Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1928 Page: 1 of 12
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By PAUL R. MALLON
(United Proas Staff Cenespendenl)
ABOARD . 8MITH 8PKCIAL
TRAIN. KN ROUTK TO, RICH-
MOND, Va., Oct. 11.—Qov. Allied
B Smit hbroke another historic
campaign precedent and rode into
Virginia today on his special train
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Saturday mornings.
SCHOOL HOUBC ITOLKN; KIDS
GET HOLIDAY
♦ PBACK. Mtoa, Oct. ll.-Lo- ♦
b cal police and a possee of dU- ♦
♦ sens today were searching for ♦
■ 1 housa sto- ♦
Says Property
Should Not Bear
Highway Costs
TEXARKANA, Oct. 11—Property
should not bear the burden of the
building o( public highways and
their upkeep. OoL Clarence Ousley
team from Mason County. Texes,
won the interstate stock judging
contort against a team from Lout- stalk b fcotton on i
. Mana at the Ttotae Btato Fair. The - -
was N. three boys on the Texas team scor-
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♦ DWtVER.. Colo, Oct. ILr- ♦
♦ The rntire Rocky Mountain ♦
♦ region today was in th* grip ♦
♦ of an unseasonable v slt uf ♦
♦ winter which had spreul snow ♦
♦ over Montana and threatened ♦
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» ♦ <-ver parte of Wyoming. Colo- ♦
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HUGE GERMAN CRAFT.
WITH 40 ABOARD, TO
COMPLETE TRIP IN
THREE DAYS.
Plans for the celebration
of “Dads’ and Mothers*
Day” and a home-coming of
der was to be made Thursday, with -
Oen. Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma -
City. ■ Gen. Albert L. Oox of Ra- as a
leigh, N. p. and John D. Ewing
of Shreveport. La., the leading can- &
didates. JI
More than 100 resolutions were
passed, among which was ce>e ap-
proving the report of the commit-
tee on naval affairs, dedicating the
convention to the task of makifig
“citlaens of the United States at*-
mlnded." Secretary of War Dwight
Davis and Maj. Geo. Boapini. blind <
French hero, were among qtef
speaker* on Wednesday's program. -
'If I couldn't tend my time and
support to the Democratic party X
would notify the State committee to
take my name off the tteket and
would not ask the support of the
I- party,** said Congressman Guinn
Williams of Decatur, who was thru
Denton Thursday afternoon on his
way to Lewisville to speak in behalf
of the Democratic ticket in the
| Odtkmal election. **I have been
■peaking in the western part of the
State speak throe times in Denton
this week and then make
» swing through Southwest Texas.
X believe that a history of the
Democratic and Republican parties,
an explanation of the purposes of
tiw partier-and an impartial ac-
count of Oov. Smith's record will
suffice to carry Texas for the Dem-
ocratic party.'*
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Organize Friday Little Contagion
A Lewisville Women's Democratic
Club is to be organized Friday? it
was announced by Mrs. WrDyer
Mcore, county chairman of the wo-
men's Democratic organizations,
who met with a number of Lew-
isvllle women Thursday morning, health officers
interest te being __
in the organisation. Amos and Citv Haaith Officer F. E.
Piner stated that little sickness of
any kind has been reported in re-
cent weeks.
A case of diphtheria south of
Pilot Point and two cam of acar-
»» i constitute
t county,
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 11.—Her-
bert Hoover was asked here by H.
Alfred E. Smith, Democratic pres-
idential nominee, is more capable
Denton is expected to turn out in full force Friday
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play the first home game of the season with Decatur Bap-
tist College Indiana. The game will be called at 3 :15. •
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persons: wlLhlaa
..on their long and
dangerous journey. _ ,
The internationally famous n-‘
plcrer and aviator i will be away
from American soil for 18 months
and possibly two years or longer.
He leads one of tire largest and
most scientifncally equipped polar
expeditions the w'tld has known,
the purncse of which te to study . „
D*rhy jhc "tolb piaee « W e winds, ” and
161. II —Down to fill In the blank spaces on the
maps of the world.
