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o o o f Tha Weather Forecast: Cloudy mid mild to night untl Weiliifsdit y. .Mutlmum yesterday fill Minimum todny .10 Weather Year Ago TINE Maximum Minimum DtllT Twenty-third Tt Wwkly--Witj'-M tenth Yttr MEDFORD, OU'KOON, -TL'HSDAY. ( TO I IKK' Ui. lits. S'o. l!7 Today By Arthur Brisbane Exciting zeppelin Voyage. There Are Exceptions. Ford And Voltaire. j Insurance-Safety. (Copyi'iulit, i'j-2i. liy Slur Co.) Yi'stenhiy tlunv v;is sum-.' imxii'ly ii hoti t the 1 litr iiirship. Ii-imsi' I In1 vnyiifre hinl liisli'il so in nt-li limm'r t list ii :is cx- l('Cllfl, I'fHIll Slipplil'S Wl'l'l' nin- ninn In"'. 4 ll WHS NHJiLM'.-itl-ll lllllt I'HS- si'iwrs would have 1o snlisisl tin- rest of the voyiijii- on lin-fid. ; vi:i r mid i-liiiinpiisin.'. Mmiy, livini; 1 1 1 x 1 -1- prohibi tion, c- in 111 iimitiine n wors full- tli it ti 1 1 i ti i'ondi'iiuii'il lo livi' on I'nvini' nml iduiinpiiniu'. Mr. Kckcni-r and his fellow ficcrs on I In- Zeppelin liopi' : (hnl Aiiici-ii'Mii 1'iipitnl will in- ( K-rrst ilsi'll' in Ihi" Iniililinir of I'ivi' nirsliips for t nins-Al liml ir ; flif-'lil. ! A New York haul; is.s.'iid In he inlori'sti'il. ; All lire inlcri'sl'i'd in llii' do ; vi'lopini'nl of aviation- Kvrr.v , nsi-fiil now I huiir helps "enevid ! nrosiicritv. If we can't bud llie nirsliips ourselves, liie nel lies! thinj; is to finance them. Mr. Alfred I'. Sloun. .Ir.. nf fleneral Motors, nnd his asso ciates, will sooner or later 'd into the airplane field. - MeClintiel;,' Marshall, a firm of Pittsburgh now const met -itx roady-niade steel frames for houses, niiulit well turn 'from steer lo duralumin In -fmilil all-metal iliriiiilili's and i I'raines. i Wall SI reel begins w week happily. I'niled Stales Steel, on Saturday, went to a new liijrli price, and other Mocks up with it. All the news from every -ivhcre seems lo he eood. Ilisrli inlerosl rales, which can'l las!. since lis mition is not commit-1 led In usury, offer fine oppor- Untitles tor conservative in-1 , . , , vcslment in bonds. , fliVat demand ,lnr antonio- Idles keenin"- all plants at ca - . . .1 pacity production, is one prool of prosperitv. 11 ' The Northwest and .M iddb' AVest reports trood business. 4 Truly, 'it hath 'shown what we sha not he.' hei ('tl S 4 4 If we were much more prosperous, we could hardly stand it. Hut it is not so with all, uiil'orUntaiely, iioge: , In Yv York a imtn 50 voirsi " The country cannot stress too ' , . . , much the spiritual development of ; old, hiivinir vainly sonant a ,)oI),the youn-; people during high i onen to Tav ltairs tried to ! school.'" ! 1 ! Hickman's statement, written hy - Itaui: himself from a llnrd-story , himself in his cell, and issued to , window lie tlid tiot succeed n!l1' n'Wfl services, follows: VMiKHm. in tun mn mil ! Vrinw and other evils are signs! ill liiinifiuir lnnisclt, hut !cli mf ignorance and death. md was l'illed ' "Al1 criminals and unrighteous , imfM1 aro s'PKli f ,hf clutch ! ,, -i i ,, , . . . ;of santanlc error. I.y wilful (lis-! .Mr. Ko IKiuiihl lonhs 1)0 MIM.dienie lo (lod's law they be- 1 fore he leaps nnd decides not ! come ignorant of the laws of truth; t , ,i. i i i iwi;,iilM(i VlU- Al1 creation is based j to leap, alter hauiifr alcoiiniP , upnn lHlfitive fm.(.P Mlu.h is the, dritdiH analyzed in many of ; will of Hod. However, the devil is j .New i ork s hesl easics- Xew York's "hesl" speak- i In eiudit hiuli urade esta ( j lishinents his agents purcliascil litpmrs actualiy deadly. Oulv two or three places out of 2 sold whiskies non-poisonous. And they also were poison ous, since alcohol, its fools use it. is always poison. 