New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1928, Page 1

~ *» News of the Werld By Associated Press < ESTABLISHED 187 VITING LIST HERE HAS 2035 NANES FOR NOY. 6 FGHT Tncrease o 7,415 Electors in Past Four Years on Rocords of Party Registrars WOMEN SHOW 2,479 GAIN, MEN'S LIST JUMPS 1,888 Sixth Ward Has Largest Total as ‘Well as Indicating Greatest inter- est in Rogistering New Voters— Democrats Believe Governor Smith's Recent Tour Will Streagth- en Him in Connecticut. A voting list containing 20,836 names, 7,115 more than were eligible in the last presidential election, will be used in this city one week from tomorrow when the polls will be open to register this city's prefer- ences for atate and national officials. Democrats Expectant Four years ago, the republican ticket, headed by Calvin Coolidge swept victoriously through the cities and towns of Connecticut in the G. O. P. landslide, and New Britain dellvered a majority of 5,973 to the winning ticket. In the pre-election analyses of that year, John W. Davis, democratic nominee, was given no hope of victory in Connecti- cut, and the result was conceded to be in question only as to the size of Coolidge's majority. The condition is vastly different this year. Con- necticut is listed by almost every political prognosticator of promi- nence in the doubtful column, and the recent tour of the state by Gov- ernor Smith brought out enthusiasm which has encouraged the democrats to believe their candidate will carry the state. In the 1924 election, the third party vote cut into democratic strength, comparison of the vote for that year with the vote of 1920 showing that the republican strength was increased and the democratic vote reduced proportionate with the number of ballots cast for Robert La Follette, third party nominee. Voting Machines Taxed That the voting machine equip- ment owned by the city will be taxed to its fullest capacity is the belief of the registrars and the se- lectmen, and it i. likely that steps will be taken to procure additional machines. Nothing has been done about securing paper ballots for use in the evnet the machine are unable to take care of all who wish to vote. Beveral other cities and towns have provided the alternatice for use in case of emergency. The women's voting list has In- creased from 6,505 to 8,984 since the last presidential clection, and during that period, the men's list jumped trom 9,970 to 11,852, Increascs in Wards - In addition to being the largest ward in voting strength, the sixth ward had the greatest increase in voters since the last national elec- tion, having added the names of 1,262. Increases during the same period, in other wards, are: First, second, 398; third, 669; fourth, fth, 1,131, ‘The numbers voting In the six wards in 1920, and in 1924, and the numbers eligible to vote this year, are as follows: First, 2,653, 2,651, 3.859; second, 1,976, 2,085, 2,73 third, 2,855, 2,864, 3,953; fourth, 2,109, 1,938, 2 fifth, 1,656, 1,998, 8,392; sixth, 2,682, 2,700, 4.546. Voting hours are from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m., at the following places: First ward, Senfor High school; se ond ward, State Trade school; third ward, Camp school; fourth ward, Central Junior High school; fifth ward, Bartlett school; sixth ward, Elihu Burritt Junfor High school. THREE NUNS BURNED TO DEATH IN QUEBEC Convent Destroyed in Ga- tineau Point Was Built 50 Years Ago Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 29 (P—Three nuns were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a convent at Gati- neau Point, Que., today. Another was injured. The dead are: Sister Superior 8te Cyrille, 64, for- merly Miss Adeline Demers of 8t. Nicholas, Que. Sister Annette, 34, formerly Miss Annette Gervais, of Montebello, Que. Sister Margaret Marie, 20, former- ly Miss Juliet Huneault, of Hull, Que. Sister Rose De La Croix, arm was broken, hospital, An overheated furnace is to have caused the fire. Fire Chief Charron said the three nuns who lost their lives stood at the top of a fire escape screaming for help when he arrived. They did not come down, however, presum- ably because they were in night at- tire and attempted to reenter the burning building to find their clothing. Eight sisters were in the convent. Four escaped uninjured. The convent, a three story wooden structure, was built more than 50 Jears ago. whose was taken to & ’ belleved Bromberg Wins Letter With Dartmouth