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agreement. the six p:wers- Great
Britain, France. Italy Belgium.
Japan and Germany-reached a
compromise that. unless unforeseen
complications develop. viii! result in
achievement OF the designs for
which the conference was as.
sembled.
The accord covers both the ac.
ceptance of the Young reparations
plan with its delicate structure un-
impaired, and the immediate evecu-
alton Of the Rhineland by the
allied armies.
TO reach the settlement, France.
Italy, Belgium and Japan have
pledged themselves to go five.sixths
of the way toward meeting the
demand Of Great Britain for an
additional $12,000,000 annually in
reparations over a period of 81
years. The compromise means that
Britain will receive $10,O00,0OO more
each year in the form OF repara-
tions payments.
Must Quit RhlneIaHd
Under the terms OF the agree
ment, Germany agrees not to press
her claim for 100000, ,O00 marks
overlapping between the Dawes and
Young plans. Capitalized at 7h
per cent and added to the offer
earlier made by the other former
allied nations to Britain, this brings
the total of concessions. to England
to more than rs per cent OF her
original demands.
Germany agreed to this tconces'
sion upon condition that the powers
sanction immediate evacuation Of
the Rhineland. Jubilant over ef.
fecting the compromise when the
conference seemed all but lost,
Premier Aristide BRAND Of France
Immediately announced that his ma
tion would join with the former
allies IN removing the occupational
troops from the Rhineland.
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British Government
Makes Full Report
On Holy Land Action

In response to representations
made by Ambassador Dawes, the
British government has informed the
State Department that it is taking
energetic measures to get the Pales-
tine situation in hand, Dawes re.
ported to the Department today.
The Ambassador reported in de-
tail the troop and ship movements
inaugurated by the British to restore
peace and order in the territory
wrought up by Moslem-Jewish riot
ing.
Meanwhile, the White House and
State Department were fairly flooded
with protests and appeals from
American Jews today, most of which
demanded active American interven-
ton to protect American Jews resi-.
dent in Palestine.
Consul General KnAbenshue at
Jerusalem cabled that all the Ameri-
cans wounded in the Moslem raids
earlier in the week have now been
evacuated to Jerusalem where they
can be better card for. Knabenshue
requested the detail of additional
consular help to assist in taking care
of the Americans.
Sir Esme Howard, the British am
bassador, will forward to his govern
ment their protest against the Pales-
tine uprisings, despite the failure Of a
delegation of prominent New York
Jews to get by diplomatic pro-
cedure of the State Department,
Sir Esme received them yesterday
and although the letter they had
attempted to transmit to him
through Secretary of State Stimson
was not delivered, they made their
protest and expression OF hope that
the British government would pro-
tect members of their race in Pal
estine.
The letter left at the State Depart.
ment earlier in the day, which bit.
terly arraigned the British admins.
tration in Palestine, was withdrawn
after the department had pointed out
certain passages which made 1t i'm.
proper to deliver to the British Am.
bassador.
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Lakehurst Prepares
To Welcome Zeppelin
AS World Journey Ends
By DAVID p. SENTNER


LAKEHURST, N. j., Aug. 2s
u.N.s.l-The Navy was all set to.
day to welcome home a famous
world traveller-ths Graf Yep.
The grouid crew which sent the
hirship on it's way three weeks ago
will pull the Yep down to earth some
time Wednesday night or Thursday
morning.
New York city officials and lead.
ing citizens were making, plans for
skies.
Won't Stay Long
Like a true traveller the Yep will
linger only four days here, accord
ing to word received from Los
Angeles. The Graf plans to take
off for Friedrichshafen the first Of
next week.
Despite the fact that the Graf
took off from Los Angeles sooner
than officials here expected, there
will be sufficient fuel gas and
hydrogen available for the needs
Of the airship.
Marines To Help
Only passengers debarking at Los
Angeles were passed by customs Off.
eials SO that the round-the-world rid
ers win be examined here. However,
the procedure will be more of a
formality than an inspection. and
the customs men are competing for
the honor of 1t.
A special train will take the pas.
aengers into New York following
the arrival Of the Yep.
An added detail Of marines is due
here tomorrow to keep the expected
crowd in bounds.
Refreshment stand owners and
souvenir surveyors swarmed over
the area today selecting choice
spots for their booths.
NEW YORK. Aug. % U.N.S1.-
Naval communications headquarters
here reported that it had tried un-
successfully for several hours to
communicate with the Graf Yep.
pelin. They said they were able to
pick up messages from the Graf but
had failed to obtain any response
from messages sent to the dirigible.
Naval authorities are desirous of
transmitting to Commander Eckener
directions for the landing of the Yep
at Lakehurst.
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DERBY THRONES
AWAIT GRAF
By HOMER H. METZ

