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The Life Story of DR.. Hugo Eckener
BY HUGH ALLEN

and Won Schiller as my chief
officers"
Vissering looked his aston1shmenu
Any one of the three officers was
fully competent to take command.
Each indeed had flown airships over
thousands of miles. Lehman the
senior pilot, had piloted close to a
thousand flights. And yet the doc
tor was to fly himself and to take
his three best pilots with him.
The America nventured protest.
"It is placing all your eggs in enc
basket" he said. IF misfortune
should meet the ship on the way
across, who would carry on the
work? The prudent thing would be
to send one of the other pilots over
with the ship, to hold something ~
reserve"
DR. Eckener arose from his great
chair, stared down across the desk
at the American
II have full confidence in my
ship" he said 1--WE have put the
best of our engineering experience
into it No one may say that we
ourselves of all people have lack Of
confidence in our vessel. I shall
take the ship across myself"
4
NN the morning of Oct. II, 400
" men walked the new ship out
of the hangar for final weigh-o off
on the field. The severe test flights
over Germany and up into Sweden
satisfied DR.. Eckener that Arm
STEMS calculations as to stresses,
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lift and pressure had been cor
rest, that Duerrs workmanship
had been sturdy and dependable,
that the new Maybach cotors
could be relied on to carry the ship
safely on it's long trip across the
Atlantic.
Four American officers, Captain
George w. Steele, Commander M.
E. Krause, Commander j. H. Kline
Jr., and Major Frank M. Kennedy,
were the only passengers.
AS Steele and later Kline were
to command the ship once it passed
into American hands the flight
would be good training for them.
DR.. Eckener at the bridge gave
a signal to Won Schiller.
Stand by for weigh-off," meg
aphoned Won Schiller. Forty men
standing at the hand rails around
the control car, 800 men holding
to spider web ropes came to at
tention.
While bands blared and hundreds
of villagers and visitors from all
over Germany cheered and waved
frantic farewells, the veteran COM
mander looked out the window,
made a final appraisal of the ships
equilibrium. nodded in satisfaction,
called "Hoch, up ship"
Il
TINE motors idling till now in low
l. murmur, surged into sudden
roar. The ship moved forward,
heading into the wind, swung out
over Zeppelin village, out over the
lake, circled back Ger the city, then
set it's rudders in westward course
Church bells sent up the final
greeting from earth, "Aufwieder-
sehn Good Luck"
The flight to America was under
way.
The dream of the old Count was
at last to be realized.
The big ship crossed the Atlantic
and was landed at Lakellurst on
Oct. IS, having travelled 5000 miles
in 81 hours.
Ito Be Continued
NEXT: Four long years of idle
ness, raising funds and then the
Graf Zeppelin.
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Boston Does 1t Again

1t is regrettabe but hardly surprising to read that
Boston has banned Eugene ONeills play, Strange
Interiude"
The play was given in New York for many months
1t has been given many other cities, large and
some relatively small 1t is presented by an intelligent
and sincere organization of theatrical artists, and it
Is the work of the foremost American dran1atst.
But Boston would have none of it.
Perhaps Boston is only trying to live up to its
reputation. 1t has set considerable Of record for
old -madishness in the last few years. and it may
have decided that this record might be forgotten if
the official censor we're not allowed to display his
dumbness once more.
It is interesting, though, to reflect that only a
few years ago Boston the center of American
culture and liberalism
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The Knees of the Male

The arbers of mems fashions seem to have devised
a number of radical innovations for the males garb
next summer
1t is written, hear, that new kind of pants
Is to make its appearance; gaudy, Sybaritic affair
somewhat like pair of basket ball trunks cut off six
inches above the knee. which will leave lengthy bit
of leg exposed to the fresh air the incement August
rains and the curious public gaze.
This, they say, will be much cooler and more COM
Portable than the present trousers Very likely that is
true. Yet we shudder at the idea, somehow.
For, if the horrid truth must be told the average
male knee is not pretty 1t is usually knobby, some
what hrsute and altogether unprepossessing Much as
we like frankness and comfort. feel that most men
should out of kindness to the great American public,
keep their knees concealed.
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CHAPTER x
UT was great day for Fried
..s.1.rAnfn., rr-lnnrn tho 1unrd GOT

