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ships with all needful supplies, includ~
| ing lifting gas and fuel

ships with all needful supplies. includ-
ing lifting gas and fuel.
MANS envy of the birds Of the air
4Fi has evinced itself In concrete
form since the days OF Icarus when the
FIRST attempts were In imitation of
birds, with wings The idea of achiev-
ing aerial passage by adopting the prin-
ciple Of floating like clouds was a sec
ond thought which did not occur so
easi.y This idea first was conceived
in the brain OF Jesuit father, Francis
Lana. who. in 1870. proposed an air.
ship supported by hollow copper bulls
exhausted OF air His Idea of "A Vactl~
um ship (Which Is imposslblel still oe~
ours to the minds OF inventors He
gave IL up himself. not because he found
or foresaW any material difficulty. but
because he believed that the Lord would
not allow any such Il revolution in the
affairs OF men
AS we know today, the success Of this
conception was blocked by its disnbe-
dience OF the laws of nature. The
great pressure OF the atmosphere, COM
pared with Its density, makes the
theory OF vacuum ship impossible
The weight and bouyancy Of the air
at sea level are only one~thifteenth of
q pound per cubic foot. for instance.
but It's pressure Is over a ton per square
foot. This is the answer To the pro-
posal OF constructing a hollow vessel
weighing less than the air 1t displaces
and at the same time strong enough
to resist the outside pressure against
an internal vacuum III order that
1t may have lifting power. the vessel
must be filled with light gas having
pressure approximately balancing the
atmospheric pressure but In density
lighter than the surrounding air,
And so II was the dreams OF lighter
than -air travel proved impraeticable
because The dreamers were OH on the
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wrong foot" So 70 speak. until the
latter part of the 18th century, when
the Montgoltier brothers of France
evolved plan of inclosing ascending
smoke and thereby rising into the air.
From this idea sprung the first hot-atr
balloon, the germmal seed of a great
air commerce, whose star has but be-
gun It's aScendancy,
Unique indeed was the first demon
stration of the principle, the balloon
used being the skirt of the CitizeneSs
the Montpelier brothers OF France
evolved a plan OF inclosing ascending
smoke, and thereby rising into the air
From this idea sprung the first hot~air
balloon, the germinal seed OF great
air commerce whose star has but begun
Its ascendancy.
Mother necessity, having done her
part in providing the embryonic idea
for great invention proceeded then
to stand OH the side lines and cheer
ON the good work. while. by the natural
process Of evolution. there developed
from this skirt balloon" the airships
of today,
The Montgolner brothers were not
slow In shaping their first real hot-air
balloon after this test, and one flne
Summers day strange sight greeted
the eyes of the good folk In their Vicin-
ity. A queer-looking, pear~shaped OBJ
ject gayly decorated ana with basket
attached, was seen 10 rise lahoriously
from the ground, then soar away IN dig
nified flight Three passengers were
aboard the first To fly III hot-air bal
loon They were q sheep rooster and
a duck II was highly successful trip.
and 1t Is reported that the passengers
filed no complaint upon their return to
terra tlfma,
On November H. i7BS, two brave
spirits, encouraged by the survival OF
the aforementioned trio, agreed to as
cend III the presence ef the King Of
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these are not yet completed, although
one Of them, the R-l00, has celebrated,
recently, the completion OF her cabin
interiors.
The Graf Zeppelin will measure ITO
feet In length 1l0 feet longer than the
Los Angeles) and 100 feet in diameter,
with a volume of 3,707 $50 cubic feet.
Her greatest height Is ITO feet. Pro-
PEELED by FIVE powerful motors MAY
bach reversible engines) she has q
maximum speed of 6907 knots per hour.
with a normal cruising speed Of 631l7
knots. Primarily she has been designed
for exploring and pioneering purposes.
TO determine the possibilities Of passen-
ger service over the seas. Despite her
record size. the ship is frankly con-
sldered by experts TO be too Smaii Ior
commercial tranGoceanic service, II tnls
mode Of travel should become popular.
Technically and structuraIly the Graz
Zeppelin Is an enlarged Los Angeles
using hydrogen instead OF hellum, Dul
one feature, aside from her interior
eauIDneDt, marks her as unique. In
stead of gasoline for fuel, she uses
gas fuel (hydrocarbon gas). This gas
is contained in cells under the hydrogen
cells. 1t is practically the same weight
az air and as it is burned up 1t is re-
placed by air, so that there is no change
in the weight Of the ship due TO the
consumption Of fuel. This enables the
ship To have a much greater radius OF
activity than previous airshipS.
CsACRTFICE, failure, even the pain OF
y lost lives will be forgotten mo-
nentsrjly i'm the acknowledgement OF q
new triumph Of science as countless
thousands follow the progress OF the
Graf Zeppelin on her westward Journey
Nor viii her arrival at LakehurSt sig
Nifty solely another success IN aerial en-
gineering More significant than this
All be It's promise Of greater Things
To men Of vision it will promise for the
air what the performance OF the Great
/ Western the first oceap~going pas
senger steamship. IN 1893, meant tt
/ tran6oceanic water commerce IL WI
be the dawn Of new era. the opening
scene u o new episode IN the Rlgantle
| drama Of the air, which IL holding the
worlds interest with even greater IN
tensity than that other drama Of the
seas held IL just a century ago.
A curious similarity exists between
the histories of these two dramas Of sci-