Team Gabriel Bromberg, former New Britain High achool football play- er, won his “D” Saturday in the Dartmouth . Harvard football same in Cambridge when he played the necessary 15 minutes in the game which was won by the Crimson 19-7. Bromberg went in at guard ashortly after the game started and played through until practi- cally exhausted. The New Brit- alnite gave a good account of himself several times breaking through the Harvard forward wall to smear Captain French in his tracks. It is probable that Bromberg will sce much service in the game with Yale this week though he was considerably spent after the encounter Saturday. As he s only a sophomore the “Big Green" coaches are placing much reliance on him for the next two seasona, HAGUE CITED FOR CONTEMPT IN JERSEY, Refuses to Appear Before Legislative Investigating Committee Trenton, N. J., Oct. 29 UP—Frank Hague, mayor of Jersey City and a vice chairman of the national dem- ocratic committee, today was cited for contempt in refusing to appear before the Case legislative investi- gating committee. The citation was doubled when Assemblyman Barrett, member of the committee, moved that Hague's action be placed before the bar of the legislature which reconvenes on November 19. The motions were car- ried by a vote of ¢ to 2, a strictly party vote, In a letter read to the committee by Thomas J. Brogan, corporation counsel of Jersey City, the mayor held himself answerable to the com- mittee's subpoena “as well as any other individual.” The letter quot- ed an item published in a Newark newspaper in which Benator Clar- ence E. Case, chairman of the com- mittee, said it would be “unfair” to call the mayor on the eve of the election, *“] do not want the Impression created,” the letter concluded, “that I am trying to evade the anawering of any questions because, after all, they can just as well be answered after election as they can before election.” The letter opened with the state- ment that the committee was creat- ed last April, and that when Hague was subpoenaed on July 16 he was obliged to wait until thirty minutes before adjournment before being called. And then, the letter point- ed out, the mayor was called only upon the insistence of one of the committee’s democratic membera, “Since that time,” the mayor wrote, “four and & half months has elapsed. It is now evident that you delayed calling me until the eve of an important election. The delay until this later date cannot be con- strued for any other than political reasons.” Russell E. Watson, counsel to the commission, after the letter was read, asserted that the “time had come to decide who was bigger, Hague or New Jersey.” JOHN F. WGUE DIES ATR. & E. FACTORY Veteran Employe Expires Before He Can Be Taken Home Collapsing in the office of Romeo Grise, mechanical engineer of Rus- sell & Erwin Co, when he was about to be taken to his home be- cause of sudden illness, John F. McCue, 61 years old, of 85 Farming- ton avenue, died before he could be given medical assistance. He had been away from duty for a week and had just returned when he suf- fered the fatal attack. Dr. Waterman Lyon, medical ex- aminer, was called and pronounced death as due to heart disease which was brought on by gall stone colic. J. M. Curtin & Co. were given per- mission to prepare the remains for burial. Mr. McCue was a veteran plumb- er in the employ of Russell & Er- win Co., having worked there for the past 30 years. He had been foreman for nearly 20 years and was very popular throughout the factory because of his pleasant disposition. He was one of the best known em- ployes in the factory, having a speaking acquaintanceship with the greater percentage of the workers. (Continued on Page 14) POLICEMEN INTERRUPT COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES Put Stop to Distribution of “Red” Literature and Take Two Into Custody. Two men were taken into cus- tody yesterday by Officers E. B. Kiely and J. M. Liebler, following complaint to Captain Kelly they were distributing communist party literature on Talcott street. