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WEATHER.
(TT. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair, not so cool tonight; tomorrow
mostly fair.
Temperatures: Highest, 83. at 4' p.m.
yesterday: lowest. 58. at 6 am. today.
Full report on page 11.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
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AO. post office. Washington. D. C.
MOSLEM UPRISING
SPREADS IN IUDEA;
1? AMERICANS DIE
REPULSING ATTACK
Britain Rushes Warships and;
Troops After Government,!
Caught Unawares, Faces
Arab Revolution Threat.
U.S. CALLS ON ENGLAND
TO PROTECT SUBJECTS
Resumption of Savage Raids
Throughout Holy Land Is Cause
for Alarm After Jewish Students
Die in Defense of School—Brit
ish Soldiers Will Use Force.
By the Associated Pres*.
Severe fighting between Arabs
and Jews over right of religious
worship at the Wailing Wall
apread today into remote quarters
of Palestine, after terrorizing
Jerusalem and its environs with
three days of bloodshed and vio
lence.
Twelve American Jewish stu
dents were on the death roll,
which authorities of the biblical
land of peace vainly attempted to
estimate as reports of new clashes
came in.
Partial Lint of Casualties.
Incomplete casualty reports to the ;
State Department today from Paul |
Knabenshue. the American consul gen- I
oral in Jerusalem, sated that the fol- j
lowing American students were among
those killed in Hebron:
Jacob C. Wexler of Chicago.
Benjamin Hurwitz of New York City.
Wounded:
Moses Feivel Mitovin, A. Dov Menkin,
Eliezer Harbater, Moses Harbater.
No addresses were given, but It was i
said the last two mentioned were In ‘
Jerusalem with their parents.
Refugees escaping from Palestine to i
Beirut, Syria, in French-mandated ter- !
ritory. said the Arab attacks against!
Jewish communities had assumed the j
character of an open Arab revolt against
the government. *
Massacres were reported to have oc
curred at Haifa, where a troop train
was attacked by Arabs this morning.
Some of the troops were disarmed, j
Fighting continued in the center of the.
town, with three persons killed and
many wounded, but Jewish defenders
beat off Arab attacks from the Mount
C'rmel suburb.
Government Offlees Attacked. (
At Jaffa lest night Arabs attacked In ,
force the government offlees. They l
were driven off by British police in a
conflict in which five persons were
killed and 30 wounded.
The violence of the outburst, of which
th? causes had long been observed, how
ever, seemed to have taken the British
governing body in Palestine by surprise.
It was persistently rumored in Lon
don that Lord Reading, former viceroy
of India snd Influential Jewish noble
man, would be charged with a special
mission in Palestine in the near future.
He held a lengthy conference with
Premier MacDonald.
All members of the Zionist executive
committee were summoned to London
for an emergency session. Louis Lipsky.
president of the Zionist Organization of
America, will represent American Jew
ish interests at the meeting.
British warships and troops were
rushed to Palestine from all strategic
points in the M<“d!'-rranean.
From Cairo. Egypt, it was reported
that the casualties on both sides during 1
the fighting since Friday had been >
much greater than was Indicated in |
news dispatches byway of London. |
Troops from Egypt hastily departed by j
big troop-carrying airplanes or by rail
way.
New York Jews Plan Protest.
A government censorship on news
and private dispatches from Palestine
cloaked the actual progress of events in
Jerusalem.
Washington received official con
firmation of the deaths of the 12 Amer
lcan Jewish students in the Rabbinical
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MISS VAN WIE GETS 78.
Medalist Honors Virtually Clinched
by Chicago Golf Star.
CLEVELAND. August 26 (/P).—Turn
ing in a par-breaking card of 78. Vir
ginia Van Wie, Chicago star, today vir
tually clinched medalist honors in the
women s Western golf championship on
the Mayfield Country Club course.
Miss Van Wie scored one eagle and
five birdies on her triumphant round.
Goff Seeks Re-election.
CHARLESTON. W. Va„ August 26
(A>). —United States Senator Guy D.
Goff today announced his candidacy for
’ the Republican nomination at the State
primaries in August, 1930, to succeed
himself.
