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HEAVY GALES SLOW ZEPPELIN
ON WAY TO IRISH COAST
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gome 500 miles east of Halifax and 1
tOO miles southeast of Newfound
land.
Zeppelin Expected
To Break Record
For Atlantic Flight
With a favorable wind and her
engines hitting full speed, dirigible •
experts at the Navy Department
lent night were confident the Graf
Zeppelin would break all records
for a transatlantic crossing by
a lighter-than-air craft.
The Navy Department was not
in direct communication with the
giant airliner, except to forward
occasional weather reports and fore
casts. From her general position
and the wind velocity, it was es
timated. however, that the great
ship wduld do better than 70
miles an hour and at times as
high as 85, on almost a direct
course for Germany.
Witn this speed, experts declared,
the ship should lower the record es
tablished by the British dirigible
when she returned to Great Britain
after a visit to the United States.
The German airship has greater
sped and as good or better atmos
pheric conditions, it was stated. Of
ficials would not attempt to estimate
the number of hours of the passage,
however, as that depends upon pos
sible deviations from the "great cir
cle’* course.
It was the belief of Navy officials,
however, that the Graf Zeppelin
would make every effort to demon- ’
strata her superiority in speed over
the fastest ocean liners. For this
reason, it was pointed out, she is
taking a course over the steamship
lanes, encountering the same kind of
weather.
1,000 Honorary Guests
Will Greet Eckener’s
Arrival in Germany
By International News Service
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany,
Oct. 30. Surprised by the tre
mendous Interest evidenced on every
hand in the homeward flight of the
Graf Zeppelin, officials of the Zeppe
lin works here today revised and en
larged on ntheir previous plans for
welcoming the air liner into tis home
port.
According to the new plans, fully
1,000 honorary guests. Including
many high state officials, will be on
hand to greet Dr. Hugo Eckener, the
members of his crew and the east
ward flight passengers when the
Graf comes to earth here. These
will be admitted to the flying field.
In addition to the honorary guests,
it Is expected there also will be
fully 2,000 spectators, who will be
charged an admittance fee of 25
cents each.
Two hundred extra police have
been requested from the neighboring
towns to maintain order.
Among the honorary guests will
he the German minister of transpor
tation, Dr. Koch, and Herr Guerard,
president of the state of Wuerttem
berg.
Customs fnspection of the bag
s age of passengers and members of
he crew will be a mere formality,
it is stated. After they have been
passed by the customs officials the
passengers, members of ’ the crew
and the honorary guests will be en
tertained at a banquet at the Kur
garter Hotel, following which there
will be a torchlight procession, led
by the workers of the Zeppelin
works and their children.
The festivities will be concluded
by a "beer evening” for the em
ployes of the Zeppelin works.
Navy Charged With
“Message Pilfering”
From Zep Broadcasts
BERLIN, Oct. 30.—The Berlin
newspaper Tempox says today the
United States Navy is using the
transatlantic flights of the Graf
Zeppelin as an experiment with a
view to the possibility of using
dirigibles in war maneuvers. ’
According to the newspaper, all
American ship and land radio sta
tions have ordered to inter-
►cept all messages transmitted from
the Zeppelin, and to retransmit them
to the Navy Department, from
which the department is able easily
to ascertain the Zeppelin’s position
at* any given time.
The purpose of this procedure,
the paper states, is to test the pos
sibilities of locating hostile air
fleets by radio compass and direc
tion finders.
Zep Stowaway Will
Be Turned Over to
Consul Hurst, Berlin
BERLIN, Oct. 30.—Clarence Ter
hune, 19-year-old St. Louis youth,
who hid in the air liner Graf Zep
pelin, thereby achieving the distinc
tion of being the first transatlantic
air stowaway in history, is assured
of the friendliest reception by the
Zeppelin works and the authorities
of Wuerttemberg and Friedrich
shafen when the Graf lands.
According to plans formulated to
day. Terhune will be placed in
charge of U. S. Consul J. E. Kehl,
at Stuttgart, who will forward him
to Consul General Hurst in Berlin.