4-4 Henry Ford has bought and will take to his musfiim in Dear born -Mass., n little one-room building ! itt which Luther Purbank worked at l)ls problems. Henrv Ford, unconsciously, imf I'tes the Km press Catherine nf Kussia, who wrote philosophical letters to old Voltaire, and many tMters of oiffre a different kind m 'jpfc "ing gentlemen nearer home. 44 When A'oltaire 4)ed Catherine (Continued on Page Four.) mm i i LAST WORD :s GIVEN A. PJ i v I i los wnyeies iiayer suiiyi Did Not Plead Guilty' i Leniency Plea Made For Mother---Says Crime A Sign Of Ignorance 'They Walk In Darkness, SAX Qt'lCXTlX Oct. It!. -il3) - in I'HISOX. Cnl.. what pnmalily was Hie hist interview illiain , llicliinan, lais Angeles slayer, will ever Ki'ant tin; press, lie told the Assoi ialed l'i ess this nt'ternoon 1 (hat lie was sorry he did not plead1 uniltv ami "make His peace, with uuir : "1 inn renily sorry that 1 pleaded' not guilty hy reason of insanity."1 lie declared. "1 see now where it : would have been best if I had j stood up like a man. pleaded guilty and made my peaee with Hod the I way I should i.ave done and paid j the pt-naliy. ; Hickman issued a written state- nienl. Ainoni; the features of his j riual message was a pica for len- William rdwr. rd II icK man I ieney for his mother, whom Hick-, until ttsaei'ted was not insane as i certain testimony at his trial had j i seemed to indicate. 1 The yonlliful slayer declared' that the reason such dama.Uim tes-i limony entered the proceed iima i against his mother lay In the, i strained relations between his fa-j t(h(l). lI)1 nKltlf,r at ,ho timo ! Hickman lav his troubles to his! jpiovious belief that he was too ; I highly educated to conform to the, established social code. ! .., M,h s0llOOi studieii soci-1 ' ol?R- J1"1 kimlml 7 ' 'said. "I began to get the Idea that j smarter a man was the less he , ! had to depend upon Cod. 1 began! i to think that men like H. C. Wells, taml Robert liviersoll were self-suf-1 ;ficient and did not need Cod. I Became Egotist j "I became an egotist, hateful and i contrary around the house. "trood grades and honor ill I school are worthless unless you have, good morals." Hickman ipioted President Cool- ...i.uis of men in order to tear i jdown the work-of (iod. My the ! work of sat an crime and violence , nave come inio me worm. t am in uarnnesj "Men who wilfully reject Jesus Christ and deny the grace of Cod Invite ultimate damnation and tor ment. Thus It is said 'they walk' in darkness rather than the li-;ht.' "find is the author of light. Sa tan is t he author of darkness. "Let men realize that there are invisible force? for good and evil ever present and ever working upon the minds and hearts of mor tals "The angels of (Jnd and demons , f h''M are absolutely ( on t rolling the lives of all people. The jnt- 1 pnrtatit fact fs for a man to open his heart to Christian faith and so five in the spirit of Jesus Christ 1 MmmfmKi v v it at ;A tit 1 IKwwl.W tint he overcomes the law of in ; Senninr Killcil nnd death. ! PAsrri. Wash.. Oct. ifi ,vf "The reason that I became rueh s,nI' "n''' '"r '"hnm It. Kirkman a horrihl" criminal was because I ; "f Vi,!;' Wallu. wnn killed nnd allowed a flemon ff hell to a s' v"' ri1 '""mbers of hi fnmllv tn me on. i"red at 1 f : 4 o'clock this morning , . ; wli'f hif automobile w wrecked (Continued cn Page Hli.) 'on the state hlfihwny nenr I'uco, Art of Mayhem j Is Demonstrated ! in Chinese Sport t S'llAN'f; HA . Oct. it;, tA'-- ! Preparations lor possible eas- ualiies wore ninth loitny when !' the first national Chinese box- in;, fencing and wrestling J i tournament sponsored liy the , government lit p n c n ii r n K P ! 1 these spurts opened with IMP) "i . entrants. In view of the fact that in ; Chinese boxing contestants are permitted to kick or hit their opponents in any part of the body and that genuinely sharp swords and spears are used in fencing, preparations were mude to compensate relatives of contestants who may he Killed or seriously injured. IS REQUESTED Y GOVERNOR State's Department Heads Told Need of Saving: Patterson Reiterates; Campagn Pledge To! Reduce Taxes No Sal- j ary Increases. j SAIJOM. Ore., Oct. Hi. (p) To ' several hundred state department 1 i heads and executive officers, .until- i ered 1 ere yesterday to heur spe- cially prepared messueK from (lov- : ernov I'atterson ami HudRet Diree- . tor concerning the state's delicat" i flnamdal condition, the governor recalled his campai;n