VT was a great day for Fried
l. richshafen when the word got
around in 1923 that LuftSchiffbau
Zeppelin was to build another air
ship.
Times had been hard in the viii
lage since the BodenSee and
Nordstern were taken away and
the great Zeppelin factories closed
for Friedrichshafen had become a
Zeppelin town, and the rise and de-
cline of Zeppelin fortunes affected
all the inhabitants.
Most of the male population of
Friedrichshafen had ben en-
ployed in one or another of the
Zeppelin plants. In the slack
postwar days Won Gemmingen,
Eckener, ColSman and $ae others
had used their utmost ingenuity to
give employment to as many people
as possible, trying to hold together
the organization.
The presses that had been used
to make girder parts were diverted
to aluminium kitchen utensils. The
Maybach plant was building auto
mobiles and motor boat engines,
the gear plant was building gears
for Wits customers it could find,
the PoSdam hangar near Berlin
was leased to film company and
here the genius of Reinhardt and
others we're already at work on
novel scenic effects.
NFFICERS of the company rode
" to work on bicycles. A small
white-washed building near the Of
fees was the garage. At each rack
was the name of the man to which
that space was assigned neatly let
tered on the wall" Eckener," "Cols-
man." lehman" "Guerr," and so
on. Plain living was the rule.
And so there was widespread re-
joicing in Friedrichshafen with the
news that at last the shops would
open up. The men hurried back
to their old places, many of them
crippled from the war but with a
new spring in their step.
The ship which was to be built for
the American navy, in accordance
with Lloyd Georges suggestion and
the approval of President Harding,
was to be no larger than the larg-
est one previously built, which linn
tied it's size to 100000 cubic feet,
but DR.. Eckener was determined it
should be the best ship Zeppelin
had yet built. 1t was to be called
tibet ZR-3.
There were many conferences
with Duerr, construction head; with
Arnstein. designer and chief
engineer; with Maybach. The pent-
up energies of the staff released,
all were eager to put into effect the
improvements that they had been
working out in the draughting room
in the four years of enforced idle
ness.
A T last. in the late summer Of
L n 1924. the great ship was ready
for delivery to America.
AS this ship was built G. o. D.,
Luftschiffbau's job was not COM
pleted until he had turned the ship
over to the American navy at Lake
hurst.
who is going to fly the ship
over?a asked Harry Vissering. Amer
lean representative of the company,
curiously during the summer.
81 will fly it over myself" said
Eckener simply.
u viii take Lehman, Fleming
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Speed in Farm Relief

Alexander Legge. named by President Hoover as
chairman OF the federal farm board, pointed out to
senators who were criticisng his officials acts that
it had taken congress eight years to pass farm re-
lief bill and that his board had been functoning only
two months The confirmation of Legge was being
considered.
: His point was weu-taken. The idea that any
or group of men, though they have at their dis
posal sl5O0oO0Oo can reyolutonize the farming in
custry over night, is grotesque The farm problem is
deep-rooted and complicated. Its solution, if there
is TO be one will be matter of years.
Legge left his job as head of the International
Harvester Company to take his present post at the
earnest solicitation of President Hoover. The entire
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-28
Silence Not Justified

