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Evening star., 1924-09-07
q. s. OFFICER IN PERIL.
Narrowly Escapes Being Overcome
by Gas on ZR-3.

By the Assoca ted Press.
FRIEDRICHSHAFE September 8.
Enthusiasm over the airship'S eX-
cellent behavior was the domino n t
note here tonight when the giant
dirigible ZR-3. built by the Zeppelin
Company for the United States Navy
had completed its second official trial,
during which the ship covered about
4S0 miles at an average speed of 60
miles an hour, remaining in the air
S hour" and 45 minutes.
DR.. Hugo Eckener. director of the
Zeppelin Company, and Lieut.. Comdr.
Garland Fulton, United States Navy,
were in high spirits concerning the
dirigtble'S behavior when they landed
this evening. They said a 80 hours
duration flight over the Baltic by
way of Berlin and Hamburg would
take place next week and they as
serted that it. was likely that the
HR-3 would start on her transat-
lantic trip to Lakehurst, N j., about
September 20.
American observers on the flight
today were impress ed by the ships
performance. All enjoyed the trip.
with the exception of Lieut.. Carl
Schmidt, United States Navy, who
had narrow escape from being
overcome by gas while he was in
epectlhs the gas compartments soon
after the ship started on her flight
this morning. Schmidt climbed aloft
into the framework and, while MAX
ing an inspection of the interior
working, encountered gas which had
Heen purposely let out through a
valve. Some of the fumes got into
his lungs, but the lieutenant rapidly
descended to fresh aair and after half
an hour was quite all right again.
TO BRING FIRST AIR MATT.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

Gift of one or both of the American
round-the-world planes t. the Smith
sonian Institution for r permanent his
torical exhibit is hailed with enthu-
siasm by officials. though the ques-
tion of housing the gift raises a real
problem.
The famous NC-i nava, plane the
first to make the fight across the At
lantic. is packed away in some corner
of the navy yard because there is no
space for it in the New National
Museum. the old Museum building, or
the aircraft building. structure OF
corrugated iron near the main Smith
Sonian building.
Of the four Douglas cruisers which
started on the world fiSht, only two
canfnis it, the other two having been
,ost respectively, in Alaska and at sea
near Iceland The surviving two are
expected in Washington Tuesday, but
will finish the fiirht to the Pacific
Coast and then will be returned here
ultimately for uncounted thousands or
tourists to see-if display space can
be found.
Collection Already Started.
The United States, without special
aid from Congress. or at least without
the aid which experts consider es-
SChtidi' n iChos iipS SiS %" ~ 80
important collection of airplanes and
accessories 1t could be made the
worlds greatest CO lection without
heavy expense, officials here assert.
Following is list of the principal ex-
hibits:
In the old Museum building there is,
as a matter of primary interest, the
original Langley plane. pioneer in
aviation, as we'll as three models. built
in 1896, one being gas-prope led and
two by steam. All these planes actual
ly were flown, some with disaster to
the flyers.
The original Wright plane. of 1909.
which convinced the world of the
achievement of flying as practical
art, also is in this building. There are,
besides, the first De Haviland, the
JN-4 biplane, used for instruction.:
two French planes of 1917. Caudron
and a VoiSson, now virtually AN
tiques" SO rapidly have improvements
been made; the original Lillienthal
glider. tried out years ago on Long
Island; the Emile BerlineF helicopter,
built by Washington man, and vari-
Gus models to show the development
of aircraft. One of these models was
built to illustrate the ideas on fly
ing held centuries ago by Leonardo
da Finci, a wing Hopping type.
In the aircraft building is the Spad,
-
Evening star., 1924-09-07
HOME H0N0RS WAYNALLs
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Buried
Amid Scenes Of His Childhood.

