society of the District, relating to conditions at the hospital, end making certain suggestions for im- provement. It was dated August 29, and signed by Doctors Kate Karpeles, president. and Helen Gladys Kain, act- ing secretary of the society. The first witness to appear this morn- ing was Joseph C. O'Hare, who lives at the Wardman Park Hotel. habit and was picked up by the Federal authorities and later sent to Gallinger Hospital for an operation. Mr. O'Hare said he was present during the opera- tion and everything was conducted in a satisfactory manner. Neglect Charged. Mrs. Mary J. Malone, 1833 Brentwood road northeast, testified that h ter, Irene, had spent seven weel hospital around Easter time, this vear, and that she had suffered from consid-{ erable neglect. She said that mice and bedbugs overran the bed on which she slept and that the attendants failed to| wash her after an internal operation. She said she complained to several doc- | tors there about the treatment, but that she made no complaint to the superin- tendent. J. C. Bailey, an employe of the Dis- trict Electrical Department for 27 years, said that he had been visiting the hos pital to do electrical work constantly during the entire length of his employ~ ment. He said that physical conditions of the plant were bad in the old hos- pital building. He said that he had seen nurses take punishment from pa- tients rather than to hurt them. John A. Savage of 1277 O street, pres- ident of the American Equity Associa- tion, testified that the Board of Public Welfare had declined to allow the as- sociation to intervene in behalf of 41 attendants and other employes at t! Thospital who wanted changes in worl ing conditions. He said that George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, had | stated that the board was sympathetic toward the employ P. H. Birch of 857 Van Buren street, assistant superintendent of the Govern- ment general supply committee, testi- fied that he had visited the hospital in his official capacity and that he knew of “no cleaner place.” ‘Another witness who spoke in praise of the hospital was Mrs. Mary Gantt of 478 L street southwest, who said her sister, Mrs. Elaine Hamner, had ‘been a patient in Ward D for the last three weeks, and she had visited the hospital morning and evening every day since her sister went there. Chaplain Testifies. Father Joseph F. Denges of the Holy Comforter Catholic Church, one of the chaplains at the hospital, said that he had been visiting the institution three or four times a week for the last two years and always found conditions very satisfactory. Asked why he had come to testify this morning, Father Denges said some one had calied him on the telephone and asked him to testify, but that he had intended to come anyway. Mrs. Rose Teachum of 707 Seventh street southeast, who also praised the | hospital, said that during the last six weeks she has spent many hours at Gal- linger visiting her brother, William H. Kendrick, a Spanish War veteran, who is there for observation. Rev. George W. Dow, superintendent of Episcopal City Missions, who also \acts as one of the chaplains at Gal- linger, said he had been familiar with conditions there since July, 1923, and always found members of the staff and the attendants very helpful. Maid Well Treated, ‘Mrs. Marion Butler of 2200 R street, the wife of former Senator Butler of North Carolina, testified that one of her maids and one of her friends who had been compelled to seek treatment at Gallinger had been very well treated. Joseph R. Wilkinson; a retired builder, of 3328 N street, had the same remark to make of a brother-in-law who had been treated there. . Rev. H. C. Leman, 1113 South Caro- lina avenue southeast, said that he had conducted services at the hospital every Sunday for eight years and had found everything clean and the staff courteous. Mrs. Michael A. Hannan, 1903 Park road, said that her sister was & patient at the psychopathic ward in June, 1928, and that her trouble was incor- rectly diagnosed as dementia preacox paranoid type, whereas, in fact, she was suffering from a growth in her throat. She said her sister secured her release from the hospital on a writ of habeas corpus and underwent an -op- eration by a private physician d is now in excellent health. She said, how- ever, that her sister was well treated while at the hospital. | “'Osear Leonard, a representative of the Jewish Welfare Federation, spoke enthustastically of the kindness shown by the hospital to orthodox Jews who were among its patients. o Archbishop 82 Years 01d. MILWAUKEE, August 30 (#).