“We will try to get him back to
the United States in the best pos
sible way, although I do not know
yet where the funds Will come
from,” Consul General Hurst told
International News Service.
It is possible that the American
Club will furnish money from the
emergency fund for stranded Amer
icans.
"He must be a bright boy,” said
Director Colsman, of the Zeppelin
works at Friedrichshafen. ** We like
.him for his enterprise, and we shah
take good care of him. We had
another stowaway when the airship
Bodensee was delivered to Rome in
1921. Dr. Eckener was so pleased
with the youth’s air enthusiasm that
he gave him a permanent job. May
be young Terhune will get a job,
too.”
The Wuerttemberg government
plans to approach German shipping
lines for free passage home for the
St. Louis lad.
Stowaway “Crashed”
Zeppelin to Win Bet
With Brother-in-Law
‘ ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30. —Clarence
Terhune, the adventurous 19-year
old St. Louis youth who "crashed
the gate of the Graf Zeppelin” ahd
is now washing dishes aboard the
big airship as the first transatlantic
air stowaway, boarded the Zeppelin
as the result of a bet with his
brother-in-law, G. N. Hall.
This was revealed today by Clar
ence’s sister, Mrs. G. N. Hall,
Clarence until a few months ago
had lived with the Halls. It was
this address he gave when found
aboard/ the Graf.
The Best Joke
‘The bet was a big joke of
course,” Mrs. Hall said. “Clarence
made it long before the Zeppelin came
to this country. ‘How much do you
want to bet that I can’t crasji my
way aboard the ship, ’ Clarence
asked George, my husband.
“George thought Clarence was
fooling. They didn’t either of them
put up anything. But I guess
Clarence must have taken it seri
ously.
“We were naturally all pretty
surprised when we heard about
Clarence being aboard the Zeppelin.
But not as surprised as we, might
have been, Clarence was always do
ing surprising things like that.
“He was never happier than when
he was traveling. We never knew
just where to put our finger on
Clarence. It was about five months
ago that he hitch-hiked his way
to the Pacific coast and hid aboard
a Government cruiser and was
taken to Nome, Alaska, and back.
“Clarence didn’t have any real
business, unless it was caddying.”
Mrs. Hall said. “He just didn’t
seem to be able to stay in one
> place very long.”
> Has Wanderlust
’ That Clarence is really a St.
> Louisian was revealed by his brother
t in-law, George Hall, who couldn’t
i hide his pride in Clarence.
I ■ “Well, what do you know about
that kid,” Hall exclaimed when he
1 was told of Clarence’s newest ad-
• venture. “I sure didn’t think he’d
• ever keep that bet with me.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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UP BEFORE THE JUDGES’ STAND
WITH THE MERRYMAKING SPIRIT of Halloween
felt in full force residents of the Takoma Park section
opened a three-day carnival last night in celebration of
the partial completion of the new firehouse and the
completion of Carroll Avenue. A parade which in-
Cab Driver Matches
Smith’s 27 Cents
With $27
By ißtersatioaal News Scrvies
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Among
one of the last bundles of con
' trlbutiona to the Smith campaign
fund was one today of 127 from
a New York taxicab driver.
James P. McNeil, the cabby,
explained that he once carried
Governor Smith as a passenger.
Recognizing his “fare” the driver
declined to accept the meter
charge at the destination. \
“But he Insisted on paying me
and gave me a 27-cents tips be
sides,*’ McNeil wrote. “So I am
matching the 27 cent* with >27.
That’s a lot of tips, but I want
to see Al Smith President.”
RUNAWAY“BOY”
IS O.C. GIRL
(Continued from First Page.)
Richmond police are searching for
the fortune teller.
Calvert damaged the rented car
to the extent of 1750, which he did
not pay, according to C. P. Parrish,
manager of* a Richmond rental
agency. The bill for the rental of
the car was S9O.