statement of ; lil.tl that "if elected to the oftie? i of Koveinor, 1 said, it Is my inten- i lion to hrinj; ahout a reduction in ! taxes." The governor said lie he- j lieved many persons voted for him : because of this statement, and ho j expressed (lie conviction that h? will he able to accomplish, his pur pose if "elective and appointive of i ficials alike will exert their utmost j el forts to t lie carrying out of a : unified policy, havinu for Its oh- jective efficiency In all public mat- ters accomplished throivih the ex pemlilure of the smallest iimouni of the puhllf! moneys." Hoth llie governor nnd Mr. Kozer mentioned that the revenues of the iieneiai fund will he Insufficient by ahout $l,riiK(,(HMi to meet authorized state obligations for the present biennimn ending December :!1 next. Itotli urged curtailment of depart mental (xpenses. No Salary Increase The governor urged the depart ment heads lo "curtail public ex penditures to the minimum to spend less." To that end he urged I hem to review carefully with the budget director their budget esti mates for the hiennium of Ht'jii and the gove nor asked In particular that no salary increases he asked In the budgets. Kozer mentioned legislative ap propriations made by the HIL'T leg islature in excess of revenues ac- ' cruing existing laws, nnri the inten- ; 1 inn lo tnept ihpm hv i-pvpiiiip iiipjik- lures submitted at a special elee- ! ! t ion. This program was not np- ! . proved by the people. I j "Inasmuch as appropriations had I been authorized by the legislature ! which were assumed by It would j be covered by the added revenues." ; ; Kozer said, "we are now confronted ' with a 'ilaring deficit, in our gen-; oral fund of between a million and lujf llJU (W0 million dollars by the end of the present year." j Kozer dropped a hint to the of I firltils with the remark that "I'n- j douhtedly some reducllons may he ' accomplished through less travel! on the part of public officials, both J within and without the. Rtnte." 6088 on Payroll Taking the month of Mnv as an, illustration Kozer said that on the! state payroll from the governor down there were MHH persons. In salaries und wages the cost to the pHr month is uhout $sr,fi.nofl. To show the citUyns expenses ! .( tn 1 ., v Km .1J ihi fAP thnl y,.ar J2s the total property tax in! a counties Is Ift.JP'ifiS.ftfi, of; which only J..it)l.27l.9 is stale.; j i n is iaci, nowever, ne tieciareu, ; should not lessen the rare used in j i state expenditures. The budget director advocated j action looking to the Htandardiza-1 tion of compensation "for rela-; lively similar services In difi'eren' j departments" and the OHtahllsh- ! meat of (iialification for employ-' ment. i Of the more than $n OdO.Oen (n j turnover by the several state fir- ; tivftips flu ring the pre Kent liten-! nium. Kozer said, only SS.ufilt.i 47.1 S was xpeclficaliy appropriated In the j PC! 7 legislature. Of thin mini MKV j 1I.V4H on re red deficiencies of Jhe j previous two years. j MOREEGONOMY LADY ASTOR ARRIVES FOR VISIT Lady Nancy Astor, formerly Nancy Lnr.ijfiorne c. virt)ini,i. and now a member of parliament in England, as she arrived in New York with her daughter, Phyllis WASlllN'CTON. (. Hi t,Vi l.a.ly ;in.y Ast.ir, Hritish im.moIhm' of parliament, called upon l'i eid ent ( 'i. uli.lt; e at l he White 1 louse today. VAST HOOKUP HOOVER HOME ! FOR ELECTION FROM BOSTON RADIO REPORT News Services To Furnish Returns For Country Wide Network Graham McNamee Master Cere monies Old Methods Obsolete. NKW VUKK, (el it!. iI'j -The American people ran sit at home 'on the evenings of November H and have the .election returns brought Lo thein by radio. Results of the balloting, national, "'ale and local, are to he reported by the country-wide network of the .s.iiinjiul liroailcasdng com pan;,', it was announced today. The news will be furnished, the company said, through the eourtesy of the foiled Press and the International News Hrrviee and the Associated Press. The progress op the vole tabula tion In the president la I and con gressional contests will be broad cast from t he centra I st tidio. ii New Veil:. This program will be interrupted occasionally for ;m nunnceineiit of state, county and municipal election news by local stations in the network. Crahani McNamee js lo be mas ter of ceremonies. .Music and other entertainment by popular artists will intersperse the eb-eiion broaden st.