—Worn by a recent iliness, Arch Bishop Sebas- tian G. Messmer of Milwaukee, spent his cighty-second birthday anniversary in s27'usl at his residence here yes- terday, receiving only. a few close friends. He is the oldest Roman Cath- olic archibishop in the United States. He told of & | young man who had acquired the drug | er daugh- | ks at the SECRETARY OF LABOR JAMES J. DAVIS, Who will broadcast his annual Labor day message tomorrow night over the Columbia Broadcasting System through station WMAL, in the weekly National Radio Forum arranged by The Star.- EW YORK GREETS GRAF COMMANDER ON BROADWAY RIDE (Continued From First Page.) were to have taken off at 7 am. but Dr. Eckener had enjoyed his long de- layed rest so greatly that he was five minutes late arriving at the fleld. Just before leaving, he again ex- pressed to newspaper correspondents his gratitude for the assistance of the American Government and people and for the reception given him here. He enjoyed the visit and the long night's rest he obtained in the home of Dr. Kiep, he said. {of maps before the plane took off 8 Attaches of the embassy and a number of naval officers were there to see him off The commander of the great airship last night was given his choice of the “most gorgeous” suite of the Mayflow- er Hotel, or a_quiet room in the se- cluded_home of Dr. O, C. Kelp, Ger- man charge d'affaires. Prefers the Quiet Spot. “T'll take the quiet spot,” said Dr. Eckener. He had earned it. Twenty-one days. 7 ‘hours, 33 minutes of tension and tumult had preceded his strenuous triumphal return Thursday. _Motor- throb and siren-shriek, mile-consuming glidings over the uninhabited waste- lands of earth and stops amid the pandemonium of crowds, speeches, pho. tographs—life had moved to a swis {tempo for Dr. Eckener. | "In the comfortable home of Dr. Keip he relaxed at last and basked in the brief respite between the end of his joneering and the beginning of his in lighter-than- |p “developmental era” air craft. He hung his coat and his hat on Dr. | Keip's hall tree. He sank into a com- | fortable chair. He quietly reminisced on his trip over a simple supper at 5 pm. with Dr. Keip, Dr. E. Baer and Baron W. Putlitz, all of the German embassy. He smoked a good cigar, savoring every puff. There is no smok- ing on the Zeppeli At 6:30 he took in a corner room, with broad windows overlooking the wood and the Keip garden. It was a room wherein stood a little crib bed, belonging to Dr. Keip's vear-old son Albrecht, now in Ger- Dr. Eckener soon was sleeping 2 | may as p 1l in that room. Hoover Praises Graf's Skipper. For his epoch-making achievement and its valuable service to aviation, Dr. Eckener, commander of the Graf Zep- pelin on its trip around the globe, was warmly praised by President Hoover at the White House yesterday afternoon. Dr. Eckener was visibly touched by the words from the President. This was made more evident when it came time for him to respond. To do so adequately the distinguished German airman resorted to his own language. His words were then interpreted by Dr. Kiep. The ceremonies at the White House were very simple and informal. It was the opinion of old attaches at the White House that the German was received and congratulated in a man- ner seldom experienced by a foreigner. Also it was plainly evident that Pres- ident Hoover was deeply impressed. ‘The President sald: “Dr. Eckener, it gives me great satisfaction personally to congratulate you upon this noteworthy attainment. It shows that the spirit of high adventure stfil lives. Its success has been due to the eminent scientific and engineering abilities of the German people, translated by your own skill and courage. “You have already witnessed the uni- versal appreciation of the American people of your accomplishment. You aviation: you have added to the luster of your countrymen and you have lifted the spirits of men with renewed con- fidence in human progress.” Dr. Eckener’s Reply. Dr. Eckener's reply was: “I am deep- ly grateful for the gracious address you have been pleased to extend me. You have been kind enough to appreciate what the ship, officers and crew have achieved, and we are proud of your ap- preciation. I wish to say, however, that the dchievement could not have been put through without the generous as- sistance of the United States Govern- ment, and I wish to avail myself of this occasion to express my appreciation.” Dr. Eckener arrived at the White House about 20 minutes before 3 o'clock, the time he was expected. He had land. ed at Anacostia Field a few minutes past 2 oclock in the plane which brought him from Lakehurst. - Besides Dr. Keip, Dr. Eckener was ac- * * * x * % and property during civil * X He was already engrossed in a study | a bath and immediately went to bed acefully as ever Baby Albrecht slept | have given the most valuable service to | The Marines Who Wouldn’ They, played ping-pong instead— "EIVENTNG DYNAMITE WRECKS TEXTILE MILL ROOM Deputies, Guarding Place in, _ Strike, Fail to Catch Perpetrators. . By the Associated Press. MARION, N. C, August 30.