Police found the couple at the
hotel when they went there armed
with two warrants. Statutory
charges were placed against the
man and the delinquency charge
against the girl. J
Calvert is said to have made the
statement that he did not know
"the boy was a girl.”
Georgia’s parents left for Rich*
mond last night when they were no
tified of her arrest.
500-Gallon Still Seized By Raiders
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1,500 GALLONS OF MASH GRABBED IN RAID
CAPT. G. E. BURLINGAME, of police precinct No. 2, and Policeman J. A. God
bold, are shown in the picture above standing beside a 500-gallon still they seized
early today when they raided a building in the 1400 block of Twelfth St. N. W.
Fifteen hundred gallons of mascon the premises wers destroyed by the raiding
officers. . . f- ■ ,
MARINE WORK IN
NICARAGUA
LAUDED
In an official statement in which
he praised the record of United
States troops stationed in his coun
try, Dr. Don Alejandro Cesar,
Nicaraguan minister yesterday de
clared that the Nicaraguan govern
ment would welcome the continued
presence of American Marines in
Nicaragua following the presidential
election to be held in that country
on November 4.
Dr. Cesar’s statement was issued
in reply to press reports that Am
erican Marines will be kept In
Nicaragua for an indefinite period
after the general election in that
country.
“The presence of American Ma
rines in Nicaragua.” said Dr. Cesar,”
has always greatly benefited cur
country, and during 12 years the
mere fact that a legation guard of
100 marines was stationed at Man
agua produced a moral effect' suf
ficiently powerful to insure a peace
ful and stable administration)
Woman Reading Bible
Is Overcome by Gas
With an open Bible on her lap.
Mrs. Mary E. Read, 80, was found
unconscious In her gas-filled apart
ment in the 2500 block of Ontario
Rd. N. W., yesterday, by her son,
William.
He summoned the fire department
rescue squad and Mrs. Read was
revived. Todav her condition was
not considered serious. One gas
jet on a kitchen stove was open
and it is believed that Mrs. Read
accidentally brushed against it and
forced it open.
' TA« National Daily
eluded the old-time horrible® and freaks in addition to
floats depicting the strides the district has made in
recent years was the feature event of the opening
last night. The Misses Lillie Delawder and Ruth
Howard, two modern fire lassies, are Shown in the
picture at the left as they appeared in the parade.
PHILADELPHIA
JURY BONDS
POLICE
By Isteraatisaal News Berries
PHIALDELPHIA, Oct. 38.—What
will the mayor do? This question
troubled Philadelphians today tab
lowing a fourth report by the special
“racket” grand jury branding almost
half of the city’s police officials
"unfit to hold any public office.”
To aupport thier assertion the
jurors revealed 21 officials, three in
spectors and 18 captains had de
posited more than >789,000 in a few
years on salaries ranging from >2,500
to >3,000 annually. In addition the
police own expensive automobiles
and homes and many have large
families.
The jurors declared they do not
believe thia money could have been
obtained honestly by the policemen
on the small salaries they received.
The presentment coevred 13 type
written pages and gave a report on
th ortunfes Gt each official. In ad
dition the report indicated that other
officials are under suspicion and will
be deait with.
The report, the fourth since the
jury was ordered to probs gang
slayings, bootlegging and other
criminal activities here, ten weeks
ago, came as a surprise. It was
filed with Judge Lewis last night.
Mayor Harry A. Mackey was con
fined to his home with a cold and
consequently took no action at the.
time.
The realignment of the police dis
tricts to conform with the ward
boundaries was blamed in part by
the jury for inducing graft by
police officials. Judge Lewis voiced
his opinion that politics must be
separated from the police force
after hearing the report.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1928
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THE FIRE LADS OF OLD RETURN TO THE JOB AGAIN
Honor Guest
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DR. HENRY N. MacCRACKF.N
PRESIDENT of Vassar College.
Is to be the guest es honor at
the luncheon which the Washing
ton branch of the Vassar Alumni
Association will give tomorrow
night at the Grace Dodge Hotel.