I Tire C. A. Larsen, largest Ncr’r •
wegisn ship afloat, carried four
monoplanes; which Byrd end hS&=»
mates will operate from their bsstr-------
near , the south pole.
At New Zealand Byrd will be
joined by two other ships of hi*
expedition, ths bark, City of New
York ano the trawler Eleanor Bol-
* ling.
All wUl sail south to within* 1,000
miles of the pole, where camp will
be established about December 13.
The real polar cxpedtUor. will start
from there.
L’ H. Schweer Case
to Lamar County
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, ROOSEVELT FIELD. New York.
I. Oct. n.-'Ote trans-AUantic
Westbury Golf Course today a few
minutes after taking the air on a
projected flight to Row. -------
Both Roger Williams, Uie- pHot-
—J Peitro Bonelli, the navigator,
escaped without Injury. One wheel
of the plane and one wtng strut
were broken and the ship suffci-ed
general strains. |
The Columbia took off at 1165 than any other man In public life
a. m. with great diffculty because to meet the problems involving the
load. It did get in the air. how-
ever. but was unable to gain alti-
tude.
It struggled low over the gully
between Rooevelt and Curtiss Fields
and then began to settle steadily to
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former students at the Den-
ton Teachers College Nov.
16 are being made by college
authorities, according to an-
nouncement by J. W. Pen-
der, chairman of. a commit-
tee appointed by President
R. L. Marquis to make ar-
rangements for the occasion.
Definite announcement of the
program baa not been made but the
events planned Include a special as
ren.bly pregram. a barbecue dinner
for visiting parents and their chil-
dren and attendance at the Den-
ton Teachers CoHege-McMurry
College football game in the after-
noon.
Student* at the coUrpe will be
I ewv Vi-11 u, mix so gas » tnrns- M*ed„ to thtfr Puente or
M U» teww want' mmi w* fwuti
sengars ware takeh on baud.
DENTON EXPECTED TO TORN
OUT BIG CROWD FOR EAGLE
GRID CONTEST HERE FRIDAY
Hard Game in Prospect With Decatur Baptist
College Indians; Business Houses to Close
to Insure Big Attendance.
1 “The Ponder community already
|..\ has about 1,800 bales of cotton," ac-
cording to E. C. McElroy, cashier
of the Ponder State Bank, who was
in Denton Thursday. "Maybe a rain
to needed right now. but insofar as
the cotton is concerned I believe
it would be well to ‘Ctolay* the rata
for three or four days as most of
the cotton win *be out by that time
with continued fair weather. In my
opinion Ponder will have ta the
.neighborhood of 2.300 bales this
ysar, which is more than produced
Amos said
Blnne the discharge from quar-
antine of three cases of typhoid
fever in Denton several weeks ago
been reported im
there Is
hour stop is scheduled and then to
Nasnville. Xie will proceed to Lou-
isvilte,_Ky„ Friday night, to speak
only other cam -
palm speeches, he said, are arrang-
ed for Sedalia. Ma„ next IXteaday,
and Chlrego, a week from Friday.
He will return from Chicago to
Albany, arriving back In his exec-
utive mansion a week from Bunday.
J. G. Davis and J. W. Banners of
K Oklahoma, who drilled the Coppage
~ keU, south of Pilot Point, are here
and it is probable that they will se-
lect another location for drilling a
well ta the hope of-getting oil ta
Denton County. They state they are
«, of the opinion that there is oil in
4 Denton County end it just depends
The Ctoppage wan was capped after
the casing had been pulled some few
months ago. •
SHERMAN. Oct. 11—L. H
Schweer. cashier of the Firot Na-
tional Bank at Denton, win be tried
at Paris on a charge of embezzle
ment. Judge W. L. Wes of the
Federal Court fbr the KMMfn Dis-
trict of Texas ordered. ' '' . ?.i
Bchweer. who has been held ta
jail here tor revere! weeks, will be
trsn.tferred._ta. the Lamar Omsnty
-uestsdan wW
ited followtag tne
bank by a FM- -
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LUBBOCK. Oct. IXWorking in
relays, member at the Lubbock
Boy Scouts, using respiratory meth-
ods, fanned the spark of life tn Che
breast ot Rene Livingston. 18-vear-
oid football star, for seven hoefS
yesterday and last rjght only to
fan* theffr IMhL --------------. -
Young* TJvnigston died shortly
after mi'mkiht following an injury
received in football practice at his
home at Leekney. near here Tues-
day. Paralysis of the res^mtery
center of hte brain resulted In Liv-
ingston's death.