YOUTH FALLS 150 FEET OVER ROCKS,
WALKS TO GREET RIVER RESCUER
Bones Are Unbroken in Plunge That Foils Attempt to
Scale Steep Niagara Bank.
By the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., August 26.
—Theodore Johnstone, 20 years old, De
troit, was in St. Mary’s Hospital today
because of an attempt to climb the
rocky, almost perpendicular bank of the
Niagara River near the Falls View
, Bridge. ..... #
He fell 150 feet over rocks and trees
after he had lost his foothold 25 feet
from the top of the bank. He sustained
no broken bones or other Internal In
juries.
V Johnstone came to the Falls on an
excursion with Albert Glzsi and George
Fabina of Detroit. Johnstone’s com
s-nton* mitfl tg toM »h«m -f
Crime Tendencies*
Laid to Bad Food
Rather Than Drink
Reports Issued on Sur
vey of Salvation Army
Homes and Hospitals.
By the Associated Pres*,
j CHICAGO, August 26.—Wrong food,
j rather than strong drink and inherited
! criminal tendencies, today was named
as one of the chief causes for the down
j and-outer turned to crime and the girl
> going wrong in a report issued by Com
i missioner John McMillian, in command
of the central territory of the Salvation
Army.
After a survey of 106 industrial
homes and 34 rescue homes and hospi
tals of the army, Commissioner Mc-
Millian found that girls who go wrong
more often would have gone right had
some one taught them vitamin and
mineral values. •
More than 60 per cent of the unwed
mothers and fallen girls cared for last
year by the army, the report said, were
victims of malnutrition during child
hood. while 53 per cent of all men given
aid by the army also were victims of
malnutrition in youth.
■ Responsibility for this condition rests
directly upon the parents of these un
fortunates. who either permitted their
children to dictate their own eating
habits, or were unable to provide, or
were ignorant of the essentials of a
balanced diet,”. Commissioner McMillan
said.
TRIAL OFI6HELD
IN MING OPENS
Strikers and Textile Union
Officials Face Charges
’ in Charlotte Court.
i By the Associated Tress.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. August 26
With prospects of a court session that
i may last from three to six weeks, the
cases of 16 strikers and officials of the
National Textile Workers’ Union were j
called today at a special term of the •
Mecklenburg Superior Court. A special J
j venire of 200 was ordered drawn for!
j jury duty.
The defendants are accused of mur
; der and conspiracy to murder in con
j nection with the death on June 8 of O.
! F. Aderholt, then chief of police of Gas- j
tonia. Aderholt was wounded otj. the i
night of June 7 when he and four other
! policemen went to a tent colony main
j talned by the union and the Interna
tional Workers’ Relief for Strikers from:
' the Loray Cotton Mill.
Thirteen of the defendants, who have
been heK without ball on charges of
first-degree murder, were -brought here
j this morning from Gastonia. Three,
women accused of second-degree mur
der have been free on bond.
I The cases first were called in Gaston
Superior Court on July 29. A change
of venue was granted by Judge M. V.
Bamhill of Rocky Mount, presiding.
Judge Barnhill today promptly over
ruled defense motions for quashing the
Indictment, striking out certain words
in the indictment and a demurrer ask
ing that the bill of particulars, ordered
at the Gastonia hearing be made more
specific.
The latter motion caused some de
lay when Arthur Garfield Hayes, chief
counsel for the American Civil Liberties
Union, who joined the defense counsel
Saturday, insisted on arguing it. He
charged that the State had made «
"dragnet of vague charges” which were
not specific in time and place.
In overruling the motion the Judge
ordered the State to make more defi
nite the conspiracy to murder charge
and said that if this was not done he
would reconsider the motions.
TWO CHICAGOANS SHOT
AS CROWD CHASES THIEF
Robber Is Captured Unhurt as Bul
lets Fly Thick in Crowded
Loop District.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 26.—. Pistol pop
ping punctuated the Sunday night calm
of the Loop incident to the pursuit and
eventful capture of Ambrose J. Ward.
Two bystanders were shot, but Ward,
at whom 18 rounds of bullets were
fired, was unhurt.
