Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1930, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D, G SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1930. LAST HOMAGE PAID TOR-101 VICTINS Distinguished Procession . Bears Dead Through Mourning London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Ot‘tcbcl’_ i liant sunshine of a chill October morn- ing the 48 bodies of victims of the! R-101’s destruction in France day morning today were talke Westminster Hall to last journey to one huge ington. £ Promptly at 10 am. the funeral pr cession, headed by a Royal Air Force band, commenced the marck ugh silent streets, which had beel to ordinary trafic and W lined by thousands of people, who were | upable to pass the coffins yesterd when they lay in state in Wesiminster 11.—In the brl Three-Story Drop Trivial Incident in Life of “Fall Guy” By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 11.—When sanford Drouillard at the age of 3 tumbled out of an apple tree he started on his career as a fall guy. Since that time Sanford has fallen out of practically everything, and he isn't scratched yet. » TVesterday Sanford had his eighth serious fall in the past three years. Working on a paint- ers' scaffolding three stories above the pavement, he tumbled off, did a neat back spin and bounced when he landed on a sidewalk. A patrolman, who couldn't be convinced that Sanford was un- injured, took him to a hospital, where he was pronotnced a per- fect physicai specimen. t t because I've had so ctice,” said Sanford. much pra PRESIDENT FAVORS Comrades in Cortege. | Comrades of the dead men marched | in the procession, men of the third | watch of the R-101 and the crew of her | sister-ship, the R-100. were there with high officials of the Air Council, Army | Council and the' admira er | MacDonald, the D Tepresentatives of fore other prominent cortege as it moved slowly through t Tespectful: regretful crowds station for transport to Bedford One figure in the cortege that we its solemn way throu; h throngs in London’s str faced man in dark blue u long cloak, golden cpaule peaked cap. He was Dr. H veteran commander of the pelin. power joined Eckener to Lay Wreath. He was bidding farewcll to his fc workers in the airship field. His grief) was the greater 1 Scott of the B | ment staff, who per was his close friend. | Dr. Eckener, who arrived in London | yesterday evening, will act as special Tepresentative of the German govern- | ment as well as of the Zeppelin Co. at the ceremonies today. He will lay a wreath on the grave at Cardi ton for the German government It was nearly noon when the I the procession crossed the city reached the Euston Railway terminal, where the dead were entrained. d of EXPORTING HELIUM Hoover Says Administration Wants to Encourage Shipping of Non-Burning Gas. ‘ n of helium gas for eizn airships is favored by the erican Government, is was definitely igh an utterance of | sterday said that far | r mpering thé export of the precious, non-inflammable gas, the ad- | ministration wished to encourage its ale abroad. He spoke to clear up what he held was a general misunderstanding since the R-101 disaster on the Gov- ernment’s attitude, At the same time he took occasion to answer critics on the authorized re- ductiog of 4,800 men in the Navy's en- listed personnel. Those who held this would cause unemploymeht, he said, also misunderstood. He pointed out the reduction will come gradually, through established President | | the rights of other persons to seek and | accept employment.” to name a commision*with labor rep- GOVERNOR FAVDRS ININGTON UM Ritchie Pledges Support for Legislation for Use in Labor Disputes. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, Md., October 11.—Gov. Ritchie yesterday pledged himself to support legislation, if he is re-elected, to make impossible the use of injunctions against the rights of workers to or- ganize, to assemble peacefully and of strikers to picket places of employ- ment where such picketing “is Not car- ried to the extent of interfering with Favors Compensation Body. The Governor also pledged himseif esentatives on it to study the State workmen's compensation act for the purpose of recommending what changes this group believes necessary to bring the law up to a level with the best in the country. These pledges were contained in the answers which Gov. Ritchie made to the questionnalires sent to him by the Baltimore Federation of Labor and the Political League, an organization com- prising representatives of the various units of organized labor, The Governor forwarded his answers to F. C. Bandcl chairman of the Legislative Committee of the two organizations. Opinion on Wages. Mr. Ritchie also stated that he be- leved the wages on State work “ought to be at least as high as