TINE country must not imagine
l. that New York is picking up a
murder as the focal point in its mu-
nicipal campaign out of morbid
curiosity or for lack of something
better to discuss.
While not particularly excited,
New York would like to know just
why there was so much racket at
the outset and so much silence
later on.
If the racket was justified, the
ensuing silence was not.
BY the same token If the en-
suing silence was justified, District
Attorney Banton's sudden awakening
leaves a big question mark on the
horizon.
1t is to be conceded that Dis
trict Attorney Banton may have
been irritated by the political sharp
shooting of his opponents, but what
has that to do with George Nc
Manus' guilt, or the possibility of
convicting him?
To put it in another way, If justice
is the only object, the Rothstein
case has nothing to do with politics.
Contrasting what has happened
during the last eleven months with
what has happened during the last
few days, it is hard to believe that
politics has had nothing to do with
the Rothstein case.
Putting aside the abrupt dismissal
of the late Police Commissioner
Warren for failure to unravel it as
ancient history, putting aside not
only the release of all the witnesses,
but of McManus himself on bail and
coming down to very recent times,
it looks as though politics could
be credited with rejuvenating the
Rothstein case at least, and as
though District Attorney Banton
considered the charges of his OPP
ponents worthy of attention, if not
comment.
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M. E.. Tracy
Sudden Activity Shown In
Rothstein Murd er Case
Probe Is Rather Amazing.
SAYS:

DIsTRICT ATTORNEY BAN
OTON of New York orders
George McManus to trial in the
Rothstein case.
He may have good reasons for
such a sudden and amazing change
of attitude. If so, he should take
the public into his confidence.
Otherwise, the public will be JUS
titled in feeling puzzled, If not
suspicious.
1t is to be conceded at the outset
that District Attorney Bantor may
have discovered some new evidence
which he has not seen fit to an
nounce.
Barring that contingency, his ac-
tivity requires explanation.
Without new evidence, he is in
the same position he was three,
six, or even nine months ago, and
has failed to try a man whom he
could convict, or now plans to try
one whom he can't.
Again barring the contingency
Of newly discovered evidence, moth
ing has happened to throw light on
the Rothstein case except little
politics,
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Questions and
AnSzOerS

Who wrote the lyric poem MAR
pessa?"
Stephen Phillips. 1t was published
by John Lane Company, New York
and London, in 1900. The story is
from Greek mythology. Marpessa,
being given her choice by zeus be-
tween the god Apollo and the mortal
Idas, chose Idas.
How many troops were furnished
by the state of Maryland to the
Federal army during the Civil war?
A total of 62,961 men including
50,318 white troops. S,718 Negro
troops and 1925 sailors and marines.
What Is the derivation Of the
word limousine?
The name has been applied in
the automobile trade to a certain
type of body. There seems to be no
connection between it and the
French word limousin, which means
a coarse mantle, or rough masonry.
Why Is 1t easier to swim In salt
water than in fresh water?
Because salt water is more buoy
ant and less effort is required to
keep afioat.
When was Colonel Lindbergh
born, and how old was he when he
few to Paris?
He was born Feb. 4, 1902, and
left for Paris by airplane on May
90 1877
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Hoover

TINE survey Of the engineering
l. profession comes at All oppor-
tune time. The nation in genAyal
is coming more and more to think in
terms of engineering.
Many people hold the view that
Herbert Hoover's success as secretary
of commerce, and the success which
he has enjoyed so far as President,
were the result of his engineering
training.
There has been a tendency In
cities adopting the city manager
plan of government to secure engi-
neers as city managers.
This general trust in engineers is
an inevitable result of the growth
of science.
People find themselves surrounded
today by many new things which
they do not understand completely.
They find themselves dependent
upon the opinions Of electrical en-
gineerS, radio engineers, transpor-
tation engineers, chemical engineers
and many others.
1t is natural, therefore, that they
should turn to these same men 10
solve problems in other fields.
Such terms as civic engineering
and human engineering, are creep
ing into the language, showing the
trend of the times.
1t is a good thing, therefore, both
for the public and the engineers
themselves, that they take stock OF
their own abilities, ideals and re-
sponsibilities.
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Detectives