The chase began .hist as Ward
emerged from the • Hotel Morrison
Coffee Shop, where the cashier had
been held up and robbed. Two police
officers sprinted after him and they «iad
; not gone a block before they were lead
ing a self-appointed posse of several
hundred persons.
Peter Werner, 44, became confused in
the excitement and walked into the line
of fire. One bullet struck him in the
leg, another in the back. Walter Fil
liska was plunked in the cheek when
he stepped from a shoe shine parlor
while the firing was going on. Scores
of persons, hearing the shooting, ran
for cover.
• Ward, blamed by police for several
recent robberies, led his pursuers down
Madison. Dearborn, Monroe, State,
Adams and to Clark street before he
was cornered.
tain climbing experiences in Tennessee
and declared, as he looked at the steep
river bank, that he could climb it. A
minute later he started the ascent. In
his descent he came to a halt against a
large tree 40 feet from the river level.
A Are company was called to the top
of the bank and made an effort to res
cue Johnstone, with ropes. William
Hill, hero of many Niagara River res
cues. rowed across the river ana started
up the embankment to the spot where
he thought he would find Johnstone's
body. He met the victim of the fall,
groaning from his many bruises, walk
ing down the slope. Hill assisted him
into a boat and took him to the Amer
ican Maid of the Mist lafltng, where
an ambulance was waitingCio take him
W)e fuming pkf.
NEW DEBTS OFFER
BY ALLIED POWERS
HEED INSUFFICIENT
Snowden Declares Terms Are
Unacceptable in Pres
ent Form.
FIGURED AT 75 PER CENT
OF BRITAIN’S DEMANDS
Plan Tendered by Four Creditor
Nations Regarded in France
as Last Concession.
By the Associated Prea*.
THE HAGUE, August 26—Philip
Snowden, British chancellor of
the exchequer. Informed the other
four creditor powers today that their
new proposals did not satisfy the
British claims and in their present
form were unacceptable.
The experts of the four powers esti
mated that the offer represented 75 per
cent of the amount which Mr. Snowden
has been demanding, although in British
quarters there was some doubt as to
whether it represented that high a pro
portion.
In French circles it was made known
that the offer was regarded as the last
concession toward the British stand
that the four powers would make.
Delivered in Writing.
The new proposal, which was de
livered late last night in writing, was
assumed here to have been found i
worthy of close examination by the
British chancel{or at least and this has
given rise to renewed hopes among the
die-hard optimists at the reparations
conference.
The fast is that he has not rejected
the offer as yet, but a talk with M.
Adachl of Japan, representing the four
powers, concerning it was felt to indi
cate that he was willing to take it as
: the basis of discussion.
TTie activities of the conference have
! been transferred almost entirely to
i nearby Scheveningen. where there was
I a good deal of- coming and going among
| the other delegations, while Chancellor
Snowden at his home was considering
the decision on which the fate of the
conference, in general opinion, appears
to rest.
Not every one, however, was agreed
I that Chancellor Snowden’s reflection
on the four-power offer would mean its
acceptance. In these quarters it was
thought that the chancellor waa bound
not to reject it summarily because he
wouldn’t take the responsibility of such !
j a step without careful thought as to
j the consequences.
Meeting Postponed.
A meeting of the four powers In
terested in evaucuation of the Rhine- j
land, which was to have been held to- j
day. was postponed subject to call. All j
other activities of the conference were j
also put off until Chancellor Bnow- 1
den’s decision is made known.
The correspondent of* the Havas
Agency, principal French news agency,
at the Hague, estimated that the offer
of the four other creditor powers to
England amounted to 28.00.000 gold
marks annually < approximately *6,720.-
000), as a supplement to what the
Young plan already awards her.
Os this sum France would furnish
12.000,000 marks Belgium 2,000,000
and Italy 14.000,000.
This was based on the written pro
posals furnished to Chancellor Snow
den by Premier Jaspar of Belgium in
reply to the British rejection of the
verbal proposals on Saturday. *
M. Ja£par's letter stated that the
four creditors had in no way pressed
Germany to increase her payments,
as Mr. Snowden had implied. It
emphasized the important economic
advantages of the Young plan for Eng
land as to the German deliveries in
kind, of which England desires a speedy
cessation. '
MRS. FREEMAN INJURED
BY ACCIDENTAL FALL
Lost Balance and Dropped From
Second Story of Home to Lawn
Saturday Night.
