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MEDFORD, 0REC10X. SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1929.
No. 58.
Med
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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
The Zeppelin's Danger
General Motors In Air
Work. - ; - :
Lilli Lehmann Dead. .
Poor Mr. Scarface.
A (Copyright by Kin Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Riant Zeppelin, after
lieinfj buffeted by storniH over
the Frene.li Alps, lnnded yes
terday at Cuera Pierre Fen,
France.
The balloon type of airship,
offering vast, unnecessary sur-i
face for the winds' attack, is a
survival of early aviation ideas
that might well have been
abandoned after the Wright
'brothers' demonstration.
An all-metal dirigible, strong
enough to resist any wind,
: may be perfected. .; But why
offer such huge surface for at
tack, when powerful, air pierc
ing planes can be built to defy
any storm?
Most important and gratify
ing news concerning aviation
is an announcement, made on
the authority of Mr. Alfred
P. Sloan, Jr., president of Gen
eral Motors. , -
The great automobile coin
puny, with its limitless re
sources, has definitely entered
the field of aviation.
With control of the Fokker
o,om,pan.y,. its landing fields
and plant, and of other air
plane interests General Motors
will aim at leadership in the
fww and most important field
o( transportation. : :
1 jtenry ; Ford, pioneer in air
craft among great ' Tnchistriaf
ists, Cliarlcs E. Mitehcll, head
of . the Nationals City bank,
biggest financial concern in
America, and how Mr. filoan,
of General Motors, form, the
great air trinity. Other smaller
and very able concerns were
earlier in the field, but major
development will doubtless be
a matter of competition among
the three, each ' possessing
i practically unlimited eiigineer
i ing and financial power.
The often sad "little man"
need not weep and say there is
: no chance for him. . He has
fvery chance, and all ahead
of him.
One good idea, NEW, may
; be worth to aviation more
i than all the factories and bil-
lions of the big trinity. Flying
. has barely started. Nothing is
; final, everything is still expen-
; mental.
S Aircraft is still ail imitation
; of the bird, and men do not
Kiiceeed by imitation. The
I locomotive does not imitate the
! liorse, nor the machine gun the
1 bow and arrow. Entirely new
ideas in shape, power, fuel, will
! change the airplane far more
i than locomotives have, been
; changed since the early days.
Greater engine power will
Jupcrcede wing spread. And
(eventually will come wireless
power, enabling the airplane to
take up and use in flight power
generated on the ground.
The flier will not need to
earrv bis nower plant with
him.
There is unlimited opportu
nity for inventive genius in a
field of new ideas.
Scientific training in aero
dynamics is nonessential. The
man that inveutil the sewing
machine could not sew. It
simply occurred to him that if
you put the eye in the net.le'
point you need not push thi
: edle all the way through and
: out on the other side.
i ' That is all there was to the
ICopUsuad en Fix raw).
MIRY 10
STAND BY
E
Oregon Senator Firm . As
Deadlock Looms In Con
ferenceUpper and Low
er House May Compro
mise On Board Salary
Tariff May Be Battle
ground. By Francis Stp-Mu.i.
(Associated Press riluff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Mity 18. (A)
Another roll cull In the senate over
the export debenture provision put
into its farm hill over the objec
tion of President Hoover, uppcured
toniKht to ho inevitable with ,a
deadlock In sitfht between senate
und house conferees over the pro-
poHitlon.
The conferees will meet Mon
day behind closed doors in an at
tempt to adjust the conflicting
views of the Bona to and house. The
debentures section Is the main
point of contention, and a lonK
and stubborn argument appears
certain.
While three of the five senate
conferees voted anainst export de
bentures, they are bound to sup
port this controversied proposal in
conference with hou.se members.
Senator McNar y, republican,
Oregon, chairman of the - con
ferees, declared today that he felt,,
bound to stand by the export de
benture provision in view of ' the
determined contest over this point
in the senate and its ultimate de
cision to put it into the bill. House
conferees were Just ns determined
today in their stand against the
provision and indicated an inten
tion to oppose it to a finish In con
ference. . . : 4
The, export debenture plan Was
put into, the farm bill by' the Sen
ate by ,ft, vote pf :47( to 44T with
democrat' lining -un1 itlirtbst solirfly
for It and 13 republican independ
ents, joining them. However, the'.
hmiKn, vpntorrthv vhtor! hv n mn- '
Jority of 130 to send the senate
measure ;to conference.