Physicians said that artificial re-
, spiration was the only chance to
save the youth and the Scouts had
prepared to keep a vigil at his bed-
side.
CMdlngly fine and the dry picking
weather haa kept the grade up."
V. O. Hennen left Thursday for
Big Spring, where he has accepted
a position with the First National
Bank M Receiving Teller. He will
start his duties there on October
15th. Mrs. Hennen will remain in
Denton this week, preparing to move
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Weather Conditions Good
new ^ork. oct n —weather
conditions for the flight of the dir-
igible Graf Zeppelin were consid-
ered favorable today by officials
of the weather bureau who report-
ed no indication of storm in ttie
course usually followed by trans-
Atlantic liners.
their household goods to Big Spring. |Franpr.
“Personally. I don't believe the
agitation ta Dallas by some people
win affect the fishing,'bunting and
boattag privitegns the ------
Droton demand." _____
ran of Danas. Russell was reared Ip
Denton, attending the public school
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smith's la the first invasteri w
Democratic presidential nominee
has made In the Southern States
which have consistently voted the
Democratic ticket since the clvd
war.
IHs program tomorrow will take
Orderly Departure
D».»rlte feverish excitement
wibeh had prevailed around the
hangar in the last few days, the
te people of dirigible got away with clockhka
John A. Rua- WPriatop and with lass fuss at tte
“ J ip I start than it takas to get a trana-
Business houses here will close
st a o'clock and all merchants and
other business men here are anx-
ious for tbrir wipUtJW ST attend
the game. At the Teachers College
classes will be dismissed during the
— time of the game and the entire
Student body as well as the fac-
ulty members are expected to be
out to watch the Eagles play.
The gam« U expected to be much
more Interesting than the first
game of the season here usually te.
The Decstur team held the strong
Simmons University team to a 8 to
— V score and the visiting team here
Friday has been picked to win the
junior college oliamplonship of
Texas this ^ear. The Decatur team
— has a targe numb sr of tetter men
back this season and in addition
Ims a strong line of new mon who
SAN ANTONIO. Oct. llz-After . |
a lively debate Wednesday Uib-
American Legion tn annual con-
vention here voted to continue de-
voting a portion of its child wel-
fare fund to administrative and- ed-
ucational work. A fight to have
all of the fund used for relief work
was led by California and Nebm-
.. ka delegntons. "'
are expected te give the Eagles ■ Selection of a national oommaa-
diately ascended almost perpendic-
ularly to an elevation of about .150
feet.
The nose was pointed upward
and the airship rose higher as it
circled low over Friedrichshafen.
quickly Disappear*
Finally it headed westward over
Lake Constance and in three min-
utes the craft had disappeared from
view on what was hoped to be the
third east-to-west flight across the
Atlantic In a lighter than air craft.
This ship is named for the late
Count Von Zeppelin. German air-
ship builder and inventor, Graf be-
ing the German word for Count
>L.T>te Ont, ngffwngsr tn antes at
the hangar was Lieut. Commander
Rosendahl. U. 8. N., commander of
the American dirigible Ix>s Anjeies
He wac in his naval uniform.
of the^ excessive weight of its fuel; veterans of the world war, Oen.
Henry T. Allen, director of the Vet-
erans' Bureau of the Democratic
National committee, raid while In
Deltas Wednesday
Aca.rdirrj to General Allen,
Smith has shown Jdmself always
an ardent friend ot the 500,000 vet-
erans of New York State, oT«-
tenth of all the American miliary
forces in the war.
