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>CRAFT MAKES
64MHES PER
HOUR ON TRIP
—
Eckener Plans to Begin
Flight Across Pacific
to Los Angeles.
TOKYO. Aug. 19 —t/F*—The Graf
Zeppelin, giant liner of the air.
landed at Kasumigaura airport. 40
miles northeast of Tokyo, at 6:27
p. m. today <1.27 a. m. Pacific stan
dard time completing the most per
ilous trip of its globe circling Jour
ney. the flight of nearly 7.000 miles
from Friedrichshafen. Germany, in
approximately 102 hours.
The dirigible, fresh from a jaunt
rf 6.432 miles across eastern Europe.
Elherian Tundra and Asiatic moun
tain land, arrived over this city at
4:35 p. m. <2:35 a. m. E. S. T.) just
one minute more thans 100 hour
from the time it left Friedrichsha
fen. Germany. Thursday 4:34 a. m .
(10:34 p. m. Wednesday E. S. TV
After appearing over Tokyo and
Yokthaina the Graf hastened back
to Kasumigaura. naval atrr*ort. and
at 6:27 p m. tn the cool of the set
ting sun. was grounded. Tt had been
in the air 101 hour. 53 minutes and
had travelled approximately 6.500
miles.
The appearance over Tokyo
marked unofficially at least, end of
the second lan of the Zeppelin’s
round-the-world tour which began
at Lakehurst. N. J.. 10:40 p m. E.
S. T.. Wednesday August 7, with
»^e first lap completed Saturday. |
ligust 10 at 7:03 a m. with land
ing at Friedrichshafen. The 4.200
miles was covered in 55 hours and
24 minutes.
Ahead of the Graf Zeppelin lav
two more laps before completion of
its world tour, from Tokyo to Los
Angeles—which as the Graf flies
should be about 5.470 miles—and
from Los Angeles to Lakchurs.
about 7.970 miles total
The average speed of the Zeppelin
from Friedrichshafen to Tokyo was
Just in excess of 64 miles an hour j
This, when it is considered that but
three of the dirigibles five motors
were kept running during most of
the trip, was exceptionally good and
about 15 miles per hour !n excess
of what Dr. Hugo Eckener. the Zep
pelin’s master, had estimated it
would make.
Aboard the zeppelin were sixtv
persons. 40 crew and officers end 20
passengers of whom Ledy Grace
Drummond Hay was the onlv wo
man. With the exception of a knick
knack or two. including a bust of
Baron Ehrenfeld. there was no
freight, other than 50 000 pieces of
mad. the revenue from which
brought the zeppelin nearly as many
dollars.
The Zeppelin’s sighting over To
te vo occurred jlust 45 mir.ntes after
it circled the giant Japanese han
gar at. Kasumigaura. the Japanese
air station. The dirigible remained
but a few moments over Kasumi
gauro and then headed for Tokvo.
capital of the land of the Rising
Run. to while away the hours until
evening when a drop in the temper
ature would nermit landing.
Rain and fog on the last 600 miles
of her journey brought a slight al
teration in the Zeppelin’s course and
d#.. ed its arrival several hours be
yond early estimates. After leaving
the Siberian mainland she flew well
rioum the west coast, of Hokkaido,
northernmost of the main islands of
the Japanese group.
Alters Course
At point about 550 mips from her
goal and slightly east of Cape Ka
mui. Dr. Eekenpr requested permis
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RUM RUNNERS DROP ‘NIGHT SHIFT’
. Associated Press Photo
Detroit rum runners are unloading their cargoes in daylight now in
the downtown district. Armed men in swift automobiles meet the
boats and whisk the liquor away. Photo shows group waiting on
dock with Windsor. Canada, in background.
KILLS WIFF. AND
FOUR CHILDREN;
TAKES OWN LIFE
ROYAL OAK. Mich.. Aug. 19.
—OP)—Hans Peter Nielson of
Royal Oak killed his wife and
four children with gas fumes
and took his own life with i>oison
after setting fire to his house
here today.
Firemen who broke into the
flaming house found Mrs. Mag
deline Nielson and her four chil
dren. Niels Hans. 9; Bertha. 8:
Paul. 6, and Bodcil. 2. dead in
the bedroom. I very gas jet in
the house had been opened.
sion of the communications minis
try to alter his course because of
bad wrather in the direction of Sai
do Islands, west of Honshu.
