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The Washington times., 1929-05-16

DR.. Eckener believes that the trip
will take about so hours, his original
intention to fly via the great circle
route having been baked by unfavor'
able weather over the North At.
lantic.
BY taking the great circle course
the ship might make the voyage in
SIS hours, unless strong head-winds
were encountered. But DR.. Eckener
felt it advisable to sacrifice speed in
the interests of safety, so the south
ern route was decided upon.
But even this may not guarantee
a calm crossing, as 35 miles an hour
winds are reported in the vicinity
of the Azores.
French Provide Escort
AS soon as she reaches French
territory, the Zeppelin will be taken
by an escort of French airplanes,
by order of the French government.
Reports here stated that this move
is being taken to permit the possi-
bility of espionage on the part of
the Zeppelin, although the French
maintain that the escort is being
provided as an international courtesy.
DIR. Eckener had few words to say
to his passengers, as he was BUSY
superintending the start of the
(liriSible, but at a gathering in the
Kurrarten Hotel last night, the
grizzled veteran of the skies made
q witty speech in which he summed
I'm the possibilities of the flight,
and referred sarcastically to the
attitude of the French government
regarding the venture.
"The meteorological atmosphere" "
he said, like the political atmcs-
phere, Is what may be described as
cloudy One may discern in the dis
tance the diminishing reverbera-
tons of thunder, and the sky is a
cloudy gray. Rain is falling here.
but conditions are tolerable, ana
there is no reason why We should
not have a successful voyage.
"I am glad this incident with
France came up. Such an issue is
necessary If we are to make any
progress in the air. am especially
glad there has been a storm aroused
here among the Americans and also
in the United States. so that France
and other nations who place diff
culties in the way Of reasonable
steps in commercial aviation are
aware of what they are doing.
DIR. Eckener was referring to the
alleged tardiness of the French
government in giving official per-
mission for the flight to be made
over French soil.
During his speech. DIR. Eckener
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out and went over to another build.
fng about 200 feet away. / was in
there when the explosion occurred.
1T was a terrific blast: My first
thought was for my wife. 1 ran
like a madman to the hospital build
ing. / could see the yellow.black
gas rolling out of the windows.
II didn't know what it was,
then-and didn't care. All / knew
ALI / could think of-was that
Florence was in there.
There were screams-terrible
screams-coming from the building.
All around me, people were running
towards the place.
"The discipline in the hospital
must have been wonderful. Indeed,
now that think Of it, it was even
more than that-it was stark
heroism.
Rescue Work At Once
Remember, I was in a building
only 200 feet away-and / was run.
ming like mad. Yet by the time
reached the entrance to the hospital
by the time / had covered those
200 feet-the rescue work already
had begun and nurses, doctors and
internes who had escaped the gas
were staggering out with the
victims.
II rushed past them into ,he
building. Luckily, l had been there
before several times and knew nv
way around. l knew where to find
nv wife.
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ZEPPELIN NEARS ocean
WITH 18 ON BOARD
ON TRIP HERE

Zeppelin works. her glisteninR sides
cleaning like a leviathan Of the
sky as she wheeled majestica1ly
above the heads of the hundreds
who had assembled to watch the
take.off.
Amid laundering cheers. which
even the roar of the Zeppelin 3
motors could not drown. the ship
then headed for Basic, Switzerland.
the first important city over which
she was to pass on her flight
toward the sea.
Before the start, DR.. Eckener re-
vealed that he had plotted a course
taking the ship over Gibraltar, In
stead of Loire, in the south Of
France as had originally been
planned. Last minute weather
Indications decided him on this
move.
by going by way Of Gibraltar, |"
he told International News Service,
I'VE will not have to buffet con-
trary winds in the vicinity of Loire,
although 1t will make the trip 700
kilometers longer.
Then we will probably touch at
the Azores, and decide upon the
rest of the course after that"
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118 BODIES GIVE MUTE
REQUIEM To OHIO
TRAGEDY