LITHOPOLIS. Ohio, September g.
Adam Willis WagnalIs, philanthro-
pist and publisher, was buried here
today, following the simplest of II.
neral services at CT. Johns Lutheran
Church.
In the little cemetery on the hill
beyond tho village where he was born
and played as a boy, he was laid to
rest beside his wife, surrounded by
his kin,
Not far away is being reared the
great memorial. a library and muni-
cipal center, given to Lithopolis by
his daughter. Mrs Mabel w. Jones.
in honor of her parents.
He lived well here; he will sleep
well here"
Thus Edwin Markham dean O
American poets and the publishec
friend for a quarter Of a century, ex
pressed simply his and the towns
peoples sentiment.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
For the Republicans the State was

For the Republicans the State was
pretty well covered with out-of-State
speaker Senator James Wads-
worth Of New York spoke tonight in
Farmin gton and Senator James E.
Watson, Of Inulana, was speaker at
the Portland meeting.
The only outside speaker that Mr..
Pattangall has had has been Senator
Underwood Of Alabama. He came
here to talk exclusively on the Ku
Klux Klan. to which Mr.. Pattangall
has devoted much attention. He con-
cluded his tour with addresses at
Augusta and Gardiner.
Both gubernatorial candidates have
been speaking almost daily since the
campaign opened and there are COM
paratively few persons In any part Of
the State who have not had an opr
portunity to hear them.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
HELD FOR ASSAULT.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, September g.
Jesse Davis. colored. of Washington.
is under arrest here on a charge of
assault preferred by Harry ]. Schou.
a taxicab driver of Washington, and
is also charged with refusing to pay
for being hauled from Washington
to Travilah, this county.
According to Schou, Davis not only
failed to pay his fare, but attacked
the driver when asked for the money
Mary Grigsby and Annie Jackson.
young colored women of Washington,
who, it is said, were with Davis on
the trip out from Washington, are
also being held for a hearing.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Real Praise.
From the Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
A wholesale hardware company had
sent letter after letter to a delinquent
retailer trying to collect long over
due account.
he paid up with the following ex-
planation: Thanks for your wonder
full system of collection letters.
would have paid sooner. but wanted
20 get the whole SERIES"
Evening star., 1924-09-07
MUSSOL!NI DISCUSSES
CONDITIONS WITH KING
Tells Sovereign, Back After Vaca-
ton, of Developments
in Crisis.

By Cable to The Star and New York World.
Copyright. 1924
ROME. September 6.-Premier Mus
soIini talked this morning for an
hour and 20 minutes with King Vic
tor, who returned to Rome yesterday.
There is no doubt the subject of the
conversation was the general situa-
tion at home and the sovereign. who
has been away from the capital for
over month, received detailed ac-
count from the head of the govern
ment of the crisis which in no sense
IS yet near a settlement.
Naples paper today hints at the
possibility of closing the parlia-
mentary session, but the rumor does
not appear to be true, for Mussolini
Evening star., 1924-09-07

a few days ago stated clearly parlia-
ment would be reopened regularly at
the opportune moment even IL the op-
position continued their present pol
icy.
The king leaves tonight for Naples,
where tomorrow he will review the
Italian fleet from the royal yacht
Archimede. About 100 ships, which
recently partook in the naval
maneuvers under Admiral Acton. are
anchored in the harbor of Naples,
and the review tomorrow will be the
most important held since the war.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
BITTER CAMPAIGN
AT END IN MAINE
Political Battle Most Strenuous
Pine Tree State Has Known
for Years.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Assoca ted Press.
PORTLAND. Maine, September g.
The busiest and most strenuous po-
litical campaign that has been staged
in Maine for years was concluded
tonight, with Democratic and Re-
publican rallies in many parts of the
State. Both of the candidates for
governor spoke the closing words of
the campaign in their home cities
State Senator Ralph Q. Brewster. the
Republ can nominee. addressing a
rally here, and William X. Pattapgall,
the Democratic candidate. speaking
at Augusta
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Good Riddance.

From the Londop Mail.
Muriel--I hear you've broken off
your engagement to Dick.
Alice-Yes, he was becoming a
nuisance-he wanted to get married!
Evening star., 1924-09-07
TO BRING FIRST AIR MAIL.
IRIS Expected to Garry $50
Pounds on Trip to q. S.