He asked to cross the southwest
ern arm of Hokkaido in the direc
tion of Shiriya on the main island.
He then followed the eastern coast
of Honshu down to the capital, pass
ing over Shiogama, at 1:30 p. m.
(11:40 p. m >> to the hangar await
ing the ship. 40 miles away. The
permission was given immediately.
Blasts of sirens and factory whis
tles announced that the zenpelin
had been sighted over Tokyo.
Crowds of office workers and others
immediately swarmed into the
streets, clambered onto the roofs,
and took un whatever points of van
tage offered.
Little Cheering
Ten minutes later the great air
ship with its escort of eight planes
hovering about hke files about an
clamant appeared ov?r the central
part of the city, low enough so the
gondolas and the words Graf Zep
peline appeared clearly visible.
Comparatively little cheering was
heard, but the crowds clapped their
hands and waved as the giant ves
pd in the direction of Yokohama.
It returned 25 minutes later and
sel passed overhead, and dLsappear
hended back to Kasumigaura to be
berthed
As soon as the ship was seen four
naval planes and “The Europa." in
which Von Hucnefeld flew to Japan
from Germany, soared up ar.d went
out to meet it and the three other
aircraft already accompanying it.
Play German Anthem
As It passed over the field for the
first time the cheering and waving
of handkerchiefs was almost fran
tic. Strains of the German national
anthem, becun by a band were
hardly audible.
The Graf Zeppplin probably will
start on the third lap of its round
the-world tour Thursday, taking ap
proximately four days for the trip
to Los Anceles. The trip completed
todav. while representing its long
est traversed distance, did not rep
resent the Grafs greatest flvine
time, its first westward crossing of
the Atlantic, completed on October
15. 1928. took 111 hours and 38 min
utes to travel approximately 6.300
miles.
BERLIN APPLAUDS
GRAF S LANDING
BERLIN. Aug. 19— Arrival of
the Graf Zeppelin in Tokyo was
broadcast here a few minutes after
noon today and was greeted with
the greatest enthusiasm.
Berlin newspapers rushed early
editions hailing Dr. Hugo Erkeners
success. Descriptions of the flight
and the • elcome to the dirigible
were printed in full.
Efforts to establish direct radio
connection with Tokyo for the ben
efit of Berlin radio fans were with
out avail and it was necessary to
depend on cable messages which
were broadcast h- ?.
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AIRWOMEN’S
ROW SETTLED
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Eighteen Flier* Take to Air
After Controversy
Ironed Out
—
SAN BERNARDINO. Calif.. Aug
: —Eighteen young women
aviators, contestants in the $25,000
women's air derby, took to the air
I again shortly rfter 6 a. m.. today
after a controversy which for a time j
had threatened to break up the race,
had been ironed out.
It was announced the fliers, in- j
steda of making a control stop at |
Calexico, would be permitted by the j
Cleveland race officials to fly suf- j
fictently low over that airport to al
low checkers to read their plane
numbers, 'lhe contestants then may.
land at Yuma. Ariz.. the change
i they had demanded or continue to
Phoenix, the second night stop.
Issue Vltimatum
Following a protest meeting last,
night the women fliers issued a
statement refusing to go “farther
than this point tSan Bernardino1
unless routed by or through Yuma.
Ariz., instead of Calexico. Calif.”
The statement added the cause of
the strike ultimatum was that
Cleveland officials had failed to des
i. -ate the re within 24 hours of j
the start of the race. Informally,
they Indicated objection was made
to the limited size and naure of the •
Calexico air field, which they de
clared would prevent some of thr
planes from taking off against if
they were landed.
After an auspicious start Sunday
afternoon from Santo Monica. C
{ all but one of the 19 contestants.'
: Mary Von Mack. Detroit. Mich.
sportswoman, landed at this, the
first overnight stop, without mis
hap. Miss Mack came down at
Montebello, a few miles ea t of Los
Angeles, after being confused by
other planes flying about her there.,
Phoebe Omlie of Memphis. Tenn .
who led off the long flight, landed
at San Bernardino, still out in front
of the lighter clr«~. planes Louise
McPhetridge Thaden of Pittsburgh
came in at the head of the high
powered heavier craft.