-, which will continue until final results of nil important eon l est s have heeii determined, "The otil m el hods of shout ing news bnlle'ins throiiuh the mega phone, or showing them on lantern slides." , said M. 11. Aylesworih, president of the company, "were not only limited as to audienc e but virtually mea n 1 nu les as to text. We propose to confine our election re lurns to mu h news us is ioihcaiive, and to present it in such form as to be readily understandable." Persons expprieiicerl in handling election news and familiar with the technique of broadcasting will prepare the news for broadcasting. School Boy Finds Dirigible Mail Bag in School Ground ! j 4, WASHINGTON, firt. Hi. iflVriilrteen yar ml permod lUcker. of this ctiy, doesn't think much o( the dirigible flraf Zepielh, :IS ,,1(,J .,1,. lie recovered a large Hack of mail dropped from (he ship as it passed over Washington yesterday. None of the mall was ad dressed to Washington and t'Hy Postmaster '. P. Mooney forwarded it, p ,t H t o ffice aiithorlttrs believe that the bag was dropped here by mis take, h fell iti a scb.iol 4 gi'oind. . 4. 4- j, M t t t t 4 mh.mi.i; ion rwtw.w Anyone intei est-.d In Join- ing the caravan excursion . tr:p to the fnvn Oregon Itirober amps at ' liutte -S Ku Mm tomorrow should retr- i Isitr at the Chamber of (VmiiiiTcc this evenfnK. Transportation will tie provided for all thone who nie at the Chamber of Comnifrce at S o'clock In the morning nnd havt prf- vlrofly made reservations, . T- linker, secretary, an- nounced today. 4 N. Y JS NEXT Hoover In Washington To Prepare New York Ad-clress-Roosevelts Extend Congratulations New England Trips Strenuous Six Speeches Made. ! By JAMES L. WEST Associated Press Staff Writer w ash ( ; t o n , Oc t . in. tj ) Herbert Hoover returned to Wash ington lothiy from his trip to Pos ton. ;Jtert he spoke hist iii-Aht. He went directly to his home to work on the address soon lo be deliv eted in New York City. Mrs. Alice Longworth and her brother, Theodore Roosevelt, were the first to congratulate Mr. Hoo ver on his I tost on address when he returned here. The nominee had hardly, reached his personal headquarters from the railroad station when his unexpect ed cullers arrived. jus) thought we would drop in to see hi in," said .Mis. Long wort h before hurrying to the nomi nee's office. .She was eni hnsiast ic over the prepress of the campaign and said she listened regularly to radio ad dresses by the candidate, Senator flora h and other major Republican speakers. "It's going splendlly," she ex plained. The day spent in New Hnglalid was 1 1 oover's most strenuous day of campaign in.-? since his nomina tion as Hie Republican presiden tial candidate. Invading ussachiisotts. which l hi- Democrats have "claimed as their territory. Hoover was greeted by etilhusliistie crowds from the time he entered the slate in the early morning hours until he boarded his special train for th" return t ri; lo Washington last n :-;ht. Leaders of the Republican party estimated that upwards of a fpiar ter of a million people Haw him in the more than a dozen cities through which he passed. These leaders said that the visit of Hoo ver not only should st Imnlate the party organization to greater ef forts but also would have its ef fect on the fight to keep Massa chusetts In the Republican column. Made Six Speeches During his stay In the. Hay Htate I (ofiver t reversed nunosi t he en the length of tit staje and de livered nix Hpcccnes In addition to talking brieriy tn in different dele gat ions that called upon him at the home of Governor A Ivan T. Fuller, whose guest, he was while in Moston. His principal Kpeech -the third he has delivered euftt of the M1h