CLEVELAND, Aug. % Q.N.S).
Today might aptly be termed "blue
ribbon day at the 1929 National
Air Races now in progress at the
Municipal Airport here.
Spectators of this afternoons
session of the big derby tournament
will witness the appearance of the
two largest dirigibles in the world.
the Graf Zeppelin and the Los
Angeles.
The Zeppelin, according to latest
dispatches, is expected over the
airport about / p. m. It will fly
around the field at a low altitude
in order to give the crowd a good
closeup of it and then will pro-
ceed on to Lakehurst, N. j., for
the finish of its history-making
round-the.world flight.
The Los Angeles, which is flying
here from New Jersey, will arrive
over the air field at p. M, and
then will be moored to a specially
constructed mast in the center Of
the arena directly in front of the
grandstand.
Another feature Of the day, but
one which will hardly be witnessed
by many of the spectators, mas
much as it will take place too
early in the morning. will be the
refueling of the Boeing plane in
which Capt. Ira Eaker, OF Question
Mark fame, is attempting to lower
the transcontinental flight record
from Los Angeles to New York
and return.
The appearance Of the Los
Angeles, incidentally, viii be
featured by a demonstration of the
Nays newly developed stunt Of
hitching and unhitching an airplane
to the bottom OF a dirigible while
both machines are in flight.
This latest marvel of flying will
be demonstrated either late today
or tomorrow.
Other events on today's program
include acrobatics, glider contests,
a short race for women, Army and
Navy squadron maneuvers and
balloon bursting contests.
Near tragedy stalked the races
yesterday for the first time. Martha
Stevens, a pretty 19-year-old Colum-
bus, Ohio, girl suffered broken legs
when her parachute failed to open
properly in a leap from a plane
flying at an altitude of 1900 feet.
In, some unexplained manner the
girls shroud lines became tangled
and the chute did not open suffi-
GENTLY. Dangling helplessly at the
bottom of the fouled chute, she
plunged to earth rapidly and landed
feet foremost in an open road far
to the west of the airDOrt.
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Nebraska Twins More
Alike Than Two Peas

DENVER, Aug. 2S U.N.S.l.-Linus
and Leon Carroll. twins. OF Cam
bridge. Neb., are twins in more ways
than physical appearances,
First, they are both athletes Of
striking similarity. They each held
down a backfield position on the
Cambridge High SCHOOL, football
team, were mate forwards on the
basketball team: each star In the
hurdles and broad jump on the
track, and each took part IN the
shuttle relay team that established
a new interscholastic record at the
Nebraska meet last year.
The two CAROLS have been visit
ing relatives in Longntont, Col,
and made frequent visits 70 Denver.
They plan 20 attend the UntvagGsy
OF Nebraska next tan =
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. %.
A S preparations were being
~ completed for the con-
"A tinuance of the Graf
Zeppelin's flight, Comdr. Hugo
Eckener spoke for the first
time for publication of the
epochal transpacific voyage.
DR.. Eckener made other inter-
esting statements in answering
the following questions:
What was the extent and
effect of electrical storm on
trip from Japan?
A.-The Graf Zeppelin en-
countered electric storms off
the Japanese coast; flew around
part Of them, lodged through
others.
At any event, even a direct
hit on the ship would not have
been serious, as the metal frame
work of the Graf Zeppelin con-
stitutes a virtual "FAraday
case" over which the electric
charge would be distributed and
pass off without harm to the
vessel.
Zeppelin ships have been hit
by lightning in the past without
any damage.
Larger, Ships Needed
Q.-Is transpacific travel
feasible in airships Of Graf
Zeppelin's class, or would you
recommend larger or smaller
size ships?
A.-Transpacific travel is en-
tirely feasible with Zeppelin
airships, but such ships designed
for regular commercial service
should be larger and faster than
the Graf, which was built to
demonstrate the possibilities OF
this service.
Q.-Does the Los Angeles
Lakehurst route offer difficult
ties greater than other portions
of the trip?
A.-The two land journeys OF
the Graf present more diff
culties than the ocean crossing,
so this comparison is largely
as between the flights over ST.
IBERIA and the American flight.
In America we shall have to
fly at higher attitudes, but this
apparently is offset by the ex-
cellent weather service covering
every part of the route. a
feature that was absent in vast
areas over Siberia.
Maps Here Reliable
In America, also, maps are COM
plete and dependable, whereas
in Siberia considerable stretches
of country are still largely un-
known. For instance, we found
mountains in different places
and at greater attitudes than
were indicated.
Q.-Do you believe lighter
than-air craft could maintain
regular schedules on route thus
far traversed by the Graf Zep-
pelin?
A.-The maintenance of regu-
lar passenger schedules by Zep-
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Dr.. Eckener In InterUieU Predicts
RequIar Ocean Route for Aircraft