—
Brownsville Will
Aid Tourney Plan
McALLEN. Aug. 19.—Officials of j
’ the Brownsvillle Country club have
assured local backers of the pro
posed Invitation golf tournament tc
be staged in the Valley that they
will assist in the plans to the end
that professionals from over the en
tire nation will participate.
In an attempt to attract golf pros
of national reputation to the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, where golf i:
the year aroun . it has been si g
i gested that an invitation tourna
ment be arranged with prizes suf
ficiently large to attract attention
of the pros.
It is believed that the four Val
j ley country clubs. Brownsv ille. Edin- j
i burg. Mercedes and McAllen, to
i get her with the sportsmen of the i
Valley can successfully present such
a tournament and that It will be
^ come an annual affair.
Sandwich Shop Is
Damaged by Fire
Explosion of a gasoline stove Sun-1
day afternoon fired the kitchen of
“The Windmill.” soft drink and
sandwich shop on 14th street.
The kitchen was damaged slightly,
before the blaze was extinguished
with chemicals. Truck No. 3 an
swered the signal alarm.
BORDER CLAIMS BODY
LIFE IS EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—(TV
The special claims commission be
tween the United oiates and Mex
ico was extendid two years today
by a convention signed by W’illiam
R. Castle, acting secretary of state,
and Ambassador Tellez of Mexico.
Without the e:. nsion, th eagreo
ment under which the commission
operates would have expired today
The commission was set up to
consider claims against Mexico on
! the part of A merican citizens for
; losses during Mexican revolutions
and revolts between 1910 and *920
HOOVER RETURNS
WASHINGTON. Aug 19 — i/Ti —
President Hoover returned to th''
White House today from his fishing i
lodge on the Rapidan river in Vir- I
[gin la.
I -
: CHICAGO—A few hours after
enlistment in the armv Arthur El
1 gie drowmed while bathing.
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RIO RICO RACE
TRACK TO OPEN
TUESDAY NIGHT
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. Aug. 13 —Rec^£=> )
ing of the Rio Rico Kennel club
race track here was delayed from t
Saturday night to Tuesday night
when it was found there was not
sufficient electric power available
to operate the mechanical rabbit
which the dogs follow around the
track.
Additional power lines have
been strung across the Rio
Grande and the opening will be ,
held Tuesday at 8:15 p. m.. Har
ry Behr, manager, announced
Monday.
“Everything is in readiness and
we are going to give the best
show Valley fans ever have seen.”
Behr said. “The $3,000 prize race (
is to be the feature event of the
evening and seven other races
are on the card. Eight dogs will
take place in each race."
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PROPOSES PLAN |
FOR PUBLICITY
Valley-Wide Advert i s i n g
Campaign Favored by
McAllen Man
McALLEN. Aug. 19.—Proposing
a campaign to increase interest in
Valley-wide movement which will
have ar its aim . national advertis
ing campaign for this section. Whit
Rogers, secretary for the McAllen
Chamber of Commerce. Friday was
the principal speaker at the Mc
Allen Lions club s weekly luncheon
Rogers declared that ‘•advertis
ing the Valley v advertising its
produc is” was the simplest but most
effective method of selling the Ma
gic Valley of the lower Rio Grande
to the rest of the world, and that
Valley chambers of commerce were
preparing to make a concerted
movement to obtain sufficient back
ing to carry out their plan.
While Rogers d'd not mention the
meeting of officials and directors oi j
all Vailey chambers of commerce
scheduled for An rust 22 in McAllen
it is believed thit. this topic will ?-; |
one which will demand considera
tion. The McAllen commerce bodj
will be host to other Valley cham
bers.
The need of an extensive and
aggressive advertising campaign for
the lower Rio Grande Valley ha?
been felt for seme time, but the !
first effort to carry‘to completion I
any one plan - as finished during
the early months of this year, when
Tob Osborne, at that time socretarj
of the Donna Chamber of Com
merce.. organized and managed a
nightly radio mention of the Valiev
over station WLW of Cincinnati.
Mexican 1 roops Go
to Nuevo Leon Post
A portion of the 43rd Mexican
ravalry. stationed in Mat run or os left |
Monoay for Viila Ildamas. Nueva *
Lecn. where the troops will be quar
tered in the future. Their new past
s situated between Laredo and Mon
terrey.