While in Washington Dr.. Mae-
Cracken is to be decorated by
the Polish minister.
its on
ISDISPUTED
Gas valuation hearings continued
today before the Public Utilities
Commission.
R. O. Luqueer, engineer for the
gas companies, testified regarding
his claim that the tangible assets
of the companies are >8,541,890, or
approximately 25 per cent of the
>14,654,920 base of direct plant re
production costs. This he added
to valuation for rate making pur
poses.
Ralph B. Fleharty, people’s coun
sel held that the six items men
tioned by the company’s engineer
were imaginary.
Several of the items claimed by
Luqueer as legitimate value had
to do with omissions and conting
encies, engineering and superin
tendence. injuries and damages, in
surance. taxes, and interest during
construction and permanent organi
zation. These items totalled
>2,155,000.
SOIL CHEMISTS
MEETHEHE
Chemistry’s part in converting
raw products of the farm into sale
able articles of commerce was dis
cussed today at hte cnovention of
the Association of Official Agricul
tural Chemists in the Raleigh
Hotel.
Dr. Harvey T. Wiley, former
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry
and honorary president of the or
ganization, was the guest of honor
at the annual dinner. The prin
cipal speech was made by Dr.
Oswald Schreiner, of Washington,
president.
Dr. Schreiner asserted that the
association has performed a signal
service for the country through Its
book of methods, based on years of
research work by its members. He
explained that these methods have
“concerned themselves more espe
cially with commoner elements m
soils, fertilizers, feeding stuffs, hu
man foods and drugs, to the end
that the public welfare and health
be safeguarded, and we may well
feel proud of the success achieved.”
Among the other speakers today
were J. C. Palmer, Seattle, Wash.;
Samuel Alfend St. Louis, Mo.; H.
I. Macomber. New York, N. Y.; W.
W. Randall, Baltimore; C. F. Ja
blonski. New York; W. F. Clarke.
Washington; H. J. Wichmann. San
Francisco; V. B. Bonney. Washing
ton; J. A. Leclerc, Washington: H.
Runkel, Chicago, and A M. J. Blish,
Lincoln, Neb. ' »
The center picture shows the crowd before the review
ing stand while the picture at the right shows the
“Old Timers’* with their fire apparatus in the parade.
The barnival, a three-day affair, will be brought to a
close tomorrow night with the selection of “Miss
Takoma Park.”
HIIIIIEIIIUIIE'S
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By IsterMtteMl News Ssrvtes
BERLIN, Oct. 39.—Ernest Thael
mann, titular head of the German
Communist party, president of the
Red Front Fighters League—the
"Red Army” of Germany—and Von
Hindenburg’h rival in the Presiden
tial election of 1925, has been de
throned.
1 He has been suspended by orders
of the Moscow executive committee
of the Third International and
ordered to proceed to Moscow to
defend himself personally against
charges that he tried to cover up
corruption within the party.
Thaehnann is the fifth leader of
the German Communists to be de
throned by Moscow. .Others were
Ruth Macher, noted woman political
leader; the Herren Maslow, Brandler,
and Thalheimer.
All the others, however., were de
posed because they refused to fol
low the changing directions from
Moscow. Thaehnann Is the first to
be ousted for non-political reasons.
The specific charge against Thael
mann is that he knew about Jthe
embezzlement of some >SOO of party
money by his friend, Wittorf, of
Hamburg, and tried" to cover it up.
The Socialist papers, which are the
greatest rivals of the Communists,
charge that Thaelmann is more in
timately involved in the alleged em
bezzlement.
Communists point to the dethrone
ment of Thaelmann as proof that
their party discipline ‘is excellent
and that justice within their ranks
is no respecter of persons.
PMEHTS SE E K
SIB LEST
More than 400 parents of chil
dren in northeast schools today
filed requests with: the
Health Department for a Schick
test for their children.
The children in question attend
the Blair, Webb, Kingman and
Hayes schools.
The tests will be given to de
termine whether the children are
immune from diphtheria. There
are about 1,000 children in the four
schools and practically all of the
parents are expected to make writ
ten requests for the tests.