Allen scored the Republican -par-
ty for its record of conupticn In
the conduct of the Vetenu's Bur-
eau. lambasted Herbert Hoover, the
Republican nominee, because “lie
did not consider ths problem of
ler Mid. and there is
r here now titan at any
the past year. ;
WACO MAN COTTON
DALLAS, Odt. II.—P. E. Wood-
ward of Waco won first prize nt
5500 in cash for thr best single
winning
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. Jommandcr Ru luwd B Byrd h»s —
started his tong trek brio the
' explored Antarctic regton and was
i out on the Pacific today we’l on
i his way to New Zealand, where he
will make his first step - about
1 Nov 5.
Oom mar. der Byrd and lite party
sailed from San Pedro on the
Whaler C. A. Larsen late yester-
day, with the shrieks of whistles,
the boon! of Firns and the chetf*
of thousands
i- theta God >pe
Section of the Kenosha, Wto, #ruin 804 bugle corps.
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Transatlantic Airplane Columbia
Crashes Soon After Taking Off For
Rome; Pilot and Navigator Escape
BM-
’’At a shouted order, the atntap's
steadily out of ths hangar. ■ -------
Within two minutes after It was ILc?r‘
free of the hangar thc iiawsers
were detached and JOO workmen
who had been hanging to the lower
NORTH .BRANSFORD. Owm. I
.Oct. IL- At one man WS» Etth* =2.
ed and ?< veral injured In an e>s-
ptoslon at a dnm under construc-
tion nere today by the New Haven
Water Company. Reports of th*
explosion were meager as all tele-
•e.
■jb a two-room school hous
♦ ten here last night. O
♦ found evidence that th*
♦ tad been hauled away during ♦
♦ ths night but after following *
♦ tracks of th* thief about a tall* ♦
♦ hooit,d»lMnm,ito*nWtUle'
toss of ttair !
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South in the land of cotton. Gov-
ernor Alfred B- Smith campaigned
today just as he would have on the
J Th* D*Bi*aFatte'~ presidential
nominee wore Illa brown darby
when his train pulled Into Rich
mend at 10 a. m. A large crowd had
gathered at the station.
Two More Escaped
Convicts Captured
HUNTSVILLK Oot. 11,-TWO
more of 14 convicts Who escaped
from Wynne State farm near tare
Tuesd/iy were captured last night
about four mites north of Hunts-
ville. They were W. B. Shirley, serv-
ing two year* for forgery ta Ellis
and Johnson Counties, and J. E
Brewer, serving two year* for for-
gery fron El PaaovCounty.
Four were captured In HtintovUte
DALLAS. Oct 11—Central Texas
farmers ore awakening to the Im-
portance of diverr-ifiei farming and
tn a few years farms tn this sec-
tion will be devoted largely to feed
cix-ps and the finishing for market
of hogs, sliecp and cattle, according
to J. A. Moore superintendent of
the rgrrioultural section of the Tax
as Slate Fair.
The tendency in this direction,
Moore explained. Is noted in the
exhibits received from such coun-
ties as Collin. Tarrant, Ellis, La-
mar, Hunt and Kaufman. These
countie* hitherto have been noted
tar their hu>je cotton production
but of recent year* there Is a mark-
ed trend toward feed crops and
livestock production. .
Th* excellent highways system to
th* markets ta Dallas and Fort
Worth afford Chaatate that I—
ideal fcr diversified fanning. Mocre
said —» -’-tJ
“Outotandtng farmers in eaffi if
toe Central Texas count!,* are far- * hcM
lighted enough to see the necessity
for the change from cotton to di-
versified farming and they have
gonA to it. They hsv* mad* prapar-
attnn for fencing in their fartn*
and planning ahead for more di-
venrtfied farming," he said.
GASOLINE TAXJ
. Dr. Richard Mandell, who moved
from Denton to Dallas
b Thursday. Dr. Manta!
L whan ta lived in Denton, whs very
I active in the Little Theatre move-
ment. He said “I havellved in many
E j places over the country, but after
L, having lived in Debton for sixteen
r years I am of the belief that there
to no more friendly place In the
< * state ttanris D*ntor *
H—f-«*re"*vi8RiHg anti
g friends." /
, Th* high temperature of Wed-
nesday was a little '
ta* been in ths |
■tawing a high at oi
Senator from North XJfAotik, to
__ wtttattffBL Drota. the' psaridentisl
race because he was “credited with
ownership of vast holdings in oil
lands in Mexco and Colombo."