They will be replaced in the Mat
amoros gA.rison by troops to be
sent from Torroon. it is said.
McAJlen Pupils to
Register Sept. 11
<Special to The Herald*
McALLEN. Aug ID—Registration
ol students in McAllen public
schools will begin on September 11
for the 1929-30 session, according to
an announcement made Saturday
by Superintendent John H. Greg
ory.
A two-day teachers' and instruc
tors' institute will immediately pre
ceuc the opening date.
A total of about 65 instructors
is included in the full laculty for
the schools.
Bomb Exploded at
Republican’s Home
CHICAGO. Aug. 19.—(yp>—A pow
ertu! bomo was exploded today un
der the front porch of the summer
home of Lawrence P. King, county
republican leader and sanitary dis
trict trustee. The bomb wrecked the
front of the house and threw King
and his five children from theli
beds. None was injured.
CAVALRY OFFICER
ARRIVES AT FORT
Lieutenant and Mrs. Franris
Rundell and their two children ar
rived at the post Friday. They will
occupy the quarters formerly oc
cupied by Lieutenant Willey, 12th
cavalry. Lieutenant Rundell has
been assigned to duty with troop A
Capt. H. G. Earnest's troop. He ha.«
just completed the course for cav
alry officers, at the ca -airy school
Fort Riley. Kan.
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UNDETERMINED
Mysterious Explosion at Ed
inburg Levels 6-room
Frame House
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, Aug. 19.—Hidalgo
county officers were still without so
lution Monday of the mysterious
blast causing fire which destroyed
the six-room frame dwelling be
longing to G. F. Flanagan, two miles
north of Edinburg on the highway,
at 12:45 p. m. Sunday. Damage wa?
estimated at $7,000. only one-fourth
of which was covered by insurance
Mrs. Flanagan, who was done with
two sons. Wayne and Lee Walker,
was in the house at the time of the
blast, which occurred in an upstairs
bedroom. Almost at once the upper
part of the house was eveloped ir.
flame. No cause has been assignee
for the explosion. Chemical firr
trucks from Edinburg and Pharr
made the run. and firemen succeed
ed in saving a aluable elec ric in
cubator after i desperate fight
against the flames. Part of the
furniture and personal belonging?
of the family were saved before the I
fire reached Lhe rtowuistairs portior
of the house, while large number?
of chickens penned nearby were un
injured. though slightly singed.
Mr. Flanagan, who was alone with
the children in the house at the
time of the explosion, is suffering
with shock. She was dismissed or
Thursday of last week from the :
Medical Arts hospital.
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Creditor Nations
In Debt Conference
THE HAGUE. Aug. 19.—f/P)—Rep
resentatives of five creditor powers. !
France. Italy, Belgium, Japan and
Great Britain n.et today to go over i
in detail the compromise offer of
the first four to Philip Snowden
British chancellor of the exchequer
seeking to increase his government’?
share of the German reparations.
15 Spanish Seamen
Drown as Ship Sinks
LONDON, Aug. 19.—{Jpy—Fifteer
members of .he crew of the Span- j
ish steamer Ogono were drowned t
when their boat was rammed and
stink by the Jritish tug. King’s
Cross in the North sea JO miles off
Humber. Tfe King ? Cross, badlv
damaged, picked up the remainin'1
members of 'he crew.
I DEAD IN VIENNA
SOCIALIST FIGHTS
VIENNA. Aug. 19.—(^—One per
son was killed and 62 were wounded
12 seriously, in fighting last night
and today between members of the
Socialist Schutzbund and the Anti
'■-ocialist Heimwehr at Sain Loren
zen.
The fighting was the result of
Socialists scheduling a speaker who
was distasteful to Heimwehr mem
bers.
HULL. England.—By a court de
cision. Alfred Yodd was comnciled
to have his son operated on for
knock knees.
ACCUSE WIZARD’ OF MAIL FRAUD
Associated Press Photo
Elmer Huchms (wearing cap) of Milwaukee, former grocer said to
have paid 26 to 52 per cent to investors in ten states, is charged with
using the mails to defraud. His son. George, of Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
is shown at right.
