Evening star., 1924-10-14
ZR-3, 1900 MILES
AWAY, DUE IN U. S.
EARLY TOMORROW
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| first fragment meant, decoded. 1t
| was repeated over and over during
| 80 minutes and directed to the scout
| cruisers Milwaukee and Detroit. sta
| toned upon the Atlantic below the
proposed route of flight of the air
ship.
Try as they would Lieut.. T. G. w.
Settle and his staff in charge Of com
| munications were unable to pick up
the body of that message More pow
erful stations northward along the
Atlantic Coast, presumably at New
York City, interfered.
Later they had better luck The
Yep" with her not too powerful
sending equipment, evidently was in
almost constant communication with
some one. All but one of the inter
cepted dispatches were i'm English
The one exception was believed here
| TO have been the attempt of a Ger
| man officer to pick up again the
thread OF communication with the
Fatherland that had been broken
hours before as ZR-3 pus he'd beyond
range OF her home stations.
All Well Is Report.
"Alles wohl an bord shiffe" was az
! much of the message as could be
picked up here-"An well aboard
ship Other words preceded and
| was the time, 11:10 pm, Eastern
standard time
At 1925 Lakehurst station tuned
| into the conversation. Wireless it in
tercepted indicated the Detroit was
trying TO tell the dirigible something,
that the airship was willing, but that
tne Iftroit was not receiving her "All
right, go ahead signal. SO Lakehurst
took up the role of go-betWeen, told
/ the Detroit that ZR-3 was waiting for
the ships message, and offering to re-
lay both ways If necessary.
Still later Lieut.. Settle picked from
the air the gist of A wireless query
from ZR-3 to an unidentified steam
snip below her, asking for sea level,
Wlnd direction and velocity, baro-
metric readings and tempe ratures.
lhlS message was interpreted here
as DIT of precautionary observation
work on the part Of the dirigible's
navlgators-a procedure that probably
mas been IN progress during most Of
the trip.
Ahshfp Coming Stripped.
How thoroughly the ZR-3 has been
stripped OF all dispensable equipment
IN order to increase her fuel capacitv
disclosed to officers of this field to-
day when they began unpacking and
laying out the contents of huge pack
ing cases received from Friedrich
shafen.
There were tons and tons of the
equipment. Lieut.. Edmund T. Stew
art, supply officer of the field, said il
would be put in readiness for install
lation and inspection before the di-
ir-tt rINI g.
thiS Government as Il commercial pas
senSership with accommodations for
20 to so persons.
During the 1900 mile hon which
now is nearing an end the ZR-3 car
ries 81 men. including the four Amer
lean officers listed as "passengers
Instead of living in crew quarters. as
would be the case under normal con-
ditions of passenger and freight tran
sit, they are understood to be occupy
| ing the passenger quarters for the
present fight.
Other Quarters LtEhtened.
Crew quarters are believed to have
| been stripped several weeks before
the departure from Friedrichshaten
| for complete set of such equip
| ment for the dirigible is among the
packing cases shipped here In ad-
vance of her flight. These, with the
accompanying furnishings and MT
| tings, cooking and sleeping equip
ment, weigh several tons
That the passenger quarters were also
lightened of all the appurtenances OF
| luxury were indicated by the arrival
of all such appurtenances at the field
They include costly furniture, beds,
stateroom window drapes and cur
tainS, nick eled chandeliers with
| frosted bulbs, duraluminum cooking
equipment. etc.
Another item which is believed TO
| have been discarded for the present
venture for the sake of increased
fuel capacity is the huge water bal
| last filling system. The ZR-3 is
carrying little ballast, the water
tanks intended to be thus laden
| being filled with petrol, officers of
| this station believe.