.ONE of the first tasks to be un-
~ dertaken in the survey will be
a classification of the various types
Of engineers.
There will be classifcations into
which each type of engineer belongs
and a statement Of the qualifications
requisite to each classification" the
committee announces.
"This is particularly needed in the
federal government service"
The question of government regis
tration of engineers will also be
studied.
Registration of engineers prevails
in some twenty states" the commit
tee says.
This movement has had no guild
ance on the part of any major frac-
ton of the profession. However, be-
cause of existing registration laws.
no adequate plan can be projected
relating to the economic and pro-
fessional status of the engineer
without giving due consideration to
the influences and trends of regis
tration.
such survey as is contemplated
will not fail to bring to light GER
tain related questions, which will Of
necessity have to be pursued in some
degree to get that breadth Of com
prehension necessary to an inclusive
judgment and action.
There should be opportunity to
set up certain forward looking and
comprehensive detectives for the
profession.
1T is hoped that major objec-
tives for the profession to endeavor
to realize in the years ahead can
be set up"
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Holy Smoke

copal church. South, meeting at Cumberland. de-
voted many hours of debate to the question OF
whether young minister should be passed deacon
because he refused to promise to give up smoking
l6-year-uld rule of the church. it developed
forebade ministers to smoke, Older members of the
.clergy-those who wore the cloth at the time the
rule was enacted-may smoke much they like
and in public And they do, even the bishop at the
conference.
The young man. stories said. OF excellent
character and had studied hard for the ministry
and demonstrated his ability. Yet adverse report
concerning him was presented.
strange story to read in 1929 A. D.
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of the board was selected with the greatest
care by the President.
The board is proceeding cautiously than
some senators would have it.
This, we believe, is what the public and the
farmers themselves want. The creation of response
Bile cooperative organizations and sterilization cor
porations will take time Where such co-operativeS
now exist the board has shown disposition to deal
with them 1t has insisted however that government
funds be used with reasonable regard for safety.
The appropriation for farm relief was not a sub
sidy The worst thing for farmers that could happen
would be hasty and il-advised action which would
bring failure of the program
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>Z[Et%SSS
lsf7|4e'
ANNIVERSARY.
84sIt
EIGHT WITCHES" HANGED

EIGHT WlICHES HANGED
Sept. %.
NN Sept. %, 1892, eight persons
" were hanged for alleged witch
craft in Massachusetts,, eliminating
the witchcraft madness at Salem.
The people of Massachusetts at the
time, like most other Christian peo-
pie of the seventeenth century, be-
slicved in hideous crime called
witchcraft.
But for more than sixty years
after the founding of the colony, no
one ever had been punished, or even
convicted Of the crime, with three
or four exceptions.
Then suddenly wave Of witch
craft madness swept the community.
Children testified against their own
mothers. relative accused relative
ano many persons we're thrown into
prison.
Convicted by prejudiced juries
and somtines even without trial.
more than a score Of alleged
witches were hanged and 300
others accused.
On Sept. %, 1892, eight persons
we're hanged, while terror-stricken
or plying people looked on. Some
would have rescued them, but they
had no leaders.
A fortnight later, representatives
of the colony assembled to remon-
strate against the doings Of the
w;tchcraft tribunal. The system Of
courts was reorganized and, almost
as suddenly as they had begun, the
witchcraft hangings ceased and the
public mind again had security and
freedorh
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Man Is Different Kind Of Machine

the appearance on its followers by
scientific geneticS.
At the same time the human be-
ing must respond inevitably to nat
ural processes in its environment.
This the human does with his mind,
whereas lower species and material
objects resound only as the physical
changes influence them.
Mental acts, Professor Herrick
points out, are natural because we
are natural bodies and they are
therefore the real determiners of
conduct and character. They are
part of the biologic machinery regu-
lating and controlling life.
Self-control by voluntary effort
is an activity Of the human body.
Self-control can be strengthened
and cultivated by training, just as
muscular training in riding bicycle
can be cultivated.
Man is machine, but distinctly
and apparently the only thinking
machine.
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automatic powers Ct regulation and
repair.
The human machine is a part of
the great system of life. There is
order and system in nature which
may be called evolution, or which
may be credited to some higher
power.
There is no scientific support for
the fatalistic conception of life nor
for the belief that everything is or
has been in life was predetermined.
Many things develop as result
of natural agencies. Professor Her
rick wisely points out that mech
anistic conception of life demands
first of all a recognition Of the
meaning Of mechanism.
The chief function of any mech
anism is to control the agents which
are a part of its busienss.
The human being has the great
est capacity for self-regulation Of
any mechanism on earth. 1t even
can control the disappearance or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-28
SCIENCE
Cities Adopting the Manager
Form of Government Have
a Tendency to Select Engi-
neers as Managers.
BY DAVID DIETZ.