N.Y. POLICE DRAG RIVER
FOR TEXAS SONG WRITER
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NEW YORK. Aug. 19 —<*V-Police [
were dragging the East river today'
in their search for a young Texas
matron w'hn disappeared shortly
after she had appealed to Vice
President Curtis to help her enter
a rarcer as a song writer.
A woman believed to be Mrs. W.
C. Edwards of Beaumont. Texas, on
Saturday night walked up to a lit
tle girl near the Brooklyn bridge,
handed her a note and asked the
wav to the river.
The note read:
“I’m leaving on a long journey:
will you please send this stuff to
my mother?’"
In a vali'" wh‘ch police located in
Mie Pennsylvania station through a
baegage check inclosed with the
note. wc. - found two letters of in- [
troducl'm for Miss Lola Enloc of I
Bnumc it, Texas, to New York song
publishers. The letters, referring to
Miss T'-.!'>e as a song writer, were
written on stationery of the office
of Vice President Curtis and were
signed by a brother of the vice pres- j
ident’s secretary.
Miss Cuellar Named
Queen of Kermesse
Miss Berta Cuellar was Sunday
evening elected beauty queen of the ’
Kermesse being conducted at Our
Lady of the Guadalupe church. She
obtained 33.578 votes as compared
with 23.252 for Enriqucta Tamayo,
her nearest competitor.
The contest closed at 11:30 p. m
Votes for the favorites came flood
ing in throughout the evening. Ml.»s
Cuellar's candidacy was backed by
the Club Ideal.
Dawes Again Talks
With English Premier
LOSSIEMOUTH. Scotland. Aug
19.—(A't—Ambassador Dawes arrived
here at 10 30 a. m. to resume his
naval disarmament conversations
with Prim" Minister Ramsav Mac
Donald. The premier met him a*
th" station platform to conduct him
to his home, the ‘ Hillocks ’’
-.
Also in the valise was a letter ad- !
ircssed to Mrs. W C. Edwards. 102
Brandcn street. Beaumont, and a
flipping indicating Mrs Edwards
had charge of a children’s hour over
'tation ’DM at Beaumont.
Advices from Beaumont were that
Lola Enloe was the maiden name of
Mrs. W. C. Edwards, who had left
Beaumo-it for New’ York about two
weeks ago. She was interested in
song writing.
Vice Resident Curtis recalled
meeting a young woman, who asked
him to help her start on a career of
P — in New York, last
Thursday. The vir^ president re
ferred her to his secretary’s brother,
himself a song writer, who wrote
letters of introduction fc- her.
OPEN SWITCH
INVESTIGATED
Railway Officials Pr obi
Tragedy Causing Death
of 13 by Steam
HENRYETTA, Okla., Aug. 19.—(#1
—The bodies of thirteen persons,
scalded to death by steam from tha
exploded boiler of a locomotive,
when a St. Louis-San Francisco pas
senger train was hurled down ad
embankment by an open switch, las
in a morgue here today while of
ficials attempted to fix responsibil
ity for the tragedy.
Two white men. the engineer and
fireman, and eleven negroes, im
prisoned in a chair car with tha
steam from the locomotive, were
killed when the train plunged from
its rails yesterday on the outsklrti
of Henryetta.
City and county officers and rail
road detectives expressed belief the
switch deliberately had been opened
after its lock had been broken.
Harry Webb, section worker, as
serted he had locked the switch Sat
urday afternoon and that the lock
had remained on it until some time
yesterday morning. The lock was
not found Immediately after the
wreck.
The train, running 50 miles an
hour, rushed through the switch and
catapulted down an embankment.
The engineer, W. E. Wolfe, of Sher
man. Texas, was killed, apparently
with his hand upon the throttle. H.
A. Bryan, fireman, also of Sherman,
was thrown clear of the cab and
was scalded to death when the boil
er of the locomotive burst. The
steam from the boiler roared into a
chair car. which had come to rest
beside the locomotive, scalding 11
negro men. women and children to
death.
COVENTRY. Eng.—W H. Night
ingale. born in the poorhouse. be
came a dealer in soot and left a
$400,000 estate.
WOMAN SMOKES AND DIES
ST. LOUIS. Mo —Smoking in bed
Mrs. Lillian Stpvens, a widow', set
fire to the mattress and burned to
death.
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