comfortably toward their desina-
tion. A
For example, in the Japanese
flight, we ncounte red an
"Aleutian low'' and, hooking onto
the under side of it, made ex-
cellent time.
Q.--What was the outstand-
ing event Of the trip?
A.-The rapidity with which
the trip was made, covering
$500 miles in less than three
days, counting the time from
Japan to San Francisco, where
we crossed over the mainland.
Next was the fact that we had
100 per cent margin in fuel,
having used less than half OF
our supply.
The Graf used only 100000
cubic feet Of fuel gas out Of the
$4,000 cubic feet with which
it started from Tokyo, and but
three out Of the seven tons OF
gasoline.
Q.-Your impression Of Japa-
nese reception?
Al was very much i'm.
pressed with the sincerity and
enthusiasm with which the
Japanese people greeted the air
ship.
Plays Safe at Landing
Q.-What is your reaction to
the successful completion OF the
flight thus far?
A.-The project successfully
completed, / believe the time is
ripe for the commercial ex-
ploitation Of transoceanic trans
port by Zeppelin ships.
Odd you consider landing
as night in Los Angeles offered
too much of o risk, or why was
landing delayed after reaching
here from San Francisco!
A.-Night landings have been
made by Zeppelin ships many
times, and if had been per-
sonallv familiar with the ter
rain at Los Angeles / would
have landed Immediately on ar
rival, but waited until sunrise
in order to assure full safety
Of the landing.
Q.-over what cities do you
intend passing on the flight
to Lakehurst? ?
Alt cannot be determined
in advance, but will be deter
mined by weather conditions,
selecting such courses as promise
the simplest and most favorable
journey.
Q.-What do you wish to im-
press upon the public as far
as the Zeppelin's flight is con-
cerned?
A.-That Southern California
offers most favorable soil for
the development of lighter-than-
. air operations, in view Of the
United States Nays decision
to establish a Government base
in this section, and the plans
under consideration by the
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation,
our associate in this new in
dustry, to establish commercial
operations across the Pacific,
with terminals in California.
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will be bettered BY newer, strong
er and faster ships.
Q.-Was there any trouble on
flight?
A.-No.
Q.-What m echan cal and
operation improvements have
been suggested by the flight?
Route Not Changed
A.-Increase in carrying
capacity and speed of ships SO
as to select its weather in q
way that will insure maximum
advantage.
Q.-Why was original schedule
of route to Pacific Coast from
Japan altered
A.-The original sche dule
across the Pacific from Japan
was never changed because no
route was ever settled upon.
In contrast to the surface
navigator, who uses his charts
to avoid rocks, the airship navi-
gator tries by barornetric charts
to select such q course as from
time to time will carry his
passengers most swiftly and
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One Passenger in W Health

When the Graf cast off from the mooring mast at
Mines Field Los Angeles at 415 Eastern daylight
ing time yesterday morning, Dr. Hugo Eckener,
mander of the drgble expressed the hope of arriving
that he counted making the long journey in So hours
but the necessarily slow Texas will make it
difficult for him to achive this ambition.
1t learned today that the Graf Zeppelin carries
invalid, reported to be in precarious state of health
freess intercepted by the Los Angeles Examiner
from the Graf declared that Baron Heinz Perckhammer
journalist employed by large German newspaper organza
ton and Of the passengers the round flight
had been stricken with heart attack shortly after the Graf
passed Ell Paso last evening.
DR. Alfonso Megas personal physician to the King of Spain
and also passenger the flight administered aid to the
stricken He given temporary treatment while the
dgbe scared half mile above the earth above the Texan
expanses and informed by Dr. Megia that he must remain
in bed and utterly inactive for considerable period in order
that his recovery might be made certain.
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pelin airships around the world
presents no technical difficult
ties, but presumes the estab-
lishment of complete ground
support for the ships, such as
hangers, masts, fuel supplies,
and the like, in order that de-
pendable and comfortable trans
portation service can be given.
Needn't Fear Weather
Q.--What did the flight prove?
A.-The flight proved that
Zeppelin airships need not fear
any type of meteorological dis
turbance. For instance, we flew
30 hours through fog and rain,
and at the end of that time,
when we came to verify our posi-
tion with the japanese merchant
vessel, we found that we were on
our course.
Q.-Do you believe the actual
flying time of Graf Zeppelin
around the world can be short
ened to less than the estimated
II days?
A.-Unquestionably the salts
factory mark made by the Graf
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Physician Celebrates
His Goth Birthday