Hansbrough declared that ' thc
election of Hoover might result in
"presiderftial Imperialism” since he
was said to own 1.737,000 acres of
oil producing land in Colombo and
even larger holdings in Mexico.
“I have in my possession,” said
Hansbrough. “positive evidence that
Mr. Hoover as well as the Mellon
Sbrothers, the Standard Oil of In-
diana and the notorious Albert B
Fall, have jointly and severally in-
vaded the Republic of Columbia;
and they have large concessions of
rich oil and gold mine lands along
the Magdalena River there or did
have them, which in the light of
the issues of this campaign amount
to the same thing."
The former Senator declared the
Jonathan Wlckwlrt, who revealed
the Hoover ownershp of oil lands in
a document "American Petroleum
concessions In Columbia” and at-
tempted to get an explanation from
the candidate on the matter and
was finally told that th* coswasstowa
had been sold.
The Hansbrough charfge* were a
reiteration of statements made over
the radio Tuesday night from
Shreveport, La.
MAN KILLED IN
DAM EXPLOSION
State Faff. ’1
acor- stalk was sent to Mem
1.500 to compete iff the i
-tariff- eontert Oct. IX to M
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dSS «"££* « a » ™ »«
town hotels today, for the second
time ffnoe tta Astaritan Lagton
opened and aMM gifffttilW P*ra-
phemaaa^ih a room of th* Gunter
Jtotel. No arrests were made.
> Officers said they tad been in-
structed to rid tta city of profes-
sional •*■*««■ who hare baen Op-
erating during the convention The
gambling equipment w*« enuflecat-
•d. ■' ;
tartar ta tta week. Rangers
raided a room tn tta BL Anthony
hotel and gffnari gwnbttng totals.
DISTRICT BINGERS TO MEET
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convention for tite wre
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Mrs. Moore reported.
Mrs. J. T. Talley has been ap-
pointed chairmen for women at
Lewisville Dr. D. F. Kirkpatrick is
precinct chairman of the men’s ,
-----Democratic ^ub. tfet fever eart al Aubrey a
a year ago, Congressman Guinn Wiflian* of the only contagion ta the
.. Decatur is to spook at a rally ta '
Lewisville Thursday night, preceded
by MYs. Moore, who sp<*e at tl*e
Democratic rally in Fort Worth
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Moore has accepted an invb-
at a Democratic
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JUDGING CONTEST
Special to Record-Chronicle.
PILOT POINT. Oct. 11—The Pi-
lot Point Community Fair, which
opened Thursday at 10 o'clock and
will continue the remainder ot this
week, te tiie biggest and best in Ito
history of six years.
— H-irtawKA'
tie are stored west of the square
■nd in the Light Buildtaj north
of the F. A M. Bank. A carnival
company is furnishing entertain-
ment. «
A fireworks display will be hold
tonight. A large sum of money has
-,r. been spent for tta exploeives and
.« -a terge crowd from out-of-town to
"" expected
.Other entertainment features
Will be offer* during ths fair.