— The “opening room” in jthe Clirchfield Cot- ton Mill here was!wrecked by an ex- plosion of dynamite early today. Dep- uty sheriffs on guard at the mill, where | a strike is in progress, failed to catch the dynamiters. Today's dynamiting was the first of a series of explosions and attempted dynamitings in connection with the walk-out to cause any damage. No one was hurt. The opening room is the | room in which bales of raw cotton are opened. ‘Three strikers are under arrest, charged with attempting to dynamite the home of the Rev. J. N. Wise, min- ister of a Methodist Episcopal Church South. They are: Bruce Stacy, Rob- ert Perkins and George Styles. Date for their trial has not been set. Efforts at arbitration of the difficul- ties between officials of the mill and members of the United Textile Workers’ Union were being continued today by N. A. Townsend, executive counsel to Gov. C. Max Gardner. B. M, Hart, superintendent of the mill, Tuesday re- fused to proceed further with a tenta- tive agreement to end the strike be- cause he said that Alfred Hoffman, a national union official, was dominating the strikers. He refused to deal with any but employes. | 'ro0ps called out 10 days ago, when strikers and sympathizers refused to ip(‘rmn the mills to open with non- union workers, have been withdrawn |and deputy sheriffs put-on guard in 'NEW YORK SURGEON IS MISSING 11 DAYS | Doctor Disappears in Chicago While Attending Profession at Convention. ‘ | | By the Associated Press. | s s Lotk e e | CHICAGO, August 30.—Dr. Frank M. | Ende, 39-year-old New York surgeon | and second in charge at the City Hos- ! i'plul there, has been missing, police said | today, since August 19 when he came to Chicago to attend a convention of | | the American Soclety of Physiclans and | Surgeons. |~ Dr. Ende registered on that day at a | loop hotel. He talked with a friend in | the lobby and complained of not teeling well. He took leave of his companion, saying he was going to his room to take | something for a headache. He has been | missing since. ! | At tne hotel it was learned that Dr | Ende had not slept there after the first day. He was registered for four days, and his baggage was left. | Dr. Ende’s wife and two children are at_their Summer home in Cape Cod., Friends of the physician said Mrs. Ende had not been mnotified of her husband's disappearance. | |ASKS FOR THREE CENTS; i WORKMAN ARRESTED {Stranger, Broke, Makes Error of | Calling on Policeman for Financial Assistance. Edward Mayes, colored, a stranger in the city, was broke, hungry and jobless He looked in a newspaper and saw | where a laborer was needed on a con- | struction job in a far-away suburb. He had only 5 cents in his pocket and as he walked down Eleventh street he stopped Policeman M. H. Montague, also | colored, of the second precinct, and | asked him for the needed 3 cents in order that he might ride on the street | car and apply for the job before it was | taken. | " 'The officer arrested the man, took | | him to the second precinct and locked | him up on a charge of soliciting alms | { on the street. This morning Mayes was arraigned ! before Judge lsaac R. Hitt in Police | Court. The magistrate took his per- sonal bond. BAND CONCERT. The Unlited States Army Band, Curtis D. Alway, captain of Infantry, com- manding; Willlam J. Stannard, leader; | Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, con- ducting, at the Capitol Plaza at 7:30 { | o'clock. March, ‘Washington Grays" Grafulla Overture, “Phedre’ .Massenet Group of dance: “Norwegian” ‘Hungarian” “Berceuse” Ballet from “Gioconda’ March, “Chicago Tribune Selectfon, “Hawaiian”.. Suite, “Scenes Pittoresques” Marche. Alr de Ballet. Angelus. Fete Boheme. “The Star Spangled Banner.” ————e. companied on this flight to Washington and on his Visit to the White House by William