slsslppl was made at the arena ir. Moston. In this he disctiHsed the tariff, foreign trade and merchant marine and for the flrat time hit (nit at ihe Dcmocralie, platform proposal for a "eouipelltlve arlff." This formula of 'Impost dulctf, lie said, would result in a dem-essUm of American wa.?e nnd farm prices. His tariff declaration brought the most vocjfcroiiH applause that he was accorded at the arena, hut no Ichs hearty wna the grccttna given by an overflow crowd a' Symphony hall when he declared there afterwords that this an 1 nt her eennoni ie Issues ca lied I'm the best thought and ener-'iy of the government. In his ndilresK tn the overflow audience Hoover called upon the people of MassachuseltR to HiipiMirt not only the Republican national ticket , but oIho the congresslonai and state Urkel. "It is ImpoHstble to eonlejnplate a successful Republican ;A minis tration mile our fitntea will unp- i. Continued on Pago Six.) ASK RECEIVER FOR THE KLAN AMA. GA.I Newspaper Says Receiver Asked For K. K. K. High Officials Spent Too Much Charged Cam paign Law Violated Evans Declines Comment ATLANTA. Ca.. Oct. Hi. ip)--j The Const it u l ion today said a re- reiver had been asked for the Ku Klux Klan in a petition presented ; in I'nited States district court here , alh'';iug that expenditure of money .by high officials of ibe organiza ! tion had mused it to become in I solvent. The pel It ion, presented yestev ; day to Judge Samuel II. Sibley of ;ihe federal court, who ordered It . 1'Mcd. charged that Hiram W. Kv !ans, imperial wizard of the order. Dr. Hiram N isle) hvuiis. and other officials had spent Klan funds in opposing the candidacy of Covernor Alfred F. Mmith of New York, Democratic candidate for president, because of his religion. Collected Millions It was alleged thai the organiza tion had become insolvent, al though it l.ad collected SliHi.OOll, ooii from Its members which, the petit ion said, "was greatly in ex cess of ihe amount necessary to pay It h lawful nnd necessary ex penses. ' Violation of a (if. trglu law, op-posln-; contributions by a corpora tion or its officers from corporate funds of money to campaign ex penses or for political purposes in an elecilon or primary held In this state, was charged. Evans Declines Comment FvahM, In Washington yesterday, I oecinieu in comment on tne pen I Hon presented by C. T. Rice, who Identified himself us a member of the organization. Another man named hh defendant In the peti tion, .fames A. Coiner of Little Rock, grand rirn'fnn of the Arkan sas realm and a member of the "board of directors" of the Klan, said the organization watt solvent, was not In polities, and "though unallerahly opponed to Alfred K. Smith," had not spent money for political purposes. In addition to ICvans and Comer, W. F. Zumbrun, the KnlxhtH of the Ku Klux Klan and the American building were named as defendants In eipiity. .Iiid.?e Sibley ordered the defend ants to show cause on Saturday, Otober 27, why an Injunction should not he Issued to restrnln the defendant! from dissipating or converting the funds of the K!an j and from further contributing to ! campaign funds as charged, and why a receiver should not he np j pointed, The petition charged that Fvans j "unlawfully perpetuates himself in I office nn imperial wizard nnd tin ! lawfully appoints the other Indl j vidua! defendants as ofMeers of such Klan in direct contravention i to the const il ill Ion" of Ihe order, land l hat members nre dented the ! right of suffrage (n election of th j imperial wizard. t fcmctlHtt In Port land I PORTLAND, Ohv. Oct. ) (1 (Ml y heal! h authorities reported n mild epidemic of smallpox lo Port and today. Four cases had bro ke.: out in Kenton Rcpool and thi e pupils were under observa tion, There are "20 ease In the entire city. . i I I . ' -?:.. 