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Wood released the pair with a warning. Neither s a citisen of the United Statea that | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1928. —EIGHTEEN PAGES PASSENGER ON ZEPPELIN - H{QVER WILL MAKE LODGE' DAUGHTER SUPPORTING SHITH Writes David Walsh She Wil Also Yote for Him GRANDSON BACKS YOUNG Cables from Nicaragua to G. O. P. Headquarters ta Boston Endorse- ment of Republican Senatorial ~—Family's Stand Split. Boston, Oct. 29 (UP)—Members of the family of the late Benator Henry Cabot Lodge, distinguished republican statesman, are political- ly divided in connection with the forthcoming election. Mrs. Constance Williama, his daughter, has addreased a letter to the headquarters of Senator David L Walsh, democrat, endorsing his candidacy for reelection and an- nouncing her intention of voting for Governor Smith. Referring to B. Loring Young, Walsh's republican opponent, Mrs. ‘Williams wrote: *“When Mr. Young speaks of him- self as the logical successor to Henry Cabot Lodge he is astating something which is not true. My father was not & coward and I be- lieve bim always to have put ideals above expediency. Mr. Young pre- sents & nice appearance and makes a good apeech, but there is nothing in back of it.” Referring to the presidential race, the letter said: “1 consider Mr. Hoover is hon- est, but Governor Smith is both honest and brave.” At the same time, republican headquarters made public the fol- lowing cablegram recelved from Henry Cabot Lodge, grandson of the late senator, now in Managua, Nica- ragua: “Welcome opportunity to give hearty endorsement to candidacy of Benjamin Loring Young. Aside from his aplendid qualifications, his un- usual intelligence and energies ad- mirably fit him for the senate of the United States.” CONFLIGTING 1SSUES IN JERSEY CANPAIGH Local Considerations Set State Apart From Rest of Union BY BYRON PRICE Associated Press Staff Writer, Newark, N. J, Oct. 28 UP—Fitting its politics to a pattern distinctly jts own, New Jersey has furnished & prime reminder this year that a presidential campaign really s forty-eight separate state campaigns more or less loosely rolled into one. Much as it has in common with its wet, Industrial eastern neighbors, local considerations have set this state apart in the contest between 8Smith and Hoover. The national is- sues have become tangled and ob- scured, and in these final days the politiclans are speculating on the possible weight of certain lgcal as- pects of the situation. One of these is & legislative inquiry into the opera- tons of the democratic organization headed by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City. Another is a row over registration. A third is the possible reaction of North Jersey's strange mixture of racial and religious groups to Govesnor Smith's personal uppeal in the closing days of the battle. With only a week to go, the re- publicans ‘set the state distinctly apart iIn their election claims, listing it as one of the least doubtful of all the debated states in the normally republican east. The republican state chairman even predicts a Hoover plurality of 250,000. The democrats, however, are making no concessions, holding to their predic- tion that Smith will carry the state, and placing great faith in what the nominee may be able to do for him- self here in his final intensive drive for the north Atlantic seaboard. From the beginning, the New Jer- sey campaign has followed a devious pathway. Taking into account the known wet sentiment, the fact that for nearly a decade the state has been electing democratic governors while going republican nationally, the presence of large foreign ele- ments, and the proximity to New York, the democratic national or- ganization was inclined even -vhile the Houston convention still was in session to list New Jersey as safe for 8mith. The nominee himself came into the state and made a short speech just before his formal notification. It was followed by a democratic proclamation that it was all over exceapt a considerable amount of shouting, and by a re- | quest by republican leaders that Mr. Hoover show himself to the Jerseyites. Mr. Hoover obliged them. He se- lected Newark for delivery of his ! (Continued on Page Three) Says 90 Per Cent of Poles to Back Smith New Haven, Oct. 29 (UP)—At least 90 per cent of the Polish voters |in the United States will vote for |Governor Alfred E. 8mith, according to J. Wachtl. editor of the Polish National Currier. Wachtl made the statement at a rally attended by 400 Polish-American democrats here Sunday. LONERGAN SUPPORTS SMITH ON ‘DRY’ LAW Amendment Should Not Be Changed By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspondent, N. B. Herald) ‘Washington, D. C., Oct. 29.