P. MacCracken, Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce in Charge of Avia- tion, and Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the Navy air service. Capt. Neal, per- sonal aide to the Secretary of the Navy, also accompanied the party to the ‘White House. t" Fight! * * Just hoping to heck some thoughtless Chinese army would let a bullet slip their direction by mistake. * ok And start something the Marines could finish! * % It is a diverting tale and it's told by the Quaker General who took these unwillingly gentlemen to China in 1927, to protec Feaceahle young American lives war, * x . General Butler tells of the scowl which scattered an army—of the sturd; an Allied fleet—of the Yankee admiral who “bossed” ‘hinese general who made $425,- 000 a year—of the impatient soldier man, himself, who busted up a diplomatic parley and saved the day. * % It's a scrapper’s story * *x and you’ll enjoy it. " The Series Starts Sunday, Sept. 1. —IN— THE SUNDAY STAR. To Be Continued Daily. U.S.SCEN GRAF GLOBE Passengers Encounte ES WERE MOST PLEASING.| GIRDLERS HOLD| i ‘; red Most Memorable| Sights in Crossing America, They Say on Debarking. BY DEMING SEYMOUR. Assoclated Press Feature Writer. NEW YORK, August 30.—The most memorable scenes encountered by the Graf on its circuit of the globe were spread beneath its passengers as tie ship soared across the United States, { members of the party said yesterday as they debarked from the silver vessel at Lakehurst, N. J., and hastened to New York. Some of the travelers were at the end of their dirigible voyage, while others had still to make the last leg of their flight across the Atlantic to Friedrichs- hafen, before they were at home, but most of them agreed that nothing wit- nessed over Siberia could outdo the panoramas spread beneath the ship as it journeye@ from Los Angeles to Lake- k2 | hurst. Gustav Kauder, Berlin journalist, de- clared the scene along the Chicago lake- front, with throngs massed on Michigan boulevard as the Graf passed over Chi- cago on_Wedncsday evening, was the most striking picture of the entire jour- ney, and several countrymen, less facile of English, chimed in with Golden Gate Scene Wins. Lieut. J. C. Richardson, observer on the ship for the United States Navy, be- lieved nothing he saw quite matched in spectacular beauty the scene above the Farallones and the Golden Gate as the Zeppelin came into San Fiancisco. Willlam B. Leeds, wealthy globe trot- ter and sportsman, wanted a few days “to realize that his trip has really hap- pened and that I was on it” before he undertook to isolate specific features of the flight and say he got from them a special thrill, but he, too, believed he got his biggest kick out of crossing the United States. “I was amazed, and so were all who do not know this country intimately, at the number of airplanes in the United States,” sald Kauder, who is making the journey for the Ullstein publications of Germany. “‘We d them alongside us all the way from Los Angeles to Lakehurst, in every waking hour except part of the distance from El Paso t6 Kansas City, when it was dark night. Germany Has Wrong Idea. “We hear in Germany that America has not many passenger plane services, but we have a very wrong idea of your airplane progress. I was astounded to see planes come up and appear beside us from small communities all along the way. At Los Angeles we had & hundred flying around the ship, and from the Golden Gate to New York we were almost never flying alone.” Kauder has been in America before, several times, and is fairly familiar with the country, but he remarked on the growth and change in metropolitan Chi- since his last visit, in 1924, and believed that Kansas City had doubled in size, physically, in the eight years since he had seen it. “And your automobiles! Below us we saw people In crowds, but for every one of them an automobile, Nowhere else do you &ede -automobiles as thick as hu- 1t is & strange and peculiar] American scene.” The passengers said they saw little ly | nations bearing a proportionate share snow as they crossed Siberia, for it is | Summer there and the dominant note {of dwarf pines, tinting the landscape a | | dark green. > They encountered sudden changes in | temperature at several stages of the| | journey. The night they left Siberia | the temperature was scarcely above | | freezing, and everybody aboard felt cold, | but the next day, above Japan, the tem- | perature was 90 degrees, and at Tokio | they found oppressive warmth. |, H. von Perkhammer, German