The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-08
over THOUSAND MILES
IN ZEPPELIN AIRSHlP
Passenger Gives Interesting De-
tails of 3I-Hour Trip Over
North Sea I
SFAWARD LIKE A B IRD
BERLIN. Dec. Z.

BERLIN. Dec. Z
hook entitled Aerial Cruisers IN
Peace and War" which will be published
in Berlin on Thursday. contains an in
tercs;inS description OF the recent Nortn
sea voyage OF the nsvai Zeppelin l. L
The author OF the book is "Gerd Fritz
I.eberecht." the assumed name Of well
informed authority, who. under the uie
o. Lookout" published 4 remarkao's
pamphlet on the Ansio-o'crman naval
situation which attracted international
Alteration last spring
The chapter describing 7. Is thfrty-ons-
nour cruise states that the vessel started
from Frictri chsHafen at SO II the morn
ing After an al-day cruise through
northern and western Germany in simoet
irnpenetrabIe fog the vessel reached
Norddelch. on the mainland near Nord-
erney. In the early hours OF the evening
The heavens were now quite clear. and
famed oy a fresh south wind. the yes
sci proceeded seaward at the rate OF
s.i- miles an hour. She was sailing So
rapidly that greetings could no longer
be exchanged with the steamers beneath
a. they disappeared from sight almost
as soon as seen.
Over Heligoland Light
The sirship Travelled straight toward
the giant revolving sesrchlight of He'll
soiand until the outIies of the Island
doomed ahead Then Count Zeppelin
turned about.
IL was now midnight. and l. was traN-
cling Serenely through the night at an
altitude OF nearly a mile The course was
now made for a coast point charted as
.'Esbe-5." Presently the airship was aga-n
soaring above the mainland Then
schleswtg- Holsiein was crossed and che
lire OF The Kaiser Wilhelm canal To-
lowed until the Baltic VAS reached al
Eckernfo Erde A slight dctour brought
I. over Kiei where the noise or her
propellers heard from afar alarmed tns
high seas fleet anchored n tAe war
harbor The crews were called 10 quar-
ters and then began an exchange OF en-
thuslas,ic ssarchlisht messages WIFE no
man-of-war. whose lights CLEANED De
low the Zeppelin IKE a piece OF fslryiah1
patchwork.
-. ,ex minutes later l. attained the
western entrance OF the Great Beli,
whence she steered east-southeast IL
War-er1unds. and thence at dawn o1SA
over Fehnarn 10 bubeck- Here. IL 40"
being after midnight. l. ] announced D.
wireless 20 the admiralty mat sne "ou'o
arrive in Bertha at 3 O'CLOCK III the atle.
noon. She was punctual most 10 the
minute. having covered about 1853 miles
within the thirfy-one hours At ms cru
Of the fight she still had enough pe'soi
Jeff for FIVE hours further travelling.
The Ships Watches
Tho author describes the strictly ship
ike regime in the Zeppelin. The ofiicefs
and crew had fouF-h0ur watches They
ate al mess tables aai slept II ham
mocks. the same as II IN a dread
nouxht Although everybody was
wrapped IL blankets IN. wind penetsatsn
the walls o. the ship and the cold was
intense The count. who is .. insisted on
having oniy the same food and rest as
the humbiesi mechanic Throughout 'he
cruise J. caught the wireless message
containing the news q the world iui-
n.Shed 20 tho great passenger steamships
IN .uidocesn.
After such an achievement" conciuoes
tho author no more doubt can eEts
mat the pstrollirx cf the English coast
ana the return 20 HAMBURG. or a recon
na.ssanc- nsxnf along the French unoosa-
.za.fon roufe@ 10 Psris ana back 70
Coiogne. would only &c normal ma
newer for such airslips. They VIII d
The watchrpcn OF the German ccee1-
whose eyes nothing escapes. ana TOT
which no foreign squadron can n'ae-
They are destined also 20 40 yeom&n
service as weapons % ofense.
xperineaix ~ FTlc6richshafeu with
,ra-r.hsze have demonstrated that the
zep.eiirs can drop ISo pounds 81 expio-
s,rcs Without affecting their own eQuilib-
rum. Ausdships under the hull "a a
ooTno platform