..Under the. rules, thesenatO; will
have to act first on the conference
report returned by itfe conferees.
There is every Indication that some
of those who voted for the export
debenture .in: the senqtn may shift
their drivo. for this prlrjeiplo from'i
the farm releifbtll t'oithei tariff
bill, thus permitting the farm re
lief legislation to become a law.
This break in Ihe export deben
ture ranks'. If it comes, would end j
uih i n i in uciiuir wniun u wbck ur
two and the debentures discussion
probably would center subsequent-
ly on the tariff bill. An even
stronger lineup In the senate favor
ing this proposition as a part of
tho tariff legislation is seen by its
opponents.
How this would affect enactment
of the tariff bill Into law, espe
cially In view of President Hoo
ver's emphatic opposition to the
debentures plan. Is problematical.
An ndjustmctu of other differ
ences between the '' senate and
house farm .measures is expected
early In the approaching negotia- j
tlons. Senator McNary'. the author
of the senate hill, and Representa
tive Haugen, republican, Iowa, the
author of the house measure, nl- 1
ready have talked over some of the
differences.-
The house bill provides for a
farm board of six members and the
senate bill calls for one of 12. A
compromise on nine members had
been predicted.
The house bill would give the
president the power to fix" the snl
ary of the chairman of the hoard,
hut the senate modified this (to
fix the salary at, $12,500, the same
as for other members of the board.
There have been reports at the
capltol that Mr. Hoover does not
prefer to have the power to fix
the salary and a compromise in be
lieved In prospect which will have
comrress name the salary at
llfi.OOO.
The senate farm bill also gave
erenter .power to the proposed
stabilization corporations and sen
ate conferees are confident of re
taining thl Kecllon In the men sure.
Little hope of -am agreement by
the conference committee within a
wek is being held out. If no
agreement 1s reached on the export
provision, ft disagreement may he
reported to the senate.
A determination exists on the
prt of many senators to attempt
to force Ihe house to vote directly
on the delenture proposal, hut Ihe
parliamentary situation dorn't ap
pear to permit such action.
T3IRMr.vr.IIAM. Ala.. May Id.
Senator Thomas J. Heflin. nf
labnma. was called '"admiral ftn
Me) of the ami. Catholic fleet." In n
-esnlutlon made public last night '
"y the Alabama Women's league .
or White Supremacy, which is op
nosing his re-election.
RRG1NA. Sask. iPl The fi&
'tatchewnn Keg and Poultry Prod
icts. Ltd.. doing a gross ennunl
Susiness of approximately f 690,000, 1
ij controlled by women.
DEBENTUR
SPONSORS OF NEW TARIFF BILL
1 I'M V
Representative Hawley of Oregon (left) and Senator Smoot of
Utah, chairmen of the house and senate committee! which will
handle the tariff bill during the extra session of congress.
DEMPSEY PLANS SKULLDUGGERY
MEXICAN FEGHT
FOR A MILLION
Battle to Be Staged atAgua
Calientes On Date to Be
'Fixed Later San Diego
Syndicate Backs Project!
Agreement Signed.
URNO, Nev., May 1 8.-P) Jack
Dempsey, dethroned king of heavy
weight battlers, will nter the ring
again at Agua. Caliente, Tijuana's
rival In Mexico,' inan attempt to
regain the world's championship
honors, according to an announce
ment made in Keno today by Gene
Normilu, who was Dempsey's man
ager for the first Tunney fight,
Normilo . arrived, in Keno 'from
tho east by train and this morning
took 'the Keiio-lws Amretesi-'ptftnp
oi ine iNeviuia ;rtir i-mus ir i3un
Piego -to completo arrangements
hack. ' .
While in Reno, Normlle ' showed
friepds an ugreement signed by
Dem)sey whieh caries a $1,000,000
guarantee' 'for the former, heavy
weight! king to meet , an opponent
nt Agua Caliente at a time to be
fixed. ''later. Normlle Js reported
10' liave said that the contract Is i
.Vesult of negoliatfons thnt started
v?hen Dempsey was offered $00,
000 to enter the ring at' Agua Cali
ente and that the 11,000,000 figure
was finally agreed upon.