— | Augustine Lonergan, former member of the house of representatives and democratic candidate for the United Btates senate from Connecticut, stands solidly back of Governor Al- fred E. 8mith on the prohibition question, Replying to a questionnaire sent out by the association against the prohibition amendment to all candi- dates for the house and senate to ob- tain some general idea of how candi. dates throughout the country stand on the liquor question, Mr. Lonergan sald: “I favor the position taken by Governor 8mith. I voted against the amendment and Volstead act in con- gress.” Mr. Lonergan was a member of | the house when both the amendment | and prohibition act were enacted by | that body. Congressman Richard Freeman of New London, who is a candidate for re-election on the republican ticket, believes the 18th amendment should be retained and would approve only such changes in the enforcement law consistent with the amendment. “I voted against the submission of the 18th amendment because I did not consider the constitution a proper place for a law of this kind,” Mr. Freeman sald in reply to the questionnaire. “When the 18th amendment was adopted by the | states, I voted in favor of the only | enforcement law that came before congress, after trying in the com- mittee of the whole to change its provisions, in order that the provi- | carried out. “In regard to future changes in the Volstead law, I will vote only for the proposed changes that in my opinion are constitutional and in conformity | to the 18th amendment.” \TRONK PROVES T0 BE FAKE WHISKEY “FACTORY” Alcohol, Bogus Government Seals | and Coloring Material Un- earthed in Raud. | Sergeant P. J. O'Mara and Offi- cers E. B. Kiely and J. M. Licbler | arrested Joseph Todzla, aged 30, of | 241 Broad street on the charge of | violation of the liquor law today ! and he was released in $300 bonds' for his arraignment in police court tomorrow. According to the police, Todzia had three five-gallon cans of alco- | hol in a trunk besides a quantity | of bogus government seals and a pint bottle of colored liquor. He! has charge of a store at 245 Broad | street, where he was employed | when Adam Okula was proprietor, Okula having recently served 15 days in jail for violating the liquor law, | | | THE WEATHER New Britata and vicinity: Generally fate and continued cold tonight and Tuesday. Freeman Believes 18th slons of the constitution might be! EES The only American woman on the homeward flight of the Graf Zeppelin is Mrs, Clara Adams, above, of Tannersville, Pa. Doz- ens of applications for the trip were received from persons eag- er to pay the $3,000 for the thrill. Only six were accepted since 14 of the original passenger list will return on the dirigible, OHIO PUBLISHER'S HOME IS BOMBED R. C. Hoyles’ Residence Has Windows Blown Out Mansflcld, Ohlo, Oct. 29 (A—The home of R. C. Hoyles, Mansfield publisher, was bombed early today. The front porch was torn away, the front windows blown out and the 4nterior of the house badly damag- ed, but no one was injured. Besides the Mansfield + News, Hoyles is publisher of the Loram Times-Herald, and the Deflance Telegraph. Mr. Hoyles, his wife, their two small children and a maid servant were sleeping when the explosion occurred, but escaped harm. No motive was advanced for the attack, police began an immediate investigation. Although police said the bomb evidently was a small one, it ruined the front of the beautiful Hoyles home. It had been placed in the doorway and made a Iole almost five feet deep. Furniture in the front of the house was smashed Hoyles and his family escaped in- Jjury because they were in tn) rear of the house. The publisher said he believed the bomb had not been planted with intent to injure him, but rather in an effort to frighten him. He as- signed no reason for the affair. The only clew police had was a repors of a neighbor that she saw an auto- mobile driving away from the Hoyles home about the time of the blast. RADIO USED TO SEEK SON; FATHER IS DYING WTIC Broadcasts This Noon in Hopes of Loca- ting Walter Lydon The radio was pressed into serv- ice this noon to aid in the scarch for Walter Lydon, whose father, Robert Lydon of Washington, D. C.. is dying at New Britain General hospital as a result of injuries re- ceived last Tuesday evening when run over by two automobiles on Farmington avenue, Plainville When last heard from, the son was living in New York city, but efforts to locate him there brought only information that he had left