Mrs. Agnes Freeman. 25 years |
old, of 155 Rhode Island avenue
northeast, suffered only bruises when
she fell from the second-story window
of her home Saturday night, an exami
nation at Emergency Hospital disclosed
William Freeman, her husband, today
explained that she was trying to reach
a screen left on the roof of a first floor
porch to place It in a window of the
room in which their young nephew
was sleeping when she lost her balance
and fell to the lawn below. A neigh
bor heard her drop and ran in to noti
fy her husband who took her to the
hospital. She was returned to her
home an hour later.
A police investigation showed that
Mrs. Freeman did not Jump from the
window.
REFUELERS SJTAY IN AIR.
Chicago Plane Starts Third Day of
Record Quest.
CHICAGO. August 26 (A*)—' The Chi
cago We Will plane went into its third
day of endurance flying today, with its
crew, c. E. Steele and Russell Moss
man, confident they were on the way
to a new record for sustained flight.
The plane took off Friday morning at
11:31 o’clock.
Ten thousand persdns watched the
refueling maneuvers yesterday. A note
from Mossman said the motor was “run- :
ning beautifully.’.
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Two Youths Slash Wrist*.
LAWRENCE, Kans:, August 26 (A>).—
Two youths, giving their names as :
Ernest Leverage, Akron, Ohio, and El
mer Batchelder, Bristol, Conn., were
found In serious condition in the county
jail here- today after slashing their
wrists.
Accused Red Leaps to Death.
BELGRADE. Jugoslavia, August 26 !
(>P>.—Dr. Neale, general secretary of the '
Jugoslavian branch of the International
Red Cross, Jumped from- the tourth ,
floor of the police station tonifhl and
was killed. He previously had been dis
covered. It was alleged, participating
in communistic activities and had been
«t*Uon tor questioning.
. V., - - fori. •
WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929-THIRTY PAGES. . **
BUT IT WAS ONLY A DTTJGUTFIT. DREAM.
GREEK THREATENS
TO M MINISTER
I
Legation Staff Members Hold
Man Until Police Take
Him Into Custody.
Uttering dire threats against the
Greek government, Dennis Catenatis, a
Greek, who said he lived in New York, 1
entered the Greek legation at 2139 R
street shortly before noon today, and,
brandishing a huge revolver, demanded i
that Cftaralambas Simopoulos, the Greek !
Minister, be produced by the legation
attaches so that he could shoot him.;
they told police when they arrived to
prrest the man.
While other members of the legation
staff held Catena ms in the reception
room of the legation, Emile Vrisakls.
first secretary, called for police, who
took the man away and are holding
him at police headquarters pending,
j Investigation. -* t 1
Phone Calls Preceded Visit.
Two long-distance telephone calls
from New York, where the man ha*
been making his home, preceded
Catenatis’ arrival at the legation this
morning. Legation attaches said that
the man threatened, cajoled and pleaded
with them to do something for him
about what he termed was the great
Injustice done his brother by the Amer
ican 1 courts. He said he had many
times been to see the Greek consul
in New York without satisfaction.
Explanations that the Greek govern
ment had nothing to do with the oper- 1
ation of the United States courts failed
to convince the man and down he came
to Washington this morning to seek the
Oreetf Minister.
Vrisakls said that when the man ar
rived this morning he w'as in a high
state of excitement. He said he lis
tened to his story of how his brother
had been injured in an automobile ac
cident in New York and how the Amer
ican. courts had failed to grant just j
damages in the case. The more Vris- !
akis explained that the Greek gov- !
eminent has nothing to do with the
law courts, the more violent. Catenatis I
became, Vrisakls said. Finally the man !
produced a pistol and brandishing it
demanded to be shown to the Minister,
so that he could kill him.
As Vrisakls reached for a telephone j
the man is alleged to have leveled his ,
weapon at him and said, “If you call
the police I’ll shoot you.”