It Is understood that those back-
JSf . 'lftn PrPOaP(l flK-hi JnClU,'e!the fact that Examiners Mackley
Wirt CI. Bowman, head of the syn- , ,,., ,,,1V., nf rprnmmended
dlcate which Is promoting Agua
Caliente, and Haron Long, race
track man and owner of the V. S.
Grant hotel in San Diego. Row
man Is related by marriage to
Governor Rodriguez of Lower Cali
fornia. 1
E
IN STATE
SALEM, Ore., May 18. (PJ
Nearly two .billion dollars. In ex
act figures $1,803 4Ka,2ti, in fire
and life Insurance o all classes,
except health and accident and
miscellaneous, was cnrrled 'by in
surance companies operating In
Oregon at the close or 1928. ac
cording to" the annual report of
Insurance Commissioner Clare A.
I-e. This was 'an Ircrease of
$2.'t5.787,207 or 14 per cent'-over
the amount nt the end of 1112".
The fire companies embrace stock,
mutual and nutomobile and the
life companies embrace ordinary,
group, industrial, assessment and
fraternal. Tho report was made
public today.
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HELD FLOOD AID
rrC.KN'R. Ore.. May H. JP)
Work on the approach to the state
highway bridge over the Willam
ette river at KprinKflelfl was or
dered stopped today by Judge
Kkipworth when he decided the
suit instituted by West Hprirnt
field residents Rualnst the state
hltfhway department.
Judgi' Spik worth held that the
dirt tyll would endnnger lands of
the plaintiffs by overflov- of river
water during freshet.
PlirLADKU'HIA. May 1. OP)
Scarface Al" Capone. sentenced
o one year In Jail yesterday for
carrying a concealed deadly weap
on, was believed In some nunrters
to have houkM Jail as an asylum
from the bullets uf rival gangsieia.
IN GRAIN RATE
TALKS CHARGED
Seattle Accuses Its Sister
City of Portland With
Leaving Wrong. Impres
sion With Wheat Growers
Puget Sound Metrop
olis Resents.
" SEATTLE, Wash., May 18. (JP)
Representatives of the state and
civic organizations will leave dur
ing the next week for Washington,
J. C, to uttend the oral agree
ment before the interstate com
merce commjsslon in the grain
rate Investigation. v ( . -
Tho Investigation ' involves all
rates west uf the Mississippi lur
ciudinff"''tKeS'C6lumbia'''')a8in -'iHf-
lereniittl'
rnteH
and. Alontant export
Wettrick today Issued a state
ment oh the Columbia' basin rate
caso attacking tho . attitude of
Portland Interests .
"There have been quite .a . num
ber of statements in the news
papers of tho northwest recently
which indicate that a deliberate
attempt is being made by Tort
land Interests to give grain s row
ers of eastorn Washington the
impression that the efforts ,of the
interests In tho state of Wash
ington to have the differential in
rates south of the Snake river re
moved is partly responsible for
a reduction In the rates on wheat
Irom the inland empire to Pa
cific ports," he said. "The im
pression thus sought to be given
is absolutely wrong.
"It Is evident that tho purpose
of such statements Is to misload
the growers In differential terri
tory into believing that for- them
lit Insist upon euual rates will
prevent :them from getting a gen
veral reduction In the ratea on
wheat. It should He definitely
j understood that the Washington
Interests are In sympathy with
any consideration which may be
extended to the growers in the
way of reduced rateM on grain,
hut that they are going to contin
ue to Insist upon' equal rates with
Portland regardless of these mis
representations and that In doing
so they are working in the inter
ests of the wheat growers and
Portland is not."
SALEfCELLFOR
PORTLAND. Ore., May 18. W)
James A. Plehuch, 1!6, today ad
dressed a court for the last time
in his life In the role of attorney.
Me appeared in circuit court for
punishment on three Indictments
H
charging forgery of indorsement.
was sentenced to two years
In state prison.
The young lawyer last week
pleaded guilty and resigned' from
the bar.
In his remark to the bench Ple
huch referred to himself In the
third person as "the defendant."