ENGINEERS, having conducted
IL surveys of thousands of things,
ranging from Arctic oil fields to
African diamond mines. are plan
ming to turn their surveying instru-
ments upon themselves.
They are planning, according to
an announcement Of the American
Engineering council, to study them
selves.
The aim of the survey is two
fold. 1t is hoped that it will benefit
both the engineers and society as
a whole.
Earnings will be analysed.
yardstick will be applied to the en-
gineer as a professional man, the
trends of engineering thought ex-
plored, and machinery devised to
adjust the relationships Of engineers
whenever difficulties arise either
nationally or locally" the COMMITTEES
in charge of the survey announces.
Engineers are presumed to be
analyzerS and planners, and there
fore it is logical to believe that
by analyzing their own calling they
can perform a constructive service
both to themselves and to the pub
lic," says Arthur w. Berresford of
New York, president of the council.
H. c. Morris, retired mining en-
gineer of Washington, D. c., is
chairman of the committee which
Berresford has appointed to con~
duct the survey.
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Meaning Is Hidden

A T first thought it may seem
L n cheap fer the greatest city in
America to be devoting so much
attention to murder, but murder.
like any other social episode, may
have peculiar meaning. II bank
failure can expose graft, as hap
pened in the City Trust case, why
can not killing reveal crookedness
and corruption?
It is possible, to be sure, that the
people of New York have miscon-
strued, If not overestimated, the
Rothstein case.
1t is possible that it just was
one more homicide, which the po-
lice failed to solve, through circum-
stances over which they had no con-
troll, and that the district attorney
has been justified in not forcing Nc
Manus, or any one else, to trial.
On the other hand, there is
grounds for suspecting that it was
something more.
Arnold Rothstein was killed few
days before the national election of
last year.
He was not only a gambler, but
had participated in a very interest
ing poker game just before the kill
ing occurred.
He was not dead when found, but
expired in a hospital the second day
afterward.
While the police appeared unable
to learn anything from him during
his stay in the hospital, those who
wanted him to sign a new will had
better luck, though only to see their
work spoiled by the courts.-AHis
death caused considerable furore.
This was attributed to his prom
inent social and political connec-
tions. Curiously enough, gossip has
held the same thing responsible for
failure to find out who killed him.
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Daily Thought

For ye shall go out with JOY,
and be led forth with peace; the
mountains and the hills shall
break forth before you into sing
ing, and all the trees Of the fields
shall clap their hands.--Isaiah
55:12.
q
One hour of joy dispels the cares
and sufferings Of q thousand years.
-Baptiste.
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T Asst year debates were held all
IL over the United States by sew
eral eminent debaters on the ques"'
ton as to whether or not man is
machine.
The question is answered as well
as it can be answered with our
modern knowledge of science by
Professor c. Judson Herrick in his
new book called MANTLE Think
ing Machine"
OF course, a human being is not
a machine like a loom or a rotary
press. If belt or a cog wheel
breaks or any power apparatus, the
machine is likely to stop until some
body repairs the damage.
The human being is the most
complex machine that possibly can
be imagined. 1t has tremendous
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor journal OF the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-01-04

lie wrath to the point of action, as
for example when the notorious
Tweed regime was smashed in New
York in the 70's. Other examples
could be cited but opposed to them
would be more numerous instances of
corruption waxing mighty and going
almost unchallenged. Right in our
own days there have been the oil
scandals, besmirching two national
administrations and threatening to
reverberate into a third, yet public
opinion has apparently never been
greatly exercised over oil corruption
and oil hypocrisy.
True, there have been some rays of
light in recent times. Chicago smote
its political corruptionists a few
months ago, and there have been STIR
rings of revolt against political cor
ruption in other places. If these
really mark widespread public re-
vulsion against corruption and hypoc-
risy, they are cheering But do they ?