1 ' t71, 1 - s. LJ i Admiral ." fett Gets th ?ak and the Deluge .. i.,ki:hci:st. X .I., net. A rear admiral in the C idled Suites navy ra nl;s all the "l.realis" ihoro arf, of course, when a visiting zep pelin Is grounding at the navy air station. Kear Admiral W. A. Mof fett, chief of the navy bureau of aeronautics, wa getting them while the Craf Zeppelin va being moored last night. Iteing a rear admiral, he cmild walk right under her, while t he ordinary folks had to stand about a city block away. He was taking advantage of this particular prerogative when the Zeppelin's crew dumped the water ballast out of her tall. It was a lot nf water. Admiral .l of felt got most of it. SMITH TO HIT G. 0. P. Republican Economy Claim To Be Target In Smith Speech Tonight Mis sourian Crowd Expected In Sedalia Welcome Pleases. SKDALIA. Mo.. Oct. Hi. lie publican claims of economy In the administration of governmental af fairs will be Ihe target here tonight oi r.overnnr Smith In munching his single-speech campnign in this bor der slate. In addressing an audience In the huge livestock pavilion at the Stale Fair ground, n fw miles from Hod latin, the Democrn tic presiden tial nominee will lake as his text a single sentence of his acceptance speech, In which he asserted that the "claim of govern mental econ omy is as baseless as the claims that general business prosperity exists and that It can exist only vi nder Republican administration.' Thousands of Missourlnns are ex pected to conic here to hear the speech, which will be broadcast over a nation-wide radio chain be ginning at X o'eloeK, central time I he governor worked late on h speech last night at the Terry hotel, his hcadouariefH here, but he was not expected lo be able to complete u before noon today ar the curliest. A parade Hot for the forenoon was the only formality In his day's program before (he speech. Acclaimed In Missouri us on no other occasion since his campaign got under way in Into August, Gov ernor Smith arrived here at 7 :iH) o'clock last night after a tremen dous ovation In St, Louis and its neighboring Missouri and Southern Illinois cities, The reception seemed to him to have been one continuous cheering multitude from the time he reached Hcllcville, III., early In the morning until he arrived nt his hotel here last night after a short run from Klrkwood, 15 miles out side of St. Louis. Washington and Jefferson City got a brief glimpse of the nominee on the way here, nnd HeibilUi cli maxed the "Show Me" state's wel- ronio during the short motor trip front the special train tn the hotel, The governor will leave here to morrow for Chicago, where he de llvem on Friday night the seventh speech of a campaign swlntr that started out to ho only a three speech nffnlr. Kneotirnging reports on the pres idential outlook In this state were made to the New Yorker by Demo cratic lenders during his flying visit across Missouri. Welcome I'leaso The demonstration In St. Louis seemed particularly to please the nominee, who recalled during a press conference on board his train . that he had not been there tdnc IfMfl. when Wilson was renominat ed (n a "hall with a glass roof." He thought the reception was "very entnuslnMlIe," and said H made him feel "like I was nt homo." He also expressed hmself as "entirely satisfied" wllh the re sults of tils tour throtik'h the South and border stntes of Tennessee and Kentucky. Durlnn the conference, th nomi nee made the prediction thnt he would en wry both Ohio nnd Penn sylvania In November, and charac terized as "stupid" the comment on his Louisville tariff epeeeh made by Senator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire. Aiithorl.c MrbljfC TV A H H I N ( J TO N . Oct . Id. IN) The war deportniem" today np proved construction of n bridge by the Southern T'nelfle Railway com pany across the west end of Sulsun bay from Sulsttn Point to Army Point. The brld(to will replace the Ilentcin ferry nnd will be about five miles from Han Pablo bay. CLAIM OF ECONOMY j SKY LINER i LEASED 10 I SPANIARDS Graf zeppelin Safely Berthed Passengers Signed A Non-Talk Agreement - Ship To Be Used Between Spain And The Argentine New York Welcome Planned. ( My W. W. ( MAPI, IV Aworintcd Piv-.s sniff Writer. ! LAKKIICRST, N. .1., Oct. I Ii. '.Vi The largest airship ever built, ! its silver