ence that Of the development OF the
rigid airsnip and the steam propelled
vessel Almost 100 years 10 the day
separates the birth" Of the two types
If snip, each Of which was destined Il
rey0Iuti0nize some phase Of commerce
For who can doubt now that the air
ship viii have its revolutionary effect,
| itist as had the steamship when 1t Wal
proved practical?
II vas in 1907 that early expert
menis with steam cryatalIized in tbs
| construction If the Clermnnt, Robert
Pultons vessel Just century later
Count Zeppelin for whom this latest
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the central blue
-+TennYson's Jocksley Hail"
~ NE day in the not far distant
future-the latter part Of Sep
temioer, If present plans ma
~ ture-tfe eyes Of the world
will turn again heavenWard.
10 stare IN anaZement at fresh won
der than would be-" eyes which already
have grown wide With staring during the
past decade. and particularly the past
IL months, while the pEopnesies Of a
18Th century nloderniSt were being more
than fulfilled and commerce OF the
ar vas evolving 10 -iYai the commerce
o. the seas
Yet not TennySon --Kor even jules
Verne. In his most imaginative moment
could have fOresEetcled picture APP
preaching the vision - greet the world
OF this Autumn day vision tIst
must thrill the least enthusiastic and
convince the most gkeptical Of the WELL
Egh Iin3itiess possibilities for the future
~ me air commerce as sell as air de-
tense. Tefnyson'g prophecies for air
traffic. as remarkable as they we're
he'd but q hint Of the realities 10
come
From the Friedrickshafen Field. in the
f<E6fA VI JSsItni9Ss WHITE IL Is now
under construction. will soar a giant
Zeppelin, and, with silver sides CLEAN
ing Ia the sunlight. point It's nose TO-
ward America making the maiden Yoy-
age ~ tile largest airanip afioat. 0n-
dedicated. not u war. but 70 peace
!iste5 out as q luxurious ocean liner.
AND luxurious rs the Word Tor ~ IA
ADDITION 70 the 10 statefooms. fitted ult;
~ delight the heart Of the fa8tldl0us
traveller, the Graf Zeppelin eLZ-l27)
~ the new ship has been cur.stened
contains q beautifully appointed salon
oT combination dining room and social
hall This Is decorated in ricn coioy-
md furnished Handsomely with dining
suites. lounges, writing desks etc. and
connects with an electric kitchen The
staEeroonls are about the size 0f a com
pagtment on the new Pullman cars
each containing upper and lower befths
IT comfortable SIG. Quarters for hei
crew (of 80 ca 40 mem and space foI
mail apd baggage, are arranged for IN
tie center Of the ship
Yet complete az is hen equipment
sefnapE there VIII come day when
people will smile tolegantly at heT AZ.
cgmnoaa tons, as greater ali liners ap'
.jeGr Boosting separate dining salons
Eud social haiie and perhaps a aeries
q decks! But that Is dealing IN fu-
uue dreams. To-day the Graf Zeppelin
pne0uaIed in dimensions or equipment
tao afius % Sights larger proportions
a4e aus.c. construction ia England, Dial
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ship Is named) created successful
rigid ship. the forerunner OF all crafl
Of this type.
To carry on the analogy In 1919 the
Savannah, a 300-ton vessel about 100
feet long, made the first ocean-going
crossing under steam power. 1t was 100
years later that the British R-34 COM
pleted the first ocean crossing by air.
ship.
In 1888, as we have said. the first
transoceanic steamship passenger trade
was begun. The question comes nat
urally TO mind, viii the next 10 years
see the establishment Of air oceanic
travel?"
The situation today holds one adj
vantage over that OF the earlier century,
when steamship commerce was travel
ing the rocky road to recognition. The
governments Of the world see the pos"
sibilities in the airship and are point
ing the way for commercial concerns
by themselves encouraging the con-
struction Of this type Of craft, while IN
the nineteenth century, no such en-
enlargement was given the few couf-
ageous souls who put their all into a
venture which was viewed AS chimer-
ical and about as practical as making
q voyage from New York or Liverpool
10 the moont"
just over the horizon, in the provi-
siOns Of Navy bill now before our own
Congress, lies the prediction of the next
episode in this giant drama-~two air
ships OF $780, 900 cubic feet each, to
be built for the u. s. Navy These, Of
course, viii not be fitted out as passen-
ger liners, but they will serve TO DEM
onstrate further the practicability OF
the air liner from standpoint Of in
creased size.
IEQUIsfT1VE minds. following the
progress Of the construction OF the
Graf Zeppelin In Germany, the R-l00,
and her sister craft IN England, and
looking forward to the two ships being
considered as possibilities for our Navy,
already have begun to ask, What will
be the limit To the size of these Levi
athianS Of the air which are coming
into their own aB surely Az time rolls
on It's Course?"
wan the limiting factor be question
81 strains and stresses, of bulk OF pres
sure? The answer To this, coming from
experts IN the Navy Department, IL In
the negative
80 far as construction is concerned. =
says one expert, they can build them
bigger and better beyond any present.
day conception. Airships. unlike air
planes, improve with size. This depends
on the fundamental principle that the
volume and lift increase as the cube Of
the linear dimensions, but the area and
resistance only as the square. Or, In
less mathematical language, II the
length and diameter are multiplied by
tive the volume and lift are increased
eight times, while the resistance and the
power required for a given speed only
four times
In the airplane, on the other hand.
the lift depends on the area instead OF
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BY CoRINNE FRAZIER.