the current wage” and added that although it is difficult to determine “the current wage,” he would be “glad to co-oper- ate with the different interests con- cerned to the end that a practicable current wage for State construction work may be established.” FUTURE OF WORLb IN GERMAN HANDS; WAR THREAT SEEN (Continued From First Page.) this is a step toward consolidating Italy's close relations with Bulgaria. I | is rumored that another Italian princess will marry young Otto of Hapsburg, | ways and while it makes governments | \to Nome of the revisionist states appears | to be in any condition, financially, m‘ undertake a serious war. It is true that economic depression operates both | moderate it pushes suffering PCODI!‘ extremes, vet on the whole the moderating influence seems pre- ponderant. Another rteason is uncertainty re- spacting Soviet Russia. Supposing the revigionist states with Russian help | showld overcome the status quo group. Would they not nevertheless themselves | be thaeatened by revolution and com. munissw and would not the Moscow dictat: in the long run be the sole | vietors?' It is thought that even some of the mypst fanatical revisionist leaders ——— are not unappreciative of this danger. In the tI place, any attempt to force treaty_revision war or the threat of war without the active sup- port of Germany is out of the question and it is still by no means certain that Germany is going to cast its lot with Italy on this issue. Herr Hitler may vociferate against the peace treaties; Alfred Hugenberg's Stahlhelm, or Steel Helmet organiza- tion, 120,000 strong, may shout deflance at France from the great Coblenz mobilization, but indications are that the chief preoccupation of the vast ma- jority of the German people today is economic rather than political. The flight of capital from Germany since the “Hitler” elections has been such as to raise once more the far-off specter of inflation. What Germany seems most to need is a loan from New York or Paris, or both, and possibly some private discussions among Ger- | man, French, British and American bankers regarding the Young repara- tions plan, The elevation of German Fascism to power followed by an under- standing with Italy and an active cam. paign for treaty revision would hardly, it s pointed out, improve German credit. For this and other reasons it appears certain, therefore, that France, while taking all precautions of defense and armament, has by no means entirely abandoned hope of & good understand- ing with Germany. Ihdeed, Germany | in one respect can be regarded for the moment as a sort of diplomatic battle- ground between France and - Italy. France supportirg the more moderate Republican elements, Italy erfcouraging | the German Fascists. What Italy seems to offer Germany is active diplomatic, even, if necessary, military support, to force. a radical re- vision ‘of the peace treatles. What France offers Germany seems to be close economic and financial co-opera- tlon, with a possible moderate revision of the peace treaties, nmot by violence, but by common consent. _This correspondent has reason to be- lieve that France is once again en- couraging its ally, Poland, to discuss quietly with Giermah} leade certain terri arrén, its in- the region of the Haltic afe not ible by means of reciprocal doncesstons. For example, Poland, while retaining transit rights and. confrol over its new port of Gdnyia, might cede the corridor to Germany and might make some con- cessions to Lithuania in the Vilna region if it were assured in return the port of Memel, with an outlet to the sea along the present German-Lithuanian {ron- er. It is thought that Aristide Briand French foreign minister, has in the past discussed such a solution with the late German Foreign Minister Gustav Stres. mann. ‘whether (Copsrinht i——__—____——___—gml " WoODWARD & LoTHROP 10 11" F aND G STREETS THE MEN’S STORE ANNUAL FALL EVENT Men look forward to this Annual Fall Event for two reasons . ... it offers the opportunity to choose at exceptional savings—and there are wide selections of our regular high quality, Men's Store apparel in the wanted new styles. Shop Monday and complete your ward- robe—at special savings—with this Woodward & Lothrop style-right apparel, pretender to the Hungarian throne, | thereby cementing the existing Italo- Hungarian alliance. | In Albania, Italian influence is con- | tinually increasing. The latest step is | the retirement of the British police chiefs and the taking over of the Al- banian police by Italian specialists. The route had been long and tor- tuous. There were many scenes of in- tense emotion. The police were kept busy removing numbers of fainting women from the crowd. At one point | half a dozen women collapsed. Name Plates Are Made. expiration of enlisiments and through