Seven were physicians attached to
the clinic. Six other physicians
were injured In addition to scores
of patients nurses ard attaches.
Dense clouds of the gases poured
through corridors, up elevator shafts
and into wards and operating
rooms. To some, DEATH came in
merciful form while they lay under
the surgeons knife under the
deadening influence of anaesthetics.
others awaiting diagnosis fled
from the approaching gas clouds
only to be overcome in their tracks
or to be literally withered in some
instances, by the flames which were
then racing through the structure.
Within two hours after the blasts,
the fire had about bfirned itself out
and scores of dead and dying were
being rushed to nearby hospitals.
In many cases first aid treatment
was administered on the lawns Of
the clinic and amid scenes of wild
est confusion
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81 saw patients run for the win.
dows, only to be driven back, as !
was, by the fumes pouring up from
the openings in the floor near the
radiator.
Luckily for me, my office. was
not far from the outer door. ]
fought my way through the smoke.
People were choking, screaming.
fighting for their lives. Some who
dashed through the fumes with me
later collapsed and died.
"Once out of the building it
seemed to flare up like 50 much
tinder. Fire and heavy brown fumes
were everywhere"
Trapped in the small rooms with
only one window each the patients
saw their lone hope-the open win
dows-dashed from them because
the fumes poured out of the crevices
in th0 floor under the radiators,
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DR.. Eckener Believes Trip VIII
Take 80 Hours in Favorable Wind

expressed the belief that the
Zeppelin would be out over the
ocean within eight hours from the
start. But now that he has changed
his course to take him over
Gibraltar, it is likely that the pas
sengers will not have the thrill
of sighting the sea from the cabin
Of the dirigible until well on into
the afternoon.
First Commercial Flight
This is the first actual COM
mercial flight ever made by a
,iirigible across the Atlantic. Be-
sides its IS passengers, most Of
whom paid $4,000 apiece for their
tickets, the Zeppelin carries 1000
pounds of mixed freight, $50 pounds
of mail, and a female gorilla
booked as cargo. The freight in.
cludes a piano, valuable painting,
several kegs of herrings, and other
miscellaneous goods.
The non-paying passengers are
officials Of the Zeppelin Company.
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5000 Pounds Of Food
And Wine Taken
On Zeppelin

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, May Is
Q.N.Sl-Passengers aboard the
Graf Zeppelin will not want for
luxuries during the voyage to
America which started from here
this morning.
More than 1900 pounds Of food
are in the larder of the great
ship, including such perishable
delicacies as lettuce and tomatoes.
Also, there is a liberal supply of
champagne and assorted wines
and liquors.
The passengers first meal will
be luncheon. the menus of
which is:
Consomme
Rhine salmon
Roast Venison
Asparagus salad
Creme Caramel
Assorted fruits
Coffee.
The gorilla will he fed on
bananas and peanuts, a large
supply Of which was loaded aboard
the Zeppelin.
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District Hospitals Protected
Against X-Rny Film Explosion

lists. said last night that local insti-
tutions were compelled to use the
safety film and that 1t would be
impossible for such an explosion to
occur here.
OF course, it was agreed that
there might be a fire in hospital
here, but there would be no accom-
panying explosion or subsequent
loosing of poisonous, strangling gas.
B. B. Sandidge. superintendent of
Emergency Hospital. said that no
such thing as that that happened
at the Cleveland clinic could happen
at Emergency Hospital, and that he
did not think that IL could possibly
happen in any other Of the Wash.
inRton hosnitals.
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Specialist, Who Escaped, Tells
HOU Gas EnUeLOped Patients

CLEVELAND, May 16 q.N.S).
A dull, rumbling explosion, heavy
dark clouds of irritating smoke
curling upward, then women Is
screams, the crash of heavy leans
and death-this today was the grim
picture of the Cleveland Clinic
catastrophe, which DR., Henry J.
John, clinic diabetic specialist, car.
gaed with him.
''I was In my office" DIR. John
fold International News Service to-
day.
Suddenly came dull, rumbling
eeport. Then, up from the floor
near the radiator at my window,
heavy, nauseating smoke and fumes
began to pour out.
II tried to make my way to the
window but the stencil of the bro
mide gas drove me back As ran
for the door, women began to
arream.
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TWOD.C.WOMEN
ARE DISASTER
VICTIMS