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, Aug.
S.-Dr. Charles Fenton Russell, who
celebrated his ninetieth birthday at
the home of his daughter in Chevy
Chase, Nd. last week. is a native
of Harpers Ferry.
DIR. Russell is thought to be the
oldest practicing physician in the
United States. He Is graduate OF
Virginia Military Institute, and Of
the University Of Maryland. He is
a Confederate veteran, and was
wounded at Gettysburg.
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Manassas Girl to Aid
LOudOun County Fair

MANASSAS, Va, Aug. 2S.-Miss
Mary e. Bell. Of Manassas. home
demonstration agent Of Price VIII
Ham county, will have charge Of the
women's exhibits at the Loudoun
county fair and horse show next
week, it is announced.
Ford e. Young, Washington,
D. c.; Thomas G. Samuel, Rosslyn,
Va; A.. S. Craven, Greenwood, Va;
Miss r. Belle, Burke. Blacksburg,
Va; w. B. Kemp, Maryland, will be
among the judges at thST fAiA
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Barrymore Pair Sued
For $3.50 By Doctor

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Aug. 28
UN.S0.-Suit for $2,8gO was on
file here today against Lionel Bar
rymore, actor. and his wife, Irene
Fenwick Barrymore.
The action was brought by DR..
Louis Rene Kaufman, New York
who claims the amount is due for
medical service.
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HOLY LAND
WARFARE
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outnumber by far the available Brit.
ish troops, in Palestine. and there
are unconfirmed rumors that Jeru-
salem Is in grave danger from the
advancing horde.
Although the situation in Jerusa-
lem proper Is now more or less calm,
riots between Jews and Arabs are
continuing In the outlying settle
ments OF the Holy Land, the Moslem
raiders apparently being undismayed
by the large force OF British soldiers
and marines which has already ar.
rived to protect Jewish residents.
1900 Marines Arrive
A force of ] 400 marines disem.
barking today at Jaffa, the port of
Jerusalem, will be stationed at Ludd,
10 miles away, which Is the main
railway junction in Palestine and an
important strategic point. With the
arrival of these new reinforcements,
British government officials believe
that one company of troops can now
be posted in every city of Palestine,
which is regarded as sufficient guar.
autee against further outbreaks.
However. reports from outlying
sections indicate that the anti
semitic attacks which already have
cost more than $50 Jewish lives.
have only begun.
A state of panic now prevails in
Haifa despite the presence OF a
large force or British troops and
armored cars. Scores OF Arabs.
hidden in turrets of houses, in
trees and on roofs. are sniping at
passersby in the streets and busi-
ness of the town IL virtually at a
standstill.
Bodies Terribly MutiIated
Additional details were received
here today of the recent Arab at
tack upon the Slobodka Rabbinical
College, at Hebron. 20 miles outside
of Jerusalem, In which IL young
American students were among the
50 who lost their lives. The Jewish
telegraphic agency reports that the
bodies OF some Of the dead wree so
mutilated that they were virtually
nnrecognizable, and no one was per.
mitted to view them.
Witnesses were quoted by the
agency as stating that a 6O.year-old
rabbi, one of the instructors at the
college, was burned alive by the raid
ing Arabs.
In Jerusalem up to today there
have been % Jews killed and 26
wounded. The figures for the num-
ber of Jews killed in the attacks at
Hebron are put at so dead and IA
wounded. but survivors place the
number of killed at 65.
At Motza, six have been killed; at
GAIA, two are dead, and at Haifa,
four were killed and eight wounded
prior to the serious outbreak Of yes
terday.
At Tel.Aviv, the new All,Jewish
settlement outside of Palestine, there
are six dead and 10 wounded. At
Kastinich, 3 dead ana wounded.
at Beison, 2 killed and wounded.
BEIRUT. Syria, Aug. % U.N.Sl.
Reports that the Arab uprising in
Palestine was spreading to Syria
spread today as French troops con-
tinued forcible prevention OF
Moslems from entering this country
from Palestine.
Reports received here place the
number of dead in Palestine up
rising at more than 900.
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WOMEN no HOLD PICNIC