and that no new address was known. At the request of the hospital authorities, the local police depart- ment today asked the Travelers In- surance Co. broadcasting station, WTIC, to broadcast an appeal for the help of all listeners in locating the younger Lydon. The rules of the radio station require that such requests be made by the police. Lydon's condition has been criti- cal for several days, but today Re was believed to have only a few hours of life left. He suffered a fractured skull, broken thigh and hip, and two broken ribs. The Plainville authorities have withheld action first machine to strike Lydon, and are awaiting word from the state police on the identity of the driver of the second car. This car, which bore New Jersey markers, did not stop. It 18 belleved that it did the more serious injury to the elder Lydon, 5 MORE ADDRESSES Forr Will Be Crowded Into 48 Hours T0 TALK IN COLORADN Will Speak in Froat of! Staton in Pueblo Fron 5ypg 199199Ul Talk Will Be Broadc st {v soun. tain States, Washington, Oct. 29 (P—Herbert Hoover is to make five more set ad- dresses before his cause i submit- ted to the voters of the country one week from tomorrow. Four of them will be crowded into a space of forty-eight hours, during his flying trip back to his California home to vote. The fourth of these is to be delivered at Pueblo, Colora- do. This city was added last night to his itinerary, necessitating a com- plete shift of schedule between St. Louis and Palo Alto. Cross Missouri Instead of striking northwest from 8t. Louis Friday night for Nebraska and Wyoming, the republican presi- dential candidate will cross Missouri overnight, then pass through Kan- Bas from east to west, and then across Colorado and go diagonally across Utah to Ogden. The Pueblo speech will be deliv- ered at 7 p. m, Saturday night from a platform in the public square just outside the railroad sta- tion and will be broadcast to the mountain states, as it will be the only address Hoover has delivered in those states since the opening of the campaign. While the special train will make a fifteen minutes' stop at Salt Lake City, there will be no speech therg as the nominee will adhere to his rule against political talks on the Sabbath day. Senator Reed Smoot and other republican leaders of Utah will join him there and con- fer with him during the run to Ogden. 15 Minute Talk The first address in 2 final drive of the campaign will be made in the public square at Cumberland, | Maryland, at 8:25 p. m. Thursday night three and a half hours after the republican standard bearer leaves Washington. It will be lim- ited to a quarter of an hour and will be the only one made in Mary- land during the campaign. The next will be made at Louls- ville, where the nominee will spend an hour and a half Friday, from 10:10 a. m., until 11:40 a. m,, and will participate in an extensive street procession before speaking in front of the Jefferson county court house. Thursday night his special train will stop at Keyser, West Virginia, Walter 8. Hallahan, national com- mitteeman, and other leaders of that state, greeting the nominee during a five minutes' stop. Stops En Route After leaving Louisville, the nom- inee will cross over into Indiana, his special stopping for five minutes at North Vernon, at 1:05 p. m., Wash- ington at 3:07 p. m., and Vincennes at 3:35 p. m. The next halt will be at 6:30 p. m, at Salem, I, the birthplace of William Jennings Bryan. . The train will reach St. Louis about 7:30 p. m., and remain until 11 p. m, with Hoover speaking for one hour, from 8:30 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. This will be the major ad- (Continued on Page Seven) CITRON CHALLENGES FREEMAN TO DEBATE Says Congressman Absent From House 38 Per Cent of Time Middletown, Oct. 28 (P—Con- gressman Richard P. Freeman was challenged to public debate today by his democratic opponent in the second Connecticut district, William | Citron, of this city, and the latter offered to meet the former in any city of the district. The congres man is asked to debate on his own “absentee-ism on roll calls” in the |1ast 10 years, prohibition and water | power. | " The letter of Citron follows: “Congressman R. P. Freeman, New 1ondon, Conn. “As democratic candidate for con- gress in the second congressional | district I believe that the voters of !the district are entitled to know where the candidates stand on the issues of the day. Inspkction of the congressional record shows that you are listed as absent or not voting on 676 out of 1776 roll call in the last 10 years, or about 38 per cent of the {time. I believe that in seeking re- | election you should be willing to ex- | plain to the people your record, and |1 believe that this question of your |numerous absences is of vital con-! | cern to the voters. 