Two washington women were
victims Of the Cleveland disaster
yesterday, it was learned here to.
day. Misses May and Alice Mullan.
Of the Cavelier apartments, the
$500 block Fourteenth st. N. W.,
are cousins Of the dead woman.
The two local women who were
killed almost instantly in the blast
and the deadly gas that followed
1t were Mrs. Margaret Mullan and
her 30-year-old daughter. Mrs. VIII
liam G. r. Mullan.
The elder Mrs. Mullan, who
lived in the 1900 block Irving St.
N. W.. was visiting at the Cleve.
land home of her daughter and
was having some dental work done
at the clinic. Her daughter had
accompanied her to the hospital
and the pair arrived a few minutes
before the blast.
Brings Bodies Here
The bereaved husband will re-
turn to Washington with the two
bodies tomorrow. it was learned
during the brief telephone call that
told Of the tragedy. His two-year.
old son, Edwin. left motherless by
the grim occurrence. will be taken
to the fathers relatives in Balti-
more, it was believed.
Mrs. Margaret Mullan was the
widow Of Harry M. Mullan, a drug
gist here for many years. In &ddi-
ton to the Misses Alice and May
MulIan she is survived by two sis
ters, the Misses Ann and Matilda
Phillips, of the Mendoza Apart
ments, the 22OO block Twentieth st.
N. Wand other relatives in Balti-
more.
Lawyers Wife Dies
The wife of a temporary resi-.
dent of Washington was also killed
in the blast. it was learned here.
Charles w. Stage, a member of
the legal staff OF the Van Swerin.
gen staff interests working here
on a case, left for Cleveland when
he was informed that his wife had
been killed in the disaster. Stage
was living at the Carlton Hotel
with the other members Of the
legal firm.
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Washington hospitals are protected
from a catastrophe such as that
visited upon Cleveland yesterday.
It was learned today that there
was no possibility Of such an ex-
plosion because the local hospitals
have been ordered to use a safety
fIlm that, although it may burn,
will not explode or create poisonous
gas.
There are two kinds of x-ray film,
It was explained, one the type that
caused the catastrophe in Cleveland,
which is made Of celluloid, and the
newer type, such as is used here,
which is made of cellulose. DR.. E.
A. Merritt, Of the firm of Groover.
Christie and Merritt, X-ray special
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.XeIIOw Dust VeiLs Building
As Aftermath of Gas Death

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 10
N.N.S).-A yellow, powder-like sub
Stance, gathered everywhere in the
Fuins Of the flame-swept Cleveland
Clinic Building today told mute
but graphic story of the death
(which overlook more than a hun
bred persons.
From basement to skylights a
Ahin layer Of yellow dust has set
Eled-an aftermath Of the cloud Of
gaseous vapor which perrnea tea
every Granny Of the burning build
ting, and killed almost all who came
On contact with it.
Some who breathed 1t into their
lungs died where they fell, in writh.
ing heaps in Railways, operating
bons and stairways, Others stag
gered out into the open, where their
Eldn1 turned to a ghastly greenish
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hue and death overlook them.
They died Of nitric oxide and other
nitrogen poisoning, generated by
burning x-ray film. On that the
experts agree.
The gas struck quickly. None
who breathed any quantity Of it
lived to reach the fresh air for
which scores threw themselves in
insane panic against closed elevator
doors and walls.
Throughout the gutted building
may be found traces of the des-
perate struggles of dying men and
women. Bloodstains, on walls and
doors show the force with which
the terror-ridden victims threw
themselves at every faint chance
to reach fresh air and drive out
the sitting yellow fumes which
were choking them to death
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Names and Addresses of us
Who Perished in HOsDitUI Blast