He spoke calmly, urginx the court
to Impose!! IIkIH penalty.
"The dffA'ndant is not thinking
of himself when he asks this."
Plebui'h flpoke. "He has In mind
only his wife."
Plcburh admitted forging three
bank drafts Involving f600 while
in the employ of the Title A Trust
company as escrow officer.
CLEVKI.AND. May 18. VP)
Plson gas released by burning
X-ray films In the Cleveland, clinic
disaster was sufficient to have
Killed four million persons, chem
fts Investigating th cause of
the 122 fatalities, reported today,
'SCARFACE'
DISGRACED
BYARREST
End of Reign as Gangland
King Near Loss of Pres
tige Severe Blow Chi
cago Underworld King
Denied Leniency Arrest
ing Officers Praised.
' rilll.ADKI.PUlA, .Mny 18. (P)
It bwiime known toilny thnt
"Sciu-faoe Al" Capoiip. mun uf f-
tencKil to prison tor a yar fur
carrylMK a loniloil piHlol inin
Cliy. Ill U U B iiivinnuiv - - - -
.1 I.- ktlnvnuvy It, UIIVH hlttl-
nxlf from KolnB lo prison, or fiill
Iiik thnt. to have the court. glvi
,hlm a tihort Bentenco. '
Ths court n-fUHKrt to urant hny
leniency and trentud him ami hl
bodyituaril exactly aa It has been
treating other offenders of the law
convicted of carrying concealed
deadly weapons.
Judge John B. Walsh of the
criminal division of the municipal
court, said ho dirt not tune seri
ously the opinion held In some
quarters that Capone walked Into a
police trap to save himself from
rval gangsters. ...
"The case of Capone was handled
like any other cose." wild the
Judge. ' "Before He and Cline -were
placed on trial. 1 had sentenced
two other men for the same of
fense and each was given the maxi
mum prison sentence, one year."
Bernard U Umilseh, who. With
Cornelius Hagsnrty, t Jr., repre
sented, the gangsters, revealed that
he had made proposals to Judge
Walsh for liberty or for leniency
before Capone and Cline had en
tered; their pleas of guilty,,
"Jiidge Walsh' would hot con
nnvthinn hut the maximum
sentence; I had to how- to hs
James '. tShoney ' flalone tnnrt
John Creedon, tho two Philadel
phia detectives who "spotted" the
two Chicago gnngsters In 'the
theater- crowd Thursday night,
gave their version of the arrest to
day after they had been com
mended by Superintendent of Po
lice William r..' Mills for their
alertness. '
VKrom tho remarks that Capone
mode to me I am sure he wiib any
thing but pleased at being sent to
Jail." said Malonc. "Once n gang
leader Is put behind bars It ends
his prestige. Ho has shown he Is
not stronger than the law, and that
ends him. Capone's career as a
gang leader is over."
Malonc revealed that two other
man woia with r!nnne and Cline
before they were arrested, but that
these men -managed to get nway.
The detectives denied that Capone
and Cline had offered bribes to
him and Creedon for their releose.
and also denied thnt he and Cree
Ann hfwl hepri threatened with
death hy friends of Capone.
"Hearfaco AT" today changed his
abode from Moyaneslng prison to
tho HolmcBburg Jail. Cline was
also removed, both traveling tho 12
miles' from South Philadelphia to
the northeastern part of the city
In a prison van, which was neavuy
gunrded.
FOR II LOOMS
SAI.EM, Ore., May 18. (P)
Attorney Cleneral Van Winkle has
completed the ballot title for the
referendum petitions ngnlnst the
excise tax bill, started In Port
land hy Thomas fl. Ryan and At
torney Krsklne Wood. It Is prob
able that the ballot tltlo will be
printed and proof read In time to
got the petitions In circulation
Monday,, and the circulators will
then have until June 4 to get the
required 9722 signatures. On the
completion of theso petitions tie
pends the. question whether the
state Is to have a special election
on that measure June 28.