While other members of the legation ,
staff attempted to quiet the visitor *
down and listened further to his story,
(Continued on Page 2, Column 37)
CAR driverlskilled
IN CRASH WITH BUS
Wife Is Believed to Be Dying: After
Accident on Baltimore
Pike,
LAUREL,, Md.. August 26.—One man
is dead and his wife is believed to be
dying at the University of Maryland
Hospital in Baltimore today as the re
sult of a head-on Collision with a
People’s Rapid Transit Co. bus early
this morning on the Washington-Balti
more Boulevard, midway between
Dorsey and Waterloo.®
The husband. Herman B. Wiegold, 29
years old, of 141 Riverside avenue, Tor
ringtOn, Conn., died from a broken
back, fractured skull and two fractures
of his legs, while his wife is in a criti
cal condition with numerous lacera
tions and fractures.
Wiegold and his wife were driving
toward Washington, with . him at the
wheel of their machine, when the crash
occurred. Maryland State Police fol
lowing an investigation by Corp. J. B.
Deutsch, said that the bus was en route
to Philadelphia and struck Wlegold’s
automobile, on the latter’s side of the
road.
The injured pair were extricated from
the wrecked machine and rushed to the
University of Maryland Hospital by a
U. S. Marine Corps ambulance from
Fort George D. Meade, which happened
upon the scene. Wiegold was pronounced
dead upon his arrival at the Baltimore
institution.
Earl Reed of the Hotel Oxford, Wash
ington, driver of the bus, which was
wrecked, furnished bond of $3,000 for
his appearance before the coroner’s
jury at an inquest scheduled for the
central police station in Baltimore to
morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock:
Reed’s passengers, all of whom es
caped injury, transferred to another bus
and completed the trip to Washington.
State News, f age 11
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jEminont Physician Dies
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DR. C. W. RICHARDSON.
‘ SPECIALIST. DIES
Doctor, Known Over World
for Research, Expires in
Boston Hospital.
Dr. Charles W. Richardson of 2901
Grant road, one of the foremost nose,
throat and ear specialists in the coun
-1 try and Internationally known for his
i research work and contributions to the
| science of head surgery, died in the
I Phillips House of the Massachusetts
! General Hospital, Boston, late last
; night. He was 68 years old. Death
■ was due to complications following an
operation.
Dr. Richardson had been ill for some
I months. He left this city July 2 to at
i tend the annual convention of the
| American Medical Association, of which
he was a trustee, in Portland, Orcg..
and following the convention he started
for his Summer home at Duxbury,
Mass. En route he stopped over in
Boston for treatment and underwent
an operation in July for an Intestinal
obstruction.
Second Operation Necessary.
After rallying from the first opera
tion, another became necessary and
was Derformed the early part of this
month.
Although improving after the second
operation, complications developed with
pneumonia, resulting In his death.
Dr. Richardson was ear. nose and
throat specialist for President Coolidge
while the latter was in the White House
and during his career of many years
had treated many famous persons, in
addition to being called in for consul
tations with many of the leading physi
cians and specialists in the country
Notable Contribution to Science.
One of his recent contributions to
science was the completion of an ex
tended national survey of institutions
for the deaf, under the auspices of the
National Research Council, to determine
the physical causes of deafness. Dr.
Richardson was chairman of a special
committee composed of leading spe
clalt«ts for the conduct of this work.
He was professor emeritus of laryn
gology and otology at George Wash
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
MUNITIONS EXPLODE.
Large Depot in China Is Wrecked
by Blast.
NANKING. China, August 26 (A*).—A
terrific explosion today shattered the
principal munition depot here, one of
the largest In China.
Intense excitement was caused and
the Inhabitants of the surrounding dis
trict were evacuated, martial law being
proclaimed to prevent disorderly ele
ments from taking advantage of the
confusion.
The loss of live was stated to be small.
The material damage was estimated at
$1,500,000.
Russian Plane Is in Siberia.
NOVO-SIBIRSK. Siberia, August 26
UP). —The Russian airplane Land of the
Soviets, piloted by the Soviet ace Sem
yon Shestakov on his second attempt to
fly from Moscow to New York, landed
here today after a flight of seven hours
no. nui^o.