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 10
Q.N.S).-The list of identified dead
in the Cleveland Clinic blast and
fire, as compiled today, follows:
Charles Moore, Miss Alice Mol
Ter. Miss Margaret McKenna, DR.
c. E. Locke, Mrs. Rose Kaufman,
Dr. E. s. Hunter, jeanette Horo'
witz, Leona Hollingbeck, Mrs. Carl
Helwig. Samuel Haas, Minnie
Grumplin, G.. L. Greet, Gladys Glib.
son, r. B. Fulton. Hermine Fuerst
v. N. Fleming, Miss Anna Fahey,
Max Engleman, Miss Charlotte De.
hart. M. B. Costley. Roas Casino
Mae Carse, William BrownIow. Roy
Brintnall, DR.. John BorelIo. r. E
Bissell, Evelyn Bernier, Fannie
Belnrow, Max Bartholomew, Philip
Bader. DR.. Harry Anderson, Edith
Morgan, Mrs. w. Mulcahy. Mrs.
Florence Mullen, Mabel Young
Blanche Young. May Warden, John
Ward, L. F Perkins, DIR. John Phil
lips, Charles Wald. F. Tadillo. Mrs
Julia Zurba, George Strapp, M
Primo, Mrs. Alice Quayle, Mrs
Charles Stage, ]. B. Smith, Miss
Alma Sherman. Frances Sertelle
G. e. .Scherbarth, Margaret Ran
sky, James Reese, Mrs. James
Reese, Miss Helen REM, Mary
Shafer, Matte Rothschild, w. T
Rogers, Miss Laura Roberts, DIR. w
J. Peart, George Jusko, Mrs. Stephen
Frank. Nate Hurd, James Reese and
c. X. Reese, all Of Cleveland and
suburbs.
Mrs. Epstein. Detroit; Mrs. Jose.
phine Frank, Dunkirk, N. Y: Miss
Geo~giania Fowler. st. Petersburg.
Fla: Mrs. Fred Long, Parsons, w.
Va: Helen O'Connell. Elyria. Ohio
Mrs. O'Keefe and Miss Louella
Schoen. Rome, Ga: Miss Grace Rob.
erts, Sharon. Pa; Paul RoansnsTa
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that she had left her bag at the
hotel.
A maid raced back to the Kurgar-
ten and returned with the luggage
just before the ship left the shed.
1t was recalled that Lady Grace
Drummond-Hay. the British Journal
list who was a passenger on the
ship on its first Transatlantic cross
ing. had a similar experience a mo.
ment before the Zeppelin was sched.
uled to start on that instance, Lady
Drummond-Hay found that she had
forgotten her coat.
Some Time Sunday
Mrs. Pierce presented an attrac.
tive figure as she boarded the di-
ligible. She was dressed In q brown
travelling suit with a fur scarf over
her shoulders, brown straw hat
and brown shoes and stockings. She
had a fur coat over her arm, which
she said she would put on as soon
as the dirigihle got under way.
According to present indications,
the Graf Zeppelin" will arrive at
her destination, the Naval Air Sta
tion at Lakehurst, N. j., some time
Sunday
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pointed toward the south and all
was ready for the start.
Then came DR.. Eckener's stem
torion order:
Lets gor'
The ropes holding the Graf Yep.
pelin to earth were slipped, and
slowly and gracefully the great ship
pointed toward the heavens. At the
windows could be seen the figures
of the passengers. Probably the
most excited was Mrs. Pierce. who
shouted az the Zeppelin got under
way:
';This lie the greatest thrill ever
hadw
Mrs. Pierce revealed to Interna.
tional News Service few min
utes before the start that she plans
to return to Europe aboard the
Zeppelin when the ship makes its
eastward voyage from Lakehurst.
"I don't think one trip is going
to be enough for me-" she said.
I'm coming back this way. too"
At q height of only 100 feet, the
silver ship then circled above the
administration buildings of the
The Washington times., 1929-05-16
Convention Delegates
Are Named by Civilians

DELEGATED to represent Washing
ton at the international Civitan
Convention. at Atlanta, Ca, June
10 II and 12, are: Frank A. Birg-
field. DR.. Maurice L. Townsend,
Ravmond Hoover and Clarence
Harding, They were elected last
night at a dinner meeting Of the
Washington Club.
Alternates selected were Shelton
Cameron and George Harris. The
washington club will send a golf
team to Norfolk May "a. to COM
pete in the Chesapeake district
tournament. An appropriation of
$500 to help liguidate the Salvation
Army debt was authorized.
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hospital staff are in hospitals. One
of the victims was DR.. John Phil.
lips, formerly of Ontario, founder
Of the institution.
Drs. Harry Addison, Charles
Locke, John Borello, Roy Brintnall
and EC9sar Hunter were the other
physicians who died. Several others
are in hospitals.
DR.. Phillips son, John, jr., raced
death in an .airplane from Yale
University, but reached his fathers
bedside too late to find him alive.
Four nurses also lost their lives.
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safety another explosion rocked the
building. Doctors and nurses, still
clad in their white uniforms, made
heroic efforts to rescue the invalid
patients, some of whom were caught
in the mad panic and crushed
against the closed elevator doof.
Inspection Of this door later re-
vealed that 1t had been crushed in
by the force of the impacts against
it. Blood was spattered over it and
ON the charred floor.
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which were flush against the in.
dows.
"There only chance would have
been to get to the windows but
the gas drove them back" the ply.
sician said.
DR.. John said that the cellUloid
films used in x-rays. which ara be.
lieved to have caused the fire and
blasts, were supposed to be chem
ically treated to make them non.
inflammable.
After DR., John made his way to
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bpsn. although admitting the possi-
bility that the force of the blast
might have ripped the door from its
kastenings.
Pitiful scenes were enacted as
thousands of persons passed in half
fearful, half-hopeful silence through
long rows of the dead in the county
morgue all during the night and to-
day. Relatives and friends sought
to complete Identification Of the vic
Tins.
During the night huge adver-
fising billboard was turned into q
bulletin board whereon painters in
gcribed the names Of the dead, as
fast as they were identified, for
the benefit of frantic relatives.
Many met death when they were
trapped in the flaming building
hnd fell a prey to choking nitric
Dxide and other lethal gas fumes.
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Noted Doctors, 8 Attaches of
Institution, 4 Nurses Giue Lives