pho- | tographer aboard the Graf, took hun- | dreds of plctures on the voyage and | had still an ample supply of unexposed | plates to spend above the Atlantic, but he believed his principal prizes to be pictures taken over Siberia, most of them over territory never available hitherto to the camera, Many of these, | he believed, would be of material aid | | to geographers and other scientists. Pacific Ride Is Unexciting. They agreed, too, that Zeppelin travel was generally much smoother and pleas- anter, even in stormy weather, than ocean liner travel, with less vibration and rolling. ‘The most unexciting part of the voy- age apparently was the ride across the Pacific, all agreed. All of' the passengers who boarded the Graf at Friedrichshafen on its way to Tokio were eager to get enough exercise, smoking and hot baths during their two-and-a-half-day stay in New York to ready them for the flight from Lakehurst to Germany. SIGN YOUNG DEBT PLAN AGREEMENT (Continued From First Page.) which the Germans could count on not having to pay, and on which-the former allies could count in arranging pay- ments of their own huge war debts. It was belleved this stabilizing would eliminate most of the constant post- war bickering, which in the last few years has so often disrupted the Euro- pean family of nations. It was, in the words of Aristide Briand, Prench for- eign minister and premier, a “final liquidation of the World War.” Battle Over Approv. The approval was not gained without a battle of national interests, in which from the first Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, and Henri Cheron, French finance minister, seemed the principal combatants. eement on the plan in the end brought certain definite gains to each. Mr. Snowden goes back to London with arrangements for reduced payments in kind from Germany, and with 80 per cent of the additional reparations an- nuities he sought from Germany guar- anteed him. The German delegation, headed by Dr. Gustav_Stresemann, will take to Berlin an allied agreement to evacuate the last of the Rhineland occupled areas by June 30 next year, with the creditor of *the occupation costs after Sep- tember 1.. At top: The Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst, N. J., after finishing her great flight around the world. As the ground crew prepares to walk the giant dirigible | in the scenery was the thick patches | into the hangar, her passengers are seen looking through the cabin windows | shortly after she came to earth. At left: The Graf Zeppelin poking het nose into the Lakehurst hangar as she was walked in for a well earned rest after flving around the world. Upper right: President Hoover with Dr. Hugo Eckener when the Graf Zeppelin's commander called at the White House yesterday after a plane flight from Lakehurst. He was warmly congratulated by the President on the Graf’s | round-the-world cruise. Lower right: world-circling flight, at Lakehurst after the landing. AVIATRIX IS BETTER AFTERPLANE FAL Lady Mary Heath Regains Consciousness Following Head Operation. CLEVELAND, August 30 (#)—Lady Mary Heath, noted Irish aviatrix, re- covered consciousness this morning, after an operation last night for a frac- ture skull and other injuries received yesterday when she crashed in her plane through the roof of a factory. Possibility of infection, present for 36 hours after such an operation, kept her in danger, accoring to attaches at the hospital. She showed improve- ment immediately after the operation was performed, however, and her chances of complete recovery were re- ported good provided she escapes in- fection. No danger of paralysis or blindness was seen. Kirk lost a finger and suffered minor injuries. He admitted that he was hazy about the crash, but said Lady Mary was flying full power, At the fleld, however, it was sald e had turned off the motor to repeat prac- tice landings for the “dead stick” con- test landing at a mark without power at the races. The event was called off. Lady Mary's most noted flight was from Croydon Field, England, to &ape- town, Africa, by way of Bagdad, two years ago. Today's Events. An “efficiency” derby to Buffalo, N. Y., and return; two long-distance derbies, closed "course races for men and women and a solo endurance flight held tke attention of spectators at the national air races toda Officials of the race announced last night that thé Rim-of-Ohio Derby, twice postponed because of difficulties in arranging plane classifications and for lack of entrants, was