KUMATHFOREST
FIREBUG JAILED
KLAMATH KAIXR, Ore., May
upf Kinht Incendiary fires In
the Klamath county pine forest
j wre under control tonight, and
Coleman Herry, hep herdi-r. was
In Jail charged with setting fires
(after more than 400 acre of see-
ond growth timber had been
charred.
j Herry was taken tn Inkevlew,
j Ore., where he will be given a
I sanity hearlnx. Authorities said he
'admitted firing the foreal,
Ousted Judge
Attoctnted Prcas Photo
Following hit repeated refusal to
resign. United States District Attor.
ney William A. OeGroot of Brook
lyn wao removed by xecutiva order.
WORK TO START
ON LIME
TAT
Announcement has been made
by the Standard Products, lno ,
of this city, recently organized and
incorporated . that work would
start within a week on the instal
lation of machinery, umf the erec
tion of warehouses, for the pro
duction of lime and fertilizer at
the 'Cameron quarry" on the Ap
plegate three miles irom Ruch. I
; According to J. H. Weber of
Los Angules, Calif., the Southern
a adfio railroad has Kiunted a
freight rat ut 37 cents per- hun
dred on lime and kindred products
and a rate of 26 cents per hun
dred on fertlUuer to California
points. The old rule was ,08
cents per hundred, . A parity rule
to Portland und northwest polnu
hits uIho beon grunted.
The loncurn will oroct a llmu
burning kiln, und lime o run horn
at the, quarters, k and y erect a
wfcrhouno at ,itych tefrl-W.
SuitibllitK Of 'lertlUitiiit'inalerlai.
A lime warehouse and shipping
warehouse will bo erected In this
city...
It Js oxpfctod thut thu plant
will he ready for production Hi
two months. .'
One of ths warehouses will be
erected at the plant of the Stand
ard Products on South Fir street,
.und the other, will he erected with
side track facilities, near . the
stockyards. , . . , ' "
The- lime plant plans to j uhc
slabs from. tho Owen-Oregon mill,
in the operation of the Umu
quarry. '
The plant has been capitalized
at $60,000. J. H. Weber of . bos
Angeles and T. H. Callaghan of
this city, are organizers of the In
dustry. They expect to expend
between $40,000 and $50,000, In
the establishment of the Industry.
. AtfROTtA, ill., Mny;i8. (T) Dr.
J. D. MnCulloch told a loKldlntive
lnvi'jf(li:allnn committra toilny that
examination of (hp wotinlit.of Mm.
I.llllan Dp KinK, ahut unil killed
hy dry rnldera In her home. March
25, demonatrated (hat aho could
nut have heen alnln while atoopInK
tn pick up her fallen hUHhand'a
platol, n a naaerted hy deputy aher
Iffa who pnrllelpuled In the fatal
raid. Ho ten! Hied that the wound
miKht have heen Inflicted while ahe.
'was In a alttlnK poaltlon. Tier at
torney tualfled ahe waa tclephonlKii
for help when ha heard the fatal
allot over tho wire.
Chnrlea Anderaon, deputy aher
Iff, of Aurora, told tho committee
the rnldera hettan to aenrch the I)c
KlnK home for liquor hefore they
made an atempt to aerve the
aearch warrant. Thl, ha declared,
had never heen hrought out In pre
vloua inqueata hy the coroner and
by the grand Jury which Indicted
KiiKene Hoyd Kalrchlld for perjury
In awearlnK to a fnlae affllavlt on
which the warrant waa haaed.
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MARKIIFIKI.D. Ore.. May 1.
(Pi I. Mile Abbott, 10, of foaledn
ine.-ir here, la In u Oiquilte hoMpltal
UiiiIiiv MUffcrlnir from severe body
burns received when ahe became
a flaming torch when her dreaa
Ignited from a camp fire.
I.illle waa attending a school
picnic. The presence of mind ex
hibited by another ypulh probab
ly saved the girl from death, lie
tripped her In her flaming flight
nnd Mrs. Arlene Dlrkann wrapped
a coat about the child.
mMm0
SOON
PLAN
RUCH
DRY KILLING QUIZ
SHOWS NEW FACTS
SHERIFF S WIFE
TRIED TO BUY
Fake' Officer Nabbed After
Extortion of Money From
Kin of Convicted Rum:
Ring Official
In Undoing-
Petty Deal
PORTLAND, Ore., May 18. (JP)
Federal authorities tonight an
nounced the arrest of Hoy Davis,
40, in connection with the alleged
extortion of t-iUQ from the wife of
Sheriff Kredericksou, Wahkiakum
county, Washington, recently con
victed on liquor charges al Ta
cumu, ly posing us a federal agent
with sufficient influence to
"spring" the sheriff out of jail.