1 particularly re- |fer to this because as minority leader of the general assembly of 11927 I attended every session of the |legislature. I suggest a joint debate |on the issue of your record in con- against the driver of the gress and the issues that are fore- | | most in the public mind: To wit, | prohibition and water power. I am fwimm.v to meet you in any city in {the district that you suggest {will cancel my speaking | ments to do so. x “Signed) and engage- “W. M. CITRON.” «wuo)) ‘proJiieH Wok Ending’ Oct. 27th ... Circulation Por 15,077 PRICE THREE CENTS DIRIGIBLE WELL OUT OVER NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ON RETURN FLIGHT TO GERMANY =g x> mda@ APV stern standard) —u.eft Lakchurst, N. J. pound for Friedrichshafen, Ger- | many. 3:15 a. m.—Passes over New York | city. 3:40 a. m.—Is sighted over Curtls Field, bucking a strong headwind. 5 a. m.—Sighted over Block Island, off Rhode Island coast. 5:30 a. m.—Passed over coast guard station on Cuttyhunk Island in Vineyard Sound. 35 a. m.—Passed over Chatham, | Mass., headed out to sca. :15 a. m.—Reported northeast of Chatham, Mass, by Trawler Widgeon. 10:15 a. m.—Reported about 90 {miles southwest of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, by steamer Laconia. SMITH DETERMINED ON STRONG FINISH Governor Will Conduct Whinl- wind Campaign Until Election (IN BALTIMORE TONIGHT Democratic Nominee Will Address Throng tn Fifth Regiment Armory Where Wilson Was Nominated in 1912—To Broadcast Speech. Wilmington, Del., Oct. 29 (P —The special train carrying Governor Smith and his party to Baltimore left here at 1:15 this afternoon. Driving into Wilmington from the nearby home of John J. Raskob, chairman of the democratic pational committee, the nominee was accompanied to the station by Andrew C. Gray, national commtiteeman from Delaware, and James M. Tunnell, state chairman, 75 miles Wilmington, Del, Oct. 29 UP— With four speeches ahead of him in | the last week before election, Gov~ ernor Smith today reached that stage of the presidential race which he predicted soon after his notifica- tion would be the turning point of the campaign. Strong Finishes The democratic presidential nom- inee is a firm believer in strong campaign finishes, having practiced it in his gubernatorial battles on the theory that thousands wait until the {final week to make up their minds |as to how they will vote. 8o tonight in Baltimore 8mith will start down the home stretch of his Atlantic seaboard offensive confident that his last four efforts to present the issues in “plain, everyday™ lan- guage will awing to the democratic party the voters necessary to place him in the White House. Rests With Raskob Rested after a week-end stay at Claymont, the nearby home of John J. Raskob, chairman of the demo- cratic national committee, the gov- ernor planned to motor to Wilming- |ton to board his special train at 1:30 |p. m. His arrival at the Mt. Royal station in Baltimore was set for 3 o'clock and a parade of an hour through the industrial and business centers and terminating at the Hotel Belevedere was to follow. A more strenuous program was understood to have been mapped out by a Baltimore committee for the nominee's reception, but this was curtailed by him in order that he might have more for dinner and last minute preparations for his speech. The speech tonight, to be deliver- ed in the Fifth Regiment armory where Woodrow Wilson was nomi- nated in 1912, will be broadcast over (Continued on Page Three) \HARTFORD STORE LOOTED OF $11,781 EARLY TODAY Stackpole, Moore and Tryom Victim of Biggest Robber in Years. Hartford, Oct. 29 (M—Obtaining {access to the building by forcing door in an adjoining store, going up to the fourth floor, and then climb- ing over to the roof and scrambling down through a skylight, burglars, whom the police think are profes- sionals from out of town, broke into the Stackpole, Moore and Tryon {store, 116 Asylum street between 4 jand 7 o'clock this morning and se- cured $11,781 in cash, checks and merchandise. The robbery was said | by the police to be the biggest com- mitted in Hartford in over a year. A sa n the fourth floor of the store was forced open with a jimmy. Hague Won’t Appear Before Jersey Probe Trenton, N. J., Oct. 29 UPM—Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City declined | today to appear before the Case Leg- islative Investigation committes for questioning, declaring that he re- fused to “become a victim of your present political maneuveriag.” The Graf Zeppelin Leaves Lakehurst at 1:54 A. M.