For dlDt into the future. far rs human
eye could see,
Esw the vlgson OF tire world and all the Won
Ger that HnuiG be-
Heard the heavens filled with shouting, and
there rg1ned CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navleS 2fapp!ng IN
the central blue.
-Tenngson's Jocksley Hail"
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Proposed Experiment Transatlantic Flying Is Watched
by Americans. and May Come Beginning of
New Era In World Transportation-Steps
In Past Leading Project
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
HISTORIC TABLE
PUT To WORK

There is a large, heavy, black wal
nut table in the office of Col. u. s..
Grant, Sd, superintendent of Public
Buildings and Parks, which, if it
could talk. might relate many in
teresting tales of national politics
and secret diplomacy.
The table at present Ii doing
humble duty, piled up with books,
maps and official documents. In
its better days it was the festive
board installed in the State dining
reom of the White House in Presi.
dent Arthur's regime, around which
gathered leading men and women
Of the nation at sumptuous dinners
for which the Arthur administration
was famous.
Richly carved, the table was hand
fooled by A cabinet-make who is
still working in the Government.
The shield of the United States,
with the stars and stripes carved in
relief, stands out boldly in repeat
pattern around the supports of the
table, the legs Of which terminate
in birds claw and ball feet. The
table was so large that it had to be
cut in two so that it could be moved
into Colonel Grants office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
Mellon, As Engineer,
Saves Old Ladies
Four Steps

Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon never did but one job of
practical engineering but he's
proud of that.
Some years ago. Mellon dis
closed today. Supervising ArcEi-
tect James A. Wetmore brought
to the Secretary's office for ap-
prevail specifications for a post.
office.
Mellon examined the plans care
fully and noted that the lobby
was eight steps above the street.
He called Wetmore's attention to
that. The architect said it was
necessary because of the specified
depth of the basement.
dig deeper into the dirt, said
Mellon.
Right" said Wetmore.
The postoffice was built and
was but four steps to its front
door.
'I am not an engineer but !
am glad to have been able to save
the old ladies in that town those
extra four steps," said Mellon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
BOY, "A, HELD AS
BURGLAR