Nineteen additional diphtheria
germ carriers have been discovered
by the health survey of the epi
demic.
Seven of the carriers are children
from the Kingsman school, six are
from the Webb school and six
others were reported by physicians
in‘that locality.
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TEDDIE GERARD
FAMOUS English actress, Is to
marry Capt. Archie Grapt. Brit
ish World War hero. Their wed
ding is the culmination of a
romance th n’t started shortly after
the outbreak of the World War.
unit sms.
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. UTTLE
(Continued from First Page.)
tween the newest student crime for I
a thrill and that In which he waa 4
chief defense counsel. Darrow Is I
making k speaking tour on behalf |
of the presidential candidacy cd
Gov. Al Smith.
Parallels Drawn
"The case is unusual but it is
not strange,” Darrow said slowly
after he had studied the Interna
tional News Service report of ths
' case from Atlanta and Milwaukee,
“Can you think of anything any*
' one does except for a thrill?” Dar* <
row asked his interviewer.
The famous lawyer who has dons .
little legal work in the past two
years, speaks a great deal in gen
eralities. He said he thought every
human act way motivated by a de*
' sire for a “thrill,” of one sort or
another. But Darrow saw many
points of parallel between George
’ Harsh and Nathan Leopold.
' In the Atlanta case Harsh has
’ confessed it was he who planned
• and directed the store hold-ups in
’ which two men were killed. Dicky
> Gallogly, he said, was his follower.
■ In the kidnaping and murder of
• Bobby Franks, Leopold was the
master. Dicky Loeb was his ac*
• complice.
t "If it is true that these crimes
t were committed merely for thrills.”
’ said Darrow, “here is a parallel be
tween the Atlanta case and the case 4
of Loeb and Leopold.
1 The parallel, he said, exists in the
fact that in both cases the alleged
, slayers are youthful, sons of
k wealthy families, with plenty of
1 money for their own devices; that
in both cases the principals are
college students of a high intellec
tual type, concerned with mental
processes and metaphysical subjects
and searchers after knowledge be
yond their years.
Novelty Is Lure I
[ Both Harsh and Leopold affected J
E a boredom with life and in custody
displayed an unconcern that ap
-1 proached nonchalance. They seemed
1 unaffected by their deed and did
!_ not appear to realize the horror
e with which society looks upon such
b crimes.
r “The wealthy don’t often become
b involved in hold-up killings and so
. a case of that type attracts more
attention,’* said Darrow.
i The lawyer who has turned from
1 the court room to the library and
. now employs his time in writing, <
thought the Harsh-Gallogly case
• may arouse interest similar to that
, in the notorious Chicago trial. He
® made it clear he did not like to
, talk about another attorney’s case
8 and in answer. to a question, said
that no appeal for legal aid has
been made to him by relatives of
either Atlanta boy. -
Darrow did not think that he
- would break his retirement even
for a case which obviously inter
ested him.
“Although I never could stand it
to sit by and see such a court
battle, as this will doubtless be and
not get into it if I were asked,”
Darrow mused with a twinkle In
his eye.
“It is a hard age for a boy to
i grow up in.” Darrow continued. "I
wouldn’t let my boy become
serious. \
Avoid Introspection
"No, I don’t mean I would keep
him from reading anything he
wanted, but I’d see that be didn t
take things too seriously, that he
didn’t grow Introspective."
"Do you suppose this case may
bring up some of the same P B ?'
chological questions and indications
of the problems of sociology
discussions of modern youth that
the Loeh-Leopold case did’” Darrow
was asked.
“Such cases always do ” the Is w
yer replied, resorting to a generality
again. “But there is nothing wrong
with modern youth- these things
aie unusual incidents.”
Darrow thinks Harsh suffers from
some mental irregularity, but he
eiosed the interview witn another
generality.
”We consider anyone who does
an unusual thing a little insane,
everyone who commits a crime *»
unbalanced in some way. Each J"
us is merely seeking his thrilr
his own way.” '