The alleged defrauding of It rune
Ogden, Portland student flier, out
of $1.60, brought about, Duvis' ur
rest. Authorities said Davis repre
sented himself to Ogden as nn avi
ator in the service of tho customs
department and promised to obtain
employment fur Ogden.
Charles W. Kruklne, ntststunt
United States district attorney, ad
mitted tho charge involving the
V ,i i i i .Vi
ith (.v,urititimi ,.f ih.. v wi.i. '
son deal was complete. I
Krsklne said Davis telephoned
Mrs. Frederittkaon when her hus
band was convicted In the Tacoma
JAIL FREEDOM
courta and told her he waa a ov-1 m"'r'ly ' tune of a phono
einment agent with enough "pull" EraDh' a,n1 Houa attlt-
to net tho aherlff out of Jail. I , . v
He arrnntted lo have an auent' '-""'"a and gentlemen. I have
vlalt Mra. Krederlckaon, the dla-' bad .news to Impart to you. We
trlct attorney aald, und then called ' J?""' to Krledrlchahafen.
upon her at Oathla.net, Waah. herr "",e trouble with th. mo
Mra. Fredarlokaon la nuid to have torf but. there 1 no danger. He
caahed a chock for $2B0 and (tlvon m"ln c?'m' Wo ahall reach home
the caah to TJnvla. Her falhcr-ln-1 "a,al5' ,rldft' evening or Saturday
law raised another $100, which I m""8- ' ' ' '.:, , 'v
also was
the sherl
(turned over to Davla, but I
ilff remained In Jail. ' ,
A complaint was then made' to
the department of jitHtlce about
the same tline Davis is said to have
approached Mrs. v Frederlckson's
sister, a nurse In a Portland hos
pital, In an attempt to rnlan an
other $100, authorities said. ' ,
, When a messenger., was,, sent' to
the hospital to receive .the money
federal- agents wrapped a - few
coins in paper and followed the
messenger. Jjnvis was arrested.
HEAD OF A GIRL
L
T.OS ANCIKLKH. Ma 18. UP)
The head of a dlrl was found bur
led n the sands near the Florence
avenue bridge over the Ixim An
golon river by deputy sheriffs late
today. The discovery was tliude
not far from the - spot where
the torso of a woman was recov
ered from the river last full.
i The head was preserved suf
ficiently v to permit Identification
by any 'one acquainted with the
victim, deputy sheriffs said.
: After' ax cursory examination,
authorities declared the manner
in which the head had been sev
ered corresponded to the surgery
practiced on the woman's body.
A positive connection cannot he
established, they said, until chem
ists have - studied the physical
structure
The skull was that of a woman
between 18 and 2(i years of age,
approximately the flKiires estima
ted for the torso.
The discovery was mude after
authorities had been attracted to
the spot hy the un evenness of the
sundH. A small pit was found In
which the. head reposed and at
first glance, they said It appear
ed that possibly a body had been
buried there and washed away by
hiilll,w ,
ItATTI.K CnKKK, Mich.. May
!. Suffering from what her
physicians described as a nervous
1 breakdown, Mrs. Harry F. Sinclair,
i wife of the oil man serving a con
tempt sentence at Washington, is
a patient at a local sanitarium.
Accompanied only by a secre
tary, Mrs, Sinclair arrived Inst
night and registered as Mrs. Eliza
beth Sinclair. She was placed
under the car eof Dr. Clnra Hada-
, biiiiKh, Al Mra. Sinclair's request,
r. Kadahaugh refused to dlacuas
her condition beyond saying It was
due to worry over her husband's
confinement in Jail at Washington.
POHTLAND, Ore.. Mny 1 8. fTt
(Iconic IL llimes, curator of the
Oregon Historical socletv celebrnt
ed Ills 8 Mil birthday today by work
'Ing at lilt desk as usuul.