ths. No one will be put out of the y before his enlistment period ends, but replacement through recruiting wiil be curtailed. Two-Trousers Suits, 32975 Specially Priced in The Annual Fall Event Imported Fabric Suits, $39-50 Specially Priced in The Annual Fall Event Rich new fabrics and patterns . . . in two and three button Finely tailored Suits of Scotch Cheviot anld English-Worsted Forty-eight aluminum name plates cut from the same metal as went into construction of the R-101, were ready today to be placed on coffins of the R-101's dead. The names of 14 victims who have been identified are inscribed on the plates, but the remaining 34 bear the simple inscription, “Te the memory of the unknown airman who died Oc- tober 5." Another solemn procession was ar- ranged at Bedford to escort remains of the men to their last resting place at the nearby air field, from where they started one weeck ago tonight light- heartedly on the trip which had such & tragic ending. Workmen labored throughout the | night to complete the last resiing place | of the men, including Lord Thomson, minister for air, who lost their lives ‘when the Giant R-101, largest airship 1n the world, cracked up and burned on , ® French hillside Sunday morning. Grave Finished at Dawn. Acetylene lamps lit up the grave, which has been built wit ha sloping side so that the coffins may be car- ried into, rather than lowered in it. It was not until nearly dawn that the last touches were put on the excava- Considerable quantities of wreaths and other floral tributes have arrived from all parts of Britain and the con- tinent, and an unoccupied shop was hired to contain them until they could be placed on the grave today. Many | persons arrived last night at Bedford, nearby town, to await today’s interment ceremony. Bedford itself was in mourning. All places of business except the post of- fice were closed and all normal life was #t a standstifl. Cardington Mourns. "To one huge grave in the tiny Card- irk:‘fion Cemetery grief-stricken Britain this afternoon carried the 48 gallant airmen who died as a result of the dis- ester. In sight of the tear-dimmed eyes of the concourse of mourners in and about the church yard, there reared itself into the blue October sky a towering steel | mooring mast at which, cnly a brief | week ago, the silver air leviathan had | tugged impatiently, awaiting a moment- ous voyage of adventure to India with large crew and distinguishéd passen- gers aboard. Cardington ‘was home to many of the dirigible’s crew, and their long sles be within a stone’s throw of the little vine-clad cottages where a few days ago | they bade their wives and children what proved to be a final farewcll. The village was crowded with thou- sands of persons to pay their last| tribute, while other nds stood along the road leadir he adjoining | City of Bedford, there to watch the| funeral train bearing the bodies from London. Village Ts Hushed. ‘The grave itself wes a beautiful, al- though sad, sight. During the night workmen had fransformed the s sandy sides of the excavation carpet of fresh green grdss, dotte and"there with white and bronze chrys gathemums. As the clock in the old church tower ©of Cardington recorded the hour of 24 marking the arrival of the funeral train in Bedford, a great hush settled over the village, Farm laborers stood be- side town folk and cottagers mingled with their landlords, all sharing a com- mon grief. Occasionally a sorrowful figure passed | into the silent peace of the church to pray, but apart from this there w movement save on the a t stself, where the proudly at half overhead wove its circles of the dead. CROWDS VIEW COFFI Line Extends Several Miles From Hall Where Bodies Lie in State. LONDON, October 11 ( until & half hour past midnight were t doors of Westminster Hall closed tod on the coffins of the 48 victims of t R-101 disaster. B0 many thousands w pass their bier last night t autho itles first extended the time of their lying in state from 10 o'clock to mid- night, but were not even then able to clear the hall of its great crowds. Several thousand persons at end of the queue awaiting <n the hall dispersed at 10 o'cloc aware that an extension granted. These were some mils from the hall itself, and probably could not waiting to have gained admission even had they | known of the extension. At one time part of the queue, a long distance from the hall, misled by & reported change in the arrangements, rushed madly toward the hall, crashing through ‘police lines until some of the streets were jammed with a struggling mass of people against whom the police .