—Later Re- ports 17 Year OM American Boy Stow- away Discovered. Varying Weather Con- ditions Likely to Be Encountered But Ship Has Advantage of Strong Tail Wind. Great Point, Nantucket Island, Masa, Oct. 29 UP—The Graf Zep- pelin, greatest ship that ever rode the alr, bade farewell to the United States which for 14 days has been its host, and headed jts nose inte tne breaking dawn and toward its dis- tant hangar at Fricdrichshafen, Ger- many, at 6:05 o'clock thiy morning. After & speedy trip up the coust from the naval air station at Lake- hurst, N. J., the dirigible left land behind as it flew swiftly out over Nantucket Sound nearly midway be- tween Great Point light on thin is. land and Monomoy light on the fong spur which juts out from the southeastern tip of Cape Cod. It waas just four hours and eleven minutes from the time it cleared the naval air station. Aboard were three score men including three officers of the United States navay, one woman and a variegated cargo of freight. After having hugged the eoast- line since it quit the air station, the Zeppelin struck boldly out te sea, heading southeast. A group of early hunters, who with the lighthouse keepers glimpsed the big ship, es- timated it was making close te 80 miles an hour and that it was flying at an altitude of about 1,600 feet, The groups on either side of Nan- tucket Sound were not the last to ses the glant eraft. That honor went to Eugene Larsen, keeper of the lonely Santaky light, the first beacon sighted by incoming transatiantie liners. Larsen reported that from his Pposition on the tower of his light- (Continued on Page ZEPPELIN'S HOME PORT PREPARING RECEPTION Landing Crew at Fried- richshafen Ordered on Duty by 6 a. m. Wed, Friedrichshaten, Germany, Oet. 39 —The home port of the Graf Zep- pelin today was preparing a festive réception for the return of the giant airliner. The entire staff of the Zeppelin works and the landing crew have been ordered to stand by from 6 o'clock Wednesday morning for it is estimated that Dr. Hugo Eckener will be able to make a rapid flight on the return trip of between 50 and €0 hours. Meanwhile everyone's eyes are glued on weather charts and the latest reports on the pro- gress of the ship. Precautions have been taken to prevent overloading of the dirigible’s wireless capacity as happened on the trip to the United States. The fed- eral ministry of telegraphs has ask- ed all radio stations to handle me private messages to the -Zeppelin, but only to send weather reports. It is understood also that dis- patches from American and German news representatives have been Placed upon a restricted basis as Dr. Eckener is determined not to permit a recurrence of .the situation pre- vailing on the American trip when, at times even weather reports could Dot be taken by the airship's oper ators because of the overcrowding of their facilities. The municipality of Friedrichs- hafen is preparing great honors for the crew of the ship and is arrang- ing a ceremonious reception for all aboard her. Representatives of the federal government and of Bavaria, Baden and Wuerttemberg will be present. What course Dr. Eckener will fol- low when he strikes Lurope is not known. If he uses the northern route it is probable that he will re- lurn either to Friedrichshafen along the Rhine valley, or will choose a course by way of Bremen, Berlin and Munich. —_— Berlin, Oct. 20 UM—The start of the Graf Zeppelin on her return flight from the United States this morning came as a surprise te the German public who had been led to assume that Dr. Hugo Eckener, the commander, had decided to postpone the voyage untii Tuesday. ‘The government broadcasting sta- tion was the first to announce the departure from Lakehurst. It was generally assumed that faverable weather reports had induced Dr. FEckener to take off at once. Con- fidence prevalled everywhere foday that the airship would megotiate the return trip in a markedly easler manser than the western vepegh. B