WOMEN’S AIR RACE
CLOSE HOLDS STAGE
Other Derbies Are Under;
Way, With Planes Rush
ing Toward Cleveland.
By the Assoriatfd Prcs«.
CLEVELAND. Ohio August 26 —The
scheduled close of the first Women's
Derby ever flown marked the second
day’s events at the national air races
today, while the giant checkered pylons I
at Cleveland Airport again became the j
markers for crack pilots of the country i
banking their planes to the straight- j
, away in the closed course races.
The lady birds led four other derbies
from widely separated parts of the
I, country, toward the Municipal Airport '
[ from Columbus, Ohio. The Portland,
I; Oreg., Men’s Derby pausing overnight!
| at St. Paul, and another derby stopping I
; at Salt Lake City. Utah, on the way ;
from Oakland. Calif., accounted for the ’
Western flights.
Non-Stop Raeers Are Set.
From the South the Men's Derby,
stsrting at Miaml-Miami Beach. Fla., !
reached Nashville and the All-Ohio |
i Derby, quartered for the night at Co- ■
|! lumbus, pointed Northward for the'
landing today at the close of a swing
; through the State starting yesterday
afternoon. A fifth major derby of the
I races begins tomorrow at Philadelphia.
Four others will be held during the !
races, among them the non-stop dash i
i from Los Angeles, which may be flown '
! singly or in groups, as the pilots wish,
and at any time they desire to start.
Along with the derbies and the closed i
I course races, armed air force* of the i
' United States entered the program with '
formation flying, including intricate '
, maneuvers of offensive, bombing move- i
ments and full-power dives used in
' trench strafing.”
» }
Blimp* Crake.
, 1 Another feature of today s events was j
formation cruising by three blimps sent |
1 frorp the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
; Co., in Akron, as well as parachute
jumping, automobile-towed glider con
tests. a new event for the races, and
1 another innovation, stunt flying for
merly permitted only among service
> flyers in governmental service, but open
i ed this year to outsiders ordinarily held
, 1 to circumspect flying by aeronautical
, laws.
; Chief attention today went to the
[ : women flyers, who won out after eight
! days of flying over deserts, mountains
: and the mesquite wastes of the South
; west on the long flight from Santa
Monica, Calif. The National Exchange
j Club, sponsors of the flight, announced
1 a banquet tonight for the 14 women re
maining of the 19 who took off.
, I Tragedy, which converted the race
; into a grave undertaking, made itself
I felt today in memorial services for
! Marvey Crosson, plucky Los Angeles
: avlatrix who was killed in an attempted
parachute jump when her plane failed
(Continued on Page 11, Column 2)
HOOVER QUITS CAMP
AFTER WEEK END REST
Makes Return Trip With Mrs.
Hoover From Mountains in
Three Hours.
President Hoover was back at his desk 1
this morning after a week end vacation
at his mountain camp in Virginia, giv
ing evidence of the benefits of his brief
rest.
Mrs. Hoover returned with him, but
Allan Hoover, their younger son, re
mained behind to return to Washington
sometime later in the day. The young
man Is reported as fully recovered from
his recent aliment. .
The President and the members of I
his party arose early enough thia morn-j
ing to make it possible for them to be
on the way to Washington by 7 o’clock.
They arrived at the White House three
hours later. The President almost im
mediately after his arrival, went to his
desk in the executive office and was
absorbed In the business of the day. The
only engagement on his schedule is one
at 4 o'clock this afternoon with Col.
Roop, the new director of the Bureau
sf the Budget.
Bank Statements
Washington clearing house, $3,477,-
041.66.
New York clearing house exchange,
$40?,000,000.
New York clearing house balance,
0116,000,000.
Treasurjrbalanee, $103,400,670,68.
Radio Programs—Page 26
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"From Pre»M to Home
Within the Hour**
The Star's carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
(A*) Means Associated Press.
GRAF LANDS IN U. S.;
HOPS AGAIN TONIGHT;
ECKENER ILL ON TRIP
Dirigible Moored in Los Angeles,
Arriving From Tokio in Less
Than 79 Hours.