IJAILtU OIL BAKUN
iWIFE PROSTRATED
PASSENGER
DESCRBES
GRAF If
Blimp
Voyagers Dancing
When News of Danger
Told A Comedy Note
Strikes as Zeppelin Bat
tles For : Safety Over
France.
(The following story of the
dramatic struggle of the trans
; Atlantic dirigible Graf Zop
pel in to reach safety after alio
hud turned back lo Friedrichs
haven and found herself In tho'
grip of a gulo wari written, by
Alexander It. von Kryha, a
passenger, ' for the Associated
Press. . It was prepared from,
notes made while the Oraf
Zeppelin wa beating her way ,
over southeastern France In
an effort to find a landing ,
plane.)
CITRRS,. France, May 18.P)-
nr- Eckener, commander of tho
"raf ,af.?e,,n
en route to the
United Utatea, walked Into the aa-
lon of the ahlp Thursday afternoon
aa the paaaengera were danclnjr
t ' nt.wni came . as a
thundoratroke out ot the cleareat
anj oututviiKeru, wiiu were .
not aware of any difficulty to the
motorn. The dancing atopped Im
mediately aa the ahlp awung about
to return to Barcalqna. ,,. . .
Buch -waa tho dramatic mnnner
In which , the poaaengers of the
Oraf , Zappollit .wi; muds, awntn
that. thelf,VfKhtV to the United!
.Rtatea had . failed. ' Then, "aftr, a
hard pull aver the Oulf of Lyon
and over the southern part of
Franco, the Zeppelin fought for .
headway past Wme, . Montellmar
and Valence.i ' ' ' ,'. , , '
Juat aa the tun waa setting In
the troubled western hazy horlion
Friday afternoon," Captain Chrla
tlan Bluer, official German paasen.
ger, entered the aalon as the ship
waa tacking about above Valence.
"Ladles and gentlemen. There Is .
danger. Itemove your bags and
remain calm. , We are' forced to
land." , . .
. General silence greeted the an
nouncement. All, or almost all, of
the paaaongers made for the cabins .
to. get their baggage when one of
the men passenger In a ' high .
pitched voice exclalmedt .
'What the hell an) you talking
about?" '
In aplte of the tension' of the
moment, the other p.inKorn who
had understood tho grim warning
. w men . had been spoken In Oer
I man, broke out Into a general roar
i.of laughter. ,.. ' i
I 1 It waa then explained to the paa
sengers who understood no Ger
man that here was trouble ahead
and that the ahlp, unable to pro
ceed, moat land, i
"That's all right with me," he
replied. "Now I understand. It Is
quite all right." ,
With parachutes wrapped around
their shoulders, Instead of the
usual lifebelts of steamships, the
passengers watched as the Zeppelin
maneuvered above Valence r and
Montellmar from 3:30 p. m. until
f p. m., In the most unusual "life '
boat" drill ever held In the air. i
Tho Oraf Zeppelin by this time .
had completely loat all control of
steering and was turned Into a
mere balloon, buffeted by the
wind continually and drifting to
ward the Mediterranean In spite
LmI, tk u, ".'
.throbblntr. Then suddenly thin last
nr the ohe motor that waa still
motor stopped after several cough
ing spells, sputtered and died. .
The dreaded mistral, blowing
from the northwest, was pushing '
the helpless Zeppelin towards the
sen at a speed of 40 miles an hour.
The passengers, then thoroughly
alarmed, delegated one of their
number to go to the navigation
cabin where I3r. Bckener with his
officers wore sitting quietly in their
seats. The doctor's son. Knud
Eckener, was at the steorlng wheel.
Dr. Eckener In response to a ques
tion, said It wea Imperative to find
a landing field.
Flvlng before the wind ond
headed straight for the Mediter
ranean with only one motor to aid
in the steering, the Oraf Zeppelin
went through the most momentous
hour of the entire flight. Dr.
Kckener himself directed his son
nt' the steering wheel and the me
chanics at the various levers, seek
ing to find favorable air currents.
1
GENEVA. WlThe League of.
Nations has been notified that the i
United States would participate In
the a'tempt to standardise tho
buoyage and lighting of roasts so
that all countries might have ths
same system. Safety of ocean Yea
s'?'! la tha object. '. ;
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