The first regular transatlantic air
mail will be brought from Germany
to the United States on the new air
ship ZR-3. When the ship arrives at
Lakehurst, n. j., American postal
officials will be on hand to receive a
large quantity of specially forwarded
mail and expedite the transmission
Of the letters and postcards to their
destination
German postal authorities have
issued special series of air mail
postage stamps and aerial postcards
Tor the transatlantic flight Stamps
of S, 10. 20, 100, 200 and 800 pfennigs
and Postcards of so pfennigs have
been issued The rate for the cross
ocean air trip has been placed at 1
gold mark for letters of 20 grams
or less and so pfennigs for post
cards. All letters and postcards
carried by the ZR-3 will be specially
marked, in addition to bearing the
special air mail postage stamps, with
the German inscriptions: Sent by air.
ship ZR-3''
$50 Pounds Expected,
American postal officials have been
informed by the German authorities
tnat probably $50 pounds of ordinary
letters and postcards will be aboard
the IRIS
fleparatlonS were completed by
The Navy yesterday for furnishing a
complete meteorological service 10
the zR-3 in her transatlantic flight
through the use of naval ships locat-
ed at strategic points exhaustive data
on weather and wind conditions
Will be gathered and transmitted to
the airship from the moment she
leaves her base in Germany and
points her nose westward for Lake.
hurst, N. J.
There will be three principal sta
tion ships one at latitude 45 north,
longitude IS west, the second at IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28
GERMAN UNTONISM
 SHOWING PROGRESS
Labor Bank Reported To Be
 Doing Thriving Business

BERLIN, July 27.-(By the AssO- ciated Press.)-Germany's first trade union bank, which was established aft CT the success of the labor banks in Seattle, Cleveland, Chicago, Washing ton, New York and other American cities was assured, has been reported to be doing a thriving business in a new building of it's own in Berlin's business district. The trade union Temple, begun in 1922, is a modern five-story building, the ground floor of which is occupied by the labor bank ing establishment. A library, assembly rooms and offices of the trade union officials are located in the upper floors.
 The development of trade unions has made remarkable progress throughout Germany since the revolution of 1918 which brought about the formation of the republic. After the German work, men came back from the war by hun dreds of thousands and discarded the uniform for civilian clothes, they joined the unions in great numbers, and labor officials soon realized that the old head quarters which had served them for years were inadequate.
 Therefore the new labor temple came into being, and it is today the headquarters for labor activities throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28
LA TOILETTE MENFOUR ARE KILLED|
 TO SET NO LIMIT |AS PLANE FALLS ION PARTY GIFTS TN TEST FLIGHT
World War Aviator Dies With Wife And
 Son

LOS ANGELES, July 21.-An un- identified man. reported first to have been Jimmy Murphy, the motor race driver, was killed with Ormond D. Relcher, an aviator, when Belcher, his wife and .9-year-old son died late Sun day in an aeroplane crash here. Inves- tigations showed that the man thought to have been Murphy was not the noted racer. His identity has not been estab- lished.
 The test was to have been the tri- rmphal result of years of work in which Belcher. a World war aviator, had la bored over designs for plane that he had claimed would revolutionize flying With h isfamily and the unidentified man, Belcher. took off from Rogers Airport field, waving smilingly to the hundreds of friends who had come to see the plane tested.
 When about 250 feet in the air, the plane, a.large seven-passenger machine, of the Pullman type, was seen to fiut- ter. Those on the ground said the wings seemed to crumple, as if unable to stand the pressure. A moment later, the plane crashed to the ground and it's occupants. horribly mangled, were taken from the wreckage.
 Murphy an aviator as well as rae ing driver, was on the field when Bel cher took off in his plane. He had been seen standing in the cockpit and it was known that Belcher had re- .quested his presence on the trial trip. When the machine crashed, nearly everyone on the flying fell thought that Murphy was in the wreck Identi- fication of the body was impossible due to the mangled condition of the body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28
BODY OF WOMAN STILL PUZZLES
 CHATTANOOGANS
Clues Fail To Result In Identification As Miss
 Hoffman
(By Associated Press. ]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. July D. Evidence is daily accommodating tend ing to prove that the skeleton found under the floor of building in a prominent residential section of this city last week is that of Miss Augusta Hoffman, modiste, who disappeared while boarding at the house in 1915, and in connection with which William H. Bennett and wife of Rome, Ga, are under detention of local police. Bennett, district freight agent of the Georgia city, bears an excellent reputa- ton, but his wife was m the limelight several ago by reason of her indict- ment by federal grand jury on a charge of counterfeiting. The couple maintain their innocence. but are un able to account for the disappearance of Miss Hoffman, a kinswoinan.
 Many Clues Obtained
 Authorities in Chattanooga and Knoxville have worked on the mystery for several days and many clues have been obtained, but so far have been unable to positively identify the skele ton as that of Miss Hoffman. State ments of the Bennetts that the modiste married and left for California cannot be confirmed and they admit that they made little effort to ascertain her fate when she failed to communicate with them after she had vanished.
 What police consider suspicious cir cumstances are the failure of the Ben netts to include the name of Miss Hoff- man in the list of survivors when her sister, Mrs. Nancy Bennett. died a year after her disappearance, and the fact that check made out to Miss HOff- man by the receivers of q Knoxville bank which had failed was cashed in Chattanooga year after she had been reported missing. It is said that the indorsement on the check was an ap- parent forgery.
 Under Technical Arrest
 While the Bennetts are only tech nically under. arrest, they have made no effort to obtain their liberty through habeas corpus proceedings and have been warned by authorities that should they charging them with murder will be served. Chief of Detectives W. H. Hackett is now in an eastc-ni city in- vestigating one phase of the case and is expected to return to Chatta" ooga tomorrow.
 The skeleton of the woman was iouHu pN Norkmen Wno were repair ing floor under the basement of the house, their attention first being attracted by stockinged leg sticking out of the ground. Several portions of clothing, q part of pair of eye glasses and a plate of false teeth were also found in the shallow grave Indications were that the body had been buried in quicklime and acids. It was wrapped in rubber coat usually worn by men and a slit in the side of the garment led police to believe that the woman had been stabbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28
Leaders Recite Worlds Gain
 As A Result Of Great War
Former Kaiser Refuses To Answer Query, But
 Secretary Says Nothing