LYON VILLAGE. Aug. 28.-The
Lyon Village Woman's Club holds
it's annual picnic today in the
wooded section in the. rear of the
offices of Lyon & Fitch on the Lee
Highway. All members, their
families and friends are invited
to attend.
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New Mineral Spring
Discovered in Germany

BAD REICHENHALI4, Aug. 2s
QN.S.).-A new saline mineral
spring, rich in carbonic acid, has
been discovered in the spa. The
spring was located by a dowser
with his ''divining rod" of witch
hazel, an ancient procedure still
held in esteem in Germany.
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SWIFT HURT I'M CAR CRASH

CHICAGO. Aug. % Q.N.S).-
Charles H. Swift, vice president Of
Swift and Company, packers, was
in the Presbyterian Hospital today
suffering from triple fracture of
the arm suffered In an automobile
'ace1denA
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DISTRICT CLUB MEETS

CLARENDON, Va, Aug. 2S.--
The executive committee of "The.
Back.to-the-Dist Club" of which
DR.. Frank T: Stone is the president
will meet tonight at the home Of
the president in Clarendon.
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Speed Is Greatly Cut Down

s. Late dispatches from the drigible and from points
along the route told how the Zeppelin fighting
adverse winds of 3O-mile an hour velocity. With
this mlooked-for complication the 7O-mie an hour
average speed the Graf achieved during its long
flight three-quarters of the way around the world
I Som Lakehurst to Los Angeles, has now been re-
Y Ned to hardly more than 40 miles an hour.
II ne Graf, however, should soon pass out Of the
Al of strong headwinds, and with favorable
vi Der conditions is expected to make up for the
sva pie time lost in combating elemental disturb.
sAng& over the State of Texas
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DANVILLE PLANS AIRPORT

RICHMOND. Va; Aug. 2s.-The
city of Danville, Va, through its
mayor, Harry Wooding, has applied
to the state corporation. commits
sion for permission to establish an
lairpOrt and landing fislA.
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IS GREATLY CUT.
BUT SHIP SAILS ON
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Is passengers and crew of 81 on the last
lap of the first commercial circumnavigation
of the globe by air, swept over Arizona and
the expansive reaches Of Texas, contrary
winds of violent proportions have put tre-
nendous handicap in the way of its prog.
ress across the country.
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Few details OF the barOn's COZ
lapse have been made known. as
the incident was reported only in
. perfunctory wireless message sent
out from the Graf during the early
hours of the morning. l: was
stated, however. that the patient
was resting comfortably. and that
his eventual recovery was GER.
fainty.
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RECED|NGLANDS
FOUGHT BY
STATES

The proposal Of President Hoover
for a limited gift by the Federal
Government Of $50 .0o0,O 900 acres Of
public lands to Western States ap-
peared doomed today even before It
has been passed upon by the gov<A
ernors OF the so-called public land"
States.
The plan would have to be ratified
by Congress and so much Congress 4
sional opposition followed in the
wake of the Presidents suggestion
that predictions of it's abandonment
are already heard. The proposal fell
flat, so far as Senators from West.
ern States were concerned, and
chiefly because of the ''strings" at
tached to 1t. They pointed out that
all the forest reserves, oil reserves
and mineral rights would be re.
tanned by the Government, and dex7
clared the remaining land would be
worthless" to the States.
States Complain :.
The President apparently believed
his offer would be generally accept
able to Western States, since their
representatives have complained for
years that the Federal Government
held too great an acreage within
their respective States.
In Nevada alone. the Federal Gov
ernment holds approximately IS per
cent of the States area. The situa-u
tion is but little better in Wyoming
and Montana, with large Federal
areas located in Idaho, Washington,
Colorado and Arizona.
Reduce U. s. Costs
One Republican leader, who dis
cussed the plan with Mr.. Hoover,
told International News Service the
Presidents idea was to reduce the
costs Of administering the Interior
Department while comforting
favor on the public land" States.
He scarcely anticipated his offer
would meet with such immediate
and widespread opposition, this
leader declared.
Senator Rorah tR.), OF idaho. led
the opposition. He declared the
Presidents proposal would 'impOv.
erish" the States that accepted 1t.