MAY COME BY WASHINGTON
ON JOURNEY TO LAKEHURST
Found in Perfect Shape After First Non-
Stop Pacific Jump—Departure
Set for 11 O’Clock.
By the Associated Pres*.
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOS ANGELES, August 26 —Completing
the third leg of its round-the-world flight, the dirigible Graf Zeppelin
landed here at 5:11 a.m. today, 78 hours 58 minutes after it left Tokio.
The first non-stop flight across the Pacific thus became a matter of
history.
The passengers disembarked at 5:55 o’clock. The flying time of
the Zeppelin for the 16,880 miles from Lakehurst, N. J., was computed
at 233 hours and 35 minutes.
Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, who was
seriously ill for two days of the trip from Tokio. was rushed by motor
to a downtown hotel. Arrangements had been made to issue a state
ment, but a written statement he had prepared last night was lost
: as the wind tore it from his hand while he leaned from the control
[ room gondola.
Those with whom Dr. Eckener had talked said he tvas highly
i enthusiastic over the success of the trip and convinced that it thus
| far had demonstrated the commercial feasibility of lighter-than-air
transportation in ocean commerce.
Hops for Lakehurst Tonight.
Eleven o’clock tonight was fixed as the hour of departure of the
Graf Zeppelin for Lakehurst, N. J., on the final leg of its flight. Re
fueling will be completed by 8 o'clock and passengers have been
ordered to be at the field ready to embark early in the evening.
Engineers of the sky cruiser reported the ship in perfect shape
and ready to proceed as soon as fuel and supplies were replenished.
No damage was done by the electrical storm encountered the first
day out from Japan, during which the motors never faltered. Re
fueling was started immediately after the passengers left the ship
i this mornings
Air Races at a Glance
By tbc Associated Pres*.
Women’s Derby from Santa
Monica, Calif., to Cleveland—to
fly last lap from Columbus to
Cleveland.
Mens Derby from Portland,
Oreg., to Cleveland —leave St.
Paul lor Milwaukee and end race
I at Cleveland tomorrow.
Men’s Derby from Miami and
Miami Beach, Fla., to Cleveland
left Birmingham and to end race
at Cleveland tomorrow.
Men’s Derby from Oakland. 1
Calif., to Cleveland—to continue ,
flight from Balt Lake City. Utah.
Lee Schoenhair of Los Angeles,
first of the non-stop flyers from
Los Angeles to Cleveland, left
Los Angeles and is due to arrive
at Cleveland late today.
All-Ohio Derby—left Cleveland
yesterday and due to complete
! flight by return to Cleveland Air
port.
1 Nick Mamer in Sun God took
off from St. Paul on last lap to
Cleveland in flight from Spokane,
1 Wash.
! ——
SEEKS $26,000,000
FOR FRUIT FLY WAR
! -
Hyde Says He Will Ask Congress
for Funds to Aid Florida
Campaign.
I
By the Associated Press.
Secretary Hyde today said he would
ask the special session of Congress to
appropriate $26,000,000 to continue the
campaign of eradicating the Mediter
ranean fruit fly in Florida.
The Agricultural Department head
declared it would take that amount to
adequately broaden the Inspection and
eradication measures to the extent ex
perts declare necessary.
The present eradication measures
and the inspection and certification of
fruit and vegetables grown in Florida
will be continued and intensified under
the new campaign and the border in
spection which guards against the ship
ment of fruits in bulk will be increased, j
The action of Secretary Hyde follows
the lifting of the quarantine on beans
and the lessening of the regulations on
other Florida grown produce.
Mr. Hyde said that none of the money
would be used for equipping packing
houses with sterilizing equipment as
that would be cared for by the Federal
Farm Board, which already has appro
priated $300,000 for that purpose.
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13 Die in German Train Wreck.
BUIR, Germany, August 26 UP). —
Thirteen bodies have been recovered
I from the wreckage of the Paris-War-,
] saw express, six cars of which were
I demolished yesterday when the train!
ran onto soft track near here.
FRESH SLIDES BLOCK GROUP TRYING
TO SAVE FARMER, IN WELL 38 HOURS
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Imprisoned Man Jokes With Rescuers, Apologizing for
Causing "So Much Trouble.”