CLEVELAND. May 16 0.N.Sl.-
Physicians and patients alike went
to their death in the Cleveland
clinic disaster, believed to be the
worst Of its kind in a decade in this
country.
Approximately 225 persons were
in the building when fire and ex-
plosion of .x.ray films generated
poisonous gas which caused the
fatalities.
Six Of the victims were physicians
and eight more attached to the
The Washington times., 1929-05-16
STORM WARNINGS

Northwest storm warnings from
the Virginia capes to Eastport, Me,
were ordered displsy yed nv the
United States Weather Bureau to.
day because ot a storm of marked
Intensity centering near Otta wa
Ontario, and moving east north.
0aaA
The Washington times., 1929-05-16

MAY McAVOY Hollywood beauty, is to become the
bride of Maurice Ceary banker, on June 26 accord
ing to announcement made today. They to be
married at the Church of the Good Shepherd at
Beverly Hills.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-13

Hot Spiced emcnades.-Extract the
juice from three lemons and slice one
lemon in very thin slices. Pour boil
sliced lemon, one teaspoonful of whole
cloves, one cupful Of sugar, six cher
ries minced, tablespoonful of minced
candied ginger, and the lemon Juice.
This amount will serve six to eight.
Cardinal Punch.-Cook one quart of
cranberries and drain through
double cheese cloth. Cook two cupfuls
of water with two cupfuls of sugar
for three minutes, add to the cranber.
~ juice with one cupful of orange
Juice, one and one-half tablespoonful
of lemon juice, and when cold add one
quart of ice water or a quart of
sparkling water. This will make
thirty glasses.
Fruited Punch.-Make a strip by
boiling two and one-half cupfuls Of
sugar with two cupfuls of water for
five minutes. Add tea, one pint which
has been freshly made and chilled;
three.fourths of q cupful of lemon
Juice, six cupfuls of orange Juice, two
cupfuls of crushed pineapple. eight
cupfuls of ice water, plain or charged;
one cupful of maraschino cherries, six
oranges sliced. The cherries and
oranges form the garnish. Cut orange
slices into quarters. This recipe
serves fifty glasses.
Cranberry Frappe. Take four quarts
of cranberries, two quarts of water,
ten cupfuls Of sugar, juice of six
lemons, the juice of eight oranges. Boil
the berries and strain through cheese
cloth; add the sugar. Cool, add the
fruit juices and freeze to mush with
Ice and salt. This makes fifty servings
A seasonable Drlnk.-Take two cup
fuls of sugar, add two cupfuls of boil
Ing water, six whole cloves, two pieces
Of stick cinnamon, three allspice ber-
ries, one tablespoonful of chopped
Canton ginger, the juice of five
oranges. four lemons and two cupfuls
of cider. Make strip of the sugar
and water. Add the spices and ginger
and stand covered one hour. Strain
and add the fruit juices and cider,
bring to quick boil and serve hot.
This serves twelve.
Suggested Menus.
Here are few dishes which the
poor people in the South live on. Try
| n. =
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-13
Several Good Points.

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to both wool and cotton clothing. The
.astenings at the belt line are so very
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but help. Instead of having the front
overlap the back, there are separate
buttons for the front and the back
drops. A one-piece trouser pattern
nas been used TO eliminate side seams.
and the side openings are hound to
avoid heavy tapping packets. which
would add bulk in the wool material
and make pressing more difficult
These openings end in an emhroid
cred tailors arrowhead, strong, sim
ole, and easily-made finish used on
tailored clothing.