Preparations are under way to-
day by Fourteenth precinct police
for the arraignment in Juvenile
Court of Francis Snyder, IA years
old, of Broad Branch Road North
west, on 10 charges of petty lar.
ceny.
The boy has been held III the
House OF Detention since Tuesday
when he was arrested by Policeman
H. j.. Blandy, of the Fourteenth
precinct, On the complaint of three
school teachers living at $50 Ne
braska Ave- II. W., that someone
had been stealing milk from their
doorstep and otherwise annoying
them. Blandy hid and captured
the youth.
Snyder is said to have later
showed the police where he cached
number Of stolen articles, includ-
ing clothing, kodaks, pistols and
other articles. Most Of the loot
has been identified as reported
stolen from parked automobiles.
Police department officials scoffed
at the idea that he might he The
Cat the terror of the Cleveland
Park district for several months
and who now, apparently, has
ceased operations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
SECOND SECTION
LOCAL NEWS
COP IS LAID UP
At TER FIGHT

AS a result of his fight with
Leroy Sherman, local manager of
the Earle Theater, Policeman John
Maher, 64 of the Fourteenth pre-
cinct, will be unable to resume his
duties for several days, 1t was sails
today.
During the fight yesterday morn.
ing, when Mayer is alleged to have
been assaulted by Sherman when
he attempted to stop a fight be-
tween the latter and another mem
Der of his party. Maher was
knicked in the abdomen and suf-
fered injuries to the shoulder and
forearm.
While Maher. the popular protec-
tor of the children of the Elizabeth
Y. Brown School, Connecticut Ave-
nue. and Mckinley Street Northwest,
is confined in his home. Sherman
is free under 81 900 bond for trial
in Police Court March 10, on
charges of assault and larceny of
Makers badge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02

sive and expert in corporation eco
nomics. told the Senate that
guarantee of per cent return on
traction valuations was an unjusti-
fled favoritism to public utility com
panies. Many other forms of BUSH
ness, he said, had to be content
with returns OF, not much more
than per cent.
While these adverse comments
were being made in the Senate,
John II. Hanna, president of the
Capital Traction Company, was
showing irritation over valuation
questions propounded to him by
William A. Roberts, representing
the Federation of Citizens Associa.
tions. Chairman Childress, of the
Public Utilities Commission, finally
ruled all valuation questions out of
the hearing. as they had been pre-
viously adjudicated by the courts.
1t developed in the hearing that
the Capital Traction Company had
been permitted TO include in its
valuation an old power-house burned
down in 1897. Hanna explained that
this allowance had been made with
the consent of the Public Utilities
Commission in 1919.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
I 0WLER FLAIS
He ALERS'

Unless drast1cally revised, the
Copeland bill to regulate healers III
the District will 60 down to defeat,
DR. Hubert NJ Roberts, head 0f
the legislative committee of the
Chirorractors Society OF the Dis
trRt of Columbia, predicted last
night to TFe Citizens Advisory
Council. in session at the District
Building.
DIR. William Fowler. District
health officer. who favors the bill
in its present form, stated that
many headers now practicing II
the District, are not qualified -
work on the human body through
an inability to recognize contagious
diseases.
Supporting DIR. Fowler. DIR. Oscar
3. Hunter. pathologist at George
Washington University and head on
the District Medical Association ar
gued that any practice on the body
should be backed by scientific
knowledge.
The Citizens Advisory Council
win consider the bin again next
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02

yesterday, on the floor or the
House, Representative Casey
charged that the ban had been placed
in the bill without the consent of a
majority of the subcommittee.
He said he did not know the exclu-
sion clause was in the bill until the
day 1t was reported to the House,
and asserted that the same was true
of two Of the other four members OF
the subcommittee Representatives
George A. Welsh of Pennsylvania
and Anthony j. Griffin of New York.
During the debate on the bill last
week, Casey charged that the ban
had been put in the bill without his
knowledge. This was denied at the
time by Simmons, and the two had
quite an argument about it. On
Tuesday. Casey informed the House
that some one unknown to him had
inserted in the Congressional Rec
ord's account of the debate a state
ment by Simmons which Simmons
had not made on the floor and which
made him Casey seem ridiculous
to readers of the Record.
Yesterday, before Casey's speech.
on request of Minority Leader FINS
]. Garrett of Tennessee, Speaker
LongwOrth ruled that Simmons had
violated the custom of the House by
inserting the statement
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
Festival to Be Held in
HyattsviIIe Masonic Hall

washington Camp. No. ~, p. O..
S. of A., Of Hyattsville, Nd, will
hold a festival, at Masonic Hall in
Hyattsville tonight The entertain.
ment will start with street parade
at 1880, led by the band
of the Monumental Commanding
Lodge, No. SO, of Baltimore, under
the leadership of Price M. Benjamin,
followed by Camp No. 20 of Balti.
more women with colored lights.
Representative John C. Box of
Texas, will speak. Miss Margaret
Jones and Chick Godfrey, of Wash
ington, will furnish entertainment.
C. j.. Mattingly is in charge of the
arrangements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
Parent-Teacher Body
To Hear School Designer