By the Associated Press.
ALLEGAN, Mich., August 26.—Held
prisoner for more than 38 hours at the
bottom of a 35-foot well on his farm
near here. George Peet, 36, still was
awaiting his release today. Rescue
parties working feverishly to release
him have been on the verge of success
three times, only to see Peet pinned
down under fresh slides of stone and
earth.
Peet was Imprisoned at 3 p.m. Sat
urday by rock and earth which slid
upon him as he was repairing his well.
Since then he has been fed and given
stimulants by means of tubes lowered
into the well. Hundreds* volunteers
have gathered about the well, with doc
. ~
Saturday’s Circulation, 96,1 SS
Sunday’s Circulation, 106,081
TWO CENTS.
Lieut. T. G. W. Settle. United States
Navy, who is charged with the landing
operations, will be an additional pas
senger to Lakehurst.
The route to be followed will be via
El Paso. Kansas City. St. Louis. Chicago
and Cleveland. If weather conditions
permit. An alternative route considered
Is via El Paso. New Orleans. Birming
ham, Washington and Baltimore.
Eckener's Condition Good.
It is desired to hav# the Zeppelin fly
ovpr Cleveland during the national air
races, if weather conditions permit.
The condition of Dr. Eckener, while
i indicating the stress of the trip and his
. two-day illness, was declared to be good.
He was hurried to the hotel in order
to get sufficient rest to meet the enter
tainment program and be prepared to
get away when the Zeppelin is ready
to take off.
Zeppelin Co. officials announced the
sky liner expected to make the trans
continental trip to Lakehurst. N. J., In
48 hours. This would mean belting the
globe In the fastest time In the history
of man—l 2 days’ actual travel.
I.ashed to 60-Foot Mast.
Well organized ground crew made
short work of the landing and the
dirigible's nose was lashed to a 60-
foot mooring mast.
The first non-stop airflight across
' the Pacific Ocean achieved in three
days and seven hours less than one
third the time the fastest transpacific
liners cross the ocean between Japan
and Seattle. Wash.
Sixty persons, made the voyage. 41
in the crew and 19 passengers.
Aften circling the city for nearly
five hours, waiting for the sunrise to
light its way to the mooring mast, the
ship nosed gently down and her spider
lines were seized by a contingent of
Marines and sailors.
Planea rircle Overhead.
Troops of the California National
Guard Immediately marched onto the
field, 'forming a human chain around
the sky conqueror during the mooring
work.
Six naval planes circled overhead
as the big silvery ship came to earth.
The nose of the newest transpacific
liner touched the mooring mast at
5:35 a.m.
The first word from the passengers
of the Zeppelin was from Lady Grace
Drummond Hay of London.
"I am so glad to be back in Ameri
ca." she said.
"A very marvelous trip, a wonderful
experience." was the comment of Sir
1 Hubert Wilkins, Australian explorer
l and passenger.
Multitude Assembled.
A waving of lanterns out of ports of
the control room signaled a greeting to
multitudes assembled in automobiles
’and on the field as the Zeppelin sailed
i above the city.
The cheers from thousands of throats
were drowned out by the roaring of
horns and sirens from automobiles of
sight-seers who were parked for miles
and miles around the highways leading
to the municipal airport.
Two great floodlights cast a fan
shaped conventional airport illumina
tion over the landing field, which is
about a mile square and fringed with
red lights atop telegraph poles. There
1 were no lighting effects other than the
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tors, nurses and medical equipment. An
emergency operating room has been set
up at the head of the well to give first
aid when the prisoner is released.
Throughout the past day and a half
Peet has joked with his rescuers and
apologized for causing so much trouble.
Once when his rescue seemed immi
nent, the pressure of the crowd about
the well caused fresh falls of earth.
Late Saturday Bud Teet, a neighbor
boy, was lowered into the well to re
move earth from about the man’s head.
No sooner had this been accomplished
than another cave-in occurred.
• Workers today succeeded in shoring
up the sides of the well and it was be
lieved further cave-ins had been
stopped. Observers declared the man W
was in no further danger and predicted ▼
his release soon.
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