organized and that the start was expected late today. Prizes of $2,000.are offered. The sec- ond derby drawing the notice of race followers was the non-stop dash from Los Angeles, Calif,, to Cleveland. Makes Record Flight, As the races draw near & close but one pilot had flown the distance and nearly & dozen entrants remained. The pilots may fly when they wish, they lan ing the afternoon. Angsles, made the flight Monday in 13 still | | { | | [ [ | | provided | ground at the Cleveland airport dur- | We Wil ing Schoenhair, Los | smoothly as at any time since the flight | Lady Drummond Hay, the only woman passenger on the Graf’s | Photographers Get Big Kick When Lindy Voluntarily Poses By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, August 30. —Col. Charles A. Linbergh has made friends with the newspaper photographers. He astounded an observation tower full of them at the national air races yesterday by walking the length of the dusty field and asking a “photog” it he wanted to make a picture. “I promised to pose yvesterday, but I was so busy I forgot about it,” Lindbergh explained. “I'm sorry. If you want to make some pictures today go ahead.” The dumfounded cameramen recovered, grabbed their bags and made off across the field after climbing over each other getting down the ladder. Then Lind- bergh posed before a Navy fight- ing plane before taking the air to stunt for the spectators as leader of a “V” formation of the famous “High Hats.” hours 51 minutes and 10.8 seconds, & record for_the Cleveland-Los Angeles eastbound flight. Renewed plans for a 25,000-mile fiight, which would established & new record for linear distance and endur- ance flylng, were completed by Capt. Ira K. Eaker today, with permission from backers of the flight to take the plane Shuttle into the air again, re- suming the attempt halted Wednesday night by an accident in refueling. ENDURANCE PT.ANE NEARS END OF WEEK IN FLIGHT “Chicago—We Will” Passes 161 Hours Aloft in Attempt to Beat “St. Louis Bob{n.:' By the Assotlated Press. CHICAGO, August 30.—The endur- ance plane “Chicago—We Will,” out to beat the 421-hour refueling endurance record of the “St. Louis Robin,” con- tinued to drone along above the Sky Harbor Airpqpt today with no indica- tions that either plane or pilots were weakening. At 4:31 am., the fiyers, Russell Mossman and C. E. Steele, had been in the air 161 hours, seven hours less than a week. The pilots and the Sky Harbor w agreed that the “Chicago— motors was _runnf as ARRACES SETTING ! KTTENDANCE MARK 210,000 Paid Admissions in First Four Days of Cleve- “land Meet. BY JOSEPH B. EDGERTON, Aviation Editor &f The @tar. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 30.—O%@ of the most amazing features of f2e natlonal air races nuw in progress E&ra has been the tremefdous daily att#nd- ance. The crowds exceed those at fyy previous ‘aeronautical meet, and o% ft least one day have been the lalyest ever gathered in this country. Dufiflg the first four days of the races the tutal paid admissions totaled 210,000, accord- ing to preliminary totals compiled hy the race committee. On Wednesday, when the Navy dirigl- ble Los Angeles arrived and the Graf Zeppelin passed over the city, the paid admissions totaled 100,000. These figures, mind you, are only the paid admissions and™ represent only those who have witnessed this great air show from grandstand seats. It is be- lieved that at least this many more have witnessed the events from vantage points around the-field. Henderson, managing director of the show. has citimated that At ons time Wednesday afternoon there were 120,000 persons gat the e gathered around the Every Seat Filled. Every seat in the stands was occupied onthat afternoon and thousands of folding chairs were set up in front o the stands. ‘Thou nds sat on the ground. not even sparing the elaborate grass plots and flower beds in front of the stands. Other thousands were standing. The crowds on other days, while not 50 large, still have been fat above the average at any previous aviation event | On the opening day. last Sunday, the | paid admission totaled 40.000. Monday | they were 30,000, but Tuesday they had climed back to 40.000. ‘Imen came the great throngs of Wednesday, Yesterday the total probably was ncariy 50.000. Add to these hosts of gran patrons the thousands who sat in au mobiles packed in solid ranks along the miles of roads around this great mile square airport and the yet greater num- bers who came on foot or by strect car and