NEW YORK. July 27.-What did the world gain by the World war?
 This question, recurring on the tenth anniversary of Austria's declara- tion of war against Serbia, has been answered for war veterans by eminent leaders of various shades of thought in the formerly belIigerent countries in a symposium gathered by the Amer ican Legion Weekly.
 Here are some of the answers to the question as they will be carried by that magazine:
 Charles w. Eliot. president emeritus of Harvard uniyersit The World var destroyed the huge Russian, German and Austrian autocracies, revived sew eral freer nations. strengthened the three great powers in which the demo- cratic principles have made good pro rress and brought them nearer to effec- tive union for promoting liberty, jus tice and peace throughout the world.
 Samuel GOmpers, president Amer ican Federation of Labor: The world gained as a result of the great war a freedom from the menace of organ ized militarist imperialism without which all peoples sooner or later would have been enchained in bondage and vassalage.
 Fried-ich Wilhelm HohenzoIlen, former German crown prince: The result of the war is that all nations are arming as fast as thef can, and what about democracy
 Gen John J. Pershing, former com mander Of the A. E. F.: The victory resulted in preventing domination by autocraey, and the evidence Is clear that the free peoples of the world will unite in resisting such domination
 MaxmiIian Harden, German editor and publicist: America learned it can always find the strength to defend its life interests quickly and with decisive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28
AUSTRIAN MOVIES
 HOODWINK FRENCH
Film Made At Versailles Cause
 Of Indignation

PARIS July 27.--YersaiIles. proud of the glories attaching to it's historic chateau, every stone of which might be taken as marking some unforgettable episode in the tumultuous history of France. is aghast at the revelation that an Austrian film magnate succeeded in hoodwlnking the guardians of the palace to such an extent that he was able to stage and turn an entire reel of n hcentlous production in the broad light of day on the staircase behind the chateau and on the lawns around the fountains.
 More than that, several of the Austro- German actors and actresses who took part in the film jauntily wended their way from hotel in the center of Yer sailles to the chateau grounds garbed as they were to appear in the great Venetian canal scene" that is to say in practically nothing at all. It was not until some of the French people hired to represent the spectators at the pictured festival heard the director and his assistants giving orders in German that there was suspicion something was wrong.
 ''The scenes depicted were more real istic. than anything I have ever wit messed on the stage of the most daring music hall said one of them. 'If the Moulin Rouge attempted it the place would be shut up by the police. In Yer sailles it was free. Visitors and people from the town crowded around"
 When the facts were brought to the attention of the authorities by news papers, the ministery of fine arts, which hoes ,1I,n .f Rl,o ordered an inquiry as to who was re- sponsible. The chief of police of Yer sailles started an independent investiga- tion which resulted in the arrest of the film director, Otto Krussler of Vienna ; two German assistants and two Aus : trian women who had the principal roles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28