William Butts lttner, designer of
Central High School and nationally
known school architect, will speak
on Modern School Buildings" at
the District of Columbia Congress Of
Parent-Teacher Associations, tonight
at o'clock at the First Congresa.
tional Church. Tenth and G Streets
Northwest. The lecture will be il
Illustrated.
This is the third OF a series OF
lectures conducted by the associa-
ton.
lttner was formerly commissioner
and architect for school buildings in
st. Louis, Mo-. and is the designer
of all st. Louis school buildings
erected before 1916.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
Vincent Costello Post
To Auction War Rifles

Five rifles, selected from the Vim
cent Costello Post of the American
Legion collection of German war
trophies, will be- auctioned off at
a special post session to be held
March 6, at 8 p. m, in the board
room of the District Building.
Thomas Mason, jr., commander,
announces that the members of the
Costello Post have been invited to
attend the ninth anniversary meet
ing of George Washington Post,
March Z. at the clubhouse, 1929 l
st. n. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
WHIFFs FROM WAYRAcK
DAKOTA DAN.

The Academy boys have won all their
basketball games TO date, beating
the White Fails High school, 90 10
-. Parade Props 2S 10 20, and Yer
nalvaIe. High, "a to 80, The next
game 10 Friday here with the I'm
high freshman team. which should
be the best one yet. Coach Hob
BraYely says If the boys use their
heads for something else than butfiDg
their. opponents they ought to win
all right.
The Liberty Bell Pharmacy an
1Oances the putting in of a line Of
the celebrated lronheart Chocolates.
EAT one box and you will never try
any OtheT.''-AdV.
waters Fein was to Parade on
business today.
Sheriff Gatlin has returned from
Dement,. where nc took Samson
MinnOw. who IL now IN the Insane
Hospital there.
. ri Dudgeon says we ought 10 keen
cut Of NtcaPanRY. iii says how
Sv9uld we like IT II them NIcarauReTs
was to send marines to our Demo
eFat convention?
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02


That Washington has become
thoroughly aroused to the fact that
the proposed traction consolidation
may be used chiefly as a camou-
flage for increased burdens upon
the street car users of the city
was indicated in many quarters
and gave new zest to the grilling
TO which advocates of the merger
are being subjected.
The cross-fire started yesterday
in the Senate against the merger,
in which Senators Brookhart,
Robinson and .Caraway were the
leaders, probably will be continued
while the merger hearings are in
progress. Up to the present time
no member of Congress has openly
championed the Harley +. Wilson
consolidation plan.
Congress holds the whip-hand
because any merger agreement
approved by the Public Utilities
Commission will have to be rati-
fled by both the House and Senate.
There is also the threat that the
Mcclellan resolution, calling upon
the commission to take legal steps
to force the traction companies
to observe their charter obligations
with respect. to a five-cent fare,
may be revived at any time.
From the start of the merger
negotiations, Senator Capper, chair
man of the Senate District Com.
mittee, has opposed any consolida.
ton which carries with it even the
possibility of increased street car
fares. Senator Robinson, Demo
cratic leader of the Senate. gave a
hint of the temper prevailing on
his side of the chamber by saying
that the present Scent cash fare
was one of the highest in the
country and should be reduced
rather than advanced.
Senator Brookhart, Iowa progress
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-02
D. A. r. State Conference
Names Mrs. D.D.CaldWeII

Succeeding Mrs. James NJ. Wiley,
Mrs. David d. Caldwell was named
State regent of the d. c. Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution,
at the annual State conference yes
terday at Memorial Continental
Hall.
The annual State meeting OF the
organization will be held today in
Memorial Hall, at which time 90
chapter regents will make reports.
Other officers elected were Miss
Helen Hartman. State vice regent;
Miss Nellie Ross. recording secre-
tary; Mrs. J.. Edgar Smith, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. George
Hillyer. jr., treasurer; Mrs. Harry C..
Grove. State historian, and Mrs.
II. B. Patten, State chaplain.