bus and who stood around the field and you can begin to appreciate some- | thing of the hold these races have t on the Imagination of Ohio people and Ahelr om many States in th | | Endure Heat and Dust. { . Not cnly have the people turned out | | in droves for this aero; eronautical class but they have endured considerable dis. | comfort in g2 here and after they ave arrive nday and Monday were blazing . with no breath t. There was di | of air to alleviate the a great deal of fine dust driftin ! g over | the field during a greater part of the afternoons. Yet the crowds staved in | the heat and dust, engrossed with the | fhow before them, for more than five ! gWednesday. atter ive hours of the show and <t dirigibles Los Angeles, some 50.000 of | the spectators hung around the field until nearly midnight to watch the | Graf Zeppelin pass overhead. ! ey were on hand when 1 52 | continental non-stop eitan e | of Cept. Ira C. Eaker of Bolling Field | was brought to an abrupt close by the | plunging of a -gallon cylinder of | 0il from the refueling plane through the upper wing of his Boeing mail | Plane and into the fuselage. ¥ i ese crowds know good flyi can sit through as mugh i(flitli‘: :23 { one. At one time the announcer asked {all those in the grandstands who haq flown in airplanes to raise their hands. It appeared that nearly half of them | had. "The announcer then asked how many expected to fiy before the week ended. The responsc must have been decidedly hartening to the many air transport operators in the crowd. A wonderful air show has repaid the | crowds for their waiting. There was one picture especially which would be | difficult to reproduce. Against a slate- gray sky the great Los Angeles drove across the field at top speed, a Navy Vought Corsair fighting plane hover ing below, atiempting to hook to & trapeze suspended from the dirigible, He succeeded and the first transfer of sitting through { @ passenger from an airship to an air- plane in flight took place. Over the | Los Angeles hovered a fu little brood of three pony blimps, like hun=- { gry little chicks arcund the businesslike mcther_hen. e | Senor Juan de la Cierva was just taking off the field in his peculiar look- |ing autogyro plane, fits “paddles” { churning slowly. | Lindbergh Present. Between the autogyro and the Los | Angeles roared Col. Chanles A. Lind- | bergh in a Navy fighting plane at the | head of a section of Navy high hat 1 fighting planes from the carrier U. S. |'s. saratoga. Off to the left wircled | Anthony H. G. Fokker's new amphibian {plane, “with a single-pusher ~motor { mounted above the wing. | Upon the field, if you had eyes for { them, were airplenes of every possible | type, ranging from the dinky little Heath bullet monoplane, tiniest plane on the field, to the new Condor trans- port plane, the largest commercial passenger plane now operating in the country. For sheer variety, the like of this plcture, which lasted but a few seconds, | probabiy will not be scen for many | months. Every day, however, there has been some spectacle worthy of remem- bering. The crowds love it all, and it is safe to say that the week's attend- ance will be in the aggregate the great- est series of crowds the country has known for a long time, if at all. NOTABLES TO ATTEND RIALTO’S REOPENING Washington Premiere of “Broad- way” Will Feature Program This Evening. Members of Washington’s social circles, diplomatic notables and rep- resentatives of the Army and Navy are expected to attend the reopening of the Rialto Theater this evening, when the Washington premiere of “Broad- way,” a Universal Movietone screen production, will be shown as the fea- turs of the bill. The production, ascribed to Paul Fejos and made under the supervision of Carl Laemmle, son of the producer, is an adaptation of the Jed Harris’ stage play that ran two full years in New York. “Broadway” Is done in colors, with musical synchronization. The opening is to be signalized by the shooting of cameras in the theater lobbies, picturing the arrival of notable guests and microphones will be em- ployed to broadcast their arrivals at the Ninth street playhouse. Two Die as Plane Falls. RAPID CITY, S. Dak., August 30 (). —Capt. W. W. Spain, assistant instruc- tor at an aviation school, and William C. Kearns, 18, student flyer of Marys- ville, Kans., were killed in an_airplane wreck yesterday. They spiraled from about 1,500 feet and apparently leveled off about 50 feet from the ground, stalled and. nosed into thefground.