In a castle near Granby. Quebec, which was decorated throughout with Brownies, the fabrication of his bach elor mind, Palmer Cox, known wher- ever there are children. and that is almost everywhere, died last week. Many of the details for his series. of children's books came from the folk lore of the little Scotch settlement where he spent hisNchildhoOd and where he died.
 Once. Mir. Cox left his native town to enter the railroad business in Cal ifOrnia. But he seemed not to fit. He tried carpentry-some will remember the carpenter Brownies-and didn't like that. He then was commissioned to illustrate book by Arthur Gilman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28

effectiveness against any danger threatening from the west or east. Europe learned that it must unify, first in an economic sense, if it is to recover OF thrive. All learned that war had lost its romantic charm, that war simply is an industry.
 Soldier number 100000, member of the A. E. F.: Although the world has not been made safe for democracy, the American principle that govern ments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed has been impressed upon European minds. The benefits are not yet apparent. The cost was terrific.
 Gen. Henry r. Allen, formerly com mander of American forces in Ger many The World war afforded an ex- ceptional opportunity for As to. get an insight into the lives and motives of other nations. The might-makes- right creed has been oFerthrown.
 Hilaire BellOc, essayist and histo- rian: The war proved that the atheist doctrine mad tradition of which Prussia had been the increasingly successful ex- ponent for 15O years would ultimately prove weaker than the culture of christendOm.
 William Allen White, noted editor . From the war the working man and the man of small means and his woman folk gained self-respect
 The former Kaiser was asked his opinion, but did not personally reply to the question. His secretary, Ad- miral H. Von Rebeur-Paschwitz, ex- pressed his principals regrets at his inability to comply with the request for an opinion.
 '-I would think the only possible answer can be nothing 1t lost ev- erything;" the admiral wrote, and that probably represents what the former Kaiser thinks about it, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28
APPEAL ISSUED
 FOR ,3,ODO JOBS
 FOR EX-SOLDIERS.
Director Hines Calls Upon Employers To Aid
 Schools

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 27.- Director Hines of the Veterans bureau, has called upon employers all over the country to aid in finding jobs for the disabled ex-service men, who have been trained in government schpols, and are now graduating at the rate of approxi- mately 5000 a month.
 "These men and women served their country at a time of great need and they now ask only fair chance to find employment along the lines in which they have received their training Hines said in his appeal.
 Only So Far
 "The Veterans bureau c..n go only so far in the rehabilitation of these for mer service men. 1t can take them and train them up to the point of employ ability and then 1t must call upon the various employing agencies of the coun- try to carry on from that point"
 During July, it is estimated that 2.712 ex-service men will complete their courses, and go out to seek jobs. For the six months from July to December 15,S82 veterans will be rehabtittated, Hines said.
 The value of the training given In government schools is demonstrated in the fact that only 689 out of the 67 900 who have completed government courses were unemployed on the first of June. There were still 52,000 left in training on the first of July.
 Many Now Normal
 The great majority of those being re- habilitated are normal in appearance and normal in ability, the bureau stated. Less than per cent of those trained have an apparent disability and more than 90 per cent are able men, with disabilities consisting of handi- caps only insofar as their pre-war occupations are concerned.
 On July 1, the bureau had in train ing 7.7OO men and women in the pro fessions; 11,000 in the commercial field; 26,0OO in trades and industries, and 1900 in agriculture. The majority have been in training for more than two years, some three years and others four years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-28

called The Rebellion of the Alpha bet" in which he depicted each let ter being carried by one of the queer little creatures in brown.
 The success was instantaneous. From 1880 until his death he lived with his brain children as most real compan- ions. For while he drew his car toons for St. Nicholas. where the ca- reer of the Brownies was followed by the children of the nation.
 In all. MT. Cox has published five books. They will be popular long aft CT other details of Mir. COx's life have been forgotten and may outlive the lit tie weather-turned Brownie that now stands guard over the castle in Gran by that was so lately the home of its originator