-were helpless. After the doors were closed the mute All Permits Granted. Dealing with helium, Mr. Hoover said every application for exporting licenses | made during the past two years had been granted, and that private indus- tries manufacturing the gas had been urged to develop the foreign market. In Austria, where the political crisis is_ still acute, the tendency seems strongly Fascist and pro-Italian. Even | the previous Austrian government made | an agreement with Italy in which it agreed to build across Austrian terri- tory an automobile road, from the Italfan to the Hungarian frontiers, the as well as double-breasted styles for men and young men. After this selling, any remaining suits will be marked up to the price for which they were made to sell, had been | reviously it had been indicated by officials that only one such application had been made by an American pro- ducer and that this was denied be- cause the applicant had neither orders or prospects abroad. Before the Presi- dent spoke, Assistant Secretary Ingalls of the Navy said no foreign interest ose of which is everywhere con- | sidered to be purely military. | | The new Austrian regime is recalling | from his exile in Italy the pro-Italian | German, Maj. Pabst, to the staff of the Heimwehr, a sort of Austrian Fascist military organization, It is considered 2 | significant that Adoif Hitler, head of had sought 1o obtain helium. | the German Fascists, is himself an Although this lifting gas saves air-| Austrian subject. ships from the threat of fire, which is| Premier Mussolinl of Italy 10 days constant in hydrogen-infiated dirigibles, | ago made a speech promising that officials have pointed out that its com-, Italy would do everything possible to paratively low buoyancy sacrifices 35 |avold war, but since then the Italian per cent of the pay load of an airship. | press, which receives its main directives This, coupled with the fact that the | from the Fascist government, has been United States alone has helium in com- | commenting steadily, with scarcely con- mercial quantities, is believed to have | cealed pleasure, on’ the breakdown of deterred foreign governments and cor- | the Franco-German rapprochement. Il porations from seeking to use it. Popolo D'Italia foresees a new war soon This Government originally obtained | between Germany and Russia on one its supply’ from private concerns. Now, | hand and France and its allies on the however, it has in full operation a plant | other, and adds that Italy can scarcely in Texas which can supply all its needs. | remain neutral and in any case has no There is virtually no private demand |Mntention of fighting to save the French | and commercial producers must look | colonfes. If war happens, this paper | abroad for any market. The total sup- | adds, it will be France’s fault, because ply in sight, according to an estimate | France refuses revision of the peace by Comdr. Garland Fulton of the Navy's | treaties. lighter-than-air division, amounts to about 10,000,000,000 cubic feet. He Kellogg Pact Forgotten. said this would supply the world de- | Nowhere in all this discussion of the | mand for a large number of years, | Bresent outleck is there the slightest | " mention of either the Kellogg pact or | Agitation Since Disaster. [ the League of Nations. However, even Since the R-101 crash, with its ter- supposing that the world’ - rific loss of life through burning hydro- | gantsation 15 as sttt gen, there had been much agitation for | Italian press assumes, there seem to a change in law to permit hellim ex- | be several reasons why war may be portatich farther off than many Europeans now It began with a statement by Rear | fear. Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the | One reason is economic pressure. Bureau of Aeronautics, who urged that | =mm—————o———————— the British and German developers of | lighter-than-air craft be permitted to | use American helium. Members of | Congress, industrialists and others add- | ed their voice, but examination of the | 1R boatat law revealed that it expressly permits and Reception Room helium exportation if approved by the Electric Refrigeration President, . with the joint recommenda- | tions of the Secretaries of War, Navy Reasonable Rental and Comumerce. THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road N.W. "BRITISH FLYER CR—ASHES; SINGAPORE, Straits Settiement, 0c-| | Telephone National tober 11 (#).—Capt. F. R. Matthews, | flying instructor of the London Alrplane | 5000 Club, who has been engaged ir a flight For immediate delivery of The from England to Australia, crashed yes- Star to your home every evening ay between Bangkok and Singora, and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the No details were received her pt. Matthews left Banmee Wednes- end of each month, at the rate ay morning. He was forced to land ' of 13, cents per day and 5 cents at Banmee, which is 100 miles north of | Sunday. 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