■ Friday and
I such privileges as ths people of
I f Denton and Dallas wafft will pol-
I lute the lake to any such extent
pt a* ft will naturally be polluted by
I • the 100-odd miles of open stream
-between Benton and DBtas," and T
! believe that the people here should
I ti just ride 'steady* in the boat and
I that everything will tum out in a w,lu ''“u °”'n r-anging w me lower
L - way that will satisfy us *H." punwale let go. The dirigible imme-
I Fall weather has not yet arrived
in Denton, but window displays
I around the business section show
I full signs of that season of the
year. Pumpkina which remind one
I of winter, together with ripened
I F Fane, milo-maize and other fall
I crops decorate the show windows,
THking it BMm that the weather
• should be changed according to the
time of the year The window dec-
* orators of Denton deserve much
praise in their efforts of beautify-
ing and several out of Denton peo-
pie have made the statement that
the show windows of Denton mer-
A Dta-toucity. —
Hon. Guinn Williams, represen-
r, tative of this Congressional District
EZ in Cwigress, was Ip Denton Thurs-
day en route to Lewisville, where
L he wta speak ta fctalf of ths oan-
I—ffidacy of Alfred K Smith, Demo-
cratic candidate for President. Con-
gressman Williams te making a se-
ries of speeches in Texas and will
. be in Denton County for three
speeches this week; at Lewisville
tonight; Pilot Point, Saturday af-
ternoon at three-thirty, and at San-
2-Mger Saturday night. He said “In my
speeches I am staying with Demo-
. cratlc principles, keeping away
- from personalities. " A large crowd
te expected in LewlsvUe tonight, ac-
cording to W L. McCormick, chair-
man of the Democratic Club of
Denton County.'
Sapp's Booterle. south side. Is be-
ing worked over. New floors are be-
ing laid and additional shelving te
to be made for the store which will
occupy the entire building of which
heretofore they have used only one
side, Mr. Sapp sald “It wta be see-
eral days yet before all the work
r ot the change will be completed
but when finished we believe It will
add to the general attractiveness of
Denton's stores."
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phene Uries to the scon
cutent were disabled b
First accounts wm i
person* tad been Injuroa.-
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itj es guveruur of 'Nt'W York Btate. '^ta sata* w*y jjhat rataoads ere1 -
built; that te, the people who use
them should pay," he said.
Die meeting was attended by
Chamber of Commerce representa-
tives from many towns ta the East
Texas area. J. W. Middleton of
OreenvlU, M u»
Threaten to Bomb
Willebrandt
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 11—Threats
to boinb the homo of Mr and Mrs.
D. W. Walker, parents ot Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, assistant Un- —„uu. oui.u»y,
ited States attorney general, be- His itinerary has not been worked
cause at her political activities, i * ‘
have been received, it became
known today.
Katlileep Ngril^ ...jMwaUta-tara-
ms" Wanied asnirst speaking in I
Fresrc and Los Angeles ir. behalf i
of the presidential candidacy of I _ ___
Hetbert Hoover, sheriff's invest!- lidewalks of New York,
gators reported 'Th* ta»a*ra«ii» tu*iS
Both threats were tA4he iornF4f
■ r
Birtevnc Dinner
The assembly pro«ram -vlll be
eswaM -m*s Wig U
of Nov. 18 with special music and
probably several addresses feauu-
~tire
barbecue dinner will be held just
south of the swimming pool on the
athletic field and all parents ano
their children win be guests of the
college.
A balf-bcltday will be declared
for the afternoon when the visi-
tors will see the Denton Eagles play
the McMurry Indians in one of tire
most important 1. 1. A. A. cor.terts
of the season here.
FRIEDRICHS H A FE N ,
Germany, Oct. 11.—(By
Associated Press.)—G r a f
Zeppelin, Germany’s huge
new dirigibe, fl^w westward
today at an average speed
of 55 miles an hour with pas-
upon finding the projter location. • u ---------------
Tta Cnonaee well was aanrad aft>r _
Sixty persons were aboard—a
crew of 40 and 30 passengers,
among them Lady Grace Drum-
mond Hay of England.
Dr. Huga Eckener, builder and
commander of the sirahtp hoped
to bring the «aft down it Lake-
hurst, N. J., some 5,100 miles away.
Sunday morning.
The airship, taking off frotn
4 FARIS. Oct. ll.-The Graft
♦ Zeppelin quit the territory of ♦
♦ France aud headed out over 4
♦ the Mediterranean at 3:30 p. 4
. , 4 m. Th* airship probably will ♦
ta 1027. The staple this year te ex- 4 be signalled next over Bar- 4
♦ roton*. “ " •
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here at 8 a. m., headed toward the
Atlantic where heavy storms were
reported to be prevalent and be-
cause of this it was likely to follow '
a roJte by way of the Azote*
Two hours after her departure 1
she was passing over northern 1
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