envelope containing in I flammable hydrogen, was berthed J today at the I in lied Slates na v.i 1 jalr station alter completing ihe .longest commercial flight from ' Kurope. Three other dirigibles, inflated with non-in flammable Ihellunt, huddled In the hangar ! close beside the tiraf Zeppelin. I Smoking was sternly prohibited, I and in certain places no one wa i 'allowed except with rubber srded j shoes lesi so small a thing as a j spa rli from a nailed heel cause 1 disaster. j The mighty Graf Zepp e I I n. (which floated up from the Zeppe I lin works nt Friedrlchshafen last iThursday morning with a crew or ,40 men and if passenger list of Hit, i landed here at a:aS p. m, yesterday after playing ing . with the ele ! ments over a zigzag course esti mated at 6,300 miles reimiring 111 (hours, 3.S minutes. It was berthed .nt It a. m. this morning after jspendingr most of the night attach, ed to a mooring mast, j The other dirigibles In the han ;gar were the Los Angeles and two comparatively tiny n o n-r 1 g i d f blimps. j When the ship touched earih passengers ami crew grinned excii- j edly from .ihe windows as they '"""h"1 '-.ii u ui ii ii L ii in iters a mi ihe pleavantv ,'XooKiiH ' 'of solid ground.. Hut they were due lor disappointment. Customs inspec tion nnd difficulty In handling the crowds resulted In the passcngera being held practically Incommuni cado for bourn, first In their cabins jand later In that part of the han gar turned over to their customs jHervlce. Not until lute at night IWU8 the Inst piece of baggage passed and the health of the lasi , passenger certified. Then they i straggled away, some to homes land others to New York nearby jpoluls.' Non-Talk Agreement They were eagerly questioned by i reporters but their replies were necessarily limited by an agree tnent they had been forced to sign Itlmt they would md talk about the (flight for publication for eight (days after landing. This ajvr ;ment was culled for in a contract between the Zeppelin company ami an American news syndicate which purchased the story rights of the 1 flight. j Ship Is Leased I Ilecause of the nnws monopoly j contract and the forced agreement iof Ihe passetlkers the conversation jof the air voyagers was limited, but one Important piece of Infor mation wan forthcoming. It was definitely established that the Oral' Zeppelin, which was built as a commercial ship lurgcly by pop. ular subscription had been leased Tor two years to a Spanish coin ipany planning trnns-Atlnntlc pas jsenger and mail service between Spain and the Argentine. The lease j carries with It an option to buy j but It Is understood that the Span ish company only wants the ship for use until It enn build nir liners j of Us own. j Jhiinnjrcil Clu Seen As th-? Otof .oppelln lay In the hangar, its sliver flanks rising al most to the vaulted roof, persons on Ihe sround could plainly see the damaged portion, from which the fabric was torn by the storm while over mldocean. Prepuru llonn were made to effect immedi ate repairs. The Graf Siepprlin arrived as day was dropping nway Into the dusk just four yours to a day after the arrival of the navy Los Angeles from the fame starting point. Crowds had gathered for three day In hopes of witnessing the nrrlval. Yesterday, however, there were not ninny more than 5')e0 on hand when a Krny smudge appeared on the darkening north horizon and expanded to the proportions of a BlKantie fish that swam the skies with a stupehduoiis majesty. ft had already thrilled millions in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other seaboard cities, A the great dirigible, now the Kreatest In ihe world nnct yet soon to be eclipsed by- three other Rrenter ships, crossed the boun dary of the air station and dipped toward the flying field the crowd broke Into ft npontnneous cheer, With no lights showing except from the yellow prine of one cabin window, from which the onl woman passenger waved a greet Ing to the groundlings below, the sky ship moved slowly and almost nllently with muted motors to a (Continued on Pag dlti o